IT services and outsourcing

CW Middle East: What does Saudi Arabia’s autonomous vehicle agenda mean for the world?

If all goes according to plan, within a few years, one million people will live in Saudi Arabia’s ‘city of the future’ – and every one of them will depend on a fleet of self-driving cars. Also in this issue, read about the UAE's bid to become a world-leading location for artificial intelligence innovation. Continue Reading

RBL Bank taps Google Cloud to drive digital agenda

The private lender will tap Google Cloud to power its customer acquisition engine and improve customer data management and analytics, among other areas Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Outsourced IT and business services hit record levels in 2021

Spending on IT and business process outsourcing services in Europe hits highest ever level in 2021, with cloud service spending continuing to grow rapidly Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Dutch cyber volunteers receive major funding boost

The Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure has received a $100,000 donation to expand the scope of its work Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Dispelling the top five myths of modern infrastructure

Modern infrastructure is agile, flexible and scalable. It is at the forefront of every CIO’s digital strategy – and it's everywhere. But with the multitude of choices comes complexity Continue Reading

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• Paul Delory, Gartner

Macquarie joins NSW government’s cloud supplier panel

New South Wales state agencies will be able to access Macquarie’s sovereign cyber expertise and secure cloud, network and datacentre services Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Companies propose scanning content pre-encryption to fight CSAM

Firms working on the UK government’s Safety Tech Challenge have suggested that scanning content before encryption will help prevent the spread of child sexual abuse material – but privacy concerns remain Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Inside Kyndryl’s Southeast Asia playbook

Kyndryl will focus on building local partnerships and tapping opportunities in managed cloud services, among other areas, to stake a claim on the region’s managed services space Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Cloud repatriation: Five reasons to repatriate data from cloud

We look at key drivers of cloud repatriation, including cost, compliance, issues around latency and data gravity, reversing poorly planned moves to the cloud, and supplier failure Continue Reading

Public sector IT and communications spend down 4% last year

Public sector spending on IT and communications was down in 2021, but some departments bucked the trend with major investments Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Record amount invested in UK fintech last year, but female founders still overlooked

Last year the UK financial technology sector attracted the most investment ever following a slowdown in 2020 Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Accessible retail: Personalising the UX for disabled consumers

An online marketplace built with an ‘accessibility-first’ mantra is set to go live in spring 2022 – and it comes amid several new inclusive retailing moves Continue Reading

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• Ben Sillitoe

Google buys Siemplify in first phase of cyber investment

Once integrated into Google Cloud, Siemplify’s platform will serve as the basis for deeper security development at Google Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Fintech players get cosy in Luxembourg

Luxembourg aims to play a larger role in the rapidly growing global fintech market Continue Reading

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• Pat Brans, Pat Brans Associates/Grenoble Ecole de Management

Top 10 startup stories of 2021

Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 startup stories of 2021 Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Top 10 Nordic IT stories of 2021

Computer Weekly selects some of the biggest Nordic tech stories of 2021 Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2021

Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2021 Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Top 10 ANZ IT stories of 2021

Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 ANZ IT stories of 2021 Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Large organisations turning to digital currencies for stored value

Gartner predicts a major acceleration in the use of digital currencies over the next couple of years Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

IT services spending recovery to get renewals boost in 2022

IT services and BPO deals worth $18.5bn globally up for renewal next year, adding fuel to already-expected high growth Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

UK tech startups raise almost £30bn in record year

The UK tech sector has achieved record growth in the past 12 months after the Covid pandemic paused investment Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Top 10 cloud storage, DR and datacentre storage stories of 2021

Key articles from 2021 that demonstrate the growing importance of cloud storage and disaster recovery, but also the snags that lead to cloud repatriation and difficulties restoring from the cloud Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

IT Priorities 2022: Cloud-first mindset growing in India

Nearly half of organisations in India are expected to spend more on cloud services, underscoring the growing cloud-first mindset that is taking root in the subcontinent Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

CW APAC: Expert guide to cloud migration

Organisations are increasingly moving their workloads to public cloud. In this handbook, focused on cloud migration in the Asia-Pacific region, Computer Weekly looks at the key strategies to follow, how HPE has transitioned into an as-a-service company, the adoption of cloud in Australia and why VMWare’s chief technology officer endorses a cross-cloud approach Continue Reading

HPE’s GreenLake strategy pays off in APAC

Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s transition to an as-a-service company is paying off in Asia-Pacific where it witnessed one of the strongest quarters, thanks in part to rising demand for services Continue Reading

APAC expert guide to cloud migration

Aaron Tan looks at the key considerations and strategies that enterprises can take when moving their workloads to public cloud Continue Reading

Tokopedia ups ante on observability capabilities

Indonesian e-commerce giant Tokopedia has consolidated its observability capabilities on a single cloud-based platform, enabling it to improve customer service and identify infrastructure issues Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Print Industry Predictions and Trends 2022

Quocirca's Print Industry Trends for 2022 identifies opportunities for print and digital transformation in the hybrid work era. Continue Reading

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• Louella Fernandes, Quocirca

Nationwide Building Society moves website to Azure cloud

Building society’s tech teams work with consultancy Contino to implement new website using the chaos engineering method Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Almost half of networks probed for Log4Shell weaknesses

Close to half of corporate networks have already been actively targeted by individuals seeking to exploit the critical Log4Shell Apache bug Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

How to scale up your AI initiatives

Executive sponsorship, a strong data foundation and having ‘analytics artists’ are among ways to scale up AI initiatives beyond the pilot stage Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Top IT predictions in APAC in 2022

Operationalising zero trust, talent retention and containerisation are just some of the key trends that will shape Asia-Pacific’s technology landscape in 2022 Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

SMEs dominate list of 200 fastest growing tech companies

List of 200 fastest growing companies in the public sector is made up primarily of small and medium-sized enterprises, which collectively earned £936m from government contracts in the past fiscal year Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Channelling Nordic startup innovation towards global survival

Nordic startup innovation offers global organisations the green light towards sustainability Continue Reading

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• Matthew Staff

UK privacy chief denies conflict of interest in new role

UK information commissioner will join a private law firm that represents technology companies she used to regulate, raising questions about conflicts of interest and drawing ‘revolving door’ criticisms Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

AWS re:Invent 2021: Four key takeaways for ASEAN firms

AWS’s third-generation Graviton processor and other offerings in edge computing, machine learning and digital twin technologies are of relevance to organisations in Southeast Asia Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Former TSB CEO joins money-sharing fintech

Paul Pester teams up with fintech heavyweights to target multibillion-pound money-sharing market Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Security Think Tank: Attackers leveraging the supply chain

Security learning is a career-long process, so as 2021 draws to a close, participants in the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank sum up the most important cyber lessons they have taken away from the past 12 months Continue Reading

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• Paddy Francis

Fintech boss fires 900 staff on one Zoom call

Better.com boss used a Zoom call to tell 900 people they no longer had a job Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Spy tech gets high tech – why MI6 invests in startups

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we’re used to James Bond and his gadgets, but now MI6 is investing in tech startups to develop new intelligence capabilities. Our exclusive IT Priorities survey suggests IT leaders are optimistic about 2022. And our new buyer’s guide examines the latest emerging technologies. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

APAC banks gear up on cloud, but challenges remain

Public cloud spending by financial institutions in the region is rising even as they grapple with legacy IT challenges and cost concerns Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Surge in Nobelium-linked supply chain attacks

Mandiant’s researchers share new intel on two distinct clusters of Russian APT activity, linked to the Nobelium SolarWinds attackers Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

India’s IT spending to cross $100bn mark in 2022

Led by software investments, the growth in IT spending comes as organisations in the subcontinent look to modernise their IT infrastructure and support a hybrid workforce Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Cloud-based Redwood becomes latest challenger bank to make a profit

Cloud-based business bank becomes the latest of the new wave of challengers to achieve profit Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

UK MSP set to use Nebulon cloud-defined storage IaaS

UK service provider Inca to use “cloud-defined storage” to support managed service provider offer in move which shunned hyper-converged infrastructure because of cited costly overheads Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Financial Ombudsman Service takes step towards digital transformation with Workday

Ombudsman uses human resource and financial management software in the cloud Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Accenture to create 3,000 UK tech jobs

Accenture’s recruitment plan in the UK is a response to businesses to the release of pent-up demand for digital transformations Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Digital beats – how Warner Music turned to the cloud

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the CIO of Warner Music about how cloud computing helps it meet the needs of music lovers. AstraZeneca discusses how its enterprise social media system helped through the pandemic. And we assess the tech sector’s response to the government’s plans to tackle digital skills shortages. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

How Maxim’s Group is using Oracle Cloud

The Hong Kong-based F&B operator is using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to run its VMware workloads and datawarehouse to improve resilience and productivity Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

UK ‘impact startups’ raise £2bn in 2021

Impact startups in the UK have raised record levels of investment this year, with most of the capital raised going to climate tech firms Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

DWP extends Capita contract for Scottish jobs programme

Scotland’s JETS job-matching scheme, which uses digital tools to support people looking for work, extends contract with Capita Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

CW Nordics: Could Iceland be the best place in the world for HPC?

Most of Iceland’s cheap, sustainable energy is used by aluminium smelters, but the country's Landsvirkjun power company is now promoting other uses for it, including high-performance computing. Also read in this issue how IoT collaboration in Norway is reaching beyond industries such as mining and shipping to include fish farming. Continue Reading

One in three Norwegian unicorns created in 2021 alone

Norway’s tech sector has undergone rapid growth in the past year, consolidating the Nordic country’s position as an emerging European tech hub Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Kazakhstan’s IT industry growing rapidly thanks to heavy government support

Kazakhstan’s IT sector is being prepared for international expansion through government investment Continue Reading

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• Vladimir Kozlov

Men’s Mental Health Month: How fintech can reduce anxiety around debt

Umer Suleman of ethical investment firm Wahed explains how financial technology can reduce anxieties associated with debt Continue Reading

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• Umer Suleman

Lessons from Lisbon: Reflections on a week at Web Summit

Russ Shaw, founder and CEO of Tech London Advocates and Global Tech Advocates, assesses the key takeaways of Web Summit 2021 Continue Reading

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• Russ Shaw, Tech London Advocates and Global Tech Advocates

More wrongful convictions overturned in Post Office scandal

Seven more subpostmasters have been cleared after the Post Office charged them for crimes caused by its faulty Horizon software, taking the total of people wrongfully convicted to 72, with more to come Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

UK government announces safety tech challenge fund winners

The Safety Tech Challenge Fund winners will now develop technologies to limit the spread of child abuse material in encrypted environments, which the government has claimed will not be repurposed for other uses Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Cloud storage compliance pitfalls: Post-pandemic and post-Brexit

We look at the key areas of cloud storage compliance that can trip you up, with shared responsibility with cloud providers and data residency among the most important Continue Reading

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• Stephen Pritchard

Six more former subpostmasters have convictions overturned

A total number of 65 subpostmasters have now had criminal convictions overturned in Post Office Horizon scandal Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Security startups line up on Cyber Runway

Some 108 cyber security startups representing the UK’s most cutting-edge innovators are to join Plexal’s Cyber Runway accelerator Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Cloud repatriation: Five reasons to repatriate data from cloud

We look at key drivers of cloud repatriation, including cost, compliance, issues around latency and data gravity, reversing poorly planned moves to the cloud, and supplier failure Continue Reading

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• Stephen Pritchard

Post Office agrees to share privileged legal information with Horizon scandal inquiry

The Post Office will waive professional legal privilege for documents relating to legal advice it received regarding subpostmaster prosecutions Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

GovTech to enhance Government on Commercial Cloud

GCC 2.0 will include improvements in user onboarding and provide single credential access to public cloud services and engineering tools, among other areas Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Can UAE become a world leader in AI?

The UAE has launched multiple programmes as it bids to be a world-leading location for artificial intelligence innovation Continue Reading

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• Pat Brans, Pat Brans Associates/Grenoble Ecole de Management

UK government proposes new rules for digital supply chain security

Proposals could see IT service providers legally required to adhere to the NCSC’s Cyber Assessment Framework, among other things Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Social value not yet fully embedded in procurement practices

Social value procurement rules are designed to diversify the public sector’s supplier base while providing society with wider collective benefits, but are yet to be fully introduced Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Cost reduction is still the biggest driver of banks’ cloud adoption

More than 80% of banks now have a clear cloud strategy following a injection of urgency during the Covid-19 pandemic Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

IT Priorities 2022: APAC enterprises invest in digital future

Nearly two-thirds of enterprises in Asia-Pacific plan to increase their IT budgets next year in areas such as cloud computing and cyber security to secure their digital future Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Post-Covid tech world to see 89% of UK tech operations hosted off-premise

Leading UK ISP releases research showing that emergence of the hybrid era means that dependence on on-premise infrastructure to support a full capacity office is no longer required Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

CW Benelux: Dutch IT company rips up the HR rule book for better work-life balance

One Dutch tech firm has used learnings from the pandemic to rip up its HR rule book and implement an official work-from-home policy. In fact, Infolearn has gone further than hybrid working, with a personal mobility budget for staff and a four-day working week, all with retention of full-time salary. Also in this issue, read how Dutch education administrators appear to be underestimating the threat of cyber crime. Continue Reading

Stockholm and Copenhagen: Different IT innovation journeys, similar success

Swedish and Danish capitals have build compelling tech startup success stories, and now rub shoulders with the likes of San Francisco Continue Reading

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• Matthew Staff

APAC expert guide to cloud migration

In this expert guide on cloud migration in Asia-Pacific, we highlight the key considerations and strategies that enterprises can take when moving their workloads to public cloud Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Standard Chartered picks Starling Bank tech for product launch

Standard Chartered able to quickly launch new product through fintech platform Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Vienna’s tech startup ecosystem gathers momentum

After a sustained period of inactivity, Vienna’s startup environment is finally on the rise again Continue Reading

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• Matthew Staff

Blockchain technology will help banks will cut cross-border payment costs by $10bn in 2030

The use of blockchain technology in cross-border payments will save global banks $10bn in 2030, according to research Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

How a cloud-first strategy helped save animals in the pandemic

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the RSPCA about how its cloud-first strategy helped to save animals throughout the pandemic. Data warehouses have been part of the IT landscape for 30 years – but are they now old technology, and what’s next? And we assess how Brexit has affected risk and resilience in the datacentre. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Oracle eyes startups with Singapore cloud region

Oracle is targeting startups and going beyond its enterprise stronghold with its first cloud region in Southeast Asia Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

CME Group signs 10-year cloud and product innovation deal with Google

CME Group, one of the world’s largest financial derivatives exchange operators, has signed a multi-year infrastructure migration deal with Google Cloud Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

Belfast City Airport: Most apps in the cloud by 2031

George Best Belfast City Airport has already achieved 50/50 cloud and on-premise working, with 80% of workloads expected to be cloud-based in the next decade. We look at what hybrid cloud means in practice Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Mining deaths lawsuit against major tech companies dismissed

A legal case against five major US technology companies accused of knowingly benefiting from human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been dismissed, but victims plan to appeal Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Fujitsu escaped huge lawsuit because Post Office behaved so badly in Horizon scandal

How Fujitsu has so far avoided a huge lawsuit in relation to its role in the Horizon scandal Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

What is Kyndryl?

As IBM spins out its Global Technology Services business, we speak to the UK chief of the new independent company about its plans Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Facebook self-imposes facial recognition moratorium

Facebook and Meta have committed to halting their use of facial recognition technology and deleting the biometric data of more than a billion people by the end of 2021, but will retain the underlying algorithms and software for potential use in future products Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

UK’s Labour Party hit by third-party data breach

Data on Labour Party members was recently compromised in an apparent cyber attack on a third-party data processor Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Cloud-fuelled European IT outsourcing spend hits record high

European IT services spend up on the back of strong demand for cloud-based services Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Dell rolls out financing arm in Singapore

Dell Financial Services will offer flexible and consumption-based payment options in local and regional markets as more enterprises consume and operate IT infrastructure via an as-a-service model Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

No cloud storage for Belfast City Airport in Nutanix hyper-converged switch

George Best Belfast City Airport ditches ageing Dell iSCSI SAN for Nutanix HCI for half the price of nearest contender, and gets DR site into the bargain. Cloud storage was a no-go for cost reasons Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

hybrid IT

Hybrid IT is an approach to enterprise computing in which an organization provides and manages some information technology (IT) resources in-house but uses cloud-based services for others. Continue Reading

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• Katie Terrell Hanna

TechUK slams government gift to big banks that will disadvantage fintechs

The government will put challenger banks at a disadvantage through its reduction in the bank profit surcharge, says TechUK Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Russian IT market growing steadily after pandemic

Russia’s enterprise IT sector is recovering steadily after a slowdown caused by Covid-19 Continue Reading

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• Eugene Gerden

AWS to open cloud region in New Zealand

Cloud giant will invest NZ$7.5bn in New Zealand over the next 15 years through the new Auckland cloud region Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Cyber experts on how to nobble a Nobelium attack

A recent spate of attempted Nobelium cyber attacks were mostly unsuccessful, but serve as a reminder to pay attention to some more fundamental aspects of security Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Thought Machine: Google-inspired banking fintech to unicorn and beyond

UK fintech unicorn Thought Machine is transforming the IT of large traditional banks, while working with fledgling digital-only challengers Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Capita migrates systems to the cloud for TfL low emission zone expansion

Capita has expanded its team and moved systems to the cloud to support Transport for London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone expansion Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Lacework expands into ANZ, eyes APAC market

DevSecOps supplier Lacework’s expansion into Australia and New Zealand will pave the way for a broader move into the Asia-Pacific region Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Airport operator MAG boosts threat visibility with hybrid SOC

With budget concerns weighing heavy during the pandemic, Manchester Airports Group ditched an impending capex-heavy cyber investment in favour of a hybrid managed/in-house approach. Learn more about its experience Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

German regulator imposes limit on number of new customers digital bank can sign each month

BaFin limits the number of new customers that digital bank N26 can enrol until it is reassured on issues it has raised about the company Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

NetApp Insight frames moves to public cloud and cloud native

Storage player highlights partnerships with cloud hyperscalers and development of Spot portfolio aimed at cloud-native applications, DevOps, FinOps and SecOps Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Spectra Logic unveils Vail hybrid cloud storage virtualisation

Vail provides single pool of storage overlay to on-premise flash, disk and tape, plus cloud via object storage interface with Posix-compliance promised in future releases Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor