Internet technology
The pandemic’s e-commerce boom
The pandemic appears to have solidified e-commerce's ascendancy against the highstreet. Coronavirus has accelerated technology adoption in many sectors, and people have been forced to stay at home, increasing their online shopping habits in a bid to avoid visiting shops.
News : Internet technology
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May 13, 2021
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Fibre roll-outs gather pace in Europe
Number of homes and businesses reached by fibre grows rapidly in 39 leading European territories, with FTTH/B coverage in Europe surpassing more than half the total number of homes
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May 13, 2021
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May'21
Refuge launches tech safety site for domestic abuse victims
Created with the help of survivors, Refuge’s resource site offers guidance on protecting yourself from tech-enabled domestic abuse
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May 12, 2021
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May'21
UK government publishes Online Safety Bill draft
Bill builds on previous commitments by the government, which has added new measures to uphold democracy and freedom of speech while making tech giants more accountable
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May 12, 2021
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May'21
The Security Interviews: Why helpful bots could hurt vaccine roll-outs
Earlier this year, spikes in traffic to websites containing information about Covid-19 vaccines was attributed by Imperva to automated bots scraping data. Why is that a problem?
In Depth : Internet technology
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How AI and automation drive better customer service
Forrester analysts explore the benefits of combining artificial intelligence with automation Continue Reading
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Cloud archiving: A perfect use case, but beware costs and egress issues
The advantages of cloud archiving are ease of use and being well-suited to potential latency issues, but IT teams need to be aware of costs and issues around moving data from and between clouds Continue Reading
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Where now for storage? Hitachi, IBM and Pure Storage
Part II: Storage supplier strategy in the cloud era: Hitachi, IBM and Pure Storage. We snapshot the big six hardware makers, as they take things to the cloud and as-a-service models Continue Reading
Blog Posts : Internet technology
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OutSystems: Leapfrog the backlog slog with cloud accelerators for AWS
Cloud is complicated. Yes, cloud computing is generally agreed to be a route to providing compute, storage, analytics and an increasing amount of AI-engine power supplied as-a-Service, plus it ... Continue Reading
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Splunk goes 'one clearer', launches Observability Cloud
Splunk’s new Observability Cloud has launched this month, at a time when observability has become one of the hot/darling/killer (choose your own hype label) terms circulating across the technology ... Continue Reading
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Opening the On-line World to Competition: The Penrose Report
But implementation will not be easy. This is particularly so with regard to introducing more competition to the digital industries where John calls for the new digital market unit’s up-front powers ... Continue Reading
Opinion : Internet technology
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Why we need to reset the debate on end-to-end encryption to protect children
Private messaging is the front line of abuse, yet E2EE in its current form risks engineering away the ability of firms to detect and disrupt it where it is most prevalent Continue Reading
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What does Brexit mean for the future of UK digital policy? A view from Europe
Any decisions by the UK government to diverge from EU policies and values over digital policy and regulation could cause real economic problems for UK businesses Continue Reading
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Why Jack Ma might be too good a tech entrepreneur for China's leaders
Tech pioneer Jack Ma is facing new regulatory pressure from the Chinese authorities – is this some ideological spat, or simply that he's too good at what he does compared to the state-owned financial system? Continue Reading
Videos : Internet technology
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Lauri Love: how reformed hackers halted the WannaCry virus
Lauri Love presents a compelling story of the WannaCry malware that nearly brought down the NHS, and the behind the scenes work of former hackers, and security researchers that helped to prevent lives being lost. Love is facing extradition to the US after allegedly taking part in a hacking protest over the death of internet pioneer Aaron Swartz, who faced jail for using a hidden computer to downloading academic journals at MIT.
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Adrian Davis discusses the evolution of security in the age of IoT
Cloud computing and the internet of things will have a major impact on how security is implemented going forward.
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CW500 video: Security and IoT
What can businesses do to ensure their IAM and security systems are able to support internet connected things