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2018 Stories

• June 06, 2018 06Jun2018 News

  Microsoft deploys underwater datacentre off the coast of Orkney

  Microsoft is stepping up its research into the feasibility of using underwater datacentres to deliver low-latency cloud services to homes and businesses across the world Continue Reading

• June 06, 2018 06Jun2018 News

  Financial Conduct Authority raises questions over TSB's IT regression testing

  The FCA will look at whether TSB carried out sufficient regression and user acceptance testing before migrating to a new IT platform Continue Reading

• June 06, 2018 06Jun2018 News

  GDPR and backup: A potential minefield easily avoided

  The right to be forgotten will be impossible in backups and snapshots, but systems can be built that automate for compliance, says Andy Barratt of security consultancy Coalfire Continue Reading

• June 06, 2018 06Jun2018 News

  HMRC puts numerous IT projects on hold to focus on Brexit

  Nearly 40 technology projects and changes are being put on the backburner because of Brexit priorities, including improving HM Revenue and Customs’ data-sharing capabilities and parts of the Maxing Tax Digital programme Continue Reading

• June 06, 2018 06Jun2018 News

  Digital Catapult partners with Cray to give AI startups supercomputing power

  Innovation centre says partnership will bring down some of the barriers to entry that startups often face in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning Continue Reading

• June 06, 2018 06Jun2018 News

  We need to design for security and privacy, says Martha Lane Fox

  The digital future is bright, but only if society works through a gear change in its relationship with technology, and demands products and services that are secure and private by design, says internet service pioneer Continue Reading

• June 06, 2018 06Jun2018 News

  UK tech firms increase exports by more than 20%

  The country’s tech sector continues to blossom and has significantly increased the export of both services and goods in recent years Continue Reading

• June 06, 2018 06Jun2018 Blog Post

  Mimosas at dawn, SAP serves up new cocktail for analytics

  SAP staged a press 'breakfast with mimosas' session at the ASUG SAP Sapphire conference and exhibition in Orlando, Florida this year. For the uninitiated, a 'mimosa' is what would normally be ... Continue Reading

• June 06, 2018 06Jun2018 News

  Understanding is key to security awareness, says specialist

  Only if people understand why cyber security matters will they change their behaviours as a result of awareness training, according to a human behaviour specialist and cyber security consultant Continue Reading

• June 06, 2018 06Jun2018 News

  EE confirms October 2018 UK launch date for first 5G live trials

  Mobile operator outlines plans to test its 5G network within London’s Tech City startup hub, as its push to become the UK’s first to market with the technology gathers pace Continue Reading

• June 06, 2018 06Jun2018 Blog Post

  CloudBees’ Farcic: forget the buzzwords, let’s code

  The Computer Weekly Developer Network (CWDN) talks to Viktor Farcic in his his role as senior consultant at CloudBees in line with a mini-series of posts related to the rise of what we have called ... Continue Reading

• June 06, 2018 06Jun2018 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: Ignorance about data is tantamount to negligence

  Why is it important to know where data flows, with whom it's shared and where it lives at rest, and what is the best way of achieving this? Continue Reading

• June 06, 2018 06Jun2018 News

  After GitHub acquisition, Microsoft will need to up its game in the enterprise

  Microsoft’s $7.6bn acquisition of GitHub propels the company that is loved and hated for Windows to the very heart of open source. Can it be trusted? Continue Reading

• June 06, 2018 06Jun2018 News

  Singapore government to form AI advisory council

  New council will develop standards and guidelines to address ethical issues arising from the growing use of artificial intelligence Continue Reading

• June 06, 2018 06Jun2018 In Depth

  Canada’s tech sector is targeting Europe – does it have what it takes to compete?

  Following its free-trade agreement with the EU – and the contrast with its noisy neighbour – Canada is promoting its tech sector to European IT buyers. We take a look at what CIOs can expect Continue Reading

• June 06, 2018 06Jun2018 News

  Sapphire 2018: SAP will take over CRM market, says McDermott

  SAP’s chief executive Bill McDermott tells 2018 Sapphire conference the supplier will storm the CRM market with its C/4 Hana business applications suite Continue Reading

• June 06, 2018 06Jun2018 News

  Cyber attacks not sophisticated, says Just Eat CISO

  The chief information security officer of Just Eat has challenged the perception that all cyber attacks are sophisticated and that it is impossible to fill cyber security jobs Continue Reading

• June 06, 2018 06Jun2018 News

  Skills gaps slow business cloud adoption, research shows

  Public cloud provider Skytap highlights the toll skills gaps take on cloud migrations Continue Reading

• June 05, 2018 05Jun2018 News

  Nexsan adds Assureon Cloud Transfer for hybrid cloud archiving

  Nexsan archiving appliances add hybrid cloud capability to AWS and Azure cloud for unstructured data, targeting users that want to retain files on-site with cloud access Continue Reading

• June 05, 2018 05Jun2018 Opinion

  Big data skills shortages – and how to work around them

  Businesses are finding it hard to recruit enough people with big data and analytics skills, but for CIOs there are alternative strategies to consider Continue Reading

• June 05, 2018 05Jun2018 Blog Post

  Tripartite tactics at SAP: target product, target partner, target industry

  SAP has formed plans to work with Accenture, Capgemini and Deloitte with the specific aim of increasing customer adoption of the SAP S/4HANA Cloud in (even more specifically) the process ... Continue Reading

• June 05, 2018 05Jun2018 Blog Post

  Quest argues for adaptive data controls in holistic heaven

  The Computer Weekly Developer Network talks to John Pocknell is his role as senior product manager at Quest in line with a mini-series of posts related to the rise of what we have called the ... Continue Reading

• June 05, 2018 05Jun2018 Blog Post

  SAP confident of AI in ERP, techies ponder challenges

  SAP has used the ASUG (Americas SAP User Group) convention in Orlando to attempt to further justify the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in modern Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) deployments. ... Continue Reading

• June 05, 2018 05Jun2018 News

  Australia’s chief scientist calls for AI regulations

  The proposal would require companies to apply for a trustmark so they know from the outset how their AI is expected to behave Continue Reading

• June 05, 2018 05Jun2018 News

  HMRC on track for August roll-out of customs IT system

  The government will have a “fully functioning” customs declaration service by January 2019, HMRC CEO Jon Thompson told MPs Continue Reading

• June 05, 2018 05Jun2018 News

  Interview: How a tech apprenticeship changed one man’s life

  Past Microsoft apprentice Joshua Uwadiae explains how in hindsight, he realises his apprenticeship was a life-defining moment in the lead-up to his tech career Continue Reading

• June 05, 2018 05Jun2018 News

  Scality boosts Ring with easy deployment and lower node count

  Object storage maker Scality upgrades software-defined storage to give unified deployment, provisioning and management while cutting minimum nodes required to three Continue Reading

• June 05, 2018 05Jun2018 Blog Post

  Divisive Devices And Conferencing Woes?

  Like - I suspect - many people, I spend far too large a percentage of my one and only life on various 'net conferences, using a variety of platforms. Most of them are truly loathsome. So it was ... Continue Reading

• June 05, 2018 05Jun2018 News

  Complex pricing hinders enterprise assessment of AWS, Google and Microsoft cloud IoT hubs

  451 Research claims the complex IoT pricing models favoured by the hyperscale cloud giants are making life difficult for enterprise IT departments Continue Reading

• June 05, 2018 05Jun2018 News

  Mobile, IoT and cloud biggest drivers for Wi-Fi growth

  The intersection of mobility, the IoT and cloud will be the driving forces behind wireless network deployments over the next few years Continue Reading

• June 05, 2018 05Jun2018 News

  Boards not asking right security questions, says Dido Harding

  Former TalkTalk CEO says boards are still not asking the right cyber security questions, do not understand that they should be making cyber risk decisions, and are not communicating with engineers Continue Reading

• June 05, 2018 05Jun2018 In Depth

  Application security more important than ever

  Applications have an increasingly crucial role in our lives, yet they are also a real security threat, with hackers always finding new ways to bypass security defences. Computer Weekly looks at how organisations are responding to the challenge Continue Reading

• June 05, 2018 05Jun2018 E-Zine

  The bumpy ride to digital transformation

  In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at the lessons to be learned from General Electric’s bumpy ride to digital transformation. We assess the use of software-defined networking in corporate IT infrastructures. And we find out how Royal Bank of ... Continue Reading

• June 05, 2018 05Jun2018 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: Use data flow information to protect systems

  Why is it important to know where data flows, with whom it's shared and where it lives at rest, and what is the best way of achieving this? Continue Reading

• June 04, 2018 04Jun2018 Blog Post

  Stem gender pay gap can only be addressed by closing the skills gap

  In this contributed blog post, Simon Jones, innovation director at Black Pepper, discusses how closing the tech skills gap can contribute towards closing the gender pay gap. Nearly fifty years ... Continue Reading

• June 04, 2018 04Jun2018 News

  Boris Johnson wants tech to fight illegal wildlife trade

  The foreign secretary wants the country’s “finest technological brains” to help combat poaching and save endangered species Continue Reading

• June 04, 2018 04Jun2018 News

  Technology key to new UK counter-terrorism strategy

  Technologies such as machine learning and data analytics are key to the UK government’s updated counter-terrorism strategy Continue Reading

• June 04, 2018 04Jun2018 News

  Microsoft takes over GitHub as it expands its open source plan

  Microsoft is a major contributor to open source. It has now acquired the largest open source repository Continue Reading

• June 04, 2018 04Jun2018 In Depth

  Cloud NAS offers file access across on-site and in-cloud

  We run the rule over cloud NAS products that allow customers to build single-namespace file systems, including between in-house datacentres and public cloud storage Continue Reading

• June 04, 2018 04Jun2018 Opinion

  GDPR – like a lot of regulation – will mostly benefit the big incumbents

  The law of unintended consequences applies to the new EU data protection laws, because the big players it seeks to regulate can better afford to comply Continue Reading

• June 04, 2018 04Jun2018 News

  One-third of firms would pay ransoms rather than invest in security

  Report says businesses are still making the same mistakes, failing to make any progress in crucial areas such as cyber security awareness and preparedness Continue Reading

• June 04, 2018 04Jun2018 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: Data governance is essential to data security

  Why is it important to know where data flows, with whom it's shared and where it lives at rest – and what is the best way of achieving this? Continue Reading

• June 04, 2018 04Jun2018 News

  Scotland to begin building identity platform prototype this autumn

  Scottish government plans flexible approach to online identity providers as it aims to launch alpha phase of is online identity assurance programme in August 2018 Continue Reading

• June 04, 2018 04Jun2018 Blog Post

  Xero highlights the role of the modern software ecosystem

  I recently caught up with Gary Turner, co-founder and managing of director of Xero. I was interested in meeting him as Xero has a reputation as the company that broke all the rules of ... Continue Reading

• June 04, 2018 04Jun2018 News

  Visa blames hardware failure for UK-wide card payment system outage

  Credit card payment processor moves to assure customers that last Friday afternoon’s downtime was not the work of hackers Continue Reading

• June 04, 2018 04Jun2018 News

  Cloud-based integration platforms underpin digital strategy

  The application integration market is dominated by IBM and Oracle, but AWS and Salesforce are changing the game with integration platforms as a service Continue Reading

• June 04, 2018 04Jun2018 News

  Offensive AI unlikely in the near future, says Mikko Hypponen

  Cyber criminals are not close to being able to use AI for attack purposes, according to industry veteran Mikko Hypponen, who has been at the forefront of AI use in cyber defence for several years Continue Reading

• June 04, 2018 04Jun2018 News

  Subpostmasters told to expect decision on alleged unfair prosecutions in August

  The Criminal Courts Review Commission is expected to announce the findings of an investigation into alleged unfair subpostmaster prosecutions in August Continue Reading

• June 04, 2018 04Jun2018 In Depth

  Lessons from GE’s flight to digital platforms

  Examining the challenges industrial giant GE  has encountered on its digital journey and the lessons learned for CIOs heading in the same direction Continue Reading

• June 01, 2018 01Jun2018 Blog Post

  Holistic mojo from ojo, baby

  The Computer Weekly Developer Network talks to Nathan Baranowski, director at ‘business, technology and change’ consultancy ojo solutions in line with a mini-series of posts related to the rise of ... Continue Reading

• June 01, 2018 01Jun2018 News

  Visa card payments system goes down across the UK and Ireland

  Millions of businesses across the UK and Ireland are unable to accept VIsa card payments because of a "service disruption" Continue Reading

• June 01, 2018 01Jun2018 News

  Revamped BHS website to close two years after department store collapse

  The BHS website, which was developed after the department store’s closure in 2016, will be closed at the end of June Continue Reading

• June 01, 2018 01Jun2018 Blog Post

  Football’s kompromat home

  The BBC has started blowing its own vuvuzela about all the new technology it will be using to supplement the upcoming World Cup, including a virtual reality lounge to watch games in on its ... Continue Reading

• June 01, 2018 01Jun2018 In Depth

  WD-40 oils sales and finance processes in Europe with Epicor

  WD-40 has automated its business processes with Epicor ERP, finding the system’s service-oriented architecture good for providing flexibility in the company’s business growth Continue Reading

• June 01, 2018 01Jun2018 News

  Huge rise in TSB-themed mobile phishing attacks after IT meltdown

  Scammers have used bank’s IT problems as an opportunity to target its customers with mobile phishing attacks Continue Reading

• June 01, 2018 01Jun2018 News

  Ethical hacker, 86, rises to Santander’s challenge

  Elderly hacker with little computing experience was able to hack WiFi and create phishing attack Continue Reading

• June 01, 2018 01Jun2018 News

  BBC to show World Cup in virtual reality

  Broadcaster will trial virtual reality and ultra HD live streams of the FIFA World Cup through BBC iPlayer and a dedicated VR app Continue Reading

• June 01, 2018 01Jun2018 In Depth

  Cyber resilience key to securing industrial control systems

  Operators of industrial control systems can build greater cyber resilience by getting IT and operational technology teams to work more closely together and improving the visibility of their infrastructure, among other security measures Continue Reading

• June 01, 2018 01Jun2018 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: Data controllers are essential in modern business environment

  Why is it important to know where data flows, with whom it's shared and where it lives at rest, and what is the best way of achieving this? Continue Reading

• June 01, 2018 01Jun2018 News

  Security suppliers need to interact with community, says researcher

  Security suppliers need to interact with the community to get feedback on their products before launch to ensure they have not missed any vulnerabilities, a security researchers advises Continue Reading

• June 01, 2018 01Jun2018 Blog Post

  Markets will drive AI adoption: Gartner

  Amid the growing arms race between the US and China to dominate the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence (AI), it is industry players and markets that will really drive adoption of the ... Continue Reading

• May 31, 2018 31May2018 Blog Post

  Cloud storage is hot - again!

  But what do people mean when they talk about cloud storage – and do they really know what it can do these days? Not so long ago, once you got beyond Dropbox, for most professional users cloud ... Continue Reading

• May 31, 2018 31May2018 Blog Post

  A UK Strategy for the 4th Industrial Revolution?

  Those who attacked my analysis because it undermined all they held dear (from “the examination treadmill” to the “PhD rat race”) have successfully resisted change to Government academic funding and ... Continue Reading

• May 31, 2018 31May2018 News

  Retail sector flagged as slow to adopt cloud technologies in Bitglass research

  The fourth annual Bitglass cloud adoption survey reveals enterprise appetite for off-premise technologies is continuing to rise, but some industries are moving more slowly than others Continue Reading

• May 31, 2018 31May2018 Blog Post

  UK will lose without a new approach in the global race for digital talent

  More than three-quarters of UK organisations are experiencing challenges in recruiting people with digital skills, according to research from Deloitte. It’s a shocking figure, but is anyone really ... Continue Reading

• May 31, 2018 31May2018 Blog Post

  Fintech professional’s tech predictions: 9- Gamers monitored by businesses and authorities

  People that use online gaming platforms might be being sized up for a job or even by security services Continue Reading

• May 31, 2018 31May2018 News

  Sweden and India in technology collaboration

  Sweden has entered a partnership with India that will include joint work on smart city and mobility technologies Continue Reading

• May 31, 2018 31May2018 News

  Nestle nips unwanted mobile app sprawl in the bud

  Nestle has consolidated its consumer-facing mobile app portfolio to add features to the most successful apps Continue Reading

• May 31, 2018 31May2018 In Depth

  Storage 101: The final flash generation? QLC vs MLC, TLC, SLC

  QLC flash products have arrived in the market, but with a limited performance profile, has NAND flash come up against the realities of the physics that make it possible? Continue Reading

• May 31, 2018 31May2018 News

  Artificial intelligence identifies skin cancer in lab test more effectively than doctors

  Artificial intelligence has outperformed experienced dermatologists in identifying skin cancer samples, further highlighting the potential of the technology in healthcare Continue Reading

• May 31, 2018 31May2018 News

  VPN hacks can be lethal, warns security expert

  Organisations should not overlook the need to secure VPN connections because failure to do so could be fatal, but 2FA alone is not enough, warns a security expert Continue Reading

• May 31, 2018 31May2018 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: Data governance is good for business and security

  Why is it important to know where data flows, with whom it's shared and where it lives at rest, and what is the best way of achieving this? Continue Reading

• May 31, 2018 31May2018 Blog Post

  Digital Skills - the view from 1997

  Education and training policy must better distinguish between core educational and academic skills (which rarely change over time) and vocational and technology skills (where traditional methods ... Continue Reading

• May 31, 2018 31May2018 News

  Australian workers apprehensive about digital transformation

  Nearly four in 10 workers in Australia are worried that they do not have the right skills to compete in the digital economy, survey finds Continue Reading

• May 30, 2018 30May2018 News

  AWS to bolster cloud skills development in Singapore

  The training arm of Singapore’s labour movement is rolling out training courses in cooperation with Amazon Web Services to improve cloud computing literacy among SMEs Continue Reading

• May 30, 2018 30May2018 Blog Post

  Progress ups front-end & back-end developer tools

  Progress has (logically enough) filled its week with a bushel of product announcements to coincide with its NEXT 2018 conference, which was staged this month in Boston, Massachusetts. Among the ... Continue Reading

• May 30, 2018 30May2018 Blog Post

  Automation Anywhere offers off-the-shelf plug-n-play bots

  Alliteratively named Robotic Process Automation (RPA) player Automation Anywhere has opened its bot store to developers. Touting the availability of cognitive IQ bot technologies, the ‘let’s use a ... Continue Reading

• May 30, 2018 30May2018 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: Information management means better security

  Why is it important to know where data flows, with whom it's shared and where it lives at rest – and what is the best way of achieving this? Continue Reading

• May 30, 2018 30May2018 In Depth

  AI elevates predictive maintenance for Kone and ThyssenKrupp

  Kone and ThyssenKrupp are using artificial intelligence to improve predictive maintenance of their lifts and escalators Continue Reading

• May 30, 2018 30May2018 E-Handbook

  New tech on the block: Planning for blockchain in the retail and consumer-packaged goods industries

  This research from Deloitte identifies the areas with the biggest immediate opportunity for retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) businesses looking to invest in blockchain technology. Continue Reading

• May 30, 2018 30May2018 News

  Security community urged to prepare for quantum computing

  A top European chief information security officer is urging the security community to prepare for quantum computing to ensure their encryption processes are ready in time Continue Reading

• May 30, 2018 30May2018 Photo Story

  Build 2018: Microsoft now lets you run Linux on Windows

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• May 30, 2018 30May2018 Photo Story

  Build 2018: Microsoft offers numerous ways to run containers on Azure

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• May 30, 2018 30May2018 Photo Story

  Build 2018: Compiling to a container is now fully integrated into Visual Studio 2017

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• May 30, 2018 30May2018 Photo Story

  Build 2018: Microsoft Corporate VP of Azure Compute Corey Sanders

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  Build 2018: Microsoft focuses on cross-platform strategy

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• May 30, 2018 30May2018 Photo Story

  Build 2018: How Microsoft is embracing cross-platform development

  Microsoft has realised the world is moving on from Windows. Azure supports Linux and Xamarin enables .Net developers to target IoS and Android devices Continue Reading

• May 30, 2018 30May2018 Blog Post

  Sumo Logic: software growing pains on the road to mass-personalisation

  The Computer Weekly Developer Network talks to Ben Newton in his role as director for operations analytics marketing at Sumo Logic in line with a mini-series of posts related to the rise of what we ... Continue Reading

• May 30, 2018 30May2018 News

  Ontario Institute for Cancer Research uses open source clouds to aid cancer research

  OICR explains why it is backing open source software and commodity hardware to help accelerate the pace of cancer research across the globe Continue Reading

• May 30, 2018 30May2018 Blog Post

  Progress CEO: the questions are the same, but the answers are different

  Progress staged its NEXT 2018 conference in Boston, Massachusetts this May 2018 with a specifically upfront developer focus in almost all of its product updates. A company that has reinvented ... Continue Reading

• May 30, 2018 30May2018 Opinion

  Tier 2 visas – a challenge for the tech sector

  With staff shortages already being reported in the technology sector and Brexit potentially adding to the problem, tech departments need to get their Tier 2 visa applications right Continue Reading

• May 30, 2018 30May2018 Blog Post

  DataStax: balancing yin & yang in the holistic dream

  Computer Weekly Open Source Insider talks to Patrick McFadin in his role as vice president for developer relations at DataStax. DataStax is a distributed cloud database built on Apache Cassandra – ... Continue Reading

• May 30, 2018 30May2018 Blog Post

  Progress releases NativeScript 4.0

  Progress has announced the release of NativeScript 4.0, an open source framework for delivering cross-platform, native iOS and Android apps. NativeScript apps are built using JavaScript, or by ... Continue Reading

• May 30, 2018 30May2018 E-Handbook

  Enterprise IT in Europe: Defending against disruption

  In this e-guide, we focus on enterprise IT in Europe. The spotlight is shone on startups throughout Europe aiming to disrupt the sector by using the latest technologies and conversely on more traditional companies aiming to defend themselves against... Continue Reading

• May 30, 2018 30May2018 News

  HP Inc results boosted by PC sales as it waits for 3D manufacturing to take off

  3D manufacturing is HP Inc’s next big growth area, but that is 10 years away. In the meantime, it needs to rely on PC and printer sales Continue Reading

• May 30, 2018 30May2018 E-Handbook

  Spotlight on the Nordics: Artificial Intelligence

  In this e-guide we explore how artificial intelligence is going to play a key role in the future of the Nordics. We discuss whether AI is truly a threat to humans in terms of the future of work, how AI can benefit humans in the future and how the ... Continue Reading

• May 30, 2018 30May2018 E-Handbook

  Spotlight on the Middle East: Emerging IT economy

  We focus on how countries in the Middle East region are trying to diversify their economies away from oil revenues. We look at how Saudi Arabia is trying to create their own version of Silicon Valley, how Dubai is trying to incorporate bitcoin into ... Continue Reading

• May 30, 2018 30May2018 E-Handbook

  Digital Disruption Index – from experimentation to transformation

  Organisations are investing in digital technologies, including artificial intelligence, blockchain and augmented reality, but executives fear they lack the skills required to implement a digital strategy, Deloitte’s Digital Disruption Index reveals. Continue Reading

• May 30, 2018 30May2018 News

  US issues warning about North Korean malware

  US government has identified more than 85 networks compromised by two malware families believed to be North Korean in origin Continue Reading

• May 30, 2018 30May2018 News

  US jails Canadian resident who helped Russia hack Yahoo emails

  A US court has jailed a hacker on charges of computer fraud for hacking Yahoo email accounts on behalf of the Russian government Continue Reading