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March 08, 2018 08Mar2018 News

UK cyber security certification pilot launched

UK businesses now have the opportunity to improve their cyber security and prove they have taken steps to protect data they hold, thanks to a police-backed certification scheme Continue Reading

March 08, 2018 08Mar2018 News

Tech experts want government to help workers prepare for AI disruption

The tech brains working with artificial intelligence think governments have an important role to play in preparing workers for change Continue Reading

March 08, 2018 08Mar2018 Opinion

Diversity matters – International Women’s Day 2018

The tech sector has a poor reputation for workplace diversity - if we are to take advantage of the opportunities of the digital economy, this has to change Continue Reading

March 08, 2018 08Mar2018 News

Businesses warned not to ignore cryptojacking threat

Businesses should not ignore the threat of malware designed to carry out illicit cryptocurrency mining, warns NTT Security Continue Reading

March 08, 2018 08Mar2018 News

Kiwi airport testing avatar service to ease staff workload

Auckland Airport is testing an AI-powered avatar at the arrivals area to answer biosecurity questions from travellers Continue Reading

March 07, 2018 07Mar2018 News

Only half of ransomware payments honoured

Only half of ransomware victims who pay ransoms to cyber criminals recover their data, a report reveals, pointing to a need for more effective strategies to deal with these attacks Continue Reading

March 07, 2018 07Mar2018 News

Government to help cultural sectors take advantage of digital

Arts and culture organisations will be given help to access new technologies and digital skills as part of a government plan to “support the whole digital culture ecology” Continue Reading

March 07, 2018 07Mar2018 News

Wi-Fi provider uses big data analytics to drive customer experience

The self-styled “Uber of Wi-Fi”, iPass is using Databricks’ Unified Analytics Platform and machine learning to monitor its worldwide network and help its customers get the best experience Continue Reading

March 07, 2018 07Mar2018 News

VMware Cloud for AWS goes live in Amazon’s UK datacentres as hybrid cloud demand grows

Technology tie-up between VMware and AWS continues to go from strength to strength as the pair confirm a European expansion of their combined hybrid cloud-enabling service Continue Reading

March 07, 2018 07Mar2018 News

Click and collect comes to desk-side IT support

Velocity Smart is a new company hoping to revolutionise desk-side support by removing the need for IT staff to physically visit employees’ desks Continue Reading

March 07, 2018 07Mar2018 News

Businesses under pressure to allow easier access to cloud

Businesses are under pressure from employees to use consumer-focused authentication methods for cloud applications, but that could have both positive and negative security implications, warns Gemalto Continue Reading

March 07, 2018 07Mar2018 Blog Post

The juxtaposition fuelling the challenger bank sector

Challenger banks are becoming the innovative digital arms of the traditional banks they set out to disrupt. Job done then? Continue Reading

March 07, 2018 07Mar2018 Opinion

Security Think Tank: Aim to detect and contain fileless malware attacks quickly

What should organisations do at the very least to ensure business computers are protected from fileless malware? Continue Reading

March 07, 2018 07Mar2018 News

Ofcom probes Three and Vodafone over suspected net neutrality breaches

Telecoms regulator launches investigation into whether or not mobile operators Three and Vodafone are flouting European rules on net neutrality Continue Reading

March 07, 2018 07Mar2018 News

Cyber attacks up nearly 20% in 2017

Research by SonicWall shows there were 9.32 billion malware attacks globally last year, but ransomware attacks fell by 71% Continue Reading

March 07, 2018 07Mar2018 News

Nordic CIO interview: Mikael Ludvigsen, Novozymes

Danish biotechnology company’s CIO tells Computer Weekly about some of the changes he has made to the organisation’s IT department since he arrived 19 months ago Continue Reading

March 07, 2018 07Mar2018 News

Cyber security is a team sport, says NCSC

The UK’s national cyber security agency aims to help organisations understand the need to act collaboratively and collectively against the cyber threat, urging them to raise the bar Continue Reading

March 07, 2018 07Mar2018 News

World Economic Forum creates fintech focus group for cyber security

WEF consortium of companies will focus on protecting financial technology firms from cyber threats Continue Reading

March 07, 2018 07Mar2018 News

Banks more confident than other sectors in face of digital disruption

Banks have accepted the changes brought about by digital disruption and are confident that new technologies will be core to their business success, according to a survey by Fujitsu Continue Reading

March 07, 2018 07Mar2018 In Depth

Intel vs AMD: Server rivals battling it out for edge datacentre supremacy

Chipmakers Intel and AMD are targeting edge computing environments with their latest embedded chips. What do each firm's propositions have to offer? Continue Reading

March 07, 2018 07Mar2018 News

Co-op trials pay-in-aisle technology

Food retailer Co-op plans to introduce a smartphone self-checkout system so customers can pay for goods without visiting a till Continue Reading

March 07, 2018 07Mar2018 News

Infosys hires thousands more US staff as part of recruitment pledge

Indian company opens new tech centre in the US to help fulfil its promise to hire more American workers while adapting to changing IT services trends Continue Reading

March 07, 2018 07Mar2018 News

Developed APAC countries well-poised for the cloud

With strong policies in data protection and cyber security, Japan, Australia and Singapore are among countries that are most prepared to reap the benefits of the cloud Continue Reading

March 06, 2018 06Mar2018 News

Government sets out tighter security measures for IoT devices

The government has announced plans to develop a new code of practice to improve the security of connected internet of things devices Continue Reading

March 06, 2018 06Mar2018 News

G-Cloud 10 launch date confirmed for June 2018

The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) confirms it will start accepting new bids from suppliers wanting to join the tenth iteration of the G-Cloud framework from April 2018, in anticipation of the next version going live in June Continue Reading

March 06, 2018 06Mar2018 News

US defence chiefs cut $1bn cloud contract with AWS partner amid anti-trust complaints

The US Department of Defense confirms it is revising down the cost and scope of a billion dollar cloud deal awarded to an AWS partner, after critics picked holes in the procurement process Continue Reading

March 06, 2018 06Mar2018 News

Essex, Herts Councils expand smart city pilot scheme

Essex and Hertfordshire County Councils have joined forces to run a number of pilots assessing the socioeconomic benefits of smart city technologies Continue Reading

March 06, 2018 06Mar2018 News

Local councils call for government funding for GDPR compliance

National Association of Local Councils is concerned complying with GDPR puts financial strain on local authorities and calls on government to help with funding Continue Reading

March 06, 2018 06Mar2018 Blog Post

DevOps - Pragmatic production, not evangelism

Despite the potential of ‘digital transformation’ and IT in general, many organisations find the reality a little disappointing. Development takes longer than expected, quality is lacking and what ... Continue Reading

March 06, 2018 06Mar2018 Opinion

Security Think Tank: Social engineering at the heart of fileless malware attacks

What should organisations do at the very least to ensure business computers are protected from fileless malware? Continue Reading

March 06, 2018 06Mar2018 In Depth

Disaggregated systems try to unlock the NVMe conundrum

NVMe can unlock the true potential of flash, but storage controllers put a bottleneck back in the I/O path. We look at how suppliers are trying to solve the problem Continue Reading

March 06, 2018 06Mar2018 News

European cities woo English-speaking IT talent

Organisations in major European cities have upped their search for English-speaking talent, including IT professionals, since the UK’s referendum on EU membership Continue Reading

March 06, 2018 06Mar2018 News

EC to boost cyber security support and collaboration

The European Commission is focused on boosting cyber security support and collaboration throughout the European Union Continue Reading

March 06, 2018 06Mar2018 News

Druva maintains cloud course with AWS cloud-to-cloud backup plans

Backup product supplier Druva plans cloud-to-cloud backup to Amazon Web Services and other public cloud services as demand arises, in a future firmly fixed on hybrid operations Continue Reading

March 06, 2018 06Mar2018 Blog Post

What’s so ‘unified’ about universal data analytics?

Databricks styles itself as an analytics software company with a ‘unified’ approach – the unification is this sense is supposed to suggest that the software can be applied across a variety of ... Continue Reading

March 06, 2018 06Mar2018 News

Norway’s Statkraft outsources IT infrastructure management

Energy company awards India’s HCL five-year IT deal in order to free up resources to focus on core business Continue Reading

March 06, 2018 06Mar2018 News

Amazon contemplating next move in banking sector

Amazon is in talks with a bank about setting up a current account that will appeal to young people Continue Reading

March 06, 2018 06Mar2018 In Depth

ASEAN enterprises readying networks for the cloud era

Enterprise networks are being strained by greater use of cloud computing, leading more ASEAN organisations to turn to SD-WAN to reduce network costs and complexity Continue Reading

March 06, 2018 06Mar2018 News

Microsoft courts US government cloud users with Azure Stack integration promise

Microsoft is stepping up its efforts to get the US government using its cloud in anger, with the promise of a forthcoming Azure Stack integration and new datacentre regions to house “secret” classified data Continue Reading

March 06, 2018 06Mar2018 News

Most Britons concerned about personal data sharing

Most UK consumers are concerned about personal data they have shared online, but few know the extent of that data or their rights, a survey shows, indicating a need for education and transparency Continue Reading

March 06, 2018 06Mar2018 News

Security remains an afterthought in DevOps

Enterprises in Asia are lapping up DevOps but less than one-third have baked security processes into their developments Continue Reading

March 06, 2018 06Mar2018 E-Zine

Getting up to speed with 5G

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at what needs to be done to make next-generation 5G mobile networks a reality. Fewer EU workers are moving to the UK due to Brexit fears – we examine what that means for the IT skills gap. And we analyse the ... Continue Reading

March 05, 2018 05Mar2018 News

How to improve SAP ROI with smart licensing

A recent study suggested most SAP projects have a 50% chance of failure. The risk of having incorrect SAP licensing could be far higher Continue Reading

March 05, 2018 05Mar2018 News

Bitcoin burglaries: Icelandic police count cost of cryptocurrency kit thefts from datacentres

Police in Iceland are investigating a spate of datacentre thefts, after thieves lifted 600 cryptocurrency-mining servers worth around $2m Continue Reading

March 05, 2018 05Mar2018 News

Hershey’s outsources SAP roll-out to Accenture

US chocolate maker has signed up Accenture to support its SAP Hana S/4 implementation Continue Reading

March 05, 2018 05Mar2018 News

MWC 2018: iPhone X device of choice for visitors to Barcelona

Statistics compiled by mobile data crowdsourcing outfit Tutela has revealed in-depth insight into what devices visitors to Mobile World Congress 2018 were using, and how they used them Continue Reading

March 05, 2018 05Mar2018 News

Government aims to complete genome sequencing project by end of 2018

The government-funded 100,000 Genomes Project, originally due to be completed by the end of 2017, has reached the halfway point and aims to have mapped 100,000 genomes by the end of the year Continue Reading

March 05, 2018 05Mar2018 Opinion

Security Think Tank: How to tackle fileless malware attacks

What should organisations do at the very least to ensure business computers are protected from fileless malware? Continue Reading

March 05, 2018 05Mar2018 News

CIO interview: Helena Theakstone, head of digital, Oasis Fashion

Oasis Fashion’s head of digital talks about GDPR preparation, collaboration between digital and IT, and the importance of listening to customers Continue Reading

March 05, 2018 05Mar2018 News

Most healthcare organisations have been breached, report shows

Less than a third of global healthcare organisations remain untouched, as data breaches rise across the industry, a report reveals Continue Reading

March 05, 2018 05Mar2018 News

Spring Break flaw shows cross-industry collaboration

A flaw that was discovered in Pivotal’s Spring Framework in September 2017 has only come to light now that users have had a chance to update Continue Reading

March 05, 2018 05Mar2018 News

AWS outage: Datacentre power cut knocks ‘hundreds’ of internet services offline

A year on from Amazon’s S3 outage at its US-East-1 datacentre region, a power loss incident in the same place has caused a fresh round of service disruption for the cloud giant’s customers Continue Reading

March 05, 2018 05Mar2018 News

Fibre broadband network builder challenges ASA on fake fibre

CityFibre has filed for a judicial review of the Advertising Standards Authority’s November 2017 decision to allow fibre-to-the-cabinet broadband to be advertised as fibre Continue Reading

March 05, 2018 05Mar2018 News

Yorkshire Building Society implements cloud banking platform

Yorkshire Building Society is using a cloud-based banking platform built on Salesforce.com to automate manual tasks Continue Reading

March 05, 2018 05Mar2018 News

Interview: Andy Street, mayor of the West Midlands

West Midlands mayor Andy Street talks about why digital is key to the region’s economic growth, his hunt for a chief digital officer, and the importance of skills and collaboration Continue Reading

March 05, 2018 05Mar2018 Blog Post

Phantom SOARs into Splunk, at machine-speed

Machine data analytics company Splunk has acquired security orchestration firm Phantom Cyber Corporation. Phantom is more widely known as a SOAR player – Security, Orchestration, Automation and ... Continue Reading

March 05, 2018 05Mar2018 In Depth

Customer analytics applications add artificial intelligence to reduce market ‘friction’

Customer analytics applications developers are seeking to add layers of intelligence to improve sellers’ interactions with buyers Continue Reading

March 05, 2018 05Mar2018 Blog Post

What shape is software automation DNA?

Automation is driving software application development architectures, but its shape, form and process is rarely defined with any clarity. In real terms, we might explain automation’s application ... Continue Reading

March 05, 2018 05Mar2018 News

Microsoft Singapore to tap solar energy for datacentre operations

Software giant Microsoft will buy 100% of the renewable energy generated by solar panels installed on rooftops across Singapore to power its datacentre operations Continue Reading

March 04, 2018 04Mar2018 Opinion

Apprenticeship reforms are driving tech sector skills success

Apprenticeships and skills minister Anne Milton says apprenticeships are a great way to make sure the tech industry has the skills it needs Continue Reading

March 02, 2018 02Mar2018 News

UK will need data protection agreement with EU as part of Brexit deal, says PM

Prime minister Theresa May's Brexit speech highlights need for data protection deal with EU, “advanced” border IT systems, and re-confirms UK won’t be part of the EU digital single market Continue Reading

March 02, 2018 02Mar2018 Blog Post

Read the PMs Brexit speech - for why the BBC is so anti-Brexit

The details in the Prime Minister's speech, including that dismissed as Geekspeak in the mass media, helps explain what is really at stake in the negotiations and why the BBC and the Online ... Continue Reading

March 02, 2018 02Mar2018 News

Cyber crime is a top threat to UK charities, says NCSC

Cyber crime poses the most serious threats to UK charities, the National Cyber Security Centre has warned Continue Reading

March 02, 2018 02Mar2018 News

Scality Zenko 'multi-cloud controller' offers hybrid cloud boost

S3-based software control layer will support Amazon, Google and Microsoft clouds to bring hybrid cloud operations, with object storage across private and public clouds Continue Reading

March 02, 2018 02Mar2018 News

CIO interview, Marcus East, chief technology officer, National Geographic

National Geographic’s chief technology officer talks about the three pillars of its technology change programme and being “radical and innovative” Continue Reading

March 02, 2018 02Mar2018 In Depth

Are gas-powered datacentres all hype and hot air?

As concerns about how the proliferation of datacentres will affect electricity supplies continue to be raised, some are experimenting with natural gas as an alternative energy source. But is it a viable, long-term solution? Continue Reading

March 02, 2018 02Mar2018 News

Nesta challenge leverages Open Banking to help small businesses

Innovation foundation invites enterprises of all sizes to compete for a share of a £2.5m prize fund in the second phase of its Open Up Challenge Continue Reading

March 02, 2018 02Mar2018 News

Cyber threat to industrial control systems highest yet

The cyber threat to industrial control systems has never been greater, according to a report analysing malicious activity aimed at such systems Continue Reading

March 02, 2018 02Mar2018 News

Bank of England chief calls for cryptocurrency regulation

Bank of England governor calls on cryptocurrencies to be regulated to protect financial system and reduce illicit activities Continue Reading

March 02, 2018 02Mar2018 News

Blockchain investment firm acquires Swedish colocation provider Hydro66

Canadian investment firm Arctic Blockchain has acquired renewably powered colocation specialist Hydro66 to cash in on demand for datacentre capacity from cryptocurrency miners Continue Reading

March 02, 2018 02Mar2018 News

CIOs ill-prepared for IT changes to enable digital business transformation

Lack of skills, an inability to make the most of advanced analytics internally and slow software development are hampering digitisation efforts Continue Reading

March 02, 2018 02Mar2018 News

Equifax ups breach figure by a further 2.5 million

Credit rating agency Equifax has increased the number of US records believed to have been compromised in 2017 Continue Reading

March 02, 2018 02Mar2018 News

People at risk of psychological side-effects of screen addiction

Many Brits spend more than 10 hours a day attached to a screen and 60% look at two at once, research shows Continue Reading

March 02, 2018 02Mar2018 News

Vast majority of consumers unaware of Open Banking consequences, research finds

Research shows most consumers have little or no knowledge of the Open Banking regulation and how it will affect them Continue Reading

March 02, 2018 02Mar2018 News

Cloud firms need $1bn datacentre investment a quarter to compete with AWS and co

IT service providers must invest “at least” $1bn a quarter to keep up with the pace of Amazon, Google and Microsoft hyperscale cloud growth, research suggests Continue Reading

March 02, 2018 02Mar2018 News

Memcached servers irresistible to DDoS attackers, expert warns

In the light of the biggest distributed denial of service attack to date against GitHub, organisations should ditch memcached servers or risk a blizzard of blistering attacks, says security researcher Continue Reading

March 02, 2018 02Mar2018 News

Wearables join mobiles as high-growth payment methods

Banks must develop broad contactless payment strategies if they are to keep pace with consumer demand Continue Reading