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August 12, 2019 12Aug2019 Photo Story

SailGP: monitoring real-time race data onshore

August 12, 2019 12Aug2019 Photo Story

SailGP: bringing sailing to a new audience with technology

Oracle founder Larry Ellison is bankrolling SailGP, a new high-performance yacht racing series that aims to use data analytics to attract a global audience to the sport Continue Reading

August 12, 2019 12Aug2019 News

Liberty Steel forges future growth with Infor

Steelmaker is using cloud-delivered software from Infor to stoke its growth, replacing SAP systems provided by its former parent, Tata Steel Europe Continue Reading

August 12, 2019 12Aug2019 News

South Wales Police starts facial recognition trial despite opposition

The use of the facial recognition app by South Wales Police marks the latest deployment of controversial facial recognition technology by police forces in the UK Continue Reading

August 12, 2019 12Aug2019 In Depth

Hop jumps to Pure Storage to avoid big storage complexity

Air France short-haul and regional brand Hop jumps to Pure Storage after coming up against Dell EMC, NetApp and HPE, which all tried to sell it solutions ill-suited to its needs Continue Reading

August 12, 2019 12Aug2019 News

Department for Work and Pensions claims payments progress

Key milestones were completed as the government department seeks to evolve its service delivery with innovations such as distributed ledger technologies Continue Reading

August 12, 2019 12Aug2019 News

Over 40% of UK shoppers want store-specific stock information

Shoppers want to use mobile or the web to see availability of items in stores near them in a growing trend towards convenience shopping Continue Reading

August 12, 2019 12Aug2019 News

Digital transformation driving security rethink

Organisations are focusing on internet of things and cloud in developing cyber defence systems, study shows Continue Reading

August 12, 2019 12Aug2019 News

Hundreds of Post Office branches hit by new Horizon problem

Subpostmasters suffering slow running and frozen terminals while Post Office searches for a fix to issues apparently caused by a software update Continue Reading

August 12, 2019 12Aug2019 Opinion

Security Think Tank: Balancing data accessibility with security controls

How can infosec pros and data architects work together to support business goals and achieve a good level of cyber security? Continue Reading

August 12, 2019 12Aug2019 Blog Post

In-memory for continuous (& simpler) deep learning Part 2

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Nikita Ivanov, CTO and co-founder of GridGain Systems. GridGain specialises in software and services for big data systems ... Continue Reading

August 12, 2019 12Aug2019 Blog Post

What to expect from IFS World Conference 2019

The Computer Weekly Developer Network (CWDN) team is extremely partial to baked beans, broiled lobster, New England architecture, Sam Adams beers and ERP systems that boast specific competencies in ... Continue Reading

August 09, 2019 09Aug2019 News

McAfee warns of serious security flaw in building controller

Security researchers have demonstrated how simple flaws in building controllers could allow malicious actors to manipulate control systems with devastating effect, highlighting the importance of operational technology security Continue Reading

August 09, 2019 09Aug2019 News

Prime minister to launch fast-tracked visas for skilled workers

Prime minister Boris Johnson has urged government departments to work on a new fast-tracked visa for those skilled in sciences, and may scrap other visa caps to attract top talent Continue Reading

August 09, 2019 09Aug2019 News

F-Secure warns of F5 Big IP-related security issue

F-Secure has discovered security issues relating to an F5 device that it says could potentially turn hundreds of thousands of load balancers into beachheads for cyber attacks Continue Reading

August 09, 2019 09Aug2019 Opinion

Security Think Tank: Communication, processes and tech: A new beginning for security

How can infosec pros and data architects work together to support business goals and achieve a good level of cyber security? Continue Reading

August 09, 2019 09Aug2019 News

Huawei mobile IoT OS ready to plug Android gap

Huawei is positioning its microkernel-based, distributed HarmonyOS mobile operating system as a true competitor to both Android and iOS Continue Reading

August 09, 2019 09Aug2019 News

NCC Group warns of security risks of leading printers

Researchers uncover more than 35 vulnerabilities in six leading enterprise printers, many of which could allow access to corporate networks, underlining the need to counter security risks of embedded systems Continue Reading

August 09, 2019 09Aug2019 News

Whistleblowers: James Glenn’s battle with Cisco opens new front on cyber security

James Glenn, a 42-year-old security specialist, fought a 10-year legal battle with Cisco after blowing the whistle on serious security flaws. He lost his job, but has no regrets Continue Reading

August 09, 2019 09Aug2019 Blog Post

In-memory for continuous (& simpler) deep learning Part 1

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Nikita Ivanov, CTO and co-founder of GridGain Systems. GridGain specialises in software and services for big data systems ... Continue Reading

August 09, 2019 09Aug2019 Blog Post

Skyroam Solis X ‘smartspot’ portable hotspot

Now that we have Wi-Fi at home and at work, good options for global cellular roaming and (for times when neither of those are accessible) we also have Wi-Fi portable hotspots too. One would imagine ... Continue Reading

August 08, 2019 08Aug2019 News

Ransomware a continued threat to business, report warns

Businesses are increasingly becoming the most popular targets for ransomware, which remains a top cyber threat around the world, especially in the US, a report reveals Continue Reading

August 08, 2019 08Aug2019 News

NHS gets £250m boost for AI and genomics

National Artificial Intelligence Lab will work on new treatments for cancer, dementia and heart disease Continue Reading

August 08, 2019 08Aug2019 News

Cyber criminals hijacking legitimate website comms

Criminals are exploiting firms’ use of online feedback methods to distribute spam and phishing emails, security researchers warn Continue Reading

August 08, 2019 08Aug2019 Opinion

UK businesses deserve a 5G networked nation

The tech sector needs to coalesce around a unified, positive vision of 5G to establish a proper business case for ultrafast, low latency mobile Continue Reading

August 08, 2019 08Aug2019 News

Can you trust pen-testers?

Pen-testers have knowingly posted security workarounds on the public internet that are now commonly used by hackers Continue Reading

August 08, 2019 08Aug2019 Opinion

Security Think Tank: Security is a business, not an IT function

How can infosec pros and data architects work together to support business goals and achieve a good level of cyber security? Continue Reading

August 08, 2019 08Aug2019 E-Handbook

A Computer Weekly buyer’s guide to enterprise social networking

Companies are discovering the many advantages of communicating through social networking platforms. In this 14-page buyer’s guide, Computer Weekly looks at how they can revolutionise collaboration, the options available for retailers and the ... Continue Reading

August 08, 2019 08Aug2019 News

British Airways resolves IT systems issues that forced it to ground and delay hundreds of flights

British Airways has confirmed the IT system-related technical difficulties that resulted in it having to cancel hundreds of flights have been resolved Continue Reading

August 08, 2019 08Aug2019 E-Zine

CW Benelux: Dutch academic hunts the personality behind the hacker

Rutger Leukfeldt, senior researcher on cyber crime at the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement, is working to help organisations understand the personalities behind criminal hackers. Also in this issue, read about ... Continue Reading

August 08, 2019 08Aug2019 News

Openreach starts roll-out of dark fibre product

Openreach is soft-launching a wholesale dark fibre product in eastern England ahead of a wider national roll-out Continue Reading

August 07, 2019 07Aug2019 News

Southeast Asian ‘white hat’ urges more countries to sign the Paris Call

A renowned ethical hacker in Malaysia has called for more nations to support the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace to counter the threat of cyber warfare Continue Reading

August 07, 2019 07Aug2019 News

Rackspace Service Blocks has its roots in APAC

Rackspace’s new managed services model that lets enterprises choose services based on where they are in their cloud adoption journey was conceived in the Asia-Pacific region Continue Reading

August 07, 2019 07Aug2019 In Depth

Unpicking the datacentre industry’s complicated relationship with climate change

The energy usage habits of datacentres often see the sector labelled as a contributor to climate change, but the situation is far more nuanced than that, it seems Continue Reading

August 07, 2019 07Aug2019 Blog Post

Pulsant: infrastructure skills are ‘instrumental’ for cloud super-structures

Pulsant specialises in managed cloud hosting, colocation and application hosting services. As a core competency, Pulsant works on hybrid (value-added) cloud solutions with a core focus on ... Continue Reading

August 07, 2019 07Aug2019 Blog Post

Digging into the cloud security arguments of the Capital One data breach

In this guest post, Dob Todorov, CEO and chief cloud officer, HeleCloud, sets out why it is wrong to declare cloud not fit for business use in the wake of the Capital One data breach. In two ... Continue Reading

August 07, 2019 07Aug2019 Opinion

Security Think Tank: Dialogue between data architects and security leads is essential

How can infosec pros and data architects work together to support business goals and achieve a good level of cyber security? Continue Reading

August 07, 2019 07Aug2019 News

Shared files in the cloud are a top ransomware target

Vectra 2019 Spotlight report shows recent ransomware attacks cast a wider net to ensnare cloud, datacentre and enterprise infrastructures Continue Reading

August 07, 2019 07Aug2019 News

The $10bn question: Why is the US government’s JEDI cloud contract taking so long to award?

The announcement of who has won the US government’s controversial $10bn, decade-long cloud contract is nearly 12 months overdue. So what’s holding it up? Continue Reading

August 07, 2019 07Aug2019 News

Digital transformation hampered by lack of C-suite support

Most organisations are driving digital projects, but only a small percentage is happy with the board support they receive, according to research Continue Reading

August 07, 2019 07Aug2019 News

FireEye identifies dual nature Chinese cyber threat group

Security researchers have identified a China-based cyber threat group engaged in state-spored espionage in parallel with cyber criminal activities targeting multiple industries worldwide Continue Reading

August 07, 2019 07Aug2019 News

MapR collapse into HPE harbinger of big data tech trough of despair?

The collapse of big data pioneer MapR into HPE could be the fate of an also-ran. But might it also be a sign of the crash of a Hadoop-related meteor shower that included Hortonworks and Cloudera? Continue Reading

August 07, 2019 07Aug2019 Blog Post

8chan history

As we watched a former porn site merchant’s video statement, him sat there in front of a Benjamin Franklin backdrop to the sound of a military bugle call, defending 8chan’s white supremacist ... Continue Reading

August 07, 2019 07Aug2019 News

Rolls-Royce uses IFS to provide real-time operational data

Aero engine maker is using IFS Maintenix to gather engine data and push out software updates Continue Reading

August 07, 2019 07Aug2019 Blog Post

The Enterprise Data Fabric: an information architecture for our times

This is a guest blogpost by Sean Martin, CTO and co-founder, Cambridge Semantics The post-big data landscape has been shaped by two emergent, intrinsically related forces: the predominance of ... Continue Reading

August 07, 2019 07Aug2019 In Depth

How UK councils are using technology to support adult social care

As budgets dwindle and central government delays the creation of an overarching strategy around the future of care, local authorities are looking into innovations such as robotics and voice assistant technologies to ease the pressure on resources Continue Reading

August 07, 2019 07Aug2019 News

Industry collaborates to patch SwapGS CPU vulnerability

Newly disclosed SwapGS vulnerability in modern processors has been patched in Windows, Linux and ChromeOS, underlining the importance of keeping systems up to date Continue Reading

August 07, 2019 07Aug2019 News

BA IT systems failure results in cancelled flights and delays at London airports

British Airways is experiencing unspecified technical difficulties at London Heathrow, London Gatwick and London City airports, prompting it to cancel flights Continue Reading

August 07, 2019 07Aug2019 Blog Post

DataStax: what is a ‘progressive’ cloud strategy?

With its roots and foundations in the open source Apache Cassandra database, Santa Clara headquartered DataStax insists that it likes to keep things open. As such, the company is opening a wider ... Continue Reading

August 07, 2019 07Aug2019 Blog Post

What to expect from Freshworks Refresh 19

The Computer Weekly Developer Network team is a big fan of smoky casinos, 1-cent slot machines, cloud-based CRM software platforms, intelligent workflow automation technology and basketball legend ... Continue Reading

August 06, 2019 06Aug2019 News

Oracle Generation 2 cloud service to debut in Australia

The Sydney Generation 2 cloud region will be delivered from a new datacentre to meet demand for Oracle’s cloud infrastructure and autonomous database services in Australia Continue Reading

August 06, 2019 06Aug2019 In Depth

APAC buyer’s guide to human capital management software

More Asia-Pacific organisations are turning to HCM software to recruit, engage and retain a new breed of employees who increasingly expect personalised services from HR teams Continue Reading

August 06, 2019 06Aug2019 E-Handbook

Top VPNs secretly owned by Chinese firms

Nearly a third of top VPNs are secretly owned by Chinese companies, while other owners are based in countries with weak or no privacy laws, potentially putting users at risk, security researchers warn. Dive into this story now. Continue Reading

August 06, 2019 06Aug2019 Blog Post

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7, it's a bit better than 7.6

Red Hat… no, wait, stop there -- not Red Hat the IBM company, actually just Red Hat -- that’s how the company is still putting out news stories. We’ll start again, open source enterprise software ... Continue Reading

August 06, 2019 06Aug2019 News

African bank foils suspected North Korean cyber attack

An African bank is among the financial institutions to be targeted by North Korea’s multi-billion dollar cyber theft campaign to support its weapons programmes Continue Reading

August 06, 2019 06Aug2019 Podcast

Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – episode 27

In this week’s episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload, Brian McKenna and Caroline Donnelly are joined by Alex Scroxton to weigh up the tech credentials of Boris Johnson’s new cabinet, Huawei’s half-year results, LinkedIn’s cloud migration ... Continue Reading

August 06, 2019 06Aug2019 News

Most UK firms lack confidence in disaster recovery

Only a third of UK firms are confident in their ability to recover from cyber attacks and other disasters, with business continuity still relatively low on the agenda, a study reveals Continue Reading

August 06, 2019 06Aug2019 Blog Post

Hype vs. reality: Why some organisations are opting to de-cloud

In this guest post, Justin Day, CEO of hybrid cloud connectivity platform provider Cloud Gateway shares his thoughts one why some enterprises are choosing to pull back from off-premise life and ... Continue Reading

August 06, 2019 06Aug2019 News

Scottish government launches £30m Cloud Services Framework with a 50% SME supplier list

Framework has gone live with 14 suppliers making the cut, who will be on hand to provide public sector organisations in Scotland with access to public, private and hybrid cloud services, as well as colocation capacity Continue Reading

August 06, 2019 06Aug2019 News

Tech purchasers should choose high-end handsets for better data rates

Choice of handset modem and network technology will improve 4G network performance, which can be an important consideration in company mobiles Continue Reading

August 06, 2019 06Aug2019 E-Zine

Using tech to boost staff morale

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at the emerging technologies being used to improve employee experience and raise staff loyalty and motivation. The CIO of the Football Association explains how IT is changing the way the national game is ... Continue Reading

August 06, 2019 06Aug2019 News

Problems around police algorithms emerge in government debates

Information sharing across agencies, data protection and governance implications are discussed as the government attempts to appropriately use data-driven technologies Continue Reading

August 06, 2019 06Aug2019 News

ICO joins international call for transparency around Facebook’s Libra currency

Data protection regulators from around the world have signed a statement raising privacy concerns about Libra Continue Reading

August 06, 2019 06Aug2019 Opinion

Security Think Tank: Close interdisciplinary ties are key to security integration

How can infosec professionals and data architects work together to support business goals and achieve a good level of cyber security? Continue Reading

August 06, 2019 06Aug2019 Blog Post

CircleCI offers single-workflow (multiple-platform) CI/CD for Microsoft Windows

Developer-centric automation software company CircleCI has launched general availability of support for Windows in its product set. CircleCI (the clue is in the name) has a specialism in Continuous ... Continue Reading

August 05, 2019 05Aug2019 News

DDoS on the rise, warns Kaspersky

Security researchers at Kaspersky are among those warning business that, more than ever, mitigation of distributed denial of service attacks needs to be a key element of cyber defence strategies Continue Reading

August 05, 2019 05Aug2019 Blog Post

Why Gov.uk Verify faces a critical few months - again

Gov.uk Verify – the government’s flagship digital identity system – faces a critical few months ahead. Again. As the clock ticks down towards the end of March 2020, when further public investment ... Continue Reading

August 05, 2019 05Aug2019 News

CIO interview: Simon McNamara, chief administrative officer, RBS Group

Brought in after a catastrophic IT failure that affected 6.5 million customers, the IT chief at Royal Bank of Scotland Group says the bank is now a leader in innovation Continue Reading

August 05, 2019 05Aug2019 Blog Post

Britain won't have 100% full-fibre by 2025. One horrible - if speculative - version of why not

On 24 July 2019, as jubilant Conservative party members emerged from Boris Johnson's victory speech in Westminster, one supporter was heard to remark Johnson had promised to "insert high-speed ... Continue Reading

August 05, 2019 05Aug2019 Blog Post

Women in code series: Allison Wilbur, Sauce Labs

The Computer Weekly Developer Network (CWDN) and Open Source Insider team want to talk code and coding. But more than that, we want to talk coding across the diversity spectrum… so let’s get the ... Continue Reading

August 05, 2019 05Aug2019 In Depth

First Bus blends Infor asset management with SAP core ERP

When First Bus decided to upgrade its asset management and maintenance systems, it avoided senior management’s first choice, SAP, which provides its main business systems, and plumped for Infor Continue Reading

August 05, 2019 05Aug2019 Blog Post

NordVPN offers NordLynx for Linux, built around WireGuard

Virtual Private Network (VPN) company NordVPN has introduced NordLynx technology built around the WireGuard protocol. WireGuard is thought to be shaking up the VPN space as a new type of protocol ... Continue Reading

August 05, 2019 05Aug2019 News

Nordic startups take international expansion as a starting point

Two startups from the Nordic region are among those targeting international expansion even before they have established themselves on their home turf Continue Reading

August 05, 2019 05Aug2019 In Depth

Enhancing business purpose with privacy compliance

Computer Weekly looks at the importance of building on basic GDPR compliance and making privacy a key foundation of business culture Continue Reading

August 05, 2019 05Aug2019 News

Boris Johnson has 12 months to reform broadband policy, says industry

Broadband sector advocates warn prime minister that the clock is ticking if he wants to be serious about achieving 100% full-fibre broadband coverage in six years Continue Reading

August 05, 2019 05Aug2019 Opinion

Security Think Tank: CIA at heart of infosec-data architect partnership

How can infosec professionals and data architects work together to support business goals and achieve a good level of cyber security? Continue Reading

August 05, 2019 05Aug2019 Blog Post

What is Kubernetes-as-a-Service?

According to wikis, hacker forum discussions and the team itself, Kubernetes is so-named because it translates from (κυβερνήτης in Greek) to governor, helmsman or captain -- and further, ... Continue Reading

August 05, 2019 05Aug2019 News

Nordic banks move into wearable payment technology

Payment by watch or watch strap is now an option for customers of two banks in Sweden Continue Reading

August 05, 2019 05Aug2019 News

Microsoft teams up with Singapore government in training push

Microsoft is partnering SkillsFuture Singapore in a training programme that aims to build a ‘digitally confident’ population Continue Reading

August 05, 2019 05Aug2019 News

Most UK university applicants at risk of email fraud

The majority of hundreds of thousands of applicants to UK universities are at risk of email fraud before and after A-level results day, due to a failure to implement full Dmarc protection, a study reveals Continue Reading

August 02, 2019 02Aug2019 News

CDEI concludes public engagement on online targeting

The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation has concluded a major events programme supporting one of its upcoming reviews Continue Reading

August 02, 2019 02Aug2019 News

BT chief urges PM to act decisively on broadband

BT’s new chief executive Philip Jansen says he is ready to help meet Boris Johnson’s broadband roll-out goals, but warns the cost will be high Continue Reading

August 02, 2019 02Aug2019 In Depth

Developing innovative security analytics approaches in the digital age

With security threats growing in scale and complexity, security analytics provide a way for IT teams to stay one step ahead of cyber attackers. The challenge is to ensure this technology continues to be effective in the face of new security ... Continue Reading

August 02, 2019 02Aug2019 News

Birmingham City Council ends 13-year IT contract with Capita

Local authority to bring IT services in-house, saying “the time is right to transfer the services back to the council” Continue Reading

August 02, 2019 02Aug2019 Blog Post

Welcome to Limmy’s Twitch

Amazon-owned live video streaming platform Twitch has lost one of its biggest stars to Microsoft-owned rival site Mixer, but rather than lament the departure of Ninja, one clandestine member of the ... Continue Reading

August 02, 2019 02Aug2019 Opinion

Would you trust a criminal with your cyber security?

Several industry sectors have set a good example by hiring ex-offenders, and the cyber security industry could benefit in similar ways by looking at members of the hacker community Continue Reading

August 02, 2019 02Aug2019 News

Lack of resources top challenge to IT security

A lack of resources is the top challenge to information security professionals, followed by a lack of experience and skills, a survey reveals Continue Reading

August 02, 2019 02Aug2019 Blog Post

Redgate acquires (but commits to widening) open source Flyway

Database development company Redgate has been to the shops. The Cambridge, UK-based firm has bought eggs, fresh bloomers (no, the bread kind) and, direct from the meat counter, a US$10 million ... Continue Reading

August 02, 2019 02Aug2019 Blog Post

LzLabs CEO: app modernisation is (a form of) development

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Mark Cresswell in his role as CEO of LzLabs. LzLabs develops what it calls its Software Defined Mainframe (SDM) package — ... Continue Reading

August 02, 2019 02Aug2019 News

Government continues probe of UK cyber security labour market

The government has announced a second phase of research to help understand the UK's cyber security labour market Continue Reading

August 02, 2019 02Aug2019 Blog Post

How International SOS is keeping up with the pulse of change

In just under three years, tech veteran Ramesh Munamarty has accomplished what some of his peers can only dream of – building an agile culture, shoring up the IT infrastructure and delivering ... Continue Reading

August 01, 2019 01Aug2019 News

Malaysian state investment fund adopts Alibaba Cloud

Permodalan Nasional chooses Alibaba Cloud for hybrid cloud architecture to boost speed to market and gain scalability Continue Reading

August 01, 2019 01Aug2019 News

IR35 reforms: Contractor poll highlights lack of faith in new UK government

Research into how the contractor community views the government and its ability to deliver the private sector IR35 reforms should provide “food for thought” for prime minister Boris Johnson Continue Reading

August 01, 2019 01Aug2019 E-Handbook

CIO Trends #9

In this e-guide, take a look at some of our most popular articles on issues faced by IT decision-makers, such as the rise in IT buying decisions from outside the IT department, the importance of ethics in technology, and a look at how the Department... Continue Reading

August 01, 2019 01Aug2019 E-Handbook

Gartner: Five pitfalls for a new CIO to avoid

Incoming CIOs have around 100 days to set themselves up with a smooth runway to success. The good news is that countless CIOs have already gone through the rigmarole and made the mistakes so that you don't have to. Here are five common mistakes a ... Continue Reading

August 01, 2019 01Aug2019 News

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