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2019 Stories

• March 20, 2019 20Mar2019 News

  How D+1 keeps payroll woes at bay

  The Singapore-based F&B business behind the Yolé frozen yogurt chain has consolidated its payroll data into a single database powered by Unit4’s HR management system Continue Reading

• March 19, 2019 19Mar2019 News

  Government launches investigation into AI bias

  Advisory body will look at how systems that support decision-making may have inherent algorithmic biases that need to be taken into account Continue Reading

• March 19, 2019 19Mar2019 Opinion

  Growing board focus on cyber risk challenges current thinking

  As digital transformation continues to drive change in the business and risk landscape, business and cyber security leaders need to improve discussions around this topic Continue Reading

• March 19, 2019 19Mar2019 News

  Salisbury to get ‘universal’ full-fibre broadband

  Every residential and business property in Salisbury will be able to access full-fibre broadband in 12 months, claims Openreach Continue Reading

• March 19, 2019 19Mar2019 News

  Norsk Hydro confirms ransomware attack

  A Norwegian aluminium producer has confirmed a ransomware attack is affecting several areas of its business, forcing it to switch to manual operations Continue Reading

• March 19, 2019 19Mar2019 News

  More than half of EU firms report cyber attack losses

  More than half of European firms admit business disruption and data loss due to cyber attacks in the past 24 months, with UK firms among the most targeted, a survey shows Continue Reading

• March 19, 2019 19Mar2019 News

  Cohesity plans to put backup data to good use

  Cohesity’s DataPlatform now makes use of previously dormant backup data with analytics to provide business value and to tackle threats such as ransomware Continue Reading

• March 19, 2019 19Mar2019 News

  NatWest launches female-focused crowdfunding programme

  Consumer bank NatWest is backing female entrepreneurs through a crowdfunding programme Continue Reading

• March 19, 2019 19Mar2019 In Depth

  5G in ASEAN still a way off despite optimism

  Spectrum is yet to be assigned in many ASEAN nations, while applications and services are still being tested in pilot projects across the region Continue Reading

• March 19, 2019 19Mar2019 News

  Ctera teams with HPE to put cloud gateways in Simplivity HCI

  X Series appliances marry HPE’s hyper-converged hardware with Ctera’s hybrid cloud file server gateway to provide edge compute with storage tiered to the cloud Continue Reading

• March 19, 2019 19Mar2019 News

  Firms urged to protect against spear phishing

  Spear phishing attacks are sophisticated, targeted, costly and increasing in popularity among cyber attackers, a report warns Continue Reading

• March 19, 2019 19Mar2019 E-Zine

  How IT leaders should work with marketing

  In this week’s Computer Weekly, we hear expert advice on how IT and marketing chiefs can work together to deliver a high-quality customer experience. We examine how supercomputers are transforming science by processing large-scale data analytics. ... Continue Reading

• March 19, 2019 19Mar2019 News

  NatWest launches business virtual account platform

  Features supported by a new system enable corporate customers to manage and segregate money, and are part of a wider digital transformation plan to enhance customer experience Continue Reading

• March 19, 2019 19Mar2019 Blog Post

  Ribbon ties developers to connected comms on AT&T API marketplace

  US telecoms stalwart AT&T is expanding its Application Programming Interface (API) marketplace connectivity points. The AT&T API Marketplace (it’s an online store zone, not a real market, ... Continue Reading

• March 19, 2019 19Mar2019 E-Handbook

  ASEAN CIO trends

  Computer Weekly’s APAC CIO advisory panel recently gathered for the first time to share their thoughts on digital transformation and what the term means to them. In this e-guide, read more about the issues that ASEAN CIOs are facing and how they ... Continue Reading

• March 19, 2019 19Mar2019 Podcast

  Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 8

  In this week’s episode of The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, the team reminisces over 30 years of the World Wide Web, gets the low-down on what happened at this year’s Cloud Expo and digs a little deeper into the user IT implications of ... Continue Reading

• March 19, 2019 19Mar2019 News

  Norwegian aluminium producer hit by ‘extensive’ cyber attack

  A Norwegian aluminium producer has disclosed that it has come under cyber attack affecting several areas of its business as the firm faces claims of environmental damage Continue Reading

• March 19, 2019 19Mar2019 News

  Post Office director cross-examination confirms lack of investigation into branch IT problems

  A high court judge heard that the Post Office did not investigate a computer system error that could cause losses, despite being offered evidence Continue Reading

• March 19, 2019 19Mar2019 News

  ArcServe 9000 backup appliance offers one-stop disaster recovery

  In its latest 9000Dr appliances ArcServe beefs up processing, RAM and disk to run virtual machines and saves SMEs spending on dedicated disaster recovery hardware Continue Reading

• March 19, 2019 19Mar2019 News

  New Accenture-Microsoft group to sharpen industry focus

  Accenture-Microsoft business group will deliver industry-specific offerings and consulting services to enterprises that lean towards Microsoft technologies Continue Reading

• March 18, 2019 18Mar2019 News

  Build in trust, experts advise cyber innovators

  Trust will be increasingly important in the digital era, and is therefore a key component of new products and services, experts have told cyber security innovators Continue Reading

• March 18, 2019 18Mar2019 News

  Component prices skew server market

  Global server revenues jump as increased cost of components is passed on Continue Reading

• March 18, 2019 18Mar2019 News

  Department of Health considers overhaul of screening IT

  Modernisation intended to address high-profile failures in national screening services will be informed by an investigation on the topic to be published next month Continue Reading

• March 18, 2019 18Mar2019 E-Handbook

  Refresh your hardware

  A recent IT Priorities survey by TechTarget/Computer Weekly showed that enterprises across the Asia-Pacific region are looking at shoring up their IT infrastructure to support their digital transformation initiatives. That is to be expected, given ... Continue Reading

• March 18, 2019 18Mar2019 News

  MySpace data loss: Botched server migration prompts user concerns over fate of lost songs

  Social networking forerunner MySpace confirms server migration caused the loss of content uploaded to its site before 2015 Continue Reading

• March 18, 2019 18Mar2019 E-Handbook

  Get smarter about BI/analytics

  Business intelligence (BI) and analytics is no longer just an option for any company that hopes to stay ahead of the competition. By arming employees with valuable insights from customer preferences to footfall in the case of retail mall operators, ... Continue Reading

• March 18, 2019 18Mar2019 E-Handbook

  Keeping up with ERP systems

  Enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications form the backbone of many organisations, so it is hardly surprising that enterprises across the Asia-Pacific region are looking at shoring up their ERP systems to keep up with the needs of their ... Continue Reading

• March 18, 2019 18Mar2019 News

  EU law enforcement agencies prepare for major cyber attacks

  Law enforcement agencies across the European Union are preparing for major cross-border cyber attacks, says Europol Continue Reading

• March 18, 2019 18Mar2019 News

  UKCloud secures £25m investment to support multi-cloud public sector push

  G-Cloud-listed IT services firm UKCloud has received a sizeable financial boost to support its efforts to cater to the differentiated demands of public sector technology buyers Continue Reading

• March 18, 2019 18Mar2019 News

  CyLon announces latest cyber security accelerator cohort

  Swiss and Israeli cyber security startups join teams from the UK for CyLon’s ninth London accelerator cohort Continue Reading

• March 18, 2019 18Mar2019 Blog Post

  Big Switch builds open source network operating system

  Big Switch Networks describes itself as the cloud-first networking company. The firm focuses on what public cloud-style networking matched with hybrid cloud consistency. News this month sees the ... Continue Reading

• March 18, 2019 18Mar2019 In Depth

  Layer your approach to web security

  Combining unified threat management with other security systems and a strategic CISO is essential to defend against threats Continue Reading

• March 18, 2019 18Mar2019 News

  Veeam’s business soars in APAC, acquisitions on the cards

  The backup, recovery and data management hotshot expects to grow its APAC business by about 40% this year, with an eye on acquisitions in adjacent market segments Continue Reading

• March 15, 2019 15Mar2019 News

  UK sees increase in contactless card use

  Surge in use of “tap and go” payment feature is attributed to adoption by transport operators and more retailers, according to a trade body Continue Reading

• March 15, 2019 15Mar2019 News

  Digital divide threatens healthcare innovation

  Consumers and physicians are open to technology innovation, but progress is slow due to tech adoption at a varying pace and focus on different priorities, says report Continue Reading

• March 15, 2019 15Mar2019 News

  Subpostmasters achieve ‘stunning victory’ against Post Office in Horizon case

  Judge rules that Post Office showed “oppressive behaviour” in response to claimants accused of accounting errors they blamed on Horizon IT system Continue Reading

• March 15, 2019 15Mar2019 News

  Businesses failing to grasp DevSecOps

  UK and US businesses are being exposed to security risks by a failure to integrate security into DevOps programmes, research shows Continue Reading

• March 15, 2019 15Mar2019 News

  Oracle Q3 2018-19 results: profits nudge up, revenue dips

  Oracle’s third quarter 2018-19 results show improved profitability on weaker revenue, and cloud-based autonomous database service with 1,000 customers Continue Reading

• March 15, 2019 15Mar2019 News

  StepChange uses Pegasystems to power digital efficiency drive

  Charity StepChange, which helps people manage debt problems, has developed a modern IT system to help double the number of people it can support Continue Reading

• March 15, 2019 15Mar2019 News

  Brexit complicating already complex data protection

  GDPR impact is yet to be felt and data protection is set to become increasingly complex, with Brexit adding even more complexity that could be overwhelming, warns head of international privacy association Continue Reading

• March 15, 2019 15Mar2019 News

  Why the web needs patching

  Regulators want to curb the web giants, while World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee believes problems with the web's misuse can be fixed Continue Reading

• March 15, 2019 15Mar2019 News

  Venture capitalists driving Nordic tech enterprise growth

  The vibrant tech sector in the Nordic region is attracting increasing attention from venture capitalists Continue Reading

• March 15, 2019 15Mar2019 Blog Post

  Progress offers low-code-for-pros with Kinvey

  Progress puts forward another (arguably weighty) hand in the low-code game this week. The Boston, MA-based application development firm has upped the spec on its Progress Kinvey platform with extra ... Continue Reading

• March 15, 2019 15Mar2019 Blog Post

  Do we need a global IT event calendar?

  The question is in the title already: do we need a global IT event calendar? Why do we ask? Simply because this short piece could have been called May the 6th be with you (as in May the 4th [force] ... Continue Reading

• March 14, 2019 14Mar2019 News

  National Cyber Security Programme at risk of missing targets

  The National Audit Office has sharply criticised the Cabinet Office over failings in how it set up the National Cyber Security Programme that mean it may struggle to meet its goals Continue Reading

• March 14, 2019 14Mar2019 News

  DCMS announces new funding for prison coding skills

  The expanded scheme by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is part of a a £1.2m package to help under-represented groups get jobs Continue Reading

• March 14, 2019 14Mar2019 News

  IT Priorities 2019: ANZ organisations focus on fundamentals

  Organisations in Australia and New Zealand will spend more on modernising legacy applications and breaking down data silos this year Continue Reading

• March 14, 2019 14Mar2019 News

  Scrutiny of Facebook continues to mount as new criminal investigation comes to light

  A criminal investigation into Facebook's data-sharing deals intensifies the growing scrutiny of the social media behemoth's business practices Continue Reading

• March 14, 2019 14Mar2019 In Depth

  Enterprise and midrange SAN survey 2019: Hitachi, IBM and NetApp

  Part two of two: While all-flash is mainstream, NVMe is an option as disk replacement for most suppliers, while NetApp leads the way with NVMe end-to-end to hosts Continue Reading

• March 14, 2019 14Mar2019 News

  Avoid infosec mistakes of the past, urges Robert Hannigan

  Technology innovators need to avoid security mistakes of the past by building in integrity so that products and services can be used with trust and confidence, says former GCHQ director Continue Reading

• March 14, 2019 14Mar2019 News

  Met Police collaborated with US prosecutors in WikiLeaks investigation

  The Metropolitan Police has confirmed it exchanged information on WikiLeaks staff in the UK with the US Department of Justice, which is conducting criminal investigations into the organisation Continue Reading

• March 14, 2019 14Mar2019 Blog Post

  Predicting Senturion’s magnificent seven

  Luxury wrist-worn supercar key manufacturer Senturion has revealed it will release seven limited edition £211,550 pieces, fashioned from some asteroid, later this year. But who’ll get them? They ... Continue Reading

• March 14, 2019 14Mar2019 News

  NHS Shared Business Services seeks suppliers for £500m cloud procurement framework

  NHS Shared Business Services is seeking suppliers for a four-year procurement framework designed to streamline how public sector organisations source cloud services Continue Reading

• March 14, 2019 14Mar2019 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: Map your own important risk metrics

  What should be the key cyber security risk indicator for any business? Continue Reading

• March 14, 2019 14Mar2019 News

  Spring Statement 2019 allocates £200m to technology

  Chancellor Philip Hammond's latest statement announces funding to support progress in areas including supercomputer development, photonics and bioinformatics, promises tighter digital regulation and attempts to ensure flow of skilled professionals ... Continue Reading

• March 14, 2019 14Mar2019 Blog Post

  Gamma offers 13 key metrics to code against

  All developers like software management controls (or at least they should) -- largely because they need code to work effectively and see that it operates at the right level of performance and to ... Continue Reading

• March 13, 2019 13Mar2019 E-Zine

  CW APAC: Buyer's guide to cloud security

  When putting data in the cloud, companies must understand how it is protected – and not assume that security is all taken care of. In this buyer's guide, Computer Weekly offers advice on making cloud security choices, looks at how to guard against ... Continue Reading

• March 13, 2019 13Mar2019 News

  IT Priorities 2019: ASEAN organisations lay digital foundations

  Organisations in Southeast Asia are planning to shore up their IT infrastructure to speed up application development and become more customer focused Continue Reading

• March 13, 2019 13Mar2019 News

  Datacentre industry needs to raise its profile to address skills gaps, says panel

  The veil of secrecy the datacentre industry operates under is doing it no favours when it comes to attracting talent, according to Data Centre World panel Continue Reading

• March 13, 2019 13Mar2019 News

  ICO pledges to support innovation

  UK data privacy watchdog is increasingly gearing up to support innovation to ensure developers of tech and digital services do not lose society’s trust Continue Reading

• March 13, 2019 13Mar2019 News

  Furman Review urges greater competition for tech giants

  The six-month review into the UK digital economy includes recommendations of a new code of conduct for large companies, along with greater data openness and mobility Continue Reading

• March 13, 2019 13Mar2019 News

  OpenText Enterprise World Europe: CEO Barrenechea stakes claim for EIM as competitive edge

  OpenText’s CEO and CTO Mark Barrenechea used his keynote at the company’s inaugural Enterprise World Europe customer and partner conference in Vienna to make a case for enterprise information management as a software category that can give corporate... Continue Reading

• March 13, 2019 13Mar2019 News

  Bank of England’s large IT spend partly due to use of manual processes and legacy systems

  The Bank of England admits there is room for improvement when it comes to IT efficiency Continue Reading

• March 13, 2019 13Mar2019 News

  Shetlands get broadband upgrade to support local NHS services

  Shetland Islands Council is to receive £1.91m of funding to expand full-fibre broadband expansion to NHS sites on remote islands through the government’s Local Full-Fibre Networks initiative Continue Reading

• March 13, 2019 13Mar2019 News

  Bespoke digital training programmes help German travel operator with global transformation

  The TUI Group is using digital education programmes by Hyper Island to unify its geographically disparate leadership and drive change Continue Reading

• March 13, 2019 13Mar2019 News

  Revolutionising patient booking in the Gulf

  Startup in the Gulf region is applying digital technology to solve the inefficiencies in medical appointment booking processes Continue Reading

• March 13, 2019 13Mar2019 Blog Post

  Hear from some of the women shaping UK fintech

  Find out what needs to done to increase diversity in fintech from some of the women shaping the industry Continue Reading

• March 13, 2019 13Mar2019 Blog Post

  Perfecto proffers ‘perfected’ codeless automation testing

  Everything (in software) these days is about automation and low-code, no-code platforms with AI-enriched cloud-based intelligent data analytics services, right? Bringing at least two of those ... Continue Reading

• March 13, 2019 13Mar2019 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: Financial loss as a key security risk indicator

  What should be the key cyber security risk indicator for any business? Continue Reading

• March 13, 2019 13Mar2019 News

  Almost half UK firms hit by phishing attacks

  Almost half of UK organisations have been compromised in the past two years using phishing attacks, despite high levels of cyber awareness and training, research shows Continue Reading

• March 12, 2019 12Mar2019 News

  Cyber attackers favouring stealthier attacks, says Darktrace

  Cyber attackers are moving away from ransomware to stealthier tactics, including banking Trojans and cryptojacking, an analysis of attack data reveals Continue Reading

• March 12, 2019 12Mar2019 News

  IBM’s APAC CEO talks up next chapter of cloud adoption

  In the next phase of cloud adoption, enterprises will need to manage multiple cloud environments, as well as data to scale up their use of artificial intelligence technology Continue Reading

• March 12, 2019 12Mar2019 News

  RPA spend to increase after Brexit

  Organisations will spend 20-30% more as a result of admin overheads expected after the UK leaves the EU, but companies are unprepared and skills are in short supply, analysts say Continue Reading

• March 12, 2019 12Mar2019 News

  King's College London IT chief says resisting digital disruption a ‘waste of time’

  Speaking at the Cloud Expo Europe 2019 conference in London, King's College London chief architect, Ian Johns, opened up about how his past experiences of digital disruption informed his view that it's best to embrace it than fight back Continue Reading

• March 12, 2019 12Mar2019 Blog Post

  Does your developer team have an (enterprise security) attitude?

  You may have a ‘personal attitude’ when pushed to certain limits in a social situation, but what kind of ‘total enterprise attitude’ (TOA - not a real acronym, but it could be) to cybersecurity ... Continue Reading

• March 12, 2019 12Mar2019 News

  Defra criticised over no-deal IT systems plan

  The introduction of slower, burdensome systems brought about by the challenges of preparing for Brexit must not become the ‘new normal’, MPs warn Continue Reading

• March 12, 2019 12Mar2019 E-Handbook

  Mobile World Congress 2019: The year 5G use cases got real

  In this e-guide we examine some of the bigger themes that emerged over the course of Mobile World Congress 2019 - the event which now attracts over 100,000 people every year. Continue Reading

• March 12, 2019 12Mar2019 E-Handbook

  Cloud networking and CDN: How to get the best for your business

  In this e-guide we will be looking at how to bring innovative new software-defined tools to bear on multicloud environments, uncover some of the potential pitfalls of cloud networks and (hopefully) how to avoid them, and take a swing through the ... Continue Reading

• March 12, 2019 12Mar2019 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: No one key risk indicator is generic across all businesses

  What should be the key cyber security risk indicator for any business? Continue Reading

• March 12, 2019 12Mar2019 News

  Many firms unaware of data exfiltration threat

  Many firms are unaware that they are being targeted by cyber espionage and that data is being exfiltrated from their networks by overseas adversaries, a security firm warns Continue Reading

• March 12, 2019 12Mar2019 E-Zine

  Breaking with tradition: How a 144-year-old retailer is moving into the digital age

  In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the CIO of Liberty, one of London’s oldest and most traditional retailers, about the challenges of moving into the digital, omnichannel age. Our latest buyer’s guide looks at best practice in threat ... Continue Reading

• March 12, 2019 12Mar2019 News

  Nationwide uses natural language processing to discover what annoys customers

  SAS has run a proof of concept at building society Nationwide, using artificial intelligence and natural language processing to determine how to improve customer correspondence Continue Reading

• March 12, 2019 12Mar2019 Podcast

  Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 7

  In this week’s episode of The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, the team talks cyber attacks against the NHS, the everywoman in Tech Forum, 5G connected cows, and covers off the latest round of revelations about Facebook’s data processing ... Continue Reading

• March 12, 2019 12Mar2019 Blog Post

  F5 caps off growth plans with acquisition of Nginx

  The privately held Nginx will be acquired for a total enterprise value of approximately £500 million. Nginx points to its open source community as one of the most attractive elements of the ... Continue Reading

• March 12, 2019 12Mar2019 News

  Despite failings, exec appetite for secure collaboration growing

  Top business decision makers are more reckless than ever with company data, but the appetite for secure collaboration tools is growing, survey reveals Continue Reading

• March 12, 2019 12Mar2019 News

  Openreach exploring options for copper network shutdown

  Openreach has begun to assess how and when it might be able to shut down its copper broadband network Continue Reading

• March 12, 2019 12Mar2019 News

  Assisted living system moves from Microsoft Azure to IBM Cloud

  IBM Cloud provides Watson artificial intelligence and internet of things technologies to support carers looking after elderly and disabled people Continue Reading

• March 12, 2019 12Mar2019 News

  Post Office considered Horizon IT system ‘high risk’, court told

  The Post Office considered Horizon a high operational risk in an internal review, a trial focused on alleged fallibilities in the system used in thousands of Post Office branches has heard Continue Reading

• March 12, 2019 12Mar2019 Blog Post

  Do we need an ‘app’ for mindfulness?

  Software application developers will always be looking to create the next big thing (Twitter etc.) and come up with a killer app to forge their name in history. So what’s trending next? A recent ... Continue Reading

• March 12, 2019 12Mar2019 News

  The web turns 30: from proposal to pervasion

  The web is celebrating its 30th anniversary, but can it remain true to its founder’s vision? Continue Reading

• March 12, 2019 12Mar2019 News

  Australia should embrace automation but be aware of downsides

  Experts at a McKinsey event in Sydney called for Australian enterprises to automate while acknowledging the need to reskill workers whose jobs could be displaced Continue Reading

• March 12, 2019 12Mar2019 News

  Singapore invests S$200m to upgrade supercomputing capabilities

  The investment will shore up Singapore’s supercomputing prowess to facilitate research collaboration, as well as address national and business challenges Continue Reading

• March 11, 2019 11Mar2019 News

  Department for Transport kicks off cloud transformation

  A major system has been moved to Google Cloud Platform as part of a wider modernisation exercise Continue Reading

• March 11, 2019 11Mar2019 News

  Aptare buy to add turbo-charged analytics to Veritas

  Veritas announces acquisition of Aptare, in a move that will boost the backup giant’s analytics offer with inclusion of Aptare IT analytics in NetBackup and Backup Exec Continue Reading

• March 11, 2019 11Mar2019 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: Is it true you can't manage what you don't measure?

  What should be the key cyber security risk indicator for any business? Continue Reading

• March 11, 2019 11Mar2019 In Depth

  Making unified threat management a key security tool

  As data protection becomes critical to businesses, we look at how unified threat management can be a useful tool, providing it is selected and deployed correctly according to business needs Continue Reading

• March 11, 2019 11Mar2019 News

  HMRC CDIO Jacky Wright on why building diverse tech teams is socially responsible

  During a wide-ranging Q&A session at this year's everywoman in tech forum, HMRC CDIO Jacky Wright set out why diversity matters when building government services, while worrying about workplace stereotypes is a waste of time Continue Reading

• March 11, 2019 11Mar2019 News

  NatWest launches biometric card pilot

  NatWest Bank is set to trial biometrics-based cards with 200 customers to verify contactless payment transactions over £30 Continue Reading

• March 11, 2019 11Mar2019 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: Key considerations for determining cyber risk

  What should be the key cyber security risk indicator for any business? Continue Reading

• March 11, 2019 11Mar2019 News

  Citrix breach once again highlights password weaknesses

  A reported breach of Citrix, which has potentially exposed data at hundreds of thousands of customer organisations, has once again highlighted the need for an alternative to passwords and the importance of supply chain security Continue Reading