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2020 Stories

• October 09, 2020 09Oct2020 News

  Datacentre sustainability tipped to become competitive differentiator for colo community by 2023

  Schneider Electric marks 2020 Innovation Summit with release of joint report with 451 Research into global datacentre market’s attitudes towards sustainability Continue Reading

• October 09, 2020 09Oct2020 Opinion

  Lapsing ISO certifications: Myth versus risk

  Allowing ISO certifications to lapse presents businesses with serious risks when workarounds are possible Continue Reading

• October 09, 2020 09Oct2020 Blog Post

  GitLab’s Gitter is now in (its) Element

  Element, the open source company behind the Matrix-based messaging and collaboration app, is acquiring Gitter from GitLab.  Element is the main source of investment for Matrix; the open network for ... Continue Reading

• October 08, 2020 08Oct2020 Blog Post

  SSD hard disk series: OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual with 3-port Hub 

  The more complex and high-end a product, the more complex, convoluted and potentially cumbersome the install and usage experience. That would be the general summation of many of the devices we’ve ... Continue Reading

• October 08, 2020 08Oct2020 News

  IBM preps for 2021 business split as enterprise hybrid cloud push gathers pace

  IBM is set to split in two to form two publicly traded entities, with one focusing on the delivery of hybrid cloud services to enterprises, and the other specialising in the delivery of managed infrastructure services Continue Reading

• October 08, 2020 08Oct2020 News

  Quarter of remote workers fail to engage with tech teams

  Research reveals a burgeoning IT-employee divide among the growing ranks of remote workers, but the root causes have yet to be examined fully Continue Reading

• October 08, 2020 08Oct2020 In Depth

  The UK switches on to mobile contact tracing

  Long overdue and attracting descriptions ranging from ‘essential’ to ‘cherry on the cake’, the UK’s contact-tracing app is now widely available – but where will further developments lead? Continue Reading

• October 08, 2020 08Oct2020 Blog Post

  Even GDS is telling GDS to shut down Verify

  The ailing Gov.uk Verify digital identity system was given a Frankenstein’s monster-like burst of energy back in April, when the lockdown-induced surge in Universal Credit applications brought ... Continue Reading

• October 08, 2020 08Oct2020 News

  NCSC relaunches SME security guide with home working focus

  The NCSC is issuing an updated version of its guide to security for SMEs, reflecting the long-lasting changes to the world of work seen in 2020 Continue Reading

• October 08, 2020 08Oct2020 News

  5G to fore as Vodafone, Immense join Midlands Future Mobility

  UK telco and simulation platform provider join project to accelerate the development of cutting-edge transport technologies Continue Reading

• October 08, 2020 08Oct2020 Opinion

  Excel is the hammer for too many businesses’ nails

  Excel is a fine piece of software, but as Public Health England found out, its ubiquity and ease of use does not make it the ideal tool for every job that involves data Continue Reading

• October 08, 2020 08Oct2020 News

  Emotet rated September’s ‘most popular’ malware

  The current resurgence of Emotet is attracting attention as governments issue new warnings and cyber criminals rush to exploit the chaotic US election Continue Reading

• October 08, 2020 08Oct2020 News

  Care Quality Commission enquiries into IT scandal CEO continue

  NHS regulator continues enquiries about the appointment of former Post Office CEO at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust as more damning details emerge Continue Reading

• October 08, 2020 08Oct2020 News

  Coronavirus face mask spammer fined by ICO

  The director of software company Studios MG spammed members of the public at the height of the pandemic as one of its directors tried to shift a job lot of face masks Continue Reading

• October 08, 2020 08Oct2020 News

  Edinburgh sets out plans to become a smart city

  Three-year digital plan includes empowering people to become ‘smart citizens’, introducing sensor technology, 5G and smart public transport, and moving most of the council’s systems to the cloud Continue Reading

• October 08, 2020 08Oct2020 News

  Tesco hires 16,000 staff to cope with Covid-19 shopping habits

  After an increase in online sales as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, supermarket Tesco made 16,000 temporary staff permanent to cope with the shift in customer behaviour Continue Reading

• October 08, 2020 08Oct2020 News

  CDO interview: Pets at Home uses data analytics to further petcare ‘ecosystem’

  Robert Kent, chief data officer for Pets at Home, describes how he has built a data analytics team and technology stack to enhance the petcare company’s understanding of its customers Continue Reading

• October 08, 2020 08Oct2020 News

  Crown Prosecution Service suffers 1,600 data breaches in 12 months

  CPS sees a spike in data security incidents, many of them serious enough to be reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office Continue Reading

• October 08, 2020 08Oct2020 News

  Threat of GDPR fines increasingly driving security buying decisions

  Scaring the people who hold the purse strings may be the best option for CISOs who need a little extra budget Continue Reading

• October 08, 2020 08Oct2020 E-Zine

  CW Middle East: Egypt’s datacentre plans take a step forward

  While it builds an IT services industry, Egypt is also investing in infrastructure and now plans to develop a datacentre industry. Read in this issue how, as part of this plan, Egypt’s parliament has passed a data protection law. Also read how the ... Continue Reading

• October 08, 2020 08Oct2020 Blog Post

  AI In Code Series: Indorse - AI needs developer problem solving

  We users use Artificial Intelligence (AI) almost every day, often without even realising it i.e. a large amount of the apps and online services we all connect with have a degree of Machine Learning ... Continue Reading

• October 08, 2020 08Oct2020 News

  Singtel rolls out 5G trial network for enterprises

  Singtel is providing enterprises with early access to its 5G standalone network at its testing facility to test and develop new 5G applications Continue Reading

• October 08, 2020 08Oct2020 News

  Accenture acquires NZ firm to bolster SAP practice

  Accenture’s acquisition of Zag comes amid growing demand for expertise in S/4 Hana migrations in Australia and New Zealand Continue Reading

• October 07, 2020 07Oct2020 News

  5G regulation failures are a threat to UK’s national security

  Defence Committee report on the security of 5G brands existing regulations outdated and unsatisfactory Continue Reading

• October 07, 2020 07Oct2020 News

  Carhartt shifts old data to the cloud with Komprise

  US-based workwear manufacturer cuts storage costs from $1 to $0.25 per gigabyte as it deploys data management software and shifts old files to Microsoft Azure Blob and Cold storage Continue Reading

• October 07, 2020 07Oct2020 News

  US lawmakers release big tech antitrust report

  House Democrats have published a report on the monopoly power wielded by big tech companies and how to restore competition in digital markets Continue Reading

• October 07, 2020 07Oct2020 News

  Nvidia reveals its plans for Arm

  Nvidia intends to acquire Arm for £31bn, as part of its plan to “create the computing company for the age of AI” Continue Reading

• October 07, 2020 07Oct2020 News

  Department for Education failed to protect data on millions of children, says ICO

  The Department for Education’s National Pupil Database, which contains millions of items of data on the UK’s schoolchildren, was found to be non-compliant with data protection regulations across the board Continue Reading

• October 07, 2020 07Oct2020 Blog Post

  QiuiAnon

  A smart chastity cage that can only be controlled via its app was vulnerable to hackers putting almost 40,000 penises on lockdown, research has revealed. Sex toy manufacturer Qiui muses on its ... Continue Reading

• October 07, 2020 07Oct2020 Video

  Anne-Marie Imafidon, most influential woman in UK tech 2020 - winner’s speech

  In this video from Computer Weekly’s annual diversity event, in partnership with Spinks, Anne-Marie Imafidon, CEO of Stemettes, gives her acceptance speech as the 2020 Most Influential Woman in UK Tech Continue Reading

• October 07, 2020 07Oct2020 News

  Consumers find new payment methods during pandemic

  Non-cash payments have grown at their fastest rate for a decade and due to Covid-19 restrictions, more people are discovering different ways to pay Continue Reading

• October 07, 2020 07Oct2020 News

  UK accounts for 45% of Europe’s card fraud as criminals target online transactions

  Payment card fraudsters steal €1.5bn, with card-not-present attacks accounting for three-quarters of this sum Continue Reading

• October 07, 2020 07Oct2020 News

  ICO wraps up Cambridge Analytica investigation

  Information Commissioner’s Office concludes its investigation into Cambridge Analytica, saying no additional evidence has come to light that would change its previous assessments Continue Reading

• October 07, 2020 07Oct2020 Blog Post

  Track and trace: please call in the IT experts

  At the end of September, 15,841 cases of coronavirus, over an eight day period, were lost due to an IT glitch. The bug meant that there were long delays in contact tracing staff reaching people who ... Continue Reading

• October 07, 2020 07Oct2020 News

  More than four-fifths of global workforce rule out return to office full-time

  With workforces demanding increased – if not permanent – home networking, research reveals CIOs’ top priorities in planning for new everywhere enterprise, specifically securing mobile devices, apps and users Continue Reading

• October 07, 2020 07Oct2020 Blog Post

  Tech in APAC - September 2020

  In this edition of Tech on APAC, we’ll cover the top news headlines in the region for the month of September, starting with a notable win by Microsoft in Australia’s cloud market. In mid-September, ... Continue Reading

• October 07, 2020 07Oct2020 Blog Post

  SSD hard disk series: Western Digital ArmorLock 

  We’re conscientious souls here in the Inspect-A-Gadget lab i.e. we like to back-up.  With a couple of aging PCs that have been put through their paces (and ejected from a couple of airport scanner ... Continue Reading

• October 07, 2020 07Oct2020 Blog Post

  Postman: The role of open source in APIs - Part 1 of 2

  This is part one of a two-part contributed piece for Computer Weekly Open Source Insider with part two linked here. This analysis of the role of open source in APIs is written by Postman CEO ... Continue Reading

• October 07, 2020 07Oct2020 Blog Post

  Postman: The role of open source in APIs - Part 2 of 2

  This is part two of a two-part contributed piece for Computer Weekly Open Source Insider with part one linked here. This analysis of the role of open source in APIs is written by Postman CEO ... Continue Reading

• October 07, 2020 07Oct2020 News

  Southeast Asia remains hotspot for cyber attacks

  Geopolitics and Covid-19 have been fodder for cyber criminals to advance their motives in Southeast Asia in 2020 Continue Reading

• October 07, 2020 07Oct2020 Opinion

  Three steps to harden supply chains

  The coronavirus has shone a spotlight on the fragility of modern supply chains and the risk of having a single point of failure Continue Reading

• October 06, 2020 06Oct2020 News

  Government to provide 100,000 devices for remote learning

  The Department for Education is offering education providers access to additional devices to help with remote learning during the coronavirus pandemic Continue Reading

• October 06, 2020 06Oct2020 News

  EU’s top court questions legality of UK phone and internet data surveillance

  European Court of Justice rules that the UK and EU member states must comply with EU privacy laws when harvesting people’s sensitive communications data from telecoms and internet companies Continue Reading

• October 06, 2020 06Oct2020 News

  Government deaf to loud calls for statutory public inquiry into Post Office scandal

  MPs are demanding the government holds a full statutory public inquiry into the Post Office IT scandal Continue Reading

• October 06, 2020 06Oct2020 In Depth

  How can CIOs prepare for 12 months of uncertainty ahead?

  Just 12 months ago, nobody could have predicted where we are now. So how can CIOs prepare for the future amid such uncertainty? We asked five IT leaders for their expert advice Continue Reading

• October 06, 2020 06Oct2020 News

  Coronavirus raises the software audit stakes

  IT asset managers say they are receiving more requests from software publishers to check for licence discrepancies Continue Reading

• October 06, 2020 06Oct2020 Blog Post

  Nutanix: have faith in the cloud-agnostic multi-DBaaS creed 

  Nutanix is the cloud software company with a pedigree in hyperconverged infrastructure solutions that wants to ‘make computing invisible anywhere’ - as the t-shirt slogans might read. The company ... Continue Reading

• October 06, 2020 06Oct2020 News

  5G technology could increase global economy by $1.5tn by 2030

  Research commissioned by Huawei suggests next-generation networks can stimulate growth and drive productivity as the global economy recovers from Covid-19 Continue Reading

• October 06, 2020 06Oct2020 News

  NetSuite CEO Goldberg: Growing in the house of Oracle

  NetSuite CEO Evan Goldberg briefs analysts and press on the eve of the supplier’s annual, this year virtual, conference Continue Reading

• October 06, 2020 06Oct2020 News

  Scotland seeks views on digital government

  Scottish government consults on how to build a digital Scotland, ahead of plans to deliver a new digital strategy for the country Continue Reading

• October 06, 2020 06Oct2020 In Depth

  NVMe-over Fabrics: How NVMe-oF revolutionises shared storage

  NVMe brought super-fast flash storage to the datacentre, but it needs NVMe-oF to allow it to bring the benefits of rapid access and low latency to SAN and NAS shared storage Continue Reading

• October 06, 2020 06Oct2020 Opinion

  The privacy and compliance challenges organisations face in 2021

  Privacy and compliance teams have a lot on their plate as 2021 approaches. What are the key issues to consider? Continue Reading

• October 06, 2020 06Oct2020 News

  Scotland digital identity prototype pilot successful

  Digital Identity Scotland’s 10-week test of its digital identity prototype finds that users understand the concept of two-factor authentication and using the same credentials across services Continue Reading

• October 06, 2020 06Oct2020 News

  Ransomware attacks go through the roof

  The volume of ransomware attacks has jumped 50% in the past three months, according to data produced at Check Point Continue Reading

• October 06, 2020 06Oct2020 News

  EE leads latest Opensignal UK mobile performance report

  UK’s largest operator tops UK mobile quality survey measuring performance across four key use cases Continue Reading

• October 06, 2020 06Oct2020 In Depth

  UK government coronavirus data flawed and misleading

  Government Covid-19 coronavirus data has been a miasma of inexactitude, often basically flawed and misleading Continue Reading

• October 06, 2020 06Oct2020 News

  Code First Girls teaches over 20,000 women to code

  Not-for-profit has reached its original goal, set in 2017, of teaching 20,000 women to code and now aims to double its community Continue Reading

• October 06, 2020 06Oct2020 News

  CISOs struggle to keep up with MITRE ATT&CK framework

  Despite its proven benefits for security, the MITRE ATT&CK framework is proving difficult for many, according to a joint study from McAfee and UC Berkeley Continue Reading

• October 06, 2020 06Oct2020 In Depth

  GPT3 could revolutionise how business can use AI

  OpenAI’s language prediction model that produced an essay could be used to deploy cloud resources and improve the quality of chatbots, among other business use cases Continue Reading

• October 06, 2020 06Oct2020 News

  John McAfee arrested over cryptocurrency fraud

  Erratic tech baron allegedly promoted initial coin offerings without disclosing he was being paid to do so Continue Reading

• October 06, 2020 06Oct2020 News

  Firms expect nearly half of employees to be working from home by 2025

  Global firms are increasingly putting their money where their mouths are when it comes to supporting remote working, as research shows firm evidence of a continued new normal Continue Reading

• October 06, 2020 06Oct2020 News

  Cambridge to host UK’s most powerful supercomputer

  The Cambridge-1 supercomputer, based on technology from Nvidia, will be used for AI-powered drug discovery and analysis of NHS datasets Continue Reading

• October 06, 2020 06Oct2020 Blog Post

  AI In Code Series: Sinch - Welcome to the world of commodity.ai

  We users use Artificial Intelligence (AI) almost every day, often without even realising it i.e. a large amount of the apps and online services we all connect with have a degree of Machine Learning ... Continue Reading

• October 06, 2020 06Oct2020 E-Zine

  The Most Influential Women in UK Technology 2020

  In this week’s Computer Weekly, we announce our annual list of the Most Influential Women in UK Technology, and talk to this year’s winner, Stemettes CEO and diversity campaigner, Anne-Marie Imafidon. Meet our five Rising Stars and the latest ... Continue Reading

• October 05, 2020 05Oct2020 News

  Veeam buys Kasten to get a boost in Kubernetes backup

  Virtual machine backup pioneer sees $150m purchase of Kasten and the addition of Kubernetes backup to its portfolio as key to becoming a ‘$2bn company’ Continue Reading

• October 05, 2020 05Oct2020 News

  Interdealer broker bets on BT for infrastructure

  Market infrastructure provider Interdealer inks deal with BT, enabling enhanced customer experience, deeper insights and new compliance tools Continue Reading

• October 05, 2020 05Oct2020 News

  Facebook critics launch ‘Real Facebook Oversight Board’

  Organisation formed as an ‘emergency response’ to address the ‘immediate risk’ posed by Facebook’s role in the US election Continue Reading

• October 05, 2020 05Oct2020 News

  MosaicRegressor APT campaign using rare malware variant

  Kaspersky researchers have shared details of a APT campaign utilising a rarely seen and hard-to-stop variety of malware Continue Reading

• October 05, 2020 05Oct2020 News

  Employees overwhelmingly hostile to workplace monitoring tech

  The use of workplace surveillance technologies to monitor and track staff working from home has increased hugely since the start of the pandemic, but most workers say it makes them feel uncomfortable Continue Reading

• October 05, 2020 05Oct2020 News

  Fake news tops list of online concerns worldwide

  Receiving false information is a greater worry than other online risks such as cyber bullying and fraud, says the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Continue Reading

• October 05, 2020 05Oct2020 News

  HMRC warns locked-down freshers of ‘wave’ of tax scams

  New university intake may be being targeted by cyber criminals amid Covid-19 confusion Continue Reading

• October 05, 2020 05Oct2020 News

  Business leaders call on G20 to drive affordable and responsible tech

  A new report from the Business Twenty has urged G20 members to use digitisation to support economic recovery Continue Reading

• October 05, 2020 05Oct2020 News

  Regulator wants fintechs to address pandemic financial challenges

  UK financial services regulator is supporting fintechs in addressing some of the challenges consumers and small businesses face amid the current pandemic Continue Reading

• October 05, 2020 05Oct2020 News

  NHS trusts across Greater Manchester embark on diagnostic imaging project

  Eight NHS trusts will all get a region-wide, cloud-based picture archiving and communication system (PACS) and a new supplier-neutral archive from Sectra, allowing them to share images across the region Continue Reading

• October 05, 2020 05Oct2020 News

  FBI seized ‘legally privileged’ material from Ecuador Embassy, claims Julian Assange’s lawyer

  The US struck a secret deal with Ecuador to seize WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s property from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London days before his arrest. The haul included legally privileged documents, says his solicitor Continue Reading

• October 05, 2020 05Oct2020 News

  O2 takes 5G to Germany’s biggest cities

  Telefónica Germany says it is beginning a new era in mobile telephony in the country, allowing users to have ‘completely new dimensions of digitisation’ with next-generation networks Continue Reading

• October 05, 2020 05Oct2020 News

  Technical glitch causes nearly 16,000 Covid-19 cases to go unreported

  According to Public Health England, a technical glitch led to 15,841 positive results between 25 September and 2 October not being included in reported coronavirus cases Continue Reading

• October 05, 2020 05Oct2020 In Depth

  How the supply chain is handling Covid-19

  Cost-cutting habits have left supply chains chasing their tails in the wake of the pandemic. We take a look at how they’re coping Continue Reading

• October 05, 2020 05Oct2020 News

  TSB mobile banking problems a reminder of risk of reliance on digital

  TSB customers have had problems accessing the mobile banking app just days after the bank announced it was closing 164 branches Continue Reading

• October 05, 2020 05Oct2020 News

  Colt gallops to bring high-capacity bandwidth to UK’s major cities

  Provider deploys network-to-network interfaces acquired via Livequote pricing portal to support UK broadband network to satisfy the increasing demand for high-bandwidth connectivity services Continue Reading

• October 05, 2020 05Oct2020 News

  5PRING launches Green Innovation Challenge

  5G testbed welcomes applicants from startups based in the West Midlands and beyond to cut carbon emissions Continue Reading

• October 05, 2020 05Oct2020 News

  Collaboration tools must support the wellbeing of home workers

  Latest forecast from CCS Insight suggests that people will be working remotely more than two days a week, so IT will need to address this shift Continue Reading

• October 05, 2020 05Oct2020 News

  Singapore firm rolls out robotic barista

  Crown Group’s robotic coffee kiosk, powered by a slew of artificial intelligence capabilities, serves up coffee beverages round the clock without the need for human baristas Continue Reading

• October 03, 2020 03Oct2020 Blog Post

  AI In Code Series: O’Reilly - From telemetry tension to sublime pipelines

  We users use Artificial Intelligence (AI) almost every day, often without even realising it i.e. a large amount of the apps and online services we all connect with have a degree of Machine Learning ... Continue Reading

• October 02, 2020 02Oct2020 News

  WikiLeaks led the way for newsrooms to use encryption to protect sources, says Italian journalist

  Stefania Maurizi says in written evidence that Julian Assange pioneered the use of encryption by journalists to protect sources. Her work shows that the US put pressure on Italy to stop the extradition and prosecution of CIA officers responsible for... Continue Reading

• October 02, 2020 02Oct2020 News

  NE US regional contact-tracing app network adds New York, New Jersey states

  Neighbouring regions become the third and fourth NE US states to tap leading Irish software developer for contact tracing app development work Continue Reading

• October 02, 2020 02Oct2020 News

  Benelux ports use blockchain in major efficiency drive

  Belgian startup T-Mining develops application based on blockchain technology to make container handling safer and more efficient Continue Reading

• October 02, 2020 02Oct2020 News

  Honesty is the best policy: Forging a security culture in the NHS

  Clinician and technologist Sam Shah helped set up NHSX in 2019. Now he’s helping advance digital transformation in healthcare from the outside, and a big part of that is addressing security in the sector Continue Reading

• October 02, 2020 02Oct2020 Blog Post

  Picking Your Way Through The SASE Minefield

  After the best part of two decades of gradual change in the world of the networking infrastructure, WiFi and mobile notwithstanding, the past few years have seen more upheaval than at any time ... Continue Reading

• October 02, 2020 02Oct2020 News

  Equinix adds 13 Canadian datacentres to its portfolio as $178m Bell acquisition completes

  Colocation giant Equinix is continuing with its global buy and build growth strategy, with buy-up of Canadian operator’s datacentre fleet Continue Reading

• October 02, 2020 02Oct2020 News

  Future UK-EU data sharing put at risk by Brexit legislation

  When the Brexit transition period ends, UK ministers will have the power to forge new data-sharing arrangements that risk undermining the viability of future data transfers with the European Union Continue Reading

• October 02, 2020 02Oct2020 News

  Nokia clocks up 100 5G deals and 160 commercial 5G engagements

  Finnish comms tech giant says 5G deals and engagements validate its progress in strengthening mobile radio product portfolio as the transition to 5G continues Continue Reading

• October 02, 2020 02Oct2020 News

  Security pros face sanctions if they help ransomware victims pay

  New advisory from the US government warns cyber insurance and incident response specialists that they could be skating on thin ice if they help ransomware victims pay their attackers off Continue Reading

• October 02, 2020 02Oct2020 News

  How CH Robinson is embracing IoT to transform supply chains in the pandemic

  Logistics giant has partnered with Microsoft to sophisticate its approach to digitisation and better serve its clients with more visibility and crucial insights for decision-making Continue Reading

• October 02, 2020 02Oct2020 News

  Justice for subpostmasters as wrongful criminal convictions are set to be quashed

  The Post Office has chosen not to contest 44 out of 47 appeals, meaning most are likely to have their names cleared, but others still face a Court of Appeal battle for justice Continue Reading

• October 02, 2020 02Oct2020 In Depth

  Backup audit: What is a backup audit and why do we need them?

  Backup and recovery are vital components to protect against data loss, whether technical or causes such as ransomware. So how can a backup audit help protect our key assets? Continue Reading

• October 02, 2020 02Oct2020 News

  Find and fix your Adobe Flash dependencies, says NCSC

  As Adobe’s Flash Player approaches end-of-life, the National Cyber Security Centre is urging organisations to fix their Flash dependencies Continue Reading

• October 02, 2020 02Oct2020 News

  Internet of things vital for post-Covid business success, says report

  UK telco Vodafone launches report focused on the impact IoT is having on businesses at a time when their digital capabilities are being put to the test by the Covid-19 pandemic Continue Reading

• October 02, 2020 02Oct2020 News

  How a Singapore startup is disrupting logistics management

  Portcast’s cloud-based logistics management platform uses machine learning and big data to improve supply chain visibility for logistics companies, shipping lines and manufacturers Continue Reading

• October 02, 2020 02Oct2020 Blog Post

  Supersize me: The Infinix Zero 8 6.85-inch smartphone

  The trouble with smartphones - apart from the fact that some people drop them and break the screen, lose them in taxi cabs or generally misplace them throughout day-to-day life - is that they’re ... Continue Reading