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2020 Stories

• September 01, 2020 01Sep2020 Blog Post

  Kong cuts path through cloud-native API jungle

  Ape-named cloud connectivity company Kong has climbed a big gnarly branch upwards. The San Francisco headquartered firm has reached a ‘major’ release of its Kong Enterprise product, a software tool ... Continue Reading

• September 01, 2020 01Sep2020 News

  How Bank Mandiri is driving the use of big data analytics

  Indonesia’s largest bank has built a big data platform to track transactions and monitor the health of its workforce, among other big data analytics initiatives Continue Reading

• August 31, 2020 31Aug2020 News

  How India’s Tata Capital is expanding its digital footprint

  Tata Group’s financial services arm has been migrating branch walk-ins and voice calls to self-service digital channels staffed by chatbots as it expands its digital footprint Continue Reading

• August 30, 2020 30Aug2020 Blog Post

  The Smart, Post Covid, Business Case for Investment in Broadband

  Most of the interest groups representing network operators, large and small, fixed and mobile are having good meetings on how to encouragement investment in their members current business models ... Continue Reading

• August 28, 2020 28Aug2020 News

  NHS gets £50m in AI funding for digital pathology

  Government funding package focuses on earlier diagnosis of cancer in the West Midlands, north of England and London Continue Reading

• August 28, 2020 28Aug2020 News

  University of Staffordshire recruits robots to get more out of its people

  University staff were bogged down with administrative work, but will now have time to be creative Continue Reading

• August 28, 2020 28Aug2020 News

  Office for National Statistics defines better cross-government data linkage

  ONS review of data-linking practices across government is consistent with Cummings and Johnson drive to put data in command of government Continue Reading

• August 28, 2020 28Aug2020 News

  New Zealand activates security services as DDoS outage enters fourth day

  New Zealand government calls in its national cyber security agencies to help investigate a continuing cyber attack on the country’s financial systems Continue Reading

• August 28, 2020 28Aug2020 News

  Interview: Frankie Kay, interim director general for data capability, ONS

  The Office for National Statistics’ interim director general for data capability talks about how data plays an important role in the battle against Covid-19 and how the pandemic has unearthed new ways of collaborating Continue Reading

• August 28, 2020 28Aug2020 News

  Machine learning wards off threats at TV studio Bunim Murray

  TV studio behind reality hits including The Real World and Keeping Up With The Kardashians turned to Darktrace’s Antigena email protection service to keep its people safe from Covid-19 threats Continue Reading

• August 28, 2020 28Aug2020 News

  Benefit fraud: Underground trade in stolen identities revealed

  A roaring underground trade in stolen identities is undermining the Universal Credit system and could potentially defraud it out of millions of pounds Continue Reading

• August 28, 2020 28Aug2020 News

  How Citi is democratising access to data

  Global financial institution Citi puts people at the centre of its data analytics initiatives and collaborates with users to drive adoption and success Continue Reading

• August 27, 2020 27Aug2020 News

  DDoS downs New Zealand stock exchange for third day

  Distributed denial of service attack from overseas has left stock exchange offline for days Continue Reading

• August 27, 2020 27Aug2020 News

  Tour de France 2020 fans to get virtual experience delivered by NTT

  This year’s Tour de France was delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic. IT services company NTT has teamed up with event organiser ASO to offer a virtual experience to fans who cannot be at the roadside Continue Reading

• August 27, 2020 27Aug2020 In Depth

  Double extortion ransomware attacks and how to stop them

  As ransomware attacks increase, hackers are diversifying their tactics to get victims to hand over larger sums of money. We investigate the rise of double extortion attacks Continue Reading

• August 27, 2020 27Aug2020 News

  NHS whistleblowers’ anonymity at mercy of inadequate trust IT policies and processes

  They were clapped in the streets for their bravery at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, but some NHS staff who raise workplace concerns are suffering abuse as a result Continue Reading

• August 27, 2020 27Aug2020 News

  Financial services business leaders and CIOs disagree on IT infrastructure

  IT leaders and senior business executives need to align their technology infrastructure priorities as businesses attempt to emerge from the Covid-19 crisis Continue Reading

• August 27, 2020 27Aug2020 News

  CTO interview: David Rafalovsky, Sberbank Group

  Russia’s Sberbank is well into its digital transformation journey, with artificial intelligence and supercomputing now at the centre of its plans Continue Reading

• August 27, 2020 27Aug2020 News

  TikTok CEO clocks off

  TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer has resigned from the firm after just three months Continue Reading

• August 27, 2020 27Aug2020 News

  Tech and telecoms advisory group set up to help trade negotiations

  Department of International Trade launches new Trade Advisory Groups to guide trade negotiations with other countries Continue Reading

• August 27, 2020 27Aug2020 E-Zine

  CW Nordics: Bergen’s tech hub seeks global success

  Norway’s second-largest city, Bergen, is building a tech ecosystem that is beginning its development with a focus on the city’s industrial heritage. Also in this issue, read why now might be the time for businesses to consider how they will invest ... Continue Reading

• August 27, 2020 27Aug2020 News

  Asda trials platform for customer parcel updates

  Retailers Asda is trialling delivery management from tech platform Sorted to provide customers who have ordered clothing online with a better customer experience Continue Reading

• August 27, 2020 27Aug2020 News

  UK government publishes new insights on transport tech attitudes

  The latest wave of the study investigates public attitudes on innovations such as autonomous vehicles and drones Continue Reading

• August 27, 2020 27Aug2020 News

  Aggrieved Amazon employees organise protests at homes of Jeff Bezos

  A newly formed workers’ collective will protest outside the homes of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos seeking to secure a number of concessions for essential workers Continue Reading

• August 27, 2020 27Aug2020 Blog Post

  AI In Code Series: What has AI ever done for us (the developers)?

  Artificial Intelligence has changed. What started off somewhere around the 1970s or 1980s as an initial notion of human-like computer intelligence was almost before its time.  Hollywood may have ... Continue Reading

• August 26, 2020 26Aug2020 News

  Ministers urge local councils to lead on broadband and mobile

  Digital minister Matt Warman and local government minister Simon Clarke want local councils to do their bit to help ensure better access to connectivity during the Covid-19 recovery Continue Reading

• August 26, 2020 26Aug2020 Opinion

  The path towards sustainable sustainability

  More enterprises need to build sustainability ecosystems, incorporate sustainability into their business strategy and develop sustainability policies Continue Reading

• August 26, 2020 26Aug2020 News

  Co-operative cuts branch network and jobs

  Co-operative bank will rely more heavily on its digital channels as 18 more branches are shuttered Continue Reading

• August 26, 2020 26Aug2020 News

  Salesforce Q2 2020: Benioff says crisis will speed growth

  Salesforce announces 29% year-on-year revenue growth for the second quarter, and grieves for Dreamforce 2020 Continue Reading

• August 26, 2020 26Aug2020 News

  Avaddon ransomware operators having a go at double extortion

  The operators of the Avaddon ransomware seem to be tooling up to leak the data of their victims in addition to holding it to ransom, Cofense researchers confirm Continue Reading

• August 26, 2020 26Aug2020 News

  HPE sees IT spending increase – expect server prices to rise

  Organisations are buying more tech to keep operations running, but DRAM shortages will lead to server price increases Continue Reading

• August 26, 2020 26Aug2020 News

  Unwired Planet wins patent licensing case against Huawei

  Landmark ruling goes in favour of Unwired Planet and Conversant Wireless and may define the future of telecoms patent licensing Continue Reading

• August 26, 2020 26Aug2020 News

  Amazon UK boss to help select new government CDO

  Outgoing Amazon UK boss Doug Gurr is on the selection panel to assess candidates for the government chief digital officer role, which offers a salary of up to £200,000 per year Continue Reading

• August 26, 2020 26Aug2020 Opinion

  What are the latest GDPR security breach enforcement trends?

  A cyber breach specialist from Fieldfisher runs the rule over the latest trends in cyber security, data protection and GDPR Continue Reading

• August 26, 2020 26Aug2020 News

  CIO interview: Steve Otto, chief technology officer, The R&A

  When the coronavirus pandemic caused The Open to be cancelled, The R&A’s tech team took the UK’s flagship golf tournament online Continue Reading

• August 26, 2020 26Aug2020 News

  DWP searches for talent as part of apprenticeship programme

  The Department of Work and Pensions is looking for diverse talent to fill software and networking roles while developing skills on the job Continue Reading

• August 26, 2020 26Aug2020 News

  Government must urgently prioritise digital identity, says tech sector

  TechUK calls on government to make digital identity a focus of its digital strategy as the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the ‘urgent need’ for digital IDs Continue Reading

• August 26, 2020 26Aug2020 Blog Post

  Razer Kishi Universal Gaming Controller for Android

  Pretty much everything to do with Razer is quite cool. The company refers to itself as the ‘lifestyle brand for gamers’ and often spells its name as RΛZΞR, with three nifty slashmarks instead of an ... Continue Reading

• August 26, 2020 26Aug2020 Opinion

  Digital identity must not remain the missing link in the UK’s digital strategy

  The UK's digital economy is desperately in need of a viable digital identity strategy - to recover from the pandemic, the government cannot wait any longer to resolve this much-delayed issue Continue Reading

• August 25, 2020 25Aug2020 News

  Covid-19, demographic shifts to drive automation

  Businesses will need to shore up their productivity through technology and automation to cope with the pandemic and a shrinking workforce, says an industry expert Continue Reading

• August 25, 2020 25Aug2020 E-Handbook

  Digital Experience Management: the next stage for customer experience efforts

  The interactions that customers and employees have with companies and employers are increasingly digital in nature.The Covid-19 public health crisis has sped up and intensified this trend. Digital Experience Management can be most usefully seen as ... Continue Reading

• August 25, 2020 25Aug2020 News

  Microsoft wins on public cloud trust

  IT spending set to grow in 2021, with many organisations buying more public cloud services. Security and trust are top buying criteria Continue Reading

• August 25, 2020 25Aug2020 Blog Post

  Towards a Post Covid Skills Policy

  Package and promote current and proposed education, training and support programmes in ways that make sense to the target audiences. Those which compete, conflict or cannot be understood should be ... Continue Reading

• August 25, 2020 25Aug2020 In Depth

  Storage analytics: How AI helps storage management

  We look at storage analytics products that measure key metrics in storage hardware, single-vendor and multi-vendor tools, and how AI-based storage management and AIOps is emerging Continue Reading

• August 25, 2020 25Aug2020 News

  My first computer: Making the leap into an IT career

  The IT sector has always struggled to attract enough young talent from different backgrounds. We look at how people gained their first tech experience Continue Reading

• August 25, 2020 25Aug2020 News

  Intel’s DAOS tops the IO500 speed challenge for HPC storage

  Following on from Lustre, Intel’s DAOS is an object storage-based system with that is designed specifically for use with Optane for metadata and SSD for bulk storage in HPC environments Continue Reading

• August 25, 2020 25Aug2020 Podcast

  Gig economy, summer special look-back – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

  In this summer special episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna look back to pre-lockdown episodes, and reflect on the podcasting experience since. First, they discuss the gig ... Continue Reading

• August 25, 2020 25Aug2020 News

  Nordic startups send a message to global investment community

  Early-stage tech companies across the world should set up Nordic operations earlier in their development journeys Continue Reading

• August 25, 2020 25Aug2020 News

  North Korea’s Lazarus targets cryptocurrency vertical

  APT group behind the infamous WannaCry incident is targeting cryptocurrency operators, according to new research Continue Reading

• August 25, 2020 25Aug2020 News

  Council to connect hundreds of its sites through wide area network

  Local authorities invest in networking and contact centre technology through IT outsourcing contracts Continue Reading

• August 25, 2020 25Aug2020 E-Handbook

  A Computer Weekly buyer’s guide to artificial intelligence in IT security

  Artificial intelligence is keeping businesses ahead when it comes to fighting cyber crime. In this 14-page buyer’s guide, Computer Weekly looks at how IT security is automating its systems, the tools letting firms achieve more with less and the ... Continue Reading

• August 25, 2020 25Aug2020 News

  Obituary: Lord Harry Renwick – a parliamentary pioneer for IT interests

  Lord Harry Renwick, once a key influencer for technology policy in Parliament, and a long-standing friend of Computer Weekly, passed away this month Continue Reading

• August 25, 2020 25Aug2020 News

  TikTok takes Trump to court

  Under-fire video app TikTok files a formal complaint in the federal courts challenging the Trump administration’s attempt to ban it in the US Continue Reading

• August 25, 2020 25Aug2020 News

  Gartner: Enterprise sales of smartphones show low 5G uptake

  There is little demand for new devices and 5G technology, as enterprises focus on saving cash rather than upgrading corporate smartphones, says Gartner Continue Reading

• August 25, 2020 25Aug2020 E-Zine

  When algorithms don’t play fair

  In this week’s Computer Weekly, we report on the auditing of algorithms to countervail bias. We examine what CISOs can learn from Covid-19. And in our buyer’s guide to modern software development, we assess how competent artificial intelligence is ... Continue Reading

• August 25, 2020 25Aug2020 Blog Post

  Tableau sets the table for neater data preparation

  Applications run on data, obviously. But how much time do we think about the way applications get the data fed into them and how well that process is being performed. Data quality, data ingestion ... Continue Reading

• August 25, 2020 25Aug2020 Blog Post

  HONOR Router 3: Wi-Fi 6: speed for up to 16 devices on 5GHz

  The jury is out on routers. In the world of technology, some people say router (rhymes with outer) and some people say router (rhymes with shooter) and many arguments have ensued in the space ... Continue Reading

• August 25, 2020 25Aug2020 News

  MongoDB grows Asian footprint through Alibaba Cloud

  MongoDB teams up with Alibaba Cloud to expand its presence in Asia-Pacific as it prepares to release a serverless variant of the open-source database Continue Reading

• August 25, 2020 25Aug2020 E-Handbook

  Australia’s cyber security game plan

  Australia’s next cyber security strategy was unveiled recently and comes at a time when the country is facing unprecedented attacks against its critical infrastructure systems. And with the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, which has exposed cyber security... Continue Reading

• August 24, 2020 24Aug2020 E-Handbook

  Infographic: S/4HANA viewed positively by SAP Users

  SAP has recognised that customers will face challenges and costs when they upgrade to S/4 Hana. It has set out a roadmap to simplify integration, in a bid to lower the transition cost of moving from ECC to the S/4 platform. This infographic shows ... Continue Reading

• August 24, 2020 24Aug2020 News

  Dutch Alzheimer’s app developed to aid interaction for dementia patients

  An app aimed at helping dementia patients and their families has been developed by the Alzheimer Society in the Netherlands. Continue Reading

• August 24, 2020 24Aug2020 E-Handbook

  SAN block access storage in the age of cloud and hyper-converged

  In this e-guide we look at the key decision points when it comes to choosing SAN (or NAS) vs software-defined storage and hyper-converged. We also look at the fundamentals of block access storage vs file and object and also look at how these ... Continue Reading

• August 24, 2020 24Aug2020 E-Handbook

  Preparing for S/4Hana upgrade

  S/4Hana offers organisations many benefits in terms of speed and the ability to run the latest, cloud-ready platform. But the upgrade can be costly. This E-Guide looks at how IT decision makers can get ready for S/4Hana upgrade projects, while ... Continue Reading

• August 24, 2020 24Aug2020 News

  Government makes digital leadership changes

  The government has begun recruiting for a chief digital officer at permanent secretary level and Government Digital Service director general Alison Pritchard is leaving to join the Office for National Statistics Continue Reading

• August 24, 2020 24Aug2020 News

  CCS to launch £800m NHS IT framework

  Collaborative framework agreement will cover a range of IT management services for use by NHS Digital and other public sector health and social care organisations Continue Reading

• August 24, 2020 24Aug2020 In Depth

  Getting physical with datacentre security

  Whether it is natural disasters, terrorism or break-ins, datacentres will be vulnerable to a range of risks unless they are physically secured. Here’s how you can improve the physical security of your datacentre Continue Reading

• August 24, 2020 24Aug2020 Blog Post

  Ethics of AI algorithms under examination

  Sebastian Klovig Skelton’s article in this week’s CW ezine issue, ‘Auditing for algorithmic discrimination’ could hardly be more timely. The fall-out from the algorithmic exams fiascos of recent ... Continue Reading

• August 24, 2020 24Aug2020 Blog Post

  Vissles 15.6 inch portable touchscreen monitor

  If the global pandemic has taught us anything (apart from how important it is to be nice to people and how often we should wash our hands), then it is just how different our work lives can turn, ... Continue Reading

• August 24, 2020 24Aug2020 E-Handbook

  Inside India: The world’s IT powerhouse

  The Covid-19 pandemic is turning out to be a big fork in the road for many companies. But what about the industry that keeps the lights on for them? Continue Reading

• August 24, 2020 24Aug2020 In Depth

  The art of developing happy customers

  AI is playing a growing role in modern software development, but how well can an AI build applications that deliver great customer experience Continue Reading

• August 24, 2020 24Aug2020 News

  How big data is solving future health challenges

  An Australian paediatric research institute has started a big data initiative to facilitate early intervention in childhood conditions that may pose problems to people later in life Continue Reading

• August 21, 2020 21Aug2020 News

  Loan charge: Tax compliance charity demands criminal fraud investigation into scheme promoters

  Tax compliance think tank TaxWatch is calling for a criminal fraud investigation to be launched into the promoters of disguised remuneration schemes to curb the continued proliferation of new tax avoidance arrangements Continue Reading

• August 21, 2020 21Aug2020 News

  Scottish government reveals broadband voucher scheme to make up project shortfall

  Government reveals details of funding for Scottish residents who fall outside reach of its primary broadband project Continue Reading

• August 21, 2020 21Aug2020 News

  TikTok’s GDPR compliance probed amid accusations of data misuse

  Dutch privacy organisation SOMI claims TikTok falls short in protecting young users, and that it is likely violating GDPR Continue Reading

• August 21, 2020 21Aug2020 E-Handbook

  Time to rekindle the Digital Transformation drive

  The pandemic has shone a spotlight on the importance of joined up processes where manual intervention is kept to a minimum. In this e-guide we explore how IT spending is shifting to support post coronavirus digital transformation initiatives that ... Continue Reading

• August 21, 2020 21Aug2020 News

  MPs accuse ICO of failing to do its job on contact-tracing data

  Cross-party group of MPs say the ICO has failed to enforce data protection standards or hold the government to account over the unlawful Test and Trace programme Continue Reading

• August 21, 2020 21Aug2020 News

  SMEs outperform Q2 expectations but remain cautious about Q3 prospects

  Small confidence boost for small to medium-sized enterprises puts tech investment back on the table over coming 12 months Continue Reading

• August 21, 2020 21Aug2020 News

  Australian regulator sues RI Advice for cyber security lapses

  The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is suing RI Advice for cyber security breaches at the financial firm’s authorised representatives Continue Reading

• August 20, 2020 20Aug2020 News

  Drop in number of students taking GCSE computing in 2020

  The amount of students deciding to take GCSE computing in England drops despite an increase last year Continue Reading

• August 20, 2020 20Aug2020 News

  UKAS rejects ISO certification concerns

  UK’s certification body says refreshed guidance is in place to cover the possibility of lapsed ISO certifications Continue Reading

• August 20, 2020 20Aug2020 News

  Coronavirus fails to dim digital transformation ambitions of enterprise IT leaders, research shows

  Research from managed service provider 2nd Watch highlights cloud challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, and how enterprises are responding to them Continue Reading

• August 20, 2020 20Aug2020 News

  Government launches anti-crime tech competition

  Government seeks technologies that allow police officers to use less lethal means to stop violent or armed offenders Continue Reading

• August 20, 2020 20Aug2020 News

  Social media data leak highlights murky world of data scraping

  A data brokerage left its database of 235 million Instagram, TikTok and YouTube profiles exposed to anybody who cared to access it Continue Reading

• August 20, 2020 20Aug2020 News

  Pandemic behaviour shift will continue for many consumers, research finds

  A large number of customers say the way they have been forced to shop during the pandemic will have a lasting impact on their shopping behaviours Continue Reading

• August 20, 2020 20Aug2020 In Depth

  Hangar 51 supports startups taking off in travel tech

  International Airlines Group’s accelerator programme aims to give travel technology companies a flying start in the sector Continue Reading

• August 20, 2020 20Aug2020 News

  Google Cloud services outage hits Gmail users across Europe

  Several key parts of Google’s cloud-based productivity suite of products are experiencing technical difficulties, with users across Europe reporting issues Continue Reading

• August 20, 2020 20Aug2020 News

  First computers that led to a career in IT

  The UK’s GCSE results show a strong pass rate in STEM subjects, which is good news for the IT industry. We find out how Computer Weekly readers got into IT Continue Reading

• August 20, 2020 20Aug2020 E-Zine

  CW APAC: Expert advice on hybrid cloud

  Despite numerous benefits, organisations with lots of legacy applications can’t or won’t move everything to the public cloud. Some organisations may also choose to retain sensitive data on-premise for security reasons. In this edition of Expert ... Continue Reading

• August 20, 2020 20Aug2020 Blog Post

  For your iPod only

  Former iPod engineer David Shayer has revealed Apple worked on a “top secret” project to create a “special” version of the device for the US government in 2005. Shayer claimed only he and three ... Continue Reading

• August 20, 2020 20Aug2020 Blog Post

  What defines modern software development?

  Over the last few weeks Computer Weekly has explored the topic of what it means to be a modern software developer. There are no surprises that cloud first, microservices and DevOps are among the ... Continue Reading

• August 20, 2020 20Aug2020 Blog Post

  What’s new (and exciting) in the Apache Cassandra 4.0 beta

  This is a guest post for Computer Weekly Open Source Insider written by Ben Bromhead in his capacity as chief technology officer at Instaclustr -- a company that provides a managed service platform ... Continue Reading

• August 20, 2020 20Aug2020 Blog Post

  SAP continues continuous testing continuity

  The world has gone continuous. Quite apart from the wider world itself going continuously 24x7 in the face of globalisation and ubiquitous interconnectivity, the software world has adopted more ... Continue Reading

• August 19, 2020 19Aug2020 News

  How Dell is leveraging data to reopen its offices

  Dell Technologies has created a real-time dashboard to make sense of data about the Covid-19 coronavirus and safely guide its employees’ return to the workplace Continue Reading

• August 19, 2020 19Aug2020 E-Handbook

  Mix and match: Overcoming cloud integration challenges

  This 33-page EGuide seeks to shine a light on all various forms of cloud integration challenges, alongside some of the approaches enterprises have taken to addressing them. Continue Reading

• August 19, 2020 19Aug2020 News

  Equinix confirms review under way into UPS failure at Docklands datacentre

  Colocation giant says it is undertaking a review into the power outage that blighted users of its Docklands facility to guard against it occurring again Continue Reading

• August 19, 2020 19Aug2020 E-Handbook

  The rise and rise of SD-WAN in post Covid-19

  So much has been up in the air in the wake of the onset of Covid-19 and the lockdowns and stay-at-home orders issued by various governments around the world. But there has been one thing that is pretty fixed: the rise and rise of software-defined ... Continue Reading

• August 19, 2020 19Aug2020 News

  Scotland announces £15m investment to boost connectivity

  Funding package aimed at improving internet access for 23,000 low-income households Continue Reading

• August 19, 2020 19Aug2020 In Depth

  Digital experience management – web content management for the omnichannel age?

  Digital experience management represents an evolution of web content management for a more omnichannel commercial world. We explore its definition and applicability Continue Reading

• August 19, 2020 19Aug2020 News

  Linux Foundation showcases the greater good of open source

  Open source is more than something indulged in by techies who love to program – it offers collaboration that transcends cultures to solve real-world problems Continue Reading

• August 19, 2020 19Aug2020 News

  Vodafone builds smart enterprise on SAP S/4 Hana

  Holger Grewe, group head of corporate transformation, and Ignacio Garcia, CIO corporate systems, at Vodafone, convey how SAP S/4 Hana has been purposely implemented as part of an ongoing smart enterprise transformation Continue Reading