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August 19, 2020 19Aug2020 Opinion

Exploring the future of modern software development

What tools, programming languages and architectures, defines modern software development Continue Reading

August 19, 2020 19Aug2020 News

Veeam to add CDP, plus Google cloud as a target

Backup giant set to add continuous data protection for the most critical workloads, plus Google cloud as a target – all on the back of a storming quarter during the pandemic Continue Reading

August 19, 2020 19Aug2020 News

HMRC investigates over 10,000 Covid-19 phishing reports

HM Revenue & Customs received thousands of reports of coronavirus phishing scams exploiting its name during April, May and June Continue Reading

August 19, 2020 19Aug2020 News

Coronavirus: Thousands of ISO certifications set to lapse

Delays and postponements in the auditing process are putting hard-earned security and data protection certifications at risk of lapsing Continue Reading

August 19, 2020 19Aug2020 News

Marriott slapped with class action lawsuit over 2018 breach

Group action brings together millions of victims who stayed at the Starwood hotel chain over a four-year period Continue Reading

August 19, 2020 19Aug2020 News

Loan charge MPs urge chancellor to get HMRC to soften contractor settlements

Co-chairs of Loan Charge All Party Parliamentary Group write to Rishi Sunak to seek a fairer deal for contractors caught by HMRC’s disguised remuneration policy Continue Reading

August 19, 2020 19Aug2020 Blog Post

Prestigio Click&Touch: a virtual mouse & touchpad on a keyboard

The Prestigio Click&Touch keyboard from Clevetura is a clever and somewhat unusual piece of kit. Let’s just state this plain and simple: this is a Bluetooth keyboard that acts as keyboard, but ... Continue Reading

August 19, 2020 19Aug2020 Blog Post

What to expect from TIBCO Now 2020

It’s almost autumn-fall conference season. Okay, to be more accurate, it’s almost autumn-fall virtually-hosted online-only web-based dial-in conference season. But that’s okay, although the ... Continue Reading

August 19, 2020 19Aug2020 News

Zoom dials into Southeast Asia with Singapore datacentre

Zoom’s new Singapore datacentre is expected to shore up the performance of its conferencing tool and phone service in the city-state Continue Reading

August 18, 2020 18Aug2020 News

UK government needs a joined-up internet policy

Global internet firms want government to ensure its new digital strategy has coherent policy and regulatory goals Continue Reading

August 18, 2020 18Aug2020 News

Government scraps Public Health England

NHS Test and Trace boss Dido Harding will run a new National Institute of Health Protection dubbed “the best chance” of beating coronavirus by health secretary Matt Hancock Continue Reading

August 18, 2020 18Aug2020 News

Department for Transport seeks industry views on autonomous vehicle technology

The government wants industry’s views on plans to use automation technology to take control of cars travelling at speeds of up to 70mph, keeping them safely in the lane on motorways Continue Reading

August 18, 2020 18Aug2020 Blog Post

What to expect from OutSystems NextStep 2020

Like so many others, the OutSystems NextStep conference is now a virtual online-only event. Never knowingly under-conferenced, the Computer Weekly Developer Network lab team were keen not to let ... Continue Reading

August 18, 2020 18Aug2020 News

UK Biobank to build AWS-hosted data analysis platform with DNAnexus to speed research

UK Biobank is looking to the cloud to help democratise access to its research data, and ensure the information it holds can be used by as broad a user base as possible Continue Reading

August 18, 2020 18Aug2020 News

How to keep IT staff safe when they are needed on-site

One of the challenges for IT departments during the coronavirus pandemic is that staff sometimes need to come into the office, which poses health risks Continue Reading

August 18, 2020 18Aug2020 News

Northern Ireland Covid-19 tracing app reaches 250,000 downloads

In the two weeks since it went live, Northern Ireland’s Covid-19 test and trace app has been downloaded a quarter of a million times Continue Reading

August 18, 2020 18Aug2020 Blog Post

Quantum Machines in super position on superposition programming

Quantum computing is complex. So complex in fact that we spend a lot of time understanding the concept of quantum theory, the existence of qubits and the use of superposition to get us to a state ... Continue Reading

August 18, 2020 18Aug2020 News

Carnival cruise lines hit by ransomware, customer data stolen

Cruise ship operator is likely to be the victim of a major data breach after customer information is apparently stolen in a ransomware attack Continue Reading

August 18, 2020 18Aug2020 Podcast

TikTok in peril, A-level and Scottish Highers algo fiascos – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

In this week’s episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna discuss the fortunes of TikTok, the A-level results, and the algorithm controversies in which they and Scottish Highers have ... Continue Reading

August 18, 2020 18Aug2020 News

Reports Oracle to enter TikTok bidding war

Oracle may be about to make a bid to acquire the US operations of TikTok from its Chinese parent ByteDance, according to the FT Continue Reading

August 18, 2020 18Aug2020 News

Panasas launches storage tiering by size instead of usage

Dynamic Data Acceleration moves data to media dependent on file size and claims performance advantage over rival as it gets the best out of flash and spinning disk hard drives Continue Reading

August 18, 2020 18Aug2020 News

HPE signs 12-month hybrid cloud-focused MoU with UK government

Hardware giant becomes the first non-cloud provider to sign preferential pricing deal with government’s Crown Commercial Service, as push to encourage public sector move to cloud accelerates Continue Reading

August 18, 2020 18Aug2020 E-Zine

How Covid-19 elevated the datacentre

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine how datacentres and their workers became part of our critical national infrastructure due to the pandemic. Firms considering upgrading to SAP S/4 Hana face hefty bills – we look at how to keep costs down. ... Continue Reading

August 18, 2020 18Aug2020 News

Oracle takes aim at hyperscalers, eyes VMware workloads

Oracle claims it is addressing the limitations of competing services by offering better security controls, consolidated billing and global availability Continue Reading

August 18, 2020 18Aug2020 Blog Post

Scality on Covid-19 fallout: without the conferences, will open source communities grow?

As we all know, Covid-19 changed pretty everybody’s life at some stage or other throughout 2020. As we stand now in the summer of this same year, people are still working out how to move forwards, ... Continue Reading

August 18, 2020 18Aug2020 Blog Post

GoodData: breaking a monolith into microservices

Chief among the products and processes appealing to developers are microservices, containers, Kubernetes and Continuous (Integration & Deployment) with a focus on automated testing. Embedded BI ... Continue Reading

August 18, 2020 18Aug2020 News

StarHub starts 5G commercial trial for consumers and businesses

StarHub customers will be among the first in Singapore to access 5G services which are being delivered through a non-standalone network Continue Reading

August 17, 2020 17Aug2020 News

Comms startup Element helps support secure communications during pandemic

With the huge increase in remote working, Element is using an open, decentralised network to give organisations more control over their communications Continue Reading

August 17, 2020 17Aug2020 News

O2 Business debuts IoT toolkit to support UK firms in post-lockdown return to office

Suite of internet-of-things products includes thermal-imaging tablet that can read a user’s surface body temperature from a metre away Continue Reading

August 17, 2020 17Aug2020 Blog Post

AppDynamics goes full-stack deep with SAP Peak

If there’s one word that has come up time and time again across the technology landscape in 2020 (apart from Covid-19 solutions etc.) then it has to be ‘observability’. This should come as no major ... Continue Reading

August 17, 2020 17Aug2020 E-Handbook

ITOps & service management: The state of play in APAC

With technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and the internet of things dominating the headlines, it’s easy to overlook the role of IT operations and service management in keeping the lights on. That includes practices such as... Continue Reading

August 17, 2020 17Aug2020 News

The Security Interviews: How Crest is remaking the future of consultancy

Crest president Ian Glover taught himself cyber security while working on government computing systems in the 1970s and 1980s. Now he is on a decade-spanning mission to change security consultancy models Continue Reading

August 17, 2020 17Aug2020 News

Coronavirus: Government faces renewed calls for extended support for self-employed

The second phase of the government’s income support scheme for the self-employed goes live today, prompting renewed calls for the eligibility criteria to be broadened so that more people can benefit Continue Reading

August 17, 2020 17Aug2020 In Depth

Coding within company constraints

We find out how containerised microservices and automated testing, combined with effective collaboration and communication, can drive innovation Continue Reading

August 17, 2020 17Aug2020 News

DBS Bank teams up with AWS on AI skills

Singapore’s DBS Bank is organising an AWS DeepRacer League to equip thousands of employees with skills in artificial intelligence and machine learning Continue Reading

August 16, 2020 16Aug2020 Blog Post

AWS Braket hinges developers to quantum toolsets

AWS has come forward with a new developer offering, of quantum proportions. Amazon Braket is said to help developers (and researchers) get started with quantum computing with tools, simulators and ... Continue Reading

August 14, 2020 14Aug2020 News

Cisco-led consortium eyes up rural UK 5G opportunities

Part government-funded communications project develops first-of-its-kind deployment toolkit for next-generation networks using 5G technologies to empower rural and poorly connected communities Continue Reading

August 14, 2020 14Aug2020 News

ICO acknowledges GDPR concerns over A-level results scandal

Information Commissioner’s Office says it has engaged with exams regulator Ofqual after its use of an algorithm to calculate A-level grades backfired Continue Reading

August 14, 2020 14Aug2020 News

UK government investigates AI labour market

Survey will seek to discover new requirements and issues posed by artificial intelligence technology Continue Reading

August 14, 2020 14Aug2020 News

Gigaclear to take on 120 engineers for rural broadband expansion

New full-time field engineers will join rural broadband provider’s in-house team by the end of March 2021 to increase company’s build capacity Continue Reading

August 14, 2020 14Aug2020 News

US decision to file new charges against Julian Assange ‘astonishing and potentially abusive’

Lawyer for WikiLeaks founder slams US decision to serve a second indictment at the 11th hour alleging that Assange conspired with hackers, as a potential abuse of process Continue Reading

August 14, 2020 14Aug2020 News

Coronavirus: The pandemic’s impact on tech jobs, now and in the future

For some, the coronavirus pandemic has meant furloughs and job losses; for others, it has meant expansion and hiring. What impact has the outbreak had on technology recruitment, and will this carry on into the future? Continue Reading

August 14, 2020 14Aug2020 News

Bayer taps Verizon for global network infrastructure

Pharmaceutical giant chooses Verizon to provide software-defined infrastructure to support its future cloud-based business needs Continue Reading

August 14, 2020 14Aug2020 News

Russia’s Fancy Bear targets Linux environments with Drovorub malware

The Russian intelligence-linked Fancy Bear group is deploying a new malware called Drovorub against Linux environments as part of a cyber espionage operation, according to US warnings Continue Reading

August 14, 2020 14Aug2020 News

Nissan Motor Company to migrate off-premise HPC workloads to Oracle Cloud

Motor manufacturer is preparing to shift various latency-sensitive workloads off-premise and into the Oracle Cloud Continue Reading

August 14, 2020 14Aug2020 News

Executive interview: Sri Shivananda, chief technology officer, PayPal

Computer Weekly talks to PayPal’s tech head about the payment provider’s SOA, security, open source and the lockdown Continue Reading

August 14, 2020 14Aug2020 News

Oracle and Salesforce sued over online ad tracking

Class action lawsuits filed in Amsterdam and London will accuse Oracle and Salesforce of breaching GDPR in their processing and sharing of personal data to sell online advertising Continue Reading

August 14, 2020 14Aug2020 Blog Post

Couchbase serves up 6.6 with developer agility & tranquility

Couchbase is that company we know because its name start with Couch, which in this context is used as an acronym for Cluster Of Unreliable Commodity Hardware. We also know Couchbase as the creator ... Continue Reading

August 13, 2020 13Aug2020 News

Ed Sheeran is not promoting investment opportunities, says NCSC

The National Cyber Security Centre has issued a new warning after uncovering a series of online scams promoting fraudulent celebrity-endorsed investment opportunities Continue Reading

August 13, 2020 13Aug2020 News

Singapore firms struggle with RPA roll-outs

Almost three-quarters of Singapore business leaders say their organisations are facing difficulties in scaling up their implementations of robotic process automation Continue Reading

August 13, 2020 13Aug2020 News

Loan charge: HMRC tells contractors not to ‘hold out hope’ of revised down settlements emerging

With the 30 September 2020 loan charge policy settlement date fast approaching, HM Revenue & Customs tells those in its scope to abandon hope of revised down settlements being offered at this stage Continue Reading

August 13, 2020 13Aug2020 News

UK government redesigns contact-tracing app and begins new trial phase

No official launch, but app is upgraded to offer alerts based on postcode, QR check-in at venues, symptom checker and test booking in conjunction with the official Test and Trace programme Continue Reading

August 13, 2020 13Aug2020 Opinion

A CIO’s journey through the Covid-19 crisis

FDM’s IT chief takes us through the challenges of responding to the coronavirus pandemic, and the future opportunities that the changes introduced now present Continue Reading

August 13, 2020 13Aug2020 News

PCCW Global furthers global IoT reach with Nayar Systems

Industrial internet of things firm collaborates with global comms services provider to reduce the time and cost of deploying the services most required by high-tech elevator systems Continue Reading

August 13, 2020 13Aug2020 News

Computing students achieve high A-level grades despite coronavirus outbreak

Students taking computing at A-level have achieved higher grades than last year despite the uncertainty created by the Covid-19 pandemic Continue Reading

August 13, 2020 13Aug2020 Opinion

How to tackle the IAM challenges of multinational companies

The rapidly changing business, regulatory and IT environment makes identity and access management a tough nut to crack for large multinationals Continue Reading

August 13, 2020 13Aug2020 Blog Post

Diffblue: developers, remember those users, please

This is a contributed piece for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Andy Piper, VP of Engineering at Diffblue -- a company known for its technology which automatically generates tests ... Continue Reading

August 13, 2020 13Aug2020 News

CIO interview: Mark Gannon, director of business change and information, Sheffield City Council

Like many organisations, the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated digital change in Sheffield, and its IT leader is looking to build further on that momentum Continue Reading

August 13, 2020 13Aug2020 Blog Post

Niall Ferguson is inane

Historian Niall Ferguson’s article about TikTok claims the app plays a pivotal role in China’s imperial ambitions, an argument rendered instantly moot by his declaration that he, like us, doesn’t ... Continue Reading

August 13, 2020 13Aug2020 Blog Post

Jabra Evolve2 85: The UC headset for concentration & collaboration

Jabra doesn’t call its Evolve2 85 product a set of headphones, the company calls it a Unified Communications headset. So is there more here than meets the eye? Sorry, ear. We tested the Jabra ... Continue Reading

August 13, 2020 13Aug2020 E-Zine

CW Benelux: Security system concerns at Schiphol Airport

A report has revealed problems with critical security systems at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. Also read why the Netherlands’ digital sector is yearning for attention from the government, and how data weaknesses persist despite Dutch companies ... Continue Reading

August 13, 2020 13Aug2020 News

Ericsson hits 100th 5G commercial agreement milestone

Century up for Swedish communications tech firm in next-generation infrastructure wins with deal at Telekom Slovenije to supply essential RAN and Packet Core technology Continue Reading

August 13, 2020 13Aug2020 In Depth

Aerospace and satellite comms: The next growth frontier for cloud service providers?

Space projects of the near future are less sci-fi and more about driving efficiencies through business intelligence, edge analytics and cloud technologies Continue Reading

August 13, 2020 13Aug2020 News

Muslamic Makers launches careers discovery programme

Tech community Muslamic Makers has launched a programme to help Muslim talent develop skills and understand more about digital careers Continue Reading

August 13, 2020 13Aug2020 Blog Post

A-Level calculations shine a spotlight on unfair algorithms

The fiasco with the calculations for A-Level result marks has projected the unfairness of algorithms into the spotlight. In modern society, such algorithms act as black boxes that make fundamental ... Continue Reading

August 13, 2020 13Aug2020 News

APAC consumers do not feel responsible for data security

Just one in four consumers believe they should protect their own data, underscoring the tightrope between security and convenience that organisations have been walking on Continue Reading

August 12, 2020 12Aug2020 News

Broadband upstream usage, speeds spike higher in Q2 2020

As the need for remote working, learning, information and entertainment makes broadband access more important than ever, a consumption report finds mass usage of applications such as Zoom driving uptake of higher-speed packages Continue Reading

August 12, 2020 12Aug2020 News

EU and US start discussions on ‘enhanced’ Privacy Shield data-sharing agreement

Talks begin on a successor to the Privacy Shield EU-US data-sharing agreement declared unlawful in July 2020 – a decision by the European Court of Justice that left thousands of businesses facing legal uncertainty Continue Reading

August 12, 2020 12Aug2020 News

Beyond.pl plots Polish datacentre campus expansion to capitalise on growing continental cloud demand

Polish colocation provider Beyond.pI says expansion plans are in direct response to growing demand for sustainably powered datacentre capacity in central Europe Continue Reading

August 12, 2020 12Aug2020 News

Government awards funding for innovation projects

The funding for innovative projects forms part of the government’s plan to increase research and development spending, which it claims will aid the UK’s post-Covid-19 economic recovery Continue Reading

August 12, 2020 12Aug2020 News

Pure and Cohesity launch FlashRecover for flash-speed restores

Flash market pioneer links up with scale-out backup product maker to provide bundled backup plus super-fast recovery based around Pure FlashBlade storage arrays Continue Reading

August 12, 2020 12Aug2020 News

How Dharma ransomware became an effective services business

New research looks under the bonnet of a Dharma ransomware attack, with the ransomware's ease of use being particularly dangerous for small to medium-sized enterprises Continue Reading

August 12, 2020 12Aug2020 Photo Story

TNMOC: The Macintosh redefines user experience

August 12, 2020 12Aug2020 Photo Story

Preview of The National Museum of Computing’s virtual tour

We preview a new exhibition running at The National Museum of Computing Continue Reading

August 12, 2020 12Aug2020 Photo Story

TNMOC: Amstrad makes an affordable PC

August 12, 2020 12Aug2020 Photo Story

TNMOC: Commodore releases a cracker of a gaming computer

August 12, 2020 12Aug2020 Photo Story

TNMOC: An early Apple success

August 12, 2020 12Aug2020 Photo Story

TNMOC: The age of Personal Computing

August 12, 2020 12Aug2020 News

NHS SBS spies £75m savings on IT purchases through new procurement framework

NHS organisations and public sector bodies will be encouraged to use £500m procurement framework to acquire IT software and hardware in a more cost-effective way Continue Reading

August 12, 2020 12Aug2020 News

CIOs raise IT budgets as increased remote working drives security concerns

Research finds that as the pandemic forces companies to accept the idea of permanent massed remote working, CIOs are waking up to the threat of increased cyber attacks Continue Reading

August 12, 2020 12Aug2020 News

Microsoft patches two zero-days with active exploits

Microsoft drops another major Patch Tuesday update, including fixes for two zero-day exploits that are already being exploited by cyber criminals Continue Reading

August 12, 2020 12Aug2020 News

Security training body Sans Institute hit by data breach

Around 28,000 items of personally identifiable data were lost in a phishing attack on Sans, proving that even the professionals can be caught out Continue Reading

August 12, 2020 12Aug2020 Blog Post

Venom Travel Kit for Xbox One

We love Xbox One, but there’s one problem… it’s just too big of a box to think about taking away in your carry-on flight bag when you go away for a weekend or a little longer. Mobile gaming is ... Continue Reading

August 12, 2020 12Aug2020 In Depth

A Dell of a deal: What a VMware spin-off could mean for datacentre operators

Analysts doubt that Dell would be fool enough to entirely divest itself of VMware, which continues to offer massive value to the enterprise. And how would a change affect the datacentre? Continue Reading

August 12, 2020 12Aug2020 News

Police use of facial recognition found ‘unlawful’ in court

In a landmark decision, the Court of Appeal has ruled that South Wales Police’s facial recognition deployments breached human rights and data protection laws Continue Reading

August 12, 2020 12Aug2020 In Depth

APAC buyer’s guide to BI and analytics

In this buyer’s guide, we look at the state of adoption of business intelligence and analytics tools, common use cases and other technology and business considerations Continue Reading

August 12, 2020 12Aug2020 News

SD-WAN revealed as key enabler for ‘new normal’ remote workforces

Research from software-defined network and cloud platform provider shows the increased importance of software-defined infrastructure to the new work environment Continue Reading

August 12, 2020 12Aug2020 Blog Post

What developers need to know about inter-blockchain communication

This is a guest post for Computer Weekly Open Source Insider written by Christopher Goes in his roles as lead developer of IBC at Interchain GmbH. Interchain GmbH is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ... Continue Reading

August 11, 2020 11Aug2020 News

NHS hit by thousands of malicious emails at height of pandemic

The NHS received nearly 30,000 malicious emails at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in March and April Continue Reading

August 11, 2020 11Aug2020 News

Citrix users urged to patch five XenMobile CVEs

Patches are available for CVEs 2020-8208 through 8212 and should be installed as soon as possible Continue Reading

August 11, 2020 11Aug2020 News

PCCW Global and Sure Universal team up for home-based medical IoT

Leading IoT software and platform developer teams with Hong Kong telco to offer global network of connected solutions for medical care from home, providing a customisable platform and interface to deliver global connectivity, simplify device ... Continue Reading

August 11, 2020 11Aug2020 News

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