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2020 Stories
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April 21, 2020
21Apr2020
E-Zine
Taking robot technology to a New World
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the technology team behind a project to recreate the voyage of the Mayflower using a fully autonomous ship. We look at how India’s coronavirus lockdown is affecting UK companies that use offshore ... Continue Reading
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April 21, 2020
21Apr2020
News
When data protection is not enough
Organisations should take a holistic approach to data protection and cyber security in what the CEO of Acronis deems a “cyber protection” strategy Continue Reading
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April 20, 2020
20Apr2020
News
NCSC launches coronavirus cyber security campaign
The National Cyber Security Centre has launched a reporting service for scam emails as part of a campaign to help people protect themselves from cyber criminals exploiting the pandemic Continue Reading
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April 20, 2020
20Apr2020
News
Managing the lockdown extension
The continued Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown means people will be working remotely for far longer. IT decision-makers and business leaders will need more than a quick fix Continue Reading
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April 20, 2020
20Apr2020
News
IT services company Cognizant warns customers after ‘Maze’ ransomware attack
US IT services company Cognizant alerts customers after the Maze ransomware group launches a cyber attack Continue Reading
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April 20, 2020
20Apr2020
News
INCA: UK gigabit broadband progress more important than ever
Trade body for independent network providers calls for progress toward the delivery of ultrafast broadband to all parts of the UK to continue despite the current Covid-19 lockdown conditions Continue Reading
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April 20, 2020
20Apr2020
News
UK government announces ‘Future Fund’ to support startups during Covid-19
The startup rescue package includes public-private match funding, which will give the government shares in the enterprises, as well as targeted research and development support Continue Reading
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April 20, 2020
20Apr2020
News
Coronavirus: Pandemic will see consolidation of offshore captive centres
Offshore captive IT operations owned by western businesses will be sold off to raise cash and boost efficiency amid Covid-19 pandemic Continue Reading
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April 20, 2020
20Apr2020
News
Zoom and WebEx users targeted by credential stealing attempts
Videoconferencing apps such as Zoom and Cisco’s WebEx are being targeted by cyber criminals trying to steal users’ personal data Continue Reading
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April 20, 2020
20Apr2020
News
Green Flag waves farewell to Oracle legacy with cloud-native revamp
The roadside breakdown rescue service has developed a technical architecture to support an ecosystem approach to business Continue Reading
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April 20, 2020
20Apr2020
Podcast
Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 54
In this week’s episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna talk about the likely legacy of lockdown for working lives, the mental health impact of the public health crisis, and how data... Continue Reading
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April 20, 2020
20Apr2020
News
Ada Lovelace Institute questions effectiveness of UK contact-tracing strategy
Independent study institute for user-focused data and AI solutions argues that NHS Covid-19 tracking plans will not be effective unless action is taken to address technical limitations Continue Reading
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April 20, 2020
20Apr2020
News
Dutch organisations address business email compromise fraud
Public-private partnership in the Netherlands works to break the chains used by fraudsters to carry out BEC attacks Continue Reading
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April 20, 2020
20Apr2020
News
CIO interview: Jason Oliver, IT director, University of Sussex
Imagine taking a year to formulate a digital transformation plan – then having to implement much of it in two weeks when the coronavirus hit. For the Sussex University IT chief, there’s even more to do now Continue Reading
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April 20, 2020
20Apr2020
News
CaixaBank uses hybrid of conventional and quantum computers to classify risk
Spain's CaixaBank is using quantum computers as part of a project to assess risk using machine learning algorithms Continue Reading
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April 20, 2020
20Apr2020
E-Handbook
5G: APAC guide to next-gen mobile connectivity
From Singapore and Australia to South Korea, enterprises and telcos across the Asia-Pacific region have been readying themselves for the next big leap in mobile connectivity that promises to speed up business operations and improve lives. From ... Continue Reading
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April 20, 2020
20Apr2020
News
Machine learning to help hospitals predict Covid-19 demand
The system developed by NHS Digital and the University of Cambridge will support hospitals in England in handling upcoming demand for intensive care beds and ventilators Continue Reading
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April 20, 2020
20Apr2020
Blog Post
Cartesi creates Linux infrastructure for blockchain DApps
Cartesi is a DApp infrastructure. DApps (sometimes called Dapps) are from the blockchain universe and so, logically, the apps part stands for application (obviously) and the D part stands for ... Continue Reading
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April 20, 2020
20Apr2020
In Depth
How to overcome application modernisation barriers
Most businesses are not lucky enough to be able to build a new cloud native architecture. We look at how to take legacy applications forward Continue Reading
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April 20, 2020
20Apr2020
News
Australian workers are weakest link in fight against cyber attacks
About four in 10 employees are sharing inappropriate data across mobile devices and half of all security incidents in 2019 occurred through inappropriate IT use, new study finds Continue Reading
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April 17, 2020
17Apr2020
News
Ofcom publishes technical data debunking 5G links to Covid-19
Ofcom makes latest response to the unfounded and dangerous fake news suggesting links between 5G networks and coronavirus Continue Reading
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April 17, 2020
17Apr2020
News
Covid-19 will leave its legacy on global IT services
IT services buying and selling will go through a transformation during the coronavirus crisis Continue Reading
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April 17, 2020
17Apr2020
News
Coronavirus: Treasury set to announce startup rescue package
With pressure mounting to aid firms not covered by the existing coronavirus loan scheme, the government has been in talks with industry on how to get support to hard-hit startups Continue Reading
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April 17, 2020
17Apr2020
News
Amazon deletes employees’ calendar invites to Covid-19 event
Virtual panel organised by Amazon workers after the company fired multiple employees for protesting over work conditions Continue Reading
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April 17, 2020
17Apr2020
News
Government investigates perceptions about data sharing of health and social care
A project has been launched to find out about citizen understanding around data uses, and how perception may have been affected after the Covid-19 outbreak Continue Reading
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April 17, 2020
17Apr2020
E-Zine
CW ASEAN: Trend Watch on advances in Malaysia’s digital infrastructure
In this handbook, Computer Weekly looks at Malaysia’s successes and challenges in modernising its infrastructure and other digital transformation initiatives Continue Reading
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April 17, 2020
17Apr2020
E-Zine
CW ANZ: Trend Watch on communications infrastructure
In this handbook, Computer Weekly looks at how Australia’s bushfires impacted its telecoms networks and the increase in SD-WAN adoption in Asia-Pacific Continue Reading
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April 17, 2020
17Apr2020
News
AWS slams lack of White House cooperation in JEDI cloud contract investigation
The Department of Defense claims the Inspector General's report into the controversial JEDI cloud contract should nullify a number of allegations pertaining to the deal, but Amazon Web Services seems to disagree Continue Reading
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April 17, 2020
17Apr2020
News
Fifth of UK small businesses concerned about prolonged remote working
Small firms find the potential prospect of indefinite working from home a major challenge to future business Continue Reading
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April 17, 2020
17Apr2020
News
Coronavirus: Big hit to European 5G as smartphone industry set for sharpest falls in 20 years
Screeching halt to telecoms money truck predicted for 2020 as Covid-19 outbreak impacts phone production and 5G roll-out Continue Reading
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April 17, 2020
17Apr2020
In Depth
High-performance object storage: What’s driving it?
Object storage is getting its performance on to meet the needs of content delivery, analytics and IoT use cases while enabled by rapid flash storage media and other tech advances Continue Reading
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April 17, 2020
17Apr2020
Blog Post
IT modernisation series – BetterCloud: APIs are king (and queen)
Unlike digital-first organisations, traditional businesses have a wealth of enterprise applications built up over decades, many of which continue to run core business processes. In this series of ... Continue Reading
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April 17, 2020
17Apr2020
News
Coronavirus: How Nominet fights back against malicious domains
Domain name registry has thwarted hundreds of attempts to register malicious .uk domain names during the coronavirus pandemic Continue Reading
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April 17, 2020
17Apr2020
E-Handbook
Why you should have a disaster recovery testing plan in place
With this guide, gain a better understanding of why a disaster recovery testing plan is important, how to efficiently conduct tests, and some tools and terms that you will encounter along the way. Continue Reading
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April 17, 2020
17Apr2020
News
Verizon Business zooms in to acquire conferencing company BlueJeans
With conferencing and collaboration rocketing due to the Covid-19 outbreak and no real end in sight to the increased usage, Verizon swoops in to acquire conference applications provider BlueJeans Continue Reading
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April 17, 2020
17Apr2020
Opinion
What if we find we rather like this working from home thing?
Sometimes it takes a major economic shock to change the accepted wisdom of economics and work – our working life after the coronavirus crisis might be very different Continue Reading
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April 17, 2020
17Apr2020
News
EU warns no compromise on privacy as NHS clashes with tech firms on contact tracing
EU and UK regulators express data privacy concerns days after Silicon Valley giants announce collaboration on contact-tracing apps to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus Continue Reading
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April 17, 2020
17Apr2020
News
Coronavirus: Security certification body puts exams online
Candidates for certification by the International Association of Privacy Professionals will now be able to sit their exams remotely Continue Reading
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April 17, 2020
17Apr2020
Photo Story
Computer Weekly/TechTarget UK IT Priorities 2020: Cloud storage
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April 17, 2020
17Apr2020
Photo Story
Computer Weekly/TechTarget UK IT Priorities 2020: Application development
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April 17, 2020
17Apr2020
Photo Story
Computer Weekly/TechTarget UK IT Priorities 2020: Shift to cloud and security
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April 17, 2020
17Apr2020
Photo Story
Computer Weekly/TechTarget UK IT Priorities 2020: Investing in AI
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April 17, 2020
17Apr2020
Photo Story
Computer Weekly/TechTarget UK IT Priorities 2020: End user security training
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April 17, 2020
17Apr2020
Photo Story
Computer Weekly/TechTarget UK IT priorities 2020
The annual Computer Weekly/TechTarget UK IT Priorities 2020 survey of 210 UK IT professionals looks at where IT budgets are being spent Continue Reading
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April 17, 2020
17Apr2020
Photo Story
Computer Weekly/TechTarget UK IT Priorities 2020: How are IT budgets being spent?
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April 17, 2020
17Apr2020
Photo Story
Computer Weekly/TechTarget UK IT Priorities 2020: Datacentre management
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April 17, 2020
17Apr2020
Blog Post
SAP APAC debuts Covid-19 app
German software giant SAP has built an app to provide its employees and customers with accurate real-time information on Covid-19 and guidance on how to cope with the virus. Built on the SAP Cloud ... Continue Reading
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April 16, 2020
16Apr2020
Blog Post
The path to true data democratisation
This is a guest blogpost by Ed Thompson, CTO and co-founder, Matillion. Jessica is a data analyst at a leading eCommerce company and is tasked with analysing the usage patterns of the business to ... Continue Reading
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April 16, 2020
16Apr2020
News
St Albans council integrates systems in effort to streamline processes
The council of St Albans has implemented a unified digital platform to streamline how citizens interact with its services, as well as its own decision-making processes Continue Reading
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April 16, 2020
16Apr2020
News
Coronavirus: Nordic digital educators collaborate with authorities amid pandemic
Nordic education technology startups are supporting education establishments in offering continued education during the Covid-19 crisis Continue Reading
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April 16, 2020
16Apr2020
News
Coronavirus: Telcos in developed markets to lose more than $40bn
Big increases in unemployment will see a 3.4% decline in telecoms revenue this year, with the negative impact to persist for the next 12 months, says analyst Continue Reading
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April 16, 2020
16Apr2020
News
Check Point sounds alarm over double extortion ransomware threat
Researchers say double extortion ransomware attacks are likely to increase in frequency, and warn organisations to be on guard Continue Reading
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April 16, 2020
16Apr2020
News
Microsoft aims to build Planetary Computer system for sustainability
Microsoft’s Planetary Computer platform will combine global datasets to help organisations manage biodiversity and reduce climate change Continue Reading
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April 16, 2020
16Apr2020
News
Nuage Networks declares SD-WAN first for desktop, mobile and IoT devices
Nokia subsidiary integrates Asavie SD Edge to allow enterprise IT managers to extend security policies beyond branch to mobile users and connected devices Continue Reading
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April 16, 2020
16Apr2020
Blog Post
Kryon RPA targets documentation delays for COVID-19 healthcare testing
Bots are everywhere… and nobody knows when we really first started enthusing about them. Thinking back, Microsoft spoke of not much else besides bots at its 2015 Build developer conference… so ... Continue Reading
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April 16, 2020
16Apr2020
News
DWP turns to Government Gateway to support Universal Credit claims
Existing users of HMRC’s digital identity system can use their credentials to apply for benefits, in a move designed to ease bottlenecks caused by Gov.uk Verify performance problems Continue Reading
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April 16, 2020
16Apr2020
News
Coronavirus: India eases lockdown restrictions for IT service providers
Indian government allows IT services firms to bring half their staff back to delivery centres Continue Reading
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April 16, 2020
16Apr2020
News
NHS Wales to get free security services during coronavirus pandemic
NHS Wales Informatics Services enlists Thales to help it face down security threats and let its teams focus on the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis Continue Reading
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April 16, 2020
16Apr2020
News
Rolls-Royce alliance focuses on Coronavirus economic recovery
The Rolls-Royce industry alliance aims to bring together data teams across industries and academia to help governments and businesses get back to work Continue Reading
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April 16, 2020
16Apr2020
Opinion
How to modernise IT systems while ensuring they remain stable
Organisations need to be both agile and maintain control and stability of their IT. How can they achieve both outcomes? Continue Reading
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April 16, 2020
16Apr2020
News
Coronavirus shines spotlight on mobile connectivity
Mobile operators in Asia-Pacific are playing their part in the fight against Covid-19, even as some of them are facing roadblocks in rolling out 5G networks Continue Reading
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April 16, 2020
16Apr2020
News
Coronavirus: Cyber attacks on banks seen spiking, says Carbon Black
VMware’s Carbon Black observes a spike in cyber attacks on financial services organisations Continue Reading
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April 16, 2020
16Apr2020
News
Orange expands mesh Wi-Fi into Belgium, reinforces marine service capabilities
SoftAtHome’s mesh Wi-Fi now available for Orange Belgium customers while Orange ship begins undersea cabling survey work off coast of Sicily Continue Reading
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April 16, 2020
16Apr2020
News
BT inks Ericsson 5G supply deal but delays schedule to replace Huawei kit
UK telco engages Swedish tech firm to deploy cloud-native dual-mode 5G core, but rows back on deadline to remove all Huawei technology from mobile core by end of year Continue Reading
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April 16, 2020
16Apr2020
Blog Post
What role will printing play in the post COVID-19 workplace?
COVID-19 has plunged many businesses into a paralysis. The majority are now focused on weathering or surviving the crisis to emerge intact when the new normal arrives. Some of the changes invoked ... Continue Reading
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April 16, 2020
16Apr2020
News
Coronavirus: Indian IT sector takes hit
India’s IT market will see slower growth this year though opportunities abound in artificial intelligence and cyber security Continue Reading
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April 15, 2020
15Apr2020
News
Centrica deploys Citrix Cloud services on Azure to manage demand
Utility firm Centrica turns to Citrix on the Azure cloud to deal with its seasonal peak in call centre usage, which affects its virtual desktop environment Continue Reading
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April 15, 2020
15Apr2020
News
Coronavirus: ICO temporarily relaxes regulatory approach
The Information Commissioner’s Office sets out a revised approach to its regulatory duties during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic Continue Reading
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April 15, 2020
15Apr2020
News
Government urged to delay digital services tax amid coronavirus outbreak
Delaying liabilities for a year could help technology companies already stretched thin by the outbreak of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, according to TechUK Continue Reading
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April 15, 2020
15Apr2020
News
House of Commons reports progress on virtual Parliament
Plans to take certain proceedings online are on track but ‘bumps along the way’ are expected, according to the Speaker of the House of Commons Continue Reading
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April 15, 2020
15Apr2020
News
Coronavirus: Round-up of free cloud infrastructure services to support enterprises through Covid-19
Amazon, Google, Alibaba and OVHcloud are among public cloud providers offering enterprises, researchers and healthcare free access to services to support them through the coronavirus pandemic Continue Reading
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April 15, 2020
15Apr2020
News
Coronavirus: Standard Chartered bans employees from Zoom
Standard Chartered is the first bank to have instructed its staff to refrain from using Zoom Continue Reading
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April 15, 2020
15Apr2020
News
Managed services rev up revenues for SD-WAN in fourth quarter of 2019
Analyst Omdia highlights the steady transition in 2019 from hardware-based to software-defined networking and predicts good times despite Covid-19 Continue Reading
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April 15, 2020
15Apr2020
News
Coronavirus: Lloyds Bank to give thousands of tablet devices to over-70s
Banking group is giving away tablets and basic digital training to help vulnerable customers stay connected during the UK’s Covid-19 lockdown Continue Reading
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April 15, 2020
15Apr2020
News
Coronavirus: Researcher finds security vulnerability in Slack
Some common assumptions about the security of cloud-based messaging platform Slack may not be entirely accurate, says an Alien Labs researcher Continue Reading
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April 15, 2020
15Apr2020
News
Folding@home invites people to share processors to combat coronavirus
In the 1990s, people could donate their spare computing in a distributed project to find aliens. Now distributed simulations are tackling the Covid-19 pandemic Continue Reading
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April 15, 2020
15Apr2020
News
Microsoft patches 19 critical bugs in another heavy Patch Tuesday
The volume of vulnerabilities being uncovered by Microsoft remains high, with more than 100 fixes pushed out in April’s Patch Tuesday Continue Reading
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April 15, 2020
15Apr2020
News
Samsung claims 4.3Gbps 5G speed breakthrough
Korean tech giant’s latest lab demonstration uses MU-MIMO technology to showcase 5G’s potentially vast capacity, new radio, NR, 28GHz access unit Continue Reading
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April 15, 2020
15Apr2020
Blog Post
GitLab guru: 15 years later, we’re still learning
This is a guest post for Computer Weekly Open Source Insider written by Brendan O’Leary in his position as senior developer evangelist at GitLab. As many readers will already know, GitLab is an ... Continue Reading
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April 15, 2020
15Apr2020
News
Coronavirus: Nordic authorities use tech in fight against Covid-19
Nordic government organisations are working with private technology firms in the region to support their efforts to contain the coronavirus Continue Reading
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April 15, 2020
15Apr2020
Opinion
A legal perspective on data breaches and home working
Legal experts from Fieldfisher share guidance on how to deal with cyber attacks during the coronavirus crisis, and what the ICO expects in terms of notification Continue Reading
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April 15, 2020
15Apr2020
News
Coronavirus: Apple and Google unite for contact tracing technology
Silicon Valley giants announce collaboration to prevent the spread of Coronavirus Continue Reading
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April 15, 2020
15Apr2020
News
Coronavirus: More than two-fifths of employees likely to continue remote working after pandemic
Research firm Gartner offers guide to managing remote workers during Covid-19 pandemic as new normal for work emerges Continue Reading
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April 15, 2020
15Apr2020
News
Tech firms, academia and charities unite to deliver 4G tablets to Covid-19 patients
The Life Lines project aims to keep critically ill patients connected when they are being cared for inside intensive care units across the UK Continue Reading
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April 15, 2020
15Apr2020
News
GitLab expands into Australia as DevOps tooling market heats up
DevOps platform supplier GitLab expands Down Under with a bigger workforce to meet the needs of local firms that are looking to speed up software development Continue Reading
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April 14, 2020
14Apr2020
News
Booking.com celebrates women in tech with annual awards
Booking.com has announced the winners of its 2020 Technology Playmaker Awards, an annual recognition of female talent launched in 2017 Continue Reading
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April 14, 2020
14Apr2020
News
Three changes to office work post-coronavirus
While it’s early days, experts believe the coronavirus pandemic could change working practices. We investigate Continue Reading
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April 14, 2020
14Apr2020
News
WHO wades into UK fake 5G Covid-19 links row as regulator probes leading broadcaster
World Health Organization publishes myth-buster guide to Covid-19 as Ofcom investigates remarks made on leading ITV programme casting doubt on media proof of fake news Continue Reading
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April 14, 2020
14Apr2020
News
Coronavirus: European network traffic curves flatten but security issues increase
Nokia research finds networks are taking the strain despite a huge increase in upstream traffic during the day from videoconferencing and downstream during weekends from video-on-demand Continue Reading
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April 14, 2020
14Apr2020
In Depth
Australian firms soldier on amid Covid-19 outbreak
From the largest financial institutions to small companies, Aussie firms have been dialling up their use of technology tools to keep their businesses humming during the coronavirus pandemic Continue Reading
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April 14, 2020
14Apr2020
E-Handbook
A Computer Weekly buyer’s guide to network upgrades for cloud-native infrastructure
With enterprises increasingly turning to digitisation and cloud computing, there is renewed interest in networking and a greater need for agility. In this 15-page buyer’s guide, Computer Weekly looks at what IT decision-makers should be thinking ... Continue Reading
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April 14, 2020
14Apr2020
News
Apple and Netflix most imitated brands in phishing attacks
A new report highlights the brands which are being most frequently spoofed by cyber criminals in phishing attacks Continue Reading
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April 14, 2020
14Apr2020
Podcast
Podcast: Ruthlessly prioritise applications during Covid-19
We talk to Alex McMullan, CTO international at Pure Storage, about scaling up storage and compute for remote working and why that means prioritising applications Continue Reading
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April 14, 2020
14Apr2020
Blog Post
How developers can operationalise bots – Part 1
This paired couplet of guest posts for the Computer Weekly Developer Network is written by PK’s Ram Sathia in his position as VP of intelligent automation and Ajmeer Ali Liyakkathali in his ... Continue Reading
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April 14, 2020
14Apr2020
Blog Post
How developers can operationalise bots – Part 2
This paired couplet of guest posts for the Computer Weekly Developer Network is written by PK’s Ram Sathia in his position as VP of intelligent automation and Ajmeer Ali Liyakkathali in his ... Continue Reading
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April 14, 2020
14Apr2020
News
Inside Alibaba’s NLP labs
Alibaba is among a growing crop of technology companies that are rising to the challenge of solving the toughest problems in natural language processing Continue Reading
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April 14, 2020
14Apr2020
News
Coronavirus: Zoom user credentials for sale on dark web
IntSight researchers say they have found a database containing thousands of Zoom usernames and passwords being sold on the dark web Continue Reading
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April 14, 2020
14Apr2020
News
UK altnets increase full-fibre coverage by 50%
Independent network providers notch up notable year in 2019 as fibre access for all becomes political hot potato Continue Reading
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April 14, 2020
14Apr2020
News
SAP preliminary Q1 2020 results: Covid-19 takes a bite as in-person events cancelled
The coronavirus public health crisis has hit SAP’s first quarter, according to its preliminary financial results statement Continue Reading
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April 14, 2020
14Apr2020
News
Coronavirus puts brakes on 5G core deployments
Research firm identifies short- and long-term impacts that global pandemic will have on 5G core and edge networks Continue Reading