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2020 Stories

• November 30, 2020 30Nov2020 Blog Post

  D-Link Wi-Fi Spotlight Camera

  Deep in the Inspect-a-Gadget lab, our elves don’t always get out and see the light of day that much; they’re quiet reflective characters who sometimes prefer the dim light of the backlit keyboard ... Continue Reading

• November 30, 2020 30Nov2020 News

  UK government ploughs £3m into 5G test facility

  Harwell Campus 5G research facility gets financial boost to assist development of advanced communications for terrestrial and satellite-based broadband networks Continue Reading

• November 30, 2020 30Nov2020 News

  More than 1,300 teachers trained by National Centre for Computing Education

  Government-funded centre aimed at supporting computing teachers has reached more than 29,000 teachers and trained over 1,300 to deliver computing curriculum Continue Reading

• November 30, 2020 30Nov2020 Blog Post

  Scanuppa you face: Exadel open sources CompreFace facial recognition tool

  Within appropriate boundaries governing personal security, identity protection, data governance and information sharing compliance, there’s a strong argument for making all facial recognition ... Continue Reading

• November 30, 2020 30Nov2020 News

  MI5 accused of withholding surveillance compliance failures from cabinet minister

  MI5 withheld high-risk concerns about its ability to comply with legislation from the home secretary when it submitted applications for surveillance warrants, NGOs Privacy International and Liberty claimed last week Continue Reading

• November 30, 2020 30Nov2020 News

  Faster-than-predicted growth for 5G with 3.5 billion subs forecast by 2026

  Despite uncertainties caused by Covid-19, new research from Ericsson reveals that the pace of introducing new 5G functionality has increased in 2020 Continue Reading

• November 30, 2020 30Nov2020 News

  Orange unveils plans for French 5G roll-out

  Two years after gaining spectrum for 5G services in its home territory, the mobile network operator reveals first French cities for 5G deployment using 3.5GHz frequencies Continue Reading

• November 30, 2020 30Nov2020 News

  $60m Middle East tech fund targets 120 startups

  Venture capital fund expects rapid regional technology growth in the post-Covid-19 world Continue Reading

• November 30, 2020 30Nov2020 In Depth

  How retailers are using tech to cope with changing footfall

  Customer behaviour was shifting long before the coronavirus pandemic accelerated the online shopping boom, so what technology are retailers using to keep stores relevant? Continue Reading

• November 30, 2020 30Nov2020 News

  IT Priorities: APAC enterprises readying recovery budget

  Enterprises in Asia-Pacific are investing in cloud and other key technologies to not only survive but thrive in the post-pandemic world Continue Reading

• November 29, 2020 29Nov2020 Blog Post

  Google launches security 'scorecards' for open source projects

  Google wants to help the programming community work more confidently with open source software. The search-cloud-platform tech giant has developed a new scorecard system intended to allow software ... Continue Reading

• November 28, 2020 28Nov2020 Blog Post

  Which suppliers cannot deliver rural broadband by 2025?

  The decision to delay over £3 billion of spend is one that deserves "robust" scrutiny by the hundred or so MPs whose parliamentary majorities may depend on improve on-line access to education, ... Continue Reading

• November 27, 2020 27Nov2020 News

  Lords propose making tech giants pay for using news

  Digital platforms such as Google and Facebook profit from running adverts alongside publishers’ content, but no financial compensation is given for carrying that content, says Lords committee Continue Reading

• November 27, 2020 27Nov2020 News

  Plymouth to host world’s first 5G ocean-based marine testbed

  5G docks at Plymouth Sound with virtualised testing platform designed to put the city at the forefront of marine and maritime innovation Continue Reading

• November 27, 2020 27Nov2020 News

  CIO interview: Simon Bateman, Allica Bank

  Challenger bank has built its entire core banking system from scratch using the Azure public cloud and an API ecosystem Continue Reading

• November 27, 2020 27Nov2020 News

  UK government ramps up efforts to regulate tech giants

  The Digital Markets Unit of the Competitions and Markets Authority aims to protect consumer privacy and lower barriers to entry for businesses Continue Reading

• November 27, 2020 27Nov2020 News

  NI police unable to delete data seized unlawfully from journalists for 10 years

  The Police Service of Northern Ireland is unable to delete terabytes of unlawfully seized data taken from journalists who exposed police failings in the investigation of the Loughinisland sectarian murders Continue Reading

• November 27, 2020 27Nov2020 News

  Algorithmic transparency obligations needed in public sector

  Public sector’s use of algorithms with social impacts needs to be more transparent to foster trust and hold organisations responsible for the negative outcomes their systems may produce, says report Continue Reading

• November 27, 2020 27Nov2020 News

  Ericsson taps into industry momentum for network orchestration and automation

  Swedish comms tech provider rides the wave of orchestration and automation systems supporting cloud-native functions and orchestrating services across domains, from the edge to private and public cloud Continue Reading

• November 27, 2020 27Nov2020 News

  Government pumps £20m into AI research projects

  Alan Turing Institute’s artificial intelligence (AI) research fellows will receive funding for 15 projects including using AI to detect cancer and improve the performance of virtual personal assistants Continue Reading

• November 27, 2020 27Nov2020 Opinion

  How to modernise identity governance and administration

  Modernising identity governance and administration (IGA) capabilities is essential for organisations to manage identities effectively to ensure they remain competitive, compliant and secure Continue Reading

• November 27, 2020 27Nov2020 News

  Spending Review commits £32m to Gov.uk Accounts

  Government Digital Service’s Gov.uk Accounts project will allow people to sign into government services online and get a personalised experience tailored to their needs Continue Reading

• November 27, 2020 27Nov2020 News

  Linius aims to add magic to video conferencing with Whizzard

  New product for the conferencing and enterprise collaboration markets offers the ability to transform hours of video footage into bite-sized pieces of content and increase knowledge sharing Continue Reading

• November 27, 2020 27Nov2020 News

  How Grab is using technology to improve trust and safety

  Southeast Asian unicorn Grab is tapping artificial intelligence and other technologies to keep its users safe and cyber criminals at bay Continue Reading

• November 27, 2020 27Nov2020 In Depth

  This Christmas, Covid-19 heightens retail security risks for everyone

  Do you think it’s only retailers and consumers who need to consider cyber security when shopping online during the holidays? You’re dead wrong. This year, the Covid-19 pandemic and the shift to remote working has thrown a spanner in the works Continue Reading

• November 26, 2020 26Nov2020 E-Handbook

  Windows 10: How the client operating system is evolving

  A discussion about strategies for Windows 10 really boils down to the organisation’s desktop IT strategy. Windows PCs account for the bulk of the personal computing market and the Windows client remains the dominant target platform for developers ... Continue Reading

• November 26, 2020 26Nov2020 News

  Broadband access drives New Zealand remote working to be permanent fixture

  Covid-19 crisis pushes Kiwis to do more online and the changes are sticking, according to research from ANZ telco and media research and consulting firm Continue Reading

• November 26, 2020 26Nov2020 News

  Government must hold technology companies to account on e-waste

  MPs urge UK government and global technology companies to deal with ‘tsunami of electronic waste’, which is throwing away valuable resources vital for building a sustainable future Continue Reading

• November 26, 2020 26Nov2020 Blog Post

  An IT business boost in spite of spending review forecast

  If there is something a CIO could do to enable the business to increase its earnings by 5%, everyone would be listening. McKinsey recently highlighted the difference in performance between those ... Continue Reading

• November 26, 2020 26Nov2020 Blog Post

  The authentication arms race continues

  This week we are heading back to 2006, when we reported on that sadly-perennial favourite: IT access security, and more specifically, Managing Access Securely. As our contribution to the bit of fun ... Continue Reading

• November 26, 2020 26Nov2020 News

  UK broadband industry ‘confused’ by government funding claims

  National broadband suppliers and trade bodies express surprise and lack of enthusiasm for Spending Review claims of providing positive outcome for gigabit roll-out across the country Continue Reading

• November 26, 2020 26Nov2020 News

  Data safes will give users control over their data

  Belgian computer scientist tells Computer Weekly how people can regain control of their online personal information Continue Reading

• November 26, 2020 26Nov2020 News

  Interest in UK digital talent visa surges despite pandemic

  Tech Nation, the endorsing body for the digital technology route of the UK’s Global Talent Visa, has seen a 48% increase in applications over the past year Continue Reading

• November 26, 2020 26Nov2020 News

  Robots taking jobs, but creating careers

  Robotic process automation developers tell Computer Weekly about the job they never expected to be doing Continue Reading

• November 26, 2020 26Nov2020 News

  Scottish government hands out laptops and tablets to the digitally excluded

  As part of its Connecting Scotland programme, the Scottish government is giving out 23,000 iPads and Chromebooks to low-income families and care leavers, along with two years of mobile data Continue Reading

• November 26, 2020 26Nov2020 Opinion

  Why automation isn’t always an improvement

  Automation can help organisations run more efficiently, but only if the most inefficient steps in a business process are fixed first Continue Reading

• November 26, 2020 26Nov2020 Blog Post

  Initial thoughts on prospective Salesforce acquisition of Slack

  The FT’s ever-excellent, San Francisco-based Richard Waters has reported on a prospective acquisition of Slack by Salesforce. Slack, notes Waters, has evolved from being a chat app to a broader ... Continue Reading

• November 26, 2020 26Nov2020 In Depth

  IP surveillance: The storage it needs, on-premise and in the cloud

  Surveillance is changing, with the evolution from simple streams of sequential images to the application of AI to video, as well as an increasing move to use of the cloud Continue Reading

• November 26, 2020 26Nov2020 News

  AWS outage: Downtime incident blights users of one of Amazon’s major US datacentre regions

  Public cloud giant suffers prolonged service outage due to fault originating in one of its major US datacentre regions Continue Reading

• November 26, 2020 26Nov2020 News

  CCS looks to hire CDIO

  Crown Commercial Service is offering nearly £150,000 for the role of chief digital information officer, who will be in charge of developing and delivering its digital and data strategy Continue Reading

• November 26, 2020 26Nov2020 E-Zine

  CW Nordics: Bank branch closures continue as digital banking grows

  Sweden’s Handelsbanken is cutting its branch network by nearly half, which means more money will be invested in IT. But it’s not just Sweden and the Nordics – banks across the world are watching the fintech industry demonstrate to consumers what ... Continue Reading

• November 26, 2020 26Nov2020 News

  Vodafone, Ericsson trial automated flight paths for connected drones

  UK fixed and mobile operator and comms technology provider take to the sky to ensure safe passage for drones Continue Reading

• November 26, 2020 26Nov2020 News

  Tony Blair Institute and Oracle combine to launch cloud-based vaccine management in Africa

  The Tony Blair Institute (TBI) and Oracle have combined to launch a vaccine management programme in several African countries Continue Reading

• November 26, 2020 26Nov2020 News

  APAC plagued by APT, ransomware attacks

  The Asia-Pacific region was a primary target of advanced persistent threat groups, mostly from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia, that carried out 34 campaigns between June 2019 to June 2020 Continue Reading

• November 26, 2020 26Nov2020 News

  Inadequate home internet speeds contribute to ‘digital divide’ during UK lockdown

  Survey reveals connectivity speeds are considered inadequate in 30% of properties and over one-third admit to judging the competence of colleagues who have connectivity issues during conferencing sessions Continue Reading

• November 26, 2020 26Nov2020 Blog Post

  The DBA time machine & the future of data

  This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Rob Tribe, VP of systems engineering for EMEA region at Nutanix. Tribe contends that today, none of us can attend a ... Continue Reading

• November 25, 2020 25Nov2020 News

  Australia’s science agency unveils mapping tech for SMEs

  The digital specialist arm of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation has developed a mapping system to help robots navigate dangerous and complex terrain Continue Reading

• November 25, 2020 25Nov2020 Blog Post

  Humerus for a moment

  This dystopian shambles of a year has reached a new, personal low, after a PR email revealed that a robotics company based in Reading has completed its first successful trial of a VR-controlled ... Continue Reading

• November 25, 2020 25Nov2020 News

  Three cyber criminals arrested in Nigerian BEC investigation

  Prolific cyber criminal gang is thought to have compromised up to half a million victims since 2017 Continue Reading

• November 25, 2020 25Nov2020 News

  Scottish government unveils strategy for digital planning

  Scotland’s government has published a document that describes its strategy for the digitisation of the nation’s planning system Continue Reading

• November 25, 2020 25Nov2020 News

  Government’s infrastructure strategy says technology is key

  The strategy aims to put innovation and technology at ‘the heart’ of its approach to transforming the country, as government launches new national infrastructure bank Continue Reading

• November 25, 2020 25Nov2020 News

  Merger of national policing systems over budget and behind schedule

  UK government effort to replace legacy IT systems suffers further delays, and will not be fully completed until 2025 at the earliest Continue Reading

• November 25, 2020 25Nov2020 Blog Post

  Open source a stream: Alibaba Cloud conjures up e-retail stream processing ‘magic’

  The stuff of legends? The original Ali Baba for sure, but the tech firm Alibaba is also hoping to go down in the history books. TechTarget’s Aaron Tang has already detailed some of the firm’s most ... Continue Reading

• November 25, 2020 25Nov2020 News

  Rishi Sunak’s Spending Review pledges £100bn to transform the country’s infrastructure

  Chancellor’s spending promise includes more than £260m for programmes such as 5G testbeds, local full-fibre networks and the Shared Rural Network Continue Reading

• November 25, 2020 25Nov2020 Blog Post

  We need to start prioritizing workforce health and wellbeing

  This has been a shot in the arm for those who have long overlooked their health. Continue Reading

• November 25, 2020 25Nov2020 News

  UK government Geospatial Commission stipulates actions to exploit location data

  Report outlines some actions public bodies and companies can take to make better economic use of location data Continue Reading

• November 25, 2020 25Nov2020 News

  Legacy tech adds to management headaches in dealing with new normal

  Concerns raised over post-Covid return to the office, with virtually all C-level leaders admitting to still using offline processes and significant numbers believing their company will prioritise business continuity over safety Continue Reading

• November 25, 2020 25Nov2020 Opinion

  From front line to back office – how supporting the cyber community keeps the NHS safe

  NHS Digital’s chief information security officer describes how the Cyber Associates Network benefits security experts in health and care Continue Reading

• November 25, 2020 25Nov2020 In Depth

  Brain researchers get NVMe-over-RoCE for super-fast HPC storage

  French neurological researchers deploy Western Digital OpenFlex NVMe array for super-fast HPC storage with Ethernet-based NVMe-over-Fabrics connectivity across several floors Continue Reading

• November 25, 2020 25Nov2020 News

  Securing UK’s critical national infrastructure is a 2021 priority

  Government outlines the UK’s strategic cyber security policies for the coming 12 months, with critical national infrastructure a clear priority Continue Reading

• November 25, 2020 25Nov2020 News

  NHSX to launch data strategy for health and social care

  Government sets out plans to ‘bust bureaucracy’ in the NHS, including implementing a new data strategy, consulting on changes to data collection legislation, and making progress on shared care records Continue Reading

• November 25, 2020 25Nov2020 News

  Use of abusive stalkerware against women skyrocketed in 2020

  Rise in the use of malicious stalkerware correlates closely to increased domestic violence during lockdown Continue Reading

• November 24, 2020 24Nov2020 News

  Pure adds block, Azure and convergence to as-a-service offerings

  Pure customers can get its storage on-premise, in colocation or the cloud, and now it has added FlashArray C// block capacity and Flash Stack converged infrastructure to the catalogue Continue Reading

• November 24, 2020 24Nov2020 In Depth

  Microsoft Windows’ future is all about users

  We look at how Microsoft is evolving the Windows desktop operating system platform and providing developer flexibility Continue Reading

• November 24, 2020 24Nov2020 Blog Post

  Datacentres in 2030: What the future holds

  In this guest post, Tony Jacob, vice president of design and construction for Europe, Middle East and Africa at colocation giant Digital Realty predicts what the next decade holds for the ... Continue Reading

• November 24, 2020 24Nov2020 News

  UK telecoms industry gives guarded welcome to Telecommunications Bill proposal

  New legislation aims to provide a basis to strengthen the security framework for technology used in 5G and full fibre networks, including the electronic equipment and software at phone mast sites and in telephone exchanges Continue Reading

• November 24, 2020 24Nov2020 News

  Fintechs take stock amid economic shocks

  Survey reveals that the top priority for 10% of UK fintechs next year will be to survive the double blow of Covid-19 and Brexit Continue Reading

• November 24, 2020 24Nov2020 Blog Post

  What next for digital identity in the UK? Industry welcomes latest DCMS plan

  After months – some would say years – of frustration and delay, tech suppliers have largely welcomed the latest government initiative to establish a digital identity ecosystem in the UK. The ... Continue Reading

• November 24, 2020 24Nov2020 In Depth

  How retailers are using digital to engage with Covid Christmas shoppers

  Christmas is likely to be different this year because of the pandemic, and there is likely to be an altered shopping experience. So how are retailers using digital to cope with this shift in festive shopping? Continue Reading

• November 24, 2020 24Nov2020 E-Handbook

  A Computer Weekly buyer’s guide to intelligent workload management

  One huge advantage digital transformation brings with it is the phenomenon of intelligent workload management. In this 17-page buyer’s guide, Computer Weekly looks at the various tools available, asset management best practices and the complications... Continue Reading

• November 24, 2020 24Nov2020 News

  Three options for next year’s IT strategy

  CIOs are under pressure to reduce costs, but they also need to modernise applications and help their businesses return to profitability Continue Reading

• November 24, 2020 24Nov2020 News

  Vodafone teams with IoT.nxt to take enterprise IoT to new levels

  UK operator looks to open up new markets for internet of things growth with a new range of services designed to make it easier for UK businesses to adopt technology to track, monitor and manage assets, giving them data, insight and control Continue Reading

• November 24, 2020 24Nov2020 News

  Belgian security researcher hacks Tesla with Raspberry Pi

  Belgian security researcher Lennert Wouters once again succeeds in hacking a Tesla vehicle, this time by exploiting the Bluetooth Low Energy standard Continue Reading

• November 24, 2020 24Nov2020 News

  Post Office accused of lying and being in contempt of Parliament in IT scandal

  Campaigning politician demands access to documents that could prove that the Post Office lied Continue Reading

• November 24, 2020 24Nov2020 E-Zine

  How Covid-19 has accelerated tech innovation in the NHS

  Of all the terrible things that Covid is, what it has done is accelerate the digital journey. In this issue of Computer Weekly, we look at the track and trace app, which was redeveloped and enhanced at breakneck speed, and explore how the pandemic ... Continue Reading

• November 24, 2020 24Nov2020 News

  Orange Business Services strikes global partnership with AWS to accelerate enterprise cloud take-up

  Orange Business Services has followed up its earlier partnerships with Microsoft and Google by signing a similar deal with Amazon Web Services, geared towards supporting its clients’ public cloud migration plans Continue Reading

• November 24, 2020 24Nov2020 News

  Nokia enables global enterprise IoT connectivity for China Mobile

  Comms tech giant and leading Chinese operator reach strategic agreement to provide IoT global connectivity services for both China and international customers based on Worldwide IoT Network Grid managed service, expanding operator’s capability Continue Reading

• November 24, 2020 24Nov2020 News

  Nominet introduces new resources for cyber scam victims

  Domain name registrar is working with law enforcement to provide new information, guidance and resources for potential victims of online scams Continue Reading

• November 24, 2020 24Nov2020 Blog Post

  Dynatrace traces measured route to PurePath 4 

  Software intelligence company Dynatrace enjoys tracing, dynamically, obviously. As such then, the fourth generation of its distributed tracing and code-level analysis technology, PurePath captures, ... Continue Reading

• November 23, 2020 23Nov2020 News

  Telcos could face huge fines under new security laws

  Government boasts of unprecedented powers to boost the security standards of the UK’s critical national infrastructure Continue Reading

• November 23, 2020 23Nov2020 News

  Amazon Swedish language site will expand reach of local retailers

  Amazon launches Swedish language website and promises to make more products available in the Nordic region Continue Reading

• November 23, 2020 23Nov2020 News

  Xbox Series X, PlayStation 5 launches unleash UK network traffic surge

  Game console launches show network providers need to upgrade their infrastructure and invest in the latest networking technology to ensure reliable, resilient and robust performance Continue Reading

• November 23, 2020 23Nov2020 News

  NCSC issues retail security alert ahead of Black Friday sales

  National Cyber Security Centre issues refreshed guidance as cyber criminals turn their eyes to the holiday shopping season Continue Reading

• November 23, 2020 23Nov2020 News

  Manchester United praised for swift response to cyber attack

  Manchester United’s systems were attacked last week, and the club has been praised for a swift and decisive response Continue Reading

• November 23, 2020 23Nov2020 Blog Post

  Sumo Logic: inside the architectural cement mixer of multi-cloud

  Champion of continuous intelligence Sumo Logic spends its time looking inside the state of the modern application technology stack, including changing trends in cloud and application adoption and ... Continue Reading

• November 23, 2020 23Nov2020 News

  OneWeb emerges from bankruptcy, prepares for 17 December launch

  UK government and Bharti Global confirmed as new owners of low-cost satellite broadband provider, which emerges from financial woes to eye up commercial connectivity services to the UK and the Arctic region in 2021 Continue Reading

• November 23, 2020 23Nov2020 News

  Finnish finance giant pilots fingerprint payments

  OP Financial introduces biometric security technology to enable higher-value payments to be made safely using contactless cards Continue Reading

• November 23, 2020 23Nov2020 News

  Leeds Teaching Hospitals gets new imaging tech

  The hospital trust is the first of six in a Northern Pathology Imaging Co-operative (NPIC) to deploy technology to underpin the programme Continue Reading

• November 23, 2020 23Nov2020 News

  MPs subjected to over 22 million malicious email attacks in 2020

  Members of Parliament are targeted by millions of spam and phishing emails every month, according to a Freedom of Information disclosure Continue Reading

• November 23, 2020 23Nov2020 News

  Zen to offer gigabit broadband over CityFibre networks

  Zen Internet becomes former altnet’s third national consumer ISP to offer full-fibre services to consumers with gigabit-speed consumer broadband products Continue Reading

• November 23, 2020 23Nov2020 Opinion

  Love (and impact sourcing) in the time of Covid

  Amanda Lewis, a lawyer specialising in IT outsourcing, describes the diversity and inclusion work of Digital Divide Data Continue Reading

• November 23, 2020 23Nov2020 News

  SITA and Orange Business Services check in for SD-WAN at global airports

  Global mobile network operator and IT provider for the air transport industry roll out agile and scalable software-defined network already introduced at more than 60 airports globally Continue Reading

• November 23, 2020 23Nov2020 News

  Inside Huawei’s APAC cloud strategy

  The Chinese technology giant is counting on its strengths in hardware infrastructure and focus on research and development to make a mark in Asia Pacific’s public cloud market Continue Reading

• November 23, 2020 23Nov2020 News

  Birmingham, Dudley councils accelerate 5G roll-out

  Local authorities say developing fifth-generation mobile network infrastructure is critical to driving economic recovery in the region post-Covid Continue Reading

• November 23, 2020 23Nov2020 News

  Subpostmasters want £300m from a government that allowed Post Office ‘reign of terror’

  The government allowed the Post Office to “run amok” and destroy lives, says complaint to Parliamentary Ombudsman Continue Reading

• November 23, 2020 23Nov2020 Blog Post

  Huawei MateBook 14 review: ultraportable powerhouse

  All laptops are pretty much the same today, right?  Open the packaging and you get your basic clamshell unit, a power cable and adapter, a little warranty leaflet that you leave in the back of the ... Continue Reading

• November 23, 2020 23Nov2020 In Depth

  Fix bottlenecks before tackling business process automation

  Business processes evolve over time, and intelligent automation requires a thorough assessment of what is not working optimally Continue Reading

• November 20, 2020 20Nov2020 News

  Pioneering companies use AI to drive profit

  The latest research from McKinsey shows that there is a strong correlation between an organisation's artificial intelligence maturity and profitability Continue Reading

• November 20, 2020 20Nov2020 News

  Pricing questions persist but Openreach overall observes Ofcom independence mandates

  UK communications regulator notes real progress made in implementing its requirements, but more is needed to be done to strengthen broadband provision division independence and engagement Continue Reading

• November 20, 2020 20Nov2020 News

  Security pros fear prosecution under outdated UK laws

  CyberUp, a group of campaigners who want to reform the Computer Misuse Act, finds 80% of security professionals are concerned that they may be prosecuted just for doing their jobs Continue Reading