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January 24, 2020 24Jan2020 News

HP Inc attacks Xerox boardroom shakeup bid

Xerox wants to oust the HP Inc board, replacing it with directors who will push through its proposed acquisition Continue Reading

January 24, 2020 24Jan2020 News

NHS alerted to severe vulnerabilities in GE health equipment

A series of vulnerabilities in patient monitoring equipment manufactured by General Electric could have left patient data exposed in hospitals around the world, including the UK Continue Reading

January 24, 2020 24Jan2020 News

Gender funding gap reveals complacency in the Nordics

Tech investors are biased towards men when it comes to investing – even if they are not aware of it Continue Reading

January 24, 2020 24Jan2020 E-Handbook

Third-party marketing automation vs. native CRM tools

Though many CRM platforms offer native marketing automation tools, many organisations find it beneficial to use a third-party application, such as Eloqua or Marketo. Read more in this e-guide. Continue Reading

January 24, 2020 24Jan2020 News

Milan hosts Cisco’s first European security innovation unit

Cisco has cut the ribbon on its first Cyber Security Co-Innovation Centre in Europe, at Milan’s Leonardo da Vinci Science and Technology Museum Continue Reading

January 24, 2020 24Jan2020 E-Handbook

7 free GRC tools for compliance professionals

All organisations need to meet a variety of regulatory compliance requirements, such as General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), but they don't all have the budget for GRC software. In this e-guide, learn about the free, open source options. Continue Reading

January 24, 2020 24Jan2020 Blog Post

Cash will survive beyond demise of plastic cards, says Deutsche Bank

Forget the end of cash, say goodbye to your platic bank card Continue Reading

January 24, 2020 24Jan2020 News

HPE joins Swiss-backed bid to 'decarbonise' datacentres across the world

HPE has joined forces with tech leaders and academics in Switzerland to support the take-up of a datacentre accreditation geared towards improving the energy efficiency of server farms worldwide Continue Reading

January 24, 2020 24Jan2020 News

Digital transformation shaking confidence in SD-WAN

Cato Networks survey highlights importance of considering not only SD-WAN as an MPLS replacement but also its applicability to the broader needs of the digital business, such as cloud migration, network agility and global reach Continue Reading

January 24, 2020 24Jan2020 News

Brexit an opportunity for global collaboration on edtech, says universities minister

Universities minister Chris Skidmore tells 2020 BETT education show that forming global partnerships in the edtech space will spur innovation Continue Reading

January 24, 2020 24Jan2020 News

Singapore’s StarHub and M1 team up in 5G licence bid

The two telcos are working towards the 17 February 2020 closing date for 5G proposals Continue Reading

January 24, 2020 24Jan2020 Blog Post

Get me API Shark observability… and make it snappy

We’re moving on from monitoring and management in some spheres of information technology. Where we once had monitoring, alerting, abstraction and system visualisation alongside log analytics and ... Continue Reading

January 24, 2020 24Jan2020 News

Xerox gets ready to cut and paste HP Inc board

Xerox plans to pay HP Inc shareholders $17 per share in cash and nominate a new HP Inc board, specialising in business transformation Continue Reading

January 24, 2020 24Jan2020 Blog Post

Open source licence series - Instaclustr: Is open core a rotten deal?

Open source grew, it proliferated… and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key means of development... but the issue of how open source software ... Continue Reading

January 23, 2020 23Jan2020 Blog Post

Embracing the digital evolution approach in 2020 and beyond

This is a guest posted by by Marc Caltabiano, vice-president for ANZ at Mulesoft Companies across industries have been gearing up for digital transformation, which has become a buzzword in the tech ... Continue Reading

January 23, 2020 23Jan2020 News

Pluribus claims industry’s first central office edge compute switch

Open networking and controllerless SDN automation tech provider aims to respond to the extensive and exacting needs of distributed cloud environments Continue Reading

January 23, 2020 23Jan2020 News

Travelex hackers shut down German car parts company Gedia in massive ‘cyber attack’

Car parts manufacturer says cyber attack will have far-reaching consequences for its business, and it has put emergency plans in place to continue deliveries Continue Reading

January 23, 2020 23Jan2020 News

CISOs fear becoming the next Travelex

Poll of security professionals by the organisers of the Infosecurity Europe trade fair highlights huge gaps in incident response capabilities Continue Reading

January 23, 2020 23Jan2020 News

Privafy claims ‘fundamentally new’ approach to mobile data security

New company aims to address underlying security vulnerabilities to protect internet-reliant businesses Continue Reading

January 23, 2020 23Jan2020 News

How AWS is helping boost rugby fans’ engagement in the Guinness Six Nations championship

With the Six Nations rugby championship about to kick off, we find out how Amazon Web Services is helping to enhance the viewing experience for fans in 170 countries Continue Reading

January 23, 2020 23Jan2020 News

Gartner: Over two-thirds of management tasks will be automated

Watch out pen-pushers – by 2024, many management tasks will be automated using artificial intelligence Continue Reading

January 23, 2020 23Jan2020 News

Seven projects funded to explore CAV security

The winners of the Cyber Securities Feasibility Studies contest, exploring cyber security for self-driving cars, have been revealed Continue Reading

January 23, 2020 23Jan2020 News

End-user security ignorance laid bare in new report

Proofpoint’s 2020 State of the Phish report highlights an urgent need for better user training and reporting Continue Reading

January 23, 2020 23Jan2020 Blog Post

Open source licence series - WhiteSource: permissive is winning, but is there a hurt factor?

Open source grew, it proliferated… and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key means of development... but the issue of how open source software ... Continue Reading

January 23, 2020 23Jan2020 E-Handbook

Salary Survey 2019/2020 Middle East

Countries in the Middle East have the necessary ambition and in many cases the capital to become pioneers in digital transformation. In this e-guide read how the former could be achieved in the region if women were given more opportunity in IT roles... Continue Reading

January 23, 2020 23Jan2020 In Depth

Six disaster recovery pitfalls and how to avoid them

We look at some key pitfalls in disaster recovery, such as failing to plan, not testing the plan, not protecting backups, poor communication and neglecting the human element Continue Reading

January 23, 2020 23Jan2020 In Depth

Startup uses machine learning to support GDPR’s right to be forgotten

Non-intrusive algorithms enable users to track which companies hold their data, so they can take it back Continue Reading

January 23, 2020 23Jan2020 Blog Post

Mr Shithole

Facebook has extended its apologies to China’s president Xi Jinping for erroneously translating his name to “Mr Shithole”. With Slick Nick busy defending his employer’s decision to keep letting ... Continue Reading

January 23, 2020 23Jan2020 News

Canonical offers scalable mobile Android apps in the cloud

New Android technology allows enterprise users to offload compute, storage and energy-intensive applications from devices to the cloud Continue Reading

January 23, 2020 23Jan2020 News

Air New Zealand taps AI in airside operations

Air New Zealand has teamed up with Auckland Airport to test the use of computer vision to turn around its fleet faster Continue Reading

January 23, 2020 23Jan2020 News

Data Literacy Project research finds UK workers putting off data work

Research from Qlik and Accenture finds a big majority of UK workers lack the data literacy skills and confidence to capture business value from data Continue Reading

January 22, 2020 22Jan2020 News

Citrix releases IoC scanner for ADC and Gateway vulnerabilities

As patches for its compromised NetScaler ADC and Gateway products begin to roll out, Citrix enlists FireEye Mandiant to develop an indicator of compromise scanner for end-users Continue Reading

January 22, 2020 22Jan2020 In Depth

Spread of Kubernetes spurs backup and disaster recovery products

Growth of containerised applications brings with it the need to back up and provide disaster recovery. But what do you need to protect, and who provides the products? Continue Reading

January 22, 2020 22Jan2020 News

Internal error left Microsoft customer service data exposed

Customer service and support records of nearly 250 million Microsoft customers left exposed after database misconfiguration Continue Reading

January 22, 2020 22Jan2020 In Depth

Driving adoption: Are high costs putting public cloud out of reach to non-profits?

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s insights into the sky-high cloud bills faced by some non-profit organisations prompts questions about whether the public cloud giants should do more to make their services more accessible to the third sector Continue Reading

January 22, 2020 22Jan2020 News

Government should not be allowed to dismiss subpostmasters’ claims over Horizon IT scandal

Subpostmasters are stepping up their fight for justice after their huge court victory, with Westminister replacing the High Court as the battleground Continue Reading

January 22, 2020 22Jan2020 News

Computer Misuse Act ‘crying out for reform’

Group of campaigners says the Computer Misuse Act of 1990 risks criminalising cyber security professionals and needs reforming Continue Reading

January 22, 2020 22Jan2020 Blog Post

Open source licence series - Percona: is the battle won, or is this a different war?

Open source grew, it proliferated… and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key means of development... but the issue of how open source software ... Continue Reading

January 22, 2020 22Jan2020 News

Aeris gears up for connected vehicle joint venture with VW

Connected technology provider forges joint venture with leading automotive manufacturer to improve service flexibility and speed, operational efficiency and customer experience Continue Reading

January 22, 2020 22Jan2020 News

ICO code sets out digital privacy standards for children

The Information Commissioner’s Office has published its Age Appropriate Design Code, a set of 15 standards that online platforms must meet to protect the privacy of younger users Continue Reading

January 22, 2020 22Jan2020 News

Big Blue finds green shoots in Red Hat mix

IBM’s latest quarterly filing shows early signs that enterprises are buying into its OpenShift and RHEL-powered cloud strategy Continue Reading

January 22, 2020 22Jan2020 News

UK and EU AI communities will only be globally significant if they work as one

The European Union and the UK will be left behind in artificial intelligence research and development if they take separate paths after Brexit Continue Reading

January 22, 2020 22Jan2020 News

Windows 7: The pieces are coming together for a PC rethink

As organisations migrate off the unsupported Microsoft Windows 7 operating system to Windows 10, CIOs must assess their hardware refresh strategy Continue Reading

January 22, 2020 22Jan2020 Opinion

Making gigabit broadband a reality for everyone in the UK

As the new government introduces its first legislation to boost full-fibre broadband, digital minister Matt Warman looks ahead to delivering on the Conservatives’ election promises Continue Reading

January 21, 2020 21Jan2020 News

Singapore updates model AI governance framework

Second edition of Singapore’s artificial intelligence governance framework includes new guidance, use cases and a self-assessment guide Continue Reading

January 21, 2020 21Jan2020 News

IR35 private sector reforms: Recruitment industry urges chancellor to halt April 2020 roll-out

Major players from the UK recruitment industry want the government to delay plans to roll out the IR35 reforms to the private sector so enterprises have more time to prepare Continue Reading

January 21, 2020 21Jan2020 In Depth

Mixing it up: Cloud and datacentre in the new world of IT

Cloud computing has long been tipped as the technology that will displace enterprise datacentres in CIOs’ affections, but that is not quite how the story is playing out Continue Reading

January 21, 2020 21Jan2020 E-Handbook

Infographic: Gartner 2020 IT spending forecast

With the waning of global uncertainties, businesses are redoubling investments in IT as they anticipate revenue growth, but their spending patterns are continually shifting. This infographic shows Gartner 2020 IT spending forecast. Continue Reading

January 21, 2020 21Jan2020 News

UK broadband offers poor relative value for money

Importance of fibre push by UK broadband providers clear as research shows data speeds available to UK households have not significantly changed while prices have risen steadily Continue Reading

January 21, 2020 21Jan2020 News

CityFibre acquires FibreNation in £200m deal

Strategic acquisition sees growing UK fibre provider’s roll-out plans almost double in size, with TalkTalk joining network with long-term commitments for residential and business customers Continue Reading

January 21, 2020 21Jan2020 News

Millions lost due to lack of effective IT operations monitoring

The complexity of modern IT systems means it can be impossible to identify the root cause of a failure Continue Reading

January 21, 2020 21Jan2020 Opinion

Real digital modernisation – a once-in-a-generation opportunity for the new UK government

A new UK government with a decisive majority offers a unique opportunity to finally introduce public services for the digital age – if the Conservatives are willing to take it Continue Reading

January 21, 2020 21Jan2020 Podcast

Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 43

In this week’s episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna talk about the loan charge review that is bearing down on IT contractors, the Tech Talent Charter, Windows 7, and combating ... Continue Reading

January 21, 2020 21Jan2020 News

Loan charge under review: HMRC to invest £200,000 in readying IT systems for planned policy changes

Tax collection agency counts costs of having to upgrade IT systems to prepare for incoming changes to its controversial loan charge disguised remuneration policy, which has left thousands of IT contractors facing financial ruin Continue Reading

January 21, 2020 21Jan2020 News

5G builders test vulnerabilities in Finnish hackathon

University hackathon puts 5G security to the test as new wireless technology’s roll-out nears Continue Reading

January 21, 2020 21Jan2020 News

BT calls on fellow operators for investment fairness in rural UK network scheme

BT wants its prior investments in UK mobile infrastructure to be recognised in formulating operators’ investment in Shared Rural Network Continue Reading

January 21, 2020 21Jan2020 News

Nicky Morgan says new government will be pro-tech

DCMS minister outlines five key ways the government aims to support technology going forward, including being “unashamedly” pro-tech Continue Reading

January 21, 2020 21Jan2020 News

Two-fifths of Middle East IT staff would change job for more money

IT professionals in the Middle East are mostly motivated by money when it comes to finding a new job, according to a Computer Weekly survey Continue Reading

January 21, 2020 21Jan2020 News

High-tech firms provide boost to consulting industry

Data privacy and the shift to service-based models are some of the areas where companies such as Google and Apple are turning to consultants for support, according to a new report Continue Reading

January 21, 2020 21Jan2020 News

SK Telecom claims standalone 5G data session is world’s first

South Korean telco proclaims 5G breakthrough that makes it set to be first to provide standalone 5G services in the first half of this year Continue Reading

January 21, 2020 21Jan2020 News

High-street banks face disruption three weeks after Travelex hack

Foreign exchange services still disrupted, three weeks after Travelex received a $6m ransom demand from cyber gangsters Continue Reading

January 21, 2020 21Jan2020 Blog Post

Davos 2020: Tech sector and the climate change challenge

Last week Microsoft chief, Satya Nadella, made the headlines, with an audacious plan to eradicate the company’s historic carbon footprint, by reversing all its emissions since 1975. As political ... Continue Reading

January 21, 2020 21Jan2020 News

Will 5G turn Langkawi into world’s first smart island?

Malaysia telco TM is set to transform Malaysia’s Langkawi archipelago with a 5G testbed that will pave the way for 5G services across the country Continue Reading

January 20, 2020 20Jan2020 E-Zine

How to avoid becoming the next Travelex

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at the lessons learned from the ransomware attack on Travelex and how other firms can avoid the same fate. As Microsoft ends support for Windows 7, we examine the issues for the many remaining users of the ... Continue Reading

January 20, 2020 20Jan2020 News

Over a quarter of Middle East businesses have no women in their IT department

Businesses in the Middle East are failing to balance their IT workforces between men and women, and a quarter have no women in IT roles Continue Reading

January 20, 2020 20Jan2020 Opinion

There's nothing much new in tech, but it's what we do with what we have that matters

It feels like the world of tech is full of new things, but that's not entirely true. There's not a lot of invention going on, but that's fine because it's innovation that powers growth and productivity Continue Reading

January 20, 2020 20Jan2020 Blog Post

Consent and GDPR: at least get the basics right!

Why do companies find it so hard to get their heads around even the basics of GDPR compliance? I’m not even thinking here of techie stuff like not getting hacked, and not losing a laptop full of ... Continue Reading

January 20, 2020 20Jan2020 News

Ericsson to ramp European 5G with new R&D site in France

New facility will provide access to a competence pool and foster industry and academic collaborations on 5G, says company Continue Reading

January 20, 2020 20Jan2020 News

Spanish bank applies AI to staff training

CaixaBank uses artificial intelligence to help its staff find and access the most relevant training resources Continue Reading

January 20, 2020 20Jan2020 News

IR35 private sector reforms: IBM joins list of enterprises applying blanket ban to PSCs

Tech giant IBM has notified its personal service company IT contractors that they must switch to PAYE terms or use umbrella companies from the end of March, as the private sector races to achieve IR35 compliance Continue Reading

January 20, 2020 20Jan2020 News

UK government strengthens ties with African tech firms

Plans announced to develop startups in Africa as part of the announcements around the first UK-Africa investment summit Continue Reading

January 20, 2020 20Jan2020 News

Samsung unveils new enterprise-ready smartphone

Business-focused phone aimed at in-the-field or on-site use in industries such as retail, manufacturing, healthcare and logistics Continue Reading

January 20, 2020 20Jan2020 News

Russia’s VTB and Rostelecom focus on big data

Russian financial services and telecoms enterprises to create a platform that will allow them and other organisations to utilise big data technology Continue Reading

January 20, 2020 20Jan2020 Blog Post

OutSystems Forge fires up the furnace for low-code softwaresmiths

Low-code application development company OutSystems has noted a milestone, the firm’s Forge asset portal has hit one million unique component downloads. The Forge offers access to over 2,500 assets ... Continue Reading

January 20, 2020 20Jan2020 News

Exposed AWS buckets again implicated in multiple data leaks

A series of data leaks in the past week have once again implicated poorly secured Amazon S3 buckets, which are supposed to be private by default Continue Reading

January 20, 2020 20Jan2020 News

NHS Digital launches login toolkit

Self-service package can be integrated into healthcare apps and platforms Continue Reading

January 20, 2020 20Jan2020 News

GDPR nets more than €100m in fines, with more to come

Fines totalling €114m have already been collected under GDPR, and this figure will spike in 2020 if the UK regulator succeeds in imposing record fines on BA and Marriott Continue Reading

January 20, 2020 20Jan2020 Blog Post

Open source licence series - Perforce: it was NEVER about the money

Open source grew, it proliferated… and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key means of development... but the issue of how open source software ... Continue Reading

January 20, 2020 20Jan2020 News

Norway’s government to upgrade digital in school curriculum

Primary and secondary schools in Norway will introduce more digital learning, following the latest government reforms Continue Reading

January 20, 2020 20Jan2020 News

Modern telecoms has opened up Sweden’s far north

Modern telecom infrastructures mean datacentres can be further away from users, and environmental and cost advantages are to be had in locations such as Sweden’s far north Continue Reading

January 20, 2020 20Jan2020 Opinion

Security Think Tank: Teens in basements don’t represent a positive security culture

The traditional picture of a hacker is of a script kiddie in a hoodie hunched over a computer keyboard, but this stereotype is stale and outdated. Is it time to move away from a fear-based approach to security? Continue Reading

January 20, 2020 20Jan2020 News

BT becomes first Euro distribution partner for Google Stadia gaming platform

Incumbent UK comms provider BT teams up with Google to use cloud gaming platform to drive growing fibre broadband network offers Continue Reading

January 20, 2020 20Jan2020 In Depth

Industrial edge requires a focus on machines

After the office edge and the mobile edge comes the industrial edge. We look at a shift in computing paradigms Continue Reading

January 20, 2020 20Jan2020 Blog Post

Edge computing shifts IT's gravity

In this guest blog post, Satyam Vaghani VP/GM, IoT & AI, Nutanix discusses the way IT will need to change to support edge computing. The rise of the edge will require a redistribution of the ... Continue Reading

January 20, 2020 20Jan2020 News

Inside NetApp’s transition into a data management firm

NetApp’s leaders in Asia-Pacific discuss the company’s pivot into data services and its traction in the region Continue Reading

January 19, 2020 19Jan2020 Blog Post

Open source licence series - R3: The world needs audit licenses

Open source grew, it proliferated… and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key means of development... but the issue of how open source software ... Continue Reading

January 17, 2020 17Jan2020 News

App developers sue Facebook over ‘anti-competitive conduct’

Lawsuit is based on leaked internal Facebook documents obtained and published by Computer Weekly and NBC last year Continue Reading

January 17, 2020 17Jan2020 News

CenturyLink lands $1.6bn network services contract from US Dept of Interior

US operator engaged to help US agency achieve its mission to conserve and manage natural resources and cultural heritage Continue Reading

January 17, 2020 17Jan2020 News

NCSC makes final call for entries to CyberFirst Girls contest

Entry to the National Cyber Security Centre’s CyberFirst Girls 2020 competition is about to close Continue Reading

January 17, 2020 17Jan2020 News

Emotet reinvigorated after Christmas break

The high-volume Emotet campaign is back in action after the Christmas holidays, and is just as dangerous as ever Continue Reading

January 17, 2020 17Jan2020 News

Scottish police roll out controversial data extraction technology

The introduction of new mobile phone data extraction terminals to Police Scotland will go ahead despite concerns that the use of the technology could be unlawful Continue Reading

January 17, 2020 17Jan2020 Blog Post

Business AI needs to focus on psychology, not technology

There's no doubt now that AI works, and it can work very well indeed – as a technology, at least. And as one of our recent research projects reported, AI-based machine learning (ML) is increasingly ... Continue Reading

January 17, 2020 17Jan2020 News

O2 goes O-RAN to improve network service

Telefónica UK subsidiary announces open radio access network project to help customers better utilise its network, addressing issues such as densification of coverage and enabling faster uptake of 5G-based services in autonomous vehicles Continue Reading

January 17, 2020 17Jan2020 News

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