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• June 10, 2021 10Jun2021 News

  How Ubisoft is embracing the cloud

  Game developer Ubisoft has been tapping cloud computing to overcome the constraints of game development and create gaming experiences that live on for years to come Continue Reading

• June 10, 2021 10Jun2021 E-Zine

  CW Europe: Amsterdam reins back datacentre developments over environmental concern

  The construction of datacentres in the Netherlands’ Amsterdam region has accelerated at such a pace that their demands for electricity are causing concern, prompting city authorities and datacentre operators to open a dialogue about sustainable ... Continue Reading

• June 10, 2021 10Jun2021 News

  Boom in hybrid working, high-speed connectivity drive influx into UK market towns

  Network data from TalkTalk shows many UK employees are moving house as hybrid working transforms working habits and becomes very much here to stay Continue Reading

• June 10, 2021 10Jun2021 News

  BEIS confirms rogue umbrellas will be covered by single enforcement body’s clampdown powers

  Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy moves to clarify that rogue umbrella firms will be in-scope of its soon-to-be-created single enforcement body, which will focus on protecting workers’ rights Continue Reading

• June 10, 2021 10Jun2021 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: Time to accept printers will leak data

  Though rarely discussed in a cyber context, the prevalence of connected printers and MFPs poses security risks both technological and physical. What does a print security strategy need to take into account? Continue Reading

• June 10, 2021 10Jun2021 News

  Australian organisations face heightened cyber attacks

  Nearly three in four Australian organisations experienced cyber attacks that largely resulted from a growing remote workforce in 2020 Continue Reading

• June 10, 2021 10Jun2021 E-Handbook

  CW Innovation Awards: Inside Bharat Petroleum's digital nerve centre

  In this case study, learn how Bharat Petroleum's massive IoT project will enable the company to respond quickly to equipment failure or hazardous incidents, and provides a single view of the company's entire value chain. Continue Reading

• June 10, 2021 10Jun2021 E-Handbook

  CW Innovation Awards: How DBS is transforming credit processes

  In this case study, learn how DBS Bank's credit architecture programme has digitised and reimagined credit processes through a unified platform that has improved the productivity and efficiency of its credit teams. Continue Reading

• June 09, 2021 09Jun2021 News

  FBI arrests distributors accused of selling An0m encrypted phones to crime groups

  Working with overseas law enforcement, the FBI has arrested eight people and named a further 13 accused of distributing An0m phones to organised crime groups Continue Reading

• June 09, 2021 09Jun2021 Blog Post

  Work different

  Apple CEO Tim Cook’s call for his employees to return to their offices at least three times a week by September has been met with a detailed response that effectively tells him, “Nah.” His initial ... Continue Reading

• June 09, 2021 09Jun2021 News

  Virgin Media O2 trial lays foundations for sustainable network expansion

  UK telco announces successful demo in using recycled aggregate while building network in Glasgow, which could lead to massively reduced carbon emissions per year in future network build outs Continue Reading

• June 09, 2021 09Jun2021 News

  Unit 42 warns of emergent Prometheus ransomware

  Palo Alto’s Unit 42 shares intel on the emergent Prometheus ransomware gang, with apparent links to the Thanos crew Continue Reading

• June 09, 2021 09Jun2021 News

  UK altnets to invest nearly £12bn in fibre by 2025

  Massive investments imminent by independent broadband providers to drive the creation and realisation of Gigabit Britain Continue Reading

• June 09, 2021 09Jun2021 News

  Google plots a course to address AI in manufacturing

  Artificial intelligence and machine learning have the potential to change every industry – Google has set its sights on manufacturing Continue Reading

• June 09, 2021 09Jun2021 News

  RSA spins out fraud and risk unit as Outseer

  RSA Security is transitioning its fraud and risk intelligence work into a new business to be called Outseer Continue Reading

• June 09, 2021 09Jun2021 In Depth

  Covid-accelerated recruitment digitisation to gain sophistication with hybrid models

  Recruitment has had to go remote and digital during the Covid-19 pandemic crisis and looks set to fill out and become more sophisticated as hybrid models of working emerge Continue Reading

• June 09, 2021 09Jun2021 Opinion

  Why agility is the key to secure software

  Continuous delivery of software product releases demands continuous security. Businesses and regulators are right to wonder whether organisations are valuing cyber security by the design of their products Continue Reading

• June 09, 2021 09Jun2021 News

  BBVA to cut 3,000 jobs in Spain as digital technology transforms industry

  Spanish bank is the latest to announce swingeing branch and job cuts amid increased digital competition Continue Reading

• June 09, 2021 09Jun2021 News

  Covid-19: AWS research points to pandemic-induced ‘shortcomings’ in enterprise IT strategies

  Amazon Web Services research shines a light on the toll that the pandemic has taken on European enterprises and their digital transformation plans Continue Reading

• June 09, 2021 09Jun2021 In Depth

  Private cloud deployments: Beating the blind spots and bottlenecks

  Private cloud can be challenging to manage while meeting the ramped-up demands of data-driven enterprises Continue Reading

• June 09, 2021 09Jun2021 News

  Triggered dormant bug sees Fastly CDN cut to the quick

  Cloud provider acts quickly to restore content delivery network after software bug disrupts service for major firms spanning media, e-commerce and government websites, including Amazon, The Guardian and Gov.uk Continue Reading

• June 09, 2021 09Jun2021 News

  Microsoft fixes seven zero-days on its Patch Tuesday rounds

  Fixes for six actively-exploited – and one yet-to-be-exploited – zero-day bugs are released in the June 2021 Patch Tuesday update Continue Reading

• June 09, 2021 09Jun2021 News

  Klarna takes on UK credit card providers with feature that breaks up online payments

  Fintech unicorn introduces feature to its app in the UK which will challenge traditional credit card providers Continue Reading

• June 09, 2021 09Jun2021 News

  Colonial Pipeline ransom seizure is a win, but don’t relax yet

  The security community is enthusiastic about the US authorities’ recovery of a significant part of the Colonial Pipeline ransomware payment, but this positivity should perhaps be somewhat tempered Continue Reading

• June 09, 2021 09Jun2021 E-Handbook

  A Computer Weekly buyer’s guide to office productivity for home workers

  The question of productivity has become an inevitable consideration since the pandemic made home working commonplace. In this 16-page buyer’s guide, Computer Weekly looks at how it’s being maintained, the advantages a remote workforce brings to ... Continue Reading

• June 09, 2021 09Jun2021 News

  Cisco reveals new Webex to power ‘inclusive’ future of work

  Collaboration suite has new look and feel, and supports hybrid work collaboration at what is claimed to be 40% lower cost than à-la-carte systems Continue Reading

• June 09, 2021 09Jun2021 News

  Nokia, Qualcomm and UScellular claim 5G mmWave range record

  Consortium of leading mobile technology firms claim range milestone for mmWave next-generation networks Continue Reading

• June 09, 2021 09Jun2021 News

  How Discovery Inc spots great ideas

  Many people talk about creating a culture of innovation, but this can take a lot of effort for organisations to do. We look at Discovery Inc's approach Continue Reading

• June 09, 2021 09Jun2021 News

  Alibaba Cloud sets foot in the Philippines

  Alibaba Cloud will open its first datacentre in the Philippines by the end of this year ahead of global rivals, as it expands its footprint in Southeast Asia Continue Reading

• June 09, 2021 09Jun2021 News

  Cohesity brings DataProtect backup-as-a-service to Europe via AWS

  Scale-out backup appliance pioneer adds backup-as-a-service from a virtual machine on customer premises Continue Reading

• June 08, 2021 08Jun2021 Blog Post

  With the National Data Strategy, execution is everything

  This is a guest blogpost by Peter Campbell, Data & AI practice director at Kainos The latest stage in the National Data Strategy – the Government’s response to consultation – shows the UK has a ... Continue Reading

• June 08, 2021 08Jun2021 News

  NHS Digital delays data collection plans until September

  NHS Digital has postponed its proposed collection of GP data for two months, to allow more time for the public to understand the process and opt out if wanted Continue Reading

• June 08, 2021 08Jun2021 News

  We Open Tech community supports non-binary and trans security pros

  New tech community established to advocate for the interests of non-binary people, trans and cis women, trans men, and other marginalised genders in security Continue Reading

• June 08, 2021 08Jun2021 News

  National data guardian calls for dialogue on NHS Digital GP plans

  The UK’s national data guardian says it is important the public has clarity on how their confidential medical information will be used and kept secure under NHS data-sharing plans Continue Reading

• June 08, 2021 08Jun2021 In Depth

  The rise and rise of supply chain attacks

  Supply chain attacks in Asia-Pacific and elsewhere have intensified as cyber threat actors look to exploit the weakest links in business and digital supply chains Continue Reading

• June 08, 2021 08Jun2021 News

  QTS acquired in $10bn datacentre deal

  Investment firm, Blackstone, is hedging its bets on the growth in data processing capacity that will be brought about by digitisation Continue Reading

• June 08, 2021 08Jun2021 News

  Aryaka activates EU-friendly point of presence

  Cloud-first managed SD-WAN and SASE provider aims to bridge recently emerged EU/UK connectivity gap with enhanced networking support and application experience Continue Reading

• June 08, 2021 08Jun2021 News

  Did government allow Post Office to sack forensic accountants to cover up Horizon scandal?

  Whatever the Post Office told government about its decision to sack investigators examining subpostmaster prosecutions for theft could identify if the government was part of a cover-up Continue Reading

• June 08, 2021 08Jun2021 E-Zine

  The jobseekers turning to cyber crime in the pandemic

  In this week’s Computer Weekly, security researchers say people left unemployed by the pandemic are turning to cyber crime – we find out why. We examine the confluence of distributed cloud and edge computing technologies. And controversial uses of ... Continue Reading

• June 08, 2021 08Jun2021 News

  BT announces dedicated business unit to support small companies

  Telco launches new single office, home office unit offering ‘unbreakable’ Wi-Fi to deliver ‘unrivalled’ connectivity, coverage and customer service for micro-businesses Continue Reading

• June 08, 2021 08Jun2021 News

  Oracle and Crown Commercial Service renew MoU to continue cloud use

  Oracle and the UK government’s Crown Commercial Service have renewed a memorandum of understanding for the continued use of the supplier’s cloud infrastructure and applications Continue Reading

• June 08, 2021 08Jun2021 Blog Post

  Red Hat welcomes the end of the storage monolith

  In an open source originated commentary from Red Hat’s Irshad Raihan, director of product marketing, Computer Weekly Open Source Insider welcomes Raihan’s comments on the subject of computational ... Continue Reading

• June 08, 2021 08Jun2021 News

  CIO interview: Tom Read, chief executive, Government Digital Service

  The new chief at GDS has outlined a three-year strategy for the organisation, and tells Computer Weekly he wants to get back to the core focus of building products for use across government Continue Reading

• June 08, 2021 08Jun2021 Blog Post

  The ephemeral composable stack (series): Into the ether with cloud

  It was somewhere around a decade ago that Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst (now president at IBM as he is) used the composability term as a hook for his keynote. “I want to talk to you about the era of ... Continue Reading

• June 07, 2021 07Jun2021 E-Handbook

  CW Innovation Awards: DBS Bank Project of the Year Interview [Video]

  In this interview, Soumya Ghoshal, managing director, middle office technology, technology and operations, explains DBS Bank's credit architecture program, how it has freed up more time for relationship managers through automation, and the bank's ... Continue Reading

• June 07, 2021 07Jun2021 E-Handbook

  Infographic: Compare hybrid cloud platforms

  Azure Stack, AWS Outposts and Google Anthos all have similar objectives but operate in different ways. Find out which hybrid cloud platform offers the right model for your company. Continue Reading

• June 07, 2021 07Jun2021 News

  Police raids around world after investigators crack An0m cryptophone app in major hacking operation

  Police in 16 countries carried out raids on after Australian Police and the FBI cracked an encrypted An0M communications network used by crime groups Continue Reading

• June 07, 2021 07Jun2021 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: What must a secure print strategy take into account?

  Though rarely discussed in a cyber context, the prevalence of connected printers and MFPs poses security risks both technological and physical. What does a print security strategy need to take into account? Continue Reading

• June 07, 2021 07Jun2021 News

  Covid-19 accelerates interest in 5G

  EY report shows that while the pandemic has prompted greater interest in 5G and IoT for majority of organisations, most are also struggling to identify the right 5G supplier strategy Continue Reading

• June 07, 2021 07Jun2021 News

  Trial of UK’s first mobile vehicle-to-everything road safety system goes live

  Almost out of the garage at the same time as the real-life road run of an autonomous shuttle bus in Oxford, cities in the West Midlands are opening their roads for the national debut of vehicle-to-everything mobile technology Continue Reading

• June 07, 2021 07Jun2021 News

  EU privacy chief investigates use of US cloud services

  Use of Amazon and Microsoft’s cloud services by public sector bodies in the European Union is being scrutinised by the bloc’s privacy watchdog Continue Reading

• June 07, 2021 07Jun2021 News

  MoD launches digital strategy

  The Ministry of Defence aims to invest an additional £1.6bn in digital over the next 10 years, and plans to establish a federated ecosystem of digital innovators and developers to ensure continuous progress Continue Reading

• June 07, 2021 07Jun2021 News

  Bank of England calls for feedback on digital currencies

  The UK financial services regulator is calling for feedback from organisations, including tech firms, on the use of cryptocurrency Continue Reading

• June 07, 2021 07Jun2021 News

  Mixed blessings in smartphone market as sales rise but replacement cycles lengthen

  Average cost of mobile handsets is increasing and people do not feel compelled to upgrade, with new features – such as foldable designs – limited to premium products Continue Reading

• June 07, 2021 07Jun2021 Blog Post

  The allure of the log-in-anywhere desktop

  We humans are suckers for immediacy. Once we realise it is possible to not to have to wait – and that we have the power to make it happen – then to paraphrase Freddie Mercury, it’s “I want it here, ... Continue Reading

• June 07, 2021 07Jun2021 News

  EC launches digital identity framework

  The European digital identity will be available to citizens, residents and businesses across the EU, and member states will offer digital identity wallets on a national level Continue Reading

• June 07, 2021 07Jun2021 News

  Siloscape malware a risk to Windows containers, Kubernetes

  Palo Alto’s Unit 42 reports on what appears to be the first-recorded malware targeting Kubernetes clusters through Windows containers Continue Reading

• June 07, 2021 07Jun2021 News

  NCSC updates schools ransomware guidance amid surge

  The National Cyber Security Centre says it is dealing with a renewed surge of ransomware attacks targeting schools, colleges and universities Continue Reading

• June 07, 2021 07Jun2021 News

  IBM pushes back against US government data requests

  Technology giant IBM says the US government has ‘no jurisdiction’ to request data from its European entities Continue Reading

• June 07, 2021 07Jun2021 News

  India’s public cloud spending on a roll

  Software as a service made up the lion’s share of overall public cloud spending in India last year, followed by cloud-based infrastructure and platforms as organisations look to build digital agility amid the pandemic Continue Reading

• June 07, 2021 07Jun2021 News

  Campaigners plan legal action over NHS data sharing

  Privacy coalition aims to force NHS Digital to push back its plans to scrape medical information on millions of patients into a central database Continue Reading

• June 07, 2021 07Jun2021 Opinion

  NHS Digital’s GP data-scraping plan must be publicised and delayed

  The UK government must launch a national awareness campaign and delay this month’s planned GP data slurp, say privacy consultants Ben Rapp and Sara Newman Continue Reading

• June 07, 2021 07Jun2021 News

  Updated standard contractual clauses will provide ‘legal certainty’ for transfer of data

  Organisations have 18 months to update data transfer agreements, known as standard contractual clauses, or SCCs, to continue sharing data outside the European Union Continue Reading

• June 07, 2021 07Jun2021 News

  BT claims £2m in savings with Qlik data analytics

  BT claims it has secured £2m in cost savings by putting Qlik data analytics in the hands of 1,200 members of staff in its Consumer business Continue Reading

• June 07, 2021 07Jun2021 Blog Post

  Panasas on data architecture - filesystem finesse in the CS Wild West

  This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Curtis Anderson in his capacity as senior software architect at Panasas -- a company known for its PanFS parallel file ... Continue Reading

• June 07, 2021 07Jun2021 In Depth

  The drive towards computational storage

  The explosion in data is driving demand for faster computing and storage remains a bottleneck – but things are about to change Continue Reading

• June 07, 2021 07Jun2021 News

  DNS attacks on the rise in APAC

  Attacks on the domain name system in Asia-Pacific grew by 15% last year, with Malaysian organisations seeing the sharpest rise in damages among countries in the region Continue Reading

• June 06, 2021 06Jun2021 Blog Post

  Panasas on data architecture - haystacks & hammers, choose your poison

  This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Curtis Anderson in his capacity as senior software architect at Panasas -- a company known for its PanFS parallel file ... Continue Reading

• June 04, 2021 04Jun2021 Blog Post

  Towards Joined Up Action on On-line Harms, Fraud and Cybersecurity

  We have to join up the debate and put cybersecurity into business, economic and social context. Hence the importance of the Digital Policy Alliance and its groups. Continue Reading

• June 04, 2021 04Jun2021 News

  Inclusivity and participation top issues for employees in new normal

  Canva study reveals pressing need to bridge the hybrid workforce divide and for companies to adopt new technologies and processes to sustain employee happiness and productivity Continue Reading

• June 04, 2021 04Jun2021 News

  Indian IT giants cut carbon emissions by 85% as pandemic stops travel

  Spurred by pandemic-related challenges, India’s IT industry has slashed travel costs and carbon emissions through the use of the latest technology Continue Reading

• June 04, 2021 04Jun2021 News

  BT sets out to enhance UK digital infrastructure with next-generation street connectivity

  UK telco unveils plans for Street Hub 2.0 units to help local communities stay connected, boost 4G/5G mobile coverage and bring environment monitoring to high streets Continue Reading

• June 04, 2021 04Jun2021 News

  HSBC offers all businesses scam awareness app

  HSBC is sharing information on the latest scams and how to defend against them thorough its latest app, available to all businesses Continue Reading

• June 04, 2021 04Jun2021 News

  UK immigration exemption in Data Protection Act found unlawful

  Court of Appeal rules immigration exemption unlawful, but further hearings will follow to decide what remedies must be put in place Continue Reading

• June 04, 2021 04Jun2021 News

  Whirlpool deepens Google Cloud partnership with SAP off-premise migration plan

  Home appliance manufacturer Whirlpool is expanding beyond simply using Google Cloud’s productivity tools as its digital transformation plans continue apace Continue Reading

• June 04, 2021 04Jun2021 News

  IR35 reforms: Qdos research suggests room for improvement

  The IR35 reforms came into force in April 2021, but research from contracting authority Qdos suggests some end-client organisation's compliance strategies require urgent improvement Continue Reading

• June 04, 2021 04Jun2021 News

  Amazon launches apprenticeship fund for small businesses

  The £2.5m Amazon Apprenticeship Fund will be aimed at helping small businesses use the government’s levy transfer scheme to access talent Continue Reading

• June 04, 2021 04Jun2021 News

  Vodafone-led consortium unveils 5G first multi-supplier RAN intelligent controller implementation

  Operator declares success of technical trial investigating how building a cost-effective O-RAN ecosystem can benefit mobile network users Continue Reading

• June 04, 2021 04Jun2021 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: Printers can’t be an ‘add-on’ in your cyber strategy

  Though rarely discussed in a cyber context, the prevalence of connected printers and MFPs does pose security risks both technological and physical. What does a print security strategy need to take into account? Continue Reading

• June 04, 2021 04Jun2021 News

  BCS: Lack of communication over NHS GPDPR ‘astonishing’

  The Chartered Institute for IT has warned that millions of people are not being properly informed of NHS Digital plans to harvest their data Continue Reading

• June 04, 2021 04Jun2021 News

  Orange Business Services taps Ericsson for enterprise IoT security

  As billions of internet-of-things devices become connected and intelligent, security becomes more important, as comms tech provider delivers new security offering for CSPs Continue Reading

• June 04, 2021 04Jun2021 News

  Secrecy around EncroChat cryptophone hack breaches French constitution, court hears

  French lawyers claim that investigators are unlawfully withholding details of a cryptophone hacking operation in a case that could impact UK prosecutions Continue Reading

• June 04, 2021 04Jun2021 News

  Government action on ransomware epidemic gathers pace

  The US government steps up action against ransomware operators, while the UK’s NCSC publishes guidance on preparing to deal with a ransomware attack Continue Reading

• June 04, 2021 04Jun2021 News

  IBM and Hartree partner on AI and quantum research

  Hartree Centre joins IBM’s Digital Accelerator programme to further research into artificial intelligence and quantum computing Continue Reading

• June 04, 2021 04Jun2021 Blog Post

  Computational Storage - VAST Data: Practical truths for pragmatic file systems

  In a number of follow-up pieces to the Computer Weekly Developer Network (CWDN) series focusing on Computational Storage, CWDN continues the thread with some extended analysis in this space. The ... Continue Reading

• June 03, 2021 03Jun2021 News

  Connectivity and flexibility deemed vital for the future of small businesses

  Research from mobile operator Three UK uncovers post-Covid work job opportunities as hybrid working set to become the default for businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises Continue Reading

• June 03, 2021 03Jun2021 News

  Aviva to launch autonomous vehicle trial on public roads in UK

  Research work at UK’s first commercial laboratory for 5G and satellite communications, the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, takes next step with real-life road run of shuttle bus in Oxford Continue Reading

• June 03, 2021 03Jun2021 Blog Post

  Do the right thing

  A recent study has put a spotlight on a worrying trend in software development. Open source project maintainers are not being paid for their work. Or, if they do get paid, on average, they can ... Continue Reading

• June 03, 2021 03Jun2021 News

  Reports raise alarm over Huawei access to Dutch networks

  Espionage accusations raise security questions for Netherlands organisations using Chinese supplier’s equipment and services Continue Reading

• June 03, 2021 03Jun2021 News

  Penny-pinchers undermine value of open source

  The majority of IT runs on open source, but many of the people who maintain open source projects do not appear to get rewarded for their efforts Continue Reading

• June 03, 2021 03Jun2021 Blog Post

  Juniper Is Getting The Hang Of Acquisitions...

  Had an excellent catch-up with Apstra, a company I’ve followed since day one, fascinated by its concept of “intent-based networking”. After all, my IT raison d’etre is to prove that stuff “does ... Continue Reading

• June 03, 2021 03Jun2021 News

  Norway’s auditor general lifts lid on energy industry’s cyber security risks

  Auditor General’s Office questions the security posture of Norway’s energy industry Continue Reading

• June 03, 2021 03Jun2021 News

  Atos offers enterprises digital route to net-zero emissions

  French IT services provider unveils portfolio of digital products, services, platforms and support to assist enterprises with curbing their greenhouse emissions Continue Reading

• June 03, 2021 03Jun2021 News

  5G drives surge in mobile trade-ins in Q1 2021

  Latest edition of mobile device tracker shows continued year-on-year growth, highlighting the significant role of mobile trade-in programmes in stimulating new 5G smartphone upgrades Continue Reading

• June 03, 2021 03Jun2021 News

  Swedish university is behind quantum computing breakthrough

  Chalmers University of Technology simplifies the process of measuring the temperatures of quantum computers during complex calculations Continue Reading

• June 03, 2021 03Jun2021 News

  Royal Navy trials AI during exercise in Scotland

  The Royal Navy is testing two different artificial intelligence systems to see how they would perform against a supersonic missile threat Continue Reading

• June 03, 2021 03Jun2021 News

  Tories fined over email data protection breaches

  The Conservative Party broke the law by failing to properly keep records of who had unsubscribed from its mailing list Continue Reading

• June 03, 2021 03Jun2021 News

  FireEye sold to private equity, Mandiant regains independence

  FireEye has agreed to sell its products business and name to a private equity consortium, while Mandiant will spin out as an independent threat intel business Continue Reading

• June 03, 2021 03Jun2021 Blog Post

  Tech in APAC - May 2021

  In this edition of Tech in APAC, we'll cover some of the top headlines in the region, starting with how a transportation agency in Australia is using machine learning. At the peak of the Covid-19 ... Continue Reading

• June 03, 2021 03Jun2021 News

  Zoom boom carries over into 2021

  Breakout video conferencing firm’s current fiscal quarter revenues almost treble those posted at the end of April 2020 Continue Reading