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2021 Stories
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June 03, 2021
03Jun2021
News
Pandemic a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ chance to reshape security
The volume of remote working has made it hard to paint an accurate picture of the true state of enterprise cyber security, but it presents an opportunity to change things up Continue Reading
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June 03, 2021
03Jun2021
News
Sapphire 2021: Klein vaunts rebooted Ariba business network as sustainability driver
At the virtual Sapphire 2021 conference, SAP CEO Christian Klein trumpeted the supplier’s procurement network, Ariba, as the core of a revamped global engine for promoting sustainable economic growth Continue Reading
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June 03, 2021
03Jun2021
Blog Post
Computational Storage: Druva CTO - Models, tools & business rules
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
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June 03, 2021
03Jun2021
News
Tencent Cloud grows APAC footprint
Tencent Cloud has launched new tier-three datacentres in Bangkok, Hong Kong and Tokyo as it ramps up investments to capitalise on the region’s burgeoning cloud market Continue Reading
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June 02, 2021
02Jun2021
News
Scottish businesses missing out on Cyber Essentials benefits
More than a third of Scottish businesses do not believe they are adequately prepared to deal with a cyber security incident Continue Reading
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June 02, 2021
02Jun2021
News
Cato expands SASE reach in DACH region
Secure access service edge ‘pioneer’ announces new point of presence and expanded sales investment reflecting strong SASE growth in Germany, Austria and across EMEA Continue Reading
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June 02, 2021
02Jun2021
Opinion
Security Think Tank: Steps to a coherent print security strategy
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
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June 02, 2021
02Jun2021
News
Equinor powers global collaboration with 5G-ready private LTE network
Producer of oil, gas and wind power supporting more than 170 million people globally signs eight-year frame agreement with comms tech supplier for private 4.9G and 5G-ready networking systems Continue Reading
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June 02, 2021
02Jun2021
News
Virgin Media O2 launches with mission to transform UK comms industry
Drawn-out merger of Liberty Global and Telefónica UK cable and mobile assets comes to fruition under new working brand aiming to power the UK’s recovery and create ‘unbeatable’ choice for consumers Continue Reading
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June 02, 2021
02Jun2021
Opinion
Can we rely on AI?
As artificial intelligence comes increasingly to bear on human lives, how ought we to address social and ethical concerns? Is a tighter symbiosis between human systems and AI systems the way forward? Continue Reading
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June 02, 2021
02Jun2021
Blog Post
Hydrogen vs. diesel: The great datacentre backup power debate
In this guest post, Martin Keenan, technical director at IT distributor Avnet Abacus, sets out why hydrogen fuel cells could be on course to replace diesel generators as the datacentre industry’s ... Continue Reading
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June 02, 2021
02Jun2021
In Depth
What the Telecommunications (Security) Bill means for UK industry
The Telecommunications (Security) Bill is intended to reinforce the security of the UK telecommunications infrastructure, but what are the implications for industry? Continue Reading
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June 02, 2021
02Jun2021
In Depth
Buying a VPN? Here’s what you need to know
VPNs are an effective cyber security tool for businesses and remote workers, but there are many things to consider before purchasing and implementing one. We explore some of these Continue Reading
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June 02, 2021
02Jun2021
Opinion
Security Think Tank: Printer risks go deep into IT history
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
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June 02, 2021
02Jun2021
News
Oracle debuts low-cost Arm compute instances
Oracle is offering Arm instances powered by Ampere’s Altra processors at one cent per core hour as enterprises look to deploy more Arm-based workloads Continue Reading
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June 02, 2021
02Jun2021
News
SA-based MSP shuns HCI for Nebulon cloud-defined storage
SYSDBA needed to refresh its HPE 3PAR arrays, and so looked at hyper-converged but decided on cloud-defined storage from Nebulon that marries local storage with a cloud control plane Continue Reading
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June 02, 2021
02Jun2021
News
BT begins trial on ‘revolutionary’ optical fibre
Researchers conduct trials of hollow-core fibre at BT’s research facility labs in collaborative project with Southampton University spin-out company and open radio access network mobile supplier Mavenir Continue Reading
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June 02, 2021
02Jun2021
News
HPE latest quarterly filing hints at ProLiant shift
Installed base of ProLiant server customers on a path to consumption-based, as-a-service subscription for hardware modernisation Continue Reading
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June 02, 2021
02Jun2021
News
Mulberry bags Google Cloud support for data-driven sales push during Covid-19
Public cloud giant adds Mulberry to its roll-call of retail customers Continue Reading
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June 02, 2021
02Jun2021
Blog Post
Computational storage: University of Edinburgh - Antonio Barbalace at the CSD coalface
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
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June 01, 2021
01Jun2021
News
Upstream data usage flattens but gigabit-speed subscribers continue to rise
As businesses emerge from the pandemic, research suggests the way in which firms use broadband may have changed for ever, with upstream data consumption flat amid seasonal average usage declines Continue Reading
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June 01, 2021
01Jun2021
News
Government on the hunt for Advanced Research and Invention Agency CEO
First CEO of the high-risk, high-reward research agency will be in charge of shaping the research, culture and setup of the organisation and define its strategy to identify and fund ground-breaking science and technology Continue Reading
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June 01, 2021
01Jun2021
Opinion
Long-term thinking is vital to secure UK’s critical infrastructure
To face down the threat of cyber warfare against UK CNI, the government needs long-term thinking that looks beyond the next general election cycle, says Advent-IM’s Mike Gillespie Continue Reading
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June 01, 2021
01Jun2021
News
European-led consortium investigates quantum cryptography
The arms race to a quantum internet is under way – the European Commission is looking at secure critical national infrastructure and member state comms Continue Reading
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June 01, 2021
01Jun2021
In Depth
Gartner: How to turn old datacentres into critical IT assets
IT infrastructure and operations leaders are increasingly focusing on new ideas and technologies alongside ways to deliver business value Continue Reading
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June 01, 2021
01Jun2021
News
Vodafone, CityFibre extend partnership to include Ethernet services
Partnership that has gained rapid traction on the home front is taken to the business environment, offering organisations more choice, lower cost and a faster private data network Continue Reading
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June 01, 2021
01Jun2021
News
Exagrid pays $2.6m to Conti ransomware attackers
Backup appliance specialist hit by Conti ransomware in May with cyber criminals downloading employee and customer data, confidential contracts and source code Continue Reading
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June 01, 2021
01Jun2021
News
Small business workers fear missing out on hybrid opportunity
Research finds three in five small business workers expect to be predominantly office-based after Covid-19 restrictions ease, due to high levels of admin and paper-based processes Continue Reading
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June 01, 2021
01Jun2021
News
Sustained demand for PCs continues, at least for another 12 months
Digitisation and the return to work, albeit in a hybrid fashion, are driving demand for PCs – but supply is plagued by component shortages Continue Reading
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June 01, 2021
01Jun2021
News
Businesses hail new Openreach rural full-fibre focus
BT broadband provision division announces next step in gigabit broadband deployment programme to offer levelled-up connectivity for premises in hardest-to-reach parts of the UK Continue Reading
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June 01, 2021
01Jun2021
News
Ex-IT manager stole over £800,000 from NHS trust
A former senior IT manager at an Essex NHS trust has pleaded guilty to defrauding his employer out of more than £800,000 Continue Reading
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June 01, 2021
01Jun2021
News
NHS trust’s Pioneer data platform joins up care delivery and improves outcomes
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust aims to improve patient care by bringing together anonymised health data from different care settings to better understand the patient journey Continue Reading
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June 01, 2021
01Jun2021
News
Post Office scandal public inquiry finally begins after chances to address problems were ignored
The Post Office Horizon scandal inquiry begins with subpostmaster campaign group waiting for full details before committing its support Continue Reading
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June 01, 2021
01Jun2021
Blog Post
An opportunity to redesign computer architectures
Over the last 70 years business computers have evolved a standard model of computing based around a central processing unit (CPU), main memory (RAM) and data storage. In effect, data is fetched ... Continue Reading
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June 01, 2021
01Jun2021
Blog Post
Computational storage: OctoML - A tale of two workloads
Software runs on data and data is often regarded as the new oil. So it makes sense to put data as close to where it is being processed as possible, in order to reduce latency for performance-hungry ... Continue Reading
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June 01, 2021
01Jun2021
E-Zine
The technology that enabled Covid-19 genome sequencing success
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the scientists behind the UK’s gene sequencing work during the coronavirus pandemic to find out how cloud and data analytics enabled their success. It’s three years since GDPR entered into law – we assess ... Continue Reading
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June 01, 2021
01Jun2021
News
Why a cloud operating model matters
Successful cloud adoption requires organisations to go beyond tools and techniques to map out a cloud operating model, says consulting firm Contino Continue Reading
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May 31, 2021
31May2021
Blog Post
Computational storage: NGD Systems / SNIA - Icebergs at the Edge
Software runs on data and data is often regarded as the new oil. So it makes sense to put data as close to where it is being processed as possible, in order to reduce latency for performance-hungry ... Continue Reading
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May 31, 2021
31May2021
News
Microsoft brings APAC policymakers together in security council
Microsoft’s APAC public sector security council will meet once a quarter to share threat intelligence and best practices for combating cyber threats Continue Reading
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May 31, 2021
31May2021
In Depth
How computational storage delivers datacentre benefits
Computational storage is an emerging field of IT that features compute processing power closely coupled with storage. We look at what it can be used for Continue Reading
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May 31, 2021
31May2021
News
Great Eastern doubles down on data analytics
Singapore insurer Great Eastern has started a centre of excellence to drive adoption of data analytics and hone its capabilities in data governance and data engineering Continue Reading
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May 28, 2021
28May2021
In Depth
Revolutionising communication and collaboration for the hybrid world
As hybrid working looks set to become the norm in the post-Covid world, the lessons learned during lockdown will need to be applied. However, firms will have to overcome the limitations of current communication and collaboration tools Continue Reading
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May 28, 2021
28May2021
News
Giganet expands South of England service area through CityFibre
Leading ISP expands partnership with leading infrastructure provider to add 22 locations for its full-fibre home broadband services Continue Reading
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May 28, 2021
28May2021
News
Privacy experts concerned over NHS data collection plans
Security and data privacy experts warn NHS Digital that its data collection plans could increase risk and cause a public backlash Continue Reading
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May 28, 2021
28May2021
News
RootMetrics benchmark reveals marked improvements in everyday 5G experience
New network performance yardstick from analyst firm highlights ‘everyday’ usage of next-generation networks in pure play and mixed modes, and finds that BT-owned mobile service maintains availability and speed leadership Continue Reading
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May 28, 2021
28May2021
News
IR35 reforms: Blanket-banning firms risk losing contractors and suffering reputational damage
Research by contrator-focused accountancy firm inniAccounts shines a light on how contractors are responding to their clients’ handling of the IR35 reforms Continue Reading
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May 28, 2021
28May2021
Guide
Essential Guide: How APAC firms can ride out the pandemic
In this Essential Guide, we examine the impact of Covid-19 on Asia-Pacific businesses, how they have responded and important lessons that can be learned as they ready themselves for the post-pandemic world. Continue Reading
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May 28, 2021
28May2021
E-Handbook
The rise of edge computing
The growing momentum around 5G has spurred the rise of edge computing applications designed to crunch and process data at the edge of the network. In this e-guide, read more about edge computing developments in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as ... Continue Reading
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May 27, 2021
27May2021
News
BCS demands reform to rules on computer evidence following Post Office Horizon scandal revelations
Professional IT body wants changes to how computer evidence is used in court in the wake of the Post Office case Continue Reading
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May 27, 2021
27May2021
News
Loss of 150,000 police records made worse by management failures
The loss of 150,000 records from a number of national policing systems was caused by a human coding error, but made worse by process and management failures Continue Reading
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May 27, 2021
27May2021
News
Oxbotica and TRL pilot safety framework for off-road autonomous vehicles
Autonomous vehicle technology companies develop code of practice to deploy autonomy safely, efficiently and at scale across a range of environments, in particular off-road settings such as mines, farms and ports where there are no pre-defined or ... Continue Reading
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May 27, 2021
27May2021
Blog Post
How graph technology is helping enterprises to harness the complex skill sets of employees
This is a guest blogpost by Amy Holder from Neo4j. She examines recent interest in graph databases as the basis for the next wave of human capital management technology. For global HR influencer ... Continue Reading
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May 27, 2021
27May2021
News
Uber signs collective bargaining agreement with GMB
Uber and GMB sign “landmark” collective bargaining agreement with no ability to negotiate on earnings, attracting criticism from smaller unions that it lacks teeth Continue Reading
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May 27, 2021
27May2021
News
Proximus claims world’s fastest live fibre network with Nokia PON
Accelerating build out of Belgium’s leading high capacity, open fibre network, operator taps comms tech provider to make first ever 25G PON live deployment running on the same fibre network equipment currently used Continue Reading
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May 27, 2021
27May2021
News
Dumfries & Galloway to host Scotland’s first rural 5G connectivity hub
Farming and rural healthcare are among the sectors set to benefit from 5G hub, which will bring together technological expertise, academic research and local businesses Continue Reading
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May 27, 2021
27May2021
News
MP-backed push to stop tech giants claiming super-deduction tax relief thwarted
Move to prevent the likes of Amazon using the government's new super-deduction policy to minimise their UK tax liabilities even further fails to win support in the House of Commons Continue Reading
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May 27, 2021
27May2021
News
TCS opens its first European innovation centre in Amsterdam
Netherlands capital hosts TCS’s latest innovation hub, which will bring together an ecosystem to address the challenge of sustainability Continue Reading
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May 27, 2021
27May2021
News
Security ops teams struggle to switch off at home
Spiralling stress levels among SOC and IT security teams can be attributed mainly to alert overload, says Trend Micro Continue Reading
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May 27, 2021
27May2021
News
CIO interview: Tarah Lourens, chief product and technology officer, Rightmove
Rightmove’s chief product and technology officer is working to create fresh data-led services and products, growing the team and building capacity and capability Continue Reading
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May 27, 2021
27May2021
News
Build 2021: Microsoft targets multicloud developers
Company has previewed new capabilities to Azure application services, giving developers greater freedom of where to deploy workloads Continue Reading
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May 27, 2021
27May2021
News
How supply chain digitisation is paving the way to gene therapy
Big pharma has been on the frontline to vaccinate the world against Covid-19. Digitising supply chains sets them up to personalise patient care Continue Reading
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May 27, 2021
27May2021
Blog Post
Computational storage: Pure Storage - Segment, sandbox, stream & shape for storage supremacy
Software runs on data and data is often regarded as the new oil. So it makes sense to put data as close to where it is being processed as possible, in order to reduce latency for performance-hungry ... Continue Reading
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May 27, 2021
27May2021
E-Zine
CW Nordics: Denmark takes a top-down approach to gender equality in tech entrepreneurship
Tech Nordic Advocates has adopted a new approach to closing the gender gap in Danish technology startups, looking to emulate Canada’s top-down approach. Also in this issue, find out the state of play with the adoption of open banking in Europe. Continue Reading
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May 27, 2021
27May2021
News
Openreach taps Ciena to boost connectivity services for UK carriers
To hasten full-fibre network build out and help meet growing customer demand, BT-owned broadband provision division deploys new routing, switching and optical solutions Continue Reading
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May 27, 2021
27May2021
News
Singapore deploys drones to monitor reservoir water quality
Singapore’s national water agency PUB is deploying autonomous drones at six reservoirs to monitor water quality and other activities to improve operational efficiency Continue Reading
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May 27, 2021
27May2021
News
Nokia, Microsoft team to offer public cloud AI use-case library for telcos
Nokia’s AVA AI use-case library now delivered as a service on Azure public cloud, claiming to combine telco-grade security and instant web scale architecture scalability Continue Reading
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May 27, 2021
27May2021
E-Handbook
How do you solve a problem like security training?
In this E-Guide, we will the tricky topic of security awareness training. Firstly, we try to answer the burning question of how to get employees to pay attention to training and take it seriously. Then, we take a look at some security awareness best... Continue Reading
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May 27, 2021
27May2021
E-Handbook
Secure remote access: More vital than ever thanks to Covid-19
We explore some of the minutiae of securing the remote workforce. First, infosec consultant Kevin Beaver, picks over some remote access security risks that have arisen during the pandemic. Then we explore the findings of a recent supplier report, ... Continue Reading
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May 27, 2021
27May2021
E-Handbook
Stronger collaboration platforms emerge as pandemic legacy
In this e-guide: HR software had long been a relatively backward zone of enterprise software before the Covid-19 pandemic. It had been catching up, as organisations applied digital approaches drawn from customer experience to employee experience, ... Continue Reading
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May 27, 2021
27May2021
News
Aruba claims enterprise-grade Wi-Fi 6E industry first
HPE subsidiary introduces new access points to take advantage of 6GHz spectrum band to deliver greater performance, lower latency and faster data rates to support high-bandwidth enterprise applications and use cases Continue Reading
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May 27, 2021
27May2021
News
How the pandemic accelerated the Gulf’s edtech revolution
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digital learning technologies in the Gulf region’s education sector Continue Reading
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May 27, 2021
27May2021
News
Veeam bolsters portfolio to cover emerging workloads
The groundswell in containerisation and open-source hypervisors is behind Veeam’s recent move to enable backup and recovery of emerging workloads Continue Reading
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May 27, 2021
27May2021
News
NGOs file complaints against Clearview AI in five countries
Privacy and human rights organisations have asked data protection regulators in the UK, France, Austria, Italy and Greece to investigate controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI Continue Reading
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May 27, 2021
27May2021
E-Handbook
How open source is spurring digital transformation
From Linux to Kubernetes, open source has been key to efforts by organisations across APAC to transform digitally. In this e-guide, read how Malaysia's AmBank is using open source to engineer its software from the ground-up, ANZ Bank's move to Red ... Continue Reading
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May 26, 2021
26May2021
News
Databricks unveils data sharing protocol as part of data lakehouse
Databricks announces launch of open source project called Delta Sharing at Data + AI Summit, with backing of data providers and business intelligence tool suppliers Continue Reading
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May 26, 2021
26May2021
News
How Kao Data used digital twin technology to build UK’s first free-cooled wholesale colo datacentre
Harlow-based firm claims to be the first UK wholesale colocation provider to build a free-cooled facility, with the help of digital twin and computational fluid dynamics technology Continue Reading
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May 26, 2021
26May2021
News
Department for Education’s e-learning unpreparedness widens inequality among students
Department is ‘surprisingly resistant’ to a lessons-learned exercise based on findings during Covid, says Public Accounts Committee report Continue Reading
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May 26, 2021
26May2021
News
Build 2021: Code abstraction and automatic code generation
Microsoft’s annual software developers’ event, Build, opened up with the company’s CEO painting a picture of opportunity for software developers Continue Reading
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May 26, 2021
26May2021
News
More data stolen in January 2021 than in all of 2017, says report
The volume of data being stolen through breaches is growing steadily and shows no sign of slowing, according to a report from Imperva Continue Reading
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May 26, 2021
26May2021
News
Millions of pounds lost to crypto fraud on social media
More than £63m has been lost nationally by victims of investment fraud via a social media platform, says Action Fraud Continue Reading
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May 26, 2021
26May2021
News
Disabled travellers promised better train journeys by Passenger Assistance app
An app developed by UK startup Transreport for the Rail Delivery Group aims to improve train travel for disabled passengers Continue Reading
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May 26, 2021
26May2021
News
Viavi accelerates 5G Open-RAN testing at the AWS Outposts edge
Latest development in advancement of open radio access network technology sees global provider of network test, monitoring and assurance services take test solution to leading cloud environment Continue Reading
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May 26, 2021
26May2021
News
Google offers free tech skills training to UK jobseekers
Online training in areas such as IT support and UX design will be available through the Department for Work and Pensions Continue Reading
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May 26, 2021
26May2021
News
‘It's a good day when we refer a case,’ CCRC tells MPs during review of Post Office prosecutions
Criminal Cases Review Commission will not allow pressure on its resources to prevent subpostmasters seeking a review of their criminal convictions Continue Reading
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May 26, 2021
26May2021
News
Yeo Valley milks business benefits with full-fibre broadband
Truespeed converts farm and dairy business from ADSL to gigabit network to transform its business capability Continue Reading
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May 26, 2021
26May2021
News
Nordic CIO interview: Tommi Tuovila, Neste
Former Olympian talks to Computer Weekly about the challenges facing CIOs in a rapidly changing world Continue Reading
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May 26, 2021
26May2021
Blog Post
Computational storage series: Prizsm - The conventional-quantum chasm & stifling standardisation
Software runs on data and data is often regarded as the new oil. So it makes sense to put data as close to where it is being processed as possible, in order to reduce latency for performance-hungry ... Continue Reading
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May 25, 2021
25May2021
E-Handbook
Taking stock of database technologies
Database technologies have evolved over decades, from relational databases to NoSQL databases that make it easier to store & handle data in the cloud. In this e-guide, how organisations are addressing database management challenges & how Alibaba is ... Continue Reading
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May 25, 2021
25May2021
Blog Post
Lessons from the Post Office Horizon Case
The presumption of the machine functioning properly in practice, means that the prosecution can rely on the presumption that a computer was operating reliably at all material times. It needs to be ... Continue Reading
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May 25, 2021
25May2021
News
GCHQ bulk interception programme breached privacy rights, Strasbourg court rules
European Court of Human Rights finds that the UK’s bulk surveillance programme breached citizens’ privacy rights Continue Reading
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May 25, 2021
25May2021
News
Valence brings storage virtualisation for the cloud era
Startup 22dot6 launches Valence, software-defined storage that throws a virtualisation layer over any backend storage via multiple nodes that split metadata and storage services Continue Reading
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May 25, 2021
25May2021
News
Edge computing drives business innovation
Intel research identifies edge computing as a critical factor that businesses must harness to navigate and understand data now and into the future Continue Reading
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May 25, 2021
25May2021
Opinion
Policies key to revolutionising Identity Governance and Administration
The proliferation of digital identities, applications, data, security threats and compliance requirements means that Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) has never been more important, but not all organisations are approaching it in an ... Continue Reading
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May 25, 2021
25May2021
News
IR35: MPs denied vote to amend Finance Bill to ‘curb or kill’ umbrella companies
MPs were denied the opportunity to vote in favour of amending the incoming Finance Bill to ‘curb or kill’ umbrella companies, prompting industry watchers to double down on calls for regulation Continue Reading
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May 25, 2021
25May2021
News
CyberSprinters game gives kids a head start, says NCSC
An online game for primary schools, clubs and youth organisations will teach children aged seven to 11 the fundamentals of staying safe online Continue Reading
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May 25, 2021
25May2021
News
Oil and gas firm halves backup licence cost with Hycu move
Summit E&P made a strategic move to Nutanix hyper-converged and away from NetApp and VMware and wanted backup that could handle virtual machines and physical servers Continue Reading
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May 25, 2021
25May2021
News
Trust is key to keeping the digital customer happy
Consumers were forced into using digital channels during the coronavirus lockdowns, but some digital users now plan to return to the physical world Continue Reading
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May 25, 2021
25May2021
News
Amdocs expands telco cloud strategic collaboration with Microsoft
Software provider boosts collaboration that will enable service providers to transform to the cloud with cloud-native systems and cloud transformation services Continue Reading
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May 25, 2021
25May2021
News
Threat of group GDPR legal action haunts CISOs
The vast majority of security leaders questioned for a new report say they are concerned about the possibility of group legal settlements against them following a serious data breach Continue Reading
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May 25, 2021
25May2021
News
McAfee to change terms of auto-renewing consumer plans
Consumers who found their McAfee antivirus contracts auto-renewed will be able to get out of their contracts and get their money back Continue Reading