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April 20, 2021 20Apr2021 News

Drax partners with Solace to manage biomass supply chain

Event-based IT architecture helps energy provider optimise its biomass supply chain and drive greater efficiencies, but questions remain about the fundamental sustainability of biomass as an alternative to coal Continue Reading

April 20, 2021 20Apr2021 News

Codecov supply chain attack has echoes of SolarWinds

Supply chain attack on code auditing service may have compromised the likes of HPE and IBM Continue Reading

April 20, 2021 20Apr2021 Blog Post

Lack of leadership, confusion and frustration - the state of digital identity in the UK

To nobody’s surprise, efforts by a group of peers to force the government to accelerate progress on digital identity in the UK foundered in the House of Lords yesterday (20 April 2021). Baroness ... Continue Reading

April 20, 2021 20Apr2021 News

Inside a Microsoft Azure datacentre: Cloud giant invites users on server farm virtual tour

Software giant wants to give users a ‘tangible view’ of the inner workings of its public cloud through a newly launched virtual tour experience Continue Reading

April 20, 2021 20Apr2021 News

Banco Santander moving more than 200 servers to cloud per day

Banco Santander has migrated about 60% of its IT infrastructure to the cloud and is reaping the benefits Continue Reading

April 20, 2021 20Apr2021 Blog Post

Post-pandemic economic optimism from two B2B tech CEOs – Goldberg and Barrenechea

The technology industry is starting to enjoy a lucky escape. What would have happened had vaccines against Sars-Cov-2 not been invented and deployed? There has been much talk of how technology has ... Continue Reading

April 20, 2021 20Apr2021 Opinion

London needs a mayor of growth

Here East’s CEO Gavin Poole on why the next mayor must ensure London remains the tech capital of Europe, and the importance of learning from the past Continue Reading

April 20, 2021 20Apr2021 News

UK government reveals new laws to wipe out rural mobile ‘not spots’ and speed up 5G roll-out

Legal measures to eliminate mobile signal blind spots in rural areas designed to create huge opportunities for rural economy and unlock potential of 5G to improve lives Continue Reading

April 20, 2021 20Apr2021 Blog Post

The DX Moment Is Still Around The Corner For Many – If That Corner Is Still There…

Among the many conversations I have with vendors and end users themselves – via various online events – one of the most common buzz phrases of the past few years that still recurs more than it ... Continue Reading

April 20, 2021 20Apr2021 News

Government launches plan for smart use of knowledge and innovation

Strategy sets out how Westminster can harness and achieve better value from £104bn worth of innovation and knowledge assets within central government Continue Reading

April 20, 2021 20Apr2021 News

Zoom unveils $100m apps fund

After a blazing year fuelled by the pandemic, breakout conferencing solutions provider announces venture fund to stimulate innovation in the apps ecosystem Continue Reading

April 20, 2021 20Apr2021 Blog Post

Infobip: Shift conference ambitions & developer eXperiences

The Computer Weekly Developer Network newsdesk is used to seeing newsfeed stories with dateline and locations such as London, San Francisco, San Jose and New York… we’re even used to seeing ... Continue Reading

April 20, 2021 20Apr2021 News

Nokia, Edzcom raise Konecranes R&D with 5G SA private wireless

Network technology provider to fuel lifting equipment firm’s 5G research and digitised solution development for factories and ports, building on existing LTE private wireless investment Continue Reading

April 20, 2021 20Apr2021 News

Transatlantic relationship strengthens Sweden’s startup sustainability

Nordic startup network is taking lessons from Canada in getting women into the IT industry Continue Reading

April 20, 2021 20Apr2021 E-Zine

Shop and go – will Amazon’s cashless ‘just walk out’ store work?

In this week’s Computer Weekly, Amazon has opened its first ‘just walk out’ grocery store in the UK, but is it the right time to hit the high street? We examine the human and technical issues around email security. And we analyse Microsoft’s $19bn ... Continue Reading

April 20, 2021 20Apr2021 News

Singapore’s ViewQwest debuts security service

ViewQwest’s SecureNet service uses Palo Alto Networks’ next-generation firewall with deep packet inspection capabilities to guard against cyber threats Continue Reading

April 19, 2021 19Apr2021 News

Uptime Institute: Networking issues to overtake power problems as main cause of datacentre outages

The Uptime Institute's third annual datacentre outage analysis report suggests downturn in number of downtime incidents over the past 12 months due to the pandemic, with networking issues fast-emerging as main source of technical difficulties Continue Reading

April 19, 2021 19Apr2021 News

BBC appoints new digital and technology leaders

BBC splits former chief technology and product officer role into two, with Just Eat executive Storm Fagan to join in September Continue Reading

April 19, 2021 19Apr2021 News

Enea launches 5G MicroCore to support private enterprise networks for Industry 4.0

Telecommunications and cyber security software provider Enea reveals trials taking place in Asia for private 5G network, where market could be worth US$7bn by 2025 Continue Reading

April 19, 2021 19Apr2021 News

Closing the cloud skills gap could bring more women back to the global labour force, claims AWS

Could the provision of cloud skills programmes help reverse the decline in the number of women in the global labour force? Continue Reading

April 19, 2021 19Apr2021 News

Google and Siemens combine forces to address AI at the industrial edge

The partnership shows how the public cloud giants are branching out into specialist application areas to different industry sectors Continue Reading

April 19, 2021 19Apr2021 News

Digital secretary steps in on Nvidia/Arm deal

The first stage of a formal investigation by the CMA is now underway, to look at whether the sale of Arm to Nvidia will damage the chip industry Continue Reading

April 19, 2021 19Apr2021 News

UK fintech investment hits new heights as government announces increased support

The UK fintech sector saw high levels of investment in the first quarter of this year, with increased support from the government Continue Reading

April 19, 2021 19Apr2021 News

YouGov incentivises sharing of personally identifiable information

YouGov Safe is a new service to help organisations target consumers more precisely, where people can select how much personal data they wish to share Continue Reading

April 19, 2021 19Apr2021 Blog Post

Veracode architect lead: containers can be cleaner, but developers still need wet wipes

After our extensive enterprise containerisation series and subsequent feature entitled ‘Preparing for enterprise class containerisation’, the Computer Weekly Open Source Insider team sat down ... Continue Reading

April 19, 2021 19Apr2021 News

Online storage startup GoodCloud seeks to shake up file sync and share market for charities

Third-sector-focused online storage startup GoodCloud has set its sights on disrupting the file sync and share market by making the technology far more accessible for charities and their volunteers Continue Reading

April 19, 2021 19Apr2021 News

UK technology job creation nears two-year peak

Pace of recruitment accelerates and optimism reaches highest level since 2014, according to KPMG Continue Reading

April 19, 2021 19Apr2021 News

Tech professionals most likely to see mental health decline due to pandemic

Struggling to cope with anxiety and new ways of working are among the problems workers in the sector face, study says Continue Reading

April 19, 2021 19Apr2021 News

Informatica streamlines APAC operations amid growing cloud business

Informatica has consolidated its operations in four key Asia-Pacific markets in a move that will enable it to better meet the demand for cloud-based data management software Continue Reading

April 19, 2021 19Apr2021 In Depth

A bottom-up and top-down look at intelligent automation

We look at robotic process automation at a coding level and an organisational level, and see how artificial intelligence fits Continue Reading

April 18, 2021 18Apr2021 News

Government puts Facebook under pressure to stop end-to-end encryption over child abuse risks

Facebook faces growing government pressure to abandon its plans to offer users end-to-end encryption to secure the privacy of their messages as the NSPCC raises concerns about child protection Continue Reading

April 16, 2021 16Apr2021 Blog Post

Imagine if ERP could…

This is a guest blogpost by Dmitri Krakovsky, Chief Product Officer, Unit4 The world of enterprise software has changed dramatically in the last five years. The first-generation of ... Continue Reading

April 16, 2021 16Apr2021 News

SAP users identify data skills shortage as importance of analytics spikes

Research from the SAP UK & Ireland User Group has demonstrated a data skills dearth among users and a delay in using the SAP Hana in-memory database until full S/4 Hana ERP implementations Continue Reading

April 16, 2021 16Apr2021 Opinion

The Secret IR Insider’s Diary – from Sunburst to DarkSide

From dealing with SolarWinds fallout to ransomware attacks, it’s been a busy few weeks for the Secret IR Insider, but they've picked up some new tricks along the way Continue Reading

April 16, 2021 16Apr2021 News

London tech manifesto calls on next mayor to support tech industry

The London tech manifesto, put together by several tech organisations, calls on the city’s next mayor to support tech companies, increase digital skills investment and tackle the lack of diversity in the sector Continue Reading

April 16, 2021 16Apr2021 News

Finnish government strengthens country’s IT network security

Finland’s government has created a new national organisation to help public and private bodies improve network security Continue Reading

April 16, 2021 16Apr2021 News

Sutton Council trials in-home sensor tech

The council is deploying sensors in the homes of vulnerable people to be able to detect when they might need help Continue Reading

April 16, 2021 16Apr2021 Opinion

Post Office’s full and final settlement with Horizon scandal victims in plain English

The legal settlement with subpostmaster victims of the Horizon scandal that the government and the Post Office say is “full and final” is anything but Continue Reading

April 16, 2021 16Apr2021 News

CityFibre switches on Milton Keynes to gigabit and names Edinburgh infrastructure lead

Gigabit provider City Fibre says it is enabling thousands more residents in Milton Keynes to access its full-fibre network and high-speed broadband services, and names Paul Wakefield as lead of infrastructure build in Edinburgh Continue Reading

April 16, 2021 16Apr2021 News

Teradata eyes cloud opportunity in APAC

The data warehouse software supplier has been positioning itself to capture the region’s cloud opportunities through not only R&D, but also efforts to support enterprises in their cloud journey Continue Reading

April 16, 2021 16Apr2021 News

Argenta takes Teneo SD-WAN to improve global network

Plagued by WAN issues, global animal health research and manufacturing company improves system performance and interconnectivity across its international locations with a co-managed software-defined wide area network Continue Reading

April 16, 2021 16Apr2021 Blog Post

Swimm: Continuous Everything (CE) means Continuous Documentation (CD)

Take a bunch of developers, any kind you like. Throw those engineers into a new software project at the deep end. Do they sink or swim? This is the question that Swimm founders were asking ... Continue Reading

April 15, 2021 15Apr2021 News

Dutch accuse UK of ‘damaging confidence’ by disclosing details of EncroChat police collaboration

The Dutch Public Prosecution Service claims Britain has damaged confidence by disclosing details of an international investigation into the EncroChat encrypted phone network to the courts Continue Reading

April 15, 2021 15Apr2021 News

Uber ordered to reinstate six drivers fired by automated process

A default judgment handed down by Dutch court has ordered Uber to reinstate six drivers with compensation following unevidenced accusations of fraud and automated firing via algorithm Continue Reading

April 15, 2021 15Apr2021 News

Google launches multimillion-dollar cloud tech push to boost Covid-19 vaccine distribution

Tech giant Google is ploughing millions of dollars into initiatives to bolster the availability of Covid-19 vaccines and make it easier for people to access information about immunisation programmes Continue Reading

April 15, 2021 15Apr2021 News

VMware CTO: The days of enterprises going ‘all-in’ on one public cloud provider ‘are dead’

VMware-hosted panel debate about enterprise public cloud adoption trends charts the apparent demise of CIOs plotting large-scale, multi-year moves to a single supplier’s public cloud environment Continue Reading

April 15, 2021 15Apr2021 News

KDDI teams with Cato Networks to take SASE services worldwide

Japanese telco joins forces with software-defined networking firm to demonstrate how CSPs can use secure access service edge systems to address digital enterprise requirements for pervasive secure access Continue Reading

April 15, 2021 15Apr2021 News

Biden sanctions Russia over SolarWinds cyber attacks

US president imposes new sanctions on Russia following malicious cyber attacks against the US and allies Continue Reading

April 15, 2021 15Apr2021 News

Dell spins off VMware to fuel post-pandemic PC growth opportunities

Five years after completing the purchase of EMC and gaining a software-defined powerhouse, Dell is now offloading VMware Continue Reading

April 15, 2021 15Apr2021 News

Only government standing in the way of fair compensation for subpostmasters

The UK government is the only block to fair compensation for subpostmasters who were wrongly punished for accounting shortfalls Continue Reading

April 15, 2021 15Apr2021 News

University of Hertfordshire is latest academic cyber attack victim

Multiple systems are offline at the University of Hertfordshire following a cyber attack Continue Reading

April 15, 2021 15Apr2021 News

Openreach selects STL as a strategic partner for full-fibre build-out

BT-owned broadband provision division teams with digital network integrator to hasten full-fibre network build and provide skills and innovation to extend reach and scope Continue Reading

April 15, 2021 15Apr2021 News

In-sourcing IT in Wales has provided a positive change, says auditor

While savings have not been as great as expected, the decision to in-source IT in Welsh government has been a success, according to Audit Wales Continue Reading

April 15, 2021 15Apr2021 News

Microsoft is most impersonated brand in phishing attempts

Technology companies continue to be frequently spoofed by cyber criminals in their phishing attempts Continue Reading

April 15, 2021 15Apr2021 News

Ireland’s DPC launches probe into Facebook leak

The Irish Data Protection Commission has launched an ‘own volition’ inquiry into the leak of data from 500 million Facebook profiles Continue Reading

April 15, 2021 15Apr2021 Blog Post

Throwback Thursday: Private cloud in contexts old and new

What a difference a decade can make. When we looked at the world of private cloud almost a decade ago, it was a new idea to many people – so new, in fact, that we had to define it for them. In ... Continue Reading

April 15, 2021 15Apr2021 News

Amdocs joins Open Networking Foundation

Comms software provider Amdocs becomes part of the creation of open, real-time network control and management solutions, leveraging strengths of its AI/ML and cloud-based automation technologies and next-generation OSS Continue Reading

April 15, 2021 15Apr2021 E-Zine

CW Middle East: Qatari regulator launches platform to help combat money laundering

The Qatar Financial Markets Authority is using a digital platform to enable financial services professionals to assess their knowledge of anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism. Also in this issue, read how the Covid-19 ... Continue Reading

April 15, 2021 15Apr2021 News

Qualcomm reveals successful 5G mmWave data call test

Comms chips giant claims 5G data call commercialisation milestone from fourth-generation 5G modem-RF system and mmWave antennas Continue Reading

April 15, 2021 15Apr2021 Blog Post

Linux Foundation sigstore finds ‘origins’ in software supply chains

The Linux Foundation announced the sigstore project this spring. Designed to improves the security of the software supply chain, sigstore is said to enable the adoption of cryptographic software ... Continue Reading

April 15, 2021 15Apr2021 News

How Windows patching leaves security exposed

Four years on since it devastated IT systems across the NHS, WannaCry remains a threat to organisations around the world Continue Reading

April 15, 2021 15Apr2021 News

Singtel debuts portable 5G technology kit

Singapore telco develops 5G technology kit that includes all the equipment needed for enterprises to test 5G applications in their own premises Continue Reading

April 14, 2021 14Apr2021 Blog Post

The tracks of National Rail’s tears

To the meme generation he was simply known as the Airplane Mode Prince, but it seems nobody has taken the passing of the Duke of Edinburgh quite as hard as National Rail. Users of the website woke ... Continue Reading

April 14, 2021 14Apr2021 News

CMA provisionally clears merger of Virgin and O2

Six months after being requested to review joint venture that could transform UK’s wired and wireless communications provision, UK competition watchdog CMA removes potential major hurdle to Virgin and O2 merger Continue Reading

April 14, 2021 14Apr2021 News

Tesco reports online sales surge, advances digital platform

Retailer announces 77% boost to e-commerce sales, details on Clubcard app uptake and advances in its IT remediation plan Continue Reading

April 14, 2021 14Apr2021 News

UK employees’ adaptation to Covid workplace creates digital transformation dilemma

Research finds nearly two-fifths of UK employees fear the ‘old way’ of doing things will return after the pandemic Continue Reading

April 14, 2021 14Apr2021 News

FBI accesses ProxyLogon target servers to disrupt cyber criminals

US Justice Department reveals successful court-authorised effort to clamp down on ProxyLogon exploitation Continue Reading

April 14, 2021 14Apr2021 News

Remote workers largely supportive of a UK right to disconnect

The introduction of a “right to disconnect” in the UK is popular among workers and has backing from trade unions Continue Reading

April 14, 2021 14Apr2021 News

EU set to tilt AI balance in favour of citizen rights

New draft EU regulations aim to protect people from biased decision-making Continue Reading

April 14, 2021 14Apr2021 In Depth

Cloud archiving: A perfect use case, but beware costs and egress issues

The advantages of cloud archiving are ease of use and being well-suited to potential latency issues, but IT teams need to be aware of costs and issues around moving data from and between clouds Continue Reading

April 14, 2021 14Apr2021 News

Why Microsoft’s $19bn acquisition of Nuance makes sense

Microsoft regularly demos real-time speech-to-text transcription and has just spent $19bn on bolstering its voice capabilities Continue Reading

April 14, 2021 14Apr2021 News

NSA unearths more MS Exchange vulnerabilities

Microsoft patches more critical vulnerabilities in Exchange Server a month after the ProxyLogon incident, after being warned by the US National Security Agency Continue Reading

April 14, 2021 14Apr2021 News

Sim Local teams with Vodafone to accelerate eSIM travel growth

Specialist in eSIM technology collaborates with operator to exploit the option of a transformative shift in the global telecommunications industry Continue Reading

April 14, 2021 14Apr2021 News

AET gets Ctera to smooth hybrid cloud access to big files

Remote locations with unreliable WAN connections needed to share large files, which was a real headache until US engineering firm got Ctera edge filers with Azure cloud as a tier Continue Reading

April 14, 2021 14Apr2021 Blog Post

EIS tech lead: infrastructure’s journey to (containerised) code

Yes we’re still in lockdown (or a version of it) and all meetings are virtual, but the Computer Weekly Developer Network is still talking to members of the industry glitterati about containers. ... Continue Reading

April 14, 2021 14Apr2021 News

Europe provides growth for TCS despite year floored by pandemic

Tata Consultancy Services grows its continental European business despite economic slowdown brought by Covid-19 restrictions Continue Reading

April 14, 2021 14Apr2021 Opinion

Security Think Tank: Vaccine passports must be secure by design

What are the security issues and challenges presented by vaccine passports, and how should they be designed and used with ethics and privacy in mind? Continue Reading

April 14, 2021 14Apr2021 Opinion

Security Think Tank: Vaccine passports cannot be taken lightly

What are the security issues and challenges presented by vaccine passports, and how should they be designed and used with ethics and privacy in mind? Continue Reading

April 14, 2021 14Apr2021 In Depth

APAC buyer’s guide to HRM software

In this buyer’s guide, we look at the key considerations when choosing human resource management software to enable workforce resilience, flexibility and agility in the post-pandemic world Continue Reading

April 13, 2021 13Apr2021 News

UK workforce finds happiness in ability to work from anywhere

Study finds 44% of UK workers consider the ability to work remotely as a driver of happiness and 61% would support government policies aimed at the widespread adoption of ‘hybrid’ working practices Continue Reading

April 13, 2021 13Apr2021 News

Mavenir and Xilinx team up to expand Open RAN massive MIMO portfolio

Network software provider and adaptive processing platforms collaborate to accelerate Open RAN ecosystem, with mMIMO portfolio scheduled for launch later this year Continue Reading

April 13, 2021 13Apr2021 Blog Post

Apply brain power to automation

With the economy opening up, business leaders are looking at how quickly things can start returning to normal. What does normal look like? Numerous studies have shown that over the last year, ... Continue Reading

April 13, 2021 13Apr2021 News

MP told to ditch official email over hacking fears

MP Tom Tugendhat claims the intelligence services advised him to switch to the Gmail service due to concerns his parliamentary email could be hacked Continue Reading

April 13, 2021 13Apr2021 News

Hyperbat accelerates industry 4.0 with 5G virtual 3D engineering model

Vehicle battery manufacturer uses the latest 5G-enabled technology to speed up the manufacturing process for hybrid and electric vehicle production in the UK Continue Reading

April 13, 2021 13Apr2021 News

Covid-19 left people feeling vulnerable to cyber crime

Around 15 million people in the UK experienced cybercrime in the past 12 months, with a cumulative 64 million hours wasted dealing with the fallout Continue Reading

April 13, 2021 13Apr2021 News

End of the road for Post Office IT system that destroyed lives

The Post Office has revealed the end to its controversial Horizon IT system which, through its errors and the Post Office's denial of them, caused huge suffering for hundreds of subpostmasters Continue Reading

April 13, 2021 13Apr2021 News

Civil Service Data Challenge aims to improve use of data

Business and government have partnered to launch a Dragon’s Den-style competition to encourage civil servants to come up with ideas on how to improve the use of data Continue Reading

April 13, 2021 13Apr2021 News

Millions of devices at risk from NAME:WRECK DNS bugs

Newly disclosed set of nine DNS vulnerabilities puts over 100 million consumer, enterprise and industrial IoT devices at risk Continue Reading

April 13, 2021 13Apr2021 News

Huawei steers towards intelligent vehicles in major corporate pivot

Leading global communications technology provider undergoes major strategic corporate shift to maximise its software capabilities and provide components for intelligent vehicles Continue Reading

April 13, 2021 13Apr2021 News

EncroChat lawyers raise questions over use of PII secrecy orders on UK decryption capabilities

Lawyers claim that public interest immunity certificates may have been used to withhold information on UK intelligence agencies’ ability to decrypt encrypted communications Continue Reading

April 13, 2021 13Apr2021 News

Microsoft enters the Dragon’s den with Nuance acquisition

The $19bn acquisition of Nuance firmly plants Microsoft at the forefront of voice recognition. The stage is set to combine voice with artificial intelligence Continue Reading

April 13, 2021 13Apr2021 Blog Post

Trust IRIS: Plug & play 'professional-grade' video conferencing

Video and web conference ability prowess (VAWCAP) is now a thing; we’re all working in the ‘new normal’ of Zoom-type remote dial-in experiences, brought about - obviously - as a result of the ... Continue Reading

April 13, 2021 13Apr2021 E-Zine

The evolution of RPA

In this week’s Computer Weekly, our latest buyer’s guide looks at the future of robotic process automation (RPA). Google’s legal victory against Oracle over the use of Java APIs has huge significance for software developers. And we find out how ... Continue Reading

April 12, 2021 12Apr2021 News

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