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November 24, 2021 24Nov2021 News

IT Priorities 2022: Software development

As organisations rebuild after the Covid-19 pandemic, strategic software projects will help them become more effective Continue Reading

November 24, 2021 24Nov2021 News

Consumer cyber bill to protect mobiles, smart devices

Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill will reinforce protections for consumer devices and mandate improvements to default security settings Continue Reading

November 24, 2021 24Nov2021 Blog Post

Who are the current generation of Chief Data Officers?

This is a guest blogpost by Peter Jackson, Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Exasol. The growing mainstream appreciation for quality data and its resulting insights has made the Chief Data ... Continue Reading

November 24, 2021 24Nov2021 News

Zoom boom rolls on over to Q3 2021

Partial return to the office fails to stop momentum of breakout collaboration technology giant in the third quarter of 2021 Continue Reading

November 24, 2021 24Nov2021 News

Societe Generale accelerates data and artificial intelligence strategy

French investment banking giant increases its focus on data and artificial intelligence as digital transformation matures Continue Reading

November 24, 2021 24Nov2021 News

Kazakhstan’s IT industry growing rapidly thanks to heavy government support

Kazakhstan’s IT sector is being prepared for international expansion through government investment Continue Reading

November 24, 2021 24Nov2021 News

Apple sues under-fire malware firm NSO

Lawsuit alleges spyware firm NSO Group targeted Apple’s users, adding to the pressure on the under-fire company Continue Reading

November 24, 2021 24Nov2021 Opinion

The value of open source in Europe

Open source offers immense benefits across the private and public sector and enables organisations to tap into world-class expertise Continue Reading

November 24, 2021 24Nov2021 News

Police tech introduced with little scrutiny or training

A Lords inquiry into the adoption of advanced algorithmic technologies by police in England and Wales has been told that new tools are being introduced without proper training and with little scrutiny of their impacts Continue Reading

November 23, 2021 23Nov2021 News

Schrems accuses Irish DPC of trying to block publication of Facebook documents

Austrian lawyer Max Schrems has filed a complaint after the Irish data protection commissioner put his privacy organisation under pressure to sign a non-disclosure agreement Continue Reading

November 23, 2021 23Nov2021 News

NCSC commits to new diversity measures

The National Cyber Security Centre’s second annual report on diversity in cyber security finds room for improvement Continue Reading

November 23, 2021 23Nov2021 News

Commons committee launches STEM diversity inquiry

Inquiry will assess the lack of diversity in UK science, technology, engineering and maths and will measure current attempts to improve representation Continue Reading

November 23, 2021 23Nov2021 News

Hyperscalers top telcos in private network stakes

Research identifies cloud providers as first port of call for enterprises looking to deploy and gain benefits from private mobile networks, with Microsoft named top innovator ahead of AT&T and Deutsche Telekom Continue Reading

November 23, 2021 23Nov2021 Blog Post

Dynatrace: the modern cloud is an enhanced analytics cloud

People talk a lot about cloud. These days, we’re seeing the discussion move onwards to talk about so-called modern cloud in the form of modern cloud software application development platforms, ... Continue Reading

November 23, 2021 23Nov2021 Blog Post

Pants is not pants, open source build system is good

Branding can be a dangerous thing; name conventions do not always translate. There’s a whole list of these from Bimbo bread to the reason that the Vauxhall Nova (no go) doesn’t work in Spanish… and ... Continue Reading

November 23, 2021 23Nov2021 News

Mid-band dominates 5G in emerging markets

Research highlights importance of mobile operators taking advantage of globally harmonised spectrum bands and economies of scale for 5G Continue Reading

November 23, 2021 23Nov2021 Opinion

Men’s Mental Health Month: How fintech can reduce anxiety around debt

Umer Suleman of ethical investment firm Wahed explains how financial technology can reduce anxieties associated with debt Continue Reading

November 23, 2021 23Nov2021 News

Ericsson boosts business play with $6.2bn Vonage acquisition

Acquisition of IP communications provider expands Ericsson’s presence in wireless enterprise and broadens its global offerings, creating a global network and communication platform for open innovation Continue Reading

November 23, 2021 23Nov2021 News

Four-day week introduced for staff at digital bank

UK’s Atom Bank brings in four-day working week for employees with no salary reduction Continue Reading

November 23, 2021 23Nov2021 Opinion

Lessons from Lisbon: Reflections on a week at Web Summit

Russ Shaw, founder and CEO of Tech London Advocates and Global Tech Advocates, assesses the key takeaways of Web Summit 2021 Continue Reading

November 23, 2021 23Nov2021 Opinion

How software development will change in 2022

Businesses need a pipeline of software-enabled functionality that has to be delivered quickly and reliably without overworking software teams Continue Reading

November 23, 2021 23Nov2021 News

CIO interview: Mia Sorgi, director of digital product and experience, PepsiCo Europe

A trial project using gesture-based technology to help customers order in restaurants is just one example of the pioneering digital innovations being explored by food and drinks giant PepsiCo Continue Reading

November 23, 2021 23Nov2021 News

FTTH Council Europe calls on policymakers for measures to reap full-fibre rewards

Industry organisation with a mission to advance ubiquitous full-fibre connectivity across Europe welcomes publication of the European Commission’s latest ‘Digital economy and society index’ and calls for demand-side measures to boost take-up of ... Continue Reading

November 23, 2021 23Nov2021 Opinion

How can specialist retailers get closer to their customers?

In many cases, a customer needs more than just picking an item off the shelf or opening a box left on the doorstep – they need domain expertise Continue Reading

November 23, 2021 23Nov2021 News

NHSX and NHS Digital to merge with NHS England

Overhaul part of recommendations under a digital delivery review led by NHS Digital chair Laura Wade-Gery Continue Reading

November 23, 2021 23Nov2021 E-Zine

Can the tech community show us how to save the world?

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we report from the COP26 conference on how the tech world’s collaborative open source model could help tackle climate change. Gartner has urged IT leaders to rethink their role as business come to rely on digital ... Continue Reading

November 23, 2021 23Nov2021 News

Home secretary urged to respond to concerns over EU travel systems

Priti Patel is challenged over the various issues relating to new border checks affecting UK residents travelling to the European Union, in aspects such as facial recognition and algorithmic profiling Continue Reading

November 22, 2021 22Nov2021 News

Upcoming holidays prompt ransomware warning from authorities

Ransomware gangs know how calendars work, and may target their attacks around major holidays to take advantage of more people being off work, according to a new alert Continue Reading

November 22, 2021 22Nov2021 News

Mobile trade-in programmes are key driver in stimulating 5G smartphone upgrades

Mobile device tracker for third quarter of 2021 shows continued year-on-year market growth, with new 5G smartphone launches and trade-in promotions contributing to growth of mobile trade-in and upgrade programmes Continue Reading

November 22, 2021 22Nov2021 News

Black Friday cyber warning for 4,000 card-skimming victims

NCSC warns thousands of small retailers that their websites are being exploited to steal customer data Continue Reading

November 22, 2021 22Nov2021 News

CIO interview: Karl Hoods, CDIO, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Moving to the cloud, developing staff skills and responding quickly to the pandemic – from a public sector IT leader’s perspective Continue Reading

November 22, 2021 22Nov2021 Blog Post

Sumo Logic muscles-up for CircleCI & GitLab

At Sumo Logic, intelligence is on a continuum… hence the firm’s use of continuous intelligence as its branding tag of choice. Keen to still push out augmentations and enhancements to its platform ... Continue Reading

November 22, 2021 22Nov2021 News

Global broadband speed clipping rockets over past 18 months

Research shows broadband speed clipping is rising sharply, with many subscribers hitting upper speed limits Continue Reading

November 22, 2021 22Nov2021 News

DHSC reluctant to confirm details of digital delivery review

Sajid Javid heightens expectations around Wade-Gery review at NHS conference, but health department is unable to say when it might be delivered Continue Reading

November 22, 2021 22Nov2021 News

UK holds international digital government conference

Countries convened to discuss digital transformation issues and the application to services of technologies such as AI and digital identity. Continue Reading

November 22, 2021 22Nov2021 Opinion

Back to the past with government identity

The UK government plans to spend up to £400m developing yet another digital identity system – why is taxpayer money going into a time warp when there is surely a better and cheaper way? Continue Reading

November 22, 2021 22Nov2021 In Depth

How advanced comms can gain an edge in the post-pandemic world

Advanced communications not only connects the real world to the digital world, but also enables a hybrid and more environmentally friendly world of work Continue Reading

November 19, 2021 19Nov2021 News

Subpostmasters asked to withdraw support for Post Office scandal inquiry

Subpostmaster campaign group founder calls for members to withdraw support for public inquiry into Horizon IT scandal over lack of adequate compensation Continue Reading

November 19, 2021 19Nov2021 News

Why is Emotet back, and should we be worried about it?

The sudden reappearance of Emotet this week has security teams on high alert, but do we need to be worried about its return, and what should we be doing about it? Continue Reading

November 19, 2021 19Nov2021 News

Nokia’s private LTE chosen by Bahrain’s Electricity and Water Authority

Nokia strikes further deal for private network infrastructure, helping leading MENA utilities company modernise its grids Continue Reading

November 19, 2021 19Nov2021 In Depth

Ensuring hybrid work works in the new normal

The hybrid business is becoming a reality, but how can firms ensure a positive employee experience and learn how to identify and manage risks? Continue Reading

November 19, 2021 19Nov2021 News

Inside Informatica’s cloud journey

Informatica’s chief product officer talks up the company’s journey back to the public market and where Asia-Pacific fits in its growth strategy Continue Reading

November 19, 2021 19Nov2021 News

UK government announces safety tech challenge fund winners

The Safety Tech Challenge Fund winners will now develop technologies to limit the spread of child abuse material in encrypted environments, which the government has claimed will not be repurposed for other uses Continue Reading

November 19, 2021 19Nov2021 News

Gaia-X founding member Scaleway exits project over misgivings about its future direction

A founding partner of the Gaia-X project, which aims to build an open, federated data infrastructure for European companies to host their cloud workloads, has exited the project over concerns about where the initiative is heading Continue Reading

November 19, 2021 19Nov2021 In Depth

Cloud storage compliance pitfalls: Post-pandemic and post-Brexit

We look at the key areas of cloud storage compliance that can trip you up, with shared responsibility with cloud providers and data residency among the most important Continue Reading

November 19, 2021 19Nov2021 News

GCHQ, NSA chiefs recommit to counter cyber threats

UK and US intelligence services reaffirm a joint commitment to disrupt and deter new and emerging cyber threats Continue Reading

November 19, 2021 19Nov2021 Blog Post

Singapore hospital opens 3D printing lab

Singapore’s National University Hospital (NUH) and Johnson & Johnson (J&J) have jointly opened a 3D printing lab to produce personalised anatomical models for preoperative planning and ... Continue Reading

November 18, 2021 18Nov2021 Blog Post

Forced on-line by the NHS: to be confused, exploited, ignored, mistreated and/or patronised

All this informed my MSc IT Security final dissertation entitled ‘Inclusion, Confusion and Exclusion – is technology making the Vulnerable more Vulnerable?’ I looked at Social, Financial and ... Continue Reading

November 18, 2021 18Nov2021 Blog Post

Qualys QSC 2021: Shifting left to a secured cloud build pipeline

If there is a central message emanating from this year’s Qualys Security Conference (QSC) in Las Vegas, it is the company’s mission to provide exhaustive tooling designed to shift left in order to ... Continue Reading

November 18, 2021 18Nov2021 News

Leading telcos urge Europe to act now to build Open RAN ecosystem

Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telecom Italia, Telefónica and Vodafone issue five-point clarion call for building an Open RAN ecosystem for Europe to ensure that the continent continues to play a leading role in 5G and, eventually, 6G Continue Reading

November 18, 2021 18Nov2021 Blog Post

When is it time to log off?

In an article for The Guardian newspaper, Ana Catarina Mendes, the parliamentary leader of the Portuguese Socialist party, discussed the “the right to switch off”. As a result of the campaign run ... Continue Reading

November 18, 2021 18Nov2021 News

UK government enshrines law to strip out ‘high-risk’ suppliers’ tech from networks

UK Telecommunications (Security) Act receives Royal Assent, mandating stronger legal duties on telecoms firms to protect the UK’s networks and giving the government new powers to control use of high-risk suppliers Continue Reading

November 18, 2021 18Nov2021 News

How Axa drives digitisation forward

Digital transformation is not a one-shot project – it’s a continuous and evolving process that requires a mindset change in IT management Continue Reading

November 18, 2021 18Nov2021 News

Government to legislate to make APP fraud reimbursement mandatory

UK payments regulator wants to reduce the huge sums of money lost to authorised push payment fraud and is calling on the banking and tech industries to play their part Continue Reading

November 18, 2021 18Nov2021 News

Memento ransomware gang quick to retool for ‘optimum’ outcome

The operators of a new ransomware called Memento are quick to retool for ‘success’ if they run up against a competent defender, says Sophos Continue Reading

November 18, 2021 18Nov2021 News

Alert over spate of Iran-linked BitLocker attacks

A joint advisory from western cyber agencies warns of a campaign of ‘ongoing malicious activity’ by an Iran-linked APT group exploiting BitLocker to extort its targets Continue Reading

November 18, 2021 18Nov2021 News

Sky ECC provided free cryptophones to a Canadian police force

Internal emails disclosed in a US court show how Sky Global supplied sample encrypted phones to a Canadian police force before its phone users became subject to an international police investigation Continue Reading

November 18, 2021 18Nov2021 News

Six more former subpostmasters have convictions overturned

A total number of 65 subpostmasters have now had criminal convictions overturned in Post Office Horizon scandal Continue Reading

November 18, 2021 18Nov2021 News

Openreach hits six million homes with full-fibre reach

BT broadband provision division says full-fibre broadband roll-out programme is on track to reach 25 million premises by December 2026 Continue Reading

November 18, 2021 18Nov2021 News

AstraZeneca looks at the bigger picture in enterprise social media

How do you work with people in different time zones and from different cultures and what happens when people leave the company? Continue Reading

November 18, 2021 18Nov2021 News

Cryptophone supplier Sky Global takes legal action over US government website seizures

Canadian tech company Sky Global has filed a legal motion claiming that the US government unlawfully seized the company’s internet sites following police investigations into the use of its cryptophones by organised crime Continue Reading

November 18, 2021 18Nov2021 In Depth

How SASE is set to determine the future

We take a look at the SASE environment and what challenges and benefits lie ahead in the adoption of secure access service edge Continue Reading

November 18, 2021 18Nov2021 E-Zine

CW APAC: Expert guide to storage management

The storage landscape is evolving at pace. In this handbook, focused on storage management in the Asia-Pacific region, Computer Weekly looks at how firms are rising to the storage challenge, Lenovo’s viewpoint on the region’s market opportunities, ... Continue Reading

November 17, 2021 17Nov2021 Blog Post

Qualys on cyber challenges: still to patch is no fair match

Qualys, Inc. staged its QSC 2021 conference in Las Vegas from November 15 to 18 and the Computer Weekly Developer Network was tuned in from the 'get-go' to listen to what the cloud-based IT, ... Continue Reading

November 17, 2021 17Nov2021 Blog Post

The metaverse and the future of work

The metaverse promises to create an immersive, interactive and shared digital world that brings together mixed reality – augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) – along with 3D holographic ... Continue Reading

November 17, 2021 17Nov2021 News

Qualcomm extends collaboration with BMW on automated driving systems

Tech giant drives into huge deal with automotive group to develop next generation of autonomous driving and driver-assistance systems Continue Reading

November 17, 2021 17Nov2021 News

WBA, TIP team to bring open AFC for Wi-Fi in 6GHz unlicensed band

Infrastructure solutions community driving global connectivity joins forces with Wi-Fi alliance to spur adoption of 6GHz Wi-Fi and enable better user experience Continue Reading

November 17, 2021 17Nov2021 News

Security startups line up on Cyber Runway

Some 108 cyber security startups representing the UK’s most cutting-edge innovators are to join Plexal’s Cyber Runway accelerator Continue Reading

November 17, 2021 17Nov2021 News

Zero-days: The next element of the service-based cyber economy?

Digital Shadows researchers have reported on the emergence of zero-days as a service, which could be the next big thing in the cyber criminal underworld Continue Reading

November 17, 2021 17Nov2021 News

Increased 5G availability sees working from home mean working from phone for 24 million

Research finds that more than eight million workers who have bought a 5G-capable smartphone since the start of the pandemic are a key driver of the switch to mobile data Continue Reading

November 17, 2021 17Nov2021 News

HMRC should boost data analytics capability, says NAO report

Department urged to develop its current set-up to better manage the range of taxpayers’ needs it encounters Continue Reading

November 17, 2021 17Nov2021 News

Out of the shadows: The rise of ethical hackers in 2021

Ethical hackers working on the Bugcrowd platform have saved organisations almost $30bn in risk during the Covid-19 pandemic, as the community sheds old stereotypes Continue Reading

November 17, 2021 17Nov2021 News

Average size of hyperscale datacentres is on the rise

Latest data from IT market watcher Synergy Research Group highlights how the number and size of hyperscale datacentres around the world is on the up Continue Reading

November 17, 2021 17Nov2021 News

Amazon to stop accepting Visa credit cards in UK due to high fees

Online retail giant Amazon will stop accepting UK Visa credit card payments from January next year Continue Reading

November 17, 2021 17Nov2021 In Depth

Cloud repatriation: Five reasons to repatriate data from cloud

We look at key drivers of cloud repatriation, including cost, compliance, issues around latency and data gravity, reversing poorly planned moves to the cloud, and supplier failure Continue Reading

November 17, 2021 17Nov2021 E-Handbook

IT Priorities 2022: APAC enterprises invest in digital future

Nearly two-thirds of enterprises in Asia-Pacific plan to increase their IT budgets next year in areas such as cloud computing and cyber security to secure their digital future. This e-guide dives into the reasons as to how and why APAC enterprises ... Continue Reading

November 17, 2021 17Nov2021 News

ONS data points to rise in UK tech employment for women

Female professionals accounted for 71% of the new jobs created between June and September 2021 Continue Reading

November 17, 2021 17Nov2021 News

Post Office agrees to share privileged legal information with Horizon scandal inquiry

The Post Office will waive professional legal privilege for documents relating to legal advice it received regarding subpostmaster prosecutions Continue Reading

November 17, 2021 17Nov2021 News

Ericsson launches Intelligent Automation Platform for smarter networks

Comms tech provider looks to bring scalability, performance and operations simplicity to mobile networks, including purpose-built and Open RAN Continue Reading

November 17, 2021 17Nov2021 News

Orange Business Services powers Safran with smart-tracking IoT

Telco deploys more than 15,000 trackers and 250 antennas at two aircraft engine production sites in France to remotely locate and manage tools and equipment in real time Continue Reading

November 17, 2021 17Nov2021 News

COP26: Lord Maude on using open source to help fight against climate change

Public and private sector organisations need to pool their resources and collaborate to address the climate crisis by using open source technologies, urged Lord Maude during OpenUK’s COP26 event Continue Reading

November 17, 2021 17Nov2021 News

GovTech to enhance Government on Commercial Cloud

GCC 2.0 will include improvements in user onboarding and provide single credential access to public cloud services and engineering tools, among other areas Continue Reading

November 16, 2021 16Nov2021 News

One-fifth of NCSC-supported cyber incidents linked to Covid-19

National Cyber Security Centre has helped to thwart multiple cyber incidents that could have seriously disrupted the UK’s response to the pandemic Continue Reading

November 16, 2021 16Nov2021 News

National Infrastructure Commission pinpoints strategic gaps in UK infrastructure planning

UK infrastructure assessment stresses it remains critical for health of country that gigabit broadband is effectively rolled out to rural areas and towns to ensure genuinely universal provision Continue Reading

November 16, 2021 16Nov2021 Blog Post

DataStax modernises multi-micro, new gRPC API for Apache Cassandra

Everybody in tech loves an acronym, so let’s have DS OSS GA gRPC API 4 Astra DB. While that’s not actually a term, that set of letters denotes DataStax’s open source software general availability ... Continue Reading

November 16, 2021 16Nov2021 News

Unit4 research finds divergence between decision-makers and employees in SMEs

Sponsored research among mid-sized enterprises finds decision-makers and employees to be radically at odds in reading what makes a successful organisation Continue Reading

November 16, 2021 16Nov2021 News

Tech suppliers chosen for £5bn NHS digital records framework

A pool of 46 firms has been selected to deliver digital document solutions and associated hardware and software Continue Reading

November 16, 2021 16Nov2021 News

Nvidia/Arm: Competitions and Markets Authority to drill down further in Phase 2 investigation

The merger between Arm and Nvidia is to be investigated further following publication of the CMA’s Phase 1 report into the deal Continue Reading

November 16, 2021 16Nov2021 Blog Post

OutSystems democratises ‘elite’ cloud-native tools

There is no standard classification or even some form of de facto nomenclature system that ranks software tools into an agreed tier system of standard/regular, mid-market intermediate and onward to ... Continue Reading

November 16, 2021 16Nov2021 News

Vodafone claims solid half-year

Hot on the heels of signing a contract with City Fibre to gain UK fibre leadership, leading European comms operator’s results for the first six months of 2021 shows sustainable growth in both Europe and Africa Continue Reading

November 16, 2021 16Nov2021 News

Blueprint for future high street shows tech’s role in creating thriving communities

Technology will play an important role in creating thriving communities after Covid-19 lockdowns renew interest in local high streets Continue Reading

November 16, 2021 16Nov2021 Opinion

Security Think Tank: SASE – more than the sum of its parts?

Airbus Cybersecurity’s Paddy Francis asks what makes an integration of the various components of SASE more the sum of their parts, and what are the benefits and pitfalls? Continue Reading

November 16, 2021 16Nov2021 News

Can UAE become a world leader in AI?

The UAE has launched multiple programmes as it bids to be a world-leading location for artificial intelligence innovation Continue Reading

November 16, 2021 16Nov2021 News

NHS Digital announces sustainability pledge

NHS Digital outlines its commitments and plans to tackle the net-zero challenge, including a new approach to cloud hosting Continue Reading

November 16, 2021 16Nov2021 News

IBM readies System Two modular quantum architecture

127-qubit Eagle represents IBM’s last System One quantum computer design. Scaling to more qubits requires multiplexing and modularity Continue Reading

November 16, 2021 16Nov2021 News

Broadband beats bedrooms for UK homebuyers

Research from global communications provider finds that fast internet access is now a top-two must-have for UK homebuyers Continue Reading

November 16, 2021 16Nov2021 E-Zine

How cosmetics retailer Lush authenticates with ease

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how Lush has modernised user authentication, governed by a desire to care for customer data. We also talk to the chief data officer at Nasa about data as a strategic asset, and the ground of better ... Continue Reading

November 16, 2021 16Nov2021 News

Medtronic ups ante in digital health

Medtronic wants a slice of the burgeoning digital health market and is teaming up with startups and other organisations in Asia-Pacific’s healthcare ecosystem to raise its game Continue Reading

November 15, 2021 15Nov2021 News

WM5G, Intercity Technology unveil 5G support session for West Midlands manufacturers

5G innovation centre teams with enterprise mobility and collaboration provider to offer free sessions Continue Reading

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