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• November 15, 2021 15Nov2021 News

  UK government proposes new rules for digital supply chain security

  Proposals could see IT service providers legally required to adhere to the NCSC’s Cyber Assessment Framework, among other things Continue Reading

• November 15, 2021 15Nov2021 News

  Video firm gets Qumulo scale-out NAS and super-fine metrics

  Cognacq-Jay Image shunned Scality and Isilon to get Qumulo scale-out NAS for extremely elastic video workloads and built fine-grained metrics to troubleshoot complex processes Continue Reading

• November 15, 2021 15Nov2021 News

  UK’s first datacentre-focused University Technical College course makes its debut

  Some of the datacentre sector’s biggest players have pooled their resources to help launch the UK’s first industry-specific University Technical College course Continue Reading

• November 15, 2021 15Nov2021 News

  Openreach in consultation over next stage in transition to fibre

  BT-owned UK broadband provision firm accelerates plan to stop selling copper-based broadband and traditional voice services, aiming to use five pilot areas to develop and test approaches for mass-migrating end-users to new digital offers Continue Reading

• November 15, 2021 15Nov2021 News

  General Motors restructures IT to develop $25bn software business

  Carmaker has divided its IT function, one part focusing on the back office, the other on its software-defined business opportunity Continue Reading

• November 15, 2021 15Nov2021 News

  Three-quarters of global IT decision-makers facing skills gaps

  Research by Skillsoft has found that 76% of IT decision-makers across the world have departmental skills gaps – a number that has increased significantly in the past five years Continue Reading

• November 15, 2021 15Nov2021 News

  Government bodies refuse FOI requests on basis of misleading database search times, says academic

  The Information Commissioner’s Office tells tribunal it would need to bring in external experts to search data using an Excel spreadsheet Continue Reading

• November 15, 2021 15Nov2021 In Depth

  Social value not yet fully embedded in procurement practices

  Social value procurement rules are designed to diversify the public sector’s supplier base while providing society with wider collective benefits, but are yet to be fully introduced Continue Reading

• November 15, 2021 15Nov2021 News

  Convictions of eight former subpostmasters in Scotland under review

  The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission is investigating eight potential miscarriages of justice linked with faulty Post Office IT system Continue Reading

• November 15, 2021 15Nov2021 News

  Norwegian telco Telenor partners with Google Cloud for digital transformation push

  Telenor has signed a deal with Google Cloud that will see the pair collaborate on bringing joint services and products to market for their customers Continue Reading

• November 15, 2021 15Nov2021 Blog Post

  The supply chain crisis: Protecting the datacentre

  In this guest post, Adam Bradshaw, commercial director at colocation provider ServerChoice, discusses what datacentre operators can do to protect their organisations from the worst of the UK's ... Continue Reading

• November 15, 2021 15Nov2021 News

  CaixaBank system normal after migration of millions of customer accounts

  Spain’s CaixaBank has successfully completed the migration of millions of Bankia customers to its systems Continue Reading

• November 15, 2021 15Nov2021 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: What to find out before investing in SASE

  Petra Wenham of the BCS shares her thoughts on what organisations need to consider as they investigate whether or not to invest in secure access service edge technology Continue Reading

• November 15, 2021 15Nov2021 In Depth

  How to get the most from 5G mobile networking

  Forrester analysts present a guide to help technology organisations optimise the use of 5G in the business Continue Reading

• November 14, 2021 14Nov2021 News

  Nominations open for Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2022

  Computer Weekly is looking for nominations for the annual Innovation Awards to honour digital transformation initiatives in Asia-Pacific that have transformed organisations in seven industries Continue Reading

• November 12, 2021 12Nov2021 News

  Royal Navy gets £100m electronic warfare boost

  Contract will see new technology deployed to bolster the UK's radar detection capabilities for the Royal Navy Continue Reading

• November 12, 2021 12Nov2021 In Depth

  Arkwright’s till, Tesco GetGo and retail tech’s non-linear innovation journey

  The checkout-free Tesco GetGo store shows that retail technology has come a long way since the faulty till draws in Open All Hours, but some of today’s innovation goes back to the future Continue Reading

• November 12, 2021 12Nov2021 Blog Post

  Data literacy: more than training

  This is a guest blogpost by Adrian Seow, head of product marketing, Yellowfin In the era of self-service analytics, data literacy is an increasing priority, but helping people understand their data ... Continue Reading

• November 12, 2021 12Nov2021 Blog Post

  How we use core technologies to give our SMEs superpowers

  This is a guest blogpost by Chris Richards, Regional President UK&I, Unit4 It was pleasing to see the Chancellor reference the importance of encouraging SMEs to embrace key back office ... Continue Reading

• November 12, 2021 12Nov2021 News

  New law needed to rein in AI-powered workplace surveillance

  MPs and peers call for new legislation to regulate the growing use of artificial intelligence in the workplace, which is being used to surveil workers’ performance and behaviour Continue Reading

• November 12, 2021 12Nov2021 News

  GSMA announces 5G mmWave accelerator initiative

  Mobile industry trade association announces new accelerator, with an aim to drive education efforts and showcase innovation Continue Reading

• November 12, 2021 12Nov2021 News

  Ofcom introduces rules to ease rural broadband development

  UK comms regulator aims to address key issue preventing proliferation of gigabit broadband to hard-to-reach places Continue Reading

• November 12, 2021 12Nov2021 News

  OpenUK debuts carbon-negative datacentre blueprint at COP26

  Open source championing not-for-profit OpenUK puts forward plan to reduce the environmental impact of datacentres, with an emphasis on encouraging site and hardware reuse Continue Reading

• November 12, 2021 12Nov2021 News

  Oversight of biometrics and surveillance should not go to ICO

  Biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner Fraser Sampson has panned the UK government’s proposed plan to absorb the functions of those roles under the remit of the information commissioner Continue Reading

• November 12, 2021 12Nov2021 News

  Cost reduction is still the biggest driver of banks’ cloud adoption

  More than 80% of banks now have a clear cloud strategy following a injection of urgency during the Covid-19 pandemic Continue Reading

• November 12, 2021 12Nov2021 News

  BT applies Covid-19 R number modelling to threat response

  A prototype cyber security tool developed at BT uses epidemiological principles to detect and respond to cyber threats Continue Reading

• November 12, 2021 12Nov2021 Opinion

  Flexible working hours the key for increased productivity

  With flexible working shifting from being a privilege to a necessity, company leaders must ensure their workers have a high-quality network service, efficient resources, hardware and cloud services, says Whit Andrews, distinguished research ... Continue Reading

• November 12, 2021 12Nov2021 News

  LOTI to develop data ethics governance approach for London

  The technology and innovation office is working on the elements needed to ensure ethical standards in data projects in the capital’s boroughs Continue Reading

• November 12, 2021 12Nov2021 News

  CaixaBank to complete IT integration of Bankia in two days

  Spanish bank embarks on a massive migration of customer accounts following merger Continue Reading

• November 12, 2021 12Nov2021 News

  Klaxoon enters US and launches next-gen meetings workshop platform for hybrid work

  French teamwork and smart work technology provider unveils its next-generation workshop platform and expands in the US with CEO and key executives Continue Reading

• November 12, 2021 12Nov2021 News

  Government publishes research on maritime technology sector

  The report outlines opportunities and recommendations for the industry in areas such as autonomous systems and artificial intelligence Continue Reading

• November 12, 2021 12Nov2021 Blog Post

  Continuous fuzzing with ClusterFuzzLite

  In the world of software application development, fuzzing is designed to find bugs.  Fuzzing or fuzz testing is an automated software testing technique that involves providing invalid, unexpected, ... Continue Reading

• November 12, 2021 12Nov2021 News

  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 Continue Reading

• November 11, 2021 11Nov2021 News

  Vodafone anchors CityFibre nationwide network for UK full-fibre leadership

  Strategic partnership expanded to anchor nationwide roll-out of full-fibre gigabit broadband to up to eight million homes, with long-term volume commitments Continue Reading

• November 11, 2021 11Nov2021 News

  Online sales now account for 34.4% of M&S clothing and home goods

  Ongoing digital transformation sees online sales grow for M&S as pandemic consumer habits continue Continue Reading

• November 11, 2021 11Nov2021 News

  Cambridge Quantum tackles rail optimisation for German operator

  Among the promises of quantum computing is to run combinational optimisation for tasks such as complex train scheduling to minimise disruption Continue Reading

• November 11, 2021 11Nov2021 News

  HPE’s Aruba networking unit hit by cyber attack

  Undisclosed threat actor compromised data buckets used to run the Aruba Central cloud environment using a stolen access key Continue Reading

• November 11, 2021 11Nov2021 Opinion

  How the tech sector can lead the green revolution

  Tech has often been highlighted as a contributor to climate change, but technology innovation will be central to achieving a net-zero economy Continue Reading

• November 11, 2021 11Nov2021 Opinion

  Building bridges to better diversity

  Tibco CIO Rani Johnson describes how the C-suite need to make themselves uncomfortable if they are to increase diversity in their organisations Continue Reading

• November 11, 2021 11Nov2021 News

  Post-Covid tech world to see 89% of UK tech operations hosted off-premise

  Leading UK ISP releases research showing that emergence of the hybrid era means that dependence on on-premise infrastructure to support a full capacity office is no longer required Continue Reading

• November 11, 2021 11Nov2021 News

  Green energy Cray supercomputer to power weather predictions

  HPE is building a supercomputer that will be shared by four European meteorological services Continue Reading

• November 11, 2021 11Nov2021 News

  Mavenir accelerates AI for enterprises with intelligent video analytics on 5G

  Network software provider announces video analytics powered by NVIDIA Metropolis artificial intelligence-on-5G technology designed to transform business processes for faster decision-making Continue Reading

• November 11, 2021 11Nov2021 News

  Finance ombudsman overturns more than three-quarters of bank decisions on APP fraud

  The financial services ombudsman is siding with customers in over 75% of complaints against banks that refuse to repay losses to authorised push payment fraud Continue Reading

• November 11, 2021 11Nov2021 News

  Scale of crime-as-a-service economy a growing concern, say researchers

  The cyber criminal underground continues its evolution towards a service-based economy Continue Reading

• November 11, 2021 11Nov2021 News

  CIO interview: Ralph Munsen, CIO, Warner Music Group

  As organisations put more and more IT assets into the cloud, it makes more sense to manage networks cloud natively, says Warner Music CIO Continue Reading

• November 11, 2021 11Nov2021 Opinion

  The ICO is right to push back against government meddling

  Some criticisms of the ICO are justified, but the answer to that is not to give Whitehall more oversight over the data protection regulator, argues legal expert Edward Machin Continue Reading

• November 11, 2021 11Nov2021 Blog Post

  What to expect from AWS re:Invent 2021

  They (it, the company) call it the Road To re:Invent. When you’re as well-known as Amazon Web Services (AWS), the event starts long before the users get on site. As a result, there are already road ... Continue Reading

• November 11, 2021 11Nov2021 News

  Northumbria University enters next phase in developing a shoebox-size comms satellite

  Researchers are collaborating on a new satellite system based on shrinking laser communications into a device no bigger than a shoebox Continue Reading

• November 11, 2021 11Nov2021 E-Zine

  CW Benelux: Dutch IT company rips up the HR rule book for better work-life balance

  One Dutch tech firm has used learnings from the pandemic to rip up its HR rule book and implement an official work-from-home policy. In fact, Infolearn has gone further than hybrid working, with a personal mobility budget for staff and a four-day ... Continue Reading

• November 11, 2021 11Nov2021 News

  Bank of England loses 161 computing devices in three years

  Bank cannot account for phones, laptops and tablets that have gone missing over the past three years Continue Reading

• November 11, 2021 11Nov2021 News

  Lloyd v Google Supreme Court verdict brings end to privacy class actions against big tech in UK

  A ruling by the Supreme Court has left it financially unviable for individuals to bring class actions in the UK against big tech companies for privacy breaches Continue Reading

• November 11, 2021 11Nov2021 Opinion

  Zero trust: Now is the time

  The cyber security industry has been talking about a zero-trust approach to security for just over a decade, but now it’s time to move towards full implementation because it is more appropriate than ever, and it is rapidly gaining support from ... Continue Reading

• November 11, 2021 11Nov2021 News

  Financial Conduct Authority chooses Aiimi for improved information discovery

  The Financial Conduct Authority has awarded a three-year contract to UK enterprise search firm Aiimi to enable the regulator’s staff to find documents more easily and collaborate better Continue Reading

• November 11, 2021 11Nov2021 News

  Stockholm and Copenhagen: Different IT innovation journeys, similar success

  Swedish and Danish capitals have build compelling tech startup success stories, and now rub shoulders with the likes of San Francisco Continue Reading

• November 10, 2021 10Nov2021 In Depth

  APAC expert guide to cloud migration

  In this expert guide on cloud migration in Asia-Pacific, we highlight the key considerations and strategies that enterprises can take when moving their workloads to public cloud Continue Reading

• November 10, 2021 10Nov2021 News

  Vast Data: Big shifts promised for an AI future

  Purveyor of Universal Storage says AI and GPU-based compute will dominate, and is set to benefit with its (relatively) cheap, deep and quick QLC-plus-Optane offer Continue Reading

• November 10, 2021 10Nov2021 News

  Post-Covid tech world to see 89% of UK tech operations hosted off-premise

  Leading UK ISP releases research showing that emergence of the hybrid era means dependence on on-premise infrastructure to support a full capacity office is no longer required Continue Reading

• November 10, 2021 10Nov2021 News

  Traditional banks could get revenue boost if they copy digital challengers

  Traditional banks could see huge sales increases if they adopted the business models of their digital challengers Continue Reading

• November 10, 2021 10Nov2021 News

  November Patch Tuesday drop fixes bugs in Excel, Exchange Server

  Another relatively light Patch Tuesday drop from Microsoft addresses 55 vulnerabilities, two of them already being exploited Continue Reading

• November 10, 2021 10Nov2021 News

  EU artificial intelligence regulation risks undermining social safety net

  Europe’s proposed artificial intelligence regulation will not adequately protect people from European governments' increasing use of the technology in social security decisions and resource allocation, says Human Rights Watch Continue Reading

• November 10, 2021 10Nov2021 Blog Post

  Prime suspect

  Jeff Bezos was jiffy-bagging copies of William Shakespeare’s plays around the time Leonardo DiCaprio was cast in the leading role for the 1996 Hollywood film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. Bring ... Continue Reading

• November 10, 2021 10Nov2021 Blog Post

  CIOs: Time to drop the efficiency conversation

  At this time of year CIOs are often looking ahead to the new year to plan the IT projects they want to complete during 2022. According to Harvey Nash's Digital leadership report, company boards ... Continue Reading

• November 10, 2021 10Nov2021 News

  CIO interview: Graeme Hackland, CIO, Williams F1

  The Formula One CIO has made big changes to IT over the last few years, helping the F1 team to move forward through cloud-driven business transformation Continue Reading

• November 10, 2021 10Nov2021 In Depth

  What Norwegians are learning as they pioneer autonomous ships

  Norway is leading the world in developing autonomous ship technology – and the world should pay attention to its latest developments Continue Reading

• November 10, 2021 10Nov2021 In Depth

  Digital surveillance of remote workers may increase enterprise risk

  From productivity tools to security threats, we explore how digital surveillance is forcing remote workers towards shadow IT Continue Reading

• November 10, 2021 10Nov2021 In Depth

  How to manage endpoint security in a hybrid work environment

  The future of the workplace is clearly hybrid, but this has untold implications around endpoint security. How can businesses overcome these? Continue Reading

• November 10, 2021 10Nov2021 Blog Post

  Grafana beats banana skins to eye 'observability futures'

  Grafana Labs wants to keep the banana factor down. Modern enterprise IT systems need to avoid slip-ups i.e. there should be no banana skins out there for the progressive enterprise that wants to ... Continue Reading

• November 10, 2021 10Nov2021 News

  Cisco aims to conquer complexity in hybrid world of work

  Network tech and services giant Cisco unveils solutions designed to simplify complex environments as the world embraces flexible ways of working, giving global view of SaaS application health and outages map Continue Reading

• November 09, 2021 09Nov2021 News

  Yoti develops age estimation algorithm for under-13s

  Age estimation technology developed by Yoti is being pitched as a way of helping social media platforms and other online businesses protect younger internet users from harm Continue Reading

• November 09, 2021 09Nov2021 Opinion

  The Secret IR Insider’s Diary – this is not a fashion show

  In the latest pages taken from their diary, the Secret IR Insider reveals why organisations should be worried about every threat, not just the latest and greatest Continue Reading

• November 09, 2021 09Nov2021 News

  No device upgrade for most UK workers during pandemic

  Research finds that most workers are still using equipment issued before lockdowns, raising fears of a productivity gap as staff work from home Continue Reading

• November 09, 2021 09Nov2021 News

  NHS gets £250m boost to accelerate digital diagnostics plan

  NHS funding aimed at enabling faster detection of health conditions and reducing waiting times Continue Reading

• November 09, 2021 09Nov2021 News

  Tech’s reaction to the Budget’s skills promises

  During the 2021 Autumn Budget, chancellor Rishi Sunak announced several measures aimed at increasing skilled workers in the UK – but does the tech sector think it’s enough? Continue Reading

• November 09, 2021 09Nov2021 News

  What’s up with Wotsits, Quavers and Monster Munch?

  IT failure leads to shortages of popular UK crisps on supermarket shelves resulting in extraordinary price hikes on eBay Continue Reading

• November 09, 2021 09Nov2021 News

  Standard Chartered picks Starling Bank tech for product launch

  Standard Chartered able to quickly launch new product through fintech platform Continue Reading

• November 09, 2021 09Nov2021 News

  Real Madrid teams up with Adobe to enhance global fan experience

  Real Madrid is using Adobe’s Experience Cloud software to better connect with its fans in Spain and worldwide Continue Reading

• November 09, 2021 09Nov2021 News

  More than 90% of Virgin Media O2’s network now gigabit-ready

  After switching on gigabit-capable services for 1.6 million more homes, UK cable provider claims to be within touching distance of enabling its entire network to access broadband download speeds of up to 1.13Gbps Continue Reading

• November 09, 2021 09Nov2021 News

  Vienna’s tech startup ecosystem gathers momentum

  After a sustained period of inactivity, Vienna’s startup environment is finally on the rise again Continue Reading

• November 09, 2021 09Nov2021 News

  Gartner: Why CIOs need to replan their roadmap

  IT has always been about gaining more efficiency by automating processes, but greater efficiency doesn’t lead to a step change in business outcomes Continue Reading

• November 09, 2021 09Nov2021 News

  Blockchain technology will help banks will cut cross-border payment costs by $10bn in 2030

  The use of blockchain technology in cross-border payments will save global banks $10bn in 2030, according to research Continue Reading

• November 09, 2021 09Nov2021 News

  BT unveils robotics test lab to speed infrastructure roll-out

  Telco opens UK’s first dedicated telecoms civil engineering robotics test facility designed to help fibre network development and roll-out in challenging environments Continue Reading

• November 09, 2021 09Nov2021 News

  US seeks to extradite REvil affiliate who attacked Kaseya

  US Department of Justice unseals charges against a Ukrainian national accused of being behind the summer 2021 REvil ransomware attack on Kaseya Continue Reading

• November 09, 2021 09Nov2021 News

  Singapore ups ante in AI with sectoral programmes

  Singapore launches two national AI programmes to bolster adoption of AI by financial institutions and the public sector Continue Reading

• November 09, 2021 09Nov2021 Blog Post

  Xiaomi 11T & 11T Pro smartphone

  Xiaomi is actually pronounced “shi-yow-me” and that’s probably better written as “shiyow-me” so that you really run the sh and the ow together, but don’t make it an ow as in cow, make it an ow as ... Continue Reading

• November 09, 2021 09Nov2021 News

  Public cloud use linked to reduced carbon emissions and energy consumption, finds 451 Research

  IT analyst house 451 Research claims European enterprises could dramatically improve their sustainability credentials by shuttering their datacentres and moving their business applications to the public cloud Continue Reading

• November 09, 2021 09Nov2021 E-Zine

  How a cloud-first strategy helped save animals in the pandemic

  In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the RSPCA about how its cloud-first strategy helped to save animals throughout the pandemic. Data warehouses have been part of the IT landscape for 30 years – but are they now old technology, and what’s ... Continue Reading

• November 09, 2021 09Nov2021 Blog Post

  TriggerMesh fires up open source integration for Kubernetes

  TriggerMesh is a cloud-native integration platform provider. This autum/fall season say the company announce the launch of the TriggerMesh Integration Platform as an open source project for ... Continue Reading

• November 09, 2021 09Nov2021 News

  Government and Post Office should stop discussing Horizon victim compensation and pay it

  The first hearing in the Post Office Horizon scandal public inquiry hears why victims should be paid compensation immediately Continue Reading

• November 09, 2021 09Nov2021 News

  Oracle eyes startups with Singapore cloud region

  Oracle is targeting startups and going beyond its enterprise stronghold with its first cloud region in Southeast Asia Continue Reading

• November 08, 2021 08Nov2021 In Depth

  How can enterprises avoid datacentre supply chain issues affecting IT upgrades?

  With analysts predicting that the current datacentre component shortages could last for at least two years, CIOs are being advised to act now to prevent the situation affecting their IT upgrade plans Continue Reading

• November 08, 2021 08Nov2021 News

  REvil associates arrested in international ransomware crackdown

  Two individuals suspected of conducting 5,000 REvil ransomware attacks were arrested by Romanian police last week as an international crackdown on the crime gang gathers pace Continue Reading

• November 08, 2021 08Nov2021 In Depth

  Mining for intelligence: Why business process intelligence makes for agility

  Business process improvement is a never-ending quest for betterment that can be lit up by a new generation of process mining software. We take a deep dive Continue Reading

• November 08, 2021 08Nov2021 News

  Gig economy workforce nearly trebles over five years

  Over four million people in England and Wales now work for gig economy platforms at least once a week, marking a nearly threefold increase since 2016 Continue Reading

• November 08, 2021 08Nov2021 News

  NHSX chief information officer outlines role of tech in achieving net zero targets

  The digital delivery unit will publish an update of its digital change framework to encompass sustainability, tackling areas such as artificial intelligence and data hosting Continue Reading

• November 08, 2021 08Nov2021 Opinion

  Watching me, watching you – challenging the rise of digital surveillance at work

  Unprecedented levels of digital monitoring at work is embedding a culture of surveillance, despite workers’ opposition to the practices, says Prospect Union Continue Reading

• November 08, 2021 08Nov2021 News

  CME Group signs 10-year cloud and product innovation deal with Google

  CME Group, one of the world’s largest financial derivatives exchange operators, has signed a multi-year infrastructure migration deal with Google Cloud Continue Reading

• November 08, 2021 08Nov2021 News

  How cosmetics retailer Lush made over its approach to authentication

  Evolving approaches to IT at cosmetics retailer Lush meant the organisation’s previous approach to authentication was no longer up to scratch. Find out how it overcame this hurdle Continue Reading

• November 08, 2021 08Nov2021 Blog Post

  What to expect from Qualys QSC 2021

  If there’s one thing that we (collectively, the IT industry) need to get us back into the usual swing and throng of software engineering conferences and events… it is (arguably) security. Covid-19 ... Continue Reading

• November 08, 2021 08Nov2021 Blog Post

  Shock horror... Humans used for security validation instead of AI/M-L!

  As a judge on the Tech Trailblazers awards, I can assure you of two security-related actuality wotsits: The onslaught of security start-ups is anything but slowing down; this year has seen a record ... Continue Reading

• November 08, 2021 08Nov2021 News

  Irish government confirms datacentre strategy review in revised 2021 climate plan

  The Irish government is ramping up its commitment to cutting greenhouse gas emissions, but acknowledges hitting its revised up target will be a challenge given the country’s current datacentre growth rate Continue Reading