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August 18, 2022 18Aug2022 News

Ukraine war drives DDoS attack volumes ever higher

There has been a boom in distributed denial-of-service attacks in the first six months of 2022, according to a report, with Russia’s war on Ukraine helping to drive activity Continue Reading

August 18, 2022 18Aug2022 In Depth

Huawei sets out its stall for a data-rich world

Businesses need to harness data effectively while keeping carbon emissions down. We see how Huawei is setting out to cope with the strains put on organisations, while mitigating the environmental impact Continue Reading

August 18, 2022 18Aug2022 News

GPS tagging of migrants breaches UK data protection law, says Privacy International complaint

Privacy group files complaints with Information Commissioner’s Office and Forensic Science Regulator over Home Office’s GPS monitoring of migrants Continue Reading

August 18, 2022 18Aug2022 Blog Post

Circular IT series - Logitech eco-lead: Designing for sustainability, carbon-neutrality & usability

Logitech is known for its peripherals and software. The Swiss-American company makes some of (what would widely be agreed to be) the higher-end and perhaps more durable lines of equipment on the ... Continue Reading

August 18, 2022 18Aug2022 Opinion

Why you should start your post-quantum encryption migration now

Some say we have the best part of a decade to prepare for the security risks that quantum computing presents to current encryption tech, but PA Consulting experts believe that timeframe is shrinking dramatically Continue Reading

August 18, 2022 18Aug2022 News

Viavi announces 6G academic and industry research programme

Network test, monitoring and assurance systems provider announces support for 6G academic and industry research, aiming to provide expertise, technology and funding to promising avenues of research, which may lead to breakthroughs for wireless ... Continue Reading

August 18, 2022 18Aug2022 News

OVO Energy-backed Kaluza taps up Google Cloud for carbon-negative push

SaaS-based energy tech platform provider sets out how it is using Google Cloud to help achieve its goal of becoming carbon-negative by 2030 Continue Reading

August 17, 2022 17Aug2022 News

CTO interview: Steve Otto, CTO, The R&A

The Open Championship was fully back in 2022 after Covid, and back at golf’s spiritual home of St Andrews – and it was an opportunity for the club’s CTO to reflect on where technology will take the sport next Continue Reading

August 17, 2022 17Aug2022 Blog Post

MariaDB goes geospatial, developer-first

The (possibly, hopefully) post-pandemic push for corporate connections and platform-level integrations moved in the open source database space this month. August 2022 saw everybody’s favourite ... Continue Reading

August 17, 2022 17Aug2022 In Depth

How can IT leaders tackle a toxic team environment?

What can IT leaders do if they inherit a toxic team environment to ensure their team starts to function effectively again? Continue Reading

August 17, 2022 17Aug2022 News

Indian semiconductor component market to hit $300bn by 2026

India’s semiconductor component market will see cumulative revenues climb to $300bn by 2026, amid growing demand for mobile devices and industrial products Continue Reading

August 17, 2022 17Aug2022 News

The Turing Trust receives first batch of donated Govia Thameslink computers

Train operator plans to donate 600 computers to the charity, which will refurbish them and send them to schools in Malawi Continue Reading

August 17, 2022 17Aug2022 Opinion

IT Sustainability Think Tank: Collaborating with consultancies to go green

It takes a village to build a credible and robust IT sustainability strategy, so who should enterprises be collaborating with to make their green IT goals a reality? Continue Reading

August 17, 2022 17Aug2022 News

How BE Switchcraft is using RFID to streamline manufacturing

The Australian switchboard manufacturer has rolled out a radio frequency identification system to track production jobs and streamline manufacturing processes Continue Reading

August 16, 2022 16Aug2022 Blog Post

Powering sustainability objectives with data

In this guest post, Julie Kae, executive director and vice president of sustainability and diversity, equality and inclusion (DE&I) at business applications firm Qlik.org, sets out why data has ... Continue Reading

August 16, 2022 16Aug2022 News

Cyber security accelerator launches in Greater Manchester

Accelerator will add to Manchester’s growing cyber security ecosystem, which already includes several tech unicorns, arms companies and the offices of GCHQ Continue Reading

August 16, 2022 16Aug2022 News

Older customers prefer phone calls to chatbots

Businesses are increasingly adopting customer-facing digital technologies, but the older generation are not so keen to embrace tech Continue Reading

August 16, 2022 16Aug2022 News

Rising energy costs erode competitive edge of colocation datacentre operators

Research from temporary power generation equipment maker Aggreko highlights toll that rising energy costs are having on colocation datacentre operators Continue Reading

August 16, 2022 16Aug2022 News

Most influential women in UK tech: The 2022 longlist

Each year, Computer Weekly publishes the longlist of all of the women put forward to be considered for its list of the top 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech. Here are 2022’s nominees Continue Reading

August 16, 2022 16Aug2022 News

5G data traffic explosion to drive 5G small cell deployments to 13 million by 2027

Research projects 5G small cell deployments will accelerate by around 2025, when 5G capacity demands offered by Massive MIMO becomes insufficient Continue Reading

August 16, 2022 16Aug2022 News

South Staffs Water is victim of botched Clop attack

South Staffordshire Water moves to reassure customers that their supplies remain safe after its attackers screw up their initial assault Continue Reading

August 16, 2022 16Aug2022 News

Why organisations need to harmonise their CIO and CISO roles

Unless properly managed, conflicting responsibilities between the chief information officer and the chief information security officer can cause project delays and budget overruns, says Netskope’s Mike Anderson Continue Reading

August 16, 2022 16Aug2022 News

DWP looks to hire new CDIO

Department is on the hunt for a chief digital and information officer to lead on its digital agenda, offering up to £200,000 pa for the role Continue Reading

August 16, 2022 16Aug2022 E-Zine

Broadband reaches for the stars – the new space race

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at the latest space race, as satellite firms compete to provide high-speed connectivity. Is the datacentre sector hindering house building in the UK? We find out what’s really going on. And we talk to the IT ... Continue Reading

August 15, 2022 15Aug2022 News

Lawyers and journalists sue CIA and Mike Pompeo over Assange surveillance claims

CIA and its former director sued over allegations that they authorised unlawful spying on US citizens when they visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London Continue Reading

August 15, 2022 15Aug2022 News

How clean data helps Southern Water identify vulnerable customers

Escalating prices means households around the country are having to tighten spending, with many struggling to pay their bills. Water4All, a consortium led by Southern Water, is using data to identify low-income and vulnerable households so they can ... Continue Reading

August 15, 2022 15Aug2022 News

OneWeb takes off with Intelsat to bring multi-orbit connectivity to airlines worldwide

Agreement aims to expand the availability of low earth orbit connectivity for aviation and transform the experiences of passengers and flight crews Continue Reading

August 15, 2022 15Aug2022 News

England and Wales councils unprepared for PSTN withdrawal in 2025

Freedom of information act request reveals worrying finding that over half of councils in England and Wales have no strategy for the prospective withdrawal of traditional PSTN communications networks Continue Reading

August 15, 2022 15Aug2022 News

Lightbits offers NVMe-over-TCP at 5x less than NVMe-over-FC et al

Lightbits builds NVMe-overTCP SAN clusters for Linux servers with Intel cards that accelerate network processing to give millions of IOPS with storage for public and private clouds Continue Reading

August 15, 2022 15Aug2022 News

Report reveals consensus around Computer Misuse Act reform

A study produced by the CyberUp campaign reveals broad alignment among security professionals on questions around the Computer Misuse Act, which it hopes will give confidence to policymakers as they explore its reform Continue Reading

August 15, 2022 15Aug2022 News

Royal Mint turns to Circular Computing for remanufactured Lenovo laptops

BSI Kitemark for laptops supplied by Circular Computing intended to certify remanufactured products that are ‘as good as’ brand new devices Continue Reading

August 15, 2022 15Aug2022 News

UK government aims to allow struggling families access to cheaper broadband

New support scheme designed to enable customers to give permission to broadband providers to confirm their eligibility for cheaper deals Continue Reading

August 15, 2022 15Aug2022 News

Major APAC economies to lose 63 million jobs to automation

Workers in India, China, South Korea, Australia and Japan are more at risk of losing their jobs to automation, despite the creation of new jobs in the green economy and ICT industry Continue Reading

August 15, 2022 15Aug2022 News

FCSA appoints independent panel to bolster dispute resolution protocols for umbrella firms

In a statement to Computer Weekly, the Freelancer and Contractor Services Association says the panel will provide umbrella companies with a route to appeal against the decisions made by its CEO Continue Reading

August 15, 2022 15Aug2022 Opinion

IT Sustainability Think Tank: Collaboration key to achieving ESG goals faster

It takes a village to build a credible and robust IT sustainability strategy, so who should enterprises be collaborating with to make their green IT goals a reality? Continue Reading

August 15, 2022 15Aug2022 E-Zine

CW Benelux: Belgium seeks top tech talent

The battle for the right IT staff to transform businesses in the digital age is changing and recruiters and job-seekers need to be clued up. In this issue, we feature an interview with a Belgium-based recruiter who gives the lowdown on tech job ... Continue Reading

August 15, 2022 15Aug2022 News

How a young developer cut her teeth in coding

Xenia Kim’s knack for solving problems and fixing software bugs eventually landed her a career in software development Continue Reading

August 15, 2022 15Aug2022 News

Future 5G and Wi-Fi opportunities to be driven by private networks

By 2028, private 5G network sales and associated services such as installation could generate as much as $23.8bn in revenues, with surge in sales beginning in China two years earlier, research finds Continue Reading

August 15, 2022 15Aug2022 News

5G time-critical services set to boost productivity and efficiency of industrial operations

Whitepaper from industry trade organisation for leading telecommunications service providers and manufacturers highlights key planning and implementation issues that will ensure success of time-critical services for 5G networks Continue Reading

August 15, 2022 15Aug2022 In Depth

Global broadband reaches for the stars to connect the Earth

Despite fears of recession, especially in major economies, there is one thing that people can’t seem to have enough of: high-speed connectivity Continue Reading

August 15, 2022 15Aug2022 News

UK cost-of-living crisis creates surge in mobile provider switching

Current inclement economic times in the UK blow headwinds into mobile comms sector, shaking customer loyalty with operators as over two-fifths of contract customers think they are overpaying for their current tariff Continue Reading

August 14, 2022 14Aug2022 Blog Post

Getting Britons into work with the skills of the future

Current proposals to use tax incentives or national strategies to break out of stagflation by improving productivity will fail without a new approach to building a political consensus that ... Continue Reading

August 12, 2022 12Aug2022 News

Cyber criminal forum targets only Russia

The Digital Shadows Photon Research Team has been investigating a pro-Ukraine cyber criminal forum called Dumps, which appears to be one of a kind Continue Reading

August 12, 2022 12Aug2022 News

Department of Health investigates bias in medical devices and algorithms

The government has launched a review to look at the problem of discrimination in medical devices and decision-making software Continue Reading

August 12, 2022 12Aug2022 News

CityFibre begins £30m full-fibre build out in Rochdale

UK’s third largest infrastructure provider continues with its cross-UK gigabit fibre rollout in Lancashire town to benefit residents, businesses and services Continue Reading

August 12, 2022 12Aug2022 News

UK Amazon workers stage series of wildcat strikes over pay offers

Amazon warehouse workers across the UK have organised a series of spontaneous strike actions after the e-commerce giant’s management offered them pay rises between 35p and 50p Continue Reading

August 12, 2022 12Aug2022 News

Met Police ramps up facial recognition despite ongoing concerns

The Metropolitan Police is taking an “irresponsible” approach to deploying live facial-recognition technology, say experts. We talk to civil society groups, lawyers and politicians about the controversial programme Continue Reading

August 12, 2022 12Aug2022 Blog Post

Nader takes on Tesla's autonomous algorithms

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader, whose book, Unsafe at any speed, forced carmakers into fitting seat belts as standard, has his eyes on Tesla. In a post regarding the car company's autonomous ... Continue Reading

August 12, 2022 12Aug2022 Blog Post

How financial services can accelerate the transition to a greener world

In this guest post, Jay Mukhey, global director of environment social and governance (ESG), Purpose & Impact, at fintech Finastra, sets out how the financial services industry is supporting ... Continue Reading

August 12, 2022 12Aug2022 News

Microsoft doles out $13.7m in bug bounties

Microsoft’s Bug Bounty programme has paid a total of $13.7m to more than 300 researchers in almost 50 countries Continue Reading

August 12, 2022 12Aug2022 Blog Post

Developer skills, chills, spills, ills, thrills & bills

Software application developers have skills. It’s what they do. The job itself is a defined, enviable, professional pursuit that would probably be classed as a white collar job, were any ... Continue Reading

August 12, 2022 12Aug2022 Opinion

IT Sustainability Think Tank: Embedding GreenOps into enterprises

It takes a village to build a credible and robust IT sustainability strategy, so who should enterprises be collaborating with to make their green IT goals a reality? Continue Reading

August 12, 2022 12Aug2022 News

SMEs overwhelmed by distraction of comms technology, networking platforms

Study from collaboration workspace and targeted networking platform provider reveals small and medium-sized enterprises are becoming overwhelmed by the noise and distraction of social media channels Continue Reading

August 12, 2022 12Aug2022 Blog Post

How can the UK's High Potential Visa close the digital skills gap

GUEST BLOG: In this contributed blog post Sheila Flavell, COO of FDM Group and president of TechUK, explains how the High Potential Visa can ease the digital skills gap and generate growth With the ... Continue Reading

August 12, 2022 12Aug2022 Blog Post

Tech spend visibility to ease impact of economic uncertainty and inflation

This is a guest post by Pete Wilson, vice-president and general manager for customer success at Apptio Asia-Pacific A new fiscal year has only just started, but the technology budgets that were ... Continue Reading

August 12, 2022 12Aug2022 News

Online Safety Bill ‘not fit for purpose’, say tech experts

IT specialists lack confidence that legislation compelling tech firms to tackle online harms will work as intended, with only a small minority believing ‘harmful but legal’ content can be effectively and proportionately policed by internet platforms Continue Reading

August 12, 2022 12Aug2022 News

How critical infrastructure operators can secure OT data

Cohesity’s CISO discusses the challenges of securing data in operational technology systems and what can be done to mitigate security threats Continue Reading

August 12, 2022 12Aug2022 Blog Post

Circular IT series - DevicePilot CEO Pilgrim Beart on greener smarter technology

This is a guest post for Computer Weekly’s ‘circular technology economy’ series written by Pilgrim Beart. Now the founder of DevicePilot, a software platform for monitoring, managing and automating ... Continue Reading

August 11, 2022 11Aug2022 News

Researcher finds 10 vulnerabilities in Cisco firewalls

At Black Hat USA, Rapid7 researchers report on 10 security issues in popular Cisco firewall products, many of which do not yet have patches Continue Reading

August 11, 2022 11Aug2022 News

Cisco averts cyber disaster after successful phishing attack

A potentially serious cyber attack on Cisco’s systems that began after a threat actor successfully exploited an employee’s carelessly secured credentials was thwarted without major damage Continue Reading

August 11, 2022 11Aug2022 News

FCC rejects Starlink, LTD Broadband bids for satellite connectivity subsidies

US regulator deals blow for bid by consortium headed by Elon Musk-led satellite company to gain financial stimulus under Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Continue Reading

August 11, 2022 11Aug2022 News

Seacom teams up with BT to deliver enterprise communications services across Africa

Deal with leading UK telco intended for customers of Africa’s first broadband submarine cable system to benefit from what is claimed to be world-class portfolio of network services Continue Reading

August 11, 2022 11Aug2022 News

Crown Commercial Service opens door to Salesforce

The Crown Commercial Service has agreed a Memorandum of Understanding with Salesforce to facilitate public sector access to the supplier’s products and services, including Tableau, Slack and Mulesoft Continue Reading

August 11, 2022 11Aug2022 News

NHS may take a month to recover from supply chain attack

Ransomware attack victim Advanced warns its NHS customers they could be waiting until early September to fully recover their operations Continue Reading

August 11, 2022 11Aug2022 Blog Post

West London datacentres: What can be done to ease the pressure on the grid?

In this guest post, Ian Shearer, managing director for Asia-Pacific and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Park Place Technologies, weighs in on what can be done to reduce the impact that ... Continue Reading

August 11, 2022 11Aug2022 News

Samsung, Kajeet collaborate to deliver smart private 5G network

Wireless connectivity provider teams with mobile technologies and CE giant to bring together private 5G platform and 5G RAN innovations Continue Reading

August 11, 2022 11Aug2022 News

Sellafield Ltd inks network services contract with BT

UK incumbent telco strikes deal with leading UK nuclear facility to take on network service responsibility across all of its sites with potential for future projects involving technologies such as IoT and 5G Continue Reading

August 10, 2022 10Aug2022 Opinion

IT Sustainability Think Tank: How IT and procurement can collaborate for a more sustainable future

It takes a village to build a credible and robust IT sustainability strategy, so who should enterprise leaders be collaborating with to make their organisation’s green IT goals a reality? Continue Reading

August 10, 2022 10Aug2022 News

Online retail sales see year-on-year drop of 2.3% in July 2022

Despite another year-on-year drop in online retail sales in July, the fall is smaller than those seen in previous months of 2022 as online sales decline slows Continue Reading

August 10, 2022 10Aug2022 News

Nokia on track to modernise Western Australia rail communications

Leading comms tech provider to upgrade Public Transport Authority of Western Australia’s railway communications system with private wireless and mission-critical IP/MPLS covering 250km of railway track and tunnels in project including designing, ... Continue Reading

August 10, 2022 10Aug2022 News

Increase in UK startups scaling to exit, but half still struggle

Despite more startups scaling to the point of exit than ever before, half are still stuck in low growth stages – particularly those working with emerging technologies Continue Reading

August 10, 2022 10Aug2022 News

GitHub targets vulnerable open source components

There are thousands of vulnerabilities in open source code – GitHub aims to help developers see if their projects are impacted Continue Reading

August 10, 2022 10Aug2022 News

Microsoft fixes two-year-old MSDT vulnerability in August update

August’s Patch Tuesday drop fixes more than 120 CVEs, including another MSDT RCE zero-day that is being actively exploited. Continue Reading

August 10, 2022 10Aug2022 News

Google Cloud to open three new cloud regions in APAC

New Google Cloud regions in Malaysia, Thailand and New Zealand will enable local organisations to maintain low latency and meet data residency requirements Continue Reading

August 10, 2022 10Aug2022 Blog Post

EV batteries and vehicle-to-grid tech needed for Europe's net-zero future

In this guest post, Aidan McClean, CEO of online electric vehicle hire firm UFODRIVE, sets out why the UK’s successful ‘Vehicle to Grid’ trials show that increasing electric car ownership can ... Continue Reading

August 10, 2022 10Aug2022 Blog Post

SASE vs SSE – Is SASE One “A” Better?

One of the problems with acronym-defined industry “go to’s” in IT, is that they can easily be misconstrued and/or a myriad variations on a theme emerge from the original – thereby confusing the ... Continue Reading

August 10, 2022 10Aug2022 News

Positioning rapidly finds its place in 5G ecosystem

Research find that while 5G positioning is developing quickly and could be featured in billions of consumer and enterprise devices by 2030, the journey to commercial success is not without hurdles Continue Reading

August 10, 2022 10Aug2022 News

Cellular low-power WAN connectivity to grow over twofold in next five years

Even though the lack of widespread roaming agreements thus far has hampered the growth of the mobile standard outside of China, and roaming and monetisation continue as core service provider challenges, the LPWAN landscape is changing, with an ... Continue Reading

August 10, 2022 10Aug2022 News

Waterstones’ supply chain disrupted in Blue Yonder implementation

Bookseller Waterstones is recovering from the effects of a Blue Yonder implementation that has seen authors and readers up in arms Continue Reading

August 10, 2022 10Aug2022 Blog Post

Circular IT series - Vertiv: A datacentre report card, C+ 'could do better'

This is a guest post for Computer Weekly’s ‘circular IT economy’ series written by Simon Brady in his capacity as services channel business development manager for EMEA at Vertiv - a company known ... Continue Reading

August 10, 2022 10Aug2022 In Depth

APAC organisations warm to cloud networking

Organisations in Asia-Pacific are getting up to speed with cloud networking services, even as they grapple with the challenges of managing a hybrid cloud environment Continue Reading

August 10, 2022 10Aug2022 News

‘Coopetition’ a growing trend among ransomware gangs

Sophos shares data from its new X-Ops unit at Black Hat in Las Vegas, revealing a growing number of ransomware victims being attacked by multiple gangs at the same time Continue Reading

August 10, 2022 10Aug2022 Blog Post

Privya worth, shift left on cloud data privacy controls

As companies, applications and AI models handle more and more personal information, governments have responded with new data protection laws. The EU General Data Protection Regulation is mirrored ... Continue Reading

August 10, 2022 10Aug2022 News

UK to surveil convicted migrants with facial recognition

A Home Office scheme to biometrically scan the faces of convicted migrants who have already carried out punishments has come under fire from privacy and human rights groups for being discriminatory Continue Reading

August 09, 2022 09Aug2022 E-Handbook

A Computer Weekly buyer’s guide to cyber insurance

As the threat of cyber crime becomes increasingly hard to ignore, organisations must secure the appropriate insurance cover as a matter of priority. In this 14-page buyer’s guide, Computer Weekly looks at how the market is evolving, why the devil is... Continue Reading

August 09, 2022 09Aug2022 News

Tata teams with Genesys to boost enterprise engagement with enhanced InstaCC Platform

Global digital ecosystem enabler partners with cloud-based customer experience orchestration to further transform customer engagement across platforms ranging from social to mobile Continue Reading

August 09, 2022 09Aug2022 News

Cyber insurance getting harder to obtain

Organisations looking to shore up their security postures face more and more barriers to obtaining cyber insurance Continue Reading

August 09, 2022 09Aug2022 News

HS2 sets aside £9.5m to cover cost of IR35 non-compliance

HS2 has become the latest public sector entity to have fallen foul of the IR35 rules, with its accounts confirming that it is anticipating a tax bill of £9.5m for failing to assess the status of contractors provided to it by a third party Continue Reading

August 09, 2022 09Aug2022 Blog Post

Gadget offers developer 'gadgets' for Shopify e-commerce

Unashamedly simply calling itself Gadget, the Gadget developer productivity platform company has a new service/feature/product known as Connections. This technology gives software application ... Continue Reading

August 09, 2022 09Aug2022 E-Handbook

Digital Experience platforms intensify customer engagement programmes

Digital Experience Management platforms (DXPs) are developing and becoming more sophisticated as companies seek to intensify relationships with customers in order to gain competitive advantage against their peers. Improving customer experience will ... Continue Reading

August 09, 2022 09Aug2022 E-Zine

Eurotunnel’s digital journey for the realities of post-Covid travel

In this week’s Computer Weekly, the travel industry was devastated by the pandemic, but we find out how Eurotunnel is turning to digital to better engage customers in the post-Covid world. We examine the impact of the economic slowdown on the tech ... Continue Reading

August 09, 2022 09Aug2022 News

Brsk announces new full-fibre roll-out region as CityFibre focuses on Warwickshire

Pace quickens on UK gigabit broadband market as growing altnet provider and nation’s third-largest network take more full-fibre to non-urban English shires Continue Reading

August 09, 2022 09Aug2022 News

Nokia on track with NCRTC voice/data offering and Orange Egypt network modernisation

Nokia tests mission-critical voice and data on 4.9G/LTE private wireless network for India’s regional rapid transit system, while being selected by leading Egyptian telco to upgrade network for increased reliability, security and operational ... Continue Reading

August 08, 2022 08Aug2022 News

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