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July 06, 2023 06Jul2023 News

Vodafone tests quantum-safe business network solutions

Telco announces initiative looking at transition to a quantum safe world, exploring and trialling new algorithms with upgraded smartphones to provide protection against possible quantum-empowered attackers in the future Continue Reading

July 06, 2023 06Jul2023 News

Ericsson to build European next-generation smart manufacturing and technology hub

Smart manufacturing and technology hub to serve as a collaborative space for co-developing cellular ecosystems and production techniques while reducing environmental impact Continue Reading

July 06, 2023 06Jul2023 News

Biometrics watchdog calls for public space surveillance review

The biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner is calling for a review of public space surveillance to gain a clearer picture about the proliferation of Chinese surveillance technology across the public sector, but warns against applying double... Continue Reading

July 06, 2023 06Jul2023 News

Privacy campaigners call for UK data adequacy to be revoked

The European Commission should revoke the UK’s data adequacy if its Data Protection and Digital Information Bill passes, which campaigners argue ‘flies in the face’ of the decision Continue Reading

July 06, 2023 06Jul2023 News

Schneider Electric makes bid to acquire Atos Group's EcoAct sustainability consultancy business

Energy management giant Schneider Electric has entered into exclusive negotiations with Atos Group about acquiring the sustainability consultancy business it obtained in 2020 Continue Reading

July 06, 2023 06Jul2023 News

Former Fujitsu IT chief evidence postponed after late Post Office disclosure

Post Office has disrupted Horizon inquiry schedule through late disclosure of ‘significant’ evidence as key IT witness evidence is postponed Continue Reading

July 06, 2023 06Jul2023 News

Meta’s Threads hits app stores, but no EU launch in sight

Meta’s Twitter competitor makes its debut and signs up millions of users in just 12 hours, but concerns over compliance with the EU’s Digital Markets Act have sunk a pan-European launch for now Continue Reading

July 06, 2023 06Jul2023 News

UK government to probe private network uses, security, resilience

Even though 5G private networks have been widely used over the past three years, UK government opens call for information on their use, risks and external threats Continue Reading

July 06, 2023 06Jul2023 News

Public inquiry hears how Post Office security withheld evidence from people it suspected of theft

The Post Office told investigators to include potential evidence in reports to their own lawyers, but not the subpostmasters they suspected of theft Continue Reading

July 05, 2023 05Jul2023 News

Berlin ranked top smart city in Europe in 2023

Study finds German capital is the smart city centre of Europe and that in addition to connected lifestyles, such places are driving strong emissions savings in across the continent CO2e Savings set to reach 247 MMT by 2028 Continue Reading

July 05, 2023 05Jul2023 Blog Post

An AI crash is coming: don’t let it drag you down

All the signs are there that an AI crash is coming: overinflated claims and dodgy hype, a serious lack of expectation management, fears around privacy, ethics and fairness, over-enthusiastic ... Continue Reading

July 05, 2023 05Jul2023 Blog Post

Neo4j gens-up in Google Cloud LLM

Neo4j is a graph database & analytics company that says its mission is to help organisations ‘find hidden relationships and patterns’ across billions of data connections. The company recently ... Continue Reading

July 05, 2023 05Jul2023 Opinion

IT Sustainability Think Tank: Getting a handle on greenhouse gas emissions regulations

There is an ever-growing list of rules and regulations for enterprises to get their heads around when it comes to sustainability, but what can they do to keep on top of things? Continue Reading

July 05, 2023 05Jul2023 News

Construction begins on Medusa submarine cable system

Routing on construction of submarine cable system to establish crucial connections between Morocco, Portugal, Spain, France, Algeria, Tunisia, Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Egypt Continue Reading

July 05, 2023 05Jul2023 News

Germany: European Court of Justice hears arguments on lawfulness of EncroChat cryptophone evidence

The European Court of Justice will decide whether the collection and sharing of data intercepted by law enforcement from EncroChat crypto phone network is compatible with European law Continue Reading

July 05, 2023 05Jul2023 News

HSBC explores quantum-safe comms to AWS edge

Banking group HSBC is looking at how to secure transactions and the benefits of quantum computing in finance Continue Reading

July 05, 2023 05Jul2023 News

Google research highlights UK economic benefits of widespread AI adoption

Google's Economic Impact Report highlights the positive benefits the wider use of AI technologies throughout society could have on the UK economy Continue Reading

July 05, 2023 05Jul2023 News

UK public increasingly concerned over NHS data sovereignty

Amid security concerns and AI advances, a majority of the British public still trusts the NHS to store and analyse their health data, but would prefer it remains domiciled in the UK Continue Reading

July 05, 2023 05Jul2023 In Depth

Immersive technologies advance training and design

Building on a similar discussion on the emerging metaverse at the iconic cultural event a year ago, this year’s SXSW saw a select group of experts discuss how immersive technologies could be a driver for future societies Continue Reading

July 05, 2023 05Jul2023 News

Allo Bank taps Tencent Cloud in digital banking

Indonesia’s largest digital lender is tapping Tencent Cloud’s TDSQL database management system and cloud infrastructure to provide digital banking services for six million customers Continue Reading

July 05, 2023 05Jul2023 News

Dassault Systèmes, Cranfield collaborate on 3DExperience centre of excellence

Partnership between tech firm and university aims to provide centre for experiential, lifelong learning with connected 3D engineering platform to accelerate digital and sustainable transformation of aerospace and defence industry Continue Reading

July 04, 2023 04Jul2023 News

IT contractors urged to check umbrella payslips as two firms caught making unlawful deductions

Two recently published tribunal judgments emphasise why it is so important for umbrella company contractors to make sure they are being paid exactly what they are entitled to, warn experts Continue Reading

July 04, 2023 04Jul2023 Blog Post

How should global companies respond to the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act?

This is a guest blogpost by Greg Hanson, GVP, platform sales specialist, Informatica. The impact of EU regulations does not stop at the borders of Europe. We saw this with the General Data ... Continue Reading

July 04, 2023 04Jul2023 News

Telstra inks Starlink first as OneWeb gains Momentum for LATAM connectivity

Further expansion in satellite connectivity as leading Australia-based telco inks deal with Elon Musk-led satellite firm while enterprise connectivity services provider looks to LEO satellite operator to connect remote areas Continue Reading

July 04, 2023 04Jul2023 News

EU judgment sinks Meta’s argument for targeted ads

The EU Court of Justice has issued a significant judgment against Meta, ruling that national anti-trust bodies can investigate GDPR breaches, disrupting the platform’s entire basis for carrying out targeted advertising Continue Reading

July 04, 2023 04Jul2023 Blog Post

Envisioning the Global Information Society - The World and Business Computing in 2051

The technologies which will underpin business computing and the global information society in fifty years time are almost certainly already in the laboratories of today. The way they are packaged ... Continue Reading

July 04, 2023 04Jul2023 News

‘Political lethargy’ to blame for digital exclusion, says Lords

A House of Lords report about digital exclusion across the UK has blamed slow and undedicated government intervention for the extent of digital exclusion Continue Reading

July 04, 2023 04Jul2023 News

CityFibre grabs further slice of Project Gigabit network expansion

UK’s largest independent network provider wins £318m in new contracts as part of £5bn UK national gigabit broadband scheme Continue Reading

July 04, 2023 04Jul2023 News

Scotland’s Techscaler programme joins forces with CivTech

The partnership between the scaler programme and the innovation accelerator means CivTech alumni companies will be offered Techscaler membership and gain access to its technology hubs, education initiatives and support Continue Reading

July 04, 2023 04Jul2023 News

Coping with the ongoing chip crisis in the UK

China has imposed export restrictions on key semiconductor compounds, so how will the UK's National Semiconductor Strategy cope? Continue Reading

July 04, 2023 04Jul2023 News

HPE, BT team for global managed LAN service

Business division of leading UK telco and networking technology and service provider enter collaboration to introduce LANs supporting high-performance experiences for hybrid workers and IoT transformations Continue Reading

July 04, 2023 04Jul2023 News

How Maxeon is forging the path to SASE

Maxeon Solar Technologies is building out its security service edge capabilities with an eye on a SASE implementation that combines best of breed offerings from different suppliers Continue Reading

July 04, 2023 04Jul2023 In Depth

Why a service mesh may not be for everyone

Choose carefully when considering best practices and approaches to software-defined network optimisation, to avoid adding complexity Continue Reading

July 04, 2023 04Jul2023 Blog Post

Umbraco CMS goes headless for multiple digital touchpoints

Open source content management system (CMS) provider Umbraco has announced its latest major release. Umbraco 12 includes headless functionality to support multi-channel content delivery. As the ... Continue Reading

July 04, 2023 04Jul2023 E-Zine

How data is beating heart disease

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how a new data strategy is helping the British Heart Foundation to raise money and support medical research. We examine the benefits of using AI in advanced malware detection. And we reveal why the ... Continue Reading

July 03, 2023 03Jul2023 News

Over half of ANZ organisations hit by ransomware

Amid the rising ransomware threat, almost four in five organisations in ANZ expect to pay a ransom if they could recover data and business processes Continue Reading

July 03, 2023 03Jul2023 News

OneWeb expands commercial service across Europe, US

Satellite connectivity services provider announces coverage of for the majority of the US and expands reach with 37 new countries in Europe added to footprint Continue Reading

July 03, 2023 03Jul2023 News

Next-generation mobile lands on Channel Islands with Jersey Telecom

Next-generation mobile comes to customers of largest telco on Channel Islands with 5G infrastructure using RAN, transport and cloud core to offer enhanced mobile connectivity Continue Reading

July 03, 2023 03Jul2023 Blog Post

SASE Delivery - Is A PoP always a PoP? What to look for...

In my previous blogs I spoke of the delivery-related problems when there are no local PoPs, or the equivalent technology in place to successfully deliver those services, and how this potentially ... Continue Reading

July 03, 2023 03Jul2023 Blog Post

Top Of The SASE PoPs

In my previous blog I noted how themes occur seemingly from nowhere, that are common among vendors from different spheres of IT. In this particular case it is various vendors I’m working with who ... Continue Reading

July 03, 2023 03Jul2023 News

BlackCat gang claims cyber attack on Barts NHS Trust

Investigations continue into a claim by the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang that it has stolen 7TB of data from Barts NHS Trust in London Continue Reading

July 03, 2023 03Jul2023 News

BBVA launches tech job portal as it continues to add talent

Spanish bank BBVA ramps up its tech recruitment strategy with new online portal and target of 2,600 more people Continue Reading

July 03, 2023 03Jul2023 News

CDO interview: Robert Michael, group head of data, DFS

‘Data Bob’ is transforming data strategy at furniture retailer DFS, aiming to build a digital twin of the company to improve business modelling – but his first task is to make sure people can trust data Continue Reading

July 03, 2023 03Jul2023 News

Deutsche Bank completes migration of millions of Postbank customers

Deutsche Bank has completed the migration of 12 million Postbank customers to its banking platform Continue Reading

July 03, 2023 03Jul2023 News

5G takes its intended place in UK mobile

Study from specialist network analyst finds mobile games and video users’ experience over 5G is more consistent and drops less at busy hours of the day than when using 4G infrastructures Continue Reading

July 03, 2023 03Jul2023 News

PAC slams HMCTS justice system transformation programme

HMCTS has consistently underestimated the scale and complexity of the reforms, and criticises the programme, which only has £120m of its £1.3bn budget left with only just over half of projects completed, MPs say Continue Reading

July 03, 2023 03Jul2023 Blog Post

Developer eXperience series - Percona: DX starts with open source

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Joe Brockmeier in his position as head of community at cloud database company Percona. Known for his love of blogging, ... Continue Reading

July 03, 2023 03Jul2023 Opinion

IT Sustainability Think Tank: Green IT regulations and the datacentre

There is an ever-growing list of rules and regulations for enterprises to get their heads around when it comes to sustainability, but what can they do to keep on top of things? Continue Reading

July 03, 2023 03Jul2023 News

Driving synergies in digital healthcare

As group CIO of API Holdings, Chandresh Dedhia has been driving synergies across a spectrum of digital healthcare businesses to create operational efficiency and other business outcomes Continue Reading

July 03, 2023 03Jul2023 Blog Post

Where SMBs should start on their AI journey

This is a guest blogpost by Pierre-Baptiste Béchu, Aircall co-founder and CTPO The SaaS industry is being reshaped by AI. More and more companies are turning to AI to innovate their products, and ... Continue Reading

July 03, 2023 03Jul2023 News

Salesforce to invest $4bn in its UK business over five years

At its recent London conference, Salesforce UK managing director Zahra Bahrololoumi announced the supplier will invest $4bn in its own UK business over the next five years Continue Reading

June 30, 2023 30Jun2023 News

AI can never be given control over combat decisions, Lords told

Artificial intelligence is technically incapable of distinguishing between the complex contextual factors of combat situations, and will likely never be able to, according to legal and software experts Continue Reading

June 30, 2023 30Jun2023 News

SGN pens IT service desk outsourcing deal

Utility company SGN renews its internal IT services managed services contract with new supplier Continue Reading

June 30, 2023 30Jun2023 News

NHS data stolen in Manchester Uni ransomware attack

The ransomware gang behind the cyber attack on the University of Manchester appears to have got its hands on an NHS dataset being used by the university for research purposes Continue Reading

June 30, 2023 30Jun2023 Opinion

The time to implement an internal AI usage policy is now

As with any emerging technology, AI’s growth in popularity establishes a new attack surface for malicious actors to exploit, thereby introducing new risks and vulnerabilities to an increasingly complex computing landscape. Continue Reading

June 30, 2023 30Jun2023 News

How STT GDC is cracking the Philippines datacentre market

The joint venture formed by ST Telemedia Global Data Centres, Globe and Ayala Corporation is building its largest datacentre in the Philippines among other efforts to meet the needs of an underserved market Continue Reading

June 30, 2023 30Jun2023 News

Virgin Media O2 switches on XGS-PON network through Nexfibre

Leading UK operator takes leap forward with full-fibre optical network promising upload and downloads of up to 10 Gbps to cover five million homes by 2026 Continue Reading

June 30, 2023 30Jun2023 News

5G can improve society more than AI

Vodafone reveals that over half of UK adults believe 5G has the potential to improve their day-to-day life, more so than artificial intelligence, and points to potentially massively lucrative 5G use cases Continue Reading

June 29, 2023 29Jun2023 News

NHS has potential to get digital transformation right

NHS must address digital skills gap in its workforce, demonstrate the value of the NHS App and address the digital maturity gap in organisations if it wants to succeed, MPs say Continue Reading

June 29, 2023 29Jun2023 Opinion

IT Sustainability Think Tank: Making sense of the changing green IT regulatory landscape

There is an ever-growing list of rules and regulations for enterprises to get their heads around when it comes to sustainability, but what can they do to keep on top of things? Continue Reading

June 29, 2023 29Jun2023 Opinion

Navigating cyber security under ChatGPT

Balancing the risk and reward of ChatGPT – as a large language model (LLM) and an example of generative AI – begins by performing a risk assessment of the potential of such a powerful tool to cause harm Continue Reading

June 29, 2023 29Jun2023 News

NHS England signs five-year Microsoft 365 contract

Hot on the heels of its earlier deployment of Microsoft Teams, NHS England is now going all-in on the rest of the software giant’s online productivity tools Continue Reading

June 29, 2023 29Jun2023 News

‘Shadow’ AI use becoming a driver of insider cyber risk

Off-the-books use of generative AI tools will inevitably lead to a costly, high-profile data breach for someone, but a little attention paid to appropriate data management policy can help mitigate the risk Continue Reading

June 29, 2023 29Jun2023 News

Oxa strengthens leadership team to drive next phase of autonomous vehicle growth

Autonomous vehicle software developer bolsters executive leadership team with new chief product engineering officer and chief people officer Continue Reading

June 29, 2023 29Jun2023 Opinion

Has mobile become the battleground for banking?

Head of Insights at data.ai discusses the unstoppable freight train that is the mobile banking revolution Continue Reading

June 29, 2023 29Jun2023 News

Brits are using healthcare apps without proper checks

As mobile health app acceptance increases, people are taking risks by using them without any advice from their medical professionals, finds survey Continue Reading

June 29, 2023 29Jun2023 News

NHS to launch Digital Health Check

The NHS Digital Health Check will be rolled out from spring 2024, and allow patients to do certain tests and get advice from their homes Continue Reading

June 29, 2023 29Jun2023 News

The Finnish Food Authority uses AI to accelerate research

Researchers have reduced the time taken to get critical insights into potential public health crises and address issues in real-time, through artificial intelligence Continue Reading

June 29, 2023 29Jun2023 In Depth

Software-defined storage: What’s available from key players

What’s available in software-defined storage from the big storage players, software-defined storage specialists, and SDS options focused on cloud, virtualisation and containers Continue Reading

June 29, 2023 29Jun2023 Opinion

How real and present is the malware threat from AI?

One of the most talked about concerns regarding generative AI is that it could be used to create malicious code. But how real and present is this threat? Continue Reading

June 29, 2023 29Jun2023 News

Ruckus One enhanced for unified management of multi-access public and private nets

CommScope launches Ruckus One suite of AI-driven converged network solutions designed to accelerate business transformation by simplifying the implementation of multi-access public and private networks Continue Reading

June 29, 2023 29Jun2023 News

Cisco looks to strengthen network assurance with intent to acquire SamKnows

Networking technology and services giant announces intent to acquire UK-based internet performance monitoring platform to extend its ThousandEyes network assessment stack to remote and hybrid workers Continue Reading

June 28, 2023 28Jun2023 Blog Post

Cloudera navigates AI seas with ‘Iceberg Everywhere’

As more organisations look to navigate the uncharted sea that is ‘enterprise AI’, data management expert, Cloudera has thrown its hat (or should that be oars) into the ring by announcing that its ... Continue Reading

June 28, 2023 28Jun2023 Blog Post

Snowflake developer & builder tools showcased at 2023 Summit

Snowflake used its Snowflake Summit 2023 event in Las Vegas this June to showcase its latest augmentations, extensions and enhancements now featuring across its builder toolset for software ... Continue Reading

June 28, 2023 28Jun2023 News

Charity demands transparency in digital universal credit system

The digital universal credit system needs overhauling to ensure greater transparency over benefit claims and more effective means of redress when things go wrong, says child poverty charity Continue Reading

June 28, 2023 28Jun2023 News

Supercomputing research collaboration to bring fusion energy to UK grid in 2040s

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the University of Cambridge have joined forces with Dell Technologies and Intel to accelerate pace of fusion energy power plant development Continue Reading

June 28, 2023 28Jun2023 News

UK comms regulator to probe BT emergency number failure

Investigation to assess source and extent of 25 June technical issue causing lack of access to key first response services, including Metropolitan Police, Bedfordshire Police, Suffolk Police, and Cheshire Fire and Rescue Continue Reading

June 28, 2023 28Jun2023 News

Scottish government tech accelerator opens latest funding round

The Scottish government’s CivTech accelerator is seeking technology businesses to help develop new tools to improve public services, as well as to address pressing social and environmental issues Continue Reading

June 28, 2023 28Jun2023 In Depth

Hitachi Vantara: Small part of a big corp and analytics focus

We look at Hitachi Vantara, its storage, its cloud offer, the workloads it targets, and its efforts in containerisation and consumption models of storage purchasing Continue Reading

June 28, 2023 28Jun2023 News

Zoom brings together in-office, remote employees with Intelligent Director

Collaboration provider expands portfolio and capability with launch of Intelligent Director, which uses AI and multiple cameras to provide optimal images and angles of participants in conference room Continue Reading

June 28, 2023 28Jun2023 Blog Post

NordVPN: It’s mid, not lit - Gen-Z users offer agency to free VPNs

It’s worth learning to speak Generation-Z slang, the older segment of this youth cohort is now in its early twenties and could soon be entering management. Is it worrying then to find that almost ... Continue Reading

June 28, 2023 28Jun2023 News

GDPR tax reclaim scheme preys on fears of SMEs

IT suppliers are a target of companies offering a tax reclaim scheme that preys on small businesses’ fears around General Data Protection Regulation compliance Continue Reading

June 28, 2023 28Jun2023 News

Dubai Smart IoT unclear on deadline, but not ambition

While the Dubai Smart IoT strategy reads like any other ambitious – and equally ambiguous – plan for the overhaul of a gulf state economy, there is still a clear message that the country is serious about technology Continue Reading

June 28, 2023 28Jun2023 News

Stolt-Nielsen SASE looks to optimise global connectivity, security for hybrid workers

Bulk liquid logistics and sustainable land-based aquaculture expert advances secure digital transformation plans and operational efficiency Continue Reading

June 27, 2023 27Jun2023 News

Three years on, EncroChat cryptophone hack nets 6,500 arrests and seizures of €900m

French and Dutch prosecutors say three years after they infiltrated the EncroChat cryptophone network in a novel hacking operation, Europe’s courts are opening the way for more collaboration and data sharing between law enforcement agencies Continue Reading

June 27, 2023 27Jun2023 Blog Post

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