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July 11, 2024 11Jul2024 News

Zoom unveils no-code workflow builder to boost workplace efficiency

Comms and collaboration tech provider announces beta of workplace automation option that uses AI-powered features to streamline routine tasks, boosting efficiency and freeing up time for more meaningful work Continue Reading

July 11, 2024 11Jul2024 News

Inside Israel’s cyber security operations

An emergency phone line allows cyber security analysts at the Israel Computer Emergency Response Team to map threats against national infrastructure Continue Reading

July 11, 2024 11Jul2024 News

AI and cyber skills worryingly lacking, say business leaders

A lack of skilled workers has been an ongoing concern for the tech sector, but Computer Weekly’s annual survey finds skills in artificial intelligence and cyber are a particular pain point Continue Reading

July 10, 2024 10Jul2024 Blog Post

AWS details vector search for Amazon MemoryDB

This week sees the move to general availability for vector search for Amazon MemoryDB. Amazon MemoryDB is an in-memory database service that is compatible with the open source Redis data store. ... Continue Reading

July 10, 2024 10Jul2024 News

Tennis and technology: How Wimbledon gave fans a GenAI experience

Computer Weekly goes behind the scenes at Wimbledon to see how tennis fans are benefiting from the latest developments in artificial intelligence Continue Reading

July 10, 2024 10Jul2024 News

Civil servant was lone voice on Post Office board to query legal plan that blew taxpayers' cash

Government representative felt he was 'in a minority of one' on the Post Office board of directors in questioning the handling of a High Court battle with subpostmasters that cost £100m Continue Reading

July 10, 2024 10Jul2024 News

The security interview: Managing the ‘no’ mindset

Matt Riley, data protection and information security officer at Sharp Europe, discusses balancing cyber risks with business leaders’ goals Continue Reading

July 10, 2024 10Jul2024 News

Vodafone, Meta optimise short-form videos to improve network efficiency

Operator and tech giant team on test leading to marked reduction in network traffic for popular applications across mobile network, freeing up resources on popular 4G/5G sites at locations such as shopping centres and transport hubs Continue Reading

July 10, 2024 10Jul2024 News

Pusan National University proposes backscatter comms for low-power IoT

Researchers at Korean university develop backscatter IoT device connectivity and efficiency communication system said to be 40% more energy-efficient than conventional methods potentially transforming smart homes, industrial automation. Continue Reading

July 10, 2024 10Jul2024 News

Datacentre market supports Labour government’s review of blocked server farm builds

New government has wasted no time in lowering planning permission barriers to new datacentre builds, with its disclosure that two previously denied projects are being placed under review Continue Reading

July 10, 2024 10Jul2024 Opinion

Week one of a new government and it’s time to talk tech

The new UK government is already making changes around technology delivery and its legislative agenda needs to focus on some important digital priorities, says Lord Chris Holmes Continue Reading

July 10, 2024 10Jul2024 News

Setting the high bar in digital transformation

Roel Louwhoff, Standard Chartered’s chief transformation, technology and operations officer, outlines what it takes for the company to become a client-focused, data-driven bank Continue Reading

July 09, 2024 09Jul2024 News

Hyper-V zero-day stands out on a busy Patch Tuesday

Microsoft has fixed almost 140 vulnerabilities in its latest monthly update, with a Hyper-V zero-day singled out for urgent attention Continue Reading

July 09, 2024 09Jul2024 News

Chinese spies target vulnerable home office kit to run cyber attacks

China’s APT40 is ramping up targeting of victims using vulnerable small and home office networking kit as command and control infrastructure, according to an international alert Continue Reading

July 09, 2024 09Jul2024 News

Computing curriculum leaving digital skills behind, research suggests

Research by the Subject Choice, Attainment and Representation in Computing Project has found that the technical focus of the computing curriculum is leaving many without other important digital skills Continue Reading

July 09, 2024 09Jul2024 News

Microsoft and Google’s GHG emissions gains call viability of net-zero targets into question

Microsoft and Google cite expansion of their datacentres due to demand for AI services for their greenhouse gas emissions increasing. What does this mean for their 2030 carbon reduction commitments? Continue Reading

July 09, 2024 09Jul2024 In Depth

Hybrid cloud storage vs on-premise: What data goes where?

We look at hybrid cloud in storage strategy, key benefits of the cloud vs on-premise storage, key workloads that suit the cloud and how to decide which workloads work best where Continue Reading

July 09, 2024 09Jul2024 News

Government left monitoring of Post Office to ‘luck’

If the Post Office board failed to spot bad faith within its management, it would be down to ‘luck’ for the government to find out Continue Reading

July 09, 2024 09Jul2024 News

Lessons from war: How Israel is fighting Iranian state-backed hacking

The general director of the Israel National Cyber Directorate talks about the rise in cyber attacks and what lessons the country has gleaned to defend against hacking from foreign parties Continue Reading

July 09, 2024 09Jul2024 News

Atos jumps on ‘moving train’ for Euro 2024

Atos provides the IT supporting major recurring sporting events including Uefa’s European Football Championship Continue Reading

July 09, 2024 09Jul2024 News

Room to grow in UK for Tata Consultancy Services after half a century

Indian-headquartered IT giant has built a large UK footprint as part of its global network, a commitment which is helping it increase its business in the UK’s public sector Continue Reading

July 09, 2024 09Jul2024 Opinion

Welcome minister, the next Horizon scandal is here in your department

Ministers in the new UK government should take prompt action to ensure that incorrect use of AI and algorithmic decision-making does not turn into the next Post Office Horizon scandal Continue Reading

July 09, 2024 09Jul2024 In Depth

Deep dive: How Pure Fusion plans to implement storage classes

We spoke to Pure Storage founder John ‘Coz’ Colgrove about how Pure Storage’s Fusion control plane will make its capacity available to applications via pre-defined storage classes Continue Reading

July 09, 2024 09Jul2024 News

Fewer than half of organisations achieve GenAI efficiency gains

Research finds that many organisations lack the IT infrastructure needed to deploy generative AI applications Continue Reading

July 09, 2024 09Jul2024 Opinion

Bringing Bridget Jones’ diary into the AI era

Why Bridget Jones’s diary may be a better version of machine intelligence than the famous Turing Test Continue Reading

July 09, 2024 09Jul2024 Blog Post

Cohesity goes epic on AMD Epyc

Data security and management company Cohesity is following (if not leading) the infrastructure efficiency efforts being seen across the wider technology industry with recent work focused on ... Continue Reading

July 09, 2024 09Jul2024 Opinion

Data is the key to unlocking the UK’s AI potential

Data has the potential to transform the British economy and AI could potentially increase the size of the UK’s GDP by £550bn by 2035 Continue Reading

July 09, 2024 09Jul2024 Opinion

Automating public services - a careful approach

Automation is increasingly integrated into public services, promising enhanced efficiency, cost savings, and improved service quality Continue Reading

July 09, 2024 09Jul2024 News

Tony’s Chocolonely gains Salesforce comfort with Own SaaS backup

Tony’s Chocolonely sometimes lost Salesforce.com data and often hit storage limits, but cloud-to-cloud SaaS backup from Own allows it to easily recover customer data and archive old data Continue Reading

July 09, 2024 09Jul2024 In Depth

Rise of the citizen developer: GenAI and the democratisation of code

Computer Weekly asks artificial intelligence and data specialists for their take on the large language model-powered rise of so-called ‘citizen developers’ Continue Reading

July 09, 2024 09Jul2024 News

ENet, Heights Telecom team to deliver advanced Wi-Fi in Guyana

Telecommunications solutions provider announces strategic partnership with Guyana’s only locally owned comms firm introducing internet service offering ultra-fast internet and advanced Wi-Fi connectivity to customers Continue Reading

July 09, 2024 09Jul2024 News

Revamped DSIT to transform digital public services, says government

The incoming government sets out preliminary plans to conduct a major revamp and relaunch of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Continue Reading

July 09, 2024 09Jul2024 News

ENGIE Vianeo, BICS team to add IoT capability to support smart EV charging

Looking to take advantage of European Union improvements to the availability of electric vehicle stations, charging business of energy company powers up its fleet of chargers with real-time data Continue Reading

July 09, 2024 09Jul2024 E-Zine

How data drives decisions at BAE Systems

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the chief data officer of one of the UK’s biggest manufacturers, BAE Systems, about data strategy and diversity. Microsoft’s claims over sovereign cloud for government IT are under scrutiny – we examine the... Continue Reading

July 08, 2024 08Jul2024 News

Synnovis attack highlights degraded, outdated state of NHS IT

More cyber attacks against the health service are likely, and will succeed if something isn’t done to address the increasingly elderly NHS IT estate, experts are warning Continue Reading

July 08, 2024 08Jul2024 News

Nokia, Google Fiber claim 50G PON first in live fibre trial in US

Tech giant’s development hub for transforming the internet experience expands relationship with comms tech provider on 50G passive optical network trial Continue Reading

July 08, 2024 08Jul2024 News

Singtel, SK Telecom gear up for 6G future

Both telcos will work together to develop advanced network slicing, telco APIs and edge AI infrastructure, among other capabilities, to pave way for 6G deployments Continue Reading

July 08, 2024 08Jul2024 News

Sir Alan Bates welcomes MP’s elevation to House of Lords

Former Labour MP has moved to the House of Lords where he will continue campaigning for justice for victims of the Horizon scandal Continue Reading

July 08, 2024 08Jul2024 Blog Post

Atomic agents, o9 aligns AI for complex cross-functional planning

Curiously named o9 has pushed forward the software application development components and tools used in its Digital Brain platform by incorporating generative AI-powered Large Language Model (LLM) ... Continue Reading

July 08, 2024 08Jul2024 In Depth

APAC career guide on software development

In this career guide, we look at what it takes to land a career and thrive in the fast-moving world of software development Continue Reading

July 08, 2024 08Jul2024 In Depth

Women in Data: Barilla chief of analytics on reaching the ‘so what?’ moment with data insights

Barilla’s chief of analytics and insights, Lyndsay Weir, talks about how to get from data to results, and where the industry needs to change Continue Reading

July 08, 2024 08Jul2024 News

Motorola Solutions to open global R&D centre in Ireland

Comms tech giant announces opening of research and development centre in Cork to focus on designing software for established land mobile radio portfolio Continue Reading

July 08, 2024 08Jul2024 Blog Post

Dear Prime Minister Starmer, here's how technology can help you transform the UK for the better

Dear Prime Minister Starmer, Look, I know you have a horrendous in-tray to work through in your new job. The previous incumbent(s) made quite a mess of things. But you – like your predecessors – ... Continue Reading

July 08, 2024 08Jul2024 Opinion

Enterprises must stop GenAI experiments and start long-term strategies

Steven Webb, chief technology & innovation officer, Capgemini UK argues for enterprise organisations to put aside GenAI experimentation and build long-term strategies with it Continue Reading

July 08, 2024 08Jul2024 In Depth

Trends in the cloud database market

We look at how the cloud database market is evolving Continue Reading

July 08, 2024 08Jul2024 E-Handbook

Computer Weekly 2024 salary survey

Computer Weekly’s annual salary survey asked IT professionals around the world about their wages, perks and employment conditions – the results offer an opportunity for everyone who works in IT to compare their job situation with their peers in the ... Continue Reading

July 05, 2024 05Jul2024 News

Nokia, BT Group, Qualcomm claim enhanced 5G Carrier Aggregation first

Comms tech provider and operator reveal successfull aggregation of 5G Standalone spectrum using 5CC Carrier Aggregation, making the latter the first European operator to achieve this milestone Continue Reading

July 05, 2024 05Jul2024 News

Virgin Media adds to Yeovil gigabit broadband estate

Full-fibre broadband with top speeds of 2Gbps, up to 38 times faster than the current local average, now available to more than 20,000 additional homes in key town in country of Somerset Continue Reading

July 05, 2024 05Jul2024 Blog Post

New government, new approach to IT?

There is a long shopping list of policies the incoming government needs to execute to drive the UK forward over the next five years. And while it may not seem like a high priority, getting the IT ... Continue Reading

July 04, 2024 04Jul2024 News

5G FWA on upward trajectory but global growth patchy

Study from GSMA predicts the number of 5G FWA connections across 70 countries will increase by 358% by 2030, representing an increase from 17.3 million connections to 79.2 million Continue Reading

July 04, 2024 04Jul2024 News

ADNOC, e& plan energy industry’s largest private 5G wireless network

Abu Dhabi-owned energy and petrochemicals group enters agreement with leading MENA telco to create high-speed network spanning 11,000 square km, enabling AI-driven offerings to reach remote onshore and offshore operations Continue Reading

July 04, 2024 04Jul2024 News

UK data regulator should investigate police cloud deployments

The Scottish biometrics commissioner has called for the UK Information Commissioner’s Office to formally investigate whether Police Scotland’s cloud-based evidence sharing system is fully compliant with data protection laws Continue Reading

July 04, 2024 04Jul2024 News

Nokia and Solis plough connectivity path for agribusinesses in Brazil

Comms tech provider and telecoms infrastructure firm expand private wireless networks supporting agribusinesses in unconnected rural communities across Brazil to drive digital inclusion with real-time information to support farms Continue Reading

July 04, 2024 04Jul2024 News

How Qualtrics is driving experience management with AI

During the Sydney leg of its X4 conference, Qualtrics’ top executives dived deeper into its efforts to help organisations improve customer and employee experiences with AI Continue Reading

July 04, 2024 04Jul2024 Opinion

Safeguarding democracy from cyber threat peril

There has been an increase in disturbing activity emerging on the dark web involving the sale of public sector assets, including election data Continue Reading

July 04, 2024 04Jul2024 News

LG acquires Athom to advance AI-enabled smart home

Electronics giant takes large majority stake in smart home platform company to gain deeper insights into customers’ lifestyle and usage patterns and accelerate AI home business Continue Reading

July 03, 2024 03Jul2024 News

NCA’s Operation Morpheus targets illicit Cobalt Strike use

International law enforcement operation targets cyber criminals using the Cobalt Strike penetration testing framework for dodgy purposes Continue Reading

July 03, 2024 03Jul2024 News

Former Post Office chair 'regrets' keeping critical Horizon report secret

Tim Parker, chairman of the Post Office from 2015 to 2022, admits he should not have accepted legal advice to prevent release of a review that could have supported victims of the Horizon scandal Continue Reading

July 03, 2024 03Jul2024 Blog Post

Canon comes out of the closet on information management

When I received an invitation to attend another Canon industry analyst event, I was in two minds about whether I should accept. While previous gatherings have been interesting, and the high-end ... Continue Reading

July 03, 2024 03Jul2024 News

UK must push forward greater use of open tech

OpenUK is calling on policymakers to put more effort into building the UK’s open source capabilities Continue Reading

July 03, 2024 03Jul2024 News

Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 announce long-term network-sharing agreement

Network-sharing agreement aims to transform experience for tens of millions of customers across the UK and rebalance the mobile market by creating a third scaled network operator Continue Reading

July 03, 2024 03Jul2024 Opinion

Cyber Essentials at 10: Success or failure?

The Cyber Essentials scheme passed its 10th anniversary in June 2024. CyberSmart's Adam Pilton reflects on progress and argues that more needs to be done to raise security awareness among Britain's small business community Continue Reading

July 03, 2024 03Jul2024 News

Police Digital Service employees arrested on suspicion of fraud, bribery and misconduct

The Police Digital Service has confirmed an internal review of its processes will be undertaken in the wake of staff arrests Continue Reading

July 03, 2024 03Jul2024 News

BT tops UK fixed broadband customer experience rankings

Research from network quality of experience testing and monitoring firm pinpoints UK’s largest leading broadband provider as offering best quality of experience Continue Reading

July 03, 2024 03Jul2024 News

North America surge drives global 5G connections to two-billion mark

First quarter of 2024 sees 185 million new top-end mobile additions, with total now projected to hit 7.7 billion by 2028 Continue Reading

July 03, 2024 03Jul2024 Blog Post

The post-AI era - Epicor: A new industrial landscape emerges

There’s a big question in AI. Okay, there are many big questions in artificial intelligence: which large language model (LLM) should an IT team use, which AI models need to be integrated together ... Continue Reading

July 03, 2024 03Jul2024 News

Tech leaders recognised for social, cultural and economic innovations

TechUK President's Awards highlight the contribution of the IT community to improving society through digital innovation Continue Reading

July 02, 2024 02Jul2024 News

EXA Infrastructure, SOCAR Fiber plan for Red Sea route diversity

European dedicated digital infrastructure platform provider, connecting North America and Asia via the Middle East, inks deal with secure electronic communication infrastructure company for terrestrial fibre optic route Continue Reading

July 02, 2024 02Jul2024 News

NGMN unveils roadmap for more energy-efficient networks

Forum founded by leading mobile network operators for all partners in the mobile industry releases guidance and recommendations supported on energy-saving techniques to help enhance energy-saving methods Continue Reading

July 02, 2024 02Jul2024 News

Geotab, BYD Trucks Europe gear up IoT for sustainable fleet management

Geotab and BYD Trucks Europe collaborate to provide fleet management solution across Europe within end-to-end connectivity to ensure data privacy and security in the region Continue Reading

July 02, 2024 02Jul2024 News

Dassault Systèmes and Mistral AI team to accelerate edge AI generative economy

Leading provider of engineering design systems and artificial intelligence firm form partnership combining industrial ecosystem and frontier AI to industries in a trusted environment, to deliver secure, scalable, AI-driven services Continue Reading

July 02, 2024 02Jul2024 Blog Post

Whatever you do, don't press the big red button...

I’m not sure if anyone has figures to hand (or the desire to find out) exactly how many cyber security vendors there are out there, but some rough stats suggest that there are verging on 6,000 in ... Continue Reading

July 02, 2024 02Jul2024 In Depth

The shift towards developing internal tech talent

When it comes to tech roles, companies often have difficulty hiring skilled workers to fill positions, so some are looking internally to develop the talent they need Continue Reading

July 02, 2024 02Jul2024 Opinion

Security Think Tank: Securing today's ubiquitous cloud environment

The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers how CISOs and security practitioners should ensure that the business can make use of public cloud services safely and securely and avoid accidental or deliberate data leakage Continue Reading

July 02, 2024 02Jul2024 Blog Post

IT's a vulnerable world out there...

It was a pleasure to catch up t’other day with Rik “rock star” Ferguson, the former Trend Micro legend who is these days hanging out with Forescout as the company’s VP of Security Intelligence, ... Continue Reading

July 02, 2024 02Jul2024 News

How IAG is tapping data streaming

The insurance group is using Kafka’s data streaming capabilities to integrate disparate data sources and provide real-time data services to support its business Continue Reading

July 02, 2024 02Jul2024 News

Nordic banks pursue AI in battle with digital competitors

Traditional Nordic banks are raising their investments in artificial intelligence to help them retain market share in increasingly populated sector Continue Reading

July 02, 2024 02Jul2024 News

Interview: Nvidia on AI workloads and their impacts on data storage

We talk to Charlie Boyle of Nvidia about data challenges in artificial intelligence, key practical tips for AI projects, and demands on storage of training, inferencing, RAG and checkpointing Continue Reading

July 02, 2024 02Jul2024 E-Zine

UKtech50 2024: The most influential people in UK technology

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we reveal the 50 most influential people in UK technology for 2024, in our annual UKtech50 list. We talk to Post Office scandal campaigner Alan Bates, voted the most influential person in tech this year. Plus, we find... Continue Reading

July 02, 2024 02Jul2024 News

Kyndryl eyes mainframe workloads in ASEAN

Kyndryl and AWS open centre of excellence in Malaysia to help ASEAN enterprises modernise and migrate their mainframe workloads to the cloud Continue Reading

July 01, 2024 01Jul2024 News

Telefónica, Nokia offer ‘unique’ private 5G networks service in Spain

Partnership to see companies – especially those in industrial and logistics sectors – able to implement up to 100 digitisation services in cloud, private mobile networks and edge computing with 5G connectivity Continue Reading

July 01, 2024 01Jul2024 News

Gartner flags missed opportunities for enterprises to make cost-effective green IT gains

Market watcher Gartner claims most cost-effective sustainable IT initiatives are being underused by enterprises Continue Reading

July 01, 2024 01Jul2024 News

Diana project provides Nato tech dividend to Finland

Finnish tech sector to receive a boost following the country’s decision to join Nato Continue Reading

July 01, 2024 01Jul2024 Opinion

How Broadcom cemented its European cloud sovereignty credentials

The owner of VMware targets flexible deployment options for European public cloud sovereignty Continue Reading

July 01, 2024 01Jul2024 News

CityFibre, nexfibre gain further gigabit ground in southern England

UK’s leading independent provider makes full-fibre available to majority of homes and businesses in West Sussex county town, while growing gigabit broadband wholesaler reveals plans to deliver it to more than 15,000 premises in Buckinghamshire Continue Reading

July 01, 2024 01Jul2024 News

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