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March 14, 2024 14Mar2024 News

French datacentre operator to prototype using site's waste heat to generate renewable energy

Data4 is partnering with the University of Paris-Saclay to experiment with reusing waste datacentre heat to grow algae for use in green energy generation Continue Reading

March 14, 2024 14Mar2024 News

Questions raised over NHS deletion of thousands of emails during whistleblower tribunal

NHS doctor Chris Day has won the right to challenge a tribunal ruling that found no procedural unfairness when an NHS trust deleted thousands of emails. The case that raises wider questions about the use of electronic evidence Continue Reading

March 14, 2024 14Mar2024 News

Home Office plans to give UK police forces auto-redaction technology

The department has funded a market review of redaction tools and aims to deliver AI-powered automated redaction tools to the police as quickly as possible Continue Reading

March 14, 2024 14Mar2024 News

Fibre, FWA set the pace in fixed broadband growth

OECD research reveals that optical fibre and fixed wireless access are the two fastest growing fixed broadband technologies in countries that it covers, with their dynamism in stark contrast to the decline in DSL Continue Reading

March 14, 2024 14Mar2024 Blog Post

Green coding - Qt: What’s bloating your code?

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written in full by Maurice Kalinowski, product director at Qt - the company is known for its cross-platform application and UI ... Continue Reading

March 14, 2024 14Mar2024 News

Passalacqua hotel claims exceptional guest connectivity with AI-driven Wi-Fi 7

Prestigious hotel on the shores of Lake Como to become one of the world’s first early adopters of Wi-Fi 7 to give not only high connectivity speeds, but also low latency and increased capacity Continue Reading

March 14, 2024 14Mar2024 News

MPs will attempt to amend law on overturning Post Office scandal convictions

Business and trade select committee chair says the job is not done with legislation to overturn wrongful subpostmaster convictions and provide financial redress Continue Reading

March 14, 2024 14Mar2024 News

Children of Post Office victims to hold Fujitsu boss to his word

The children of victims of the Post Office scandal have formed a group that will hold Fujitsu’s European boss to his promise of support Continue Reading

March 13, 2024 13Mar2024 News

US authorities move a step closer to banning TikTok

Lawmakers in Washington DC have moved a step closer to enacting a broad national ban on controversial video app TikTok in the US, with global ramifications Continue Reading

March 13, 2024 13Mar2024 News

BT, Broadpeak intro multicast tech to enhance network video streaming

UK’s leading network provider teams with content delivery network firm to enhance live video streaming quality and reliability using adaptive bit rate and multicast-assisted unicast delivery technology Continue Reading

March 13, 2024 13Mar2024 News

Microsoft AI-powered cyber service to go live in April

After a year being previewed by beta customers, Microsoft’s much vaunted Copilot for Security service is about to go on general release, promising time savings and improved accuracy for hard-pressed security pros Continue Reading

March 13, 2024 13Mar2024 Blog Post

Green coding - PagerDuty: Mindfulness mechanics, an efficient code system is an 'off' system

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Mandi Walls in her role as DevOps advocate, PagerDuty – the company is known for its platform designed to automate critical ... Continue Reading

March 13, 2024 13Mar2024 News

British Library opens up over ransomware attack to help others

The British Library has opted for full transparency after experiencing a devastating ransomware attack, publishing details of the intrusion, its response and the lessons it has learned Continue Reading

March 13, 2024 13Mar2024 News

SEA-ME-WE 4 doubles undersea capacity with optical link

Optical communications technology provider Ciena doubles capacity of undersea cable links covering South/Southeast Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and Europe to 122Tbps Continue Reading

March 13, 2024 13Mar2024 News

UK gets funding boost through EU Horizon chip initiative

Signing up to the Chips Joint Undertaking means the UK will receive up to £35m to support chip development Continue Reading

March 13, 2024 13Mar2024 News

TotalEnergies upgrades OT network to increase safety, performance, cyber security

Global multi-energy company upgrades operational technology network on its North Sea oil and gas platforms with next-generation infrastructure to ensure efficient operation of critical infrastructure Continue Reading

March 13, 2024 13Mar2024 News

VMware/Broadcom: Should you consider the Nutanix hypervisor?

Nutanix’s latesting quarterly filing shows the company is benefiting from the fallout following Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware Continue Reading

March 13, 2024 13Mar2024 News

Traveller experience takes off at Houston Airports with HPE Aruba mobility

One of North America’s largest public airport systems modernises connectivity with Wi-Fi 6E and networking infrastructure to boost quality of passenger experience and contribute to sustainability goals Continue Reading

March 13, 2024 13Mar2024 News

Unprecedented bill to exonerate hundreds of wrongly convicted Post Office workers arrives

Unprecedented legislation that will see hundreds of former subpostmaster convictions for fraud and theft overturned begins its journey through Parliament Continue Reading

March 13, 2024 13Mar2024 News

Omnispace, MTN team to develop, deploy satellite IoT, 5G NTN services

African space-based mobile communications industry gains higher orbit as continent’s largest mobile operator enters partnership with non-geostationary satellite constellation firm Continue Reading

March 13, 2024 13Mar2024 News

AWS launches Builder Studio in Melbourne

The Builder Studio will help customers and partners build prototype AI projects to validate and test their ideas before deployment Continue Reading

March 12, 2024 12Mar2024 News

March Patch Tuesday throws up two critical Hyper-V flaws

Two critical vulnerabilities in Windows Hyper-V stand out on an otherwise unremarkable Patch Tuesday Continue Reading

March 12, 2024 12Mar2024 Opinion

A new security partnership to build a silicon valley in South Wales

The £140m acquisition of Newport Wafer Fab by American firm Vishay is to be welcomed but the UK needs needs security, stability and strategic investment to grow our domestic semiconductor capability, writes Alun Cairns MP Continue Reading

March 12, 2024 12Mar2024 News

Openreach, Focus Group boost broadband focus in South West England

Openreach claims major milestone inunderserved region’s digital transformation, while UK provider of essential business technology beefs up regional presence with key acquisition Continue Reading

March 12, 2024 12Mar2024 News

Labour will use AI to grow the economy by 0.5%, says shadow tech secretary Peter Kyle

The Labour Party plans to promote the use of artificial intelligence in small businesses and across government to grow the economy, but transparency and building trust with the public will be key Continue Reading

March 12, 2024 12Mar2024 News

Nationwide IT infrastructure poised to absorb Virgin Money

A Nationwide takeover of Virgin Money will be the biggest financial services acquisition since 2008, but what about the IT challenges and opportunities that go with it? Continue Reading

March 12, 2024 12Mar2024 News

Industry partnerships and data key to better public services

Using public-private partnerships and improving the use of data are key to improving public services and the government’s ‘science and technology superpower’ ambitions, says digital secretary Michelle Donelan Continue Reading

March 12, 2024 12Mar2024 Blog Post

Green coding - Tricentis: Testing times for suboptimal algorithms & code bloat

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Mav Turner, chief product and strategy officer at Tricentis - a company known for its software testing platform aligned to ... Continue Reading

March 12, 2024 12Mar2024 News

UK and German governments sign up to greater R&D collaboration

Declaration aims to build on joint R&D efforts, as well as support artificial intelligence, quantum computing and clean tech Continue Reading

March 12, 2024 12Mar2024 News

More DDoS attacks launched against APAC financial firms

The financial sector in Asia-Pacific saw more DDoS attacks in 2023, but no notable impact was reported, according to a report by Akamai and FS-ISAC Continue Reading

March 12, 2024 12Mar2024 News

Hammerspace leverages smart metadata handling for AI/ML workloads

Software-defined storage maker separates metadata from files to provide view-from-anywhere file system visibility. It has now leveraged that for AI/ML workloads in Hyperscale NAS Continue Reading

March 12, 2024 12Mar2024 News

Current subpostmaster account shortfalls reveal extent of Post Office’s pre-2019 neglect

Hundreds of current subpostmasters might have been hounded for money or prosecuted had the Post Office not been forced to change its ways in 2019 Continue Reading

March 12, 2024 12Mar2024 News

Digitally transforming government: MoJ and GDS on using mobile devices and GenAI to help people

During a fireside chat at the Tech Show London, GDS CEO Tom Read and the Ministry of Justice CDIO Gina Gill swapped stories on how their teams are using technology to improve the quality of life for citizens Continue Reading

March 12, 2024 12Mar2024 News

Starlink launches constellation, improves comms latency

After launch of 23 craft for growing satellite constellation, Elon Musk-led US spacecraft manufacturer reveals steps taken to improve quality of experience and service Continue Reading

March 12, 2024 12Mar2024 Blog Post

Qwiet AI tunes in high-fidelity AI AppSec tooling

Coders code, obviously. But in fact (and as we know) as the law of thirds governs a lot of what happens on the command line. That ⅓ 33.3% law of thirds comes down to the fact that a third of ... Continue Reading

March 12, 2024 12Mar2024 E-Zine

From grassroots to Wembley – how tech supports English football

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the CIO of The Football Association about how technology supports the national game from grassroots to the England teams. 5G Advanced is here – we report from MWC 2024 on the next steps for the mobile ... Continue Reading

March 11, 2024 11Mar2024 Blog Post

What to expect from NTT Research's ‘Upgrade’ 2024

The Computer Weekly Developer Network team is off to San Francisco for Upgrade 2024, NTT Research’s Global Research & Innovation Summit, so what can we expect? Since the millennium, some ... Continue Reading

March 11, 2024 11Mar2024 News

Birmingham City Council’s Oracle implementation explained: What went wrong?

The council swapped out a heavily customised SAP ERP system for Oracle Cloud, but since it went live, it has had numerous technical challenges Continue Reading

March 11, 2024 11Mar2024 News

Aryaka advances network, security convergence with SASE as a service

Cloud-based software-defined networking and security services provider claims to transform global secure networking with unified secure access service edge solution Continue Reading

March 11, 2024 11Mar2024 News

Government not facing up to CNI cyber risks, committee warns

The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy has accused the government of burying its head in the sand over the cyber threat to UK critical infrastructure Continue Reading

March 11, 2024 11Mar2024 News

Sateliot to launch four 5G satellites

LEO 5G internet of things satellite constellation provider reveals summer launch of satellites to connect nearly seven million IoT devices and begin to recurrently bill €187m in binding orders Continue Reading

March 11, 2024 11Mar2024 In Depth

Open source promises advantages for business applications

Open source software may provide a cost-effective approach to building business applications, as well as ensuring transparency, but there are challenges to keep in mind Continue Reading

March 11, 2024 11Mar2024 Podcast

Podcast: Immutable storage essential against ransomware, but...

...not all immutable storage is created equal. That’s the message from Paul Speciale of Scality, who looks at immutable storage, its variants and what’s needed to secure data Continue Reading

March 11, 2024 11Mar2024 News

Dutch organisations vulnerable to deepfake fraud

With the information many employees share on social media, Dutch companies are especially vulnerable to a new form of fraud Continue Reading

March 11, 2024 11Mar2024 News

Infor a penny, Infor a pound

How vertical enterprise resource planning specialist Infor has its sights set on a disruptive 2024 Continue Reading

March 11, 2024 11Mar2024 News

Global cellular IoT connections to grow by three billion in next four years

Federated learning to automate platform management, configuration of devices, security processes and connectivity in real time will be key to handling large increase in data as telco network-based internet of things flourishes Continue Reading

March 11, 2024 11Mar2024 News

Vinnova launches National Digital Advancement project

Swedish state innovation initiative invests in a network of regional research and development centres Continue Reading

March 11, 2024 11Mar2024 News

AI Singapore, Google to build regional dataset for LLMs

AI Singapore and Google Research Asia-Pacific will build a corpus of open-source training data through Project SEALD to drive the development of LLMs in Southeast Asia Continue Reading

March 11, 2024 11Mar2024 News

Cautiously optimistic: Generative AI in the enterprise

While optimistic about generative AI, enterprises are treading carefully for now, this year’s Tech Show London suggests Continue Reading

March 11, 2024 11Mar2024 News

How Microsoft is easing GenAI adoption into financial services

Microsoft is supporting enterprise deployment models, addressing the risks of the technology and leveraging its industry cloud capabilities to ease generative AI adoption in the financial sector Continue Reading

March 11, 2024 11Mar2024 News

TechUK calls for next government to introduce ‘industrial strategy’ for AI

Trade group TechUK publishes blueprint calling for winner of next election to boost tech startups, digitise government services and accelerate technology R&D Continue Reading

March 11, 2024 11Mar2024 In Depth

A better way to manage hybrid or multicloud deployments

Cloud-native strategies notwithstanding, workloads running on-premise or in private clouds will continue to present management challenges Continue Reading

March 09, 2024 09Mar2024 Blog Post

What to expect from Appian World 2024

For what might be the fifth time this year, the Computer Weekly Developer Network team is at Appian World, so what can we expect? It’s hard to think about Appian World without remembering the ... Continue Reading

March 08, 2024 08Mar2024 Blog Post

Google Pixel Watch 2

The perfect smartwatch is a good dream to work towards and the Google Pixel Watch 2 is probably a step towards that Nirvana, it’s certainly a leap forward in terms of some of the functionality ... Continue Reading

March 08, 2024 08Mar2024 News

OSS leaders detail commitments to bolster software security

CISA has announced a number of actions to help secure the global open source ecosystem, as leading package repositories including the Python and Rust foundations advance their own initiatives Continue Reading

March 08, 2024 08Mar2024 News

UK government reconfirms satellite programme

2024 Budget sees continued approval for connectivity funding in plan to expand space-based broadband and 5G coverage for remote areas Continue Reading

March 08, 2024 08Mar2024 News

Ethernovia accelerates chip drive for software-defined vehicles

Silicon Valley-based startup announces sampling of scalable family of automotive PHY transceivers for software-defined vehicle applications aiming to meet rising bandwidth demands and deliver safety functionality Continue Reading

March 08, 2024 08Mar2024 Blog Post

A taste 4 open source at Kubecon CloudNativeCon Europe 2024

As already previewed here, Kubecon CloudNativeCon Europe 2024 is staged in Paris on 19-22 March this year. The Computer Weekly Open Source Insider blog took an early virtual tour of four companies ... Continue Reading

March 08, 2024 08Mar2024 Blog Post

Cloudinary developer lead: When (and when not) to use multi-modal LLMs for visual content

This is a guest post by Sanjay Sarathy, VP of developer experience and self-service at Cloudinary, an organisation which helps companies unleash the full potential of their media to create the most ... Continue Reading

March 08, 2024 08Mar2024 Opinion

How to address third-party risk to ensure business resiliency

Identifying third-party risks, determining risk controls and treating third-parties as allies are some of the ways to address the risks associated with third-party transactions and business engagements Continue Reading

March 07, 2024 07Mar2024 News

PSNI chief denies ‘industrial’ use of surveillance powers against journalists

PSNI chief constable Jon Boutcher has agreed to provide a report on police surveillance of journalists and lawyers to Northern Ireland’s policing watchdog Continue Reading

March 07, 2024 07Mar2024 News

CCS U-turns on G-Cloud 14 insurance requirements after supplier backlash

The government procurement agency has reversed previous plans for a £20m increase in insurance cover that threatened to deter smaller suppliers from bidding for cloud computing contracts Continue Reading

March 07, 2024 07Mar2024 News

Government insists it is acting ‘responsibly’ on military AI

The government has responded to calls from a Lords committee that it must “proceed with caution” when it comes to autonomous weapons and military artificial intelligence, arguing that caution is already embedded throughout its approach Continue Reading

March 07, 2024 07Mar2024 News

BA sets out plan to revamp IT, add AI and update website

Airline plans to migrate 700 systems to cloud and run custom version of Teams to support in-flight customer comms with ground staff Continue Reading

March 07, 2024 07Mar2024 Blog Post

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gives the magic technology tree a shake

During her ill-fated 2017 general election campaign, prime minister Theresa May told an audience of voters on the BBC that there was no “magic money tree that we can shake to get everything we ... Continue Reading

March 07, 2024 07Mar2024 News

Fujitsu should pay half of Post Office scandal costs, says select committee chair

Select committee chair says Fujitsu should pay half of the costs to repair damage caused by Post Office scandal Continue Reading

March 07, 2024 07Mar2024 News

NI Policing Board pressed to open inquiry into PSNI spying on journalists’ phones

Amnesty International and the Committee on the Administration of Justice have asked Northern Ireland’s policing watchdog to open an inquiry into the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s use of surveillance powers against journalists Continue Reading

March 07, 2024 07Mar2024 News

UK altnets call for action after attacks on fibre infrastructure

UK altnets raise concerns after a series of attacks on telecoms networks, demanding DSIT and Ofcom take responsibility to review current rules, from sentencing to policing to industry compliance Continue Reading

March 07, 2024 07Mar2024 News

Open Cosmos and Ubotica report success in satcoms launch

Space technology and data company launches first satellite of the year aiming to provide hyperspectral artificial intelligence data for marine monitoring and emergency responses across the Atlantic Continue Reading

March 07, 2024 07Mar2024 News

Western Sydney Metro deploys mission-critical communications for driverless transport

Nokiar teams with industrial partner to provide IP/MPLS backbone communications network and security solution for new Metro line connecting Australia’s largest city to airport Continue Reading

March 07, 2024 07Mar2024 News

Indian government issues advisory to mitigate AI risks

Tech firms will require permission from the government to use and provide under-tested or unreliable AI models and software to Indian users Continue Reading

March 07, 2024 07Mar2024 News

MPs call for Post Office exclusion from compensation schemes, as trust hits rock bottom

Former subpostmasters and MPs do not trust the Post Office to do the right thing for victims of the Horizon IT scandal Continue Reading

March 07, 2024 07Mar2024 Blog Post

Efficient Ether founder: Advancing LLM precision & reliability

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Ryan Mangan, datacentre and cloud evangelist… and founder of Efficient Ether. Efficient Ether is a startup on a mission to ... Continue Reading

March 06, 2024 06Mar2024 Blog Post

Tech impact of council budget crisis

Councils around the UK are looking at how to save money as they struggle to keep a tap on inflation and rising costs. Local services are being cut and council taxes are being hiked. None of this is ... Continue Reading

March 06, 2024 06Mar2024 News

Apple patches zero-days amid ‘foundational’ post-quantum update

Apple’s iOS 17.4 update not only fixes zero-day flaws that are being actively exploited, but includes important new security protocols to safeguard users against future attacks Continue Reading

March 06, 2024 06Mar2024 News

Chancellor targets £36bn productivity boost with £4.2bn digital transformation plan

In his 2024 spring budget, Jeremy Hunt announced funding to use tech to improve productivity across the public sector, with most of the cash focused on digital initiatives in the NHS Continue Reading

March 06, 2024 06Mar2024 News

Cash-strapped cyber pros go rogue on the dark web

Research conducted by CIISec has turned up worrying evidence of hard-up legitimate cyber professionals offering their services to the cyber criminal underground Continue Reading

March 06, 2024 06Mar2024 News

Nation states buying hacking tools from underground Russian cyber forums

State-sponsored hacking groups, posing as hacktivists, are using Russian cyber crime forums to stock up on cyber weapons, says Check Point Software’s threat analyst, Sergey Shykevich Continue Reading

March 06, 2024 06Mar2024 News

‘Brutal’ decisions required to sort out Post Office mess, says select committee chair

Liam Byrne, chair of the business and trade select committee, tells Computer Weekly about the group’s focus on getting Horizon scandal victims what they are owed Continue Reading

March 06, 2024 06Mar2024 News

Singapore refreshes geospatial masterplan

Masterplan aimed at driving mainstream adoption of geospatial applications and grooming geospatial talent, among other goals, will help to position Singapore as a global geospatial hub Continue Reading

March 06, 2024 06Mar2024 Blog Post

Green coding series: Introduction & editorial brief

It’s not easy being green, just ask Kermit. But thankfully, we’re a long way past the 1970s and the naysayers who laughed at the then Prince Charles (now our course our gracious King) and his ... Continue Reading

March 06, 2024 06Mar2024 News

Interview: How a fundraiser became more data-savvy

We speak to a fundraiser in the charity sector about how an apprenticeship in data analytics has given her Excel, PowerBI and Power Query skills Continue Reading

March 06, 2024 06Mar2024 Blog Post

Cockroach CEO: Resilience breeds robust scalability for regulated data zones

Spencer Kimball knows the City of London. He makes it his business to be in town (typically) at least once a year to meet with the company’s customers in the UK and European financial markets. As ... Continue Reading

March 06, 2024 06Mar2024 News

BT to supply ultrafast broadband to UK primary schools under Project Gigabit

Communications provider wins £26m contract to connect more than 650 primary schools in hard-to-reach areas to gigabit broadband to enable children to access online resources and high-quality video streaming Continue Reading

March 06, 2024 06Mar2024 News

Post Office prosecutions during Horizon go-live phase are ‘frightening’

The Post Office used subpostmasters as guinea pigs to test its software and take the rap for its errors Continue Reading

March 05, 2024 05Mar2024 News

Rapid7 hits out over botched vulnerability disclosure

Software development firm JetBrains and security specialist Rapid7 fall out over the handling of a critical vulnerability disclosure, while customers are left rushing to patch Continue Reading

March 05, 2024 05Mar2024 News

ALPHV/BlackCat gang vanishes amid ransomware ‘turmoil’

Mystery surrounds the apparent disappearance of the ALPHV/BlackCat cyber crime gang amid reports that a prominent US victim paid a $22m ransom Continue Reading

March 05, 2024 05Mar2024 News

Meta outage disrupts social media globally

Meta services, including Facebook, Instagram and Threads, have been downed in a brief service outage Continue Reading

March 05, 2024 05Mar2024 News

IT leaders dial back cloud-first strategies as hybrid IT becomes more of an investment priority

Latest data from TechTarget and ESG reveals changing attitudes towards cloud deployments within the enterprise Continue Reading

March 05, 2024 05Mar2024 News

Unexpected costs hit many as they move to cloud storage

A Wasabi survey of cloud storage customers finds more moving to the cloud, but they are experiencing busted budgets and unexpected fees, and expect big demands from artificial intelligence workloads Continue Reading

March 05, 2024 05Mar2024 News

NanoAvionics jumps on SpaceX to expand 5G, IoT space comms

Smallsat bus manufacturer and mission integrator’s craft expand two constellations with upcoming SpaceX Transporter-10 mission Continue Reading

March 05, 2024 05Mar2024 News

IT chiefs fear Kubernetes data log overload

IT architectures are set to grow in complexity, and more mission-critical systems are being deployed on Kubernetes, meaning log files are becoming unmanageable Continue Reading

March 05, 2024 05Mar2024 News

Open Rights Group accuses LiveRamp of ‘unlawful’ data processing

Privacy campaigners at Open Rights Group have submitted formal complaints to UK and French data regulators about allegedly unlawful data processing by online advertising firm LiveRamp Continue Reading

March 05, 2024 05Mar2024 News

Speedcast on board with connectivity for P&O maritime logistics

Comms and IT services provider sets sail to deliver multi-orbit, multi-path SD-WAN service across 59 vessels in fleet of provider of critical logistics support and marine offerings for offshore energy, port services and cargo transportation Continue Reading

March 05, 2024 05Mar2024 News

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