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• June 24, 2022 24 Jun'22

  Developers grapple with open source software security

  Software developers are taking longer to fix vulnerabilities and many do not know about the dependencies of open source software components they are using, study finds

• June 23, 2022 23 Jun'22

  HPE commits to achieving net-zero business goals 10 years ahead of schedule

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise is doubling down on its climate change commitments by vowing to cut its greenhouse gas emissions at an accelerated pace

• June 23, 2022 23 Jun'22

  Ukraine cyber agency enlists Radware to protect government networks

  Ukraine’s State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection is using Radware cloud DDoS protection and web application firewall services to protect the government from persistent Russian attacks

• June 23, 2022 23 Jun'22

  5G-Carmen autonomous driving project gets into gear with Italy, Austria and Germany

  European Commission-funded autonomous and assisted vehicles project unveils test of innovative automotive functions and services on motorway across three Alpine countries

• June 23, 2022 23 Jun'22

  Non-European tech giants could be subject to EU-backed anti-greenwashing directive

  EU-backed push to tighten up the sustainability reporting processes for companies that do business in Europe gathers pace

• June 23, 2022 23 Jun'22

  FCA seeks more tech expertise in fight against fraud

  UK financial services regulator wants technology professionals to join its team fighting online fraud

• June 23, 2022 23 Jun'22

  SolarWinds unveils new development model to avoid a repeat of Sunburst

  SolarWinds has unveiled a new, secure-by-design software development model to protect itself from a repeat of the infamous 2020 cyber attack on its systems, and serve as a blueprint for the industry

• June 23, 2022 23 Jun'22

  5G set for rapid growth phase as world nears 750 million connections

  Study shows global 5G rise of 17% from the end of 2021, accelerated by North American migration to 5G from LTE

• June 23, 2022 23 Jun'22

  BT doubles down on AIOps with Dynatrace for network service gains

  Digital innovation division of incumbent telco and monitoring software provider go live on partnership to simplify, add intelligence to and automate service operations using AIOps

• June 23, 2022 23 Jun'22

  PagerDuty expands Japan presence with joint venture

  PagerDuty forms joint venture with Japan Cloud and is eyeing business from financial, telecoms and e-commerce companies as it seeks to grow its footprint in Japan

• June 22, 2022 22 Jun'22

  Uber drivers strike over pay issues and algorithmic transparency

  Unionised Uber drivers take industrial action against the company over its failure to pay workers in line with a Supreme Court decision and inflation, as well as the lack of transparency around how it uses their data

• June 22, 2022 22 Jun'22

  Yodel delivery service disrupted by cyber incident

  Delivery company Yodel confirmed it had experienced a cyber incident, which researchers believe could be a ransomware attack, and is working to get systems fully running again

• June 22, 2022 22 Jun'22

  UK senior business leaders lack confidence in quality of ESG data, research shows

  A global poll of senior business leaders reveals the UK is doing better than other countries in terms of how its organisations report ESG data, but there is still room for improvement

• June 22, 2022 22 Jun'22

  Packaging, translation to the fore in Zoom platform evolution

  Collaboration and conferencing company brings together options for persistent chat, phone, meetings, whiteboard and other features into a single, scalable package

• June 22, 2022 22 Jun'22

  Nokia, Elisa, Qualcomm claim record 5G uplink speeds over mmWave spectrum

  Chip giant, comms tech provider and Finnish operator reveal 5G trial hitting record-breaking uplink speeds of 2.1Gbps over 2Gbps on mmWave spectrum to enable ultra-high-performing, low-latency services

• June 22, 2022 22 Jun'22

  NatWest files under whistleblower’s bed contain live customer data

  Former Royal Bank of Scotland worker wants bank to take back customer files and provide an ‘adequate receipt’

• June 22, 2022 22 Jun'22

  Public cloud ecosystem revenue soars in line with enterprise demand for services during Q1

  Demand for public cloud and related ecosystem services continues to grow, fuelling revenue growth for the market’s various players

• June 22, 2022 22 Jun'22

  CIO interview: Simon Liste, chief information technology officer, Pension Protection Fund

  While aspects of the PPF’s three-year digital transformation plan were delayed by the pandemic, the organisation is now pressing ahead with widespread improvements to IT

• June 22, 2022 22 Jun'22

  How TDCX is building a people-centric business

  Every digital tool deployed by the Singapore-based services firm is aimed at augmenting the performance and experience of its employees, says TDCX’s group CIO, Byron Fernandez

• June 22, 2022 22 Jun'22

  Seven in 10 UK businesses already using, planning to deploy 5G for competitive advantage

  Research from national innovation network for next-generation mobile connectivity reveals a significant number of UK businesses are already embracing the benefits of 5G

• June 22, 2022 22 Jun'22

  Cloudflare confirms outage caused by datacentre network configuration update error

  Website application security firm Cloudflare has published a review into the cause of the short-lived outage that rendered hundreds of websites inaccessible

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  Altnets advance fibre broadband in East England

  Colchester and Norwich get the opportunity to obtain full-fibre gigabit broadband as leading ISP and cable provider promises ability to work from home and connect online better than ever before

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  Vodafone and Oracle Cloud strike multi-year deal to modernise telco’s European infrastructure

  Vodafone is expanding the range of cloud providers it works with, as it embarks on a multi-year revamp of the infrastructure underpinning its European operations

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  Leading Belgian telcos land key 5G spectrum

  Once seen as behind the curve in next-gen infrastructures, Belgium now comes out strongly for 5G, with telcos Orange and Telenet snaffling up additional spectrum capability to offer advanced mobile services

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  North America drives soaring global 5G market

  The latest Ericsson Mobility Report reveals that 5G coverage in the UK is still at only around 40%, but growth in fixed wireless access could play a crucial role in ‘levelling up’

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  Government won’t regulate on professional cyber standards

  The government has elected not to proceed with regulatory intervention to embed standards and pathways across the cyber profession

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  Norwegian recruiters struggle to keep up with demand for IT specialists

  The growing importance of IT in all industries, along with a shortage in skills, make for an excellent high-tech job market for candidates in Norway

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  Primark trials click & collect for children’s products

  Predominantly offline brand Primark will be trialling click & collect orders for a select number of children’s products

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  Post Office IT investigator to be released from confidentiality obligations for inquiry

  Forensic accounting firm that ‘knows where the bodies are buried’ will be released from confidentiality obligations by the Post Office to give evidence to public inquiry

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  CNI leaders’ attitude to ransomware lackadaisical at best

  A survey of security decision-makers in sectors regarded as critical national infrastructure reveals a disappointing attitude to ransomware threats

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  CIO interview: Mark Bramwell, CIO, Saïd Business School

  After seven years in the job, there are still fresh challenges for the IT leader, including a second digital strategy to deliver

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  Microsoft Office 365 has ability to ‘spy’ on workers

  Microsoft faces calls for ‘transparency’ over tools in Office 365 that allow employers to read staff emails and monitor their computer use at work

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  Cloudflare outage temporarily takes down hundreds of websites

  Downtime incident at web application security and performance firm Cloudflare has wide-reaching consequences for internet service providers

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  New coalition lifts Finland’s 6G status

  Finland is laying the foundations for future European leadership in 6G research and development

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  Aurrigo gets into gear for rural UK self-driving first

  Iconic venue that hosted Harry Potter and The Transformers films becomes base for first self-driving vehicles in UK countryside seeing Auto-Pod carry passengers on a shared 500-metre path

• June 20, 2022 20 Jun'22

  Hyundai taps Singtel’s 5G network in electric vehicle manufacturing

  Automotive giant is tapping Singtel’s 5G network and multi-access edge computing platform to manage and power its electric vehicle factory in Singapore

• June 20, 2022 20 Jun'22

  Tribunal rules in favour of HMRC as it pursues umbrella company for £11m in unpaid tax

  Umbrella firm Exchequer Solutions said it plans to appeal against the outcome of a First-Tier Tribunal, which claims it owes in excess of £11m in unpaid tax relating to its handling of contractor expenses

• June 20, 2022 20 Jun'22

  Huawei unveils new in-home Mesh Wi-Fi solutions

  Comms tech provider focuses on the home with new product designed to deliver high-speed, reliable and secure Wi-Fi 6 Plus for large households and to support third workspace

• June 20, 2022 20 Jun'22

  Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians take up free language app offer

  Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have started free language courses from app-maker Babbel

• June 20, 2022 20 Jun'22

  City of Dublin aims to realise smart city vision with OpenRoaming Wi-Fi trial

  Proof-of-concept trial showcases how wireless internet standard has been deployed to provide residents, tourists and businesses in Irish capital with convenient access to municipal services

• June 20, 2022 20 Jun'22

  Lords move to protect cyber researchers from prosecution

  A cross-party group in the House of Lords has proposed an amendment to the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill that would address concerns about security researchers or ethical hackers being prosecuted in the course of their ...

• June 20, 2022 20 Jun'22

  Complex Russian cyber threat requires we go back to basics

  The situation in Russia is anything but simple, but it is the fundamentals of cyber security hygiene that pose the best defence against the country’s digital threat, as Mandiant’s Jamie Collier explains

• June 20, 2022 20 Jun'22

  Minister says compensation offer to 555 subpostmasters close

  Government minister says an announcement on subpostmaster compensation could be made within weeks

• June 20, 2022 20 Jun'22

  SES-17 begins delivering satellite connectivity services across Americas

  Very high throughput geostationary satellite enters into fully operational stage and is set to expand high-speed broadband network capabilities and accelerate digitisation

• June 20, 2022 20 Jun'22

  OPPO accelerates 5G enterprise network slicing deployment

  OPPO, Ericsson and Qualcomm collaborate to realise what they claim is industry-leading milestone of deploying 5G enterprise network slicing solution for commercially available Android 12 devices

• June 20, 2022 20 Jun'22

  Neo4j teams up with Deloitte in ASEAN push

  Neo4j is partnering with consulting firm Deloitte to meet the demand for graph technology on the back of its growing business in the ASEAN region

• June 19, 2022 19 Jun'22

  Aussie mobile users most vulnerable to security threats

  Australia has the highest percentage of mobile app threats detected on a per-device basis, with iPhone users more likely to download a risky app than an Android user, study finds

• June 17, 2022 17 Jun'22

  British businesses to recognise Google skills certificates

  Google training programmes are being made available to more people in the UK as part of an initiative from the supplier and major UK businesses

• June 17, 2022 17 Jun'22

  Comau, Ericsson, TIM test factory of the future through 5G network slicing

  Robotics and automation company teams with comms tech provider and leading Italian operator to deliver solutions for Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing by using the potential of the 5G network as part of EU-funded 5Growth project

• June 17, 2022 17 Jun'22

  Tech sector sustainability efforts need full ecosystem approach

  Reorienting the tech sector around collaboration rather than competition and reassessing the industry’s conventional wisdom around economic growth is essential to improving sustainability on the timescale needed, London Tech Week attendees are told