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• February 21, 2022 21 Feb'22

  Open banking surpasses five million UK customers

  Upwards of five million people in the UK are using open banking services as the financial sector’s fintech revolution gathers pace

• February 21, 2022 21 Feb'22

  Amazon and Visa resolve UK credit card ban threat

  Companies reach ‘broad, global agreement that includes the acceptance of Visa at all Amazon stores and sites’

• February 21, 2022 21 Feb'22

  New consultation on legal direction to restrict use of Huawei in UK telecoms networks

  UK government is consulting on its proposed legal instruments to mandate the removal of all Huawei equipment from 5G networks by the end of 2027

• February 21, 2022 21 Feb'22

  Telstra and TPG Telecom strike network sharing deal

  Australia’s Telstra and TPG Telecom have joined forces to share their mobile networks and spectrum in a landmark deal that will expand coverage for both telcos

• February 20, 2022 20 Feb'22

  BreastScreen Victoria to use third-party support for Oracle database

  Australia’s BreastScreen Victoria has inked a support contract with Rimini Street to free up IT capacity and funds for strategic initiatives

• February 18, 2022 18 Feb'22

  Nokia, Kyndryl create global private network and edge computing alliance

  Comms technology provider and IT infrastructure services company form partnership to focus on flexible, reliable and secure LTE and 5G private wireless connectivity services for enterprise customers

• February 18, 2022 18 Feb'22

  Energy efficiency takes centre stage in new Ericsson 5G portfolio

  Pre-MWC briefing sees Swedish comms tech leader introduce new radio access network technology led by the flagship dual-band antenna, said to consume 25% less power than current product

• February 18, 2022 18 Feb'22

  January 2022 saw low growth in online sales

  Slow start to the year with minimal growth for online sales as pandemic drop-off has more people heading back to the highstreet

• February 18, 2022 18 Feb'22

  Alibaba at the Winter Olympics: Bringing Beijing 2022 to broadcasters around the world

  As the Winter Olympics in Beijing draw to a close, the organisers lift the lid on the role Alibaba’s cloud technology has played in broadcasting the event to audiences across the globe

• February 18, 2022 18 Feb'22

  Lawyers say ‘unprecedented’ secrecy deprived EncroChat defendants of fair trials

  Lawyers from seven countries say it is impossible for their clients to challenge the accuracy, authenticity, reliability and legality of the evidence against them

• February 18, 2022 18 Feb'22

  UK organisations untroubled by Trickbot surge

  A surge in Trickbot infections is targeting some of the world’s most prominent brands, but UK organisations seem thankfully unaffected

• February 18, 2022 18 Feb'22

  Virgin Media O2 seeks joint venture for UK full-fibre extension

  Just weeks after claiming to have taken a huge competitive step in the UK broadband market by hitting its target of gigabit capability to all its customers, operator looks for financing to fuel further growth

• February 18, 2022 18 Feb'22

  CDO interview: Lisa Valentino, executive VP for client and brand solutions, Disney Advertising Sales

  The entertainment giant is bringing marketing, data and technology together to make the most of its growing digital advertising opportunities

• February 18, 2022 18 Feb'22

  CIO interview: Adam Miller, group head of IT, Markerstudy Group

  The insurer and Auto Windscreens owner is using cloud-based virtual desktops to ease acquisitions and support home working during the pandemic – and its IT chief has a growing range of projects on the go

• February 18, 2022 18 Feb'22

  Amazon drops Elasticsearch name from cloud portfolio after trademark infringement suit concludes

  Enterprise open search company Elastic has succeeded in getting Amazon to stop using the name Elasticsearch to describe its distributed search and analytics product

• February 18, 2022 18 Feb'22

  India warms to telehealth amid pandemic

  Covid-19 has accelerated adoption of telehealth services in India as more healthcare providers look to offer medical treatment and assistance without risking infections

• February 18, 2022 18 Feb'22

  The British people are waking up to the scandal that happened under their noses

  Victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal have been suffering in silence for many years, but the current public inquiry is giving them a voice, and people are listening

• February 17, 2022 17 Feb'22

  Risk of UK digital broadband divide growing

  Report from communications regulator warns that amid rising cost of services, millions of low-income families in the UK are missing out on a £144 annual broadband saving

• February 17, 2022 17 Feb'22

  How Signify accelerated automation projects as pandemic challenges mounted

  Dutch lighting manufacturer used robotic process automation technology to help it address Covid-19-inflicted disruption

• February 17, 2022 17 Feb'22

  Unified communications and collaboration set for automation surge in hybrid world

  Research reveals hybrid working world unified communications and collaboration now seen as improving productivity, but challenge exists for organisations managing UCC at scale to provision users across multiple apps and communications platforms

• February 17, 2022 17 Feb'22

  UK enterprises prioritise real-world 5G benefits over sophisticated use cases

  Study finds more than half of enterprises plan to invest in 5G within three years and many are drawn to private networks, but confidence around implementation appears to stall

• February 17, 2022 17 Feb'22

  Nvidia founder and CEO portrays AI-centricity

  Earnings call for Nvidia’s fourth-quarter results offers a leading indicator of where the application of artificial intelligence may be heading

• February 17, 2022 17 Feb'22

  Helsinki helps lay the groundwork for cities to take on healthcare drones

  Finnish capital is part of a pan-EU project to introduce drone technology into emergency medical services

• February 17, 2022 17 Feb'22

  Red Cross cyber attack the work of nation-state actors

  The International Committee of the Red Cross now believes the January 2022 attack on its systems to have been the work of an undisclosed nation state

• February 17, 2022 17 Feb'22

  Wyld Networks and Agrology team to enable satellite IoT in agriculture

  Predictive agricultural technology provider to integrate satellite-based internet of things connectivity into core platform for global, 24/7 data collection

• February 17, 2022 17 Feb'22

  How one Singapore company is keeping drivers safe

  TNT Surveillance’s technology is being deployed by bus and port operators to reduce driver fatigue and prevent accidents using cameras and radar sensors

• February 16, 2022 16 Feb'22

  MPs demand urgent compensation for Post Office scandal victim group

  MPs have called for the government to urgently provide fair compensation to a group of victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal who have so far been left out of compensation schemes

• February 16, 2022 16 Feb'22

  2021 another record year for UK cyber investment

  Total revenue generated by the UK’s cyber sector was up 14% last year, and UK-registered security firms raised over £1bn in investment

• February 16, 2022 16 Feb'22

  Interview: How do you define IBM?

  It is the world’s oldest computer company, and it was once said you didn’t get fired for buying from Big Blue. But a lot has changed. Sreeram Visvanathan, CEO for UK&I, explains how IBM is reinventing itself

• February 16, 2022 16 Feb'22

  DWP data sharing pilot aims for single source of the truth

  A pilot to share labour data across government departments aims to develop a safe framework for collaboration and to improve policy-making

• February 16, 2022 16 Feb'22

  EU accelerates space connectivity programme

  European Commission puts forward a plan for an EU space-based secure communication system designed to ensure long-term availability of worldwide uninterrupted access to secure and cost-effective satellite connectivity services

• February 16, 2022 16 Feb'22

  Juniper Networks begins Open RAN use case trial with Vodafone and Parallel Wireless

  Leading operator, cloud-native Open RAN company and AI-driven networks provider team on software-driven architecture project to showcase route to enhanced mobile business opportunities and critical user experiences

• February 16, 2022 16 Feb'22

  Hitachi Energy brings 5G connectivity to mission-critical ops

  Power tech firm brings 5G connectivity to mission-critical industrial and utility operations, deploying routers to enable a hybrid wireless network described as fast, secure and reliable

• February 16, 2022 16 Feb'22

  DDoS attacks hit Ukrainian defence ministry and banks

  A further wave of cyber attacks has taken place against targets in Ukraine amid heightened tension in the region

• February 16, 2022 16 Feb'22

  BlackCat ransomware gang claims responsibility for Swissport attack

  Ransomware gang is trying to offload 1.6TB of data stolen from aviation services firm

• February 16, 2022 16 Feb'22

  CIO interview: Steve Williams, M&A lead and IT director, Waterstons

  Steve Williams is applying decades of CIO experience to the advice he gives businesses during major mergers and acquisitions

• February 16, 2022 16 Feb'22

  Nordic countries lack a unified approach to AI

  Nordic countries need to work together on a pan-regional artificial intelligence strategy

• February 16, 2022 16 Feb'22

  Cloud Security Alliance publishes guidelines to bridge compliance and DevOps

  The Cloud Security Alliance has published a report detailing practices that organisations can adopt to bridge the gap between compliance and software development and operations

• February 16, 2022 16 Feb'22

  Retrospect Backup refines anomaly detection in ransomware battle

  StorCentric backup software brand allows customer fine-tuning of anomaly detection in struggle against ransomware, and adds immutable copies via object locking in Azure

• February 16, 2022 16 Feb'22

  Virgin Media O2 accelerates Londoners’ 5G coverage

  Recently merged operator’s 5G coverage in UK metropolitan area extends to over two-thirds of population coverage and company commits to reaching half of the UK’s population in 2023

• February 16, 2022 16 Feb'22

  Uptime Institute to help financial services organisations reduce infrastructure outage risks

  Datacentre resiliency think-tank is launching a programme to help financial services organisations reduce the risk of outages happening within their hybrid infrastructure setups

• February 15, 2022 15 Feb'22

  Global investor community flocks to 5G

  5G is now a reality, but how to make money from it remains a question. Research unearths insights that could offer direction on the specific industries in which to make returns on investment in next-generation networks

• February 15, 2022 15 Feb'22

  Stadium trial is latest success in 5G Vista project

  Multi-supplier project to explore valuable commercial opportunities of 5G technologies announces successful trial at a live football match

• February 15, 2022 15 Feb'22

  New world of work sees emergence of hybrid holiday

  Research from Virgin Media O2 suggests 2022 will be the year when working from anywhere becomes a reality for businesses across the UK

• February 15, 2022 15 Feb'22

  The Citrix deal and what it means for Tibco

  The investment firm behind Tibco has been on a spending spree, bolstering its product portfolio and offering new ways to access and connect to data

• February 15, 2022 15 Feb'22

  OneWeb adds 34 more satellites to growing LEO network

  In its 10th launch since December 2020, satellite broadband company brings total in-orbit constellation to 428 satellites, two-thirds of planned LEO satellite fleet that will deliver high-speed, low-latency global connectivity

• February 15, 2022 15 Feb'22

  Botched third-party configuration exposes Internet Society data to web

  Personal data on members of The Internet Society was exposed after a supplier failed to secure its Azure storage

• February 15, 2022 15 Feb'22

  UK finance regulator effects changes to ‘buy now, pay later’ contract terms

  BNPL finance providers have agreed to make their contracts with consumers fairer, amid concerns

• February 15, 2022 15 Feb'22

  Parasol data breach: Frustrated IT contractors dig into the dark web in search of their data

  The emergence on the dark web of passports, payslips and other personal documents belonging to contractors affected by the cyber attack and subsequent data breach at Parasol is prompting group actions and forcing some IT contractors to find out for ...

• February 15, 2022 15 Feb'22

  Nebulon gets Ansible collection for datacentre deployment

  Provider of cloud-managed and hardware-accelerated – formerly ‘cloud-defined’ – storage makes further moves towards its smartInfrastructure vision, with Terraform support coming