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• January 31, 2022 31 Jan'22

  Huawei retains 5G RAN leadership

  As 5G flourishes across Asia-Pacific, analyst finds Chinese telecoms equipment and services giant is defying bans on its technology to claim leadership in 5G radio access networks

• January 31, 2022 31 Jan'22

  Last year sees growth in tech job adverts across UK

  The technology sector in England and Wales posted more job vacancies in 2021 than the entirety of British businesses did in 2020

• January 31, 2022 31 Jan'22

  Data on children of armed forces personnel exposed in breach

  Data on 4,142 children of serving armed forces personnel was exposed in a data breach at the Ministry of Defence

• January 31, 2022 31 Jan'22

  Nokia, China Mobile and MediaTek claim 5G standalone speed record

  Shanghai trial claimed to achieve new 5G standalone speed record of almost 3Gbps in downlink throughput

• January 31, 2022 31 Jan'22

  Google inks $1bn deal with Bharti Airtel

  The wide-ranging deal covers Google’s equity investment in Airtel, as well as efforts to spur cloud adoption and lower barriers to smartphone ownership

• January 28, 2022 28 Jan'22

  Microsoft gives Nasa a lesson in timeshare optimisation

  A quantum-inspired algorithm has been used to help Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Lab schedule its Deep Space Network comms system

• January 28, 2022 28 Jan'22

  British court rules in HP’s favour in Mike Lynch fraud case

  What next for Mike Lynch as judge rules that HP has ‘substantially succeeded’ in its complaint against him

• January 28, 2022 28 Jan'22

  Cyber skills gap affecting data privacy practice, finds ISACA

  Organisations are struggling to fill both legal and technical privacy roles, with potentially damaging consequences, according to a report

• January 28, 2022 28 Jan'22

  Korean researchers invent silk-based security device

  Experts from the Gwangju Institute of Science have built a digital security device based on natural silk fibres that they claim is practically unbreachable

• January 28, 2022 28 Jan'22

  Manchester United signs Extreme Networks to modernise in-stadium connectivity experience

  Football club sets out to transform the fan experience and increase its capability to deliver low-latency and secure digital services via fast and reliable Wi-Fi connectivity

• January 28, 2022 28 Jan'22

  Leeds NHS Trust moves millions of patient records to the Microsoft Azure public cloud

  Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is moving its on-premise patient data system to the Microsoft Azure public cloud

• January 28, 2022 28 Jan'22

  Smart connectivity to transform world experience within a decade

  Brain-controlled smart assistants, disease-detecting mirrors and digitally connected trees to become mainstream by 2030, by when the average person will interact with smart devices 4,800 times a day, claims study

• January 28, 2022 28 Jan'22

  Verizon Business and Atos team on predictive analytics 5G edge solution

  Business communications services and products provider announces partnership with digital transformation firm to power predictive analytics solutions with private 5G multi-access edge computing for businesses, in particular those working in ...

• January 27, 2022 27 Jan'22

  CISOs must get out in front of Ukraine cyber crisis, says NCSC

  The National Cyber Security Centre is urging UK organisations to take steps to bolster their cyber security resilience in response to the ongoing Ukraine crisis

• January 27, 2022 27 Jan'22

  UK spectrum sharing should be a spectrum policy priority, says UK SPF

  UK Spectrum Policy Forum and Ofcom makes call for mobile spectrum sharing to be a policy priority as demand is expected to increase in the coming years

• January 27, 2022 27 Jan'22

  DCMS taps Arqit for 5G project to provide Open RAN security by default

  Quantum platform-as-a-service provider joins government’s programme to drive diversity in comms technology supply with the aim of integrating a novel quantum encryption service to enable security by default

• January 27, 2022 27 Jan'22

  SAP full-year 2021: Revenue nudges up 1%, cloud growth up 17%

  SAP has announced a 2% rise in full-year 2021 revenue, to just under €28bn, while S/4 Hana customer base increased by 18% to 18,800

• January 27, 2022 27 Jan'22

  Lack of tech skills is delaying projects

  Projects have been delayed over the past six months because of a lack of appropriate skills, with half of managers unable to find the workers with the necessary tech skills, survey finds

• January 27, 2022 27 Jan'22

  Novel phishing campaign highlights need for MFA, says Microsoft

  Microsoft details a new multi-stage phishing campaign that only affects victims without multifactor authentication in place

• January 27, 2022 27 Jan'22

  Barclaycard customers increase contactless spending following limit rise

  Barclaycard customers have increased their contactless card spending by 40% with most of their card payments using the technology

• January 27, 2022 27 Jan'22

  Microsoft uses Q2 2022 earnings to delve into metaverse

  Company’s CEO sees a role for Microsoft that takes the metaverse beyond gaming and into the business sphere

• January 27, 2022 27 Jan'22

  Nightmare Log4Shell scenario averted by prompt, professional action

  Prompt and professional community response to the Log4Shell disclosure means the dangerous and widespread vulnerability has not been exploited to the extent many had feared

• January 27, 2022 27 Jan'22

  Bank account switching accelerates as consumers choose digital services

  Surge in UK consumers changing current account providers is a sign that digital banking services are eating into the traditional sector

• January 27, 2022 27 Jan'22

  Orange Belgium, La Grand Poste create 5G Lab in Liège

  After opening next-generation mobile laboratory in Antwerp, inviting companies to discover, test and develop innovative use cases on standalone network technology, telco signs up Wallonia tech hub as customer

• January 27, 2022 27 Jan'22

  Imperial College London embarks on cloud security research push with Abu Dhabi tech hub

  Imperial College London is embarking on a three-year project with an Abu Dhabi-based group of researchers to find ways for datacentre operators and cloud providers to secure their infrastructure

• January 27, 2022 27 Jan'22

  City Fibre full-fibre network goes live in Thames Valley

  UK’s largest independent network provider aims to bring much-awaited gigabit connectivity to Reading and Slough areas

• January 27, 2022 27 Jan'22

  Umbrella company cyber attacks prompt fresh calls for sector regulation to protect contractors

  With the umbrella company industry increasingly finding itself under attack from cyber criminals, contracting market stakeholders embark on a fresh round of calls for the industry to be regulated

• January 27, 2022 27 Jan'22

  Ocado showcases 3D printing innovation

  Having delivered its first orders 20 years ago, Ocado is now reinventing the business process for online grocery delivery

• January 26, 2022 26 Jan'22

  CORT deploys IoT to monitor indoor air quality

  New Zealand community housing provider is rolling out sensors and analytics software to track the air quality of its premises

• January 26, 2022 26 Jan'22

  More intel emerges on WhisperGate malware that hit Ukraine

  Security experts have been poring over the WhisperGate malware with which alleged Russia-backed entities targeted Ukrainian government websites

• January 26, 2022 26 Jan'22

  Storage tech brief: Look out for PCIe gen 5 drives in 2022

  PCIe 5.0 will offer bandwidth up to 128GBps per drive. We look at what’s available and when, including in the new EDSFF form factor, as well as looking forward to PCIe gen 6

• January 26, 2022 26 Jan'22

  PwnKit bug endangers Linux distributions worldwide

  Qualys researchers share intel on a memory corruption vulnerability in a program installed by default on every major Linux distribution

• January 26, 2022 26 Jan'22

  MPs to debate landmark IoT security law

  Proposed bill mandates tighter protections for connected products, and adds new rules for broadband roll-out into the bargain

• January 26, 2022 26 Jan'22

  BT and Nokia trial Open RAN in UK

  Partners will develop and deploy test of open radio access network system to enhance mobile broadband experience

• January 26, 2022 26 Jan'22

  Space junk revealed by University of Texas graph database

  Aerospace engineers, led by space environmentalist Moriba Jah, at The University of Texas at Austin have built a graph database, AstriaGraph, to track space junk that is a threat to life on Earth

• January 26, 2022 26 Jan'22

  Dutch education anticipates quantum technology

  Dutch academic talks about the Netherlands’ role in a pan-European quantum computing project as university investigates the technology’s possibilities

• January 26, 2022 26 Jan'22

  Should IT leaders plan for the quantum computing era?

  Quantum computing is still at an early stage of development, but there are a handful of use cases where nothing else matches the horsepower it offers

• January 26, 2022 26 Jan'22

  EY to open Neuro-Diverse Centre of Excellence in Manchester

  Professional services firm EY is launching a Neuro-Diverse Centre of Excellence in the UK to create a perfect working environment for neuro-diverse tech innovators

• January 26, 2022 26 Jan'22

  Appetite rising for network as a service

  Study from edge-to-cloud networking provider reveals digital transformation in the post-pandemic era is drawing IT leaders towards network models that are more agile and adaptable

• January 26, 2022 26 Jan'22

  Demands on Fujitsu to contribute to £1bn Horizon scandal compensation costs

  Fujitsu cannot hide away as taxpayers pick up the bill for the Post Office scandal triggered by its IT system, say peers

• January 26, 2022 26 Jan'22

  TigerGraph roars into APAC

  The graph database technology supplier is approaching the region with a solution-based strategy and partnering with universities to grow local capabilities

• January 26, 2022 26 Jan'22

  IBM fourth-quarter results show hybrid refocus

  Big Blue continues its journey to rebuild its business around hybrid cloud platforms, software infrastructure and consulting services

• January 26, 2022 26 Jan'22

  Vodafone UK to begin 3G switch-off in 2023

  UK mobile operator gives notice that it will begin to retire its legacy network in a year’s time, with 4G and 5G networks to get coverage and speed boost from repurposing of 3G spectrum

• January 25, 2022 25 Jan'22

  Icelandic research could revolutionise AI

  Icelandic team is researching potential artificial intelligence that will not choke when faced with the unknown

• January 25, 2022 25 Jan'22

  More evidence needed to establish 5G’s green credentials

  Research paper from UK university cautions that received wisdom of sustainability associated with next-generation mobile technology is not currently backed up by a strong, publicly available, fully transparent evidence base

• January 25, 2022 25 Jan'22

  Prepare, but don’t panic, over supposed Russian cyber threat

  A fresh alert from the US Department of Homeland Security may have IT security teams jumpy over the possibility that their organisations could be targeted by Russian state actors

• January 25, 2022 25 Jan'22

  Cyber Essentials programme gets biggest update since launch

  NCSC implements a thorough revision of its Cyber Essentials scheme to reflect the changing security landscape

• January 25, 2022 25 Jan'22

  AgriFood Connect taps Telstra for industry-first Ericsson private 5G enterprise deployment

  Australia-based global operator and comms tech provider extend long-standing business relationship with first deployment of dedicated next-generation 5G network at agriculture and manufacturing firm

• January 25, 2022 25 Jan'22

  UK government launches internal cyber strategy

  Multi-pronged government security strategy is designed to protect both core systems and public services

• January 25, 2022 25 Jan'22

  UK altnets add fibre across Greater Manchester, Midlands and Southwest

  Two UK independent broadband providers announce full-fibre network offers aimed at allowing businesses to reach potential through supporting both on-premise and hybrid modes of work