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• March 29, 2021 29 Mar'21

  TSB Smart Agent integrated into mobile banking app

  TSB has integrated a smart agent, developed to relieve pressure on its contact centres during the Covid-19 pandemic, into its mobile app

• March 29, 2021 29 Mar'21

  Backup survey: UK councils’ downtimes five times longer than average

  Backup product supplier Veeam’s freedom of information request finds councils’ average downtime is seven hours and that backup and disaster recovery testing is not done frequently

• March 29, 2021 29 Mar'21

  Alstom global network gets on track with BT for digital future

  New software-defined managed network from UK’s incumbent telco deployed by smart mobility technology provider to optimise connectivity to cloud at manufacturing plants, offices, depots and datacentres

• March 29, 2021 29 Mar'21

  UK courts face evidence ‘black hole’ over police EncroChat mass hacking

  French investigators have refused to disclose how they downloaded millions of messages from a supposedly secure cryptophone network used by organised criminals – leaving UK courts to grapple with a forensic ‘black hole’ of evidence

• March 29, 2021 29 Mar'21

  Cyber attack takes Channel Nine off-air

  The Australian broadcaster was hit by an alleged ransomware attack that disrupted broadcasting operations in its Sydney studio

• March 29, 2021 29 Mar'21

  CW Innovation Awards: Recognising APAC’s top industry leaders

  The region’s top industry innovators were recognised for their digital transformation efforts to tap new business opportunities, improve efficiencies and solve pressing issues

• March 29, 2021 29 Mar'21

  CW Innovation Awards: How DBS is transforming credit processes

  DBS Bank’s credit architecture programme has digitised and reimagined credit processes through a unified platform that has improved the productivity and efficiency of its credit teams

• March 29, 2021 29 Mar'21

  CW Innovation Awards: Flybuys cranks up cloud for service efficiency

  Australia’s biggest loyalty platform takes 12-month journey towards the cloud, slashing time to deliver customised offers to less than 45 minutes, among other outcomes

• March 29, 2021 29 Mar'21

  CW Innovation Awards: Bharat Petroleum refines operations with a digital nerve centre

  Bharat Petroleum has developed a digital nerve centre powered by the internet of things and artificial intelligence technologies to monitor the journey of its products

• March 29, 2021 29 Mar'21

  CW Innovation Awards: Jio Platforms taps machine learning to manage telco network

  Why India’s largest telecom operator built its own machine learning platform to meet the growing data and signalling requirements of new networks

• March 29, 2021 29 Mar'21

  CW Innovation Awards: Sime Darby ups ante in service management

  Sime Darby Industrial’s inService Suite has returned more than 100,000 hours to the company in a digitisation initiative that has improved efficiency and customer engagement

• March 29, 2021 29 Mar'21

  CW Innovation Awards: SIA taps blockchain for loyalty app

  Singapore Airlines, winner of the transportation category in this year’s CW Innovation Awards APAC, expands its blockchain-based digital wallet into a broader digital lifestyle platform

• March 26, 2021 26 Mar'21

  Surveillance expert ‘unfairly’ refused job at intelligence regulator after MI5 intervened

  The Home Office unfairly refused Eric Kind, a specialist in criminal justice and UK surveillance law, clearance for a job at an intelligence watchdog after MI5 claimed he was “insufficiently deferential”

• March 26, 2021 26 Mar'21

  Nokia, Key Bridge Wireless forge partnership to deliver enterprise CBRS

  Comms tech provider and automated frequency coordination and spectrum administration solutions firm team to introduce integrated citizens broadband radio service offering for comms service providers, multiple-system operators and enterprise private ...

• March 26, 2021 26 Mar'21

  Sarah Wilkinson resigns as NHS Digital CEO

  After four years at the helm of NHS Digital, CEO Sarah Wilkinson will leave in the summer of 2021, and the organisation is looking for an interim replacement

• March 26, 2021 26 Mar'21

  Qualcomm enhances 7-series with Snapdragon 780G 5G mobile platform

  Mobile chip giant continues 5G foray with new Snapdragon product supporting multi-gigabit Wi-Fi 6 speeds, VR-class low latency and robust capacity for use cases such as video calling

• March 26, 2021 26 Mar'21

  From private to public: Amadeus on working with Microsoft to change up its cloud strategy

  Amadeus and Microsoft have joined forces to help accelerate the travel technology firm’s move to the public cloud – but why now?

• March 26, 2021 26 Mar'21

  Three-quarters of employees feel worse from remote working

  Survey by security technology specialist reveals that the thrill of home working has gone, and there is a generational divide in working conditions

• March 26, 2021 26 Mar'21

  Retailer FatFace pays $2m ransom to Conti cyber criminals

  Retailer FatFace paid out a $2m ransom to restore its data following a January 2021 cyber attack by the Conti ransomware syndicate

• March 26, 2021 26 Mar'21

  Leading Israeli IoT firm lands in US as worldwide malware attacks surge

  With US end-user internet of things devices expected to grow to $1.6tn by 2025 and with more than 5.4 billion IoT connected devices in North America alone, tech firms and the black hat community are weighing up the potential

• March 26, 2021 26 Mar'21

  NHS Shared Business Services launches £1bn digital hardware framework

  Framework consists of 19 suppliers, and offers user IT hardware products and services to the NHS and public sector organisations

• March 26, 2021 26 Mar'21

  Remote working burn-out a factor in security risk

  After a year of working from the kitchen table, stress and burn-out are increasing, giving rise to more security risks – and Millennials seem to be particularly affected

• March 26, 2021 26 Mar'21

  Openreach defies Covid to hit full-fibre target

  BT-owned broadband provision division includes more than 170 city locations in multi-billion-pound gigabit broadband build including cities of Birmingham, Belfast, London and Manchester

• March 26, 2021 26 Mar'21

  Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences combines AI and practice

  University ensures cooperation between scientists and industry when developing artificial intelligence

• March 26, 2021 26 Mar'21

  ‘Major’ security flaw detected in 5G core network slicing design

  Mobile security specialist details potentially revenue-threatening vulnerabilities with key element of next-generation networks and reveals plans to work with industry to provide mitigation prior to widespread deployments

• March 25, 2021 25 Mar'21

  Cyber security complacency puts UK at risk, says NCSC head

  National Cyber Security Centre CEO Lindy Cameron, in her maiden speech in the role, warns of challenges ahead for the UK and sets out the future agenda for cyber

• March 25, 2021 25 Mar'21

  DWP completes in-house VME replacement project

  The department has taken an in-house approach to swapping its virtual machine environment (VME), getting rid of legacy infrastructure and replacing 11 key benefits systems

• March 25, 2021 25 Mar'21

  TUC warns of gaps in British law over use of AI at work

  The TUC has published a report warning of AI-powered discrimination against working people enabled by gaps in existing British employment law

• March 25, 2021 25 Mar'21

  Deliveroo faces pushback from investors and riders ahead of IPO

  Two of the UK’s largest fund managers have said they will not buy shares in Deliveroo because of concerns over workers’ rights

• March 25, 2021 25 Mar'21

  Warning: AWS IAM behaves differently to directory services

  IT admins use group policies to manage user access via Active Directory, but AWS takes a subtly different approach, which can be exploited

• March 25, 2021 25 Mar'21

  NHS Wales shapes up ambitious plans for digital patient-facing app

  Computer Weekly looks at NHS Wales’ project to create a patient-facing app and a collaborative ecosystem for technology suppliers and NHS providers to deliver joined-up care

• March 25, 2021 25 Mar'21

  Four in five UK businesses seek new security suppliers

  Decision-makers are ready to buy new security technology, but suppliers must pay close attention to how they present themselves

• March 25, 2021 25 Mar'21

  Government faces judicial review into plans for Post Office Horizon inquiry

  Subpostmasters that suffered great hardship at the hands of the Post Office are applying for a judicial review of a government inquiry into the scandal, which they see as a "whitewash"

• March 25, 2021 25 Mar'21

  Liverpool announces test and development area for drone technology

  Project aims to stimulate investment opportunities, employment and skills for the region

• March 25, 2021 25 Mar'21

  Qualcomm, 5G RuralDorset seed partnership to trial farming use cases

  Government announces relationship with wireless technology company to work with its DCMS 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme to power smart agriculture for remote farms in the Dorset region

• March 25, 2021 25 Mar'21

  Interview: Paul Douglas, Scottish Water

  Building an enterprise architecture involves balancing near- and mid-term goals with longer-term business objective, cost and technical challenges, says Paul Douglas, lead enterprise architect at Scottish Water

• March 25, 2021 25 Mar'21

  Facebook disrupts Chinese espionage operation

  Social media giant’s in-house security team has tracked down and disrupted a long-running Chinese campaign targeting the Uighur Muslim minority

• March 25, 2021 25 Mar'21

  NHS to digitise the ‘red book’ by 2023

  Every child born from April 2023 will have a digital ‘red book’, or personal child health record, Matt Hancock has promised

• March 25, 2021 25 Mar'21

  More than £34.5m stolen in pandemic scams over past year

  City of London Police and National Cyber Security Centre report large uptick in threats and crime related to Covid-19 over the past year, in some cases directed specifically at health organisations

• March 25, 2021 25 Mar'21

  China’s cloud infrastructure spending hits record growth

  Public cloud infrastructure spending in China grew a record 62% in the last quarter of 2020 due to rapid economic recovery and focus on digital transformation

• March 25, 2021 25 Mar'21

  Bharti Airtel taps OpenStack to modernise telco network

  India’s Bharti Airtel turns to OpenStack to ready its network for emerging technologies such as 5G and edge computing

• March 24, 2021 24 Mar'21

  Ex-Post Office CEO Paula Vennells walked away from IT scandal with over £400,000 in pay and bonuses

  Former Post Office chief was paid over £400,000 when she left despite the organisation being involved in what would become the biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history

• March 24, 2021 24 Mar'21

  Sky enters business broadband arena with Sky Connect

  Broadband provider launches scheme to give UK’s small businesses a better broadband experience, creating 1,000 jobs in the process

• March 24, 2021 24 Mar'21

  Covid-torn supply chains speed cloud adoption, says Oracle’s Miranda

  Second wave of pandemic has seen some Oracle customers speed up adoption and others attend to some enterprise software housekeeping

• March 24, 2021 24 Mar'21

  Intel puts chips on everyone’s menu

  Digitisation and geopolitical tension between the US and China may be behind Pat Gelsinger’s news about building fabrication plants in the US and Europe

• March 24, 2021 24 Mar'21

  IWM uses StorCycle to free capacity for all-flash SAN upgrade

  Imperial War Museums set to embark on unstructured data archiving project that will archive cold data to tape and free up capacity for a move to IntelliFlash all-flash SAN

• March 24, 2021 24 Mar'21

  Oil giant Shell hit through Accellion FTA breach

  Energy firm discloses cyber attack through Accellion File Transfer Appliance

• March 24, 2021 24 Mar'21

  Prime minister says people should be held to account for Post Office IT scandal

  Boris Johnson agrees with MP that those responsible for the Post Office Horizon scandal should be brought to book

• March 24, 2021 24 Mar'21

  Google Cloud claims revolution with Network Connectivity Centre

  Cloud giant introduces platform designed to allow enterprises to simplify complex heterogeneous networks for on-prem and cloud connectivity needs and connect with Cisco SD-WAN as a single network

• March 24, 2021 24 Mar'21

  Apparent drop in cyber incidents highlights underlying problems

  UK organisations report fewer cyber security incidents, but the headline data masks more serious issues, according to a report