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• December 01, 2020 01 Dec'20

  Zoom signs multi-year preferred cloud provider deal with AWS

  Video-conferencing platform provider Zoom is forging even closer ties with long-standing cloud partner Amazon Web Services, prompting questions about where this leaves its technology tie-up with Oracle

• December 01, 2020 01 Dec'20

  Greenwich launches four-year digital strategy

  Strategy is based on six principles, including focusing on the needs of residents and being data-led and agile, and aims to create a truly digital council and borough

• December 01, 2020 01 Dec'20

  UK government sets out 5G tech diversification strategy

  Second reading of the Telecoms Security Bill outlines specific measures to restrict the use of Huawei’s goods, services and facilities in 5G networks and details of the new 5G Supply Chain Diversification Strategy designed to build a resilient, open...

• December 01, 2020 01 Dec'20

  Government covers its ears as complaint by victims of Post Office abuse heads to ombudsman

  Government denies responsibility for the abuse inflicted on subpostmasters by the Post Office over faulty IT system

• December 01, 2020 01 Dec'20

  What it takes for APAC firms to ride out the pandemic

  Whether businesses will recover from the Covid-19 pandemic will depend on how they leverage technology to innovate, create new business models and build digital trust

• November 30, 2020 30 Nov'20

  People not offered help to improve digital skills, BCS finds

  A large number of people feel they have not been provided with enough help to increase their digital skills during lockdown

• November 30, 2020 30 Nov'20

  UK government ploughs £3m into 5G test facility

  Harwell Campus 5G research facility gets financial boost to assist development of advanced communications for terrestrial and satellite-based broadband networks

• November 30, 2020 30 Nov'20

  More than 1,300 teachers trained by National Centre for Computing Education

  Government-funded centre aimed at supporting computing teachers has reached more than 29,000 teachers and trained over 1,300 to deliver computing curriculum

• November 30, 2020 30 Nov'20

  MI5 accused of withholding surveillance compliance failures from cabinet minister

  MI5 withheld high-risk concerns about its ability to comply with legislation from the home secretary when it submitted applications for surveillance warrants, NGOs Privacy International and Liberty claimed last week

• November 30, 2020 30 Nov'20

  Faster-than-predicted growth for 5G with 3.5 billion subs forecast by 2026

  Despite uncertainties caused by Covid-19, new research from Ericsson reveals that the pace of introducing new 5G functionality has increased in 2020

• November 30, 2020 30 Nov'20

  Orange unveils plans for French 5G roll-out

  Two years after gaining spectrum for 5G services in its home territory, the mobile network operator reveals first French cities for 5G deployment using 3.5GHz frequencies

• November 30, 2020 30 Nov'20

  $60m Middle East tech fund targets 120 startups

  Venture capital fund expects rapid regional technology growth in the post-Covid-19 world

• November 30, 2020 30 Nov'20

  IT Priorities: APAC enterprises readying recovery budget

  Enterprises in Asia-Pacific are investing in cloud and other key technologies to not only survive but thrive in the post-pandemic world

• November 27, 2020 27 Nov'20

  Lords propose making tech giants pay for using news

  Digital platforms such as Google and Facebook profit from running adverts alongside publishers’ content, but no financial compensation is given for carrying that content, says Lords committee

• November 27, 2020 27 Nov'20

  Plymouth to host world’s first 5G ocean-based marine testbed

  5G docks at Plymouth Sound with virtualised testing platform designed to put the city at the forefront of marine and maritime innovation

• November 27, 2020 27 Nov'20

  CIO interview: Simon Bateman, Allica Bank

  Challenger bank has built its entire core banking system from scratch using the Azure public cloud and an API ecosystem

• November 27, 2020 27 Nov'20

  UK government ramps up efforts to regulate tech giants

  The Digital Markets Unit of the Competitions and Markets Authority aims to protect consumer privacy and lower barriers to entry for businesses

• November 27, 2020 27 Nov'20

  NI police unable to delete data seized unlawfully from journalists for 10 years

  The Police Service of Northern Ireland is unable to delete terabytes of unlawfully seized data taken from journalists who exposed police failings in the investigation of the Loughinisland sectarian murders

• November 27, 2020 27 Nov'20

  Algorithmic transparency obligations needed in public sector

  Public sector’s use of algorithms with social impacts needs to be more transparent to foster trust and hold organisations responsible for the negative outcomes their systems may produce, says report

• November 27, 2020 27 Nov'20

  Ericsson taps into industry momentum for network orchestration and automation

  Swedish comms tech provider rides the wave of orchestration and automation systems supporting cloud-native functions and orchestrating services across domains, from the edge to private and public cloud

• November 27, 2020 27 Nov'20

  Government pumps £20m into AI research projects

  Alan Turing Institute’s artificial intelligence (AI) research fellows will receive funding for 15 projects including using AI to detect cancer and improve the performance of virtual personal assistants

• November 27, 2020 27 Nov'20

  Spending Review commits £32m to Gov.uk Accounts

  Government Digital Service’s Gov.uk Accounts project will allow people to sign into government services online and get a personalised experience tailored to their needs

• November 27, 2020 27 Nov'20

  Linius aims to add magic to video conferencing with Whizzard

  New product for the conferencing and enterprise collaboration markets offers the ability to transform hours of video footage into bite-sized pieces of content and increase knowledge sharing

• November 27, 2020 27 Nov'20

  How Grab is using technology to improve trust and safety

  Southeast Asian unicorn Grab is tapping artificial intelligence and other technologies to keep its users safe and cyber criminals at bay

• November 26, 2020 26 Nov'20

  Broadband access drives New Zealand remote working to be permanent fixture

  Covid-19 crisis pushes Kiwis to do more online and the changes are sticking, according to research from ANZ telco and media research and consulting firm

• November 26, 2020 26 Nov'20

  Government must hold technology companies to account on e-waste

  MPs urge UK government and global technology companies to deal with ‘tsunami of electronic waste’, which is throwing away valuable resources vital for building a sustainable future

• November 26, 2020 26 Nov'20

  UK broadband industry ‘confused’ by government funding claims

  National broadband suppliers and trade bodies express surprise and lack of enthusiasm for Spending Review claims of providing positive outcome for gigabit roll-out across the country

• November 26, 2020 26 Nov'20

  Data safes will give users control over their data

  Belgian computer scientist tells Computer Weekly how people can regain control of their online personal information

• November 26, 2020 26 Nov'20

  Interest in UK digital talent visa surges despite pandemic

  Tech Nation, the endorsing body for the digital technology route of the UK’s Global Talent Visa, has seen a 48% increase in applications over the past year

• November 26, 2020 26 Nov'20

  Robots taking jobs, but creating careers

  Robotic process automation developers tell Computer Weekly about the job they never expected to be doing

• November 26, 2020 26 Nov'20

  Scottish government hands out laptops and tablets to the digitally excluded

  As part of its Connecting Scotland programme, the Scottish government is giving out 23,000 iPads and Chromebooks to low-income families and care leavers, along with two years of mobile data

• November 26, 2020 26 Nov'20

  AWS outage: Downtime incident blights users of one of Amazon’s major US datacentre regions

  Public cloud giant suffers prolonged service outage due to fault originating in one of its major US datacentre regions

• November 26, 2020 26 Nov'20

  CCS looks to hire CDIO

  Crown Commercial Service is offering nearly £150,000 for the role of chief digital information officer, who will be in charge of developing and delivering its digital and data strategy

• November 26, 2020 26 Nov'20

  Vodafone, Ericsson trial automated flight paths for connected drones

  UK fixed and mobile operator and comms technology provider take to the sky to ensure safe passage for drones

• November 26, 2020 26 Nov'20

  Tony Blair Institute and Oracle combine to launch cloud-based vaccine management in Africa

  The Tony Blair Institute (TBI) and Oracle have combined to launch a vaccine management programme in several African countries

• November 26, 2020 26 Nov'20

  APAC plagued by APT, ransomware attacks

  The Asia-Pacific region was a primary target of advanced persistent threat groups, mostly from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia, that carried out 34 campaigns between June 2019 to June 2020

• November 26, 2020 26 Nov'20

  Inadequate home internet speeds contribute to ‘digital divide’ during UK lockdown

  Survey reveals connectivity speeds are considered inadequate in 30% of properties and over one-third admit to judging the competence of colleagues who have connectivity issues during conferencing sessions

• November 25, 2020 25 Nov'20

  Australia’s science agency unveils mapping tech for SMEs

  The digital specialist arm of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation has developed a mapping system to help robots navigate dangerous and complex terrain

• November 25, 2020 25 Nov'20

  Three cyber criminals arrested in Nigerian BEC investigation

  Prolific cyber criminal gang is thought to have compromised up to half a million victims since 2017

• November 25, 2020 25 Nov'20

  Scottish government unveils strategy for digital planning

  Scotland’s government has published a document that describes its strategy for the digitisation of the nation’s planning system

• November 25, 2020 25 Nov'20

  Government’s infrastructure strategy says technology is key

  The strategy aims to put innovation and technology at ‘the heart’ of its approach to transforming the country, as government launches new national infrastructure bank

• November 25, 2020 25 Nov'20

  Merger of national policing systems over budget and behind schedule

  UK government effort to replace legacy IT systems suffers further delays, and will not be fully completed until 2025 at the earliest

• November 25, 2020 25 Nov'20

  Rishi Sunak’s Spending Review pledges £100bn to transform the country’s infrastructure

  Chancellor’s spending promise includes more than £260m for programmes such as 5G testbeds, local full-fibre networks and the Shared Rural Network

• November 25, 2020 25 Nov'20

  UK government Geospatial Commission stipulates actions to exploit location data

  Report outlines some actions public bodies and companies can take to make better economic use of location data

• November 25, 2020 25 Nov'20

  Legacy tech adds to management headaches in dealing with new normal

  Concerns raised over post-Covid return to the office, with virtually all C-level leaders admitting to still using offline processes and significant numbers believing their company will prioritise business continuity over safety

• November 25, 2020 25 Nov'20

  Securing UK’s critical national infrastructure is a 2021 priority

  Government outlines the UK’s strategic cyber security policies for the coming 12 months, with critical national infrastructure a clear priority

• November 25, 2020 25 Nov'20

  NHSX to launch data strategy for health and social care

  Government sets out plans to ‘bust bureaucracy’ in the NHS, including implementing a new data strategy, consulting on changes to data collection legislation, and making progress on shared care records

• November 25, 2020 25 Nov'20

  Use of abusive stalkerware against women skyrocketed in 2020

  Rise in the use of malicious stalkerware correlates closely to increased domestic violence during lockdown

• November 24, 2020 24 Nov'20

  Pure adds block, Azure and convergence to as-a-service offerings

  Pure customers can get its storage on-premise, in colocation or the cloud, and now it has added FlashArray C// block capacity and Flash Stack converged infrastructure to the catalogue

• November 24, 2020 24 Nov'20

  UK telecoms industry gives guarded welcome to Telecommunications Bill proposal

  New legislation aims to provide a basis to strengthen the security framework for technology used in 5G and full fibre networks, including the electronic equipment and software at phone mast sites and in telephone exchanges