News
News Archive
-
June 02, 2020
02
Jun'20
Hull supercomputer helps fight Covid-19
University’s Viper supercomputer team join forces with Sheffield-based HPC specialist in global distributed computing project focused on the coronavirus
-
June 02, 2020
02
Jun'20
Digital transformation held back by lack of skilled people
Veeam survey finds digital transformation a hot topic, but 44% of firms are held back by skills shortages. Meanwhile, the cost of downtime is found to be $67,651 per hour for the most important apps
-
June 02, 2020
02
Jun'20
NIS security regulations proving effective, but more work to do
The UK’s NIS cyber security and risk regulations are proving somewhat effective, according to a government report
-
June 02, 2020
02
Jun'20
How to succeed at site reliability engineering
Adoption of site reliability engineering is growing in Asia-Pacific, but organisations need to have the right organisational structure and culture to succeed
-
June 02, 2020
02
Jun'20
Enterprises planning future with 5G and Wi-Fi 6
Deloitte study shows advanced wireless technologies increasingly seen as a ‘force multiplier’ for emerging technologies including AI, IoT, cloud and edge computing
-
June 02, 2020
02
Jun'20
Subpostmasters to force scrutiny of government’s role in Post Office IT scandal
The government's role in the Post Office Horizon IT scandal could soon be put under the microscope as subpostmasters take their complaints to the Parliamentary Ombudsman
-
June 02, 2020
02
Jun'20
Covid-19: Global smartphone sales take a tumble in Q1 2020
Leading analyst Gartner attributes 20% year-on-year decline in device sales to effect of coronavirus pandemic, with leading brands showing sharp falls
-
June 01, 2020
01
Jun'20
Employees must be consulted on technologies monitoring the return to work
Experts say the workforce must be ‘in the room’ and given a meaningful say about technologies introduced to monitor their return to work following the Covid-19 pandemic
-
June 01, 2020
01
Jun'20
Egypt offers free tech scholarship to 100,000 citizens
Egypt's youths are being offered free training to help them to prepare for the careers of the future
-
June 01, 2020
01
Jun'20
Privacy campaigners call for radical changes to contact-tracing app
Liberty, Privacy International and the Open Rights Group join calls for the government to either put in place better data protection policies or abandon its Covid-19 contact-tracing app altogether
-
June 01, 2020
01
Jun'20
SmarTone deploys Ericsson Spectrum Sharing to open the gates to 5G-based smart city
Hong Kong operator deploys 5G broadly across territory using dynamic spectrum-sharing technology
-
June 01, 2020
01
Jun'20
HSBC platform uses AI to analyse trading data thousands of times faster
HSBC is offering its US share trading customers artificial intelligence-powered insights into public information about listed companies
-
June 01, 2020
01
Jun'20
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange misses court hearing due to respiratory problems
The WikiLeaks founder is expected to call 21 witnesses during a three-week extradition hearing in September
-
June 01, 2020
01
Jun'20
Former Sage boss becomes chairman of Tech Nation
After five years as chair of Tech Nation, Eileen Burbidge has stepped down. Replacing her is Stephen Kelly, who says he wants to support the next generation of tech scaleups
-
June 01, 2020
01
Jun'20
GSMA, O-RAN team to open up 5G networks
Collaboration aims to accelerate an ‘industry-wide consensus’ on the adoption of open, interoperable interfaces and radio access network virtualisation
-
June 01, 2020
01
Jun'20
How Saudi Arabia is using cloud to navigate the Covid-19 downturn
Organisations in Saudi Arabia are using cloud computing services to help them navigate challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic
-
June 01, 2020
01
Jun'20
UK-Ireland frictionless border tech far from ready, EU Select Committee finds
The government has promised a frictionless UK-Ireland border, but currently technology only has the capacity to mitigate rather than eliminate friction, and the government’s technical advisory group on the border seems to be on hiatus
-
June 01, 2020
01
Jun'20
Coronavirus: Government under renewed pressure to ramp up support for limited company directors
Chancellor of the Exchequer's announced extensions of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme prompt renewed calls for more tailored financial support for limited companies
-
June 01, 2020
01
Jun'20
Councils don't have a consistent view of cyber security, says report
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government releases findings around security perceptions of local authorities
-
June 01, 2020
01
Jun'20
Inside India: The world’s IT powerhouse
The Covid-19 pandemic is turning out to be a big fork in the road for many companies. But what about the industry that keeps the lights on for them?
-
June 01, 2020
01
Jun'20
How managed threat hunting helps bust malicious insiders
Managed threat hunting services can help take some of the pressure off security operations centres and help ensure potential breaches don’t escalate into something far worse. We explore one such case with a happy ending
-
May 29, 2020
29
May'20
Wireless Broadband Alliance calls for single global Wi-Fi network
Global wireless ecosystem consortium unveils WBA OpenRoaming to offer automatic and secure connection of billions of devices to millions of Wi-Fi networks
-
May 29, 2020
29
May'20
Qualcomm aims to tap into Wi-Fi 6E with ‘world’s most advanced’ mobile wireless portfolio
Hot on the heels of FCC action described as milestone and watershed moment for innovation that will supercharge connectivity, wireless processor giant aims to cash in on new wireless standard
-
May 29, 2020
29
May'20
Government launches IoT security funding round
A £400,000 funding pot is on offer for innovators to design schemes that boost internet-of-things security
-
May 29, 2020
29
May'20
Trump signs executive order targeting social media firms
US president moves to weaken legal protections for social media companies after Twitter takes action on his posts
-
May 29, 2020
29
May'20
Test and Trace has not passed data protection impact assessment
Public Health England failed to complete the required impact assessment before launching the Covid-19 Test and Trace programme
-
May 29, 2020
29
May'20
Cisco eyes up ThousandEyes purchase
Networking giant says acquisition of internet and cloud intelligence platform provider will enhance its network performance and monitoring capabilities across the enterprise and into the cloud
-
May 29, 2020
29
May'20
Salesforce Q1 2020: 30% growth, Benioff sees ‘new normal’ by 2021
Salesforce announces 30% year-on-year revenue growth for the first quarter, and displays Covid-19 crisis alleviation activities
-
May 29, 2020
29
May'20
How Sega Europe slashed incident response times using cloud SIEM
Gaming company’s SOC radically improves its operational efficiency with Sumo Logic’s cloud SIEM service
-
May 29, 2020
29
May'20
O2 completes Innovate UK cyber security project blueprint for self-driving cars
Leading UK telco O2 finalises projects to protect data integrity of connected cars as part of major UK project into autonomous vehicles on UK roads
-
May 29, 2020
29
May'20
UK fintech investment reaches record high
Huge increases in UK fintech investment over the past three years has seen the sector explode, but most of the activity is still concentrated in London
-
May 29, 2020
29
May'20
Singapore’s contact-tracing app tops privacy study
Singapore’s TraceTogether is least intrusive in terms of privacy communications compared with similar apps in the region, study finds
-
May 29, 2020
29
May'20
UK to join Covid-19 High-Performance Computing consortium
UK becomes first country outside the US to join group enabling researchers and scientists to access top supercomputers to help their work on the coronavirus
-
May 29, 2020
29
May'20
Mobile industry makes ‘rapid’ progress towards 5G despite Covid-19
BPI Network Survey suggests operators are rethinking security in the light of 5G network traffic, and shows “dramatic” increase in connected devices and new mission-critical use cases
-
May 29, 2020
29
May'20
Kaminario offers cut-price virtual SAN in the cloud
Flash pioneer Kaminario builds its VisionOS out to the cloud and says its cloud block storage is much cheaper than what is available from the native cloud services of the big three providers
-
May 29, 2020
29
May'20
The software innovation impact of coronavirus
Software developers can work remotely, but if workers are expected to work remotely in the long term, can organisations maintain a software innovation cycle?
-
May 28, 2020
28
May'20
IT contractors hit by delays in Covid-19 furlough scheme payments from umbrella companies
A lack of clarity over how Covid-19-related furlough pay calculations should be totalled up for IT contractors working for umbrella companies has left many facing financial hardship, it is claimed
-
May 28, 2020
28
May'20
European General Court annuls ban on proposed Three UK/O2 merger
Court reverses European Commission judgment blocking 2016 purchase of leading UK mobile providers
-
May 28, 2020
28
May'20
Covid-19 calculated to cause 18% drop in net new IoT devices in 2020
Fleet management, heavy transport vehicles, equipment, fixed assets and digital signage are among the internet of things applications hit hardest by the pandemic
-
May 28, 2020
28
May'20
Departments launch 69 services on Gov.uk during coronavirus pandemic
During the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, government departments have launched 69 online customer facing services on Gov.uk, with another 46 on track to be delivered
-
May 28, 2020
28
May'20
Public Health England to keep contact-tracing data for 20 years
PHE will retain the data it collects via the NHS Test and Trace programme for 20 years
-
May 28, 2020
28
May'20
TSB Bank digitises banking forms in response to coronavirus lockdown
As part of its 2022 digital strategy, TSB has begun rolling out electronic forms designed in Adobe XD and processed using Adobe Sign
-
May 28, 2020
28
May'20
IoT buyers eye private network deployments for added security
Fully private, segregated networks for IoT deployments are becoming increasingly attractive to many organisations, according to a report
-
May 28, 2020
28
May'20
UK government unveils NHS Test and Trace service to combat Covid-19
UK government unveils framework to stop the spread of coronavirus, but contact-tracing launch date not revealed
-
May 28, 2020
28
May'20
UK government seeks innovations to tackle space debris
Organisations developing solutions in space surveillance and tracking will be able to bid for a share of a £1m funding pot
-
May 28, 2020
28
May'20
How AI can improve food safety
Fujitsu has developed a computer vision model that recognises hand washing gestures to ease the enforcement of stricter food handling rules in Japan
-
May 27, 2020
27
May'20
BCS calls for computer coding in scientific research to be more professional
BCS position paper finds the software coding practices of non-computer-science scientists to be insufficiently professional
-
May 27, 2020
27
May'20
Revealed: Surveillance camera network that covered Dominic Cummings’ lockdown travel
A network of automatic number plate recognition and local authority traffic cameras could help police track Downing Street chief of staff Dominic Cummings’ journeys to Durham and Barnard Castle during the Covid-19 lockdown
-
May 27, 2020
27
May'20
Coronavirus: CIOs should consider a new desktop IT strategy
Although the Covid-19 lockdown is easing, office life will not return to normal any time soon, and few will be buying new PCs
-
May 27, 2020
27
May'20
Three-quarters of people expect to work remotely more often after the lockdown
Current changes in working patterns through the Covid-19 outbreak set to see marked shift in the future, and have major impact on digital infrastructures