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News Archive
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November 07, 2019
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Telcos take to commercial blockchain to seize new revenue streams
GlobalData report finds blockchain usage among telcos increasing, with use cases such as roaming fraud management, wholesale fees settlement, mobile money payments and IoT management
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November 07, 2019
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HP Inc receives a $30bn takeover bid from rival Xerox
It may be a third of the size, but Xerox has put in a bid for rival HP Inc, four years after HP Inc's separation from HP
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November 07, 2019
07
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O2 5G gears up to power driverless cars in London
UK telco reveals 5G network support for trials of driverless vehicles and smart transport systems on the streets of London
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November 07, 2019
07
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Nokia and Microsoft announce tech partnership
IT behemoth Microsoft and comms technology provider Nokia forge first joint solutions, to enable communications service providers and enterprises to accelerate digital transformation
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November 07, 2019
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Abu Dhabi AI university is key to UAE’s future as the oil dries up
Abu Dhabi’s fledgling artificial intelligence university is part of a highly ambitious 30-year plan to transform the UAE’s economy and culture
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November 06, 2019
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Machine learning will have bigger impact than cloud
Workday’s vice-chairman explains how machine learning can help employees become more effective, and hints at the company’s moves beyond finance and HR software
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November 06, 2019
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Gigabit broadband to transform working lives across Europe
Report from economist Oxera predicts that many social and economic benefits will result from the widespread roll-out of gigabit broadband, as increased connectivity changes the way people interact with each other
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November 06, 2019
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Trend Micro insider breach exposes need for data-centric protection
Simple measures could have saved consumer security product supplier from insider breach
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November 06, 2019
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Marks & Spencer profits drop as digital push ramps up
Clothing, home and luxury food retailer Marks & Spencer has been pushing to make its business more digital, but its half-year profits have seen a hit
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November 06, 2019
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How Facebook’s ‘Switcheroo’ plan concealed scheme to kill popular apps
Leaked documents reveal how Facebook used and abused app developers, cut off data to competitors, gave privileged access to its friends and used privacy as a cover story
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November 06, 2019
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Global security workforce must more than double to meet demand
There are about 2.8 million cyber security professionals working today, and the world needs four million more
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November 06, 2019
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Professional cyber criminals command $75k per annum
An ill-advised career in cyber crime is potentially almost as well-paying as a job as a threat researcher in the industry, according to Tenable researchers
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November 06, 2019
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Sage brings cloud-based Intacct to UK market
Sage is bringing its cloud-based accountancy software acquired with US-based Intacct to the UK, and publishes research advancing a digital CFO concept
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November 06, 2019
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Virgin disconnects BT for Vodafone for future mobile services
From 2021, Virgin Media will have full access to all of Vodafone’s current services and future technologies, such as its 5G network, after ending supply deal with BT
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November 06, 2019
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General Election affects National Data Strategy
A series of workshops, including the public’s involvement to guide the plan’s vision, have been postponed
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November 06, 2019
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Lawmakers study leaked Facebook documents made public today
Computer Weekly publishes cache of leaked documents disclosed to Congress
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November 06, 2019
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Jonathan Oxley appointed interim Ofcom chief executive
Ofcom group director for competition and board member fills in as regulator expects to make permanent appointment after General Election
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November 06, 2019
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Initiative offers £1.5m for 15 projects to reduce digital exclusion across UK
Initiative spearheaded by Good Things Foundation and JP Morgan awards funding to 15 projects with the aim of closing the digital divide
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November 06, 2019
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EU digital sovereignty at risk if global tech giants can’t respect IP rights
MEP warns that digital sovereignty will remain a mirage if European digital champions do not have the same rights to enter foreign markets as those attempting to enter the EU
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November 06, 2019
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Scality APIs connect Azure Stack to Ring object storage on-site
Object storage specialist continues its cloud integration journey by adding Microsoft Azure Blob API connectors to allow use of Ring as bulk storage for Azure edge data
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November 06, 2019
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Huawei: 5G growth will be maintained with or without US tech supply
Huawei dismisses US tech sabre-rattling and claims it will continue robust business growth in 5G with or without US suppliers
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November 05, 2019
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Cloud native core banking enables consumers to personalise what they buy
Google inspired core banking platform could help banks offer personalised products to millions of people.
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November 05, 2019
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Ransomware authors seeking new ways to avoid being spotted
Sector analysis from Sophos has revealed some insight into how malware authors are adapting to thwart cyber security controls
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November 05, 2019
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Nov'19
VMware readies on-premise and as-a-service hybrid offerings
During its annual VMworld event in Barcelona, VMware unveiled its vision for combining vSphere and Kubernetes
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November 05, 2019
05
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TechUK calls on datacentre sector to scale up climate change action efforts
Tech trade body TechUK claims the datacentre sector must do more to tackle climate change, and assist the government with its pledge to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050
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November 05, 2019
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Nordic private equity groups drive paytech investments as global actors hover
Private equity companies in the Nordic region are stepping up M&A activity as international tech firms eye acquisitions in the region
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November 05, 2019
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Welsh government to hire chief digital officer
The £500,000 of annual funding will go towards a leader and a department dedicated to developing digital initiatives
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November 05, 2019
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Best of VMworld 2019 Europe User Awards: The winners
Find out who won what, including the best of show prize, at the 2019 VMworld Europe User Awards in Barcelona
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November 05, 2019
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Goldman Sachs lends billions of dollars through Apple partnership
Apple Card issuing bank Goldman Sachs has already given billions of dollars in credit to iPhone users since Apple's credit card was launched
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November 05, 2019
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Qumulo gets HPE upgrade as customers ‘come back from object’
Distributed file system maker Qumulo benefits from HPE Apollo hardware upgrade in a market where Qumulo exec says customers are coming back from object storage for unstructured data
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November 05, 2019
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ICO launches data security campaign for UK General Election
Information commissioner Elizabeth Denham launches campaign to remind the public of their rights when personal data is used for political purposes
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November 05, 2019
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Gartner: The time is right to make IT a boardroom issue
In many businesses, IT is regarded as an internal service provider and cost centre. Gartner says now is the best time for CIOs to make IT strategic
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November 05, 2019
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OpenStack to get standardisation boost in China
New standards are being developed by the OpenStack Foundation and a standards body to improve the interoperability of OpenStack distributions in China
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November 04, 2019
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Sumo Logic buys into cloud security software market
Jask’s cloud-native autonomous security operations software will be integrated into Sumo Logic’s intelligence platform
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November 04, 2019
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Modernisation of justice may leave vulnerable users behind
A Commons Select Committee report has voiced a number of concerns about the ongoing transformation efforts led by the Ministry of Justice and called for actions such as maintenance of non-digital services
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November 04, 2019
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Government allocates £2m to support growth of lawtech
New government funding unlocked to help break down barriers to the adoption of emerging technologies in the legal sector
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November 04, 2019
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Huawei ‘in Europe, for Europe’ to unplug bottlenecks towards the intelligent world
Chinese comms infrastructure giant dismisses external “pressures” and sets out its strategy to make breakthroughs and deliver the all-connected intelligent world based on 5G, IoT and AI
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November 04, 2019
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IR35 tribunal rules HMRC wrong to pursue ex-DWP IT contractor for £240,000 in unpaid employment tax
HMRC has vowed to appeal against the outcome of an IR35 tribunal that ruled it should not be pursuing an ex-DWP and Accenture IT contractor for more than £240,000 in unpaid tax as his engagements classify him as self-employed
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November 04, 2019
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Brits moving to digital banking channel faster than people in the US
Digital banking services rapidly gain popularity, but digital banks face major challenges to make deeper inroads into traditional banks’ customer bases
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November 04, 2019
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Thousands apply to Abu Dhabi AI University in first week
Artificial intelligence university in Abu Dhabi gets more than 3,000 applications in the week following its application process being opened
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November 04, 2019
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EU patches 20-year-old open source vulnerability
Ethical hackers taking part in a bug bounty programme on behalf of the European Union have uncovered a 20-year-old vulnerability
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November 04, 2019
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NHS Digital hit with £4.3m IR35-related tax bill after using HMRC CEST tool to assess contractors
The digital arm of the NHS used HMRC's much-maligned online tool to assess contractors, only for the tax agency to call into question its IR35 determinations and hit it with a tax bill totalling £4.3m
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November 04, 2019
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Optus fires first salvo in Australia’s 5G roll-out
Australia’s second biggest telco, Optus, has flipped the switch for its 5G fixed wireless broadband service in key cities, with mobile services in the pipeline
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November 04, 2019
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Chinese companies fuelling OpenStack adoption in APAC
Led by Chinese tech giants such as Tencent and China Mobile, the Asia-Pacific region will account for a third of the global OpenStack market by 2023
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November 01, 2019
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Nokia proposes Soar solution for telcos facing 5G cyber threats
Nokia proposes new way for telcos to meet the inevitable rising cyber security threats posed by 5G-enabled networks
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November 01, 2019
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General Election sees UK government defer ‘high-risk’ 5G tech supplier review
Decision on allowing so-called high-risk suppliers access to the UK’s market for 5G infrastructure delayed due to 12 December poll
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November 01, 2019
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CIO must focus on easing data access to help data scientists build models more quickly
Data scientists struggle to get the right data in the right format to build artificial intelligence models, so to benefit from AI, CIOs will need to simplify data access
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November 01, 2019
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Big three make big switch on for 5G in China
The largest 5G roll out to date takes place as China gives official authorisation to deploy services as China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom switch on offers at the same time
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November 01, 2019
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HMRC appoints interim chief digital and information officer
Jacky Wright's replacement is a financial services veteran who brings expertise in tech-enabled change and payments infrastructure
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November 01, 2019
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How to break free from traditional desktop productivity
Over the last few years, the acceptance of cloud platforms in business has opened up opportunities for employees to work differently. We investigate