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• October 21, 2019 21 Oct'19

  Trend Micro buys cloud security firm to broaden offering

  Acquisition of Cloud Conformity will address often overlooked cloud security fundamentals

• October 21, 2019 21 Oct'19

  CityFibre expands connectivity offer with Digital Wholesale Solutions

  Wholesale full-fibre provider CityFibre is to make its products available to independent communications, IT and cloud services provider DWS

• October 21, 2019 21 Oct'19

  Sodinokibi emerging as a diverse, multi-vector threat to businesses

  McAfee shares insight into the Sodinokibi ransomware campaign gleaned from its network of honeypots

• October 21, 2019 21 Oct'19

  Virtual Instruments is now Virtana and aims at cloud, containers

  Searches for “Virtual Instruments” returned too many synthesizers, so storage monitoring pioneer went through a blue sky ordeal. It has new plans for cloud and container capability, too

• October 21, 2019 21 Oct'19

  Many companies fail to empower employee data-driven decision-making

  In a data-driven business, staff need access to the right data at the right time to help them do their jobs, but there appears to be a data gap

• October 21, 2019 21 Oct'19

  SAP cloud revenue boosted by Microsoft deal

  New contract with Microsoft will see Azure become the preferred hosting platform for ECC to SAP S/4 Hana cloud migrations

• October 21, 2019 21 Oct'19

  VR over 5G helps Belfast Harbour vision to become smart port

  Harbour teams up with BT to deploy 5G-enabled applications including virtual reality

• October 21, 2019 21 Oct'19

  Australia government moots cloud marketplace

  The Digital Transformation Agency is planning a cloud marketplace for Australian government agencies to acquire a broader range of cloud services through a new procurement model

• October 20, 2019 20 Oct'19

  The lure of Google Cloud for Singapore’s Ninja Van

  Regional logistics startup Ninja Van is consolidating all its compute resources on Google Cloud for cost savings and performance

• October 18, 2019 18 Oct'19

  NHS e-prescriptions roll-out aims for £300m savings by 2021

  The final stage of digitising prescriptions in the NHS is expected to reduce inefficiencies, errors and paper usage

• October 18, 2019 18 Oct'19

  Mark Hurd, co-CEO of Oracle, has died

  The software giant announced a leave of absence for Hurd only last month, while he underwent treatment for undisclosed health problems

• October 18, 2019 18 Oct'19

  Home Office Brexit app finally available for iPhone

  A mobile app to help EU citizens apply for Settled and Pre-Settled Status after Brexit is finally available for Apple iPhone devices, but only on newer generations

• October 18, 2019 18 Oct'19

  Talent shortage impedes UK business data analytics efforts

  Research from data blending and preparation supplier Alteryx finds UK businesses struggling to make the most of their data due to a shortage of data analytics expertise

• October 18, 2019 18 Oct'19

  Two-thirds of UK financial services firms are using machine learning

  The use of machine learning in the finance sector is set to increase as obstacles to its take up are not seen as being insurmountable

• October 18, 2019 18 Oct'19

  Due diligence requires a flexible, standardised approach

  A study has found that procurement professionals are not confident of the process for vetting new suppliers – but a one-size assessment approach does not fit all

• October 18, 2019 18 Oct'19

  Huge rise in rogue banking apps driving fraud attacks

  Fraud perpetrated through fake mobile apps purporting to be from legitimate banks has seen a statistically significant spike, says RSA

• October 18, 2019 18 Oct'19

  O2 promises ‘revolutionary’ offers as it joins UK 5G party

  O2 has become the latest operator in the UK to offer a 5G network and claims to be able to demonstrate real-world 5G business use cases that can potentially boost the British economy

• October 18, 2019 18 Oct'19

  Amazon consumer devices vulnerable to two-year-old exploit

  Millions of older Amazon Echo and Kindle devices are still susceptible to a Wi-Fi vulnerability that was first disclosed in 2017

• October 17, 2019 17 Oct'19

  BEIS launches multimillion-pound security investment package

  Government is making available more than £50m to support a range of new cyber security initiatives and collaborations, including the latest phase of its Digital Security by Design programme

• October 17, 2019 17 Oct'19

  Barclays demonstrates proof-of-concept quantum clearing algorithm

  Barclays and IBM researchers publish paper on a quantum computing algorithm for securities transaction trading

• October 17, 2019 17 Oct'19

  NHSX could transform NHS security capabilities

  The health sector is increasingly confident that NHSX can deliver a streamlined, effective cyber security policy for the health service

• October 17, 2019 17 Oct'19

  London calling for Ding

  Dublin-based top-up mobile services provider Ding expands operations with new office in the UK

• October 17, 2019 17 Oct'19

  Security threat landscape becomes more organised and business-like

  Approaches to securing the enterprise need to change in the face of a rapidly maturing threat landscape

• October 17, 2019 17 Oct'19

  Abu Dhabi AI university open for applications

  New university in UAE aims to enable students, businesses and governments to increase the use of artificial intelligence technology

• October 17, 2019 17 Oct'19

  Report calls for urgent replacement of health screening IT

  Major review of cancer screening programmes urges NHSX to prioritise the update of the underlying technology systems

• October 17, 2019 17 Oct'19

  Three hit by network outage

  Telco blames “technical difficulties” for outage that has taken down voice, text and data services

• October 17, 2019 17 Oct'19

  IR35 private sector preparation: What the banks’ take on the reforms means for IT contractors

  With six months until IR35 tax avoidance reforms are extended to the private sector, a number of financial services firms are thinning out their contractor workforce – is that the way to ensure compliance?

• October 17, 2019 17 Oct'19

  Emerging markets’ mobile financial services transactions set to surpass $1tn in by 2024

  Mobile financial services transaction value will grow by 70% from 2019 to 2014 to total more than $1tn, driven by markets such as Latin America and Cico transactions

• October 17, 2019 17 Oct'19

  Singapore kicks off first steps in 5G roll-out

  Singapore’s telco regulator will award 5G spectrum to mobile operators by the middle of next year, culminating in the deployment of two nationwide 5G networks by the end of 2022

• October 16, 2019 16 Oct'19

  Government shelves age verification plans for online porn

  Plans to introduce age verification to access online pornography will not go ahead, with provisions around protecting children from inappropriate content on the internet to become part of wider regulations

• October 16, 2019 16 Oct'19

  Commvault adds Metallic SaaS backup and Hedvig features

  Backup software maker adds software-as-a-service Metallic, which can protect on-premise, cloud and hybrid platforms. Meanwhile, Hedvig gets datacentre features and erasure coding

• October 16, 2019 16 Oct'19

  Huawei defies US ban with rising revenues in third quarter

  Chinese telecoms equipment giant attributes 24.4% revenue growth to maintaining its focus on ICT infrastructure and smart devices

• October 16, 2019 16 Oct'19

  5G awareness and interest high but consumers struggle to see benefits

  The ramp-up of 5G networks would seem only a matter of time, but research suggests consumers are not yet seeing the light

• October 16, 2019 16 Oct'19

  Brussels accuses Broadcom of breaching antitrust practices

  Competition commissioner says US tech giant’s behaviour is “likely, in the absence of intervention, to create serious and irreversible harm to competition”

• October 16, 2019 16 Oct'19

  Pitney Bowes ‘considering options’ after malware attack

  Mailing and shipping services firm in recovery mode after key systems were encrypted by a malware attack

• October 16, 2019 16 Oct'19

  Sweden’s first GDPR fine sets regulatory tone

  Secondary school fined for breaching General Data Protection Regulation, signalling the attitude of Sweden’s Data Protection Authority

• October 16, 2019 16 Oct'19

  Southeast Asian organisations warm to Anthos

  Google Cloud sees pockets of interest in Anthos and could review its pricing strategy as adoption of the multi-cloud management platform grows

• October 16, 2019 16 Oct'19

  CIO interview: Michael Cole, CTO, PGA European Tour

  Younger generations are turning away from golf – so golf is turning to technology to revolutionise the sport and improve engagement with fans and players

• October 16, 2019 16 Oct'19

  Government IT hosting providers fail to provide emissions data

  Cloud computing is driving the government’s IT and sustainable tech strategy, but cloud and hosting providers are unable to divulge emissions data

• October 16, 2019 16 Oct'19

  HMRC fails to get new customs system ready for Brexit

  A National Audit Office report reveals that HMRC has opted for a multimillion-pound enhancement of a legacy platform rather than working on its planned replacement

• October 16, 2019 16 Oct'19

  Zopa continues in its mission to apply a Netflix user experience to banking

  Zopa has made a credit scoring tool available as it continues to expand the portfolio of products it offers beyond loans.

• October 16, 2019 16 Oct'19

  Intel makes Pivot towards 5G with Smart Edge acquisition

  Chip giant Intel has signed a definitive agreement to buy the Smart Edge intelligent-edge platform business from infrastructure and service provider Pivot Technology Solutions

• October 15, 2019 15 Oct'19

  Software architects struggle with relational database legacy

  Legacy relational database management systems were originally designed as systems of record, but they don’t work as well in modern, cloud-native designs

• October 15, 2019 15 Oct'19

  CIO interview: Hugo Mathias, CIO, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

  For all the talk of a ‘paperless NHS’, replacing legacy systems and eliminating paper records is a challenge – but one that Hugo Mathias is tackling through real-time information and cultural change

• October 15, 2019 15 Oct'19

  UK government aims to measure success of digital initiatives

  Responding to a critical parliamentary report on digital progress, the government has laid out plans to develop better metrics and to overhaul legacy IT

• October 15, 2019 15 Oct'19

  Huawei: Fresh mindset needed to speed up 5G development

  It may already enjoy pricing and technological advantages, but Huawei is calling on 5G industry to collaborate more, especially with regard to regulatory policy

• October 15, 2019 15 Oct'19

  CityFibre announces consultation to speed up full fibre switchover

  CityFibre undertakes industry-wide consultation process regarding the role of builders such as itself in developing the switchover from legacy copper networks

• October 15, 2019 15 Oct'19

  Attackers hunt iPhone jailbreakers in click fraud campaign

  Research by Cisco’s Talos threat intel unit has identified a new click fraud campaign targeting people looking to jailbreak their iPhone devices

• October 15, 2019 15 Oct'19

  TfL to use artificial intelligence to run London’s road network

  Transport for London is seeking input from companies about how it can use data-intensive technologies to predict the impact of road problems across the capital

• October 15, 2019 15 Oct'19

  OVH rebrand signals renewed push to become Europe’s alternative cloud provider of choice

  French public cloud provider OVH has undergone a rebrand and doubled down on its pledge to offer European enterprises an alternative place to store their data