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News Archive
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May 28, 2019
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Many search engine users unaware of personal data collection
Many users of online search engines are still unaware that data is being collected about them for personalised advertising, a study has revealed
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May 28, 2019
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Excelero and BeeGFS offer next-gen HPC based on NVMe flash
Super-fast solid-state storage in commodity servers ties up with recently-developed parallel file system BeeGFS to target high-performance computing use cases
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May 28, 2019
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Swedes need to keep a week’s cash under the bed
The Swedish population is being advised to keep enough cash at home to last a week in case of problems such as online banking crashes
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May 28, 2019
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NHS Digital sets out Internet First policy
NHS Digital is soliciting input to its Internet First policy, a set of standards and guidelines to help health and social care organisations make digital services accessible over the internet
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May 28, 2019
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Saudi Arabia’s largest auto company completes SAP project as part of digital transformation
Abdul Latif Jameel Motors wins SAP Quality Gold Award for digital revamp programme that overhauled performance and efficiency across its business
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May 28, 2019
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Dutch IT security firm dumps corporate structure
Boss of Netherlands-based Computest turns to self-management model to make company more nimble
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May 28, 2019
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SAP extends Hana’s reach beyond enterprise applications
The benefits of Hana Cloud Services are clear to Asia-Pacific customers, although actual adoption will boil down to cost
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May 27, 2019
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StarHub taps OpenStack to run telco network
The Singapore telco has deployed OpenStack and signed up for Red Hat’s training programme to equip its network engineers with technical expertise
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May 26, 2019
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Australian firms coming to grips with AI ethics
Australian businesses are warming up to AI, but just two in five have standards and guidelines for AI ethics, a study finds
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May 24, 2019
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Just over half of UK firms don’t have a cyber resilience plan
Many UK firms still lack cyber resilience and data protection capabilities covering email a year after the implementation of the GDPR aimed at improving personal data protection
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May 24, 2019
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London Office for Technology and Innovation gets ready to launch
New organisation will officially begin its activities in June and has appointed Nesta’s former government chief as director
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May 24, 2019
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GDPR: Are we there yet?
A full year since the General Data Protection Regulation was implemented, there has not been the severe punitive action expected by many and personal data breaches continue to happen, leaving many wondering if any progress has been made
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May 24, 2019
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NHS Digital launches GP IT Futures tender
New framework aims to simplify IT provision for surgeries and create a competitive systems marketplace for primary care
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May 24, 2019
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Effect of GDPR yet to be felt, says law firm Hogan Lovells
Despite the fact that the GDPR has been in full effect for a year, the true effect of the regulation is yet to be felt and organisations should ensure they keep their eye on the ball, says leading privacy law firm
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May 24, 2019
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Ofcom makes new proposals to liberalise access Openreach’s ducts and poles
The telecoms regulator is proposing new regulations on accessing Openreach’s infrastructure that it hopes will incentives others to roll out ultrafast networks quicker
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May 24, 2019
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No real change a year into GDPR, says privacy expert
A year after the GDPR compliance deadline, many organisations still have a lot of work to do to make real changes and shift focus away from fines to business value and gain, says PwC’s GDPR and data protection lead
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May 24, 2019
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SurveyMonkey opens Dublin datacentre region to court data-security conscious enterprises in Europe
Online survey software provider SurveyMonkey is on a Europe-wide enterprise charm offensive, and is focusing on winning over CIOs with the offer to locally host their data within its European datacentre region
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May 24, 2019
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Post Office told to pay over £5m of its opponent’s costs for first Horizon trial
The judge in the Post Office Horizon trial has ordered the organisation to pay the legal costs of its courtroom adversaries, and refused to give permission to appeal a major judgment
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May 23, 2019
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Arm China seeks solutions to US export controls with Huawei
Chip design firm in communication with Huawei-owned semiconductor firm HiSilicon following US move to halt exports of US technology to Chinese tech giant
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May 23, 2019
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Interview: How Croydon is applying GDS lessons to digital service delivery
The first chief digital officer at one of London’s largest boroughs talks about plans to transform user experience, procurement and cultural perceptions
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May 23, 2019
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IBM’s investment in automation pays off in GDPR’s first year
The first year of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation has demonstrated the value of IBM’s investment in machine learning-based automation and the importance of having the right strategy and systems in place, according to the firm’s data ...
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May 23, 2019
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Paul Smith looks to tailor its back-end systems with Cegid software
British tailor Paul Smith has been working with Cegid since 2015, but it is now considering upgrading to the provider's latest software to reduce costs and increase efficiency
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May 23, 2019
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Why enterprises should dump their VMs for containers
Kubernetes is five years old and server virtualisation is the new legacy, says Aparna Sinha, director of product management for Kubernetes at Google
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May 23, 2019
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Lapse in LinkedIn security certificate update
A lapse in the update of LinkedIn’s security certificate has once again underlined the importance of keeping track to avoid disruptions and phishing attacks, and how even big players are failing to get it right
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May 23, 2019
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Guy's & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust to drive £175m IT systems revamp
Hospital trust Guy's & St Thomas is looking to procure a single electronic health record system, with the option to include two other trusts.
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May 23, 2019
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Crown Commercial Service to procure £360m online benefits system
Procurement agency wants new platform to become a one-stop shop for employee benefits across government
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May 23, 2019
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VMware CEO outlines laws of hybrid cloud
Pat Gelsinger points out three laws that will make the case for the hybrid cloud future: economics, physics and data sovereignty
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May 23, 2019
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Amazon rejects calls for ban on sales of facial recognition tech to government agencies
Annual meeting defeats resolutions for Amazon to halt sales of its Rekognition software to government agencies, and to do more to tackle climate change
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May 23, 2019
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Police shut down Bestmixer bitcoin laundering service
The Bestmixer cryptocurrency laundering service has been shut down by Dutch anti-fraud police with support from Europol after a tip off by cyber security researchers at McAfee, significantly disrupting cyber criminal money flows
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May 22, 2019
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HMRC's defence of IR35 online status checker tool likened to 'climate change denial'
In an open letter addressed to chancellor Philip Hammond and HMRC's CEO Jon Thompson, the tax collection agency's defence of its IR35 online status checker tool, CEST, is likened to climate change denial, as calls grow for it to be scrapped
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May 22, 2019
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GoCardless migrates to cloud and gets Google engineering capability
Fintech has moved from an IBM infrastructure as a service to Google’s cloud platform
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May 22, 2019
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V.Pharma swaps Data Domain for Quantum and cuts backup costs
Belgian pharmacy’s Data Domains had reached end-of-life and it wanted to remain in-budget. Quantum DXi worked out a lot cheaper and easy to manage, with good support
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May 22, 2019
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EE confirms 30 May 2019 go-live date for UK 5G network
Mobile operator is on course to become the first to go live with 5G in the UK, but Huawei phones will not be among its launch-day devices
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May 22, 2019
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Hundreds of European retail banks will disappear as challengers scoop up customers
One in every 10 banks in Europe will no longer exist as digital challengers take customers from them
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May 22, 2019
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TalkTalk admits new failings in 2015 data breach notification
TalkTalk’s failure to notify all those affected by its 2015 data breach highlights the importance of data visibility so that breach notifications are fast and accurate – a key requirement of the GDPR
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May 22, 2019
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Gothenburg – a hotbed for early startups
Sweden’s second-largest city is by no means the biggest startup hub in the Nordic region, but its global reach is a distinct advantage
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May 22, 2019
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Singapore proposes data portability provisions
The Personal Data Protection Commission is seeking public feedback on proposed provisions that will let consumers move their personal data across organisations
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May 22, 2019
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How Kubernetes’ fifth year is leading to a shift in enterprise IT
As Kubernetes turns five, the Cloud Native Computing Forum (CNCF) plans to make containerisation simple
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May 22, 2019
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Demand for systems integration services soaring in New Zealand
Systems integration and custom application development projects contributed to the fastest-growing segment of New Zealand’s IT services market in 2018
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May 21, 2019
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Sheffield’s network-of-networks goes beyond free Wi-Fi
For the city of Sheffield, rolling out a free-to-use city Wi-Fi network has become about much more than just letting shoppers browse the internet. We find out more
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May 21, 2019
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US grants Huawei stay of execution
US Commerce Department temporarily restores Huawei’s ability to maintain its existing networks and smartphone user base
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May 21, 2019
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GDS to ‘cajole’ departments into using voice-based services
The vision of GDS director-general Kevin Cunnington is to get governments to roll out voice technology into major services by 2027
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May 21, 2019
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Retailers need to rethink KPIs in the face of digital shopping
Customer experience is becoming of increasing importance in an omni-channel world, but technology adoption has stores cornered, forcing them to rethink what value stores bring to an organisation and the customer journey
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May 21, 2019
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MoneySupermarket.com orchestrates data pipeline with GKE
The price comparison site has used container orchestration to split its machine learning data pipeline into parallel processes
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May 21, 2019
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O2 extends resources and support for trans employees
Toolkit will support O2 employees going through their gender transition and help colleagues and managers create a more inclusive workplace
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May 21, 2019
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Dutch lecturer researches the person behind the cyber criminal
Dutch academic is trying to get inside the mind of cyber criminals by understanding what makes them tick
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May 21, 2019
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Capita’s NHS contract under review after patient records blunder
Outsourcer’s health service deal in doubt following the latest in a “litany of failings”, with 160,000 patient records being wrongly archived
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May 21, 2019
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University of Bradford deploys HPC to aid research into preserving world’s heritage sites
University teams up with OCF to deploy high-performance computing environment to support efforts to create 3D representations of world heritage sites
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May 21, 2019
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UC Expo 2019: Experts talk up future tech in unified communications
Automation and AI are increasingly prevalent in unified comms, but do enterprises really need it?
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May 21, 2019
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L’Oréal and Alibaba create AI-based app to offer self-care support for acne sufferers
Artificial intelligence-based app will help acne sufferers access dermatology treatment with greater ease