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March 13, 2019
13
Mar'19
Shetlands get broadband upgrade to support local NHS services
Shetland Islands Council is to receive £1.91m of funding to expand full-fibre broadband expansion to NHS sites on remote islands through the government’s Local Full-Fibre Networks initiative
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March 13, 2019
13
Mar'19
Bespoke digital training programmes help German travel operator with global transformation
The TUI Group is using digital education programmes by Hyper Island to unify its geographically disparate leadership and drive change
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March 13, 2019
13
Mar'19
Revolutionising patient booking in the Gulf
Startup in the Gulf region is applying digital technology to solve the inefficiencies in medical appointment booking processes
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March 13, 2019
13
Mar'19
Almost half UK firms hit by phishing attacks
Almost half of UK organisations have been compromised in the past two years using phishing attacks, despite high levels of cyber awareness and training, research shows
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March 12, 2019
12
Mar'19
Cyber attackers favouring stealthier attacks, says Darktrace
Cyber attackers are moving away from ransomware to stealthier tactics, including banking Trojans and cryptojacking, an analysis of attack data reveals
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March 12, 2019
12
Mar'19
IBM’s APAC CEO talks up next chapter of cloud adoption
In the next phase of cloud adoption, enterprises will need to manage multiple cloud environments, as well as data to scale up their use of artificial intelligence technology
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March 12, 2019
12
Mar'19
RPA spend to increase after Brexit
Organisations will spend 20-30% more as a result of admin overheads expected after the UK leaves the EU, but companies are unprepared and skills are in short supply, analysts say
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March 12, 2019
12
Mar'19
King's College London IT chief says resisting digital disruption a ‘waste of time’
Speaking at the Cloud Expo Europe 2019 conference in London, King's College London chief architect, Ian Johns, opened up about how his past experiences of digital disruption informed his view that it's best to embrace it than fight back
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March 12, 2019
12
Mar'19
Defra criticised over no-deal IT systems plan
The introduction of slower, burdensome systems brought about by the challenges of preparing for Brexit must not become the ‘new normal’, MPs warn
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March 12, 2019
12
Mar'19
Many firms unaware of data exfiltration threat
Many firms are unaware that they are being targeted by cyber espionage and that data is being exfiltrated from their networks by overseas adversaries, a security firm warns
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March 12, 2019
12
Mar'19
Nationwide uses natural language processing to discover what annoys customers
SAS has run a proof of concept at building society Nationwide, using artificial intelligence and natural language processing to determine how to improve customer correspondence
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March 12, 2019
12
Mar'19
Despite failings, exec appetite for secure collaboration growing
Top business decision makers are more reckless than ever with company data, but the appetite for secure collaboration tools is growing, survey reveals
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March 12, 2019
12
Mar'19
Openreach exploring options for copper network shutdown
Openreach has begun to assess how and when it might be able to shut down its copper broadband network
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March 12, 2019
12
Mar'19
Assisted living system moves from Microsoft Azure to IBM Cloud
IBM Cloud provides Watson artificial intelligence and internet of things technologies to support carers looking after elderly and disabled people
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March 12, 2019
12
Mar'19
Post Office considered Horizon IT system ‘high risk’, court told
The Post Office considered Horizon a high operational risk in an internal review, a trial focused on alleged fallibilities in the system used in thousands of Post Office branches has heard
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March 12, 2019
12
Mar'19
The web turns 30: from proposal to pervasion
The web is celebrating its 30th anniversary, but can it remain true to its founder’s vision?
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March 12, 2019
12
Mar'19
Australia should embrace automation but be aware of downsides
Experts at a McKinsey event in Sydney called for Australian enterprises to automate while acknowledging the need to reskill workers whose jobs could be displaced
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March 12, 2019
12
Mar'19
Singapore invests S$200m to upgrade supercomputing capabilities
The investment will shore up Singapore’s supercomputing prowess to facilitate research collaboration, as well as address national and business challenges
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March 11, 2019
11
Mar'19
Department for Transport kicks off cloud transformation
A major system has been moved to Google Cloud Platform as part of a wider modernisation exercise
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March 11, 2019
11
Mar'19
Aptare buy to add turbo-charged analytics to Veritas
Veritas announces acquisition of Aptare, in a move that will boost the backup giant’s analytics offer with inclusion of Aptare IT analytics in NetBackup and Backup Exec
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March 11, 2019
11
Mar'19
HMRC CDIO Jacky Wright on why building diverse tech teams is socially responsible
During a wide-ranging Q&A session at this year's everywoman in tech forum, HMRC CDIO Jacky Wright set out why diversity matters when building government services, while worrying about workplace stereotypes is a waste of time
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March 11, 2019
11
Mar'19
NatWest launches biometric card pilot
NatWest Bank is set to trial biometrics-based cards with 200 customers to verify contactless payment transactions over £30
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March 11, 2019
11
Mar'19
Citrix breach once again highlights password weaknesses
A reported breach of Citrix, which has potentially exposed data at hundreds of thousands of customer organisations, has once again highlighted the need for an alternative to passwords and the importance of supply chain security
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March 11, 2019
11
Mar'19
Amazon makes plans to increase diversity in its UK business
After research in partnership with Wise, Amazon has launched a number of initiatives to increase diversity in its UK business
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March 11, 2019
11
Mar'19
United Utilities’ RPA crack team makes early gains
Water company United Utilities is looking for opportunities to automate processes through a central team and collaboration with business users
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March 09, 2019
09
Mar'19
Malaysia takes broad base approach to 5G security
The country’s telco regulator is taking a industry-wide look at security implications of 5G, preferring not to target any particular supplier
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March 09, 2019
09
Mar'19
ICO data raises doubts over UK firms’ ability to manage breaches
Most ICO data breach reports late and incomplete prior to full GDPR implementation, FoI request data reveals, raising doubts about breach prevention, detection and response capabilities
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March 08, 2019
08
Mar'19
House of Lords committee calls for creation of a digital authority to oversee regulation
The proposed regulatory framework would coordinate regulators, assess rules and make recommendations to respond to developments in digital services
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March 08, 2019
08
Mar'19
Legal row over Apple's abandoned bid to build an Irish datacentre rumbles on
The Supreme Court has opted to reserve its judgement until a later date about whether or not Irish planning chiefs were right to award Apple planning permission for its now defunct plan to build a datacentre in Athenry
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March 08, 2019
08
Mar'19
Government announces changes to immigration rules
The government has announced changes to immigration rules, which will provide two new visas designed to allow skilled talent into the UK
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March 08, 2019
08
Mar'19
Everywoman forum 2019: Closing the divide between science and art
At this 2019 everywoman in tech forum, experts discussed the connection between the artistic and the technical, as well as the importance of role models in encouraging others into the sector
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March 08, 2019
08
Mar'19
New internal AI tool helps IT services company Mphasis build software at pace
A new artificial intelligence tool developed internally by Mphasis helps its software engineers to build and prototype solutions at pace by applying AI across multiple stages of the development process
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March 08, 2019
08
Mar'19
Growing awareness of mobile security risk
There is a growing awareness of mobile security risk among members of the information security community, but most admit accessing corporate data from personal devices or public Wi-Fi
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March 08, 2019
08
Mar'19
Equifax defends against scathing Senate report
Equifax chief says firm did take cyber security seriously in a response to a scathing Senate report on the credit rating agency’s 2017 data breach, which experts say highlights failings around open source software
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March 08, 2019
08
Mar'19
How supercomputing is transforming experimental science
NERSC lead data scientist Debbie Bard talks about how large-scale data analytics using super computers is making new types of science possible
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March 07, 2019
07
Mar'19
Vodafone defends its use of Huawei as 5G trials go live
As Vodafone begins trials of a live 5G service in Bristol, Cardiff and Liverpool, the operator’s CTO and general counsel have defended their use of Huawei equipment in Vodafone’s network and challenged its detractors to produce evidence of spying
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March 07, 2019
07
Mar'19
Half of government IT jobs in 2023 do not exist today
Widespread digital transformation in the public sector means government CIO responsibilities will change rapidly in the next four years and many of those future roles do not yet exist, says Gartner
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March 07, 2019
07
Mar'19
How aid workers are using encrypted communications to stay safe in conflict zones
Often operating in volatile conflict zones, aid workers are frequently turning to encrypted communication services to protect each other
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March 07, 2019
07
Mar'19
FDM everywoman in Technology Awards: 2019 winners announced
Women’s network everywoman has announced the winners of this year’s everywoman in Tech Awards, sponsored by FDM
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March 07, 2019
07
Mar'19
ICO head still in top three of DataIQ data leader list
The UK’s information commissioner remains in the top three data leaders after claiming top spot in 2018 in the DataIQ 100 list of most influential data leaders, but GDPR is not the only focus in the industry
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March 07, 2019
07
Mar'19
Brexit: UK tech spend flattens as France and Germany pull away
CIOs in the UK look set to fall behind their French and German counterparts, as Brexit hits tech spending
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March 07, 2019
07
Mar'19
Machine identities for sale on dark web, business warned
Academics and security professionals are warning businesses that certificates used to establish trust and privacy on the internet are being weaponised and sold to cyber criminals bundled with other services
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March 07, 2019
07
Mar'19
Ministry of Justice concludes prison biometrics pilots
Use of iris scanning and facial recognition software is part of a wider crackdown on drug trafficking in UK jails
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March 07, 2019
07
Mar'19
US government ban unconstitutional, says Huawei
Huawei’s lawsuit accuses Washington of violating the US Constitution by banning it from government contracts
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March 07, 2019
07
Mar'19
Tech under spotlight at High Court in second subpostmasters versus Post Office trial
The second trial in a court battle between the Post Office and the people who run branches analyses alleged bugs in the computer system they use
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March 07, 2019
07
Mar'19
Zuckerberg commits to Facebook becoming privacy-focused
After a storm of controversy and criticism over the way Facebook fails to protect users’ privacy, the company’s chief says he plans to transform it into a privacy-focused platform
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March 07, 2019
07
Mar'19
UK military robotics get multimillion-pound boost
A budget of £66m from the Ministry of Defence's Transformation Fund has been allocated to a project that will see mini-drones and autonomous vehicles deployed to the battlefield
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March 06, 2019
06
Mar'19
Cyber espionage group behind SingHealth attack
A cyber espionage group dubbed Whitefly has been identified as the perpetrators behind Singapore’s largest data breach to date
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March 06, 2019
06
Mar'19
5G one of several security challenges to CNI
5G technology is among the key security challenges facing critical national infrastructure and all other business organisations, according to the Information Security Forum
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March 06, 2019
06
Mar'19
Keep pace with device management with DaaS
Adoption of device-as-a-service offerings is expected to improve as more enterprises migrate to Windows 10 over the next two years