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• January 14, 2019 14 Jan'19

  Australia’s Optus dials into 5G

  Australia’s second largest telco Optus makes the country’s first 5G data call, paving the way for a fixed wireless service by the first half of 2019

• January 11, 2019 11 Jan'19

  AI application overlooked in cyber security research

  Despite the proliferation of cyber security products and services claiming to be driven by artificial intelligence, the application of the technology is being overlooked by research, a study shows

• January 11, 2019 11 Jan'19

  AWS pushes MongoDB compatible alternative as licences change

  They probably didn't see that coming... MongoDB's switch to server-side licensing may have backfired, as AWS launches an API-compatible version

• January 11, 2019 11 Jan'19

  Artificial intelligence qualification helps law firm implement AI-powered business systems

  International law firm Taylor Wessing wants to train staff in artificial intelligence so they can develop AI-powered business systems

• January 11, 2019 11 Jan'19

  Venture capital funding for UK tech startups drops 28% in 2018

  Despite remaining ahead of other European countries, venture capital investment in UK tech startups has suffered in 2018 due to political uncertainty

• January 11, 2019 11 Jan'19

  Norway's government gives green light to fintech sandbox

  The government in Norway is launching a regulatory sandbox, which it hopes will help the country's fintech sector catch up on those in other Nordic countries

• January 11, 2019 11 Jan'19

  CIO interview: Darren Curry, CDO, NHS Business Services Authority

  NHS Business Services Authority chief digital officer Darren Curry talks about using technology to change people’s lives, developing accessible services and transforming the health service

• January 11, 2019 11 Jan'19

  Microsoft takes community approach to artificial intelligence in Sweden

  Microsoft is making increasing use of artificial intelligence in Sweden as it shares experiences with the development community

• January 11, 2019 11 Jan'19

  Singapore companies gearing up for hybrid cloud

  Traditional datacentres are making way for hybrid cloud adoption among Singapore companies, a study finds

• January 10, 2019 10 Jan'19

  Right to be forgotten is not global, says EU court adviser

  The right to be forgotten should apply only in the European Union, according to the chief adviser to the European Court of Justice

• January 10, 2019 10 Jan'19

  RSC and Science Museum to lead future audience AR/VR demos

  Organisations including the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Science Museum and the Natural History Museum will take part in a series of government-backed demonstrators creating immersive experiences for audiences of the future

• January 10, 2019 10 Jan'19

  UK firms say £6.6bn annual security testing cost too high

  Avord launches platform to reduce the multibillion-pound annual cyber security testing cost that most UK firms say is too high

• January 10, 2019 10 Jan'19

  More than half of customers will shop for food online by 2021

  Just over 40% of customers currently do their grocery shopping online, but with that number expected to rise to more than half by 2021, are retailers doing enough to meet customer expectations?

• January 10, 2019 10 Jan'19

  Global hyperscale datacentre growth boom set to continue into 2019, Synergy Research shows

  Synergy Research Group's global datacentre market performance tracker reveals which suppliers built the most new server farms in 2018, and where

• January 10, 2019 10 Jan'19

  Roadside 4G mobile signal availability improves across UK

  4G mobile network coverage along the UK’s motorways has seen substantial improvement, with Greater Manchester’s urban M60 having 100% availability and the Birmingham to Carlisle M6 seeing the greatest growth in coverage

• January 10, 2019 10 Jan'19

  Enterprises are increasing the human workforce while deploying AI

  Artificial intelligence is creating more jobs than it replaces, according to a study of businesses using the technology

• January 10, 2019 10 Jan'19

  20TB hard drives expected in 2019 as Seagate HAMR is tested by NetApp

  Heat-assisted method of writing to disk looks likely to push HDD capacities to 20TB this year, with 40TB possible by 2023, for media suited to colder data

• January 10, 2019 10 Jan'19

  Fife Council upgrades WAN to offer ultrafast broadband services

  Public sector sites across Fife in Scotland are to receive a transformational upgrade to their broadband speeds

• January 10, 2019 10 Jan'19

  Germany races to boost cyber defences after breach

  Germany is scrambling to improve its cyber defences before the European parliamentary elections after a student leaked politicians’ personal data

• January 10, 2019 10 Jan'19

  BT faces tussle to keep EU contracts after Brexit

  The European Union will likely re-evaluate its telecoms contracts with BT following Brexit, and cancelling them altogether is a real risk in a no-deal scenario, according to leaked documents

• January 09, 2019 09 Jan'19

  2FA bypass tool highlights top business security vulnerabilities

  CEOs are the most likely target of two-factor authentication phishing bypasses, demonstrated by a security researcher’s proof-of-concept attack

• January 09, 2019 09 Jan'19

  Mercedes-Benz collaborates with Nvidia on in-car supercomputer

  Partners plan to work on an in-car computer for autonomous driving, and to replace existing in-car systems

• January 09, 2019 09 Jan'19

  Banking apps overtake online banking

  Mobile apps are the most popular channel for banking as consumers swap online platforms for smartphone software

• January 09, 2019 09 Jan'19

  Apprenticeships have to change to be successful, says expert panel

  Apprenticeships are becoming a popular alternative to university, but they have a long way to go, Harvey Nash Future Skills Programme event hears

• January 09, 2019 09 Jan'19

  FireEye gears up email security for emerging threats

  Email continues to be a top means of initiating cyber attacks with new detection bypass techniques and executive impersonation capabilities continually emerging, research shows

• January 09, 2019 09 Jan'19

  Government SME spend going down, MPs told

  Government spending with SMEs has reduced rather than increased, some government procurement markets are dominated by oligopolies and the research community needs to be brought into the mix, according to evidence given to the Science and Technology ...

• January 09, 2019 09 Jan'19

  AWS ‘does not dominate’ cloud market, claims Amazon’s UK public policy chief

  Amazon’s UK director of public policy, Lesley Smith, has told the House of Lords Communications Committee that Amazon is a “prevalent”, rather than “dominant” force in the cloud market

• January 09, 2019 09 Jan'19

  NHS Digital chief information security officer resigns

  Robert Coles, who joined NHS Digital as its chief information and security officer in October 2018, is stepping down from the role for personal reasons

• January 09, 2019 09 Jan'19

  Alibaba Cloud opens second datacentre in Indonesia

  The new and existing datacentres will let Indonesian enterprises deploy mission-critical workloads in multiple availability zones and switch over within seconds

• January 08, 2019 08 Jan'19

  Second Lorca cohort to focus on supply chain security

  The second cohort of companies to benefit from the new London cyber innovation centre will focus on user-centric security and securing supply chains

• January 08, 2019 08 Jan'19

  Smart speakers set to own the consumer ecosystem

  Consumers prefer to buy gadgets that are compatible with the digital voice assistants they already have in their homes

• January 08, 2019 08 Jan'19

  IT professionals in London could see roles shipped to EU as result of Brexit

  The UK and London in particular could see IT jobs in financial services move to hubs across the European Union as a result of Brexit.

• January 08, 2019 08 Jan'19

  A very digital plan for the NHS

  The NHS Long Term Plan aims to empower people through the use of technology and create a digital-first NHS, offering virtual outpatient appointments, digital GP consultations and improved cyber security. But how and when will the government achieve ...

• January 08, 2019 08 Jan'19

  Intel readies 10nm chips for AI, 5G and a new PC platform

  During CES, Intel revealed how it would address the market opportunity in 5G and support AI inference

• January 08, 2019 08 Jan'19

  Exxon joins IBM’s quantum committee as Q System One goes commercial

  The Q System One is said to be the world’s first commercial quantum computer. ExxonMobil and CERN hope to exploit IBM’s latest tech

• January 08, 2019 08 Jan'19

  CES 2019: Here plugs Alexa into in-car navigation service

  Here, the former Nokia mapping unit now owned by a consortium of German carmakers, is to integrate Amazon Alexa with its navigation and location services

• January 08, 2019 08 Jan'19

  Protego Labs launches serverless app security tool

  Security professionals and developers now have a way to assess the security of their serverless applications with a new open source testing tool donated to Owasp

• January 08, 2019 08 Jan'19

  Growth of on-premise tech hit by enterprise cloud demand in 2018, Synergy Research shows

  Growth opportunities for on-premise technologies within the enterprise are starting to feel the pinch from cloud, claims Synergy Research's 2018 market review

• January 08, 2019 08 Jan'19

  Downtime deterrent: Trustpilot SRE on using infrastructure as code to prevent site outages

  Online reviews site Trustpilot has a huge global readership, and here its site reliability engineering manager shares details of how his team help to ensure its services are always on when its users need them

• January 08, 2019 08 Jan'19

  First 5G smartphones may have massive price premium

  Android smartphone brands are already preparing to launch their first 5G handsets, but new technical requirements means they won’t be cheap to build, according to analysts at TrendForce

• January 08, 2019 08 Jan'19

  AWS secures cloud hosting role in UK government Crown Marketplace programme

  Amazon Web Services’ cloud platform to play key role in how public sector organisations procure common goods and services

• January 07, 2019 07 Jan'19

  Equinix to open fourth Singapore datacentre in 2019

  The latest investment by Equinix in Singapore comes as datacentre operators look to fill vacant real estate arising from intense market competition between 2017 and 2018

• January 07, 2019 07 Jan'19

  Boards need to be active partners in cyber defence

  Board members must be active governance partners in collaborative cyber defence, says US regional information sharing and analysis organisation

• January 07, 2019 07 Jan'19

  BlackBerry licenses security tech to IoT device makers

  BlackBerry is to license its secure software development technology to the makers of internet-connected devices to boost IoT security

• January 07, 2019 07 Jan'19

  Parents claim soft skills are needed for future of work

  Industry body TechUK has found parents are optimistic about their children’s future job opportunities, but many believe a focus on soft skills is needed

• January 07, 2019 07 Jan'19

  IT profession to get one of the biggest pay rises this year

  IT workers are set to receive one of the highest pay rises of all professions in the UK this year as competition for their skills increases

• January 07, 2019 07 Jan'19

  NHS Long-Term Plan to bring health service into the digital age

  The long-term plan to transform the NHS by using Theresa May’s £20.5bn-a-year birthday present promises use of artificial intelligence, genomic testing and digital GP appointments for all

• January 07, 2019 07 Jan'19

  UK contactless card fraud surges

  Fraudsters stole £1.18m from contactless users in 2018, with the average theft size also increasing

• January 07, 2019 07 Jan'19

  Almost half of containers in production have vulnerabilities, study finds

  More containers are being deployed in production, but many businesses are unaware if they are secure

• January 07, 2019 07 Jan'19

  Huawei debuts Arm-based chip, eyes broader server market

  Huawei’s Kunpeng 920 processor is geared towards big data and infrastructure applications, marking its foray into Arm-based servers that are set to change the dynamics of the datacentre market