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• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Hancock appoints chief technology adviser

  Hadley Beeman will service as Matt Hancock’s chief technology adviser at the Department for Health and Social Care

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Hyperscale datacentre capex investments hit new highs, Synergy Research shows

  Latest hyperscale capital expenditure tracker highlights dramatic year-on-year increase in investments from internet and cloud giants

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Amnesty International creates human rights digital archive

  Digital preservation platform from Preservica will protect digital records of significant historical importance to Amnesty and its supporters

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Amnesty International backs campaign to ban killer robots

  Human rights organisation calls for legally binding international agreement to ban the development and use of autonomous weapons that operate without humans

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Finland government to review public procurement laws

  Finland's government is putting its procurement laws under the spotlight after a major IT fraud

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Taking stock of Dell EMC’s growth in Asia

  Tech supplier Dell EMC is riding on growing demand for servers and hyper-converged infrastructure, and investing in more technical resources to support enterprises in digital transformation efforts

• August 26, 2018 26 Aug'18

  VMware debuts VMware Cloud on AWS in Australia, cuts entry price

  Virtualisation juggernaut VMware rolls out its hybrid cloud service in Australia and has halved the entry price to sweeten the deal for enterprises

• August 26, 2018 26 Aug'18

  DCMS launches fund to increase diversity in tech

  More than £1m is being put aside to increase the amount of diversity in technology, and to teach disabled people digital skills

• August 24, 2018 24 Aug'18

  Hyperscaler demand for European datacentre space takes colocation market to new record highs

  The demand for colocation capacity from the hyperscale cloud giants shows no signs of wavering, CBRE research shows

• August 24, 2018 24 Aug'18

  UK universities targeted by Iranian hackers

  UK universities are among those targeted by a cyber threat group associated with the Iranian government

• August 24, 2018 24 Aug'18

  EduServ confirms fallout from datacentre power outage is being resolved

  Public sector-focused IT provider EduServ suffers datacentre power outage that takes client websites and online services offline

• August 24, 2018 24 Aug'18

  Gov.uk Verify chief to leave Government Digital Service

  Nic Harrison is returning to the Department for Work and Pensions, with no replacement as leader of the identity assurance programme yet in place

• August 24, 2018 24 Aug'18

  Corbyn suggests tech tax to fund BBC

  Labour leader says big technology companies and ISPs should contribute to a fund for public interest journalism

• August 24, 2018 24 Aug'18

  Dubai Health Authority launches artificial intelligence strategy

  Healthcare organisation is rolling out next-generation technology in its health facilities to improve patient care

• August 24, 2018 24 Aug'18

  North Koreans add Mac OS to cryptocurrency-stealing malware attacks

  A North Korean hacking group is targeting cryptocurrency exchanges using Trojanised cryptocurrency trading software designed for both Microsoft’s Windows and Apple’s Mac OS, say researchers

• August 24, 2018 24 Aug'18

  Google Cloud Platform enables faster mobile notifications for World Cup fans

  Onefootball exclusively used the Boost platform, which has now been officially launched, to offer faster mobile notifications for World Cup viewers

• August 23, 2018 23 Aug'18

  Australian government agency trials secure cloud service

  The Digital Transformation Agency has become the first government agency in Australia to test the use of Microsoft Office 365 in a secure cloud environment

• August 23, 2018 23 Aug'18

  Cryptographic agility is key to post-quantum security

  Although post-quantum security is not an issue for all organisations today, an expert believes that those needing to ensure data is secure for decades to come should aim to achieve cryptographic agility above all else

• August 23, 2018 23 Aug'18

  No Deal Brexit papers warn of stark future for UK tech

  The government has published the first of its No Deal Brexit contingency planning notices, containing sobering messages for the UK technology industry

• August 23, 2018 23 Aug'18

  Google employees command highest UK cloud salaries, Experis research shows

  Cloud industry salary data from IT recruitment firm suggests permanent employees of Google make more than their AWS, IBM and Microsoft counterparts

• August 23, 2018 23 Aug'18

  More girls take GCSE computing in 2018, but will they carry on with Stem?

  The number of girls who chose to take GCSE computing rose in 2018, but concerns remain over whether they will continue to study Stem subjects later on

• August 23, 2018 23 Aug'18

  Apache Struts users urged to update due to new security flaw

  Another security flaw has been discovered in the Apache Struts, which was at the heart of the massive Equifax data breach in 2017

• August 23, 2018 23 Aug'18

  KT shows off 5G’s potential at Asian Games

  The South Korean telecoms bigwig is showcasing a host of 5G applications at the Asian Games in the run up to the commercial launch of its 5G network next year

• August 23, 2018 23 Aug'18

  Danish government in ambitious datacentre push

  Denmark offers many natural benefits for organisations looking to build datacentres in Europe, and a soon-to-be-completed connection to the US will make it even more attractive

• August 23, 2018 23 Aug'18

  Councils at risk from unsupported Windows Server and SQL Server

  Some local authorities are using unsupported server software, while others are not paying for extended support

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  Greater Manchester hails cloud as key to delivery of devolved health and social care in region

  Having taken back control from the government for running its own health and social care budgets, The Greater Manchester Health and Social Care (GMHSC) Partnership is now in the throes of establishing what role cloud will play in its work

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  European cloud adopters still lack basic security

  Despite outpacing the rest of the world, the majority of organisations adopting cloud in Europe, the Middle East and Africa lack basic security, a report reveals

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  Language barrier won’t hold back chatbots in the Netherlands

  The use of chatbots by Dutch organisations is on the up, with KLM's chatbot a pioneering example

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  CEOs held back by boards wanting quick digital turnarounds

  Digital transformations tend to have a long return on investment, but most CEOs are failing to convince their boards that these things take time

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  Barclays appointment will step up use of AI in investment bank

  Ex-Goldman Sachs expert will focus on improving Barclays’ trading services and making internal systems more efficient

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  Nearly a third of organisations still not GDPR ready

  As the UK and other states implement the EU’s GDPR, many organisations admit they are still not fully compliant, but most claim to be able to respond to data subject access requests

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  Cost savings still in short supply for cloud users, Druva research suggests

  Enterprises are increasingly moving their virtual workloads to the cloud for ease of management reasons, but cost savings remain elusive for many, suggests Druva’s latest report on cloud virtualisation

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  JP Morgan fintech strategy widens retail trading

  Bank’s digital You Invest service opens up trading opportunities to millions of customers

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  Newisys bare metal NVMe box targets performance market

  Former OEM supplier come out of stealth with dual-server box that can mount 56 NVMe drives for hyperscale datacentres or build-your-own NVMe shared storage hardware

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  Superdrug denies data breach

  Superdrug has warned online customers it believes may have had personal details exposed, but claims its systems were not compromised, in what could be the first GDPR-related extortion attempt

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  Candy Crush maker King in Hadoop cluster move to Google Cloud

  Online gaming firm is moving its massive big data analytics store off-premise and into the Google Cloud Platform

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  NHS Digital plans for £450m GP IT framework

  A framework for GP IT systems and services will replace the GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC) contract and aims to make procurement easier for suppliers and primary care providers

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  Microsoft dominates SaaS thanks to collaboration software

  Microsoft’s software-as-a-service business is growing at 45% a year, well ahead of the rest of the market, reports Synergy Research Group

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  How Imperial Brands is taking control of its software licences

  Central control gives the tobacco company the data required to manage software licences and ensure it pays only for the assets it needs

• August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18

  New Zealand to run national cyber security exercise

  The island-nation will test the resilience of its critical infrastructure in November 2018, bringing together multiple agencies to protect assets of national significance

• August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18

  The risk of upgrading to S/4 Hana

  S/4 Hana has been touted as the evolution of SAP's long-standing ERP suite, but with just six years to upgrade, how can businesses avoid an expensive SAP flop?

• August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18

  Windfarm benefit fund helps pay for full-fibre broadband

  A number of communities in the Highlands are using benefit funds established by a local windfarm provider to pay for full-fibre broadband services

• August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18

  Online crime costs more than $1m a minute

  More than $1m is lost to cyber crime every minute, a report reveals, underlining the increasing and significant threats businesses face online

• August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18

  Riverbed plots to take the network from IT blocker to IT enabler

  The move towards automation and next-gen networking will help the network deliver more value to the enterprise than ever before, argues Riverbed’s new CEO, Paul Mountford

• August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18

  Veritas aims to boost NetBackup with simplified UI and setup

  Two decades-old enterprise product upgraded with backups that can be set in three clicks, down from 30, plus instant VM workload recovery and capacity monitoring and planning

• August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18

  Government departments are exploring new tech, according to GDS report

  A GDS-commissioned report has found artificial intelligence and blockchain are the most popular among emerging technologies in government, but projects are often done in silos and departments risk “reinventing the wheel”

• August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18

  Retail and finance top cyber targets

  Retail and finance remain the top cyber attack targets, but the second quarter also saw a spike in attacks against the manufacturing industry and an increase in remote desktop attacks, a report reveals

• August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18

  UK cryptocurrency exchange enlists Rackspace for Microsoft Azure cloud move

  London Block Exchange taps up Rackspace to assist with two-month Microsoft Azure migration as it sets about shoring up its platform against demand spikes

• August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18

  Estonia targets UK tech talent

  Estonian businesses are trying to close the country’s IT skills gap by targeting UK IT professionals as part of a recruitment campaign

• August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18

  Microsoft announces free election cyber defence tools

  Microsoft has revealed it recently disrupted domains associated with a Russian cyber attack group believed to be targeting US political groups ahead of the midterm elections