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• September 27, 2018 27 Sep'18

  Explosion in fake data-stealing shopping sites

  Cyber attackers are ramping up efforts to steal personal data by setting up look-alike domains that pose a phishing risk to online shoppers, researchers warn

• September 27, 2018 27 Sep'18

  Norwegian state discusses vulnerabilities with IT sector

  Government is collaborating with the country’s IT industry to improve the availability of security expertise

• September 27, 2018 27 Sep'18

  Replication won’t protect VMs against ransomware

  Seamless replication is among the benefits of virtualisation, but many organisations fail to back up virtual machines properly

• September 27, 2018 27 Sep'18

  Object storage: On-prem, in the cloud and hybrid

  We take a look at the object storage market and products and find offerings made to build public and private clouds that often provide a link between the two

• September 27, 2018 27 Sep'18

  CIO interview: Fraser Ingram, Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank

  Fraser Ingram joined the Clydesdale and Yorkshire banking group as CIO just at the right time – as it was embarking on its digital journey

• September 27, 2018 27 Sep'18

  Uber fined $148m for data breach cover-up

  US court hits Uber with heavy fine which security industry commentators hope will encourage firms to take cyber security more seriously and resist the urge to cover up data breaches

• September 27, 2018 27 Sep'18

  Open for business: Microsoft on using cross-industry collaboration to drive AI use in the enterprise

  Microsoft's multi-year effort to drive adoption of artificial intelligence technologies has entered a new phase, with the firm banking on openness and cross-industry collaboration to boost enterprise take-up

• September 27, 2018 27 Sep'18

  Agile IT held back by legacy tech and legacy budgeting

  CIOs admit their organisations cannot keep pace with digital transformation initiatives, with capex budgeting and legacy IT part of the problem

• September 27, 2018 27 Sep'18

  Best supply chain firms are masters of data and automation

  Europe’s best supply chains are making the most out of e-commerce, customer insights and robotic process automation, according to Gartner

• September 27, 2018 27 Sep'18

  Australian teen Apple hacker avoids jail time

  “Fan” who broke into Apple’s mainframe from his home in Melbourne has avoided prison because the information he gathered was recovered

• September 26, 2018 26 Sep'18

  Creativity and tech ‘two sides of same coin’, says 2018 Most Influential Woman in IT, Amali de Alwis

  The winner of Computer Weekly’s 2018 Most Influential Woman in UK IT award, Amali de Alwis, says creativity and technology go hand in hand in the modern world

• September 26, 2018 26 Sep'18

  Most Influential Women in UK IT 2018: Rising Stars

  Computer Weekly reveals the judges’ choices for this year’s female Rising Stars of the UK tech sector

• September 26, 2018 26 Sep'18

  Computer Weekly announces the Most Influential Women in UK IT 2018

  Computer Weekly has announced the list of the 50 Most Influential Women in UK IT 2018, including this year’s winner Amali de Alwis

• September 26, 2018 26 Sep'18

  ICO threatens fines for outstanding fees

  The UK’s privacy watchdog has issued warning letters to organisations, including some NHS trusts and government organisations, for failing to pay a new data protection fee

• September 26, 2018 26 Sep'18

  At the new Cisco, culture is as important as innovation

  Cisco’s newly appointed SVP of Emear, Wendy Mars, shares her thoughts on the state of network innovation within the industry, and explains why cultural change is just as important an element of a digital strategy

• September 26, 2018 26 Sep'18

  Indian IT giant TCS sees IBM and Accenture as nearest rivals

  Rapidly-growing Tata Consultancy Services has its eyes on the US IT giants, with customer service key if it is to overtake them

• September 26, 2018 26 Sep'18

  Rural business bodies seal new broadband agreement

  The Country Land and Business Association and the National Farmers’ Union have reached an agreement with Openreach to put new wayleave arrangements in place for broadband network builds

• September 26, 2018 26 Sep'18

  Financial services firms face potential security bombshell

  UK financial services are facing a security crisis over outdated services and applications, a survey shows

• September 26, 2018 26 Sep'18

  Australia’s ANZ banks on Google Cloud

  The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group has signed up for the Google Cloud Platform to help its bankers deliver data insights to institutional customers

• September 26, 2018 26 Sep'18

  Dreamforce 18: Benioff calls for ‘inclusive capitalism’

  At Dreamforce 2018 in San Francisco, Salesforce founder and co-CEO Marc Benioff argued for what he called “inclusive capitalism” and urged the technology industry to set the highest possible ethical standards

• September 26, 2018 26 Sep'18

  Fujitsu teams up with UTCs on cyber security training

  Fujitsu, University Technical Colleges across England and other private sector partners have joined forces to help address the cyber security skills gap

• September 26, 2018 26 Sep'18

  Nipping DevOps challenges in the bud

  A clear focus on helping enterprises overcome hurdles in their DevOps journey has been central to Puppet’s growing footprint in Asia

• September 25, 2018 25 Sep'18

  PCI DSS compliance falls despite security benefit

  Despite the benefits of the payment card industry security standard, there is a concerning downward trend in compliance, a report reveals

• September 25, 2018 25 Sep'18

  MI5 admits to ‘unlawful’ spying on Privacy International

  The UK's intelligence agencies acted unlawfully by intercepting communications data on NGO, Privacy International, the UK's most secret court ruled.

• September 25, 2018 25 Sep'18

  NHS Digital to publish new guidance on data standards

  Data could be a huge advantage for the NHS, but data quality and accessibility is still a big challenge, says NHS Digital CEO Sarah Wilkinson as she promises clear guidance on standards and interoperability

• September 25, 2018 25 Sep'18

  DWP IT chief Mayank Prakash quits for new job outside government

  Chief digital and information officer leaves after four years in the civil service – no news yet on his successor

• September 25, 2018 25 Sep'18

  WannaCry and NotPetya inspiring new attacks

  Designs and techniques used in 2017’s global cyber attacks have inspired a new breed of malware that exploits software vulnerabilities, according to a McAfee report

• September 25, 2018 25 Sep'18

  Dreamforce 18: Salesforce vaunts Apple partnership and 'Customer 360'

  As Dreamforce 2018 gets underway in San Francisco, Salesforce trumpets a partnership with Apple, a customer 360 service, and an upgrade to its MuleSoft “Anypoint” platform

• September 25, 2018 25 Sep'18

  Businesses expect shortfall due to GDPR and Brexit

  Companies are concerned that the UK’s departure from the EU and new data legislation will impact revenue – but IT can help

• September 25, 2018 25 Sep'18

  Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella highlights importance of sharing the wealth of digital transformation

  During the opening keynote of the Microsoft Ignite conference in Orlando, Florida, the company CEO Satya Nadella talked up the importance of ensuring the spoils of digital transformation are spread far and wide in society

• September 25, 2018 25 Sep'18

  Mac OS Mojave zero-day warning

  The latest version of Apple’s Mac operating system contains a vulnerability that could be exploited by attackers to access protected files, a researcher warns

• September 25, 2018 25 Sep'18

  Indigo subsea cable lands in Perth

  Cable system will utilise new spectrum sharing technology, so each consortium member can take advantage of technology advancements to support growing demand for bandwidth

• September 24, 2018 24 Sep'18

  InfoWatch opens training centre to help address Middle East skills shortage

  Security supplier offers Middle East customers cyber security and digital training facility as organisations in the region struggle to equip staff with latest skills

• September 24, 2018 24 Sep'18

  No Deal Brexit could mean additional costs for tech businesses

  The government plans to continue to enforce existing intellectual property rights in the event of a No Deal Brexit, according to the latest planning notices, but businesses could face additional costs to access EU and UK markets

• September 24, 2018 24 Sep'18

  Government launches £7.5m digital innovation fund for local councils

  Councils with digital innovation ideas can apply for grants up to £100,000 from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

• September 24, 2018 24 Sep'18

  Fair trade software on the agenda but Dutch businesses not ready to buy it

  There is already free trade chocolate and coffee on supermarket shelves, but two Dutch tech entrepreneurs are trying to add free trade software to the mix

• September 24, 2018 24 Sep'18

  Microsoft commits $40m to five-year push to explore 'AI for human good' use cases

  Microsoft wants to encourage non-government organisations and humanitarian groups to help it explore potential use cases for artificial intelligence during times of natural disasters

• September 24, 2018 24 Sep'18

  NHS Digital hires chief information security officer

  Robert Coles will lead the health and care sector’s response to cyber attacks and help local organisations meet the government’s cyber security standards

• September 24, 2018 24 Sep'18

  Alibaba Cloud and Intel team up on IoT

  The Joint Edge Computing Platform lets enterprises train AI models at the edge of a network to support real-time decision-making

• September 24, 2018 24 Sep'18

  Phased roll-out of ESN to start in early 2019

  The government will adopt a phased approach to the roll-out of the new emergency services 4G communications network

• September 24, 2018 24 Sep'18

  Business leaders expect suppliers to ensure they are cyber secure

  Most UK business leaders expect suppliers to be cyber secure and nearly a third of businesses would terminate contracts because of suppliers’ security failings, a survey has revealed

• September 21, 2018 21 Sep'18

  Businesses that take humans with them on robotics journeys gain the most

  Businesses that put human development at the centre of their automation strategies will profit the most

• September 21, 2018 21 Sep'18

  Foreshadow mitigation obscures licensing impact

  Performance of virtual machines could be severely affected by the workaround for Intel’s latest processor flaw. To compensate, more processors will be needed

• September 21, 2018 21 Sep'18

  Pharmacy2U signs up to digital communications platform

  Online pharmacy aims to make it easier for people to contact them, using an omnichannel system from RingCentral allowing arrange of services, including voice, chat, text and email

• September 21, 2018 21 Sep'18

  Tech won’t solve customs border issues, House of Lords EU Committee finds

  Tech won’t solve potential customs issues at the border post-Brexit, at least not in the short term, and especially not in case of no-deal Brexit, according to a House of Lords report

• September 21, 2018 21 Sep'18

  RBS, Barclays and NatWest customers suffer more mobile banking outages

  Banks apologise for problems that have affected mobile and internet banking services

• September 21, 2018 21 Sep'18

  Shell mines Microsoft Azure for AI to digitally transform upstream and downstream operations

  Multi-national oil and gas company Shell is embarking on an artificial intelligence-led digital transformation of its business with the help of Microsoft Azure and C3 IoT

• September 20, 2018 20 Sep'18

  Rural areas will be among the first to get Vodafone 5G

  Parts of Cornwall and Cumbria will be among the first locations to get access to Vodafone’s 5G mobile network when it launches in 2019

• September 20, 2018 20 Sep'18

  Alibaba debuts its first service robot

  Chinese tech firm is eyeing a slice of the global robotics market, starting with a service robot that delivers items to hotel guests

• September 20, 2018 20 Sep'18

  AI laggards will lose out as rivals make efficiency gains

  McKinsey expects artificial intelligence to benefit the economy overall, and early adopters may be able to double their cashflow