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• July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18

  Collaborative alliance to advance UK’s cyber security profession

  Leading UK organisations in cyber security have united to develop a national professional body in the field

• July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18

  SAP Q2 2018: Cloud revenue shows momentum, 600 more S/4 customers

  SAP’s second-quarter results show cloud revenue now at one-fifth of total, indicating momentum. S/4 Hana customers now number 8,900

• July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18

  How Splunk is ‘splunking’ data for APAC enterprises

  Splunk’s regional vice-president talks up the company’s business strategy and how its customers are using big data analytics in security and IT operations

• July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18

  Uber appoints first privacy and data protection chiefs

  Uber is getting its privacy and data protection house in order in the wake of damaging data breaches and in anticipation of the company’s planned stock market launch in 2019

• July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18

  Committee proposes new laws for immigration of skilled workers after Brexit

  The Science and Technology Committee has released a report proposing new rules surrounding the immigration of skilled workers once Brexit has come into force

• July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18

  Orange starts 5G tests in Paris

  After successful trials in Romania, Orange begins testing 5G use cases in its home country

• July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18

  Heathrow flights grounded by IT failure

  Aircraft unable to take off at airport following failure of an IT system at one of BA's suppliers, that even led to the temporary closure of the control tower

• July 18, 2018 18 Jul'18

  NHS on the hunt for chief data officer

  The NHS CDO will report directly to NHS Digital CEO Sarah Wilkinson, get paid up to £176,750 and be responsible for a budget of around £57m

• July 18, 2018 18 Jul'18

  Walmart and Microsoft partner to boost digital in retail

  US retail giant Walmart has signed a five-year partnership with Microsoft, with the aim of speeding up its digital transformation

• July 18, 2018 18 Jul'18

  Retail cyber security spending ineffective as breaches rise

  Cyber attacks on the retail sector are increasing, and although most retailers plan to increase cyber security spending, planned investments are unlikely to be effective, a report reveals

• July 18, 2018 18 Jul'18

  Deloitte launches EMEA-wide initiative to close cyber security gender gap

  Professional services organisation Deloitte expands its UK efforts to encourage more women into cyber security to cover the EMEA area

• July 18, 2018 18 Jul'18

  Google record fine could lead to Android fork

  Amazon’s Android was one of the operating systems mentioned by the European Commission as it imposed a record €4.34bn fine on Google

• July 18, 2018 18 Jul'18

  Global trading infrastructure firm opens office in Ireland because of Brexit

  Financial services firms are attracted to Ireland as the UK prepares to leave the EU, leading to the creation of IT jobs in the Emerald Isle

• July 18, 2018 18 Jul'18

  CIO interview: Jon Marchant, CIO, PayPoint

  PayPoint CIO describes the company’s shift to retail services and how it went from knowing very little about electronic point of sale system software to creating its own

• July 18, 2018 18 Jul'18

  Cyber security top priority for aircraft makers, says Airbus

  There is a high level of collaboration in the aircraft industry on cyber security, but not all other industries are at the same level, according to an industry veteran at multinational aerospace and defence firm Airbus

• July 18, 2018 18 Jul'18

  Singapore to bolster threat intelligence sharing in financial sector

  Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency has partnered the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Centre to glean cyber threat intelligence for the country’s financial industry

• July 18, 2018 18 Jul'18

  Spectre variant gives buffer overflow a new twist

  New variants of the Spectre microprocessor bugs use buffer overflow-style attacks to run malicious code

• July 17, 2018 17 Jul'18

  Interview: Pippa Thomas, regional IT director, Freeman Clarke

  Freeman Clarke’s regional IT director, Pippa Thomas, on the role of interim CIOs and why organisations use them

• July 17, 2018 17 Jul'18

  Quantum is revolutionary, but UK must fix funding

  Quantum sensing could replace GPS navigation, and cut the cost of major building projects. But industry needs to work with academia to prototype quantum technologies

• July 17, 2018 17 Jul'18

  Nordic CTO interview: Martin Whitlock, Telenor Connexion

  Norwegian telco is growing its global reach through its internet of things business unit

• July 17, 2018 17 Jul'18

  Saudi Arabia entices UK fintechs to its shores

  Saudi Arabia is offering fintechs from other countries the opportunity to access its large internal market

• July 17, 2018 17 Jul'18

  Cryptominers plateau while backdoors shoot up

  Illicit cryptocurrency mining appears to be slowing down, but backdoors increased rapidly in the second quarter of the year, a report warns

• July 17, 2018 17 Jul'18

  A third of organisations do not have a security expert, survey shows

  Around a third of organisations are vulnerable to cyber attacks due to a lack of dedicated in-house cyber security experts, finds Gartner survey

• July 17, 2018 17 Jul'18

  Voting open: vote now for the most influential woman in UK technology 2018

  Submit your vote for who you think deserves the title of most influential woman in UK technology 2018

• July 17, 2018 17 Jul'18

  Spectrum costs hit the world’s poorest hardest

  The inflated cost of radio spectrum to support mobile network roll-out is harming the economic and social welfare of billions of the world’s poorest people, says the GSMA

• July 17, 2018 17 Jul'18

  JWT slashes server estate in move to Ctera cloud appliances

  Marketing agency deploys Ctera cloud-attached NAS for 10,000 employees to simplify IT infrastructure, cutting server count and slashing software and hardware costs

• July 17, 2018 17 Jul'18

  Most Influential Women in UK IT 2018: Entrants to the Hall of Fame

  Each year Computer Weekly recognises several great women from the IT industry and their lifetime achievements in its Most Influential Women in UK Tech Hall of Fame

• July 17, 2018 17 Jul'18

  Kcom secures second aggregate HSCN contract

  Network services provider Kcom will supply broadband connectivity over the Health and Social Care Network to 10 health organisations in the north-east of England

• July 17, 2018 17 Jul'18

  Code First: Girls teaches more women to code in UK than universities

  Social enterprise partners with BT to offer more women the opportunity to learn tech skills

• July 17, 2018 17 Jul'18

  Expect jobs equilibrium if government sticks with AI plan

  If the government keeps to its artificial intelligence sector deal, the number of new jobs created through the use of AI and automation will balance the job losses

• July 17, 2018 17 Jul'18

  UKFast creates subsidiary to support AWS and Azure

  Hosting company UKFast offers its own private and public cloud services alongside Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure support

• July 16, 2018 16 Jul'18

  Rio Tinto transports iron ore with autonomous train

  The 280km journey in Western Australia was made under Rio Tinto’s autonomous train programme aimed at improving the productivity and safety of workers

• July 16, 2018 16 Jul'18

  Mobile devices lost in London underline security risk

  The security risk of lost mobile devices is underlined by the fact that almost 26,000 mobile phones and computing devices were lost in London in the past year alone

• July 16, 2018 16 Jul'18

  Canada raises banner of AI to boost tech industry

  Toronto has gone big for artificial intelligence, aiming to draw in international talent and boost its IT industry

• July 16, 2018 16 Jul'18

  ITPS expands datacentre to support Azure Stack and HPC

  Datacentre company ITPS expands its County Durham facility to meet client needs for high performance computing and security

• July 16, 2018 16 Jul'18

  Russian cyber attacks show need for international rules

  Russian cyber attacks aimed at influencing foreign elections highlight the need for the international community to agree on rules of conduct and punitive consequences

• July 15, 2018 15 Jul'18

  New industry network to bolster data protection in ASEAN

  The Data Protection Excellence network will assist organisations and individuals new to data protection laws by providing hands-on training and professional certification courses

• July 15, 2018 15 Jul'18

  A quarter of Brits think they already have full-fibre broadband

  CityFibre research commissioned to support its campaign for more clarity in broadband advertising appears to show widespread misunderstanding of what fibre is or what it means

• July 13, 2018 13 Jul'18

  Microsoft warns if an email is being sent out of office hours

  When Blackberry introduced mobile email, it made everyone permanently connected to work. Now, Microsoft wants to curb this

• July 13, 2018 13 Jul'18

  Virtus Data Centres plots further expansion of Slough colocation site

  Virtus Data Centres is adding three more data halls to its colocation facility in Slough, as well as carrying out a power upgrade at the site

• July 13, 2018 13 Jul'18

  Flexible IT contracts generate savings for HMRC

  HMRC’s annual report and accounts show transformation savings are slightly lower than planned as Brexit work means other projects are put on hold, but it’s making significant savings from smaller and more agile IT contracts

• July 13, 2018 13 Jul'18

  Hackers increasingly targeting cloud infrastructure

  Cloud infrastructure is a growing target for cyber attackers because of available computing resources, as well as the repositories of valuable data, a report reveals

• July 13, 2018 13 Jul'18

  How Singapore’s MyRepublic hones its IT chops

  MyRepublic’s CIO shares how the company’s IT strategy has enabled the internet service provider to spread its wings into new markets

• July 13, 2018 13 Jul'18

  Windows 7 migration powers PC uptick

  PC sales in the enterprise have increased as businesses roll out Windows 10 before Microsoft ends support for Windows 7

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  Saudi’s growing e-commerce market offers global tech opportunities

  Saudi Arabia's e-commerce sector is set to explode, and the IT sector in the country will see increased demand as a result

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  Executive interview: Bill Ruh, CDO of GE

  With a new CEO in the driving seat, we speak to GE’s head of digital, Bill Ruh, about how the company has refined its digital strategy

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  Half of young girls don’t think tech careers are exciting

  Young women are put off of technology careers because they don’t perceive them to be exciting, according to research

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  Brexit proposal calls for standards alignment and data sharing

  Although the government’s Brexit whitepaper focuses on curbing immigration, collaboration on cyber crime, data sharing and services are among the bargaining chips

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  Traders may not be compliant with new customs IT system by end of March 2019

  PAC hearing reveals several issues with getting the Customs Declaration Service ready on time, including that traders probably won’t have enough time to get their systems compatible and compliant with the new IT system

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  Broadcom acquires enterprise business with CA Technologies deal

  Broadcom buys into the enterprise software infrastructure arena, announcing $19bn acquisition of CA Technologies