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• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  North has 1.4 job vacancies for each digital worker

  EY and Tech North issue suggestions and guidelines to help tackle eight specific problems in northern tech ecosystem

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  IoT security risks need immediate action, says report

  The security failings in today’s internet-connected devices will only become more pervasive unless action is taken immediately, according to industry experts

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Select Committee highlights Brexit effect on roaming and data protection

  House of Commons Select Committee report sets out Brexit challenges such as uncertainty around regulations, data protection, mobile roaming charges and skills

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Theresa May wants UK to be world leader in ‘ethical AI’

  In her World Economic Forum speech, the prime minister highlights the need to harness tech, flies the flag for “responsible AI development” and calls on tech companies to step up and fight paedophiles and terrorists using online platforms

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Cloudian upgrade brings hybrid cloud file and object storage

  Move to Cloudian Hyperstore 7 enables data storage operations across on-premise and Amazon, Google and Microsoft cloud environments with object and file access

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Sky to move pay TV services to broadband

  The days of the satellite TV dish are numbered as Sky signals its intent to switch to an IP streaming delivery model over broadband connections

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Ransomware was most popular cyber crime tool in 2017

  Detections of ransomware increased by more than 90% last year compared with 2016

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Hours lost on patching Meltdown and Spectre flaw

  IT administrators have already lost hours installing the processor patch from Intel, which causes PCs to lock up and systems to crash and slow down

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  NHS Wales IT outage: What went wrong with its datacentres?

  A country-wide outage of several core NHS Wales IT systems has prompted questions about the organisation’s datacentre failover procedures

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Robots are needed to manage the automation robots

  The next decade will see robots transform from invisible forces obeying our commands to lifelike objects interacting with humans on a daily basis

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Forensic investigation into Post Office IT system at centre of legal case nears completion

  The investigation into the fairness of court cases brought against sub-postmasters is close to finishing its forensic examination of the IT system at the heart of the controversy

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Driverless buses hit the streets of Stockholm

  Self-driving buses are being used in real traffic environments as part of a trial in Stockholm

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Security spending not on most-effective controls, report reveals

  While planned spending on IT security is up globally, so too are data breaches, with evidence mounting that hackers are hitting the bottom line, a global security survey reveals

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  Most UK organisations unaware of new data protection laws

  The UK’s digital and culture secretary is urging businesses and charities to prepare for stronger data protection laws in the light of new information

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  GDPR worries hit cloud storage investments, says survey

  NetApp-sponsored survey finds lack of customer confidence in cloud service providers’ retention of GDPR-affected data has led organisations to rethink and scale back cloud investments

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  AI is moving towards acceptance in cyber security, says Check Point

  Artificial intelligence is well on its way to being a useful tool in the cyber security professional’s kit, but according to Check Point, there are still big challenges to overcome

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  Kao Data opens doors on first phase of £200m datacentre campus in Harlow

  Kao London One has a capacity of 8.8MW and is being touted as a good fit for hybrid cloud infrastructures

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  Department for International Development launches digital strategy

  Strategy highlights potential of technology to reduce poverty as department aims to become a global leader in digital

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  Colt Technology Services outage: European customers hit by internet connectivity issues

  Voice and data network provider Colt Technology Services suffers outage, blighting users in several European countries

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  Sweden puts government IT outsourcing under increased scrutiny

  Government introduces rules to tighten security in IT outsourcing deals following a very public data leak last year

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  Two-thirds of startups ill-prepared for GDPR

  While most startups collect personal data, a survey reveals that many are not very well prepared for compliance with the EU’s forthcoming data protection regulation

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  NHS organisations to get cyber security alerts service

  As part of a deal between NHS Digital and Microsoft, NHS organisations will be able to get a threat detection service, alerting them to any cyber security issues

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank Group uses ServiceNow to support transformation

  IT service management adapts to faster and faster time-to-market pressure with a new framework that aims to deliver continuous service improvement

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  We need to be flexible to address future skills needs, says education secretary

  Damian Hinds opened the Education World Forum by saying flexibility will be key in addressing industry and labour needs in an uncertain future

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  Dark web Dream Market drives cyber fraud industry

  An international operation shut down the AlphaBay and Hansa marketplaces in July 2017, but new ones have sprung up on the dark web, with one in particular helping to drive cyber fraud

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  AWS opens third availability zone in Singapore

  Cloud service provider is upping the ante in a region that has been lapping up cloud infrastructure services to advance digitisation efforts

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Intel recalls botched Spectre fix

  The inventor of Linux, Linus Torvalds, vents his frustration and suggests Intel has no plans to fix Spectre flaw

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Mastercard sets biometric ID deadline for banks

  Mastercard has committed to guaranteeing that every one of its customers will have access to biometric authentication services by April 2019

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Modern methodology gives Sweden’s 100-year-old SKF a digital push

  Long-established engineering company takes a leaf out of the startup guide to software development

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Thousands of critical systems affected by serious security flaws

  Multiple and serious vulnerabilities have been found in a software management system widely used in corporate and industrial control environments, researchers warn

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Irish planning chiefs dismiss appeal against Amazon's €1bn datacentre build

  Irish planning chiefs have granted Amazon permission to proceed with its plans to build a €1bn datacentre in Dublin to support the continued European growth of its cloud business

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Facebook offers funding to secure the internet

  Facebook has announced that it is offering funding for research into ways of improving internet security

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Hyper-convergence and containers key storage-related deployments in 2018

  Hyper-converged infrastructure and containers are key deployments planned by UK customers in 2018, with flash storage, virtual machine storage and disk backup also prominent

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  New controversies as Trump passes US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

  The amended Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which seeks to legitimise US surveillance on foreigners, has been signed off by president Trump

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Interview: Kaspar Korjus, Estonian e-Residency lead

  As the number of people signing up to become Estonian e-residents exceeds the country’s birth rate, Computer Weekly speaks to the man heading up the programme

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Uncontrolled cyber attacks on UK cyber defenders’ radar

  Uncontrolled cyber attacks are just as much a threat as targeted attacks, according to the UK’s cyber defence agency, which continues to consider a major cyber attack imminent

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Many councils admit they are not ready to upgrade from Windows 7

  With less than two years to go before Microsoft stops supporting Windows 7, a study has found many councils may struggle to meet this deadline

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  ITV goes on air with SpectraLogic LTFS tape backup and archive

  2PB of SpectraLogic tape front-ended by Black Pearl LTFS object storage access creates integrated archive that lets broadcaster optimise use of existing Isilon clustered NAS

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  China’s Yitu eyes ASEAN market with facial recognition know-how

  Facial recognition software specialist Yitu, which recently won a face identification accuracy contest in the US, has already nabbed regional clients such as Singapore’s Certis Cisco

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  Taking complexity out of cyber security

  The key to improving the cyber security posture of organisations is to keep complexity at bay, according to a senior Microsoft executive

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  IBM results reveal plans to shift traditional analytics to SaaS

  IBM boosts cognitive and blockchain businesses, but admits there is work needed on its traditional analytics products and some will move to software as a service

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  UK urged to up spending on cyber defence

  Cyber attacks that target military and civilian operations are one of the biggest threats facing the UK, according to a top military officer, but security experts say cyber defence spending must be carefully considered

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  Almost a quarter of London businesses unaware of GDPR

  Nearly one in four London businesses unaware of new data protection regulation, a survey has revealed, with just months before the compliance deadline

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  NHS England wants to use algorithms to handle NHS 111 enquiries

  NHS England looks at potential of processing patient enquiries using algorithms as it works on rolling out an online version of NHS 111 by December 2018

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  NRF 2018: Cryptocurrencies “won’t take off”, says Visa executive

  Visa’s CEO, Alfred Kelly, told retailers at the 2018 NRF Big Show that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies should be low on their list of priorities

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  Manchester’s CityVerve launches new internet of things challenge for SMEs and startups

  Manchester’s CityVerve smart city project has called for IoT developers and startups to tackle challenges in healthcare, transport and energy

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  IT of world’s banks is moving on from crippling regulation

  Banks need to invest more in fintech and IT skills as they emerge from years of stagnation

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  Norwegian healthcare breach alert failed GDPR requirements

  Norwegian healthcare authorities failed General Data Protection Regulation requirements for notifying those affected by a personal data breach by waiting a week before disclosing a breach discovered on 8 January 2018

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  Lancashire Police launches voice-driven Amazon Alexa app

  Lancashire Constabulary’s new app gives users hourly news updates and sends pictures of wanted criminals straight to their Amazon Echo devices

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  NHS Digital declares the public cloud a safe place to store patient data

  The health service’s technology organisation, NHS Digital, has issued guidance confirming the public cloud as a safe place to store patient data