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May 24, 2017
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May'17
Singapore government to spend S$2.4bn on technology initiatives
Funding will go towards building a national sensor platform, boosting the government’s cyber security capabilities and driving the use of robots
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May 24, 2017
24
May'17
Interview: Nick Bleech, head of information security, Travis Perkins
Last year, Travis Perkins implemented Splunk to help it to respond more quickly to security threats. Now, the business is looking into machine learning and a single customer view
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May 23, 2017
23
May'17
How to avoid technical debt in open source communities
Businesses that make use of open source software should dedicate resources to supporting and maintaining the projects their organisations rely on
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May 23, 2017
23
May'17
Racetrack Memory products in five years, says IBM fellow
Millennium Prize winner Stuart Parkin says flash and 2D methods of storage are fatally limited – Racetrack Memory offers 100x the capacity without flash’s wear issues
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May 23, 2017
23
May'17
Audit Scotland shares lessons learned from failed IT projects
In a ‘lessons learned’ report, Scottish auditor sets out five principles that should be considered when managing government IT programmes
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May 23, 2017
23
May'17
Economic and political uncertainty drives organisations to rethink IT strategies
CIO job satisfaction reaches a three-year high as organisations hire more IT staff and invest in innovative digital technology
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May 23, 2017
23
May'17
EternalRocks worm combines seven leaked NSA attack tools
Hard on the heels of the WannaCry ransomware attacks, a researcher has found a worm that combines four NSA exploits and associated attack tools, including EternalBlue used by WannaCry
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May 22, 2017
22
May'17
Dutch railway uses IoT to reduce people jams
Railway stations in The Netherlands are monitoring the movement of travellers to manage traffic flow and reduce people jams
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May 22, 2017
22
May'17
HSBC voice authentication tricked by twins
Twin brothers managed to trick HSBC’s voice recognition security system into giving account access to the wrong person
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May 22, 2017
22
May'17
Windows 7 accounts for most WannaCry infections
Statistics show that computers running Windows 7 accounted for the biggest proportion of machines infected with the WannaCry ransomware, while NHS suppliers are blamed for hampering patching by NHS trusts
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May 19, 2017
19
May'17
Manx Telecom streamlines its business with VMware NFV
After deploying an NFV platform to replace its IMS service, Isle of Man-based telco has seen substantial improvements to its business agility and processes
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May 19, 2017
19
May'17
Command and control communications key to detecting threats
Malware command and control (C&C) communications are key to detecting advanced threats, according to a security researcher
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May 19, 2017
19
May'17
How to simplify IT integration
Pressure on IT is mounting and point-to-point integration does not scale. Opening up APIs is one of the approaches now being considered
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May 19, 2017
19
May'17
Microsoft to open African cloud datacentre region in 2018
Software giant plans to capitalise on business demand for its cloud services in Africa by offering users access to locally hosted Azure and Office 365
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May 18, 2017
18
May'17
Conservative Party manifesto promises to ‘face up to fast-changing technology’
Tories aim to create a digital charter, continuing a “digital by default” government and a dynamic digital economy
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May 18, 2017
18
May'17
Strong cyber security posture reduces impact of breaches
There is a direct correlation between data breaches and falls in stock prices, but the impact is lighter on companies with good cyber security, a study has revealed
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May 18, 2017
18
May'17
Analytics, automation and AI critical to Cisco’s growth
Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins has been talking about the criticality of analytics and automation technology to the enterprise network
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May 17, 2017
17
May'17
SAP wants to be cloud leader in APAC by 2020
The business software supplier expects its cloud portfolio to contribute at least a third of its revenues in a region that includes key markets such as Australia, Japan and Southeast Asia
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May 17, 2017
17
May'17
Bombardier signs $700m IBM cloud deal to support business turnaround efforts
Canadian vehicle manufacturer inks IBM cloud deal to support five-year push to cut costs and improve efficiency
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May 17, 2017
17
May'17
Dell EMC all-flash XtremIO X2 gains I/O boost via software upgrade
Dell EMC’s XtremIO X2 all-flash arrays got a performance jump from ungraded hardware, but the real performance boost comes from changes to the way I/O is dealt with
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May 17, 2017
17
May'17
Sapphire 2017: McDermott declares SAP indirect licensing policy change
At SAP’s annual Sapphire Now conference in Orlando, Florida, CEO Bill McDermott ruled out charging for static read access from third-party systems, after recent controversy
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May 16, 2017
16
May'17
Customer experience transformation at Macquarie bank brings legacy system retirement as a bonus
Australia’s Macquarie bank builds a data layer on top of legacy IT systems to transform customer experience
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May 16, 2017
16
May'17
Lack of skills preventing digital transformation, says 65% of decision makers
Research has found skills gaps in data science, AI and infrastructure management are standing in the way of digital transformation
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May 15, 2017
15
May'17
Attackers have no need of zero-days, breach data shows
Cyber attackers do not have to use previously unseen or extremely sophisticated attacks to bypass defences, analysis of publicly reported breaches in the past year reveals
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May 15, 2017
15
May'17
Manchester trams halted by communications failure
A communications systems fault at Transport for Greater Manchester halted Metrolink tram services across the city on Sunday 14 May
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May 15, 2017
15
May'17
Why IT needs effective monitoring for cloud applications
IaaS and PaaS free up IT from running day-to-day administration tasks, but the cloud can become a black box, limiting visibility
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May 15, 2017
15
May'17
Toys R Us introduces tablets for store staff
Toy and games retailer Toys R Us is trialling the use of tablets for store assistance to provide a better customer service experience
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May 15, 2017
15
May'17
How Microsoft is extending the benefits of Office 365
There are now over 100 million corporate users of Office 365, which provides a great developer opportunity. We find out why
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May 12, 2017
12
May'17
NHS hospitals hit in global ransomware attack
Hospitals across England are reporting problems with IT systems that are affecting healthcare treatment, caused by what could be a global ransomware campaign enabled by a leaked NSA exploit
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May 12, 2017
12
May'17
Five cyber security imperatives for all companies
There are five things all companies should ensure they are doing in terms of cyber security
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May 12, 2017
12
May'17
Singapore universities hit by advanced persistent threat attacks
The attacks on NUS and NTU networks appear to be the work of APT actors and not casual hackers
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May 11, 2017
11
May'17
Tech packages to help Singapore SMEs go digital
Small and medium-sized enterprises in Singapore can now take advantage of a slew of pre-approved IT products to stay competitive
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May 11, 2017
11
May'17
BBC signs five-year enterprise ICT deal with Atos
As part of the broadcaster’s Aurora programme, it has signed up to five years of Atos as its technology services provider
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May 11, 2017
11
May'17
Cisco adds AI to Spark collaboration platform with MindMeld buy
Cisco plans to use MindMeld’s AI platform to enhance its Spark platform and other enterprise collaboration solutions
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May 11, 2017
11
May'17
Made.com trialling real-time chat for customer advice
Online retailer Made.com has partnered with Hero so showroom staff can chat live with online shoppers to help with queries and shopping decisions
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May 10, 2017
10
May'17
Nordic region competes for datacentre dominance
The Nordic region is an attractive region for datacentres as demand for cloud services in the area grows
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May 10, 2017
10
May'17
Durham Police to use artificial intelligence to help decide if suspects should be held in custody
Durham Police are to use artificial intelligence to help them decide whether or not to keep suspects in custody
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May 10, 2017
10
May'17
Blockchain economy on the horizon
Blockchain technologies will enable many new and disruptive business models than the internet itself, an expert predicts
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May 09, 2017
09
May'17
Hotel booking site Trivago powers collaboration with Dropbox
A Slack group and a workshop day helped Trivago deploy Dropbox for Business to 1300 users
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May 09, 2017
09
May'17
Aruba Atmosphere: Machine learning to transform networking
At Aruba Atmosphere EMEA in France, delegates learned how the network will incorporate machine learning features in the near future
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May 09, 2017
09
May'17
Cognitive security is the future, says Martin Kuppinger
Modern computing capabilities combined with cognitive technology has huge potential for tackling unknown attack patterns and addressing the security skills shortage, says Martin Kuppinger
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May 09, 2017
09
May'17
Highly skilled professionals at risk of being replaced by computers
Highly skilled jobs will be replaced by artificial intelligence by 2022, says Gartner
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May 09, 2017
09
May'17
Nexsan Unity goes all-flash but leaves NVMe on the back-burner
Nexsan Unity arrays already have SAN, NAS and file sync and share, and now add all-flash and policy-based archiving, but there’s no NVMe on the roadmap for now
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May 09, 2017
09
May'17
Large UK businesses increasingly want CEOs to have IT background
More large businesses in the UK want a CEO that has a good understanding of IT
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May 09, 2017
09
May'17
OpenStack Foundation slams claims open source cloud platform's days are numbered
OpenStack Foundation executive director Jonathan Bryce dismisses predictions around the impending demise of OpenStack
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May 08, 2017
08
May'17
HPE ramps up investments in Singapore
Enterprise tech giant HPE will invest $140m over five years in its new regional headquarters and a startup incubator programme
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May 07, 2017
07
May'17
Barclays launches £10m UK digital safety campaign
Barclays is to lead a £10m campaign against digital fraud as research reveals London, Bristol and Birmingham are scam hotspots, with young adults most at risk
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May 05, 2017
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May'17
HSBC adopts cloud-first strategy to solving big data business problems
David Knott, chief architect at banking giant HSBC, tells Computer Weekly about how machine learning, big data analytics and cloud are changing the way it does business
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May 05, 2017
05
May'17
Ex-government privacy advisor calls for 'fundamental review' of Gov.uk Verify identity scheme
Former Cabinet Office privacy group co-chair says the Verify identity assurance programme needs 'honest and fundamental reset'
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May 05, 2017
05
May'17
SAP goes after world’s largest brewing company in $600m licence dispute
Belgian brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev says it intends to defend “vigorously” against software licensing claims by SAP