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• February 01, 2017 01 Feb'17

  Finnish city takes €10bn leap into digitisation

  Tampere is encouraging its people, businesses and government organisations to come together to make digital transformation work for everyone

• January 31, 2017 31 Jan'17

  Data breach costs exceed 20% of revenue

  The cost of data breaches topped 20% of revenue in the past year as cyber attacks became more sophisticated and defenders struggled to keep pace, the latest Cisco security report shows

• January 31, 2017 31 Jan'17

  SAP aims to clarify S/4 Hana, cloud apps roadmaps for customers

  The SAP board has launched an initiative to publish and clarify roadmaps, especially in respect of S/4 Hana and its cloud applications, and one product of this is a new technology choice tool

• January 31, 2017 31 Jan'17

  Retail tech training – an opportunity to drive employee retention?

  A job in retail is often the first employment many people will have, so could technology training increase the retention of store staff?

• January 30, 2017 30 Jan'17

  Only 49% of marketers are pushed to reinvent customer service due to technology

  Technology is causing disruption in most markets, but only 49% of marketers believe they are pressured to develop their customer service as a result of disruptive technology

• January 29, 2017 29 Jan'17

  Artificial intelligence will increase productivity by sharpening human mind

  The combination of AI and humans will triple productivity if businesses get the balance right for different roles

• January 27, 2017 27 Jan'17

  Post Office facing group litigation over Horizon computer system after watershed decision

  The group action against the Post Office that alleges sub-postmasters have been wrongly punished for accounting errors gets a green light from the High Court of Justice

• January 27, 2017 27 Jan'17

  #techmums uses corporate partnerships to reach a million mums by 2020

  Not-for-profit #techmums hopes to give technology skills to one million mothers by 2020 through partnerships with corporate firms

• January 26, 2017 26 Jan'17

  Mixed feelings on Australian enterprise app market

  The enterprise mobile app development market is attracting big money despite a lack of corporate appetite

• January 26, 2017 26 Jan'17

  Facebook ups security with Fido U2F two-factor authentication

  Social media giant is enabling users to increase the security of their logins with Fido U2F USB security keys

• January 26, 2017 26 Jan'17

  Security spending leaving data vulnerable, study finds

  Cyber breaches are increasing despite increased security spending, a study shows, highlighting that security investment decisions are not aligned with actual cyber threats

• January 26, 2017 26 Jan'17

  Human-centric technologies will dominate next three years

  Accenture says businesses will develop technology and services to match human behaviour in the next few years

• January 26, 2017 26 Jan'17

  Microsoft’s cloud privacy battle may go to US Supreme Court

  The US Department of Justice is considering going to the Supreme Court after an appeals court refused to revisit its July 2016 landmark ruling blocking government access to Microsoft servers in Ireland

• January 24, 2017 24 Jan'17

  GDS signals intent to move public sector off PSN

  Government Digital Service’s Technology Leaders Network determines that the internet is an adequate solution to support the vast majority of public sector work

• January 23, 2017 23 Jan'17

  Singapore and Indonesia stand out for IT spend in Apac banking sector

  Singapore is the top spender on IT for banking of all developed economies in the Apac region, while Indonesia has the fastest growth rate in IT spending

• January 23, 2017 23 Jan'17

  Lululemon turns to digital transformation to support consumer community

  Athletic apparel retailer’s executive vice-president of digital explains how the brand has used digital transformation to support its core value of a community ecosystem

• January 23, 2017 23 Jan'17

  Lloyds Bank hit by massive DDoS attack

  It has emerged that UK banks have been targeted by a DDoS campaign that affected services intermittently only at the Lloyds Banking Group

• January 20, 2017 20 Jan'17

  BT draws fire over broadband price hike

  Consumer broadband groups have hit out after BT put up its broadband prices

• January 20, 2017 20 Jan'17

  Lords ‘deeply concerned’ about Digital Economy Bill data-sharing clauses

  Digital Economy Bill comes under fire again for its data-sharing principles, this time from the House of Lords Delegated Powers Committee

• January 20, 2017 20 Jan'17

  West Middlesex University Hospital pilots wireless vital signs tech

  West Middlesex University Hospital trials technology that allows the checking of vital signs through wearable patches on patients

• January 19, 2017 19 Jan'17

  Viasat builds IoT network for connected vehicle insurance

  Satellite connectivity services supplier’s worldwide internet of things network will support customers operating connected vehicles

• January 19, 2017 19 Jan'17

  Southampton FC signs up to cloud-based e-commerce

  The cloud-based system by Advanced supports fan engagement and is able to handle peaks in traffic on Southampton FC’s website

• January 19, 2017 19 Jan'17

  HPE buys hyper-converged pioneer Simplivity for $650m

  Hardware giant pays out for hyper-converged market number two, and says it will keep existing Simplivity products, moving them all to its ProLiant servers by the end of 2017

• January 18, 2017 18 Jan'17

  GDS declares public cloud secure enough for "vast majority" of public sector

  Government Digital Service moves to allay public sector concerns about using off-premise services in a bid to speed up cloud adoption beyond Whitehall

• January 18, 2017 18 Jan'17

  Nutanix, Simplivity and Pivot3 lead hyper-converged pack: Forrester

  Forrester rates 12 hyper-converged infrastructure providers according to products, company strategy and market presence, with Nutanix, Simplivity and Pivot3 coming out on top-line

• January 18, 2017 18 Jan'17

  Better use of data can improve government delivery of services, says John Manzoni

  Civil service chief John Manzoni highlights the potential and need for the government’s use of data to improve public services

• January 18, 2017 18 Jan'17

  Facebook chief reveals real cost of Oculus in court testimony

  Testifying in an IP-theft case against Facebook-owned Oculus, Mark Zuckerberg reveals the acquisition cost $3bn, not $2bn as originally announced

• January 17, 2017 17 Jan'17

  Blockchain can cut investment bank infrastructure costs by 30%

  Investment banks can make huge cuts to their IT infrastructure costs through blockchain, according to analysis

• January 17, 2017 17 Jan'17

  HSBC appoints technology advisers to keep pace with IT changes

  Bank hopes to gain knowledge about technologies such as artificial intelligence and biometric security through its new technology advisory board

• January 17, 2017 17 Jan'17

  Aldo uses Salesforce to drive ‘customer delight’

  Luxury retailer is using Salesforce to drive engagement, a seamless experience and customer loyalty

• January 17, 2017 17 Jan'17

  3D printing proves a disruptive force in Asean manufacturing

  3D printing adoption is set to accelerate in Southeast Asia after a delayed start

• January 16, 2017 16 Jan'17

  Australian government technology suffers failure after failure

  Former government IT leader says Australia’s IT is so bad that if the government were a private sector organisation, it would fail

• January 16, 2017 16 Jan'17

  Network overhaul speeds up business for motor racing venue

  Rockingham Motor Speedway in Northamptonshire beefs up network infrastructure to support expansive business plans

• January 15, 2017 15 Jan'17

  The evolution of smart Dubai

  Aisha Bin Bishr, director general at Smart Dubai Office, discusses how Dubai is evolving as a smart city with the support of local telecoms provider Du.

• January 13, 2017 13 Jan'17

  Davos: Technology poses new risks to jobs, economies and society

  Politicians and business leaders will discuss the risks posed by technology to jobs, political stability and cyber security at the World Economic Forum in Davos

• January 12, 2017 12 Jan'17

  Lloyds Bank digital banking problems an industry warning

  Lloyds Bank’s digital banking problems still unresolved after a second day

• January 12, 2017 12 Jan'17

  TechUK launches framework to build public trust in the IoT

  Tech sector association techUK wants to help overcome public distrust in the internet of things

• January 12, 2017 12 Jan'17

  IBM refreshes all-flash DS8880 series with PCIe 3.0 enclosures

  IBM adds an F to existing DS8884, DS8886 and DS8888 all-flash and hybrid arrays with addition of PCIe 3.0 disk connectivity, but stops short of NVMe capabilities

• January 12, 2017 12 Jan'17

  Flawed GoDaddy security certificates show need for control

  Vulnerabilities in digital security certificates highlight the need for organisations to be able to exercise more control over those certificates

• January 11, 2017 11 Jan'17

  Tech focus helps Singapore go second in globalisation index

  Singapore is the second most globalised economy in the world and its IT infrastructure is critical to this achievement

• January 11, 2017 11 Jan'17

  McKinsey finds hard work to do in Big Data Revisited report

  The McKinsey Global Institute has revisited its path-breaking 2011 big data report, finding a new salience for machine learning, and most companies under-capitalising their data

• January 10, 2017 10 Jan'17

  Brexit should not hinder 5G development, says report

  A report commissioned by the government claims the UK’s 2016 vote to leave the European Union should have minimal impact on the country’s ability to lead on the development of 5G networks

• January 10, 2017 10 Jan'17

  Cyber security scare stories could sharpen focus at banks

  There are continual cyber attacks on banks, and although most are repelled, there is significant room for improvement

• January 09, 2017 09 Jan'17

  Former Surrey NHS IT chief and supplier both jailed for corruption

  Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s former informatics director goes to jail for accepting £80,000 worth of bribes from a supplier in return for an IT contract

• January 09, 2017 09 Jan'17

  Waymo self-driving minivans to begin public road tests soon

  Google spin off Waymo announces trials of new self-driving vehicles, with all technologies involved developed in-house to cut costs and improve performance

• January 09, 2017 09 Jan'17

  UKCloud cuts cloud storage pricing for public sector customers and sticks boot into US rivals

  Public sector-focused cloud provider claims latest round of price cuts means its services are cheaper to use than some of its US counterparts

• January 06, 2017 06 Jan'17

  Half of the younger generation still prefer a traditional checkout

  The use of technology in retailers is increasing, but despite growing omni-channel adoption, many young people still prefer a traditional checkout

• January 05, 2017 05 Jan'17

  CIOs: Is a PC refresh really necessary?

  IT departments are preparing to migrate off Windows 7. Manufacturers are ready with a range of new PCs at this year's CES

• January 05, 2017 05 Jan'17

  HMV changes its IT tune to cut maintenance spend on legacy on-premise systems

  The high street music retailer has embarked on a sizeable digital transformation project to cut costs and boost the agility of its business operations

• January 05, 2017 05 Jan'17

  UK youngsters unwittingly exposing private data

  The UK children's commissioner has called for better support for child privacy after study shows most are unknowingly agreeing to share private data