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• June 22, 2023 22 Jun'23

  NHS England hires internally to fill CIO role

  The merger of NHS England and NHS Digital resulted in job losses, which meant the new organisation needed to fill the role of IT chief

• June 22, 2023 22 Jun'23

  Lancaster University launches trailblazing cyber MBA

  MBA programme at Lancaster University designed to deliver security leadership education to business leaders has received NCSC backing

• June 22, 2023 22 Jun'23

  EE looks to ace Wimbledon 4G mobile capacity

  Leading UK comms provider upgrades mobile network with small cell system and makes additional upgrades to existing sites in and around iconic London home of tennis tournament to head off traffic spike

• June 22, 2023 22 Jun'23

  Manchester University students threatened by ransomware gang

  Students and staff members at the University of Manchester are being pressurised by an unnamed ransomware gang

• June 22, 2023 22 Jun'23

  UK pension scheme expands relationship with IT services giant TCS

  Tata Consultancy Services retains contract with UK pension scheme for another decade after extending a contract that was first signed in 2011

• June 22, 2023 22 Jun'23

  Lloyds Bank to open tech centre in India

  UK bank taps into Hyderabad tech ecosystem by opening a tech centre focused on improving digital experiences for customers

• June 22, 2023 22 Jun'23

  Cabinet Office updates decade-old public cloud-first mandate for central government

  A decade after it was first introduced, the government has updated its cloud-first guidance by including nine principles to guide public sector IT buyers through their off-premise purchasing decisions

• June 22, 2023 22 Jun'23

  BT begins roll-out of Digital Voice across UK East Midlands

  Latest part of incumbent telco’s strategy to evolve national communications network sees new voice offering deployed

• June 22, 2023 22 Jun'23

  Orange Business leads team to deliver cloud-native managed SASE to enterprises

  Enterprise division of the global telco taps in-house cyber security practice and leading cyber security technology provider to offer simpler operational model for customers with end-to-end accountability, improved agility, efficiency and performance

• June 22, 2023 22 Jun'23

  How Vedanta is harnessing tech in aluminium production

  India’s largest aluminium producer Vedanta Aluminium is using industrial internet of things devices to improve emissions control and robotic process automation to improve efficiency, among other digitisation efforts

• June 21, 2023 21 Jun'23

  Avaya expands Google, Alcatel-Lucent alliances to boost customer experiences

  Collaboration with leading cloud platform designed to deliver enhanced contact centre solutions as improved Experience Platform enables users to integrate digital capabilities to redefine agent operations

• June 21, 2023 21 Jun'23

  CIO interview: Stuart Hughes, chief digital information officer, Rolls-Royce

  The aerospace giant uses internet of things and sensor technology to create a personalised digital twin for the airlines that fly its engines, but the benefits of further data science and analytics could be even bigger

• June 21, 2023 21 Jun'23

  Nearly quarter of a million malicious websites reported and removed through NCSC service

  A suspicious email and text message reporting service in the UK has directly led to a quarter of a million malicious websites being removed

• June 21, 2023 21 Jun'23

  Software spending grows fastest as finance firms spend $652bn on tech in 2023

  Banks and investment firms are increasing their spending on IT despite gloomy economic outlook, but priorities have changed

• June 21, 2023 21 Jun'23

  Co-op Group adds nearshore engineering resources

  Manchester headquartered Co-op group adds additional engineering resources as competition for talent in the UK ramps up

• June 21, 2023 21 Jun'23

  The security interviews: Exploiting AI for good and for bad

  The chief product officer of AI security firm Darktrace explains how large language AI models are making it harder for people to spot email attacks

• June 21, 2023 21 Jun'23

  Belgian researchers build energy-efficient AI frameworks

  Researchers in Belgium are working on a new generation of platforms to support artificial intelligence applications in an energy-efficient manner

• June 21, 2023 21 Jun'23

  Interview: Paul Cooper, director of technology operations, River Island

  Retailer River Island has had a recent in-store technology overhaul, making it easier for shop staff to cater to customers

• June 21, 2023 21 Jun'23

  CDO interview: Mary O’Callaghan, director of technology engagement, British Heart Foundation

  Implementing a new data strategy sits at the heart of the charity’s digital transformation as it looks to build on its status as the UK’s largest charity retailer and the highest-grossing charity on eBay globally

• June 21, 2023 21 Jun'23

  Virgin Media O2 extends Nokia 5G RAN deal

  Leading comms tech provider continues business relationship with operator to improve connectivity in the UK and supply RAN equipment from its AirScale portfolio

• June 20, 2023 20 Jun'23

  Data sovereignty and security driving hybrid IT adoption in Australia

  Over half of Australian organisations plan to repatriate some applications from public cloud to on-premise datacentres due to data sovereignty concerns, Nutanix study finds

• June 20, 2023 20 Jun'23

  Avaya deals Aces to boost customer experiences

  Communications and collaboration tech provider unveils what it calls reimagined professional services, prioritising AI, cloud and digital transformation through its core customer experience services platform

• June 20, 2023 20 Jun'23

  Mizuho Financial Group trials generative AI for development and maintenance

  Japanese bank is working with Fujitsu to explore potential for using generative artificial intelligence technology in system development and maintenance

• June 20, 2023 20 Jun'23

  ServiceNow’s Bill McDermott: a ‘work in progress’

  Bill McDermott, president and CEO of ServiceNow, speaks to Computer Weekly about his vision for the company and the technology industry, which he believes to be in the throes of exponential change

• June 20, 2023 20 Jun'23

  University of York shifts HPC workloads to Swedish EcoDataCenter colocation site in green IT push

  With the University of York using its HPC capabilities for climate research, it decided it was time to shift its IT infrastructure to a greener colo site in support of its net-zero goals

• June 20, 2023 20 Jun'23

  Post Office will not oppose potential Horizon conviction appellants

  Post Office CEO told MPs that the organisation is telling some subpostmasters it won't oppose them if they appeal

• June 20, 2023 20 Jun'23

  EDF deploys Dynatrace to fuel site reliability engineering drive

  The energy company has adopted the observability platform to support in-house software development

• June 20, 2023 20 Jun'23

  Oracle opens first EU-based sovereign cloud regions in Germany and Spain

  Database software giant is making good on its July 2022 pledge to open a series of sovereign cloud regions to cater to the data protection needs of EU-based enterprises

• June 20, 2023 20 Jun'23

  More than 50% of care providers have adopted digital records

  The adoption of digital social care records has reached more than 50%, but the sector still has a way to go to reach the government’s target of 80% by March 2024

• June 20, 2023 20 Jun'23

  Tech entrepreneur Ian Hogarth to chair AI Foundation Model Taskforce

  The government has hired tech investor Ian Hogarth to lead its taskforce on artificial intelligence (AI) safety, aiming to tackle the safety challenges presented by AI and build public confidence in the use of the technology

• June 20, 2023 20 Jun'23

  Union chief calls for outsourced services to be brought in-house

  Unison general secretary calls on Labour to bring outsourced public sector contracts in-house if they fail to meet certain tests

• June 19, 2023 19 Jun'23

  Avaya assures future-proof global communications with Enterprise Cloud

  Comms tech provider kicks off user group conference proclaiming company is back, and unveils tech for firms to pursue hybrid cloud models by hosting parts of comms infrastructure in dedicated cloud instance

• June 19, 2023 19 Jun'23

  Huawei slams EU high-risk supplier claims as against principles of free trade

  Comms tech giant comes out swinging against being singled out by EC commissioner as having high-risk supplier status in 5G mobile infrastructures

• June 19, 2023 19 Jun'23

  Salvation Army’s trading arm sets sights on helping enterprises reuse their IT devices

  Trading arm of Christian church charity The Salvation Army is expanding beyond textile recycling to help businesses reuse and recycle their e-waste

• June 19, 2023 19 Jun'23

  Prime minister Rishi Sunak faces pressure from banks to force tech firms to pay for online fraud

  The UK’s major banks have told the prime minister to force tech firms to do more to prevent fraud that the banks end up paying for

• June 19, 2023 19 Jun'23

  How Fastly thinks differently about CDNs and the edge

  Fastly is counting on its developer chops and different approaches towards security and other areas to compete with its rivals

• June 19, 2023 19 Jun'23

  Early June Microsoft outages were result of large-scale DDoS hit

  Investigations into recent outages on Microsoft Azure and Outlook services have turned up evidence of a massive distributed denial-of-service attack

• June 19, 2023 19 Jun'23

  Jordan’s Ahli Bank launches app on cloud-native platform

  Middle East bank launches app on latest cloud-native banking platform from Google-inspired company

• June 19, 2023 19 Jun'23

  Nakivo adds ransomware scanning and new restore options

  Backup maker adds malware scanning with big names in security to immutable backup copy functionality. “Tape’s not dead” either, with restore from the venerable medium now possible

• June 19, 2023 19 Jun'23

  UK to contribute up to £25m to Ukraine cyber defences

  Prime minister Rishi Sunak announces an expansion to the Ukraine Cyber Programme, with a cash boost of up to £25m over the next two years

• June 19, 2023 19 Jun'23

  Visa takeover means economic turmoil won’t slow Tink’s progress

  Tink is one of the pioneers of the open banking sector, and under Visa’s light-touch ownership is continuing to think like a startup

• June 19, 2023 19 Jun'23

  Dutch government puts up €123m to address shortage of ICT workers

  Financial injection aimed at improving cooperation between vocational education and business in the Netherlands, and making the tech professions more attractive

• June 19, 2023 19 Jun'23

  Software République unveils H1st vision connected vehicle

  Consortium introduces ‘revolution’ in mobility, with connected vehicle bringing together 20 concrete operational innovations, offering a ‘true experience’ beyond automotive mobility

• June 16, 2023 16 Jun'23

  Collaboration in finance sector develops prototype API for digital currency

  The Bank for International Settlements and the Bank of England worked with private sector on central bank digital currency experiment

• June 16, 2023 16 Jun'23

  BBVA uses AI and analytics services from AWS

  BBVA invests in Amazon Web Services cloud platforms to help transform itself into an organisation driven by AI and data

• June 16, 2023 16 Jun'23

  Latest ONS data shows that 10% of UK businesses plan to adopt AI

  The Office for National Statistics has found that UK adults are aware they have been using AI-based chatbots, and approximately one in six businesses are implementing AI applications

• June 16, 2023 16 Jun'23

  Toulouse Métropole looks to boost connectivity with private 5G, IP/MPLS

  Local authority for southern French region unveils plan to install a private, shared, multi-service 5G and IP/MPLS infrastructure to offer very high-speed mobile access services to innovation areas, improve municipal and mobility services and ...

• June 16, 2023 16 Jun'23

  CGI to develop virtual, cloud-hosted ‘black box’ recorder technology for aircraft

  IT consultancy CGI is developing an alternative to the traditional ‘black box’ recorders found in aircraft that will allow teams on the ground to intervene quicker in the event of an emergency onboard

• June 16, 2023 16 Jun'23

  Citi US Personal Banking turns to AI to ‘delight’ customers with personalised services

  Citigroup’s US Personal Banking business has created a repository of customer data and is rolling out a decision engine to provide customers with personalised services

• June 16, 2023 16 Jun'23

  Lenovo ups ante on AI infrastructure investments

  Lenovo is investing $1bn over three years to expand its artificial intelligence infrastructure offerings, including services to help organisations deploy and tap AI capabilities in a responsible manner