IT services and outsourcing

ICO consults on new international data transfer agreement

Information Commissioner’s Office to consult on its draft international data transfer agreement and guidance, which will replace standard contractual clauses to protect personal data during overseas transfers Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Ransomware demands and payments hit new records

Ransomware groups continue to intensify their operations as ransom demands and payments increase alongside use of “quadruple extortion” tactics during first half of 2021 Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Researchers uncover database with 126 million unsecured records

Business-to-business marketing firm OneMoreLead was storing tens of millions of records in an unsecured database, exposing at least 63 million people to fraud, identify theft and phishing campaigns Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

How Grab is using Kafka in fraud detection

Grab is using Apache Kafka in its fraud detection and prevention platform to ingest event streams from its mobile software development kits and client backends to pick up fraudulent activities Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Possible ransomware attack hits Italian vaccine booking system

It is still unclear who is behind the attack that caused Covid-19 vaccine bookings in Lazio, Italy, to grind to a halt, as despite masses of files being encrypted no specific ransom demands have been made for the decryptor Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Nine security flaws found in critical hospital infrastructure

The ‘PwnedPiper’ vulnerabilities identified in systems used by 80% of US hospitals could be used to launch ransomware attacks Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Cloud misconfiguration a growing cause of security incidents

Rapid cloud adoption during the pandemic has increased the attack surface and heightened the risk of misconfiguring services, leaving organisations more vulnerable to cyber attacks Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Unit4 doubles down on APAC business

Supplier of mid-market ERP systems Unit4 is investing in a research and development centre in Jakarta as part of efforts to win market share from established players Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Six Isle of Wight schools hit by ransomware attack

Authorities are still working to manage the fallout from the attack, which has already forced at least one school to delay the start of the new term in September Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Leading venture capital firms are failing to protect human rights

Venture capital firms and high-profile tech accelerators are not conducting human rights due diligence on their investments, which means they cannot be sure the companies they invest in are not causing, or contributing to, human rights abuses Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Disaster recovery for SMEs: Five key areas to consider

We look at key disaster recovery considerations for SMEs, including why backup is not enough, how to create a disaster recovery plan, best-practice DR testing and DR as a service Continue Reading

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• Stephen Pritchard

UK MoD turns to hackers to help secure digital assets

Hackers given direct access to internal Ministry of Defence systems to identify and report security vulnerabilities Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

The fears and benefits of virtualising reality

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the mingling of virtual and physical worlds and find positive applications and worrisome implications from augmented reality. We find out how to run a virtual hackathon during the pandemic – pizza still included. And we look at how to improve performance of your private cloud. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Huawei courts Asian startups in cloud push

Huawei will spend $100m over three years to grow the startup ecosystem in key markets as it eyes a bigger slice of Asia’s cloud market Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

IR35 reforms: TUC demand for government ban on umbrella companies raises eyebrows

The Trades Union Congress has raised eyebrows within the contracting community by calling for a ban on umbrella companies to help stamp out malpractice Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

Building supply chain resilience with cloud ERP

Vallen Asia’s cloud enterprise resource planning system has enabled it to scale its operations across the region and made its supply chain operations more resilient amid the pandemic Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Joint parliamentary committee to scrutinise Online Safety Bill

A parliamentary “super committee” made up of MPs and lords has been established to scrutinise government online harms approach Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

nearshore outsourcing

Nearshore outsourcing is the practice of getting work done or services performed by people in neighboring countries rather than an organization's country. Continue Reading

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• Katie Terrell Hanna

Olympic Broadcasting Services taps cloud for content delivery

Live footages of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are being supplied to broadcasters through the public cloud for the first time Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Thousands wrongly given criminal convictions after computer error

HM Courts and Tribunals Service report reveals that computer error wrongly assigned guilty pleas to more than 5,000 defendants Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

APAC organisations can reduce carbon footprint with cloud

Energy savings of nearly 80% can be achieved by running business applications in the cloud rather than on-premise infrastructure, study finds Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Gaming could reduce the gamble for users of online finance

Financial gaming platform designed to educate the increasing number of amateur traders Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Government-led innovation can help cyber startups find a market

There are many reasons why early-stage cyber startups often struggle to get off the ground, but government-backed programmes can help them find a path Continue Reading

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• Saj Huq, Plexal

DWP hit with £87.9m tax bill by HMRC over 'historic' IR35 status contractor assessment errors

The Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) annual accounts highlight the challenges the public sector body has faced with implementing the IR35 reforms since they came into force in the public sector in April 2017 Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

Kaseya obtains universal ransomware decryptor

Kaseya says it obtained a ransomware decryptor key from a trusted third party, but there is no word on whether a ransom was paid Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Beeinfotech PH opens telco-neutral datacentre in the Philippines

Datacentre startup is touting carrier neutrality, bespoke services and cyber security capabilities to meet the growing demand for co-location services in the Philippines Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Infosys to open German operation focused on automotive sector

Infosys is establishing a centre in Germany that will focus on supporting customers in the German automotive sector Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

How IoT and machine learning are automating agriculture

A new generation of farmers is tapping the internet of things and machine learning to operate self-sustaining urban farms with minimal supervision Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Research and development investment programme launches in UK

A government-backed investment programme designed to direct more capital towards research and development-intensive technology firms has opened for applications Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Uber drivers face real-terms pay cut after service fee hike

Unionised Uber drivers have condemned the ride-hailing firm for ‘cynically’ framing its UK service fee rise as a way of improving equality among drivers, rather than a pay cut Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

HMRC CEO claims email querying legal basis for loan charge ‘overplayed’ at committee hearing

HMRC CEO Jim Harra continues to downplay significance of email questioning legal basis of the loan charge during a grilling by the Economic Affairs Committee Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

Storage-as-a-service: Consumption models from the big six

We look at the big six storage makers’ consumption model offers, which allow customers to pay for on-prem hardware and cloud storage capacity on a pay-per-use basis, within limits Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Briefing: Cloud storage performance metrics

We look at some of the key storage performance metrics that determine what your applications will get from cloud storage, plus cloud essentials that are beyond simple measurement Continue Reading

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• Stephen Pritchard

Smart Buildings and IoT: Supporting a safe return to the office

Quocirca’s Smart Buildings and IoT Study analyses how IoT-enabled smart buildings are presenting new opportunities for managed service providers (MSPs) in the post-pandemic workplace.  As more ... Continue Reading

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• Louella Fernandes, Quocirca

More than half of European IT outsourcing spending will soon be on cloud services

Cloud services will soon be the largest part of the IT services market in Europe, as enterprises invest in them as part of their Covid-19 recovery strategies Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Regional cyber clusters score £700k of funding

DCMS has awarded £700,000 of funding to a network of 20 regional cyber clusters Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

AI to have biggest impact on fintech development over next five years

Artificial intelligence will become the most influential technology in the fintech sector over the next five years Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Driving intelligence – behind the scenes of Volkswagen’s in-car software

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we go behind the scenes of Volkswagen’s in-car software R&D centre. The UK’s largest supercomputer has gone live in Cambridge – we find out how it will transform healthcare research. And we talk to DWP’s digital chief about the restructuring of its IT capabilities. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Kaseya VSA services coming online after week-long outage

Kaseya has successfully deployed a patch to its ransomware-hit VSA product as per a revised schedule, and customers are beginning to come back online Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Choose the right ITSM tool for digital era success

IT service management (ITSM) tools are essential for many organisations to help optimise the design, delivery, support, use and governance of IT, but not all ITSM solutions are created equal, therefore selecting the right one is crucial Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Developers have a moral duty to create ethical AI

Corsight AI publishes report on how organisations can develop more human-centric AI and biometric technologies Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

How zero-trust security can bolster Managed Print Services (MPS) offerings

MPS providers must build expertise to address the zero-trust requirements of their customers. This means offering and implementing a multi-layered security proposition to protect printing across ... Continue Reading

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• Louella Fernandes, Quocirca

Kaseya apologises for extended downtime after ransom attack

CEO of Kaseya apologises after pushing back the restoration of the firm’s VSA service following a REvil ransomware attack Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

CW Middle East: Pandemic speeds up edtech revolution in Gulf

One of the lessons the Covid-19 pandemic has taught governments across the world is that education providers can still teach when their premises are inaccessible. Read how organisations in the Gulf region’s education sector have been quick to adopt the latest education technology, known as edtech, to help in this endeavour. Also read in this issue how Indian IT services company TCS is bringing together universities, businesses, tech startups and government to work on sustainability challenges. Continue Reading

IT and business services spending bounces to new heights

Second-quarter results reveal IT and business services spending at a new high, in stark contrast to the Covid-19-hit quarter a year ago Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Flexify brings virtualisation layer to multi-cloud storage

Cloud storage virtualisation provider allows application access via S3 API calls to a single destination while capacity can be in numerous clouds with migration between them Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

US Department of Defense cancels controversial $10bn JEDI contract

The US Department of Defense has cancelled the controversial JEDI cloud project awarded to Microsoft and will replace it with multi-supplier contracts. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Opportunists seen targeting Kaseya REvil victims

Malwarebytes researchers highlight new spam campaign targeting businesses impacted by the ongoing Kaseya REvil ransomware incident Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

NCS outlines regional expansion plans

IT service provider NCS is going after the high-growth markets of Australia and the Greater China region with core technology and industry-specific offerings as it pits itself against global rivals Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Google Cloud ties up with AI Singapore on skills training

Google Cloud is working with Singapore’s national AI programme to build up the country’s talent pool in machine learning and AI Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

About 60 Kaseya customers hit by REvil

Kaseya has revised upward the number of managed service providers compromised by the REvil ransomware gang in a supply chain attack at the weekend Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Gulf hospitals flock to digital health to manage lifestyle diseases

The Middle East is accelerating its take-up of digital healthcare technologies following lessons learned in the Covid-19 pandemic Continue Reading

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• Alicia Buller

Nordic fintech could lead the world

Will the Nordics become the fintech and open banking innovation capital of the world? Continue Reading

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• Alex Cruickshank

REvil crew wants $70m in Kaseya ransomware heist

Two days after one of the largest ransomware attacks in history by the REvil/Sodinokibi gang, the security community is assessing its next moves, while over 1,000 victims remain in limbo Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

CIO interview: Simon McKinnon, chief digital and information officer, DWP

The Department for Work and Pensions’ CDIO sheds light on its digital ambitions and how it is bringing more digital capability in-house through the integration of Benefits and Pension Digital Technology Services staff Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Klarna’s alumni thrive with new ventures after witnessing path to success

Former Klarna employees are using their experiences with the fintech giant to create the next wave of Swedish tech startups Continue Reading

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• Matthew Staff

Ascendas India Trust to build datacentre near Mumbai

New datacentre campus near Mumbai will deliver 90MW of power to host technology and cloud suppliers as well as large Indian companies in a fast-growing market Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Cricket Australia’s replatforming of online services paid off during pandemic

Cricket Australia was able to keep digital services up and running during a period of unprecedented customer demand Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

UK government issues “safety by design” guidance for tech firms

The guidance is designed to help technology companies embed safer design for users into their services in anticipation of the Online Safety Bill becoming law Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Nordic mobile wallets to merge onto single tech platform

Plans underway to merge the mobile wallets of various Nordic banks into a single public cloud-based technology platform Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Lakehouse concept aims to merge data lake and data warehouse

Data lakes are big, amorphous and difficult to access, while data warehouses are costly and aimed at structured data. The data lakehouse aims at analytics in an age of unstructured data Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Putting cloud repatriation into perspective

Moving public cloud workloads back on-premise is among the decisions that organisations have to make as they straddle between public and private cloud environments Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

How Covid-19 accelerated cloud investment in the financial world

Cloud computing is no longer a thing of the future for banks that want to remain competitive Continue Reading

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• Matthew Lempriere

Zopa Bank to make profit in its first year

Bank set up by peer-to-peer lending fintech firm expected to make a profit in its first year Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

German merger to fuel savings fintech expansion

German savings fintechs merge and plan European and US expansion Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

France TV repatriates backup and archive from public cloud

France Télévisions Publicité couldn’t always get to critical data, so decided to repatriate backup and archiving from the cloud to on-site locations, with help from a managed service Continue Reading

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• Alain Clapaud
• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Reliance Jio teams up with Google on 5G and retail

India’s biggest telco will use Google Cloud to manage its 5G network and grow its commerce business Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Visa to acquire Swedish open banking fintech for €1.8bn

Payments giant Visa agrees to pay €1.8bn to acquire Tink, a specialist open banking fintech Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Online Safety Bill unfit for purpose, says new campaign group

Campaign group set up to oppose Online Safety Bill says the duty of care is too simplistic, cedes too much power to US corporations and will, in practice, privilege the speech of journalists or politicians Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Sizing up Australia’s vibrant cloud market

Australia’s public cloud market is dotted with global and domestic players, with maturing adoption across public and private sectors Continue Reading

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• Stephen Withers

Thousands of UK IT SMEs in financial distress with 185,000 jobs at risk

Thousand of jobs in the UK IT sector are at risk as nearly 50,000 small businesses find themselves in dire straits financially Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

DataStax eyes growth in APAC

DataStax opens regional headquarters in Singapore to tap the growth opportunities in Asia-Pacific where more organisations are modernising legacy systems and building cloud-native apps Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

UK SMEs lack capacity to fend off cyber attacks

Three-quarters of UK SME leaders would not have sufficient capacity or expertise to deal with a cyber attack, according to a report Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Inside Macquarie Bank’s data transformation journey

Australia’s Macquarie Bank has moved all its data and analytics to the cloud and is applying machine learning to detect fraud and improve customer experience Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Opera house shuns cloud for Nutanix and Rubrik hyper-converged infrastructure

The Royal Opera House considered moving all its infrastructure to the cloud, but a hybrid setup with Nutanix and Rubrik hyper-converged infrastructure came in 35% cheaper Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

CW APAC: Career guide to cloud computing

In this handbook, Computer Weekly looks at the skills required for cloud professionals to succeed in an evolving industry, the risk to jobs posed by automation and the disciplines being taught at Future Tech Academy Continue Reading

ICO issues guidance on facial recognition in public spaces

Information commissioner’s concern over the problematic use of facial recognition in public spaces has prompted her to publish official guidance on its deployment, while civil society calls for an outright ban Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Lorca Ignite programme targets breakout cyber talent

Six of the most successful companies to have come through Lorca’s existing accelerators are being inducted into an intensive programme Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Accenture acquisition will expand services that help customers be more like Tesla

Accenture’s latest acquisition will boost the part of the organisation that helps manufacturers and engineering firms be more like Tesla Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Axiata doubles down on Google Cloud

The regional telecoms group plans to use Google Cloud’s compute, storage and networking services across the six telcos under its fold Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Tech sector hiring reaches highest level in five years

The number of job vacancies in the UK tech sector has reached the highest level since 2016, with massive expansion of remote working opportunities and growing demand for software developers Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

An Amazon Machine Image (AMI) is a master image for the creation of virtual servers -- known as EC2 instances -- in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment. Continue Reading

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• Ivy Wigmore

Databricks taps groundswell in lakehouse adoption

Databricks has been expanding its footprint across the Asia-Pacific region amid growing interest among traditional enterprises and digital native companies in the data lakehouse architecture Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

UK IT outsourcing set to continue after service levels improve during pandemic

UK organisations will increase IT outsourcing following the Covid-19 pandemic Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Amazon Web Services launches space tech accelerator

Accelerator will see a cohort of 10 space startups use AWS to accelerate their research, development and growth Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Scottish government awards digital identity platform contract to Scott Logic

Supplier is working on a two-year project to create a digital identity service through a suite of common platforms that will be adopted across Scottish government Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

HammondCare takes procurement to the cloud

The Australian health and aged care provider migrated its procurement and invoicing systems to the cloud in just six months to improve efficiency and security Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

IR35 tribunal sees Nationwide IT contractor lose second appeal against £70,000 HMRC tax bill

Tribunal dismisses second appeal by IT project manager Robert Lee that his contracts with Nationwide would fall out of scope of the IR35 legislation Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

Virgin Atlantic expands 17-year relationship with TCS as it begins Covid-19 crisis recovery

Virgin Atlantic has expanded its IT services agreement with Tata Consultancy Services, with 70 of its IT staff transferring to the supplier Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Australia names ‘strategic’ datacentre operators

Australia’s Digital Transformation Agency certifies Macquarie Telecom, Canberra Data Centres and Australian Data Centres as strategic operators for hosting government data Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Amazon Lightsail

Amazon Lightsail is an Amazon cloud service that offers bundles of cloud compute power and memory for new or less experienced cloud users. Continue Reading

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• TechTarget Contributor
• David Carty, Site Editor

How the pandemic changed backup

The Covid-19 pandemic forced big changes in how people work – we look at impacts on backup, including increased reliance on the cloud, plus security and compliance vulnerabilities and ransomware Continue Reading

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• Stephen Pritchard

How Ubisoft is embracing the cloud

Game developer Ubisoft has been tapping cloud computing to overcome the constraints of game development and create gaming experiences that live on for years to come Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

CW Europe: Amsterdam reins back datacentre developments over environmental concern

The construction of datacentres in the Netherlands’ Amsterdam region has accelerated at such a pace that their demands for electricity are causing concern, prompting city authorities and datacentre operators to open a dialogue about sustainable datacentre industry expansion. Also in this issue, find out the state of play in the adoption of open banking across Europe. Continue Reading

Klarna takes on UK credit card providers with feature that breaks up online payments

Fintech unicorn introduces feature to its app in the UK which will challenge traditional credit card providers Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Alibaba Cloud sets foot in the Philippines

Alibaba Cloud will open its first datacentre in the Philippines by the end of this year ahead of global rivals, as it expands its footprint in Southeast Asia Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Cohesity brings DataProtect backup-as-a-service to Europe via AWS

Scale-out backup appliance pioneer adds backup-as-a-service from a virtual machine on customer premises Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

The jobseekers turning to cyber crime in the pandemic

In this week’s Computer Weekly, security researchers say people left unemployed by the pandemic are turning to cyber crime – we find out why. We examine the confluence of distributed cloud and edge computing technologies. And controversial uses of facial recognition technology come under further scrutiny. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Siloscape malware a risk to Windows containers, Kubernetes

Palo Alto’s Unit 42 reports on what appears to be the first-recorded malware targeting Kubernetes clusters through Windows containers Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

India’s public cloud spending on a roll

Software as a service made up the lion’s share of overall public cloud spending in India last year, followed by cloud-based infrastructure and platforms as organisations look to build digital agility amid the pandemic Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget