Internet technology
Internet technology has transformed businesses and public services, and as a result has also revolutionised the IT department. Web trends such as e-commerce, social media, Web 2.0 and cloud computing are essential elements of any successful IT strategy. We follow the latest developments and help IT managers choose the right products for their organisation.
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News
07 Jun 2024
European data chief prepares bid to get UK to join EU digital single market
Data initiative Gaia-X is trying to plug the UK into a planned digital European single market, as the EU seeks to extend the reach of vast and controversial data laws over global supply chains Continue Reading
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News
20 Dec 2023
Top 10 Benelux stories of 2023
The Benelux region is researching some of the latest digital technologies of the future with efforts to ensure the region keeps pace in quantum computing and artificial intelligence Continue Reading
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News
16 Nov 2021
Vodafone claims solid half-year
Hot on the heels of signing a contract with City Fibre to gain UK fibre leadership, leading European comms operator’s results for the first six months of 2021 shows sustainable growth in both Europe and Africa Continue Reading
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Feature
15 Nov 2021
How to get the most from 5G mobile networking
Forrester analysts present a guide to help technology organisations optimise the use of 5G in the business Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Nov 2021
Arkwright’s till, Tesco GetGo and retail tech’s non-linear innovation journey
The checkout-free Tesco GetGo store shows that retail technology has come a long way since the faulty till draws in Open All Hours, but some of today’s innovation goes back to the future Continue Reading
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Blog Post
12 Nov 2021
Continuous fuzzing with ClusterFuzzLite
In the world of software application development, fuzzing is designed to find bugs. Fuzzing or fuzz testing is an automated software testing technique that involves providing invalid, unexpected, ... Continue Reading
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News
12 Nov 2021
IT Priorities 2022: APAC enterprises invest in digital future
Nearly two-thirds of enterprises in Asia-Pacific plan to increase their IT budgets next year in areas such as cloud computing and cyber security to secure their digital future Continue Reading
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News
11 Nov 2021
Vodafone anchors CityFibre nationwide network for UK full-fibre leadership
Strategic partnership expanded to anchor nationwide roll-out of full-fibre gigabit broadband to up to eight million homes, with long-term volume commitments Continue Reading
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News
11 Nov 2021
Online sales now account for 34.4% of M&S clothing and home goods
Ongoing digital transformation sees online sales grow for M&S as pandemic consumer habits continue Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 Nov 2021
What to expect from AWS re:Invent 2021
They (it, the company) call it the Road To re:Invent. When you’re as well-known as Amazon Web Services (AWS), the event starts long before the users get on site. As a result, there are already road ... Continue Reading
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Feature
10 Nov 2021
APAC expert guide to cloud migration
In this expert guide on cloud migration in Asia-Pacific, we highlight the key considerations and strategies that enterprises can take when moving their workloads to public cloud Continue Reading
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News
10 Nov 2021
Traditional banks could get revenue boost if they copy digital challengers
Traditional banks could see huge sales increases if they adopted the business models of their digital challengers Continue Reading
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Blog Post
10 Nov 2021
Prime suspect
Jeff Bezos was jiffy-bagging copies of William Shakespeare’s plays around the time Leonardo DiCaprio was cast in the leading role for the 1996 Hollywood film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. Bring ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
10 Nov 2021
Grafana beats banana skins to eye 'observability futures'
Grafana Labs wants to keep the banana factor down. Modern enterprise IT systems need to avoid slip-ups i.e. there should be no banana skins out there for the progressive enterprise that wants to ... Continue Reading
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News
09 Nov 2021
Vienna’s tech startup ecosystem gathers momentum
After a sustained period of inactivity, Vienna’s startup environment is finally on the rise again Continue Reading
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E-Zine
09 Nov 2021
How a cloud-first strategy helped save animals in the pandemic
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the RSPCA about how its cloud-first strategy helped to save animals throughout the pandemic. Data warehouses have been part of the IT landscape for 30 years – but are they now old technology, and what’s next? And we assess how Brexit has affected risk and resilience in the datacentre. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Nov 2021
TriggerMesh fires up open source integration for Kubernetes
TriggerMesh is a cloud-native integration platform provider. This autum/fall season say the company announce the launch of the TriggerMesh Integration Platform as an open source project for ... Continue Reading
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News
09 Nov 2021
Oracle eyes startups with Singapore cloud region
Oracle is targeting startups and going beyond its enterprise stronghold with its first cloud region in Southeast Asia Continue Reading
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News
08 Nov 2021
How cosmetics retailer Lush made over its approach to authentication
Evolving approaches to IT at cosmetics retailer Lush meant the organisation’s previous approach to authentication was no longer up to scratch. Find out how it overcame this hurdle Continue Reading
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Blog Post
08 Nov 2021
What to expect from Qualys QSC 2021
If there’s one thing that we (collectively, the IT industry) need to get us back into the usual swing and throng of software engineering conferences and events… it is (arguably) security. Covid-19 ... Continue Reading
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News
08 Nov 2021
Splunk’s cloud shift is paying off in APAC
Splunk’s Asia-Pacific business is growing faster than the rest of the company, but it’s not resting on its laurels Continue Reading
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News
07 Nov 2021
Belfast City Airport: Most apps in the cloud by 2031
George Best Belfast City Airport has already achieved 50/50 cloud and on-premise working, with 80% of workloads expected to be cloud-based in the next decade. We look at what hybrid cloud means in practice Continue Reading
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News
07 Nov 2021
Technology spending reaches record levels, fuelling jobs boom
Spending on IT has reached its highest levels for a decade but a shortage of skilled IT professionals could dampen growth Continue Reading
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News
05 Nov 2021
Digital secretary calls for permanent online safety committee
Digital secretary commits to establishing ongoing oversight of the Online Safety Bill and its implementation, and suggests the grace period on criminal liability for tech company execs should be shortened from two years to a maximum of six months once it’s enacted Continue Reading
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Blog Post
05 Nov 2021
Splunk widens observability aperture
Splunk had a busy autumn/fall conference season, the Computer Weekly Developer Network logged in ‘virtually’ to the annual .conf conference and exhibition to hear news of the company’s latest ... Continue Reading
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News
04 Nov 2021
Women grossly underrepresented in global fintech
Women are CEOs at less than 6% of global financial technology firms and even fewer hold top tech jobs Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Nov 2021
How in-store technology is supporting retail’s sustainability agenda
Boots, Costa Coffee and the major grocers’ in-store technology focus is switching towards systems supporting sustainability goals Continue Reading
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News
03 Nov 2021
Facebook self-imposes facial recognition moratorium
Facebook and Meta have committed to halting their use of facial recognition technology and deleting the biometric data of more than a billion people by the end of 2021, but will retain the underlying algorithms and software for potential use in future products Continue Reading
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News
02 Nov 2021
BT secures industry-first global partnership with OneWeb
Just weeks after increased investment from French operator Eutelsat, growing satellite firm inks distribution partner agreement with UK telco for low Earth orbit communications services Continue Reading
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News
02 Nov 2021
HSBC standardises on DevOps platform
HSBC to standardise and automate software development through CloudBees platform Continue Reading
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Blog Post
02 Nov 2021
Software AG slices IoT down to thin edge
A lot of edge computing isn’t that far out on the edge. Coined as a term to get us thinking about Internet of Things (IoT) deployments outside of the periphery and confined that normally defines ... Continue Reading
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News
01 Nov 2021
No cloud storage for Belfast City Airport in Nutanix hyper-converged switch
George Best Belfast City Airport ditches ageing Dell iSCSI SAN for Nutanix HCI for half the price of nearest contender, and gets DR site into the bargain. Cloud storage was a no-go for cost reasons Continue Reading
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News
01 Nov 2021
MPs and Lords grill Facebook over online safety efforts
Facebook answers British lawmakers’ questions about the social media giant’s efforts to ensure the safety of its users, as part of legislative security of the government's proposed online safety bill Continue Reading
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Blog Post
01 Nov 2021
AWS lights brighter path to Amazon Aurora
Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) is gearing up for AWS re:Invent at the end of November and, yes, that’s an In Real Life (IRL) event i.e. real people elbow-bumps. But even with a forthcoming event ... Continue Reading
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Feature
29 Oct 2021
Online Safety Bill puts user protection onus on platform providers
The Online Safety Bill will place new duties and responsibilities on online platforms accessible from the UK, but as it currently stands, it contains several grey areas Continue Reading
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News
29 Oct 2021
Facebook rebrands to Meta amid continuing controversies
Facebook has changed its corporate name to Meta to support its work on the next generation of “social technologies”, but concerns around trust and privacy persist Continue Reading
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Blog Post
28 Oct 2021
Fully automated luxury community guidelines
Novara Media has become the latest media outlet to have its YouTube channel removed from the website without warning or any kind of explanation. But just like Talkradio, a channel on the other end ... Continue Reading
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News
27 Oct 2021
TechUK slams government gift to big banks that will disadvantage fintechs
The government will put challenger banks at a disadvantage through its reduction in the bank profit surcharge, says TechUK Continue Reading
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News
27 Oct 2021
AWS to open cloud region in New Zealand
Cloud giant will invest NZ$7.5bn in New Zealand over the next 15 years through the new Auckland cloud region Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Oct 2021
Retail tech community reacts to BNPL regulatory proposals
Regulation is coming to the buy now, pay later market, but what does it mean for a retail tech community increasingly embracing these solutions? Continue Reading
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Definition
22 Oct 2021
social media marketing (SMM)
Social media marketing (SMM) is a form of internet marketing that uses social media apps as a marketing tool. Continue Reading
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News
21 Oct 2021
Depop launches programme to help charities sell online
Online marketplace Depop has launched a programme to make it easier for charities to set up shops and sell goods online through its platform Continue Reading
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News
21 Oct 2021
German regulator imposes limit on number of new customers digital bank can sign each month
BaFin limits the number of new customers that digital bank N26 can enrol until it is reassured on issues it has raised about the company Continue Reading
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News
21 Oct 2021
NetApp Insight frames moves to public cloud and cloud native
Storage player highlights partnerships with cloud hyperscalers and development of Spot portfolio aimed at cloud-native applications, DevOps, FinOps and SecOps Continue Reading
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News
20 Oct 2021
Spectra Logic unveils Vail hybrid cloud storage virtualisation
Vail provides single pool of storage overlay to on-premise flash, disk and tape, plus cloud via object storage interface with Posix-compliance promised in future releases Continue Reading
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News
20 Oct 2021
Lloyds Bank closes more branches as customers migrate to digital channels
Banking group has announced more closures as part of the ongoing reduction of its branch network Continue Reading
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News
20 Oct 2021
Alibaba Cloud to open datacentres in Thailand and South Korea
Chinese cloud supplier is expanding its regional datacentre footprint to Thailand and South Korea in 2022 alongside technology investments that include a custom Arm-based server chip Continue Reading
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News
19 Oct 2021
Zopa becomes unicorn with latest funds to go to bank operation
Zopa will invest in its growing digital bank operation after becoming a unicorn in its latest fund-raising round Continue Reading
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News
19 Oct 2021
Gitex 2021: Arc spans network ecosystem in Oman
Integrated networking services provider invests in Nokia technology to offer added connectivity options for enterprise customers in key Middle East location Continue Reading
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News
19 Oct 2021
VMware refines cross-cloud strategy
VMware’s CTO Kit Colbert talks up the evolution of the company’s cross-cloud strategy and how it stands out from other suppliers eyeing the multicloud pie Continue Reading
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E-Zine
19 Oct 2021
Making the case for and against police use of facial recognition technology
In this week’s Computer Weekly, as the Met Police enhances its facial recognition capabilities, we examine the pros and cons of law enforcement use of the technology. Three in five IT professionals want a new job – is there a tech exodus in the industry? And we take an in-depth look at the growth of the Nordic datacentre sector. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
18 Oct 2021
How Samlesbury, Lancashire became the home of the National Cyber Force
The National Cyber Force, a new branch of the military, is gearing up to fight battles in cyber space from the fields of Lancashire. Its presence is expected to bring a high-tech renaissance to the region Continue Reading
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Blog Post
15 Oct 2021
Kubecon + CloudNativeCon 2021: HashiCorp delivers Waypoint 0.6
Kubecon + CloudNativeCon North America 2021 is an all-week affair. This means that the end of week slot is just as packed with announcements, keynotes, breakout sessions and roundtables as the ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
15 Oct 2021
Kubecon CloudNativeCon 2021: DataStax eyes shift from DBA to SRE
Kubecon CloudNativeCon North America 2021 was one of the very first In Real Life (IRL) conferences to be staged in the wake of what we all hope is the start of the tail end of the Covid-19 ... Continue Reading
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News
15 Oct 2021
Argos topped online sales for sports and outdoor gear in 2020
Research by betting firm Wette.de has found Argos was the top retailer for online sales of sports-based and outdoor goods during the height of the pandemic Continue Reading
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Blog Post
14 Oct 2021
Kubernetes networking evolves: Cilium joins CNCF as an incubator
Cilium (pronounced ‘see-lee-um’) provides networking, security and observability for cloud native environments by acting as a CNI (Container Network Interface) and enhanced networking layer for ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
14 Oct 2021
A class of its own, CNCF & Linux Foundation Kubernetes exam
The Linux Foundation and The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) have announced the Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA) exam. The exam and its resulting certification is now in beta ... Continue Reading
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News
14 Oct 2021
HPE’s GreenLake strategy pays off in APAC
HPE’s transition to an as-a-service company is paying off in Asia-Pacific where it witnessed one of the strongest quarters, thanks in part to rising demand for services Continue Reading
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Definition
14 Oct 2021
MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
MIME, or Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions, is an extension of the original email protocol. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 Oct 2021
CNCF: Cloud needs diverse networks, apps, data... and people
Cloud comes in many shapes, sizes, specialisms, flavours and optimisations. The last two decades of cloud computing development have seen us evolve from public cloud to hybrid instances of private ... Continue Reading
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Feature
13 Oct 2021
Hybrid cloud: Five key questions in 2021
We look at key need-to-knows about hybrid cloud in 2021, including how it is defined, key use cases, the main pitfalls and where it’s heading Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 Oct 2021
Krafting Kubernetes: Red Hat K-codes in Kube by Example
Kubernetes is quite popular. The open source cloud container orchestration technology has grown faster, wider and more broadly than almost any other aspect of IT in recent years... so we can go ... Continue Reading
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News
13 Oct 2021
Telstra taps Infinera for 800G subsea cable connection
Telco chooses global supplier of open optical networking systems as part of its drive to increase capacity on all segments of its global network across its new and legacy cables Continue Reading
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Blog Post
12 Oct 2021
Dynatrace at Kubecon CloudNativeCon: SRE is ABC 123 for Kubernetes
Kubernetes has emerged as the de facto orchestration layer for modern cloud-native environments. Very few people (if any) would argue with that statement and proposition. We know today that ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
12 Oct 2021
School-up & tool-up: Kasten by Veeam offers free Kubernetes learning
Kubernetes adoption has grown rapidly. But perhaps that should not be a surprise. Cloud is an essentially composable, compartmentalised, collection of componentised collected compute (and storage ... Continue Reading
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E-Zine
12 Oct 2021
How AI – and puffins – are boosting renewable energy
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how an artificial intelligence system for tracking puffins could help boost renewable energy use. We examine the often-overlooked, but often damaging, diversity issue of age discrimination in tech. And we look at the key considerations when choosing enterprise cloud file services. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Oct 2021
Software AG webMethods serves up ‘integration recipes’
As we know, the web is a network. As we also know, the cloud model of services bases compute, analytics and data storage is also an essentially networked beast. As also now know, the use of ... Continue Reading
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News
08 Oct 2021
How Zoom is growing its APAC business
Zoom is driving its growth in Asia-Pacific by embedding business processes into video communications, supporting the hybrid workplace and expanding its headcount in the region Continue Reading
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News
07 Oct 2021
Twitch data breach investigations continue
Investigations are ongoing into a 125GB data breach that hit livestreaming platform Twitch, apparently the work of hacktivists Continue Reading
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E-Zine
07 Oct 2021
CW Middle East: Middle East hospitals accelerate take-up of healthcare technologies
The Middle East is accelerating its take-up of digital healthcare technologies following lessons learned during the Covid-19 pandemic, with regional government turning to technology to track disease trends and monitor treatment. Also read in this issue how the UAE’s National Program for Coders will offer ‘golden visas’ to 100,000 entrepreneurs, enterprise owners and startups. Continue Reading
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News
07 Oct 2021
How VMware is tackling the Indian market
VMware is eyeing growing opportunities in India around cloud-native application development, remote work as well as 5G and edge computing, says VMware president Sumit Dhawan Continue Reading
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News
06 Oct 2021
Gaming service Twitch hacked, data leaked
Users of livestreaming platform Twitch may be at risk after a 125GB torrent of data was leaked Continue Reading
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News
06 Oct 2021
Tech Nation adds 30 fintech scaleups to growth programme as funding continues to rise
UK government-backed startup network adds 30 fintechs to its growth programme amid record investments in finance tech sector Continue Reading
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News
06 Oct 2021
Apache web server users urged to patch immediately
New zero-day in Apache HTTP Server is already being actively exploited and must be addressed immediately Continue Reading
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News
06 Oct 2021
Auto-enrolment begins for Google multi-factor authentication
Google has started to turn on multi-factor authentication on consumer accounts by default, and aims to auto-enrol 150 million users by the end of 2021 Continue Reading
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News
06 Oct 2021
Aetos to deploy Singtel MEC for security operations
Security firm Aetos will use Singtel’s multi-access edge computing platform to run applications such as surveillance robots, drones and video analytics at its security command centre Continue Reading
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Blog Post
05 Oct 2021
UiPath Forward IV - Alteryx: How far is ‘end-to-end’ in automated analytics?
The Computer Weekly Developer Network team is at UiPath Forward IV 2021 and that means three things: UiPath news and insight into the latest streams driving Robotic Process Automation (RPA); a ... Continue Reading
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Opinion
05 Oct 2021
Keeping the UK in the global race to adopt digital identity
The UK government’s proposed digital ID trust framework is a step in the right direction, but more is needed to ensure the successful adoption of digital identity across the economy Continue Reading
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Opinion
05 Oct 2021
ICO cookie consent: How will the plan affect businesses?
A data privacy and compliance expert considers what the ICO’s proposals for an overhaul of cookie consent procedures could mean for businesses Continue Reading
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News
05 Oct 2021
Facebook unplugged for six hours due to configuration error
A configuration change effectively disconnected Facebook from the internet, with billions affected by loss of services Continue Reading
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News
04 Oct 2021
Mastercard acquisition of Aiia is a further sign of open banking’s big future
Mastercard’s acquisition of Denmark-based open banking fintech Aiia follows rival’s takeover of Sweden’s Tink Continue Reading
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News
04 Oct 2021
How GYG Singapore moved to paperless contracts
The Singapore franchisee of Mexican cuisine specialist Guzman y Gomez has turned to electronic agreements and digital signatures to ease the administrative burden on its HR team Continue Reading
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Blog Post
01 Oct 2021
Linode Rise ‘lifts’ startups onto open cloud ladder
It’s like a London bus or a TechEd, you wait for ages and then - suddenly - several come along at once. Microsoft and SAP haven’t been the only firms to use the TechEd label to name their developer ... Continue Reading
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News
30 Sep 2021
Global internet traffic, bandwidth ‘return to normal’
Global Internet Geography Research Service analyses internet capacity, traffic and IP transit pricing and finds average traffic growth and peak traffic growth drop as world accommodates post-Covid environment Continue Reading
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News
30 Sep 2021
Vodafone claims world-first multi-supplier test of new broadband standard
Benu Networks, Casa Systems, Cisco and Nokia join Vodafone in test to pave the way for faster open broadband networks, validating Broadband Forum global standard for interoperability between different suppliers Continue Reading
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News
30 Sep 2021
UK consumers would collectively pay over £1bn a year for control of their data
UK consumers are willing to pay a small fee per month to have control of the data they share with Google and Facebook Continue Reading
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Definition
30 Sep 2021
Secure Electronic Transaction (SET)
Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) is a system and electronic protocol to ensure the integrity and security of transactions conducted over the internet. Continue Reading
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News
29 Sep 2021
JP Morgan Chase digital investment good for UK IT sector, but what’s in it for the bank?
JP Morgan Chase’s digital bank allows it to start from scratch in the UK, with no legacy infrastructure to overhaul Continue Reading
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News
29 Sep 2021
UK consumer trust in banks, retailers and telcos declines as scams increase
Consumers are blaming banks, retailers and social media for the huge increase in online scams, survey shows Continue Reading
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News
29 Sep 2021
AWS launches programme to advance health equity
The $40m global health equity programme will fund projects that improve health outcomes for underserved communities Continue Reading
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News
28 Sep 2021
Digital regulators need discrete but cooperative remits
The UK’s information commissioner has told MPs that digital economy regulators need discrete remits backed up by strong information sharing powers to both provide clear focus as well as allow for greater cooperation between their disparate but interlinked regimes Continue Reading
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News
28 Sep 2021
Pure launches Fusion cloud control layer for storage
Pure Fusion is a storage control plane across cloud and datacentre. Portworx Data Services also launches to provide database management for container storage platform Continue Reading
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News
27 Sep 2021
GCP gets triple-redundant NAS and built-in Kubernetes backup
Google Filestore Enterprise will provide synchronous replication across three zones, while Backup for Google Kubernetes Engine brings built-in container cluster data protection Continue Reading
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News
23 Sep 2021
Satellite connectivity and video market expected to double over next decade
Research finds the satellite industry is gaining a higher orbit with the non-geostationary market a key engine, and with recovery to pre-Covid revenues expected in 2022 Continue Reading
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News
23 Sep 2021
Authorised push payment fraud sees huge increase as criminals switch tactics
Criminals tricking people into making payments through channels such as fake emails and websites have stolen more money than payment card fraudsters Continue Reading
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News
22 Sep 2021
Salesforce to debut Hyperforce architecture in Singapore
Salesforce is rolling out its Hyperforce infrastructure architecture in Singapore by the year-end, enabling enterprises to run Salesforce applications on Amazon Web Services Continue Reading
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News
21 Sep 2021
Dutch scientist receives top award for work on digital media’s effect on society
Utrecht University media scientist José van Dijck wins the Spinoza Award and funds for her research into the effects of social media on society Continue Reading
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News
21 Sep 2021
Open banking objectives a decade away for over a third of UK finance firms
The completion of complex open banking initiatives could still be over a decade away for many companies in the finance sector Continue Reading
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News
21 Sep 2021
Stax to expand in New Zealand, Southeast Asia
Australia’s homegrown cloud management platform is setting its sights on neighbouring markets amid growing cloud adoption across the region Continue Reading
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E-Zine
21 Sep 2021
The cities planning for ethical use of AI
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to tech leaders in Barcelona and London about a collaboration to ensure ethical use of AI in the era of smart cities. The UK government wants to reform data protection law – we assess the implications. And we examine the latest best practice in hybrid cloud. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Sep 2021
What to expect from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2021
They call it #TeamCloudNative. It’s a hashtag that represents the combined forces of Kubecon and CloudNativeCon. The news here is that Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has now finalised all ... Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Sep 2021
How Estonia’s country-as-a-service scheme has attracted tens of thousands of foreign entrepreneurs
Estonia has created a country-as-a-service offering which is attracting entrepreneurs and businesses from across the world Continue Reading