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Enterprise on-premise infrastructure spending experiences ‘post-pandemic’ bounce-back | Computer Weekly
The amount of money enterprises are investing in their own private datacentres experienced a “post-pandemic” bounce-back in 2022, as shown…
Read More »UK local authorities reveal connectivity priorities, challenges | Computer Weekly
Research from connectivity consultancy FarrPoint has found that local authority digital leaders across the UK have shown evidence of good…
Read More »Employees over 55 want new skills | Computer Weekly
Just over 30% of people over the age of 55 want to improve their digital skills in the hopes of…
Read More »CEF selects HPE Greenlake to build out digitisation strategy | Computer Weekly
Electrical wholesale network City Electrical Factors (CEF) is set to deploy HPE GreenLake as the first stage of its digital…
Read More »NCSC exposes Iranian, Russian spear-phishing campaign targeting UK | Computer Weekly
Hostile advanced persistent threat (APT) groups aligned with the national interests of Iran and Russia are targeting UK nationals including…
Read More »Chinese IoT suppliers expose UK businesses to espionage and data theft | Computer Weekly
Chinese technology companies are supplying components used in a wide range of industrial and domestic smart devices that could expose…
Read More »Fake online contest makes Yahoo! most phished brand of Q4 2022 | Computer Weekly
Veteran web company Yahoo! has emerged as the most imitated brand in phishing attacks over the last three months of…
Read More »The rise of fraud in pop culture is impacting consumers’ digital trust | Computer Weekly
From The Tinder Swindler to Inventing Anna, true crime documentaries and dramatisations found a prominent place in popular culture in…
Read More »Barclays Eagle Labs awarded Digital Growth Grant over Tech Nation | Computer Weekly
The UK government has awarded Barclays Eagle Labs a £12m digital growth grant to support technology startups and scaleups across…
Read More »DataCore software-defined storage helps car firm avoid breakdowns | Computer Weekly
French car parts maker Bontaz used to find IT a stop-start process. Every time it suffered the slightest loss of…
Read More »Veeam survey finds ransomware blocks digital transformation | Computer Weekly
Most IT leaders (83% ) think there’s an “availability gap” between how quickly they need systems to be recoverable and…
Read More »Sateliot collaborates with Sensefinity for at-sea satellite 5G IoT | Computer Weekly
The past two years have seen many advances in satellite communications, connecting parts of the earth hitherto regarded as too…
Read More »David Anderson KC to review UK surveillance laws | Computer Weekly
The Home Office has appointed David Anderson, the former independent reviewer of Terrorism Legislation to review the UK’s surveillance law,…
Read More »Orange juices JDE expansion with SD-WAN | Computer Weekly
Coffee company Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE) has deployed an Orange Business Services secure end-to-end connectivity offering for more than 120 locations…
Read More »IT budgets under pressure due to poor economic outlook | Computer Weekly
CIOs should prepare for a 3.6% decline in IT spending this year, analyst Forrester has warned. But budgets are set…
Read More »Experts concerned over silence around government obligation to review UK surveillance laws | Computer Weekly
Concerned experts are asking what plans the government has to meet its obligations to review Britain’s extensive surveillance laws. The…
Read More »Government given until autumn 2023 to create technology roadmap to support net-zero strategy | Computer Weekly
A government-commissioned review has called for the creation of a research and development (R&D) roadmap by autumn 2023 to ensure…
Read More »Cabinet Office looks to expand public data sharing for digital ID | Computer Weekly
The Cabinet Office has launched a public consultation on inter-departmental data sharing in support of the UK government’s digital identity…
Read More »Unionised contract workers who train Google’s AI win pay rise | Computer Weekly
Thousands of Google contract workers responsible for training and testing the tech giant’s search algorithms have secured their first-ever pay…
Read More »CityFibre continues gigabit roll-out to non-metro south of England | Computer Weekly
Barely a week after announcing it had successfully completed a trial of 2Gbps residential broadband services with a view of…
Read More »Royal Mail services hit by major cyber attack | Computer Weekly
The UK’s Royal Mail has been forced to suspend overseas services amid serious disruption caused by a cyber attack of…
Read More »Juniper Networks and NEC charge up Wi-Fi user experience for Powerco | Computer Weekly
In what represents a joint nationwide network refresh by New Zealand’s second largest gas and electricity distributor, Juniper and NEC…
Read More »Qualcomm enters space race with Snapdragon Satellite | Computer Weekly
After making two key additions to its portfolio of connected vehicle platforms at CES 2023, Qualcomm Technologies is now going…
Read More »Proposed digital fraud refund rules risk excluding many victims | Computer Weekly
Proposals by the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) to establish a new fraud refund mechanism risks excluding many victims of authorised…
Read More »Russia’s Turla falls back on old malware C2 domains to avoid detection | Computer Weekly
Organisations that fell victim to Andromeda, a commodity malware that dates back 12 years, seem to be at risk of…
Read More »Vice Society cyber gang targeted multiple UK schools | Computer Weekly
The Vice Society ransomware crew has leaked a large volume of personally identifiable information (PII) on pupils and staff at…
Read More »LG announces technical collaboration for the future of mobility | Computer Weekly
As CES opens its doors in Las Vegas to highlight technology advances that span the worlds of enterprise, industry and…
Read More »Traditional banking under threat from platform-based alternatives | Computer Weekly
Half of non-banking businesses believe that banking as a service (BaaS) will eventually replace traditional banking, with the cost-of-living crisis…
Read More »Building culture within collaboration to make hybrid work pay | Computer Weekly
It seems strange to think it is barely three years since almost everything changed. That is to say, the point…
Read More »Remote workers shun return to work | Computer Weekly
Almost three years after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, which meant an almost overnight pivot to home working for…
Read More »CDO interview: Barry Panayi, chief data and insight officer, John Lewis Partnership | Computer Weekly
Barry Panayi, chief data and insight officer at John Lewis Partnership (JLP), has a big passion for information. So big,…
Read More »CIO interview: David Schwartz, vice-president, PepsiCo Labs | Computer Weekly
David Schwartz has a passion for innovation. As vice-president of PepsiCo Labs, a specialist team that aims to exploit digital…
Read More »Cyber security professionals share their biggest lessons of 2022 | Computer Weekly
The past 12 months have been a trying time for cyber security professionals globally. Most notably, they’ve had to contend…
Read More »Top 10 technology startup stories of 2022 | Computer Weekly
Computer Weekly’s 2022 startup coverage included a number of case studies on how startups are collaborating with a variety of…
Read More »Top 10 technology and ethics stories of 2022 | Computer Weekly
A major focus of Computer Weekly’s technology and ethics coverage in 2022 was on working conditions throughout the tech sector,…
Read More »How does red teaming test the ultimate limits of cyber security? | Computer Weekly
Hacking can be a dirty word. It evokes images of a person sitting in the dark with a black hoodie…
Read More »Why the devil’s still in the detail in the race for energy efficiency | Computer Weekly
With UK governments since 2010 not always prioritising energy efficiency, even reducing funding measures with full support from high-profile members…
Read More »Top 10 IT leadership interviews of 2022 | Computer Weekly
If IT leaders thought they might have a year of consolidation and a chance to catch their breath, after the…
Read More »Top 10 financial services IT stories of 2022 | Computer Weekly
The past 12 months has seen cloud computing projects in the finance sector increase at a pace, and the slow…
Read More »NCA ‘wrong-footed’ defence lawyers after agreeing to take expert evidence on EncroChat ‘as read’ | Computer Weekly
Lawyers for the National Crime Agency (NCA) dismissed key findings of a technical expert about the EncroChat hacking operation as…
Read More »UK operators brace for broadband surge | Computer Weekly
The UK Christmas break may be imminent, but there will be no respite for the country’s leading network operators, who…
Read More »Number of women taking computing degrees grows | Computer Weekly
The number of women choosing to take computing degrees has risen over the past three years, according to research from…
Read More »Freeing the hybrid workforce from quiet constraint | Computer Weekly
Counterproductive workplace behaviours, as they are called by industrial organisational psychologists, appear to have been on the rise since hybrid…
Read More »Top 10 women in tech and diversity in tech stories of 2022 | Computer Weekly
Though there have been small improvements when it comes to diversity in the technology sector, the pace of change is…
Read More »Remaining composed in the face of composable ERP complexity | Computer Weekly
Rather than being driven by technology decisions, composable enterprise resource planning (ERP) offers a way to use technology to support your…
Read More »CityFibre lights up Luton with gigabit broadband | TechTarget
In January 2022, CityFibre began the year by breaking ground on a £5m infrastructure roll-out in the area of March…
Read More »Top 10 IR35 stories of 2022 | TechTarget
The extension of the IR35 reforms to the private sector in April 2021 came coupled with a promise that for…
Read More »BAE Systems to hire 2,600 apprentices next year | TechTarget
BAE Systems has plans to recruit 2,622 apprentices in different regions across the UK in 2023, a number the firm…
Read More »CIO interview: Steve Capper, CIO, SNC-Lavalin | TechTarget
Steve Capper, CIO at engineering and construction specialist SNC-Lavalin, took an unusual route to the top. Now he’s reached the…
Read More »Shiseido data breach victims plan legal action over fake companies | TechTarget
Employees and former employees of the UK business of Japanese cosmetics firm Shiseido who found their personal information had been…
Read More »Defence lawyers claim NCA witness gave unreliable evidence on EncroChat hacking operation | TechTarget
The intelligence officer who played a key role in the National Crime Agency (NCA)’s work on its Operation Venetic investigation…
Read More »IT Sustainability Think Tank: Risk and resilience – two sides of the same climate coin | TechTarget
During the UK’s sweltering heatwave this summer, many people encountered an additional challenge to the stifling temperatures – problems accessing…
Read More »Qualcomm unveils lowest-power IoT-optimised LTE modem | TechTarget
Aiming to tap into demand for internet of things (IoT) technologies, Qualcomm Technologies has unveiled its latest IoT modem designed…
Read More »Quarter of UK businesses looking abroad for tech talent | TechTarget
In the UK, a quarter of leaders who are hiring are looking in other regions for technology talent, according to…
Read More »EU issues draft data adequacy decision in favour of US | TechTarget
The European Union (EU) – United States (US) Data Privacy Framework has taken a step closer to reality after the…
Read More »Cloud-based fingerprint system for UK police nears completion | TechTarget
The development of a national, cloud-based digital fingerprint system for UK police is due for completion in December 2022, and…
Read More »Government announces £490m education investment | TechTarget
The government has announced almost £490m in funding for universities and colleges across the UK to help deliver better science,…
Read More »Labour unveils plans to make UK global startup hub | TechTarget
The Labour Party has outlined tentative plans to “make Britain the high-growth, startup hub of the world”, with a focus…
Read More »Iranian APT seen exploiting GitHub repository as C2 mechanism | TechTarget
An Iranian advanced persistent threat (APT) group associated with the operation tracked as Cobalt Mirage has turned to GitHub as…
Read More »Online Safety Bill returns to Parliament | TechTarget
The Online Safety Bill has returned to Parliament with a number of amendments, but MPs and online safety experts are…
Read More »Too many secrets: What can today’s cyber teams learn from a 30-year-old film? | TechTarget
“The world isn’t run by weapons any more, or energy, or money. It’s run by little ones and zeros, little…
Read More »Clinicians who raised patient safety risks claim Berkshire NHS trust deleted email evidence | TechTarget
Two clinicians who say they lost their jobs at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust after raising patient safety concerns claim…
Read More »Legacy IT magnifies cyber risk for Defra, says NAO | TechTarget
While the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is making progress on tackling the “urgent service risks and…
Read More »Fake investment ads persist on Meta’s social networks | TechTarget
Despite measures being put in place to block them, misleading and fraudulent investment adverts continue to be shown to UK…
Read More »French cyber consultancy Hackuity sets up UK operation | TechTarget
Risk-based vulnerability management company Hackuity has announced it is to open a UK office as it looks to extend its…
Read More »Twitter ‘replacement’ Hive shuts off service in privacy alert | TechTarget
Hive Social, a social media network that has gained significant traction as a potential Twitter “replacement” after the latter was…
Read More »Siemens, Qualcomm collaborate on 5G smart building networks | TechTarget
In a collective effort to further advance digitisation in building automation by developing more intelligent smart devices in the future,…
Read More »NBN Co, Ericsson team to transform fixed wireless access network | TechTarget
NBN Co and Ericsson have announced a new 10-year partnership to secure the supply of 5G technology that will deliver…
Read More »Italy’s biggest datacentre campus to enjoy €500m growth spurt
Italian cloud services provider Aruba SpA has secured €500m in investment, which it has used to expand its Global Cloud…
Read More »Microsoft 365 banned in German schools over privacy concerns
Federal German data protection authorities have banned the use of Microsoft Office 365 in schools due to privacy concerns around…
Read More »Parity AI talks about auditing recruitment algorithms for bias
Independent algorithmic auditing firm Parity AI has partnered with talent acquisition and management platform Beamery to conduct ongoing scrutiny of…
Read More »‘Legal but harmful’ clause dropped from Online Safety Bill
The UK government has proposed replacing the Online Safety Bill’s controversial “legal but harmful” provision with new duties to increase…
Read More »CIO interview: David Charnley, head of transformation and strategy, NatWest Group
With almost two decades of experience working at NatWest Group, David Charnley, head of transformation and strategy at the financial…
Read More »Data management, backup becoming the CISO’s responsibility
While data management strategies, including disaster recovery and backup, have historically tended to be the domain of the chief technology…
Read More »Pharrowtech expands next-gen mmWave capabilities to the UK
In May 2022, Pharrowtech gained €15m in funding to continue developing next-generation 60GHz wireless RF transceivers and antenna technology as an alternative…
Read More »Fujitsu put pressure on UK government to sign off troubled Horizon project, public inquiry hears
Pressure was put on the UK government by IT supplier Fujitsu to sign off the contract to roll out error-ridden…
Read More »BT aims to reign in industry where connectivity is king
To support businesses in industry and manufacturing with what it says will be the platforms of the future, BT has…
Read More »Meta faces UK lawsuit over surveillance business model
Human rights campaigner Tanya O’Carroll has launched a lawsuit against Meta in the UK High Court, alleging the technology conglomerate…
Read More »UK tech sector given four-point plan to cut carbon emissions by more than 80 million tonnes
The UK tech sector could curb the amount of carbon emissions generated by 81.8 million tonnes if it were to…
Read More »Government launches AI-focused green innovation programme
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is launching a £1.5m artificial intelligence (AI) innovation programme that will…
Read More »Virgin Media feels strain from Warzone, teams with TIP for Dublin Wi-Fi
Virgin Media has revealed the demands being put on wired and wireless networks as UK gamers got going with the…
Read More »Redundancies – are tech companies getting it right?
In recent weeks, two tech giants have started large-scale redundancy exercises. Twitter notified 50% of its staff of layoffs by…
Read More »How to get structure from unstructured data
We are in the midst of an unstructured data revolution – with 80% of data likely to be unstructured by…
Read More »Expensive datacentre outages: Untangling messy collaborations, contributing costs and complexity
As businesses increasingly rely on their digital infrastructure, downtime has a proportionally greater impact. However, while attention to reducing outages…
Read More »Is Elon Musk’s Twitter safe, and should you stop using it?
The arrival of Elon Musk at Twitter headquarters on 26 October 2022, bearing a no-doubt hastily acquired basin to deploy…
Read More »Scality Ring 9 brings Storage Accelerator enhanced flash tiers
Scality has announced version 9 of its Ring object storage software. Key additions include enhanced tiering – called Storage Accelerator…
Read More »Agility, business more important than cost, network management for IT teams
For virtually all companies in all territories, 2022 has been a year of global change and uncertainty – and IT…
Read More »5G gains pace, gigabit steady as Vodafone faces off H1 headwinds
Vodafone has reported what it says is a resilient performance to date for the first six months of FY23, alongside…
Read More »Hispasat, Sencinet expand satellite broadband in Mexico
Satellite communications operator Hispasat and multinational solutions and managed services network integrator Sencinet have agreed to extend the agreement through…
Read More »Ransomware, storage and backup: Impacts, limits and capabilities
In the past decade, ransomware has gone from being a relatively obscure crime to a multibillion-dollar industry, with the largest…
Read More »CityFibre celebrates Dundee anniversary, makes splash in Brighton & Hove
More build-out landmarks have been revealed by UK gigabit connectivity provider CityFibre, which has now dug out 350km of full-fibre broadband beneath the…
Read More »Cyber insurance: The good, the bad and the ugly
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Read More »Volume of self-reported breaches to ICO jumps 30%
The volume of self-reported breaches to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) rose by 29% year on year from 9,535 to…
Read More »Scrutinising AI requires holistic, end-to-end system audits
Organisations must conduct end-to-end audits that consider both the social and technical aspects of artificial intelligence (AI) to fully understand…
Read More »Ericsson, Technical University of Sofia to prepare students for 5G-ready future
The Technical University of Sofia has embarked on a partnership with Ericsson to help its students become 5G-ready. The Ericsson…
Read More »Microsoft serves smorgasbord of six zero-days
Microsoft has released fixes for six actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in its November Patch Tuesday drop, one of them publicly…
Read More »VMware CEO tells enterprises to become ‘cloud-smart’ to speed up pace of digital transformation
VMware CEO Raghu Raghuram claims enterprises are abandoning their “cloud-first” digital transformation strategies after running into a series of progress-blocking…
Read More »Motorola plots Emergency Services Network exit
Just over two weeks after a UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigation into the role of the Airwave infrastructure…
Read More »CIO interview: Marc Jennings, CIO of analytics and AI, TUI
During his two-decade stint with holiday firm TUI, Marc Jennings, CIO of analytics and AI, has seen the company undergo…
Read More »Data Summit majors on ethics in data use, demonstrates diversity
The Data Lab’s Data Summit conference in Edinburgh took the ethical use of data as an over-arching theme. Speakers included…
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