Microsoft consumer cloud outage blights Outlook.com and OneDrive users
News | ComputerWeekly.comUsers of several of Microsoft's core consumer cloud services left struggling to log in, with software giant remaining tight-lipped for now over the ...
Microsoft drops fix for serious zero-day among 112 Patch Tuesday updates
News | ComputerWeekly.comNovember’s Patch Tuesday contains fixes for 112 bugs, including a potentially serious zero-day exploit that malicious actors are already taking ...
Application performance for remote workers becomes primary network issue for businesses
News | ComputerWeekly.comWhen it comes to WAN, cost diminishes in importance, while dealing with complexity increases, as more firms spread reach to more locations
IR35 private sector reforms: Treasury ignores sub-committee’s plea to delay April 2021 start date
News | ComputerWeekly.comDespite the Finance Bill Sub-Committee claiming it would argue for the IR35 reforms to be delayed even if there were no pandemic, HM Treasury remains...
F5 reveals users facing multi-cloud security concerns
News | MicroScopeVendor’s latest report on application services finds that the EMEA customer base is pro-cloud, but is dealing with some challenges
Coronavirus: Banking and mobile sectors collaborate to stop text scams
News | ComputerWeekly.comInitiative aims to protect 50 genuine brands and government organisations from being impersonated by cyber criminals
Customer experience software can help companies weather the Covid-19 storm
Feature | ComputerWeekly.comAdvanced customer experience software can help companies weather the current Covid-19 storm, as well as build resilience. Marks & Spencer is one firm...
Swedish consumer-protection legislation will hit fintechs
News | ComputerWeekly.comNew financial regulation to protect consumers from agreeing to unnecessary credit will force financial technology companies to make changes to their ...
Data sharing between private healthcare and NHS to move into new phase
News | ComputerWeekly.comA consultation has been launched to seek views on the creation of a single source of healthcare data in England, with a series of pilots announced
Met Police assessing evidence of potential perjury in Post Office IT trials
News | ComputerWeekly.comForce examines information about evidence given in court by Fujitsu staff on the Horizon IT system before deciding whether to investigate further
Almost half of security pros being redeployed during pandemic
News | ComputerWeekly.comClose to half of cyber security professionals say they have been taken off some or all of their security duties to focus attention elsewhere during ...
Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 55
Podcast | ComputerWeekly.comIn this week’s episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna talk about real-time video...
Microsoft targets 5G arena with Affirmed Networks acquisition
News | ComputerWeekly.comIT giant turns sights on telecoms opportunities, bringing expertise of virtualised, cloud-native network software provider into Azure fold
Nokia claims 5G capacity benchmark, enters first phase of 5G project at Port of Zeebrugge
News | ComputerWeekly.comFlurry of 5G-related activity continues with raft of 5G patents and 5G-ready private wireless connectivity for partner ecosystem to accelerate ...
Coronavirus: IT contractors ‘left stranded’ by exclusion from support for self-employed
News | ComputerWeekly.comIT contractors who provide services through their own limited companies will not be able to access government scheme to support self-employed through...
Scottish Tech Army seeks out IT experts to combat Covid-19
News | ComputerWeekly.comTech workers who find themselves out of work are being asked to volunteer their time to help build digital technology to support coronavirus efforts
Mainframe skills surge as lockdown drives transaction growth
News | ComputerWeekly.comMainframe skills and Cobol programming are now in demand as enterprises scale up to tackle increased online activity due to the coronavirus
Crown Commercial Service advises on remote working tech
News | ComputerWeekly.comPublic sector organisations want to understand their options to support their workforce during the Covid-19 crisis
NHS rolls out video consultations at GPs to support lockdown
News | ComputerWeekly.comVideo consultation service aims to reduce face-to-face contact to protect patients and reduce infection, as well as caring for people who are mostly ...
AdEPT aims to raise millions to fund acquisitions
News | MicroScopeManaged service player is looking to raise millions with a share placing to provide more resources for its acquisition strategy
Oxbotica on board with Cisco to drive autonomous vehicle data challenge
News | ComputerWeekly.comConnected car technology firm hits pedal with Cisco to solve data challenges of future autonomous vehicles
DWP completes Universal Credit roll-out
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe Department for Work and Pensions concludes the deployment of Universal Credit across the UK, meaning the full digital service is now available ...
Top 10 Australia IT stories of 2018
News | ComputerWeekly.comAustralia continues to cement its position as a leader in mastering and deploying advanced information and communications technology across a large ...
Channel needs to get creative to solve remote working problems
News | MicroScopeThe channel is being urged to get into a position to help solve customer remote working challenges
Subpostmasters receive their ‘inadequate’ damages over Horizon IT scandal
News | ComputerWeekly.comSubpostmasters who had their lives ruined by the Post Office’s faulty IT system have received their damages after a High Court victory
Brewer Molson Coors targeted in cyber attack
News | ComputerWeekly.comCyber criminals have disrupted beer production at Molson Coors, one of the world’s largest brewers
What are the security priorities for the post-coronavirus world?
Feature | ComputerWeekly.comThe Covid-19 pandemic is forcing massive change across the business world and things may never go back to normal. What does security look like in ...
Coronavirus gives cloud service providers short-term boost
News | MicroScopeThe move to hosted tools has helped drive record sales of cloud infrastructure services in the first quarter of 2020, but the big migration projects ...
UK comms experts continue to question contact-tracing app
News | ComputerWeekly.comAcademics and comms industry experts challenge UK government scientists on their defence of NHS contact-tracing app, in particular the issue of ...
CIO interview: Andrew Lennon, CIO, Barings, on Covid-19, data science and mergers
News | ComputerWeekly.comForget rogue traders, Barings is still going strong, and the investment bank's CIO is leading the way with data science and other enabling ...
Dutch landscape attracts fintech exploration
News | ComputerWeekly.comIn 2019, the Netherlands had more than 450 companies active in financial technology. The country’s “polder model”, in which new and traditional ...
Wireless industry hails FCC spectrum announcement as game changer for Wi-Fi 6
News | ComputerWeekly.comProposed opening of the 6GHz band to Wi-Fi 6 technology in US set to provide more capacity than all other current Wi-Fi bands put together
CIO interview: Miguel Rio Tinto, Emirates NBD
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe Dubai-based banking group’s CIO, Miguel Rio Tinto, talks about its ambitious digital transformation plans
How Blackwell's is responding to the coronavirus pandemic
Feature | ComputerWeekly.comTraditional bookshop chain Blackwell’s talked about adaptations to its business model, trends and IT operation during the coronavirus crisis
How Malaysia’s Gain Secure stood tall amid Covid-19
News | ComputerWeekly.comWalter Wong, executive director of Gain Secure and former Microsoft employee, talks up how his business is coping during Malaysia’s lockdown
Test and Trace has not passed data protection impact assessment
News | ComputerWeekly.comPublic Health England failed to complete the required impact assessment before launching the Covid-19 Test and Trace programme
Cisco eyes up ThousandEyes purchase
News | ComputerWeekly.comNetworking giant says acquisition of internet and cloud intelligence platform provider will enhance its network performance and monitoring ...
HPE offers operators as-a-service 5G core software stack
News | ComputerWeekly.comGreenLake cloud-native technologies from HPE and Aruba designed to help telcos build and deploy 5G networks and better integrate with Wi-Fi 6 networks
NAC growth sluggish as companies consider network security options
News | ComputerWeekly.comCompanies are taking a wait-and-see approach, hoping the technology's maturity will make it more cost effective.
Migrating to MPLS
Tip | ComputerWeekly.comAs more organizations begin to take advantage of MPLS' offerings, network engineers must learn how to prepare their current networks for transition. ...
Convincing management to approve your networking project
Tip | ComputerWeekly.comNetwork pros must have great technology know-how, coupled with major league pitching abilities. This list of project dos and don'ts can help you over...
UK challenger stockbroker Freetrade backs Google Cloud to make investing more inclusive
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe CTO and co-founders of UK challenger stockbroking app provider, Freetrade, discuss how Google Cloud has helped them diversify their service ...
Border Force awards £3.1m contract to Capita
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe contract with the Home Office's law enforcement agency will see the implementation of 4G and satellite infrastructure
ASL continues acquisition spree with B&M buy
News | MicroScopeChannel player’s quest to become the largest independent managed print player remains on track
Coronavirus: Distributors can take a lead
News | MicroScopeHead of the Global Technology Distribution Council shares his thoughts on the Covid-19 crisis
How managed services can help SME security teams take back their time
Opinion | MicroScopeFor those uncertain about investing in managed services in 2020, doing so could be the answer to freeing up your IT team to turn its attention to ...
Budget 2020: Full of promises, but is it enough?
News | ComputerWeekly.comChancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget provided plenty of cash for technology and innovation, but has the government done enough to make the tech industry ...
Top 10 women in tech and diversity in tech stories of 2018
News | ComputerWeekly.comComputer Weekly takes a look at some of the defining moments for women and diversity in the technology industry in 2018
Top five compliance concerns for UK business in 2020
Feature | ComputerWeekly.comWe look at the top five legal and regulatory compliance concerns for UK businesses in 2020. It’s a list that includes GDPR, the DPA, PECR, PCI-DSS ...
Houseparty denies hack as credential stuffing attacks spread
News | ComputerWeekly.comSocial media service denies its service has been hacked, and is offering a million-dollar bounty to anybody who can prove otherwise
Councils awarded £1.2m in innovation funding
News | ComputerWeekly.comSix councils will each get up to £350,000 for digital innovation projects aiming to improve services for residents, in the latest round of the Local ...
Coronavirus: Teleworking drives new application usage growth for Comcast
News | ComputerWeekly.comLargest network operator in US issues assurance that huge shift in usage patterns and extra demands on home networks are well within infrastructure’s...
Treasury gives Gov.uk Verify 18-month reprieve due to coronavirus
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe government's troubled digital identity system was due to end funding in April 2020 but surge in use due to Universal Credit applications has ...
iOS zero-day leaves iPhone users dangerously exposed
News | ComputerWeekly.comResearchers identify dangerous vulnerabilities in Apple’s iOS operating system that allow remote code execution on target devices
Datacentre M&A closed deal values exceed last year’s total just three months into 2020
News | ComputerWeekly.comLatest market tracker data shows rebound in datacentre M&A deal values as enterprises look to outsource more of their IT and move to the cloud
Tech Data’s Advanced Solutions: 2019 channel predictions
Opinion | MicroScopeMiriam Murphy, Senior Vice President EMEA , Advanced & Specialist Solutions at Tech Data shares some thoughts about what next year will hold
Dell benefits from ‘flight to quality’
News | MicroScopeVendor shares Q1 numbers and shows it has navigated through supply chain problems better than some of its competitors
NHS digital transformation ‘slower than expected’, says NAO
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe digital transformation of the NHS has been plagued by insufficient funding, technical challenges and lack of clarity, according to the National ...
Harman seeks to bring private member’s bill over contact tracing
News | ComputerWeekly.comChair of Human Rights Committee aims to put the proposed Contact Tracing (Data Protection) Bill 2020 before parliament as a private member’s bill if ...
Security Think Tank: CISO stress – moving from recognition to action
Opinion | ComputerWeekly.comCyber criminals are enjoying a boom during the Covid-19 pandemic, and security teams are working overtime as a result. How can security professionals...
Facial-recognition suppliers race to identify hidden faces
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe number of companies claiming to have developed facial-recognition tools that can identify masked faces has skyrocketed since the start of the ...
Government urges parents to keep children safe during lockdown
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe UK government has published more guidance for parents in an attempt to limit children's exposure to cyber bullying and disinformation during the ...
Government must urgently prioritise digital identity, says tech sector
News | ComputerWeekly.comTechUK calls on government to make digital identity a focus of its digital strategy as the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the ‘urgent need’ for ...
DWP searches for talent as part of apprenticeship programme
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe Department of Work and Pensions is looking for diverse talent to fill software and networking roles while developing skills on the job
Australia’s CovidSafe app debuts, source codes to follow
News | ComputerWeekly.comAustralia’s contact tracing app has been downloaded more than 1.1 million times, even as privacy concerns linger on
Turla’s use of Iranian infrastructure probably opportunistic
News | ComputerWeekly.comTurla, the Kremlin-linked APT group that last year hijacked an Iranian group’s infrastructure, was likely to have been operating opportunistically, ...
Can maths plot a path for policy-makers through the UK coronavirus lockdown?
News | ComputerWeekly.comInitial findings from a new study suggests that working from home could enable the UK to manage the coronavirus infection rate
Julian Assange extradition hearing postponed amid coronavirus lockdown
News | ComputerWeekly.comJulian Assange’s lawyers say they have been unable to communicate or share legal documents with the WikiLeaks founder to enable them to prepare a ...
UKtech50 2018 – the most influential people in UK IT
News | ComputerWeekly.comComputer Weekly has announced the ninth annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK IT sector
UKtech50 2018: Women are making their mark
News | ComputerWeekly.comWomen are making strong progress in the UK technology industry, with seven of the top 10 on Computer Weekly’s UKtech50 list being female
UKtech50 interview: Jacky Wright, CDIO, HMRC
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe UKtech50’s most influential person in UK IT 2018, HM Revenue and Customs’ chief digital and information officer, Jacky Wright, on balancing ...
Cisco, Google Cloud plan application-centric multicloud networking fabric
News | ComputerWeekly.comTech giants unite to address current systems’ perceived lack of capability to signal service level requests dynamically and offer full WAN ...
Accompagner la conduite du changement en embarquant les utilisateurs clés grâce à l’IA
Opinion | LeMagITUn projet de transformation digitale revêt souvent une dimension stratégique qui va au-delà de la modernisation d’un SI. Il s’agit d’intégrer les ...
Estonia offers digital tools to countries struggling with coronavirus school closures
News | ComputerWeekly.comGovernment and tech companies in Baltic state unite to offer advanced digital learning tools to other countries
Prudential turns to AI to secure computer networks against cyber attacks
News | ComputerWeekly.comPrudential, the UK’s largest listed insurer, is turning to artificial intelligence to protect its computer networks in the US, Asia and Africa from ...
Security Think Tank: Amid panic, how to find a sound level of security
Opinion | ComputerWeekly.comIn our globalised world, high-profile events such as Covid-19 have huge business impacts, some of which may be felt by CISOs. What responsibilities ...
Easter holidays and supply issues reverse some March gains
News | MicroScopeResearch from Context has found that the growth rates experienced by the channel in March took a hit at the start of April
Cloud and 5G to drive SD-WAN adoption in APAC, says Silver Peak
News | ComputerWeekly.comCloud migration and 5G services will boost the uptake of SD-WAN in a region where some markets are still in the early adopter phase
Meeting reviewing subpostmaster applications to appeal criminal prosecutions moves into second day
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe Criminal Cases Review Commission has extended a meeting considering subpostmaster applications to appeal criminal convictions resulting from a ...
Coronavirus: RAF flies in for UK contact tracing app test
News | ComputerWeekly.comNHS announces test at air base of app designed to alert users of the close proximity of those carrying or having symptoms of Covid-19
Rapid7 picks up DivvyCloud
News | MicroScopeSecurity player moves to add more cloud visibility to its armoury and respond to customer demand for greater protection and visibility in hosted ...
Black Rose Lucy ransomware now posing as FBI porn warning
News | ComputerWeekly.comA new strain of Russian-developed ransomware impersonates US federal law enforcement to force payment, says Check Point
Confidence of UK startups rocked by coronavirus
News | ComputerWeekly.comFirms worry how to keep sales up and secure investment during pandemic
IBM celebrates quantum cloud fourth anniversary with coding challenge
News | ComputerWeekly.comIBM has set four tasks for programmers to try out on its cloud-based quantum computer, in a bid to widen quantum coding skills
Government announces digital apprenticeship service as part of apprenticeship levy guidelines
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe government has released guidelines for the upcoming apprenticeship levy, including how businesses can access funds to train apprentices
How subpostmasters made legal history with biggest referral of potential miscarriages of justice
News | ComputerWeekly.comSubpostmasters seeking redress of prosecutions at the hands of an IT system force the biggest ever UK referral of cases of potential miscarriages of ...
IR35 reforms: Chancellor slammed for dig at self-employed tax habits during coronavirus briefing
News | ComputerWeekly.comRishi Sunak under fire for making a veiled reference to self-employed people needing to pay their “fair share of tax” during the government’s daily ...
Clearview hack fuels debate over facial recognition
News | ComputerWeekly.comCustomers of Clearview AI, a controversial startup that scrapes and sells billions of photos of people from social media to police forces, have found...
Gove warns EU that UK sovereignty is non-negotiable on eve of trade deal talks
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe UK and the EU have published their divergent mandates for trade talks due to start on Monday 2 March 2020, and digital may emerge as a long-term ...
Tech sector vacancies increase by almost a quarter in 2018
News | ComputerWeekly.comIndustry concerned over growing skills shortage as Brexit looms
Coronavirus: Dutch Covid-19 tracking app stirs national debate
News | ComputerWeekly.comPrivacy concerns raised over mobile app to help track and control the spread of coronavirus in the Netherlands
Wireless stakeholders cheer ‘historic’ FCC Wi-Fi 6GHz spectrum allocation decision
News | ComputerWeekly.comUS broadcast and telecoms regulator confirms proposal lauded as a milestone moment that will no less than supercharge connectivity
The Security Interviews: Can AV go from dodgy scareware to cyber hero?
News | ComputerWeekly.comAlun Baker, CEO of Clario, is on a mission to rehabilitate the image of consumer security products and take the fear out of selling antivirus. We ...
MSP Day coming at a time when trust is being earned
News | MicroScopeMay's marking of the contribution of managed service providers is coming at a time when most are delivering high levels of support to customers ...
Five pillars of public sector IT
Feature | ComputerWeekly.comFinding better ways for people to collaborate and share information digitally is the challenge government needs to embrace. We look at ways in which ...
Coronavirus: HPE adds to list of vendors offering financial aid
News | MicroScopeHPE has outlined a number of initiatives designed to help partners get through the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis
Coronavirus: Don’t fall for fake cures, warns UK government
News | ComputerWeekly.comGovernment urges people to be more vigilant about what they read and share online as it relaunches its Don’t Feed the Beast campaign to counter ...
Ministry of Defence releases defence data management strategy
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe report sets out how the department will improve the way it manages and uses data
Designing software to include older people in the digital world
Feature | ComputerWeekly.comThe Covid-19 coronavirus crisis has accentuated the importance of including older people in the digital world. How can software firms design products...
UCL collaborates with IBM to use virtual reality to tackle loneliness
News | ComputerWeekly.comThrough an industry collaboration with IBM, university is enabling students to tackle real-world problems using virtual reality, artificial ...