Covid-19 to hamper short-term growth but mobility-as-a-service to rebound in 2021
News | ComputerWeekly.comDespite expected restricted growth this year of platforms that integrate different transport services – including buses, taxis, rail and metro – into...
The best book for CCDA certification
Tip | ComputerWeekly.comIn this Ask the Expert, David Minutella recommends the best book resource for CCDA certification.
Find the right work path in the field of IT
Tip | ComputerWeekly.comOur expert, David Minutella, answers the question of what path in IT is the right one.
What is the Post Office board doing to right the Horizon wrongs?
Opinion | ComputerWeekly.comBusiness lawyer Nick Gould compares the treatment of subpostmasters by the Post Office in the Horizon IT scandal with the huge HBOS fraud that saw ...
Google announces open source operating system for smartphones
News | ComputerWeekly.comAfter months of speculation, Google has officially announced Android, an mobile devices OS it's developing in partnership with a wide variety of ...
US Department of Defense requests time to re-evaluate section of AWS and Microsoft JEDI bids
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe Department of Defense is to request a resubmission of information from Microsoft and Amazon Web Services about their JEDI bids, as the ...
Travelex under threat as insolvency risk, hacking costs and coronavirus take their toll
News | ComputerWeekly.comForeign exchange group’s future remains uncertain as its parent company, Finablr, prepares for potential insolvency
Swedish municipalities test AI to drive efficiencies and cost savings
News | ComputerWeekly.comResearch in Sweden measures the benefits of using artificial intelligence in local government operations
How Zoom is keeping pace with demand for conferencing tools
Video | ComputerWeekly.comMagnus Falk, CIO advisor at Zoom, offers insights on how the company is scaling up its resources to meet the growing usage of its service
Google plans to send Brits’ data to US after Brexit
News | ComputerWeekly.comMove puts British user data beyond the reach of the EU’s GDPR, makes it more accessible to UK and US law enforcement agencies, and has prompted anger
Employment and investment in UK tech sector booms
News | ComputerWeekly.comUK digital tech sector continues rapid growth in 2019, attracting record investment for another year
Kaminario offers cut-price virtual SAN in the cloud
News | ComputerWeekly.comFlash pioneer Kaminario builds its VisionOS out to the cloud and says its cloud block storage is much cheaper than what is available from the native ...
4G arrives for eastern half of Jubilee Line
News | ComputerWeekly.comFull 4G mobile connectivity arrives on half of one of London’s busiest Underground transport links, paving the way for extended communications ...
Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 50
Podcast | ComputerWeekly.comIn this week’s episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Clare McDonald, Caroline Donnelly, and Brian McKenna are joined by CW ...
Sizing server hardware for virtual machines
News | ComputerWeekly.comHow many virtual machines can you put on a server? Depends upon whether your hardware and virtualisation environment are well-matched. This tip ...
IT Priorities 2020: IP network investments top priority for Middle East IT leaders
News | ComputerWeekly.comIT leaders in the Middle East expect to see increased spending on IP networks as digital transformation continues across the region
How Malaysia’s Affin Hwang is harnessing data analytics
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe Malaysian financial institution has been tapping data analytics to better profile its customers, increase sales leads and identify new customer ...
Whitehall appoints civil service COO to replace John Manzoni
News | ComputerWeekly.comFormer CMA chief executive Alex Chisholm also takes on the roles of COO and permanent secretary at the Cabinet Office
Push for digitisation in Malaysia amid coronavirus crisis
News | ComputerWeekly.comEvent cancellations and travel bans are spurring more companies to embrace digital tools to support remote and flexible working arrangements
O2 to launch UK’s first 5G accelerators in three West Midlands cities
News | ComputerWeekly.comConsortium led by Telefónica UK Deloitte, Wayra and Digital Catapult to build 5G accelerators in Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Coventry
Coronavirus: Bahrain sees fintech take-up surge amid Covid-19 crisis
News | ComputerWeekly.comCovid-19 has spurred the use of financial technology in Bahrain, which could boost the industry in the country and wider Gulf region
Serco exposes contact tracers’ data in email error
News | ComputerWeekly.comError saw almost 300 coronavirus contact tracers’ email addresses made visible to other recipients of the message
Vodafone launches new IoT portfolio and 5G tariffs
News | ComputerWeekly.comBody-worn vision camera and surveillance system are the first products to be unveiled in Vodafone’s new internet-of-things range enabled by growing ...
Personal devices putting Singapore employers at risk
News | ComputerWeekly.comMore than half of Singapore respondents to a CrowdStrike-commissioned survey believe their devices are only somewhat secure against advanced cyber ...
UK government survives rebellion on ‘high-risk’ comms tech supplier strategy
News | ComputerWeekly.comGovernment fends off rebel MPs proposing an amendment that would lead to an outright ban on Huawei technology regarded as posing a direct threat to ...
University of Oxford embarks on cloud-fuelled AI research push with AWS
News | ComputerWeekly.comUniversity collaborates with Amazon Web Services to accelerate the pace of technology innovation in a range of artificial intelligence-related fields...
NHS partners with Google to improve health information online
News | ComputerWeekly.comLatest measures will ensure direct access to NHS advice for more than 250 most-searched health conditions
Applications: Combining the old with the new
Feature | ComputerWeekly.comWe look at how organisations can integrate legacy applications with newer digital platforms
UK Budget Speech reaffirms £5bn commitment to full-fibre broadband
News | ComputerWeekly.comChancellor Rishi Sunak says UK government will fulfil its promise to make significant funding available to develop gigabit broadband roll-out across ...
Coronavirus: NCSC issues urgent alert for healthcare sector
News | ComputerWeekly.comUK National Cyber Security Centre and US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency say they are seeing large-scale campaigns targeting ...
Elliot Rose
Contributor | TechTargetElliot Rose leads PA Consulting’s digital trust and cyber security service.
IBM reaches out to MSPs and ISVs
News | MicroScopeBig Blue makes major enhancements to its partner programme with the aim of attracting and rewarding those that specialise in developing their own IP ...
IoT adds preservation support for Tutankhamun’s tomb in Valley of the Kings
News | ComputerWeekly.comGeological research project deploys internet of things technology to ensure ancient Egyptian heritage site maintains structural stability
Cloud security concerns remain an issue
News | MicroScopeThe argument that cloud security has been dealt with appear premature, according to research
Cross-regulator taskforce on digital economy announced in 2020 Budget
News | ComputerWeekly.comUK regulators will join forces to look at how the potential regulation of the digital platforms and advertising markets would work
Fintech workers called to share their experiences of microaggression
News | ComputerWeekly.comFintech workers were asked to share upsetting workplace incidents as part of an anonymous study
Budget 2020: Omission of IR35 from chancellor's speech sparks fury from contracting groups
News | ComputerWeekly.comDespite repeated warnings of the damage the incoming IR35 reforms stand to do to the UK economy, contracting groups hit out at the government's ...
Telenor opens Norway’s first 5G service
News | ComputerWeekly.comCommercial 5G network opens in nine different cities and villages across Norway, making Telenor the first mobile operator in the country to offer 5G ...
Covid-19: Three technology areas that CIOs must address
News | ComputerWeekly.comCIOs will need to consider the IT measures that will be needed to support their organisations as the government ramps up its response to the ...
Security Think Tank: Caring for the IT security caretakers
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...
Christmas charity appeal increases donations with cloud-based comms
News | ComputerWeekly.comSt Martin-in-the-Fields Charity is using a pop-up cloud contact centre from supplier Sesui to help run its annual Christmas appeal in partnership ...
Coronavirus: Government under pressure to give limited company IT workers more financial support
News | ComputerWeekly.comIT contractors who provide services through their own limited companies and pay themselves in dividends are largely uncatered for by the goverment's ...
Coronavirus: Young employees struggle with remote working
News | ComputerWeekly.comCommunications tools identified as key pain point and hindering productivity for young UK workers
GPs embrace virtual consultations to navigate Covid-19 outbreak
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe majority of GPs across England are now operating with video meetings and more virtual services are being developed
Infovista claims SD-WAN implementation game changer with transparent hybrid technology
News | ComputerWeekly.comApplication-aware SD-WAN technology provider introduces additional capabilities to ‘dramatically’ simplify migration and hasten transition to ...
Microsoft results points to new uses for Teams after coronavirus
News | ComputerWeekly.comSatya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, says he looks forward to new working practices emerging post-Covid-19, with collaboration seamlessly fitting in with...
Red Hat-VMware rivalry intensifies with OpenShift virtualisation
News | ComputerWeekly.comNew virtualisation features in OpenShift point to an emerging Kubernetes platform war between Red Hat and VMware
Singapore government to open source contact-tracing protocol
News | ComputerWeekly.comSingapore’s Government Technology Agency is contributing the source codes of the BlueTrace protocol that powers its contact-tracing app
Ericsson to acquire MC-PTT provider Genaker
News | ComputerWeekly.comSwedish comms tech firm sees acquisition strengthening its ability to meet demands of transforming mission-critical communications and private ...
'Serious' Twitter flaw allows hackers to post on other people's accounts
News | ComputerWeekly.comA vulnerability in Twitter allows hackers to send tweets, private messages, post images or videos, and turn off security features, says British ...
Critical SaltStack vulnerability affects thousands of datacentres
News | ComputerWeekly.comCritical vulnerabilities in the Salt remote task and configuration framework enable hackers to take control of cloud servers and must be patched ...
Nigerian email attacks evolving into credible, dangerous threat
News | ComputerWeekly.comPalo Alto’s Unit 42 reports on Nigeria’s SilverTerrier cyber crime group, which is becoming a highly dangerous threat to businesses worldwide
Nokia launches AI-based operations to help telcos enter the 5G era
News | ComputerWeekly.comCognitive operations designed to help comms service providers transform their network, service and business operations through extreme automation ...
Coronavirus: NHSX enlists military innovation hub for Covid-19 app project
News | ComputerWeekly.comOrganisations will work together to gather and share coronavirus symptom data from third-party tracker apps
Criminals act like nation-state attackers in Russian campaign
News | ComputerWeekly.comSecurity researchers have uncovered evidence of a sustained effort targeting Russian state-owned critical infrastructure companies by financially ...
Security Think Tank: Prevention and detection key to disrupting malware comms
Opinion | ComputerWeekly.comAs attackers begin to use multiple command and control systems to communicate with backdoors and other malware, how can organisations ensure that ...
Covid-19: Chancellor offers further financial support to SMEs
News | MicroScopeGovernment ramping up support for firms struggling with cash flow problems amid the growing impact of coronavirus
Jason Daly
Contributor | TechTargetJason Daly is software-defined storage business development manager for Exertis Hammer.
Huawei extols 2019 as ‘extraordinary’ year
News | ComputerWeekly.comDespite political challenges across the world restricting use of its technology, Chinese comms tech giant posts strong yearly increase in sales and ...
IT Priorities 2020: Digitisation drives IT modernisation growth
News | ComputerWeekly.comIT decision-makers realise that old applications restrict agility. As organisations digitise processes, application modernisation is key
Ericsson scores further 5G RAN win with True Corporation Thailand
News | ComputerWeekly.comThai comms operator engages the Swedish technology provider to enable smooth, fast and cost-effective 5G network evolution in three regions
Coronavirus: iFixit builds resource to support medical technicians
News | ComputerWeekly.comMobile phone DIY repair site is building on the work of Frank’s Hospital Workshop to help medtechs repair ventilators
Microsoft locks down new vulnerability with EternalBlue echoes
News | ComputerWeekly.comMicrosoft has moved to get ahead of a serious remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Server Message Block 3.1.1, which was accidentally ...
Pizza Hut optimises pizza delivery platform during lockdown with data analytics
News | ComputerWeekly.comPizza Hut Digital Ventures has been improving the company’s e-commerce performance before and during the coronavirus crisis
Coronavirus: TSB develops smart agent to help staff during pandemic
News | ComputerWeekly.comTSB took just five days to design and implement a smart digital agent to answer customer questions during the Covid-19 pandemic
UK contact-tracing app developers hit back at effectiveness and privacy doubts
News | ComputerWeekly.comPre-eminent scientists continue to defend NHS contact-tracing app from criticism of its effectiveness and the use of centralised data gathering
NHSX launches Tech Plan vision
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe strategy will see a phased approach to the delivery of digitisation in the healthcare sector, with delivery kicking off this summer
Nokia lights up Rakuten network, flies with Irish Aviation Authority
News | ComputerWeekly.comFinnish tech giant to install photonic networking for new Japanese operator while providing high-bandwidth IP/MPLS network to support air traffic ...
The new future of work
Opinion | ComputerWeekly.comWe may come to stop talking about ‘remote’ working altogether after the coronavirus pandemic. It could become just ‘working’ – part of the normal mix...
Malwarebytes makes MSP programme available
News | MicroScopeSecurity vendor becomes the latest to reach out to the managed services community as a way of increasing its SME business
IT transformation steps pave the path to new ways to work
Opinion | ComputerWeekly.comThe CEO of Difrent discusses how her roles in local and central government have played a role in public sector IT transformation
Coronavirus: SMEs in the UAE forced to digitally transform
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe UAE, like the rest of the world, continues to be heavily impacted by the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic, and technology is helping to lead the ...
Coronavirus: NHS corrals Microsoft, Palantir and Google to hone data analysis
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe NHS has confirmed it is working with Microsoft, Palantir and Google to improve data analysis to make its anti-coronavirus effort more efficient ...
Developed APAC states most exposed to cyber risks
News | ComputerWeekly.comSingapore, South Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand have the highest exposure to cyber risks, but they are also the most prepared to deal with ...
Bounce Back scheme backs £2bn of loans to small firms
News | MicroScopeThe latest attempt by the government to ease the economic pain caused by the coronavirus has kicked off
Australian workers are weakest link in fight against cyber attacks
News | ComputerWeekly.comAbout four in 10 employees are sharing inappropriate data across mobile devices and half of all security incidents in 2019 occurred through ...
Coronavirus: Microsoft Azure suffers datacentre capacity shortages in Europe
News | ComputerWeekly.comMicrosoft is working to “expedite” additional datacentre capacity after reports of users struggling to access resources due to coronavirus demand ...
Unsteady state: Building collaboration, innovation and responsiveness during unprecedented change
Opinion | ComputerWeekly.comThe coronavirus crisis is challenging business and tech leaders in new and unprecedented ways – but the skills developed by successful leaders can ...
Geoff White
Contributor | TechTargetInvestigative journalist Geoff White has covered technology for BBC News, Channel 4 News, The Sunday Times and many others. His exclusives reveal ...
House of Commons commits to digital Parliament
News | ComputerWeekly.comTemporary arrangements will be in place to allow MPs to work remotely, with a project involving the BBC set to implement a more robust solution
Coronavirus: Soaring collaboration app uptake sees home workers clock on for longer hours
News | ComputerWeekly.comNumber of people online during working day more than doubles since end of January and growth in demand for business apps reaches record levels, ...
IT Priorities 2020: AI, cloud to dominate IT spending in India
News | ComputerWeekly.comIndian organisations are expected to spend more on artificial intelligence and cloud this year in a bid gain an edge over rivals through key ...
Traditional banks need to do more than gloss over back-end systems with fintech paint
News | ComputerWeekly.comBanks need to work with fintechs if they are to prosper in the new world, but first they must update their back-end systems
Potential near £70bn boost to British economy from gigabit broadband
News | ComputerWeekly.comResearch shows that delivering ‘Gigabit Britain’ could provide over £50bn gross value added to the economy in five years, growing to £68.8bn in 2030,...
Coronavirus: Cyber criminals may be changing tactics
News | ComputerWeekly.comCyber criminals “may soon shift to heavier exploitation of footholds established through phishing and other scams”, warns Cyber Threat Coalition
Comment tester les API pour améliorer la qualité des applications
Tip | LeMagITLes API exécutent des applications, il est donc essentiel de les tester et ne pas seulement vérifier leur connectivité. Étudiez les basiques pour ...
Covid-19: Let's get through this together
Opinion | MicroScopeThe channel has always been about people at its heart, and as we all struggle to get through the coronavirus crisis, let's not forget to look out for...
Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 51
Podcast | ComputerWeekly.comIn this week’s episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Clare McDonald, Caroline Donnelly and Brian McKenna discuss the Budget, the ...
Netherlands schools harness Apple technology
News | ComputerWeekly.comMost Dutch schools use Windows computers, interactive whiteboards and Chromebooks, but there are a number of pioneers who choose Apple products
Computacenter provides some cheer with robust Q1 trading
News | MicroScopeOne of the first set of numbers to include some lockdown trading has come out of the channel
Coronavirus: UK comms regulator launches national campaign to assist home workers
News | ComputerWeekly.comOfcom, with the backing of government, broadband and mobile industries, launches guide for teleworkers to get the most from connections
Coronavirus: Amazon and eBay failing to stop profiteers, says Which?
News | ComputerWeekly.comDespite promises by both Amazon Marketplace and eBay to crack down on coronavirus-profiteering, a Which? investigation has found plenty of sellers ...
ABB Power plugs into Ericsson 5G tech to increase factory productivity
News | ComputerWeekly.comEricsson gears up for the post-coronavirus world with confidence in 5G and reveals project for its 5G-ready Industry Connect with global leader in ...
A carrot-and-stick approach to fixing cyber security complacency
Feature | ComputerWeekly.comWith a majority of IT decision-makers holding the opinion that their employers are complacent when it comes to data protection, we look at what needs...
When data protection is not enough
News | ComputerWeekly.comOrganisations should take a holistic approach to data protection and cyber security in what the CEO of Acronis deems a “cyber protection” strategy
Smartbox move to Nutanix HCI a catalyst for IT team revamp
News | ComputerWeekly.comGift supplier reorganises IT team structures as Nutanix hyper-converged infrastructure helps sweep away legacy architecture for hybrid cloud and ...
Contact tracing: The privacy vs protection debate
Feature | ComputerWeekly.comThe Covid-19 pandemic has necessitated extreme measures not seen in peacetime for over 100 years. Contact-tracing apps are being developed as a tool ...
The greatest contest ever – privacy versus security
Opinion | ComputerWeekly.comExamining the technical, legal and ethical challenges around the privacy versus security debate
Security Think Tank: ID-driven security helps safeguard the workforce
Opinion | ComputerWeekly.comIn our globalised world, high-profile events such as Covid-19 have huge business impacts and some of these impacts may be felt by CISOs. What ...
Exploring the Nordics’ healthy advantage in leisure tech
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe Nordic region is home to an increasing number of global leisure tech startups