HDS, NetApp and EMC all agree on big data
News | ComputerWeekly.comHDS, EMC and NetApp have all picked up on the same ‘Big Data” theme in recent blogs, but is NetApp struggling to ship enough FAS 3200 units to meet ...
Executive interview: Why Bet365 is going for Golang
News | ComputerWeekly.comIf you face the same challenges as the web giants, why not choose a language developed by Google? We speak to Bet365’s head of sports development
6 data warehouse design mistakes to avoid
Tip | ComputerWeekly.comAlthough difficult, flawless data warehouse design is a must for a successful BI system. Avoid these six mistakes to make your data warehouse perfect.
Lloyds bank on master data management for business integration in M&A
News | ComputerWeekly.comMergers and acquisitions have complicated Lloyds Banking Group's efforts to gain a single customer view through master data management.
Demystifying wardriving: An overview
Tip | ComputerWeekly.comWith companies like Google being criticized for wardriving, this tip aims at decoding the concept and the associated legal implications.
How Google runs its storage and more from the storage blogs
News | ComputerWeekly.comGoogle has posted a paper that outlines its storage architecture, and that’s the choicest morsel in a month when the usual blogosphere protagonists ...
Making your PC fleet green
Feature | ComputerWeekly.comPlanning for your computer fleet to satisfy the increasing need for environmental friendliness isn't as tough as it sounds. Here are five things CIOs...
Secure SDLC best practices
Tip | ComputerWeekly.comWhile focus on technicalities is a given during the SDLC, this tip explains how to secure the SDLC, from the analysis phase right through to ...
Australia’s IT spending set to bounce back in 2021
News | ComputerWeekly.comIT spending in Australia will grow by 4% this year, reversing a decline of 1% in 2020 as organisations seek to grow their digital chops
Ordnance Survey opens up direct, API access to location data for public sector
News | ComputerWeekly.comLocation data made available to public sector organisations via application programming interfaces, reducing data management overheads
Security Think Tank: The year of the work-from-home hangover
Opinion | ComputerWeekly.comAfter a year of unprecedented disruption thanks to Covid-19, it looks like remote working is set to remain with us for now, which means security ...
DHL uses product-level track and trace system for high-value air cargo
News | ComputerWeekly.comLogistics company DHL is one business that uses product level track and trace for high value cargo. OnAsset Intelligence provides sensors and data.
Cyber security complacency puts UK at risk, says NCSC head
News | ComputerWeekly.comNational Cyber Security Centre CEO Lindy Cameron, in her maiden speech in the role, warns of challenges ahead for the UK and sets out the future ...
DWP completes in-house VME replacement project
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe department has taken an in-house approach to swapping its virtual machine environment (VME), getting rid of legacy infrastructure and replacing ...
Viasat checks in with Delta to boost in-air connectivity
News | ComputerWeekly.comUS airline adds next-generation Ka-band satellite technology to mainline fleet to help modernise how passengers stay connected and enjoy content ...
Ingram Micro ends Chinese adventure with $7.2bn sale
News | MicroScopeDistributor Ingram Micro has been picked up by US private equity player Platinum Equity, ending four years under the ownership of the HNA Group
Global media brand ViacomCBS makes AWS preferred cloud partner
News | ComputerWeekly.comAmazon Web Services is continuing to build its customer base in the media and entertainment sector, with ViacomCBS declaring the firm to be its ...
Cyber Aware campaign to help safeguard Christmas shoppers
News | ComputerWeekly.comNew government campaign sets out to raise awareness of online shopping fraud in the run-up to Christmas
Labour urges government to adopt new plan for at-home education
News | ComputerWeekly.comLabour MPs have written to government officials urging them to provide schools and children with the digital provisions necessary to ensure every ...
Post Office IT scandal CEO Paula Vennells jumps NHS ship as pressure mounts
News | ComputerWeekly.comCEO at the centre of the scandal that saw innocent people bankrupted and some sent to prison steps down from NHS role as pressure for her resignation...
PCI DSS compliance checklist for virtualized environments
Tip | ComputerWeekly.comA comprehensive Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance checklist for protection of cardholder data in virtual environments.
Singapore government to boost blockchain adoption
News | ComputerWeekly.comSingapore government unveils S$12m programme to promote development and adoption of blockchain applications beyond financial services
Qualcomm appoints new CEO
News | ComputerWeekly.comClaiming validation of its business model and leadership in 5G, the communications chip giant appoints successor to retiring chief executive with ...
Security Think Tank: ‘Legitimate interest’ crucial for vaccine passports
Opinion | ComputerWeekly.comWhat are the security issues and challenges presented by vaccine passports, and how should they be designed and used with ethics and privacy in mind?
Dangerous Trickbot evolves to target UEFI/BIOS firmware
News | ComputerWeekly.comDubbed Trickboot by researchers, Trickbot’s new features enable malicious actors to read, write or even erase UEFI/BIOS firmware
Parler collapse opens door to phishing attacks
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe shutdown of controversial social media site Parler, and the publication of huge amounts of user data scraped by ethical hackers, is giving cyber ...
PizzaExpress parent turns to customer data analytics to target diners
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe Gondola Group of restaurants, which includes PizzaExpress, Ask, Zizzi, Byron and Kettner's, has gone digital with targeted promotions to casual ...
Open source business intelligence: The next big thing?
News | ComputerWeekly.comOpen source business intelligence gains credence as more companies adopt BI and large vendors partner with open source players in an evolving BI ...
Indian BI technology market to grow by 16% in 2011: Gartner
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe Indian BI technology market in 2011 will see a 16% growth over 2010. Read more about the latest BI technology market trends in this Gartner ...
Pennine NHS trust gets new imaging tech
News | ComputerWeekly.comPennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is the first of eight NHS trusts to go live with a Manchester-wide diagnostic imaging project
Agilitas opens Euro logistics hub to sidestep Brexit issues
News | MicroScopeChannel player will have stock in the Netherlands to keep supplying its customers spread across the EU
AWS, Apple and Google bans prompt pro-Trump Parler app to fall offline
News | ComputerWeekly.comFree speech-championing social media site Parler has gone dark for violating Amazon, Apple and Google's terms of service, in light of reports of the ...
Security Think Tank: Time for security teams to learn from Covid
Opinion | ComputerWeekly.comAfter a year of unprecedented disruption thanks to Covid-19, it looks like remote working is set to remain with us for now, which means security ...
HMRC IT PAC rebuke, neurodiversity in focus – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
Podcast | ComputerWeekly.comIn this episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna discuss the recent Public ...
How long until cloud becomes the preferred environment to run HPC workloads?
Feature | ComputerWeekly.comThe high-performance computing market is growing, but enterprises that have already made large investments in on-premise HPC will need to weigh up ...
Yorkshire Building Society migrating application development to improve customer satisfaction
News | ComputerWeekly.comYorkshire Building Society is moving to new application development platform to support the creation of customer-friendly online services
Inside Grab’s DevOps practices
News | ComputerWeekly.comA senior software engineer at Grab offers a peek into the DevOps practices at one of Southeast Asia’s technology unicorns
CrowdStrike backing top partners
News | MicroScopeSecurity player will deepen investment in its top-level partners as it looks to reward those who have invested in the firm
Facebook data leak could be outside scope of GDPR
News | ComputerWeekly.comRegulators may be unable to do much about leaked data on 533 million Facebook users, as it seems to have been stolen before GDPR came into force
Top 10 Australia IT stories of 2020
News | ComputerWeekly.comHere are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Australia IT stories of 2020
ToxicEye malware exploits Telegram messaging service
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe Telegram instant messaging service is being used by malicious actors to manage a remote access trojan called ToxicEye
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Health app myGP adds Covid-19 vaccine passport function
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe new feature is described as the UK’s first NHS-assured Covid-19 certification feature
Codecov supply chain attack has echoes of SolarWinds
News | ComputerWeekly.comSupply chain attack on code auditing service may have compromised the likes of HPE and IBM
UK government reveals new laws to wipe out rural mobile ‘not spots’ and speed up 5G roll-out
News | ComputerWeekly.comLegal measures to eliminate mobile signal blind spots in rural areas designed to create huge opportunities for rural economy and unlock potential of ...
CIO interview: Chris Porter, VP talent acquisition and matching, BP
News | ComputerWeekly.comWith the help of digital technologies and recruitment of data-savvy talent, BP is aiming to become a net-zero business by 2050
Inside a Microsoft Azure datacentre: Cloud giant invites users on server farm virtual tour
News | ComputerWeekly.comSoftware giant wants to give users a ‘tangible view’ of the inner workings of its public cloud through a newly launched virtual tour experience
Unit4 cheers channel momentum
News | MicroScopeFigures for the first quarter reveal that the ERP player has seen triple-digit growth in the value of contracts coming from partners
Met Police chooses Capgemini as strategic IT infrastructure services provider
News | ComputerWeekly.comCapgemini has a history of providing the force with day-to-day technology services, and will now deliver its infrastructure services under the ...
O2 and Vodafone enter UK 5G spectrum trade agreement
News | ComputerWeekly.comLeading UK mobile operators take advantage of new regulations and trade spectrum bands following auction, claiming to have created the UK’s fastest ...
Data Dynamics aims at single view of unstructured data
Feature | ComputerWeekly.comData volume is ballooning, and storage is becoming more disparate, which makes the need for a single platform to manage storage and compliance a key ...
Commentary: We've never met a "thought follower"
News | ComputerWeekly.comA couple of days back, a vendor tried to convince us that their new security consultancy services should be of interest to you, our readers.
Community Fibre ups ante with fibre-based entertainment service
News | ComputerWeekly.comLondon-based fibre altnet uses growing gigabit network to offer first entertainment service based on full-fibre broadband
IR35 private sector reforms: Research highlights lack of preparedness ahead of April 2021 start date
News | ComputerWeekly.comAs the private sector start date for the IR35 reforms looms large, research suggests some companies are still dragging their feet with their ...
Top 10 networking stories of 2020
News | ComputerWeekly.comHere are Computer Weekly’s top 10 networking stories of 2020
Top 10 investigations and national security stories of 2020
News | ComputerWeekly.comHere are Computer Weekly’s top 10 investigations and national security stories of 2020
Top 10 NHS IT stories of 2020
News | ComputerWeekly.comHere are Computer Weekly’s top 10 NHS IT stories of 2020
Top 10 technology and ethics stories of 2020
News | ComputerWeekly.comHere are Computer Weekly’s top 10 technology and ethics stories of 2020
Five million UK households paying £804m more than they should for broadband
News | ComputerWeekly.comSignificant number of UK householders won’t switch broadband networks for fear of losing their connection or the perceived hassle of switching, but ...
Shutting down a botnet, US Government disables Coreflood
News | ComputerWeekly.comCoreflood, a botnet almost ten years old, has been taken down by the FBI and US Department of Justice by obtaining permission to hijack the command ...
Kaspersky claims link between Solorigate and Kazuar backdoors
News | ComputerWeekly.comResearchers say they have found specific code similarities between the Solorigate/Sunburst malware and the Kazuar backdoor, suggesting some ...
Tech key to improving lives of people with rare diseases, says government report
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe UK Rare Diseases Framework will build on advances in genomics and data analysis to improve testing and diagnosis
New Zealand central bank IT system breached in cyber attack
News | ComputerWeekly.comBank is responding to a cyber attack after hackers breached the system of a third-party supplier
Backing up virtual servers vs physical servers
Podcast | ComputerWeekly.comFind out about the differences between backing up virtual servers vs physical servers, best practices in virtual server backup and how to avoid ...
Block vs file for Hyper-V and VMware storage: Which is better?
Feature | ComputerWeekly.comIs block- or file-based storage better for Hyper-V and VMware virtual server environments? The answer depends on the precise needs of your virtual ...
World IPv6 Day coming June 8 - what should you be doing?
News | ComputerWeekly.comOn 8 June, 2011, a number of large networks will offer their content over IPv6 for a 24-hour “test flight”.
Firms balance new tech deployment, security and skills as IT moves past pandemic
News | ComputerWeekly.comSunburst cyber attack rubs salt into the wounds of firms struggling to cope with the new demands on networks in the post-Covid working environment, ...
New contractors appointed to roll out fibre broadband across Devon and Somerset
News | ComputerWeekly.comAirband, Truespeed and Wessex Internet selected to roll out full-fibre networks on behalf of the Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) programme
Ultima CEO talks of digital strategy
News | MicroScopeWith the recent deal for cloud services player Just After Midnight in the bag, Scott Dodds is looking ahead to carving out more digital ...
US court issues Google API with Java ruling
News | ComputerWeekly.comUS Supreme Court rules that specifying an API function call to enable third-party developers to access functionality should not be copyrighted
Ensono and M-Files dip toes in acquisition waters
News | MicroScopeFirms add to the growing number of deals already struck in 2021 as consolidation continues to grip the channel
UK-EU Brexit deal: TechUK sees positive runes on digital and data adequacy
News | ComputerWeekly.comTechUK is giving a cautious welcome to the imminent UK-EU trade deal, seeing positive signs for data adequacy and digital trade
CDDO will assess delivery of government digital projects
News | ComputerWeekly.comGovernment Digital Service boss Tom Read and the government’s Central Digital and Data Office executive director Joanna Davinson reveal next steps ...
Verizon and AWS team on private MEC to bring enterprises an edge
News | ComputerWeekly.comPartnership forged to allow enterprises to deploy a dedicated, private edge compute platform fully integrated with AWS cloud services and Verizon 5G ...
Australia and India team up on critical technology
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe first three projects under a joint research grant programme will focus on developing ethical and regulatory frameworks for quantum computing, AI ...
Grafana Labs switches open source licensing to stem strip-mining tactics
News | ComputerWeekly.comPublic cloud providers have been accused of strip-mining open source products, offering them as managed services, cutting a valuable revenue
Automation, zero-trust, API-based security priorities for EMEA CISOs
News | ComputerWeekly.comReport by FireMon sheds light on buyer behaviour across the EMEA region
Ireland’s datacentre industry launches pro-pollinator plan to boost bee population
News | ComputerWeekly.comHost In Ireland leads efforts to encourage datacentre operators to help boost biodiversity at their sites by making them more hospitable to bees and ...
Cisco pledges $100m to combat climate crisis
News | MicroScopeCisco is keen to promote efforts that will lead to solutions that will help increase sustainability
Met Office prepares for 1.5 million processor, 60 petaflop supercomputer
News | ComputerWeekly.comAzure, Cray supercomputers and Epyc core are the key ingredients inside weather forecasting service’s latest development to improve data
What has a year of home working meant for the DPO?
Opinion | ComputerWeekly.comByron Shirley of The Compliance Space explores how the role of the data protection officer has changed in the past 12 months
SAS launches free data skills programme for job seekers
News | ComputerWeekly.comPro bono data skills programme, in tandem with job placement agencies, has the aim of training 10,000 people
5PRING, Ferrovial challenge UK 5G innovators to lead UK construction ‘revolution’
News | ComputerWeekly.comLeading UK 5G testbed provider announces partnership with global infrastructure operator to understand and assist in the development of the potential...
Five ways to boost systems utilisation in the datacentre
Feature | ComputerWeekly.comDatacentre operators are always looking for ways to cut costs and improve the efficiency of their facilities. Here we ask the experts for their top ...
Tencent Cloud opens Indonesia datacentre
News | ComputerWeekly.comTencent’s Indonesian datacentre is expected to reduce network latency for local enterprises while providing backbone access for Indonesian and global...
Botnet detection through DNS behavior and clustering analysis
Tip | ComputerWeekly.comBotnets are fast emerging as one of the most serious threats to Internet security today. This expert tip looks at how botnets can be detected ...
The power of ICT and its multiplier effect
Feature | ComputerWeekly.comMeet Michael Hedley, National Policy Manager for the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA).
Two-factor authentication alternatives
News | ComputerWeekly.comWorried by the breach at RSA? Here are some two-factor authentication alternatives to consider.
Top 7 anti rootkit software for Windows
Tip | ComputerWeekly.comIt can be quite a tough task to kick out rootkits from infected Windows systems. Our list of top anti rootkit software will prove handy.
Jobs in fintech bounce back after brief lockdown lull
News | ComputerWeekly.comFintechs and payments companies need to make staff recruitment a priority as talent pool shrinks
How the pandemic has affected women in the tech sector
Feature | ComputerWeekly.comThe coronavirus outbreak has created uncertainty across all sectors, but how specifically has it affected women working in the tech industry?
VA/PT technical report writing best practices for pen testers
Tip | ComputerWeekly.comA good technical report is indispensible to vulnerability analysis/penetration testing (VA/PT) exercises. Guidelines on how to write concise VA/PT ...
Business intelligence tool to be deployed at Tata AIG Life
News | ComputerWeekly.comOne of India’s largest private sector insurers, Tata AIG Life plan to deploy a business intelligence tool. Learn what it wants from the new BI tool.
Parler sues AWS for anti-trust and breach of contract after Amazon public cloud ban takes it offline
News | ComputerWeekly.comStricken free speech-championing social media app suggests Amazon’s actions were motivated by a desire to ‘reduce competition’ in the microblogging ...
Wales invests £4.9m in digital services improvement
News | ComputerWeekly.comGovernment funding aims to accelerate the design and delivery of citizen-focused offerings in Wales
VDI technology rollout at Sterlite Technologies reaps rich dividends
News | ComputerWeekly.comSterlite Technologies deployed virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) technology, and was rewarded with cost and energy gains. Here’s how they went ...
The problems of brand association
Opinion | MicroScopeBilly MacInnes wonders whether SolarWinds MSP partners might have been asked some questions over the past few weeks
Database normalization in MySQL: Four quick and easy steps
Tutorial | ComputerWeekly.comNormalization helps in achieving resource optimization with improvements in MySQL database design. Learn about database normalization in MySQL
Metasploit tutorial part 1: Inside the Metasploit framework
Tip | ComputerWeekly.comIn part one of our Metasploit tutorial, learn the framework’s basics, to use it for vulnerability scans and create a simple exploit on a target ...
Build open source business intelligence platform successfully
Tip | ComputerWeekly.comA business intelligence tool without a platform is like a body without a skeleton. Here is how you can build an open source business intelligence ...