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 ...
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
Why some jobseekers have turned to cyber crime during the pandemic
Feature | ComputerWeekly.comResearch shows that many people have been seeking cyber crime-related work on the dark web, but why?
Tim Westbrook
Contributor | TechTargetSince joining Stone Group in 2018, Tim has strategically led the company’s education and public sector business and continued to drive Stone’s growth...
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
Dorothy Stanley
Contributor | TechTargetDorothy Stanley is an IEEE member.
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 ...
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 ...
Advanced Wireshark tutorial: Packet and network security analysis
Tip | ComputerWeekly.comThis Wireshark tutorial will familiarize you with Wireshark’s advanced features, such as analyzing packets and undertaking packet level security ...
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 ...
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
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
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
Data governance framework seen as bedrock of airline MDM strategy
News | ComputerWeekly.comData governance emerges as a prerequisite for a sustainable, long-term master data management strategy.
How to manage semi-structured data
Feature | ComputerWeekly.comSemi-structured data is here to stay, and it offers the potential for business advantage to companies that handle and analyse it well. Mark ...
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 ...
SAN migration strategy, preparation and execution
Podcast | ComputerWeekly.comLearn what preparation goes into a SAN migration, how to handle the execution of the migration as well as the most difficult challenges, such as ...
August Equity backs fourth MSP
News | MicroScopeFirm continues its strategy to invest in managed service players it believes can become significant in the market
EMC gives Centera a software refresh
News | ComputerWeekly.comEMC has tweaked the software for its Centera archiving system with an emphasis on handling more pieces of data rather than sheer bulk of information ...
Imperva pitches positives of jSonar deal to partners
News | MicroScopeSecurity firm believes it now has more for its channel to offer as a result of its latest acquisition
HMRC warns locked-down freshers of ‘wave’ of tax scams
News | ComputerWeekly.comNew university intake may be being targeted by cyber criminals amid Covid-19 confusion
Regulator wants fintechs to address pandemic financial challenges
News | ComputerWeekly.comUK financial services regulator is supporting fintechs in addressing some of the challenges consumers and small businesses face amid the current ...
Government’s infrastructure strategy says technology is key
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe strategy aims to put innovation and technology at ‘the heart’ of its approach to transforming the country, as government launches new national ...
Cyber crime victims in the Netherlands not reporting offences
News | ComputerWeekly.comDutch victims of online crime rarely report it to the police and when they do, they are often dissatisfied
Microsoft aims to sharpen edge, 5G deployment with Azure for Operators
News | ComputerWeekly.comIT and cloud giant announces partnership programme with telecommunications industry to more effectively enable the roll-out of next-generation ...
Belfast Harbour steams ahead to UK and Ireland’s first 5G private network for ports
News | ComputerWeekly.com5G private network accelerates Belfast Harbour’s ambition to become the world’s best regional smart port, stimulating innovation across transport, ...
TelcoSwitch plans to use funding to boost channel
News | MicroScopeUnified communications specialist TelcoSwitch gains access to a few million pounds in a funding round that should provide more support for its ...
Distribution comes through pandemic year strongly
News | MicroScopeRecord sales and a rapid response to the changing demands caused by the coronavirus pandemic helped the channel get through 2020
DCMS’s Whittingdale: National Data Strategy enters post-consultation phase
News | ComputerWeekly.comMinister for media and data tells TechUK’s Digital Ethics summit that the long-awaited national data strategy has entered a new, post-consultation ...
How intelligent workload management tools can help IT admins cut through cloud complexity
Feature | ComputerWeekly.comIT administrators have to manage an increasingly complex and varied range of application types and IT environments, and intelligent workload ...
British Gas tackles omnichannel customer correspondence
News | ComputerWeekly.comUtility firm hopes to map out customer communications to help deliver a better customer experience and improve the business
Majority of suppliers won’t have software ready for CDS until March
News | ComputerWeekly.comBrexit IT systems are all up and running, but little traffic through the borders means they haven’t yet been put to the test, and in Northern Ireland...
Brexit deal grants UK temporary data adequacy
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe EU-UK Brexit deal has granted the UK temporary data adequacy to allow for the continued flow of data across borders, but the agreement has ...
Intel unifies partner programmes
News | MicroScopeVendor hoping simplicity and increased support in a fresh partner programme will benefit its channel
Children’s learning held back by digital schooling, NAO report finds
News | ComputerWeekly.comChildren’s socio-economic status has affected their experiences with digital learning, and most teachers consider their pupils to be, on average, ...
Performanta snaps up Identity Experts
News | MicroScopeFirm moves for Microsoft gold partner just weeks after landing private equity backing for its growth plans
Eastern Health reports ‘cyber incident’, takes systems offline
News | ComputerWeekly.comAustralian healthcare provider Eastern Health takes IT systems offline as a precaution while it looks into a cyber incident
Which? online banking investigation reveals ‘worrying gaps’ in security
News | ComputerWeekly.comConsumer rights organisation has ranked the security of UK online current account providers
AI Council advises government to do artificial intelligence moonshots
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe AI Council has published a “roadmap” of advice to government in respect of developing a UK state strategy for artificial intelligence, ...
Atos makes move for DXC
News | MicroScopeUnsolicited offer from Atos for its rival could see the creation of a mega solutions provider
Uptime Institute report highlights recruitment issues blighting global datacentre industry
News | ComputerWeekly.comFirst-of-its-kind research into recruitment challenges facing the datacentre industry calls for action to avert a skills crisis developing in the ...
Customers turn to cash as IT issue hits card payments at major supermarkets
News | ComputerWeekly.comIT problem at payment processing company has forced shoppers to resort to cash in Morrisons and Co-op stores
Egregor ransomware arrests confirmed
News | ComputerWeekly.comAuthorities confirm that they have arrested an undisclosed number of cyber criminals associated with the Egregor ransomware
Saudi IT spending to hit $11bn in 2021
News | ComputerWeekly.comSaudi Arabian organisations will spend about $11bn on IT this year, with emerging technologies high on shopping lists
North Korean state attacks legitimate security researchers
News | ComputerWeekly.comThreat researchers specialising in vulnerability research and development appear to be being targeted by a North Korean state-backed group
Achab says ‘Buongiorno’ to UK MSPs
News | MicroScopeItalian distributor sets up shop in Reading with plans to work with managed service providers on this side of the Channel
TelcoSwitch and Charterhouse expanding through acquisition
News | MicroScopeBoth firms have already been in the headlines this month thanks to funding rounds and acquisitions
BT offers unlimited data for remote learning
News | ComputerWeekly.comUK incumbent telco joins campaign to make sure disadvantaged children can get connected as Covid-19 lockdown closes schools and other educational ...
Softcat making progress through first quarter of 2021
News | MicroScopeChannel player issues trading update to cover its progress in the first quarter of its fiscal year
Covid-19’s impact on the retail supply chain
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe Covid-19 pandemic has exposed gaps in the ability of retailers to mitigate supply chain imbalances
Channel round-up: Who's gone where?
News | MicroScopeWe look at more moves taking place across the industry, with some senior appointments being made in the hunt for growth
Small training steps can have big impact on economic recovery
News | ComputerWeekly.comStaff cuts and using IT to drive optimisation are short-term measures and businesses need to reskill their workforce, says Microsoft
Martha Lane Fox: My life in tech
Opinion | ComputerWeekly.comThe internet entrepreneur discusses the role of tech in society, confidence in coding and encouraging young people to embrace technology
NEXTDC debuts carbon-neutral colocation service
News | ComputerWeekly.comAustralian datacentre operator will buy carbon offsets to help organisations reduce their carbon footprint through a new colocation service
Century-old insurer uses low code as digital demands increase
News | ComputerWeekly.comLloyds of London insurance and reinsurance broker Miller breaks from the past by adopting low-code software development platform
UK government aims to prioritise future innovations
News | ComputerWeekly.comGovernment research has been published to enable evidence-based recommendations on emerging technology with greatest impact
Welsh shared electronic record project is far from realising ambition, says auditor
News | ComputerWeekly.comWelsh Community Care Information System roll-out, originally due in 2018, is taking longer and costing more than expected, and the prospect of a full...
BA argues ICO data breach fine down to £20m
News | ComputerWeekly.comInformation Commissioner’s Office levies fine of £20m on British Airways for failing to protect the personal data of hundreds of thousands of ...
Subpostmasters’ complaint about government begins its journey to Parliamentary Ombudsman
News | ComputerWeekly.comGovernment faces scrutiny of its handling of the Post Office IT scandal that destroyed subpostmasters’ lives and livelihoods
Wi-Fi 6 ready for carrier network deployment
News | ComputerWeekly.comWireless standards body reveals successful trial for next-generation Wi-Fi, proven to deliver nearly three times faster than its predecessor and with...
Canalys: Pandemic has created winners and losers
News | MicroScopeAs anyone in the channel serving vertical markets such as hospitality and travel will already know, there have been some real business victims of ...
Consumers find new payment methods during pandemic
News | ComputerWeekly.comNon-cash payments have grown at their fastest rate for a decade and due to Covid-19 restrictions, more people are discovering different ways to pay
Financial Stability Board says it’s time to talk about IT outsourcing risks
News | ComputerWeekly.comInternational organisation that monitors the finance sector asks for the industry to discuss the risks that IT outsourcing brings to the sector
Online kids’ game Animal Jam confirms large breach
News | ComputerWeekly.comCyber criminals have stolen data on 46 million Animal Jam player accounts via a third-party attack
Bharti Airtel taps OpenStack to modernise telco network
News | ComputerWeekly.comIndia’s Bharti Airtel turns to OpenStack to ready its network for emerging technologies such as 5G and edge computing
Sim-swapping crooks targeted celebrities, influencers
News | ComputerWeekly.comEight arrests have been made in England and Scotland in connection with a series of Sim-swapping attacks targeting high-profile victims
Windows 10, Server 2019 users must patch serious zero-day
News | ComputerWeekly.comAnother dangerous zero-day exploit is among 56 vulnerabilities patched by Microsoft in February’s Patch Tuesday update
Top 10 IT security stories of 2018
News | ComputerWeekly.comHere are Computer Weekly’s top 10 IT security stories of 2018
Top 10 public sector IT stories of 2018
News | ComputerWeekly.comIn the year the UK government couldn’t decide if Brexit really meant Brexit, departments continued to struggle with the workload of EU exit ...
Is your BI safe in the hands of ERP vendors?
News | ComputerWeekly.comERP vendors are pitching integration as supreme for BI. But can these ERP vendors hit the ball out of the park?
Thomson Reuters completes large-scale migration of mission-critical workloads to the AWS cloud
News | ComputerWeekly.comThomson Reuters confirms completion of large-scale AWS migration, and outlines the work it is doing to ramp up its use of machine learning within its...
Post Office Horizon and the subpostmasters’ justice fight – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
Podcast | ComputerWeekly.comIn this episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Karl Flinders joins Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald, and Brian McKenna to discuss ...
French regulators fine Google and Amazon over cookie policies
News | ComputerWeekly.comGoogle and Amazon rapped over their use of advertising cookies by the French data protection authorities
Gousto uses PagerDuty to cope with lockdown business boom
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe recipe box startup has seen a huge growth in demand for its products as people shop for online dinners, which put a strain on its helpdesk
Patch Tuesday: Microsoft presents just 58 CVEs for Christmas
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe final Patch Tuesday of 2020 contains 58 fixes, a minnow compared to some recent drops, but many are still of high importance
Eugene Kaspersky
Contributor | TechTargetEugene Kaspersky is a world-renowned cyber security expert and successful entrepreneur. He is co-founder and CEO of Kaspersky, the world’s largest ...
FireEye’s ethical hacking tools stolen in state-backed attack
News | ComputerWeekly.comHacking tools used to conduct red team penetration testing were stolen in the state-backed attack on security firm FireEye
SES beams high-throughput loopback services to US DoD
News | ComputerWeekly.comGovernment solutions division of Luxembourg-based satellite operator uses O3b medium earth orbit constellation to deliver mission-critical ...
EU looks to enter broadband space race
News | ComputerWeekly.comEuropean Union looks to extend communications frontier through consortium examining the design, development and launch of a European-owned ...
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
UK launches fellowship to attract tech talent to government
News | ComputerWeekly.comProgramme jointly run by Number 10 and Government Digital Service will see 10 leaders enlisted to address key challenges in the public sector
$60m Middle East tech fund targets 120 startups
News | ComputerWeekly.comVenture capital fund expects rapid regional technology growth in the post-Covid-19 world
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 ...
Orange unveils plans for French 5G roll-out
News | ComputerWeekly.comTwo years after gaining spectrum for 5G services in its home territory, the mobile network operator reveals first French cities for 5G deployment ...
Nokia claims 5G throughput breakthrough and deploys first SE Asia 5G standalone RAN
News | ComputerWeekly.comFinnish comms tech supplier marks the first 5G standalone RAN sharing network in Southeast Asia, enables M1-StarHub joint venture to gain ...
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 ...
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
Wipro acquires IT units at German wholesalers
News | ComputerWeekly.comGerman wholesaler Metro has sold IT units to Indian IT services company Wipro, as part of a long-term agreement
Security Think Tank: Cyber effectiveness, efficiency key in 2021
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 ...
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 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.
How to stop a DDoS attack after initiation
Tip | ComputerWeekly.comIn this expert response, Nick Lewis explains how to stop a DDoS attack after it has been initiated.
Early stage UK security startups face funding crisis
News | ComputerWeekly.comOverall cyber security funding since the advent of the pandemic is well up, but investment is dominated by safe, later-stage firms while those ...
Managing iPads in enterprise networks
News | ComputerWeekly.comThese days users expect to be able to use their iPads inside the business and as thousands of software vendors release applications for the iOS ...