Virtual London Tech Week is a sign of the future
News | ComputerWeekly.comLondon Tech week's virtual event is another sign of how the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation
UK leads Europe in net zero venture capital investment
News | ComputerWeekly.comWith the UK leading venture capital investment in net zero enterprises, Tech Nation have launched a new, government-backed scaleup programme to ...
Scottish health bodies accelerate mobile Covid-19 detection technology
News | ComputerWeekly.comScottish regional and national government take the high and fast road to developing contact-tracing technology to assist in preventing further spread...
Oracle takes aim at hyperscalers, eyes VMware workloads
News | ComputerWeekly.comOracle claims it is addressing the limitations of competing services by offering better security controls, consolidated billing and global ...
Jobs in UK tech sector grow 36% since lockdown peak
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe number of advertised roles in digital have increased across the UK in the summer months, according to the government’s Digital Economy Council
UK government needs a joined-up internet policy
News | ComputerWeekly.comGlobal internet firms want government to ensure its new digital strategy has coherent policy and regulatory goals
Three counts on Amdocs to support enterprise business expansion
News | ComputerWeekly.comUK telco taps comms platforms and services technology provider to create modern solutions to challenge rivals and meet the evolving needs of UK ...
Is digital art coming of age under Covid?
News | ComputerWeekly.comIsraeli startup Niio is advancing a digital art platform comparable with Spotify. Is the digital medium for high art coming of age in these Covid ...
Coronavirus: Round-up of free cloud infrastructure services to support enterprises through Covid-19
News | ComputerWeekly.comAmazon, Google, Alibaba and OVHcloud are among public cloud providers offering enterprises, researchers and healthcare free access to services to ...
NHSX partners with Facebook and Accenture for video call device trial during Covid-19 crisis
News | ComputerWeekly.comSocial media firm will distribute the equipment in hospitals, care homes and other healthcare settings
Check Point unearths critical SigRed bug in Windows DNS
News | ComputerWeekly.comSigRed vulnerability is highly dangerous, but is being fixed as part of the July 2020 Patch Tuesday update
IT Priorities 2020: UK business applications investment in AI gathers steam
News | ComputerWeekly.comArtificial intelligence intensifies as an investment area for UK IT buyers, while cloud delivery is coming to ERP as well as other applications
John McArthur
Contributor | TechTargetJohn McArthur advises clients on the hybrid-cloud capabilities of hyperconverged infrastructure, cloud-DR for hyperconverged infrastructure, and ...
Gartner: Build a plan to bring remote workers back to the office
Opinion | ComputerWeekly.comGartner senior research directors Kevin Ji and John McArthur look at how enterprises can plan and strategise for the reopening of workplaces
Check Point uncovers targeted Microsoft Office 365 phishing campaign
News | ComputerWeekly.comOrganised criminal campaign exploited Adobe, Oxford University and Samsung web domains to trick users into giving up their passwords
‘Future-ready’ attributes key to business resiliency beyond Covid-19, says Vodafone
News | ComputerWeekly.comSocial responsibility, sustainability and purpose remain essential as consumers demand clearer commitments, with broadening employer diversity and ...
Building trust in the future of London’s data
Opinion | ComputerWeekly.comSharing data by default could turbocharge London’s potential for radical improvements across the ecosystem, according to London First’s director of ...
Vectra targeting fresh customer base with partners
News | MicroScopeSecurity player has ambitions to make a mark in the mid-market and is looking to its channel to play a part
HMCTS video hearings service scrutinised in LSE report
News | ComputerWeekly.comIndependent evaluation looks at user experience of video functionality for courts and tribunals
ReversingLabs makes over 100 Yara rules publicly available
News | ComputerWeekly.comThreat intelligence specialist is making its IP available on GitHub to support malware hunters in their work
Fujitsu changes approach to training
News | MicroScopeVendor looks to end box-ticking exercise and deliver more customised support for partners
The new normal for collaboration in the new football season
News | ComputerWeekly.comAfter the Covid-19 lockdown cost the 2019/20 football season three months' absence, football is now a whole new ball game. Manchester City’s ...
TechUK lays out proposals for Spring Budget
News | ComputerWeekly.comTrade body TechUK sets out its view on how to accelerate UK growth through technology in its submission to the March 2020 Budget
Challenging times and transformational opportunities for the outsourcing industry
Opinion | ComputerWeekly.comEvery area of the technology sector has been affected by the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic, but the outsourcing industry could be ...
Why now could be the right time to launch a digital bank
News | ComputerWeekly.comLaunching a bank during a global crisis is fraught with risk, but an established customer base, experience, agility and diversification could help ...
Manchester City Council deploys 8x8 to maintain remote services
News | ComputerWeekly.comOne of the UK’s largest local government authorities implements cloud-based communications system to keep critical services running while keeping ...
Executive interview: Toyota’s Melody Ayeli on the significant role of ITAM
News | ComputerWeekly.comMelody Ayeli recently took on the post of chair of the newly formed ITAM Forum. She believes ITAM is crucial for successful IT operations
Agile adoption still in early stages
News | ComputerWeekly.comLess than a quarter of organisations made it past the step of defining their agile approach while more than half are just getting started, study finds
Australian enterprises facing more cyber attacks
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe volume of cyber attacks in Australia jumped from 90% in October 2019 and 81% in February 2019, underscoring the worsening threat landscape in the...
West Midlands 5G, Transport for West Midlands unveil ‘revolutionary’ transport projects
News | ComputerWeekly.comAfter funding award to develop new products and services, comms and travel consortiums will launch 5G-enabled road and rail transport trials across ...
The new age of supply chains post-Covid
Opinion | ComputerWeekly.comSupply chain managers have been predicting the future for years. Now manufacturers are relying on insights to inform their decision-making
Orange and Google Cloud to create data platform to bolster edge computing offerings to enterprises
News | ComputerWeekly.comTelco giant Orange is building on its long-standing technology collaboration with Google Cloud to bolster the range of edge computing services it can...
Unesco launches global consultation on AI ethics
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe United Nations (UN) body opens up public consultation to help experts draft new global framework on artificial intelligence ethics
Global telco 5G network infrastructure spending set to almost double in 2020
News | ComputerWeekly.comResearch firm finds investments in next-generation networks will reach just over one-fifth of total wireless infrastructure spend
Diversity in coding bootcamps
Feature | ComputerWeekly.comCoding bootcamp operators must actively engage with issues of access, diversity and inclusion if they want to stop reproducing the same gendered, ...
Government gives £24m boost to agricultural tech
News | ComputerWeekly.comNine agricultural technology projects are receiving government funding to create more efficient food production and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
DCC Q1 update paints a picture of improving conditions
News | MicroScopeExertis parent updates investors ahead of AGM, with signs of trading performance improving as the weeks progress
Genomics England taps up AWS and Lifebit to create cloud-based Covid-19 research environment
News | ComputerWeekly.comGenomics England is looking to open up collaboration on Covid-19 genome datasets with researchers across the globe with new cloud-based research ...
nullcon 2011 Day Zero: Photo feature
News | ComputerWeekly.comBotnet detection, fuzzing intricacies, Zeus MitMo, VoIP attacks, and more. nullcon Day Zero saw considerable action worth the capture.
US buildings firm saves big on HDDs with Nasuni cloud NAS
News | ComputerWeekly.comAPi Group dumps first-generation file sharing for Nasuni, which allowed it to save ‘hundreds of thousands of dollars’ with standard hardware ...
Environmental concerns set to put brake on future business trips
News | ComputerWeekly.comResearch finds nearly half of UK workers are concerned about the negative environmental impact of business travel, with almost two-fifths actively ...
SonicWall channel can boost revenues through networking play
News | MicroScopeLast week’s launch of switches and branch solution gives some resellers the chance to multiply the money they can make with the vendor
Backblaze takes aim at ‘costly and complex’ AWS cloud storage
News | ComputerWeekly.comBackblaze offers free transfer to its S3-based cloud storage – which it claims costs a fraction of AWS et al – as long as it’s more than 50TB and you...
Atos signs £5m supercomputing deal to support Oxford University-led AI research push
News | ComputerWeekly.comUniversity-led push to accelerate the pace of machine learning and artificial intelligence research in UK enters new phase with the deployment of a ...
TechUK urges government to back emerging digital clean technology sector
News | ComputerWeekly.comTo ensure the UK reaches its climate and decarbonisation goals, TechUK is calling on the government to support the emerging clean tech sector
Google Cloud targets telcos with Global Mobile Edge Cloud
News | ComputerWeekly.comGoogle Cloud announces programme to help telcos address pressures to digitally transform in the face of the rise of 5G, network-centric business ...
EC launches digital identity consultation
News | ComputerWeekly.comEuropean Commission’s consultation will look at revisions to the eIDAS regulation, aiming to improve effectiveness and extend it to the private sector
European court to decide legality of EU-US data sharing in dispute between Schrems and Facebook
News | ComputerWeekly.comA ruling by the European Court of Justice will have ramifications for hundreds of thousands of companies that share data with the US. The case aims ...
Cisco-led consortium eyes up rural UK 5G opportunities
News | ComputerWeekly.comPart government-funded communications project develops first-of-its-kind deployment toolkit for next-generation networks using 5G technologies to ...
Latent demand for fertility tech identified by market study
News | ComputerWeekly.comGlobal investment in fertility tech startups tops $2.2bn over five-year period, with significant growth opportunities going forward due to ...
Councils get funding to build on Covid-19 digital progress
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe latest council funding is intended to ensure continued modernisation in public services delivery
Comms startup Element helps support secure communications during pandemic
News | ComputerWeekly.comWith the huge increase in remote working, Element is using an open, decentralised network to give organisations more control over their communications
StarHub starts 5G commercial trial for consumers and businesses
News | ComputerWeekly.comStarHub customers will be among the first in Singapore to access 5G services which are being delivered through a non-standalone network
CBI: UK needs an immigration and training rethink
News | ComputerWeekly.comFor the UK to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, vast swathes of the population will need retraining – and overseas IT specialists will also be ...
5G security is a concern for most companies
News | ComputerWeekly.comA study has found that decision-makers fear that 5G technology will make organisations more vulnerable to cyber attacks and will raise ...
Datto turns the spotlight on RMM
News | MicroScopeVendor hosts its first MSP Technology Day with remote management the focus
Coronavirus puts brakes on 5G core deployments
News | ComputerWeekly.comResearch firm identifies short- and long-term impacts that global pandemic will have on 5G core and edge networks
Netherlands investigates innovative privacy technology SSI
News | ComputerWeekly.comDutch research organisation is looking into areas where self-sovereign identity technology could be used in society and business
Garmin may have paid hackers ransom, reports suggest
News | ComputerWeekly.comGarmin’s services are coming back online, but the company remains tight-lipped about what exactly happened to it
Helpdesk meltdown due to absenteeism, low morale and increased workload
News | ComputerWeekly.comRemote working has put a strain on the helpdesk, and there is a backlog of unresolved tickets that is taking days to clear
Ducati and Lenovo extend long-standing MotoGP technology deal
News | ComputerWeekly.comDucati and Lenovo have signed another three-year deal that will see the MotoGP team dig deeper into its technology partner's product portfolio in ...
Centrica calls on Vodafone 5G tech to assist delivery of gas storage facility
News | ComputerWeekly.comGas supplier aims to address 1970s problems at Easington storage terminal with 21st century private 5G mobile network solution
Virgin brings gigabit speeds to Glasgow, Leeds and Bradford
News | ComputerWeekly.comCable provider extends gigabit broadband footprint to more than 12 million homes with coverage in Scotland’s largest urban conurbation and West ...
Push voice is the next mobility must-have
News | ComputerWeekly.comPush voice, coupled with mobile email, has the potential to make the smartphone a true mobile office.
Ed Sheeran is not promoting investment opportunities, says NCSC
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe National Cyber Security Centre has issued a new warning after uncovering a series of online scams promoting fraudulent celebrity-endorsed ...
VoIP rush heats up cooling debate
News | ComputerWeekly.comIncreased VoIP adoption is putting pressure on data centres' power and cooling requirements
Priyank Gupta
Contributor | TechTargetPriyank Gupta is a partner at Sahaj Software. He builds distributed systems that operate at scale and is active in open source projects.
Diversity in cyber improving but inclusion needs work, says NCSC
News | ComputerWeekly.comStudy into diversity and inclusion in the cyber security sector has found that diversity is off to a good start, but inclusion is lacking
How Broxbourne is evolving digital transformation beyond Covid-19
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe small town of Broxbourne in Hertfordshire is building on work before and during the pandemic to advance its modernisation agenda
How Infor Nexus is helping to digitalise Asia’s supply chain
News | ComputerWeekly.comInfor’s Nexus unit has been supporting digitalisation efforts in Asia’s supply chain industry before the Covid-19 pandemic, which has accelerated ...
Bayer taps Verizon for global network infrastructure
News | ComputerWeekly.comPharmaceutical giant chooses Verizon to provide software-defined infrastructure to support its future cloud-based business needs
Coronavirus: The pandemic’s impact on tech jobs, now and in the future
News | ComputerWeekly.comFor some, the coronavirus pandemic has meant furloughs and job losses; for others, it has meant expansion and hiring. What impact has the outbreak ...
Panasas launches storage tiering by size instead of usage
News | ComputerWeekly.comDynamic Data Acceleration moves data to media dependent on file size and claims performance advantage over rival as it gets the best out of flash and...
Reports Oracle to enter TikTok bidding war
News | ComputerWeekly.comOracle may be about to make a bid to acquire the US operations of TikTok from its Chinese parent ByteDance, according to the FT
HPE signs 12-month hybrid cloud-focused MoU with UK government
News | ComputerWeekly.comHardware giant becomes the first non-cloud provider to sign preferential pricing deal with government’s Crown Commercial Service, as push to ...
MSSPs the answer for fed-up SOC staff
News | MicroScopeEmployees sitting in security operations centres are showing signs of cracking under increasing pressure
Government should learn lessons from Brexit, says NAO
News | ComputerWeekly.comNational Audit Office report finds government did not plan adequately for Brexit and needs to be better prepared to deal with uncertainty and improve...
NHS hit by thousands of malicious emails at height of pandemic
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe NHS received nearly 30,000 malicious emails at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in March and April
Channel roundup: Who’s gone where?
News | MicroScopeA fresh face is at the helm in the UK&I at IBM, while there have also been moves at Corelight and Adaptiv Networks
INCA calls for added investment in apprenticeships and skills to hit government broadband target
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe Independent Networks Cooperative Association welcomes UK government plans to increase investment in workplace training and apprenticeships to ...
Post Office Horizon IT scandal victims face further battles as government digs heels in
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe government repeats that it won’t pay victims’ legal costs and confirms review into the scandal will not have the power to call witnesses
Avaya extends channel coverage with Telarus
News | MicroScopeComms player builds on existing relationship with North American master agent to work with the channel player to reach resellers in the UK
DBS Bank teams up with AWS on AI skills
News | ComputerWeekly.comSingapore’s DBS Bank is organising an AWS DeepRacer League to equip thousands of employees with skills in artificial intelligence and machine learning
Mayank Prakash takes up CTO role at Tilney Smith & Williamson
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe former global consumer CIO at utility firm Centrica has jumped ship to join wealth management and professional services group Tilney Smith & ...
Security pros face sanctions if they help ransomware victims pay
News | ComputerWeekly.comNew advisory from the US government warns cyber insurance and incident response specialists that they could be skating on thin ice if they help ...
Loan charge: Tax compliance charity demands criminal fraud investigation into scheme promoters
News | ComputerWeekly.comTax compliance think tank TaxWatch is calling for a criminal fraud investigation to be launched into the promoters of disguised remuneration schemes ...
Matt Hancock announces £50m for healthcare AI projects
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe NHS and industry must have a ‘symbiotic’ relationship, says health secretary Matt Hancock as he promises to improve the environment for ...
Alibaba Cloud unveils ‘cloud computer’, delivery robot
News | ComputerWeekly.comAt its annual Apsara conference, Alibaba Cloud debuts a thin-client computer and a logistics robot that can carry 50 packages in one go
John Potts
Contributor | TechTargetJohn Potts is head of DPO, DSAR and breach support at GDPR, privacy and cyber security practice GRCI Law.
Advertisers revolt over Facebook’s inaction on hate speech
News | ComputerWeekly.comSeveral companies plan to pull their adverts from Facebook in protest at its unwillingness to deal with hateful content on its platforms
Viavi introduces 3D geolocation for 5G networks
News | ComputerWeekly.comLooking to ‘command’ 5G infrastructures, network monitoring and assurance technology firm unveils what it claims is first patented 3D 5G geolocation ...
Nordic CIO interview: Brede Nielsen, Avinor
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe Covid-19 pandemic put Avinor’s IT head at the centre of the airport operator's response
Datacentre investment boost as Norway’s government reinstates tax relief
News | ComputerWeekly.comGovernment reinstates datacentre energy tax relief for cryptocurrency mining organisations after investments in the country’s datacentres drops
Kevin Ji
Contributor | TechTargetKevin Ji conducts the insightful solution to Gartner enterprise clients on digital business capability and cloud migration, including digital ...
5 data mining techniques for optimal results
Tip | ComputerWeekly.comFaulty data mining makes seeking of decisive information akin to finding a needle in a haystack. Here are some tips to tweak your data mining ...
Complex security estates hinder incident response
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe more disparate security tools in use in an organisation, the harder it becomes to mount an effective incident response
Zoom U-turns on end-to-end encryption
News | ComputerWeekly.comEmbattled video-conferencing provider Zoom backtracks on previous refusals to provide end-to-end encryption to free users
US Cellular taps Nokia, Ericsson to build out 5G infrastructure
News | ComputerWeekly.comScandinavian comms tech suppliers on board to support US’s fourth largest telco’s journey to next-generation services
Content is king, but context is queen
Opinion | MicroScopeContext is having a major impact on those making the buying decisions as artificial intelligence spreads its reach even further
Five tips to lower S/4 Hana costs
News | ComputerWeekly.comWith budgets being squeezed, how can organisations on SAP ECC reduce the cost of switching to S/4 Hana?