Alan Turing Institute appoints global advisory board to aid digital identity schemes project
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe Alan Turing Institute announces an international advisory board for a project investigating digital identity schemes, with a view to building the...
Deloitte: Cloud, intelligent edge and telemedicine set to accelerate in 2021
News | ComputerWeekly.comGlobal market for intelligent edge computing will expand to $12bn in 2021, with more than 400 million video visits to doctors worldwide across the ...
NSA’s top CVE list a timely reminder to patch
News | ComputerWeekly.comMany of the CVEs detailed on the NSA’s top 25 chart are golden oldies
Security sector broadly backs Boris Johnson’s Cyber Force
News | ComputerWeekly.comSecurity community says the presence of a robust cyber defence force alongside a robust physical one will be vital to the UK’s national security
Five-minute interview: Olen Scott, Aryaka Networks
Feature | MicroScopeIn this interview, MicroScope asks Olen Scott, senior vice-president of worldwide channels at Aryaka Networks, about his life, career and inspirations
Dell boosts as a service approach with Apex
News | MicroScopeVendor reveals details of Project Apex and its plans to provide a more consistent as a service approach for partners
Scottish government unveils strategy for digital planning
News | ComputerWeekly.comScotland’s government has published a document that describes its strategy for the digitisation of the nation’s planning system
Journalists’ FOI bids stayed as court reconsiders freedom of information rights of people outside UK
News | ComputerWeekly.comTribunal questions whether people without a British passport or Britons living overseas are eligible to use the UK’s Freedom of Information Act
The tech sector cannot build back better from the kitchen table
Opinion | ComputerWeekly.comWhile technology has supported the lockdown economy by allowing millions to work from home, the in-person collaboration and shared experience on ...
Government delays digital strategy
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe digital strategy, originally due in autumn 2020, is likely to be published at some point in 2021, and the government is ‘continuing to consider ...
AAT calls on government to re-think the Making Tax Digital exemption threshold
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe Association of Accounting Technicians calls for improvements to HM Revenue and Customs’ Making Tax Digital programme, and says the exemption ...
Banking trade body calls for increased contactless payment limit
News | ComputerWeekly.comUK Finance proposes an increase in the limit on spending using contactless cards
Subpostmasters still in the dark about live Horizon errors
News | ComputerWeekly.comSubpostmasters still not being told about all the known errors in the controversial Post Office branch accounting and retail system that they use
Ericsson claims strong momentum across Africa
News | ComputerWeekly.comSwedish comms tech provider Ericsson bags series of contracts across African continent, highlighting growing footprint in region as communications ...
Port of Felixstowe lands funding for UK government 5G trial
News | ComputerWeekly.comUK’s largest and busiest container port to test the potential of 5G across two use cases: enabling remotely controlled cranes and optimising ...
Scott Ford
Contributor | TechTargetScott Ford is the director of operations at Pronesis Technology Group, a full-service IT firm based in Tampa, Fla.
VMware: Management practices need to adapt to manage remote working
News | ComputerWeekly.comStudy finds distributed working practices – office, home, on the move or hybrid – have proven business and employee engagement benefits, but ...
UK government unveils details of upcoming online harms rules
News | ComputerWeekly.comOnline Harms Bill due early 2021 will introduce GDPR-style fines for technology companies that breach online duty of care rules
How software developers can make more dough
News | ComputerWeekly.comThere are subtle differences across Europe in developer salaries, depending on experience and demand for front-end, full-stack or front-end roles
Channel is key to supporting CyberGRX UK ambitions
News | MicroScopeRisk assessment specialist says partners will play a crucial role in its development in the market
Coronavirus: Managing software development during lockdown
Feature | ComputerWeekly.comThe Computer Weekly Developer Network examines the impact of Covid-19 on the software application development community
Telia takes Ericsson 5G to transform industrial inspection as Project Reindeer runs
News | ComputerWeekly.comNew partnership will benefit Swedish industry by performing livestream industrial inspections via drones, while more details are released on Ericsson...
Challenger bank accessing latest anti-money laundering technology through fintech
News | ComputerWeekly.comChallenger banks works with fintech to support its anti-money laundering efforts
Veeam will extend channel options with Kasten
News | MicroScopeThe addition of container back-up options will give channel partners a wider solution to pitch, according to Veeam’s CTO
SD-WAN keeps Darling Ingredients on the table through Covid-19 pandemic
Feature | ComputerWeekly.comFor some businesses, the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting need to support mass remote working will have accelerated something they began working ...
The ransomware routine: pages from the Secret IR Insider’s diary
Opinion | ComputerWeekly.comThe Secret Incident Response Insider shares behind-the-scenes stories of what really happens after organisations are hit by cyber attacks – and shows...
Kao Data signs AI-focused life sciences startup InstaDeep as a customer
News | ComputerWeekly.comHarlow-based colocation provider continues to build out its roster of HPC and life sciences customers
Channel roundup: Who's gone where?
News | MicroScopeIt’s been another busy week in the personnel departments across the industry
AstraZeneca combines public cloud with NetApp to aid Covid-19 vaccine development and roll-out
News | ComputerWeekly.comAstraZeneca’s global infrastructure services director Scott Hunter lifts the lid on the cloud and datacentre setup underpinning its efforts to bring ...
Virtualisation, automation and network slicing increasing operators’ focus
News | ComputerWeekly.comResearch reveals added pressure on networks in the post Covid-19 world, with access network performance as the primary factor that most impacts ...
North Korean Lazarus Group hackers indicted in US
News | ComputerWeekly.comCharges filed relate to Lazarus Group’s long-running cyber crime spree, including financial theft and extortion, WannaCry malware and the cyber ...
Carhartt shifts old data to the cloud with Komprise
News | ComputerWeekly.comUS-based workwear manufacturer cuts storage costs from $1 to $0.25 per gigabyte as it deploys data management software and shifts old files to ...
Department for Education failed to protect data on millions of children, says ICO
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe Department for Education’s National Pupil Database, which contains millions of items of data on the UK’s schoolchildren, was found to be ...
Lenovo: PCs are far from dead
News | MicroScopeThe shift to home working during the coronavirus has breathed fresh life into the PC market
Sarah Nadwick
Contributor | TechTargetSarah Nadwick’s background in SAP Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) and Information Security sees her work with organisations to ensure their ...
Intel introduces OpenFCoE, offers cheap fibre channel over Ethernet on-ramp
News | ComputerWeekly.comIntel has introduced a new, cheap, way to connect servers to Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) networks, and taken a dig at other FCoE rivals along ...
Singapore to build 5G talent pipeline
News | ComputerWeekly.comSingapore’s telcos will start hiring and training about 1,000 telecoms professionals by year-end to support the deployment of 5G networks
AWS signs three-year UK government cloud deal to help SMEs win more public sector business
News | ComputerWeekly.comPublic cloud giant becomes latest provider to sign MoU with UK government focused on delivering cost savings to public sector cloud buyers, while ...
OVHcloud doubles down on sustainability with carbon reduction pledges
News | ComputerWeekly.comOVHcloud emerges as the latest cloud provider to reinforce its commitment to ensuring the growth of its business does not come at the expense of the ...
Changes for digital government in Theresa May's reshuffle
News | ComputerWeekly.comMatt Hancock takes over as DCMS secretary of state, while Caroline Nokes says goodbye to her role as the minister responsible for digital at Cabinet ...
Focus on cost cutting a danger in digital transformation pitches
News | MicroScopeCustomers might be looking for cost savings but the channel needs to steer the focus onto growth and longer term business benefits
How retailers are using digital to engage with Covid Christmas shoppers
Feature | ComputerWeekly.comChristmas is likely to be different this year because of the pandemic, and there is likely to be an altered shopping experience. So how are retailers...
How does the RAID 5 calculation work?
Answer | ComputerWeekly.comLearn how to determine how much capacity you'll have in a RAID 5 drive configuration.
Quarter of remote workers fail to engage with tech teams
News | ComputerWeekly.comResearch reveals a burgeoning IT-employee divide among the growing ranks of remote workers, but the root causes have yet to be examined fully
Nokia chalks up new Finnish 5G win
News | ComputerWeekly.comGlobal comms tech provider selected by Finnish joint venture to supply 5G radio network equipment including deployment and managed services
How retailers are using tech to cope with changing footfall
Feature | ComputerWeekly.comCustomer behaviour was shifting long before the coronavirus pandemic accelerated the online shopping boom, so what technology are retailers using to ...
Highly unusual hacking attack directly threatens therapy patients
News | ComputerWeekly.comA hacker has directly contacted therapy patients to say their highly personal therapy notes will be put on the internet unless they pay the ransom
Singapore trials beacons to bolster police operations
News | ComputerWeekly.comPolice beacons equipped with video cameras, sirens, floodlights and speakers are being deployed at two parks to improve public safety in a year-long ...
Virgin brings gigabit broadband to London and Northern Ireland
News | ComputerWeekly.comNearly three million homes in UK capital and Ulster gain access to gigabit connections with the next-generation infrastructure now in 45% of Virgin’s...
Inside VMware’s Kubernetes playbook
News | ComputerWeekly.comKubernetes co-creator Joe Beda talks up the evolution of the container orchestration platform and efforts by VMware to help enterprises get the most ...
TCS results signal enterprise readiness to spend on IT after Covid-19 pause
News | ComputerWeekly.comTCS’s financial results signal that enterprises are ready to invest in IT to help them recover from the coronavirus-related business slowdown
Podcast: Data deduplication on primary storage
Podcast | ComputerWeekly.comWhat should a storage administrator know before using data deduplication on primary storage? Eric Burgener, senior analyst and consultant at the ...
Parliamentary PACA Committee slams Gove over Covid-19 data failures
News | ComputerWeekly.comParliamentary Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee publishes report critical of government accountability regarding data behind...
DWP completes migration to hybrid cloud
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe milestone is part of a major insourcing exercise that saw the department move away from monolithic contracts
From front line to back office – how supporting the cyber community keeps the NHS safe
Opinion | ComputerWeekly.comNHS Digital’s chief information security officer describes how the Cyber Associates Network benefits security experts in health and care
Three cyber criminals arrested in Nigerian BEC investigation
News | ComputerWeekly.comProlific cyber criminal gang is thought to have compromised up to half a million victims since 2017
Ryuk attack downs private health provider in major incident
News | ComputerWeekly.comPrivate healthcare provider UHS has been been hit by a major big game hunting cyber attack that infected its systems with the Ryuk ransomware
Huawei battles for market access in Nordics
News | ComputerWeekly.comChinese networking equipment supplier Huawei fights to retain access to potential 5G contracts across the Nordic region
NatWest offers online banking customers free security services
News | ComputerWeekly.comBank responds to a surge in cyber crime targeting users of online banking services
Google Cloud forecasts growth for UK partners
News | MicroScopePublic cloud player shares findings of an IDC study into the growth prospects for those that choose to partner with the vendor
Over two million Brits using open banking
News | ComputerWeekly.comData shows more than two million people in the UK are now taking control of their financial data through open banking
Ooredoo Group expands Ericsson 5G tech agreement
News | ComputerWeekly.comNew agreement promises new functionalities with faster time-to-market and enhancements to the digital experience for people, enterprises and ...
Softcat enjoys strong December and Agilitas sees revenues jump
News | MicroScopeChannel players share details of their recent trading performance, with both revealing that last year was strong
Brexit and risks to data privacy and governance
Opinion | ComputerWeekly.comEY privacy specialists assess the risks to data privacy, protection and governance on the table for businesses, with less than two months until Brexit
Financial services data volumes heighten risk of insider breach
News | ComputerWeekly.comFinancial services organisations hold so much data that it is becoming virtually impossible to safeguard properly against data breaches caused by ...
Virgin Media Business Wholesale shines light on network upgrade opportunities
News | MicroScopeThe shift to home working and operating online has underlined the need for customers to upgrade networking infrastructure, but the channel must ...
Covid-19 sparks boom in Middle East digital payments sector
News | ComputerWeekly.comStubborn cash use could fall in the Middle East after an acceleration in the take-up of digital payments amid the coronavirus pandemic
Fujitsu puts ecosystem platform at heart of channel approach
News | MicroScopeVendor is adding partners to its collaborative platform that launched last month to encourage more cross-channel partnerships
Nokia nabs greater part of BT 5G infrastructure
News | ComputerWeekly.comAs UK incumbent telco continues removing Huawei technology from its network, Finnish comms tech giant scores big
Ethnic diversity, cloud apps for Gen Z, and accountants – 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 workplace diversity in ...
Threat actors becoming vastly more sophisticated
News | ComputerWeekly.comMalicious actors have been busily honing their craft and cyber security incidents are up across the board as a result, according to a Microsoft report
Qualcomm unveils next-generation mesh Wi-Fi networks platform
News | ComputerWeekly.comNew modular architecture designed to bring high-performance, cost-effective Wi-Fi 6E mesh deployment to deliver wireless gigabit speeds throughout ...
MAS offers guidance on mitigating supply chain threats
News | ComputerWeekly.comMonetary Authority of Singapore revises its technology risk management guidelines to help the financial sector guard against supply chain attacks
O-RAN ready to rocket to be worth $47bn by 2026
News | ComputerWeekly.comIndustry analyst predicts rapid expansion for open radio access network over the next six years
Top 10 telecoms and mobile stories of 2020
News | ComputerWeekly.comHere are Computer Weekly’s top 10 telecoms and mobile stories of 2020
Top 10 information management stories of 2020
News | ComputerWeekly.comHere are Computer Weekly’s top 10 information management stories of 2020
Top 10 government and public sector IT stories of 2020
News | ComputerWeekly.comHere are Computer Weekly’s top 10 government and public IT stories of 2020
Barratt enlists UK network leaders to install full-fibre broadband across all new homes
News | ComputerWeekly.comAt a time when the country has never been so dependent on fast and reliable home broadband, leading house builder has teamed with UK broadband ...
Ericsson accelerates 5G mid-band roll-outs with mMIMO, RAN Compute lines
News | ComputerWeekly.comSwedish comms tech provider expands MIMO portfolio and radio access network solutions to enhance network performance with what it claims is optimised...
Conservatives broke data law to racially profile millions
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe Conservative Party acted illegally in collecting data that inferred voters’ ethnicity and religious background, a Select Committee has heard
Finnish IT sector demand increases after months of decline
News | ComputerWeekly.comIT sector in Finland sees small signs of recovery as demand increases after months of Covid-19-related decline
Healthcare digitisation at point financial services was in 1990s
Opinion | ComputerWeekly.comFor all the talk about digitised healthcare, the sector is only where banking was in the 1990s. How can it catch up? Can the Covid-19 pandemic crisis...
Top 10 Benelux IT stories of 2020
News | ComputerWeekly.comHere are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Benelux IT stories of 2020
Scammers impersonating the ACSC on the prowl
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe Australian Cyber Security Centre warns of scammers who are using its name to gain control of personal computers and trick users into revealing ...
CIO interview: Mayank Prakash, CDIO, DWP
News | ComputerWeekly.comOutgoing DWP chief digital and information officer Mayank Prakash looks at challenges and accomplishments during his time at the department, and ...
UK accounts for 45% of Europe’s card fraud as criminals target online transactions
News | ComputerWeekly.comPayment card fraudsters steal €1.5bn, with card-not-present attacks accounting for three-quarters of this sum
Government calls for input into Covid-19 vaccine passports
News | ComputerWeekly.comEvidence gathering exercise will inform the development of the UK’s proposed Covid-19 vaccine passport scheme
KDDI, Orange start engine on connected automotive IoT services
News | ComputerWeekly.comToyota and Mazda to use connected car capabilities for improved customer experience in connected car platform covering 63 European territories
Spanish court to question witnesses over ‘illegal surveillance’ of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe Spanish National Court in Madrid is to hear evidence from information security expert Andy Müller-Maguhn and two lawyers who were subject to ‘...
‘As a service’ a critical part of the Nuvias strategy
News | MicroScopeThe distributor is continuing to develop its services options for resellers in an area of the market that is gaining more attention
ICO wraps up Cambridge Analytica investigation
News | ComputerWeekly.comInformation Commissioner’s Office concludes its investigation into Cambridge Analytica, saying no additional evidence has come to light that would ...
Sky launches new fibre-to-the-home across UK
News | ComputerWeekly.comProvider aims to install fibre to more than seven million UK households by the end of the first quarter of 2021
Cambridge Broadband Networks enhances fixed wireless access offer
News | ComputerWeekly.comAfter corporate identity shift, fixed wireless network system provider reveals next phase of evolution with new partner programme to address growing ...
Bytes signals flotation ambitions
News | MicroScopeChannel player Bytes looks to split from South African owners and go it alone as a public company
Orange Business Services strikes global partnership with AWS to accelerate enterprise cloud take-up
News | ComputerWeekly.comOrange Business Services has followed up its earlier partnerships with Microsoft and Google by signing a similar deal with Amazon Web Services, ...
Cut jobs or cut software spending?
News | ComputerWeekly.comWith little or no growth in IT budgets, IT chiefs will be tasked with cutting costs in 2021. Improving IT asset management can help to avoid job cuts
University of Warwick graduates to BT 5G to accelerate innovation
News | ComputerWeekly.comBT installs UK’s first dedicated public 5G network for the University of Warwick, aiming to bring new opportunities for research and further enhance ...
Nordic countries to develop common digital system
News | ComputerWeekly.comCommon digital platform will help small and medium-sized enterprises across the Nordic region with data sharing
Digital Ethics Summit 2020: governance key to inclusive post-Covid economic recovery
News | ComputerWeekly.comPluralism key to developing and deploying technologies for an inclusive post-Covid economic recovery, according to a panel at Digital Ethics Summit ...
Winners of female-only data hackathon announced
News | ComputerWeekly.comSeveral firms banded together to run a virtual female-only hackathon to encourage data analysts to use Covid-19 data to solve pandemic-related ...