Banks still lack tech skills at the top
News | ComputerWeekly.comBanks have made progress in adding IT knowledge in their boardrooms, but they need more as digital transformation accelerates
Michael Gold
Contributor | TechTargetMichael Gold is an engineering consultant who helps private organisations and government agencies make intelligent technology decisions and assess ...
DBS opens tech academy in skills training drive
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe DBS Future Tech Academy will focus on training the bank’s technologists in three disciplines for a start – site reliability engineering, data ...
Channel roundup: Who's gone where?
News | MicroScopePersonnel moves that will interest the channel at Citrix, Mimecast, CyberGuard Technologies and ITS
Optus to acquire Amaysim, signals decline of MVNO market
News | ComputerWeekly.comOptus’s A$250m acquisition of Amaysim could signal the decline of the mobile virtual network market, according to Venture Insights
Government aims to ‘unleash innovation’ with procurement overhaul
News | ComputerWeekly.comA government greenpaper sets out changes to simplify buying in the public sector and to benefit small and medium businesses
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...
Best practices for (small) botnets
Tip | ComputerWeekly.comYour enterprise might have a strategy to deal with a large-scale botnet attack, but how would you deal with a micro-botnet that knows how to bypass ...
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
Channel leaders cautiously optimistic about 2021
News | MicroScopeChallenges lie ahead, but the importance of technology is clear and steady, according to those responsible for supplying it to customers
Excel is the hammer for too many businesses’ nails
Opinion | ComputerWeekly.comExcel is a fine piece of software, but as Public Health England found out, its ubiquity and ease of use does not make it the ideal tool for every job...
IBM preps for 2021 business split as enterprise hybrid cloud push gathers pace
News | ComputerWeekly.comIBM is set to split in two to form two publicly traded entities, with one focusing on the delivery of hybrid cloud services to enterprises, and the ...
Ofcom tells ISPs to be upfront about better broadband deals
News | ComputerWeekly.comTelecoms regulator is rolling out a range of measures to make the broadband market serve the interests of consumers better
Robots delivering the goods for retailers
Feature | ComputerWeekly.comAmazon is investing in autonomous robot delivery in the UK, adding to pioneering work undertaken by Co-op and Starship Technologies
Care Quality Commission enquiries into IT scandal CEO continue
News | ComputerWeekly.comNHS regulator continues enquiries about the appointment of former Post Office CEO at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust as more damning details ...
Security Think Tank: What you need to know about addressing the doxing threat
Opinion | ComputerWeekly.comThe threat of identity theft via a data breach is heightened with the rise of attacks where ransomware threat actors both encrypt and ransom, and ...
Emotet rated September’s ‘most popular’ malware
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe current resurgence of Emotet is attracting attention as governments issue new warnings and cyber criminals rush to exploit the chaotic US election
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 ...
Contractors claim IR35 reforms pose ‘bigger threat’ to their livelihoods than Covid-19 or Brexit
News | ComputerWeekly.comLatest poll by contractor tax consultancy Qdos suggests freelancers are less concerned about the threat the coronavirus and Brexit pose to their ...
Neil Bennett
Contributor | TechTargetNeil Bennett is the chief information security officer at NHS Digital, responsible for leading its data security centre.
TCS acquires Prudential Financial tech operation unit for free
News | ComputerWeekly.comHot on the heels of its €1 acquisition of Deutsche Bank’s Postbank Systems IT unit, TCS has taken on 1,500 people from the insurance giant’s ...
Tackling multicloud deployments with intelligent cloud management
Feature | ComputerWeekly.comOrganisations are moving to hybrid and multicloud deployments, which complicates software assets tracking and workload management
Government seeks Council of Science and Technology co-chair
News | ComputerWeekly.comCo-chair will be part of the council that advises the prime minister on science and technology policy issues, including sustainable development, ...
Redcentric ends sale discussions without deal
News | MicroScopeMSP Redcentric reveals that discussions with potential suitors have terminated without a sale
DCMS opens talks with private sector on future of digital identity market
News | ComputerWeekly.comDepartment has met with suppliers to discuss plans for a trust framework to show ‘what good looks like’ as it ploughs ahead with digital identity ...
IT Priorities 2020: Budgets rejigged to support 2021 recovery
News | ComputerWeekly.comIT has been essential in helping organisations remain operational. IT chiefs are now considering the IT to drive a sustained business recovery
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
Negotiating the complexities of international transfers of personal data
Opinion | ComputerWeekly.comHow to navigate international data transfers, standard contractual clauses and the impact of Brexit on data protection
Computacenter completes Pivot and BT Services France deals
News | MicroScopeChannel player starts the month with both deals wrapped up and in a position to start contributing to the firm’s performance
Five hyper-converged infrastructure use cases to watch
Feature | ComputerWeekly.comWe look at workloads ripe for hyper-converged infrastructure deployment. These include virtual servers and desktops, SMEs/remote offices, Kubernetes,...
BT expands digital workplace portfolio with Zoom
News | ComputerWeekly.comNew carrier agreement with conferencing provider Zoom designed to allow BT to offer a managed service with integrated networking to ensure optimal ...
Software AG caught in double extortion ransomware hit
News | ComputerWeekly.comData stolen from prominent German software company by Clop ransomware gang appears on the dark web
Regional Covid-19 lockdowns will leave digitally excluded ‘stranded’
News | ComputerWeekly.comCharity calls on government to do more to level up digital skills as it warns that tougher regional lockdowns in the Midlands and the North will hit ...
Finnish government rolls out digital projects to support SMEs
News | ComputerWeekly.comFinland is set to create network of technology hubs that will support SMEs in the country, as well as create links across the EU
Security Think Tank: Tighten data and access controls to stop identity theft
Opinion | ComputerWeekly.comThe threat of identity theft via a data breach is heightened with the rise of attacks where ransomware threat actors both encrypt and ransom, and ...
Making sense of zero-trust security
News | ComputerWeekly.comImplementing zero-trust security is not an easy feat, but enterprises can still get it right if they approach it from a process perspective and get a...
Government gives update on post-Brexit customs systems
News | ComputerWeekly.comCabinet Office’s Border and Protocol Delivery Group provides further clarity on the readiness of the UK’s post-Brexit border IT systems
Dutch government ‘unambitious’ in digital
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe Netherlands has been working at home as much as possible since the outbreak of Covid-19, but its dependence on technology and connectivity does ...
Sustainability is a growing part of the printing pitch
News | MicroScopeThe pandemic has given many customers the chance to consider their strategy going forward
Insight urges customers to examine costs closely before cutting jobs
News | MicroScopeChannel player is concerned customers are laying off IT staff when savings could be made elsewhere in the business
DWS snaps up Giacom
News | MicroScopeCloud marketplace player Giacom sells up to Daisy-owned Digital Wholesale Solutions
Multi-year migration of BBC Online to the cloud 'nearing completion', broadcaster confirms
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe BBC's head of architecture within its Design and Engineering team lifts the lid on the work the broadcaster has done to migrate its BBC Online ...
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 ...
Dodgy browser extensions put social media users at risk
News | ComputerWeekly.comMore than three million users of third-party browser extensions for Instagram, Facebook, Vimeo and others have been infected with malware, according ...
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 ...
Company accused of spying on Assange acted for Ecuadorian Intelligence, says ex UC Global manager
News | ComputerWeekly.comFormer operations chief of UC Global told Spanish Court the company accused of spying on Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London was acting on ...
Lenovo benefiting from strong PC market
News | MicroScopeThis has been a promising year for vendors selling hardware, and Lenovo’s latest quarterly results bear that out
UK telecoms industry gives guarded welcome to Telecommunications Bill proposal
News | ComputerWeekly.comNew legislation aims to provide a basis to strengthen the security framework for technology used in 5G and full fibre networks, including the ...
Zoom, Google Meet, TikTok dominate mobile app downloads in 2020
News | ComputerWeekly.comStudy from leading analytics firm reveals how 2020’s mobile app arena has been transformed through Covid-19, and how the app providers are setting up...
How has the cloud changed life? Let's ask a vendor and channel player
Opinion | MicroScopeThe cloud has changed the way many of us operate, and Nick Booth has gone out to take a closer look via a couple of examples
Defining a cloud journey to deliver business outcomes
Opinion | ComputerWeekly.comHere are six steps to ensuring a journey to cloud is focused on delivering business outcomes
Fintechs take stock amid economic shocks
News | ComputerWeekly.comSurvey reveals that the top priority for 10% of UK fintechs next year will be to survive the double blow of Covid-19 and Brexit
Three options for next year’s IT strategy
News | ComputerWeekly.comCIOs are under pressure to reduce costs, but they also need to modernise applications and help their businesses return to profitability
Remote replication: Comparing data replication methods
Feature | ComputerWeekly.comLearn how remote replication fits into a disaster recovery plan, as well as the various data replication methods available, such as host-based, ...
The UK switches on to mobile contact tracing
Feature | ComputerWeekly.comLong overdue and attracting descriptions ranging from ‘essential’ to ‘cherry on the cake’, the UK’s contact-tracing app is now widely available – but...
5G to fore as Vodafone, Immense join Midlands Future Mobility
News | ComputerWeekly.comUK telco and simulation platform provider join project to accelerate the development of cutting-edge transport technologies
NCSC relaunches SME security guide with home working focus
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe NCSC is issuing an updated version of its guide to security for SMEs, reflecting the long-lasting changes to the world of work seen in 2020
MoD partners playing fast and loose with confidential data
News | ComputerWeekly.comClear spike in data breach incidents at defence partners may reflect better reporting standards, claims MoD
Cooperation between Norway’s security agencies planned following cyber attack on parliament
News | ComputerWeekly.comGovernment seeks to develop enhanced national IT infrastructure with an embedded early warning system and defence shield to protect the IT systems of...
BT brings out RCS business messaging to UK customers
News | ComputerWeekly.comTelco announces that platform based on next generation of rich mobile messaging is now through early-stage pilots and is available for businesses to ...
BCS swaps out VMware for Nutanix AHV
News | ComputerWeekly.comCertified training and migration tools simplify IT industry body’s migration to the Nutanix hyper-converged environment
London’s fintechs continue to attract investment
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe capital’s fintechs continue to attract large volumes of venture capital funds despite the global economic slowdown
Scottish Borders extends CGI outsourcing contract until 2040
News | ComputerWeekly.comCGI will continue to provide the Scottish council’s end-to-end managed IT services until 2040, making it one of the longest extensions in the company...
Policy Exchange calls on government to publish digital ID strategy
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe lack of reliable digital ID services in the UK is limiting the country’s digital infrastructure potential, according to a report on digital ...
Use of abusive stalkerware against women skyrocketed in 2020
News | ComputerWeekly.comRise in the use of malicious stalkerware correlates closely to increased domestic violence during lockdown
Forrester: CIOs must prepare for Brexit data transfer
News | ComputerWeekly.comWith the end of the Brexit transition period just weeks away, multi-national organisations will need to re-evaluate how intercompany data is ...
Sharp Business Systems UK pitches the complete solution
News | MicroScopeFirm is building on last year’s acquisition of Complete IT with plans to provide a more expansive solution to SME customers
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.
ETL tool buying guide
Tip | ComputerWeekly.comWhile procuring an extract, transform, and load (ETL) tool, your considerations should range from data formats, profiling, data quality to meta data ...
David Brook
Contributor | TechTargetDavid Brook is CEO and lead consultant of Turnstone Services, an independent consultancy which offers a unique set of contract management and ...
NHS Scotland taps Check Point to secure Covid-19 data
News | ComputerWeekly.comNHS National Services Scotland is working with security firm Check Point to safeguard its sensitive data in the cloud and support its work on the ...
AWS brings disaster recovery programme to Australia
News | ComputerWeekly.comProject Resilience will offer up to $5,000 worth of credits to public sector and community organisations to offset the cost of storing data on Amazon...
Guide Dogs data strategy navigates path to organisational view
News | ComputerWeekly.comGuide Dogs CIO Gerard McGovern is mapping out a data strategy that is aimed at taking the charity from an individual to an organisational view of data
FireEye and partners release SolarWinds kill-switch
News | ComputerWeekly.comA so-called kill-switch for the dangerous SolarWinds Sunburst attack should allay some user fears, but is not a full fix for the issue
SSE strengthens Scotland’s digital infrastructure with next-generation connectivity
News | ComputerWeekly.comHigh-capacity 100Gbps connectivity services delivered into datacentre intended to future-proof Scotland’s businesses and public sector organisations
Transparency and honesty key to major programmes success, says NAO
News | ComputerWeekly.comMajor government projects often lack underlying data on costs and benefits, and it’s often not clear who is accountable for integration of different ...
Quantum’s ATFS aims to classify and manage unstructured data
News | ComputerWeekly.comQuantum triumvirate now comprises ATFS for file system classification and management, StorNext for high performance with large files and ActiveScale ...
Comms giants flow to edge of Amazon to boost 5G enterprise, industrial applications
News | ComputerWeekly.comVodafone and Verizon announce partnerships with cloud giant to offer edge computing for use cases including autonomous vehicles, security, smart ...
Ramneek Kalra
Contributor | TechTargetRamneek Kalra is an IEEE Member.
Salesforce confirms rumoured Slack acquisition on eve of Dreamforce 2020
News | ComputerWeekly.comSalesforce has announced a $27.7bn stock and cash acquisition of Slack ahead of the virtual iteration of its Dreamforce 2020 event
Accidental heroes: How one scaleup pivoted to cyber
News | ComputerWeekly.comSimeon Quarrie designed his business using virtual reality and interactivity as a tool to tell stories that effect cultural change in enterprise ...
Human error blamed in Welsh Covid-19 patient data leak
News | ComputerWeekly.comPublic Health Wales accepts recommendations of independent probe into data breach that saw PII on 18,105 coronavirus patients leaked
Hackney systems could be unavailable for months, says council
News | ComputerWeekly.comA month after a highly disruptive cyber attack on its systems, Hackney Council is still struggling to get back up and running
Palo Alto Networks opens Australia cloud location
News | ComputerWeekly.comThe cyber security company’s Australia cloud location will address data localisation requirements amid growing adoption of cloud-based security ...
Post Office explanation of IT system outage so vague it is ‘pointless’
News | ComputerWeekly.comPost Office criticised over vagueness of its explanation of the cause of a UK-wide IT failure that saw subpostmasters unable to do business
Operators join UK government’s kids’ mobile access scheme
News | ComputerWeekly.comUK mobile operators join scheme to help families that need access to connectivity to support their child’s learning needs during the latest lockdown,...
Nearly half of firms to increase investments in IoT despite the impact of Covid-19
News | ComputerWeekly.comGartner research finds that a third of companies that have implemented IoT will likely have implemented AI in conjunction, with at least one IoT ...
Space DC eyes Indonesia datacentre market
News | ComputerWeekly.comSpace DC opens first of two datacentres with reliability and green features to tap Indonesia’s growing demand for datacentres
Tech Data launches hardware apprenticeship
News | MicroScopeDistributor plans to offer more support to resellers as staff sign up to increase their technical knowledge
Restore bolsters ITAD market position with CDL buy
News | MicroScopeRecycling and asset disposal specialist continues on its mission to become one of the biggest players in the UK market
HPE to build new Pawsey supercomputers
News | ComputerWeekly.comHewlett-Packard Enterprise has snagged a A$48m deal to deliver a supercomputer for Australia’s Pawsey Supercomputing Centre
NHS completes transition to HSCN
News | ComputerWeekly.comAll 950 NHS, social care, private sector and local authority organisations have migrated from the legacy N3 network to the Health and Social Care ...
Five-minute interview: Gerry Sheldrick, Exclusive Networks Ireland
Feature | MicroScopeExclusive Networks Ireland’s country manager, Gerry Sheldrick, tells MicroScope about his career and ambitions, as well as some insight into what ...
Cisco aims for enhanced engagement with IMImobile acquisition
News | ComputerWeekly.comNetwork technology and solutions giant makes strategic acquisition of cloud communications software and services provider to embed omnichannel ...
The National Institute for Health Research on connecting through cloud to fight Covid-19
News | ComputerWeekly.comAs the research arm for the NHS, the National Institute for Health Research has played a key role in coordinating efforts to find treatments, ...
Leonie Power
Contributor | TechTargetLeonie Power is a privacy specialist who has provided strategic and practical advice on a full range of privacy and data protection issues affecting ...