UK issues record data protection fines in the past year

The UK was one of the most active regions for regulatory enforcement action in Europe last year in terms of fines and enforcement notices issued over data protection

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IDG Contributor Network: Why Macs are still having trouble in the enterprise

Dual biometrics may just be the authentication answer we need

Review: Office 365's Delve, Sway and Planner fall flat

Microsoft really, really wants to own all of your office work, so it keeps finding new tools it hopes you will add to your Office 365 portfolio. (All require an Office 365 account to use.) The latest is today’s announcement that its Microsoft Planner mobile app is now available for iPhone and Android phones. Microsoft said on its Office Blog  that current Planner users can use this companion app to view and update their plans on the go. 

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5 essential questions about Andy Rubin's Essential Phone

Openreach switches on G.fast in Scotland

Openreach has turned on new pilot locations for G.fast ultrafast broadband delivery technology in Edinburgh and Glasgow

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Benefits of 5G innovation may outweigh costs for NHS, says top surgeon

The advent of 5G mobile networking could enable new modes of clinical practice that will help bring costs down for the cash-starved NHS

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TfL likely to tender for 4G on the tube

Transport for London is planning to undertake preliminary work on installing 4G mobile networking services on the London Underground in the near future

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WannaCry shows validity of risk-based security, says RSA head

WannaCry and other recent cyber attacks underline the importance of adopting a risk-based approach to security, says RSA president

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Interview: Charles Cameron, director of technology, Centrica

Centrica is in the midst of developing a fully-fledged software business. Its group director of technology and engineering talks to Computer Weekly about the strategy

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Microsoft shakes up Computex with mixed reality showcase

Mixed reality could be the next big boom for PC manufacturers, with several Windows headsets joining Microsoft’s own HoloLens

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Hundreds of sub-postmasters have applied to join IT-related legal action since March

The number of sub-postmasters who claim to have suffered as a result of a faulty Post Office IT system has reached 1,300

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IR35 reforms: NHS revises stance on contractor tax status assessments

National Health Service’s U-turn over IR35 assessments could prompt other public sector bodies to follow suit, say experts

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What happens to IT when global firms retreat

Chrome bug that lets sites secretly record audio and video is not a flaw Google says

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Norwegian bakery chain gets the taste of mobile reporting

Baker Brun, a bakery company in Norway, is modernising its business processes through the latest technologies

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Security Think Tank: Key things to consider to block malicious email attachments

What strategies should organisations follow to block malware attachments which continue to account for two-thirds of malware infections that result in data breaches?

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7 ways to take control of Auto-correct on iPad and iPhone

Why mobile apps management trumps a traditional BYOD strategy

5 myths about digital transformation

Mozilla execs clash over whether Firefox has a future

Shadow Brokers prepares zero-day subscription service

Businesses may face an onslaught of zero-day attacks soon as the group that leaked the NSA exploits used in the WannaCry ransomware attacks prepares to release more stolen code

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Volvo partners Google to develop Android for cars

Car manufacturer and web giant are jointly developing an Android-based in-car infotainment system

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Going postal, IT style

Review: Outlook Groups is now a pain on all platforms

Outlook Groups is supposedly the core of Microsoft’s Exchange-based collaboration experience, integrated in its Outlook email, calendar, and contacts client. It’s meant to provide shared calendars, shared notes, shared files, and shared messages (handled by Outlook as if they were emails) to members of a group—sort of like SharePoint for humans.

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Business chat review: Slack vs. Teams vs. HipChat vs. Yammer

Business chat has come into its own, with Microsoft debuting its Teams system for Office 365 in March and Google promising to deliver Hangouts Chat for G Suite later this year. What had been a market owned by niche technology companies—Slack for its Slack for Teams and Atlassian for its HipChat—suddenly became an arena for the 800-pound gorillas of office software, Microsoft and Google, as they each seek to own the whole collaboration and communications experience within an enterprise.

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7 Slack alternatives worth a look

IDG Contributor Network: Accounting firms keep the status quo, but disruption looms

In an age of uncertainty, now is the time to rethink your outsourcing strategy

Brexit and Trump are not only creating challenges but also opportunities in the outsourcing sector, and outsourcing deals will need to be flexible to exploit them

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ICC brings drones, smart bats and virtual reality to international cricket

International Cricket Council teams up with Intel to transform the cricketing experience for fans and players with drones, smart connected bats and virtual reality

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IDG Contributor Network: Making a business case for Alexa

DevOps practitioners open up about enterprise adoption challenges

Ahead of next week’s DevOps Enterprise Summit in London, practitioners have warned enterprises to stop thinking of DevOps as something only Silicon Valley firms and startups can do successfully

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Construction of Amazon's €1bn Dublin datacentre hit by environmental planning appeal

Amazon's plans to build a €1bn datacentre in Dublin from mid-2017 could be delayed by environmental planning appeal

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Ocado Technology releases on-premise mesh datacentre as open source

To reduce the cost of high-end datacentre servers, Ocado has developed a private cloud that runs on low-end PCs

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IDG Contributor Network: Fastest growing tech skills and certifications in 2017: 30 and 30

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British Airways counts cost of major bank holiday IT system outage

Share price of British Airways' parent company plummets after power supply issue at "local" datacentre grounds flights at Heathrow and Gatwick over the bank holiday weekend

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Why CIO’s must understand Apple’s Neural Engine plan

Answering the WannaCry wake-up call

Because the world is flat now, right?

What iOS 10.3 offers the enterprise

A lot of technical coverage about iOS 10.3 has focused on the introduction of APFS, a new modern file system that will eventually power all Apple products. APFS replaces the decades-old HFS file system that has been a staple for Macs and most other Apple devices. APFS is a key under-the-hood update that improves performance and security, even if it's largely invisible to most users. It's also significant for enterprises in that it does deliver some security advances.

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IT staffing: When to retrain, when to hire fresh

Five ways to cut the risk of Salesforce

Best practices for IT professionals seeking to implement Salesforce’s product portfolio

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US 'might' ban laptops on all international flights & TSA may make you unpack carry-ons

IDG Contributor Network: Self-checkout: What shoppers want to do is rarely what they end up doing

Apple’s iPad gains drag-&-drop and a Finder-like file system

Old is the new New

Meet ADP's 'business anthropologist,' putting human thought behind chatbots

Tech VCs, at Churchill Club, predict an edgy future

Get ready for the coming business travel crisis

Understanding the economic value of your personal data

Your personal data is worthless – it's only when it's processed by the Facebooks or Googles of this world that it has business value

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IDG Contributor Network: News from Epicor’s annual user conference

The Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool has been updated for WannaCry

Security Think Tank: Employees are one of the greatest defences

What strategies should organisations follow to block malware attachments which continue to account for two-thirds of malware infections that result in data breaches?

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People can be strongest link in cyber security, says NCSC

People are often seen as the weakest link when it comes to cyber security, but that must change, says the National Cyber Security Centre

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Swedish government agencies join IT spending benchmarking service

Government agencies in Sweden are using a tool by Apptio to help them gain a better understanding of IT costs

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BDUK broadband roll-out hits 8,000 homes per million pounds spent

The latest government statistics on the progress of the BDUK broadband roll-out has delivered fresh insight into the value for money being offered by the scheme

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Estonian e-Residency programme partners Finnish tech startup

Government’s partnership with fintech firm Holvi aims to provide online business banking services to entrepreneurs who take up eResidency

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EternalRocks author throws in the towel after media attention

Security researcher who discovered worm that could have bigger impact than WannaCry says the author seems to have given up

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Why Apple’s App Store is good business for your enterprise

King Chrome: Microsoft's browsers sidelined on its own OS

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IDG Contributor Network: Eight steps to the GDPR countdown

IDG Contributor Network: The rules of engagement for customer-obsessed organizations

The WannaCry scramble

IDG Contributor Network: Twilio jumps on the serverless bandwagon

How I Use Android: Droid Life founder Kellen Barranger

CBRE: Demand for colocation space in London holds firm in face of Brexit

The latest CBRE quarterly report, charting the performance of the European colocation market, shows demand for capacity in London has so far been unaffected by the triggering of Article 50

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Old foes, new friends: Nordic banks and startups increase collaboration

Banks and startups in the Nordic region are working together to develop new ideas in financial technology

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Mobile users’ expectations are sky high, says Gemalto

Consumers have extremely high expectations for rapid mobile development in the coming years, according to a Gemalto report

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UK businesses urged to prepare for GDPR

With one year to the compliance deadline, the Information Commissioner’s Office has urged UK firms to seize the business benefits of being GDPR-ready

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IT firm gets Scality object storage to boost S3-based offerings

Blue Chip deploys Scality Ring object storage on commodity hardware with S3 connectivity to enable new cloud, backup and archiving product offerings at “a few pence a gigabyte”

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Aggreko powers predictive maintenance with Azure machine learning

Temporary power company moves from reactive to proactive, and now predictive maintenance

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Open19: LinkedIn's bid to lower barriers to open source datacentre tech adoption gathers pace

The Open19 Foundation's mission to create new open industry standards for 19-inch servers continues apace

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Debit card transactions to overtake cash payments, thanks to contactless

The number of payments made using debit cards will exceed the number made by cash three years earlier than expected, as a result of the success of contactless technology

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Security Think Tank: Minimise malware risks through education, process and technology

What strategies should organisations follow to block malware attachments which continue to account for two-thirds of malware infections that result in data breaches?

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GDPR: One year to compliance and opportunity

With a year to go before all companies dealing with European Union citizens’ data have to comply with new EU data protection rules, the focus for many is on compliance, but some believe business should be the top priority

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The growing influence of the CIO

The role of IT leaders has changed radically over the past decade. Today, digital technology is bringing CIOs new opportunities, higher budgets and the chance to make a strategic difference

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Rackspace senior management reshuffle continues with new CEO appointment

Rackspace confirms new CEO appointment, six months after being acquired by private equity house Apollo Global

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IDG Contributor Network: The complexity of password complexity

22 free tools for data visualization and analysis

Here's how Windows 10's rapid release works, and looks

'It's easier than Linux, so what's the problem?'

Is a coding boot camp right for you?

Finding customer data is big hurdle to meeting GDPR right to erasure

Global organisations do not know where customer data is stored and use unreliable data removal methods to erase content, a study shows

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Dubai financial services regulator launches temporary licence aimed at fintechs

Dubai is making it easier for financial technology companies to test out their ideas through a temporary licence

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SAP aligns with Saudi Arabia’s IT transformation agenda

Global software giant SAP sees an opportunity for its wide portfolio in Saudi Arabia as the Middle Eastern country transforms

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Appeals court gives Wikimedia thumbs up to sue NSA for 'Upstream' surveillance

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Iceland IT firm gets Cohesity hyper-converged backup boxes

Thekking scraps ageing IBM and HPE iron for Cohesity hyper-converged nodes with hybrid flash capacity to power deduplication for Veeam backups

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Identity, authentication and authorisation becoming risk-led

Identity management, and authentication and authorisation governance are shifting away from being purely IT initiatives, according to RSA

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Twenty years of online banking has increased financial awareness

Online banking is helping people manage their finances better and reduce their debt as a result

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Apple is testing 5G: Why this matters to the iOS enterprise

Google raises heat on Microsoft with new Chrome bundle for enterprises

Are you sure it's not just in sleep mode?

Interview: Nick Bleech, head of information security, Travis Perkins

Last year Travis Perkins implemented Splunk to help it to respond more quickly to security threats. Now, the business is looking into machine learning and a single customer view

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US retailer Target agrees $18.5m data breach settlement

A breach settlement with 47 US states has taken the cost of the 2013 data breach at retailer Target to more than $220m

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Digital-only business bank gets regulatory approval

The latest challenger bank gets its regulatory approval and puts modern technology at the core of its offering

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BrandPost: What’s Your Strategy to Create a Great Company Culture?

Former NSA chief weighs in on cybersecurity, cyberespionage at ZertoCon

Mobile C-level executives are major risk to business security

C-suite executives logging on to unsecured public Wi-Fi hotspots seem to present one of the biggest security risks to enterprise networks

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How to avoid technical debt in open source communities

Businesses that make use of open source software should dedicate resources to supporting and maintaining the projects their organisations rely on

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How can CIOs drive innovation?

Three steps CIOs can take to help them take the lead in driving innovation in their organisations.

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IDG Contributor Network: Wikileaks reveals potent Windows malware from the CIA

IDG Contributor Network: Tower of power, Apple-branded display promise Mac resurgence

IDG Contributor Network: The value of metadata – the most Instagrammed tourist attractions globally

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IDG Contributor Network: The siren song of Hadoop

Hands on: Android O's most useful features (so far)

Security Think Tank: 10 control areas to mitigate against malware attacks

What strategies should organisations follow to block malware attachments which continue to account for two-thirds of malware infections that result in data breaches?

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ChefConf 2017: How DevOps sets enterprises on course for digital transformation success

To mark the start of the ChefConf 2017 user summit in Austin, Texas, Chef CTO Adam Jacob shares his thoughts on how early DevOps adopters are now on course to become “high-velocity” technology companies

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Racetrack Memory products in five years, says IBM fellow

Millennium Prize winner Stuart Parkin says flash and 2D methods of storage are fatally limited – Racetrack Memory offers 100x the capacity without flash’s wear issues

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Cloud data portability: Obstacles to it and how to achieve it

Cloud providers are very keen to get your data into their systems but sometimes it can be difficult or costly to move it elsewhere. We look at solutions to cloud portability

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Three-quarters of internet of things projects are at risk of failure

At Cisco’s IoT World Forum in London, the network supplier releases statistics suggesting that most IoT projects are at risk of, or doomed to, failure

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How CIOs can drive innovation

Three steps IT leaders can take to help them drive innovation in their organisations

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Economic and political uncertainty drives organisations to rethink IT strategies

CIO job satisfaction reaches a three-year high as organisations hire more IT staff and invest in innovative digital technology

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Almost a quarter of UK and US firms likely to miss GDPR deadline

Some 24% of companies polled in the UK and US expect to miss the GDPR compliance deadline of 25 May 2018

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SAP Leonardo positioned as digital transformation catalyst

SAP’s leadership explains how it has devised Leonardo as a cloud-based product plus services concept for moving organisations beyond mode 1 IT to mode 2, drawing on AI, ML, IoT and blockchain

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Co-ordinating data sources is the key to CRM success

Next-generation customer relationship management requires a data-first strategy

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Apple, iOS, and IBM are transforming retail, one shop at a time

Google I/O: What about Android on Chrome OS?

IDG Contributor Network: Why I’m worried about Microsoft Teams deployment

Samsung Galaxy Book 12: A top 2-in-1 for the enterprise

4 ways blockchain is the new business collaboration tool

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Connecting with work from the road? Here's how to stay safe

EternalRocks worm combines seven leaked NSA attack tools

Hard on the heels of the WannaCry ransomware attacks, a researcher has found a worm that combines four NSA exploits and associated attack tools, including EternalBlue used by WannaCry

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Agile unlocked: Pivotal uses paired programming and PaaS to bolster cloud app development

Digital transformation consultancy Pivotal explains how paired programming, an empathetic work culture and open source PaaS help enterprises achieve their agile software development goals

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5 ways to stop future global malware attacks

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Only 9% of parents want kids to be tech entrepreneurs

Study shows UK parents would prefer their children to have a traditional job such as doctor, teacher or lawyer

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Dutch railway uses IoT to reduce people jams

Railway stations in The Netherlands are monitoring the movement of travellers to manage traffic flow and reduce people jams

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Security Think Tank: Malware is sneaky

What strategies should organisations follow to block malware attachments which continue to account for two-thirds of malware infections that result in data breaches?

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HSBC voice authentication tricked by twins

Twin brothers managed to trick HSBC’s voice recognition security system into giving account access to the wrong person

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Middle East largely unscathed after WannaCry cyber attack

The impact of WannaCry on the Middle East was reduced due to the attack falling on a weekend, but it is a stark warning

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Windows 7 accounts for most WannaCry infections

Statistics show that computers running Windows 7 accounted for the biggest proportion of machines infected with the WannaCry ransomware, while NHS suppliers are blamed for hampering patching by NHS trusts

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IDG Contributor Network: Automation and the end of accounting

Leak: Secret Facebook rules on what violence, self-harm and child abuse can be posted

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IDG Contributor Network: Amazon successfully fights off pricebots

WWDC 2017: 10+ predictions for enterprise IT

Denmark's Spar Nord bank in app dispute with Apple

Danish bank Spar Nord considers legal dispute with Apple over the supplier’s rejection of mobile app

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And that's why we troubleshoot first

For enterprise protection, antivirus software is no longer enough

Antivirus software to protect corporate systems from malware is like a flu shot. You should have it, but it won't likely protect you from every strain of the flu.

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Windows Defender does not defend Windows 7 against WannaCry

Google, A.I. and the rise of the super-sensor

The ransomware epidemic: How to prep for a shakedown

Microsoft does enterprise no favors when it won't explain Windows 10's schedule

McAfee researchers test WannaCry recovery method

Although there is evidence that some victims of the WannaCry ransomware attack on 12 May have paid the attackers, there is no evidence that they are getting their data back

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Manx Telecom streamlines its business with VMware NFV

After deploying an NFV platform to replace its IMS service, Isle of Man-based telco has seen substantial improvements to its business agility and processes

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Command and control communications key to detecting threats

Malware command and control (C&C) communications are key to detecting advanced threats, according to a security researcher

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How to simplify IT integration

Pressure on IT is mounting and point-to-point integration does not scale. Opening up APIs is one of the approaches now being considered

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Interview: Claude Moraes, MEP and EU Civil Liberties Committee chair

Claude Moraes, chair of the European Parliament's Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee shares his views, concerns, reservations about EU-US data transfers, encryption and Brexit

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The Windows firewall is the overlooked defense against WannaCry and Adylkuzz

15 reasons Apple leads the mobile enterprise

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IDG Contributor Network: Who you gonna call?: Getting ready for the next cyber disaster

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Microsoft to open African cloud datacentre region in 2018

Software giant plans to capitalise on business demand for its cloud services in Africa by offering users access to locally hosted Azure and Office 365

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Neustar launches international security council

Sharing information in the face of threats such as WannaCry is crucial for organisations to improve their cyber security capability, according to Neustar, which is making it easier to do

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Why we love HR (special job-offer edition)

CW@50: Vint Cerf on his 'love affair' with tech and what’s coming next

Brits expect driverless cars to outnumber normal cars in 15 years

Survey shows 42% of people think autonomous vehicles will make roads safer, but 46% admit they would not feel safe as a passenger in a driverless vehicle

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WD aims to tame growing data needs with latest enterprise SAS SSD

Echo who? Google just turned Home into a productivity powerhouse

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Cloud provider snubs SAN for StorPool hyper-converged infrastructure

Coreix found costly SAN capex outlays too onerous so opted to build its own hyper-converged infrastructure from StorPool storage software and SuperMicro x86 servers

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Interview: Mark Potter, CTO, HPE

The head of Hewlett-Packard Labs speaks to Computer Weekly about a new era of computing, where memory is no longer a constrained resource

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Half of CIOs have no Brexit plan because of uncertainty

Uncertainty caused by the UK leaving the EU has caused a pause in activity for half of CIOs, while the others are accelerating their digital transformation

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Financial services firms advised to ditch private datacentres and invest in cloud

DTCC whitepaper claims financial services firms that shun cloud are at heightened risk of running into resiliency, security and performance issues.

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Gender pay reporting will encourage parity, says FDM’s Sheila Flavell

IT-focused professional services company FDM has encouraged firms to adopt gender pay reporting after revealing a pay gap of 6% across its firm

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Strong cyber security posture reduces impact of breaches

There is a direct correlation between data breaches and falls in stock prices, but the impact is lighter on companies with good cyber security, a study has revealed

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IDG Contributor Network: Going interstellar with Microsoft Cosmos

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Google Assistant for iPhone: An enterprise perspective

OK then, MOSTLY fine

WannaCry biggest incident to date for National Cyber Security Centre

The WannaCry ransomware attack that started on 12 May 2017 is the biggest single incident that the new UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has faced

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Analytics, automation and AI critical to Cisco’s growth

Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins has been talking about the criticality of analytics and automation technology to the enterprise network

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Smart Dubai works with United Nations on smart cities index

Dubai is becoming a world leader in smart city developments and international organisations want to tap its experience

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Google preps Android for an A.I.-laden future

Windows 10 Redstone: A guide to the builds

Organised crime exploiting new technology

European law enforcement is to focus on collaborating with industry around cyber crime as organised crime groups increasingly exploit new technologies, according to a regional crime threat report

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IBM makes leap in quantum computing power

Apple simplifies Windows 10 installs with support for Creators Update

Windows 10 S is crippleware

IDG Contributor Network: FTC to crack down on bogus ‘tech support’ lines

IDG Contributor Network: When does tech make you money and when does it cost you?

IDG Contributor Network: How technology is transforming New Orleans

IDG Contributor Network: An under-pressure OpenStack gets support from an (in)famous individual

CIO interview: Ibrahim Gokcen, Maersk

The first chief digital officer at Danish shipping giant Maersk tells Computer Weekly how he is taking on the digital challenge

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Bombardier signs $700m IBM cloud deal to support business turnaround efforts

Canadian vehicle manufacturer inks IBM cloud deal to support five-year push to cut costs and improve efficiency

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How will automation affect the IT skills gap?

According to research, automation is putting some job roles at risk, but could it also be the answer to the growing IT skills gap?

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Dell EMC all-flash XtremIO X2 gains I/O boost via software upgrade

Dell EMC’s XtremIO X2 all-flash arrays got a performance jump from ungraded hardware, but the real performance boost comes from changes to the way I/O is dealt with

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Business not taking cyber security seriously enough, says Dido Harding

Most businesses are still not taking cyber security seriously enough, according to the former CEO of TalkTalk, which suffered a major data breach in 2015

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Network testing group builds new playground with Juniper NFV tech

Coloclue, an independent network testing association, is building out its next-generation product network on Juniper’s NFV technology

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London digital sector continues to grow faster than rest of UK

The gap between the number of digital tech firms in London and the rest of the UK is growing

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Startup aims to improve web access for disabled people

Essential Accessibility is on a mission to make online services more friendly to disabled people through a mix of assistive technology and consultancy

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How AI will enhance user experience and boost productivity

We meet the head of Microsoft’s Fuse Labs, Lili Cheng, to find out how artificial intelligence holds the promise to extend computing beyond graphical user interfaces

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Hackers reportedly hold Disney's newest Pirates of the Caribbean film for ransom

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WWDC: Apple’s Kaby Lake MacBook upgrades coming soon

Priorities

It’s time to decide how quantum computing will help your business

The evolution of OpenStack: Where next for the open source cloud platform?

The OpenStack Summit revealed details of how the seven-year-old open source platform is overcoming its growing pains and positioning itself for even greater enterprise adoption

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The UK’s new mayors must think digital

The election of new mayors in devolved regions offers an opportunity to advance digital transformation of local public services

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VMware expands support for Horizon Cloud to include Microsoft Azure

Virtualisation giant strikes up public cloud partnership with Microsoft to support users that want to run their business applications and desktops in Azure

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Sapphire 2017: McDermott declares SAP indirect licensing policy change

At SAP’s annual Sapphire Now conference in Orlando, Florida, CEO Bill McDermott rules out of court charging for static read access in third-party systems

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SAP wants enterprises to learn from their smart devices

Shadow Brokers boasts of more Windows exploits and cyberespionage data

HPE increases ‘The Machine’ memory pool 20-fold

The Machine is HPE’s proof-of-concept next-generation hardware architecture that aims to overcome the limits of today’s IT by using large memory arrays

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IDG Contributor Network: Corvil launches Cara -- Virtual financial markets security analyst

Google launches Cloud IoT Core service for enterprises

BrandPost: Workplace Services: Bringing in the Best People and Giving them a Reason to Stay

2 big asterisks to Google's Android upgrade fix

HPE shows off The Machine prototype without memristors

Users should stay grounded while ERP suppliers take to the cloud

User organisations are advised to keep their heads while suppliers show signs of cloud intoxication

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Customer experience transformation at Macquarie bank brings legacy system retirement as a bonus

Australia’s Macquarie bank builds a data layer on top of legacy IT systems to transform customer experience

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Most younger shoppers want to buy goods directly through social media

Shoppers aged 20 and under are increasingly interested in buying goods directly through social media, as well through subscription-based retail services and voice-activated devices

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Colt extends high bandwidth network into Finland

Network and datacentre provider will expand its high bandwidth IQ Network to Helsinki to offer pan-Eurasian and local connectivity

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Open source for hybrid cloud success: Is it an open and shut case?

Quocirca’s Clive Longbottom ponders whether enterprises need to adopt an open source-first strategy for hybrid cloud success

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Samsung Pay finally hits the UK

Mobile payments app available in the UK nearly two years after its launch

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Toxic data: What it is and how to find it and deal with it

In this podcast, Mathieu Gorge, CEO of Vigitrust, looks at the management of legacy data and how to find and deal with toxic data that could expose your organisation to compliance breaches

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UK government sees collaboration as key to cyber security success

The UK government believes collaboration between the public and private sectors is critical to success in cyber security

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Financial services CISOs prioritise GDPR – but their service providers might not have

Survey shows 52% of CISOs working in the finance sector have made compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation an investment priority

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Lack of skills preventing digital transformation, says 65% of decision makers

Research has found skills gaps in data science, AI and infrastructure management are standing in the way of digital transformation

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Ransomware: Protect yourself with good backup and cloud policies

More ransomware attacks are likely. The best way to protect against them is to have up-to-date in-house backups and to ensure cloud backups are adequately protected and available

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Vodafone sinks to £5.2bn loss

Vodafone has lost billions on its troubled foray into the Indian mobile market

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Apple's Sal Soghoian announces 'Masters of Automation' event

Enterprise smartwatch use is catching on

WannaCry: Sometimes you can blame the victims

Missing protection: Corporate B2B privacy policies

Android could power your next Volvo or Audi

So he's NOT your favorite memory of that job?

The ‘cobots’ are coming. Is your IT team ready?

Qatar’s Milaha Maritime and Logistics upgrades firewall to ensure global network performance

Middle East marine and logistics company has improved its firewall to support global expansion

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Five steps for business after WannaCry cyber attack

WannaCry reveals some important facts about our dependence on the internet and IT

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More than half of consumers trust reviews over retailer advice

Consumers are now more trusting of other customers and product reviews than they are of advice given by retailers

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Global ransomware attack could be long-awaited wake-up call

A failure by many organisations to take cyber security seriously has long been blamed on the lack of a single significant event to shake things up. Does WannaCry fit the bill?

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Why IT needs effective monitoring for cloud applications

IaaS and PaaS free up IT from running day-to-day administration tasks, but the cloud can become a black box, limiting visibility

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WannaCry ransomware attacks won't be the last

At Google I/O, enterprises may get A.I. they can put to work

China pays for Windows XP addiction as 'WannaCry' hits

IDG Contributor Network: Azure Stack and the role of context

WikiLeaks posts user guides for CIA malware implants Assassin and AfterMidnight

IDG Contributor Network: 5 challenges confronting enterprise drones

New WannaCry variant being monitored, DHS official says

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Airport group uses cloud-based software to support insourcing

Manchester Airport Group is using cloud-based ITSM software to support its in-house service

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MPs and peers urged not to use personal email as WannaCry spreads

MPs and peers have been warned not to use personal emails on parliamentary Windows computers in the wake of WannaCry ransomware outbreak

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Attackers have no need of zero-days, breach data shows

Cyber attackers do not have to use previously unseen or extremely sophisticated attacks to bypass defences, analysis of publicly reported breaches in the past year reveals

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Manchester trams halted by communications failure

A communications systems fault at Transport for Greater Manchester halted Metrolink tram services across the city on Sunday 14 May

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7 Ways Apple Watch is already in the enterprise

'Perfect storm' of ransomware and network worm hits unprotected computers globally

IDG Contributor Network: Why design theory should apply to business intelligence

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IDG Contributor Network: Who's hogging the network?

IDG Contributor Network: Walmart.com's transformation: Too little, much too late

The MP3 is dead, long live the MP3

Look, just think of it as unused vacation, OK?

U.S. law allows low H-1B wages; just look at Apple

Businesses urged to apply Windows patch to avert WannaCry attacks

Security advisers are urging organisations to patch their Windows systems to avert a possible second wave of an unprecedented, indiscriminate ransomware attack

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Toys R Us introduces tablets for store staff

Toy and games retailer Toys R Us is trialling the use of tablets for store assistance to provide a better customer service experience

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GDPR: a quick start guide

We look at how UK organisations can prepare for the General Data Protection Regulation

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How Microsoft is extending the benefits of Office 365

There are now over 100 million corporate users of Office 365, which provides a great developer opportunity. We find out why

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Nordea moves staff to Stockholm Fintech Hub

Nordic bank is shifting some of its workforce closer to fintech activity in the Swedish capital

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Patching Windows XP against WannaCry ransomware

Microsoft issues first Windows XP patch in 3 years to stymie 'WannaCrypt'

'Kill switch' helps slow the spread of WannaCry ransomware

Yes, Apple is building a car

Microsoft posts PowerShell script that spawns pseudo security bulletins

IDG Contributor Network: Does Twitter encourage a ‘no filter’ attitude?

Almost three-quarters of tech workers thinking of leaving UK after Brexit

The UK’s decision to leave the European Union has many tech workers in the UK considering a move elsewhere

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IDG Contributor Network: May Patch Tuesday delivers fixes critical Windows 10 exploits

A ransomware attack is spreading worldwide, using alleged NSA exploit

NHS hospitals hit by suspected ransomware attack

Hospitals across England are reporting problems with IT systems and some say it is affecting healthcare treatment

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Five cyber security imperatives for all companies

There are five things all companies should ensure they are doing in terms of cyber security

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IDG Contributor Network: Xero breaks through its glass ceiling: customers, revenue and cashflow

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LinkedIn tip: How to turn off activity broadcasts

FileMaker 16's complex simplicity echoes Apple's enterprise IT strategy

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Investing in networks for the future – regulatory developments

Regulators are increasingly focused on the policy objective of facilitating investment in new network technologies and high-quality broadband services. Angus Finnegan and Saher Ahmed outline some recent developments in this area in the UK and EU

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ICO reports record number of data breaches and fines

The UK privacy watchdog reports that it has dealt with more data breach reports and issued more fines in the past year than ever before

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Mixed reaction to Trump’s cyber security executive order

The latest US presidential executive order on cyber security has been met mainly with praise, but critics say there is nothing really new and takes no decisive action

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Why smart cities need to become smarter about technology

Cities are experimenting with smarter ways to use technologies to improve the life of citizens, but their projects are fragmented. Is there a better approach?

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IDG Contributor Network: Microsoft shares details on the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

3D printing, married to traditional metal casting, could reshape manufacturing

A third of virtual servers are zombies

See, now it's TWICE as cost effective as before!

This Mother’s Day, a look at women in IT

Android smartphones: Which one is right for you?

HPE offers an escape from the aging HP-UX OS -- with containers

Trump's cybersecurity order pushes U.S. government to the cloud

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HPE offers an escape from the aging HP-UX OS via containers

Microsoft now claims half a billion Windows 10 devices

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Amazon's Echo Show could disrupt enterprise-class unified communications

IDG Contributor Network: Wealthsimple scales with its vision of democratizing investment

Cisco adds AI to Spark collaboration platform with MindMeld buy

Cisco plans to use MindMeld’s AI platform to enhance its Spark platform and other enterprise collaboration solutions

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IDG Contributor Network: Device-as-a-service makes device ownership and management a thing of the past

Openreach asks comms providers how to improve broadband access

Openreach is to consult with its communication services provider customers on exploring the case for fibre-to-the-premises broadband and universal coverage

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Made.com trialling real-time chat for customer advice

Online retailer Made.com has partnered with Hero so showroom staff can chat live with online shoppers to help with queries and shopping decisions

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Paymentless retail could be the future, says Barclaycard VP of strategy and innovation

The ideal in-store customer experience would be for payments to be an invisible part of the shopping process, says Barclaycard’s vice-president of strategy and innovation

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New York Philharmonic puts Toscanini archive online for worldwide audience

The New York Philharmonic is digitally archiving millions of documents and making them available online

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BT to cut 4,000 jobs in digital transformation plan

BT is to cut 4,000 jobs as it tries to realign Global Services business for a digital world and recover from a massive corruption scandal

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The quiet power of Android's custom launchers

IDG Contributor Network: 4 key techniques for continuous improvement in corporate innovation

DHS 'likely' to expand laptop ban on flights

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How to manage and use iOS Notifications

The next 5 years in A.I. will be frenetic, says Intel A.I. chief

Microsoft's Emma Watch could help people with Parkinson's

‘So, what do you do?’

Unplug, plug back in. How exciting could THAT be?

Master Class (with video): At GE, digital transformation powers new lines of business

Microsoft shifts to intelligence in cloud and on the edge

Microsoft’s annual developer event in Seattle opened with a focus on AI, IoT edge computing and a new globally distributed database

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London will lose its European tech leadership status because of Brexit

London is at risk of being usurped as the tech capital of Europe because of the UK's impending withdrawal from the benefits of EU membership

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Addison Lee uses common customer transport tech to offer luxury couriering

Addison Lee is well known for being a business-focused private hire firm in and around London, but as competition has increased the firm has refocused its use of tech to provide courier services to customers and retailers

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Allianz researchers working with car makers on cyber security

Allianz Germany is working with the local car manufacturing industry to highlight the vulnerabilities in the electronics systems of vehicles that can be exploited by criminals

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Third party antivirus programs interfere with Windows Defender critical patch

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Desktop 3D printer presages the future of multi-layer circuit board design

Nvidia's Volta-based DGX-1 supercomputer puts 400 servers in a box

IDG Contributor Network: 25 clever gadget and useful gift ideas for your mom

Schools in Alabama warn parents about Blue Whale ‘suicide game’ app

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Apple's iPhone 7 is best-selling, and iPhone 6S most used, analysts claim

Microsoft finally bans SHA-1 certs in IE and Edge

Trump’s ‘hire American’ rhetoric is stalling global IT services sector

The IT services sector is facing an important period as political decisions impact their business models

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Nordic region competes for datacentre dominance

The Nordic region is an attractive region for datacentres as demand for cloud services in the area grows

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Aruba Atmosphere: Businesses at odds with IT departments over IoT

A survey of business and IT leaders conducted for wireless networking supplier Aruba has found a lack of cohesion between departments is affecting IoT usage, confidence levels and security across Emea

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Durham Police to use artificial intelligence to help decide if suspects should be held in custody

Durham Police are to use artificial intelligence to help them decide whether or not to keep suspects in custody

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Dell EMC World brings “bigger, faster, stronger” storage upgrades

All-flash additions plus hardware and software upgrades see platform refreshes across all Dell EMC storage offerings, as well as design changes in Isilon and Xtremio

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Automation can turn tables on cyber attackers

Security defenders should use automation to turn the tables on attackers, according to the CTO of the US Department of Homeland Security

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EnterpriseDB Postgres powers TfL tunnel monitoring

EDB, based on the open source Postgres database, is powering a new monitoring application at Transport for London

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RBS cuts hundreds of UK IT jobs

The Royal Bank of Scotland is cutting hundreds of tech jobs as it prepares for life as a smaller organisation

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Health tips for Unix systems

The reasoning behind Apple's acquisition of Beddit

With security awareness, money talks

Blockchain economy on the horizon

Blockchain technologies will enable many new and disruptive business models than the internet itself, an expert predicts

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Edward Snowden: Closed public cloud platforms risk "disempowering" enterprises

NSA whistleblower tells OpenStack Summit, via video link, that investing in closed public cloud platforms can lead to users parting with more than just their money

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Start-up unveils 3D printer that can build carbon fiber, Kevlar, fiberglass parts

Pulp...er, help fiction

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Blockchain gains momentum in the Middle East

Blockchain is gathering pace in the Middle East, with the United Arab Emirates leading the way

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Hotel booking site Trivago powers collaboration with Dropbox

A Slack group and a workshop day helped Trivago deploy Dropbox for Business to 1300 users

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Aruba Atmosphere: Machine learning to transform networking

At Aruba Atmosphere EMEA in France, delegates learned how the network will incorporate machine learning features in the near future

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Microsoft fixes 55 flaws, 3 of them exploited by Russian cyberspies

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BrandPost: ‘Adulting’ the Right Way: Redefine What It Means to Work and Play

Microsoft fixes remote hacking flaw in Windows Malware Protection Engine

IDG Contributor Network: Is Microsoft in the smartphone business? It depends who you ask

How Google can seriously one-up Amazon's Echo Show

Enterprise alert: Microsoft slates next Windows 10 LTSB release for 2019

Stratasys unveils an assembly line of cloud-controlled robotic 3D printers

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IDG Contributor Network: Adobe continues its march to the cloud

Cognitive security is the future, says Martin Kuppinger

Modern computing capabilities combined with cognitive technology has huge potential for tackling unknown attack patterns and addressing the security skills shortage, says Martin Kuppinger

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Highly skilled professionals at risk of being replaced by computers

Highly skilled jobs will be replaced by artificial intelligence by 2022, says Gartner

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Nexsan Unity goes all-flash but leaves NVMe on the back-burner

Nexsan Unity arrays already have SAN, NAS and file sync and share, and now add all-flash and policy-based archiving, but there’s no NVMe on the roadmap for now

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Large UK businesses increasingly want CEOs to have IT background

More large businesses in the UK want a CEO that has a good understanding of IT

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Brexit yet to dampen fintech recruitment in London

Fintechs are still recruiting in London as large banks start to make plans to move staff to EU countries

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IDG Contributor Network: Suse fronts up -- there’s a method to their (perceived) madness

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This little app shows why Apple’s retail store changes make complete sense

Dell takes Intel's cue on PCs, puts enterprise on top of the agenda

What a Google Fuchsia preview reveals

Leadership for the IT revolution

IT worker who trained H-1B-holding replacement aims for Congress

So it must not be important, right?

Industrial robots are security weak link

OpenStack Foundation hails second coming of private cloud

Enterprises have come to view private cloud as a “toxic” phrase, but new ways and means of building deployments is changing that, according to the OpenStack Foundation and its stakeholders

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OpenStack Foundation slams claims open source cloud platform's days are numbered

OpenStack Foundation executive director Jonathan Bryce dismisses predictions around the impending demise of OpenStack

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Linux Foundation to develop tool for building blockchain business networks

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Google made 7 mistakes updating my Google Wifi router

IDG Contributor Network: 3 innovations the Apple Siri speaker needs to have

Microsoft pulls plug on Windows 10's debut version

Local cost of a Big Mac decides ransom amount for Fatboy ransomware

IoT platform takes apartments into the cloud in Stockholm

Swedish property management company Stockrose is using IoT the Azure cloud to offer its clients 'buildings as a service."

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There are Dutch lessons in breach notification as GDPR approaches

The Netherlands is a pioneer when it comes to legislating around data protection, so GDPR might not be as much of a shock as in other countries.

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Supply chain attack on HandBrake video converter app hits Mac users

Is enterprise tech now driving consumer products?

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15 Apple Watch tricks you’ll want to use

HP to scale up its 3D printer business for use in mass manufacturing

X-37B rocket on secret mission makes a not so secret landing

Patch to fix Intel-based PCs with enterprise bug rolls out this week

IDG Contributor Network: Apparel chains can fight back against Amazon, but it won't be easy

Email, email, in the cloud

Unit4 adds machine learning to services-centric ERP system

Unit4, which majors on business applications software for professional services firms and universities, adds machine learning to its product suite, as announced at a customer event in Rotterdam

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Bridgestone modernizes data center, hauls out 13 tons of copper wire

Barclays launches £10m UK digital safety campaign

Barclays is to lead a £10m campaign against digital fraud as research reveals London, Bristol and Birmingham are scam hotspots, with young adults most at risk

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Why your next business phone will be an Amazon Echo

Asus router warnings on privacy and security

Debenhams data breach underlines need for supply chain security

Data breach at retailer again highlights the importance of data protection and ensuring cyber security standards across an organisation’s entire supply chain, say security commentators

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Crossrail uses cloud software to address challenge of on- and off-boarding contractors

Railway construction company moves to cloud-based IT service management software from ServiceNow as it scales down IT users ahead of project completion

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Understanding analytics and storage performance

Analytics workloads place specific demands on storage. We take a look at the workload profiles of analytics use cases and the storage platforms available to support them

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Cyberspies tap free tools to build powerful malware framework

Do IT certifications still matter?

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Amazon Prime members get an exclusive 20% off of Prey. In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong.

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IDG Contributor Network: Catching up with Adaptive Insights and ruminating over the future

Ex-government privacy advisor calls for 'fundamental review' of Gov.uk Verify identity scheme

Former Cabinet Office privacy group co-chair says the Verify identity assurance programme needs 'honest and fundamental reset'

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Gov.uk Verify and identity assurance - it's time for a rethink

The government's Verify identity platform is not meeting user needs - it's time to step back and review how best to make online identity for public services work

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Govuk-Verify-and-identity-assurance-its-time-for-a-rethink

Gigaclear bags £111m investment to roll out FTTP broadband

Rapidly expanding FTTP broadband altnet has received a new round of funding to accelerate the build rate of its network around the UK and help fund its BDUK commitments

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Lib Dems decry surveillance plans exposed in leaked documents

After the election, the UK government plans to introduce extreme mass surveillance capabilities, according to documents leaked to the Open Rights Group

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SAP goes after world’s largest brewing company in $600m licence dispute

Belgian brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev says it intends to defend “vigorously” against software licensing claims by SAP

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Oracle outlines German cloud datacentre expansion plans

Database software giant claims investment in German datacentres is being fuelled by growing demand for its cloud services in Europe

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How to improve Mac, iPhone & iPad battery life in 26 tips

Microsoft plots changes to Windows 10's release lingo

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C by GE Sol is smarter than the average light

Google Docs phishing scam underscores OAuth security risks

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Microsoft asks Windows 10 Enterprise customers to test new anti-exploit tech

Cybercrime group abuses Windows app compatibility feature

Designing broadband USO extremely complicated, says BSG

The Broadband Stakeholder Group has published a report on the design considerations for the broadband USO laid out in the Digital Economy Bill

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Testing is key to IoT security, says researcher

Building an effective testing process across all elements associated with a product is key to securing the internet of things, according to a researcher in the field

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Centrica acquires data discovery startup Rokitt Astra

Parent company of British Gas has acquired a machine learning company to bolster its data analytics business

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Vodafone selects Mirantis for network virtualisation programme

Mobile network operator will use managed OpenStack based on Mirantis’ open cloud platform as part of its network virtualisation programme

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Sewer maintenance company uses virtual reality for training

Thames Water contractor is recreating working conditions in a sewer to train future employees

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Advertising regulators to crack down on broadband speed claims

Regulators are inviting consumer input on a number of proposals on how broadband is advertised

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CIO interview: Conal Furie, innovations director, Jardine Motors Group

The motor trade is often seen as behind the times in technology, but a lot can be done to improve the customer experience with cutting-edge tech, says motor group’s head of innovations

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Career advice: Moving into DevOps

17 iPad tips and secrets you’ll use

BlackBerry returns with a surprisingly decent business phone: The KEYone (with video)

Agile development an 'IT fad' that risks iterative failure

Agile promises continuous improvement through an iterative process, but without proper checks, project failure is commonplace

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Dynamics 365 joins Azure and Office 365 in Microsoft UK datacentre

Hosting Dynamics 365 with Azure and Office 365 is part of Microsoft’s big cloud upsell

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The supply chain’s growing importance in modern retail

Efficient supply chain management is crucial if retailers are to offer their customers the required shopping experience in today’s complex trading environment

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/feature/The-supply-chains-growing-importance-in-modern-retail

Phishing gets personal with fake Google Docs app

A phishing scam targeting users of Google Docs demonstrates that attacks on personal accounts to steal credentials and other personal data are likely to increase to get around corporate security controls

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Combound uses AI tool to manage customer interactions

Global sales service provider Combound is using a platform with artificial intelligence to support its telephone-based sales teams

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Metropolitan Police to hit massive IT overspend

The Metropolitan Police Service is set to massively overspend on IT as it attempts to improve digital policing

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Facebook revenues, profits and users up in first quarter

Despite a strong first quarter, investors are nervous about the future profitability and growth of Facebook as it indicates it is starting to hit advertising revenue limits

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450418204/Facebook-revenues-profits-and-users-up-in-first-quarter

Locked in by choice: why the city of Rome is championing open source software

The city of Rome is advocating a move from Microsoft to open source. Councillor Flavia Marzano explains why cloud computing has not ended the open source debate

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SpaceX's plan to blanket the world in internet

Sneaky Gmail phishing attack fools with fake Google Docs app

How much do you want it to be?

FAQ: 3D XPoint memory – NAND flash killer or DRAM replacement?

SAP focuses on training young Arab graduates in Middle East

SAP has a raft of initiatives planned in the Middle East which includes a strategy to equip young people and entrepreneurs with the IT skills required as the region transforms.

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Power BI to add Premium service; private dashboard is free no more

Windows 10 S: It's for enterprise, too

IDG Contributor Network: Government systems use ancient OSes, have potential to get hacked

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Google hails end of multi-year enterprise cloud migrations

Google cloud chief, Diane Greene, claims multi-year datacentre migrations are no longer the norm, as some firms are making the move off-premise in weeks or months

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Cognitive security is key to cyber arms race, says KuppingerCole

Cognitive computing technology is an area of artificial intelligence that is expected to help provide businesses with the security tools they need to deal with new and emerging cyber threats

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Barclays Bank opens startup hub in London

Bank aims to support fintech firms in their early stages

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3D XPoint et al to force architecture and software changes

New solid state technologies such as 3D XPoint will be a second tier of memory, bringing change to hardware architectures and software to be rewritten, says SNIA solid state group chair

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Face it: Enterprise cyberattacks are going to happen

Apple likely to cap memory in next iPhones due to DRAM price hikes

IDG Contributor Network: 5 ways A.I. is changing the world of sleep

IDG Contributor Network: 4 considerations for navigating 'innovation antibodies' and 'innovation theater'

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NSA collected 151 million records of Americans' calls, allowed 1,934 to be 'unmasked'

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iPhone slow down hints Apple’s transition has begun

Fake tech support spiders on the world wide web

Fake tech support should be incorporated into security awareness training as it can be a highly effective way to trick employees into granting access to enterprise computer systems

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Fake-tech-support-spiders-on-the-world-wide-web

Mayor of London seeks chief digital officer

Capital’s first-ever chief digital officer will oversee the digital transformation of public services across London

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How government can use digital procurement to spend its way out of Brexit troubles

Better use of the government's purchasing power could help to boost sectors, such as technology, likely to be affected by Brexit

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Apple to return an extra $50bn to investors

Announcement comes as Apple’s shares take a dip on worse-than-expected quarterly results that saw a fall in iPhone sales

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Enterprises predict cloud budget growth will outpace overall IT spend in 2017

451 Research's latest Voice of the Enterprise report suggests enterprise IT buyers are feeling very optimistic about how much money they will get to spend on cloud and hosting technologies in 2017

from ComputerWeekly: All Computer Weekly Content http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450418030/Enterprises-predict-cloud-budget-growth-will-outpace-overall-IT-spend-in-2017

The Internet of messy things

Google's surging Chromebooks will test Microsoft's new Windows 10 S PCs

IDG Contributor Network: Microsoft will separate Edge from OS updates

Surprise! How do you like your new computer?

Mingis on Tech: The on-going H-1B debate (and Facebook Live's fate)

Why online etiquette matters -- and why IT leaders should care

UAE’s Habitat School Ajman upgrades wireless network

School upgrades Wi-Fi network to cope with the increasing amount of academic activity that is conducted online

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