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Australia may never be able to create an IT industry like that in the US, but it can lead in cyber security

Apple is to issue a security update for a security vulnerability in iOS 10 that could give hackers access to passwords and other security data

Public Accounts Committee calls on ministry to urgently improve its “inefficient” IT systems to avoid delays to service transformation

Deloitte’s annual study of UK consumer mobile habits reveals that more than 80% of Brits own or have access to a smartphone, and growth is levelling off

Yahoo is likely to have been a victim of its own encryption and security is still poor despite the huge breach that hit the company in 2014, according to security firm Venafi

Airline is the latest Southeast Asian organisation to harness cloud-based software to improve customer services, deploying the Oracle Service Cloud

Yahoo is facing a class action lawsuit that alleges that the internet firm showed a reckless disregard for the security of its users that resulted in a breach affecting half a billion accounts

The CIO at Dubai-based bank Emirates Islamic tells Computer Weekly how IT is supporting the company through industry change

The Console networking platform bypasses the public internet to offer subscribers on-demand, one-to-one connections with cloud providers and other partners.

Financial regulator launches probe after hardware failure in main database led to problems for stock exchange market system

Three CIOs and an executive from collaboration firm Box discuss the global search for diversity in tech, and how gender parity is not the only issue

Software giant talks up its enterprise credentials and heritage, while taking a swipe at its public cloud competitors

At an event in South Africa, Gartner analysts look ahead to an era of mobility that goes beyond apps

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust postpones a number of patients’ operations after its pathology IT systems crash

The recently disclosed Yahoo data breach shows that no business is immune, underlining the need to raise awareness and improve practices, say the organisers of Security Serious Week

Failure to follow standard network security best practice has exposed a Californian investment bank to cyber criminals’ demands

Silver Peak, Versa Networks and Viptela are the latest SD-WAN vendors to launch partnerships and services in a market expected to top $6 billion by 2020.

HP Inc. CTO Shane Wall weighs in on three big macro trends that are shaping the company's long-horizon strategy.

NetApp brings its Ontap 9 operating system and hardware changes to its FAS and all-flash FAS multi-protocol arrays with a range that scales up to tens of petabytes

Microsoft claims field programmable gate array chips are now live in Azure datacentres in 15 countries, as it future-proofs its infrastructure for the rise of big data applications

Computer Weekly's annual search for the 50 most influential people in UK IT is underway – let us know who you would like to nominate for this year's list

Rural fibre broadband supplier Gigaclear has teamed up with Affinity Water Distribution to study the feasibility of using disused water mains as an FTTP delivery mechanism

Oracle’s UK, Ireland and Israel managing director, Dermot O’Kelly takes stock of Open World 2016 and urges CIOs not to reinvent on-premise “accidental architectures” in the cloud

NCSC is due to launch officially on 1 October 2016 and will help the healthcare sector deliver consistent quality of data security

Credit card company Mastercard is investing heavily in digital payments and wants to engage with developers and startups

Government needs to build public trust around sharing of anonymised patient data and nothing will change until public conversation takes place, healthcare event told

Splunk’s CEO Douglas Merritt explains how the organisation has been working to help people both in and outside its organisation to gain the skills needed to use its big data technology

An EC-supported study conducted by InterDigital suggests investment in 5G could generate an annual benefit of €113bn by 2025

In a speech to the Institute of Directors’ annual conference, Greg Clark calls for a major broadband upgrade to support the reinvention of the government’s industrial strategy

NHS Digital set to work closely with National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to boost healthcare sector cyber security capabilities

Canadian firm to focus on a strategy built around software development, including security and applications, and mobile device management

Avere launches C2N hybrid NAS/object storage box that uses touted efficiencies of erasure coding to take aim at claimed drawbacks of clustered NAS rivals like Isilon

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wants to democratise access to big data intelligence across the enterprise through the use of cloud, machine learning and new datacentre chip technologies

Businesses that have products and services based on trust have a significant opportunity to future-proof their business, but those who do not risk being side-lined, a study shows

Amazon Web Services outlines plans to build Paris datacentre region in 2017, as demand for locally hosted cloud services grows

A focus on the board, governance and compliance is distracting many infosec leaders from the real objective of securing data, says John Walker

Privacy International, Liberty and the American Civil Liberties Union are among 10 human rights groups backing a landmark challenge to mass surveillance in the European Court of Human Rights

Tech businesses in Manchester are crying out for better broadband connections, according to a report commissioned by digital connectivity analysts WiredScore

Internet giant outlines next phase of enterprise cloud development, including rolling out machine learning across its portfolio and building out its global datacentre presence

The ICO is working to ensure that the UK's post-Brexit data protection law is progressive, stands up to scrutiny and provides stability, says information commissioner Elizabeth Denham

Government organisation will drive digital and media technology in business, government and society

Stakeholders have criticised the Valuation Office Agency for huge rises in business rates on fibre cables that may affect the cost of broadband services

Information security leadership is about politics, getting a place at the top table and showing what security can do for the business, according to Publicis CISO Thom Langford

AT&T plans to test wireless broadband traveling near power lines; AT&T pushes its online-streaming platform, DirecTV Now; and Yahoo and Verizon weigh the effects of the largest recorded company hack on its deal.