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Data protection is to remain a key focus for IT security investment for European firms in 2017, but the emphasis is on cloud and mobile security as companies move to these technology platforms

Europol and MasterCard hold a retail cyber attack simulation exercise to raise awareness of the issue and how to respond to attacks, as well as promote information sharing in the sector

Former British diplomat Rob Luke takes up the role of the ICO’s second deputy commissioner in January 2017

ITIL is a best practices framework for running IT that can be applied to organisations of any size, but can sometimes feel top heavy for fast-paced IT-driven initiatives

The London Stock Exchange increases its technology support services operation in Sri Lanka

Global confidence in ability to accurately assess cyber risk has fallen in the past year, but the UK has fallen below the global average

Regulator has made a number of suggestions to make it easier for broadband providers to get access to BT Openreach’s ducts and poles

Aberdeenshire Council has built an estate-wide wireless network covering its schools, libraries and corporate buildings

Colocation giant Equinix hits the acquisition trail once more, as it continues on its quest to expand its global datacentre footprint

The latest breach of millions of user details prompts fresh calls for better security of user data and an alternative to passwords

Google claims to be on course to hit its 100% renewable energy pledge in 2017 by ramping up its acquisition of green power sources

Arista and Brocade have introduced spine and leaf switches. Arista has focused on performance; Brocade has added network automation and visibility.

IoT has been much hyped in Southeast Asia, and organisations in the region are testing the technology's potential

Australia's big banks might not be granted leave to collectively bargain with and boycott Apple over its Apple Pay service

The 2017 Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT Priorities poll suggests the next 12 months will see enterprise IT buyers move to increase the hybrid-readiness of their datacentre facilities

The Department for Transport will make £2.5m available through a series of grants for innovative ideas and technology in the transport sector

Samsung has won the right to a review of the $548m it paid Apple for infringing iPhone patents

Forty companies sign up to apply IBM’s Watson cognitive computing systems to cyber security, but threat intelligence experts caution against total reliance on such systems

Survey results show those with tape are likely to have old tapes, multiple formats, including defunct ones, and no way of knowing what is on them. But tape is still quite cheap for most

Most iOS apps in the enterprise pose potential security risks, according to research by Appthority

The UKtech50 most influential person in UK IT 2016, ARM Holdings CEO Simon Segars, shares his thoughts on the consequences of Brexit, access to skills and the importance of security in a world full of connected devices

Computer Weekly has announced the seventh annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK IT sector

More than half of Apac-based IT decision-makers expect budgets to rise next year and cloud-related projects look the likely destination of the extra money

The UAE is already a leader in areas such as smart city developments, and 2017 looks set to see organisations in the country increase its adoption of other transformational IT

Security researchers are urging ISPs to issue emergency patches for Marai botnet infections after 2,374 TalkTalk routers were linked in a regional botnet

An LSE report produced for Vodafone identifies three key levers that could unlock business productivity in the UK

Cognizant buys the IT operation of one of its customers to gain additional sector and technology knowledge

Administrators should upgrade to the latest version of Microsoft PowerShell and enable extended logging and monitoring capabilities in the light of a surge in related security threats, warn researchers

Durham County, N.C., had a traditional data center. But it also had forward-thinking employees looking at Cisco ACI fabric to lay the groundwork for tech innovation.

Banks in the Nordic region are taking advantage of the Nokia legacy left in Finland

The 2017 Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT Priorities survey shows growing interest in network privacy, security and management, but SDN and NFV are still lagging

After dropping devices to concentrate on mobile device management, Blackberry is poised to take on IoT security under John Chen’s leadership

The adoption of cloud computing in its many guises will be a top priority in the Nordic region in 2017

A background document seen by Computer Weekly outlines details of the forthcoming Government Transformation Strategy

BlackBerry is enabling channel partners to play a consulting and integration role with its newly announced BlackBerry Secure mobile security platform; more news from the week.