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UAE bank’s new account is based on a smartphone app that is designed to learn and adopt to customer preferences

In the Netherlands, cloud computing is used by the central bank, large multinationals like Unilever, startups such as WeTransfer, and even a Dutch potato processing plant in China

Organisations in the defence and finance sectors are leading the way in making people a key element of their cyber defences, says human behaviour specialist Jessica Barker

BT’s infrastructure arm, Openreach, has made digital maps showing its duct and pole network infrastructure available to allow other comms services providers to plan new fibre broadband networks

Rapid7's Beardsley and Brown are back with more insight into vulnerability disclosure, the value of bug bounty programs and, of course, IoT.

The much-delayed plan – now expected to be known as the government transformation strategy – is due to be announced by Cabinet Office minister Ben Gummer

Private and public sector step up efforts to close the cyber security skills gap in the face of a global skills shortage

This week's SDN news revolves around SD-WAN. Cato Networks introduces an SD-WAN service which merges networking and security, while Viptela and Riverbed roll out managed SD-WAN announcements.

UK firms urged to consider the risks of non-UK cloud service providers and to encrypt data in the light of another US warrant to access emails held by a US cloud services firm on non-US servers

Mobile network operator Three is to acquire UK Broadband, heralding an expansion into fixed broadband services for the first time

Equinix has hit the acquisition trail once again to snap up the UK business of US modular datacentre provider IO

Up to 96 nano nodes fit in OpenIO's SLS-4U96 chassis. Each ARM CPU manages a single high-capacity disk and a small amount of flash storage for fast metadata access.

Fast food chain is using SAP software to help it better understand its customers and operations

Increasing adoption of cloud-based applications and platforms has been fuelling the growth of cloud services in the Asia-Pacific region

Security validation and metrics are some of the key trends in DevOps this year, according to CA Technologies

While consumers are buying more IoT, the wheels are starting to turn in an industry set for an IoT revolution

US privacy advocates and tech firms push for updated email and cloud privacy legislation that has been approved by the House of Representatives, but still requires approval by the US Senate

Gamma plans to connect 15 datacentres and exchanges around the UK using CityFibre’s long-distance and metro networks

Swedish tax agency signs single supplier contract with digital security firm to provide physical and digital ID cards

Many schools and educational establishments are implementing 3D printing technologies to help with the curriculum, but teachers are struggling to use the technology

In its latest Mobile Visual Networking Index (VNI) report, Cisco says it expects large-scale 5G infrastructure deployments to be well in hand by the end of the decade as more and more data is consumed

The US government says the legal case by the Irish data protection commissioner could have sweeping ramifications for EU-US data sharing and could undermine international co-operation

The SQL Slammer worm returned to take down systems that have been left unpatched for the past 14 years, but experts are unsure if the attacks will continue.

Online food ordering service’s head of corporate ventures explains how helping startups through its accelerator programme helps it to keep in the centre of the food technology ecosystem

Further battle over cloud data privacy is imminent, as a court decides against Google and declines to consider Microsoft's recent appeal victory as precedent.

Corero Network Security's Dave Larson talks with SearchSecurity about how the Mirai botnet attacks have forced companies to change their DDoS mitigation strategy.

Middle East-based organisations are turning to public cloud services, with software as a service driving a major year-on-year spending increase

Yogyakarta State University deploys enterprise-grade Wi-Fi network to ease IT administrative workloads and support more users

High performing UK companies with a high level of cyber security maturity are leading in cyber resiliency, but most have to work on operationalising incident response plans, Ponemon report shows

Investment in UK financial technology companies fell in 2016 because of the uncertainty caused by the Brexit vote

Network suppliers team up to deliver a low-power wide area network to support corporate internet of things deployments in remote areas

Another series of pro-Islamic State hacktivist attacks on NHS websites has underlined the need to harden websites and keep software up to date as attackers exploit a vulnerability in WordPress

The Irish Commercial Court will consider whether privacy protection offered by standard contractual clauses for data transfers to the US from Europe is legally valid

Startup removes storage controller and its CPU from the data path to leverage NVMe’s blistering performance with direct-attached flash storage aimed at the likes of Hadoop and Splunk

Hyperoptic has been selected to deliver FTTP broadband to new-build apartments at Battersea Power Station

British Gas makes the case for datacentre operators to do their bit to close the UK energy supply and demand gap by hooking up their backup power supplies to the National Grid

Almost 60% of teachers have admitted developing unconscious gender stereotypes towards science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) subjects

New Kaminario all-flash array features higher performance and capacity, improves data reduction guarantee to 4:1 and offers faster storage networking options.

Rapid7's Rebekah Brown and Tod Beardsley talk about IoT security issues, including new cars, blaming users for poor implementations and why NAT is the best firewall ever.

Qumulo NAS upgrade allows data to move between quota domains without rewriting the file system. QC360 hardware is a petabyte-scale addition to its QC-Series hybrid disk lineup.

Consumers are still paying over the odds for out-of-contract broadband deals, according to a report from uSwitch

Committee chairman Andrew Tyrie asks government to clarify costs after small businesses estimate price to be significantly higher

The digital head of Mashreq, the UAE's oldest private bank, tells Computer Weekly about his role as half banker, half techie

Australia’s intelligence agency has made four more recommendations after reviewing information assets and systems that require greater protection

Long-awaited strategy aims to change the way government departments and services work though digital technology

All-flash array maker puts Intel Broadwell processors into its controllers to boost I/O performance and increases capacity to multi-petabytes with 3D TLC flash drives

Cardiff University researchers are to monitor Brexit-related hate crime on Twitter with funding from the Economic and Social Research Council

Research from Gartner sees no let-up in drone sales despite increasing regulation

Atos is on course to hit its target of having all core Olympic IT systems in the cloud by next year's Winter Olympics in South Korea

NHS and social care organisations are still unsure of when to share information because of a “confusing” regulatory framework, and the National Audit Office is unimpressed with the progress on health and social care integration

Cancer Research UK used Devicescape’s virtual Wi-Fi network and marketing platform to engage support and drive donations on World Cancer Day

Cabinet Office minister Ben Gummer outlines his ambitious hopes for the new government transformation strategy at its launch

IoT security tops the list of RSA Conference 2017 submissions after IoT devices were abused by threat actors, but the topics experts worry about are much more far-reaching.

SAP has announced an intensification of S/4 Hana cloud delivery, together with an infusion of its enterprise resource planning with artificial intelligence

This week, bloggers look into challenges facing an Avaya networking sale, ZeroStack's launch of automated infrastructure, and discuss the hot topics of this year's RSA Conference.

Data analytics and cyber security are key to Singapore's efforts to build strong digital capabilities

Verizon’s second annual Data Breach Digest provides common scenarios to help organisations improve preparations for, and responses to, the most popular types of cyber attack

The country's first IoT network will offer location tracking, smart metering and smart street lighting services in Phuket and Bangkok

Aftermarket vehicle information company Autodata uses Tibco Mashery to extend its developer platform

Services like rubbish collection, that are usually outsourced, need greater digitisation to join up to council processes

Experts agree the government’s much anticipated transformation strategy is ambitious and on the right path, but needs strong leadership to be achieved

Women’s network Everywoman announces the winners of its 2017 Everywoman in Technology awards, sponsored by FDM

News roundup: F5 virtual server flaw, dubbed Ticketbleed, is similar to Heartbleed. Plus, DHS is considering requiring social media passwords on visa applications, and more.

The NSA contractor accused of stealing elite cyberweapons over the course of 20 years, but his connection to the Shadow Brokers auction of similar hacking tools is still unclear.

Corero Network Security's Dave Larson talks with SearchSecurity about how DDoS defense has changed and why telecom service providers have struggled to keep up with new threats.

US government has “extraordinary access” to private data of non-US citizens around the world, a Dublin court is told

Cisco and Microsoft have worked together in delivering Azure Stack services through Cisco's UCS server. The new product ships in the third quarter.

Rumors have been confirmed that President Trump has fired the White House cybersecurity officer in charge of making sure he and his staff are not hacked.