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At its Universe conference in Nice, Teradata announces an upgrade to its MPP IntelliFlex platform in line with what it says is a fresh flexibility towards customers

The latest files published by WikiLeaks reveal techniques used by the CIA to hide its hacking tools, potentially making it possible to identify the agency’s hacking operations

The cyber security industry has been urged to co-operate with government to protect UK critical national infrastructure from cyber attacks.

Object store specialist packs nearly a TB into 4U of rackspace in appliances with S3 and file access aimed at service providers, media and video surveillance use cases

Red Hat's latest Gluster storage update improves performance, deepens container support and introduces space-saving alternative to three-way replication to ensure data integrity.

Palo Alto Research Center – formerly Xerox Parc – is the home of the modern computer. We speak to its new CEO about innovation

The omni-channel environment of the retail industry is raising customer service expectations, but very few retailers are responding to consumers on all of the channels they offer

A Dell EMC all-flash array knocks a home run for the Boston Red Sox organization, improving management and analytics of ever accumulating data, and speeding performance.

Australia’s competition watchdog is concerned that the proposed conduct is likely to reduce or distort competition

Frustrated with IT departments, business leaders are now taking technology matters into their own hands

Intel has spun out its security division as independent firm McAfee, which says it is dedicated to enabling technology, people and organisations to work together

One-fifth of workers are mentally prepared for technology to take over some of their roles, but employers must do more to support them

US president Donald Trump approves the repeal of planned privacy protections, opening the way for ISPs to sell customer browsing data

Cloud services giant outlines plans to open a datacentre region in Stockholm to offer Swedish cloud customers access to low latency network connections

Standards bodies, suppliers, telecoms operators and academics gather in California for the annual SDN and NFV Open Networking Summit

More than half of housing associations plan to move to digital systems, but suffer from a lack of support and understanding, according to a study

England’s competitive water and sewage market is now in operation, underpinned by an IT system from CGI

The merger of CSC and HPE Services is complete and the new company will focus on digital transformation

Security researchers have uncovered a China-based cyber espionage campaign that targeted IT services firms and their customers, underlining the need for supply chain security

IDC study predicts consumers as creators of data will decline as the enterprise, analytics and “life critical” scenarios push total volumes to a tenfold increase by 2025

Communications APIs promise quick and easy deployments, but this new technology has its challenges. Three IT professionals share their API deployment experiences.

French IaaS challenger to take over the reins of global vCloud Air hybrid cloud service

Hadoop distributor leads on an upgrade to its Hortonworks Data Platform at the DataWorks 2017 Summit in Munich

Chief digital officer Jason Caplin is at the helm of the charity’s plans to create a shared data platform, aiming to improve social care services for children

Semiconductor maker Microsemi unveils SmartROC 3100 and SmartIOC 2100 SAS and SATA technology gained in the PMC-Sierra acquisition. The chipset is used to build custom server boards.

Mozilla developers respond to questionable Symantec certificate authority practices, as the security provider questions Google's proposed solutions.

Free platform made available to bank’s customers at a time when only 34% of the country’s SMEs are making data-driven decisions

Latest Voice of the Enterprise report from 451 Research suggests competition in the IaaS market is hotting up, with Microsoft and Google posing a growing threat to AWS

A sizeable proportion of security professionals do not know how their organisation is addressing cyber threats hiding in encryption

A study of residential broadband users has found a clear majority of people continue to experience disruption to their service

Two-year, £60m contract extension covers ICT services for 1,100 schools

Chocolate maker Barry Callebaut is increasingly using cloud-based apps to improve productivity and reduce costs

Regulator launches consultation to give consumers legal access to their own narrowband repeaters to enhance mobile network access in their homes and vehicles

More organisations have joined an anti-ransomware cross-industry initiative, boosting its capacity to help victims of ransomware as attackers begin to focus on business targets

IT firms in The Netherlands are leading the way with strategies to give employees control of how much time they take off work

US investment bank is reaping the benefits of its $9.5bn annual technology spend

Herts and Beds IT provider relegates Dell Equallogic arrays and gets Nimble plus Zerto hybrid flash environment with replication to give 15 minute restore and 99.9% uptime

Emirates is attempting to mitigate the impact of the laptop and tablet ban on flights travelling to the US by offering tablet loans to business and first class passengers

Health and social care patients will have a single online identity verification log-in to use across health and care by autumn 2017

Hybrid and all-flash Seagate RealStor arrays are sold to original equipment makers to build branded storage systems. The all-flash pricing is pegged at less than $50,000.

The two leading internet security protocol bodies, Online Trust Alliance and Internet Society, merge to work for improved IoT security and online security.

Datrium plans to release a major update adding key enterprise storage features such as snapshots and replication and a new 'open converged' Rackscale turnkey system option.

One of the more malicious iOS threats -- Pegasus malware -- has made its way to Android devices and it has some dangerous new tricks in its arsenal.

The enforcement of corporate governance issues is still variable throughout the Middle East and making a strong business case for investment in GRC can be a challenge.

The Indigo submarine cable will provide additional capacity to mitigate disruptions caused by fibre cuts, as well as meet the growing demand for internet services in the region

Computer Weekly sat down with Finnish cyber security expert Mikko Hyppönen to talk about security in the Nordics, Russia and the trouble with connected devices

Swedish firm Bisnode brings multiple IT services contracts under one roof

McAfee Labs’ latest report details the challenges facing threat intelligence sharing efforts and reveals growing trends in malware, ransomware, mobile malware and other threats

Traditional retail banks cannot rely on customer loyalty if service levels drop as a result of branch closures and staff cuts

Telenor is opening up its IoT infrastructure in Norway to encourage students and entrepreneurs to develop IoT products and services

With the IR35 reforms coming into force today, 6 April, contracting stakeholders warn of the widespread threat the changes pose to the delivery of public sector IT projects

Microsoft comes under pressure as software suppliers raise market abuse complaints with the European Commission over bundling of Defender security software with Windows

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is working on replacing its legacy outsourcing contract, creating user-friendly services and transforming its digital and technology functions

Evidence points to Chinese hacking group APT10 conducting economic espionage in the breach of a trade policy group prior to U.S.-China trade summit talks in Florida.

The U.S. government says it wants to improve threat intelligence sharing between the public and private sectors, but experts are unsure that is possible in the current climate.

The City of London Corporation’s plans to cover the Square Mile with a free, public access Wi-Fi project are moving ahead at speed

European parliamentarians have called for an immediate review of the Privacy Shield EU-US data transfer framework due to concerns about privacy protections being undermined in the US

Irish-managed security services provider Smarttech has increased its speed and capacity to analyse cyber attacks using IBM’s fledgling cognitive computing technology

DVLA’s CTO talks about the agency’s plans to become a hub for digital motoring, the importance of culture, and moving away from legacy IT

Group insight director at video games retailer explains how customer interaction data has been used to create a personalised experience in-store

Survey shows most large financial services firms believe better visibility of cyber security controls within fintechs would improve prospects of partnering with them

UK businesses are ill-prepared for the impact on their business resulting from the failure of an IT of business process supplier

Google Espresso, unveiled at the Open Networking Summit, is a peering architecture that improves the delivery of application services from Google Cloud.

HM Revenue & Customs are looking to hire a CDIO to lead the department’s digital agenda, with a potential salary of up to £180,000

IT project delays predicted at Home Office, following reports of last-minute departmental U-turn over contractors' IR35 status classifications

Microsoft exposes Windows 10 telemetry practices just a week before Creators Update; may allay privacy concerns over Windows 10 data collection.

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