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Singapore continues to be an attractive magnet for IT jobs, with IT professionals in the city-state making more than their peers in neighbouring countries

The virtualisation bigwig is making it easier for VMware customers to adopt public cloud services, starting with a partnership with Amazon Web Services

Almost two-fifths of the UK’s national infrastructure providers have not completed basic cyber security steps recommended by the UK government, an FOI response shows

Danish bank is using IBM Watson as part of a major IT outsourcing deal

The IT joint venture in Saudi Arabia will drive the digitisation of government services

Google has axed around 300 Play Store apps after security researchers revealed the apps were hijacking Android devices to carry out DDoS attacks

The Scottish health board was hit by a cyber attack over the weekend, affecting several IT systems and leading to cancelled operations and appointments

CIO international and senior vice-president for innovation at car rental firm aims to remove customer stress by driving mobile self-service applications

Business continuity will keep servers operational, but tropical storm appears to have taken out one of IBM’s basements

ViaSat network supports Nasa’s solar eclipse live broadcast, streaming high-resolution images and footage around the world

Fast-food chain decides to outsource its digital developments globally to French IT services giant

The growth of Dell EMC VxRail and other hyper-converged appliances is the result of a shift toward software-defined storage, according to the vendor's converged platforms boss.

Most UK local authorities are unable to meet the EU General Data Protection Regulation’s right-to-be-forgotten requirement, and nearly a quarter of firms have yet to hire a data protection officer

Administrators appointed after datacentre and cloud operator recorded losses of almost £1.8m in the last financial year

Computer Weekly’s annual salary survey reveals average pay for technology professionals in the UK and Ireland is between £50,000 and £75,000

At VMworld 2017, Dell EMC, Hitachi Data Systems and Lenovo launched new and upgraded hyper-converged and hybrid cloud products based on VMware's vSAN and Cloud Foundation software.

The specter of Kaspersky-Russian ties has reportedly led to an FBI campaign urging private organizations to drop Kaspersky Lab products; experts urge the FBI to share more evidence.

VMware, Pivotal and Google have developed a service to ease deployment of containers on VMware vSphere and Google Cloud Platform

Dubai-based university upgrades its network infrastructure to support more students

Online supermarket’s Amazon Echo application aims to give consumers a simple, seamless retail experience

Fintech trailblazer Fidor now has more than 200,000 people using its banking services, but its CEO believes the fintech environment is getting tougher

A security researcher has discovered a spambot using more than 711 million compromised email accounts to spread data-stealing malware

A breach of the personal details of more than two million customers of used technology goods store CeX has prompted fresh calls for better data protection by retailers

The British Library has launched an 18-month project to investigate possibility of “single digital presence” through an online platform for all UK libraries

Western Digital's acquisition spree continues with the pickup of flash vendor Tegile Systems. The drive-maker says Tegile storage complements its ActiveScale object storage.

Kaminario's K2.N all-flash infrastructure creates multiple virtual arrays from clustered resources. Compute nodes and NVMe shelves connect via RDMA over Converged Ethernet.

Tegile adds all-NVMe drive products in a bid to help customers consolidate workloads from transactional processing to file services, but full NVMe performance has to wait

HCL has opened another delivery centre in the Nordic region, this time in Gothenburg, Sweden

VeloCloud introduced new members to its SD-WAN security program, while Canonical Ltd. and SnapRoute combine technologies to develop an integrated white box switching stack.

Prices for the hybrid cloud service in Asia-Pacific will differ based on market differences such as scale and maturity in adopting virtualised infrastructure

A Verizon report shows a link between compliance with the payment card industry security standard and an organisation’s ability to defend against cyber attacks, but nearly half are failing to maintain compliance

A British man suspected of cyber attacks on banks is back in the UK to face charges

Amazon and Microsoft’s voice assistants will be able to integrate with each other to provide users with the best features from both

Vodafone targets under-25s with a free social data MVNO concept called Voxi

Life sciences sector report calls on government to create several digital innovation hubs, improve data use and establish a regulatory health technology assessment and commercial framework

Instagram says it has fixed the API responsible for enabling hackers to access some personal details of high-profile users of the service

Amsterdam airport Schiphol is utilising open source software to create and use a multi-cloud platform with an open API

The ICO has issued a monetary penalty to Nottinghamshire County Council for leaving personal information exposed online for five years

Thousands of people are downloading Starling’s app every week as the bank builds its customer base

The Department for Communities and Local Government has launched a consultation on the draft regulations covering business rate relief for new fibre broadband infrastructure

The government has launched a survey to find out what advanced and specialist digital skills are needed in the UK

Most UK firms are planning to hire extra staff to help them meet the requirements of the EU’s new data protection regulation

An email leak containing 711 million records was found in a breach of a spambot list stored in the Netherlands and included both addresses and passwords used to access email accounts.

CloudBees has introduced DevOptics, a tool that provides end-to-end insight into application delivery streams, helps to identify problems and eases the overall DevOps journey.

Analysts discuss streaming video's important role in healthcare organizations, the positive effect of AI capabilities on customer service, and how to evaluate mobile devices.

Investors are putting their money behind suppliers of technology to the European insurance sector

Security researchers are urging businesses to prepare for ransomware attacks after the discovery of a massive attack campaign

The take up of contactless payment technology continues at a pace, according to research by Visa

Fans of the US Open are able to access match highlights provided by IBM's Watson artificial intelligence system

Robust defence of law firms’ email systems is critical to the £26bn industry in the face of increased impersonation attacks aimed at stealing money and data, claims security firm OnDmarc

News roundup: More than half of enterprises are in compliance with PCI DSS, according to a Verizon report. Plus, Turla is on the attack again with a new campaign, and more.

Researchers discovered an Intel kill switch hiding in one of the chipmaker's software products, along with references to an NSA program focused on secure computing.

Consulting partners focusing on cloud management tools can increase their visibility with potential customers through AWS' Service Delivery Program; other news from the week.