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The managed cloud service provider has established a new office in Singapore to tap into the growing APAC market for cloud-based infrastructure

At this year’s Gitex, Dubai's smart city project is showing off its successes in integrating government services

The UAE’s oldest bank has launched a digital-only offering, designed to appeal to the tech-savvy generation

Campus will be powered by on-site renewable energy sources as Aruba sets sights on securing tenants displaced by the UK’s EU departure

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is to host a summit for cyber security practitioners in February 2018

Bank decides to delay the full customer roll-out of its new banking platform until early next year

NetApp's SolidFire skeleton gains some flesh with Ontap 9.3 and Element 10 integration. Notable features include enhanced security and SnapMirror replication between OSes.

European commissioner for security union has called for greater awareness of cyber security risks and increased collaboration in defending against them

Governments need to agree on cyber security realities and priorities, and move towards more effective regulation, legislation and law enforcement to enable tech interoperability for business

The multi-national conglomerate claims to have migrated more than 2,000 apps to the AWS cloud, as its digital transformation efforts continue apace

Research shows 40% of contractors reach the average annual IT salary within three months

Cyber security ecosystems around the world have launched an initiative aimed at strengthening collaboration between regional ecosystems

Sweden attracts more datacentre investment with a blockchain company selecting the country for its next datacentre

Belgium’s largest telecoms operator Proximus will deploy a cloud-native orchestration platform to support its adoption of NFV services in the business

Criminals hired mules to open rogue bank accounts and manipulated risk ratings and overdraft limits, paving the way for millions of dollars to be stolen

At JavaOne 2017, Oracle identified four projects that will have a significant impact on the future of Java: Project Valhalla, Project Panama, Project Amber and Project Loom.

Banks are failing to give customers the personal services they crave, leaving the door open to tech-savvy competitors

Support for email authentication among the world’s internet service providers has surged in the past two years, a two-year study has revealed

Data collected by live video stream from drones is analysed at control centre to help alleviate traffic jams and other issues

Dubai's airport freezone is investing in the latest technologies to make the trading area more attractive to customers and investors

Nato’s adviser on emerging security challenges tells conference of growing challenge posed by security threats

The UK government has unveiled plans for an internet safety strategy to protect the British public from ‘worrying or nasty’ content online

Industrial control systems are under attack, and these attacks are likely to get worse, according to a security researcher and former NSA inspector general

The coalition government in the Netherlands has agreed its plan for the next four years, with IT security prominent

Research suggests the next 15 years will see young workers’ jobs at risk from automation, putting pressure on the UK to ensure the future generation has appropriate skills

One of Israel’s largest manufacturing companies has invested more than $10m in cloud HR. The technology is helping Teva Pharmaceuticals turn its fortunes around.

Utilities need to get their IT investments right if they are to regain and retain lost market share and boost revenue

Microsoft's practice of automatic Windows 10 patching could be uncovering vulnerabilities in older systems that can be exploited by attackers, Google researchers said.

Technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotic process automation is key to NHS Shared Business Services' digital transformation, according to IT director Lee Edwards

In the first session of its enquiry into artificial intelligence and the UK economy, a House of Lords select committee takes contrasting testimony from academic enthusiasts and press sceptics

Chip maker Nvidia announces an artificial intelligence system designed to support the greater computing workloads of future driverless cars

Customers can benefit and make big savings from deploying NVMe flash drives – but there are limits

The US government says it ‘has issues’ with an Irish High Court ruling, which will test the legality of EU-US data transfers as Facebook considers an appeal to Supreme Court

Comtrade Software improves the performance of its HYCU backup application that protects virtual machines running on hyper-converged vendor Nutanix's AHV hypervisor.

A national space agency would put the country in the league of nations with space capabilities, but questions about its true value remain

The top priority for Microsoft's October 2017 Patch Tuesday goes to a Windows zero-day vulnerability, but IT should also beware of two publicly disclosed flaws.

Dubai police are improving recruitment processes through new system announced at Gitex 2017

The emirate of Sharjah has set out its plans for digital transformation at the Gitex 2017 event in Dubai

Major cloud suppliers are already offering artificial intelligence capabilities that are expected to account for a greater share of the cloud computing market in years to come

European startup targets customers with two-node hyper-converged appliance, with built-in disaster recovery and capacity for up to 15 VMware virtual machines

The former director of the Parliamentary Digital Service shares details and lessons learned from the cyber attack that hit UK parliament in June and explains why it was a “good experience”

Nokia is cutting jobs and pulling back on developing further versions of its virtual reality camera

Bank is expanding its operation in India, which provides business services to its operations globally

The UK IT sector is more reliant on workers from other countries than the average for other sectors.

The hacking of an Australian defence sub-contractor has once again highlighted the importance of supply chain cyber security

After more than two years of planning delays and appeals, the Irish court has quashed two legal challenges to Apple’s plan to build a datacentre in the west Ireland town of Athenry

A digital T-level has been announced among the first of the new technical qualifications the UK is introducing to tackle technical skills gaps

The first official report on voting machine hacking from DEFCON suggests the need for pen testing, basic security guidelines and cooperation from local and federal governments.

Amid growing cyber threats, the country's cyber security centre calls for businesses to be more open about cyber incidents and plug potential loopholes in their supply chains

All EU institutions, bodies and agencies should live up to strong data protection safeguards when processing personal data, says the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee

IT leaders may find themselves unlikely to succeed by promising senior management DevOps-induced cost savings, according to PuppetConf panel

The UK and Canada have signed Memorandum of Understanding on working together to strengthen digital government services in both countries

Cyber security community called on to help educate capital’s small businesses about cyber crime and give them practical advice

Global sales of cloud services expected to increase by 18.5% in 2017, with big rises in IaaS and SaaS revenue

World Economic Forum is bringing technology, insurance and government sectors together to better understand the risks posed by technology failures

This year’s cohort of retail startups in the JLab accelerator describe the retail challenges their businesses face and how the 2017 JLab differs from the rest

Bloggers explore cybersecurity evolution and its impact on network security, new network fabrics from Extreme and take a deep dive on routing protocols, such as BFD.

Cyber security is a business necessity, according to the T-Mobile security chief in Poland

In UC news, Arkadin announces integrations with Cisco Spark and WebEx that support cloud-based telephony, while Box unveils machine learning tools to digitize and automate workflows.

News roundup: The DOJ calls for 'responsible encryption' to comply with court orders. Plus, there's more bad cybersecurity news for banks, and Accenture data in AWS gets exposed.

Security researchers find drive-by download attacks affecting both Equifax and TransUnion, but Equifax claims systems were not compromised in the website hack.

The UK’s artificial intelligence sector will squander a historic lead unless government, industry and academia come together to give it cohesive support, says a government-sponsored report