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Vallen Asia’s cloud enterprise resource planning system has enabled it to scale its operations across the region and made its supply chain operations more resilient amid the pandemic

Researchers at IoT security vendor Armis said the nine critical vulnerabilities affect the pneumatic tube systems used by many hospitals in North America.

The second iteration of the framework, still in alpha version, sets out how organisations can become certified digital identity service providers

Digital infrastructure upgrades planned for rural and hard-to-reach areas to support post-pandemic economic growth and improve home connectivity

The Trades Union Congress has raised eyebrows within the contracting community by calling for a ban on umbrella companies to help stamp out malpractice

The longtime independent analytics vendor, which just two weeks ago was in negotiations to get acquired, revealed plans to, instead, prepare for an initial public stock offering.

Huawei will spend $100m over three years to grow the startup ecosystem in key markets as it eyes a bigger slice of Asia’s cloud market

NHS Covid-19 app adjusted to reduce the number of people receiving self-isolation alerts

Dramatic increase in ransomware attacks globally during first half of 2021 driven by triple extortion technique, and is only set to expand further

From 31 March 2023, the Customs Declaration Service will become the only operating UK customs platform when HMRC turns off the legacy Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight system

Cyber security professionals have reported a sharp rise in debilitating attacks aimed at destroying or manipulating data

Will Microsoft change the way people buy PCs in much the same way that streaming services have revolutionised video subscription services?

Intel has claimed its part in the GB swimming team’s Olympics success, with the analysis of ‘data pools’ and the use of its servers and workstations

The emergence of a ransomware gang known as BlackMatter raises questions that it could be a re-brand of REvil or DarkSide

Ahana looks to grow the market for its open source-based cloud data query engine as the volume of stored data that organizations want to analyze continues to expand.

University of Wollongong got 1.2PB for the cost of 100TB for HPC storage in its cryo-imaging institute. Scale-out NAS maker Panasas also brought life sciences expertise to bear

Hackers given direct access to internal Ministry of Defence systems to identify and report security vulnerabilities

The CX giant plans to fold RPA technology from an acquisition into some of its platforms. The move comes after Microsoft and other big tech firms bought RPA vendors.

Java developers in Oracle shops can use the new Verrazzano container platform to deploy apps to Kubernetes without a ground-up rewrite.

In a preview of its upcoming channel industry research, IT trade association CompTIA highlighted the growing importance of customer experience among partners.

The vulnerability disclosure process for Infra:Halt, a set of flaws impacting critical infrastructure, took nearly a year, due to the nature of supply chain vulnerabilities.

Cloud-based file sync and share giant goes public with plans to run all its datacentres on renewable power by 2030

Fred IT’s eRX Script Exchange is now used by 21,000 doctors and 95% of Australian pharmacies, delivering more than 11 million digital prescriptions by July 2021

Banning ransomware content from cyber crime forums has done little to prevent initial access brokers from advertising their services, with the number of access listings increasing in the second quarter of 2021

Venture capital firms and high-profile tech accelerators are not conducting human rights due diligence on their investments, which means they cannot be sure the companies they invest in are not causing, or contributing to, human rights abuses

Satellite broadband is showing signs of beginning to take off in the UK, with further gains expected as Starlink arrives and BT teams with OneWeb

Varada realized it needed more flexibility to help its users scale its data lake query platform, so it added elasticity capabilities to help meet that demand.

Authorities are still working to manage the fallout from the attack, which has already forced at least one school to delay the start of the new term in September

BT-owned UK broadband provision firm accelerates its plan to stop selling copper-based broadband and traditional voice services across the UK by 2025

Industry analysts say that evolving threats, real-world impacts and supply chain attacks will be among their hot topics at this year's Black Hat 2021 conference.

Supermarket and department store M&S has launched an initiative designed to help it find software engineering talent

Dragons’ Den-style Civil Service competition to elicit ideas to improve data use in government has whittled a list of 200 down to eight. Four will be chosen in December for delivery

Latest Magic Quadrant report from Gartner shines a light on heavy-handed sales tactics by some of the public cloud market’s biggest players

Trial declared successful in aggregating spectrum in the 700MHz and 3500MHz bands for the first time to deliver enhanced connectivity and increased coverage and support Taiwanese operator’s vision to deliver 5G services.

Datacentrepricing’s half-year look at the growth of the European datacentre market reinforces the rising importance of secondary datacentre hubs across the continent

Smaller businesses could benefit from Zoom's recent class-action lawsuit settlement. However, the deal does not cover companies with enterprise licenses.

Scheduling systems for hybrid offices are an emerging post-pandemic tool to manage employees without permanent desks and facilitate in-person collaboration.

During Black Hat 2021, the COO of Corellium discussed three main threats that have ramped up: stolen zero days, zero days being exploited in the wild and supply chain attacks.

Multiperspective validation can be thwarted with a traffic-throttling technique that could lead to attackers obtaining digital certificates for domains they don't own.

Supplier of mid-market ERP systems Unit4 is investing in a research and development centre in Jakarta as part of efforts to win market share from established players

Research by Capgemini found just over three-quarters of global tech employees who are women or ethnic minorities don’t feel a sense of belonging at work

Rapid cloud adoption during the pandemic has increased the attack surface and heightened the risk of misconfiguring services, leaving organisations more vulnerable to cyber attacks

Modernisation programme aims to enable Vodafone Spain to reduce the total cost of ownership and improve operational efficiency, automation and performance of its CRM system

Analyst says worldwide broadband access market for technologies supporting cable, DSL, PON and fixed wireless improved again at 3% CAGR over the forecast horizon of 2020-2025

BCS report says the UK can take an international lead in AI ethics if it cultivates a more diverse workforce, including people from non-STEM backgrounds

SAP customers are more concerned by insider threats than by external attacks, according to a report. And yet the average SAP customer has around 2,500 vulnerabilities within their customised SAP code

Mandiant researchers discussed mailbox compromises, app registration abuse and new extensions of the Golden SAML attack technique against Microsoft 365 at Black Hat 2021.

BlackMatter gives details of its ransomware-as-a-service operation and distinguishes itself from now-defunct ransomware gangs in interview with cyber security analysts from Recorded Future

The ‘PwnedPiper’ vulnerabilities identified in systems used by 80% of US hospitals could be used to launch ransomware attacks

Among the new capabilities Qlik recently unveiled is a tool that enables collaboration not only at the end of an analytics project, but also throughout the project lifecycle.

Krishna Subramanian, COO of Komprise, discusses improvements made to the company's flagship data management software and updates planned for the remainder of the year.

DevOps security isn't a technical problem -- it's a people and process problem, experts say. Enterprise IT pros offer their advice on how to solve it.

A new technique for cracking encryption keys can overcome the limitations of popular timing attacks by analyzing network packets, according to researchers at Black Hat 2021.

The Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, or JCDC, is a partnership between the public and private sectors to create and implement comprehensive national cybersecurity plans.

A Nutanix-Red Hat partnership could help the vendors compete with VMware in the growing market for Kubernetes platforms that span public and private clouds.

Cybersecurity won't improve without clearer guidance from regulators and industry experts about how to implement DevSecOps, according to discussions at a virtual event this week.

MyIdentity scheme will allow estate agents, conveyancers, solicitors and mortgage providers across 11 locations to trial the use of digital identity to speed up and make home buying more secure

A Black Hat 2021 session focused on the human instinct to act immediately after a cyber attack and how that can negatively impact incident response.

Noted security researcher Patrick Wardle told Black Hat 2021 attendees that catching malware attacks on new macOS systems requires learning the subtleties of ARM64 architecture.

Even though two-thirds of workers surveyed by workspace technology company say hybrid work benefits mental health and productivity, over half believe that their employers are not prepared to implement it

Unified comms specialist TelcoSwitch strikes third deal of the year as it continues to expand portfolio and add expertise

Developers and businesses in three new locations now able to build and deploy applications at the edge of communication provider’s wireless network through AWS Wavelength

Apple will introduce child sexual abuse material detection for US users later this year, but some experts are worried that the technology could be repurposed to scan phones for other kinds of content

There are not enough people out there to fill jobs in the tech world, but it might help if the focus on technical expertise was taken out of working in the industry

Insight Terra secures $5.45m in Series A funding to accelerate the delivery of an end-to-end full-stack risk management solution to support compliance with global standards and to meet ESG requirements

UK operator expands capability of in-home broadband infrastructure with Wi-Fi booster with built-in voice control, hybrid 4G broadband backup and dedicated Wi-Fi support

After successfully expanding into Latin American markets, the German IT services and software engineering company will target the U.S. and Canada; other IT channel news.

Sisu recently introduced Smart Waterfall Charts, a tool that automates the development of certain visualizations, as part of its effort to find ways to explain changes in data.

VMware's latest Horizon virtual desktop management tools improve the performance of the product on Microsoft Azure. The changes appear in the Horizon Control Plane.

Amazon's $887 million GDPR fine likely stems from consumer consent and may indicate the EU is moving beyond data breaches and zeroing in on data practices.

A resurgence in COVID-19 infections has forced more big-tech firms to defer reopening their offices. Amazon and Microsoft are the latest to join the ranks.