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Sporting Group CTO on selecting Sumo Logic over Splunk, and Google over AWS
Peter Wallis explains how the company moved from Splunk to Sumo Logic because of pricing, and how Kubernetes made Google the clear cloud choice
Formula 1 talks up use of AWS AI for TV in 2019
Formula 1 managing director Ross Brawn explains how the sport will use machine learning to improve engagement
AWS Ground Station first customers include DigitalGlobe, BlackSky and Spire
Pay-as-you-go 'ground station-as-a-service' is aimed at lowering costs and streamlining processes
HMRC seeks commercial contract expert in £95k job to oversee post-Aspire IT deals
New hire at HMRC expected to help in shift from single biggest IT outsourcing deal in Europe to a portfolio of 200+ suppliers
Financial Conduct Authority seeking three IT leaders to support IT transformation and manage supplier relations
FCA is seeking a head of regulatory systems and two divisional service leads
Microsoft beefs up protection for Office 365 users, including ransomware recovery
Microsoft adds specific features to help users recover files from malicious attacks including ransomware
Mike Bracken slams government decision to shift data policy-making from GDS to DCMS
'Moving it to the Department of Fun, run by a minister who was forced to change the data privacy on his own app doesn't make sense,' says Bracken
GDPR: Google to demand that publishers gain consent from users on its behalf when using Google's ad technology
Google to make publishers responsible for obtaining consent for third-party websites and apps that rely on Google tech for ads
DNC hacker Guccifer 2.0 makes VPN mistake revealing they're a 'member of Russian military intelligence'
Hacker mistakenly left a Moscow IP address in server logs of US social media company
Eighty per cent of councils still primarily rely on on-premise IT because of 'legacy IT hangover'
Holding on to legacy technology is holding back digital transformation in local government, claim Eduserv and Socitm
And then there five: Connexin pulls out of 5G spectrum auction days before it is due to start
Connexin drops out of Ofcom auction due to start next week
Chip-and-pin payment cards can be cloned using Prilex malware
UK adopted chip and PIN cards in 2004, but criminals are now trying to break down the security barriers
Connexin drops out of 4G and 5G spectrum auction - before it's even begun
Ofcom says there are only now five bidders in next week's spectrum auction
EU to levy three per cent turnover tax on Uber, Amazon, Google, Facebook and Airbnb and other US tech giants
EU to demand tax from technology and internet giants based on where their customers are
HM Land Registry to recruit a head of IT operations in £70k role
HMLR has an ambitious transformation programme, which includes a centralised digital local land charges register
Former Yell CIO Robert Carr becomes CIO at Medivet The Vets
In addition to Yell, Carr has has also held IT positions at News International and Gartner
National Express appoints Rob Muir as first ever chief digital officer
Muir was previously a senior director at advertising and marketing agency McCann Worldgroup
More than £100,000 in student loans stolen by phishing email scammers
More than 70 students had their university funds redirected by scammers in just 15 months
Edenred hires former P&G CIO Dave Ubachs as EVP of digital and IT
Ubachs has had CIO roles at Staples, Procter & Gamble and Ipsos
Maersk CEO: self-sailing container vessels aren't worth investing in
Self-sailing container vessels won't be more efficient, says Soren Skou
Food Standards Agency to recruit a chief digital officer
Digital 'a game changer' and vital to achieving ambitions, says FSA
West Midlands on the hunt for a chief digital officer
Former John Lewis CEO Andy Street is now mayor of the region and is putting together a digital strategy
CIO Interview: Aviva international CIO Fin Goulding
Goulding has the task of transforming the company's way of working - with agile at the forefront of his thinking
South Gloucestershire Council selects Civica to build digital customer platform
Council wants platform to improve user experience and provide cost and efficiency savings
NHS trust CIO: Budget constraints makes agile and DevOps impossible without supplier help
With budgets cut, Bradford NHS Trust CIO Cindy Fedell believes it is impossible to sustain in-house development
Department for Education searching for a CISO
£105k annual salary for chief information security officer who will be DfE's "policy owner" for cyber risk
Digital secretary Matt Hancock urges organisations to prepare for GDPR - with less than half even aware of the new law
With only four months to go, many organisations haven't even heard of GDPR, let alone made the fundamental data-protection changes it demands
Welsh NHS systems failure down to technical glitch, not cyber attack
Blood test and x-ray results couldn't be accessed because of a technical issue with two Welsh NHS data centres
The Police ICT Company hires tri-forces CIO Ian Bell as its new CEO
Bell is currently CIO for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Police Force
Healthcare records of three million Norwegians compromised in "professional" cyber attack
Norwegian information security centre blames 'advanced' and 'professional' hackers
Senior business executives welcome introduction of AI 'co-workers' - report
67 per cent of senior execs believe 'workforce' will cover both intelligent machines and human colleagues in the future
Intel: Spectre and Meltdown fixes should make PCs only 10 per cent slower, at most
Chipmaker publishes results of tests on CPUs running Windows 7 and Windows 10
UCL Technology Fund invests in data anonymisation software developer Anon AI ahead of GDPR
University tech fund invests in academics whose research has commercial potential
MoD appoints Charles Forte as new CIO, replacing Mike Stone
Former deputy group CIO of BP and interim CIO of Thames Water to take up post at end of month
HM Courts and Tribunals Service seeks £90k digital programme director
Director will be instrumental in £1bn HMCTS Reform programme
Personal data of one billion Indian citizens 'can be purchased for £6'
Report suggests software is also being sold online to generate fake government identity documents
Amazon and Salesforce working on corporate shift from Oracle technology, claims report
Ellison suggested only last month that Amazon and Salesforce will continue to rely on Oracle database technology for the foreseeable future
Government-led Cyber Discovery programme gets 20,000 student sign ups in just six weeks
Youth-focused cyber security programme part of the CyberFirst initiative launched by Theresa May last year
HMRC gears up for GDPR with search for data protection officer
HMRC offering up to £90k for a candidate that has an in-depth understanding of GDPR
Hiscox is looking for a chief technology officer
Insurance company is looking for a CTO in London
Ofwat offers up to £111k for director of ICT and digital
Water regulator wants IT pro who can lead a portfolio of tech-enabled changes
CCleaner malware: Tech companies targeted by second stage payload
Domains of high-profile tech firms including Microsoft, Google and Samsung were targeted
Avast: Cisco Talos didn't discover CCleaner compromise first
Avast claims Morphisec uncovered malware before Cisco and that the compromise began before its acquisition of Piriform
Equifax was victim of hack five months earlier than disclosed
Company was breached in March by the same attackers, claim sources
Avast's CCleaner compromised to deliver malware to unsuspecting users in August and September, warns Cisco Talos
Anti-virus firm Avast compromised in suspected supply-chain attack
HMRC hires Microsoft's Jacky Wright to be chief digital and information officer
Wright will take over from interim CDIO Mike Potter, who filled in after Mark Dearnley's departure
North Korean hackers could be stealing bitcoin to fund regime
FireEye believes North Korea's interest in cryptocurrency is driven by international sanctions
Oracle axed more than 1,000 employees in September
Cuts signify Oracle's continued restructuring towards the cloud