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The open-source library security flaw problem
'If you pick any random PHP library it more than likely has a flaw,' says Veracode's Chris Eng
Personal information collected by NHS Test and Trace to be kept for 20 years
And there is 'no absolute right' for people to delete their personal data after the pandemic has passed
RPA firms 'horrifically overvalued' claims Pegasystems CEO
Alan Trefler expects to see further consolidation as RPA unicorns fail to live up to their early promise
How the pandemic will change supply chain strategy
The emphasis will be more on ensuring a diversity of suppliers and less on cost-cutting say experts
Supporting the supporters: Giving IT teams what they need to handle remote working
IT leaders and support staff reveal strategies for coping and opinions on video conferencing and I&AM tools
Rancher Labs launches free training course to meet surging demand for Kubernetes skills
Five-week course covers how to deploy Rancher and manage Kubernetes
Part of the A-Team: tactics for teamwork in stressful times
Coronavirus has torn through the best laid business plans leaving many feeling adrift, but the lockdown can be turned to our advantage with a bit of shared wisdom
So, should I learn COBOL?
Becoming a COBOL expert could give you a well paid job for life, but is it a job you'd want?
Industry experts prepare for inaugural Deskflix event: Empowering the Remote Working Revolution
Your questions on supporting remote and home working answered
Commoditising multi-cloud: Appvia looks to simplify Kubernetes
UK consultancy operates across AWS and GCP clouds
OpenStack Ussuri release shores up security and reliability, extends support for GPUs and FPGAs
Changes are in response to emerging trends in AI/ML and edge computing
Ransomware attack will cost $50 - $70 million this quarter alone, Cognizant says
Attack, which came as firm was preparing for Covid measures, was a 'perfect storm' CEO says
Lifting lockdown: the emerging role of the contact tracing app
The NHSX contact tracing app is currently being trialled on the Isle of Wight, but has the government picked the best approach for privacy and effectiveness?
Make passwords at least 13 characters long and protect email with a strong passphrase, police advise
With Covid-19 related fraud through the roof it's time to review password policy, says South East Regional Organised Crime Unit
IT is essential. Furlough elsewhere
IT is central to continuity and recovery and job cuts should be avoided, but there are plenty of other places savings can be made
Fairphone partners with /e/OS for a privacy-enhanced version of its FP3 smartphone
/e/OS is a 'de-Googled' fork of Android with trackers removed
Delivering a customer 360 view at Hermes
Courier firm's data infrastructure overhaul is helping push up standards and drive new opportunities, says head of data services Matt Peckham
Cutting fleet car costs with telemetry
Telemetry can open a window on the murky world of fleet vehicle usage, says Total WayKonect
Health Traffic Lights contact tracing app wins Hack From Home challenge
Priviacy centric app uses a simple green-amber-red signal to show risk of coronavirus infection
More investment streams in for Confluent
Additional $250 million sees the Silicon Valley start-up's value rise to $4.5 billion
New Relic AI looks to boost the ops incident signal and reduce the background noise
AIOps offering presents event and incident information in a more understandable fashion for on-call engineers
Hitachi Capital rolls out identity-as-a-service to handle huge rise in loan applications post-lockdown
Lender is extending its use of Nomidio IDV to speed application processing for the UK government's Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS)
Storage at scale: picking the right options for Kubernetes
Managing storage for large, complex distributed containerised applications is a whole different game; industry insiders discuss how the options stack up
Covid-19: the race to create privacy-focused contact tracing tools
As authorities seek technological solutions to the pandemic, experts fear the consequences for civil liberties
Hack from Home 'virtual hackathon' aims to kickstart privacy-enhanced apps to alleviate the COVID-19 crisis
Hackathon this weekend is supported by NHSX, Samsung and a number of global universities
From million-cluster deployments to the IoT: Rancher Labs' goals for Kubernetes
Rancher has big - and small - plans for the container orchestration platform
DataStax's Cassandra Kubernetes operator reaches GA, aims to simplify deploying clusters at scale
Cassandra is an ideal data store for Kubernetes, company says
Do we really want Palantir embedded in the NHS?
Beware bad policy made in haste because of coronavirus, say campaigners
Internet Archive opens up its 1.4 million book digital lending library for the Covid-19 crisis
National Emergency Library opened up amid concerns students will not be able to access texts during the lockdown
The smart grid future can only be open source says energy firm Alliander
As more renewable energy sources come online grids and market mechansims are changing and controlling them must be a collaborative effort, says director of systems operations Arjan Stam
Working from home, keeping connected: 17 video conferencing and collaboration tools to consider
Whether you're a global corporation or a small business, ensuring remote working colleages can keep in touch is suddenly more important than ever. We look at 17 video-enabled collaboration tools that could help bridge the communications gap.
The consortium looking to make quantum random number generation faster, cheaper and more secure
QRANGE is working on a three devices to extend the benefits of true randomness
TigerGraph releases version 3.0 of its graph database, asks techies for assistance with COVID-19 analytics
New features designed to enhance ease of use
What's happening with serverless cloud?
Serverless is gaining traction and use cases are expanding. Computing speaks to three organisations that have looked at the numbers
What's happening with open-source databases?
Cloud has changed the rules of engagement, says Aiven CEO Oskari Saarenmaa
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Amsterdam postponed due to COVID-19 concerns
Coronavirus outbreak means Amsterdam event is postponed until the summer while Shanghai conference is cancelled
GitLab's Jason Yavorska on trends in the DevOps tools market
GitLab's product management director on progressive delivery, feature flags and evidence gathering
AT&T mobile users blocked from accessing Tutanota encrypted email
Some US users have been locked out for two weeks.
ProtonMail and StartMail blocked by Russia
Encrypted email providers say its part of the country's crackdown on digital privacy
Escape from Google: 12 privacy-promoting search engines reviewed
If you can live without personalisation there are plenty of alternatives
Inside the race to quantum-proof our vital infrastructure
When quantum computers arrive the Web as we know it will break. We talk to scientists cryptographers and entrepreneurs working to ensure this does not happen.
Enterprise HR systems in 2020 - steady as she goes
Delta predicts a continuation of the trends of the recent years: cloud, consolidation and AI
Tracking the threat actors: NCSC's Eleanor Fairford on the evolving threats to the UK's critical infrastructure
'We're seeing ransomware increasingly deployed against utility providers, law enforcement and emergency response units'