CMA prepares roadmap ahead of Apple and Google SMS decision
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published a set of proposals and a roadmap outlining actions it will take to enable fair competition in…
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Disaster recovery: As-a-service vs on-premise?
Enterprise options for disaster recovery (DR) have changed significantly over the past decade. Cloud computing and low-cost cloud storage has allowed organisations to keep copies…
Judge questions HP’s ‘exaggerated’ Autonomy loss claim
HP’s valuation of Autonomy, the company it acquired in 2011 for $11bn and took a $5bn financial hit on in 2012, is “substantially exaggerated”. In…
Interview: Is there an easier way to refactor applications?
Looking at a typical Java migration, Jonathan Schneider, CEO and co-founder of Moderne, believes the approach organisations tend to take is unsustainable. Recalling a conversation…
Subpostmasters shoulder costs of Fujitsu’s Post Office IT outage
Subpostmasters lost hundreds of thousands of pounds in business through lost sales and costs when Fujitsu’s datacentre outage cut them off from the software that…
Business resilience needs comprehensive approach
In Britain, describing Marks & Spencer (M&S) as a high-profile retailer is akin to describing King Charles III as a well-known monarch. Founded in the…
Chinese cyber spies among those linked to SharePoint attacks
An as-yet unnamed Chinese state threat actor appears to be among those exploiting CVE-2025-53770 (aka ToolShell), a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint, to conduct…
Overconfidence in cyber security: a silent catalyst for CNI breaches
Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) lies at the heart of modern society, powering essential systems vital for daily life. Yet, it has become an attractive target…
Microsoft confirms China link to SharePoint hacks
Microsoft has revealed that Chinese state threat actors are actively targeting and exploiting a highly-dangerous new zero-day vulnerability in SharePoint Server, confirming earlier reports from…
UK government to bring in ransomware payment ban
Hospitals and other public health bodies, public sector organisations such as councils and schools, and operators of critical national infrastructure (CNI) will be among those…
Interview: How OpenAI is making ChatGPT public and private sector-ready
OpenAI’s mission statement is focused on building artificial general intelligence (AGI) to benefit everyone. It has now signed a strategic partnership with the UK government,…
The Bank of England’s quiet ‘Big Bang’
The Bank of England has completed the replacement of the UK financial system’s “beating heart”, and is making good progress in its goal of providing…