Backup specialist Veeam recently rebranded its data protection offer as Veeam Data Platform. But key among the myriad updates and feature enhancements was a ransomware guarantee, with financial compensation if data can’t be recovered. Obviously, Veeam hopes that will not need to be invoked by customers, and places faith in its ability to monitor […]
Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev), which claims to be the world’s leading brewing company, has renewed its existing contract with Orange Business, the enterprise division of the Orange Group, in a bid to lay the critical infrastructure foundations to enable its future digital innovation plans in Europe, and deliver connectivity and voice services as the […]
The Foreign Office and the newly minted Department for Science, Innovation and Technology have announced an international technology strategy to promote the UK abroad. The announcement said the UK will be “open, responsible, secure and resilient” in determining technology strategy. “Now more than ever, it is important that the UK steps up to promote […]
The Department for Health and Social Care has launched a cyber security programme designed to enhance cyber resilience across the NHS and the social care sector in England over the next seven years, supposedly protecting vital services and the patients who rely on them. The Cyber Security Strategy for Health and Adult Social Care, […]
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is offering third-sector organisations in the UK the opportunity to apply for a grant worth up $50,000 to help them launch a cloud-based technology project that could bring repeatable benefits to other charities in the same field. Any UK-registered charity can apply for the AWS Imagine Grant, which will also […]
The Nordic countries have adopted a unified response to rising cyber security threats by moving to both deepen cross-border collaboration and examine a common security defence strategy to deal with more virulent threats from the cyber domain. The task of shaping future cross-border cooperation, which followed roundtable regional security talks by government leaders at […]
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has begun a consultation following on from Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt’s £2.5bn funding for quantum technologies. The National quantum strategy sets out the UK’s vision to become a world-leading quantum-enabled economy by 2033, and in its introduction, Michelle Donelan, secretary of state for science, innovation […]
Riedel Networks has entered into a partnership with Kalaam Carrier Solutions (KCS) as part of its commitment to deliver high capability for motorsport events across Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE. The companies are confident their collaboration will support one of the most active and data-driven sports in the world, delivering what they […]
In your organisation, do you have a CIO? A CTO? A CTIO, perhaps? Technology is notorious for its acronym-laden array of job titles. Indeed, almost like software code they seem to keep on proliferating. This is doubtless because technology is itself such a fast-moving area – as the field of responsibilities and priorities keeps […]
The UK government has extended tariff-free imports from Ukraine as part of a digital trade agreement, which will make the country’s IT sector more attractive to UK businesses. Ministers also used The Road to Ukraine Recovery conference in London to encourage UK businesses to engage with Ukraine on future rebuilding projects. Business and trade […]