Few UK consumers trust councils' ability to handle their data
Slightly over half (53 percent) of local authorities in the UK are ready to take on a cyber-attack, according to a new report by PwC.
When it comes to local authority leaders, 35 percent are confident their staff are well equipped to deal with such an attack. Three quarters (76 percent) of UK CEOs are concerned about cyber threats, and almost all (97 percent) said they’re currently addressing cyber breaches that are affecting business information or critical systems.
SMS-based mobile marketing will target 37.2 million Brits in 2017
When it comes to mobile marketing, there is a lot of room for growth among UK businesses, according to a new report from Textlocal.
The report, based on a poll of 1,000 users, says Britain has roughly 80 million active mobile users, but just 50 percent of businesses are using SMS for marketing.
The 'slow-burn' cost of a cyber attack
Businesses have been warned that they may be hit for damages in multiple ways after being affected by a cyber-attack.
A new report by Lloyd's of London says there are two different costs linked to a cyber-attack: a one-off cost, and a "slow-burn" effect. The one-off cost is the visible one -- notifying customers, paying ransom, paying for public relation expenses, things like that.
A closer look at AMD's new Ryzen Pro chips
AMD has unveiled its plans to topple Intel’s dominance of the commercial and enterprise PC market with the reveal of a new family of super-powerful processors.
The company’s new Ryzen Pro family of processors will be its most advanced to date, including a new Ryzen Pro 7 that will look to take on Intel’s top-of-the-pine vPro products, which power many of the top desktop and laptop PCs around today.
AI could boost UK's GDP by 10 percent by 2030
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is set to provide a major boost to the UK’s GDP over the next decade, new research has claimed.
A new report by PwC says that by 2030, the country’s GDP could see a boost of around 10 percent thanks to AI -- equivalent to around £232 billion.
UK workers optimistic about automation
Every second office worker in the UK (48 percent) is optimistic about what automation technologies will do to their workplace in the future. The only problems are that it’s expensive and infrastructure is lacking.
This is according to a new report by Capgemini, based on a poll of more than 1,000 UK office workers.
What is AWS planning to do next?
Amazon Web Services is looking to transform the fortunes of all UK customers.
The company took over London’s ExCel center this week for its AWS Summit, the largest ever event held in Europe, and laid out its view for the next 12 months in the opening keynote.
How AWS helps BP improve efficiency and minimize costs
Producing around 3.3 million barrels of oil through operations in over 70 countries, BP is one of the world’s largest energy companies. With so many crucial operations around the world, it’s no surprise that a reliable and robust IT system is required to keep everything on track and running smoothly.
"IT underpins every single part of our business at BP", Claire Dickson, the CIO of BP Downstream, which focuses on the refining and marketing of fuels, lubricants, and petrochemicals told the recent AWS Summit in London.
Microsoft to sell Box storage to Azure customers
Microsoft has announced a new tie-up with Box that will extend the intelligence and reach of its Azure cloud platform.
Under the terms of the deal, Box will now use Azure as a strategic cloud platform, with a new "Box on Azure" now being offered out to enterprise customers around the world.
VMware will release security solution for virtual machines
VMWare is finally going to release its security solution for virtual machines, and according to the company's senior VP, it could be released in the third quarter of this year.
Speaking at a global roadshow in Melbourne, Australia, Jeff Jennings said the product (which will probably be called App Defense) will be looking at the "context of a virtual machine."
Turning the Open API promise into reality: A roadmap for U.S. banks
Most major U.S. banks today seem to be singing the same tune, when it comes to acknowledging the potentially transformative impact Open API could have on their fortunes. Be it enabling reduced time to market, or helping reimagine the customer experience with personalized core and value-added services, the wide-ranging promise of Open API is not lost on banks.
And, many U.S. lenders are beginning to walk the talk by sharing customer data with third parties through rollout of application programming interfaces (APIs). Bank of America recently announced plans for an API-driven information sharing agreement with two data aggregators, conditional upon its customers giving consent for the same. Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase, too, have struck partnerships with third-party service providers and data aggregators like Finicity, Xero and Intuit to allow the latter to import their customer data.
More than 8 million Brits work from home
More than eight million of British employees now work at home for at least one day per week -- equivalent to almost a third (31 percent) of the entire working British populace.
The news comes from Virgin Media, which based its conclusions on a study of 2,006 employees. The report says homeworkers are bringing in £167 billion to the UK economy every year, and that number will only continue to grow.
London phone booths to feature Wi-Fi, charging station and access to local services
BT is going to replace payphone kiosks in London with a replacement that it says can be "the phone boxes of the future."
According to a Mobile Europe news report, the new InLinkUK units will be smaller than traditional payphone boxes, will provide ultrafast Wi-Fi, a charging station, access to maps and local services, a business phone directory and real-time, context specific information such as weather updates and London Underground tube times.
What new skills should IT pros learn?
Artificial intelligence, robotics and cloud computing are a catch-22. On one side of the equation, these technologies make our lives so much easier by automating tasks and simplifying work. They can be used to perfect a development or mechanical process too, as a machine will never tire or feel exhaustion like a human. They deliver even, consistent results almost endlessly.
They also have the potential to disrupt many industries by saving brands and organizations a considerable amount of money. And therein lies the problem. The rise of modern technologies like these could replace a huge number of jobs, especially among the middle-class.
Email scam is a growing problem for enterprises
Email phishing scams continue to strike a huge number of businesses, in spite of much more improved cyber-security policies, new research has revealed.
The latest Email Security Risk Assessment from Mimecast discovered that ambitious hackers are also increasingly targeting C-level executives and impersonating those in senior leadership positions in order to trick employees into transferring money or valuable IP data. The report found that there had been a 400 percent rise in so-called impersonation attacks in just the last three months of the year.
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