News week beginning 21st December
In the week beginning 21st December @SageGroupPlc continues to consolidate selling #Asia and #ANZ #business units to @TheAccessGroup
Cyber researchers uncover end-to-end cyber-biological attack
An end-to-end cyber-biological attack has been uncovered by cyber researchers at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Using malware, a cybercriminal could use change a short sub-string of DNA on a...
UK police forces using cloud for data storage
47% of UK police forces currently use a hybrid-cloud model to access and store data. The details emerged from a survey of UK police forces carried out by Citrix. Of the...
TechnologyOne targets UK market for expansion after 2020 growth
TechnologyOne has revealed its full-year 2020 results as it continues its transition from a legacy on-premise software vendor to a cloud vendor. Progress is good with SaaS revenue up 32% to...
Ink Aviation and Tento Health launch platform to get people flying
Ink Aviation and Tento Health have launched the Ink Digital Health Platform. It is targeted at airlines and airport operators to get people flying again. The Ink DHP will take advantage...
DoJ takes on Russian military malware team
Six members of a Russian military malware and cybercrime group have been indicted by the US Department of Justice. The indictment stops short of calling them a cyber warfare group but...
US Treasury threatens sanctions for Ransomware payments
The US Treasury has warned that ransomware payments to cybercriminals may violate sanctions. It is one of two warnings that the US issued late last week. The second came from the Financial...
Police Scotland National Centre of Excellence targets cybercrime
Police Scotland has announced plans to establish a National Centre of Excellence to deal with cybercrime. The move comes as part of its Cyber Strategy 2020. The National Centre of Excellence...
Home office under fire for 120% surge in data loss incidents
The UK Home Office recorded a 120% surge in data loss incidents over the two most recent financial years. There were 1,895 individual incidents in 2018-19, rising to 4,204 incidents in...
Unit4 takes £30 million contract from SAP
Surrey County Council has awarded Unit4 a £30 million contract for the replacement of its SAP ERP system. Unit4 competed against four other vendors for the replacement, and the assumption is...
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ECB, EC and other European institutions ramp up involvement in CBDCs and digital settlement
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ServiceNow aids NHS Scotland for vaccination program
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Zadig & Voltaire launches back office systems with Aptos centralised planning platform
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IBM i marketplace continues to expand
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Gamarue malware found on laptops for schools
Malware connecting to servers hosted in Russia has been found on laptops provided to schools. The malware was found when laptops provided by the...
Forter publishes new report on retail revenue loss
Forter has published a new report identifying a major problem that could be costing retailers millions every year. The report, ‘Are new shoppers falling...
Acquia launches digital commerce solution
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SonicWall admits to attack on SMA software
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Less is more as Reputation.com becomes Reputation
Reputation.com, the leader in reputation experience management, has rebranded to Reputation. It has simplified its logo at the same time whilst retaining a nod...
Charles Brett’s Blockchain Catch-up for Week 3
This is a Charles Brett's start-of-the-week Enterprise Times ‘blockchain catch-up’ for Week 3. Necessarily it is idiosyncratic and selective.
It is not intended to be...
Namogoo launches intent-based promotions solution
Namogoo, a provider of digital journey continuity platform, has launched an Intent-Based Promotions solution. The solution helps retailers of all sizes with automated incentives...
Ohme moves to make EV charging as cheap as possible
Ohme has launched the Ohme App, a free smart charging app for electric vehicles (EV). The app contains many of the features currently only...
