UK Oracle MD: companies repeating tangled architectures in cloud

Oracle’s UK, Ireland and Israel managing director, Dermot O’Kelly takes stock of Open World 2016 and urges CIOs not to reinvent on-premise “accidental architectures” in the cloud Linq: http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450305102/UK-Oracle-MD-companies-repeating-tangled-architectures-in-cloud

UK National Cyber Security Centre set to launch

NCSC is due to launch officially on 1 October 2016 and will help the healthcare sector deliver consistent quality of data security Linq: http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450305144/UK-National-Cyber-Security-Centre-set-to-launch

Mastercard woos software developers with API platform

Credit card company Mastercard is investing heavily in digital payments and wants to engage with developers and startups Linq: http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450305142/Mastercard-woos-software-developers-with-API-platform

Docker storage: how to get persistent storage in Docker

Docker, by default, doesn’t come with persistent storage, which presents an issue to some workloads customers that want to run in containers – however, there are ways to achieve persistent storage Linq: http://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Docker-storage-how-to-get-persistent-storage-in-Docker

Microsoft preps datacentres for AI revolution through deployment of reprogrammable chips

Microsoft claims field programmable gate array chips are now live in Azure datacentres in 15 countries, as it future-proofs its infrastructure for the rise of big data applications Linq: http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450305093/Microsoft-preps-datacentres-for-AI-revolution-through-deployment-of-reprogrammable-chips

Australia must take cyber security opportunity

Australia may never be able to create an IT industry like that in the US, but it can lead in cyber security Linq: http://www.computerweekly.com/news/450304779/Australia-must-take-cyber-security-opportunity

Liam Maxwell: How the UK government is supporting British Technology

A video of the presentation Liam Maxwell, national technology adviser, HM Government, gave at Computer Weekly’s 50th anniversary Linq: http://www.computerweekly.com/video/Liam-Maxwell-How-the-UK-government-is-supporting-British-Technology