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ISSUE DATE: 9 April 2018 TOP STORIES Facebook data scandal a game changer, says ICO Facebook’s controversial data sharing with London-based data mining firm Cambridge Analytica is a game changer, according to the UK’s privacy watchdog. READ MORE → US tax cuts and dollar’s decline propel datacentre spending Gartner’s latest spending forecast shows the strongest growth in IT spending, which it expects to total $3.7tn in 2018, up 6.2% from 2017. READ MORE → Microsoft teams up with Japan’s JRCS on mixed reality Software giant Microsoft has partnered with a Japanese supplier of maritime systems to test the use of HoloLens headsets for training and maintenance work. READ MORE → ADVERTISEMENT

IN DEPTH Business increases use of encryption in the cloud The use of encryption has seen double-digit growth in the past year due to a number of security-related drivers, a study has revealed.  READ MORE → UK challenger bank gives up banking licence to focus on fintech CivilisedBank plans to serve small and medium-sized enterprises with savings and investment products. READ MORE → Microsoft outage: Europe-wide downtime locks Office 365 and Azure users out of cloud Microsoft engineers cite Azure Active Directory fault as cause of cloud customer service woes across Europe. READ MORE → Lufthansa goes back to the drawing board with HR IT project The aviation group made a number of false starts when it decided to update its HR IT systems – but it has learned lessons and believes it has it right this time. READ MORE →

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