Supply Chain

Vietnamese province that hosts Big Tech's factories now fashionably COVID-free

Industrial parks in Bac Giang, home to Apple and Samsung suppliers, battled shutdowns and skyrocketing COVID infections among workers since May

Science10 Aug 2021 | 8

Sysadmins: Why not simply verify there's no backdoor in every program you install, and thus avoid any cyber-drama?

Just 'validate third-party code before using it', says Euro body

Security31 Jul 2021 | 70

The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The best time to build a semiconductor foundry is 5 years ago

Column The history of computing is all change, all the time. Yet silicon-slingers let the chips fail where they may

On-Prem09 Jun 2021 | 50

The UK loves cybersecurity so much, it's going to regulate managed service providers' infosec practices in law

+Comment And you're invited to speak your brains on Computer Misuse Act changes

Security18 May 2021 | 19

Another supply-chain attack? Android maker Gigaset injects malware into victims' phones via poisoned update

Software nasty also 'persists after a factory reset'

Security07 Apr 2021 | 12

Mimecast bins SolarWinds and compromised servers alike in wake of supply chain hack

Signs up for Cisco, says some encrypted creds were stolen

Security17 Mar 2021 | 8

NARROWER TOPICS

Supply Chain Security Week

Embedded tech specialist Advantech warns component shortage will slow growth

It's not just car-makers slowing down: Advantech supplies the likes of Cisco and IBM

On-Prem11 Mar 2021 | 2

UK tech supply chain in dark over Brexit preparations months ahead of final heave-ho

Canalys Forum 2020 - updated How can it be OK when nobody knows what to prepare for, ask IT players

On-Prem16 Oct 2020 | 140

One does not simply walk into supply chain software – but Microsoft is giving it a shot

Ignite New features announced for Dynamics 365, but is it enough in 'notoriously tricky' market?

Software23 Sep 2020 |

Brexit border-line issues: Would you want to still be 'testing' software designed to stop Kent becoming a massive lorry park come 31 December?

New supply chains, brand new system, and ... oh dear, it's still not ready yet

Software04 Sep 2020 | 296

Apple faces further iPhone 12 supply chain woes, per famed analyst Ming-Chi Kuo

Taiwanese optics suppliers in the frame, reportedly

Personal Tech07 Aug 2020 | 4

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella talks hardware supply chains and elasticity: 'Bigger issue' is what happens around US and Europe's 'demand side'

Staying upright as more restrictions slapped on its clouds

SaaS25 Mar 2020 | 8

Supply, demand and a scary mountain of debt: The challenges facing IT as COVID-19 grips the global economy

Analysis A lack of liquidity is going to cause complicated problems, analysts warn

On-Prem16 Mar 2020 | 83

Never break the (supply) chain: Intel pitches 'full lifecycle' chip-tracking programme to partners

Listen to the wind blow, watch the sun rise

On-Prem04 Dec 2019 | 7

FedEx fed up playing box cop, sues Uncle Sam to make it stop: 'We do transportation, not law enforcement'

Feds are asking Huawei too much from us, complains shipping giant upset it has to police every package

Networks25 Jun 2019 | 52

Fake fuse: Bloke admits selling counterfeit chips for use in B-1 bomber, other US military gear

E-waste partly to blame for proliferation of deceptively marketed silicon

Security05 Feb 2019 | 62

Oracle's IoT play: Teach business apps and things to talk together

There's lots of things out there and Big Red wants to dig 'em out of silos and cloud 'em up

Edge + IoT17 Feb 2017 | 1

Wow, RIP hackers ... It's Cyber-Lord Blunkett to the rescue for UK big biz

New system to ensure suppliers are up to scratch on IT security

Security21 Sep 2016 | 19

Amnesty International accuses tech giants of battery bastardry

Very nasty mines in Democratic Republic of the Congo may be source of your smartmobe

Legal19 Jan 2016 | 27

GT sapphire glaziers: You signed WHAT deal with Apple?

Worstall @ the Weekend Dear lord, who let these chumps out of the playpen

On-Prem16 Nov 2014 | 39

SHATTERED: Apple's jilted glass supplier to shut down sapphire ops

Updated GT Advanced Tech to shutter factories, lay off 890 workers

On-Prem10 Oct 2014 | 27

No 12-inch maxiPads for Christmas: Suppliers 'smothered by iPhone 6'

Apple's rumored big iPad said to be delayed until 2015

Personal Tech09 Oct 2014 | 15

Ex-inmate at Chinese prison: We made airline headsets

Claims Dongguan lags were tasered if targets missed

Legal26 Jun 2013 | 54

HP clamps down on student labor in Chinese factories

Workers must be allowed to leave, too

On-Prem08 Feb 2013 | 18

Datawind insists $42 tab isn't Chinese

Components of subsidised slabs come from China, but assembly done in India

Personal Tech26 Nov 2012 | 11

JDA Software finds a RedPrairie home companion

$1.9bn merger agreed

On-Prem01 Nov 2012 |

China fingered as counterfeit parts flood tech supply chain

IHS warns all tiers to tighten supplier scrutiny

Channel31 Oct 2012 | 10

China reveals new strategy of stockpiling rare earths

We don't need no steenkin' WTO

On-Prem06 Jul 2012 | 31

2011 sets new record for counterfeit electronics

IHS iSuppli says most counterfeits come from Asia, at a rate of one every 15 seconds

On-Prem23 May 2012 | 14

China sets up association to handle rare earth disputes

Minerals have become a big deal to tech industry

On-Prem10 Apr 2012 | 5

Tech titans say sayonara to Japan in quake wake

Cruel snub after tsunami rebuild struggle

Channel09 Mar 2012 | 13

Acer to dump 3 million laptops onto European market

Bargains ahoy: Supply chain a-bulge with boxes

Channel13 Jun 2011 | 28

When information sharing goes wrong

Workshop Trust in the supply chain

On-Prem14 Apr 2011 | 1

Corporate social responsibility - ya gotta love it

Papering over the governance cracks

Channel09 Jun 2009 | 2

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