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Interview: Health secretary Matt Hancock on his NHS tech vision
Matt Hancock brings rare digital experience to running the NHS and social care systems, but can he overcome the legacy of past health service technology failures?
Why CIOs need to find ways to manage the old and the new
In IT, nothing is ever reinvented and nothing ever really goes away. We investigate how IT departments can remain agile while managing legacy assets
The importance of adopting an evergreen IT strategy
Today's modern IT systems are potentially tomorrow's legacy technology problems, without an "evergreening strategy" in place
CIOs draw suppliers into whole team digital transformation
C-level executives organising digital transformation programmes prefer their suppliers to work as a single team. But it is not all plain sailing
10 essential facts you need to know about GDPR
In this e-guide, we give you the top 10 key facts you need to know about the General Data Protection Regulation according to privacy lawyer and KuppingerCole analyst, Karsten Kinast.
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Zeppelin uses Splunk for pre-emptive maintenance
German construction equipment rental firm Zeppelin has been using Splunk to predict when its machinery will need maintenance before it breaks down
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Russians using less cash
Russians are increasingly using electronic payments rather than cash, a recent study by Sberbank has found
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Competition, not consumer demand, is driving full-fibre roll-out
Market competition among telecoms operators, not consumer demand, appears to be driving the trend towards ultrafast full-fibre broadband roll-out in Europe
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McAfee combining threat intel with AI
Simulations show that threat intelligence and artificial intelligence is a powerful combination, according to McAfee’s technology head
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Kaspersky advances plans to encourage women into cyber
Cyber security provider Kaspersky Lab has partnered with several other organisations to try to encourage more women into cyber
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Postal delivery robots trialled in Norway
The Norwegian postal service is testing out the value and viability of robots delivering mail to homes and businesses
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A new era of collaboration for the NHS
Great Ormond Street Hospital's new research and innovation unit, Drive, marks a significant shift towards greater collaboration between NHS organisations and third-party industry partners
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CIO interview: Tamara Lohan, founder and CTO of Mr & Mrs Smith
Head of technology and co-founder of luxury travel firm Mr & Mrs Smith explains how the firm is revamping its technology to provide customers with a seamless experience
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Google Cloud CTO Brian Stevens on using open source for competitive advantage in the public cloud
Google Cloud CTO Brian Stevens on how the enterprise cloud conversation is changing, and why not all supplier declarations about supporting open source technologies are quite what they seem
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E-Zine | October 2018
CW ANZ: Taming the data beast
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CW ASEAN: Unlock flash opportunities
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E-Handbook | October 2018
The Future of Financial Services: Part 1
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E-Handbook | October 2018
A Computer Weekly buyer’s guide to retail technology
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E-Zine | October 2018
Drilling into AI at Shell
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Blogs
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Puppet pulls strings on new DevOps tools- Open Source Insider
Open source software configuration management company Puppet used its colourfully named Puppetize Live event in San Francisco this month to detail a new product designed to help measure their ... Continue Reading
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Can Matt Hancock be the minister that finally gets NHS technology right?- Computer Weekly Editors Blog
A large and toxic cloud has hung over NHS IT since the failure of the £12bn National Programme that saw billions wasted on systems that barely worked. Since then, we’ve seen the collapse of ... Continue Reading
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Citus Data donates 1% equity to non-profit PostgreSQL orgs- Open Source Insider
There’s open source and there’s open source. There’s genuine free and open source software (FOSS) and then there’s largely locked down proprietary non-dynamic library open source that is generally ... Continue Reading
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Addicted to clicks? Would you try online retail rehab?- Taking stock of retail tech
In early October 2018, fintech firm iZettle ran a rehab centre for online shopping addicts to show the impact e-commerce has on the highstreet. But will this change customer habits? Spoiler alert, ... Continue Reading
Opinion
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Monitoring key to outcomes-based security
What is the first step towards moving from a tick-box approach to security to one that is outcomes-based, and how can an organisation test if its security defences are delivering the desired outcome?
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Customers need to be at the centre of GDPR plans
Responding to a breach is not just about data, it is about taking care of, and protecting, customers
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Enable outcomes-based security in software development
What is the first step towards moving from a tick box approach to security to one that is outcomes based, and how can an organisation test if its security defences are delivering the desired outcome?
Videos
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Delivering Diversity in Technology: Emily Forbes, Seenit
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Delivering Diversity in Technology: Jess Wade, Imperial College
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Amali de Alwis, most influential woman in UK IT 2018 - winner’s speech
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CW500 interview: Boris Spremo discusses blockchain
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CW500 interview: Mirka Skrzypczak discusses blockchain
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CW500 interview: Carlo Del Mistro discusses blockchain
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