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Recent Posts
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GDS needs to prove it can still transform government after loss of data policy to DCMS
- Editor in chief 06 Apr 2018 -
When tech firms get too big - will Facebook & Google follow the cycle of IBM & Microsoft?
- Editor in chief 20 Mar 2018 -
Can technology save the day for Brexit? (*Spoilers* : No)
- Editor in chief 01 Mar 2018
I met Mike Bracken, the first leader of the Government Digital Service (GDS), in 2011, not long after he had started the job, for an off-the-record briefing about his ambitious plans to overhaul IT ...
The technology industry is still relatively young, and certainly has a lot more growth to come. But it’s old enough now for us to see the repeating trends that make regulatory and legal ...
If you happen to be an ardent Brexiteer, a true believer in the UK government’s desire for “innovative solutions” to avoid a hard border with the Republic of Ireland, we have good news for you. The ...
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Is cyber security becoming a cost of doing business - to the detriment of our data?
- Editor in chief 23 Feb 2018 -
Brexit fears and frustrations are mounting for UK tech sector leaders
- Editor in chief 16 Feb 2018 -
Latest Universal Credit revelations heap further pressure on Gov.uk Verify
- Editor in chief 09 Feb 2018 -
As Gov.uk Verify concerns mount, is GDS about to lose control of digital identity policy?
- Editor in chief 02 Feb 2018 -
UK IT budgets are increasing fast as cloud adoption accelerates - Computer Weekly reader survey
- Editor in chief 02 Feb 2018 -
Theresa May's welcome tech enthusiasm comes with a huge Brexit caveat
- Editor in chief 26 Jan 2018 -
There's nothing for government IT outsourcing to learn from Carillion that we don't already know
- Editor in chief 18 Jan 2018
Computer Weekly writes a lot about cyber security – it’s the easily most popular topic among our readers, and always rates as one of the top priorities in our annual survey of IT professionals. ...
You wouldn’t exactly classify the leaders of the UK tech sector as a bunch of liberal lefties. For all the stereotypes of bearded Shoreditch sandal-wearers that surround much of the nascent startup ...
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been consistently criticised for its lack of transparency since the controversial Universal Credit programme was launched nearly eight years ago. The ...
There’s a growing body of opinion that the government’s flagship digital identity system, Gov.uk Verify, has now become a major hindrance to the development of the UK’s digital identity ...
Every year, Computer Weekly conducts a large-scale survey of our readers to find out their IT spending priorities for the year ahead – it’s always an interesting take on what’s happening in IT ...
It’s nice that we have a prime minister that chooses to use one of her most high-profile speeches of the year to talk about technology. It’s equally good that her chancellor similarly discussed the ...
The demise of construction and services giant Carillion has brought fresh scrutiny of outsourcing in government. Frankly, you could find some event almost every year that brings fresh scrutiny of ...
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Spectre of IT vulnerability looms large
- Managing Editor 15 Jan 2018 -
Five things in tech to watch out for in 2018
- Editor in chief 04 Jan 2018 -
Fear not for the future of digital government - the GIFs are taken care of
- Editor in chief 19 Dec 2017 -
On digital identity in the UK - and the likely future for Gov.uk Verify
- Editor in chief 15 Dec 2017 -
We're living in a global beta test to determine the legal and ethical boundaries of data collection
- Editor in chief 01 Dec 2017
In some ways the Meltdown and Spectre flaws represent a risk that goes to the very heart of computing. This microprocessor flaw has resulted in major network, server, PC and mobile hardware firms ...
Complete this sentence to win a prize for your technology insight: “2018 will be the year of…” Rather like the missing word round in Have I Got News For You, the answers will range from the obvious ...
I was tempted to write this blog post on Computer Weekly's Downtime blog, where we try to look at the lighter side of the world of IT. But I'm not entirely sure this is a joke. While budgetary ...
Did you know the UK government has a minister for identity? It’s Baroness Susan Williams, whose full responsibilities go under the grander title of minister of state for countering extremism. ...
In the fast-expanding world of ubiquitous personal data, sometimes it feels like we’re living in an enormous global beta test to work out what’s acceptable and what’s not. This week, Google was hit ...