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Recent Posts
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Government digital strategy ticks the boxes - but real transformation needs more radical ambition
- Editor in chief 10 Feb 2017 -
GDPR - the essential compliance burden to keep the UK trading post-Brexit
- Editor in chief 03 Feb 2017 -
A successful industrial strategy for UK tech depends on people, not politics
- Editor in chief 27 Jan 2017
The long wait for the new government digital strategy may have caused frustration in some places, but clearly within the Cabinet Office the extensive delays have brought expectations to a peak of ...
If GDPR compliance is not near the top of IT leaders’ priorities for 2017, you have a problem. GDPR – the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation – was always going to be a major ...
The mere existence of an industrial strategy for the UK – especially one that prioritises science, technology and innovation - is a hugely positive step for everyone in IT. But it’s nowhere near ...
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The insurmountable Catch-22 of Davos discussing technology risks
- Editor in chief 19 Jan 2017 -
Wake up to the nightmare of things
- Managing Editor 16 Jan 2017 -
Could it be time for CIOs to break free?
- Managing Editor 09 Jan 2017 -
UKtech50: Seeing the signs of optimism for UK IT in 2017
- Editor in chief 09 Dec 2016 -
It's no use complaining about IT-illiterate MPs - the tech community needs to step into politics
- Editor in chief 01 Dec 2016 -
The digital economy and the Autumn Statement: Good start, please do more
- Editor in chief 25 Nov 2016 -
What’s going on at DWP Digital?
- Editor in chief 21 Nov 2016
We should take some encouragement that this week’s gathering of the powerful, the rich and the even richer in Davos chose technology risks as one of its key agenda items for discussion. The World ...
Wearables, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities and autonomous vehicles are among the technological breakthroughs that are starting to gain traction. The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in ...
A new year brings new challenges, but the CIO faces the same issue every year – to drive the business’s technology agenda while doing more with less overall budget. Computer Weekly’s annual IT ...
Computer Weekly’s UKtech50 list of the most influential people in UK IT provides a fascinating insight into the big issues affecting the tech community, as we watch how the leaders who make the ...
Twice in the past week, the UK government has passed legislation despite overwhelming concerns from the technology community. The Digital Economy Bill – a mostly sensible attempt to update laws ...
Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond’s Autumn Statement showed a welcome and necessary understanding of the need to look at the long-term future of the UK’s digital economy. The £1bn ...
Dear readers, I'd like to ask for your opinion. Let me tell you a story. In late October, I was approached by a whistleblower in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). This individual, who ...
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No surprises, few measurable targets, but one big challenge for the new government digital strategy
- Editor in chief 15 Nov 2016 -
How the technology sector helped create President Trump
- Editor in chief 10 Nov 2016 -
The clampdown on IT contractors in Whitehall is another risk for digital government progress
- Editor in chief 31 Oct 2016 -
GDP growth reinforces vital importance of tech sector to UK economy
- Editor in chief 28 Oct 2016 -
GDS under Kevin Cunnington (so far) - different, and yet the same
- Editor in chief 24 Oct 2016
After another summer of turmoil at the Government Digital Service (GDS), with several senior executives leaving and a new chief brought in to the surprise of many, expectations for its new strategy ...
It’s probably fair to say that the world doesn’t need another journalist trying to explain why Donald Trump won the US presidency right now. Nonetheless, I think that we in the technology sector ...
IT contractors working in government are under pressure like never before over their tax status, and many people in Whitehall IT fear that a clampdown on the use of temporary staff could lead to a ...
This week’s slightly-better-than-expected GDP figures show the importance of the tech sector to not just the UK economy but to any plans for our international trade relations once we leave the ...
Computer Weekly’s first opportunity to meet with Kevin Cunnington, the new director general of the Government Digital Service (GDS) answered a lot of questions – but raised plenty too. It’s ...