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Recent Posts
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NHS takes a small digital step into the 21st century - with bigger ones to come
- Editor in chief 15 Feb 2019 -
Of course there's technology for the Irish border - that doesn't mean it will work
- Editor in chief 07 Feb 2019 -
Hello 2019, same as 2018 (mostly)
- Editor in chief 04 Jan 2019
Here is our quote of the week: “We spend £8m a year on paper. We spend £2m a year on envelopes. We can save lives, save staff time and cut costs by using an extraordinary piece of technology that ...
It’s understandable that people express cynicism when a politician – particularly one with a clear ideological bent – proclaims that “digital” or “technology” can solve the core Brexit issue of the ...
“Nothing changes, on New Year’s Day,” sang U2 many years ago. This piece of self-evident wisdom doesn’t stop the world of tech punditry from excitedly making hyperbolic forecasts at the start of ...
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O2 outage proves the weakest link in the digital revolution is fallibly human
- Editor in chief 07 Dec 2018 -
IT community needs to counter concerns behind 'big tech' backlash
- Editor in chief 22 Nov 2018 -
Brexit and tech – the big ‘if’
- Editor in chief 08 Nov 2018 -
Chancellor's Budget boost for tech is tempered by Brexit realities
- Editor in chief 02 Nov 2018 -
Can Matt Hancock be the minister that finally gets NHS technology right?
- Editor in chief 19 Oct 2018 -
GDS must share the lessons of Verify - good and bad - to boost the digital identity ecosystem
- Editor in chief 10 Oct 2018 -
DCMS plan aims to open up digital identity market - and might kill off Gov.uk Verify
- Editor in chief 21 Sep 2018
So it turns out the O2 mobile network failure that took out data access for some 30 million people this week, was caused by an expired software certificate – no great conspiracy, no programming ...
Sometimes reporting the latest tech news at Computer Weekly throws up an entertaining juxtaposition. Take these two headlines, for example, from last week: TechUK calls on Matt Hancock to ...
As we, seemingly, edge closer to something resembling a UK deal for leaving the European Union (and by the time you read this, that statement could quite possibly have been superseded by events), ...
Gone, or so it seems, are the days when Computer Weekly laments after every Budget statement from the Chancellor of the Exchequer that tech has been overlooked. There is little doubt that ...
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 ...
Depending on your perspective, Gov.uk Verify is now either secure in its future at the heart of the UK’s emerging digital identity ecosystem, or it has one foot in the grave and is on the way to ...
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has been conducting a review of digital identity since taking over policy responsibility from the Government Digital Service (GDS) in ...
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The UK can and must be a world leader in ethical regulation of the digital revolution
- Editor in chief 13 Sep 2018 -
Verify on the verge – what does it mean for GDS?
- Editor in chief 07 Sep 2018 -
Get ready for S/4 Hana – it’s the new Y2K
- Managing Editor 05 Sep 2018 -
UK should worry if digital products become part of the global trade and tariff debate
- Editor in chief 26 Jul 2018 -
Just as government starts to get better at major IT projects - enter, Brexit
- Editor in chief 06 Jul 2018
The digital revolution is challenging the regulatory environment across every westernised, developed economy. Governments in the EU, UK, France, Germany and the US are each trying to take a lead in ...
The government’s flagship digital identity system Gov.uk Verify has become a car crash in motion, accelerating towards its demise. The Cabinet Office’s project watchdog has condemned Verify by ...
There is an impending storm heading towards corporate IT, and the outlook doesn’t look sunny for cash-strapped, time-constrained IT departments. Just like in 1999 with Y2K, there is an absolute ...
Amid the global debate about trade tariffs, prompted by US president Donald Trump’s unorthodox economic policies, it’s little remarked that the digital economy is largely untouched by the ...
Slowly, slowly, the UK government is getting better at big IT projects. Thanks to Whitehall watchdog, the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA), we’re able to track the improvements in major ...