Computer Weekly Editors Blog
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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
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 ...
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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 -
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
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 ...
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 ...
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GDS under Kevin Cunnington (so far) - different, and yet the same
- Editor in chief 24 Oct 2016 -
A welcome change of tone from government over FTTP broadband
- Editor in chief 21 Oct 2016 -
GDS: Will the strategy still be delivery?
- Editor in chief 13 Oct 2016 -
Government must not ignore the historic international nature of UK IT
- Editor in chief 07 Oct 2016 -
Even GDS creator Francis Maude is worried about future of GDS
- Editor in chief 05 Oct 2016
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 ...
As citizens of the UK try to decipher the new thinking and emerging rhetoric of a post-Brexit-vote government and a new Prime Minister, for us in tech there is already a welcome change of tone in ...
The Government Digital Service (GDS) is an uncertain place at the moment – or so the rumour mill says. The team are carrying on with their pre-existing strategy – one that was written last year to ...
We didn’t hear much about the digital economy during the recent political party conferences. Prime minister Theresa May made a throwaway comment in her big set-piece speech suggesting a recognition ...
Followers of the ups and downs of the Government Digital Service (GDS) will be aware of the question marks surrounding the future of the organisation and the Whitehall in-fighting over its role. ...