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The biggest surprise about TSB's IT disaster is that people are still surprised when banks' IT fails
- Editor in chief 25 Apr 2018 -
Why Windrush scandal demonstrates the importance of technology to political decision-making
- Editor in chief 20 Apr 2018 -
GDS needs to prove it can still transform government after loss of data policy to DCMS
- Editor in chief 06 Apr 2018
The only real surprise about TSB’s IT disaster this week is that people are still surprised when a retail bank has IT problems. There are few organisations with a more complex and difficult ...
The Windrush scandal has revealed many disturbing things about government policy that have nothing to do with IT. But the issues raised amply demonstrate the importance of technology considerations ...
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 ...
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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 -
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
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 ...
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 ...
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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 -
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
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 ...
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 ...