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CW500 and IT leadership skills

• November 12, 2021 12 Nov'21

  Government publishes research on maritime technology sector

  The report outlines opportunities and recommendations for the industry in areas such as autonomous systems and artificial intelligence

• November 11, 2021 11 Nov'21

  CIO interview: Ralph Munsen, CIO, Warner Music Group

  As organisations put more and more IT assets into the cloud, it makes more sense to manage networks cloud natively, says Warner Music CIO

• November 11, 2021 11 Nov'21

  Bank of England loses 161 computing devices in three years

  Bank cannot account for phones, laptops and tablets that have gone missing over the past three years

• November 11, 2021 11 Nov'21

  Stockholm and Copenhagen: Different IT innovation journeys, similar success

  Swedish and Danish capitals have build compelling tech startup success stories, and now rub shoulders with the likes of San Francisco

• November 10, 2021 10 Nov'21

  Traditional banks could get revenue boost if they copy digital challengers

  Traditional banks could see huge sales increases if they adopted the business models of their digital challengers

• November 10, 2021 10 Nov'21

  CIO interview: Graeme Hackland, CIO, Williams F1

  The Formula One CIO has made big changes to IT over the last few years, helping the F1 team to move forward through cloud-driven business transformation

• November 09, 2021 09 Nov'21

  NHS gets £250m boost to accelerate digital diagnostics plan

  NHS funding aimed at enabling faster detection of health conditions and reducing waiting times

• November 09, 2021 09 Nov'21

  Standard Chartered picks Starling Bank tech for product launch

  Standard Chartered able to quickly launch new product through fintech platform

• November 09, 2021 09 Nov'21

  Gartner: Why CIOs need to replan their roadmap

  IT has always been about gaining more efficiency by automating processes, but greater efficiency doesn’t lead to a step change in business outcomes

• November 09, 2021 09 Nov'21

  Blockchain technology will help banks will cut cross-border payment costs by $10bn in 2030

  The use of blockchain technology in cross-border payments will save global banks $10bn in 2030, according to research

• November 09, 2021 09 Nov'21

  Government and Post Office should stop discussing Horizon victim compensation and pay it

  The first hearing in the Post Office Horizon scandal public inquiry hears why victims should be paid compensation immediately

• November 08, 2021 08 Nov'21

  NHSX chief information officer outlines role of tech in achieving net zero targets

  The digital delivery unit will publish an update of its digital change framework to encompass sustainability, tackling areas such as artificial intelligence and data hosting

• November 07, 2021 07 Nov'21

  Technology spending reaches record levels, fuelling jobs boom

  Spending on IT has reached its highest levels for a decade but a shortage of skilled IT professionals could dampen growth

• November 05, 2021 05 Nov'21

  HMRC IT transformation plans under strain, says NAO report

  The EU transition and higher-than-expected customer demand, as well as technical debt, are among the factors that could affect HMRC’s modernisation ambitions

• November 05, 2021 05 Nov'21

  Number of subpostmasters appealing convictions reaches 137 at one legal firm

  Former subpostmasters convicted of crimes based on data from error-prone Post Office computer system continue to embark on appeals

• November 05, 2021 05 Nov'21

  Police interview former Fujitsu staff for second time in potential perjury investigation

  Former Fujitsu staff who gave evidence in subpostmaster trials have been questioned by police for a second time

• November 04, 2021 04 Nov'21

  NAO raises concerns over systems preparedness for import controls

  Delivery of enhancements and funding issues for the second phase of the Customs Declaration Service are among the points highlighted in latest report

• November 04, 2021 04 Nov'21

  Women grossly underrepresented in global fintech

  Women are CEOs at less than 6% of global financial technology firms and even fewer hold top tech jobs

• November 04, 2021 04 Nov'21

  The Netherlands works on resilience with large-scale national cyber exercise

  For the Netherlands, the biggest challenge in a large-scale cyber crisis is to maintain speed while exercising due care

• November 03, 2021 03 Nov'21

  Quarter of people don’t plan to visit a bank branch again

  A quarter of people have no intention of visiting a bank branch again after experiencing the benefits of digital banking when branches were closed during Covid-19 lockdowns

• November 02, 2021 02 Nov'21

  Minister refuses to rule out fully autonomous lethal weapons

  Lords debate the UK’s stance on drones and artificial intelligence in conflict

• November 02, 2021 02 Nov'21

  HSBC standardises on DevOps platform

  HSBC to standardise and automate software development through CloudBees platform

• November 02, 2021 02 Nov'21

  Cloud-fuelled European IT outsourcing spend hits record high

  European IT services spend up on the back of strong demand for cloud-based services

• November 01, 2021 01 Nov'21

  Government investigates the future of drones in the UK

  Regulatory Horizons Council research explores the opportunities and regulatory challenges around unlocking the domestic drone market

• November 01, 2021 01 Nov'21

  Covid pass deal to enable UK vaccine verification by EU countries

  Under the agreement, vaccination status of UK citizens will be digitally verified via the EU digital Covid certificate gateway

• October 29, 2021 29 Oct'21

  UK government launches consultation on AI in patents and copyright

  Evidence and views will be sought by UK government on how inventions and creative work made by AI should be protected

• October 27, 2021 27 Oct'21

  Budget: Cloud and data added to R&D tax credits, tech skills and digital boost for departments

  Rishi Sunak announces plans to incentivise private sector investment in research and development, attract global talent and boost the UK’s skills base

• October 27, 2021 27 Oct'21

  Russian IT market growing steadily after pandemic

  Russia’s enterprise IT sector is recovering steadily after a slowdown caused by Covid-19

• October 27, 2021 27 Oct'21

  TSB opens 100-seat tech centre in Scottish capital

  TSB has opened its latest tech centre in Scotland while IT services provider CGI announces the creation of hundreds of UK tech jobs

• October 27, 2021 27 Oct'21

  PAC report slams reliance on consulting at NHS Test and Trace

  Consultants recruited to fill technical skills gaps on the NHS Test and Trace programme are expected to cost £300m amid concerns spend has gotten “out of hand”

• October 26, 2021 26 Oct'21

  Thought Machine: Google-inspired banking fintech to unicorn and beyond

  UK fintech unicorn Thought Machine is transforming the IT of large traditional banks, while working with fledgling digital-only challengers

• October 26, 2021 26 Oct'21

  CIO interview: Dal Virdi, IT director, Shakespeare Martineau

  The law firm is increasingly digitising its business and readying its infrastructure for future merger and acquisition activity

• October 26, 2021 26 Oct'21

  Interview: Identifying talent at Nasa using data science

  David Meza, senior data scientist at Nasa, explains how the space agency is using data analytics and graph database technology to find, recruit and train the skilled people it needs

• October 26, 2021 26 Oct'21

  Capita migrates systems to the cloud for TfL low emission zone expansion

  Capita has expanded its team and moved systems to the cloud to support Transport for London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone expansion

• October 25, 2021 25 Oct'21

  Tech firms launch digital identity scheme for real estate

  Five companies joined the digital identity programme aimed at enabling buyers of real estate, and more providers are expected to join a pilot starting this month

• October 25, 2021 25 Oct'21

  Tech must be core to a high-wage UK economy, says TechUK

  Trade association TechUK calls on government to prioritise tech-led growth on Budget and Spending Review

• October 25, 2021 25 Oct'21

  Attempted hack causes Tesco website outage

  Retailer’s website and app back after attempted hack caused problems over the weekend

• October 24, 2021 24 Oct'21

  Digital healthcare in use by nearly half of UK’s adult population

  Some 28 million citizens have access to the NHS login, according to new data

• October 22, 2021 22 Oct'21

  Government seeks supplier for UK digital identity project

  Work on the UK digital identity project will be centred around the Gov.uk app, which is expected to be the new common check for citizen services

• October 22, 2021 22 Oct'21

  Post Office board ‘appalling’ and ‘short-sighted’, said minister researching Horizon project in 2000

  A government minister investigating the controversial Horizon IT project in 2000 described the Post Office board of directors as ‘appalling, short-sighted and partisan’

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  UK government launches information assurance unit for defence

  The Military Systems Information Assurance is aimed at developing alternatives to cryptology

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  UK government allocates £17.5m to farming innovation programme

  Farming innovation initiative aims to drive productivity and sustainability among farmers, growers and other businesses

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  Lloyds Bank closes more branches as customers migrate to digital channels

  Banking group has announced more closures as part of the ongoing reduction of its branch network

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  Oracle NetSuite embeds HSBC corporate banking services into ERP

  Oracle Netsuite integrates HSBC corporate banking services into its latest software

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  American Express announces global hybrid working model

  US credit card giant is latest corporate to formalise hybrid working following the success of informal policies introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  DWP IT chief outlines the challenges of establishing a Chief Data Office

  According to DWP chief Katharine Purser, interoperability between government systems is one of the main barriers to improving the handling of data

• October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21

  Zopa becomes unicorn with latest funds to go to bank operation

  Zopa will invest in its growing digital bank operation after becoming a unicorn in its latest fund-raising round

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  Government launches consultation on future of medical devices

  UK government aims is to gather views on possible changes around innovations in the medical device field, including the creation of a regulatory framework for software and artificial intelligence

• October 15, 2021 15 Oct'21

  Global IT outsourcing sees record spending and no sign of slowing

  Cloud services are being taken up by enterprises rapidly as they accelerate digital transformations

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  UK government advances voter ID project

  Cabinet Office-led project will see the introduction of a digital card to be used in future elections