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• July 18, 2022 18 Jul'22

  Putting automation into motion will put the wheels on UK economic growth

  Automation technologies and artificial intelligence will change the workplace for the better, giving people time to focus on high-value creative work

• July 18, 2022 18 Jul'22

  Dutch multinational hires HCL for digital transformation

  Netherlands-based DSM is moving to a single-supplier IT services model for its digital transformation

• July 18, 2022 18 Jul'22

  Data and tech platforms helping finance regulator spot problems earlier

  The UK financial services regulator is increasingly using data platforms to proactively regulate the finance sector

• July 14, 2022 14 Jul'22

  Global IT services market shows signs of slowing

  Spending on IT and business process services could be set to reduce over the coming months as the latest ISG figures show early signs of decline

• July 14, 2022 14 Jul'22

  Gartner: Software sales defy economic outlook

  With spending on IT going up, there is no better time to be a head of IT as software drives new revenue-making opportunities

• July 13, 2022 13 Jul'22

  Goldman Sachs hires Google incubator founder

  Bank recruits co-founder of Google’s incubator as it continues to transform its business through digital technology

• July 12, 2022 12 Jul'22

  Brits say social media must do more to block harmful content

  UK citizens want social media companies to do more to prevent harmful content appearing on their platforms

• July 12, 2022 12 Jul'22

  Is time running out for legacy payments technology used by banks?

  The company bringing Google-like processing to core banking for banks has added the same proposition in payments

• July 12, 2022 12 Jul'22

  Whitehall IT veteran Mike Potter returns as new government CDO

  Potter will become the most senior digital government leader, in charge of the Central, Digital and Data Office, when he replaces Joanna Davinson in the autumn

• July 08, 2022 08 Jul'22

  Sweden and GDPR – four years on

  Swedish data protection coordinator talks to Computer Weekly four years into the General Data Protection Regulation

• July 07, 2022 07 Jul'22

  IBM still breaking new ground at Wimbledon

  IBM Watson is playing an increasingly important role in growing the fanbase and relevance of the Wimbledon tennis tournament

• July 06, 2022 06 Jul'22

  Manchester United signs DXC for digital transformation

  Football club is working with IT services firm DXC to support its digital transformation on multiple fronts

• July 05, 2022 05 Jul'22

  Legacy UK customs system stops accepting registration requests

  HMRC closes new applications to legacy customs system as its shutdown nears

• July 05, 2022 05 Jul'22

  Netherlands’ AMdEX seeks to democratise the internet

  Last year, five Dutch organisations launched an initiative to set up the Amsterdam Data Exchange to simplify data sharing and help democratise the internet

• July 05, 2022 05 Jul'22

  NCSC CEO: Why we should run towards crises to elevate cyber security

  National Cyber Security Centre CEO Lindy Cameron, the 2022 Computer Weekly UKtech50 Most Influential Person in UK IT, reflects on a career immersed in crisis management, and how she is using this to elevate cyber security standards across the country

• July 05, 2022 05 Jul'22

  UKtech50 2022: The most influential people in UK technology

  Computer Weekly has announced the 12th annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK tech sector

• June 30, 2022 30 Jun'22

  Subpostmaster campaigning forces government to set up compensation scheme and make interim payments

  Subpostmaster campaign group is a step closer to achieving what it was originally set up to do as government launches compensation scheme for its members who did not receive fair payouts

• June 30, 2022 30 Jun'22

  Independent scrutiny brought into compensation negotiations for wrongly prosecuted subpostmasters

  Former Supreme Court judge will offer his view on the valuation of compensation for wrongly convicted subpostmasters

• June 29, 2022 29 Jun'22

  Government sets NHS digital transformation plan

  The government expects to save billions of pounds and improve patient outcomes through digital transformation

• June 28, 2022 28 Jun'22

  Executive interview: Chris Conradi, chief digital officer, FSN Capital

  Chris Conradi is taking his learnings at Google into the private equity industry at Norway’s FSN Capital

• June 23, 2022 23 Jun'22

  FCA seeks more tech expertise in fight against fraud

  UK financial services regulator wants technology professionals to join its team fighting online fraud

• June 22, 2022 22 Jun'22

  NatWest files under whistleblower’s bed contain live customer data

  Former Royal Bank of Scotland worker wants bank to take back customer files and provide an ‘adequate receipt’

• June 22, 2022 22 Jun'22

  CIO interview: Simon Liste, chief information technology officer, Pension Protection Fund

  While aspects of the PPF’s three-year digital transformation plan were delayed by the pandemic, the organisation is now pressing ahead with widespread improvements to IT

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  Norwegian recruiters struggle to keep up with demand for IT specialists

  The growing importance of IT in all industries, along with a shortage in skills, make for an excellent high-tech job market for candidates in Norway

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  Post Office IT investigator to be released from confidentiality obligations for inquiry

  Forensic accounting firm that ‘knows where the bodies are buried’ will be released from confidentiality obligations by the Post Office to give evidence to public inquiry

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  CIO interview: Mark Bramwell, CIO, Saïd Business School

  After seven years in the job, there are still fresh challenges for the IT leader, including a second digital strategy to deliver

• June 20, 2022 20 Jun'22

  Minister says compensation offer to 555 subpostmasters close

  Government minister says an announcement on subpostmaster compensation could be made within weeks

• June 17, 2022 17 Jun'22

  British businesses to recognise Google skills certificates

  Google training programmes are being made available to more people in the UK as part of an initiative from the supplier and major UK businesses

• June 17, 2022 17 Jun'22

  Fintech firm chooses Salesforce software to support growth

  Revolut is to use Saleasforce software to support sales and marketing as part of its expansion plans

• June 17, 2022 17 Jun'22

  Finnish recruiter says cultural fit is the key ingredient for executive positions

  Job skills are important, but a good match of personality traits is a better predictor of long-term success in a company

• June 16, 2022 16 Jun'22

  Health app adoption on the up as users report benefits

  Mobile healthcare app take-up is at a pivotal moment and clinicians will play a key role in the next phase of adoption

• June 15, 2022 15 Jun'22

  Virgin Money slashes loan application time through fintech

  Business loan application process at Virgin Money cut from days to minutes through fintech platform

• June 15, 2022 15 Jun'22

  UK tech job opportunities at 10-year high

  Rapid adoption of digital technology, along with the sector’s growing success, has driven tech hiring to heights not seen since the London Olympics

• June 14, 2022 14 Jun'22

  CIO interview: Morten Holm Christiansen, Haldor Topsoe

  There’s no point digitising if there is no benefit to the customer, says the Danish chemicals giant’s head of IT

• June 14, 2022 14 Jun'22

  Spanish bank and Microsoft create innovation lab

  CaixaBank and Microsoft partner in artificial intelligence and metaverse innovation

• June 14, 2022 14 Jun'22

  Digitising the future of Nordic energy

  Finland calls for digital intervention as part of the global transition to renewable energy

• June 14, 2022 14 Jun'22

  Swedish recruiters prepare for a tsunami of AI projects

  Several programmes are underway in Sweden to attract and retain AI talent to meet a swelling demand in the job market

• June 13, 2022 13 Jun'22

  HSBC to give thousands of staff fintech training

  Thousands of HSBC staff will receive training in fintech technologies through a course developed with Saïd Business School

• June 13, 2022 13 Jun'22

  Qatar bolsters cyber security in preparation for World Cup

  With hackers honing their cyber weapons to target the upcoming football World Cup, Qatar is busy developing countermeasures and raising awareness

• June 09, 2022 09 Jun'22

  CIO interview: Yiannis Levantis aims at total quality for Unipart IT

  Unipart has a heritage in quality manufacturing and services that CIO Yiannis Levantis is building on, in part by harnessing SAP’s cloud-based business transformation service Rise

• June 09, 2022 09 Jun'22

  IBM winding down its Russian business

  After three months in suspension, IBM’s operations in Russia are being wound down, CEO tells staff

• June 08, 2022 08 Jun'22

  Executive interview: Clive Benford, Jaguar Land Rover

  The head of the corporate analytics programme at JLR talks to Computer Weekly about data democratisation

• June 08, 2022 08 Jun'22

  Danish recruiter provides advice on a crazy market for tech jobs

  Global trends make it difficult for Danish companies to hire people with IT skills, and a Danish recruiter is providing both companies and developers with some much-needed advice

• June 07, 2022 07 Jun'22

  Prison and Probation Service’s tagging ambition ‘outstripped its ability to deliver’

  HM Prison and Probation Service’s programme to transform the tagging of offenders has failed to deliver after software platform was scrapped

• June 07, 2022 07 Jun'22

  CDO interview: Matthew Lawson, chief digital officer, Ribble Cycles

  The 125-year-old bicycle manufacturer is transforming its business with digital innovations such as live streaming and online personalisation

• June 07, 2022 07 Jun'22

  CIO interview: Lee Cowie, chief technology officer, Merlin Entertainments

  The theme park giant faced an enormous challenge during Covid with its venues closed, but digital technology came to the rescue and is now opening up new opportunities

• June 01, 2022 01 Jun'22

  UKtech50 2022: Vote for the most influential person in UK technology

  Our judges have selected the top 50 leaders from a shortlist of over 250 people – now it’s your chance to tell us who you think is the most influential person in UK technology

• May 31, 2022 31 May'22

  CIO interview: Emma Frost, director of innovation, London Legacy Development Corporation

  The former Olympic Park in London has become a hotbed – and a testbed – for data and technology innovation that could have a wider benefit for the urban environments in which we live

• May 31, 2022 31 May'22

  Heineken puts employees in charge of their own careers with new HR system

  According to Sanne Noordam, head of SAP SuccessFactors in the Netherlands, companies need to look and listen more closely to the needs of employees in order to attract and retain them

• May 30, 2022 30 May'22

  Majority of organisations are hiring more IT staff to work remotely

  IT leaders are increasingly recruiting staff to work remotely as changing working methods brought by the Covid-19 pandemic look set to stay