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CW500 and IT leadership skills
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June 11, 2025
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Jun'25
West Brom Building Society project to meet customers’ digital demands
Calls from customers for a choice of digital channels drove West Brom Building Society’s digital transformation project
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June 10, 2025
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Jun'25
UK finance regulator tie-up with Nvidia allows firms to experiment with AI
FCA wants to support organisations in testing their ideas for the use of artificial intelligence
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June 10, 2025
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Jun'25
HMRC paid Fujitsu £310m last year, but Post Office supplier’s UK business faces gradual decline
While victims are made to fight for every penny they are owed, the IT supplier at the centre of the Post Office scandal is handed hundreds of millions of pounds by UK government
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June 10, 2025
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Jun'25
Third-party security weaknesses threaten Europe’s big banks
Security breaches via third parties increased by 25% at Europe’s largest finance firms
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June 09, 2025
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Jun'25
Compensation to Post Office scandal victims reaches £1bn milestone
The government has now paid out more than £1bn to victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal
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June 05, 2025
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Jun'25
Whitehall fails to recognise digital procurement challenge, says PAC
Committee concerned that Government Commercial Function doesn’t understand the scale of reform needed to address long-standing digital procurement issues, including lack of skills and leadership
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June 05, 2025
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Jun'25
Citigroup cuts thousands of staff at China-based tech centres
Financial services giant Citigroup is drastically reducing headcount in its Chinese tech delivery centres as it restructures its technology operation
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June 05, 2025
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Jun'25
Australia’s CommBank completes migration of data to AWS in AI drive
Putting all of its data in AWS cloud will support bank’s use of artificial intelligence to offer customers more personalised services
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June 04, 2025
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Jun'25
NCSC sets out how to build cyber safe cultures
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has published guidance for security teams and leaders on how to foster accessible and appropriate cyber security cultures in their organisations
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June 04, 2025
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Jun'25
Interview: Manish Jethwa, chief technology officer, Ordnance Survey
The UK mapping service has moved on a long way from paper maps as it now looks to use artificial intelligence to understand, interpret and derive insights from geographical data
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June 03, 2025
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Jun'25
Fintech growth three times that of finance sector as a whole
Global fintech revenues reached £280bn in 2024, according to Boston Consulting Group report
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June 02, 2025
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Jun'25
AI in IT services and the diminishing correlation between people and growth
While non-IT business professionals in the middle of their careers face the most disruption from generative AI, professionals in the IT services sector and their employers are prepared for change
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June 02, 2025
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Jun'25
NPCC calls for better tech investment
The National Police Chiefs’ Council sets out a series of digital ambitions and asks for £220m per year in the upcoming spending review to scale up science and technology capabilities
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May 29, 2025
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May'25
CEOs and IT chiefs misaligned on AI readiness
A report from Kyndryl shows a significant gap in how business leaders perceive the AI infrastructure of their organisations compared with IT chiefs
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May 29, 2025
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May'25
Post Office slammed after deleting social media comments on IT scandal
Post Office accused of suppressing the views of victims of the Horizon scandal by deleting comments on social media platforms
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May 28, 2025
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May'25
Remote purchase fraud surges 14%, says banking industry
Brits lost over £1bn to payment fraud in its many forms last year, according to the latest banking industry numbers
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May 27, 2025
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May'25
Armed forces charity steps in to address cyber mental health crisis
CIISec and military charity PTSD Resolution hope to address a gathering mental health crisis among frontline cyber professionals
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May 27, 2025
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May'25
Interview: Richard Masters, vice-president of data and AI, Virgin Atlantic
The airline’s data chief is applying his expertise as a PhD in astrophysics to the nitty-gritty details of using artificial intelligence to improve customer experience
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May 27, 2025
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May'25
Imec ITF World 2025: The hardware horizon for AI
At its recent ITF World 2025 conference in Antwerp, Belgian research institute Imec delivered a pointed message: as AI accelerates, the world needs new thinking – not just in software, but in the hardware ecosystems underpinning it
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May 23, 2025
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May'25
Data embassies and US embargo halt give Saudi AI hope
Gulf autocracy gets access to powerful AI chips subject to export ban and pursues legal reforms to make foreign computing firms feel comfortable about putting their data there
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May 22, 2025
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May'25
Lloyds and Nationwide to use UK finance sector LLM
Industry-specific large language models could improve customer services, strengthen security and support regulatory compliance
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May 22, 2025
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May'25
Former ICAEW operations chief heads up BCS
BCS CEO Sharon Gunn wants to open up membership to broadest range of people to promote professional and ethical practices
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May 22, 2025
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May'25
HMRC begins escape from Fujitsu’s grip through £500m contract
HMRC looking for a supplier to support its planned exit from three Fujitsu datacentre contracts
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May 21, 2025
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May'25
M&S cyber attack disruption likely to last until July
M&S says it has moved into recovery mode after a ransomware attack, but expects some disruption to persist throughout the coming weeks
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May 21, 2025
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May'25
Interview: Rom Kosla, CIO, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
The IT chief of one of the world’s biggest tech companies still has to get the technology right – and he’s building on cloud, application consolidation and data to bring new capabilities in AI to his users
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May 21, 2025
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May'25
Fujitsu raked in £80m from HMRC in March alone, despite Post Office scandal
HM Revenue & Customs described as a UK ‘cash cow’ for the Japanese IT giant at the centre of the Post Office Horizon scandal
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May 21, 2025
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May'25
Strong fintech security posture at risk via third-party weak links
Despite having a strong security posture, the financial technology sector could be open to attack via third parties
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May 20, 2025
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May'25
Botched Post Office IT projects continue to drain public purse
Millions more pounds of public money spent by the Post Office as a result of an IT error that exposed the personal details of Horizon victims
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May 20, 2025
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May'25
Ireland sets out chip plan
Ireland has a long history of attracting high-tech firms. Building on the EU Chip Act, it now aims to be a leader in semiconductors
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May 20, 2025
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May'25
Interview: Driving tech innovation at the BBC
Computer Weekly speaks to Jatin Aythora, director of BBC Research and Development, about self-belief and learning from different industries
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May 19, 2025
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May'25
Post Office performs costly 30-year U-turn on Horizon
Post Office Horizon replacement magnifies missed opportunity as move from the controversial Horizon system to an off-the-shelf alternative is going back to a plan it rejected in the 1990s
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May 16, 2025
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May'25
Mid-career professionals must learn to understand and use AI as GenAI tips balance
Whether in the finance, IT or legal sectors, artificial intelligence will change the way businesses operate and how their people work
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May 15, 2025
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May'25
Post Office scandal inquiry to publish first findings this summer
Inquiry announces that findings on compensation and human impact will be presented in the next few months
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May 14, 2025
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May'25
BBVA creates ChatGPT Store and expands use of the GenAI tool
Data reveals that bank employees are saving an average of almost three hours every week by using ChatGPT
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May 14, 2025
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May'25
Humphrey AI tool powers Scottish Parliament consultation
AI-powered Consult tool has helped the Scottish Parliament to organise feedback from a public consultation into themes
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May 13, 2025
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May'25
UKRI must do more to drive innovation agenda and avoid fraud
UKRI’s funding of research and innovation to support the government’s growth strategy has room for improvement
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May 13, 2025
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May'25
Controversial Post Office Horizon system could stay until 2033
Post Office seeks off-the-shelf Horizon replacement as part of £492m tender that includes ongoing support for Horizon up to 2033
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May 13, 2025
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May'25
Evidence reveals Post Office scandal victims short-changed in compensation payouts
Subpostmasters who appealed compensation payments have significantly increased ‘worryingly undervalued’ settlements
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May 12, 2025
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May'25
Italian bank signs 10-year deal with Google Cloud
UniCredit will transform operations through cloud, AI and data analytics technologies from Google Cloud
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May 09, 2025
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May'25
Interview: Amanda Stent, head of AI strategy and research, Bloomberg
Hallucinating AI, which lies through its teeth, keeps Amanda Stent busy at data analytics and intelligence giant Bloomberg
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May 09, 2025
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May'25
Apple to play modest role after datacentre heat breakthrough in Denmark
Country at forefront of industrial heat recycling expects datacentres will take only modest role in heating homes after government paved way with widely celebrated law
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May 09, 2025
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May'25
AI training gap puts Europe at a disadvantage
Forrester study finds that workers in the US are more likely than their European counterparts to have received AI training to support their job roles
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May 09, 2025
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May'25
Nordic countries plan offline payment system for disaster backup
Board member of the Bank of Finland reveals plan as likelihood of losing internet connectivity increases amid geopolitical tensions
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May 08, 2025
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May'25
Government will miss cyber resiliency targets, MPs warn
A Public Accounts Committee report on government cyber resilience finds that the Cabinet Office has been working hard to improve, but is likely to miss targets and needs a fundamentally different approach
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May 08, 2025
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May'25
SAP sales tactic fuels IT disconnect
Business heads are being targeted by SAP as it pushes out its Rise cloud ERP system
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May 07, 2025
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May'25
Europe leads shift from cyber security ‘headcount gap’ to skills-based hiring
Research from Sans Institute reveals European organisations are leading a global shift in hiring priorities, driven by regional regulatory frameworks
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May 07, 2025
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May'25
Oxford Uni adds cyber resilience module to MBA programme
Oxford University’s Saïd Business School is working with cyber response specialist Sygnia to help future business leaders get on top of security
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May 07, 2025
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May'25
UK at risk of Russian cyber and physical attacks as Ukraine seeks peace deal
UK cyber security chief warns of ‘direct connection’ between Russian cyber attacks and physical threats to the UK
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May 07, 2025
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May'25
Schools pilot exam results app that could save £30m
Exam results and certificates will be provided digitally in a pilot the government hopes will lead to huge financial savings
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May 07, 2025
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May'25
UK hands Indian IT suppliers competitive boost in trade deal
Trade deal will exempt IT workers from India from paying National Insurance contributions for three years