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CW500 and IT leadership skills

• September 22, 2020 22 Sep'20

  Wielding influence: The challenges CIOs face under Covid-19

  IT decision-makers are more necessary than ever, but their skills are being put to the test as the implications of the pandemic and the role of technology in the business evolves, according to the 2020 global CIO survey by Harvey Nash and KPMG

• September 22, 2020 22 Sep'20

  CIO interview: Mark Holt, CTO, Trainline

  The coronavirus pandemic has reduced train travel significantly, but for the rail ticketing app it’s been an opportunity to focus on using innovative technologies to help support passengers in new ways

• September 21, 2020 21 Sep'20

  NHS tech bosses outline cost of coronavirus app development

  The government is forecasting spend to exceed £35m in the controversial contact-tracing app, a Public Accounts Committee on digital transformation in the NHS has heard

• September 17, 2020 17 Sep'20

  What are the habits of highly effective CISOs?

  Data crunched by Gartner analysts reveals the behaviours that differentiate the top-performing chief information security officers from the pack

• September 17, 2020 17 Sep'20

  Swedish bank cuts branches and jobs, increases IT spend

  Swedish bank is increasing investment IT to improve digital banking as it reduces its branch network

• September 17, 2020 17 Sep'20

  DWP accelerates digital transformation amid Covid-19 crisis

  The Department for Work and Pensions has released an update of the efforts made in the past six months across key digital services, with progress accelerating due to the pandemic

• September 10, 2020 10 Sep'20

  Nordic CIO interview: Maria Lundberg, ICA Gruppen

  The CIO of Swedish retail giant ICA Gruppen, Maria Lundberg, who is overseeing the digitisation of four retail sectors, tells Computer Weekly about the challenges of providing shared IT services for localised needs

• September 08, 2020 08 Sep'20

  Mayank Prakash takes up CTO role at Tilney Smith & Williamson

  The former global consumer CIO at utility firm Centrica has jumped ship to join wealth management and professional services group Tilney Smith & Williamson as its chief technology officer

• September 08, 2020 08 Sep'20

  Post Office Horizon IT scandal victims face further battles as government digs heels in

  The government repeats that it won’t pay victims’ legal costs and confirms review into the scandal will not have the power to call witnesses

• September 08, 2020 08 Sep'20

  How low-cost computing gets kids into tech

  We speak to a teenager about the joys of programming a Raspberry Pi and the startup he has formed around a Pi-based medical device

• September 08, 2020 08 Sep'20

  CIO interview: Paul Neville, director of digital and ICT, Waltham Forest

  The IT chief at one of the most digitally advanced London boroughs talks to Computer Weekly about the past, present and future of tech-enabled transformation in times of crisis

• September 07, 2020 07 Sep'20

  Experts slam government digital ID response

  TechUK panel members say the government’s response to its digital identity consultation provides no concrete plan for moving forward

• September 07, 2020 07 Sep'20

  Artificial intelligence keeps HSBC ATMs stocked with cash

  HSBC is using artificial intelligence technology developed in-house to help it make sure ATMs are appropriately stocked with cash

• September 04, 2020 04 Sep'20

  Virtual London Tech Week is a sign of the future

  London Tech week's virtual event is another sign of how the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation

• September 04, 2020 04 Sep'20

  Major border disruption on the horizon as Brexit IT portfolio becomes ‘unmanageable’

  The proliferation of new platforms and work behind schedule is among the list of concerns cited in a leaked memo

• September 03, 2020 03 Sep'20

  Phishing scam targets Lloyds Bank customers

  Bank customers warned of emails and SMS messages that direct them to a fraudulent site and then request account log-in details

• September 03, 2020 03 Sep'20

  HMRC appoints Daljit Rehal as CDIO

  Former digital and data chief at Centrica, Daljit Rehal, takes the helm at HMRC as chief digital and information officer

• September 02, 2020 02 Sep'20

  UK to build commercially available quantum computer

  The UK government is backing a quantum computing project that will provide businesses with access to the technology

• September 01, 2020 01 Sep'20

  Vint Cerf: Why everyone has a role in internet safety

  The Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated the power of internet connectivity. Vint Cerf talks to Computer Weekly about the challenges the internet now faces

• August 28, 2020 28 Aug'20

  University of Staffordshire recruits robots to get more out of its people

  University staff were bogged down with administrative work, but will now have time to be creative

• August 28, 2020 28 Aug'20

  Interview: Frankie Kay, interim director general for data capability, ONS

  The Office for National Statistics’ interim director general for data capability talks about how data plays an important role in the battle against Covid-19 and how the pandemic has unearthed new ways of collaborating

• August 27, 2020 27 Aug'20

  NHS whistleblowers’ anonymity at mercy of inadequate trust IT policies and processes

  They were clapped in the streets for their bravery at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, but some NHS staff who raise workplace concerns are suffering abuse as a result

• August 27, 2020 27 Aug'20

  Financial services business leaders and CIOs disagree on IT infrastructure

  IT leaders and senior business executives need to align their technology infrastructure priorities as businesses attempt to emerge from the Covid-19 crisis

• August 27, 2020 27 Aug'20

  CTO interview: David Rafalovsky, Sberbank Group

  Russia’s Sberbank is well into its digital transformation journey, with artificial intelligence and supercomputing now at the centre of its plans

• August 27, 2020 27 Aug'20

  UK government publishes new insights on transport tech attitudes

  The latest wave of the study investigates public attitudes on innovations such as autonomous vehicles and drones

• August 26, 2020 26 Aug'20

  Amazon UK boss to help select new government CDO

  Outgoing Amazon UK boss Doug Gurr is on the selection panel to assess candidates for the government chief digital officer role, which offers a salary of up to £200,000 per year

• August 26, 2020 26 Aug'20

  CIO interview: Steve Otto, chief technology officer, The R&A

  When the coronavirus pandemic caused The Open to be cancelled, The R&A’s tech team took the UK’s flagship golf tournament online

• August 25, 2020 25 Aug'20

  Obituary: Lord Harry Renwick – a parliamentary pioneer for IT interests

  Lord Harry Renwick, once a key influencer for technology policy in Parliament, and a long-standing friend of Computer Weekly, passed away this month

• August 24, 2020 24 Aug'20

  Government makes digital leadership changes

  The government has begun recruiting for a chief digital officer at permanent secretary level and Government Digital Service director general Alison Pritchard is leaving to join the Office for National Statistics

• August 19, 2020 19 Aug'20

  Scotland announces £15m investment to boost connectivity

  Funding package aimed at improving internet access for 23,000 low-income households

• August 18, 2020 18 Aug'20

  How to keep IT staff safe when they are needed on-site

  One of the challenges for IT departments during the coronavirus pandemic is that staff sometimes need to come into the office, which poses health risks

• August 14, 2020 14 Aug'20

  UK government investigates AI labour market

  Survey will seek to discover new requirements and issues posed by artificial intelligence technology

• August 14, 2020 14 Aug'20

  Executive interview: Sri Shivananda, chief technology officer, PayPal

  Computer Weekly talks to PayPal’s tech head about the payment provider’s SOA, security, open source and the lockdown

• August 13, 2020 13 Aug'20

  CIO interview: Mark Gannon, director of business change and information, Sheffield City Council

  Like many organisations, the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated digital change in Sheffield, and its IT leader is looking to build further on that momentum

• August 10, 2020 10 Aug'20

  CIO interview: DFS’s Russell Harte on the Google ecosystem

  The furniture retailer has standardised on G Suite and has bought into the Google Cloud Platform and Chrome OS devices

• August 06, 2020 06 Aug'20

  If you hire foreign IT staff, ‘you’re fired’, Trump tells bosses in government-owned entities

  Donald Trump has fired a pre-election warning to government organisations that give IT jobs to workers from overseas

• August 06, 2020 06 Aug'20

  TfL Go launched to support travel in London during pandemic

  New tool aims to enable users to plan routes and comply with social distancing measures while using public transport

• August 06, 2020 06 Aug'20

  Business leaders banking on technology to drive coronavirus recovery

  GDP and IT spending are down, but business leaders see technology as the way to go when it comes to coping with the global pandemic

• August 04, 2020 04 Aug'20

  Google links with eight US banks for current accounts

  Tech giant works with banks to layer digital services on top of secure and regulated banking infrastructures

• August 04, 2020 04 Aug'20

  Nordic enterprises look for SAP price reductions as they navigate Covid-19

  Businesses in the Nordics are using SAP Cloud Platform to address Covid-19 challenges and are also seeking price reductions

• July 30, 2020 30 Jul'20

  HMCTS video hearings service scrutinised in LSE report

  Independent evaluation looks at user experience of video functionality for courts and tribunals

• July 30, 2020 30 Jul'20

  Barclays CEO says Canary Wharf office set to stay despite home working success

  Barclays chief says the success of home working during the Covid-19 pandemic has taught the banks lessons, one of which is that major centres like Canary Wharf will remain

• July 30, 2020 30 Jul'20

  How Broxbourne is evolving digital transformation beyond Covid-19

  The small town of Broxbourne in Hertfordshire is building on work before and during the pandemic to advance its modernisation agenda

• July 30, 2020 30 Jul'20

  Finland government funds work on potential quantum leap

  Finland's government is committing money to the development of quantum computing technologies to potentially provide a giant leap for the nation's industries

• July 30, 2020 30 Jul'20

  BASF partnership develops AI-powered smart mining

  A collaboration with IntelliSense.io is being used to power AI-based optimisation of mining processes

• July 30, 2020 30 Jul'20

  Accenture selected for key role in Bank of England core settlement system replacement

  Accenture will be technology delivery partner in project to replace the core system used to settle payments between banks

• July 29, 2020 29 Jul'20

  Bank of Ireland fined for six-year-old IT breach

  Bank of Ireland fined by regulator for its failings to prevent fraud six years ago

• July 28, 2020 28 Jul'20

  Councils get funding to build on Covid-19 digital progress

  The latest council funding is intended to ensure continued modernisation in public services delivery

• July 27, 2020 27 Jul'20

  CIO interview: Hany Choueiri, chief data officer, Aldermore Bank

  Digital transformation, cloud and data science are central to the specialist bank's response to the coronavirus pandemic

• July 27, 2020 27 Jul'20

  IT expertise in banking boardrooms reduces risk, finds Europe’s central bank

  Banks with more IT knowledge in the boardroom are more realistic about risk, according to Europe’s banking regulator