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• February 06, 2018 06 Feb'18

  Thousands of IT jobs being created in India by European and US companies

  Global businesses focus on India as they seek the best ecosystems for digital transformation

• February 06, 2018 06 Feb'18

  Tech boosts sales at Abu Dhabi’s Healthpoint

  United Arab Emirates healthcare provider Healthpoint has increased sales and efficiency through the use of the latest IT systems

• February 06, 2018 06 Feb'18

  BMW selects new startups for Innovation Lab 2018 accelerator

  Five startups will pitch their projects to BMW executives for the chance to work with the car manufacturer’s commercial divisions

• February 02, 2018 02 Feb'18

  Interxion closes in on Equinix in battle for Emea colocation market supremacy

  The latest colocation market leaderboard from Cloudscene shows Interxion could be gaining ground on giant provider Equinix

• February 02, 2018 02 Feb'18

  CIO interview: Aaron Powell, CDO, NHS Blood and Transplant

  NHS Blood and Transplant chief digital officer Aaron Powell explains why pushing a digital transformation agenda has a real impact on people’s lives

• February 02, 2018 02 Feb'18

  Dutch Filmworks disrupts piracy fight by imposing download fines

  Netherlands’ privacy watchdog grants film production company permission to collect IP addresses as part of its fight against illegal downloading

• February 01, 2018 01 Feb'18

  IT Priorities 2018: Where senior IT managers plan to spend their budget

  It is the year when IT departments migrate to Windows 10, upgrade to Windows Server 2016, architect microservices and deploy cloud management

• January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18

  Digital Catapult begins accelerator programme to help AI startups overcome major hurdles

  A business accelerator programme from Digital Catapult aims to help artificial intelligence-focused startups by giving them access to expertise and computational resources

• January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18

  Capita to offload non-core business units

  Capita reveals it might sell some of its non-core business units after issuing a profit warning, which the CEO partly blames on its business being too broad and complex

• January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18

  Swedish banks embrace rapidly evolving chatbots

  Artificial intelligence is playing an increasingly important business role for Sweden’s banks – and chatbots are the starting point for many

• January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18

  What CIOs need to watch out for in digital transformation

  IT head honchos will need to consider new performance indicators, adopt an embedded digital business model and build up an enterprise-wide digital platform to avoid digital deadlock

• January 30, 2018 30 Jan'18

  Davos: Cyber risks grow as countries turn towards protectionism

  The cost of natural disasters is now at record levels, but the cost of cyber crime is far higher. The World Economic Forum hopes to persuade governments to work together on the problem, but with isolationist politics back in fashion, can it succeed?

• January 29, 2018 29 Jan'18

  Superfast broadband available to 95% of country

  The UK government has announced it has reached its target for making superfast broadband available

• January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18

  NVidia aims to tackle UK’s AI skills gap by educating year nine students

  Computer chip developer is providing a teaching kit to educate students on artificial intelligence

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Robots are needed to manage the automation robots

  The next decade will see robots transform from invisible forces obeying our commands to lifelike objects interacting with humans on a daily basis

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Forensic investigation into Post Office IT system at centre of legal case nears completion

  The investigation into the fairness of court cases brought against sub-postmasters is close to finishing its forensic examination of the IT system at the heart of the controversy

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  Kao Data opens doors on first phase of £200m datacentre campus in Harlow

  Kao London One has a capacity of 8.8MW and is being touted as a good fit for hybrid cloud infrastructures

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  Sweden puts government IT outsourcing under increased scrutiny

  Government introduces rules to tighten security in IT outsourcing deals following a very public data leak last year

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Modern methodology gives Sweden’s 100-year-old SKF a digital push

  Long-established engineering company takes a leaf out of the startup guide to software development

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  IT of world’s banks is moving on from crippling regulation

  Banks need to invest more in fintech and IT skills as they emerge from years of stagnation

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  CIO interview: Julian Burnett, CIO, House of Fraser

  House of Fraser CIO Julian Burnett talks about his role in the business, key achievements and his plans for long-term and lasting digital transformation

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Police ICT Company hires Ian Bell as CEO

  Current Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire police CIO Ian Bell will take on the role as CEO of the Police ICT Company in February

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Bristol council in a hurry with £250,000 cloud migration project

  Local authority seeks IT supplier to help it move systems to the cloud in nine-month project before colocation service ends

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Demand for cloud services drives increase in IT outsourcing

  Cloud services spending in Europe, the Middle East and Africa offset a drop in traditional IT outsourcing in 2017

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  CIO interview: Tom Read, CDIO, Ministry of Justice

  The MoJ’s chief digital and information officer, Tom Read, is keen on doing his bit to tear down the Whitehall silos, creating collaborative, simple and effective digital services for staff and the public

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  Davos: Disintegration of the internet could create economic turmoil

  Politicians and business leaders will discuss the risks posed by fake news, cyber attacks, and artificial intelligence to jobs, political stability and global security, at the World Economic Forum in Davos

• January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18

  LeakedSource operator could face up to 10 years in jail

  Canadian man accused of selling stolen identities and passwords on website

• January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18

  Enterprise software spending set to grow thanks to AI and digital boost

  Gartner forecasts businesses will buy more software, with spending shifting to AI and digital initiatives

• January 15, 2018 15 Jan'18

  Ohio computer programmer faces 16 criminal charges over monitoring thousands of computers

  A 28-year-old computer expert has been charged for monitoring thousands of computers, using a form of malware he created

• January 12, 2018 12 Jan'18

  Alan Turing Institute to add universities of Birmingham and Exeter to data science network

  The Alan Turing Institute has announced the latest two universities to join its data science research network

• January 11, 2018 11 Jan'18

  Retail banking regulations hit UK with the potential of a ‘Big Bang’ moment

  The UK retail banking sector is at the beginning of a journey towards to a more competitive future as new regulation hits them

• January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18

  Ministry of Defence announces new CIO

  Former Prudential and BP CIO Charles Forte takes over as IT chief for the UK's armed forces

• January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18

  UAE tech growth prompts firms to review internal IT security

  As IT becomes more prominent in the UAE economy, more and more internal connections between people and systems are created, all of which need to be secured

• January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18

  UK must use new technologies in the workplace to reverse productivity issues, say researchers

  Researchers have called for the UK to utilise new technologies in the workplace to drive better productivity

• January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18

  Cyber attacks in 2017 drive Nordic security efforts

  The volume of cyber attacks last year has increased boardroom focus on security in the Nordic region

• January 08, 2018 08 Jan'18

  Sweden steps up cyber defence measures

  Sweden is tightening up its cyber security defences as part of a wider national security strategy

• January 08, 2018 08 Jan'18

  Telco outsources digital transformation to Infosys

  Belgium's biggest telco will cut legacy systems as part of a digital transformation project

• January 05, 2018 05 Jan'18

  London attracted record tech investment in 2017

  London-based tech firms received record levels of venture capital funding last year

• January 04, 2018 04 Jan'18

  Nordic banks face digitisation decisions over PSD2

  With the latest version of the EU payment services directive coming into force, traditional Nordic banks can’t afford to slow their digital transformations

• January 03, 2018 03 Jan'18

  How to avoid those coding challenge blues

  A new approach to coding challenges promises to spice up the developer recruitment process. Computer Weekly investigates

• January 03, 2018 03 Jan'18

  Top IT priorities for Nordic CIOs in 2018

  Nordic CIOs tell Computer Weekly about their intentions for the year ahead

• December 29, 2017 29 Dec'17

  Top 10 artificial intelligence stories of 2017

  Artificial intelligence is being used more and more across various industries, but there still issues around the technology. Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 AI stories for 2017

• December 28, 2017 28 Dec'17

  Top 10 CIO interviews of 2017

  IT leaders from across the UK and Europe shared their plans, strategies and best practice advice with Computer Weekly

• December 22, 2017 22 Dec'17

  Air New Zealand to trial digital translation technology

  Airline becomes one of the first companies to try out a business case for Google's real-time translation technology

• December 20, 2017 20 Dec'17

  Sweden’s Stena Line sets sail for digital transformation

  Ferry operator’s CTO tells Computer Weekly how the company can differentiate itself by using digital tools to make its processes more efficient

• December 19, 2017 19 Dec'17

  Top 10 enterprise IT in the Nordics stories in 2017

  The Nordic region might be best known in IT circles for its startup communities – but it has much more to offer

• December 12, 2017 12 Dec'17

  GDS staff survey reveals concerns over leadership and evidence of bullying and harassment

  Employee survey at Government Digital Service shows staff enjoy their work but have concerns about senior management – plus complaints over discrimination, bullying and harassment

• December 11, 2017 11 Dec'17

  CIO interview: Christine Walters, director of informatics, St Helens & Knowsley NHS Trust

  St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust’s director of informatics, Christine Walters, talks about running a health informatics service, the importance of understanding how people on the front line work and managing expectations

• December 08, 2017 08 Dec'17

  Santander UK recruits digital banking expert from Barclays

  Santander UK has poached Michael Harte from Barclays to drive digital transformation

• December 08, 2017 08 Dec'17

  Paul Coby to step down as John Lewis CIO

  CIO of retailer John Lewis, Paul Coby, has announced he will be stepping down from his role in 2018, after almost seven years