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• September 21, 2016 21 Sep'16

  Best of VMworld Europe User Awards 2016 open for entries until 30 September

  The Best of VMworld Europe User Awards 2016 are now open for entries until 30 September. Read the criteria and find out how to submit your nomination here

• September 15, 2016 15 Sep'16

  Third of insurance professionals expect technology-based suppliers to disrupt market

  Companies using technology platforms to offer insurance will be increasingly common, and a larger variety of insurance products will be available as a result

• September 15, 2016 15 Sep'16

  Gartner highlights gap between enterprise cloud adoption expectations and reality

  Market watcher claims enterprise aspirations around cloud adoption are not being met

• September 14, 2016 14 Sep'16

  Yorkshire Bank to invest in online banking to support cost cutting

  Clydesdale and Yorkshire group to invest in technology at retail bank while reducing staff and number of branches

• September 13, 2016 13 Sep'16

  Number of internet users in Myanmar rockets

  Internet use rapidly increases in Myanmar, with most people connecting through smartphones

• September 13, 2016 13 Sep'16

  Banks and fintech firms respect each other, says HSBC boss

  The relationship between banks and fintech companies has sweetened over the past five years with mutual respect evident, says HSBC boss

• September 13, 2016 13 Sep'16

  Insurance brokers fear regulatory action over SSP Worldwide cloud outage

  Insurance brokers hit out at disaster recovery arrangements, fearing two-week outage could put them at risk of action by Financial Conduct Authority

• September 08, 2016 08 Sep'16

  Insurance brokers count cost of lost business as SSP SaaS platform outage enters second week

  SSP confirms to Computer Weekly it has no clear idea when all brokers will be able to continue doing business via its SaaS platform, two weeks on from Solihull datacentre power outage

• September 07, 2016 07 Sep'16

  Thousands of jobs at risk in Scotland’s finance sector if technology adoption is slow

  Scotland's financial services industry must get to grips with fintech quickly if it is to prosper, according to academic research

• September 07, 2016 07 Sep'16

  A quarter of local council procurement policies do not support use of G-Cloud, research shows

  Latest research by public sector-focused IT provider Eduserv sheds further light on reasons why local councils have been slow to adopt the G-Cloud procurement framework

• August 30, 2016 30 Aug'16

  VMware to help enterprises manage AWS, Azure and Google cloud deployments

  Virtualisation giant VMware offers enterprises a helping hand with managing multi-cloud environments, spanning AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform

• August 26, 2016 26 Aug'16

  Rackspace sold to private equity house Apollo Global for $4.3bn

  After weeks of speculation about its acquisition status, Rackspace confirms definitive agreement with private equity buyer

• August 25, 2016 25 Aug'16

  Forum to drive cloud adoption in the Philippines

  An online forum has been set-up in the Philippines to promote cloud take-up in the country

• August 23, 2016 23 Aug'16

  400 security events a second monitored on Olympics network

  IT records as well as sporting records were set at the recent Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro

• August 17, 2016 17 Aug'16

  Ford promises to mass-produce an autonomous car by 2021

  The world’s first high-volume, fully autonomous vehicle will operate in a ride-hailing or sharing service by 2021, says Ford

• August 14, 2016 14 Aug'16

  Mobile internet will grow GDP and generate jobs in Asean countries

  Mobile internet penetration in Southeast Asia will boost the region’s gross domestic product and increase employment, a report says

• August 11, 2016 11 Aug'16

  IDC: Global public cloud spend set to double by 2020

  Market watcher predicts use of public cloud will soar over the next five years, with IaaS and PaaS leading the way

• August 10, 2016 10 Aug'16

  Rackspace divests Cloud Sites as managed cloud services take off

  Rackspace offloads ‘non-core’ Cloud Sites business as speculation about its future as a public company continues

• August 05, 2016 05 Aug'16

  Rackspace ‘on brink’ of sale to private equity house – report

  Reports suggest managed cloud company could be sold in a matter of days, ending its time as a publicly listed company

• August 03, 2016 03 Aug'16

  Gap between biggest and smallest cloud infrastructure firms is growing

  Synergy Research Group's second-quarter cloud infrastructure services tracker reveals that the gap between the market's biggest and smallest players is getting wider

• August 03, 2016 03 Aug'16

  Asean consumers divided on digital satisfaction

  SAP survey reveals 47% of Asean consumers are satisfied with their digital experiences, while 20% are dissatisfied

• August 02, 2016 02 Aug'16

  White House efficiency reforms will limit new datacentre investments from January 2017

  US government CIO Tony Scott outlines the next wave of reforms designed to curtail datacentre use by public sector agencies and departments

• August 01, 2016 01 Aug'16

  Canadian government reveals ‘right cloud’ adoption strategy for public sector organisations

  Government plans G-Cloud-like resource to help public sector CIOs procure cloud services more easily

• July 29, 2016 29 Jul'16

  AWS vs Google vs Microsoft: How the enterprise cloud war is hotting up

  With Amazon, Google and Microsoft all reporting strong growth on the back of cloud, we take a closer look at how they have achieved it

• July 29, 2016 29 Jul'16

  CIO interview: Gary Steen, chief technology officer, TalkTalk

  TalkTalk has overhauled security since its controversial data breach in 2015, according to CTO Gary Steen, and is investing in technology to beat its rivals on customer service

• July 29, 2016 29 Jul'16

  German digital bank Fidor acquired by French banking giant

  Fidor CEO says merger with BPCE will allow challenger to continue its international expansion

• July 27, 2016 27 Jul'16

  Accenture to move HMRC tax system to private cloud

  HMRC has awarded Accenture a contract that will run until 2020 to digitise the UK tax system

• July 25, 2016 25 Jul'16

  BT says it's "absolutely willing" to create independent board to run Openreach

  BT Group chairman Michael Rake says the organisation is willing to let an independent board oversee Openreach’s spending and strategy decisions

• July 25, 2016 25 Jul'16

  Estonia seeks UK datacentre to protect citizens' personal data from hackers - report

  The Baltic state is reportedly in early stage talks with the UK and Luxembourg governments about setting up a backup site in either country to protect citizens’ data from risk of hackers

• July 21, 2016 21 Jul'16

  Gartner offers insights into how cloud is disrupting traditional IT spending habits

  Market watcher shines a light on how the adoption of off-premise technologies is shaking up enterprise IT spending trends

• July 20, 2016 20 Jul'16

  BT broadband users hit by UK-wide outage

  Telecommunications giant incurs the wrath of BT broadband users after thousands struggle to get online, following power outage at third-party datacentre provider

• July 20, 2016 20 Jul'16

  Mobile data freebies spark controversy in Sweden

  Telia’s offer of data freebies to customers has brought criticism from some that believe it breaches net neutrality rules

• July 20, 2016 20 Jul'16

  Home Office merges IT units

  The Home Office is merging its IT units to create Home Office Digital, Data and Technology and has appointed CTO Sarah Wilkinson to lead it

• July 19, 2016 19 Jul'16

  US government joins legal challenge of EU-US data transfers

  Helen Dixon, Ireland’s data protection commissioner, is asking the European Court of Justice to rule on the legality of EU-US data transfers, post-Safe Harbour, in a landmark legal challenge

• July 15, 2016 15 Jul'16

  Chef bangs the drum for greater diversity in DevOps teams

  More diversity in DevOps teams could expand the total addressable market for the products and services they create, says Chef

• July 14, 2016 14 Jul'16

  Chef CTO urges action to prevent DevOps staff burnout

  Chef CTO Adam Jacob has called on enterprises to cultivate a supportive working culture to protect DevOps staff from burnout

• July 14, 2016 14 Jul'16

  DevOps skills shortages hit enterprise digital transformation efforts

  Enterprises face challenges when recruiting and retaining experienced DevOps practitioners as demand for agile experts soars

• July 13, 2016 13 Jul'16

  IT professionals urged to dial-down tech talk to win CIO approval for DevOps projects

  Chef CEO Barry Crist claims senior management are not interested in the tech side of DevOps, so IT professionals should lead on the business benefits

• July 11, 2016 11 Jul'16

  Case study: Odeon goes to hybrid cloud for digital transformation

  Odeon cinema chain reveals how it is using hybrid cloud to power its digital transformation and tackle competitive threats

• July 07, 2016 07 Jul'16

  Brexit: AWS reinforces commitment to UK datacentre builds

  Cloud services giant claims outcome of EU referendum vote has no bearing on its willingness to invest in the UK or Europe

• July 07, 2016 07 Jul'16

  Amazon.com CTO cautions enterprises against underestimating value of test and development

  Speaking at the AWS Summit in London, Amazon.com CTO hits out at legacy suppliers and urges enterprises to get experimental to protect themselves against competitive threats

• July 06, 2016 06 Jul'16

  Iceland tops list of low-risk datacentre locations

  Europe nabs six out of the top 10 spots in Cushman & Wakefield's list of low-risk locations to build or buy up datacentre capacity

• July 06, 2016 06 Jul'16

  IDC predicts slowdown in public cloud infrastructure spend will be short-lived

  IDC claims prospect of overseas datacentre builds and growing enterprise demand for off-premise services should ensure sales of IT infrastructure increase through 2016

• July 06, 2016 06 Jul'16

  Lufthansa IT services arm transforms to meet customer demands

  IT supplier Lufthansa Systems is changing its business model as its airline customers invest in digital technologies

• July 05, 2016 05 Jul'16

  Is Singapore ready for a Paym-style platform?

  City state is considering developing a payments system similar to the UK’s Paym, which allows people to send money using just a mobile number

• July 04, 2016 04 Jul'16

  Australian tech startups mourn loss of political voice after election

  Australian tech startup community loses a strong political voice as innovation minister loses seat in general election

• July 04, 2016 04 Jul'16

  What do Asean region cities want from tech startups?

  Malaysia and Singapore seek to connect UK tech startups to their smart city plans

• June 30, 2016 30 Jun'16

  Brexit: Cloud community mulls over implications for data protection regulation reform

  TechUK fears Brexit could see the UK lose its power to influence cloud regulations, while others say it could free the market from having to toe the EU line so closely

• June 29, 2016 29 Jun'16

  Middle East and Africa to see fastest IP traffic growth by 2020

  IP traffic in Middle East and Africa to grow 41% a year by 2020, according to Cisco Visual Networking Index

• June 28, 2016 28 Jun'16

  BT to offer secure, private network connection into Oracle Cloud

  Telco plans to roll out BT Connect service to Oracle Cloud customers during final quarter of 2016

• June 27, 2016 27 Jun'16

  Malaysia approaches fintech with Islamic twist

  A fintech Islamic finance platform that links leaders with businesses via banks in Malaysia will change the role of Islamic lenders

• June 24, 2016 24 Jun'16

  Netherlands rushes to mobile payments

  Following the wave of e-commerce that has swept the Netherlands, there is a surge to use mobile payment systems

• June 21, 2016 21 Jun'16

  Australian government entices UK tech startups

  Australia is trying to entice UK technology firms to open operations in the country, with benefits including a stepping stone to Asia and a skilled workforce

• June 21, 2016 21 Jun'16

  US takes on the critics of Prism in Irish court

  The US says social media companies have to do mass surveillance in Europe, while the European Union says they can’t. The Irish court is to decide competing claims

• June 21, 2016 21 Jun'16

  Work in progress: How Jisc’s shared datacentre vision is shaking up the education sector

  Computer Weekly gets a progress report from the Jisc shared services datacentre team in Slough about how the education sector is making use of the site

• June 17, 2016 17 Jun'16

  Clegg unaware of GCHQ monitoring parliamentary emails

  Former deputy prime minister tells a public meeting he was unaware parliamentary emails were scanned by system linked to GCHQ

• June 15, 2016 15 Jun'16

  Salesforce gears up for e-commerce with Demandware deal

  CRM and cloud platform software company Salesforce is set to acquire Demandware -- taking its cloud-commerce software offering with it

• June 14, 2016 14 Jun'16

  Fintech trailblazer hits United Arab Emirates

  European challenger bank takes its financial technology (fintech) model to the Middle East with the opening of an office in Dubai

• June 13, 2016 13 Jun'16

  Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26bn

  Microsoft is taking over LinkedIn, with boosts to its Dynamics and Office 365 businesses expected

• June 13, 2016 13 Jun'16

  Nordic CIO interview: Johnny Bröms, Swedish fast-food chain Max Burger

  The CIO of Swedish fast-food chain tells Computer Weekly how digital technology is increasing sales and supporting expansion

• June 09, 2016 09 Jun'16

  Bahrain IT hub could increase choice for Middle East organisations

  The Bahrain government is trying to create an IT industry with global ambitions that could increase options for CIOs in the wider Middle East region

• June 09, 2016 09 Jun'16

  Edge datacentres hailed as answer to latency concerns in IoT era

  With user demand for low-latency, high-performing applications, delegates at Datacloud Europe 2016 hail edge datacentres as the answer

• June 07, 2016 07 Jun'16

  Fintech poised to revolutionise banking in the Middle East

  The Middle East has been slow to join the fintech revolution, but there is an opportunity for CIOs to help banks stride ahead as demand picks up

• June 02, 2016 02 Jun'16

  Finland to deploy national Sigfox IoT network

  Internet of things service provider Sigfox has announced plans to extend its global network across Finland by 2017

• June 02, 2016 02 Jun'16

  LogMeIn customers complain over price hikes and contract renewals

  Remote management supplier denies not notifying customers about impending price rises and renewal dates, as end-user complaints mount

• June 02, 2016 02 Jun'16

  Server shipments fall as firms use cloud and virtualisation to cut hardware costs

  Gartner’s latest global server sales tracker highlights the toll that cloud and virtualisation are taking on the market

• June 01, 2016 01 Jun'16

  MPs’ private emails are routinely accessed by GCHQ

  Computer Weekly investigation reveals the extent of interception of MPs’ and peers’ email communications and data

• June 01, 2016 01 Jun'16

  Safe Harbour confusion fuels rise in demand for European datacentre space, CBRE claims

  User demand for locally hosted cloud services prompts cloud firms and infrastructure providers to rapidly take-up datacentre space in Europe, CBRE research shows

• May 31, 2016 31 May'16

  Sloppy SaaS firms lose out on G-Cloud deals, research suggests

  Ex-EuroCloud general secretary Lindsay Smith claims SaaS providers need to stop blaming others for their lack of G-Cloud sales success

• May 26, 2016 26 May'16

  Nordic CIO interview: Petteri Naulapää, Stockmann

  CIO of Finnish-listed international retailer tells Computer Weekly about the department store’s journey towards omnichannel

• May 26, 2016 26 May'16

  Salesforce to run more of its services from the AWS public cloud

  Cloud CRM giant Salesforce names Amazon Web Services as preferred public cloud provider, as it sets out plans to expand use of its infrastructure-as-a-service offerings

• May 26, 2016 26 May'16

  European cloud buyers unmoved by low prices, suggests 451 Research

  451 Research’s latest Cloud Price Index investigates link between low-cost cloud services and provider market share

• May 23, 2016 23 May'16

  Singapore retailer shifts IT infrastructure to the cloud

  Challenger is moving its IT infrastructure to the cloud to enable it to respond better to business growth

• May 20, 2016 20 May'16

  HumanOps calls for improved working conditions for infrastructure operations staff

  The pressure of delivering 24/7 support to IT infrastructure is taking its toll on the people tasked with caring for it, warns HumanOps advocates

• May 20, 2016 20 May'16

  CIO Interview: Esa Viitamäki, Posti Group

  IT demands and a changing market prompted Finland’s state-owned postal provider to transform itself

• May 19, 2016 19 May'16

  Lawmaker Vaizey hails UK role in resolving datacentre sovereignty issues

  Digital economy minister talks up government’s work in supporting the growth of the UK’s technology sector

• May 19, 2016 19 May'16

  SuiteWorld 2016: The way retailers use ERP is shifting, taking on an external focus

  NetSuite manager for commerce products looks at how consumers are forcing the retail world towards an experience-led business models

• May 19, 2016 19 May'16

  HPE adds support for Microsoft, VMware and Docker to Cloud28+ marketplace

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) softens its stance on OpenStack compatibility by introducing support for Azure, VMware and Docker too

• May 17, 2016 17 May'16

  Vodafone CEO hints at return to growth for mobile operator as full-year results drop

  Mobile operator Vodafone shares details of its full-year financial results, while talking up the role cloud has to play in its ability to deliver low-cost services

• May 17, 2016 17 May'16

  Equinix sells eight European datacentres to rival Digital Realty for $874m

  As Equinix sells off eight European datacentres to rival Digital Realty, analyst Steve Wallage predicts what the fallout from the deal might be

• May 16, 2016 16 May'16

  GDS urged to reinstate G-Cloud web accessibility safeguards

  Public sector IT buyers risk breaking disability discrimination laws, following removal of web accessibility safeguards from G-Cloud, it is claimed

• May 13, 2016 13 May'16

  Idiot UK Drivers Exposed enlists Hyve managed hosting as website traffic grows

  Dangerous driving site explains how its videos going viral on social media prompted an urgent rethink about using a multi-tenanted hosting platform to support its website

• May 11, 2016 11 May'16

  Australia wants more fintech opportunity despite surprisingly low budget commitment

  Australia’s federal budget has a surprisingly low financial commitment to fintech, despite the country’s clear appetite for developing the sector

• May 11, 2016 11 May'16

  Salesforce turns to AWS for internet of things cloud test support

  Cloud CRM giant is reportedly using the AWS public cloud to give it the capacity it needs to cope with the internet of things data deluge

• May 10, 2016 10 May'16

  Nordea Bank launches crowdfunding platform in Finland

  The Nordic financial services group offers a technology bringing together investors and startup businesses

• May 09, 2016 09 May'16

  Singapore smart city chief delivers vision to the world

  The Singapore government minister running the city state's smart nation project tells the world about the country’s smart nation vision

• May 09, 2016 09 May'16

  Shadow IT cited as reason why some firms lack formal cloud strategy

  Research from VMTurbo suggests firms are using cloud, even if they claim not to have a formal private or public deployment plan in place

• May 06, 2016 06 May'16

  Ford to invest $182m in PaaS firm Pivotal to support connected car push

  Ford steps up involvement with Pivotal, and sets out plans to expand the use of Pivotal’s software development kit across its IT and product development teams

• May 05, 2016 05 May'16

  Visa chooses Singapore for its first innovation centre in Asia

  Visa opens its first innovation centre outside of the US to work with partners and customers to develop payment technology for the Southeast Asian market

• May 05, 2016 05 May'16

  M&S credits Office 365 with rise in staff collaboration and communication

  Marks and Spencer shares details of how moving to Microsoft’s cloud-based productivity suite has ushered in an era of ”smarter working” in its retails stores and corporate HQ

• May 03, 2016 03 May'16

  AWS Q1 Results: How the cloud giant plans to retain its hold on the market

  In light of the continued growth of AWS, Computer Weekly looks at how the firm intends to retain its hold on the cloud market

• April 28, 2016 28 Apr'16

  Apple Pay gets a million new users a week but profit remains elusive

  Apple's mobile payments service is popular with consumers and banks but the company has yet to find ways to make 'meaningful' money from it

• April 27, 2016 27 Apr'16

  OpenStack set for 100% adoption by Fortune 100 firms within three years

  Managed cloud provider Rackspace claims the open source software platform’s acceptance is miles ahead of where Linux was at this part of its life cycle

• April 27, 2016 27 Apr'16

  OpenStack Foundation calls for greater enterprise input in open source initiatives

  OpenStack Foundation claims enterprises are increasingly realising that their future depends on being actively involved with open source

• April 26, 2016 26 Apr'16

  Action for Children mobilises staff on Claranet’s managed network

  Action for Children, the charity behind Byte Night, moves onto Claranet’s MPLS core network to support the wholesale revitalisation of its ICT

• April 26, 2016 26 Apr'16

  OpenStack: "Cloud success determined by business culture, not technology"

  The OpenStack Foundation and its supporters claim companies that prioritise technology over business culture are doomed to fail in the cloud

• April 26, 2016 26 Apr'16

  OpenStack Foundation steps up efforts to address enterprise skills gap

  OpenStack Foundation co-founder claims scarcity of techies with skills in using the open source cloud platform remains biggest barrier to enterprise adoption

• April 22, 2016 22 Apr'16

  Nordic corporations open their doors to tech startups

  Traditional Nordic corporations are starting to take advantage of the vibrant startup community in the region, and they are changing the way they think

• April 22, 2016 22 Apr'16

  Rackspace embarks on renewed push to ease enterprise adoption of AWS and Azure clouds

  Managed cloud provider Rackspace outlines how teaming up with IT consultancy Cloud Technology Partners will help enterprises struggling with the move off-premise

• April 21, 2016 21 Apr'16

  GCHQ told analysts to assume surveillance 'bulk data' is legal

  Documents obtained by charity Privacy International reveal insights into GCHQ’s collection of sensitive bulk data, as lawyers question the impact of surveillance on legal privilege, fair trials and protection of whistleblowers