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January 02, 2019 02 Jan'19
How e-signatures fix broken digitisation

A big barrier to the end-to-end digitisation of business processes is that certain steps require paper – but DocuSign plans to fix this
January 02, 2019 02 Jan'19
Subpostmasters suing Post Office over IT failures stunned by CEO’s honour

Subpostmasters’ campaign group attacks Post Office CEO Paula Vennells’ New Year honour amid ongoing court case
January 01, 2019 01 Jan'19
SAP user group’s Cooper: Indirect licensing progress welcome but slow

SAP UK&I User Group chair Paul Cooper on the state of play between SAP and users: sanguine about end of ECC6; S/4 adoption growth steady, indirect licensing still an issue; and C/4 remains unknown
December 31, 2018 31 Dec'18
New Year’s Honours 2019 lauds women in IT and data specialists

The New Year’s Honours list 2019 features accolades for leading women in IT and data, as well as other specialists in data

December 31, 2018 31 Dec'18
Executive interview: Why Bet365 is going for Golang

If you face the same challenges as the web giants, why not choose a language developed by Google? We speak to Bet365’s head of sports development
December 31, 2018 31 Dec'18
Top 10 datacentre stories of 2018

Here are Computer Weekly's top 10 datacentre stories of 2018
December 31, 2018 31 Dec'18
Top 10 business applications stories of 2018

The steady modernisation of ERP systems, as they edge to the cloud and are complemented by new-generation customer software, was markedly evident this year. And blockchain and AI are making inroads
December 28, 2018 28 Dec'18
Top 10 HR technology stories of 2018

Companies are turning to artificial intelligence, robotic automation and chatbots to take the drudgery out of human resource management
December 27, 2018 27 Dec'18
Top 10 information management stories of 2018

Ethics was the leading theme of data analytics in 2018, especially allied with AI. The Cambridge Analytica controversy represented that, and the idea that the UK could specialise in AI ethics emerged
December 24, 2018 24 Dec'18
Top 10 IT security stories of 2018

Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 IT security stories of 2018

December 21, 2018 21 Dec'18
Chief medical officer calls for data-driven health strategy

Health chief says data must be used to radically improve the nation’s health by 2040, using equipment such as wearable technologies
December 21, 2018 21 Dec'18
Less than a quarter of AI professionals are women

A report from the World Economic Forum has found there is a significant gender gap in artificial intelligence, and global gender parity will take 108 years to achieve
December 21, 2018 21 Dec'18
Top 10 AI stories of 2018

From smart speakers to deep learning and ethics, 2018 has been the year that AI peaked in terms of hype
December 21, 2018 21 Dec'18
Top 10 developer stories of 2018

Thanks to DevOps, the need for businesses to develop software more quickly and a thriving open source community, 2018 has been a good year for developers
December 20, 2018 20 Dec'18
Microsoft raises cloud prices for Australian enterprise customers

Despite the price hike, Microsoft claims its Azure service remains competitively priced, with opportunities for additional savings
December 20, 2018 20 Dec'18
Top 10 financial services stories of 2018

Here are Computer Weekly's top 10 financial services stories of 2018
December 19, 2018 19 Dec'18
Top 10 Australia IT stories of 2018

Australia continues to cement its position as a leader in mastering and deploying advanced information and communications technology across a large segment of its economy
December 18, 2018 18 Dec'18
Ancient Britain comes to life at Bath’s 5G testbed

The West of England Combined Authority is running a 5G Smart Tourism project at Bath’s world-famous Roman spa
December 18, 2018 18 Dec'18
Defra unveils green government tech vision

Printing reams of paper and travelling to meetings are among the areas targeted in the new, green ICT makeover
December 18, 2018 18 Dec'18
HSBC taking data analysis service to business customers

HSBC is upping its search for artificial intelligence expertise as it takes a data analytics service to its business customers
December 18, 2018 18 Dec'18
Top 10 Nordic IT stories for 2018

Here are Computer Weekly's top 10 Nordic articles for 2018, with a look back at CIO interviews and the effect of AI on the region
December 17, 2018 17 Dec'18
Top 10 ASEAN stories of 2018

Organisations across Southeast Asia have been doubling down on efforts to take the lead in digital transformation initiatives
December 17, 2018 17 Dec'18
Financial services giant transforms application delivery through HCL

Dutch financial services firm Aegon is outsourcing the management of its fintech supplier network
December 17, 2018 17 Dec'18
Autonomous submersible, Arggonauts, uses Dell for remote data processing

Getting data to the sea floor is near impossible in the deep sea because there is no GPS and no quick way to communicate with the surface
December 14, 2018 14 Dec'18
UK named sixth-biggest consumer of cloud services in EU

European statistics agency’s survey into the cloud usage habits of EU member states reveals the UK to be among the continent’s biggest consumers of off-premise services
December 14, 2018 14 Dec'18
Paris latest city to join Tech Global Advocates

The city of Paris is the latest to join the Tech Global Advocates network, offering a life raft to fintechs in the UK that want to retain customers across Europe
December 13, 2018 13 Dec'18
Machine identity protection development gets funding boost

Cyber security firm Venafi has launched a development fund aimed at accelerating the delivery of protection for machine identities
December 13, 2018 13 Dec'18
Chief technology officers in high demand in finance sector

Financial services firms need to hire experienced chief technology officers as the sector is transformed through fintech
December 12, 2018 12 Dec'18
Interview: Dheeraj Pandey, CEO, Nutanix

It may be known for hyper-converged infrastructure, but Nutanix now has its head in the clouds
December 12, 2018 12 Dec'18
Christmas charity appeal increases donations with cloud-based comms

St Martin-in-the-Fields Charity is using a pop-up cloud contact centre from supplier Sesui to help run its annual Christmas appeal in partnership with the BBC
December 12, 2018 12 Dec'18
High-flying clouds: AWS bucks traditional business growth trends with help from the enterprise

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud juggernaut continues to go from strength to strength from quarter to quarter, but what is fuelling its non-traditional revenue growth trends?
December 11, 2018 11 Dec'18
Tibco’s Orchestra acquisition will mean ‘faster IT integration’

Tibco’s strategic acquisition of Paris-based Orchestra networks will ‘benefit customers of both companies’
December 10, 2018 10 Dec'18
O2 expected to pursue Ericsson for compensation over 24-hour stoppage

Mobile network operator could seek up to £100m in damages from its supplier, which failed to update expired software certificates, causing a day-long outage
December 07, 2018 07 Dec'18
Hybrid cloud in Australian government removes supplier lock-in

Australian public sector could take the hybrid approach to cloud computing as government’s digital transformation strategy moves ahead
December 07, 2018 07 Dec'18
Court orders Post Office to explain inability to access encrypted file

Post Office unable to open encrypted recording of an interview that forms part of its evidence in High Court case
December 07, 2018 07 Dec'18
Complex Post Office Horizon case set to continue into 2020

Court case where subpostmasters are suing the Post Office set to span at least four trials and extend into 2020
December 06, 2018 06 Dec'18
Software failure paralyses O2’s 4G network

O2 is racing to fix a major outage on its 4G network that has left millions of mobile subscribers without access to data services
December 06, 2018 06 Dec'18
Asean firms dive into microservices for competitive edge

While microservices has become a buzzword linked with digital transformation, it is no magic bullet for development woes
December 05, 2018 05 Dec'18
Symantec unveils AI-based protection for critical infrastructure

Cyber security firm has unveiled what it claims to be the industry’s first neural network to protect critical infrastructure from USB-borne malware attacks
December 05, 2018 05 Dec'18
IT monitoring tops uses for machine data analytics

Advanced analytics is being deployed to make sense of the masses of machine data in IT operation, but complex environments is making this harder
December 04, 2018 04 Dec'18
How Docker plans to help businesses get around Windows Server 2008

Microsoft will end support for Windows Server 2008 in 2020. Many applications will fail to upgrade to the latest server OS. But Docker has a plan
December 04, 2018 04 Dec'18
‘Open-minded’ DVSA cuts cost of MOT testing

Government agency harnesses customised open source platform to ensure data security while cutting costs and plans to extend its MOT testing capability to do the same for drivers’ theory tests
December 04, 2018 04 Dec'18
Financial institutions’ data at risk despite security spending

Despite increased spending on cyber security, digital transformation and advanced attacks mean financial institutions’ data is still at risk, a report reveals
December 04, 2018 04 Dec'18
Zopa gains banking licence and prepares launch

Peer-to-peer lending pioneer Zopa is turning its attention to retail banking in the UK, with plans to offer savings, credit and money management products
December 04, 2018 04 Dec'18
Barclays staff to transfer to HCL as IT deal is expanded

Bank announces closure of operation in Lithuania, with employees transferring to IT services company HCL
December 04, 2018 04 Dec'18
Lloyds to use core banking technology from Google-inspired UK fintech

Banking group explores cloud-based core banking technology as part of a major transformation programme
December 03, 2018 03 Dec'18
Ada Lovelace Institute gets board to drive AI research for social good

The Nuffield Foundation has appointed a board to lead the development of the Ada Lovelace Institute as an artificial intelligence and data research body trained on social good
December 03, 2018 03 Dec'18
UK government commits to opening up data in bid to push adoption of AI

Opening up data is vital to government plans to push adoption of artificial intelligence across all sectors of the UK economy
November 30, 2018 30 Nov'18
Government mobilises to persuade tech sector to endorse May-EU deal

Jeremy Wright, the secretary of state at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, says the prime minister’s deal with the European Union will be good for UK tech, ensuring free flow of data
November 30, 2018 30 Nov'18
CCRC may hold off subpostmaster decision until after Post Office Horizon trial

The Criminal Courts Review Commission is deciding whether to delay its decision on subpostmasters’ claims of wrongful prosecution until after a related court case