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June 27, 2018 27 Jun'18
Nationwide Building Society to fund tech startups to the tune of £50m

With an available fund of £50m, Nationwide Building Society is the latest traditional financial services provider to support tech startups
June 27, 2018 27 Jun'18
Government must challenge popular smart city misconceptions

A report by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smart Cities says many people feel alienated by the concept, and calls on the government to challenge some popular misconceptions
June 27, 2018 27 Jun'18
HSBC puts humanoid in New York branch

HSBC has put its first humanoid member of staff into a branch role in New York City
June 27, 2018 27 Jun'18
AI and other tech key to post-Brexit success, says Matt Hancock

Digital secretary Matt Hancock highlights the importance of emerging technologies to the future of the UK at the opening of London’s cyber security innovation centre

June 26, 2018 26 Jun'18
British Muslim challenges use of intelligence databases for repeated police stops

Muzaffar Abdullah is challenging police use of intelligence databases to repeatedly stop and question Muslims, after being arrested for refusing to answer questions under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000. His lawyers say he had been stopped at ...
June 26, 2018 26 Jun'18
High-Tech Bridge bets on machine learning capabilities

Machine learning has a great potential to drive the automation of some security tasks to free up information security professionals to do more strategic work, says High-Tech Bridge founder
June 26, 2018 26 Jun'18
NHS collaborates with private health on sharing patient data

Work has begun on establishing a set of data standards to enable private healthcare patients’ data to be shared with the NHS
June 26, 2018 26 Jun'18
Data locked in legacy systems curbs digitisation plans

Maintaining access to data stuck in legacy systems is costly and limits IT’s ability to work on digital transformation initiatives
June 26, 2018 26 Jun'18
Liberty Global picks Cisco to transform customer service ops

Virgin Media parent enlists Cisco in a bid to transform its customer service experience across Europe
June 26, 2018 26 Jun'18
Malaysia makes good progress in building analytics talent

The country’s talent development and funding schemes have brought the benefits of big data to many organisations, but the quality and volume of its analytics talent can be improved

June 25, 2018 25 Jun'18
Projects receive funding to help digitise manufacturing

Following recommendations from the Industrial Digitisation review, the EPSRC is funding AI and process automation projects
June 25, 2018 25 Jun'18
VM-aware storage pioneer Tintri on verge of bankruptcy

Recent first-quarter results by the VM-aware storage pioneer throw light on a fragile financial situation that needs new funds or a buyer to avoid bankruptcy by the end of June
June 25, 2018 25 Jun'18
Nordic and Baltic states agree on joint approach to AI

The governments of the Nordic and Baltic region want to work closer together to further increase the status of artificial intelligence in business and society
June 25, 2018 25 Jun'18
Apple rejects claim of iPhone brute force hack

Apple has rejected claims by a security researcher that he was able to bypass the iPhone defences against brute force passcode hacks
June 25, 2018 25 Jun'18
SAP outlines approach to data management

Through its Hana Data Management Suite, SAP hopes to alleviate the challenges of managing data amid growing data security needs in an increasingly hybrid IT landscape
June 22, 2018 22 Jun'18
How Australia is gearing up for 5G

From trialling 5G networks at the recent Commonwealth Games to flying drones in surf sport lifesaving, Australia is becoming a test bed for 5G services with its dense cities and wide-open spaces
June 22, 2018 22 Jun'18
IBM early findings on disastrous TSB core banking system migration released

Report released by Treasury Committee criticises lack of rigour in preparation for core banking system migration, but TSB says report’s content is out of date
June 21, 2018 21 Jun'18
CDO interview: Andrei Belevtsev, Gazprom Neft

Russian oil giant will harness the latest technologies right across its business, says chief digital officer
June 21, 2018 21 Jun'18
HR projects are leading company moves to digital tech, say business leaders

Business leaders say their human resource IT programmes are leading the way to the wider deployment of digital and cloud technology across their organisations
June 20, 2018 20 Jun'18
Teradata sues SAP over Hana for stealing trade secrets

Data warehousing supplier Teradata is suing SAP in a Californian court for stealing trade secrets, copyright infringement and antitrust violations
June 20, 2018 20 Jun'18
Nine out of 10 enterprises will use robotic process automation by 2020

Robotic process automation take-up expected to reach 92% of European enterprises within two years, finds ISG survey
June 20, 2018 20 Jun'18
Oracle full-year results show 6% growth, but cloud revenue opaque?

Oracle’s full-year results for 2017-18 reveal total revenue of $39.8bn, up 6%, but reporting of cloud with on-premise revenue under “bring your own licence” policy has raised qualm over cloud weakness obfuscation
June 20, 2018 20 Jun'18
More APAC consumer goods firms expected to adopt blockchain

The adoption of blockchain technology is likely to increase in the consumer goods industry as more businesses use the technology to address fraud and improve supply chain management
June 20, 2018 20 Jun'18
Chief data officers go to summer school

Authors of the “Chief data officer’s playbook”, Caroline Carruthers and Peter Jackson, are running a summer school, supported by data governance software supplier Collibra
June 19, 2018 19 Jun'18
Young generation tempted by Amazon bank-like services

Tech firms offering banking services will be inevitable in the future as more than half of young people are tempted by such a prospect
June 18, 2018 18 Jun'18
Bank uses AI to select job candidates

Singapore’s DBS Bank is using artificial intelligence to automate parts of its recruitment process
June 15, 2018 15 Jun'18
DeepMind Health must be transparent to gain public trust, review finds

Independent review of DeepMind Health says the company should provide more clarity on data and business plans, while legal audit finds its controversial data-sharing deal with Royal Free is lawful
June 15, 2018 15 Jun'18
How Ocado built an online grocery delivery platform business

Ocado has used open source tools and a cloud-native approach to develop its fully automated warehouse management platform
June 14, 2018 14 Jun'18
Government Geospatial Commission opens up OS MasterMap data

The Geospatial Commission, announced by chancellor Philip Hammond in his 2017 Autumn Budget, has opened up some Ordnance Survey MasterMap data to boost small businesses
June 14, 2018 14 Jun'18
AI is key to keeping IBM compliant with GDPR

Artificial intelligence is vital for keeping IBM compliant with the principles of the General Data Protection Regulation, which, in turn, provides opportunities for business, says the company’s data protection officer
June 14, 2018 14 Jun'18
Schneider Electric CTO tips liquid cooling for take-off as machine learning takes over datacentre

Witn machine learning fuelling demand for graphics processing units in the datacentre, Schneider Electric CTO claims this will require a drastic rethink of how operators manage their sites, paving the way for liquid cooling to hit mainstream adoption
June 13, 2018 13 Jun'18
DCMS sets out plans for National Data Strategy

A new centre for data ethics and innovations will drive UK government policy making regarding data sharing and use of public data
June 13, 2018 13 Jun'18
CogX AI show opens with debate on Europe’s lack of dominance

European researchers have made significant breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, but the dominant players all seem to be based in Silicon Valley
June 13, 2018 13 Jun'18
Tips on reducing IT expenditure

There is constant pressure for IT to reduce cost and do more with less. Computer Weekly explores how this is being achieved in practice
June 13, 2018 13 Jun'18
Australian university reaches for the stars after HPC boost

The University of Sydney has upgraded its supercomputing infrastructure to answer big questions on cosmology and keep pace with growing research needs
June 12, 2018 12 Jun'18
Mayor Khan bids to make London the world’s smartest city

At London Tech Week, mayor Sadiq Khan launched a city-wide initiative to harness the capital’s technology talent to address London’s most pressing problems
June 12, 2018 12 Jun'18
IT teams should rework supplier contracts to free up budgets

There is no money for IT to help the business to innovate digitally, so CIOs should look at how their IT teams can maximise value from existing contracts, survey shows
June 12, 2018 12 Jun'18
Alibaba Cloud touts AI smarts to keep pigs healthy

The Chinese cloud supplier has developed an AI program that has improved the yield and productivity of pig farms
June 11, 2018 11 Jun'18
London wants to show it’s open for business in Tech Week 2018

London Tech Week 2018 kicks off with attracting young people into tech a key theme
June 11, 2018 11 Jun'18
Artificial intelligence names London as UK’s top innovation hub

An AI tool from Data City and the Open Data Institute has ranked the best clusters of cities for innovation across various technologies
June 11, 2018 11 Jun'18
SAP banks on “intelligent enterprise” at Sapphire 2018

SAP, at its SapphireNow 2018 conference, promoted the “intelligent enterprise”, with Hasso Plattner and head of machine learning Markus Noga setting out the philosophy
June 11, 2018 11 Jun'18
APAC remains a hotbed for software piracy

The Asia-Pacific region is still seeing the highest use of unlicensed software installations globally, making enterprises more susceptible to cyber attacks from malware
June 08, 2018 08 Jun'18
Thriving fintech, AI sectors give boost to UK tech funding

British technology businesses have received £5bn worth of venture capital funding since June 2016 – more than France, Germany and Sweden put together – with fintech and AI startups standing out
June 08, 2018 08 Jun'18
Medical firm puts vTax and SAN to sleep to save £30,000 with Scale

Penlon replaces HPE servers and storage and VMware virtualisation to escape the high costs of licensing, and deploys Scale Computing hyper-converged appliances at two UK datacentres
June 07, 2018 07 Jun'18
IT spending reaches 10-year high as CIOs struggle with digital technology strategy

IT leaders have seen their budgets and headcounts rise for the first time in 10 years, but face challenges implementing their digital strategies
June 07, 2018 07 Jun'18
Nation state cyber attacks affect all, says former GCHQ boss

Cyber attacks by nation states used to be a small part of the problem for state authorities to address, but now all organisations are potential targets of nation state attacks, according to former GCHQ head
June 07, 2018 07 Jun'18
Newcastle Council to show off smartest street in Britain

The Great Exhibition of the North will see Mosley Street in Newcastle upon Tyne transformed into Britain’s smartest street as part of a demonstration of IoT technology
June 07, 2018 07 Jun'18
European CIOs establish committee to drive IT value in business

Technology Business Council creates a European arm to help CIOs get the best value and efficiency from their IT assets
June 06, 2018 06 Jun'18
What SAP C/4 Hana means for the APAC enterprises

The cloud-based CRM suite could find takers, but it may not be enticing enough for Salesforce.com CRM customers that also run SAP’s ERP software to make the switch
June 06, 2018 06 Jun'18
Financial Conduct Authority raises questions over TSB's IT regression testing

The FCA will look at whether TSB carried out sufficient regression and user acceptance testing before migrating to a new IT platform
June 06, 2018 06 Jun'18
After GitHub acquisition, Microsoft will need to up its game in the enterprise

Microsoft’s $7.6bn acquisition of GitHub propels the company that is loved and hated for Windows to the very heart of open source. Can it be trusted?
June 06, 2018 06 Jun'18
Singapore government to form AI advisory council

New council will develop standards and guidelines to address ethical issues arising from the growing use of artificial intelligence
June 06, 2018 06 Jun'18
Sapphire 2018: SAP will take over CRM market, says McDermott

SAP’s chief executive Bill McDermott tells 2018 Sapphire conference the supplier will storm the CRM market with its C/4 Hana business applications suite
June 06, 2018 06 Jun'18
Skills gaps slow business cloud adoption, research shows

Public cloud provider Skytap highlights the toll skills gaps take on cloud migrations
June 05, 2018 05 Jun'18
Nexsan adds Assureon Cloud Transfer for hybrid cloud archiving

Nexsan archiving appliances add hybrid cloud capability to AWS and Azure cloud for unstructured data, targeting users that want to retain files on-site with cloud access
June 05, 2018 05 Jun'18
Australia’s chief scientist calls for AI regulations

The proposal would require companies to apply for a trustmark so they know from the outset how their AI is expected to behave
June 05, 2018 05 Jun'18
Complex pricing hinders enterprise assessment of AWS, Google and Microsoft cloud IoT hubs

451 Research claims the complex IoT pricing models favoured by the hyperscale cloud giants are making life difficult for enterprise IT departments
June 05, 2018 05 Jun'18
Mobile, IoT and cloud biggest drivers for Wi-Fi growth

The intersection of mobility, the IoT and cloud will be the driving forces behind wireless network deployments over the next few years
June 04, 2018 04 Jun'18
Microsoft takes over GitHub as it expands its open source plan

Microsoft is a major contributor to open source. It has now acquired the largest open source repository
June 04, 2018 04 Jun'18
Cloud-based integration platforms underpin digital strategy

The application integration market is dominated by IBM and Oracle, but AWS and Salesforce are changing the game with integration platforms as a service
June 04, 2018 04 Jun'18
Offensive AI unlikely in the near future, says Mikko Hypponen

Cyber criminals are not close to being able to use AI for attack purposes, according to industry veteran Mikko Hypponen, who has been at the forefront of AI use in cyber defence for several years
June 04, 2018 04 Jun'18
Subpostmasters told to expect decision on alleged unfair prosecutions in August

The Criminal Courts Review Commission is expected to announce the findings of an investigation into alleged unfair subpostmaster prosecutions in August
June 01, 2018 01 Jun'18
Visa card payments system goes down across the UK and Ireland

Millions of businesses across the UK and Ireland are unable to accept VIsa card payments because of a "service disruption"
June 01, 2018 01 Jun'18
BBC to show World Cup in virtual reality

Broadcaster will trial virtual reality and ultra HD live streams of the FIFA World Cup through BBC iPlayer and a dedicated VR app
May 31, 2018 31 May'18
Retail sector flagged as slow to adopt cloud technologies in Bitglass research

The fourth annual Bitglass cloud adoption survey reveals enterprise appetite for off-premise technologies is continuing to rise, but some industries are moving more slowly than others
May 31, 2018 31 May'18
Nestle nips unwanted mobile app sprawl in the bud

Nestle has consolidated its consumer-facing mobile app portfolio to add features to the most successful apps
May 31, 2018 31 May'18
Artificial intelligence identifies skin cancer in lab test more effectively than doctors

Artificial intelligence has outperformed experienced dermatologists in identifying skin cancer samples, further highlighting the potential of the technology in healthcare
May 31, 2018 31 May'18
Australian workers apprehensive about digital transformation

Nearly four in 10 workers in Australia are worried that they do not have the right skills to compete in the digital economy, survey finds
May 30, 2018 30 May'18
AWS to bolster cloud skills development in Singapore

The training arm of Singapore’s labour movement is rolling out training courses in cooperation with Amazon Web Services to improve cloud computing literacy among SMEs
May 29, 2018 29 May'18
Firms step up spending on digital tech, but struggle with strategy

Businesses and the public sector are stepping up their spending on digital technology, but many business leaders are struggling to keep pace with what it means for their business
May 29, 2018 29 May'18
Drone industry set to contribute £42bn to UK economy by 2030

PwC research has predicted drones could add £42bn to the economy and create 68,000 jobs by 2030
May 29, 2018 29 May'18
Intelligence on the edge will see workloads migrate from clouds

IoT devices’ ability to make their own decisions will see computing shift back from the cloud to the edge, ABI Research has predicted
May 29, 2018 29 May'18
Salary is the biggest motivator for software developers

A survey finds that benefits such as free food and drink or a modern office space are not the main motivator for most developers, with the majority prioritising a higher salary
May 29, 2018 29 May'18
Policy Exchange report calls for GDS to be moved to DCMS

Think-tank wants Government Digital Service to create a “single digital government account” for citizens, and says bringing the organisation into the Department for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport will improve focus on “all aspects of digital ...
May 29, 2018 29 May'18
Save the Children International uses Microsoft Azure to bolster cross-border charity work

Graham Kent, director of IT shared services at Save the Children International, talks about using Microsoft Azure to boost cross-border collaboration between the charity’s member organisations and present a more united front to the world
May 29, 2018 29 May'18
DBS modernisation programme is a ‘masterclass in incompetence’, say MPs

The costly, four-years-delayed Disclosure and Barring Service modernisation programme is an example of yet another poorly managed major government project, according to the Public Accounts Committee
May 27, 2018 27 May'18
Dedicated HPC infrastructure still rules, says Huawei

A Huawei executive makes the case for dedicated high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure, despite the growth of public cloud services that have democratised access to HPC and AI capabilities
May 25, 2018 25 May'18
Two chiefs, two approaches to digital transformation

While the definition of digital transformation is debatable, IT business leaders agree it's all about the data
May 25, 2018 25 May'18
Former Macedonian PM convicted in corruption case exposed by illegal government surveillance

Information exposed by leaked recordings that were part an illegal mass surveillance campaign orchestrated under the government of former prime minster Nikola Gruevski have led to his conviction for corruption. He was found guilty of rigging a ...
May 25, 2018 25 May'18
MPs launch inquiry into automation and its impact on jobs

House of Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee will look at the impact of automation on workers, businesses and the UK economy as a whole
May 25, 2018 25 May'18
MPs slam government for biometrics strategy delay

Science and Technology Committee questions legality of the police’s approach to deleting mugshots of innocent people, and says government’s reasons for four-year delay to a new strategy is “less than convincing”
May 24, 2018 24 May'18
Computing curriculum shake-up can’t happen in a single five-year parliamentary term, says panel

At the launch of Ocado Technology’s AI:MMO educational game, a panel of experts said the computing curriculum needs an overhaul, but this cannot be achieved in a single government term of office
May 24, 2018 24 May'18
From open clouds to open infrastructure: OpenStack's evolution continues

OpenStack is embarking on a push to position itself as a lot more than just an open source cloud software provider, with forays into containers and continuous integration tools, as enterprises continue to demand their infrastructure do more
May 24, 2018 24 May'18
England and Wales Cricket Board to improve players’ medical data

Cricketers’ medical images will be stored securely in an independent clinical archive, enabling clinicians to access medical data and make treatment decisions more quickly
May 24, 2018 24 May'18
How AWS keeps its rivals at bay

A relentless focus on building for customers and inking partnerships with enterprise software bigwigs while lowering prices has given AWS a leg-up over rivals in the ANZ market
May 23, 2018 23 May'18
Compliance in the cloud: Avoiding the cloud compliance trap

When you hand over data to a cloud provider, you don’t hand over responsibility for legal and regulatory compliance. Beware of falling into a cloud compliance trap
May 23, 2018 23 May'18
Unified comms bugbears may be easily solved with AI

The concept of unified communications is now so wide-ranging that it is ripe for disruption – or improvement – by artificial intelligence, argues analyst Zeus Kerravala
May 23, 2018 23 May'18
Blockchain tourism being replaced by its application to business challenges

Deloitte reveals the next 12 months could see businesses move from exploring blockchain to applying it to business challenges
May 23, 2018 23 May'18
Singapore to adopt European e-invoicing standard

The city-state is the first country outside Europe to embrace the Peppol e-invoicing standard to speed up business transactions and lower operating costs for SMEs
May 22, 2018 22 May'18
IT professionals distrust their main suppliers, survey shows

IT providers are restricting the ability of businesses to innovate, with many IT pros feeling that suppliers deliver poor value, especially on upgrades, a Cogeco Peer 1 survey reveals
May 22, 2018 22 May'18
Social one of the 'most powerful' tools at brand’s disposal, says retail experts

Using social media to connect with customers is one of the most “powerful” tools retailers have at their disposal, said a panel of experts at the Salesforce World Tour
May 22, 2018 22 May'18
A third of people would buy insurance from Google or Amazon

Consumers are increasingly likely to buy insurance from tech giants as the insurtech industry hits the mainstream
May 22, 2018 22 May'18
Thailand’s Ascend Money finds agility with OpenShift

Besides implementing Red Hat’s OpenShift application platform, Ascend Money adopted an open source governance model to keep IT teams aligned with business goals
May 21, 2018 21 May'18
IT hub shadowed by Everest gives opportunities to homegrown IT professionals

Katmandu is the choice for offshore delivery for increasing numbers of multinational companies and is becoming more attractive to local IT professionals as a result
May 21, 2018 21 May'18
One-fifth of global banks think AI will boost customer experience

Economist Intelligence Unit survey shows nearly three-quarters of businesses think retail banking could be mostly automated by 2020
May 21, 2018 21 May'18
AI could transform cancer diagnosis, says prime minister

Theresa May says artificial intelligence could revolutionise diagnosis of chronic diseases and save 22,000 lives a year by 2033
May 18, 2018 18 May'18
Executive interview: Abby Kearns, Cloud Foundry Foundation

Computer Weekly speaks to Abby Kearns, executive director of the Cloud Foundry Foundation about how open source is a key ingredient of digital transformation
May 17, 2018 17 May'18
Why Microsoft's AI is about helping anyone's intelligent agent

Microsoft believes businesses need to be connected to AI innovation. The way it wants to achieve this is through its AI platform for developers
May 17, 2018 17 May'18
Case study: British Airways’ global B2B sales gathered under Salesforce cloud

British Airways has gathered its international business-to-business sales under Salesforce Sales Cloud to bust silos
May 17, 2018 17 May'18
UK tech sector growing 2.6 times faster than overall economy

The latest Tech Nation report on the UK’s IT sector reveals strong growth and positivity, but fears around Brexit in London’s tech engine