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• December 09, 2019 09 Dec'19

  China bans foreign computing kit from government contracts

  All government offices and public institutions must eliminate foreign hardware and software within three years, according to a leaked directive dubbed 3-5-2

• December 09, 2019 09 Dec'19

  Dubai’s Kentech kicks off digital transformation drive

  Energy and industrial support company will go live in Oracle’s cloud next month

• December 06, 2019 06 Dec'19

  Serving tech from all angles at the Association of Tennis Professionals

  The use of data and analytics technologies has transformed tennis for spectators, players and umpires, with the ATP and its partner Infosys leading the way

• December 06, 2019 06 Dec'19

  Barclays opens large tech operation in India, hiring thousands

  Barclays opens tech centre in Pune as part of its global delivery network

• December 06, 2019 06 Dec'19

  Qualcomm claims world first for 5G mixed reality

  5G-supported extended reality platform is claimed to offer more immersive, intelligent and connected experiences

• December 06, 2019 06 Dec'19

  Cyber security takes its place alongside UK’s armed services

  Head of armed services says cyber security will take its place alongside the army, navy and air force as a key pillar of the UK’s defence strategy

• December 05, 2019 05 Dec'19

  London mayor Sadiq Khan opens Salesforce’s Ohana floor

  Opening coincides with Salesforce announcing $1.25m funding for education charity Ark and a Pathfinder training programme

• December 05, 2019 05 Dec'19

  NetApp’s Keystone hybrid cloud storage ‘try-before-you-buy’ for on-prem

  Keystone on-premise and cloud subscription model will cost more than buying hardware so will be best suited to customers that want to try NetApp on-site before committing to purchase

• December 05, 2019 05 Dec'19

  Cyber Girls First volunteers encourage girls to think high-tech

  More than 80 schoolgirls spent a day learning about computer hackers and rocket science – Cyber Girls First hopes they will become the next generation of technologists

• December 04, 2019 04 Dec'19

  RMIT to tackle cyber security challenges

  Australia’s Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology has teamed up with Amazon Web Services to launch a Cloud Innovation Centre to solve cyber security challenges

• December 04, 2019 04 Dec'19

  AWS Outposts debuts in Australia

  Amazon Web Services rolls out Outposts in Australia, enabling enterprises to run a consistent version of the AWS platform at locations that require low latency

• December 03, 2019 03 Dec'19

  General Election 2019: Which manifesto is best for the UK’s tech sector?

  Computer Weekly breaks down each political party’s technology policies ahead of the upcoming General Election to see how they compare

• December 03, 2019 03 Dec'19

  How AWS is growing its ASEAN footprint

  Building ‘strong autonomous country teams’ has been a key focus for AWS in Southeast Asia where demand for cloud computing services is on the rise

• December 03, 2019 03 Dec'19

  Insurtechs help traditional players differentiate

  Traditional insurers are harnessing the agile development techniques of the tech startup community through partnerships with insurtechs

• December 03, 2019 03 Dec'19

  Klarna uses AWS cloud as it moves from startup to global fintech force

  Swedish fintech cements its relationship with Amazon Web Services to speed up product development and support its global expansion

• December 02, 2019 02 Dec'19

  UKISUG 2019: Qualtrics unknown to 43% of SAP customers

  On the opening day of its annual conference, the UK and Ireland SAP User Group unveils member research showing scant awareness of Qualtrics, and continuing slow adoption of S/4 Hana

• December 02, 2019 02 Dec'19

  QD Stores deploys SAP Fiori as pathway to possible S/4 Hana adoption

  East Anglia-based discount retailer uses design thinking to develop SAP Fiori Screen Personas to enhance ECC6 instance

• November 28, 2019 28 Nov'19

  How Intel has put the brakes on Windows 10 refresh

  IT departments have until 14 January 2020 to update their PCs to Windows 10, but a shortage of Intel chips may scupper their plans

• November 28, 2019 28 Nov'19

  UKtech50 2019 winner: Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO, DeepMind

  Computer Weekly profiles the achievements and journey of the founder of one of the world’s pioneering artificial intelligence companies, after his recognition as the most influential person in UK technology for 2019

• November 28, 2019 28 Nov'19

  Most data scientists plan exit in 2020, Women in Data conference hears

  Survey shows lack of management support is behind a majority of data scientists planning to change jobs next year

• November 28, 2019 28 Nov'19

  NatWest digital bank goes live

  NatWest has announced the availability of its standalone digital challenger bank, known as Bó

• November 27, 2019 27 Nov'19

  Kudelski proposes Microsoft Azure IoT security solution

  Integrated security platform claimed to enable IoT device manufacturers and providers to connect devices to Microsoft’s cloud-based IoT services at scale

• November 27, 2019 27 Nov'19

  Dell admits Intel chip delay could impact Windows refresh

  In the earnings call for Dell’s Q3 2019 results, the company admitted that up to one-third of Windows PC refresh orders may not be fulfilled until 2020

• November 27, 2019 27 Nov'19

  Staff in smaller businesses bogged down by poor communications

  Inadequate communications between senior management and staff in small to medium-sized enterprises is leading to poor decision-making

• November 27, 2019 27 Nov'19

  Finland’s OP Financial Group accelerates open banking push

  Finnish banking group is working with a Danish fintech to add open banking functionality to its offerings

• November 27, 2019 27 Nov'19

  How APAC firms can unleash the power of creative disruption

  Regional business leaders at the recent Leap Summit in Malaysia talked up the blueprint for creative disruption, which includes scaling up an idea and overcoming the distribution challenge, among other areas

• November 26, 2019 26 Nov'19

  VMware doubles up on Kubernetes play

  New Tanzu portfolio reflects efforts by VMware to better meet the needs of enterprises that are warming to containers and Kubernetes when building new cloud-native applications

• November 26, 2019 26 Nov'19

  Peer calls for clear-out of Post Office board after Court of Appeal confirms major court defeat

  Conservative peer championing subpostmasters’ long-running battle with Post Office suggests management clear-out after Court of Appeal rejects appeal bid

• November 26, 2019 26 Nov'19

  Facebook undermined rivals in bid to dominate global messaging

  Facebook used buyouts and bullying tactics towards competitors to grow its business empire, documents leaked to Computer Weekly reveal

• November 26, 2019 26 Nov'19

  McKinsey: Why some industries gain an AI advantage, while others lag

  Study from McKinsey & Company finds data silos and a lack of enterprise integration are putting some industries at a disadvantage

• November 25, 2019 25 Nov'19

  General Election 2019: The Conservatives’ technology policies and digital plans

  With the UK gearing up for its third general election in four years, Computer Weekly outlines the Conservative and Unionist Party’s main technology policies and digital plans, as laid out in its manifesto

• November 25, 2019 25 Nov'19

  Snap taps Verizon as 5G partner to extend AR, video experiences

  US comms giant Verizon teams with Snapchat creator to look at supporting advanced video applications such as augmented reality on its 5G network

• November 25, 2019 25 Nov'19

  AI may open dangerous new frontiers in geopolitics

  Truly artificial intelligence has the potential to provoke an international geopolitical crisis, warns F-Secure’s Mikko Hypponen

• November 25, 2019 25 Nov'19

  Uber app exploit posed safety risk to passengers

  A flaw in Uber’s system meant thousands of trips in London were taken with unauthorised drivers at the wheel

• November 25, 2019 25 Nov'19

  How ServiceNow is empowering Asia’s mobile workforce

  ServiceNow’s newly minted managing director in Asia talks up the company’s sweet spots and traction in the region, and what it’s doing to abstract away workflow complexities for mobile workers

• November 25, 2019 25 Nov'19

  General Election 2019: The Lib Dems’ technology policies and digital plans

  With the UK gearing up for its third General Election in four years, Computer Weekly outlines the Liberal Democrat Party’s main technology policies and digital plans, as laid out in its manifesto

• November 22, 2019 22 Nov'19

  Court of Appeal dismisses Post Office application to appeal damning judgment

  The Court of Appeal has rejected a Post Office application to appeal judgments made in the first trial of its multimillion-pound battle with subpostmasters over IT system failures.

• November 22, 2019 22 Nov'19

  IT chiefs recognise the risks of artificial intelligence bias

  Artificial intelligence promises to change the way businesses operate. IT leaders are now taking bias in AI algorithms seriously

• November 22, 2019 22 Nov'19

  England manager Gareth Southgate tells how data analytics and cloud have helped the FA modernise

  England football manager tells Google Cloud Next UK conference how the FA is using big data and cloud collaboration tools to change the organisation's culture and improve players’ performances on the pitch

• November 22, 2019 22 Nov'19

  CIO interview: Paul Stein, CTO, Rolls-Royce

  The aerospace engine manufacturer is at the leading edge of technology developments such as electric power, and already makes extensive use of advanced IT systems such as AI

• November 22, 2019 22 Nov'19

  TSB tech woes continue with overnight systems failure

  TSB customers have experienced problems receiving money into their accounts due to an IT error, just days after the bank was slammed in a report on its IT problems last year

• November 22, 2019 22 Nov'19

  Obama at Dreamforce 2019: Leaders orchestrate the conversation

  Former US president Barack Obama spoke in a fireside chat with Salesforce co-founder Marc Benioff at Dreamforce 2019. He cautioned on the dangers of the information age and offered some advice for business leaders

• November 22, 2019 22 Nov'19

  Druva eyes data protection for IoT workloads

  Cloud data protection software supplier Druva is looking at a comprehensive platform that will protect data generated by IoT workloads

• November 21, 2019 21 Nov'19

  British Airways cancels flights due to technical issue

  British Airways customers are suffering delays and cancellations as a result as a technical issue

• November 21, 2019 21 Nov'19

  Swiss packaging manufacturer powers digital maintenance with GE and ServiceMax

  Carton and packaging company SIG, which also sells IoT-connected machines to food and beverage firms, has developed a digital maintenance service

• November 21, 2019 21 Nov'19

  F-Secure’s Blackfin challenges perceptions of how AIs think

  New research project aims to develop adaptive, autonomous and collaborative AI agents, and challenges the notion that machine intelligence should merely mimic human intelligence

• November 21, 2019 21 Nov'19

  HSBC builds API digital platform with MuleSoft to forward open banking

  At Dreamforce 2019, HSBC announced the building of a digital platform with Salesforce MuleSoft to forward open banking opportunities

• November 21, 2019 21 Nov'19

  Western Union transfers to AWS cloud

  Western Union is the latest financial services form to set out a future in the Amazon Web Services cloud

• November 20, 2019 20 Nov'19

  Datrium boosts VMware protection but won’t add more hypervisors

  NVMe flash pioneer turned DR-as-a-service-focused data platform provider Datrium says VMware and Kubernetes have “won the market” and it won’t extend support beyond those two

• November 20, 2019 20 Nov'19

  Finland’s ministry of transport floats tech-enabled four-day week

  Government department says four-day working week is made possible by technologies such as artificial intelligence