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Europe and Middle East information technology (IT)
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March 14, 2019
14
Mar'19
Met Police collaborated with US prosecutors in WikiLeaks investigation
The Metropolitan Police has confirmed it exchanged information on WikiLeaks staff in the UK with the US Department of Justice, which is conducting criminal investigations into the organisation
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March 13, 2019
13
Mar'19
Revolutionising patient booking in the Gulf
Startup in the Gulf region is applying digital technology to solve the inefficiencies in medical appointment booking processes
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March 04, 2019
04
Mar'19
UK among most expensive countries for mobile data
The UK ranks 136th in the world for the average cost of 1GB of mobile data, according to new statistics
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March 04, 2019
04
Mar'19
Danske Bank builds on machine learning to predict IT failures
Danish bank is using artificial intelligence to help it prevent IT outages that could damage its reputation with customers
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March 02, 2019
02
Mar'19
Facebook asked George Osborne to influence EU data protection law
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg invited one of the chancellor’s children to Facebook’s office as part of a intensive lobbying programme to influence European data protection legislation
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March 01, 2019
01
Mar'19
IBM deal to drive Nordea’s IT-led transformation
Nordea is expanding its relationship with IBM through a deal that will give it access to the skills and resources required to keep pace with the digital revolution in banking
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February 27, 2019
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Feb'19
Dutch companies lack knowledge of IoT’s benefits
Many organisations in the Netherlands are missing out on the benefits of the internet of things because they lack awareness of its potential
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February 25, 2019
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Feb'19
Nordic tech is increasing diversity but more needs to be done
The shortage of women in the boardroom is a problem in the Nordics, like other regions, but work in its tech sector means the future could be more promising
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February 22, 2019
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Feb'19
Facebook planned to spy on Android phone users, internal emails reveal
Facebook planned to use its Android app to track the location of its customers and to allow advertisers to send political advertising and invites to dating sites to ‘single’ people, confidential documents show
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February 21, 2019
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Feb'19
MWC 2019: O2 to launch 5G by Christmas
Ahead of Mobile World Congress, operator O2 has revealed further details of how it is planning for the advent of 5G
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February 20, 2019
20
Feb'19
MWC 2019: 5G smartphones go live on Vodafone network
Vodafone has connected three 5G-enabled smartphones to a live network during trials in Spain
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February 20, 2019
20
Feb'19
Huawei faces battle to win Nordic trust
Nordic countries are investigating the spying allegations made against Chinese networking supplier Huiawei
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February 20, 2019
20
Feb'19
Estonia redoubles efforts to attract global IT talent
IT professionals from all over the world are being lured to Estonia through a government recruitment campaign
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February 15, 2019
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Feb'19
CaixaBank customers can use their faces to withdraw money at ATMs
Spanish bank begins roll-out of ATMs equipped with facial recognition technology, but customers can still use card and PIN
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February 12, 2019
12
Feb'19
Dutch developer offers businesses nuclear security option for communications
Startup that created the secure platform for communication between world leaders at the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit in the Netherlands seeks to revolutionise business mail
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February 07, 2019
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Feb'19
Nordic region primed to pioneer 5G
The Nordic region could pioneer the commercial use of 5G, with Finland and Sweden hotbeds for the technology
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February 07, 2019
07
Feb'19
Government legislates to bring back roaming charges in no-deal Brexit
All four UK operators have said they have no plans to reintroduce roaming charges, but EE, O2 and Vodafone have not committed themselves not to do so
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February 04, 2019
04
Feb'19
Swiss bank moves away from file with Cloudian object storage
PostFinance opts for Cloudian object storage as it migrates 100 million files away from NetApp and builds S3-compatible archives for Hadoop and Apache Spark
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January 29, 2019
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Jan'19
Nordic green energy IT strategy gains momentum
The Nordic countries are building strong IT sectors around their green-powered datacentre infrastructures
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January 23, 2019
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Jan'19
Facebook’s objections to court concerns over privacy more about ‘optics’ than facts
Facebook’s challenge to a High Court ruling that raises serious concerns about data transfers between Europe and the US is more about appearance than facts, lawyers for the Irish Data Protection Commission told Dublin's Supreme Court
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January 23, 2019
23
Jan'19
Finnish banks to share core banking platform and supplier
Three banks in Finland have hired an IT services supplier to build a shareable core banking platform
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January 22, 2019
22
Jan'19
Young Dutch cyber criminals get re-education rather than jail time
Young hackers in the Netherlands are being rehabilitated through punishments that educate rather than incarcerate
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January 22, 2019
22
Jan'19
Facebook: US government does not engage in mass and indiscriminate surveillance
Social media giant challenges a ruling by Dublin’s High Court over a judgment that it says made ‘extraordinary and incorrect’ findings about the US legal system
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January 21, 2019
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Jan'19
Bahrain plans to create a world-leading tech ecosystem
Bahrain is building a technology ecosystem that will help the country further reduce its economic reliance on the oil and gas industry
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January 14, 2019
14
Jan'19
Tech usage in school more likely in UK than Germany
Most students in UK schools use technology as part of their learning – the same of which cannot be said about some German schools
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January 11, 2019
11
Jan'19
Norway's government gives green light to fintech sandbox
The government in Norway is launching a regulatory sandbox, which it hopes will help the country's fintech sector catch up on those in other Nordic countries
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January 11, 2019
11
Jan'19
Microsoft takes community approach to artificial intelligence in Sweden
Microsoft is making increasing use of artificial intelligence in Sweden as it shares experiences with the development community
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January 10, 2019
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Jan'19
BT faces tussle to keep EU contracts after Brexit
The European Union will likely re-evaluate its telecoms contracts with BT following Brexit, and cancelling them altogether is a real risk in a no-deal scenario, according to leaked documents
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January 02, 2019
02
Jan'19
Nordic digital transformation driven by traditional businesses
More traditional Nordic businesses are fuelling the region's digital transformation, finds report
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December 27, 2018
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Dec'18
Top 10 Middle East stories of 2018
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Middle East enterprise IT stories of 2018
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December 19, 2018
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Dec'18
Top 10 Benelux IT stories of 2018
From cyber security planning to smart city initiatives, here is a selection of articles about IT developments in the Benelux countries
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December 18, 2018
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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
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December 17, 2018
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Dec'18
Financial services giant transforms application delivery through HCL
Dutch financial services firm Aegon is outsourcing the management of its fintech supplier network
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December 14, 2018
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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
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December 13, 2018
13
Dec'18
Sberbank partners US accelerator for startup programme
Russian state-run bank links up with San Francisco-based accelerator 500 Startups to provide expert advice to startups in a variety of tech fields
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December 12, 2018
12
Dec'18
Finland’s IT sector recovers after break-up of Nokia
Finnish government plays vital role in helping IT sector recover from the shock of Microsoft taking over the country’s biggest company
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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’
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December 10, 2018
10
Dec'18
Port of Rotterdam uses floating lab to learn about automation in harbour
A ship will soon be converted to a floating laboratory to test automation technologies at the Netherlands port
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December 07, 2018
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Dec'18
Finnish government announces research and development ecosystem
Finland has launched an innovation ecosystem that will support IoT and AI developers amongst others
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November 29, 2018
29
Nov'18
Danish government launches wide-ranging digital services project
Denmark's government has launched an ambitious project to digitise and automate public services
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November 27, 2018
27
Nov'18
Nordic IT network attracting big brands as well as startups
Tech Nordic Advocates is now seen as the go-to place for access to the Nordic tech startup sector
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November 27, 2018
27
Nov'18
Oslo: A hub for the social startup scene
The Norwegian capital is thriving from a unique combination of business agility, a cultural receptiveness to technology, and a social desire to do good
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November 26, 2018
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Nov'18
China leapfrogs US in supercomputer deployments
China has more than twice the number of supercomputers than the US, and it is finding a ready market for its Lenovo supercomputers among US tech companies in Ireland, the latest top 500 supercomputer list reveals
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November 23, 2018
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Nov'18
Hamburg has ambitions to be a virtual reality hub
The German city of Hamburg is setting itself up as a potential hub for virtual reality startups
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November 21, 2018
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Nov'18
Finland invests in IT to upgrade electricity network
National electricity transmission grid operator Fingrid’s Datahub system will play key role in retail market’s transition to a centralised information exchange
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November 19, 2018
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Nov'18
CDO interview: Aidan Millar, DNB
Norwegian bank hires chief data officer to lead its data-driven transformation
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November 16, 2018
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Nov'18
Russian banks to introduce contactless ATMs
Russian banks have introduced their first contactless ATMs, which customers can link to via smartphones and wearable devices
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November 13, 2018
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Nov'18
Sweden’s central bank to test digital currency
Riksbank e-krona initiative follows government plan for a cashless society by 2030
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November 12, 2018
12
Nov'18
Norway’s IT industry must tackle security vulnerabilities
Report reveals growing threat posed by “hostile foreign actors” against Norway’s IT systems and critical national infrastructure
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November 12, 2018
12
Nov'18
Agfa’s move to cloud HR paves the way for healthcare IT spin-off
Agfa-Gevaert is moving HR systems from 40 countries into the cloud as the company prepares to turn its health IT operations into a standalone business