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• August 01, 2014 01 Aug'14

  Fingerprint scanners most popular alternative to banking passwords

  Fingerprint scanning technology is the most favoured biometric security alternative to passwords for UK bank customers

• July 30, 2014 30 Jul'14

  Lack of coding skills may lead to skills shortage in Europe

  European Commission urges people to learn coding, warning that a lack of coding skills could see Europe facing skills shortage by 2020

• July 25, 2014 25 Jul'14

  Search firms meet EU regulators over right to be forgotten

  Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have met EU data protection authorities to discuss the implications of the right to be forgotten ruling

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  Italy gives Google 18-month privacy compliance deadline

  The Italian data protection watchdog has given Google 18 months to comply with EU privacy laws

• July 14, 2014 14 Jul'14

  SAP helps Germany lift the World Cup

  Germany-based software company SAP played its part in the national football team's victory over Argentina in the World Cup final in Brazil

• July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  UK leads international partnership to fight financial malware

  The UK National Crime Agency is leading international collaboration between law enforcement and the private sector to fight bank theft malware

• July 08, 2014 08 Jul'14

  Airbus deploys modular datacentre strategy to boost HPC capacity

  The aircraft manufacturer has deployed HP's performance optimised datacentres (PODs) to increase its high performance compute capabilities for its engineers

• July 03, 2014 03 Jul'14

  Computer Weekly names the 25 most influential women in UK IT

  Find out the results of Computer Weekly's Women in Technology Awards, ranking the top 25 most influential women in UK IT 2014

• July 03, 2014 03 Jul'14

  Tour de France organiser deploys satellite phone system for UK stages

  Tour de France organiser ASO selects Globalstar satellite phones to keep support and emergency crews connected during UK leg of tour

• July 01, 2014 01 Jul'14

  Most people keen to share biometric data for smoother travel

  A study has revealed that 89% of citizens agree with the use of biometric identification to aid travel

• June 17, 2014 17 Jun'14

  Domino’s breach underlines value of personal data, say experts

  The latest cyber breach to hit a high-profile brand underlines the high value of personal data, say security experts

• June 11, 2014 11 Jun'14

  Datacentre spending shifts to Europe as buyers focus on low-cost servers

  Server manufacturers made 20% less in sales in the first quarter of 2014, compared with the fourth quarter of 2013

• June 05, 2014 05 Jun'14

  Three ditches data roaming charges in five more countries

  Mobile operator Three adds Finland, France, Israel, Norway and Switzerland to its Feel At Home service

• May 22, 2014 22 May'14

  Salesforce.com opens UK datacentre to support data sovereignty

  Cloud CRM company Salesforce.com has announced its first UK datacentre, which is also its first in Europe

• May 21, 2014 21 May'14

  Tablet banking to quickly overtake mobile banking

  The number of people in Europe banking on tablets will grow at twice the rate of those on mobile phones, with security concerns not a major driver

• May 09, 2014 09 May'14

  Orange data breach underlines need for encryption, say experts

  The theft of 1.3 million customer records from Orange, France underlines the need for encryption, say experts

• May 08, 2014 08 May'14

  CIO interview: Robert Teagle, European IT director, Starbucks Coffee

  Robert Teagle leads IT across the 30 markets that Starbucks owns and operates in Europe, the Middle East and Africa

• May 07, 2014 07 May'14

  UK helping US military build intelligence software for drone targeting

  The UK has been helping the US military build software to share intelligence for weapons such as drones for the past 14 years

• April 29, 2014 29 Apr'14

  UK and Ireland cyber attacks up 300% in 2013, says FireEye

  UK and Ireland enterprises were hit by an average of more than 70 new infections a day in 2013, a report shows

• April 16, 2014 16 Apr'14

  Q&A: SAP's Mike Ettling discusses SuccessFactors cloud HR strategy

  Computer Weekly talks to Mike Ettling, global head of cloud and on-premise HR at SAP, about the company’s strategy for its SuccessFactors cloud HR technology

• April 08, 2014 08 Apr'14

  Workday sees opportunity for cloud financial management in Europe

  Workday plans to push cloud finance and accounting services to enterprise in Europe, but observers say its background in HR technology may prove an obstacle

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  Google says government data requests are up 120% since 2009

  Government requests for information about Google customers, have increased by 120% since 2009

• March 24, 2014 24 Mar'14

  Grant Thornton spends £3m in move to cloud HR services

  Financial advisory firm invests in cloud talent management as it gears up to expand its operations in the UK

• March 12, 2014 12 Mar'14

  Case study: Footwear company Deckers takes e-commerce sites into the cloud

  The company behind shoe brands including Ugg Australia and Teva is using a cloud-based digital commerce platform to support global expansion

• March 07, 2014 07 Mar'14

  CIOs hold fire over datacentre decisions

  When it comes to devising datacentre strategies, are CIOs paralysed like rabbits in the headlights, or playing a calculated game of wait and see?