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Healthcare and NHS IT

• May 02, 2017 02 May'17

  IT outsourcing going strong in the Nordics

  IT outsourcing is popular among companies in the Nordic region, but the market is changing

• April 24, 2017 24 Apr'17

  Cancer researcher gets Nodeum LTFS tape NAS

  Belgium-based OncoDNA replaces IBM tape library with flash-powered Nodeum LTFS to provide file access to backup and archive tapes at approaching nearline timescales

• April 18, 2017 18 Apr'17

  Kone brings elevator maintenance online with IBM Watson and Salesforce

  Lift manufacturer is using sensors and artificial intelligence to support its maintenance staff

• April 11, 2017 11 Apr'17

  ‘Can do’ attitude of DevOps teams is driving cloud-first strategies

  The cloud-first strategies of businesses across sectors are maturing, with DevOps teams playing a leading role

• April 07, 2017 07 Apr'17

  Home Office U-turn over IR35 contractor classifications prompts IT project delay fears

  IT project delays predicted at Home Office, following reports of last-minute departmental U-turn over contractors' IR35 status classifications

• April 06, 2017 06 Apr'17

  IR35 reforms: Stakeholders warn of risk to public sector IT projects as contractors walk

  With the IR35 reforms coming into force today, 6 April, contracting stakeholders warn of the widespread threat the changes pose to the delivery of public sector IT projects

• April 06, 2017 06 Apr'17

  Telenor launches IoT pilot in Norway

  Telenor is opening up its IoT infrastructure in Norway to encourage students and entrepreneurs to develop IoT products and services

• April 06, 2017 06 Apr'17

  Interview: F-Secure’s Mikko Hyppönen on the Nordics, Russia and the internet of insecure things

  Computer Weekly sat down with Finnish cyber security expert Mikko Hyppönen to talk about security in the Nordics, Russia and the trouble with connected devices

• April 05, 2017 05 Apr'17

  NHS Digital plans September go-live for citizen identity service

  Health and social care patients will have a single online identity verification log-in to use across health and care by autumn 2017

• April 04, 2017 04 Apr'17

  IR35 reforms: HMRC 'delays' blamed for last-minute public sector compliance panic

  Public sector stakeholders claim the late release of HMRC's online tax status assessment tool and its supporting IR35 legislation is causing contractors to leave projects in their droves

• March 30, 2017 30 Mar'17

  HMRC contractors leave over inside IR35 ruling

  HMRC has begun classifying its public sector contractors as "inside IR35", prompting fears of a digital "brain drain" at the organisation

• March 29, 2017 29 Mar'17

  Are ethical questions holding back AI in France?

  France has been slow to create a strategy around the use of artificial intelligence, partly due to questions around ethics

• March 28, 2017 28 Mar'17

  Threats grow in Saudi Arabia’s cyber sector

  Saudi Arabia's wealth makes it an attractive target for cyber criminals, but what have been the recent trends in cyber crime?

• March 21, 2017 21 Mar'17

  NHS launches projects to increase digital health tech skills

  NHS England aims to create digital academy to up-skill CIOs and CCIOs, while NHS Digital has launched a three-year public digital participation programme

• March 14, 2017 14 Mar'17

  Derbyshire NHS Trust takes simple BI approach to secure patient safety

  Derbyshire NHS Foundation Trust opts for a simple, clinician and business-led approach to business intelligence to secure patient safety, using MicroStrategy

• March 06, 2017 06 Mar'17

  3D printing gets serious in the Netherlands

  3D projects abound in the Netherlands, with the technology being applied to canal bridges, bicycles, ship components and buildings

• March 03, 2017 03 Mar'17

  Cyber attack on Barts NHS trust exploited zero-day vulnerability

  A cyber attack that forced parts of Barts NHS trust offline in January 2017 has been blamed on previously unknown malware that was able to bypass the antivirus systems, highlighting a common weakness in cyber defences

• February 27, 2017 27 Feb'17

  NHS ‘mislays’ 500,000 confidential patient documents

  Health service accused of a ‘cover-up’ after it came to light that more than half a million documents holding patient data were never delivered to their intended recipients

• February 24, 2017 24 Feb'17

  NHS needs single point of access for data

  A report has found that clinicians struggle with access to basic data and recommends a single online point of access for healthcare datasets

• February 17, 2017 17 Feb'17

  HPE services and CSC to become DXC Technology

  The merger between HP's services division and CSC will launch in April 2017 and is expected to save the companies billions

• February 14, 2017 14 Feb'17

  Public sector IT suppliers blast CCS over rising G-Cloud commission charges

  CCS confirms commission charges on G-Cloud sales are to rise from 0.5 to 0.75% when the next iteration of the framework drops in May 2017, but suppliers fear it could harm their ability to innovate

• February 09, 2017 09 Feb'17

  Lack of data sharing is barrier to health and social care integration

  NHS and social care organisations are still unsure of when to share information because of a “confusing” regulatory framework, and the National Audit Office is unimpressed with the progress on health and social care integration

• February 09, 2017 09 Feb'17

  South African children’s hospital uses video to train cardiologists

  The Red Cross Children’s Hospital in Cape Town is using remote video learning to teach paediatric cardiology surgery to medical students

• February 08, 2017 08 Feb'17

  NHS websites defaced by Tunisian Islamist hacktivists

  Another series of pro-Islamic State hacktivist attacks on NHS websites has underlined the need to harden websites and keep software up to date as attackers exploit a vulnerability in WordPress

• February 07, 2017 07 Feb'17

  Middle East and North Africa public cloud spend to hit $2bn by 2020

  Middle East-based organisations are turning to public cloud services, with software as a service driving a major year-on-year spending increase

• January 29, 2017 29 Jan'17

  Artificial intelligence will increase productivity by sharpening human mind

  The combination of AI and humans will triple productivity if businesses get the balance right for different roles

• January 26, 2017 26 Jan'17

  Mixed feelings on Australian enterprise app market

  The enterprise mobile app development market is attracting big money despite a lack of corporate appetite

• January 24, 2017 24 Jan'17

  GDS signals intent to move public sector off PSN

  Government Digital Service’s Technology Leaders Network determines that the internet is an adequate solution to support the vast majority of public sector work

• January 20, 2017 20 Jan'17

  West Middlesex University Hospital pilots wireless vital signs tech

  West Middlesex University Hospital trials technology that allows the checking of vital signs through wearable patches on patients

• January 18, 2017 18 Jan'17

  GDS declares public cloud secure enough for "vast majority" of public sector

  Government Digital Service moves to allay public sector concerns about using off-premise services in a bid to speed up cloud adoption beyond Whitehall

• January 17, 2017 17 Jan'17

  3D printing proves a disruptive force in Asean manufacturing

  3D printing adoption is set to accelerate in Southeast Asia after a delayed start

• January 15, 2017 15 Jan'17

  The evolution of smart Dubai

  Aisha Bin Bishr, director general at Smart Dubai Office, discusses how Dubai is evolving as a smart city with the support of local telecoms provider Du.

• January 13, 2017 13 Jan'17

  Davos: Technology poses new risks to jobs, economies and society

  Politicians and business leaders will discuss the risks posed by technology to jobs, political stability and cyber security at the World Economic Forum in Davos

• January 11, 2017 11 Jan'17

  Tech focus helps Singapore go second in globalisation index

  Singapore is the second most globalised economy in the world and its IT infrastructure is critical to this achievement

• January 09, 2017 09 Jan'17

  Former Surrey NHS IT chief and supplier both jailed for corruption

  Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s former informatics director goes to jail for accepting £80,000 worth of bribes from a supplier in return for an IT contract

• January 04, 2017 04 Jan'17

  Customer-first approach will make 2017 a challenge for Dutch CIOs

  CIOs in the Netherlands could see their strategies lead to thousands of jobs being cut as businesses automate

• December 30, 2016 30 Dec'16

  Top 10 NHS IT stories of 2016

  This year, NHS England pulled the plug on Care.data and Wachter’s review found that paperless NHS is likely to miss its 2020 target. We take a look back at Computer Weekly's most read NHS IT stories from 2016

• December 13, 2016 13 Dec'16

  GP tests out connected stethoscope, cleared for NHS use

  A digitally connected stethoscope from a Silicon Valley startup is now available in the UK and promises to change patient-doctor interaction

• December 09, 2016 09 Dec'16

  IT Priorities 2017: Nordic organisations to spend more on cloud services

  The adoption of cloud computing in its many guises will be a top priority in the Nordic region in 2017

• December 07, 2016 07 Dec'16

  The United Arab Emirates enterprise IT trends for 2017

  The UAE is already a leader in areas such as smart city developments, and 2017 looks set to see organisations in the country increase its adoption of other transformational IT

• December 07, 2016 07 Dec'16

  40 firms to trial IBM Watson cognitive computing for cyber security

  Forty companies sign up to apply IBM’s Watson cognitive computing systems to cyber security, but threat intelligence experts caution against total reliance on such systems

• December 05, 2016 05 Dec'16

  Top 10 ANZ enterprise IT stories of 2016

  Here is a rundown of Computer Weekly’s most popular ANZ enterprise IT articles for 2016

• November 16, 2016 16 Nov'16

  UK almost bottom of OECD pile for ICT investment

  The UK ranks low in terms of how much it invests in the ICT infrastructure as a proportion of GDP

• November 02, 2016 02 Nov'16

  Australia and New Zealand IT pros on bigger salaries than UK equivalents

  Aussie IT pros are better rewarded than their counterparts in the UK, according to surveys

• October 18, 2016 18 Oct'16

  Most businesses vulnerable to cyber attacks through firmware, study shows

  Company culture and overall attitude to security is a major contribution to vulnerability to cyber attack through firmware, a study by Isaca has revealed

• October 10, 2016 10 Oct'16

  More virtualisation to come in mature Australian market

  Australia has been hailed as a rapidly growing market for mobile virtualisation

• October 04, 2016 04 Oct'16

  Demand rises for low-cost flash storage across Australia

  Flash storage gains popularity in Australia, as smaller organisations are attracted by lower prices and higher capacity

• October 04, 2016 04 Oct'16

  Dymaxia: Combining cloud, IoT and wearables to manage the anxiety of autism

  Canadian startup Dymaxia explains how it's using cloud, IoT and wearable devices to help autistic people manage anxiety

• October 03, 2016 03 Oct'16

  Government invests £220m in tech projects to help "future-proof" post-Brexit economy

  Chancellor Philip Hammond highlights the role high-tech industries have to play in safe-guarding the post-Brexit economy

• September 22, 2016 22 Sep'16

  Government’s lack of clear plan for digital NHS poses risk to ‘credibility’

  The King‘s Fund warns that the government’s plans for a digital NHS lack clarity around funding and priorities