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• February 20, 2019 20 Feb'19

  Organisations adopt multicloud strategies as shift from private cloud settles

  There is little change in the move from private to public clouds, according to Pierre Audoin Consultants – but more IT professionals are using multi-clouds

• February 15, 2019 15 Feb'19

  IT Priorities 2019: IT decision-makers plan for APIs

  The latest Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT Priorities survey shows that IT professionals are deploying business process automation, but application programming interfaces are not far behind

• February 07, 2019 07 Feb'19

  Interview: Moving to DataOps

  During a London data science popup meeting, Computer Weekly caught up with MoneySuperMarket.com’s analytics head, Harvinder Atwal

• February 05, 2019 05 Feb'19

  Payday lender cuts troubleshooting by 30% with Virtual Instruments

  Curo Financial thought storage was slowing down its websites, but found virtual machine and network issues were to blame. To fix this, it’s going proactive on storage performance issues

• February 04, 2019 04 Feb'19

  Interview: The power of open source

  Stefanie Chiras, who heads up RHEL at Red Hat, discusses how open source enables enterprises to benefit from tech innovations

• January 31, 2019 31 Jan'19

  How Airbus handles IoT network traffic in manufacturing

  The internet of things is set to power the fourth industrial revolution, providing data to optimise manufacturing. Airbus is starting to put sensors in aircraft assembly

• January 24, 2019 24 Jan'19

  IBM reports growing interest in multicloud

  As it gets ready to onboard Red Hat, IBM claims its multicloud business has a lot of potential

• January 16, 2019 16 Jan'19

  UK financial services regulator to link top banker bonuses to IT performance

  FCA head tells Commons Treasury committee: “We expect banks’ policies on variable remuneration to reflect operational resilience. They have to – if they don’t, we will act.”

• January 11, 2019 11 Jan'19

  AWS pushes MongoDB compatible alternative as licences change

  They probably didn't see that coming... MongoDB's switch to server-side licensing may have backfired, as AWS launches an API-compatible version

• January 09, 2019 09 Jan'19

  Mercedes-Benz collaborates with Nvidia on in-car supercomputer

  Partners plan to work on an in-car computer for autonomous driving, and to replace existing in-car systems

• January 07, 2019 07 Jan'19

  Huawei debuts Arm-based chip, eyes broader server market

  Huawei’s Kunpeng 920 processor is geared towards big data and infrastructure applications, marking its foray into Arm-based servers that are set to change the dynamics of the datacentre market

• December 31, 2018 31 Dec'18

  Executive interview: Why Bet365 is going for Golang

  If you face the same challenges as the web giants, why not choose a language developed by Google? We speak to Bet365’s head of sports development

• December 27, 2018 27 Dec'18

  Top 10 Middle East stories of 2018

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Middle East enterprise IT stories of 2018

• December 21, 2018 21 Dec'18

  Top 10 developer stories of 2018

  Thanks to DevOps, the need for businesses to develop software more quickly and a thriving open source community, 2018 has been a good year for developers

• December 19, 2018 19 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

• December 18, 2018 18 Dec'18

  Top 10 end user computing stories of 2018

  Processor flaws, browser-based desktop IT and the idea of a fully managed PC service were among the hot topics this year

• 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

• December 12, 2018 12 Dec'18

  Interview: Dheeraj Pandey, CEO, Nutanix

  It may be known for hyper-converged infrastructure, but Nutanix now has its head in the clouds

• December 07, 2018 07 Dec'18

  Hybrid cloud in Australian government removes supplier lock-in

  Australian public sector could take the hybrid approach to cloud computing as government’s digital transformation strategy moves ahead

• December 05, 2018 05 Dec'18

  IT monitoring tops uses for machine data analytics

  Advanced analytics is being deployed to make sense of the masses of machine data in IT operation, but complex environments is making this harder

• November 29, 2018 29 Nov'18

  Virtual Instruments aims to be “the brain of the datacentre”

  Virtual Instruments hopes artificial intelligence and machine learning functionality that helps IT staff spot connections between application and storage performance could put an end to the “war room”

• November 29, 2018 29 Nov'18

  Nutanix grows subscription revenue

  It made its name in hyper-converged hardware, but Nutanix is now growing its SaaS-based software infrastructure business

• November 27, 2018 27 Nov'18

  Why IT infrastructure approach needs modernising

  The freedom and flexibility to develop applications rapidly using diverse platforms will put IT infrastructure teams under increasing strain

• November 27, 2018 27 Nov'18

  Data volumes set to hit 175ZB with a tectonic shift to the cloud

  There will be more data in the public cloud than enterprise datacentres or consumer devices by 2025 as data shifts location, according to a study by IDC and Seagate

• November 21, 2018 21 Nov'18

  Post Office held back information about Horizon IT system errors

  Post Office director admits to Horizon errors and not sharing details with subpostmaster network

• November 19, 2018 19 Nov'18

  Top IT predictions in APAC in 2019

  Edge computing, data management and microservices will play a bigger role in the Asia-Pacific region in 2019 as enterprises reshape their technology architectures to become ‘digitally determined’ organisations

• November 14, 2018 14 Nov'18

  Challenger bank ready to get its banking licence back

  CivilisedBank is reapplying for a banking licence after giving it up to focus on its technology

• November 09, 2018 09 Nov'18

  Why commercial software providers are buying into cloud native

  There is a reason why IBM has announced it will be spending $34bn to buy Red Hat, much like VMware’s acquisition of Heptio

• October 30, 2018 30 Oct'18

  Why businesses must take a strategic view of automation

  For many CIOs, robotic process automation promises quick wins, but businesses should also take a longer-term view to drive digitisation

• October 29, 2018 29 Oct'18

  Inside PropertyGuru’s DevOps journey

  The online property search firm is at ease with microservices, containers and serverless computing, even as it grapples with legacy applications that were developed earlier on in its history

• October 10, 2018 10 Oct'18

  Businesses must get ready for a multi-cloud strategy

  The debate about what is the right enterprise IT architecture has moved beyond private, public and hybrid clouds to the need to run multiple clouds

• October 02, 2018 02 Oct'18

  Porsche Informatik deploys OpenShift to accelerate software development

  The automotive manufacturer's software arm is using a Red Hat private cloud to develop new trading platforms

• September 28, 2018 28 Sep'18

  Data analytics cuts queues and flight delays at Rome’s Fiumicino Airport

  Aeroporti di Roma’s CIO, Emiliano Sorrenti, describes how the city’s main airport is using data analytics technology to reduce delays and queue times, securing it an industry award for customer service

• September 27, 2018 27 Sep'18

  CIO interview: Fraser Ingram, Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank

  Fraser Ingram joined the Clydesdale and Yorkshire banking group as CIO just at the right time – as it was embarking on its digital journey

• September 27, 2018 27 Sep'18

  Agile IT held back by legacy tech and legacy budgeting

  CIOs admit their organisations cannot keep pace with digital transformation initiatives, with capex budgeting and legacy IT part of the problem

• September 07, 2018 07 Sep'18

  RBS announces branch closures as part of cancelled project to create challenger bank

  The Royal Bank of Scotland has announced more branch closures and job losses as digital transformation continues to transform the sector

• September 05, 2018 05 Sep'18

  Slow cloud take-up among IT execs limits joined-up customer experience

  Cloud computing promises to declutter IT and link systems easily. Despite the benefits, adoption of the cloud for customer engagement remains low

• September 03, 2018 03 Sep'18

  CIO interview: Ian Cohen, global CIO, Addison Lee

  Addison Lee’s global CIO is building a business strategy and ensuring the transport company has a flexible platform for growth

• August 29, 2018 29 Aug'18

  IT leaders at a crossroads as they grapple with digital technology

  CIOs have the opportunity to influence their company strategy as digital technology reshapes business. A survey of CIOs across 70 countries charts a path for IT leaders through emerging technologies

• August 07, 2018 07 Aug'18

  IT must prepare for an IoT-enabled digital workplace

  Smart lighting, intelligent speakers and screen-mirroring are among the technologies that are moving from the home into the office – and all have an impact on IT

• July 31, 2018 31 Jul'18

  3 Hong Kong gears up for 5G with “epic” transformation

  The Hong Kong telco is putting in an advanced technical architecture that will streamline and automate internal processes and IT as it prepares for the 5G era

• July 03, 2018 03 Jul'18

  IT service provider HCL acquires sector expertise as part of European strategy

  Indian IT services firm boosts its European car industry credentials though multi-million Euro investment

• June 28, 2018 28 Jun'18

  IT decision-makers increasingly opt for cloud-native architectures

  The world of IT is now much more multi-platform and the underlying architecture is cloud-native, according to a new survey from Cloud Foundry

• 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 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

• 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 21, 2018 21 May'18

  IT executives think businesses are slow at adopting digital transformation

  Digital transformation may be impeded by the slow speed at which businesses are ready to adopt new, digitally empowered ways of working

• 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 18, 2018 18 May'18

  GDS seeks advice on migration from Public Services Network

  The Government Digital Service has started the process of moving public sector organisations away from the Public Services Network

• May 17, 2018 17 May'18

  Ex-DWP IT contractor wins IR35 case appeal against HMRC

  Tribunal judge rules terms of contractor's engagement with the Department for Work and Pensions means HMRC was wrong to pursue a £26,000 claim for unpaid income tax and national insurance contributions