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• November 16, 2016 16 Nov'16

  GE pushes ahead into the software market

  GE’s stated policy is to become a top 10 software company by 2020. The company set out its action plan at the start of its Minds + Machines conference in San Francisco

• October 27, 2016 27 Oct'16

  Open source no longer scares the enterprise

  Open source breaks the rules on corporate procurement, but developers never play by the rules and now open source has sneaked in through the back door

• October 25, 2016 25 Oct'16

  AI set to replace traditional IT administrators

  Demand for higher levels of availability will lead to increased use of automation. Over time, many IT roles will be taken over by intelligent algorithms

• October 11, 2016 11 Oct'16

  How Linux has influenced modern IT

  On 25 August 1991, Linus Torvalds released the Linux kernel. We look at how the open source operating system has evolved in the last quarter of a century

• September 30, 2016 30 Sep'16

  How IoT can revolutionise running railways

  Mobile computing, mobile sensor networks and deep learning are behind French rail operator SNCF’s efficiency drive

• September 26, 2016 26 Sep'16

  Emirates Islamic bank and the Muslim finance revolution

  The CIO at Dubai-based bank Emirates Islamic tells Computer Weekly how IT is supporting the company through industry change

• September 12, 2016 12 Sep'16

  MaidSafe secure internet concept enters testing phase

  Scottish internet startup MaidSafe brings its vision for a more private and secure approach to the web a step closer to reality

• August 16, 2016 16 Aug'16

  TfL’s 24-hour tube API retains app compatiblity

  TfL extends its open data API to support London’s 24-hour tube service, with TfL saying the API won’t break existing apps

• August 02, 2016 02 Aug'16

  Nordic CIO interview: Liv Fiksdahl, DNB

  CIO of Norwegian bank tells Computer Weekly how Indian outsourcing partners help her keep costs down and digitise the business

• July 28, 2016 28 Jul'16

  Nordic CIO interview: Vesa Erolainen, Pöyry

  Doubts were raised when Vesa Erolainen, CIO at Finnish engineering and consulting company Pöyry, outlined his IT transformation plan, but he ended up winning an award for it

• July 25, 2016 25 Jul'16

  Skills shortage and poor IT infrastructure hinder tech adoption by Asean governments

  EIU report highlights governments’ desire for better use of data, including cloud access

• July 14, 2016 14 Jul'16

  Nordic CIO interview: Roland Grunéus, Intrum Justitia

  Roland Grunéus, the CIO of Swedish-founded Intrum Justitia, reveals the credit management services group’s efforts to make better use of data

• July 07, 2016 07 Jul'16

  Saudi Telecom Company leads nation’s transformation agenda

  Saudi Telecom Company and its technology partners support the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s drive into digital public services

• July 06, 2016 06 Jul'16

  Case study: Inside JP Morgan's Glasgow developer centre

  JP Morgan chief development officer Stephen Flaherty heads a team of developers in Glasgow, one of the bank's strategic hubs

• July 05, 2016 05 Jul'16

  Nordic CIO interview: Tore Burheim, University of Bergen

  IT director of Norwegian university tells Computer Weekly about digitising education and creating co-operative clusters

• June 17, 2016 17 Jun'16

  Euro Championship network traffic spike highlights OTT boom

  The BBC and EE both reported massive spikes in network traffic during the England versus Wales clash at Euro 2016

• June 17, 2016 17 Jun'16

  Hays Recruitment service desk project is all gain and no pain

  The firm was attracted by the many benefits of a cloud-based service desk, but chief among them was the low risk involved in implementation

• June 14, 2016 14 Jun'16

  GE unveils the industrial internet operating system

  The GE Predix platform is now positioned as an operating system to run industrial machines more efficiently

• June 13, 2016 13 Jun'16

  Technology key to supporting World Expo 2020 in Dubai

  Businesses in Dubai need to get ready for the expected boost in demand that will come with the World Expo exhibition to be held in the city in 2020

• May 30, 2016 30 May'16

  Middle East CIO interview: V. Chandrasekar, Standard Chartered

  The CIO of Standard Chartered bank in the Middle East tells Computer Weekly about the challenge of keeping customers happy through IT

• May 26, 2016 26 May'16

  Nordic CIO interview: Petteri Naulapää, Stockmann

  CIO of Finnish-listed international retailer tells Computer Weekly about the department store’s journey towards omnichannel

• May 19, 2016 19 May'16

  Virgin Media uses Salesforce to build omni-channel sales

  Virgin Media is using Salesforce to offer a single customer view irrespective of the channel the customer uses to talk to the company

• May 19, 2016 19 May'16

  ING Turkey uses digital technology to improve services and grow customer base

  Turkish bank uses business process management technology to offer financial services through 1,500 grocery stores, technology outlets and post offices

• May 18, 2016 18 May'16

  The network is the application: Why APIs are agents of change

  Sun Microsystems once described the network as the computer. Today, applications are beginning to offer the real network value

• April 29, 2016 29 Apr'16

  Tech-savvy Asean populations shake up enterprise IT, says AIA CTO

  A young, urban and tech-savvy population in the Asean region has forced enterprises to rethink their IT strategies

• April 21, 2016 21 Apr'16

  UK economy faces digital divide, CBI warns

  A report from the Confederation of British Industry and tech giant IBM paints a bleak picture of UK businesses' adoption (or not) of digital technologies

• April 18, 2016 18 Apr'16

  CIO interview: Gerard Spans, Arcadis

  The CIO of the Netherlands-based global design and consulting company tells Computer Weekly how he manages the three responsibilities which he sees as the future of his role

• April 15, 2016 15 Apr'16

  Australian universities increase IT spending well above global average

  Australian universities are increasing their IT spending as they improve learning and operational efficiency

• April 08, 2016 08 Apr'16

  CIOs lack faith in IT’s ability to meet digital demands of business

  VCE research suggests IT departments lack confidence in their ability to meet the digital demands of their organisation

• March 24, 2016 24 Mar'16

  CIO interview: Martin Uudelepp, Fonus Group

  The interim CIO of Swedish family law and funeral group Fonus tells Computer Weekly about his role as a “chaos pilot”

• March 24, 2016 24 Mar'16

  Metcalfe’s law of connections will drive digital business value

  Robert Metcalfe, the co-inventor of Ethernet, proposed that the value of network cards increases as the number of networked devices grows

• March 03, 2016 03 Mar'16

  IoT adoption held back by lack of business case, software and skills

  The internet of things is at the top of Gartner’s Hype Cycle, but many organisations cannot build a business case to invest in IoT projects

• February 29, 2016 29 Feb'16

  CIO interview: Anders Candell, Stora Enso

  CIO at Finnish pulp and paper manufacturer shares advice for shouldering a new CIO position and guiding the business towards innovative technology

• February 24, 2016 24 Feb'16

  GE lures allies for Predix industrial internet dominance

  Global manufacturer GE has established a partner programme for its Predix platform to drive the value of analytics across the industrial internet

• February 16, 2016 16 Feb'16

  Case study: How ITIL has helped Essex keep IT aligned with council goals

  Essex County Council has undergone an IT transformation to improve the credibility of its IT and achieve ISO 27001 accreditation

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  CDOs lack organisational design experience, says Gartner

  Research firm identifies immaturity in the organisational design of the set-ups led by the new breed of chief data officer and offers a menu of four design options

• February 08, 2016 08 Feb'16

  Post Office faces group litigation over Horizon IT as subpostmasters fund class action

  Subpostmasters who claim to have been wrongly convicted of fraud take the Post Office to court after getting the funds for a group action

• February 08, 2016 08 Feb'16

  CIO interview: Johan Kestens, ING Belgium

  ING Belgium’s CIO talks to Computer Weekly in depth about the technology-driven changes in the banking sector

• January 27, 2016 27 Jan'16

  CIO interview: Jo De Vliegher, Hydro

  The CIO at Norway's Hydro has established an IT department that allows for regional autonomy and central guidance at the same time

• January 25, 2016 25 Jan'16

  Alstom outsources IT transformation to HCL Technologies

  Train engineering company Alstom has outsourced its IT to HCL Technologies as part of a five-year transformation project

• January 20, 2016 20 Jan'16

  CIO interview: Janne Aalto, Finnish telco DNA

  When Finnish telco DNA wanted to transform its business, it made startup consultant Janne Aalto its CIO to lead the move to lean and agile

• January 06, 2016 06 Jan'16

  CIO interview: Mats Hultin, Saab Group

  Saab Group's CIO talks to Computer Weekly about the huge challenge of integrating 40 separate IT organisations into one

• December 23, 2015 23 Dec'15

  CIO interview: Henry Cohen, CIO, Telegraph Media Group

  The newspaper publisher is developing an agile mindset in response to the growth of digital over printed publications

• December 21, 2015 21 Dec'15

  The CW500 Club in 2015

  Computer Weekly's CW500 Club attracts the top IT leaders in the UK to talk to their peers about the latest trends and technologies, and to discuss the challenges they face. Here, we present the coverage of all the 2015 CW500 events, including ...

• November 05, 2015 05 Nov'15

  Communication Workers Union warns subpostmasters of flaw in Post Office Horizon accounting system

  The union that represents Post Office subpostmasters has warned of a problem with the Horizon accounting system at the centre of a long-running dispute

• November 04, 2015 04 Nov'15

  The pros and cons of treating internal IT like a business

  Aligning IT with the business has become a CIO mantra – but now digitisation has pushed IT to the top of the business agenda

• November 02, 2015 02 Nov'15

  Australia's outsourced datacentre market rising on back of cloud computing

  Datacentre investment in Australia is growing fast as corporates use data-intensive applications delivered via the cloud

• November 02, 2015 02 Nov'15

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise: think of us as a startup

  As Hewlett Packard Enterprise and HP Inc finally part ways, UK managing director Andy Isherwood shares some insight on what the future holds for the newly minted enterprise business

• November 02, 2015 02 Nov'15

  CIO interview: Torben Høeg Bonde, Vestas

  The CIO at Danish wind turbine company Vestas is playing a key role in turning the company into a software supplier

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  Tech will turn HR into a ‘productivity department’

  HR technologies are moving away from managing staff in favour of helping them become more productive