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October 11, 2019 11 Oct'19
How code reuse drives business change at the DWP

Department for Work and Pensions is using application programming interfaces to promote reuse of granular microservices across the organisation
October 08, 2019 08 Oct'19
Nadella sees Azure as the world’s computer

The Microsoft CEO wants organisations to consider Azure as a distributed cloud for next-generation AI applications
October 01, 2019 01 Oct'19
Polaris Transportation digitises with RPA and hyperledger tech

Transportation group has embarked on a digital transformation journey using WorkFusion and blockchain hyperledger for straight-through processing
September 30, 2019 30 Sep'19
The bots turning businesses into digital transformers

As companies increasingly turn to robotic process automation to accelerate digital transformation, Computer Weekly takes a look at how the market is evolving

September 27, 2019 27 Sep'19
How Graphcore is putting AI on steroids

UK chipmaker Graphcore’s intelligence processing unit may just hold the key to unlocking the full potential of artificial intelligence
September 26, 2019 26 Sep'19
Nordic payment collaboration will ease cross-border payments

P27 and Mastercard to bring seamless cross-border payments across Norway, Finland, Denmark and Sweden
September 25, 2019 25 Sep'19
Can Oracle substantiate its cloud bluster?

Larry Ellison talks aggressively about having more datacentres than AWS and how Oracle’s cloud sales are growing – but it may have to provide legal proof
September 25, 2019 25 Sep'19
Why quantum needs a classic approach for supremacy

Google claims it has developed an algorithm for a quantum computer that would take a traditional “classical” computer 10,000 years to run. We investigate
September 23, 2019 23 Sep'19
AWS G4 aims to lower cost of GPU-powered AI inference

Amazon Web Services seeks to cut the cost of running artificial intelligence inference engines with the introduction of a Nvida V100 GPU-based instance
September 18, 2019 18 Sep'19
IT departments spend millions tackling performance issues in complex IT

A study has found that CIOs are concerned that a modern software-driven, hybrid, multi-cloud architecture will be costly and difficult to manage

September 16, 2019 16 Sep'19
Research explores economic benefits of full-fibre and 5G at local level

The Broadband Stakeholders Group (BSG) has published research by Oxera to help local authorities understand the benefits of full-fibre and 5G
September 10, 2019 10 Sep'19
Spectra tilts at HSM with StorCycle storage management software

Spectra Logic unveils newly-developed storage management platform and two-tier file access and object storage with all data visible to all users for restore
September 05, 2019 05 Sep'19
National Rail Enquiries hit by rush hour real-time information outage on mobile app and website

National Rail Enquiries confirms it is waiting on a third-party supplier for an update on when access to real-time train departure and arrival information will be restored on its website and mobile app
September 03, 2019 03 Sep'19
Post Office changes IT leadership reshuffle decision

The Post Office has changed its IT leadership reshuffle weeks after announcing its original plan
August 21, 2019 21 Aug'19
Warwickshire county council deploys Microsoft cloud productivity suite

Teams, Office 365 and other cloud-based tools are being rolled out to give council staff greater flexibility
August 19, 2019 19 Aug'19
Startup unveils trillion-transistor AI accelerator chip

The AI chip has 10,000 times more bandwidth to accelerate artificial intelligence training
August 16, 2019 16 Aug'19
London Stock Exchange glitch delays trading

The London Stock Exchange suffered a 90-minute technical outage which prevented early trading in major stocks
August 09, 2019 09 Aug'19
Whistleblowers: James Glenn’s battle with Cisco opens new front on cyber security

James Glenn, a 42-year-old security specialist, fought a 10-year legal battle with Cisco after blowing the whistle on serious security flaws. He lost his job, but has no regrets
August 07, 2019 07 Aug'19
Rolls-Royce uses IFS to provide real-time operational data

Aero engine maker is using IFS Maintenix to gather engine data and push out software updates
August 01, 2019 01 Aug'19
London Stock Exchange agrees to acquire Refinitiv for £22bn

The London Stock Exchange has agreed to a multi-billion pound takeover of data giant Refinitiv
July 30, 2019 30 Jul'19
London Stock Exchange eyes £22bn acquisition of Refinitiv to expand data capabilities

The London Stock Exchange is looking at a huge tech acquisition to provide customers access to a wealth of data services built using the latest technologies
July 22, 2019 22 Jul'19
Morgan Stanley uses Box to power new Digital Vault

Bank has integrated the Box collaboration platform to provide a new, secure document-sharing service for its customers
July 09, 2019 09 Jul'19
Amsterdam’s datacentres face challenges to retain high growth

The Amsterdam datacentre market is growing rapidly, but the industry behind it must get on top of some burgeoning challenges
July 08, 2019 08 Jul'19
Eventful second Post Office Horizon trial ends

The latest High Court trial in the long-running dispute between the Post Office and subpostmasters has concluded, with part three set for March 2020
July 08, 2019 08 Jul'19
CIO interview: Lee Wilmore, data intelligence director, TI Media

The media company formerly know as Time Inc. UK has put data at the heart of its business strategy, integrating silos of information to bring greater value to the business
July 02, 2019 02 Jul'19
CPS faces legal ruling over refusal to disclose emails with US on WikiLeaks and Assange extradition

A court will decide whether the Crown Prosecution Service can refuse to neither confirm nor deny the existence of correspondence with US on investigations into Julian Assange and WikiLeaks
June 28, 2019 28 Jun'19
Interview: John Seglias, chief digital information officer, Defra

The tech leader at the government department most affected by Brexit talks about digital transformation and carrying out one of the most complex projects in the public sector
June 20, 2019 20 Jun'19
HCL delivers digital services to Cricket Australia

Cricket governing body chooses Indian IT supplier to expand the boundaries of its customer engagement platforms
June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19
Signify goes after Wi-Fi with range of Li-Fi office lighting

Although analyst Gartner has urged IT departments to approach Li-Fi with caution, the use of light as an alternative to Wi-Fi is set to gain momentum
June 14, 2019 14 Jun'19
How digital transformation underpins Three’s 5G ambitions

At Three, the smallest of the UK’s four mobile network operators, a transformative attitude to underlying IT is helping the firm mount a serious challenge to its rivals when it comes to 5G roll-out
June 12, 2019 12 Jun'19
Gartner: Blockchain lacks functionality needed by enterprise

Gartner has found there is generally a lack of understanding of how blockchain can be used in the enterprise
June 06, 2019 06 Jun'19
Microsoft and Oracle join forces to offer inter-cloud connectivity

Pair will provide direct connections between their clouds, enabling workloads to use services across Oracle and Azure public clouds
May 23, 2019 23 May'19
Why enterprises should dump their VMs for containers

Kubernetes is five years old and server virtualisation is the new legacy, says Aparna Sinha, director of product management for Kubernetes at Google
May 22, 2019 22 May'19
How Kubernetes’ fifth year is leading to a shift in enterprise IT

As Kubernetes turns five, the Cloud Native Computing Forum (CNCF) plans to make containerisation simple
May 21, 2019 21 May'19
MoneySupermarket.com orchestrates data pipeline with GKE

The price comparison site has used container orchestration to split its machine learning data pipeline into parallel processes
May 14, 2019 14 May'19
How Lexipol migrated 100 VMs over the wire from VMware to Nutanix

Using VMotion, risk management firm Lexipol was able to copy its VMware storage pool in California onto Nutanix storage in its new Texas datacentre
May 13, 2019 13 May'19
CIO interview: Sanjeev Katwa, head of technology, Tottenham Hotspur FC

The Premier League club’s state-of-the-art new stadium is claimed to be the most technologically advanced in the world – its IT leader takes us behind the scenes
May 09, 2019 09 May'19
Nutanix takes aim at making multi-cloud simple

Provider of hyper-converged technology, Nutanix, is breaking out of the datacentre and hybrid IT to enable workloads to move anywhere
April 16, 2019 16 Apr'19
Nutanix powers Manchester City Council’s IT

Manchester City Council has made considerable savings since migrating off a traditional architecture in favour of a hyper-converged infrastructure from Nutanix
April 10, 2019 10 Apr'19
Microsoft aims to coax AI developers

Microsoft has traditionally had strong ties with developers. It now wants to emulate its success, using a platform to simplify AI development
March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19
Web inventor wants a web built on solid data principles

Tim Berners-Lee has urged app developers to be courteous to users’ data privacy, saying users should own their own data and apps need to interoperate
March 14, 2019 14 Mar'19
IT Priorities 2019: ANZ organisations focus on fundamentals

Organisations in Australia and New Zealand will spend more on modernising legacy applications and breaking down data silos this year
March 13, 2019 13 Mar'19
Bank of England’s large IT spend partly due to use of manual processes and legacy systems

The Bank of England admits there is room for improvement when it comes to IT efficiency
March 05, 2019 05 Mar'19
Government must prioritise replacement of legacy IT, MPs told

Science and Technology Committee inquiry into digital government told that Treasury needs to offer funding in next spending review to eliminate ageing technology in Whitehall
February 27, 2019 27 Feb'19
Integration challenges lead to digital deceleration

With precious little increase in their budgets and large numbers of applications to connect, IT decision-makers admit they are struggling
February 26, 2019 26 Feb'19
MWC 2019: Industry rallies around the intelligent edge

The ability to process sensor data on intelligent edge devices, then upload to the cloud, was among the themes at this year’s Mobile World Congress
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
May 10, 2018 10 May'18
Government must support SMEs, says Oliver Dowden

The minister for implementation, Oliver Dowden, provides further details on the GovTech competition and talks about GDS’s role as an “innovation incubator”, losing data policy to DCMS and the importance of SMEs
May 09, 2018 09 May'18
How enterprises can cope with digital disruption

Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst says enterprises can take a leaf from DevOps and build modularity into their technology infrastructure to prepare for the forces of digital disruption
May 08, 2018 08 May'18
Build 2018: Microsoft addresses the role of Windows in mobile-first era

Windows 10 Phone may be dead, but now Microsoft wants to make Windows 10 the best partner operating system for smartphones
May 08, 2018 08 May'18
Nadella opens Build 2018 with cross-platform push

Microsoft’s developer conference has kicked off with a renewed focus on making Microsoft products and services work well with other offerings