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IT architecture
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June 06, 2017
06
Jun'17
Lloyds bank staff will move to IBM in outsourcing deal
About 1,500 IT staff at Lloyds Banking Group will join IBM as part of an IT infrastructure outsourcing agreement
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June 06, 2017
06
Jun'17
Object storage will be 'huge' in stateless world of web and mobile
SNIA Europe director says traditional SAN and NAS are not built for the stateless world of web-based apps and workloads, with object storage set to become dominant
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June 05, 2017
05
Jun'17
GE digital facility in Paris introduces its first set of startups to customers
The first five software developers to graduate in GE's Foundry are now in front of the company’s customers
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June 05, 2017
05
Jun'17
Middle East CIO interview: Bob Mulumudi, RAK Ceramics
Bob Mulumudi faces the most complex task in his long career – bringing together 15,000 staff and globally disparate IT systems in the world’s biggest ceramics company
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May 31, 2017
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May'17
Hundreds of sub-postmasters have applied to join IT-related legal action since March
The number of sub-postmasters who claim to have suffered as a result of a faulty Post Office IT system has reached 1,300
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May 31, 2017
31
May'17
Norwegian bakery chain gets the taste of mobile reporting
Baker Brun, a bakery company in Norway, is modernising its business processes through the latest technologies
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May 31, 2017
31
May'17
Volvo partners Google to develop Android for cars
Car manufacturer and web giant are jointly developing an Android-based in-car infotainment system
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May 30, 2017
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May'17
Ocado Technology releases on-premise mesh datacentre as open source
To reduce the cost of high-end datacentre servers, Ocado has developed a private cloud that runs on low-end PCs
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May 26, 2017
26
May'17
Swedish government agencies join IT spending benchmarking service
Government agencies in Sweden are using a tool by Apptio to help them gain a better understanding of IT costs
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May 26, 2017
26
May'17
Estonian e-Residency programme partners Finnish tech startup
Government’s partnership with fintech firm Holvi aims to provide online business banking services to entrepreneurs who take up eResidency
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May 25, 2017
25
May'17
Aggreko powers predictive maintenance with Azure machine learning
Temporary power company moves from reactive to proactive, and now predictive maintenance
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May 22, 2017
22
May'17
Middle East largely unscathed after WannaCry cyber attack
The impact of WannaCry on the Middle East was reduced due to the attack falling on a weekend, but it is a stark warning
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May 19, 2017
19
May'17
How to simplify IT integration
Pressure on IT is mounting and point-to-point integration does not scale. Opening up APIs is one of the approaches now being considered
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May 18, 2017
18
May'17
Interview: Mark Potter, CTO, HPE
The head of Hewlett-Packard Labs speaks to Computer Weekly about a new era of computing, where memory is no longer a constrained resource
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May 17, 2017
17
May'17
Sapphire 2017: McDermott declares SAP indirect licensing policy change
At SAP’s annual Sapphire Now conference in Orlando, Florida, CEO Bill McDermott ruled out charging for static read access from third-party systems, after recent controversy
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May 16, 2017
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May'17
Customer experience transformation at Macquarie bank brings legacy system retirement as a bonus
Australia’s Macquarie bank builds a data layer on top of legacy IT systems to transform customer experience
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May 16, 2017
16
May'17
HPE increases ‘The Machine’ memory pool 20-fold
The Machine is HPE’s proof-of-concept next-generation hardware architecture that aims to overcome the limits of today’s IT by using large memory arrays
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May 16, 2017
16
May'17
Financial services CISOs prioritise GDPR – but their service providers might not have
Survey shows 52% of CISOs working in the finance sector have made compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation an investment priority
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May 15, 2017
15
May'17
MPs and peers urged not to use personal email as WannaCry spreads
MPs and peers have been warned not to use personal emails on parliamentary Windows computers in the wake of WannaCry ransomware outbreak
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May 15, 2017
15
May'17
Why IT needs effective monitoring for cloud applications
IaaS and PaaS free up IT from running day-to-day administration tasks, but the cloud can become a black box, limiting visibility
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May 11, 2017
11
May'17
New York Philharmonic puts Toscanini archive online for worldwide audience
The New York Philharmonic is digitally archiving millions of documents and making them available online
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May 11, 2017
11
May'17
CIO interview: Bernie Burdett, head of IT, Dogs Trust
The animal charity is revamping its IT to provide better customer service, protect itself from cyber attacks and ensure GDPR compliance
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May 09, 2017
09
May'17
Blockchain gains momentum in the Middle East
Blockchain is gathering pace in the Middle East, with the United Arab Emirates leading the way
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May 09, 2017
09
May'17
Highly skilled professionals at risk of being replaced by computers
Highly skilled jobs will be replaced by artificial intelligence by 2022, says Gartner
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May 09, 2017
09
May'17
Large UK businesses increasingly want CEOs to have IT background
More large businesses in the UK want a CEO that has a good understanding of IT
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May 08, 2017
08
May'17
There are Dutch lessons in breach notification as GDPR approaches
The Netherlands is a pioneer when it comes to legislating around data protection, so GDPR might not be as much of a shock as in other countries.
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May 04, 2017
04
May'17
Metropolitan Police to hit massive IT overspend
The Metropolitan Police Service is set to massively overspend on IT as it attempts to improve digital policing
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May 03, 2017
03
May'17
SAP focuses on training young Arab graduates in Middle East
SAP has a raft of initiatives planned in the Middle East which includes a strategy to equip young people and entrepreneurs with the IT skills required as the region transforms.
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May 02, 2017
02
May'17
Indian IT services giant to increase US workforce
Infosys has committed to create 10,000 new jobs in the US as president Trump ratchets up pressure on businesses to hire Americans
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April 28, 2017
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Apr'17
Microsoft chief reveals Azure upsell strategy
Azure competes with AWS on price as an IaaS, but Satya Nadella sees this as a way to get CIOs to buy higher-level services
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April 27, 2017
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Apr'17
TSB launches first fruit of its owner’s proprietary system
TSB launches its first IT-based service built on its new core IT platform called Proteo
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April 26, 2017
26
Apr'17
Demo shows GPUs are more than simple accelerators
Graphics processor units have helped to accelerate a reservoir simulation program, showing that the technology could be applied to complex code
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April 26, 2017
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Apr'17
Cloud-based IT services spending tops €1bn in Emea in first quarter
Demand for cloud-based IT services continues to grow in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with spending exceeding €1bn in the first quarter of 2017
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April 26, 2017
26
Apr'17
Next-generation processors block older Windows
The benefits of the latest generation of PCs will now only be available to those who run Windows 10
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April 26, 2017
26
Apr'17
How Oracle differentiates its IaaS against AWS
Cloud computing is changing both IT infrastructure and software development. We take a look at Oracle’s plans as it starts to compete with Amazon Web Services
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April 25, 2017
25
Apr'17
City University London launches undergraduate data science course after postgraduate success
Following the success of its postgraduate data science course, London university launches undergraduate programme
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April 24, 2017
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Apr'17
Gulf Air refreshes storage and server farm hardware with Dell EMC
Airline completes major project to revamp its storage infrastructure with Dell EMC technologies
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April 19, 2017
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Apr'17
Trump’s clampdown on use of immigrant IT workers may have little impact
US president's latest executive order aims to reduce the number of immigrant IT workers in the country
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April 19, 2017
19
Apr'17
How Dutch university quickly connected thousands of students to new learning management system
Dutch university TU Delft is replacing its legacy learning management system after 17 years
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April 19, 2017
19
Apr'17
Robotic automation takes off in the Nordics
Software robots are rapidly automating traditionally manual tasks at enterprises across the Nordic region
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April 18, 2017
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Apr'17
How to attract more women into the Gulf tech sector
Organisations in the Middle East need to increase the number of women in their IT workforces
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April 11, 2017
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Apr'17
House of Fraser drops Oracle support to invest in multi-channel retail
IT departments need to cut costs to reinvest in new projects. House of Fraser has a multi-channel strategy and Oracle support wasn’t strategic
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April 07, 2017
07
Apr'17
Most UK companies not prepared for service provider failures
UK businesses are ill-prepared for the impact on their business resulting from the failure of an IT of business process supplier
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April 05, 2017
05
Apr'17
Middle East enterprises urged to embrace governance, risk and compliance
The enforcement of corporate governance issues is still variable throughout the Middle East and making a strong business case for investment in GRC can be a challenge.
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April 05, 2017
05
Apr'17
Chocolate maker Barry Callebaut gets sweet on cloud
Chocolate maker Barry Callebaut is increasingly using cloud-based apps to improve productivity and reduce costs
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March 29, 2017
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Mar'17
Nordic CIO interview: Kari Finnskog, Västtrafik
Swedish transport authority has opened up its IT to ensure it provides customers with a service that suits them
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March 29, 2017
29
Mar'17
Russian Airline at home in the cloud
S7 Airlines in Russia looks set to move more of its IT to the cloud after successful infrastructure-as-a-service project
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March 15, 2017
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Mar'17
National Theatre moves to Office 365
The National Theatre is increasingly using cloud technology, with the implementation of cloud-based productivity tools its latest move
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March 14, 2017
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Mar'17
CIO interview: Simon McCalla, Nominet
Nominet, the registry for more than 10 million of the UK’s internet domains, is expanding into the internet of things and internet security services
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March 14, 2017
14
Mar'17
Make identity management a foundation for cloud deployments
Every SaaS product has its own way to authenticate users, making it hard to keep track of which ones have access to which services
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March 14, 2017
14
Mar'17
Portakabin’s biggest-ever IT investment unifies CRM
Modular construction firm is moving to a single source of business information through cloud technology and services
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March 12, 2017
12
Mar'17
IDC survey reveals Middle East CIO challenges
CIOs in the Middle East have three huge digital transformation challenges this year, even before they start to look at what technologies to use
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March 08, 2017
08
Mar'17
Centrica eliminates more than 20 IT systems after replacing SAP with cloud HR technology
Energy and services company claims major savings in IT costs after moving its HR services to the cloud
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March 08, 2017
08
Mar'17
Investment industry to spend $2.8bn on AI by 2021, expected to cut quarter of a million jobs
230,000 jobs in the capital markets sector globally will be defunct because of the adoption of artificial intelligence technology
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March 06, 2017
06
Mar'17
IBM readies quantum computing as a service
A universal quantum computer, available through the cloud, offers the potential for researchers and enterprises to tackle computationally impossible problems
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March 06, 2017
06
Mar'17
AWS outage shows vulnerability of cloud disaster recovery
The recent outage at Amazon Web Services has highlighted the risks of using any public cloud for disaster recovery IT
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March 02, 2017
02
Mar'17
Swedish municipality Järfälla signs €14m outsourcing deal
Swedish municipality signs a new IT services partner to drive digital transformation
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March 02, 2017
02
Mar'17
Dutch manufacturer standardises internal IT services through Unisys
Metal-based product maker Constellium wants to cut the costs associated with its disparate IT support operation through a contract with Unisys
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February 27, 2017
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Feb'17
Hundreds more sub-postmasters apply to join group action against Post Office
Initial hearing regarding sub-postmasters who say they were wrongly punished for false accounting reveals admission by Post Office legal team
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February 24, 2017
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Feb'17
Number of people hit by professional financial cyber attack grows after lull
Kaspersky Labs reports that the number of people hit by financial cyber attack grew in 2016 after falling in the previous two years
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February 24, 2017
24
Feb'17
Welsh university offers fintech degree
Wrexham Glyndwr University becomes the latest education provider to launch a course in financial technology
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February 21, 2017
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Feb'17
Half of enterprises to start digitising networks by 2019, says Cisco
At Cisco Live Europe in Berlin, Cisco offers an insight into key networking trends and announces new products and upgrades to support and secure the digitisation of the network
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February 20, 2017
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Feb'17
Netherlands expertise unravels enterprise blockchain
Dutch hackathons, pilots and projects are building new applications based on blockchains
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February 17, 2017
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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
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February 13, 2017
13
Feb'17
Dutch tech hub is facilitating the next Google
Amsterdam is already a leading tech hub, and is now offering support for companies in their second phase of development
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February 13, 2017
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Feb'17
Ford invests in artificial intelligence startup to boost autonomous drive
Motorcar maker Ford’s software development team will work alongside Argo AI on robotic vehicle technology
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February 09, 2017
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Feb'17
Microsoft and Amazon open up AI
This year is set to be the year AI breaks through into mainstream computing, and the major IT firms are gearing up
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February 09, 2017
09
Feb'17
Case study: Australia’s Salmat to go cloud-only after getting a taste for the technology
Australian marketing company Salmat plans to move everything it can into the cloud following a highly successful initial SaaS implementation
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February 08, 2017
08
Feb'17
UK fintech investments slump over Brexit fears
Investment in UK financial technology companies fell in 2016 because of the uncertainty caused by the Brexit vote
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February 07, 2017
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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
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February 06, 2017
06
Feb'17
APAC businesses turn to DevOps to improve app quality, security
Security validation and metrics are some of the key trends in DevOps this year, according to CA Technologies
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February 03, 2017
03
Feb'17
London Fire Brigade system crashes cause delays reacting to emergencies
Control room system crashes have been causing delays in London Fire Brigade response times
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February 01, 2017
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Feb'17
Cloud project success gives Aster appetite for more
The success of a cloud project at Aster Group gives the IT department the task of having to curb enthusiasm for the cloud
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February 01, 2017
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Feb'17
Manufacturers collaborate to secure process control systems
Nearly 100 companies are working together to develop open standards for process control systems that will bring prices down and improve their resilience to cyber attacks
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January 30, 2017
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Jan'17
Report blames human and legacy system failure for Yorkshire hospital problems
Old technology and human error combined to cause major IT outage at Yorkshire NHS trust, review finds
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January 26, 2017
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Jan'17
Human-centric technologies will dominate next three years
Accenture says businesses will develop technology and services to match human behaviour in the next few years
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January 24, 2017
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Jan'17
Executive interview: Kirk Bresniker, chief architect, HPE
HPE has developed a concept computing architecture which it says will power future generations of applications. We find out how it will change IT
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January 23, 2017
23
Jan'17
Singapore and Indonesia stand out for IT spend in Apac banking sector
Singapore is the top spender on IT for banking of all developed economies in the Apac region, while Indonesia has the fastest growth rate in IT spending
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January 18, 2017
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Jan'17
Expanding Doddle picks Cradlepoint to ease pressure on host networks
Click-and-collect service Doddle has implemented a cloud-based all-in-one network model to support its expansion, and be a better neighbour to its host organisations
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January 18, 2017
18
Jan'17
Lack of diversity risks creating big gaps in AI
A panel discussion at the World Economic Forum has highlighted the need to widen the artificial intelligence developer skills pool
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January 17, 2017
17
Jan'17
Blockchain can cut investment bank infrastructure costs by 30%
Investment banks can make huge cuts to their IT infrastructure costs through blockchain, according to analysis
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January 17, 2017
17
Jan'17
HSBC appoints technology advisers to keep pace with IT changes
Bank hopes to gain knowledge about technologies such as artificial intelligence and biometric security through its new technology advisory board
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January 17, 2017
17
Jan'17
Artificial intelligence critical to business growth
There are many hurdles to overcome before the full benefits of AI can be realised by organisations
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January 16, 2017
16
Jan'17
Mont-Blanc HPC project alpha tests Cavium ARM module
The consortium is working on building low-powered HPC based on 64-bit ARM chips
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January 16, 2017
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Jan'17
CIO interview: Alexandra Drevenlid, Tieto
Tieto has replaced the position of CIO with chief digital officer. The first person to hold the position and its creator explains what this means to the Nordic IT services giant
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January 12, 2017
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Jan'17
Political climate chills IT spending forecast
Some organisations are likely to adopt a wait-and-see approach to IT investments in 2017, but others will use political uncertainty as a driver for business change
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January 12, 2017
12
Jan'17
GE enters next digital phase with ServiceMax acquisition
GE has acquired ServiceMax, with plans to bolster Predix predictive maintenance with services for industrial companies
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January 11, 2017
11
Jan'17
GDPR compliance is top priority for Belgian CIOs in 2017
GDPR, cloud computing and a lack of IT skills are some of the challenges that CIOs in Belgium will address this year
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January 05, 2017
05
Jan'17
CIOs: Is a PC refresh really necessary?
IT departments are preparing to migrate off Windows 7. Manufacturers are ready with a range of new PCs at this year's CES
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January 05, 2017
05
Jan'17
Car makers collaborate on autonomous and connectivity initiatives
At this year’s CES, automotive companies revealed how they are working together to develop autonomous vehicles platforms
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January 04, 2017
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Jan'17
Competition watchdog airs concern over Mastercard’s VocaLink acquisition
Competition watchdog airs concern over Mastercard takeover of Vocalink and gives companies an ultimatum
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January 04, 2017
04
Jan'17
Top IT priorities for Nordic CIOs in 2017
What are Nordic CIOs planning for 2017?
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December 30, 2016
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Dec'16
The CW500 Club in 2016
Computer Weekly's CW500 Club attracts the top IT leaders in the UK to talk to their peers. We present coverage of all the 2016 CW500 events, including articles and video interviews.
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December 28, 2016
28
Dec'16
Top 10 IT outsourcing stories of 2016
Read 10 of the best of Computer Weekly IT outsourcing articles of 2016
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December 21, 2016
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Dec'16
Top 10 CW Middle East stories of 2016
Read the most popular articles about enterprise IT in the Middle East
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December 20, 2016
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Dec'16
IT Priorities 2017: Many ANZ CIOs don’t expect IT budget increase
There is still uncertainty over Australian CIO budgets in 2017 and many expect a reduction
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December 20, 2016
20
Dec'16
Top 10 CW Nordics stories of 2016
Read the top 10 Nordic enterprise IT stories from Computer Weekly
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December 19, 2016
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Dec'16
Review of 2016: Top 10 CW Benelux articles
Here are the 10 most popular Benelux-focused Computer Weekly articles of 2016
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December 16, 2016
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Dec'16
2017 IT Priorities: Benelux IT leaders least confident of budget increase
Benelux-based IT decision makers expect to divert more of their IT budgets to cloud technology and services
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December 16, 2016
16
Dec'16
Smart machines primed to accelerate across business
Machine intelligence, artificial intelligence and cognitive computing are likely to become key components of business operations, says Gartner