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• January 17, 2020 17 Jan'20

  TTC benchmark shifts focus from women to diversity in tech sector

  Latest instalment of Tech Talent Charter benchmarking report signals move away from solely gender and towards diversity in tech more widely

• January 15, 2020 15 Jan'20

  Just 1% of female jobseekers aspire to work in startups

  Despite technology industry hype about diversity and inclusion, startups are still failing to attract female employees

• January 15, 2020 15 Jan'20

  Loan charge under review: IT contractors slam government's planned policy revamp

  The IT contractor community shares its verdict on the UK government's plans to revamp its controversial loan charge policy, which has left thousands of people facing life-changing tax bills and financial ruin

• January 15, 2020 15 Jan'20

  Case study: How Trainline keeps customers satisfied

  The Trainline is encouraging customers to discover cheaper rail fares for the same journey with its AI-enabled SplitSave option

• January 08, 2020 08 Jan'20

  AI skills and explainable data models are top concerns for 2020

  New research from IBM finds that 2020 is the year when executives want to deploy real-world artificial intelligence applications

• January 08, 2020 08 Jan'20

  Deliveroo exceeds tech recruitment target in Edinburgh

  Food delivery firm has increased the number of technology staff it wants in its Edinburgh hub

• January 07, 2020 07 Jan'20

  2019: a whirlwind year for AI in APAC

  Asia-Pacific is proving to be a magnet for entrepreneurial activity from AI firms, though the escalating US-China trade tensions have put one firm in a tough situation

• January 06, 2020 06 Jan'20

  Why enterprises should care about DevOps

  Besides supporting cloud-native software development, DevOps’ biggest gains lie in legacy systems, says Puppet’s field CTO

• January 06, 2020 06 Jan'20

  UK cyber security boss Ciaran Martin to step down

  NCSC chief Ciaran Martin will leave his post in the summer of 2020

• December 31, 2019 31 Dec'19

  Women in tech show strong presence in 2020 New Year’s Honours list

  The New Year’s Honours list showcases many women from the IT world for service to the technology industry, equality and STEM education

• December 24, 2019 24 Dec'19

  Top 10 enterprise IT in the Middle East stories of 2019

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 enterprise IT in the Middle East stories of 2019

• December 24, 2019 24 Dec'19

  Top 10 CIO interviews of 2019

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 CIO interviews of 2019

• December 24, 2019 24 Dec'19

  Top 10 software development stories of 2019

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 software development stories of 2019

• December 24, 2019 24 Dec'19

  JavaScript, Linux and R among most learned tech skills in 2019

  Pluralsight reveals the most learned and most in-demand skills on its platform across different technology disciplines over the past year

• December 20, 2019 20 Dec'19

  Top 10 women in tech and diversity in tech stories of 2019

  As the year draws to a close, Computer Weekly looks over the top 10 diversity in tech and women in tech stories of 2019

• December 19, 2019 19 Dec'19

  Looming skills crisis, IR35 and Brexit set to ramp up S/4 Hana rates

  SAP is only committed to support its ECC system until 2025, so customers have just five years to migrate – but a lack of skills is hampering progress

• December 19, 2019 19 Dec'19

  Top 10 IT careers and skills stories of 2019

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 IT careers and skills stories of 2019

• December 18, 2019 18 Dec'19

  Waltham Forest Tech Camp gives local residents tech experience

  Tech Camp employer-led programmes are aiming to give local residents of London boroughs skills and connections with employers to tackle the growing skills gap

• December 17, 2019 17 Dec'19

  No change for tech in Boris Johnson’s new government – yet

  Nicky Morgan remains in charge of digital policies as DCMS secretary, despite quitting as an MP before the General Election

• December 16, 2019 16 Dec'19

  CIO interview: Toby Avery, CDIO, Surrey and Borders NHS Partnership Foundation Trust

  It is rare for NHS tech leaders to take both IT and digital responsibility, but Toby Avery is using his broad role to build wider partnerships and collaborations across the south-east

• December 12, 2019 12 Dec'19

  Why Lendlease is embracing digital twin technology

  Australia-based property developer Lendlease is using digital twins and other technologies to break the bulwark of rising costs and declining productivity in the construction sector

• December 12, 2019 12 Dec'19

  Women in tech still feel there’s a ‘glass ceiling’ in the sector

  The number of women in the tech sector who think there is a “glass ceiling” has risen over the past year, according to research

• December 10, 2019 10 Dec'19

  Splunk.conf 2019: How men can be allies and why D&I has to be in your DNA

  Suzanne McGovern, chief diversity officer at Splunk, told Computer Weekly how having allies can take the burden off of the minority when calling out problematic behaviour, and why D&I has to be built into an organisation from the top

• December 06, 2019 06 Dec'19

  Barclays opens large tech operation in India, hiring thousands

  Barclays opens tech centre in Pune as part of its global delivery network

• December 06, 2019 06 Dec'19

  Cyber security takes its place alongside UK’s armed services

  Head of armed services says cyber security will take its place alongside the army, navy and air force as a key pillar of the UK’s defence strategy

• December 05, 2019 05 Dec'19

  Cyber Girls First volunteers encourage girls to think high-tech

  More than 80 schoolgirls spent a day learning about computer hackers and rocket science – Cyber Girls First hopes they will become the next generation of technologists

• December 04, 2019 04 Dec'19

  RMIT to tackle cyber security challenges

  Australia’s Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology has teamed up with Amazon Web Services to launch a Cloud Innovation Centre to solve cyber security challenges

• December 04, 2019 04 Dec'19

  Percentage of women in tech remains low at 16%, with little growth in 10 years

  The WISE campaign is calling on the STEM sector to increase the number of women in core roles to 30%, after finding the ratio of men to women in IT has been static for a decade

• December 04, 2019 04 Dec'19

  Black Hat Europe: Red teams and blue teams must evolve in the 2020s

  The red team versus blue team dichotomy is somewhat arbitrary and risks pigeonholing skilled security professionals into certain roles, says Facebook’s Amanda Rousseau

• December 03, 2019 03 Dec'19

  General Election 2019: Which manifesto is best for the UK’s tech sector?

  Computer Weekly breaks down each political party’s technology policies ahead of the upcoming General Election to see how they compare

• December 03, 2019 03 Dec'19

  UK government urged to ramp up digital skills

  Programme for International Student Assessment results show UK is lagging behind Asian powerhouses, according to Open Knowledge Foundation

• November 29, 2019 29 Nov'19

  Labour SME minister back-tracks over claims party will scrap IR35 reforms if it comes to power

  Shadow small business secretary Bill Esterson clarifies comments he made during an event this week that suggested Labour had made halting the roll-out of the IR35 reforms to the private sector policy

• November 29, 2019 29 Nov'19

  Hack Friday: This Christmas, fight back against cyber criminals

  It’s nearly Christmas, and cyber attacks and fraud attempts in the retail sector are ramping up. Is it time to panic? And is there anything we can do beyond hammering home the message around basic cyber security hygiene?

• November 28, 2019 28 Nov'19

  UKtech50 2019 winner: Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO, DeepMind

  Computer Weekly profiles the achievements and journey of the founder of one of the world’s pioneering artificial intelligence companies, after his recognition as the most influential person in UK technology for 2019

• November 28, 2019 28 Nov'19

  UKtech50 2019 – the most influential people in UK technology

  Computer Weekly has announced the 10th annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK tech sector

• November 28, 2019 28 Nov'19

  Most data scientists plan exit in 2020, Women in Data conference hears

  Survey shows lack of management support is behind a majority of data scientists planning to change jobs next year

• November 28, 2019 28 Nov'19

  Australia’s Fenner Dunlop ditches tape backups for cloud

  Australian manufacturer of conveyor belts Fenner Dunlop has freed up its IT staff to focus on future projects by moving tape backups to the cloud

• November 27, 2019 27 Nov'19

  More women expected to join tech sector in 2020

  Research by travel booking platform Trainline has found more than half of people in tech think there will a rise in the number of female tech workers over the next year

• November 27, 2019 27 Nov'19

  Staff in smaller businesses bogged down by poor communications

  Inadequate communications between senior management and staff in small to medium-sized enterprises is leading to poor decision-making

• November 27, 2019 27 Nov'19

  Stemettes and Monster: Why focusing on STEM confidence is vital for girls

  Job site Monster and social enterprise Stemettes have partnered for a fourth year to run workshops aimed at preparing girls for the world of work and encouraging them into the STEM sector

• November 27, 2019 27 Nov'19

  Security skills gap will take a decade to fill

  The British education systems cannot move fast enough to address the security skills crisis, and in the absence of government action increased reliance on automation may be the least worst solution

• November 27, 2019 27 Nov'19

  How APAC firms can unleash the power of creative disruption

  Regional business leaders at the recent Leap Summit in Malaysia talked up the blueprint for creative disruption, which includes scaling up an idea and overcoming the distribution challenge, among other areas

• November 25, 2019 25 Nov'19

  General Election 2019: The Conservatives’ technology policies and digital plans

  With the UK gearing up for its third general election in four years, Computer Weekly outlines the Conservative and Unionist Party’s main technology policies and digital plans, as laid out in its manifesto

• November 25, 2019 25 Nov'19

  Qualcomm and Bosch Rexroth target industrial device market for 5G tech

  Collaborating companies successfully demonstrate industrial devices utilising time-sensitive networking technology while operating over a live 5G network

• November 25, 2019 25 Nov'19

  General Election 2019: The Lib Dems’ technology policies and digital plans

  With the UK gearing up for its third General Election in four years, Computer Weekly outlines the Liberal Democrat Party’s main technology policies and digital plans, as laid out in its manifesto

• November 22, 2019 22 Nov'19

  CIO interview: Paul Stein, CTO, Rolls-Royce

  The aerospace engine manufacturer is at the leading edge of technology developments such as electric power, and already makes extensive use of advanced IT systems such as AI

• November 22, 2019 22 Nov'19

  Obama at Dreamforce 2019: Leaders orchestrate the conversation

  Former US president Barack Obama spoke in a fireside chat with Salesforce co-founder Marc Benioff at Dreamforce 2019. He cautioned on the dangers of the information age and offered some advice for business leaders

• November 20, 2019 20 Nov'19

  Finland’s ministry of transport floats tech-enabled four-day week

  Government department says four-day working week is made possible by technologies such as artificial intelligence

• November 20, 2019 20 Nov'19

  Holy grail of digital banking is, at first glance, a new channel, not a new concept

  Details of Google’s plans in the financial services sector have emerged with nothing groundbreaking so far, but the sector is guessing what comes next

• November 19, 2019 19 Nov'19

  A third of LGBTQIA+ people in tech believe there is a wage gap

  Research has found wage gaps across the technology sector, with LGBT+ people, BAME individuals and women being paid less than their white, straight, male counterparts