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• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  Digital is a long-term objective, CEOs warned

  Don't believe anyone who promises to transform a business digitally in three years, says Gartner Fellow Mark Raskino

• April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18

  Most organisations unprepared for GDPR, survey finds

  Despite the vast majority of businesses agreeing that GDPR affects them, only 5% say they are fully prepared for it, according to a BSI survey

• April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18

  Jeremy Hunt launches review into training NHS staff to use new tech

  Jeremy Hunt announces a review that will look at how to train NHS staff to use new technologies such as artificial intelligence, genomics, digital medicine and robotics

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  Barclays aims to drive entrepreneur startup development with law incubator

  Barclays is opening its Eagle Lab incubator in London to help entrepreneurs create successful law businesses.

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  British banks target Israeli security technology

  British banks are turning to Israel’s high-tech sector to protect against cyber attacks

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  Argos announces 150 new tech roles in the UK

  Argos is recruiting an extra 150 IT professionals as part of its strategy to offer a better digital services to customers

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  SuiteWorld 2018: Hiring people is about more than just ability, says Rachel Zoe

  NetSuite customer, fashion designer and CEO of Rachel Zoe explains that part of entrepreneurship is hiring people who fill the gaps you leave behind, and that in doing so passion can be more important than ability

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  European Commission unveils €1.5bn AI funding

  Given the UK's new artificial intelligence sector deal, the European Commission is unveiling its own initiative to make Europe a world leader in AI

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  SuiteWorld 2018: Businesses more likely to learn from failures than successes, says NetSuite EVP

  Failure is the best way for firms to learn and succeed when it comes to business transformation, NetSuite’s executive vice-president Jim McGeever tells the audience at SuiteWorld 2018

• April 25, 2018 25 Apr'18

  Scotland’s digital health and care strategy highlights need for collaboration

  The Scottish Government will create a joint decision-making board, a national approach to service redesign and a national digital platform to ensure interoperability

• April 25, 2018 25 Apr'18

  Employees still in the dark about data protection

  With just a month to go before the GDPR compliance deadline, many employees still don’t know how to protect confidential data, a study shows

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  Digital Catapult aims to accelerate AR and VR startups to long-term success

  Ten augmented reality and virtual reality startups can join 10-week Augmentor accelerator, with access to classes, facilities and mentorship

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  SuperNova growth programme offers European tech scale-ups chance to pitch for investment

  Scale-Up.eu says initiative will enable scale-up companies to grow their business without relying on overseas investment

• April 23, 2018 23 Apr'18

  Next generation of SCADA industrial controls will protect against cyber attack

  Oil, energy and chemical companies are rethinking how to control big manufacturing plants, replacing expensive control technology with cheaper, more secure systems, taking their cue from biology

• April 22, 2018 22 Apr'18

  Thales to open ‘digital factory’ in Asia

  India and Australia are potential candidates for Thales’s new coding centre that will support digital transformation efforts

• April 20, 2018 20 Apr'18

  AWS commits to improving cloud skills of 100,000 people in Europe during 2018

  Amazon Web Services commits to equipping 100,000 people across Europe with cloud skills to help speed up adoption of off-premise technologies and services across the continent

• April 19, 2018 19 Apr'18

  CNCF wants to make Kubernetes ‘boring’

  CNCF is about to kick off its its Copenhagen conference. The organisation wants to make containers less exciting and more straightforward

• April 19, 2018 19 Apr'18

  Oracle MBX: Oracle uses interns and grads to encourage others into Stem

  Oracle has been working with interns and graduates to help train the next generation of tech experts and use them as role models for others

• April 19, 2018 19 Apr'18

  CyLon continues to drive cyber security innovation with next accelerator cohort

  CyLon has selected the next group of innovative cyber security startups for its seventh London accelerator programme

• April 19, 2018 19 Apr'18

  Harvey Nash: 90% of contractors admit post-IR35 reform stress

  Harvey Nash Recruitment polls contractors about how they feel the IR35 reforms have affected their livelihoods one year on from launch

• April 18, 2018 18 Apr'18

  PA Consulting announces winners of 2018 Raspberry Pi competition

  The winners of the annual Raspberry Pi competition run by PA Consulting have been announced following a tech showcase

• April 18, 2018 18 Apr'18

  Tech Talent Charter aims to tackle diversity outside of London

  Not-for-profit organisation partners with Nominet in Oxford to make businesses aware of local initiatives and how to implement best practice

• April 18, 2018 18 Apr'18

  Security budgets up, but talent scarce, says Isaca

  Security budgets are increasing, but qualified cyber talent remains difficult to find with positions taking at least three months to fill, an industry association report on the state of cyber security reveals

• April 16, 2018 16 Apr'18

  Fintech sector increasingly attractive compared to traditional banking for IT professionals

  Fintech job vacancies are growing, while less are being advertised in traditional banking sector companies

• April 16, 2018 16 Apr'18

  Investments in skills, infrastructure and SMEs needed to help UK data economy hit new heights

  The UK data economy may struggle to reach its full growth potential between now and 2025 unless action is taken, suggests research commissioned by datacentre operator Digital Realty

• April 16, 2018 16 Apr'18

  Many British workers victims of ‘substandard’ technology in secondary offices, shows research

  Workers have claimed they are forced to use poorer technology when outside of the main office

• April 13, 2018 13 Apr'18

  Addressing consumer concerns will drive success for open banking

  Experts say consumers will feel more comfortable about sharing their data as part of open banking once more valuable use cases become available

• April 12, 2018 12 Apr'18

  SFO expands use of AI after successful trial in Rolls-Royce investigation

  Serious Fraud Office builds on trials of artificial intelligence in criminal investigations by rolling out a new data management platform

• April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18

  Diversity key to more effective cyber security, says NCSC

  Diversity in defence teams is key to improved cyber security, according to the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)

• April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18

  GCHQ to set up shop in Manchester

  UK intelligence, security and cyber agency GCHQ is expanding its network of UK sites to north west England

• April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18

  NSA calls for cyber security community collaboration

  A US National Security Agency (NSA) representative has called for cyber security community collaboration at the National Cyber Security Centre’s conference in Manchester

• April 10, 2018 10 Apr'18

  HS. focuses on global scaling for healthcare startups in new accelerator programme

  HS. is trying to enable healthcare startups to scale internationally as part of its accelerator programme

• April 05, 2018 05 Apr'18

  Pfizer tech startup accelerator will be a shot in the arm for healthcare innovation

  Pharmaceutical giant invites startups to apply for its second Healthcare Hub: London accelerator, with the chance to share £50,000 funding

• April 04, 2018 04 Apr'18

  Tech City and Tech North merge to support startups nationwide

  Southern and northern groups finalise merger to become Tech Nation as government pledges £21m in funding

• April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18

  Can the government’s Institute of Coding help tackle the UK’s tech skills disconnect?

  Many have claimed there is a gap between the tech skills taught by education providers and the skills needed by firms, but can the Institute of Coding help to bridge it?

• April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18

  IT set to gain the most from AI and automation

  IT administrators anticipate that artificial intelligence and automation will only affect mundane tasks, freeing up 19% of their workload

• April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18

  How Code First: Girls uses partnerships to teach girls to code

  CEO of social enterprise Code First: Girls explains how partnerships with firms such as Trainline and Goldman Sachs are helping to reach the firm’s goal of teaching 20,000 women to code by 2020

• April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18

   Automation and gamification key to cyber security

  The use of automation and gamification are key to winning the fight against cyber criminals in the face of the skills’ shortage, a study investigating challenges facing IT security teams reveals

• March 29, 2018 29 Mar'18

  AstraZeneca IT exec steps down

  Pharmaceutical giant’s vice-president of IT transformation and office of the CIO, Chris Day, is leaving the company after eight years in the role

• March 29, 2018 29 Mar'18

  One year to Brexit: Focus on skills development or risk halting digital progress

  With 365 days left until the UK leaves the EU, the countdown has begun. Computer Weekly looks at what CIOs should be doing as they prepare for Brexit, and the challenges and opportunities it could bring

• March 28, 2018 28 Mar'18

  Why does India have a higher percentage of women in tech than the UK?

  Research by the Open University has assessed the differences between the women in IT landscape in the UK and India

• March 28, 2018 28 Mar'18

  Organisations can use GDPR ambiguity to contest fines in court, experts say

  Businesses can use the vagueness of the regulation to argue against fines in court, say experts

• March 28, 2018 28 Mar'18

  Majority of European firms unprepared for phishing attacks

  Most cyber attacks can be traced back to a phishing email, but more than half of European firms are unprepared to deal with email-based attacks, research has revealed

• March 28, 2018 28 Mar'18

  Government should take a ‘Lego brick’ approach to public services, report says

  Report calling for a radical reform of public services says government should open up, standardise processes and stop developing services that already exist

• March 27, 2018 27 Mar'18

  UK organisations urged to develop cyber security skills

  Managed cloud computing firm Rackspace is calling on UK organisations to do more to develop cyber security skills in the light of research into expertise in cloud security

• March 27, 2018 27 Mar'18

  Arsenal uses Innovation Lab accelerator to improve worldwide fan experience

  Arsenal’s Innovation Lab programme has enabled collaboration with “world-class” startups to offer the best experience for fans in the future, says the club’s IT director

• March 27, 2018 27 Mar'18

  IT staff will need to retrain when automation deskills their jobs

  Intelligent agents and automation will be needed to support digitisation efforts in business, but to succeed, IT will need to apply these techniques internally

• March 26, 2018 26 Mar'18

  Ransomware publicity heightened awareness but other threats remain, experts say

  Due to several high profile attacks over the past year, ransomware is now well known across organisations, but there are other threats to be aware of, say cyber security experts

• March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18

  Fintechs weigh up their partnership options

  Fintechs need to consider what type of companies they should work with to make the most of open banking regulations

• March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18

  What would coders do in ethical grey areas?

  Software developers are writing code that affects the lives of millions of people and how businesses are run, but what do coders think about some of the ethical questions they face?