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• April 29, 2015 29 Apr'15

  Met Police offers up to almost £200,000 for CIO role

  The Metropolitan Police is offering up to almost £200,000 to fill its CIO position, which has been open since February 2015

• April 23, 2015 23 Apr'15

  30% Club launches technology group

  30% Club adds technology arm, which will be chaired by Melissa Di Donato of Salesforce

• April 23, 2015 23 Apr'15

  Animator Ashling Lindsay crowned UK’s coolest techie

  Pink Bottle Productions founder wins title of UK’s coolest techie as selected by student judging panel

• April 20, 2015 20 Apr'15

  Finland is the place to be for ICT

  Finland stands out as the top country in ICT, according to the European Commission Digital Economy and Society Index

• April 20, 2015 20 Apr'15

  UK startups facing too many challenges, say entrepreneurs

  Startups need more support if London’s digital economy is to develop, according to business leaders at Westminster Policy Forum

• April 17, 2015 17 Apr'15

  Cyber security boot camp launched to boost skills

  Sans Cyber Academy unveils eight-week security boot camp after businesses demand more cyber security specialists

• April 15, 2015 15 Apr'15

  Liberal Democrats promise to double innovation spend and 99.9% broadband roll-out

  The Liberal Democrats’ general election manifesto promises to double innovation spending and roll out high-speed broadband to 99.9% of homes

• April 14, 2015 14 Apr'15

  Security risk potential linked to young, mobile users

  A study conducted by wireless supplier Aruba Networks has identified a distinct cohort of high-risk, security-agnostic workers

• April 10, 2015 10 Apr'15

  AWS promises to lower skills barrier to machine learning for developers

  AWS wants to make it easier for developers to use data stored in its cloud for machine learning purposes

• April 07, 2015 07 Apr'15

  UBS innovation lab moves into Level39

  Level39 will host the UBS innovation lab to support fintech startups

• April 01, 2015 01 Apr'15

  Martha Lane Fox unveils Dot Everyone

  Lane Fox uses Dimbleby Lecture to reveal national institution idea putting women at the heart of the technology sector

• March 26, 2015 26 Mar'15

  More than a fifth of world’s billionaires studied engineering at university

  Approved Index analysis finds 22% of Forbes’ 100 rich list studied engineering at university

• March 26, 2015 26 Mar'15

  Photo editing app firm BeFunky transforms into female-weighted team

  Photo editing app company BeFunky set out to recruit the best talent it could find and unintentionally landed a team largely comprising women

• March 24, 2015 24 Mar'15

  HP Helion Rack looks to speed up enterprise private cloud adoption

  HP wants to take the heavy lifting out of moving to the private cloud by offering enterprises pre-configured and tested infrastructure packages

• March 23, 2015 23 Mar'15

  IT priorities 2015 – IT budgets on the rise as economy recovers

  Almost three-quarters of IT managers in the UK expect their IT budgets to increase or stay the same in 2015

• March 23, 2015 23 Mar'15

  Women have a big part to play in the future of the fintech industry

  International Women’s Day sparks debate around the lack of females holding board-level positions in the fintech sector and elsewhere

• March 20, 2015 20 Mar'15

  Mobile devices better suited for digitally excluded

  Digitally excluded find tablets and smartphones easier to use and more intuitive, according to Tinder Foundation and Vodafone UK report

• March 19, 2015 19 Mar'15

  BIS sets out to assist development of digital sharing economy

  The government has set out a number of proposals to assist in the development of the £9bn trade body Sharing Economy UK

• March 13, 2015 13 Mar'15

  Japan recruits hackers for cyber security force

  The Japanese government plans to recruit hackers to identify and protect against cyber security threats

• March 10, 2015 10 Mar'15

  Wise chair Trudy Norris-Grey urges greater awareness of roles for women in IT

  Chair of Wise Trudy Norris-Grey talks to Computer Weekly about raising awareness of opportunities for women in technology

• March 09, 2015 09 Mar'15

  HSBC names replacement CIO for investment bank

  HSBC has named the replacement for the departing CIO of its global banking and markets division, with an internal promotion filling the gap

• March 09, 2015 09 Mar'15

  Smart meter project in danger of outright failure, government warned

  A report from the Energy and Climate Change Committee has warned that plans to install smart meters across the UK by 2020 are veering off-track

• March 05, 2015 05 Mar'15

  HSBC seeks new investment banking CIO as Sumeet Chabria leaves

  HSBC is looking for a new IT head in its investment banking arm after Sumeet Chabria decided to leave after 21 years at the bank

• March 02, 2015 02 Mar'15

  Lean IT Association unveils lean certification

  LITA reveals Lean IT Certification Scheme for training providers wanting to teach the principles of Lean

• March 02, 2015 02 Mar'15

  Government gives green light for Northern Futures UTC

  George Osborne unveils plan for Northern Futures University Technical College to boost IT and healthcare science careers in north-east of England

• February 25, 2015 25 Feb'15

  Austin, San Francisco and Tel Aviv revealed as top tech cities

  Austin, San Francisco and Tel Aviv have been ranked as top cities for tech companies, Savills report reveals

• February 25, 2015 25 Feb'15

  SMEs seek legal advice over controversial Capita contracts with government

  SMEs that claim to have lost significant revenue through two government contracts are seeking legal advice over alleged breaches of competition law

• February 25, 2015 25 Feb'15

  Digital tech skills added to Shortage Occupation Lists for UK and Scotland

  Digital tech sector roles added to Shortage Occupation List, along with health sector and energy industry workers

• February 24, 2015 24 Feb'15

  ARM unleashes internet of things potential with starter kit

  Chip-maker ARM has collaborated with IBM to launch the mbed IoT Starter Kit, pitched at SMEs and application developers

• February 19, 2015 19 Feb'15

  Intel Security warns of six social engineering techniques targeting businesses

  An Intel Security report encourages businesses to address and educate employees on “six levers of influence” used by hackers

• February 17, 2015 17 Feb'15

  WCIT mentors support tech entrepreneurialism

  WCIT members focus on mentoring tech startups and encouraging more entrepreneurialism

• January 28, 2015 28 Jan'15

  Apps for Good 2014 winners set to launch completed apps

  Seven winning teams to launch finished apps to market after spending six months working with agency partners

• January 26, 2015 26 Jan'15

  QinetiQ hosts latest Cyber Security Challenge competition

  UK defence firm QinetiQ challenged amateur cyber defenders in a realistic global online terrorist attack simulation

• January 15, 2015 15 Jan'15

  Barclays bank launches kids' coding site

  Barclays bank launches a coding app for children and offers weekly classes to increase its credentials in IT-based service provision

• January 14, 2015 14 Jan'15

  Computer science graduates have highest unemployment rate

  UK computer science students have the highest rate of unemployment six months after graduation, according to a report

• January 12, 2015 12 Jan'15

  Tech-savvy females taking Gaza startup scene by storm

  With no Stem stigma in the Arab world, females in Gaza soldier through conflict with Gaza Sky Geeks Accelerator

• January 09, 2015 09 Jan'15

  Traditional security putting UK businesses at risk, study shows

  Traditional approaches to security are exposing UK businesses to heightened risk of attack, a study shows

• December 29, 2014 29 Dec'14

  Top 10 women in IT stories of 2014

  Read the top women in business technology stories for the year and see what the hottest debates surrounding gender were for 2014

• December 15, 2014 15 Dec'14

  Students take on the Daleks at D5 summit

  Netley Primary School students learn to code via BBC’s Doctor and the Dalek game at D5 London summit

• December 12, 2014 12 Dec'14

  Students' Raspberry Pi computers to run on International Space Station

  Astro Pi competition to send best two Raspberry Pi ideas on next International Space Station mission

• December 03, 2014 03 Dec'14

  UKtech50 2014 - The most influential people in UK IT

  Computer Weekly has announced the fifth annual UKtech50, our definitive list of the movers and shakers in UK IT

• December 02, 2014 02 Dec'14

  Innocent Drinks: Why the UK is the best place for startups

  Innocent Drinks co-founder, Richard Reed, says the UK is the best place for a startup company

• December 02, 2014 02 Dec'14

  Sitel to hire 11,000 staff

  Sitel reveals plans to expand by employing 11,000 staff, with 1,200 positions in the UK

• December 01, 2014 01 Dec'14

  CIO interview: Kevin Cunnington, director general of digital transformation, DWP

  Kevin Cunnington is responsible for making the Universal Credit IT system work - while leading the DWP's digital transformation

• November 28, 2014 28 Nov'14

  Lack of digital skills holding back two million small businesses

  Two million small firms miss out on business due to lack of online presence, Department for Business Innovation & Skills report reveals

• November 28, 2014 28 Nov'14

  Tech startups fail to represent females in the boardroom

  The number of women on tech startup boards has declined since 2010, while FTSE 100 companies boast increased female representation, survey shows

• November 27, 2014 27 Nov'14

  CIO interview: Jon Rudoe, digital and technology director, Sainsbury’s

  While supermarkets all over the UK are facing challenging times ahead of them, Sainsbury's is taking its technology and innovation into its own hands by developing digital products for its customers.

• November 27, 2014 27 Nov'14

  BSI urges UK businesses to bolster cyber security

  UK businesses are at risk of reputational damage due to lack of awareness on how to protect their data assets, BSI research shows

• November 24, 2014 24 Nov'14

  Tower Hamlets truants code with UK2.net, Barnardo’s and Raspberry Pi

  UK2.net, Barnardo’s and Raspberry Pi team up to teach Tower Hamlet students with truancy or behavioural issues

• November 21, 2014 21 Nov'14

  Smart Wear triumphs at Appathon UK competition

  Notre Dame High School and University of Cambridge win trip to Silicon Valley during awards ceremony at House of Commons