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• November 26, 2020 26 Nov'20

  Data safes will give users control over their data

  Belgian computer scientist tells Computer Weekly how people can regain control of their online personal information

• November 26, 2020 26 Nov'20

  Robots taking jobs, but creating careers

  Robotic process automation developers tell Computer Weekly about the job they never expected to be doing

• November 25, 2020 25 Nov'20

  Securing UK’s critical national infrastructure is a 2021 priority

  Government outlines the UK’s strategic cyber security policies for the coming 12 months, with critical national infrastructure a clear priority

• November 13, 2020 13 Nov'20

  IT Priorities 2020: European IT budget share reflects home-working challenges brought by Covid

  European organisations are being forced to redivert more limited budgets during the pandemic

• November 05, 2020 05 Nov'20

  Mastercard: Looks like a tech firm, acts like a tech firm, is a tech firm

  Financial services giant finds itself in a prominent position as the volume of digital transactions increases

• November 04, 2020 04 Nov'20

  Contractors claim IR35 reforms pose ‘bigger threat’ to their livelihoods than Covid-19 or Brexit

  Latest poll by contractor tax consultancy Qdos suggests freelancers are less concerned about the threat the coronavirus and Brexit pose to their businesses than the havoc the IR35 private sector reforms might cause

• November 02, 2020 02 Nov'20

  Finnish government rolls out digital projects to support SMEs

  Finland is set to create network of technology hubs that will support SMEs in the country, as well as create links across the EU

• October 26, 2020 26 Oct'20

  Dutch government ‘unambitious’ in digital

  The Netherlands has been working at home as much as possible since the outbreak of Covid-19, but its dependence on technology and connectivity does not seem to be reflected by the government’s approach to digitisation

• October 26, 2020 26 Oct'20

  Cooperation between Norway’s security agencies planned following cyber attack on parliament

  Government seeks to develop enhanced national IT infrastructure with an embedded early warning system and defence shield to protect the IT systems of public and private organisations

• October 22, 2020 22 Oct'20

  Nordic countries in denial over IT industry equality

  Arriving in Denmark to find she was the only woman on a computer science master’s course was a shock to Plamena Cherneva

• September 30, 2020 30 Sep'20

  Norway leaves door open to Huawei

  Government gives telecoms companies responsibility to choose their equipment suppliers, which could include Huawei

• September 23, 2020 23 Sep'20

  Over half of firms intend to continue US data transfers despite Schrems II

  Survey shows many organisations do not intend to significantly change their data-sharing practices, at least until there is more guidance from regulators or governments

• September 21, 2020 21 Sep'20

  CIO interview: Julie Berry of Saffery Champness advances business advisory role for IT

  Julie Berry, IT director at accountancy firm Saffery Champness, describes how her team has enhanced its advisory role to the business, in part through the implementation of a cloud-based document management system

• September 17, 2020 17 Sep'20

  Loan charge under review: Government’s tax policy set to be challenged under EU law

  A fresh attempt to judicially review the government’s controversial disguised remuneration policy is being launched, and its backers have already secured 85% of the £180,000 needed to test whether the loan charge breaches EU law

• September 09, 2020 09 Sep'20

  Abu Dhabi government launches peer-to-peer coding campus

  Abu Dhabi government launches a specialist programming school that uses peer-to-peer teaching methods and gamification

• September 04, 2020 04 Sep'20

  Virtual London Tech Week is a sign of the future

  London Tech week's virtual event is another sign of how the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation

• September 01, 2020 01 Sep'20

  Here East CEO advises startups to generate own revenue streams

  In a time of deep uncertainty, startups with their own streams of revenue independent of investors and large corporates will have more options and be in a much stronger negotiating position

• August 19, 2020 19 Aug'20

  Loan charge MPs urge chancellor to get HMRC to soften contractor settlements

  Co-chairs of Loan Charge All Party Parliamentary Group write to Rishi Sunak to seek a fairer deal for contractors caught by HMRC’s disguised remuneration policy

• August 17, 2020 17 Aug'20

  Coronavirus: Government faces renewed calls for extended support for self-employed

  The second phase of the government’s income support scheme for the self-employed goes live today, prompting renewed calls for the eligibility criteria to be broadened so that more people can benefit

• August 11, 2020 11 Aug'20

  Looming threat of Covid-19 and IR35 reform conspire to keep contractor confidence dampened

  Quarterly data on how confident freelancers feel about their job and earning prospects highlights the negative impact Covid-19 and the government's looming tax reforms are having on the sector

• August 05, 2020 05 Aug'20

  Egypt’s datacentre plans take key step forward

  Government lays the foundations for a datacentre industry with its new data protection law

• July 22, 2020 22 Jul'20

  New opportunities for Nordic startups post-Covid-19 as virtual offices become the norm

  As companies adjust to digital office life in the pandemic era, a host of Nordic startups are already helping them convert these short-term fixes into long-term strategy

• July 16, 2020 16 Jul'20

  What do Accenture’s UK job cuts mean to the IT services industry?

  Accenture's decision to reduce its UK workforce by 8% will not be the last in an IT services sector hit hard by the Covid-19 disruption.

• July 16, 2020 16 Jul'20

  Room for improvement in Dutch digital skills

  The Netherlands has good telecommunications and IT networks that can be used safely and reliably, but there is room for improvement in digital skills among the Dutch

• July 15, 2020 15 Jul'20

  Huge declines in traditional outsourcing as Covid-19 puts a stop on deals

  Traditional IT outsourcing deals value plummets in the last quarter as contracts dry up amid Covid-19 disruption

• July 07, 2020 07 Jul'20

  MSP Xchanging attacked in ransomware incident

  Specialist managed services provider is restoring customer access to systems after an unspecified ransomware incident

• June 11, 2020 11 Jun'20

  Tech firms respond to Nordic government calls

  Nordic firms are working with tech suppliers to help them get back up and running after Covid-19

• June 10, 2020 10 Jun'20

  CogX 2020: Rethinking technological innovation

  Innovation processes and relationships must be fundamentally restructured to bring in more stakeholders, and spread the benefits of technological change as far as possible

• June 05, 2020 05 Jun'20

  London Tech Week to go ahead through Zoom

  London Tech week will go ahead next week, with the tech industry attending through Zoom

• June 04, 2020 04 Jun'20

  Dutch organisations invest heavily in compliance – but in vain

  Despite the fact that companies in the Netherlands have invested heavily to comply with GDPR legislation introduced two years ago, 90% of them are still discovering fundamental weaknesses in their IT environment

• June 01, 2020 01 Jun'20

  Employees must be consulted on technologies monitoring the return to work

  Experts say the workforce must be ‘in the room’ and given a meaningful say about technologies introduced to monitor their return to work following the Covid-19 pandemic

• June 01, 2020 01 Jun'20

  How Saudi Arabia is using cloud to navigate the Covid-19 downturn

  Organisations in Saudi Arabia are using cloud computing services to help them navigate challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic

• June 01, 2020 01 Jun'20

  Inside India: The world’s IT powerhouse

  The Covid-19 pandemic is turning out to be a big fork in the road for many companies. But what about the industry that keeps the lights on for them?

• May 21, 2020 21 May'20

  Coronavirus: Dutch work on XR technology shows promise in pandemic scenario

  Netherlands leads the way in the development of extended reality technology, which could prove its value in a crisis such as Covid-19

• May 20, 2020 20 May'20

  Serco exposes contact tracers’ data in email error

  Error saw almost 300 coronavirus contact tracers’ email addresses made visible to other recipients of the message

• May 19, 2020 19 May'20

  Sodinokibi cyber criminals plot to ‘auction’ Madonna data

  The cyber criminal gang behind a recent attack on a New York law firm is planning to auction off its client data, one person at a time

• May 15, 2020 15 May'20

  Law firm hackers threaten to release dirt on Trump

  A new ransom demand of $42m has been made against New York law firm Grubman, Shire, Meiselas and Sacks, and it may be the largest ever, say security experts

• May 01, 2020 01 May'20

  No going back to packed workplaces after Covid-19

  A recent project by IT service providers outlines how, in a post-coronavirus world, businesses like Barclays Bank will reduce their reliance on skyscrapers packed with people

• April 24, 2020 24 Apr'20

  How likely are IT service providers to offer discounts in an unprecedented global recession?

  As the global economy slows, businesses are trying to cut costs, with IT services one of the first stops – but what are the chances of a happy outcome?

• April 20, 2020 20 Apr'20

  Dutch organisations address business email compromise fraud

  Public-private partnership in the Netherlands works to break the chains used by fraudsters to carry out BEC attacks

• April 16, 2020 16 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: India eases lockdown restrictions for IT service providers

  Indian government allows IT services firms to bring half their staff back to delivery centres

• April 08, 2020 08 Apr'20

  IR35 private sector reforms: Blanket bans on limited company contractors hold firm despite deferral

  While many firms have seized on the government’s decision to delay the roll-out of the IR35 reforms to rethink their approach, others are sticking by their decision to ban limited company IT contractors from their workforce

• March 24, 2020 24 Mar'20

  IR35 private sector reforms: Coronavirus prompts calls for fairer deal for self-employed IT workers

  ContractorCalculator CEO Dave Chaplin says the deferral of the IR35 reforms should be upgraded to a cancellation, as the response of employers to coronavirus highlights glaring inequalities between treatment of inside IR35 contractors and employees

• March 19, 2020 19 Mar'20

  Loan charge under review: Cross-party group of MPs slams government inquiry into tax policy

  The government’s independent inquiry into the loan charge disguised remuneration policy has been criticised in a report by a cross-party group of MPs for being ‘fundamentally flawed’

• March 18, 2020 18 Mar'20

  IR35 private sector reforms: Coronavirus prompts Treasury to delay start date to April 2021

  HM Treasury confirms roll-out of IR35 reforms to the private sector will be halted for a year to ease the pressure on businesses in the face of the coronavirus outbreak

• March 11, 2020 11 Mar'20

  Fintech workers called to share their experiences of microaggression

  Fintech workers were asked to share upsetting workplace incidents as part of an anonymous study

• March 11, 2020 11 Mar'20

  International Women’s Day provides platform for Nordic women in tech

  International annual event reminds tech industry that work needs to be done to reduce inequality, but organisations must work towards this on a daily basis

• March 02, 2020 02 Mar'20

  HMRC CEO denies it is ‘deliberately misleading’ public over loan scheme promoter arrests

  HMRC CEO Jim Harra has “strongly rejected” claims made on social media by the Loan Charge All Party Parliamentary Group of cross-party MPs that it is “deliberately misleading” the public about its recent loan scheme-related enforcement activities

• February 27, 2020 27 Feb'20

  IR35 private sector reforms: Treasury review concludes no delay needed to April 2020 start date

  Contracting groups describe HM Treasury’s highly anticipated review into the implementation of the IR35 reforms as “recklessly inadequate” as it concludes roll-out should proceed as planned

• February 26, 2020 26 Feb'20

  Thousands of UK entrepreneurs register businesses in Estonia since Brexit referendum

  UK entrepreneurs are registering businesses in Estonia to make sure they can continue to trade freely in the EU

• February 24, 2020 24 Feb'20

  IR35 private sector reforms: First year of enforcement won't be ‘heavy-handed’, claims chancellor

  New chancellor Rishi Sunak has moved to assure business leaders that HMRC will not be heavy-handed in enforcing the new IR35 rules

• February 10, 2020 10 Feb'20

  Two-thirds of workers at risk of robot-driven redundancy are unaware of the threat to jobs

  People who do jobs that are most likely to be automated through technology are unaware and unprepared of the impending threat to their livelihoods, with Nesta calling on the government to do more to up-skill those at risk

• February 07, 2020 07 Feb'20

  IR35 private sector reforms: HMRC confirms last-minute tweak to incoming off-payroll rules

  The government is rolling out a tweak to the IR35 private sector reforms that it claims will give businesses more time to prepare, but stakeholders are unconvinced

• January 31, 2020 31 Jan'20

  Estonian CIO gives UK IT professionals hope as Brexit removes rights

  Tech chief says Estonia’s door is open to UK IT professionals if they want to continue enjoying an EU lifestyle

• January 17, 2020 17 Jan'20

  IR35 private sector reforms: Blanket bans ‘devalue’ IT contractor contributions to digital projects

  James Poyser, CEO of contractor-focused online accountancy firm InniAccounts, claims large firms that are failing to assess contractors fairly will lose out in productivity, reputation and talent retention

• 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

• December 18, 2019 18 Dec'19

  How Saudi Arabia plans to become the Silicon Valley of the Middle East

  With its young and educated population, Saudi Arabia has the potential to become a hub for tech innovation

• December 11, 2019 11 Dec'19

  How can CIOs in Europe turn innovation into a competitive advantage?

  CIOs across Europe are under pressure to innovate to help businesses grow and must think differently as a result

• December 09, 2019 09 Dec'19

  Cloud computing surges in the UAE in 2019

  Cloud computing take-up saw a significant acceleration in the Middle East throughout this year

• 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 02, 2019 02 Dec'19

  Private sector warned off delaying IR35 reform prep as Conservative Party promises review

  The Conservative Party has followed in the footsteps of the Liberal Democrats, The Labour Party and the Scottish National Party by committing to a review of the IR35 reforms

• November 28, 2019 28 Nov'19

  Finnish tech firm aims to create scalable general-purpose quantum computer

  University spin-off is attempting to take quantum computing capabilities to multiple business sectors

• November 26, 2019 26 Nov'19

  Revamped HMRC IR35 status checker tool still lacks key functionality, contractor groups claim

  HMRC releases an updated version of its IR35 tax status checker tool, CEST, to accommodate the onset of the tax avoidance reforms being rolled out to the private sector, but contracting stakeholders claim it still lacks basic functionality

• November 20, 2019 20 Nov'19

  Mimecast blocked 99 billion suspicious emails in third quarter

  Latest threat intelligence report reveals the scale of the threat posed by malicious emails, with the transport, legal and financial sectors hit hardest

• November 15, 2019 15 Nov'19

  Loan charge under review: The 20-year retroactive tax policy pushing IT contractors to the brink

  Thousands of IT contractors are at risk of financial ruin as HMRC pursues them for tax it claims they owe on work they did up to two decades ago and were reimbursed for via loan remuneration schemes. Computer Weekly investigates

• November 04, 2019 04 Nov'19

  IR35 tribunal rules HMRC wrong to pursue ex-DWP IT contractor for £240,000 in unpaid employment tax

  HMRC has vowed to appeal against the outcome of an IR35 tribunal that ruled it should not be pursuing an ex-DWP and Accenture IT contractor for more than £240,000 in unpaid tax as his engagements classify him as self-employed

• October 31, 2019 31 Oct'19

  IR35 reforms: Concerns raised over private sector’s lack of preparedness for April 2020 start date

  As the countdown towards the IR35 reforms coming into force in the private sector continues, research by recruitment firm Hays draws concerns over an apparent lack of awareness and preparation amongst enterprises

• October 29, 2019 29 Oct'19

  Reykjavik: An IT ecosystem beyond the ice

  Iceland is a small island between Europe and the US, and that is one of several reasons why it is attracting tech startups to its capital

• October 17, 2019 17 Oct'19

  IR35 private sector preparation: What the banks’ take on the reforms means for IT contractors

  With six months until IR35 tax avoidance reforms are extended to the private sector, a number of financial services firms are thinning out their contractor workforce – is that the way to ensure compliance?

• October 07, 2019 07 Oct'19

  UKtech50 2019 – help us find the most influential people in UK technology

  Computer Weekly’s annual search for the 50 most influential people in UK technology reaches its 10th anniversary – let us know who you would like to nominate for this year’s list

• September 18, 2019 18 Sep'19

  Emotet phishing botnet returns from summer vacation

  The Emotet phishing trojan-turned-botnet is back in action after a three-and-a-half month break, say threat researchers

• September 17, 2019 17 Sep'19

  Ecuador citizens’ data breach holds lessons for enterprises

  What caused the mass breach of Ecuadorian citizens’ data, and what can businesses learn from it?

• September 13, 2019 13 Sep'19

  Ditch hoodies and hackers to encourage diverse security recruitment

  The cyber security industry needs to address a systemic image problem if it is to succeed in recruiting more diverse teams

• September 13, 2019 13 Sep'19

  When AIs go to war: Autonomous cyber weapons ‘inevitable’

  CISOs must start thinking about how to engage with intelligent, adaptive, non-human attackers, says Trend Micro’s Rik Ferguson

• September 13, 2019 13 Sep'19

  Industry opposition to no-deal Brexit hardens, says TechUK

  A survey of TechUK members has found that 71% believe a no-deal Brexit at the end of October will negatively affect them in spite of their preparations

• September 12, 2019 12 Sep'19

  Mirai descendants dominate IoT threat environment

  Attacks leveraging compromised IoT devices are growing in size, scale and frequency, report security experts at F-Secure and Trend Micro, with Mirai-related botnets a major source of trouble

• September 11, 2019 11 Sep'19

  GDPR non-compliance worse than feared

  Over half of UK businesses do not yet appear to be fully GDPR-compliant, and many have de-prioritised their compliance efforts

• September 10, 2019 10 Sep'19

  BT gears up to take on rogue drones

  BT’s Enterprise unit is offering customers an anti-drone security solution to protect their physical sites from intrusion

• September 09, 2019 09 Sep'19

  Social engineering a factor in virtually all cyber attacks, report claims

  Almost every single cyber attack will, at some stage, require a human to be tricked into doing something, according to research by Proofpoint

• September 09, 2019 09 Sep'19

  Loyal Dutch IT professionals not being rewarded enough, survey shows

  Companies warned they could lose loyal IT staff because salary rises do not match those on offer from rival employers

• August 23, 2019 23 Aug'19

  IR35 reforms: HMRC defends off-payroll rules guidance against "woeful" IPSE jibes

  HMRC promises there are more preparatory materials in the pipeline to help the private sector prepare for the April 2020 IR35 rules, after IPSE brands its current guidance "woeful"

• August 22, 2019 22 Aug'19

  A helping hand from the Nordics in the eye of the GDPR storm

  Nordic IT companies are well suited to supporting enterprises in their data protection projects, even though openness is more natural to them

• August 20, 2019 20 Aug'19

  Buyers think SD-WAN is too expensive and complicated

  Building and maintaining an SD-WAN is perceived as a complicated endeavour, and the industry’s messages are not getting through, says a new report

• July 31, 2019 31 Jul'19

  Middle East businesses welcome Amazon Web Services region launch

  Bahrain AWS region, with three datacentres, links Middle East to AWS's global network and will help to accelerate digital transformation

• July 15, 2019 15 Jul'19

  Organisations turn to AI in race against cyber attackers

  Businesses are racing to automate their defences as hackers and nation states launch increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks

• July 12, 2019 12 Jul'19

  SD-WAN in play: How software-defined solves core business challenges

  For foodservice business HMSHost International and chemical products firm Element Solutions, both customers of networking supplier Aryaka, software-defined wide area networking technology is proving its mettle when it comes to solving core business ...

• July 11, 2019 11 Jul'19

  Draft finance bill dims hopes of private sector reprieve on April 2020 roll-out of IR35 reforms

  Publication of the draft IR35 private sector reform legislation dims hopes the government might announce a delay to rolling out the changes in April 2020

• July 04, 2019 04 Jul'19

  Implementing IoT – overcoming barriers to commercial adoption

  Tim Wright from the Institute of Telecoms Professionals reports from a recent seminar exploring questions around the barriers to commercial, at-scale adoption of the internet of things, and how to overcome them

• 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 19, 2019 19 Jun'19

  Looming private sector IR35 reforms prompts calls for gig economy-focused tax system overhaul

  The growth of the gig-based economy has exposed weaknesses in the UK tax system – exacerbated by the IR35 reforms – that mean an overhaul is needed, panel claims

• June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19

  Luxembourg tech startups get premium connections

  Luxembourg is at the centre of a continent with ambitious plans to develop a thriving tech industry, but what makes it different?

• June 18, 2019 18 Jun'19

  Openreach trials will speed up broadband upgrade

  Tests to focus on process of migrating households and businesses to fibre to the premise and voice over IP

• June 17, 2019 17 Jun'19

  HMRC urged to delay April 2020 extension of IR35 rules to private sector by 'at least' 12 months

  An analysis of the responses HMRC has reportedly received to its consultation on extending the IR35 tax avoidance reforms to the private sector suggests the tax agency is coming under pressure to put its plans on hold for at least 12 months

• June 10, 2019 10 Jun'19

  Large firms look to zero-trust security to reduce cyber risk

  In the face of increasing cyber breach risk as organisations move to hybrid multi-cloud IT environments, just over half of large firms in Europe are planning a zero-trust approach to security

• June 06, 2019 06 Jun'19

  Half of CFOs frustrated by complex accounting systems

  Chief financial officers need to upgrade to easier-to-use accounting systems, but are strapped for time and lack the resources to make the right choices, according to survey

• June 05, 2019 05 Jun'19

  London could be world cyber risk leader, says ex-Lloyd’s chief

  Collaboration across the cyber insurance, technology and security organisations in London could make the capital a leading world centre on these topics, says former Lloyd’s of London boss

• May 30, 2019 30 May'19

  2.3 billion business and consumer data files exposed online

  In the year since the GDPR compliance deadline, the number of data files exposed online without adequate protection is up more than 50% due to misconfigured security controls, report reveals

• May 22, 2019 22 May'19

  HMRC's defence of IR35 online status checker tool likened to 'climate change denial'

  In an open letter addressed to chancellor Philip Hammond and HMRC's CEO Jon Thompson, the tax collection agency's defence of its IR35 online status checker tool, CEST, is likened to climate change denial, as calls grow for it to be scrapped

• May 21, 2019 21 May'19

  UC Expo 2019: Experts talk up future tech in unified communications

  Automation and AI are increasingly prevalent in unified comms, but do enterprises really need it?

• May 17, 2019 17 May'19

  École Hôtelière de Lausanne puts Amelia the robot at its core

  When Switzerland-based hospitality school EHL began to automate processes, it was met with staff inertia, but that all changed after its benefits became clear