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• March 28, 2018 28 Mar'18

  Home Office ‘over-promised’ on exit checks programme, report finds

  Chief inspector of borders and immigration calls on Home Office to re-establish exit checks project with proper data quality in place, but department rejects recommendation

• March 16, 2018 16 Mar'18

  Employers face hiring crisis as AI replaces mid-skilled jobs

  Artificial intelligence could replace two-thirds of existing jobs within 20 years, and employers will face growing difficulties recruiting skilled staff

• March 13, 2018 13 Mar'18

  Accountants look to artificial intelligence as clients get more demanding

  Accountancy firms are planning to invest in artificial intelligence and automation technologies to free up staff from repetitive administrative tasks

• March 07, 2018 07 Mar'18

  Wi-Fi provider uses big data analytics to drive customer experience

  The self-styled “Uber of Wi-Fi”, iPass is using Databricks’ Unified Analytics Platform and machine learning to monitor its worldwide network and help its customers get the best experience

• March 01, 2018 01 Mar'18

  Contractor confidence in HMRC’s IR35 online assessment tool remains low

  Research suggests contractors still have misgivings about using HM Revenue & Customs' IR35 online assessment tool, one year on from launch

• February 26, 2018 26 Feb'18

  Cyber criminals catching up with nation state attacks

  The trickle-down effect of advanced “military-grade” tools is seeing the gap between cyber criminal and nation state attack capabilities closing, outpacing many organisations’ defence capabilities

• February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

  Norway’s government backs cyber defence mobilisation

  Norway has accelerated plans to scale up its national security infrastructure against threats emanating from the cyber domain

• February 01, 2018 01 Feb'18

  European Commission eyes blockchain opportunity

  The European Commission is aiming to get the most out of blockchain technology in a wide variety of sectors

• February 01, 2018 01 Feb'18

  Dutch companies not ready for GDPR despite approaching deadline

  Organisations in the Netherlands are racing towards General Data Protection Regulation compliance, but there is still much to be done

• January 30, 2018 30 Jan'18

  Davos: Cyber risks grow as countries turn towards protectionism

  The cost of natural disasters is now at record levels, but the cost of cyber crime is far higher. The World Economic Forum hopes to persuade governments to work together on the problem, but with isolationist politics back in fashion, can it succeed?

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Mastercard sets biometric ID deadline for banks

  Mastercard has committed to guaranteeing that every one of its customers will have access to biometric authentication services by April 2019

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  Davos: Disintegration of the internet could create economic turmoil

  Politicians and business leaders will discuss the risks posed by fake news, cyber attacks, and artificial intelligence to jobs, political stability and global security, at the World Economic Forum in Davos

• January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18

  Financial savings just the beginning for CIOs who understand code quality

  Businesses need to understand the quality of the code in their applications if they are to avoid unnecessary costs and glitches

• January 11, 2018 11 Jan'18

  Hard Brexit risks 92,000 UK science and technology jobs

  Economic analysis commissioned by London mayor Sadiq Khan warns that thousands of jobs in science and technology sectors be at risk if UK crashes out of EU with no deal

• January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18

  UAE tech growth prompts firms to review internal IT security

  As IT becomes more prominent in the UAE economy, more and more internal connections between people and systems are created, all of which need to be secured

• January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18

  Cyber attacks in 2017 drive Nordic security efforts

  The volume of cyber attacks last year has increased boardroom focus on security in the Nordic region

• January 05, 2018 05 Jan'18

  Insurance broker Simply Business ditches legacy MPLS for SD-WAN

  Insurance business finds networking a breeze after ditching its unresponsive managed services provider and implementing VeloCloud’s latest software-defined wide area network technology

• January 03, 2018 03 Jan'18

  Top IT priorities for Nordic CIOs in 2018

  Nordic CIOs tell Computer Weekly about their intentions for the year ahead

• December 28, 2017 28 Dec'17

  Top 10 HR and training technology stories in 2017

  Advances in artificial intelligence, data analytics and cloud technology are changing the relationship between companies and their employees

• December 21, 2017 21 Dec'17

  Top 10 enterprise IT stories in the Benelux region in 2017

  Highlights of how organisations in the Benelux region have been harnessing the latest IT in 2017

• December 19, 2017 19 Dec'17

  Top 10 enterprise IT in the Nordics stories in 2017

  The Nordic region might be best known in IT circles for its startup communities – but it has much more to offer

• December 13, 2017 13 Dec'17

  Dutch IT expert takes an ethical hacking sabbatical

  Ethical hacker discovered nearly 1,000 vulnerabilities after taking a year off from his job in the Netherlands government to set up a hack group

• December 12, 2017 12 Dec'17

  Startups and corporations mingle at Finland’s Slush tech event

  Startup events are becoming rich hunting grounds for large enterprises looking for the platforms of the future

• December 11, 2017 11 Dec'17

  Workers should embrace robots, not fear them, says Labour deputy

  Labour deputy leader to say workers need not fear robots taking their jobs, but welcome the opportunities they will bring

• December 06, 2017 06 Dec'17

  UKtech50 2017 - The most influential people in UK IT

  Computer Weekly has announced the eighth annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK IT sector

• December 04, 2017 04 Dec'17

  First female degree apprentices at Capgemini graduate

  The first female degree apprentices at Capgemini talk about their journeys into the IT sector

• December 04, 2017 04 Dec'17

  Giving machines a voice: what’s next for unified communications?

  As Mitel closes its acquisition of ShoreTel, creating a new unified communications and collaboration powerhouse, CEO Rich McBee reveals what’s coming next in the sector

• November 29, 2017 29 Nov'17

  IT problems cost UK companies £6.9bn in lost labour

  IT issues and the time it takes to fix them is costing UK companies billions of pounds due to employees not being able to work

• November 27, 2017 27 Nov'17

  UK IT professionals could lose out in a free trade deal between UK and India

  There could be an increase in Indian IT professionals coming to work in the UK post-Brexit if a new trade deal is signed with India

• November 27, 2017 27 Nov'17

  Moscow to build on its smart city credentials

  Moscow ranks in the world’s top 10 smart cities, but is keen to develop more technologies to boost its growing status

• November 24, 2017 24 Nov'17

  Public sector IT suppliers demand clarity over G-Cloud 10 launch date

  G-Cloud listed IT suppliers are getting concerned that the next iteration of the framework agreement could be delayed by up to a year, and claim it could harm the public sector’s digital transformation efforts

• November 22, 2017 22 Nov'17

  IR35 reforms: Consultation on private sector roll-out confirmed in Autumn Budget 2017

  The government has confirmed it is preparing to consult on whether or not to roll out the controversial IR35 tax avoidance reforms to the private sector

• November 21, 2017 21 Nov'17

  Trade union helps members more efficiently with virtual contact centre

  Prospect Union is setting out to improve its responsiveness and member experience by building an Enghouse virtual contact centre on its Skype for Business installation

• November 20, 2017 20 Nov'17

  Tech industry demands clarity on Brexit ahead of key budget

  TechUK warns government that this week's budget could be its last chance to give tech firms confidence in the post-Brexit UK economy

• November 15, 2017 15 Nov'17

  Critical IT problems cost UK organisations £200,000 a month

  UK companies are losing hundreds of thousands of pounds a month because of IT problems, but are relatively good at preventing the same issues recurring

• November 14, 2017 14 Nov'17

  IPSoft’s latest robot will process helpdesk requests from users and automate fixes

  AI software maker combines a cognitive front end and automated back end to simplify enterprise service requests from workers

• November 13, 2017 13 Nov'17

  Only a quarter of UK law firms are ready for GDPR, study shows

  Just 25% of UK law firms are ready for the General Data Protection Regulation and one in five have experienced an attempted cyber attack in the past month

• November 13, 2017 13 Nov'17

  Nordic states deepen cyber defence collaboration

  Nordic and Baltic government leaders discuss pooling technologies and competences to counter hybrid threats within the cyber security domain

• November 10, 2017 10 Nov'17

  CIOs admit digital transformation strategy will not be fully implemented

  Research by Vanson Bourne, on behalf of HCL, shows that the majority of CIOs doubt digital transformation strategies will be fully put into effect

• November 09, 2017 09 Nov'17

  Bangalore offers the best ecosystem for digital transformation, says Economist report

  Bangalore ranked as the number one location for businesses looking to access the right ecosystem to support digital transformation

• October 27, 2017 27 Oct'17

  First female Capgemini UK apprentices graduate

  The Capgemini UK apprentice scheme gets its first three female graduates

• October 18, 2017 18 Oct'17

  Cloud service spending almost matches traditional IT outsourcing

  Traditional outsourcing spending has plummeted in the latest three-month period, but spending on cloud-based IT services is going some way to filling the void

• October 18, 2017 18 Oct'17

  UK businesses losing half a million pounds per cancelled digital project

  UK businesses are losing almost £500,000 pounds for every cancelled digital project, with a lack of the right skills a major contributing factor

• October 17, 2017 17 Oct'17

  RSA’s Middle East cyber security conference gains its own identity

  RSA Abu Dhabi conference focuses on region’s cyber security needs as digital technology deployments expand

• October 12, 2017 12 Oct'17

  IT industry more reliant on non-UK workers than economy as a whole

  The UK IT sector is more reliant on workers from other countries than the average for other sectors.

• October 11, 2017 11 Oct'17

  Dutch government agreement increasingly focuses on IT security

  The coalition government in the Netherlands has agreed its plan for the next four years, with IT security prominent

• October 10, 2017 10 Oct'17

  Some IT contractors earning more than £700 a day

  Research shows 40% of contractors reach the average annual IT salary within three months

• October 05, 2017 05 Oct'17

  UK at risk of AI skills crisis

  The UK is at risk of being left behind when it comes to artificial intelligence advances, with the current shortage of AI skills likely to get a lot worse

• October 04, 2017 04 Oct'17

  Global IT spending to hit $3.7tn next year, says Gartner

  IT spending is taking on a different shape as organisations embark on, and accelerate, digital transformation projects

• October 04, 2017 04 Oct'17

  Russia’s state-owned bank backs blockchain

  Vneshekonombank puts its weight behind blockchain technology as the country’s public sector looks on

• October 03, 2017 03 Oct'17

  CIOs moving to revenue-generating roles

  Gartner survey shows changing role for CIOs to cover revenue generation and deriving value from data, and spending less time on traditional IT delivery

• September 28, 2017 28 Sep'17

  Grosvenor signs broadband investment deal for London’s West End

  Landowner and property developer has signed a co-investment partnership with Openreach to address poor broadband connectivity standards in parts of the capital

• September 27, 2017 27 Sep'17

  Talent shortage keeps Nordic IT companies focused on job satisfaction

  Nordic companies are aiming to win the race for scarce IT professionals through improving the workplace and concentrating on employees’ job satisfaction levels

• September 25, 2017 25 Sep'17

  Amazon launches Middle East region

  Amazon opens its latest delivery hub in Bahrain to serve customers in the Middle East

• September 21, 2017 21 Sep'17

  Enterprise SDN adoption rapidly approaching tipping point, claims report

  A study commissioned by networking solutions supplier Riverbed claims that legacy networks are causing problems for businesses trying to undergo digital transformation, and more decision makers are considering SDN as a result

• September 21, 2017 21 Sep'17

  UK organisations lose £217m a year due to lack of cloud skills

  The cloud computing skills shortage in the UK is costing businesses hundreds of millions of pounds in lost revenue

• September 20, 2017 20 Sep'17

  Salesforce world tour lands in Amsterdam

  Salesforce customers met up for the Dutch leg of the supplier's world tour with a distinctly non-techy crowd present

• September 19, 2017 19 Sep'17

  Middle East firms must focus on IT training and employing more women to stay competitive

  Organisations in the Middle East face IT recruitment challenges unless they offer more training and employ more women

• September 18, 2017 18 Sep'17

  Tech disruption in Middle East a key focus at GITEX 2017

  Not surprisingly, Middle East digital disruption will take centre stage at this year’s GITEX event in Dubai

• September 14, 2017 14 Sep'17

  BT offers enterprise customers flexible bandwidth for peak usage

  New element of BT IP Connect Global WAN service will enable businesses to dial their network capacity up and down at will

• September 14, 2017 14 Sep'17

  Equifax confirms massive data breach was result of missed patch

  Equifax appears to have failed to roll out a patch that might have stopped the massive breach of its systems

• September 13, 2017 13 Sep'17

  Vodafone identifies 50 future digital hubs

  A Vodafone research report has identified a number of towns and cities that have the potential to become what it refers to as Digital Super Towns

• September 13, 2017 13 Sep'17

  CBI calls for transitional deal with EU on data

  The CBI is warning of the risks to UK businesses of no deal with the European Union on data exchange when Brexit arrives

• September 08, 2017 08 Sep'17

  Millions of customer records compromised in Equifax breach

  Major security breach unfolded over a two-month period, and is thought to have affected 143 million customers in the US, as well as an undisclosed number of Britons and Canadians

• September 08, 2017 08 Sep'17

  Interview: IT disruption hits outsourcing’s legal profession

  IT is disrupting almost every corner of the business world, and those who operate in the IT services are no exception, with lawyers in the sector feeling the disruption

• September 06, 2017 06 Sep'17

  European Union states question copyright law proposal

  European states are questioning legality of a new copyright law proposed by the EU

• September 05, 2017 05 Sep'17

  People with non-IT backgrounds could help fill cyber security skills gap

  Organisations should look to fill cyber security roles with people who are curious and have work experience rather than focusing solely on graduates

• September 04, 2017 04 Sep'17

  Women still under-represented in Nordic IT despite region’s efforts

  Although countries in the Nordic region are often hailed as pioneers of digital and equal worker rights, there is still gender inequality in the IT sector.

• September 04, 2017 04 Sep'17

  Government launches FTTP pilot for businesses, schools and hospitals

  The government has released £10m to six FTTP trial projects around the UK, testing ultrafast broadband technology in businesses, schools and hospitals

• August 23, 2017 23 Aug'17

  UAE telco Du pushes SaaS adoption in Middle East

  The Middle East looks set to see strong growth in software as a service and IT departments need to take a different approach

• August 22, 2017 22 Aug'17

  First set of Capgemini degree apprentices graduate

  The first graduates of Capgemini's degree apprentice programme tell Computer Weekly about their experiences

• August 22, 2017 22 Aug'17

  How AT&T embraced the telecoms technology transition

  AT&T’s CIO of network and shared services, Sorabh Saxena, discusses how to reskill telecoms engineers and exploit open standards as the operator embraces the future of networking services provision

• August 22, 2017 22 Aug'17

  Blockchain skills in high demand and jobs being swept up quickly

  Job vacancies for people with blockchain skills are being filled in just seven days, on average, once they are advertised online

• August 21, 2017 21 Aug'17

  Infosys CEO resigns amid public criticism from a founder

  Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka steps down, with the company blaming criticism from a company founder for his decision

• August 17, 2017 17 Aug'17

  World's largest’ data center planned in Norway

  Norway will soon have the biggest datacenter in the world which will harness the countries rich natural resources

• August 15, 2017 15 Aug'17

  Middle East salary survey reveals major challenges to close IT skills gap

  Organisations in the Middle East are not offering IT staff enough training and don’t employ enough women in IT

• August 09, 2017 09 Aug'17

  Over 40% of IT professionals want another general election this year

  A large proportion of IT workers in the UK want another general election this year in the hope it will stave off a hard brexit

• August 09, 2017 09 Aug'17

  Nordic countries top digital nations ranking, but risk stalling

  Nordic countries are leaders when it comes to digitisation – but they must continue to innovate to retain their position

• July 26, 2017 26 Jul'17

  Nordic digitisation brings unwanted consequence of heightened cyber security risks

  The Nordic region is becoming highly connected – which has not gone unnoticed by cyber criminals

• July 24, 2017 24 Jul'17

  IR35 reforms: IT contractor fleshes out details of potential HMRC legal challenge

  Following the early-stage success of efforts to crowd-fund a legal challenge against the IR35 reforms, one of the IT contractors behind the campaign outlines details of what could happen next

• July 24, 2017 24 Jul'17

  UK government wants to give 6,000 teenagers cyber security training

  Government launches £20m Cyber Schools Programme aimed at students aged between 14 and 18

• July 21, 2017 21 Jul'17

  Destruction of service attacks an existential threat to business, says Cisco

  Security threats and attacks against the network are set to become far more destructive, according to Cisco’s mid-year security report

• July 18, 2017 18 Jul'17

  Traditional outsourcing boosts overall spending in first half of 2017

  Spending on traditional IT services contracts by Emea organisations increases in the first six months of 2017

• July 11, 2017 11 Jul'17

  Political uncertainty is holding back digital transformation plans, say CIOs

  UK businesses are investing in IT to help them deal with changes that could be around the corner amid geo-political uncertainty

• July 10, 2017 10 Jul'17

  Vodafone Qatar pushes IoT adoption in Middle East

  Vodafone Qatar is harnessing a network of partners to support organisations in the Middle East with their internet of things strategies

• July 06, 2017 06 Jul'17

  Young people without workplace skills fear competition from robots

  Young people are worried they will not have the skills necessary to set themselves apart from robots when leaving education

• July 05, 2017 05 Jul'17

  Atos targets universities and research centres with quantum computing simulator

  Atos has made a quantum computing simulator available for sale so that organisations can test out the algorithms of the future

• July 03, 2017 03 Jul'17

  Cyber security comes down to culture, say Dutch security experts

  IT security can no longer be seen as just a technical matter. People, education and management matter too, but culture is the overarching and binding element, says security executive at Dutch bank

• June 29, 2017 29 Jun'17

  How Donald Trump has nudged French CIOs still further from US cloud storage

  French CIOs are looking at alternatives to storing data with US-based suppliers

• June 28, 2017 28 Jun'17

  Half of highly skilled EU workers in UK are considering leaving

  Retaining IT staff might be as much of a challenge as retaining them after Brexit as EU workers get itchy feet

• June 27, 2017 27 Jun'17

  IT contractor-led campaign to crowdfund legal challenge to IR35 reforms goes live

  Public sector contractors urged to back campaign to explore legal challenge to revamped IR35 tax avoidance rules

• June 21, 2017 21 Jun'17

  The human apprentices behind robotic automation

  IT apprentices are helping large businesses transform their back-office processes through software robots

• June 16, 2017 16 Jun'17

  Russia’s startups and corporations hook up at Startup Village

  Annual IT event Startup Village in Russia saw blockchain take centre stage and support from the country’s government

• June 15, 2017 15 Jun'17

  Finnish mobile operators opt-out from free EU roaming

  Finnish mobile operators have been exempted from new European Union data roaming rules for now

• June 14, 2017 14 Jun'17

  Cloud service maturity up in the Nordics

  Nordic businesses are increasing their use of the cloud, but more work is needed to make investments support business strategies

• June 13, 2017 13 Jun'17

  UAE telco Etisalat to pilot 5G

  CTO says company is committed to trials and commercial launch of 5G in the UAE and the rest of the Middle East

• June 12, 2017 12 Jun'17

  London Tech Week: Brexit won’t harm London tech sector, says city’s mayor

  London mayor Sadiq Khan opens London Tech Week and says Brexit will not hold back the city's growing tech sector

• June 09, 2017 09 Jun'17

  Non-EU IT professionals in the UK at an all-time high

  Survey shows IT business analysts, architects and systems designers, web design and development specialists are the most common skills being brought in

• June 09, 2017 09 Jun'17

  Patent group prepares for tough data protection laws by moving HR to the cloud

  CPA Global to replace ERP-based HR system as it gears up to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation

• June 08, 2017 08 Jun'17

  BT introduces customer-facing CIO roles

  As part of its overhaul in terms of how it serves its largest clients, BT has set up a team of internal CIOs to speak for enterprise and public sector customers within the wider group