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• February 14, 2017 14 Feb'17

  Public sector IT suppliers blast CCS over rising G-Cloud commission charges

  CCS confirms commission charges on G-Cloud sales are to rise from 0.5 to 0.75% when the next iteration of the framework drops in May 2017, but suppliers fear it could harm their ability to innovate

• February 14, 2017 14 Feb'17

  HMRC rejects Gov.uk Verify

  HM Revenue and Customs says it won’t be using Gov.uk Verify, which could cause difficulties for the government’s target of having 25 million Verify users by 2020

• February 09, 2017 09 Feb'17

  Government transformation strategy aims to 'restore faith in democracy', says minister

  Cabinet Office minister Ben Gummer outlines his ambitious hopes for the new government transformation strategy at its launch

• February 09, 2017 09 Feb'17

  Lack of data sharing is barrier to health and social care integration

  NHS and social care organisations are still unsure of when to share information because of a “confusing” regulatory framework, and the National Audit Office is unimpressed with the progress on health and social care integration

• February 09, 2017 09 Feb'17

  Government digital transformation strategy promises to ‘serve’ its people

  Long-awaited strategy aims to change the way government departments and services work though digital technology

• February 08, 2017 08 Feb'17

  How a Dublin court case could derail EU-US data privacy agreements

  The Irish Commercial Court will consider whether privacy protection offered by standard contractual clauses for data transfers to the US from Europe is legally valid

• February 08, 2017 08 Feb'17

  NHS websites defaced by Tunisian Islamist hacktivists

  Another series of pro-Islamic State hacktivist attacks on NHS websites has underlined the need to harden websites and keep software up to date as attackers exploit a vulnerability in WordPress

• February 07, 2017 07 Feb'17

  Middle East and North Africa public cloud spend to hit $2bn by 2020

  Middle East-based organisations are turning to public cloud services, with software as a service driving a major year-on-year spending increase

• February 06, 2017 06 Feb'17

  Google to appeal against order to hand over foreign emails

  UK firms urged to consider the risks of non-UK cloud service providers and to encrypt data in the light of another US warrant to access emails held by a US cloud services firm on non-US servers

• February 06, 2017 06 Feb'17

  Government digital transformation strategy finally set to be published this week

  The much-delayed plan – now expected to be known as the government transformation strategy – is due to be announced by Cabinet Office minister Ben Gummer

• February 03, 2017 03 Feb'17

  London Fire Brigade system crashes cause delays reacting to emergencies

  Control room system crashes have been causing delays in London Fire Brigade response times

• February 01, 2017 01 Feb'17

  Finnish city takes €10bn leap into digitisation

  Tampere is encouraging its people, businesses and government organisations to come together to make digital transformation work for everyone

• January 29, 2017 29 Jan'17

  Artificial intelligence will increase productivity by sharpening human mind

  The combination of AI and humans will triple productivity if businesses get the balance right for different roles

• January 27, 2017 27 Jan'17

  Post Office facing group litigation over Horizon computer system after watershed decision

  The group action against the Post Office that alleges sub-postmasters have been wrongly punished for accounting errors gets a green light from the High Court of Justice

• January 26, 2017 26 Jan'17

  Mixed feelings on Australian enterprise app market

  The enterprise mobile app development market is attracting big money despite a lack of corporate appetite

• January 24, 2017 24 Jan'17

  GDS signals intent to move public sector off PSN

  Government Digital Service’s Technology Leaders Network determines that the internet is an adequate solution to support the vast majority of public sector work

• January 20, 2017 20 Jan'17

  Lords ‘deeply concerned’ about Digital Economy Bill data-sharing clauses

  Digital Economy Bill comes under fire again for its data-sharing principles, this time from the House of Lords Delegated Powers Committee

• January 18, 2017 18 Jan'17

  GDS declares public cloud secure enough for "vast majority" of public sector

  Government Digital Service moves to allay public sector concerns about using off-premise services in a bid to speed up cloud adoption beyond Whitehall

• January 18, 2017 18 Jan'17

  Better use of data can improve government delivery of services, says John Manzoni

  Civil service chief John Manzoni highlights the potential and need for the government’s use of data to improve public services

• January 17, 2017 17 Jan'17

  3D printing proves a disruptive force in Asean manufacturing

  3D printing adoption is set to accelerate in Southeast Asia after a delayed start

• January 16, 2017 16 Jan'17

  Australian government technology suffers failure after failure

  Former government IT leader says Australia’s IT is so bad that if the government were a private sector organisation, it would fail

• January 15, 2017 15 Jan'17

  The evolution of smart Dubai

  Aisha Bin Bishr, director general at Smart Dubai Office, discusses how Dubai is evolving as a smart city with the support of local telecoms provider Du.

• January 13, 2017 13 Jan'17

  Davos: Technology poses new risks to jobs, economies and society

  Politicians and business leaders will discuss the risks posed by technology to jobs, political stability and cyber security at the World Economic Forum in Davos

• January 11, 2017 11 Jan'17

  Tech focus helps Singapore go second in globalisation index

  Singapore is the second most globalised economy in the world and its IT infrastructure is critical to this achievement

• January 10, 2017 10 Jan'17

  Brexit should not hinder 5G development, says report

  A report commissioned by the government claims the UK’s 2016 vote to leave the European Union should have minimal impact on the country’s ability to lead on the development of 5G networks

• January 09, 2017 09 Jan'17

  Former Surrey NHS IT chief and supplier both jailed for corruption

  Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s former informatics director goes to jail for accepting £80,000 worth of bribes from a supplier in return for an IT contract

• January 09, 2017 09 Jan'17

  UKCloud cuts cloud storage pricing for public sector customers and sticks boot into US rivals

  Public sector-focused cloud provider claims latest round of price cuts means its services are cheaper to use than some of its US counterparts

• January 05, 2017 05 Jan'17

  UK youngsters unwittingly exposing private data

  The UK children's commissioner has called for better support for child privacy after study shows most are unknowingly agreeing to share private data

• January 04, 2017 04 Jan'17

  Customer-first approach will make 2017 a challenge for Dutch CIOs

  CIOs in the Netherlands could see their strategies lead to thousands of jobs being cut as businesses automate

• December 23, 2016 23 Dec'16

  CIO interview: MoD’s DII replacement will feed government as a platform

  Mike Stone, who will soon be leaving his position of CIO at the Ministry of Defence (MoD), explains how the MoD’s DII replacement will feed into government as a platform

• December 21, 2016 21 Dec'16

  European court delivers blow to Snoopers’ Charter

  Parts of the controversial Investigatory Powers Act relating to the bulk collection of communications data have been ruled unlawful by the European Court of Justice

• December 21, 2016 21 Dec'16

  Top 10 IT security stories of 2016

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 IT security stories of 2016:

• December 15, 2016 15 Dec'16

  Typo allowed Russian hackers to access US Democratic Party emails

  Typographical mistake in an email warning of a phishing attack on the US Democrats led to thousands of private emails being accessed and published by Russian-backed hackers

• December 09, 2016 09 Dec'16

  Government Transformation Strategy to 'fundamentally' change the way departments operate

  A background document seen by Computer Weekly outlines details of the forthcoming Government Transformation Strategy

• December 09, 2016 09 Dec'16

  IT Priorities 2017: Nordic organisations to spend more on cloud services

  The adoption of cloud computing in its many guises will be a top priority in the Nordic region in 2017

• December 07, 2016 07 Dec'16

  The United Arab Emirates enterprise IT trends for 2017

  The UAE is already a leader in areas such as smart city developments, and 2017 looks set to see organisations in the country increase its adoption of other transformational IT

• December 06, 2016 06 Dec'16

  Internet of things gains momentum in Southeast Asia

  IoT has been much hyped in Southeast Asia, and organisations in the region are testing the technology's potential

• December 06, 2016 06 Dec'16

  UK falls below global cyber security confidence

  Global confidence in ability to accurately assess cyber risk has fallen in the past year, but the UK has fallen below the global average

• December 05, 2016 05 Dec'16

  Top 10 ANZ enterprise IT stories of 2016

  Here is a rundown of Computer Weekly’s most popular ANZ enterprise IT articles for 2016

• December 01, 2016 01 Dec'16

  EC proposes simpler VAT rules to help e-commerce businesses

  European Commission sets out proposals for simplified tax rules to “unlock e-commerce and make it easier for online businesses”

• December 01, 2016 01 Dec'16

  US and UK government expand surveillance powers

  The US has introduced wide new hacking powers for federal agents a day after the UK's Investigatory Powers Act firmed up bulk surveillance powers for intelligence and polices services

• November 29, 2016 29 Nov'16

  CIO interview: Neil Moore, head of ICT, Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service

  Hampshire Fire and Rescue’s CIO talks about collaborating, moving to the cloud and getting staff on board with digital transformation

• November 29, 2016 29 Nov'16

  Group litigation against Post Office in Horizon system dispute prepares for next stage

  Postmasters’ legal case against the Post Office claims that computer system is to blame for losses, not false accounting or theft

• November 22, 2016 22 Nov'16

  Alleged hacker Lauri Love’s ‘life will be destroyed’ under Trump regime

  Supporters fear for activist Lauri Love if his extradition to face hacking charges to the US goes ahead

• November 22, 2016 22 Nov'16

  Dutch IT ministry needed to take digital lead

  Whenever the media covers a failed Dutch government IT project, the question is always asked whether the government should have a ministry of IT

• November 18, 2016 18 Nov'16

  Ordnance Survey to lay groundwork for UK 5G networks

  The government has asked Ordnance Survey to develop a planning and mapping tool to help determine the future locations of 5G mobile network infrastructure

• November 16, 2016 16 Nov'16

  Government data security confusing, finds PAC

  A Public Accounts Committee hearing shows the government’s data and cyber security landscape is chaotic and confusing

• November 16, 2016 16 Nov'16

  UK almost bottom of OECD pile for ICT investment

  The UK ranks low in terms of how much it invests in the ICT infrastructure as a proportion of GDP

• November 15, 2016 15 Nov'16

  Amber Rudd orders Lauri Love extradition to US to face hacking charges

  Engineering student Lauri Love faces trials in three US states and a possible 99-year jail sentence for allegedly hacking into US government computer systems as part of a political protest, despite concerns over his health

• November 11, 2016 11 Nov'16

  GDS strategy aims to 'take digital transformation further'

  An early draft of the new Government Digital Transformation Strategy, seen by Computer Weekly, aims to tackle the challenge of breaking down civil service IT siloes