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May 03, 2017 03 May'17
SAP focuses on training young Arab graduates in Middle East

SAP has a raft of initiatives planned in the Middle East which includes a strategy to equip young people and entrepreneurs with the IT skills required as the region transforms.
May 03, 2017 03 May'17
Mayor of London seeks chief digital officer

Capital’s first-ever chief digital officer will oversee the digital transformation of public services across London
May 02, 2017 02 May'17
Indian IT services giant to increase US workforce

Infosys has committed to create 10,000 new jobs in the US as president Trump ratchets up pressure on businesses to hire Americans
May 02, 2017 02 May'17
IT outsourcing going strong in the Nordics

IT outsourcing is popular among companies in the Nordic region, but the market is changing

April 28, 2017 28 Apr'17
Office workers don’t appreciate the complexities facing IT staff

IT staff feel under-appreciated because office workers don't understand what they do, study shows
April 26, 2017 26 Apr'17
Globalisation creates Catch-22 for protectionists as India responds to threat of US visa clampdown

US government might have to negotiate with India before getting tough on its work visa regime
April 26, 2017 26 Apr'17
Carrenza's US datacentre expansion plans help spend control firm get cloud compliant

Fourth, a customer of UK-based infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) provider Carrenza, explains how the firm’s decision to expand its US datacentre footprint has benefited its business
April 25, 2017 25 Apr'17
City University London launches undergraduate data science course after postgraduate success

Following the success of its postgraduate data science course, London university launches undergraduate programme
April 24, 2017 24 Apr'17
SAP board member talks Middle East investment

In an interview with Computer Weekly, SAP’s chief financial officer, Luka Mucic, talks up the significance of the UAE and wider Middle East region in terms of IT transformation
April 24, 2017 24 Apr'17
CIO Interview: Nick Mayes, IT director, Gala Leisure

The bingo club operator’s IT director is leading its transformation project, aiming to revamp its infrastructure and looking to utilise new innovations

April 19, 2017 19 Apr'17
Trump’s clampdown on use of immigrant IT workers may have little impact

US president's latest executive order aims to reduce the number of immigrant IT workers in the country
April 19, 2017 19 Apr'17
Robotic automation takes off in the Nordics

Software robots are rapidly automating traditionally manual tasks at enterprises across the Nordic region
April 18, 2017 18 Apr'17
How to attract more women into the Gulf tech sector

Organisations in the Middle East need to increase the number of women in their IT workforces
April 18, 2017 18 Apr'17
Kone brings elevator maintenance online with IBM Watson and Salesforce

Lift manufacturer is using sensors and artificial intelligence to support its maintenance staff
April 11, 2017 11 Apr'17
‘Can do’ attitude of DevOps teams is driving cloud-first strategies

The cloud-first strategies of businesses across sectors are maturing, with DevOps teams playing a leading role
April 07, 2017 07 Apr'17
Most UK companies not prepared for service provider failures

UK businesses are ill-prepared for the impact on their business resulting from the failure of an IT of business process supplier
April 06, 2017 06 Apr'17
Telenor launches IoT pilot in Norway

Telenor is opening up its IoT infrastructure in Norway to encourage students and entrepreneurs to develop IoT products and services
April 06, 2017 06 Apr'17
Interview: F-Secure’s Mikko Hyppönen on the Nordics, Russia and the internet of insecure things

Computer Weekly sat down with Finnish cyber security expert Mikko Hyppönen to talk about security in the Nordics, Russia and the trouble with connected devices
April 05, 2017 05 Apr'17
Tablet loan service helps Emirates get round US device ban

Emirates is attempting to mitigate the impact of the laptop and tablet ban on flights travelling to the US by offering tablet loans to business and first class passengers
April 04, 2017 04 Apr'17
IT services 'mega-child' DXC takes first steps

The merger of CSC and HPE Services is complete and the new company will focus on digital transformation
April 04, 2017 04 Apr'17
Workers at least mentally prepared for robots to take over some of their work

One-fifth of workers are mentally prepared for technology to take over some of their roles, but employers must do more to support them
March 29, 2017 29 Mar'17
Belfast Waterfront centre equipped with state of the art network

Belfast City Council has refitted its Waterfront conference and entertainment venue with new smart building connectivity to enhance the staff and visitor experience
March 29, 2017 29 Mar'17
Are ethical questions holding back AI in France?

France has been slow to create a strategy around the use of artificial intelligence, partly due to questions around ethics
March 28, 2017 28 Mar'17
Threats grow in Saudi Arabia’s cyber sector

Saudi Arabia's wealth makes it an attractive target for cyber criminals, but what have been the recent trends in cyber crime?
March 21, 2017 21 Mar'17
UK bans electronic devices from Middle Eastern flights

The UK government has announced that laptops and tablets will be banned from airliner cabins on UK-bound flights from a number of Middle Eastern countries
March 21, 2017 21 Mar'17
Heathrow Airport updates clunky loyalty scheme through cloud-based software and services

Streamlined loyalty programme doubles number of airport users and boosts average spend
March 20, 2017 20 Mar'17
Netherlands aims to benefit from Brexit in IT talent search

The Netherlands is positioning itself as the ideal home for ambitious IT professionals from across the world
March 19, 2017 19 Mar'17
SAP to invest $200m in United Arab Emirates

European software maker plans investment to get near customers in the Middle East
March 17, 2017 17 Mar'17
IT contractors prosper from Brexit uncertainty

Since the Brexit vote, IT contractors have seen higher pay rates and longer contracts, which indicates businesses’ caution over permanent recruitment
March 15, 2017 15 Mar'17
Tablets on the decline in Middle East as big smartphones take over

A total of 13.8 million tablets were sold in the region in 2016 – 14.7% less than in 2015
March 15, 2017 15 Mar'17
Nordic airline averts business disaster with application performance monitoring

Following an emergency decision to move to Amazon Web Services, Iceland’s Wow Air has wholeheartedly bought into the cloud
March 15, 2017 15 Mar'17
Digital commerce makes up less than 1% of GDP in Middle East

Region sees double-digit growth in consumer use of digital channels, but businesses seem reluctant to get involved
March 15, 2017 15 Mar'17
National Theatre moves to Office 365

The National Theatre is increasingly using cloud technology, with the implementation of cloud-based productivity tools its latest move
March 09, 2017 09 Mar'17
London IT firms trying to increase worker diversity

IT firms in London need to do more to reduce a gender bias and increase diversity in the workplace, says research
March 09, 2017 09 Mar'17
Danish consumer council refers Google to Data Protection Agency

Danish consumer rights protection organisation has referred Google to regulator over its personal data storage policy
March 09, 2017 09 Mar'17
Glencoe Mountain Resort switches on 4G at 2,800ft

Skiers and snowboarders get access to EE's superfast 4G mobile broadband at Scotland’s Glencoe Ski Centre
March 06, 2017 06 Mar'17
3D printing gets serious in the Netherlands

3D projects abound in the Netherlands, with the technology being applied to canal bridges, bicycles, ship components and buildings
March 03, 2017 03 Mar'17
Crystal Palace Football Club uses app to securely share tactical information

IT is helping Crystal Palace football team to prepare for matches
March 03, 2017 03 Mar'17
UK sailing team picks BT to help beat Oracle at America’s Cup

BT is to supply a 4G wireless and fixed network to support the Land Rover BAR America’s Cup team, led by Olympian Ben Ainslie, in its bid to win the 35th America’s Cup
March 02, 2017 02 Mar'17
MWC 2017: Barcelona trial uses IoT and big data to manage tourists

Barcelona, the host city for Mobile World Congress, has been demonstrating its use of the internet of things and big data to help manage visitors to Antoni Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia
February 28, 2017 28 Feb'17
Microsoft to discontinue Skype Wi-Fi service

Microsoft is retiring its Skype Wi-Fi service to concentrate on other services on the communications platform
February 28, 2017 28 Feb'17
Unite union members at Fujitsu on strike

Union members strike over jobs, pay and pensions after Fujitsu announced plans to cut it UK workforce by 1,800
February 22, 2017 22 Feb'17
Virtual reality takes off in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries

There is a thriving virtual reality industry in the Middle East, with the technology's application expected to go far beyond gaming
February 22, 2017 22 Feb'17
Computacenter apprentices are business-critical today

Apprenticeships in IT are increasingly seen as an alternative to university for many. Apprentices at Computacenter tell their stories
February 21, 2017 21 Feb'17
Half of enterprises to start digitising networks by 2019, says Cisco

At Cisco Live Europe in Berlin, Cisco offers an insight into key networking trends and announces new products and upgrades to support and secure the digitisation of the network
February 17, 2017 17 Feb'17
HPE services and CSC to become DXC Technology

The merger between HP's services division and CSC will launch in April 2017 and is expected to save the companies billions
February 16, 2017 16 Feb'17
Microsoft PCs get Brexit-fuelled price increase

Microsoft has raised the price of its Surface PCs by as much as 15% in the UK because of the falling value of the pound since the country voted to leave the EU
February 16, 2017 16 Feb'17
Cisco sales fall as traditional product sales slump

Cisco's traditional product sales such as switches are falling, but revenues in emerging products in areas such as security are on the up
February 13, 2017 13 Feb'17
Middle East organisations urged to prioritise cyber defence

As the Middle East IT industry continues to transform and embrace digitisation, what are the greatest threats it faces today?
February 09, 2017 09 Feb'17
Winter Olympics 2018 critical systems will all be in the cloud

Atos is on course to hit its target of having all core Olympic IT systems in the cloud by next year's Winter Olympics in South Korea
February 08, 2017 08 Feb'17
Interview: How security approaches are evolving in Southeast Asia and beyond

Bill Smith, senior vice-president of worldwide field operations at LogRhythm, talks to Computer Weekly about the big shift in cyber security from traditional security models to behavioural anomaly detection, continuous data monitoring and analytics
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
McDonald’s in Saudi Arabia to support growth with SAP

Fast food chain is using SAP software to help it better understand its customers and operations
February 06, 2017 06 Feb'17
Dutch businesses have heads in the cloud

In the Netherlands, cloud computing is used by the central bank, large multinationals like Unilever, startups such as WeTransfer, and even a Dutch potato processing plant in China
January 31, 2017 31 Jan'17
Trump unlikely to reduce IT from India

The fact that Donald Trump's labour secretary has previously offshored IT work to the Philippines could ease IT services fears, particularly in India
January 30, 2017 30 Jan'17
Consumers do not trust companies with personal data, survey shows

UK firms still have much work to do in preparing for GDPR compliance, minimising the risk of identity theft and regaining trust, according to law firm Winckworth Sherwood
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
Growing UK's tech skills base will make or break prime minister's industrial strategy, panel claims

Speakers at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology's industrial strategy debate demand greater clarity on how the government intends to tackle the UK tech and science sector's skills, diversity and regional inequalities
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 25, 2017 25 Jan'17
US man jailed for hacking into celebrity accounts

Edward Majerczyk is jailed for 9 months and ordered to pay $5,700 compensation for hacking iCloud and Gmail accounts and stealing celebrity nude photos
January 24, 2017 24 Jan'17
TechUK outlines its Brexit negotiation priorities

IT industry body TechUK outlines what it believes are the Brexit negotiation priorities for the UK IT sector
January 20, 2017 20 Jan'17
NRF 2017: The key to success is not taking yourself too seriously, says Richard Branson

Serial entrepreneur and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson tells the audience at NRF 2017 to fail fast, pay it forward and to stop taking themselves so seriously
January 19, 2017 19 Jan'17
Cloud-based contracts make up a third of IT outsourcing contracts in 2016

Traditional outsourcing contracts reduce in number and are being replaced by cloud-based services
January 19, 2017 19 Jan'17
National crime survey figures show growing cyber crime

Cyber crime is on the up and is now included in official crime figures
January 19, 2017 19 Jan'17
How Singapore can help Southeast Asia reach its digital potential

Singapore could play a vital role in supporting the digital transformation of its Asean partners in the Asian Century
January 18, 2017 18 Jan'17
PizzaExpress UAE upgrades customer Wi-Fi and adds analytics platform

UAE-based restaurant chain has upgraded its Wi-Fi and introduced a platform to help it understand customer behaviour
January 18, 2017 18 Jan'17
Facebook chief reveals real cost of Oculus in court testimony

Testifying in an IP-theft case against Facebook-owned Oculus, Mark Zuckerberg reveals the acquisition cost $3bn, not $2bn as originally announced
January 16, 2017 16 Jan'17
Network overhaul speeds up business for motor racing venue

Rockingham Motor Speedway in Northamptonshire beefs up network infrastructure to support expansive business plans
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 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 11, 2017 11 Jan'17
Asean storage moves towards hybrid model

Storage is moving to the cloud in the Asean region and a number of storage companies are jostling for position
January 08, 2017 08 Jan'17
Cloud-based infrastructure is a top ANZ priority in 2017

Projects involving cloud storage and back-up will feature strongly for CIOs based in Australia and New Zealand this year
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 28, 2016 28 Dec'16
Top 10 IT outsourcing stories of 2016

Read 10 of the best of Computer Weekly IT outsourcing articles of 2016
December 22, 2016 22 Dec'16
Extra £440m to get superfast broadband to hardest-to-reach places in UK

Government announces extra funding for its superfast broadband roll-out, with 600,000 more premises expected to benefit
December 20, 2016 20 Dec'16
Top 10 CW Nordics stories of 2016

Read the top 10 Nordic enterprise IT stories from Computer Weekly
December 20, 2016 20 Dec'16
Top 10 cyber crime stories of 2016

Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 cyber crime stories of 2016:
December 16, 2016 16 Dec'16
2017 IT Priorities: Benelux IT leaders least confident of budget increase

Benelux-based IT decision makers expect to divert more of their IT budgets to cloud technology and services
December 14, 2016 14 Dec'16
IT services advisory sector consolidates as ISG acquires Alsbridge

Significant robotic process automation skills included in ISG’s $74m acquisition of Alsbridge
December 13, 2016 13 Dec'16
Saudi Arabia enterprise IT trends for 2017

Computer Weekly looks at the technologies that will dominate enterprise IT in Saudi Arabia next year
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 07, 2016 07 Dec'16
IT Priorities 2017: Quarter of Apac CIOs expect IT budget to rise by more than 10%

More than half of Apac-based IT decision-makers expect budgets to rise next year and cloud-related projects look the likely destination of the extra money
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 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
November 30, 2016 30 Nov'16
Marriott Hotels offers virtual site tours

Hotel chain has enlisted London mobility startup GoInStore to offer visitors to its website virtual facility tours
November 29, 2016 29 Nov'16
How a London club enhanced its facilities with wireless charging

The Clubhouse, a London-based business club and meeting space, introduces wireless charging technology from startup Chargifi at its St James’ location as it bids to attract new clients
November 23, 2016 23 Nov'16
Are Asean organisations ready for blockchain technology?

Blockchain promises to increase the efficiency and security of transactions in industries way beyond its financial services roots. But what does it mean in the Asean region?
November 23, 2016 23 Nov'16
Nasscom lowers sales growth prediction for India’s IT industry

Nasscom lowers the rate at which it expects revenues for the Indian IT services industry as a whole to grow, citing domestic and global issues in its revision
November 22, 2016 22 Nov'16
Alibaba to open datacentre in Australia

Alibaba Cloud will open a datacentre in Sydney by the end of 2016 as part of its global expansion
November 18, 2016 18 Nov'16
Nestlé picks Telefónica to build IoT for coffee machines

Nestlé’s professional business services unit will incorporate internet of things technology into its coffee machines in pursuit of greater efficiency and customer satisfaction
November 17, 2016 17 Nov'16
Telenor IoT strategy required core software change

Norwegian telco is expanding its internet of things business, which packages all the components its customers require to offer IoT-based services
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 14, 2016 14 Nov'16
Keeping pace with the evolving millennial consumer in Southeast Asia

Businesses are revamping their technology and omnichannel strategies to keep pace with the millennials
November 11, 2016 11 Nov'16
White space spectrum to bring wireless broadband to Isle of Arran

Suppliers Nominet and Broadway Partners collaborate to trial the use of TV white space spectrum to improve broadband coverage on the Isle of Arran in Scotland
November 07, 2016 07 Nov'16
Google cloud platform heats up the cloud market in Asia

Google is set to inject more life into the Southeast Asian cloud market with new products and local datacentres
November 02, 2016 02 Nov'16
Australia and New Zealand IT pros on bigger salaries than UK equivalents

Aussie IT pros are better rewarded than their counterparts in the UK, according to surveys
October 17, 2016 17 Oct'16
Business and GDPR to drive consumer identity projects

Business demand for consumer identity management capability is growing to enable new business models, improve customer engagement and ensure General Data Protection Regulation compliance, says KuppingerCole
October 11, 2016 11 Oct'16
Singaporean organisations face stiff competition for junior IT professionals

Singaporean multinationals are no longer the default employers of talented IT professionals in the Asean region as a vibrant startup community and growth in other countries turns heads
October 11, 2016 11 Oct'16
Middle East CISO Council CEO warns of global cyber security storm

Cyber security issues will be a major theme at this month’s GITEX Technology Week 2016 conference in Dubai