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• June 08, 2017 08 Jun'17

  Smart farming, IoT only way to feed growing population, says Beecham report

  A report from IoT sector analyst Beecham says the agricultural industry will need to embrace smart farming methodologies to support the growing human population

• June 06, 2017 06 Jun'17

  Mainframe blindspots expose companies to insider threats

  More than three-quarters of CIOs say their mainframe is more secure than other systems, but most admit they are still exposed to insider threats

• May 31, 2017 31 May'17

  Shadow Brokers prepares zero-day subscription service

  Businesses may face an onslaught of zero-day attacks soon as the group that leaked the NSA exploits used in the WannaCry ransomware attacks prepares to release more stolen code

• May 24, 2017 24 May'17

  SAP aligns with Saudi Arabia’s IT transformation agenda

  Global software giant SAP sees an opportunity for its wide portfolio in Saudi Arabia as the Middle Eastern country transforms

• May 11, 2017 11 May'17

  Tech packages to help Singapore SMEs go digital

  Small and medium-sized enterprises in Singapore can now take advantage of a slew of pre-approved IT products to stay competitive

• May 10, 2017 10 May'17

  Nordic region competes for datacentre dominance

  The Nordic region is an attractive region for datacentres as demand for cloud services in the area grows

• May 09, 2017 09 May'17

  Highly skilled professionals at risk of being replaced by computers

  Highly skilled jobs will be replaced by artificial intelligence by 2022, says Gartner

• May 09, 2017 09 May'17

  Large UK businesses increasingly want CEOs to have IT background

  More large businesses in the UK want a CEO that has a good understanding of IT

• May 05, 2017 05 May'17

  SAP goes after world’s largest brewing company in $600m licence dispute

  Belgian brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev says it intends to defend “vigorously” against software licensing claims by SAP

• 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

  IT outsourcing going strong in the Nordics

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

• April 20, 2017 20 Apr'17

  Human interaction still key to cyber attacks, study reveals

  An analysis of threats faced by organisations in the first quarter of 2017 reveals that cyber attackers still rely heavily on user interaction

• 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 13, 2017 13 Apr'17

  Six key security weaknesses in industrial systems

  Organisations should mitigate six key vulnerabilities in industrial control systems to reduce the risk of cyber attack, warns security firm FireEye

• 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 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 04, 2017 04 Apr'17

  Chinese hacking group targeted firms through IT MSPs

  Security researchers have uncovered a China-based cyber espionage campaign that targeted IT services firms and their customers, underlining the need for supply chain security

• 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 10, 2017 10 Mar'17

  Paying ransomware attackers perpetuates attacks, says researcher

  Continually evolving ransomware is among the threats organisations need to factor into their cyber defences in 2017, but only once they have taken care of the basics, says Kaspersky Lab researcher

• March 08, 2017 08 Mar'17

  Case study: Tamer Group boosts bandwidth and network connectivity

  Saudi Arabian firm chooses point-to-point wireless to ensure it provides the connectivity required for a fast-growing business

• March 07, 2017 07 Mar'17

  ZF Group opens doors to Hyderabad tech centre

  German car parts manufacturer ZF Group opens a technology centre in India to focus on software lead innovation

• 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

• 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 15, 2017 15 Feb'17

  RSAC17: Infosec pros must help create business-driven security, says RSA CTO

  The inability to draw connections between security details and business metrics is one of the biggest challenges facing most companies, according to RSA CTO Zulfikar Ramzan

• February 13, 2017 13 Feb'17

  Autodata turns to big data to predict vehicle failures

  Vehicle data company sees 30% jump in revenue after moving to open source software and opening its data to garages, insurers and parts companies

• 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

• 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 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 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 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 09, 2017 09 Jan'17

  Waymo self-driving minivans to begin public road tests soon

  Google spin off Waymo announces trials of new self-driving vehicles, with all technologies involved developed in-house to cut costs and improve performance

• 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 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 14, 2016 14 Dec'16

  Swedish Cider company upgrades to cloud ERP to keep up with growth

  Apple-based product manufacturer moves to an industry-specific ERP system in the cloud

• 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

• November 18, 2016 18 Nov'16

  HCL completes integration of Volvo Group IT services

  Deal sees 2,560 Volvo Group staff transferred to HCL, bringing mainframe expertise to Indian IT services firm

• 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

  Digital transformation not a finite process, says Martin Kuppinger

  Security, privacy and identity are key to digital transformation, which is an evolutionary process, according to Martin Kuppinger

• 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 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

• November 02, 2016 02 Nov'16

  Coca-Cola cloud project bottles rewards for 25,000 staff

  Coca-Cola European Partners, which bottles 15 billion litres of soft drinks each year, is working with an HR technology supplier to develop flexible rewards packages for its 25,000 employees

• October 28, 2016 28 Oct'16

  SDN trailblazer Big Switch Networks launches in UK

  Having established a base of paying customers through a key partnership with Dell, SDN supplier Big Switch Networks is opening its first European offices and gunning for Cisco’s ACI business