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August 25, 2017 25 Aug'17
US arrests Chinese national for using malware linked to OPM hack

US authorities have arrested a Chinese national for allegedly using malware linked to a breach of millions of records at the US federal personnel agency
August 24, 2017 24 Aug'17
Flashpoint warns of under-the-radar phishing campaigns

Simple but hard-to-detect phishing campaigns are targeting all industry sectors as a key enabler of business email compromise attacks, security analysts warn
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
SAP Ariba gaining ground in APAC

Companies like Woolworths and DuluxGroup in Australia are using the cloud-based service to reduce procurement costs and risks

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
Blockchain could reduce deaths and illness resulting from food contamination

Some of the biggest companies in the food supply sector are working with IBM to find ways to use blockchain technology to improve food safety
August 22, 2017 22 Aug'17
Industrial robots a security risk, warns IOActive

Some of the most popular industrial and domestic robot brands have various vulnerabilities that could by exploited by cyber attackers, a research paper warns
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 19, 2017 19 Aug'17
Top UK directors lack training to deal with cyber attacks

The UK’s top firms and charities urgently need to do more to protect themselves from online threats, according to a government-backed audit

August 18, 2017 18 Aug'17
Researchers find potentially lethal car hack with no quick fix

Security researchers have discovered a supplier-neutral and stealthy smart car hack that can drastically affect the performance and function of the vehicle
August 17, 2017 17 Aug'17
LG Electronics hit by suspected WannaCry attack

LG Electronics have been hit by ransomware that uses malicious code that could signal another WannaCry attack
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 17, 2017 17 Aug'17
Developers lack skills needed for secure DevOps, survey shows

The growing demand for developers with security skills is outpacing supply, but a survey reveals that a lack of formal security education and training by employers is contributing to the growing skills gap
August 16, 2017 16 Aug'17
Fiat joins BMW's autonomous car platform initiative

Car makers Fiat and BMW are working in collaboration with Intel and Mobileye to develop a scalable platform for self-driving vehicles
August 16, 2017 16 Aug'17
ClickMechanic uses GitHub to streamline coding to production

Digital service that connects car mechanics and garages to customers sees GitHub as a core part of its coding lifecycle
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 15, 2017 15 Aug'17
Leaked SMB exploits make malware powerful, warns Cylance

Four key exploits at the heart of hacking tools leaked by the Shadow Brokers have given malware authors a lot of power, say security researchers
August 15, 2017 15 Aug'17
Exploit leaks are a cyber security game changer, says Kaspersky Lab

Leaked exploits became the game changer of the cyber threat landscape in the second quarter of 2017, say security researchers
August 11, 2017 11 Aug'17
Manufacturing a key target for cyber attacks

Manufacturers are a key and growing target for cyber criminals, a threat intelligence report reveals
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
Websites giving hackers easy access, audit reveals

Many company websites still contain critical vulnerabilities that cyber criminals can use to carry out a variety of cyber attacks, a security audit shows
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
August 07, 2017 07 Aug'17
UK calls for smart car cyber protection

A new generation of internet-connected cars will have to be better protected from cyber attackers, under tough new UK government guidance
August 04, 2017 04 Aug'17
Security audits reveal poor state of corporate cyber defences

Critical vulnerabilities detected in 47% of corporate systems investigated in security audits by Positive Technologies
August 02, 2017 02 Aug'17
US plans IoT security legislation, but UK unlikely to follow

US Republican and Democrat senators have proposed legislation seeking to address security vulnerabilities in IoT devices
August 02, 2017 02 Aug'17
UK cities outside London show signs of technology innovation

In their fifth UK Tech Innovation Index, the Open Data Institute and the Digital Catapult organisation reveal signs of tech innovation outside the UK capital – but London leads by a long way
August 02, 2017 02 Aug'17
Fruit firm W B Chambers uses IFS suite to grow business

W B Chambers, a Kentish fruit farm, has chosen IFS to support its business growth and to guard against the labour pool uncertainties of Brexit
July 27, 2017 27 Jul'17
Cyber security not a priority for most sectors, study finds

Despite data breaches costing UK firms nearly £30bn in 2016, cyber security is still not a priority for most UK industry sectors, a study has revealed
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
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 20, 2017 20 Jul'17
Security Serious Week summit goes virtual

The third annual Security Serious Week in October 2017 will feature an entirely virtual conference, accessible to anyone who is online
July 20, 2017 20 Jul'17
Devil’s Ivy a call to action on IoT security

The discovery of a security flaw in an open source third-party code library that could allow attackers to access and hijack devices underlines the need for a greater focus IoT security, say experts
July 19, 2017 19 Jul'17
WannaCry has changed attitudes to cyber security, surveys show

Attitudes to cyber security have changed in the boardroom and among staff in the wake of the recent WannaCry attack, two surveys have revealed
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 17, 2017 17 Jul'17
Siemens to open Singapore digitalisation hub in IoT push

Siemens' digitalisation hub will be home to 60 specialists who will develop internet of things applications in areas including advanced manufacturing and healthcare
July 11, 2017 11 Jul'17
Airbus helps drive critical infrastructure cyber security

Airbus is helping to drive the cyber security market for industrial control systems used throughout industry, including many providers of critical national infrastructure
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
Business needs to get real about cyber security, warn BT and KPMG

Businesses need to change the way they think about cyber security from the board down to avoid getting caught in common traps and becoming vulnerable to attack, a report warns
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
Key lessons from ‘Petya’ ransomware attack

While the cyber security community is still working to understand the latest ransomware attack that has reportedly hit 60 countries, there are key lessons to be learned
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 29, 2017 29 Jun'17
Ocado Technology completes two-week self-driving van trial in Greenwich

Ocado Technology opens up about how self-driving vans could revolutionise grocery deliveries in urban areas in the years to come
June 29, 2017 29 Jun'17
Cyber security in industrial control systems poor, says Crest

A lack of standards-based technical security testing is putting industrial control environments and critical national infrastructure at risk of cyber attack, a report reveals
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
Stronger cyber resilience culture needed to combat threats

Closer collaboration between departments such as business continuity and information security could help raise staff awareness to counter the cyber threat, according to industry experts
June 27, 2017 27 Jun'17
French aeronautics and aerospace manufacturer optimises datacentres

High-tech manufacturer outsources datacentre management to support its digital transformation
June 23, 2017 23 Jun'17
Housing developer rolls out HCM to pave way for stock market listing

Bonava, which provides affordable and sustainable housing in Northern and Eastern Europe, rolled out HR technology in record time to meet a deadline to list on the Stockholm Stock Exchange
June 21, 2017 21 Jun'17
Business urged to block WannaCry as Honda halts production

Businesses are being urged to ensure that they are not vulnerable to WannaCry ransomware after a vehicle manufacturer discovered an infection on its networks
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 19, 2017 19 Jun'17
Hovis boosts job applications after HR tech roll-out

Baker and flour miller expects a quick payback from HR technology project
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 14, 2017 14 Jun'17
HR technology essential to cutting-edge customer service, say big businesses

If you can’t get your internal HR systems right, the business will suffer – Jaguar Land Rover, Lufthansa and Russia’s Sberbank explain why
June 13, 2017 13 Jun'17
Ford commits to London tech community with innovation centre

Ford is opening an innovation centre in east London to tap into the London tech scene
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 13, 2017 13 Jun'17
Nordic CIO interview: Juha Penttilä, Valio

CIO at Finnish dairy company is trying to make its IT department proactive rather than just fixing problems
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 12, 2017 12 Jun'17
Wickes customers hit by ‘system-wide’ online ordering problems

Computer Weekly understands a “system-wide” issue is affecting the home improvement firm's online delivery bookings, as well as its click-and-collect services
June 12, 2017 12 Jun'17
Telematics firm on track for growth with managed SIMs and IoT

Fleet-tracking company Protrack is using a managed SIM card and internet of things services to improve its customer services posture and enter new markets
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 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 07, 2017 07 Jun'17
Infosec17: IoT security regulation coming, warns Bruce Schneier

A security expert urges the security industry to engage with government to ensure that regulation of IoT security is smart regulation
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
June 05, 2017 05 Jun'17
GE digital facility in Paris introduces its first set of startups to customers

The first five software developers to graduate in GE's Foundry are now in front of the company’s customers
June 01, 2017 01 Jun'17
Top UK firms’ websites violate key GDPR principle

Just over one-third of all the public web pages of leading UK companies that collect personal information violate a key principle of new European data protection regulations
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 31, 2017 31 May'17
Volvo partners Google to develop Android for cars

Car manufacturer and web giant are jointly developing an Android-based in-car infotainment system
May 26, 2017 26 May'17
China’s aviation industry to boost demand for 3D printing

The maiden flight undertaken by the China-made C919 commercial airliner marks the start of growing demand for 3D printing in the country
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 23, 2017 23 May'17
Three-quarters of internet of things projects are at risk of failure

At Cisco’s IoT World Forum in London, the network supplier releases statistics suggesting that most IoT projects are at risk of, or doomed to, failure
May 22, 2017 22 May'17
Middle East largely unscathed after WannaCry cyber attack

The impact of WannaCry on the Middle East was reduced due to the attack falling on a weekend, but it is a stark warning
May 18, 2017 18 May'17
Brits expect driverless cars to outnumber normal cars in 15 years

Survey shows 42% of people think autonomous vehicles will make roads safer, but 46% admit they would not feel safe as a passenger in a driverless vehicle
May 18, 2017 18 May'17
Half of CIOs have no Brexit plan because of uncertainty

Uncertainty caused by the UK leaving the EU has caused a pause in activity for half of CIOs, while the others are accelerating their digital transformation
May 17, 2017 17 May'17
London digital sector continues to grow faster than rest of UK

The gap between the number of digital tech firms in London and the rest of the UK is growing
May 16, 2017 16 May'17
Colt extends high bandwidth network into Finland

Network and datacentre provider will expand its high bandwidth IQ Network to Helsinki to offer pan-Eurasian and local connectivity
May 16, 2017 16 May'17
Financial services CISOs prioritise GDPR – but their service providers might not have

Survey shows 52% of CISOs working in the finance sector have made compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation an investment priority
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 11, 2017 11 May'17
Allianz researchers working with car makers on cyber security

Allianz Germany is working with the local car manufacturing industry to highlight the vulnerabilities in the electronics systems of vehicles that can be exploited by criminals
May 10, 2017 10 May'17
Trump’s ‘hire American’ rhetoric is stalling global IT services sector

The IT services sector is facing an important period as political decisions impact their business models
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 10, 2017 10 May'17
Automation can turn tables on cyber attackers

Security defenders should use automation to turn the tables on attackers, according to the CTO of the US Department of Homeland Security
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 04, 2017 04 May'17
Combound uses AI tool to manage customer interactions

Global sales service provider Combound is using a platform with artificial intelligence to support its telephone-based sales teams
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 27, 2017 27 Apr'17
Cyber espionage up, but basic defences still down, DBIR shows

Organisations are still failing to address basic security issues and well-known attack methods, Verizon’s latest Data Breach Investigations Report reveals for a second year in a row
April 26, 2017 26 Apr'17
Dutch manufacturer turns to SDN to save 30% on network costs

Huisman, a Netherlands-based manufacturer of heavy construction equipment, has chosen Masergy to supply a hybrid WAN and SDN platform to connect multiple global locations
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 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