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• February 05, 2016 05 Feb'16

  Italy embraces cloud storage for multiple platforms

  Investment in the cloud and storage is rising rapidly in Italy as customers see the benefits of cloud storage for many use cases and the savings it can bring

• February 04, 2016 04 Feb'16

  How to survive a broadband service failure

  With BT yet again forced to apologise to consumer and business broadband customers after another technical fault, how can businesses reliant on one telco prepare themselves for the inevitable?

• February 04, 2016 04 Feb'16

  IoT risks raise concerns among IT specialists in central and eastern Europe

  The internet of things is gaining momentum in central and eastern Europe, but IT professionals have worries over security

• February 04, 2016 04 Feb'16

  Google’s Chrome to flag deceptive embedded content

  Browser will warn of any embedded content such as ads that pretend to act like, and look and feel like, a trusted entity

• February 03, 2016 03 Feb'16

  Further staff cuts at Yahoo as it reports a $4.43bn loss

  Yahoo announces another strategic plan to reduce costs by $400m and raise up to $3bn in the wake of a $4.43bn loss for the fourth quarter of 2015

• February 02, 2016 02 Feb'16

  WhatsApp reaches one billion user milestone

  As the WhatsApp messaging service hits a new peak, Facebook plans to use it to make money by enabling businesses to communicate with customers

• February 01, 2016 01 Feb'16

  Winners announced for UK Games Fund as government ramps up creative industries

  The Department of Culture Media and Sport has announced the winners of the first round of its UK Games Fund designed to promote growth in UK creative industries

• February 01, 2016 01 Feb'16

  Oracle to build cloud datacentre in Abu Dhabi

  Move seen as acknowledgement that local presence is required for increased cloud growth

• January 28, 2016 28 Jan'16

  BBC awards broadcast network contract to BT

  BT is awarded a seven-year, £100m plus contract to supply networking services to the BBC

• January 28, 2016 28 Jan'16

  Facebook shares top $100 on bumper fourth quarter

  Facebook's share price has risen above $100 in response to better than expected annual and fourth-quarter results for 2015

• January 27, 2016 27 Jan'16

  Keep data safe or risk financial impact, ICO warns business

  The knock-on effect of a data breach can be devastating for a company, warns information commissioner Christopher Graham

• January 22, 2016 22 Jan'16

  Crunch time for Australian CIOs as analytics platforms drive strategy in 2016

  CIOs in Australia and elsewhere will be expected to deploy technologies that promise to help them get more from the information they own

• January 22, 2016 22 Jan'16

  Trinity Mirror Group taps into cloud, agile and microservices to boost web user experience

  National and regional newspaper publishing group is using AWS and SOASTA's performance monitoring tools to improve the user experience for its online readers

• January 21, 2016 21 Jan'16

  Candy Crush maker King secures mobile access through cloud

  Candy Crush maker King.com uses cloud-based Duo Security authentication for access to cloud services, customised apps and remote VPNs

• January 20, 2016 20 Jan'16

  PwC acquires Polish cloud consultancy for European operation

  PwC is buying Poland-based IT services firm Outbox to build its cloud skills and resources across Europe

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  UK IT and business process outsourcing plummeted in 2015, show ISG figures

  The amount of money UK organisations spent on IT and business process outsourcing fell sharply in 2015, compared to the previous year

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  Migration recommendations could hike the cost of Indian IT services

  Government recommendations to tighten up the rules around overseas workers in the UK could increase IT costs for businesses

• January 18, 2016 18 Jan'16

  Irish Tax Institute accelerates tax database search with MarkLogic

  The Irish Tax Institute has opted for MarkLogic for its TaxFind database service, with a system that pools a range of data types

• January 13, 2016 13 Jan'16

  Valve deploys 100Gbps ports to support Steam gaming growth

  Gaming firm Valve upgrades its network infrastructure with Level 3 to support the growth of its social entertainment and gaming platform Steam

• January 12, 2016 12 Jan'16

  More endpoints managed is security concern, say IT services firms

  The rising number of devices connected to corporate networks is a security challenge for the IT services firms managing these endpoints

• January 11, 2016 11 Jan'16

  EU data protection rules affect everyone, say legal experts

  The EU's new data protection rules will impact every entity that holds or uses European personal data both inside and outside of Europe, according to legal experts

• January 11, 2016 11 Jan'16

  Top priorities for Nordic CIOs in 2016

  What are the main priorities for CIOs in the Nordic region this year? Computer Weekly asks some of the region’s experts

• January 07, 2016 07 Jan'16

  Yahoo plans to cut workforce by 10%

  News of workforce reduction comes a day after activist investor Starboard Value called for significant changes in a letter to Yahoo board

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Fears of software skills shortage in Germany and the Netherlands

  Organisations in Germany and the Netherlands are struggling to fill positions for software developers as they digitise

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Free public communications network rolls out in New York City

  Communication hubs will provide free public Wi-Fi, voice and video calls, device charging and tablets for internet browsing, access to city services, maps and directions

• January 04, 2016 04 Jan'16

  IT security predictions for Australian organisations in 2016

  What IT security challenges should Australian organisations expect in the new year?

• January 04, 2016 04 Jan'16

  Games developers to be in demand in 2016

  The UK video games industry is set to grow over the next year, with more than 70% of employers planning to make new hires

• January 04, 2016 04 Jan'16

  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sets personal AI challenge for 2016

  Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg plans to code a Jarvis-like AI assistant to help around the house and with his work in 2016

• December 23, 2015 23 Dec'15

  CIO interview: Henry Cohen, CIO, Telegraph Media Group

  The newspaper publisher is developing an agile mindset in response to the growth of digital over printed publications

• December 23, 2015 23 Dec'15

  BBC CTO Matthew Postgate to head up technology division

  Matthew Postgate, chief technology officer of the BBC, will take on a different role in April 2016 leading a new division for the firm

• December 23, 2015 23 Dec'15

  Top 10 APAC IT stories of 2015

  The top 10 Computer Weekly articles about enterprise IT in the Asean and ANZ regions

• December 23, 2015 23 Dec'15

  Top 10 CIO interviews of 2015

  The IT leaders in the UK and across Europe who shared their strategies and plans with Computer Weekly in 2015

• December 17, 2015 17 Dec'15

  Australian corporate counsel under cyber attack but no plans to increase security spend

  Australia’s corporate counsel are suffering a high rate of data breaches compared to many regions, but do not plan to spend more on preventative security

• December 16, 2015 16 Dec'15

  Deal on EU data protection is close

  A deal to standardise data protection rules across the EU could be imminent after compromises were made

• December 15, 2015 15 Dec'15

  Will more business mean more IT adoption in post-election Myanmar?

  Myanmar is set for huge economic, social and cultural changes after the recent general election and IT has a key role to play

• December 14, 2015 14 Dec'15

  CIO interview: Simon Rose, IT director, Digital Cinema Media

  The company that brokers screen advertising for cinemas needs good integration and exchange of data with movie theatres across the country

• December 10, 2015 10 Dec'15

  European Commission proposes rules for digital content and online sales

  The EC has published proposals aimed at promoting access to digital content and online sales across the European Union and include an overhaul of copyright laws

• December 09, 2015 09 Dec'15

  Russian big data in early stages

  The use of big data technologies in Russia is still embryonic and the economic slowdown is stalling developments

• December 09, 2015 09 Dec'15

  Verizon eyes Yahoo as it abandons Alibaba spin off

  Yahoo is expected to announce that it will not place its 15% Alibaba holding in a separate company, but focus instead on its core business

• December 09, 2015 09 Dec'15

  Nordic startups take on the enterprise mobile app market

  Nordic startups are targeting the mobile market with software to help customers create apps as demand from businesses in their home region and beyond grows

• December 09, 2015 09 Dec'15

  Christina Scott quits Financial Times to become News UK CTO

  CIO of the Financial Times, Christina Scott, will be joining News UK as its chief technology officer in 2016

• December 08, 2015 08 Dec'15

  Australian university launches cyber security master's degree

  The University of New South Wales in Canberra has launched a master's course in cyber security, strategy and diplomacy

• December 07, 2015 07 Dec'15

  Cyber attacks an increasing concern for Asean countries

  Organisations in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are increasingly the targets for cyber criminals, according to a report focused on the region

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  Internet of things will be one of the Asean IT highlights in 2016

  IoT investments will be one of the major trends in Asean economies throughout 2016, according to predictions from Frost & Sullivan.

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  CIO interview: Mikael Pommert, Modern Times Group

  Modern Times Group's CIO tells Computer Weekly about the challenges and benefits of moving an established business to the cloud

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  India’s HCL opens Estonian operation to support Nordic customers

  HCL Technologies opens an Estonian delivery centre which will support customers across Europe, including those in the Nordic region

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  Wetherspoon pub chain warns customers of data breach

  Discovery of a data breach at JD Wetherspoons comes hard on the heels of a breach at TalkTalk, underlining the importance of keeping customer data safe

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  Europe's CIOs must raise their game in testing software quality

  CIOs across Europe have more work to do to ensure the structural quality of software is sound as IT becomes more important to organisations across different sectors

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  Veracode finds most web apps fail Owasp security check list

  The findings of a report on critical vulnerabilities in most web applications is raising concerns over potential security vulnerabilities in millions of websites

• December 02, 2015 02 Dec'15

  UKtech50 2015 - The most influential people in UK IT

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

• December 01, 2015 01 Dec'15

  International police seize nearly 1,000 counterfeit goods sites

  UK law enforcement officers have taken part in the largest international operation to date against the sale of counterfeit goods on e-commerce platforms and social networks

• November 27, 2015 27 Nov'15

  First businesses connect to Edinburgh’s gigabit network

  The first businesses have begun to connect to Edinburgh’s council-backed CORE fibre network

• November 27, 2015 27 Nov'15

  Digital drives business consultancy in IT outsourcing renewals

  As IT outsourcing contracts come up for renewal, CIOs might consider more business expertise to help them negotiate contracts that support inevitable digital expansion

• November 19, 2015 19 Nov'15

  Fujitsu UK CEO calls for more Stem on TV

  Fujitsu’s UK and Ireland CEO Regina Moran argues for promoting science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) subjects and careers in the mainstream media

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Traditional datacentres ill-equipped to cope with IoT demands, warn technology experts

  BBC data scientist and Coca Cola CTO question if the datacentre is the right place to store, process and analyse IoT data

• November 17, 2015 17 Nov'15

  Businesses struggling to transition to digital era

  Businesses are struggling to understand new technologies and the exponential process improvements they can enable, according to Ernst & Young partner Christoph Kilger

• November 16, 2015 16 Nov'15

  Ad agency that rejected cloud boosts Cleversafe object storage

  Ad content agency Hogarth rejected cloud storage as too expensive and unreliable, opting for in-house object storage from Cleversafe with nearly 5PB

• November 13, 2015 13 Nov'15

  Passwords still a top issue the tech industry has to deal with, says panel

  In the face of several failed attempts by individual companies to eliminate passwords, a growing number of large companies are joining the Fido Alliance, ISSE 2015 conference in Berlin told

• November 12, 2015 12 Nov'15

  TCS to give internships to 1,000 UK graduates

  IT services firm TCS is offering a thousand British youngsters the opportunity to work at some of its technology centres in India

• November 12, 2015 12 Nov'15

  The British Museum uses Google Street View to boost online access to exhibits

  The Google Cultural Institute has partnered with The British Museum to help make its collections accessible to people around the world

• November 10, 2015 10 Nov'15

  Government launches cyber security research project

  The government has launched a programme to get businesses more involved in cyber security research

• November 09, 2015 09 Nov'15

  IT and business process outsourcing surges after general election

  Business confidence following the general election is explained as the main reason for a massive hike in spending on IT and business process outsourcing by UK organisations

• November 04, 2015 04 Nov'15

  How IoT will impact the Asean cloud landscape

  IoT deployments are in their early stages in the Asean region, but experts predict as take-up of IoT apps increases it will have a big impact on IT infrastructures in the region

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  CIO interview: Mette Jæpelt, Egmont Group

  Egmont CIO Mette Jæpelt is a supplier and colleague to the company's business groups, which makes her current role different from any other in her 35-year career

• October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15

  Mobile attacks more vicious, insidious and malicious, says Blue Coat

  An increase in insidious and malicious attack types should sound an alarm to strengthen defences, according to a mobile malware report

• October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15

  Twitter share price down after disappointing forecast and growth

  Twitter shares fell by 14% to $27.38 in extended trading in response to a disappointing forecast and continued slow user growth

• October 27, 2015 27 Oct'15

  Ford adds social media controls to Sync system

  Ford is to give drivers the ability to access their social media accounts using voice controls while on the road

• October 27, 2015 27 Oct'15

  Police arrest teenager over TalkTalk hack

  Police are interviewing and searching the home of a 15-year-old boy in Northern Ireland in connection with a hack attack on TalkTalk that was feared to have exposed personal details of four million customers

• October 23, 2015 23 Oct'15

  CIO interview: Christina Scott, CIO, Financial Times

  As a leading global media firm, the FT is at the forefront of digital change – not to mention a new owner that means bringing IT back from its former parent

• October 22, 2015 22 Oct'15

  Sony $8m breach settlement underlines need to secure personal data

  Sony will pay up to $10,000 to each claimant for identity theft losses and up to $1,000 each to cover the cost of credit-fraud protection services in connection with a cyber attack on the firm in 2014

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  Turning data into action still tricky for Australia's data scientists

  Australian businesses need to change their attitudes towards data scientists if they are to unshackle the benefits of data

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  Dow Jones denies it was target of insider trading hack

  Dow Jones says there is no information to support reports that it was the target of hackers seeking information for insider trading

• October 16, 2015 16 Oct'15

  Yahoo announces password-killing Account Key

  Yahoo Account Key uses push notifications to provide a fast and secure way to access Yahoo accounts from a mobile device

• October 16, 2015 16 Oct'15

  Uninstall Adobe Flash, experts advise as zero-day hits

  A critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Flash Player 19.0.0.207 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh and Linux

• October 15, 2015 15 Oct'15

  Technologies to consider when renewing an IT services contract

  Technology changes quickly, so organisations should ensure flexibility is built into IT services contracts to avoid missing out on the benefits of the latest advances

• October 15, 2015 15 Oct'15

  Ofcom regulates Amazon Instant Video

  Broadcast watchdog Ofcom will regulate video-on-demand (VOD) services – such as Amazon Instant Video – although rules for VOD content differ from broadcast

• October 12, 2015 12 Oct'15

  Government sets up £4m fund to spur video games industry

  The Department for Culture, Media and Sport announces grants of up to £25,000 from the Video Games Prototype fund to help new UK games developers get off the ground

• October 12, 2015 12 Oct'15

  Data breach hits Dow Jones

  Hackers may have accessed the payment card details of up to 3,500 customers, warns finance publisher Dow Jones

• October 07, 2015 07 Oct'15

  Internet of things is next step along Infiniti Red Bull’s F1 journey

  Formula 1 team Infiniti Red Bull Racing is beginning to explore the potential of the IoT as it makes ongoing improvements to its networking infrastructure with support from AT&T

• October 06, 2015 06 Oct'15

  EU Safe Harbour ruling requires a rethink of data processes

  The European Court of Justice's decision to invalidate the Safe Harbour agreement has far-reaching implications for businesses

• October 06, 2015 06 Oct'15

  Max Schrems welcomes ECJ ruling that Safe Harbour is invalid

  The European Court of Justice declares the Safe Harbour framework invalid as a mechanism to legitimise transfers of personal data from the EU to the US

• October 05, 2015 05 Oct'15

  Facebook ruling not only landmark data protection case in Europe, say experts

  A landmark ruling against Slovakia-based website Weltimmo could impact the Max Schrems case against Facebook and new European data protection rules currently being finalised

• October 03, 2015 03 Oct'15

  What to consider when IT outsourcing contracts come up for renewal

  Outsourcing contracts worth billions of pounds come up for renewal over the next few years – but unprecedented industry change complicates the CIO's decision

• October 01, 2015 01 Oct'15

  Facebook court judgement threatens Safe Harbour data-sharing agreement with US

  The European Court of Justice (ECJ) could torpedo the EU/US Safe Harbour agreement following the US National Security Agency's (NSA) mass surveillance on EU citizens using Facebook data

• October 01, 2015 01 Oct'15

  Education, energy and finance top UK cyber attack targets

  The UK remains in the top five most targeted countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa but has dropped from number one in 2014 to fifth place for the first half of 2015, a FireEye report reveals

• September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15

  Women in “a position of power” in IT industry, says BBC panel

  Women looking to make the move to the IT industry have the upper hand, according to a panel discussion at the BBC

• September 29, 2015 29 Sep'15

  Two thirds of UK businesses never meet important customers

  British businesses don't always meet their best customers or the people they do most business with, because of trends in modern technology

• September 29, 2015 29 Sep'15

  Facebook shares dip after site outage

  Facebook was down for 42 minutes around midday in California, after being out of service for 12 minutes four days earlier

• September 23, 2015 23 Sep'15

  Tech innovation leads the 'slow demise of traditional broadcast'

  The broadcast sector is being revolutionised by internet technology, as delegates to the annual IBC show in Amsterdam found out

• September 21, 2015 21 Sep'15

  Starbucks European IT director moves to education publisher Pearson

  Robert Teagle quits the coffee company after eight years as European IT chief

• September 17, 2015 17 Sep'15

  Rugby World Cup host city Gloucester gets free city Wi-Fi network

  BT tries out a free public wireless network in the centre of Gloucester as the city prepares to host the Rugby World Cup

• September 17, 2015 17 Sep'15

  Singapore general election reveals growing importance of social media

  Organisations in all sectors in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) countries are recognising the influence of social networking

• September 11, 2015 11 Sep'15

  Few cyber attacks sophisticated, says Telefonica security chief

  Most big data breaches are enabled by spear phishing and a lack of capabilities to detect and respond to intrusions, not sophisticated malware or attack techniques, says Telefonica's head of security

• September 09, 2015 09 Sep'15

  BBC announces digital content season as part of Make it Digital initiative

  Six months on from the launch of its Make it Digital initiative to help children embrace technology, the BBC announces digital content season across its media channels

• September 09, 2015 09 Sep'15

  WhatsApp fixes security vulnerability

  Security researchers have praised Facebook's WhatsApp cross-platform messenger service for its quick response to a vulnerability disclosure

• September 07, 2015 07 Sep'15

  BBC director general Tony Hall proposes an 'open BBC for the internet age'

  As the internet changes the way the public consumes content, the BBC proposes to make itself a platform for UK talent and an ongoing trustworthy source

• September 03, 2015 03 Sep'15

  Sony Pictures reaches settlement in lawsuit over data breach

  Sony Pictures has reached a settlement agreement with former employees in an what appears to be an attempt to avoid a class-action lawsuit

• September 02, 2015 02 Sep'15

  Top technology companies develop royalty-free media formats

  Amazon, Cisco, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Mozilla and Netflix have joined forces to develop fast, interoperable and royalty-free online media formats

• August 28, 2015 28 Aug'15

  Police arrest six UK teenagers for using DDoS cyber attack tool

  Police arrest six UK teenagers on suspicion of using a DDoS attack tool targeting a national newspaper, a school and online gaming companies and retailers

• August 28, 2015 28 Aug'15

  Google denies abusing dominant market position in Europe

  Internet giant says the preliminary findings of the EC's investigation into its business practices are “wrong as a matter of fact, law and economics"