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IT for retail and logistics

• October 11, 2017 11 Oct'17

  Dutch government agreement increasingly focuses on IT security

  The coalition government in the Netherlands has agreed its plan for the next four years, with IT security prominent

• October 10, 2017 10 Oct'17

  Some IT contractors earning more than £700 a day

  Research shows 40% of contractors reach the average annual IT salary within three months

• October 03, 2017 03 Oct'17

  CIOs moving to revenue-generating roles

  Gartner survey shows changing role for CIOs to cover revenue generation and deriving value from data, and spending less time on traditional IT delivery

• September 25, 2017 25 Sep'17

  Amazon launches Middle East region

  Amazon opens its latest delivery hub in Bahrain to serve customers in the Middle East

• September 22, 2017 22 Sep'17

  CIO interview: Russell Harte, group technology director, DFS

  The furniture store’s group head of IT speaks to Computer Weekly about how customer experience can be used internally

• September 20, 2017 20 Sep'17

  Blockchain tests delivering results and IBM seen as leader

  Businesses that have invested in trials of blockchain technology will repeat their investments

• September 14, 2017 14 Sep'17

  BT offers enterprise customers flexible bandwidth for peak usage

  New element of BT IP Connect Global WAN service will enable businesses to dial their network capacity up and down at will

• September 06, 2017 06 Sep'17

  European Union states question copyright law proposal

  European states are questioning legality of a new copyright law proposed by the EU

• September 06, 2017 06 Sep'17

  IoT networks a massive sales opportunity for operators, claims GSMA

  Commercial initiatives around low power wide area network infrastructure will present mobile operators with a potential $1.8tn revenue opportunity over the next decade

• September 05, 2017 05 Sep'17

  People with non-IT backgrounds could help fill cyber security skills gap

  Organisations should look to fill cyber security roles with people who are curious and have work experience rather than focusing solely on graduates

• September 04, 2017 04 Sep'17

  Women still under-represented in Nordic IT despite region’s efforts

  Although countries in the Nordic region are often hailed as pioneers of digital and equal worker rights, there is still gender inequality in the IT sector.

• September 04, 2017 04 Sep'17

  Government launches FTTP pilot for businesses, schools and hospitals

  The government has released £10m to six FTTP trial projects around the UK, testing ultrafast broadband technology in businesses, schools and hospitals

• September 01, 2017 01 Sep'17

  Content delivery innovation improves user experience for e-tailer

  WorldStores Group, the owner of a number of online home and lifestyle retail brands, has transformed its customer experience with enhanced content delivery capabilities from Instart Logic

• August 31, 2017 31 Aug'17

  Open source helps Schiphol fly to multi-clouds

  Amsterdam airport Schiphol is utilising open source software to create and use a multi-cloud platform with an open API

• August 29, 2017 29 Aug'17

  CIO Interview: Neal Sunners, CIO, Avis Budget Group

  CIO international and senior vice-president for innovation at car rental firm aims to remove customer stress by driving mobile self-service applications

• 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

  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 21, 2017 21 Aug'17

  NotPetya highlights cyber risk in shipping industry

  Malware attack has shown that the shipping industry is vulnerable to cyber attacks, with Danish shipping giant Maersk reporting potential cost of up to $300m

• 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 14, 2017 14 Aug'17

  Most consumers think they are more digitally savvy than some retailers

  Consumers are becoming increasingly digital in the way they shop, and a survey shows nearly 60% think they are more digitally innovative than some retailers

• August 10, 2017 10 Aug'17

  CIO interview: Daniel Gebler, chief technology officer, Picnic

  The Netherlands has the highest supermarket density in the world, yet a technology company has been able to gain market share from the established order

• 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

  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 03, 2017 03 Aug'17

  Sub-postmasters allege 'bullying and intimidation' by Post Office over Horizon IT system

  Campaigners have submitted initial evidence in group litigation against Post Office over controversial Horizon IT system

• July 24, 2017 24 Jul'17

  Mastercard outlines future digital payment platforms after improvements to Qkr

  Mastercard has developed its mobile app, Qkr, for spectators at The Open Championship. The improvements further demonstrate new digital payment platforms offered by the company

• July 24, 2017 24 Jul'17

  Tesco expands reach for same-day grocery delivery

  Supermarket retailer Tesco announces it will be extending its offering of same-day delivery for groceries to across the UK

• July 20, 2017 20 Jul'17

  Retail data breaches still high as GDPR deadline looms

  As the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation compliance deadline approaches, retail data breaches remain unacceptably high, a data threat report reveals

• July 17, 2017 17 Jul'17

  IBM claims breakthrough in mainframe encryption

  IBM says its new mainframe ushers in a new era of data protection in response to a call to action from chief information security officers and security experts worldwide

• July 06, 2017 06 Jul'17

  Sainsbury’s Group sales grow as Argos boosts performance

  Group reports 8% increase in online grocery business and 10% rise in online Argos sales as total like-for-like sales jump 2.3% in first quarter

• June 30, 2017 30 Jun'17

  Danish shipping giant Maersk recovering from major Petya cyber attack

  Company confirms attack took down its IT system across multiple sites and business units, but has now been contained

• 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 23, 2017 23 Jun'17

  Swedish fintech Klarna gains full banking licence

  Swedish online payments provider Klarna becomes one of “the largest banks in Europe” after being granted an EU-wide banking licence by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority

• June 22, 2017 22 Jun'17

  Voice biometrics still relatively unheard

  Authentication system could help reduce UK fraud by making it hard for fraudsters to glean information from contact centres

• June 22, 2017 22 Jun'17

  Waitrose joins John Lewis for Jlab 2017

  The 2017 JLab will see Waitrose, John Lewis and JLP Ventures band together to mentor and develop several retail technology startups

• 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 20, 2017 20 Jun'17

  Tesco customers miss out on deliveries due to tech fault

  A glitch in the supermarket’s store-side systems has meant Tesco’s deliveries to customers have been delayed

• 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 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 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 02, 2017 02 Jun'17

  GDPR about change management, says startup DPO

  There are threats and risks associated with the GDPR, but one data protection officer believes organisations should focus on the business opportunities instead

• May 31, 2017 31 May'17

  WannaCry shows validity of risk-based security, says RSA head

  WannaCry and other recent cyber attacks underline the importance of adopting a risk-based approach to security, says RSA president

• May 31, 2017 31 May'17

  Hundreds of sub-postmasters have applied to join IT-related legal action since March

  The number of sub-postmasters who claim to have suffered as a result of a faulty Post Office IT system has reached 1,300

• May 31, 2017 31 May'17

  Norwegian bakery chain gets the taste of mobile reporting

  Baker Brun, a bakery company in Norway, is modernising its business processes through the latest technologies

• May 30, 2017 30 May'17

  Taiwan’s OwlTing taps blockchain to improve food safety

  The e-commerce company is using blockchain technology to provide consumers with greater transparency on food sources and production processes

• May 25, 2017 25 May'17

  Finding customer data is big hurdle to meeting GDPR right to erasure

  Global organisations do not know where customer data is stored and use unreliable data removal methods to erase content, a study shows

• May 15, 2017 15 May'17

  Toys R Us introduces tablets for store staff

  Toy and games retailer Toys R Us is trialling the use of tablets for store assistance to provide a better customer service experience

• 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

  Made.com trialling real-time chat for customer advice

  Online retailer Made.com has partnered with Hero so showroom staff can chat live with online shoppers to help with queries and shopping decisions

• 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