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• 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 19, 2017 19 Jan'17

  Viasat builds IoT network for connected vehicle insurance

  Satellite connectivity services supplier’s worldwide internet of things network will support customers operating connected vehicles

• 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

• January 04, 2017 04 Jan'17

  Flight booking systems easy to hack, researchers warn

  Malicious actors could infiltrate systems to alter passenger information and even cancel bookings, Chaos Communications Congress told

• 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 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 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 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 31, 2016 31 Oct'16

  Black cab customers can now pay by card as well as cash

  London Mayor’s Taxi and Private Hire Action Plan sees card technology introduced to all black cabs in the capital

• October 10, 2016 10 Oct'16

  More virtualisation to come in mature Australian market

  Australia has been hailed as a rapidly growing market for mobile virtualisation

• October 04, 2016 04 Oct'16

  Demand rises for low-cost flash storage across Australia

  Flash storage gains popularity in Australia, as smaller organisations are attracted by lower prices and higher capacity

• October 03, 2016 03 Oct'16

  Network Rail hires Jeremy Vincent as CIO

  Jeremy Vincent takes on the role of CIO at Network Rail after former CIO Susan Cooklin was appointed as route services director earlier in 2016

• September 20, 2016 20 Sep'16

  Digital Catapult sets up London-wide IoT network

  The Digital Catapult is launching a London-wide internet of things network to support digital startups and SMEs as they develop applications and use-cases

• September 05, 2016 05 Sep'16

  Silverstone Circuit pilots smart transport service at 2016 British MotoGP

  Silverstone Circuit tests InterDigital’s oneTransport traffic flow management service at the 2016 British Grand Prix MotoGP

• August 30, 2016 30 Aug'16

  Westpac bank launches Databank data protection service

  Australia's Westpac bank is offering organisations that share customer data a service that it says securely locks down personal information

• August 16, 2016 16 Aug'16

  TfL’s 24-hour tube API retains app compatiblity

  TfL extends its open data API to support London’s 24-hour tube service, with TfL saying the API won’t break existing apps

• August 09, 2016 09 Aug'16

  PwC Australia uses gamification to teach cyber security lessons

  With the number of cyber incidents identified by Australian organisations more than doubling in the past year, PwC is using an online game to give enterprises first-hand experience of what it means to face a cyber attack

• August 08, 2016 08 Aug'16

  IT failure grounds Delta flights worldwide

  US airline Delta has temporarily grounded flights worldwide after a power failure took key IT systems offline in its home base of Atlanta, Georgia

• August 01, 2016 01 Aug'16

  Uber plans own Google Maps amid merger with rival in China

  Uber forges ahead with own digital mapping project as it cuts its losses in China by merging with local rival Didi Chuxing

• July 20, 2016 20 Jul'16

  Benelux CIO interview: Paul Elich, CIO at KLM

  Paul Elich, CIO at Dutch airline KLM, tells Computer Weekly about building innovation into IT departments and the ongoing de-duplication of internal systems since its merger with Air France

• July 12, 2016 12 Jul'16

  IBM sets up security centre in Canberra

  IBM leads the charge as large private businesses invest heavily in security resources across Australia in an attempt to close the security gap

• July 08, 2016 08 Jul'16

  McLaren-Honda rebuilds network platform on NTT foundations

  McLaren-Honda Formula 1 team embarks on three-year technology partnership with NTT Communications

• July 06, 2016 06 Jul'16

  UK's Darktrace aims to lead the way to automatic cyber security

  Darktrace hopes to be a leader in the move to automated cyber security to free up security professionals to focus on business risk and innovation

• July 06, 2016 06 Jul'16

  Lufthansa IT services arm transforms to meet customer demands

  IT supplier Lufthansa Systems is changing its business model as its airline customers invest in digital technologies

• June 20, 2016 20 Jun'16

  Lower average cost of Australian data breaches is not a sign of comfort

  The average cost of a data breach to Australian organisations dropped in 2015, according to research

• June 17, 2016 17 Jun'16

  Hays Recruitment service desk project is all gain and no pain

  The firm was attracted by the many benefits of a cloud-based service desk, but chief among them was the low risk involved in implementation

• June 17, 2016 17 Jun'16

  Bluetooth 5 standard brings range, speed and capacity boost for IoT

  The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has announced the forthcoming Bluetooth 5 standard, promising significant improvements to support an accessible and interoperable internet of things

• June 08, 2016 08 Jun'16

  Citrix expands in Middle East with first Saudi Arabia office

  Citrix is increasing its presence in the Middle East, opening its first office in Saudi Arabia with plans to expand into Qatar and Egypt

• June 07, 2016 07 Jun'16

  Unlicensed software rife among Asean computer users, says BSA

  The Asean region has the highest levels of unlicensed software use, according to the 2016 Global Software Survey from the Business Software Alliance (BSA)

• June 02, 2016 02 Jun'16

  Big data and open-source cloud technology help Gulf Air pin down customer sentiment

  Big data engine that performs sentiment analysis on both Arabic and English textual data helps airline to understand and react rapidly to customer preferences

• June 01, 2016 01 Jun'16

  Gotthard Base Tunnel opens with 4G coverage throughout

  Rail passengers travelling through the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland will be able to access 4G LTE connectivity throughout their journey

• May 18, 2016 18 May'16

  Queen’s Speech sets out plans for Digital Economy Bill

  The Queen’s Speech announced plans to make the UK a world leader in the digital economy and reiterated a commitment to making fast broadband a legal right

• May 10, 2016 10 May'16

  Safer cycling project wins BT smart city contest

  Northern Irish startup See.Sense scoops £15,000 prize in BT smart city contest after developing a connected bike light

• May 05, 2016 05 May'16

  Gulf Air creates private cloud to support open-source big data engine

  Airline is using a private cloud and open-source software to enable it to analyse social media and understand what consumers think about it

• May 04, 2016 04 May'16

  Real-time data helps manage traffic in Philippines

  OpenTraffic smart data platform provides free GPS information for better analysis of travel speeds and journey times in Metro Manila and Cebu City

• April 29, 2016 29 Apr'16

  Cyber security in Belgium will gain prominence after terror attacks

  Belgium’s physical security has been branded inadequate, so how does the country’s cyber security measure up?

• April 29, 2016 29 Apr'16

  Saudi Arabia could warm to cloud computing, so long as regulation and connectivity keep pace

  One of the world’s biggest oil producers has responded to tumbling crude prices by announcing a $2tn war chest to fund an economic diversification strategy, with IT set to be a beneficiary

• April 28, 2016 28 Apr'16

  Disrupting IT in the Nordics, from banks to taxis

  IT is dramatically changing traditional industry sectors in the Nordic region. Computer Weekly examines the transformation

• April 27, 2016 27 Apr'16

  Mobilising a workforce drives up performance and productivity

  Mobile workers are also more creative, satisfied and loyal, says EIU study

• April 27, 2016 27 Apr'16

  Singapore is second most cloud ready country in Asia-Pacific

  Broadband quality, data privacy and pro-business regime makes Singapore the second most cloud ready country in the Apac region

• April 25, 2016 25 Apr'16

  Indonesian internet users turn to smartphones to go online

  Organisations with a cyber footprint in Indonesia must understand most internet users in the country access online content and services on smartphones