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• November 23, 2016 23 Nov'16

  Chancellor Phillip Hammond announces £400m investment in tech startups

  Promises made in the chancellor’s autumn statement include major investment in venture capital to innovative startups and a £390m boost to future transport tech

• November 23, 2016 23 Nov'16

  Nasscom lowers sales growth prediction for India’s IT industry

  Nasscom lowers the rate at which it expects revenues for the Indian IT services industry as a whole to grow, citing domestic and global issues in its revision

• November 22, 2016 22 Nov'16

  Alibaba to open datacentre in Australia

  Alibaba Cloud will open a datacentre in Sydney by the end of 2016 as part of its global expansion

• 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 09, 2016 09 Nov'16

  Road to safety: Self-driving cars in the Middle East

  The Middle East could improve its poor record on road safety through the use of driverless vehicles

• November 07, 2016 07 Nov'16

  Google cloud platform heats up the cloud market in Asia

  Google is set to inject more life into the Southeast Asian cloud market with new products and local datacentres

• November 03, 2016 03 Nov'16

  British Airways to offer hybrid satellite, 4G broadband in Europe

  Satellite communications specialist Inmarsat will provide broadband services for Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia and Vueling using its hybrid EAN network

• 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 24, 2016 24 Oct'16

  Self-driving taxi roll-out in Singapore gathers intelligence

  Autonomous vehicle startup nuTonomy launched a fleet of self-driving taxis in Singapore in August

• October 12, 2016 12 Oct'16

  CIO interview: John Sullivan, CIO, Virgin Trains

  Digital innovation is a priority for improving passenger experience and internal operations at the train operating company

• October 11, 2016 11 Oct'16

  Singaporean organisations face stiff competition for junior IT professionals

  Singaporean multinationals are no longer the default employers of talented IT professionals in the Asean region as a vibrant startup community and growth in other countries turns heads

• October 11, 2016 11 Oct'16

  Middle East CISO Council CEO warns of global cyber security storm

  Cyber security issues will be a major theme at this month’s GITEX Technology Week 2016 conference in Dubai

• October 10, 2016 10 Oct'16

  Singapore: a nation united on its digital future

  Singapore is setting itself to be a leader in the digital age, with a reorganised government department the protagonist

• 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 06, 2016 06 Oct'16

  IT professionals in Singapore reap high rewards

  IT pay rates in Singapore dwarf those in neighbouring countries and could be increased further due to an emerging skills gap

• October 06, 2016 06 Oct'16

  BoxWorks 2016: How three different CIOs handle digital transformation

  CIOs from Coca-Cola, Uber and the GSA discuss the impact of tech on their business and the importance of digital innovation

• October 05, 2016 05 Oct'16

  Flytoget’s digital transformation accelerates express train service

  Flytoget implements a development platform to enable it to respond quickly to the demands of digital-minded customers

• October 05, 2016 05 Oct'16

  SMEs are the Achilles heel for Asean security

  Small to medium-sized enterprises in the Asean region will be gateways to large enterprises for cyber criminals unless they improve their security

• 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 04, 2016 04 Oct'16

  Malaysia and Singapore face IT talent shortage

  Organisations in Malaysia and Singapore face tough competition to attract the right skills to drive their IT strategies

• 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 30, 2016 30 Sep'16

  Singapore’s merged IT and media agency is up and running

  Government organisation will drive digital and media technology in business, government and society

• September 28, 2016 28 Sep'16

  5G worth more than €113bn per year to European economy

  An EC-supported study conducted by InterDigital suggests investment in 5G could generate an annual benefit of €113bn by 2025

• September 21, 2016 21 Sep'16

  Brussels proposes new rules to stop abuse of roaming charge rules

  The European College of Commissioners has proposed new rules to help prevent abuse of the end of mobile roaming charges across the EU

• September 21, 2016 21 Sep'16

  IBM opens first Nordic cloud datacentre

  Oslo datacentre is IBM’s 12th in Europe and 48th globally and will target large and small enterprises and startups to offer services

• 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 20, 2016 20 Sep'16

  Cyber security a key feature of US rules on self-driving cars

  The US government publishes a policy aimed at ensuring the safety of self-driving cars

• September 19, 2016 19 Sep'16

  Australia adopts British internet of things framework

  Australia is adopting an internet of things standard that was developed in the UK to help improve security, among other things

• September 13, 2016 13 Sep'16

  UK SMEs have false sense of cyber security

  Many small businesses have the mistaken impression that they are safe from cyber attacks and the huge damage they can cause

• September 12, 2016 12 Sep'16

  The way of all flash in Asean

  Are all-flash arrays the hottest storage technology in Asean and is it only a matter of time before flash will replace hard drives for all hot and warm data?

• September 12, 2016 12 Sep'16

  CIO interview: Neil Roberts, head of digital, Eurostar

  Eurostar’s head of digital talks about the benefits of bringing development in-house, Wi-Fi headaches and on-board entertainment

• September 12, 2016 12 Sep'16

  HP Inc to pay over $1bn for Samsung printers

  HP Inc has agreed to take over Samsung’s printing business, with disruption in the copier market its aim

• September 07, 2016 07 Sep'16

  Managed services could be key to connecting up siloed IT in Middle East organisations

  Organisations in the Middle East will increasingly look for managed services to connect up their IT as they embark on digital transformation

• 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

• September 02, 2016 02 Sep'16

  Chiltern Railways to test Bluetooth ticketing

  Train operator has put a new spin on contactless ticketing by enabling it through mobile phones

• August 30, 2016 30 Aug'16

  Asean ministers discuss Europol equivalent in Singapore

  Governments in Southeast Asia are considering setting up a regional equivalent of Europol to help fight cyber crime

• 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 22, 2016 22 Aug'16

  How Middle East CIOs can steer business strategy

  The perception of the role of CIO at organisations in the Middle East is gradually shifting from back-end support to business enabler

• August 19, 2016 19 Aug'16

  Volvo joins forces with Uber for autonomous vehicle pilot

  Self-driving Volvo cars will take to the streets of Pittsburgh as part of a test of autonomous technology spearheaded by ride-sharing firm Uber

• August 17, 2016 17 Aug'16

  Ford promises to mass-produce an autonomous car by 2021

  The world’s first high-volume, fully autonomous vehicle will operate in a ride-hailing or sharing service by 2021, says Ford

• 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 09, 2016 09 Aug'16

  Half of vehicle cyber vulnerabilities could give hackers control, study shows

  Half of vehicle vulnerabilities could allow cyber attackers to take control of a vehicle and 71% are easy to exploit, according to a three-year study by IOActive

• 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 05, 2016 05 Aug'16

  Svitzer Marine tracks tugboats with 4G ship-to-shore Wi-Fi

  Maersk-owned tugboat operator Svitzer Marine has deployed Cradlepoint rugged networking solutions to support its fleet operations in ports around the world

• August 03, 2016 03 Aug'16

  Blockchain could be decades away for Australian enterprises

  Blockchain use by Australian enterprises could be decades away despite the hive of activity around the technology

• August 03, 2016 03 Aug'16

  Asean consumers divided on digital satisfaction

  SAP survey reveals 47% of Asean consumers are satisfied with their digital experiences, while 20% are dissatisfied

• 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 28, 2016 28 Jul'16

  Never lose track of customer journey, says Brussels Airlines CIO

  Brussels Airlines is transforming its IT, with customer experience the driving force.

• July 21, 2016 21 Jul'16

  IT outsourcing falls steeply in second quarter but IT as a service sees strong growth

  Sales of IT as a service growth in Europe helped offset a huge fall in the total value of traditional IT and business process outsourcing contracts

• 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 20, 2016 20 Jul'16

  Williams F1 teams up with Thales cyber security

  Williams Group seals technical partnership to protect its confidential high-value data in the competitive world of F1 racing

• July 19, 2016 19 Jul'16

  Middle East airlines must continue to invest in IT

  Airlines in the Middle East are investing heavily in IT as the industry faces increasing demand for more efficient services

• July 18, 2016 18 Jul'16

  Oracle targets cloud sales at Asia Pacific’s mid-sized firms

  Software giant aims to hire 1,000 professionals to drive mid-market growth in Apac region

• July 14, 2016 14 Jul'16

  Australia’s new government under pressure to hit broadband targets

  Newly elected conservative coalition government will see Australia’s National Broadband Network plan become a higher priority

• July 14, 2016 14 Jul'16

  Internet of things accounts for a quarter of IT budgets, claims Vodafone

  The latest edition of Vodafone’s annual Internet of Things Barometer suggests that the IoT commands as much attention as cloud or data analytics

• July 14, 2016 14 Jul'16

  US jails Chinese businessman in military hacking case

  Two years after his arrest in Canada for cyber spying on US military aircraft, a Chinese businessman has been jailed by a US court for nearly four years

• July 14, 2016 14 Jul'16

  Tesla won’t shut off autopilot after second accident

  Elon Musk doubles down on autonomous vehicle technology as more questions are raised over the public beta of Tesla’s autopilot feature

• July 14, 2016 14 Jul'16

  UK business unlikely to dodge EU cyber security rules post-Brexit

  The UK’s Brexit vote has thrown many businesses into uncertainty and doubt about whether they will have comply with the cyber security rules coming out of the EU

• July 14, 2016 14 Jul'16

  EC gives Google extension in Android case but adds charges

  The European Commission has given Google an extension to respond to charges relating to Android, but has added fresh charges concerning its advertising business

• July 13, 2016 13 Jul'16

  Cubic Transportation licenses TfL’s contactless payment system

  Cubic Transportation plans to use London's payments system to develop contactless solutions for transport around the world

• 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 11, 2016 11 Jul'16

  Government to reform rules of the road for autonomous cars

  The UK government has proposed amendments to insurance legislation and the Highway Code as it seeks to drive the development of autonomous vehicle technology

• 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

• July 01, 2016 01 Jul'16

  First fatality for self-drive cars as Tesla driver killed in crash

  US authorities have launched an investigation after the driver of a Tesla Model S was killed in what is believed to be the first fatality involving an self-drive vehicle

• June 29, 2016 29 Jun'16

  IT services sector faces freeze amid Brexit wrangling

  The IT services sector across the globe will be hit by the uncertainty around the UK's future relationship with the EU, but a spending freeze will eventually thaw

• June 21, 2016 21 Jun'16

  Australian government entices UK tech startups

  Australia is trying to entice UK technology firms to open operations in the country, with benefits including a stepping stone to Asia and a skilled workforce

• 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 15, 2016 15 Jun'16

  Gulf Air tinkers with Oracle suite and explores hybrid cloud models

  Bahraini airline Gulf Air is looking to make productivity gains across its enterprise resource planning system

• June 15, 2016 15 Jun'16

  Australian datacentre investments rocket due to latest enterprise IT trends

  The increased use of big data, analytics, cloud and mobile technologies in Australian enterprises is driving spending in datacentre services

• June 13, 2016 13 Jun'16

  Queen’s Birthday Honours list recognises more women in IT

  The 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours list recognised a number of IT and digital entrepreneurs, and been hailed as the most diverse ever

• June 10, 2016 10 Jun'16

  Middle East virtualisation strategies mature

  CIOs in the Middle East are formulating their virtualisation strategies as the region warms to the benefits of cloud computing

• June 10, 2016 10 Jun'16

  Australia knows it has a cyber security problem, but not the scale

  The Australian government is aware it has a cyber security challenge, but might not understand the size of the issue, according to experts

• June 08, 2016 08 Jun'16

  Poor tech choices damage productivity and cut income

  Mid-sized businesses are less efficient and are losing money because they give staff the wrong computing devices to do their jobs

• 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 08, 2016 08 Jun'16

  Icelandic airport uses Wi-Fi to improve services and efficiency

  The swiftly expanding Keflavik Airport in Reykjavík is using a combination of sensors and Wi-Fi to monitor passenger movement and improve airport efficiency

• 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 07, 2016 07 Jun'16

  Insurer launches UK’s first driverless car policy

  Specialist motor insurance provider Adrian Flux introduces new contract terms for a driverless car insurance policy

• June 02, 2016 02 Jun'16

  Nordic CIO interview: Claes-Håkan Johansson, Preem

  CIO of Swedish fuel company tells Computer Weekly about the firm’s digital journey and how IT has made sure it is part of the business

• 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 25, 2016 25 May'16

  MasterCard, TfL and British Airways join for travel tech hackathon

  The payments provider is running the event alongside BA and the UK local government body responsible for London’s transport system to create new travel services

• May 25, 2016 25 May'16

  How The Hague solved its bike parking problem with a mobile app

  City authorities in The Hague are cleaning the streets of wrecked and abandoned bicycles with the help of Kony’s mobile app platform

• May 23, 2016 23 May'16

  Dutch mastering the art of big data analysis

  Gathering and analysing huge amounts of data offers the promise of business efficiency and new opportunities. We look at what this all means for the once-cautious Dutch

• May 20, 2016 20 May'16

  Copenhagen creates marketplace for trading data

  Organisations in Copenhagen can buy and sell previously unavailable data on a data marketplace set up by the city government

• 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 09, 2016 09 May'16

  Two-thirds of UK businesses hit by cyber security breaches, but directors remain unaware

  Two-thirds of large UK businesses are hit by cyber security attacks, but directors aren’t told about them, according to a government sponsored report

• May 06, 2016 06 May'16

  CIO interview: Henrik Iversen, Monjasa

  The head of IT at Danish oil and shipping company Monjasa tells Computer Weekly about making IT part of the decision-making process and managing personal development

• 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

• May 03, 2016 03 May'16

  Wi-Fi aggregator iPass offers SDK to simplify network access

  iPass launches a software development kit to let enterprises, operators and suppliers integrate its technology and services into devices and apps

• 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