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IT governance

• January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18

  TechUK calls on government to extend Digital Marketplace

  Report on how to promote public sector innovation says there must be a “step change” in government procurement and opportunities must be grasped

• January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18

  What CIOs need to watch out for in digital transformation

  IT head honchos will need to consider new performance indicators, adopt an embedded digital business model and build up an enterprise-wide digital platform to avoid digital deadlock

• January 30, 2018 30 Jan'18

  Government surveillance regime unlawful, court rules in Tom Watson case

  Appeal court ruled in favour of Labour MP Tom Watson in a legal battle with the government over the UK’s surveillance laws, leading to calls to rethink controversial Investigatory Powers Act

• January 30, 2018 30 Jan'18

  Davos: Cyber risks grow as countries turn towards protectionism

  The cost of natural disasters is now at record levels, but the cost of cyber crime is far higher. The World Economic Forum hopes to persuade governments to work together on the problem, but with isolationist politics back in fashion, can it succeed?

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Robots are needed to manage the automation robots

  The next decade will see robots transform from invisible forces obeying our commands to lifelike objects interacting with humans on a daily basis

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Forensic investigation into Post Office IT system at centre of legal case nears completion

  The investigation into the fairness of court cases brought against sub-postmasters is close to finishing its forensic examination of the IT system at the heart of the controversy

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  New controversies as Trump passes US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

  The amended Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which seeks to legitimise US surveillance on foreigners, has been signed off by president Trump

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  IT of world’s banks is moving on from crippling regulation

  Banks need to invest more in fintech and IT skills as they emerge from years of stagnation

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  Judge will take time to seek answers from EU court over Max Schrems Facebook privacy fight

  The Irish High Court will take time to decide what questions to put before the European Court of Justice in a case with significant implications for EU and US trade and the privacy of EU citizens

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  European Parliament votes to restrict exports of surveillance equipment

  European Parliament votes to tighten export controls to restrict supply of surveillance and encryption technology to states with poor human rights records amid fears British companies may not have to comply after Brexit

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Demand for cloud services drives increase in IT outsourcing

  Cloud services spending in Europe, the Middle East and Africa offset a drop in traditional IT outsourcing in 2017

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  Davos: Disintegration of the internet could create economic turmoil

  Politicians and business leaders will discuss the risks posed by fake news, cyber attacks, and artificial intelligence to jobs, political stability and global security, at the World Economic Forum in Davos

• January 11, 2018 11 Jan'18

  Retail banking regulations hit UK with the potential of a ‘Big Bang’ moment

  The UK retail banking sector is at the beginning of a journey towards to a more competitive future as new regulation hits them

• January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18

  UAE tech growth prompts firms to review internal IT security

  As IT becomes more prominent in the UAE economy, more and more internal connections between people and systems are created, all of which need to be secured

• January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18

  Cyber attacks in 2017 drive Nordic security efforts

  The volume of cyber attacks last year has increased boardroom focus on security in the Nordic region

• January 08, 2018 08 Jan'18

  Telco outsources digital transformation to Infosys

  Belgium's biggest telco will cut legacy systems as part of a digital transformation project

• January 05, 2018 05 Jan'18

  London attracted record tech investment in 2017

  London-based tech firms received record levels of venture capital funding last year

• January 03, 2018 03 Jan'18

  What the EU’s new data protection regime means for ASEAN

  A large proportion of businesses in the regional economic grouping will be affected by Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation, but awareness of the new rules remains low, even in countries with existing data protection laws

• January 03, 2018 03 Jan'18

  Top IT priorities for Nordic CIOs in 2018

  Nordic CIOs tell Computer Weekly about their intentions for the year ahead

• December 22, 2017 22 Dec'17

  Air New Zealand to trial digital translation technology

  Airline becomes one of the first companies to try out a business case for Google's real-time translation technology

• December 20, 2017 20 Dec'17

  Sweden’s Stena Line sets sail for digital transformation

  Ferry operator’s CTO tells Computer Weekly how the company can differentiate itself by using digital tools to make its processes more efficient

• December 19, 2017 19 Dec'17

  Top 10 enterprise IT in the Nordics stories in 2017

  The Nordic region might be best known in IT circles for its startup communities – but it has much more to offer

• December 08, 2017 08 Dec'17

  Santander UK recruits digital banking expert from Barclays

  Santander UK has poached Michael Harte from Barclays to drive digital transformation

• December 06, 2017 06 Dec'17

  CIO interview: Carlos Abarca, TSB

  Carlos Abarca is guiding TSB through its migration from systems hosted by a competitor to a digitally focused in-house core banking platform.

• December 06, 2017 06 Dec'17

  Mayor of London opens Bangalore office to strengthen links with Indian businesses

  City of London’s office in India’s tech hub aims to promote Indian investment and IT jobs in UK capital

• November 30, 2017 30 Nov'17

  Lauri Love could face jail in detention centre condemned by US judges

  Appeal court hears conditions in Metropolitan Detention Centre, where alleged hacker Lauri Love is likely to be sent if extradited to the US, described by US judges as 'unconscionably bad', and that Love would be at 'real risk'

• November 29, 2017 29 Nov'17

  Lauri Love would face ‘medieval’ conditions in US prison if extradited over hacking charges

  Engineering student Lauri Love should be tried in the UK, court hears, as new evidence is presented on the “medieval” conditions in US jails for people with medical problems

• November 26, 2017 26 Nov'17

  UK only average in terms of digital public services

  UK government has the innovation skills to become a digital public services leader, but needs to improve the ID and authentication that sits underneath it to reach this goal

• November 22, 2017 22 Nov'17

  CIO interview: David Southern, director of ICT, WWF UK

  In his 17 years in the IT department at the WWF, David Southern has seen many changes – and the advent of cloud computing is one of the biggest

• November 21, 2017 21 Nov'17

  Nordic CIO interview: Emil Dahlin, Svevia

  Swedish construction company Svevia is transforming digitally, driven by chief information officer Emil Dahlin

• November 09, 2017 09 Nov'17

  Bangalore offers the best ecosystem for digital transformation, says Economist report

  Bangalore ranked as the number one location for businesses looking to access the right ecosystem to support digital transformation

• November 07, 2017 07 Nov'17

  CIOs need to champion digital change as IT leadership roles evolve

  Gartner CIO survey shows digital business is changing mindsets and culture at organisations that are successful in transformation

• October 31, 2017 31 Oct'17

  Deloitte sponsorship helps progress of Bletchley cyber school

  Sponsorship will provide hundreds of places on online Qufaro CyberEPQ course

• October 30, 2017 30 Oct'17

  Study reveals employees’ fears over digital change

  Many employees are fearful of the job risk associated with automation and company-wide digital transformation initiatives

• October 27, 2017 27 Oct'17

  Nordea lays off 6,000, citing digital transformation as the driver

  Nordea is cutting staff as a result of its ongoing digital transformation, which means it needs less people

• October 25, 2017 25 Oct'17

  Oversight of intelligence agencies’ data sharing has ‘failed’, court hears

  UK’s intelligence services lack adequate oversight and written guidelines when sharing databases of sensitive information, Privacy International argues in secret court

• October 24, 2017 24 Oct'17

  Nordic finance watchdogs losing patience over anti-money laundering systems at banks

  The financial services watchdogs have informed banks that they have to do more to improve anti-money laundering systems

• October 19, 2017 19 Oct'17

  Post Office computer system legal case reaches important procedural juncture

  Sub-postmasters group action against the Post Office reaches an important milestone

• October 18, 2017 18 Oct'17

  Cloud service spending almost matches traditional IT outsourcing

  Traditional outsourcing spending has plummeted in the latest three-month period, but spending on cloud-based IT services is going some way to filling the void

• October 17, 2017 17 Oct'17

  UK intelligence agencies ‘unlawfully’ sharing sensitive personal data, court hears

  A secret court will decide whether Intelligence agencies are “unlawfully” sharing huge datasets containing sensitive information about the population with industry, government departments and overseas intelligence services.

• October 16, 2017 16 Oct'17

  How technology is transforming healthcare delivery in Gulf region

  IT will transform the healthcare sector in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries over the coming years

• October 12, 2017 12 Oct'17

  UK bank Standard Chartered opens IT service centre in Bangalore

  Bank is expanding its operation in India, which provides business services to its operations globally

• October 10, 2017 10 Oct'17

  Abu Dhabi transport department uses drones to improve traffic flows

  Data collected by live video stream from drones is analysed at control centre to help alleviate traffic jams and other issues

• 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

• October 02, 2017 02 Oct'17

  Hard Brexit would see UK tech exports fall by £1.7bn

  UK manufacturers including those in the technology sector will lose billions of pounds of export revenue if the government completes a hard Brexit

• September 27, 2017 27 Sep'17

  UK-EU talks have failed to raise confidence of IT leaders

  IT decision-makers are no more confident about how Brexit will affect them despite this year’s general election and talks between the EU and the UK

• 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

  Uber fails to get licence to operate in London renewed

  Transport for London has rejected Uber's application for its licence renewal, citing a lack of corporate responsibility as the reason

• September 12, 2017 12 Sep'17

  Government wants to remain in EU cyber security club after Brexit

  The UK government wants to maintain deep links with the European Union’s cyber security working groups following Britain’s exit from the bloc in 2019

• September 07, 2017 07 Sep'17

  Thousands of Deutsche Bank employees will be replaced by robots

  The CEO of Deutsche Bank said a "big number of staff will eventually be replaced by robots” as it looks towards artificial intelligence technology