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• 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

• August 30, 2017 30 Aug'17

  HCL expands global network with Swedish delivery centre

  HCL has opened another delivery centre in the Nordic region, this time in Gothenburg, Sweden

• August 30, 2017 30 Aug'17

  Challenger bank Fidor reaches 200,000 customers

  Fintech trailblazer Fidor now has more than 200,000 people using its banking services, but its CEO believes the fintech environment is getting tougher

• August 29, 2017 29 Aug'17

  Saudi Telecom Company creates cloud computing giant

  The IT joint venture in Saudi Arabia will drive the digitisation of government services

• 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 17, 2017 17 Aug'17

  Barclays ring-fencing project means downtime for customers

  Many Barclays services will be unavailable this weekend as part of the bank's project to separate retail and investment operations

• August 16, 2017 16 Aug'17

  A decade of IT change since banking meltdown

  With 10 years passing since Northern Rock had to be bailed out by the government, we look at how banking IT has changed since the financial crisis

• August 11, 2017 11 Aug'17

  HSBC uses IBM to automate the processing of 100 million document pages

  In another instance of banks adopting automation to lower costs and drive productivity, HSBC uses IBM analytics technology to cut down on its paper trail

• 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

• August 01, 2017 01 Aug'17

  Why Facebook’s AI termination raises safety concerns

  Revelations that researchers at Facebook had to switch off two bots that went rogue have raised questions about the safety of artificial intelligence

• July 25, 2017 25 Jul'17

  Nordea deploys AI to speed up customer service

  Nordea is reaping the rewards of its fintech investments through its latest project to use artificial intelligence to support customers

• July 24, 2017 24 Jul'17

  UAE hotel upgrades wireless network and internet connectivity

  Beach resort completes major project to revamp its wireless infrastructure with TP-Link technologies

• July 24, 2017 24 Jul'17

  Tech disruption forces CEOs to rethink leadership

  Headline figures from KPMG’s Outlook 2017 survey of 1500 CEOs shows that 40% expect technology innovation to cause major disruption

• July 24, 2017 24 Jul'17

  What are Amazon Web Services’ Nordic plans?

  Amazon Web Services' head in the Nordic tells Computer Weekly about the region's increasing demand and use of the cloud

• July 21, 2017 21 Jul'17

  Research from Ponemon Institute highlights lack of confidence in public sector IT

  IT decision makers in the public sector say they struggle with IT operations, reveals study by the Ponemon Institute

• July 20, 2017 20 Jul'17

  TSB to introduce iris scan authentication in September 2017

  TSB customers will soon be able to access their mobile bank accounts through iris scanning, which is regarded as the most secure biometric authentication available

• July 19, 2017 19 Jul'17

  London Stock Exchange uses IBM blockchain technology

  The London Stock Exchange is testing out IBM's blockchain technology in a platform to help SME operations become more transparent

• July 18, 2017 18 Jul'17

  Why company directors need to focus on software licensing small print

  Heads of businesses risk breaching the Companies Act, fines, or a possible jail sentence if they fail to take software licensing risks into account

• July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17

  HPE and CSC merger wins confidence of Zurich

  Zurich Insurance has demonstrated confidence in CSC's merger with HPE through a contract extension

• July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17

  Ofcom sets up Openreach Monitoring Unit

  Telecoms regulator Ofcom is setting up a dedicated unit to keep a watchful eye on Openreach

• July 10, 2017 10 Jul'17

  Experian admits mobile and online issues after system upgrade

  Some customers of credit referencing company are having problems accessing a service they pay for following an IT upgrade and large customer migration to a new system

• July 10, 2017 10 Jul'17

  Nordic CIO interview: Ann Hellenius, City of Stockholm

  Stockholm’s CIO is relishing the challenge of trying to make the Swedish capital the smartest city in the world

• July 05, 2017 05 Jul'17

  Sweden trials blockchain for land registry management

  Swedish land registry is trying out blockchain as a means of proving ownership

• 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 09, 2017 09 Jun'17

  Patent group prepares for tough data protection laws by moving HR to the cloud

  CPA Global to replace ERP-based HR system as it gears up to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation

• June 06, 2017 06 Jun'17

  Lloyds bank staff will move to IBM in outsourcing deal

  About 1,500 IT staff at Lloyds Banking Group will join IBM as part of an IT infrastructure outsourcing agreement

• 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 26, 2017 26 May'17

  Swedish government agencies join IT spending benchmarking service

  Government agencies in Sweden are using a tool by Apptio to help them gain a better understanding of IT costs

• May 23, 2017 23 May'17

  How to avoid technical debt in open source communities

  Businesses that make use of open source software should dedicate resources to supporting and maintaining the projects their organisations rely on

• May 09, 2017 09 May'17

  Highly skilled professionals at risk of being replaced by computers

  Highly skilled jobs will be replaced by artificial intelligence by 2022, says Gartner

• May 09, 2017 09 May'17

  Large UK businesses increasingly want CEOs to have IT background

  More large businesses in the UK want a CEO that has a good understanding of IT

• May 05, 2017 05 May'17

  Ex-government privacy advisor calls for 'fundamental review' of Gov.uk Verify identity scheme

  Former Cabinet Office privacy group co-chair says the Verify identity assurance programme needs 'honest and fundamental reset'

• May 04, 2017 04 May'17

  Metropolitan Police to hit massive IT overspend

  The Metropolitan Police Service is set to massively overspend on IT as it attempts to improve digital policing

• April 19, 2017 19 Apr'17

  How Dutch university quickly connected thousands of students to new learning management system

  Dutch university TU Delft is replacing its legacy learning management system after 17 years

• April 19, 2017 19 Apr'17

  How Oracle tackles licensing discrepancies

  The recent publication of court filings from a licence dispute case shows a catalogue of 'damaging' techniques the supplier used following an audit

• April 06, 2017 06 Apr'17

  IR35 reforms: Stakeholders warn of risk to public sector IT projects as contractors walk

  With the IR35 reforms coming into force today, 6 April, contracting stakeholders warn of the widespread threat the changes pose to the delivery of public sector IT projects

• April 05, 2017 05 Apr'17

  Middle East enterprises urged to embrace governance, risk and compliance

  The enforcement of corporate governance issues is still variable throughout the Middle East and making a strong business case for investment in GRC can be a challenge.

• April 05, 2017 05 Apr'17

  Chocolate maker Barry Callebaut gets sweet on cloud

  Chocolate maker Barry Callebaut is increasingly using cloud-based apps to improve productivity and reduce costs

• April 04, 2017 04 Apr'17

  Analytics, internet of things to drive data volumes to 163ZB by 2025

  IDC study predicts consumers as creators of data will decline as the enterprise, analytics and “life critical” scenarios push total volumes to a tenfold increase by 2025

• March 28, 2017 28 Mar'17

  Threats grow in Saudi Arabia’s cyber sector

  Saudi Arabia's wealth makes it an attractive target for cyber criminals, but what have been the recent trends in cyber crime?

• March 24, 2017 24 Mar'17

  AI and robots will 'create political instability' until humans find new occupations

  The belief that advances in technology will create more jobs than they replace may no longer hold true

• March 14, 2017 14 Mar'17

  Portakabin’s biggest-ever IT investment unifies CRM

  Modular construction firm is moving to a single source of business information through cloud technology and services

• March 07, 2017 07 Mar'17

  Country as a service becoming reality in Estonia

  Programme to help foreigners set up businesses in Estonia through virtual residency is gathering pace

• March 07, 2017 07 Mar'17

  ZF Group opens doors to Hyderabad tech centre

  German car parts manufacturer ZF Group opens a technology centre in India to focus on software lead innovation

• March 06, 2017 06 Mar'17

  Deutsche Bank creates group-wide CIO role

  New chief will drive technology transformation across the bank

• February 27, 2017 27 Feb'17

  Hundreds more sub-postmasters apply to join group action against Post Office

  Initial hearing regarding sub-postmasters who say they were wrongly punished for false accounting reveals admission by Post Office legal team