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IT innovation, research and development

• December 14, 2018 14 Dec'18

  CIO interview: Mayank Prakash, CDIO, DWP

  Outgoing DWP chief digital and information officer Mayank Prakash looks at challenges and accomplishments during his time at the department, and talks about finishing the roll out of Universal Credit

• December 13, 2018 13 Dec'18

  Sberbank partners US accelerator for startup programme

  Russian state-run bank links up with San Francisco-based accelerator 500 Startups to provide expert advice to startups in a variety of tech fields

• December 12, 2018 12 Dec'18

  UKtech50 interview: Jacky Wright, CDIO, HMRC

  The UKtech50’s most influential person in UK IT 2018, HM Revenue and Customs’ chief digital and information officer, Jacky Wright, on balancing priorities, leveraging new technologies and the changing role of the CIO

• December 12, 2018 12 Dec'18

  UKtech50 2018: Women are making their mark

  Women are making strong progress in the UK technology industry, with seven of the top 10 on Computer Weekly’s UKtech50 list being female

• December 12, 2018 12 Dec'18

  UKtech50 2018 – the most influential people in UK IT

  Computer Weekly has announced the ninth annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK IT sector

• December 12, 2018 12 Dec'18

  Finland’s IT sector recovers after break-up of Nokia

  Finnish government plays vital role in helping IT sector recover from the shock of Microsoft taking over the country’s biggest company

• December 10, 2018 10 Dec'18

  Councils awarded funding for digital innovation projects

  The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government digital innovation fund awarded to a range of projects, including chatbots, artificial intelligence and town planning transformation

• December 07, 2018 07 Dec'18

  Finnish government announces research and development ecosystem

  Finland has launched an innovation ecosystem that will support IoT and AI developers amongst others

• December 05, 2018 05 Dec'18

  UK can do more to explore potential of quantum tech

  The government has been urged to address use cases, security and skills, and proposed a series of new innovation centres, to enable the UK to fully capture the opportunity presented by quantum technology

• December 05, 2018 05 Dec'18

  Australia races towards commercial quantum computing

  Universities make headway in the challenge of commercialising quantum computing

• December 04, 2018 04 Dec'18

  GovTech Catalyst Fund awards contracts to five SMEs to tackle rural isolation and loneliness

  Five small tech companies have been awarded contracts through the GovTech Catalyst Fund to come up with innovative solutions to rural isolation and loneliness

• December 04, 2018 04 Dec'18

  Zopa gains banking licence and prepares launch

  Peer-to-peer lending pioneer Zopa is turning its attention to retail banking in the UK, with plans to offer savings, credit and money management products

• December 04, 2018 04 Dec'18

  Lloyds to use core banking technology from Google-inspired UK fintech

  Banking group explores cloud-based core banking technology as part of a major transformation programme

• November 30, 2018 30 Nov'18

  CIO interview: Theo Blackwell, London chief digital officer, Mayor of London’s Office

  After more than a year in post, London’s chief digital officer reflects on changes, collaboration between boroughs and developing a smart city

• November 29, 2018 29 Nov'18

  UK cyber security strategy making ‘good progress’

  The National Cyber Security Strategy is making good progress, but there is much left to be done, according to a Cabinet Office official