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IT innovation, research and development
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December 05, 2019
05
Dec'19
Poor tech provision causes dissatisfaction in SMEs
Smaller businesses are struggling to provide a good enough employee experience when it comes to tech, according to a study
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December 03, 2019
03
Dec'19
General Election 2019: Which manifesto is best for the UK’s tech sector?
Computer Weekly breaks down each political party’s technology policies ahead of the upcoming General Election to see how they compare
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December 03, 2019
03
Dec'19
How AWS is growing its ASEAN footprint
Building ‘strong autonomous country teams’ has been a key focus for AWS in Southeast Asia where demand for cloud computing services is on the rise
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December 03, 2019
03
Dec'19
UK government urged to ramp up digital skills
Programme for International Student Assessment results show UK is lagging behind Asian powerhouses, according to Open Knowledge Foundation
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December 03, 2019
03
Dec'19
Insurtechs help traditional players differentiate
Traditional insurers are harnessing the agile development techniques of the tech startup community through partnerships with insurtechs
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December 02, 2019
02
Dec'19
UK boards lose digital confidence
Fewer organisations feel they have the expertise they require, according to a Harvey Nash survey
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November 28, 2019
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Nov'19
UKtech50 2019 winner: Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO, DeepMind
Computer Weekly profiles the achievements and journey of the founder of one of the world’s pioneering artificial intelligence companies, after his recognition as the most influential person in UK technology for 2019
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November 28, 2019
28
Nov'19
TSB neglected to assess capabilities of main IT provider in its failed system migration
TSB failed to properly assess and manage the internal service provider that lead its botched IT migration
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November 28, 2019
28
Nov'19
General Election 2019: the Scottish National Party’s technology policies and digital plans
With the UK gearing up for its third General Election in four years, Computer Weekly outlines the Scottish National Party’s main technology policies and digital plans, as laid out in its manifesto
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November 28, 2019
28
Nov'19
NatWest digital bank goes live
NatWest has announced the availability of its standalone digital challenger bank, known as Bó
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November 28, 2019
28
Nov'19
Finnish tech firm aims to create scalable general-purpose quantum computer
University spin-off is attempting to take quantum computing capabilities to multiple business sectors
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November 26, 2019
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Nov'19
McKinsey: Why some industries gain an AI advantage, while others lag
Study from McKinsey & Company finds data silos and a lack of enterprise integration are putting some industries at a disadvantage
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November 25, 2019
25
Nov'19
General Election 2019: The Conservatives’ technology policies and digital plans
With the UK gearing up for its third general election in four years, Computer Weekly outlines the Conservative and Unionist Party’s main technology policies and digital plans, as laid out in its manifesto
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November 25, 2019
25
Nov'19
Nationwide building society opens up systems through mortgage API
Nationwide Building Society is trialling an application programming interface that will enable its mortgage brokers to link directly to some of its systems
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November 25, 2019
25
Nov'19
General Election 2019: The Lib Dems’ technology policies and digital plans
With the UK gearing up for its third General Election in four years, Computer Weekly outlines the Liberal Democrat Party’s main technology policies and digital plans, as laid out in its manifesto
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November 22, 2019
22
Nov'19
CIO interview: Paul Stein, CTO, Rolls-Royce
The aerospace engine manufacturer is at the leading edge of technology developments such as electric power, and already makes extensive use of advanced IT systems such as AI
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November 22, 2019
22
Nov'19
Obama at Dreamforce 2019: Leaders orchestrate the conversation
Former US president Barack Obama spoke in a fireside chat with Salesforce co-founder Marc Benioff at Dreamforce 2019. He cautioned on the dangers of the information age and offered some advice for business leaders
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November 21, 2019
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Nov'19
SMEs prevail in expanded FutureNHS tender
Health service is looking to procure a larger sharing and collaboration platform for health and social care
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November 21, 2019
21
Nov'19
F-Secure’s Blackfin challenges perceptions of how AIs think
New research project aims to develop adaptive, autonomous and collaborative AI agents, and challenges the notion that machine intelligence should merely mimic human intelligence
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November 21, 2019
21
Nov'19
Western Union transfers to AWS cloud
Western Union is the latest financial services form to set out a future in the Amazon Web Services cloud
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November 21, 2019
21
Nov'19
Lib Dem election manifesto: Party vows to scrap loan charge and review IR35 private sector reforms
The Liberal Democrats’ General Election manifesto sees the party pledge to scrap the controversial loan charge policy, and undertake a review of the IR35 private sector reforms
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November 20, 2019
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Nov'19
NHSX seeks chief information officer
Role is the latest in a series of senior positions the digital unit is looking to fill in order to build its leadership
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November 20, 2019
20
Nov'19
Met Police launches £600m IT infrastructure tender
Force aims to move away from a multi-supplier approach and enable flexibility and savings in technology
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November 20, 2019
20
Nov'19
Finland’s ministry of transport floats tech-enabled four-day week
Government department says four-day working week is made possible by technologies such as artificial intelligence
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November 20, 2019
20
Nov'19
Holy grail of digital banking is, at first glance, a new channel, not a new concept
Details of Google’s plans in the financial services sector have emerged with nothing groundbreaking so far, but the sector is guessing what comes next
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November 20, 2019
20
Nov'19
House of Commons seeks IT security chief
Interviews for the two-year engagement are due to take place in December 2019
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November 19, 2019
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Nov'19
IoT growth set to come from managed data analytics
CompTIA's latest IT industry forecast suggests that businesses will be making more use of automation in internet-of-things applications
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November 19, 2019
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Nov'19
AR and VR set to enhance jobs and boost GDP
New headset technologies and 5G networking promise to lower costs, and make AR and VR more user friendly
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November 18, 2019
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Nov'19
Scottish local government prioritises automation and AI in digital plan
Use of the technologies will be ramped up as part of the next phase of the Digital Office 2.0 programme
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November 18, 2019
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Nov'19
How DBS is pushing the limits of IT efficiency
Besides shrinking its datacentre footprint by 75%, Singapore’s DBS Bank is running twice as many virtual machines on a single socket and decoupling applications from its infrastructure stack
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November 17, 2019
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Nov'19
Australian bourse to overhaul technology infrastructure
The Australian Securities Exchange is embracing digital ledger technology, microservices and DevOps to modernise its core systems
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November 14, 2019
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Nov'19
LOTI launches dashboard that maps technology resources of local authorities
London Office of Technology and Innovation launches dashboard in partnership with Bloomberg Associates to drive savings and identify skills levels
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November 13, 2019
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Nov'19
Business must engage with consumers to boost AI
Artificial intelligence is set to become a core part of business, but to get the most from it, enterprises need to engage with consumers to focus personalisation
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November 13, 2019
13
Nov'19
Singapore sets national AI strategy with focus on skills and ethics
Singapore is kicking off its national AI strategy with five key projects spanning logistics, healthcare, smart estates, education and border security
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November 12, 2019
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Nov'19
NHS still holds citizen trust on data use
But the public trust banks more than local or central government bodies when it comes to handling personal information, a new study has found
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November 11, 2019
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Nov'19
G-Cloud 10 fails to generate business for suppliers, study says
Research firm Tussell’s study into G-Cloud reveals majority of suppliers listed in its report did not earn any revenue in 2018 through the public sector framework
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November 08, 2019
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Nov'19
HMCTS researches the future of open justice
A new report by Policy Lab into the threats and opportunities of technology is aimed to support new approaches to policy-making
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November 07, 2019
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Nov'19
Zopa opens testing for its banking products to customers
Zopa's move into the banking sector is gathering pace as customers test out its savings product
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November 05, 2019
05
Nov'19
Welsh government to hire chief digital officer
The £500,000 of annual funding will go towards a leader and a department dedicated to developing digital initiatives
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November 04, 2019
04
Nov'19
Modernisation of justice may leave vulnerable users behind
A Commons Select Committee report has voiced a number of concerns about the ongoing transformation efforts led by the Ministry of Justice and called for actions such as maintenance of non-digital services
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November 04, 2019
04
Nov'19
Government allocates £2m to support growth of lawtech
New government funding unlocked to help break down barriers to the adoption of emerging technologies in the legal sector
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November 04, 2019
04
Nov'19
Brits moving to digital banking channel faster than people in the US
Digital banking services rapidly gain popularity, but digital banks face major challenges to make deeper inroads into traditional banks’ customer bases
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November 04, 2019
04
Nov'19
Thousands apply to Abu Dhabi AI University in first week
Artificial intelligence university in Abu Dhabi gets more than 3,000 applications in the week following its application process being opened
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November 01, 2019
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Nov'19
HMRC appoints interim chief digital and information officer
Jacky Wright's replacement is a financial services veteran who brings expertise in tech-enabled change and payments infrastructure
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October 31, 2019
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Oct'19
UK at the forefront of government AI investment
Current and anticipated artificial intelligence spending is the highest in Europe despite various challenges around implementation, according to a report by Accenture
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October 31, 2019
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Oct'19
NHSX reports advancements in artificial intelligence
Latest study showcases the work in artificial intelligence that is ongoing in the NHS as part of its Long-Term Plan
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October 30, 2019
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Oct'19
DWP outlines steps to reduce fraud and error
The Department of Work and Pensions has released the priorities within its single departmental plan, including the new platforms National Debt Service and Counter Fraud and Error Management Service
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October 30, 2019
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Oct'19
Executive interview: Why the times are a changin’ in collaboration
Companies are aware that the next wave of talent wants to work collaboratively, but how do you collaborate and what policies discourage collaboration?
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October 30, 2019
30
Oct'19
UK gets low score in European e-gov ranking
Leaders in the region got scores of over 80% while Britain achieved just over 61%, a Capgemini report has found
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October 30, 2019
30
Oct'19
Cost savings drive business automation
While businesses are using automation to save money, many also see robotic process automation as essential to support new business initiatives