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• July 22, 2020 22 Jul'20

  BNP Paribas joins IBM financial services cloud project

  IBM’s financial services cloud is gathering steam as more banks join its public cloud ecosystem of finance firms and developers

• July 22, 2020 22 Jul'20

  Inside Intel’s transition into an enterprise tech company

  Computing giant Intel is pushing deeper into the enterprise with investments in data-centric and emerging technologies along with partnerships with local firms to develop new solutions

• July 21, 2020 21 Jul'20

  Why now could be the right time to launch a digital bank

  Launching a bank during a global crisis is fraught with risk, but an established customer base, experience, agility and diversification could help Zopa do just that

• July 21, 2020 21 Jul'20

  Santander consumer arm to automate further after Nordic project

  Time and cost savings achieved by RPA pilot were high and customer experience improved, says bank

• July 20, 2020 20 Jul'20

  Covid-19 outbreak ramps up data focus at LOTI

  The boroughs working in local government coalition LOTI are focusing on joining up and acting on data-driven insights to help communities through the crisis and beyond

• July 17, 2020 17 Jul'20

  How Australia is leading the charge in the Covid-19 fight

  Researchers at the University of Queensland worked with IBM to develop a dashboard with machine-learning capabilities to analyse data for a global study on Covid-19 patients in intensive care

• July 17, 2020 17 Jul'20

  BBVA explores quantum computing for banking

  Early results from BBVA's research into quantum computing shows that the technology's application in complex computational tasks in banking is not far away

• July 17, 2020 17 Jul'20

  Nordic CIO interview: Brede Nielsen, Avinor

  The Covid-19 pandemic put Avinor’s IT head at the centre of the airport operator's response

• July 17, 2020 17 Jul'20

  Unesco launches global consultation on AI ethics

  The United Nations (UN) body opens up public consultation to help experts draft new global framework on artificial intelligence ethics

• July 17, 2020 17 Jul'20

  Government gives £24m boost to agricultural tech

  Nine agricultural technology projects are receiving government funding to create more efficient food production and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

• July 16, 2020 16 Jul'20

  Gov.uk Verify sees surge during Covid-19 outbreak but remains unachievable

  The government's flagship identity service and over half of the 26 major IT projects led by the government bear highest risks and are unlikely to be completed, according to the Infrastructure and Projects Authority.

• July 16, 2020 16 Jul'20

  Banks face fairness challenges as they commit to AI technology

  Banks working with artificial intelligence technology face governance challenges to ensure AI-based decisions are fair and ethical

• July 16, 2020 16 Jul'20

  Open Data Institute releases funding for ethical data sharing projects

  Seven projects that explore different approaches to ethical and trustworthy data sharing are being funded by the Open Data Institute to help citizens and businesses make better decisions

• July 15, 2020 15 Jul'20

  Singapore’s Project Ubin hits commercialisation milestone

  A blockchain payments network prototype spearheaded by Singapore’s central bank and its partners could speed up and lower the cost of cross-border payments

• July 14, 2020 14 Jul'20

  Standard Chartered latest bank to explore quantum computing

  Standard Chartered is working with researchers to establish use cases for quantum computing in the banking sector

• July 13, 2020 13 Jul'20

  How SingEx is bracing itself for disruption

  Singapore’s SingEx started its digital transformation journey a few years ago and has already pivoted its approach to cope with new challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic

• July 09, 2020 09 Jul'20

  NHS North West London boosts analytics use during Covid-19 outbreak

  A collaboration of NHS hospitals and health organisations in London is enhancing the use of data to improve their response to coronavirus

• July 09, 2020 09 Jul'20

  Executive interview: Ford’s Graham Hoare on manufacturing ventilators

  The executive director for business transformation at Ford of Britain discusses how augmented reality supported the VentilatorChallengeUK effort

• July 09, 2020 09 Jul'20

  Matt Hancock encourages private sector involvement in post-pandemic NHS technology

  Health secretary Matt Hancock has outlined how the NHS will continue to leverage digital technologies with the help of the private sector after the Covid-19 pandemic ends

• July 09, 2020 09 Jul'20

  Tencent Cloud teams up with ADBC on banking services

  Singapore’s Asia Digital Bank Corporation could leverage Tencent Cloud’s financial cloud platform to provide banking services to small businesses

• July 08, 2020 08 Jul'20

  Oracle ups ante in cloud wars with dedicated customer regions

  Oracle’s Dedicated Region Cloud at Customer will let enterprises run an entire cloud region in their own datacentres in a potentially game-changing move

• July 08, 2020 08 Jul'20

  Interview: Mayank Prakash, global consumer CIO, and Daljit Rehal, CDO, Centrica

  Two of energy giant Centrica’s tech bosses talk to Computer Weekly about the impact of the Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown and the importance of company culture, innovation and using technology to make life easier for customers

• July 08, 2020 08 Jul'20

  Security funding soars despite Covid-19 slump, but problems lie ahead

  The overall cyber security funding ecosystem in the UK is healthier than ever despite Covid-19, but the figures mask stark and concerning disparities in where the money is going

• July 07, 2020 07 Jul'20

  Banks need to think like Google and not just follow it

  Banks are recruiting senior thinkers from within the IT sector as digital transformations mature

• July 03, 2020 03 Jul'20

  Green tech needed for post-Covid economic recovery

  Green technology investments could help society recover from the coronavirus – and prepare it for the long-term negative social and economic outcomes of climate change

• July 03, 2020 03 Jul'20

  DWP publishes digital delivery results and cost of IT blunders

  DWP released a number of updates of its digital transformation work including several initiatives relating to the Covid-19 outbreak, and reported more than £10m sunk in failed IT projects

• July 03, 2020 03 Jul'20

  Government to fund diagnostic health tech projects

  Six health projects across the UK, using technologies to detect chronic and terminal illnesses, will be given £13m in funding by the government, while £3m will come from Cancer Research UK

• July 01, 2020 01 Jul'20

  Zoom making progress on cyber security and privacy, says CEO

  Three months after being hit by a spate of security incidents, Zoom’s CEO, Eric Yuan, has been discussing progress towards a more secure product

• July 01, 2020 01 Jul'20

  UK government announces Office for Talent

  The Office for Talent is part of a research and development roadmap, which includes an innovation programme to accelerate innovation in government

• July 01, 2020 01 Jul'20

  FCA estimates about 2.6 million Brits have bought cryptocurrency

  UK financial services regulator says there has been a significant increase in ownership of cryptocurrencies in the UK

• June 30, 2020 30 Jun'20

  Government expands Future Fund eligibility criteria

  The Future Fund will now be accessible to startups that have previously taken part in accelerator programmes, but early-stage firms continue to struggle

• June 29, 2020 29 Jun'20

  Lords urge government to take immediate action on online harms

  Select committee calls for tech giants to be held responsible for the harm done to individuals, wider society and democratic processes through online misinformation

• June 29, 2020 29 Jun'20

  Airports deploy thermal cameras to control Covid-19, science suggests it’s merely ‘safety theatre’

  UK airports are rolling out thermal surveillance cameras to identify people who may have coronavirus, but science says the technology is ineffective at detecting and preventing the spread of the disease

• June 26, 2020 26 Jun'20

  CBI: Government must take steps to drive SME business innovation

  The coronavirus pandemic has shown how much can be achieved in a short period with a strong partnership between government and industry – and this needs to continue

• June 25, 2020 25 Jun'20

  NHSX seeks evolution of digital transformation capabilities

  New approaches and team structures could be tested as a result of learnings from the work around Covid-19

• June 25, 2020 25 Jun'20

  Nebulon emerges with software-defined storage, but from the cloud

  Startup to offer on-site storage with local I/O and some controller functionality in the cloud, combining software-defined and cloud to bring “fleet management at scale”

• June 23, 2020 23 Jun'20

  Huawei to invest S$5m in Singapore to boost tech ecosystem

  Huawei is pumping in S$5m this year to develop joint partner offerings in Singapore with a focus on artificial intelligence

• June 19, 2020 19 Jun'20

  Eurostar to roll out facial recognition for ‘passport-free’ travel to Europe

  Facial recognition will make passports on the Eurotunnel an option rather than a necessity, but privacy campaigners have questioned whether gathering biometric data on passengers is necessary

• June 19, 2020 19 Jun'20

  Technology firms come under scrutiny for ties to law enforcement

  Three major technology companies have committed to not selling facial-recognition tech to law enforcement, but remain silent on how other technologies can be used to fuel racial injustice and discriminatory policing

• June 19, 2020 19 Jun'20

  Inside Lenovo’s transition to a solutions provider

  Lenovo’s long-term transformation from a primarily hardware supplier to an IT solutions provider is progressing, but the journey isn’t over yet

• June 18, 2020 18 Jun'20

  SAP sharpens vertical focus with Industry Cloud

  SAP partners will be able to design, build, test and validate their industry-specific offerings with a new business process and technology platform

• June 18, 2020 18 Jun'20

  Zoom U-turns on end-to-end encryption

  Embattled video-conferencing provider Zoom backtracks on previous refusals to provide end-to-end encryption to free users

• June 17, 2020 17 Jun'20

  NTT Data and LeapThought eye Singapore’s construction sector

  Japan’s NTT Data and New Zealand’s LeapThought have come together to support the digitalisation efforts of Singapore’s construction industry

• June 17, 2020 17 Jun'20

  HPE aims to hit right note for 5G with edge orchestrator

  Tech firm says new release gives power back to telcos to offer value-added edge computing services such as AI-powered video analytics, industrial automation and VR retail services

• June 16, 2020 16 Jun'20

  NHS Digital seeks suppliers for Covid-19 testing service

  The NHS Digital tender aims to find a partner to handle the development, delivery and running of the coronavirus testing service

• June 15, 2020 15 Jun'20

  UK quantum technology projects get a £70m boost

  Government is funding 38 projects, one-third of which are focused on quantum computing

• June 12, 2020 12 Jun'20

  UK to boost data science efforts in citizen services

  Government Digital Service launches Data Labs to enhance services with tools such as artificial intelligence and natural language processing

• June 12, 2020 12 Jun'20

  Subpostmasters will not cooperate with government review into IT scandal

  A group of subpostmasters who suffered at the hands of the Post Office’s error-prone IT system refuse to participate in a government review into the scandal, describing it as a sham

• June 12, 2020 12 Jun'20

  Coronavirus outbreak will speed up enterprise automation

  Forrester calls for enterprises to automate with empathy as they deploy an increasing range of intelligent technologies to reduce their dependence on human labour

• June 11, 2020 11 Jun'20

  Tech firms respond to Nordic government calls

  Nordic firms are working with tech suppliers to help them get back up and running after Covid-19