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IT innovation, research and development

• September 25, 2020 25 Sep'20

  Government on the hunt for telexistence tech

  Defence and Security Accelerator wants several technology innovations that can help people operate in dangerous environments without being physically present – with £500,000 funding available

• September 24, 2020 24 Sep'20

  How FedEx sustains tech innovation

  At the start of the Tibco Live virtual conference, FedEx CIO Rob Carter was asked how he helps the business drive innovation

• September 22, 2020 22 Sep'20

  Wielding influence: The challenges CIOs face under Covid-19

  IT decision-makers are more necessary than ever, but their skills are being put to the test as the implications of the pandemic and the role of technology in the business evolves, according to the 2020 global CIO survey by Harvey Nash and KPMG

• September 22, 2020 22 Sep'20

  CIO interview: Mark Holt, CTO, Trainline

  The coronavirus pandemic has reduced train travel significantly, but for the rail ticketing app it’s been an opportunity to focus on using innovative technologies to help support passengers in new ways

• September 21, 2020 21 Sep'20

  How Alder Hey NHS Trust uses HoloLens in the operating theatre

  Mixed reality provides a way to present medical data and enable experts and consultants to offer advice during complex procedures

• September 21, 2020 21 Sep'20

  NHS tech bosses outline cost of coronavirus app development

  The government is forecasting spend to exceed £35m in the controversial contact-tracing app, a Public Accounts Committee on digital transformation in the NHS has heard

• September 21, 2020 21 Sep'20

  DBS taps AI and data analytics in intelligent banking move

  Singaporean bank has started using artificial intelligence and analytics to provide customers with hyper-personalised insights and recommendations, to win more market share

• September 18, 2020 18 Sep'20

  Ex-NCSC boss Ciaran Martin joins cyber venture capital outfit

  Outgoing NCSC CEO Ciaran Martin is to take up a new role guiding new investments in cyber security

• September 17, 2020 17 Sep'20

  Swedish bank cuts branches and jobs, increases IT spend

  Swedish bank is increasing investment IT to improve digital banking as it reduces its branch network

• September 17, 2020 17 Sep'20

  DWP accelerates digital transformation amid Covid-19 crisis

  The Department for Work and Pensions has released an update of the efforts made in the past six months across key digital services, with progress accelerating due to the pandemic

• September 17, 2020 17 Sep'20

  Brits more fazed by human augmentation

  Italians are the most open to human augmentation, but one-third of people in the UK believe it is unacceptable

• September 16, 2020 16 Sep'20

  Alibaba Cloud unveils ‘cloud computer’, delivery robot

  At its annual Apsara conference, Alibaba Cloud debuts a thin-client computer and a logistics robot that can carry 50 packages in one go

• September 16, 2020 16 Sep'20

  IBM targets Goldeneye to keep its qubits chilled

  IBM has ambitions to build a million-plus quantum computer. To get there, it is building a fridge bigger than anything commercially available

• September 16, 2020 16 Sep'20

  Lorca security scaleups to get Splunk data expertise

  Lorca inducts Splunk onto its co-marketing programme, giving security scaleups access to new data expertise

• September 16, 2020 16 Sep'20

  Singapore partners Apple on LumiHealth

  Singapore’s Health Promotion Board has developed a programme with Apple to encourage healthy living following a similar partnership with Fitbit last year

• September 15, 2020 15 Sep'20

  Risky development practice leaves company access keys exposed

  Database stores, cloud storage and myriad other services are being put at risk by the accidental exposure of company access keys during development

• September 15, 2020 15 Sep'20

  BP and Microsoft extend cloud deal with clean energy agreement

  Companies aim to join forces to provide clean energy for Azure datacentres, smart cities and other energy consumers

• September 14, 2020 14 Sep'20

  Can Nvidia expand software business through £31bn Arm deal?

  Nvidia is to buy rival chip designer Arm for £31bn in a deal it hopes will put it at the forefront of artificial intelligence for edge computing

• September 14, 2020 14 Sep'20

  NTT taps data analytics and cloud for Tour de France

  NTT’s analytics and cloud capabilities stood up to the test amid crashes and poor weather conditions during the first stage of this year’s Tour de France

• September 11, 2020 11 Sep'20

  UK ‘future tech’ development gets government funding boost

  £65m in funding will be used to develop electric batteries, robotics and advanced healthcare treatments

• September 11, 2020 11 Sep'20

  Government funds digital manufacturing projects

  The business secretary has announced £300 million of funding for virtual assistants, augmented reality and digital supply chain innovations

• September 10, 2020 10 Sep'20

  Lorca security scaleups hit funding milestone

  £153m of investment has been raised by Lorca cohort companies in just two years, almost four times the original target

• September 09, 2020 09 Sep'20

  Coronavirus: APAC organisations speed up innovation

  Innovation has become easier than before, with the most innovative organisations expecting to recover from the impact of the pandemic in less than six months, new Microsoft-commissioned study finds

• September 08, 2020 08 Sep'20

  UK leads Europe in net zero venture capital investment

  With the UK leading venture capital investment in net zero enterprises, Tech Nation have launched a new, government-backed scaleup programme to further develop the sector

• September 08, 2020 08 Sep'20

  TechUK urges government to back emerging digital clean technology sector

  To ensure the UK reaches its climate and decarbonisation goals, TechUK is calling on the government to support the emerging clean tech sector

• September 08, 2020 08 Sep'20

  CIO interview: Paul Neville, director of digital and ICT, Waltham Forest

  The IT chief at one of the most digitally advanced London boroughs talks to Computer Weekly about the past, present and future of tech-enabled transformation in times of crisis

• September 07, 2020 07 Sep'20

  Artificial intelligence keeps HSBC ATMs stocked with cash

  HSBC is using artificial intelligence technology developed in-house to help it make sure ATMs are appropriately stocked with cash

• September 07, 2020 07 Sep'20

  AI Summit 2020: Regulating AI for the common good

  Speakers and panellists at the virtual AI Summit 2020 spoke about the tensions between cooperation and competition in the development of artificial intelligence

• September 07, 2020 07 Sep'20

  Government awards £32m funding for ‘pioneering’ health tech projects

  Science minister Amanda Solloway will announce £32m in funding for six healthcare technology research projects, including artificial robotic muscular assistance and quantum imaging for monitoring

• September 04, 2020 04 Sep'20

  UK funds coronavirus research for vulnerable global communities

  The £7.2m fund will support UK university research into supporting refugees and children affected by the global health crisis

• September 04, 2020 04 Sep'20

  Virtual London Tech Week is a sign of the future

  London Tech week's virtual event is another sign of how the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation

• September 04, 2020 04 Sep'20

  Scottish government to spend £4m on creating five tech hubs

  Following a review of the tech sector, the Scottish government is creating five technology hubs to support startups in the country, aiming to support 300 startups by 2025

• September 04, 2020 04 Sep'20

  Major border disruption on the horizon as Brexit IT portfolio becomes ‘unmanageable’

  The proliferation of new platforms and work behind schedule is among the list of concerns cited in a leaked memo

• September 03, 2020 03 Sep'20

  Insurers accept they were slow to adopt digital

  Insurance companies know they must prioritise digital investment and are planning in-house development to help make up lost ground

• September 03, 2020 03 Sep'20

  UK tech firms urged to seek out international opportunities

  Tech Nation study finds UK businesses are in a strong position to take advantage of global tech growth

• September 03, 2020 03 Sep'20

  HMRC appoints Daljit Rehal as CDIO

  Former digital and data chief at Centrica, Daljit Rehal, takes the helm at HMRC as chief digital and information officer

• September 02, 2020 02 Sep'20

  UK to build commercially available quantum computer

  The UK government is backing a quantum computing project that will provide businesses with access to the technology

• September 02, 2020 02 Sep'20

  Ethical and professional data science needed to avoid further algorithm controversies

  BCS is calling for higher ethical and professional standards in algorithmic development to ensure public trust in future government information systems

• September 01, 2020 01 Sep'20

  Here East CEO advises startups to generate own revenue streams

  In a time of deep uncertainty, startups with their own streams of revenue independent of investors and large corporates will have more options and be in a much stronger negotiating position

• August 31, 2020 31 Aug'20

  How India’s Tata Capital is expanding its digital footprint

  Tata Group’s financial services arm has been migrating branch walk-ins and voice calls to self-service digital channels staffed by chatbots as it expands its digital footprint

• August 28, 2020 28 Aug'20

  University of Staffordshire recruits robots to get more out of its people

  University staff were bogged down with administrative work, but will now have time to be creative

• August 28, 2020 28 Aug'20

  Interview: Frankie Kay, interim director general for data capability, ONS

  The Office for National Statistics’ interim director general for data capability talks about how data plays an important role in the battle against Covid-19 and how the pandemic has unearthed new ways of collaborating

• August 27, 2020 27 Aug'20

  Financial services business leaders and CIOs disagree on IT infrastructure

  IT leaders and senior business executives need to align their technology infrastructure priorities as businesses attempt to emerge from the Covid-19 crisis

• August 27, 2020 27 Aug'20

  CTO interview: David Rafalovsky, Sberbank Group

  Russia’s Sberbank is well into its digital transformation journey, with artificial intelligence and supercomputing now at the centre of its plans

• August 27, 2020 27 Aug'20

  UK government publishes new insights on transport tech attitudes

  The latest wave of the study investigates public attitudes on innovations such as autonomous vehicles and drones

• August 25, 2020 25 Aug'20

  Covid-19, demographic shifts to drive automation

  Businesses will need to shore up their productivity through technology and automation to cope with the pandemic and a shrinking workforce, says an industry expert

• August 24, 2020 24 Aug'20

  Dutch Alzheimer’s app developed to aid interaction for dementia patients

  An app aimed at helping dementia patients and their families has been developed by the Alzheimer Society in the Netherlands.

• August 20, 2020 20 Aug'20

  Government launches anti-crime tech competition

  Government seeks technologies that allow police officers to use less lethal means to stop violent or armed offenders

• August 19, 2020 19 Aug'20

  Scotland announces £15m investment to boost connectivity

  Funding package aimed at improving internet access for 23,000 low-income households

• August 18, 2020 18 Aug'20

  UK government needs a joined-up internet policy

  Global internet firms want government to ensure its new digital strategy has coherent policy and regulatory goals