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• February 22, 2016 22 Feb'16

  Girls compete in Network Rail Stem careers event

  Almost 90 teenage girls visited the Network Rail offices to take part in the second round of the Stem careers event to win work experience

• February 22, 2016 22 Feb'16

  The Financial Times appoints Cait O’Riordan as CPIO

  The Financial Times hires Cait O’Riordan as its chief product and information officer, replacing former CIO Christina Scott

• February 18, 2016 18 Feb'16

  Media and marketing industries on the lookout for digital skills

  Creative industries such as media, marketing, advertising and sales place more value on digital skills than IT and telecoms sector does

• February 18, 2016 18 Feb'16

  Average tech salaries rose by 2% over the past year

  The average salary for a technology professional rose by 2% in 2015, according to a study by IT jobs website Dice

• February 17, 2016 17 Feb'16

  Gender and age are still defining factors of tech specialists

  The type of person working as a technology specialist stills skews towards older males, according to research

• February 17, 2016 17 Feb'16

  Interview: Digital Marketplace director Tony Singleton on why he is leaving G-Cloud

  With the government’s Digital Marketplace now a bona fide source of £1bn of public sector IT spend, Computer Weekly asks its programme director why he is moving on to pastures new

• February 15, 2016 15 Feb'16

  Accenture and Stemettes tackle lack of female role models with multi-city event

  Charity partners with tech firm to run five simultaneous events to inspire girls to pursue science technology, engineering and maths (Stem) careers

• February 12, 2016 12 Feb'16

  CIO interview: Ismo Platan, SSAB

  Retiring CIO of Swedish steel company tells Computer Weekly about the progress made in merging two Nordic steel firms and looks at the biggest hurdles that lie ahead

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  Digital internships in India with TCS now open to UK graduates

  India’s biggest IT supplier, Tata Consultancy Services, plans to recruit 1,000 UK graduates for paid internships over the next four years

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  Tony Singleton leaves G-Cloud for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

  After several years leading the charge at G-Cloud, Tony Singleton will join the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  CIO interview: Jassim Haji, director of IT, Gulf Air

  IT boss at Bahraini national carrier views mobility as a way to keep costs down and improve customer experience

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  CW500: Skills, changing roles and cloud among key trends for CIOs in 2016

  At Computer Weekly’s first CW500 meeting of 2016, CIOs gathered to discuss the role of the CIO, business change, cloud uptake and skills

• February 10, 2016 10 Feb'16

  The OpenStack Foundation: Building enterprise trust in open-source clouds

  With HMRC and the European Commission emerging as OpenStack adopters, the OpenStack Foundation's CEO explains how it has set about winning over the enterprise with its open-source cloud platform

• February 10, 2016 10 Feb'16

  London Mayoral candidates go head-to-head on technology policy

  From abolishing tuition fees for STEM subjects to recognising broadband as a “core utility” and using the tech sector to prevent terrorist attacks, the five London mayoral candidates set out their policies for the tech industry

• February 10, 2016 10 Feb'16

  Marks & Spencer appoints new chief digital officer

  Marcus East leaves role as head of e-commerce at Apple to become CDO at retail chain

• February 10, 2016 10 Feb'16

  A quarter of SME IT managers are women

  Managed services provider Altodigital studied SMEs and found high esteem for IT; and a quarter of their IT managers are women

• February 09, 2016 09 Feb'16

  Apps for Good launch 2016 – the apps from the minds of young entrepreneurs

  The 2015-2016 cohort of mobile applications built by young people to tackle real-world problems has now been released for download

• February 08, 2016 08 Feb'16

  Home Office technology team to get director of live services

  Pete Rose will join the Home Office’s tech team as director of live services next month, reporting to CTO Sarah Wilkinson

• February 08, 2016 08 Feb'16

  IT companies need technical workers with soft skills

  IT firms are in need of candidates with interpersonal skills, as well as specific technical focuses

• February 03, 2016 03 Feb'16

  IT industry fails to break male-only stereotype

  Almost half of young people think the technology sector is more suitable for men

• February 02, 2016 02 Feb'16

  More students choose higher education computing courses

  Enrolment in full-time computing and science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) courses in higher education increased last year

• February 02, 2016 02 Feb'16

  Women should worry less about not having tech background when going into Stem

  Panellists at Tomorrow’s Tech Leaders Today conference claim women don’t need a technical background to build a career in the technology industry

• February 01, 2016 01 Feb'16

  Winners announced for UK Games Fund as government ramps up creative industries

  The Department of Culture Media and Sport has announced the winners of the first round of its UK Games Fund designed to promote growth in UK creative industries

• February 01, 2016 01 Feb'16

  Australia offers easy targets for cyber criminals

  Security experts criticise organisations for paying up too easily when hit by ransomware

• January 29, 2016 29 Jan'16

  IT security salaries on the rise as cyber crime increases

  Salaries for IT security professionals are on the rise as firms react to an increase in cyber crime

• January 29, 2016 29 Jan'16

  The need for cyber security skills in Australia balloons

  Demand for people with the right mix of skills to keep organisations in Australia safe from cyber attack is far in excess of supply

• January 28, 2016 28 Jan'16

  Construction of £150m biomass-powered datacentre starts in Scotland

  The developers behind Scottish green datacentre project confirm the campus is finally under construction

• January 26, 2016 26 Jan'16

  Cabinet Office looks for temporary staff sourcing replacement worth up to £5bn

  The Cabinet Office has begun looking for a replacement for its controversial contract for sourcing temporary staff in government

• January 25, 2016 25 Jan'16

  Industry leaders call on next London Mayor to prioritise technology

  Ahead of the mayoral election, Tech London Advocates, techUK and Centre for London produce a manifesto lobbying for “a truly digital city”

• January 25, 2016 25 Jan'16

  Bett 2016: Gender roles should be removed, and not just in Stem

  Panellists at Bett 2016 claim gender roles should not only be dispelled in Stem subjects, but in other gender-specific industries

• January 22, 2016 22 Jan'16

  Bank of England CIO John Finch leaves for new role at Thomson Reuters

  The Bank of England is dividing its technology team in two to replace departing CIO John Finch

• January 22, 2016 22 Jan'16

  Fujitsu launches Operation Innovation technology competition

  Fujitsu announces its Operation Innovation competition at Bett 2016 to encourage tech-savvy young people to create answers to future problems

• January 22, 2016 22 Jan'16

  Amazon to create 2,500 UK jobs in Europe-wide recruitment drive

  Online retailer has set out plans to recruit staff across all areas of its business in 2016

• January 22, 2016 22 Jan'16

  GDS to launch mentoring scheme for schools and colleges

  Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock has announced plans for a GDS mentoring scheme, partnering with local schools and colleges

• January 20, 2016 20 Jan'16

  CIO interview: Janne Aalto, Finnish telco DNA

  When Finnish telco DNA wanted to transform its business, it made startup consultant Janne Aalto its CIO to lead the move to lean and agile

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  Migration recommendations could hike the cost of Indian IT services

  Government recommendations to tighten up the rules around overseas workers in the UK could increase IT costs for businesses

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  BT names global IT architect Howard Watson as CIO

  BT chief architect and managing director of global IT platforms, Howard Watson, is to replace Clive Selley as the telecoms firm's CIO

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  BT brings 1,000 customer service jobs back to UK

  BT is to create 1,000 jobs as part of its commitment to answer the majority of its consumer-facing service calls in the UK

• January 18, 2016 18 Jan'16

  Education, industry and government mismatch main barrier to digital skills

  Government, education and the IT industry should collaborate on a local level to address the skills gap

• January 15, 2016 15 Jan'16

  GMB union gets good response from MPs over British Airways IT outsourcing concerns

  MPs will try to set up a meeting with BA senior management to discuss union’s concerns over outsourcing of IT jobs to Indian supplier TCS

• January 14, 2016 14 Jan'16

  Oracle to recruit 1,400 cloud sales professionals with Europe-wide recruitment campaign

  Software giant hopes to capitalise on growing momentum around cloud with sales-focused hires

• January 13, 2016 13 Jan'16

  IT specialists account for 25% of government spend on temps

  A National Audit Office report into government use of consultants and temporary staff shows that IT and project management staff account for the majority of the government's total spend in a bid to tackle the skills gap

• January 13, 2016 13 Jan'16

  Ofsted ‘should monitor computing success in schools over five years’

  Education professionals say Ofsted should help them provide computing curriculum roadmaps rather than year-on-year assessments only

• January 13, 2016 13 Jan'16

  NHS England launches hunt for ‘CI&TO’ to replace Kelsey

  NHS England seeks chief information and technology officer to take over from director for patients and information Tim Kelsey, who left late last year

• January 08, 2016 08 Jan'16

  Rapid Router: why Ocado Technology turned to open source

  Retailer’s technology division open-sources learning-to-code initiative to encourage continuous development of coding game

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Aviva partners Beyond the Classroom to inspire girls into tech

  Chika Aghadiuno, vice chair of Aviva’s women’s network, says it is important to make young people aware of potential careers

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Fears of software skills shortage in Germany and the Netherlands

  Organisations in Germany and the Netherlands are struggling to fill positions for software developers as they digitise

• January 04, 2016 04 Jan'16

  Games developers to be in demand in 2016

  The UK video games industry is set to grow over the next year, with more than 70% of employers planning to make new hires

• December 31, 2015 31 Dec'15

  The IT pioneers on the 2016 honours list

  This year's honours list features many from the IT world for service to the technology industry, equality and Stem education

• December 30, 2015 30 Dec'15

  Top 10 IT skills and careers stories of 2015

  Computer Weekly’s top stories about UK technology skills and IT careers in 2015