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• September 25, 2017 25 Sep'17

  Amazon launches Middle East region

  Amazon opens its latest delivery hub in Bahrain to serve customers in the Middle East

• September 22, 2017 22 Sep'17

  Uber fails to get licence to operate in London renewed

  Transport for London has rejected Uber's application for its licence renewal, citing a lack of corporate responsibility as the reason

• September 14, 2017 14 Sep'17

  Government aligns data laws with GDPR

  The UK government announces details of its data protection law that will align with the EU’s GDPR

• September 12, 2017 12 Sep'17

  Openreach and rivals want collaborative approach to broadband

  The government’s ambitions for FTTP broadband roll-out can only be met through collaboration, and an urgent shake-up of Ofcom regulatory policy is needed to reflect this, say Openreach and CityFibre

• September 12, 2017 12 Sep'17

  Government wants to remain in EU cyber security club after Brexit

  The UK government wants to maintain deep links with the European Union’s cyber security working groups following Britain’s exit from the bloc in 2019

• September 07, 2017 07 Sep'17

  Thousands of Deutsche Bank employees will be replaced by robots

  The CEO of Deutsche Bank said a "big number of staff will eventually be replaced by robots” as it looks towards artificial intelligence technology

• September 04, 2017 04 Sep'17

  HMRC denies IR35 reforms to blame for public sector IT project delays and cancellations

  New research from ContractorCalculator suggests contractors have left the public sector in droves since the IR35 reforms came into force, but HMRC has a different take on the situation

• August 30, 2017 30 Aug'17

  HCL expands global network with Swedish delivery centre

  HCL has opened another delivery centre in the Nordic region, this time in Gothenburg, Sweden

• August 30, 2017 30 Aug'17

  Challenger bank Fidor reaches 200,000 customers

  Fintech trailblazer Fidor now has more than 200,000 people using its banking services, but its CEO believes the fintech environment is getting tougher

• August 29, 2017 29 Aug'17

  Saudi Telecom Company creates cloud computing giant

  The IT joint venture in Saudi Arabia will drive the digitisation of government services

• August 24, 2017 24 Aug'17

  UK business welcomes government post-Brexit data sharing plan

  Business has welcomed government proposals for data protection to enable unhindered data sharing with the EU after Brexit

• August 23, 2017 23 Aug'17

  UAE telco Du pushes SaaS adoption in Middle East

  The Middle East looks set to see strong growth in software as a service and IT departments need to take a different approach

• August 17, 2017 17 Aug'17

  Barclays ring-fencing project means downtime for customers

  Many Barclays services will be unavailable this weekend as part of the bank's project to separate retail and investment operations

• August 16, 2017 16 Aug'17

  A decade of IT change since banking meltdown

  With 10 years passing since Northern Rock had to be bailed out by the government, we look at how banking IT has changed since the financial crisis

• August 11, 2017 11 Aug'17

  HSBC uses IBM to automate the processing of 100 million document pages

  In another instance of banks adopting automation to lower costs and drive productivity, HSBC uses IBM analytics technology to cut down on its paper trail

• August 10, 2017 10 Aug'17

  New TalkTalk fine takes total for poor data protection to £500,000

  Information Commissioner’s Office fines TalkTalk for putting up to 21,000 customers’ details at risk of exposure prior to September 2014

• August 10, 2017 10 Aug'17

  IT pros urged to support ‘WannaCry hero’ Marcus Hutchins

  Computer experts fear chilling effect on security research over US arrest of Marcus Hutchins who halted the spread of the WannaCry ransomware

• August 08, 2017 08 Aug'17

  NIS Directive plans show UK is serious about tackling cyber threats

  UK government plans to implement the EU’s Network and Information Systems (NIS) Directive have been welcomed for assuring its commitment to cyber defence post-Brexit

• August 04, 2017 04 Aug'17

  ICO highlights challenge Slack-like tools pose to public sector FOI request compliance

  The Information Commissioner’s Office outlines how the growing use of cloud-based communication channels could complicate how public sector organisations respond to Freedom of Information requests

• July 25, 2017 25 Jul'17

  Nordea deploys AI to speed up customer service

  Nordea is reaping the rewards of its fintech investments through its latest project to use artificial intelligence to support customers

• July 24, 2017 24 Jul'17

  UAE hotel upgrades wireless network and internet connectivity

  Beach resort completes major project to revamp its wireless infrastructure with TP-Link technologies

• July 24, 2017 24 Jul'17

  What are Amazon Web Services’ Nordic plans?

  Amazon Web Services' head in the Nordic tells Computer Weekly about the region's increasing demand and use of the cloud

• July 20, 2017 20 Jul'17

  TSB to introduce iris scan authentication in September 2017

  TSB customers will soon be able to access their mobile bank accounts through iris scanning, which is regarded as the most secure biometric authentication available

• July 19, 2017 19 Jul'17

  Newcastle council data leak shows need for security automation

  Leak of child adoption information by Newcastle City Council resulted from accidental email attachment by employee

• July 19, 2017 19 Jul'17

  London Stock Exchange uses IBM blockchain technology

  The London Stock Exchange is testing out IBM's blockchain technology in a platform to help SME operations become more transparent

• July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17

  HPE and CSC merger wins confidence of Zurich

  Zurich Insurance has demonstrated confidence in CSC's merger with HPE through a contract extension

• July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17

  Ofcom sets up Openreach Monitoring Unit

  Telecoms regulator Ofcom is setting up a dedicated unit to keep a watchful eye on Openreach

• July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17

  What Singapore can learn from Israel’s cyber security playbook

  A former Unit 8200 captain from the Israel Defense Forces shares what Singapore can learn from Israel’s approach to cyber security

• July 10, 2017 10 Jul'17

  Experian admits mobile and online issues after system upgrade

  Some customers of credit referencing company are having problems accessing a service they pay for following an IT upgrade and large customer migration to a new system

• July 10, 2017 10 Jul'17

  Nordic CIO interview: Ann Hellenius, City of Stockholm

  Stockholm’s CIO is relishing the challenge of trying to make the Swedish capital the smartest city in the world

• July 05, 2017 05 Jul'17

  Virgin Media fails to deliver on broadband speed claims, says investigation

  An investigation by the BBC’s Watchdog programme accuses ISP Virgin Media of over-promising and under-delivering on the claims it makes about its fibre-based broadband services

• July 05, 2017 05 Jul'17

  Sweden trials blockchain for land registry management

  Swedish land registry is trying out blockchain as a means of proving ownership

• June 21, 2017 21 Jun'17

  The human apprentices behind robotic automation

  IT apprentices are helping large businesses transform their back-office processes through software robots

• June 21, 2017 21 Jun'17

  Pirated software used to spread malware in APAC

  A regional study by a Singapore university has found that counterfeit software distributed through discs and file-sharing networks is plagued by malware

• June 19, 2017 19 Jun'17

  Abu Dhabi uses surveillance tech to protect Grand Prix

  Police use surveillance technology and monitoring software to ensure public safety when Formula One visits the UAE each year

• June 14, 2017 14 Jun'17

  SAP users look to software suppliers to help with fast-approaching GDPR

  An SAP UK and Ireland user group survey has found user organisations crying out for help as GDPR approaches, with cloud delivery a special concern

• June 09, 2017 09 Jun'17

  Patent group prepares for tough data protection laws by moving HR to the cloud

  CPA Global to replace ERP-based HR system as it gears up to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation

• June 08, 2017 08 Jun'17

  Islamic State supporters shun Tails and Tor encryption for Telegram

  Confidential communications show terror group’s supporters are turning to simple mobile phone messaging apps to exchange messages and distribute propaganda

• June 07, 2017 07 Jun'17

  Malaysia’s Cyberjaya to get smart city boost

  Tipped as Malaysia's Silicon Valley, the Cyberjaya township will pilot a slew of smart city projects, including e-payments and mobile bus ticketing

• June 06, 2017 06 Jun'17

  Lloyds bank staff will move to IBM in outsourcing deal

  About 1,500 IT staff at Lloyds Banking Group will join IBM as part of an IT infrastructure outsourcing agreement

• June 02, 2017 02 Jun'17

  GDPR about change management, says startup DPO

  There are threats and risks associated with the GDPR, but one data protection officer believes organisations should focus on the business opportunities instead

• May 31, 2017 31 May'17

  Hundreds of sub-postmasters have applied to join IT-related legal action since March

  The number of sub-postmasters who claim to have suffered as a result of a faulty Post Office IT system has reached 1,300

• May 31, 2017 31 May'17

  Norwegian bakery chain gets the taste of mobile reporting

  Baker Brun, a bakery company in Norway, is modernising its business processes through the latest technologies

• May 26, 2017 26 May'17

  Swedish government agencies join IT spending benchmarking service

  Government agencies in Sweden are using a tool by Apptio to help them gain a better understanding of IT costs

• May 25, 2017 25 May'17

  Finding customer data is big hurdle to meeting GDPR right to erasure

  Global organisations do not know where customer data is stored and use unreliable data removal methods to erase content, a study shows

• May 24, 2017 24 May'17

  Dubai financial services regulator launches temporary licence aimed at fintechs

  Dubai is making it easier for financial technology companies to test out their ideas through a temporary licence

• May 09, 2017 09 May'17

  Highly skilled professionals at risk of being replaced by computers

  Highly skilled jobs will be replaced by artificial intelligence by 2022, says Gartner

• May 09, 2017 09 May'17

  Large UK businesses increasingly want CEOs to have IT background

  More large businesses in the UK want a CEO that has a good understanding of IT

• May 04, 2017 04 May'17

  Metropolitan Police to hit massive IT overspend

  The Metropolitan Police Service is set to massively overspend on IT as it attempts to improve digital policing

• May 02, 2017 02 May'17

  UBS applies data protection for compliance and competitive advantage

  Swiss bank UBS aims to get greater value out of investments in sensitive data protection systems by using its security capabilities as a differentiator