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• October 16, 2019 16 Oct'19

  Sweden’s first GDPR fine sets regulatory tone

  Secondary school fined for breaching General Data Protection Regulation, signalling the attitude of Sweden’s Data Protection Authority

• October 16, 2019 16 Oct'19

  CIO interview: Michael Cole, CTO, PGA European Tour

  Younger generations are turning away from golf – so golf is turning to technology to revolutionise the sport and improve engagement with fans and players

• October 16, 2019 16 Oct'19

  Government IT hosting providers fail to provide emissions data

  Cloud computing is driving the government’s IT and sustainable tech strategy, but cloud and hosting providers are unable to divulge emissions data

• October 16, 2019 16 Oct'19

  HMRC fails to get new customs system ready for Brexit

  A National Audit Office report reveals that HMRC has opted for a multimillion-pound enhancement of a legacy platform rather than working on its planned replacement

• October 16, 2019 16 Oct'19

  Intel makes Pivot towards 5G with Smart Edge acquisition

  Chip giant Intel has signed a definitive agreement to buy the Smart Edge intelligent-edge platform business from infrastructure and service provider Pivot Technology Solutions

• October 15, 2019 15 Oct'19

  Software architects struggle with relational database legacy

  Legacy relational database management systems were originally designed as systems of record, but they don’t work as well in modern, cloud-native designs

• October 15, 2019 15 Oct'19

  CIO interview: Hugo Mathias, CIO, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

  For all the talk of a ‘paperless NHS’, replacing legacy systems and eliminating paper records is a challenge – but one that Hugo Mathias is tackling through real-time information and cultural change

• October 15, 2019 15 Oct'19

  UK government aims to measure success of digital initiatives

  Responding to a critical parliamentary report on digital progress, the government has laid out plans to develop better metrics and to overhaul legacy IT

• October 15, 2019 15 Oct'19

  Attackers hunt iPhone jailbreakers in click fraud campaign

  Research by Cisco’s Talos threat intel unit has identified a new click fraud campaign targeting people looking to jailbreak their iPhone devices

• October 15, 2019 15 Oct'19

  TfL to use artificial intelligence to run London’s road network

  Transport for London is seeking input from companies about how it can use data-intensive technologies to predict the impact of road problems across the capital

• October 15, 2019 15 Oct'19

  Braintree boasts broadband benchmark

  Braintree in Essex claims to have access to some of the fastest broadband speeds in the world

• October 14, 2019 14 Oct'19

  UK government confirms gigabit broadband roll-out, rows back on 2025 delivery commitment

  UK government confirms plans to roll out gigabit-capable broadband across the UK, yet quietly shelves previous pledge to do so by 2025

• October 14, 2019 14 Oct'19

  Private equity swoops on Sophos

  British cyber security star picked up by technology sector investors for $3.9bn

• October 14, 2019 14 Oct'19

  Researchers reveal the cyber campaign that built China's new airliner

  CrowdStrike has published details of a coordinated campaign of cyber espionage and hacking, forced technology transfer and physical theft as China seeks to gain an advantage in the commercial aviation industry

• October 14, 2019 14 Oct'19

  Digital and innovation apprentices to start NatWest programme

  NatWest is kicking off a tech apprentice programme, with its digital innovation hub set to play a key role

• October 14, 2019 14 Oct'19

  NHS Digital brings in biometric login functionality

  Two new libraries released to allow developers in the NHS to include functionality to digital services

• October 14, 2019 14 Oct'19

  Why API-first software development leads to shiny API people

  There is a fundamental difference between using application programming interfaces for integration and having an API strategy for reuse. We look at how APIs can make digital initiatives shine

• October 14, 2019 14 Oct'19

  The Security Interviews: Applying AI to Lego, and security

  Ann Johnson, Microsoft corporate vice-president of cyber security, is on a mission to prove that artificial intelligence holds great promise for the security sector, and she has the analogies to back it up

• October 14, 2019 14 Oct'19

  Deputy chief executive at NHS Digital departs

  NHS Digital’s deputy chief executive, Rob Shaw, will leave the organisation in December to work with foreign governments on national health and care infrastructure

• October 11, 2019 11 Oct'19

  How code reuse drives business change at the DWP

  Department for Work and Pensions is using application programming interfaces to promote reuse of granular microservices across the organisation

• October 11, 2019 11 Oct'19

  Why would a bank that made billions of pounds’ profit cut thousands of staff?

  HSBC is the latest bank to make thousands of staff cuts as even profitable businesses need to reshape themselves for the challenges that digital transformation brings

• October 11, 2019 11 Oct'19

  OECD pushes international digital services tax agenda

  The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development wants to reach agreement on addressing issues around taxation for online giants by 2020

• October 10, 2019 10 Oct'19

  GoCardless gives 95% of its staff business intelligence at their fingertips

  Fintech payments company GoCardless is enabling staff to carry out business intelligence queries themselves

• October 10, 2019 10 Oct'19

  CIO interview: Shaun Le Geyt, CIO, Parkinson’s UK

  A major shift from Microsoft Office 365 to Google's G Suite, the implementation of Salesforce and better use of data are combining to help the charity enhance its support for people with Parkinson’s

• October 10, 2019 10 Oct'19

  New law will help roll-out of faster broadband

  Measures will make it easier to install faster internet connections in blocks of flats where landlords repeatedly ignore requests for access from broadband firms

• October 10, 2019 10 Oct'19

  How AWS is cracking the public sector cloud market

  The public sector cloud business takes time and resources to build, but the rewards can be meaningful, as the founder of Amazon Web Service’s public sector division has found

• October 10, 2019 10 Oct'19

  Kroger drives data-driven customer experience

  Scott Crawford, data science lead at 84.51°, the data business at US grocery retailer Kroger, discusses data projects and iterative programmes

• October 10, 2019 10 Oct'19

  Mental health issues concern UK tech professionals

  Staff shortages, long hours and lack of flexibility are impacting the wellbeing of people in the sector, according to a Harvey Nash survey.

• October 09, 2019 09 Oct'19

  CIO interview: Mohamed Sater, head of IT at Mumtalakat

  Mumtalakat’s head of IT, Mohamed Sater, is modernising the IT infrastructure of the organisation through cloud computing

• October 09, 2019 09 Oct'19

  Survival of accountants 'at stake' as HMRC presses ahead with tax digitisation

  Advances in technology are bringing a series of dilemmas for professionals as the government continues plans to digitise all tax for UK businesses, according to a new report

• October 09, 2019 09 Oct'19

  How Goldman Sachs migrated to cloud native software development

  Investment bank Goldman Sachs has selected GitLab as the platform to manage its software development life cycle, supporting 9,000 engineers

• October 09, 2019 09 Oct'19

  More Institute of Technology centres planned to tackle skills gap

  A second wave of centres offering higher technical education nationwide has been announced

• October 09, 2019 09 Oct'19

  Inside Singapore Airlines’ cloud and DevOps journey

  A team of engineers at Singapore’s flagship carrier shed light on how they are overcoming challenges in embracing cloud computing and DevOps

• October 08, 2019 08 Oct'19

  Nadella sees Azure as the world’s computer

  The Microsoft CEO wants organisations to consider Azure as a distributed cloud for next-generation AI applications

• October 08, 2019 08 Oct'19

  Sweden’s SEB explores core banking in the cloud

  Swedish Bank is the latest organisation to agree to start using a Google-inspired, cloud-native core banking platform

• October 08, 2019 08 Oct'19

  Dutch AI Coalition wants to put the Netherlands on artificial intelligence map

  To ensure the Netherlands keeps pace in the artificial intelligence race, an AI coalition has been formed to help organisations in the sector to collaborate

• October 08, 2019 08 Oct'19

  CIO interview: Matt Harris, head of IT, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport

  The IT chief at the world-leading Formula 1 team is focused on using technology to support and deliver marginal gains in performance for the team’s drivers

• October 08, 2019 08 Oct'19

  How APAC enterprises can keep pace with container security

  For all the promises of containers, changes in architecture and practices associated with the technology bring new challenges and opportunities

• October 08, 2019 08 Oct'19

  Hype vs reality: Is the tech industry on the cusp of another ‘AI winter’?

  Artificial intelligence is a hot topic for enterprise users, but will the technology fail to live up to the hype this time around, ponder panellists at the NetEvents Global IT Summit in San Jose

• October 08, 2019 08 Oct'19

  Deutsche Bank to set up innovation division to drive digital transformation

  More details about Deutsche Bank’s new technology division in internal company email

• October 08, 2019 08 Oct'19

  IBM, McAfee among founders of open source security alliance

  A group of cyber security suppliers have come together to form the Open Cybersecurity Alliance

• October 07, 2019 07 Oct'19

  Scottish Parliament launches inquiry on police use of facial recognition

  The circumstances and implications of the technology’s application in the police service will be investigated in the coming months

• October 07, 2019 07 Oct'19

  UK chief data officer recruitment plans still on

  Minister says CDO will work closely with the chief digital and information officer, who is still to be recruited

• October 07, 2019 07 Oct'19

  Public cloud computing is early on its journey to core of the bank

  Banks are no longer reluctant to use the cloud as the technology pierces the outer layer of the banking sector and begins its journey to the core

• October 07, 2019 07 Oct'19

  UKtech50 2019 – help us find the most influential people in UK technology

  Computer Weekly’s annual search for the 50 most influential people in UK technology reaches its 10th anniversary – let us know who you would like to nominate for this year’s list

• October 07, 2019 07 Oct'19

  Southeast Asia’s internet economy hits $100bn milestone

  The digital economy in Southeast Asia grew 39% this year but the growth momentum can only be sustained if talent gaps are filled

• October 04, 2019 04 Oct'19

  Home Office picks supplier for £300m biometrics project

  The department has chosen US company Leidos to provide critical elements of the national system under a £300m contract with a 10-year timespan

• October 04, 2019 04 Oct'19

  UK and US call on Facebook to walk back encryption plans

  The US, Australian and UK governments have asked Facebook to ditch plans to deploy end-to-end encryption across Facebook Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp

• October 04, 2019 04 Oct'19

  How data drives wins at Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport

  We find out how Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport uses data to drive its business and Formula One race strategy

• October 04, 2019 04 Oct'19

  HP Inc announces restructuring as it tries to get European supplies moving

  PC and print manufacturer faces an uphill battle in its printer supplies business, particularly in Europe