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IT management

• June 27, 2019 27 Jun'19

  Executive interview: George Yianni, head of technology, Philips Hue

  In 2007, Wi-Fi required dongles, Bluetooth was for streaming music and smart lights didn’t exist in people’s homes – but then George Yianni had an idea

• June 27, 2019 27 Jun'19

  Singapore aims to be global node for 5G innovation

  The government will spend S$40m to develop 5G technology use cases in key sectors such as maritime and manufacturing with an eye on exporting Singapore's expertise to global markets

• June 26, 2019 26 Jun'19

  NHSX ends digital programmes and sets out delivery priorities

  The digital unit concludes tech spending review in the health system, defines delivery missions and drives focus on standards and platforms

• June 26, 2019 26 Jun'19

  Nordic public dispels fears over AI and welcomes its advance

  People in the Nordic countries are more welcoming and less fearful of the advance of artificial intelligence than those in other regions

• June 26, 2019 26 Jun'19

  Confusing cocktail of document licensing in SAP’s Hana strategy

  SAP wants its customers to migrate from ECC to Hana and its cloud offering and is also putting forward a new, “ambiguous” document licensing scheme

• June 26, 2019 26 Jun'19

  Singapore government forms digital industry office

  New office will help local tech firms grow their regional footprint and build new capabilities in order to thrive in APAC’s booming digital economy

• June 26, 2019 26 Jun'19

  NHS Wales provides 100,000 staff with Microsoft 365

  Cloud-based suite will help Welsh healthcare service drive digitisation initiatives and support greater collaboration and video-based consultations

• June 25, 2019 25 Jun'19

  Australia’s demand for cloud continues to soar

  Over 40% of local businesses are now using public cloud services, though the lack of cloud skills remains a key barrier to wider adoption

• June 25, 2019 25 Jun'19

  Half of Dutch IT decision-makers can’t explain blockchain technology

  IT decision-makers in the Netherlands know that blockchain has significant benefits, but half don’t understand how to apply it

• June 25, 2019 25 Jun'19

  Outdated IT systems are hindering patient care

  Lack of modernisation is presenting a threat to patients and healthcare practitioners, says study

• June 25, 2019 25 Jun'19

  AI will drive reskilling in problem solving, creativity and collaboration

  A study from the Economist Intelligence Unit has found that executives do not believe that artificial intelligence will lead to job losses, but staff will need retraining

• June 25, 2019 25 Jun'19

  Post Office appoints new chief information officer

  Former Holland & Barrett IT chief joins the Post Office as interim CIO after former incumbent is promoted

• June 25, 2019 25 Jun'19

  Big companies face extinction unless they use IT better

  Better use of IT could add £100bn to the British economy, says a CBI report into UK big business

• June 25, 2019 25 Jun'19

  Saudi banks trial blockchain-based identity technology at ATMs

  Biometric and blockchain technologies are being used in tandem to provide ID verification at Saudi Arabian cash machines

• June 25, 2019 25 Jun'19

  DBS Bank goes big on open source

  Besides using a slew of open source software, DBS Bank is looking to contribute some of its own projects to the open source community in future

• June 24, 2019 24 Jun'19

  Scotland ‘needs stronger digital leadership’

  Despite some good progress, Scotland needs greater strategic direction to further its digital endeavours, says central auditor

• June 24, 2019 24 Jun'19

  European and UK space agencies start CAV connectivity project

  Academia and telecoms operators partner to investigate 5G and satellite systems for connected and autonomous vehicles, with proofs of concept expected for 2020

• June 24, 2019 24 Jun'19

  Ministry of Defence appoints chief scientific adviser

  The first female to hold the role, professor dame Angela McLean will direct the department's core research programme and advise on all science and technology matters

• June 24, 2019 24 Jun'19

  Chef demos Windows Server 2008 migration

  Windows Server 2008 R2 reaches end of support in January 2020. Businesses using older Windows server software have little time to redevelop code

• June 24, 2019 24 Jun'19

  ASEAN CIOs learn to navigate the data economy

  A group of IT leaders in Southeast Asia will converge in Edinburgh this July to delve deeper into issues that have been holding back efforts to become better data-driven organisations

• June 21, 2019 21 Jun'19

  Government must address shortcomings to make data strategy work

  A National Audit Office report outlines the challenges that need to be investigated around making more effective use of data in citizen service delivery and government operations

• June 21, 2019 21 Jun'19

  West Midlands paramedics test remote ultrasonic sensor scans

  Ultrasound sensor works with a haptic glove worn by a paramedic connected over 5G to a clinician, who provides remote diagnosis

• June 21, 2019 21 Jun'19

  CIOs experience stress, verbal and physical abuse during IT failures

  Business continuity involves more than the investment in resilient IT – staff and their families need support too

• June 21, 2019 21 Jun'19

  Surveillance camera czar calls for stronger UK code of practice

  Surveillance cameras are for supporting communities, not spying on them, but the UK needs stronger regulation and citizen engagement in this area, says surveillance camera commissioner

• June 20, 2019 20 Jun'19

  How APAC CIOs are driving AI projects

  IT leaders at a Computer Weekly roundtable say they are grappling with compute bottlenecks and explainable artificial intelligence even as chatbots and other AI projects are being rolled out in full swing

• June 20, 2019 20 Jun'19

  UK citizens call for diversity in AI to be addressed

  Public wants government and tech companies to tackle diversity issues related to the application of artificial intelligence, a study has found

• June 20, 2019 20 Jun'19

  Online porn age-verification checks delayed for six months

  Changes to force UK internet users to prove their age to access adult content are postponed for a third time because of failure to notify the European Commission of key policy details

• June 20, 2019 20 Jun'19

  Facebook officially unveils cryptocurrency plans

  Facebook has released details about its Libra cryptocurrency, but questions still remain over how, and if, it will work

• June 20, 2019 20 Jun'19

  HCL delivers digital services to Cricket Australia

  Cricket governing body chooses Indian IT supplier to expand the boundaries of its customer engagement platforms

• June 20, 2019 20 Jun'19

  Tech startups establish deep roots in Copenhagen

  Danish capital offers all the advantages startups need to get off the ground and many are staying there for the long haul

• June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19

  How AirAsia streamlined its customer service

  Integrating multiple customer touch points with Salesforce has enabled Asia’s leading low-cost carrier to shorten waiting time and improve customer service

• June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19

  Lloyds Bank uses community effort to push out DevOps

  The developers and IT operations teams were once separate. Now they are one. The challenge is getting this to scale across the business

• June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19

  Women in IT trailblazer Maggie Berry gets OBE

  Early pioneer of networking who aimed to get more women into technology is included in Queen's Birthday Honours

• June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19

  Looming private sector IR35 reforms prompts calls for gig economy-focused tax system overhaul

  The growth of the gig-based economy has exposed weaknesses in the UK tax system – exacerbated by the IR35 reforms – that mean an overhaul is needed, panel claims

• June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19

  Finland’s Tieto and Norway’s Evry merge to fend off competition from Indian suppliers

  Two of the Nordic region's biggest IT suppliers merge as competition in their home region increases

• June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19

  Oxford University accepts £150m for artificial intelligence research

  Oxford University has accepted £150m to build a new humanities hub that will include a centre for artificial intelligence ethics research from Stephen Schwarzman, a US private equity boss

• June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19

  UK government pushes data-driven agenda

  A smart data report has been published with consultations under way, while an open call for evidence has been launched to help shape the national data plan

• June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19

  University graduates to Rubrik backup appliance with Azure cloud

  University of Reading could only back up 20% of its data on an ageing tape library, so it modernised with a Rubrik appliance and Azure cloud storage in a cost-neutral project

• June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19

  Signify goes after Wi-Fi with range of Li-Fi office lighting

  Although analyst Gartner has urged IT departments to approach Li-Fi with caution, the use of light as an alternative to Wi-Fi is set to gain momentum

• June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19

  GDS director general to move on to global promotion role

  Kevin Cunnington will be travelling around the world to promote government services under a newly created unit

• June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19

  How Carsales cuts through the noise in incident response

  The Australian firm is using PagerDuty to sieve through a sea of alerts from various alerting systems that notify operations staff of customer and IT issues

• June 18, 2019 18 Jun'19

  Ministry of Justice publishes public cloud security baseline

  Guidelines from the Ministry of Justice aim to avoid potential cloud security issues such as S3 ‘leaky buckets’

• June 18, 2019 18 Jun'19

  Singapore faced fewer cyber threats in 2018

  Despite the fall in the number of common cyber threats last year, Singapore will continue to face advanced persistent threats, CSA warns

• June 17, 2019 17 Jun'19

  Post Office asks Court of Appeal for permission to appeal judgment in first Horizon trial

  The Post Office has applied to the Court of Appeal to appeal judgment in Horizon trial

• June 17, 2019 17 Jun'19

  Transport for London supports innovation to tackle road congestion

  The London RoadLab programme has selected products using emergent technologies to alleviate problems caused by roadworks

• June 17, 2019 17 Jun'19

  Department of Health aims to drive change through tech innovation

  Revamped Accelerated Access Collaborative is intended to “genuinely drive change” in NHS by identifying the best in healthtech, aligning policy and establishing testing mechanisms

• June 17, 2019 17 Jun'19

  Airbus works with Microsoft to trial HoloLens in aircraft manufacturing

  Aircraft company Airbus believes mixed reality systems, powered using headsets such as HoloLens, will drive its digital manufacturing strategy

• June 17, 2019 17 Jun'19

  UK Armed Forces seeks digital recruitment platform provider

  The UK's Armed Forces has gone to market to procure a new digital recruitment platform, to be implemented by March 2022

• June 16, 2019 16 Jun'19

  5G to drive hybrid cloud adoption in ANZ

  5G networks will move computing to the edge, driving adoption of hybrid cloud and hyper-converged infrastructure, says Nutanix’s ANZ chief

• June 14, 2019 14 Jun'19

  How computer vision powered by Nvidia helped Winnow tackle food waste

  Winnow has developed a biologically inspired machine learning algorithm to identify what foods are being thrown away