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• 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

• June 14, 2019 14 Jun'19

  Government reviews regulation to enable tech innovation

  The government reforms are aimed at ensuring that regulations keep up with technological change

• June 14, 2019 14 Jun'19

  How digital transformation underpins Three’s 5G ambitions

  At Three, the smallest of the UK’s four mobile network operators, a transformative attitude to underlying IT is helping the firm mount a serious challenge to its rivals when it comes to 5G roll-out

• June 14, 2019 14 Jun'19

  IT outsourcing is increasing, but not as we know it

  IT outsourcing is growing in the UK, as organisations spend more as part of their digital transformations

• June 14, 2019 14 Jun'19

  Innovation drives Nominet to cyber security

  Embracing an innovation strategy for a mature organisation led domain name registry Nominet to found a cyber security business based on its core expertise, its CEO tells London Tech Week

• June 13, 2019 13 Jun'19

  Facebook London hiring spree focuses on tackling online harms

  Facebook is hiring for 500 tech jobs in the capital in the next six months, with a particular focus on seeking out and clamping down on malicious content and fake accounts, and curbing other harmful behaviour on its platforms

• June 13, 2019 13 Jun'19

  Budgets for customer experience projects grow, but more are stalling

  Organisations are spending on advanced analytics to improve customer experience

• June 13, 2019 13 Jun'19

  Collaboration is key to digital success in public safety

  Multi-agency engagement has a significant potential to boost the digital delivery of citizen safety services, says report

• June 13, 2019 13 Jun'19

  UK tech visa application numbers rise for the fifth year in a row, Tech Nation confirms

  Data from visa endorsement body Tech Nation reveals 45% year on year jump in tech visa applications, with India and the US emerging as the two major sources of candidates

• June 13, 2019 13 Jun'19

  Digital chief at Department for Work and Pensions gets extension

  Acting chief digital information officer Simon McKinnon will stay in the role until 2020, since a successor for Mayank Prakash has yet to be found

• June 13, 2019 13 Jun'19

  How IT helps the National Theatre to stage productions

  It may seem like it’s all last-minute, but theatre production is a process and IT can make day-to-day operations go smoothly

• June 12, 2019 12 Jun'19

  DCMS adds cash to 5G testbed fund and moves to ease planning laws

  The government is to invest £40m in new projects under its 5G Testbeds and Trials scheme, and will explore new ways to liberalise planning laws to support quicker 5G deployment

• June 12, 2019 12 Jun'19

  NHSX chief replaces senior digital clinician at NHS Digital

  Matthew Gould takes over board seat from chief clinical information officer Simon Eccles

• June 12, 2019 12 Jun'19

  Gartner: Blockchain lacks functionality needed by enterprise

  Gartner has found there is generally a lack of understanding of how blockchain can be used in the enterprise

• June 12, 2019 12 Jun'19

  From oil crash to tech startup boom in Norway

  For countries highly dependent on oil, the global price crash had huge potential ramifications – one of which, in Norway, was the development of a thriving technology sector

• June 12, 2019 12 Jun'19

  Government’s national Innovation Strategy launches

  The long-awaited Innovation Strategy document includes evolving use of data, eradicating legacy and seconding senior tech staff to the private sector

• June 12, 2019 12 Jun'19

  Austrian Supreme Court green-lights GDPR case against Facebook

  A potential landmark case against Facebook for violating General Data Protection Regulation rights has been given the go-ahead by the Austrian Supreme Court

• June 11, 2019 11 Jun'19

  In a cyber data breach, preparation is key

  The importance of preparation was strongly emphasised at a breach response workshop hosted by DAC Beachcroft as part of London Tech Week

• June 11, 2019 11 Jun'19

  Cisco shows off AI-driven network analysis at customer event

  New tools to help IT departments better understand network behaviour and predict potential problems were among a series of announcements made on the opening day of Cisco Live in the US

• June 11, 2019 11 Jun'19

  Government increases efforts to drive Verify uptake

  Renewed push to create a ubiquitous digital identity market will include a consultation with the private sector and the creation of a dedicated unit

• June 11, 2019 11 Jun'19

  London Office of Technology and Innovation launches in ‘willing and able’ local authorities

  The LOTI coalition of local authorities kicks off to speed up the adoption of new technologies and approaches within local authorities

• June 11, 2019 11 Jun'19

  MP brands Huawei exec a ‘moral vacuum’ as operators demand 5G clarity

  Huawei chief security officer John Suffolk faces tough questions from parliament’s Science and Technology Select Committee over the firm’s links to the Chinese government

• June 11, 2019 11 Jun'19

  Tech firms back UK in spite of Brexit

  Theresa May announces funding to boost development of quantum technologies, as well as a tech competitiveness study, as sector companies pledge to invest further in the country

• June 10, 2019 10 Jun'19

  UK invests £18.5m to boost diversity in artificial intelligence

  Funding for artificial intelligence will go towards conversion degrees, scholarships for under-represented groups and online learning in the UK

• June 10, 2019 10 Jun'19

  UK should be much further ahead in AI, says London mayor

  Sadiq Khan calls on the next prime minister to prioritise preparations around the potential impact of artificial intelligence

• June 10, 2019 10 Jun'19

  TSB makes key appointment in IT restructure

  Mark Curran moves from CYBG to head up reorganisation that will see control of TSB’s IT transferred to an internal team from parent company’s tech subsidiary

• June 10, 2019 10 Jun'19

  BCS urges universities to push ethics standards on AI masters degrees

  Ethics is a key requirement blue-chip firms will look for in artificial intelligence MSc graduates

• June 10, 2019 10 Jun'19

  Whittard spills the tea about its use of technology

  CFO and IT manager of British hot beverages brand Whittard explains the firm’s recent investment in technology ahead of the business’s expansion into China

• June 07, 2019 07 Jun'19

  Public opposes exploitation of NHS data by large tech companies

  Following the US presidential visit to the UK, a YouGov survey found citizens are largely against use of patient information by international tech firms and want benefits focused on the UK

• June 07, 2019 07 Jun'19

  CIO interview: John Finch, Refinitiv

  Refinitiv CIO John Finch says finding people with the right level of data science skills is his biggest challenge

• June 07, 2019 07 Jun'19

  NHS England extends funding for new innovation projects

  3D heart modelling and an advanced blood test to reduce heart attack diagnostic timescales are among the additional projects that will be offered to more patients

• June 07, 2019 07 Jun'19

  Edtech in the Nordics offers students alternative learning journeys

  Pioneering attitude to technology innovation across business and society lends itself to adoption in education across the region

• June 07, 2019 07 Jun'19

  Apple tackles iPad-to-Mac app portability

  Xcode framework enables app developers to use one set of source code to target either iPadOS or MacOS

• June 06, 2019 06 Jun'19

  NHS to provide funds to reward use of AI in health service

  Incentives will be given from April 2020, says NHS England chief executive

• June 06, 2019 06 Jun'19

  Ofcom’s Sharon White to step down at Christmas

  Chief executive will leave her role at the telecoms regulator at the end of 2019

• June 06, 2019 06 Jun'19

  TNMOC showcases role of Wren Colossus operators in D-Day

  Colossus was used to decypher German Lorenz encrypted messages, one of which appears to have given the Allies the green light

• June 06, 2019 06 Jun'19

  Tech sector appeals to future prime minister

  Trade body TechUK has urged Conservative leadership candidates to support the national digital industry and warned about the risks of a no-deal Brexit to sector businesses

• June 06, 2019 06 Jun'19

  Co-op pushes to make customer care teams more co-operative

  The Co-op operates in market segments ranging from funeral care to food, and its customer service strategy was disparate until it adopted Salesforce

• June 06, 2019 06 Jun'19

  Half of CFOs frustrated by complex accounting systems

  Chief financial officers need to upgrade to easier-to-use accounting systems, but are strapped for time and lack the resources to make the right choices, according to survey

• June 06, 2019 06 Jun'19

  One in five digital transformation projects fail

  Concerns around the selection of the right technology and Brexit uncertainty are among the main stumbling blocks, a new survey says

• June 06, 2019 06 Jun'19

  Microsoft and Oracle join forces to offer inter-cloud connectivity

  Pair will provide direct connections between their clouds, enabling workloads to use services across Oracle and Azure public clouds

• June 06, 2019 06 Jun'19

  Legacy IT systems a significant security challenge

  Information security professionals need to work closely with the business to identify critical legacy IT systems to ensure security risks are managed effectively, CISO tells Infosecurity Europe

• June 06, 2019 06 Jun'19

  Digital transformation an opportunity for security

  Digital transformation is an opportunity not only for the business to up its game, but also for security teams to engage with and win over the business, CISO tells Infosecurity Europe

• June 05, 2019 05 Jun'19

  CIO interview: Chris Worle, chief digital officer, Hargreaves Lansdown

  Former marketing director is defining the newly created CDO role at the financial services firm, and is starting to appreciate the cultural changes involved in digital transformation

• June 05, 2019 05 Jun'19

  National Cyber Security Strategy mostly failing, says PAC report

  The Cabinet Office is on track to deliver only one objective of the 12 outcomes initially established in the National Cyber Security Strategy, with value to taxpayers still unclear

• June 05, 2019 05 Jun'19

  Komprise to add Deep Analytics to unstructured data management

  New functionality will allow customers to create and interrogate virtual data set from potentially petabytes of unstructured data across multiple shares and physical storage

• June 05, 2019 05 Jun'19

  Amal Clooney calls on business and tech to solve world issues

  Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney urged technologists to look at how they can tackle issues that governments have failed to address

• June 05, 2019 05 Jun'19

  Uncritical use of algorithms in justice can undermine public trust and individual rights

  A Law Society report has raised concerns about the use of algorithmic systems in decision making in the criminal justice system

• June 05, 2019 05 Jun'19

  Nominations open for Most Influential Women in UK Technology 2019

  Computer Weekly is seeking nominations for this year’s list of the 50 most influential women in UK technology