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• January 03, 2019 03 Jan'19

  Intel admits chip security has a long way to go

  A year ago, the world came to realise how a side-loading attack could compromise a microprocessor. Intel has been working hard to make fixes easier

• January 03, 2019 03 Jan'19

  Hancock promises GP IT overhaul

  New £450m framework will “shake up” primary care IT by getting rid of old systems, using new standards and exploring moving patient data to the cloud, says health secretary

• January 02, 2019 02 Jan'19

  Brighton and Hove gets ready for Orbis migration

  Brighton and Hove City Council has already moved its co-location servers onto Nutanix nodes. It is now looking at moving its primary Hove datacentre

• January 02, 2019 02 Jan'19

  Guide dogs not fazed by self-driving robots

  Robotics startup Starship Technologies and charity Guide Dogs are collaborating on a series of tests exploring how service animals interact with robots

• January 02, 2019 02 Jan'19

  Nordic digital transformation driven by traditional businesses

  More traditional Nordic businesses are fuelling the region's digital transformation, finds report

• January 02, 2019 02 Jan'19

  How e-signatures fix broken digitisation

  A big barrier to the end-to-end digitisation of business processes is that certain steps require paper – but DocuSign plans to fix this

• January 02, 2019 02 Jan'19

  Subpostmasters suing Post Office over IT failures stunned by CEO’s honour

  Subpostmasters’ campaign group attacks Post Office CEO Paula Vennells’ New Year honour amid ongoing court case

• January 02, 2019 02 Jan'19

  Huawei aims to be more resilient in 2019 amid challenges

  Huawei’s rotating chairman Guo Ping outlines the firm’s priorities to optimise its product portfolio, empower employees and build a more resilient business structure

• December 31, 2018 31 Dec'18

  Executive interview: Why Bet365 is going for Golang

  If you face the same challenges as the web giants, why not choose a language developed by Google? We speak to Bet365’s head of sports development

• December 28, 2018 28 Dec'18

  Top 10 mobile stories of 2018

  As 5G moves from theory to practical reality, we look back at Computer Weekly’s biggest mobile stories from the past 12 months

• December 28, 2018 28 Dec'18

  Top 10 HR technology stories of 2018

  Companies are turning to artificial intelligence, robotic automation and chatbots to take the drudgery out of human resource management

• December 27, 2018 27 Dec'18

  Top 10 CIO interviews of 2018

  IT leaders from across the UK and Europe shared their plans, strategies and best practice advice with Computer Weekly in 2018

• December 27, 2018 27 Dec'18

  Top 10 Middle East stories of 2018

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Middle East enterprise IT stories of 2018

• December 24, 2018 24 Dec'18

  Top 10 public sector IT stories of 2018

  In the year the UK government couldn’t decide if Brexit really meant Brexit, departments continued to struggle with the workload of EU exit technology projects, the chancellor’s budget promised lots of money for tech, and ministers played musical ...

• December 21, 2018 21 Dec'18

  Top 10 AI stories of 2018

  From smart speakers to deep learning and ethics, 2018 has been the year that AI peaked in terms of hype

• December 21, 2018 21 Dec'18

  Top 10 developer stories of 2018

  Thanks to DevOps, the need for businesses to develop software more quickly and a thriving open source community, 2018 has been a good year for developers

• December 20, 2018 20 Dec'18

  CIO interview: Amitabh Apte, global director of digital integration, Mars

  The consumer goods giant’s global director of integration talks about developing an API strategy, consistency and increasing customer focus

• December 20, 2018 20 Dec'18

  Marriott data breach losses could be over half a billion dollars

  Direct losses related to a huge data breach at US hotel group could reach $600m

• December 20, 2018 20 Dec'18

  Top 10 NHS IT stories of 2018

  In 2018, the NHS celebrated its 70th birthday, NHS Digital began a huge restructure, Matt Hancock swooped in as new health secretary and the health service launched its all-singing, all-dancing app

• December 20, 2018 20 Dec'18

  Top 10 financial services stories of 2018

  Here are Computer Weekly's top 10 financial services stories of 2018

• December 19, 2018 19 Dec'18

  CMA acts on super-complaint over broadband, mobile charges

  The Competition and Markets Authority is to crack down on communications services providers who ‘penalise’ loyal customers over new ones

• December 19, 2018 19 Dec'18

  Lauri Love battles police for return of computers as NCA confirms live investigation

  The National Crime Agency (NCA) confirms there is a live investigation into Lauri Love in the UK, as Love brings legal action against UK police for the return of seized computer equipment

• December 19, 2018 19 Dec'18

  Top 10 broadband stories of 2018

  The networking industry swung firmly behind full-fibre broadband in 2018, with encouraging signs that the gold-standard of broadband service delivery technology is at long last taking off in the UK

• December 19, 2018 19 Dec'18

  Top 10 Benelux IT stories of 2018

  From cyber security planning to smart city initiatives, here is a selection of articles about IT developments in the Benelux countries

• December 18, 2018 18 Dec'18

  Ancient Britain comes to life at Bath’s 5G testbed

  The West of England Combined Authority is running a 5G Smart Tourism project at Bath’s world-famous Roman spa

• December 18, 2018 18 Dec'18

  Defra unveils green government tech vision

  Printing reams of paper and travelling to meetings are among the areas targeted in the new, green ICT makeover

• December 18, 2018 18 Dec'18

  Vodafone spreads Christmas cheer with a 4G drone

  Vodafone has conducted a test flight of the UK’s first drone delivery controlled over its 4G network

• December 18, 2018 18 Dec'18

  Mobile security needs a rethink for the 5G era

  A report released through the government’s 5G Testbeds and Trials programme has recommended the UK rethink its mobile security strategy

• December 18, 2018 18 Dec'18

  HSBC taking data analysis service to business customers

  HSBC is upping its search for artificial intelligence expertise as it takes a data analytics service to its business customers

• December 18, 2018 18 Dec'18

  Ellison slates AWS Aurora as Oracle posts flat second quarter

  Oracle was late to the cloud, but CTO Larry Ellison is adamant that no one will swap out Oracle for Amazon

• December 18, 2018 18 Dec'18

  Ofcom fires starting gun for new mobile spectrum auction

  Mobile spectrum in the 700MHz and 3.6-3.8GHz bands will be put up for auction either late in 2019 or early in 2020

• December 18, 2018 18 Dec'18

  Top 10 end user computing stories of 2018

  Processor flaws, browser-based desktop IT and the idea of a fully managed PC service were among the hot topics this year

• December 17, 2018 17 Dec'18

  Autonomous submersible, Arggonauts, uses Dell for remote data processing

  Getting data to the sea floor is near impossible in the deep sea because there is no GPS and no quick way to communicate with the surface

• December 14, 2018 14 Dec'18

  CIO interview: Alan Talbot, CIO, Air Malta

  Air Malta’s CIO is working to turn the IT department from a cost centre into a profit centre, introducing APIs and using emerging technologies

• December 14, 2018 14 Dec'18

  Ofcom tells ISPs to be upfront about better broadband deals

  Telecoms regulator is rolling out a range of measures to make the broadband market serve the interests of consumers better

• December 14, 2018 14 Dec'18

  CIO interview: Mayank Prakash, CDIO, DWP

  Outgoing DWP chief digital and information officer Mayank Prakash looks at challenges and accomplishments during his time at the department, and talks about finishing the roll out of Universal Credit

• December 13, 2018 13 Dec'18

  ICO and government help UK businesses prepare for no-deal Brexit

  The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the government are providing guidance for UK businesses, particularly SMEs, on how to prepare for a possible no-deal Brexit

• December 13, 2018 13 Dec'18

  Sberbank partners US accelerator for startup programme

  Russian state-run bank links up with San Francisco-based accelerator 500 Startups to provide expert advice to startups in a variety of tech fields

• December 13, 2018 13 Dec'18

  UK trade sector risks GDPR fines over poor data disposal

  UK businesses in the trade sector are risking GDPR fines for failing to wipe data from old IT equipment, a survey shows

• December 12, 2018 12 Dec'18

  Interview: Dheeraj Pandey, CEO, Nutanix

  It may be known for hyper-converged infrastructure, but Nutanix now has its head in the clouds

• December 12, 2018 12 Dec'18

  DWP completes Universal Credit roll-out

  The Department for Work and Pensions concludes the deployment of Universal Credit across the UK, meaning the full digital service is now available nationwide

• December 12, 2018 12 Dec'18

  UKtech50 2018 – the most influential people in UK IT

  Computer Weekly has announced the ninth annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK IT sector

• December 12, 2018 12 Dec'18

  UKtech50 2018: Women are making their mark

  Women are making strong progress in the UK technology industry, with seven of the top 10 on Computer Weekly’s UKtech50 list being female

• December 12, 2018 12 Dec'18

  UKtech50 interview: Jacky Wright, CDIO, HMRC

  The UKtech50’s most influential person in UK IT 2018, HM Revenue and Customs’ chief digital and information officer, Jacky Wright, on balancing priorities, leveraging new technologies and the changing role of the CIO

• December 12, 2018 12 Dec'18

  Finland’s IT sector recovers after break-up of Nokia

  Finnish government plays vital role in helping IT sector recover from the shock of Microsoft taking over the country’s biggest company

• December 11, 2018 11 Dec'18

  Tibco’s Orchestra acquisition will mean ‘faster IT integration’

  Tibco’s strategic acquisition of Paris-based Orchestra networks will ‘benefit customers of both companies’

• December 11, 2018 11 Dec'18

  Slow action on broadband and 5G risks UK’s economic future, CBI warns

  A report from the CBI has called for the government to fast-track legislation to guarantee access to ultrafast network services

• December 10, 2018 10 Dec'18

  Port of Rotterdam uses floating lab to learn about automation in harbour

  A ship will soon be converted to a floating laboratory to test automation technologies at the Netherlands port

• December 10, 2018 10 Dec'18

  Councils awarded funding for digital innovation projects

  The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government digital innovation fund awarded to a range of projects, including chatbots, artificial intelligence and town planning transformation

• December 07, 2018 07 Dec'18

  Hybrid cloud in Australian government removes supplier lock-in

  Australian public sector could take the hybrid approach to cloud computing as government’s digital transformation strategy moves ahead