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October 16, 2019
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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
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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
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October 16, 2019
16
Oct'19
Zopa continues in its mission to apply a Netflix user experience to banking
Zopa has made a credit scoring tool available as it continues to expand the portfolio of products it offers beyond loans.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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October 14, 2019
14
Oct'19
Private equity swoops on Sophos
British cyber security star picked up by technology sector investors for $3.9bn
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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
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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
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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
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October 14, 2019
14
Oct'19
French and German banks end talks on challenger bank sale
After months of negotiations, BPCE's proposed sale of Fidor Bank to OLB has fallen through
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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
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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
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October 11, 2019
11
Oct'19
SAP CEO Bill McDermott steps down
McDermott will be replaced by SAP board members Jennifer Morgan and Christian Klein
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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October 10, 2019
10
Oct'19
UK and Middle East PR firm ditches NetApp for Nutanix and Talon Fast
Four Communications needed better connectivity for collaboration between the UK and its gulf sites, so dumped server/storage for hyper-converged and a distributed file system
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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.
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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
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October 09, 2019
09
Oct'19
BT goes local with UK jobs boost under ‘beyond limits’ banner
Telco to boost UK call centre staff numbers, up high-street presence and add in-home tech support
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October 09, 2019
09
Oct'19
HETT 2019: Digital literacy gap will never be fully closed, says panel
The increasing use of digital technology in healthcare means it is important for people to be digitally literate to take part, but the digital literacy gap will always be there, says an expert panel
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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October 07, 2019
07
Oct'19
PLC flash: A solid state candidate for analytics and archives?
We thought flash would end at QLC, but storage media makers are working on penta-level cell, which could push capacity to double figures, but at a further performance cost
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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
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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
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October 07, 2019
07
Oct'19
Openreach tests new digging tech for rural broadband builds
Openreach is testing new tools and techniques to roll out full-fibre broadband faster in rural areas
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October 07, 2019
07
Oct'19
Government departments sign up to web data-sharing plan
All but four Whitehall departments have so far agreed to share web analytics data to allow the government to monitor user behaviour across the Gov.uk domain
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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
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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
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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
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October 04, 2019
04
Oct'19
Swedish authorities introduce robots to help social workers
Software robots free up time for social workers to help benefits claimants find employment
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October 04, 2019
04
Oct'19
Government planning for ‘undeliverable’ ESN
The government has agreed to all of the Public Accounts Committee’s findings in its investigation into the Emergency Services Network, but there is still a chance the programme could collapse
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October 03, 2019
03
Oct'19
NatWest bank uses artificial intelligence to predict the future
NatWest is using artificial intelligence to help it paint a more accurate picture of future trends
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October 03, 2019
03
Oct'19
Government issues Brexit guidance for technology firms
Ten-point checklist released to help firms prepare for leaving the European Union without a deal
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October 03, 2019
03
Oct'19
Local authorities hit by 800 cyber attacks every hour
Local authorities and councils in the UK have reported being hit by more than 263 million cyber attacks in the first six months of this year
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October 03, 2019
03
Oct'19
Post-Brexit passport checking tool to start pilot
The government is looking for companies that can carry out large-scale tests of the Document Checking Service, which will allow organisations to digitally check the validity of passports
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October 03, 2019
03
Oct'19
New threat group behind Airbus cyber attacks, claim researchers
Context Information Security’s threat intel and response teams says it has evidence that the recent supply chain attacks on Airbus are the work of a newly identified group called Avivore
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October 03, 2019
03
Oct'19
Southern Water embarks on £15m datacentre modernisation programme
Southern Water has enlisted the help of service provider MTI Technology to revamp its datacentres, with a greater emphasis on the use of software-defined processes and hyper-converged technologies
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October 03, 2019
03
Oct'19
IR35 reforms: Lloyds Bank contractors to get deadline on future employment status
Lloyds Banking Group is the latest large firm set to end engagement of IT contractors through personal service companies due to impending IR35 tax reforms
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October 02, 2019
02
Oct'19
British Heart Foundation £10m data science centre set in train
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) and Health Data Research UK have set up a £10m data science centre