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• December 07, 2015 07 Dec'15

  Sweden considers writing off IT student loans to attract more women

  Sweden is considering writing off student loans for women who study IT in an attempt to improve the gender balance in the sector to support digitisation

• December 07, 2015 07 Dec'15

  Cyber attacks an increasing concern for Asean countries

  Organisations in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are increasingly the targets for cyber criminals, according to a report focused on the region

• December 07, 2015 07 Dec'15

  Change is in the air as Australia's Royal Flying Doctor Service applies analytics to everything

  Australia's Royal Flying Doctor Service unearths additional benefits of data analytics following its decision to use Splunk software to analyse operational logs

• December 07, 2015 07 Dec'15

  Australia launches plan to reduce reliance on natural resources

  The Australian government has announced plans to reduce its dependency on industries that rely on natural resources and increase its activities in areas such as IT

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  India’s HCL opens Estonian operation to support Nordic customers

  HCL Technologies opens an Estonian delivery centre which will support customers across Europe, including those in the Nordic region

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  Wetherspoon pub chain warns customers of data breach

  Discovery of a data breach at JD Wetherspoons comes hard on the heels of a breach at TalkTalk, underlining the importance of keeping customer data safe

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  Veracode finds most web apps fail Owasp security check list

  The findings of a report on critical vulnerabilities in most web applications is raising concerns over potential security vulnerabilities in millions of websites

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  Home Office e-Borders programme costs to reach £1.1bn by 2019, says NAO report

  The failed e-Borders programme has cost £830m to date, with a further £275m projected costs before the Home Office produces new systems in-house, due to go live in 2019

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  VMware research shines light on volume of UK enterprise data stored overseas

  A poll of UK IT decision makers suggests just 37% know exactly where their enterprise data is located

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  The US and China agree more steps to fight cyber crime

  The US and China have made progress in expanding co-operation on cyber crime as China claims criminals and not state-backed hackers broke into the US Office of Personnel Management

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  Workday ringfences support in Europe after Safe Harbour ruled unsafe

  US cloud HR and financial services provider reponds to Safe Harbour failure by ringfencing European data

• December 02, 2015 02 Dec'15

  UKtech50 2015 - The most influential people in UK IT

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

• December 02, 2015 02 Dec'15

  Interview: BT CEO Gavin Patterson

  For BT CEO Gavin Patterson, the UKtech50 most influential person in UK IT 2015, the network is a vital tool to balance the demands of a global services business with the responsibility of being the national incumbent telecoms operator

• December 02, 2015 02 Dec'15

  UKtech50 2015 - Computer Weekly's five rising stars

  We select five IT leaders destined for great things, to recognise the rising stars of IT alongside our annual list of the 50 most influential people in UK technology

• December 01, 2015 01 Dec'15

  Security analytics needs practical approach, says Fico Ciso Vickie Miller

  Analytics must form part of a comprehensive defence-in-depth strategy, according to chief information security officer (Ciso) Vickie Miller at software firm Fico

• December 01, 2015 01 Dec'15

  Infinity SDC sells Slough datacentre assets to rival Virtus

  Virtus expands greater London datacentre portfolio by purchasing rival's colocation facility in Slough

• December 01, 2015 01 Dec'15

  CIO interview: Jesper Riis, DSV

  IT plays a business-critical role at Danish logistics and transportation company DSV. CIO Jesper Riis tells Computer Weekly about his current challenges

• December 01, 2015 01 Dec'15

  Rural payments problems led to 40% increase in costs, says NAO report

  Inappropriate behaviour and too much focus on IT procurement led to rural payments programme costs spiralling to 40% over budget, says National Audit Office report

• November 27, 2015 27 Nov'15

  GDS aims for £3.5bn savings using its £450m budget

  The Government Digital Service plans £3.5bn in efficiency savings on the back of its £450m budget, including a £1.3bn saving from its government-as-a-platform programme

• November 27, 2015 27 Nov'15

  CIO interview: Abhilash Chacko, head of IT commercial, Gatwick Airport

  Airport’s head of IT commercial seeks to abandon old ways of thinking and collaborate with airlines to use technology to improve the passenger experience

• November 27, 2015 27 Nov'15

  Case study: Tideway uses private cloud to manage London ‘super sewer’ infrastructure

  Infrastructure services director explains why Tideway has opted for a managed, private cloud setup to support sewer project

• November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15

  CIO interview: Turkka Keskinen, UPM

  Finnish paper and forest products firm’s CIO tells Computer Weekly about the journey towards cloud-only IT

• November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15

  Dridex banking Trojan regains strength to mount attacks on the UK

  Fresh Dridex banking Trojan campaigns target the US, UK and France – despite a recent law enforcement takedown operation – warn security researchers

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  Spending review: Osborne gives NHS £1bn for technology boost

  The NHS will get £1bn to spend on technology – including an interoperable patient record system – chancellor George Osborne has announced

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  Data breach hits Hilton Worldwide hotel chain

  Hilton Worldwide says malware found its way onto point of sale (PoS) systems and enabled attackers to steal payment card information

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  Equinix rolls out AWS Direct Connect in Slough datacentre

  Datacentre provider launches private internet connection to Amazon Web Services to help customers build hybrid clouds

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  Defence review promises 1.2% of defence budget spend on technology

  The government’s defence review highlights need for technology investment, innovative ideas and cyber security

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  Five key strategies for IoT success

  Companies need to be agile because in some IoT systems, it will be a question of the winner taking it all, according to Kent Eriksson, IoT business consultant at PTC

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  UK and Estonia launch TechLink programme

  The UK and Estonian governments are launching a TechLink programme to share best practice and innovations

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  CIO interview: Lone Bundgaard, Coloplast

  IT development head at Danish medical products and services company plays core role in major change to how the company engages with its customers

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  HMRC Capgemini staff transfer consultation not as flexible as hoped, says union

  With less than two weeks left until HMRC’s deadline for transferring 250 Capgemini staff in-house, talks aren’t going as well as hoped, says the Public and Commercial Services Union

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  Coalition of top tech firms opposes weakened encryption

  Weakening security with the aim of advancing security simply does not make sense, a coalition of top tech firms tells US president Barack Obama

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  Group litigation against Post Office being prepared in Horizon dispute

  Subpostmasters who believe they have been wrongly punished for misaccounting or theft due to flawed computer system prepare group legal action against Post Office

• November 19, 2015 19 Nov'15

  Fujitsu UK CEO calls for more Stem on TV

  Fujitsu’s UK and Ireland CEO Regina Moran argues for promoting science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) subjects and careers in the mainstream media

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Cyber security mindset needs to change, says report

  Government organisations are prime targets for cyber attacks, leading to increased importance on robust information security, according to a report by Intel Security and the Digital Government Security Forum

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Whitehall IT chiefs open up about challenges of going cloud-first in central government

  Whitehall IT chiefs talk about the progress they have made with abiding by the central government cloud-first mandate

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Traditional datacentres ill-equipped to cope with IoT demands, warn technology experts

  BBC data scientist and Coca Cola CTO question if the datacentre is the right place to store, process and analyse IoT data

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Post Office IT support email reveals known Horizon flaw

  An email from Post Office IT support reveals a problem with the Horizon system and supporting processes that could lead to accounting errors

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  George Soros backs IT services in eastern Europe

  George Soros is investing in an IT company that delivers services to global companies from Ukraine

• November 17, 2015 17 Nov'15

  Deutsche Bank signs India’s HCL Technologies for digital services and systems integration

  Deutsche Bank is expanding its long-established relationship with IT services supplier HCL Technologies as it forges on with its digital transformation

• November 17, 2015 17 Nov'15

  Irish hospital to offer patient access to records by November 2016

  Galway Clinic plans a big-bang launch of its Meditech electronic medical record system, which includes a patient portal and mobile app

• November 16, 2015 16 Nov'15

  Asean higher education institutions increase software and services spend

  Higher education organisations in developed Asean countries are investing heavily in software and services as their IT use matures

• November 12, 2015 12 Nov'15

  The British Museum uses Google Street View to boost online access to exhibits

  The Google Cultural Institute has partnered with The British Museum to help make its collections accessible to people around the world

• November 12, 2015 12 Nov'15

  Three men charged over JP Morgan hacking and fraud

  Exploiting the Heartbleed bug was one of the methods used by three men charged in connection with the theft of more than 100 million customer data records from financial institutions to carry out "pump and dump" fraud

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  NHS Education for Scotland chooses PA Consulting Group to develop digital learning resources

  NHS Education for Scotland (NES) signs PA Consulting Group to develop its “one stop shop” digital platform of learning resources for NHS staff

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  Ministry of Defence CIO explains defence as a platform

  Mike Stone took to the stage at the Microsoft Future Decoded event to explain the Ministry of Defence’s plan for defence as a platform

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  Germany is finalising legislation to shore up CNI cyber security

  Germany is working to ensure digital sovereignty through IT security legislation and negotiations on IT security regulations and transatlantic trade at a European Union level

• November 10, 2015 10 Nov'15

  Suppliers lay the groundwork for IoT in Czech Republic

  ICT suppliers are putting in place the technology infrastructure that will enable towns and cities in the Czech Republic to harness the internet of things

• November 10, 2015 10 Nov'15

  Boris Johnson lobbies for stronger UK technology ties with Israel

  Mayor of London Boris Johnson wants Israel’s “top tech talent” to come to London and strengthen the UK’s technology partnership with the country

• November 10, 2015 10 Nov'15

  Microsoft UK datacentre plans win backing of government CTO Liam Maxwell

  Government CTO Liam Maxwell speaks out about the role Whitehall's played in convincing Microsoft and others to open UK datacentres