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IT services and outsourcing

• January 29, 2019 29 Jan'19

  IT leaders grapple with workforce skills gap as they deploy AI and digital technology

  Organisations will have to find new ways of reskilling their workforce as they get to grips with artificial intelligence and other digital technologies. CIOs also need to keep their skills updated if they are to succeed

• January 28, 2019 28 Jan'19

  Hong Kong’s JOS eyes Singapore IT services market

  The IT services firm claims to have an edge in being less rigid than larger rivals in pushing for specific IT implementation methodologies that may not suit the needs of mid-tier customers

• January 25, 2019 25 Jan'19

  Tech Nation announces fourth cohort for Upscale programme

  Startups will receive six months of coaching and take part in workshops, mentoring sessions and networking opportunities with the programme’s alumni

• January 24, 2019 24 Jan'19

  Lloyds Bank to migrate hundreds of thousands of customers to Google-inspired fintech

  Following its announcement that it was exploring the use of a fintech platform, Lloyds Bank has been quick to plan customer migration

• January 24, 2019 24 Jan'19

  CIO interview: Charles Ewen, Met Office

  The Met Office’s CIO is working on a new, digital approach, using supercomputers, establishing pioneering partnerships and creating change

• January 23, 2019 23 Jan'19

  Finnish banks to share core banking platform and supplier

  Three banks in Finland have hired an IT services supplier to build a shareable core banking platform

• January 23, 2019 23 Jan'19

  Veeam Cloud Tier adds tiered storage for backups in S3 clouds

  Virtualisation backup specialist adds tiering of Veeam Availability Suite data to AWS, Azure and S3-compatible clouds, which can now also be used as a repository for its N2WS cloud-native backup

• January 23, 2019 23 Jan'19

  AWS vs Google vs Microsoft: Competition concerns fuel retail war between the big cloud three

  The retail market is no slouch when it comes to adopting cloud technologies, but competitive concerns appear to be influencing the cloud-buying decisions of some

• January 22, 2019 22 Jan'19

  Digital Catapult explores LPWAN and IoT for industry

  A Connected Factory Demonstrator managed by the Digital Catapult is seeking input from LPWAN and internet of things specialists

• January 22, 2019 22 Jan'19

  Facebook: US government does not engage in mass and indiscriminate surveillance

  Social media giant challenges a ruling by Dublin’s High Court over a judgment that it says made ‘extraordinary and incorrect’ findings about the US legal system

• January 21, 2019 21 Jan'19

  Bahrain plans to create a world-leading tech ecosystem

  Bahrain is building a technology ecosystem that will help the country further reduce its economic reliance on the oil and gas industry

• January 18, 2019 18 Jan'19

  Siemens connects to world’s largest UCC deployment

  German technology powerhouse Siemens AG reveals how it unified communications and collaboration for hundreds of thousands of employees worldwide

• January 17, 2019 17 Jan'19

  Vodafone and IBM prep user clouds for future network tech

  Companies expand existing collaboration to enable enterprise customers to prepare for the impact of advanced networking technologies

• January 17, 2019 17 Jan'19

  CenturyLink opens Singapore SOC amid security services boom

  US telco’s second Asia-Pacific security operations centre in Singapore is one of eight globally as it bids to carve a slice of the security services market

• January 16, 2019 16 Jan'19

  New Zealand faces more state-sponsored attacks

  Nearly four in 10 cyber security incidents recorded by the National Cyber Security Centre were the work of state-sponsored threat actors

• January 16, 2019 16 Jan'19

  Dutch pharma firm Centrient switches out MPLS for Cato SD-WAN

  Centrient Pharmaceuticals, a Netherlands-based drug company, has switched out its global MPLS service in favour of a high-performance software-defined WAN from Cato Networks

• January 15, 2019 15 Jan'19

  Digital transformation is real, say ASEAN CIOs

  ASEAN CIOs are embracing digital transformation but face barriers in getting employees to adopt an agile mindset

• January 11, 2019 11 Jan'19

  Artificial intelligence qualification helps law firm implement AI-powered business systems

  International law firm Taylor Wessing wants to train staff in artificial intelligence so they can develop AI-powered business systems

• January 11, 2019 11 Jan'19

  Venture capital funding for UK tech startups drops 28% in 2018

  Despite remaining ahead of other European countries, venture capital investment in UK tech startups has suffered in 2018 due to political uncertainty

• January 11, 2019 11 Jan'19

  Singapore companies gearing up for hybrid cloud

  Traditional datacentres are making way for hybrid cloud adoption among Singapore companies, a study finds

• January 09, 2019 09 Jan'19

  Alibaba Cloud opens second datacentre in Indonesia

  The new and existing datacentres will let Indonesian enterprises deploy mission-critical workloads in multiple availability zones and switch over within seconds

• January 08, 2019 08 Jan'19

  Second Lorca cohort to focus on supply chain security

  The second cohort of companies to benefit from the new London cyber innovation centre will focus on user-centric security and securing supply chains

• January 07, 2019 07 Jan'19

  Equinix to open fourth Singapore datacentre in 2019

  The latest investment by Equinix in Singapore comes as datacentre operators look to fill vacant real estate arising from intense market competition between 2017 and 2018

• January 04, 2019 04 Jan'19

  ANZ businesses prefer hybrid cloud

  Companies in Australia and New Zealand are embracing public cloud, but many still prefer a hybrid IT setup

• January 03, 2019 03 Jan'19

  Trust is key to Microsoft’s APAC cloud play

  A senior Microsoft Asia executive talks up the company’s cloud momentum in the region, how it stands out from the pack, and its priorities in the new year

• 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

• 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 28, 2018 28 Dec'18

  Top 10 storage stories of 2018

  Key trends in storage in 2018 included hybrid and multicloud storage, container storage, and hyper-converged infrastructure. Meanwhile, flash storage has evolved with NVMe

• December 21, 2018 21 Dec'18

  Top 10 startup stories of 2018

  From public sector collaboration to innovating for social good, here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 tech startup stories of 2018

• December 21, 2018 21 Dec'18

  Machine learning-based mobile app helps UK haulage firms cut fuel costs

  Madrid-based startup Ontruck has developed a new machine learning-driven app that helps UK haulage firms to increase their efficiency by cutting both 'empty miles' and fuel costs

• December 20, 2018 20 Dec'18

  Microsoft raises cloud prices for Australian enterprise customers

  Despite the price hike, Microsoft claims its Azure service remains competitively priced, with opportunities for additional savings

• 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

  Top 10 Australia IT stories of 2018

  Australia continues to cement its position as a leader in mastering and deploying advanced information and communications technology across a large segment of its economy

• December 19, 2018 19 Dec'18

  Capita fails to meet British Army's annual recruitment targets for five years running

  For five years in a row, Capita has failed to meet the British Army's annual recruitment targets, with the online recruitment system taking four years longer than expected to go live

• December 17, 2018 17 Dec'18

  Financial services giant transforms application delivery through HCL

  Dutch financial services firm Aegon is outsourcing the management of its fintech supplier network

• December 14, 2018 14 Dec'18

  Paris latest city to join Tech Global Advocates

  The city of Paris is the latest to join the Tech Global Advocates network, offering a life raft to fintechs in the UK that want to retain customers across Europe

• 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 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 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

• December 06, 2018 06 Dec'18

  Interview: Mickey Steiner, managing director, Innogy Innovation Hub Israel

  Mickey Steiner, managing director of the Innogy Innovation Hub accelerator, talks about why the UK is becoming more attractive to internationally focused startups than the US

• December 04, 2018 04 Dec'18

  Abbey Road Studios holds inaugural hackathon event to push musictech innovation

  Abbey Road Studios and its musictech incubation programme held their first hackathon event in November to foster innovation at a more grassroots level

• December 04, 2018 04 Dec'18

  GovTech Catalyst Fund awards contracts to five SMEs to tackle rural isolation and loneliness

  Five small tech companies have been awarded contracts through the GovTech Catalyst Fund to come up with innovative solutions to rural isolation and loneliness

• December 04, 2018 04 Dec'18

  Zopa gains banking licence and prepares launch

  Peer-to-peer lending pioneer Zopa is turning its attention to retail banking in the UK, with plans to offer savings, credit and money management products

• December 04, 2018 04 Dec'18

  Barclays staff to transfer to HCL as IT deal is expanded

  Bank announces closure of operation in Lithuania, with employees transferring to IT services company HCL

• December 04, 2018 04 Dec'18

  Lloyds to use core banking technology from Google-inspired UK fintech

  Banking group explores cloud-based core banking technology as part of a major transformation programme

• December 03, 2018 03 Dec'18

  UK government commits to opening up data in bid to push adoption of AI

  Opening up data is vital to government plans to push adoption of artificial intelligence across all sectors of the UK economy

• November 30, 2018 30 Nov'18

  New forms of governance needed to safely and ethically unlock value of data

  Despite today’s abundance of data, most of it remains locked in silos, meaning new governance structures are needed to open it up and unlock its potential value to society

• November 29, 2018 29 Nov'18

  Interview: Sam Lowe, chief technology officer, Streetbees

  Streetbees’ first IT chief brings artificial intelligence expertise to help the tech startup deliver a hive of data for its customers

• November 28, 2018 28 Nov'18

  HPE shows off first fruits of $4bn edge computing investment

  Tech supplier has beefed up its Edgeline portfolio with new hardware and software offerings to make it easier to manage edge devices, applications and data