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September 12, 2017 12 Sep'17
Home Office agrees back-office transformation deal

The Home Office is moving more of its back-office processes into the cloud
September 11, 2017 11 Sep'17
Why the best way to encourage digital innovation is not to fund it

Give people the space to grow and reward people for ideas rather than their output and innovation will come, says Frazer Bennett, a member of PA Consulting’s management team
September 08, 2017 08 Sep'17
Trainline uses predictive analytics to help rail passengers save money

Travellers using Trainline’s app can save money on tickets after the introduction of an in-app feature called Price Prediction
September 07, 2017 07 Sep'17
Thousands of Deutsche Bank employees will be replaced by robots

The CEO of Deutsche Bank said a "big number of staff will eventually be replaced by robots” as it looks towards artificial intelligence technology

September 07, 2017 07 Sep'17
Barclays Bank ahead of schedule in ring-fencing project

Barclays Bank is set to meet the government’s ring-fencing legislation well before the deadline
September 06, 2017 06 Sep'17
Developers won't ask bosses for help

Software developers are turning to YouTube to find out how to solve technical problems, rather than asking for help from colleagues
September 05, 2017 05 Sep'17
Middle East CIO interview: Rajiv Prasad, Xpandretail

IT head at customer analytics provider Xpandretail says the CIO role is increasingly important as businesses digitise, but warns that CIOs must be given the human resources they need
September 05, 2017 05 Sep'17
Accenture to deliver video-enabled justice to Sussex Police

Sussex Police aim to save time and increase flexibility by providing video live links for witnesses to give evidence in court
September 05, 2017 05 Sep'17
Met Police IT strategy: CCTV footage shared through Box

The Met Police digital policing strategy is taking shape under CIO Angus McCallum, and will use Box for sharing documents and CCTV footage
September 04, 2017 04 Sep'17
HMRC denies IR35 reforms to blame for public sector IT project delays and cancellations

New research from ContractorCalculator suggests contractors have left the public sector in droves since the IR35 reforms came into force, but HMRC has a different take on the situation

September 04, 2017 04 Sep'17
CIO interview: Adrenaline junkie leaps from big pharma to cloud services

Diana McKenzie, CIO of Workday and triathlon competitor, on analytics, data lakes and the relationship between IT and business
September 04, 2017 04 Sep'17
AWS eyes Australian government growth

Amazon Web Services is eyeing the Australian public sector for growth, with increased budgets and IT disasters in the past pushing government organisations towards the public cloud
September 01, 2017 01 Sep'17
US Open tennis uses IBM AI to create video highlights

Fans of the US Open are able to access match highlights provided by IBM's Watson artificial intelligence system
August 31, 2017 31 Aug'17
Amazon Alexa and Microsoft Cortana to offer integration

Amazon and Microsoft’s voice assistants will be able to integrate with each other to provide users with the best features from both
August 30, 2017 30 Aug'17
HCL expands global network with Swedish delivery centre

HCL has opened another delivery centre in the Nordic region, this time in Gothenburg, Sweden
August 30, 2017 30 Aug'17
Challenger bank Fidor reaches 200,000 customers

Fintech trailblazer Fidor now has more than 200,000 people using its banking services, but its CEO believes the fintech environment is getting tougher
August 30, 2017 30 Aug'17
Canadian University Dubai upgrades network with Dell EMC

Dubai-based university upgrades its network infrastructure to support more students
August 29, 2017 29 Aug'17
DataCentred goes into administration after £1.8m losses

Administrators appointed after datacentre and cloud operator recorded losses of almost £1.8m in the last financial year
August 29, 2017 29 Aug'17
McDonald’s selects Capgemini to help it drive digital customer services

Fast-food chain decides to outsource its digital developments globally to French IT services giant
August 29, 2017 29 Aug'17
Saudi Telecom Company creates cloud computing giant

The IT joint venture in Saudi Arabia will drive the digitisation of government services
August 28, 2017 28 Aug'17
VMware making bigger push into cloud, cyber security

The virtualisation bigwig is making it easier for VMware customers to adopt public cloud services, starting with a partnership with Amazon Web Services
August 25, 2017 25 Aug'17
Nasdaq offers stock market information through Equinix Slough datacentre

Deal sees UK businesses offered access to US equity data from Equinix’s LD4 Slough datacentre
August 25, 2017 25 Aug'17
Autonomous lorry platoons to take to UK roads in 2018

The government is to fund tests of wireless platooning technology on the UK’s roads as truly autonomous vehicles take another step towards reality
August 24, 2017 24 Aug'17
HP Inc grows business, but price hike hits commercial PC division

Company reports strong growth for the third quarter 2017, but price increases have hit commercial sales, and a PC price cut may be on the cards
August 23, 2017 23 Aug'17
UAE telco Du pushes SaaS adoption in Middle East

The Middle East looks set to see strong growth in software as a service and IT departments need to take a different approach
August 22, 2017 22 Aug'17
How AT&T embraced the telecoms technology transition

AT&T’s CIO of network and shared services, Sorabh Saxena, discusses how to reskill telecoms engineers and exploit open standards as the operator embraces the future of networking services provision
August 18, 2017 18 Aug'17
Benelux organisations must ensure IT staff are content or else risk exodus

Organisations in the Benelux region could face IT staff leaving in large numbers if they don't remain attractive to employees
August 18, 2017 18 Aug'17
Contactless payments through mobile phones no longer a novelty

The amount of contactless payments made through mobile devices increased by 336% compared with 2016, according to figures from Worldpay
August 17, 2017 17 Aug'17
Top skills you need to avoid being replaced by a machine

A-level results have shown an increase in Stem subjects but tech skills remain a problem, warn some in the industry
August 17, 2017 17 Aug'17
Barclays ring-fencing project means downtime for customers

Many Barclays services will be unavailable this weekend as part of the bank's project to separate retail and investment operations
August 16, 2017 16 Aug'17
A decade of IT change since banking meltdown

With 10 years passing since Northern Rock had to be bailed out by the government, we look at how banking IT has changed since the financial crisis
August 16, 2017 16 Aug'17
Nordic IT professionals content in current roles

Most Nordic IT professionals are happy at their current employer, receiving competitive training and pay packages
August 16, 2017 16 Aug'17
GDPR drives cloud firm’s Cloudian S3 object storage deployment

Interoute deployed Cloudian Hyperstore because it believes customers want object storage to help gain compliance with the forthcoming European GDPR regulations
August 15, 2017 15 Aug'17
Middle East salary survey reveals major challenges to close IT skills gap

Organisations in the Middle East are not offering IT staff enough training and don’t employ enough women in IT
August 14, 2017 14 Aug'17
Middle East insurance broker migrates backup to the cloud

Middle East finance firm is increasingly moving to the cloud as the business grows
August 14, 2017 14 Aug'17
Everton FC works with Netskope to safeguard cloud-stored data

Cloud provider’s Active Platform will help football club secure player and fan data as GDPR deadline approaches
August 14, 2017 14 Aug'17
CIO interview: Mike Proudlock, interim head of IT, The Royal College of Surgeons

The Royal College of Surgeons has started a cloud-centric transformation programme to ensure the organisation is fit for the working challenges of the 21st century
August 14, 2017 14 Aug'17
Nordic CIO interview: Anna Eriksson, Swedish National Land Survey

Swedish land registry’s CIO tells Computer Weekly about the organisation’s approach to digital transformation
August 14, 2017 14 Aug'17
Higher IT salaries in Australia and New Zealand amid talent crunch

IT professionals in Australia and New Zealand are earning more compared with last year, a TechTarget survey has found, but more needs to be done to address the gender gap
August 11, 2017 11 Aug'17
Manchester to trial smart traffic lights to reduce road congestion

Manchester will trial an AI traffic light system, which provides quick data analysis, to improve traffic flow
August 11, 2017 11 Aug'17
HSBC uses IBM to automate the processing of 100 million document pages

In another instance of banks adopting automation to lower costs and drive productivity, HSBC uses IBM analytics technology to cut down on its paper trail
August 10, 2017 10 Aug'17
Gov.uk Verify fails to meet key business case targets

Government’s controversial online identity system has missed important milestones that formed the basis of its original 2015 business case
August 09, 2017 09 Aug'17
Nordic countries top digital nations ranking, but risk stalling

Nordic countries are leaders when it comes to digitisation – but they must continue to innovate to retain their position
August 08, 2017 08 Aug'17
CIO interview: David Ivell, CIO, The Prince’s Trust

Youth charity is turning to digital means to engage with young people outside its usual reach
August 08, 2017 08 Aug'17
Top tips to avoid a costly Office 365 subscription bill

The Office 365 cloud-based productivity suite is Microsoft’s next strategic platform. We explore the licensing implications
August 07, 2017 07 Aug'17
Forrester warns CIOs of cloud market consolidation risks and rewards

Market watcher's latest cloud report outlines how the consolidation of the cloud software and infrastructure market can mean good and bad news for enterprises
August 07, 2017 07 Aug'17
Cultural change a critical but neglected element of IoT security

Managing how people within an enterprise deal with data is a vital element of shoring up security around the internet of things, says Vodafone
August 07, 2017 07 Aug'17
Gaming apps ‘main source’ of mobile phishing attacks, research shows

Analysis of 100,000 corporate devices shows more than a quarter of traffic going to phishing domains was from gaming apps
August 07, 2017 07 Aug'17
Lenovo wants to move away from shipping boxes

After admitting to being addicted to market share, server supplier Lenovo is changing tack by focusing on customer experience and new areas such as software-defined infrastructure
August 04, 2017 04 Aug'17
Expanding Extreme eyes Cisco, HPE networking business

Having acquired Avaya’s SDN and switching business, and with its purchase of Brocade’s datacentre unit imminent, Extreme Networks is on a mission to secure customers’ hearts and minds and take business from rivals
August 04, 2017 04 Aug'17
ICO highlights challenge Slack-like tools pose to public sector FOI request compliance

The Information Commissioner’s Office outlines how the growing use of cloud-based communication channels could complicate how public sector organisations respond to Freedom of Information requests
August 04, 2017 04 Aug'17
Nearly 7,000 civil service jobs at risk in government-as-a-platform strategy

Business case for Government Digital Service’s GaaP programme has predicted thousands of Whitehall job losses from new digital tools
August 03, 2017 03 Aug'17
Interview: Vodafone CTO juggles legacy network and cutting-edge technology

Vodafone UK chief technology officer Jorge Fernandes talks legacy networks, digitisation and how he is positioning the operator to lead in the mobile-enabled future
August 02, 2017 02 Aug'17
Synergy research emphasises gulf between higher and lower ends of cloud provider market

Research data for the second quarter highlights the significant and growing hold the big cloud firms have on the off-premise infrastructure services market
August 01, 2017 01 Aug'17
Young people drive worldwide internet adoption

The UN’s ICT agency shows young people are at the forefront of internet adoption, particularly in developing economies
July 31, 2017 31 Jul'17
OVH opens first UK datacentre in south London

French cloud provider OVH has opened the doors on its first datacentre in the UK, slightly later than planned
July 31, 2017 31 Jul'17
BT makes firm offer to meet USO broadband commitment

BT has made a firm offer to become the designated provider of the 10Mbps Universal Service Obligation broadband service
July 28, 2017 28 Jul'17
BT hands over £225m to ward off legal action over accounts scandal

BT has had to pay out £225m to avoid being dragged through the courts by EE’s old owners
July 26, 2017 26 Jul'17
Nordic digitisation brings unwanted consequence of heightened cyber security risks

The Nordic region is becoming highly connected – which has not gone unnoticed by cyber criminals
July 26, 2017 26 Jul'17
RSA president calls for business-driven security

A business-centric rather than one-size-fits-all approach to cyber security will help organisations mitigate cyber attacks that have become bolder than ever
July 25, 2017 25 Jul'17
GSK hires ex-Walmart CIO Karenann Terrell as chief digital officer

Pharmaceutical giant GSK is building out its executive tech team with the appointment of its first chief digital officer
July 25, 2017 25 Jul'17
Unilever signs partnership deal with Accenture to drive sales for ‘digitally savvy’ consumers

Unilever enters tech partnership with Accenture to help maintain consumer loyalty and drive sales
July 25, 2017 25 Jul'17
Nordea deploys AI to speed up customer service

Nordea is reaping the rewards of its fintech investments through its latest project to use artificial intelligence to support customers
July 24, 2017 24 Jul'17
UAE hotel upgrades wireless network and internet connectivity

Beach resort completes major project to revamp its wireless infrastructure with TP-Link technologies
July 24, 2017 24 Jul'17
Mastercard outlines future digital payment platforms after improvements to Qkr

Mastercard has developed its mobile app, Qkr, for spectators at The Open Championship. The improvements further demonstrate new digital payment platforms offered by the company
July 24, 2017 24 Jul'17
What are Amazon Web Services’ Nordic plans?

Amazon Web Services' head in the Nordic tells Computer Weekly about the region's increasing demand and use of the cloud
July 21, 2017 21 Jul'17
Destruction of service attacks an existential threat to business, says Cisco

Security threats and attacks against the network are set to become far more destructive, according to Cisco’s mid-year security report
July 21, 2017 21 Jul'17
CIO interview: Marc Roberts, CTO, HiyaCar

The CTO at a company that is disrupting the car rental sector tells Computer Weekly about some of his major projects
July 20, 2017 20 Jul'17
Lords to probe ethics of artificial intelligence

The House of Lords Select Committee on artificial intelligence has issued a call for evidence as it looks into the ethical, social and economic impact of the technology
July 20, 2017 20 Jul'17
TSB to introduce iris scan authentication in September 2017

TSB customers will soon be able to access their mobile bank accounts through iris scanning, which is regarded as the most secure biometric authentication available
July 20, 2017 20 Jul'17
NHS Digital told it 'needs to do better' after critical review

Internal review highlighted areas where NHS Digital must improve to support plans for digital healthcare services
July 19, 2017 19 Jul'17
Incoming SAP User Group chair sees tenure shaped by Brexit

New SAP UK & Ireland User Group chairman Paul Cooper’s tenure will run to the end of Brexit. This and continued digitisation will shape his term in office
July 19, 2017 19 Jul'17
Mayor Khan promises London will remain ‘open-minded’ tech space post-Brexit

Mayor Sadiq Khan says London will remain a top ‘outward-looking’ tech location regardless of the European Union referendum result
July 19, 2017 19 Jul'17
London Stock Exchange uses IBM blockchain technology

The London Stock Exchange is testing out IBM's blockchain technology in a platform to help SME operations become more transparent
July 19, 2017 19 Jul'17
Dubai Health Authority unveils smart medical check initiative

Dubai’s health authority takes aim at government bodies with a mobile consultation booth initiative
July 18, 2017 18 Jul'17
The European Union brings member states together to lead on 5G

EU members commit to a new declaration to establish a common baseline for 5G standards and help make Europe a global leader on future mobile networks
July 18, 2017 18 Jul'17
TfL starts ESN pilot build on the London Underground

At a GLA Oversight Committee hearing, TfL’s CTO revealed the organisation is building a pilot version of the Emergency Services Network on the London Underground
July 18, 2017 18 Jul'17
Stamford Bridge to offer stadium connectivity in partnership with Ericsson

Ericsson has begun its partnership with Chelsea to offer home fans a “seamless” connected experience
July 18, 2017 18 Jul'17
Traditional outsourcing boosts overall spending in first half of 2017

Spending on traditional IT services contracts by Emea organisations increases in the first six months of 2017
July 18, 2017 18 Jul'17
Digital transformation at tipping point in Singapore

Businesses in Singapore are fine-tuning their digital transformation efforts, with a third of them moving public cloud workloads to on-premise systems
July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17
Google opens UK datacentre region to deliver low-latency cloud connections to enterprise

Internet search giant declares its UK datacentre region open for business, and promises users improved application performance
July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17
HPE and CSC merger wins confidence of Zurich

Zurich Insurance has demonstrated confidence in CSC's merger with HPE through a contract extension
July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17
Cognizant opens London lab to help customers with digitisation

Cognizant has opened its latest digital development centre in London, where it will work with customers and partners on digital business challenges
July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17
The dawn of a new era for Dell EMC

Dell EMC’s Paul Henaghan is no stranger to industry consolidation, having worked for tech companies that were acquired by Oracle and Software AG. Here, the president of Dell EMC in South Asia and Korea shares what it is doing to streamline its ...
July 12, 2017 12 Jul'17
Home Office confirmed as early adopter of Oracle’s UK cloud region

The Home Office is to be one of the first public sector organisations to access cloud services from Oracle’s UK cloud region
July 12, 2017 12 Jul'17
Openreach drops BT branding

National network access business rebrands in preparation to be legally separated from BT Group
July 11, 2017 11 Jul'17
Political uncertainty is holding back digital transformation plans, say CIOs

UK businesses are investing in IT to help them deal with changes that could be around the corner amid geo-political uncertainty
July 10, 2017 10 Jul'17
Experian admits mobile and online issues after system upgrade

Some customers of credit referencing company are having problems accessing a service they pay for following an IT upgrade and large customer migration to a new system
July 10, 2017 10 Jul'17
Nordic CIO interview: Ann Hellenius, City of Stockholm

Stockholm’s CIO is relishing the challenge of trying to make the Swedish capital the smartest city in the world
July 10, 2017 10 Jul'17
Vodafone Qatar pushes IoT adoption in Middle East

Vodafone Qatar is harnessing a network of partners to support organisations in the Middle East with their internet of things strategies
July 07, 2017 07 Jul'17
Europe takes measured approach to 5G, driven by ROI concerns

European operators may be more concerned with getting the maximum value for money from their 3G and 4G networks than rushing to roll out 5G
July 05, 2017 05 Jul'17
Atos targets universities and research centres with quantum computing simulator

Atos has made a quantum computing simulator available for sale so that organisations can test out the algorithms of the future
July 05, 2017 05 Jul'17
Storage the favourite use case for public cloud customers

Despite lingering trust issues, storage and backup are key use cases in the public cloud, says Barracuda survey. Meanwhile, Microsoft Azure is Europe’s favourite cloud provider
July 05, 2017 05 Jul'17
Government legislates for full-fibre broadband tax holiday

The government has introduced promised legislation to incentivise full-fibre broadband network builders to invest over the next five years
July 05, 2017 05 Jul'17
Sweden trials blockchain for land registry management

Swedish land registry is trying out blockchain as a means of proving ownership
July 03, 2017 03 Jul'17
Dubai Police to enhance smart services with robot police

The streets of Dubai will soon see Robocops to help fight crime and help people out
July 03, 2017 03 Jul'17
Dutch bank cuts compliance data retrieval from weeks to hours

Rabobank has moved from tape libraries and robotic arms to a platform-based storage and retrieval system to help it comply with regulations
June 29, 2017 29 Jun'17
How Donald Trump has nudged French CIOs still further from US cloud storage

French CIOs are looking at alternatives to storing data with US-based suppliers
June 28, 2017 28 Jun'17
Half of highly skilled EU workers in UK are considering leaving

Retaining IT staff might be as much of a challenge as retaining them after Brexit as EU workers get itchy feet
June 28, 2017 28 Jun'17
DVLA aims to slash IT costs by moving to public cloud and open standards

Agency’s IT strategy for 2019/20 will see a concerted move to deprecate legacy systems, deploy applications in the cloud and develop in-house IT