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February 07, 2017
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Feb'17
The internet of things gains traction in business
While consumers are buying more IoT, the wheels are starting to turn in an industry set for an IoT revolution
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February 06, 2017
06
Feb'17
Government digital transformation strategy finally set to be published this week
The much-delayed plan – now expected to be known as the government transformation strategy – is due to be announced by Cabinet Office minister Ben Gummer
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February 03, 2017
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Feb'17
CIO interview: Adam Gerrard, Yodel
Parcel delivery firm has seen significant business improvements from a digital transformation programme and replacement of legacy IT systems
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February 03, 2017
03
Feb'17
Alexa speaks Amazon sales success
Amazon reports growth in Alexa-powered services in latest financial filing
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February 03, 2017
03
Feb'17
London Fire Brigade system crashes cause delays reacting to emergencies
Control room system crashes have been causing delays in London Fire Brigade response times
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February 01, 2017
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Feb'17
Cloud project success gives Aster appetite for more
The success of a cloud project at Aster Group gives the IT department the task of having to curb enthusiasm for the cloud
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January 31, 2017
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Jan'17
Open source cloud community condemns President Trump immigration ban
Tech leaders from several major open source cloud initiatives condemn President Donald Trump's travel ban, and claim it could harm diversity and hinder the tech industry's wider innovation potential
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January 30, 2017
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Jan'17
Report blames human and legacy system failure for Yorkshire hospital problems
Old technology and human error combined to cause major IT outage at Yorkshire NHS trust, review finds
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January 27, 2017
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Jan'17
Growing UK's tech skills base will make or break prime minister's industrial strategy, panel claims
Speakers at the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology's industrial strategy debate demand greater clarity on how the government intends to tackle the UK tech and science sector's skills, diversity and regional inequalities
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January 26, 2017
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Jan'17
MoD accelerator launches Enduring Challenge tech contest
Enduring Challenge seeks to bring innovative technology to the front line for the UK’s armed forces and security services
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January 26, 2017
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Jan'17
Human-centric technologies will dominate next three years
Accenture says businesses will develop technology and services to match human behaviour in the next few years
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January 25, 2017
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Jan'17
Nordic CIO interview: Peter Krantz, Sweden’s national library
Making information accessible for hundreds of years is the challenge facing the CIO at Sweden’s Kungliga Biblioteket
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January 23, 2017
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Jan'17
Government reaffirms broadband funding in industrial strategy plan
The government reaffirms previous commitments to further funding of rural broadband roll-out and 5G mobile networking in its post-Brexit industrial strategy plan
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January 20, 2017
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Jan'17
NRF 2017: The key to success is not taking yourself too seriously, says Richard Branson
Serial entrepreneur and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson tells the audience at NRF 2017 to fail fast, pay it forward and to stop taking themselves so seriously
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January 19, 2017
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Jan'17
Avaya files for chapter 11 bankruptcy
Networking supplier has filed voluntary petitions under chapter 11 of the US bankruptcy code
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January 19, 2017
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Jan'17
Southampton FC signs up to cloud-based e-commerce
The cloud-based system by Advanced supports fan engagement and is able to handle peaks in traffic on Southampton FC’s website
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January 17, 2017
17
Jan'17
Blockchain can cut investment bank infrastructure costs by 30%
Investment banks can make huge cuts to their IT infrastructure costs through blockchain, according to analysis
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January 17, 2017
17
Jan'17
HSBC appoints technology advisers to keep pace with IT changes
Bank hopes to gain knowledge about technologies such as artificial intelligence and biometric security through its new technology advisory board
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January 17, 2017
17
Jan'17
Artificial intelligence critical to business growth
There are many hurdles to overcome before the full benefits of AI can be realised by organisations
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January 16, 2017
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Jan'17
Australian government technology suffers failure after failure
Former government IT leader says Australia’s IT is so bad that if the government were a private sector organisation, it would fail
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January 16, 2017
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Jan'17
CIO interview: Alexandra Drevenlid, Tieto
Tieto has replaced the position of CIO with chief digital officer. The first person to hold the position and its creator explains what this means to the Nordic IT services giant
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January 12, 2017
12
Jan'17
Political climate chills IT spending forecast
Some organisations are likely to adopt a wait-and-see approach to IT investments in 2017, but others will use political uncertainty as a driver for business change
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January 11, 2017
11
Jan'17
GDPR compliance is top priority for Belgian CIOs in 2017
GDPR, cloud computing and a lack of IT skills are some of the challenges that CIOs in Belgium will address this year
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January 10, 2017
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Jan'17
Brexit should not hinder 5G development, says report
A report commissioned by the government claims the UK’s 2016 vote to leave the European Union should have minimal impact on the country’s ability to lead on the development of 5G networks
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January 10, 2017
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Jan'17
Cyber security scare stories could sharpen focus at banks
There are continual cyber attacks on banks, and although most are repelled, there is significant room for improvement
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January 06, 2017
06
Jan'17
Telco turns Jersey into connected internet of things testbed
Telecoms operator JT will build a long-range wide area network to support IoT deployments across Channel island
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January 05, 2017
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Jan'17
Hosting provider dumps Docklands-based colocation firm for Migsolv
Hosting provider 52 Degrees ditches Docklands-based colocation provider for security and efficiency reasons
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January 04, 2017
04
Jan'17
Dubai-based Aramex optimises branch office connectivity
How global logistics firm streamlined its branch office operations in the Middle East
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January 04, 2017
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Jan'17
Competition watchdog airs concern over Mastercard’s VocaLink acquisition
Competition watchdog airs concern over Mastercard takeover of Vocalink and gives companies an ultimatum
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January 04, 2017
04
Jan'17
Top IT priorities for Nordic CIOs in 2017
What are Nordic CIOs planning for 2017?
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January 04, 2017
04
Jan'17
Customer-first approach will make 2017 a challenge for Dutch CIOs
CIOs in the Netherlands could see their strategies lead to thousands of jobs being cut as businesses automate
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January 03, 2017
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Jan'17
Three-quarters of enterprises collecting IoT data, says 451 Research
A study of IoT buying plans by analysts at 451 Research shows robust growth ahead during 2017
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December 30, 2016
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Dec'16
The CW500 Club in 2016
Computer Weekly's CW500 Club attracts the top IT leaders in the UK to talk to their peers. We present coverage of all the 2016 CW500 events, including articles and video interviews.
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December 29, 2016
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Dec'16
Top 10 HR technology stories of 2016
Here is a rundown of Computer Weekly's most popular stories on HR technology in 2016
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December 28, 2016
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Dec'16
Top 10 IT outsourcing stories of 2016
Read 10 of the best of Computer Weekly IT outsourcing articles of 2016
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December 23, 2016
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Dec'16
CIO interview: MoD’s DII replacement will feed government as a platform
Mike Stone, who will soon be leaving his position of CIO at the Ministry of Defence (MoD), explains how the MoD’s DII replacement will feed into government as a platform
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December 21, 2016
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Dec'16
Top 10 broadband stories of 2016
A look back at Computer Weekly's most read broadband news, analysis and features from 2016
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December 21, 2016
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Dec'16
Top 10 CW Middle East stories of 2016
Read the most popular articles about enterprise IT in the Middle East
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December 20, 2016
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Dec'16
IT Priorities 2017: Many ANZ CIOs don’t expect IT budget increase
There is still uncertainty over Australian CIO budgets in 2017 and many expect a reduction
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December 20, 2016
20
Dec'16
Top 10 CW Nordics stories of 2016
Read the top 10 Nordic enterprise IT stories from Computer Weekly
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December 19, 2016
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Dec'16
Review of 2016: Top 10 CW Benelux articles
Here are the 10 most popular Benelux-focused Computer Weekly articles of 2016
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December 19, 2016
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Dec'16
Top 10 CIO interviews of 2016
IT leaders from across the UK and Europe shared their plans, strategies and best practice advice with Computer Weekly
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December 16, 2016
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Dec'16
2017 IT Priorities: Benelux IT leaders least confident of budget increase
Benelux-based IT decision makers expect to divert more of their IT budgets to cloud technology and services
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December 14, 2016
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Dec'16
IT services advisory sector consolidates as ISG acquires Alsbridge
Significant robotic process automation skills included in ISG’s $74m acquisition of Alsbridge
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December 13, 2016
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Dec'16
Is there a Dutch digital delusion?
To stand still is to decline. The Netherlands seems to be losing ground in the digital world, according to new reports
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December 13, 2016
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Dec'16
Saudi Arabia enterprise IT trends for 2017
Computer Weekly looks at the technologies that will dominate enterprise IT in Saudi Arabia next year
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December 13, 2016
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Dec'16
Tech industry big guns unite to create crash-free IT services and systems
Some of the tech industry's biggest names have come together to create the Zero Outage Industry Standards Association to help improve the uptime of IT systems and services
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December 12, 2016
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Dec'16
Citrix: How the great survivor challenges the tech giants
In spite of Microsoft and VMware encroaching on its core product areas, Citrix is a company which seems to have “staying power”
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December 11, 2016
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Dec'16
IT Priorities 2017: More than half of Middle East organisations will reduce spending on IT staff
Organisations in the Middle East face the challenge of gaining new IT skills despite IT staff budget cuts
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December 09, 2016
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Dec'16
Government Transformation Strategy to 'fundamentally' change the way departments operate
A background document seen by Computer Weekly outlines details of the forthcoming Government Transformation Strategy
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December 08, 2016
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Dec'16
Cognizant acquires IT team at German steel giant Klöckner
Cognizant buys the IT operation of one of its customers to gain additional sector and technology knowledge
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December 08, 2016
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Dec'16
Networking tech is key to unlocking business productivity
An LSE report produced for Vodafone identifies three key levers that could unlock business productivity in the UK
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December 07, 2016
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Dec'16
The United Arab Emirates enterprise IT trends for 2017
The UAE is already a leader in areas such as smart city developments, and 2017 looks set to see organisations in the country increase its adoption of other transformational IT
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December 07, 2016
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Dec'16
IT Priorities 2017: Quarter of Apac CIOs expect IT budget to rise by more than 10%
More than half of Apac-based IT decision-makers expect budgets to rise next year and cloud-related projects look the likely destination of the extra money
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December 07, 2016
07
Dec'16
UKtech50 2016 - The most influential people in UK IT
Computer Weekly has announced the seventh annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK IT sector
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December 06, 2016
06
Dec'16
Ofcom reveals duct and pole sharing proposals for fibre broadband
Regulator has made a number of suggestions to make it easier for broadband providers to get access to BT Openreach’s ducts and poles
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December 05, 2016
05
Dec'16
Top 10 ANZ enterprise IT stories of 2016
Here is a rundown of Computer Weekly’s most popular ANZ enterprise IT articles for 2016
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December 05, 2016
05
Dec'16
Top 10 Asean enterprise IT stories of 2016
The 10 most popular Asean articles of 2016
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December 02, 2016
02
Dec'16
Businesses forget disability and accessibility when buying IT
Both customer and supply side IT organisations need to consider the needs of disabled people when embarking on new procurements, according to a recent study
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November 30, 2016
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Nov'16
HPE fleshes out IoT strategy
HPE is moving from IT to operational technology with a set of products and tie-ups to target industrial internet of things applications
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November 29, 2016
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Nov'16
BT and Openreach to split: but what will change as a result?
The telecoms industry has welcomed Ofcom’s decision to legally split BT and Openreach, but what, if anything, will actually change?
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November 29, 2016
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Nov'16
Growing multi-cloud demand means providers must diversify to survive, warns 451 Research
Two reports from analyst house 451 Research suggest cloud providers must consider adding support for competing services to their portfolios in order to survive in the hybrid, multi-cloud era
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November 28, 2016
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Nov'16
Do you have what it takes to be a great CIO?
CIOs have the potential to become business leaders – it’s a matter of nurturing the right skills, talent and relationships, according to Deloitte
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November 28, 2016
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Nov'16
How to combat software auditors
Software audits can be a huge waste of time and resources for IT departments
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November 22, 2016
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Nov'16
Middle East bank to launch AI for customer support
Middle East bank Emirates NBD is piloting artificial intelligence to automate customer services
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November 22, 2016
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Nov'16
Dutch IT ministry needed to take digital lead
Whenever the media covers a failed Dutch government IT project, the question is always asked whether the government should have a ministry of IT
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November 21, 2016
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Nov'16
IBM to triple size of UK datacentre footprint by opening four new sites in 2017
Big blue claims datacentre expansion plans represent its largest country-specific cloud datacentre investment to date
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November 18, 2016
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Nov'16
Elekta turns to workforce analytics to inform board decisions
Board executives at healthcare company Elekta are analysing workforce data to make better strategic decisions
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November 18, 2016
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Nov'16
Ordnance Survey to lay groundwork for UK 5G networks
The government has asked Ordnance Survey to develop a planning and mapping tool to help determine the future locations of 5G mobile network infrastructure
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November 17, 2016
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Nov'16
Smart meter benefits millions of pounds less than first thought, admits BEIS
The gross financial benefit from the national smart meter rollout could be hundreds of millions of pounds less than first thought, but the costs of the programme are still rising
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November 17, 2016
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Nov'16
Dutch bank ING to spend millions ‘disrupting’ its own business
Dutch bank ING used digital technology to reinvent itself following the financial crash, and is about to reinvent itself again, says its global CTO, Brendan Donovan
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November 16, 2016
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Nov'16
Digital disruption “unstoppable” but not to be feared, says Fujitsu’s Duncan Tait
Fujitsu’s senior executive vice-president urges firms not to be scared of digital transformation, as the disruption caused by new technologies is “unstoppable”
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November 16, 2016
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Nov'16
IBM’s Watson supercomputer brought to Finnish healthcare
Authorities in Finland are working with IBM to improve healthcare through cognitive computing
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November 16, 2016
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Nov'16
GE pushes ahead into the software market
GE’s stated policy is to become a top 10 software company by 2020. The company set out its action plan at the start of its Minds + Machines conference in San Francisco
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November 15, 2016
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Nov'16
GSMA calls for global 5G agenda
As advanced preparations begin for the next World Radiocommunication Conference in 2019, the GSMA calls on governments to work together on a global spectrum plan for 5G
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November 15, 2016
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Nov'16
Cut legacy IT costs to drive digital business initiatives, says Hackett Group study
Hackett Group's research shows that CIOs must become more ruthless with culling legacy systems if the business is to fully embrace digitisation
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November 15, 2016
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Nov'16
HyperGrid launches HyperCloud containerised hybrid cloud platform
Hyper-converged appliance maker HyperGrid promises full two-way workload portability between on-premise hardware, private cloud and public cloud services in HyperCloud launch
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November 12, 2016
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Nov'16
Gulf Cooperation Council’s local companies eye regional shared services
Enterprises indigenous to the Gulf region are taking their first step into business and IT shared services through internal developments
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November 11, 2016
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Nov'16
CIO interview: Eva Listi, Systembolaget
The new CIO of alcohol retailer Systembolaget tells Computer Weekly how she addresses the challenge of running IT at the state-owned company
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November 11, 2016
11
Nov'16
GDS strategy aims to 'take digital transformation further'
An early draft of the new Government Digital Transformation Strategy, seen by Computer Weekly, aims to tackle the challenge of breaking down civil service IT siloes
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November 10, 2016
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Nov'16
Government calls for input on inclusive smart energy policy
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has launched a consultation on the future of the smart energy sector
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November 10, 2016
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Nov'16
Government must tread carefully on AI ethics
Science advisor Mark Walport voices concerns around transparency, accountability and personal security with regard to the use of artificial intelligence by the government
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November 09, 2016
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Nov'16
Automation will play only supporting role in wealth management for some time
Wealth managers know they cannot ignore increasing automation in their sector, but their jobs are safe from robots for the time being
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November 08, 2016
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Nov'16
CIO interview: David Cooper, interim CIO at Centrica
Interim CIO at utility company Centrica tells Computer Weekly how his job is more than just keeping the lights on
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November 07, 2016
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Nov'16
Gartner Symposium: CIOs should build a digital platform
Gartner’s Barcelona Symposium opened with the familiar themes of reinvention and evolution. The difference this year is Uber-like business models
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November 07, 2016
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Nov'16
HPE: The UK business one year after split
The headlines say one thing, but Marc Waters, UK and Ireland managing director of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, is confident CEO Meg Whitman’s strategy is paying off
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November 04, 2016
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Nov'16
Cern to track job applicants ‘at the speed of light’
The nuclear research laboratory in Geneva, famous for tracking sub-atomic particles, is developing a cloud service to track the thousands of people who apply for jobs each year
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November 03, 2016
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Nov'16
Police forces struggle with complex IT and a lack of digital skills, says watchdog
The latest report from police watchdog HMIC discovers that a lack of skills in digital and complex IT systems are major challenges for modern police forces
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November 03, 2016
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Nov'16
Data is the ‘biggest battle ground’ in marketing, says McKinsey expert
Global lead for marketing and tech at McKinsey, Jason Heller, says data science is the area of marketing that can make or break campaigns
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November 03, 2016
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Nov'16
Suppliers fail to impress as companies ramp-up HR tech
A major survey of European firms shows that few believe HR technology suppliers have had a positive impact on their business, as they ramp up spending on HR technology
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November 02, 2016
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Nov'16
Saudi Arabia turns to big data to boost business innovation
Big data technologies will play a key role in diversifying Saudi Arabia's economy away from a huge dependence on oil revenues.
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November 02, 2016
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Nov'16
Unilever puts digital transformation in the hands of IT
The global IT director of digital marketing at Unilever explains how the firm has managed digital transformation by shifting the role of the IT team
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November 01, 2016
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Nov'16
Thomson Reuters to axe multiple IT roles
Thomson Reuters is to make 2,000 redundancies worldwide, many of them in its IT function
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October 28, 2016
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Oct'16
Hundreds of IT contractors let go and projects put on hold as DWP denies rumours of overspend
Hundreds of digital and technology projects are under review at the Department for Work and Pensions - but department denies rumours of budget overspend
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October 28, 2016
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Oct'16
Interview: How Swedish bank prepared robot for customer services
SEB bank is currently integrating artificial intelligence into its customer services channels, following an internal trial of the technology
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October 27, 2016
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Oct'16
Open source no longer scares the enterprise
Open source breaks the rules on corporate procurement, but developers never play by the rules and now open source has sneaked in through the back door
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October 25, 2016
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Oct'16
Hundreds of thousands of public sector jobs automated by 2030
Repetitive roles in the UK public sector will be decimated as organisations replace people with automation technology
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October 25, 2016
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Oct'16
CIO interview: Björn Ekstedt, PostNord
For PostNord, one of the Nordic’s largest logistics companies, the rise of e-commerce means the continual digital rehaul of its business models
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October 21, 2016
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Oct'16
Interview: Kevin Cunnington, director general, Government Digital Service
The government’s new digital chief talks about his plans for the future and the challenges of transforming public services
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October 21, 2016
21
Oct'16
Huawei unleashes European cloud programme, commits to UK business
At an event in Paris, Huawei launches a €75m cloud development programme, and reaffirms its commitment to its UK operations post-Brexit