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• July 24, 2018 24 Jul'18

  Organisations are ready to adopt DevOps to power digital transformation

  Companies across Europe are increasingly turning to DevOps to help them adapt their software processes to support new customer-centric business uses

• July 23, 2018 23 Jul'18

  Marks and Spencer to invest in startups as part of retail partnership with Founders Factory

  Marks and Spencer is continuing its efforts to digitally transform its business by starting an investment partnership for startups

• July 23, 2018 23 Jul'18

  Commerzbank creates Hadoop-based platform for business-critical insights

  German bank creates an entire new department to build and support a platform to provide business-critical insights

• July 20, 2018 20 Jul'18

  Cambridge students offered chance to win £10,000 to develop innovative tech ideas at Trinity College

  Cambridge University under and postgraduates are now able to apply for a competition to win £10,000 and the chance to develop their tech ideas at the Bradfield Centre

• July 20, 2018 20 Jul'18

  Cisco and UCL to open AI research unit in $100m digital economy boost

  Cisco has extended its ongoing Country Digital Acceleration programme in the UK with a further $100m investment, part of which will go towards a new AI research centre

• July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18

  Heathrow flights grounded by IT failure

  Aircraft unable to take off at airport following failure of an IT system at one of BA's suppliers, that even led to the temporary closure of the control tower

• July 13, 2018 13 Jul'18

  How Singapore’s MyRepublic hones its IT chops

  MyRepublic’s CIO shares how the company’s IT strategy has enabled the internet service provider to spread its wings into new markets

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  Three-quarters of consumers have interacted with artificial intelligence

  Capgemini survey finds 55% of people prefer a mix of AI and humans when they interact with organisations

• July 10, 2018 10 Jul'18

  UK falling behind European competition in efforts to produce powerhouse tech companies

  Several European-based tech companies are on the way to competing with major US and Chinese counterparts, although the UK is falling behind in this race

• July 10, 2018 10 Jul'18

  NIC calls for nationwide broadband plan

  The National Infrastructure Commission has called for a national broadband plan to support full-fibre roll-out

• July 10, 2018 10 Jul'18

  Analysts question Australia government’s IBM deal

  Industry analysts and experts have called the wisdom of the A$1bn IBM IT deal into question, with one claiming that the federal government should have used a range of suppliers instead

• July 06, 2018 06 Jul'18

  Public looks to push innovative technologies in public sector with accelerator programme

  Public is aiming to drive innovative services in the public sector by selecting its next startup accelerator cohort

• July 05, 2018 05 Jul'18

  UK labour market could be harmed by private sector roll-out of IR35 reforms, consultancy warns

  As the government continues to consult on extending the IR35 reforms to the private sector, research suggests contractors will not take kindly to the move

• July 05, 2018 05 Jul'18

  Construction sector gets £420m investment for tech and innovation

  Government has partnered with industry to deliver a Construction Sector Deal, which includes a joint £420m investment for “bytes and mortar smart construction”

• July 05, 2018 05 Jul'18

  UK leads Europe’s tech startup scene over five years, research shows

  Tech leads the way as UK shows 5% growth in startups across all industries