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• May 15, 2019 15 May'19

  Stella McCartney and Google Cloud start machine learning and fashion-focused sustainability push

  Stella McCartney and Google Cloud are embarking on a joint pilot project that will draw on the tech giant's machine learning and cloud-based data processing portfolio to help clean up the fashion industry's supply chains

• May 15, 2019 15 May'19

  UK pensions trust launches £1.5bn tender for digital services delivery

  The National Employment Savings Trust wants its new supplier to build innovations such as data analytics to services provided via digital channels

• May 14, 2019 14 May'19

  Digital business is connected business, says KuppingerCole

  Businesses need to unlock data, rethink identity and access management, and capitalise on artificial intelligence in the digital era, says KuppingerCole

• May 14, 2019 14 May'19

  Footasylum steps up artificial intelligence to drive customer centricity

  Retailer Footasylum is placing its bets on cloud-based emergent technologies to accelerate automation and personalisation across the business

• May 14, 2019 14 May'19

  Network Rail appoints Aidan Hancock as IT chief

  Former BP technology chief Aidan Hancock joins the rail company to lead its digital transformation efforts

• May 14, 2019 14 May'19

  Councils urged to support 5G readiness

  Local authorities must do more to facilitate the roll-out of next-generation mobile connectivity, study finds

• May 13, 2019 13 May'19

  HSBC hires Ian Bromwich as UK CIO

  New incumbent Ian Bromwich joins HSBC from Lloyds Banking Group

• May 13, 2019 13 May'19

  Health screening IT unfit for purpose since 2011

  National health bodies do not have full visibility of all the patients who need screenings, and a replacement system faces further delay, a new PAC report has found

• May 13, 2019 13 May'19

  More power for NHSX chief as top health service IT executive steps down

  Operations director at NHS England Matthew Swindells has handed over his IT duties to the chief executive at the new digital unit, Matthew Gould

• May 13, 2019 13 May'19

  CIO interview: Sanjeev Katwa, head of technology, Tottenham Hotspur FC

  The Premier League club’s state-of-the-art new stadium is claimed to be the most technologically advanced in the world – its IT leader takes us behind the scenes

• May 10, 2019 10 May'19

  Government hints at biometric regulations

  Immigration minister says options are being considered around governance and oversight of biometric technologies use

• May 10, 2019 10 May'19

  Home Office seeks immigration technology head

  The Home Office is looking for a suitable candidate to fill its newly created high-profile IT role, which will cover Brexit-related requirements around immigration technology

• May 09, 2019 09 May'19

  Deutsche Börse harnesses Microsoft cloud

  German stock exchange signs deal with Microsoft that will not only benefit the exchange, but other organisations in the sector that are considering cloud migration

• May 09, 2019 09 May'19

  Confident BT Group calls on Openreach to build full-fibre faster

  Openreach will ramp up the pace of its full-fibre network build over the next six years, with ambitious targets to bring ultrafast broadband within reach of 15 million homes by the middle of the 2020s

• May 08, 2019 08 May'19

  MP sets out concerns over GP at Hand software

  Concerns raised over the robustness and breadth of the software underpinning Babylon Health’s app amid calls for an inquiry into the tool

• May 07, 2019 07 May'19

  Highways England trials self-driving trucks for roadworks

  A pilot is aimed at reducing project timescales and increasing worker safety, though vehicles are expected to take another two to three years to be fully operating

• May 07, 2019 07 May'19

  Tech manifesto calls on health secretary to ‘get basics right’

  Royal College of GPs says joining up IT systems is essential to enable innovation

• May 03, 2019 03 May'19

  Labour calls for creation of ministry for cyber security

  Shadow Cabinet Office minister Jo Platt accuses government of failing to provide leadership to fend off cyber risks

• May 02, 2019 02 May'19

  Lloyd’s of London unveils digital ambitions

  Reforms will include a split into two automated exchanges, which is expected to boost performance and savings while reducing cost of services to customers

• May 02, 2019 02 May'19

  Department of Health enhances medical innovation programme

  The Accelerated Access Collaborative initiative is expected to fast-track pioneering treatments and produce multimillion-pound savings to the NHS

• May 02, 2019 02 May'19

  Boots appoints former NHS IT executive as director of innovation

  Retailer Boots has enlisted Richard Corbridge, former chief digital and information officer for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, to support its digital transformation initiatives

• May 01, 2019 01 May'19

  Department of Health pushes online regulation agenda

  Tech giants commit to initiative to remove harmful content from their websites but MPs call for further changes in algorithms

• April 30, 2019 30 Apr'19

  CIO interview: Mark Holt, CTO, Trainline

  A data-led strategy underpins the growth of the public transport app, which sells over 200 tickets a minute and logs more than 80 million customer visits a month

• April 30, 2019 30 Apr'19

  Department for International Trade slashes tech SME funding

  Smaller UK companies will see their ability to showcase their offerings at large international events compromised, trade bodies say

• April 29, 2019 29 Apr'19

  Home Office to award £300m contract for management of biometric services

  Government department is behind schedule in the selection of suppliers to work on two platforms covering fingerprints, DNA and facial matching capabilities

• April 29, 2019 29 Apr'19

  CIO interview: Dylan Roberts, CDIO, Leeds City Council

  After 15 years leading technology in Leeds, Dylan Roberts is building a digital ecosystem for the entire region, even looking at how digital services can help extend life expectancy for local people

• April 29, 2019 29 Apr'19

  Danske Bank and IBM bring AI to banking IT

  Artificial intelligence partnership is designed to reduce the risk of major IT outages and keep the bank’s customers happy

• April 29, 2019 29 Apr'19

  Malaysia to get its first AI park

  Malaysia’s first artificial intelligence park to be developed by a trio of local and Chinese firms is expected to raise the country’s standing in the global race for AI supremacy

• April 26, 2019 26 Apr'19

  Digital map of UK underground pipes and cables to be developed

  The Underground Asset Register is expected to reduce the costs and safety issues associated with maintaining underground cables and pipes

• April 26, 2019 26 Apr'19

  Central government fails to meet SME tech spending targets

  Smaller businesses find it “impossible” to win public sector tenders while the number of single-bid contracts rises, report says

• April 26, 2019 26 Apr'19

  Laing O’Rourke Australia chooses private cloud route

  The Australian arm of global engineering firm Laing O’Rourke signs up for Nutanix to run its core applications on a private cloud

• April 25, 2019 25 Apr'19

  Public becoming more aware of privacy abuses and unethical tech

  Widespread abuses of privacy, biometric information and artificial intelligence mean the internet is in poor health, but growing popular awareness of its problems gives some cause for hope, says the Mozilla Foundation

• April 25, 2019 25 Apr'19

  European Union to create central biometrics database

  New rules will see the introduction of a repository of personal data from hundreds of millions of citizens to support law enforcement across member states

• April 25, 2019 25 Apr'19

  Cabinet Office seeks chief digital information officer

  The newly created role will sit within the Government Digital Service and lead a 630-strong reporting function for digital, data and technology strategy

• April 25, 2019 25 Apr'19

  No final decision taken on Huawei 5G ban, government claims

  Culture secretary tells MPs that a final decision on use of Huawei in UK 5G networks has not been taken, and says government is taking the leak of confidential discussions at the National Security Council very seriously

• April 24, 2019 24 Apr'19

  Internet Watch Foundation raises stakes in war against online child porn

  Organisation’s work around tackling the spread of child sexual abuse imagery is being enhanced with advanced video tagging technology and artificial intelligence

• April 24, 2019 24 Apr'19

  Market must address IT failures in large infrastructure projects, government says

  If companies want certainty that strategic investment will continue post Brexit, they need to address areas such as technical complexity management, says the chief executive of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority

• April 24, 2019 24 Apr'19

  PM May approves Huawei for use in 5G networks despite opposition

  The UK’s National Security Council has approved the use of Huawei’s networking equipment in parts of the country’s 5G mobile networks in spite of widespread opposition

• April 24, 2019 24 Apr'19

  How technology is shaping Malaysia’s economy

  Malaysia has one of the most digitally connected societies in the world, but more work is needed to bridge the digital divide

• April 23, 2019 23 Apr'19

  London Ambulance Service trials real-time access to patient data

  The NHS Identity Service pilot enables clinicians to access summary care records on secure iPads

• April 23, 2019 23 Apr'19

  Digital court system reaches first key milestones

  The platform rolled out at Crown Courts in England and Wales a year ago has increased speed and efficiency of online citizen services and saved 100 million sheets of paper so far

• April 22, 2019 22 Apr'19

  With Anthos, Google seeks to unify open source cloud technologies

  Urs Hölzle, Google’s head of technical infrastructure, talks up efforts to deliver what he claims to be the first open source cloud stack

• April 19, 2019 19 Apr'19

  UK government adds voice to citizen services delivery

  Voice technology enables access to more than 12,000 information items through Alexa or Google Home

• April 18, 2019 18 Apr'19

  Facebook leaks: Zuckerberg turned data into dollars in ruthless battle with competitors

  Facebook’s CEO ruthlessly exploited personal data shared by its users to turn Facebook into the biggest social network, but internal documents show that privacy appeared to be an afterthought for executives

• April 18, 2019 18 Apr'19

  Widespread adoption of digital ID could boost economic growth

  New study argues that the standard could bring benefits to businesses in sectors such as financial services as well as government – but it all depends on high adoption rates

• April 17, 2019 17 Apr'19

  UK government to introduce online porn age checks

  World-first regulations will see age verification introduced in July and enforced by the British Board of Film Classification. Non-compliant sites risk withdrawal of payment services or being blocked

• April 17, 2019 17 Apr'19

  HM Land Registry completes blockchain trial

  HM Land Registry’s blockchain project is part of a wider digital transformation initiative which aims to simplify and speed up the process of buying and selling property

• April 17, 2019 17 Apr'19

  How UnaBiz is disrupting the IoT market in APAC

  From offering low-cost connectivity to hardware design and integration services, the Singapore-based technology supplier is causing a stir in the internet-of-things market

• April 16, 2019 16 Apr'19

  Home Office curbs bulk emails following data breach

  Department has introduced new rules for mass messaging after exposing email addresses of EU settled status scheme applicants

• April 16, 2019 16 Apr'19

  Findings published from three-month pilot for NHS App

  Biometric login functionality and additional repeat prescription ordering capability are among the enhancements made in response to user feedback to the NHS App