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• 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

  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 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 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

• 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

  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

• 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

• June 26, 2017 26 Jun'17

  News UK dumps tape for backup with Zadara cloud storage

  News publishing corporation saves up to 40% on hardware and software costs by switching in-house hardware for a cloud-first policy, using Zadara cloud storage as a backup target

• June 21, 2017 21 Jun'17

  The human apprentices behind robotic automation

  IT apprentices are helping large businesses transform their back-office processes through software robots

• June 14, 2017 14 Jun'17

  HR technology essential to cutting-edge customer service, say big businesses

  If you can’t get your internal HR systems right, the business will suffer – Jaguar Land Rover, Lufthansa and Russia’s Sberbank explain why

• June 09, 2017 09 Jun'17

  Patent group prepares for tough data protection laws by moving HR to the cloud

  CPA Global to replace ERP-based HR system as it gears up to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation

• June 07, 2017 07 Jun'17

  Challenger bank technology arm hires former ABN Amro IT executive as CIO

  Bank and banking technology supplier Fidor hires an experienced banking CIO to support its international expansion

• June 06, 2017 06 Jun'17

  Lloyds bank staff will move to IBM in outsourcing deal

  About 1,500 IT staff at Lloyds Banking Group will join IBM as part of an IT infrastructure outsourcing agreement

• June 06, 2017 06 Jun'17

  Digital economy to contribute 7% of Australia’s GDP

  Besides improving living standards, digital technologies could also lead to a resurgence of manufacturing in Australia

• May 31, 2017 31 May'17

  Hundreds of sub-postmasters have applied to join IT-related legal action since March

  The number of sub-postmasters who claim to have suffered as a result of a faulty Post Office IT system has reached 1,300

• May 31, 2017 31 May'17

  Norwegian bakery chain gets the taste of mobile reporting

  Baker Brun, a bakery company in Norway, is modernising its business processes through the latest technologies

• May 26, 2017 26 May'17

  Swedish government agencies join IT spending benchmarking service

  Government agencies in Sweden are using a tool by Apptio to help them gain a better understanding of IT costs

• May 17, 2017 17 May'17

  Sapphire 2017: McDermott declares SAP indirect licensing policy change

  At SAP’s annual Sapphire Now conference in Orlando, Florida, CEO Bill McDermott ruled out charging for static read access from third-party systems, after recent controversy

• May 16, 2017 16 May'17

  Customer experience transformation at Macquarie bank brings legacy system retirement as a bonus

  Australia’s Macquarie bank builds a data layer on top of legacy IT systems to transform customer experience

• May 16, 2017 16 May'17

  Lack of skills preventing digital transformation, says 65% of decision makers

  Research has found skills gaps in data science, AI and infrastructure management are standing in the way of digital transformation

• May 15, 2017 15 May'17

  How Microsoft is extending the benefits of Office 365

  There are now over 100 million corporate users of Office 365, which provides a great developer opportunity. We find out why

• May 10, 2017 10 May'17

  Durham Police to use artificial intelligence to help decide if suspects should be held in custody

  Durham Police are to use artificial intelligence to help them decide whether or not to keep suspects in custody

• May 09, 2017 09 May'17

  Aruba Atmosphere: Machine learning to transform networking

  At Aruba Atmosphere EMEA in France, delegates learned how the network will incorporate machine learning features in the near future

• May 09, 2017 09 May'17

  Highly skilled professionals at risk of being replaced by computers

  Highly skilled jobs will be replaced by artificial intelligence by 2022, says Gartner

• May 09, 2017 09 May'17

  Large UK businesses increasingly want CEOs to have IT background

  More large businesses in the UK want a CEO that has a good understanding of IT

• May 08, 2017 08 May'17

  HPE ramps up investments in Singapore

  Enterprise tech giant HPE will invest $140m over five years in its new regional headquarters and a startup incubator programme

• May 04, 2017 04 May'17

  Metropolitan Police to hit massive IT overspend

  The Metropolitan Police Service is set to massively overspend on IT as it attempts to improve digital policing

• May 03, 2017 03 May'17

  Mayor of London seeks chief digital officer

  Capital’s first-ever chief digital officer will oversee the digital transformation of public services across London

• April 28, 2017 28 Apr'17

  Microsoft chief reveals Azure upsell strategy

  Azure competes with AWS on price as an IaaS, but Satya Nadella sees this as a way to get CIOs to buy higher-level services

• April 28, 2017 28 Apr'17

  Nordea strikes partnership with Swedish mobile payment startup

  Nordic bank links up with payments startup in its latest fintech project

• April 19, 2017 19 Apr'17

  How Dutch university quickly connected thousands of students to new learning management system

  Dutch university TU Delft is replacing its legacy learning management system after 17 years

• April 13, 2017 13 Apr'17

  Enterprise adoption of encryption accelerating, study shows

  Cloud adoption and escalating threats are accelerating adoption of encryption, a study has revealed

• April 10, 2017 10 Apr'17

  Spending forecast shows early signs of on-premise server demise

  The datacentre equipment market appears to be indicating the long-term impact of cloud computing on server sales

• April 06, 2017 06 Apr'17

  Sweden’s Bisnode consolidates outsourced IT

  Swedish firm Bisnode brings multiple IT services contracts under one roof