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• December 30, 2016 30 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.

• December 23, 2016 23 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

• December 09, 2016 09 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

• December 07, 2016 07 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• November 29, 2016 29 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?

• November 22, 2016 22 Nov'16

  Middle East bank to launch AI for customer support

  Middle East bank Emirates NBD is piloting artificial intelligence to automate customer services

• November 22, 2016 22 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

• November 18, 2016 18 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

• November 17, 2016 17 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

• November 16, 2016 16 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

• 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

• November 02, 2016 02 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

• October 27, 2016 27 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

• October 21, 2016 21 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

• October 21, 2016 21 Oct'16

  GDS goes nationwide to ease relations with government departments

  Government Digital Service aims to open more regional outposts for training civil servants in digital skills, says new chief Kevin Cunnington

• October 19, 2016 19 Oct'16

  Matt Hancock calls for market to lead on full FTTP broadband

  Digital and culture secretary used his keynote speech at Broadband World Forum to call for a national market-led fibre-to-the-premise roll-out, and pledged government support to make it happen

• October 13, 2016 13 Oct'16

  Lloyds Bank to use virtual reality to test applicants for graduate programme

  Bank will use virtual reality to test potential recruits in situations that are otherwise difficult to recreate

• October 06, 2016 06 Oct'16

  Swedish bank uses Amelia the robot for customer services

  SEB is using AI software from IPsoft for customer service after a successful internal project

• September 28, 2016 28 Sep'16

  Business secretary calls for national broadband upgrade

  In a speech to the Institute of Directors’ annual conference, Greg Clark calls for a major broadband upgrade to support the reinvention of the government’s industrial strategy

• September 26, 2016 26 Sep'16

  Emirates Islamic bank and the Muslim finance revolution

  The CIO at Dubai-based bank Emirates Islamic tells Computer Weekly how IT is supporting the company through industry change

• September 12, 2016 12 Sep'16

  MaidSafe secure internet concept enters testing phase

  Scottish internet startup MaidSafe brings its vision for a more private and secure approach to the web a step closer to reality

• August 24, 2016 24 Aug'16

  London datacentre market enjoys pre-Brexit surge in demand for colocation space

  CBRE's pre-Brexit look at the European datacentre market sees London reap the benefits of a surge in demand for colocation space during the second quarter

• August 04, 2016 04 Aug'16

  How Action for Children improved IT service delivery

  Children's charity Action for Children has rolled out Citrix remote access on tablets and is using ITIL to drive IT efficiencies

• August 04, 2016 04 Aug'16

  Singapore’s DBS Bank signs up to Amazon cloud

  The latest move in the cloud journey of DBS bank in Singapore is an agreement with Amazon Web Services

• August 02, 2016 02 Aug'16

  Nordic CIO interview: Liv Fiksdahl, DNB

  CIO of Norwegian bank tells Computer Weekly how Indian outsourcing partners help her keep costs down and digitise the business

• July 29, 2016 29 Jul'16

  German digital bank Fidor acquired by French banking giant

  Fidor CEO says merger with BPCE will allow challenger to continue its international expansion

• July 28, 2016 28 Jul'16

  Nordic CIO interview: Vesa Erolainen, Pöyry

  Doubts were raised when Vesa Erolainen, CIO at Finnish engineering and consulting company Pöyry, outlined his IT transformation plan, but he ended up winning an award for it

• July 28, 2016 28 Jul'16

  Revealed: The battle for GDS – how Whitehall mandarins are trying to carve up digital strategy

  Insiders say senior civil servants want to break up the Government Digital Service and return IT to its previous departmental model

• July 25, 2016 25 Jul'16

  Skills shortage and poor IT infrastructure hinder tech adoption by Asean governments

  EIU report highlights governments’ desire for better use of data, including cloud access

• July 20, 2016 20 Jul'16

  Benelux CIO interview: Paul Elich, CIO at KLM

  Paul Elich, CIO at Dutch airline KLM, tells Computer Weekly about building innovation into IT departments and the ongoing de-duplication of internal systems since its merger with Air France

• July 15, 2016 15 Jul'16

  Collaboration is essential in dispelling “deeply ingrained” gender career stereotypes

  O2’s HR director Ann Pickering urges collaboration between government, schools and business to break down tech industry barriers

• July 14, 2016 14 Jul'16

  Nordic CIO interview: Roland Grunéus, Intrum Justitia

  Roland Grunéus, the CIO of Swedish-founded Intrum Justitia, reveals the credit management services group’s efforts to make better use of data

• July 12, 2016 12 Jul'16

  Standard Chartered takes global delivery network to next level

  Bank to invest $3bn in global delivery network, with particular focus on scaling up Malaysian centre

• July 11, 2016 11 Jul'16

  Outdated IT limits retail gains from customer data

  Legacy IT systems are making it more difficult for retailers to collect and use customer data to improve services

• July 08, 2016 08 Jul'16

  Cisco UK and Ireland CEO Phil Smith steps down after 22 years

  Phil Smith announces he is stepping down from the day-to-day running of Cisco’s UK and Ireland business to take up the role of chairman

• July 08, 2016 08 Jul'16

  New Jersey turns to technology to keep offenders out of jail

  New Jersey is developing criminal justice applications that will save offenders from spending years in jail before their cases are heard

• July 07, 2016 07 Jul'16

  Saudi Telecom Company leads nation’s transformation agenda

  Saudi Telecom Company and its technology partners support the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s drive into digital public services

• July 05, 2016 05 Jul'16

  Virtual reality finds fans at Reading University

  Professors at Reading University see virtual reality as an increasingly important research and teaching tool in science and arts subjects

• July 05, 2016 05 Jul'16

  Nordic CIO interview: Tore Burheim, University of Bergen

  IT director of Norwegian university tells Computer Weekly about digitising education and creating co-operative clusters

• July 01, 2016 01 Jul'16

  Barclays banks on agile and DevOps to tackle competitive threats in fintech

  Barclays Bank opens up about how increasing competition in the financial services sector has fuelled its 18-month, company-wide campaign to increase its use of agile and DevOps methodologies

• June 29, 2016 29 Jun'16

  Brexit: Datacentre investments set to slow as economic stability concerns hit CIOs

  As the economic uncertainty around Brexit continues, CIOs may put new datacentre investments on hiatus, warns analyst

• June 27, 2016 27 Jun'16

  Banking IT community faces uncertain Brexit future

  The financial services IT community faces a period of uncertainty as finance firms reassess plans following the EU referendum result

• June 23, 2016 23 Jun'16

  Most influential women in UK IT 2016: Rising Stars

  Computer Weekly reveals the judges’ choice for the 2016 most influential women in UK IT Rising Stars. Special thanks to the Salesforce Foundation for extending its support to our 2016 Rising Stars

• June 23, 2016 23 Jun'16

  Computer Weekly announces the 50 most influential women in UK IT 2016

  Computer Weekly announces its top 50 list of the most influential women in UK IT, including 2016 winner Maggie Philbin

• June 20, 2016 20 Jun'16

  Three-quarters of tech firms do not have gender diverse senior management

  Research by Tech London Advocates finds that only 23% of technology companies have gender diverse teams at senior management level

• June 17, 2016 17 Jun'16

  Euro Championship network traffic spike highlights OTT boom

  The BBC and EE both reported massive spikes in network traffic during the England versus Wales clash at Euro 2016

• June 17, 2016 17 Jun'16

  Hays Recruitment service desk project is all gain and no pain

  The firm was attracted by the many benefits of a cloud-based service desk, but chief among them was the low risk involved in implementation