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• July 05, 2022 05 Jul'22

  Legacy UK customs system stops accepting registration requests

  HMRC closes new applications to legacy customs system as its shutdown nears

• July 05, 2022 05 Jul'22

  NCSC CEO: Why we should run towards crises to elevate cyber security

  National Cyber Security Centre CEO Lindy Cameron, the 2022 Computer Weekly UKtech50 Most Influential Person in UK IT, reflects on a career immersed in crisis management, and how she is using this to elevate cyber security standards across the country

• July 04, 2022 04 Jul'22

  MPs call for ban on Chinese surveillance camera technology

  Nearly 70 MPs have called on the government to ban Chinese camera technology that is widely used by UK government agencies despite links to human rights abuses in China

• July 04, 2022 04 Jul'22

  Government rejects Lords police tech inquiry recommendations

  The government has largely rejected the findings and recommendations of a House of Lords inquiry into police tech, which called for an overhaul of how police deploy artificial intelligence and algorithmic technologies

• June 30, 2022 30 Jun'22

  Independent scrutiny brought into compensation negotiations for wrongly prosecuted subpostmasters

  Former Supreme Court judge will offer his view on the valuation of compensation for wrongly convicted subpostmasters

• June 29, 2022 29 Jun'22

  Government sets NHS digital transformation plan

  The government expects to save billions of pounds and improve patient outcomes through digital transformation

• June 28, 2022 28 Jun'22

  Executive interview: Chris Conradi, chief digital officer, FSN Capital

  Chris Conradi is taking his learnings at Google into the private equity industry at Norway’s FSN Capital

• June 24, 2022 24 Jun'22

  US cyber agency in fresh warning over Log4Shell risk to VMware

  Many VMware Horizon and UAG servers remain defenceless against Log4Shell, and organisations continue to fall victim to the vulnerability

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  Post Office IT investigator to be released from confidentiality obligations for inquiry

  Forensic accounting firm that ‘knows where the bodies are buried’ will be released from confidentiality obligations by the Post Office to give evidence to public inquiry

• June 17, 2022 17 Jun'22

  British businesses to recognise Google skills certificates

  Google training programmes are being made available to more people in the UK as part of an initiative from the supplier and major UK businesses

• June 17, 2022 17 Jun'22

  Tech sector sustainability efforts need full ecosystem approach

  Reorienting the tech sector around collaboration rather than competition and reassessing the industry’s conventional wisdom around economic growth is essential to improving sustainability on the timescale needed, London Tech Week attendees are told

• June 17, 2022 17 Jun'22

  MoD sets out strategy to develop military AI with private sector

  The UK Ministry of Defence has outlined its intention to work closely with the private sector to develop and deploy a range of artificial intelligence-powered technologies, committing to ‘lawful and ethical AI use’

• June 16, 2022 16 Jun'22

  Loan charge MPs want contractor adviser community to participate in latest call for evidence

  Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness All-Party Parliamentary Group seeks input from accountants, lawyers and tax advisers who work with contractors in-scope of the loan charge policy

• June 16, 2022 16 Jun'22

  Health app adoption on the up as users report benefits

  Mobile healthcare app take-up is at a pivotal moment and clinicians will play a key role in the next phase of adoption

• June 15, 2022 15 Jun'22

  Virgin Money slashes loan application time through fintech

  Business loan application process at Virgin Money cut from days to minutes through fintech platform

• June 15, 2022 15 Jun'22

  Public sector bodies accused of freezing out SME IT consultancies over IR35 compliance fears

  After details emerged about the multimillion-pound tax bills and penalties some public sector organisations have incurred due to IR35 compliance failings, it is claimed some government departments are cutting their SME consultancy partners loose

• June 14, 2022 14 Jun'22

  CIO interview: Morten Holm Christiansen, Haldor Topsoe

  There’s no point digitising if there is no benefit to the customer, says the Danish chemicals giant’s head of IT

• June 13, 2022 13 Jun'22

  Dell server, storage, PC sales grow despite component supply chain woes

  Dell executives cite the company’s use of “alternative” component supply chains as server, storage and PC sales grow despite difficulties for most of the market sourcing parts

• June 10, 2022 10 Jun'22

  Commercialising open source

  Most software developed today takes advantage of open source, but there are still gaps in understanding what open source means in business

• June 09, 2022 09 Jun'22

  More wrongful convictions quashed in Post Office IT scandal

  Two more Post Office Horizon scandal victims have had their wrongful convictions overturned

• June 09, 2022 09 Jun'22

  IBM winding down its Russian business

  After three months in suspension, IBM’s operations in Russia are being wound down, CEO tells staff

• June 08, 2022 08 Jun'22

  NHS invites suppliers to apply to join latest tech marketplace

  Health service launches new IT framework for suppliers offering technologies that can transform GP operations

• June 08, 2022 08 Jun'22

  Pure FlashBlade//S and Evergreen//Flex boost as-a-service push

  FlashBlade//S brings two new arrays in which customers can upgrade controllers and capacity, while //Flex allows capacity to be bought and moved across any QLC or TLC Pure array

• June 07, 2022 07 Jun'22

  Prison and Probation Service’s tagging ambition ‘outstripped its ability to deliver’

  HM Prison and Probation Service’s programme to transform the tagging of offenders has failed to deliver after software platform was scrapped

• June 07, 2022 07 Jun'22

  Russia looks towards import substitution in its IT sector

  The exodus of Western IT companies from Russia and sanctions imposed on the country amid its military invasion of Ukraine are leading to shortages of IT and professionals in the sector

• June 07, 2022 07 Jun'22

  Software house Mega achieves holistic SaaS security with Synopsys

  Mega International, a supplier of IT management software, turned to Synopsys’s Coverity and Black Duck products to reassure both itself and its customers that its software-as-a-service offerings were built to the best possible security standards

• June 01, 2022 01 Jun'22

  Security leaders call for more observability for cloud native apps

  New research highlights the challenges CISOs face securing modern, cloud native applications

• May 31, 2022 31 May'22

  Heineken puts employees in charge of their own careers with new HR system

  According to Sanne Noordam, head of SAP SuccessFactors in the Netherlands, companies need to look and listen more closely to the needs of employees in order to attract and retain them

• May 30, 2022 30 May'22

  Iceland’s natural and digital approach to healthcare disrupts global sector

  Iceland has the perfect blend of natural health remedies and tech startup entrepreneurship to shake up the world healthcare sector

• May 26, 2022 26 May'22

  Global business insurer saves 50,000 hours through RPA

  QBE started its robotic process automation journey in 2017 and has already saved 50,000 hours, enabling staff to focus on customer care

• May 26, 2022 26 May'22

  Two-thirds of UK organisations defrauded since start of pandemic

  Nearly two out of three UK companies say they have experienced some form of fraud or economic crime in the past two years, according to a report

• May 26, 2022 26 May'22

  The barristers that broke their backs to break the Post Office’s shield of lies

  Computer Weekly spoke to the barristers at Henderson Chambers that fought the Post Office in the High Court to expose the widest miscarriage of justice in UK history

• May 25, 2022 25 May'22

  New inquiry looks at the state of UK chips

  Foreign Affairs Committee is fishing for evidence in a new inquiry assessing skills, security and end-to-end semiconductor supply chain concerns

• May 24, 2022 24 May'22

  ICO orders facial recognition firm Clearview AI to delete all data about UK residents

  UK data watchdog fines facial recognition company Clearview AI £7.5m for multiple privacy breaches. The firm, which offers services to law enforcement, faces growing pressure from regulators and legal action around the world

• May 23, 2022 23 May'22

  Netherlands approves beyond-visual-line-of-sight inspection drones

  Drones can automate the traditionally challenging job of inspecting industrial sites, including hard-to-reach infrastructure

• May 23, 2022 23 May'22

  Government has no plans to review controversial court rules on computer evidence

  Government accused of ‘passing the buck’ and ‘not knowing what it is talking about’ after stating it has no plans to review court rules on computer evidence

• May 20, 2022 20 May'22

  Third of organisations to outsource more IT amid talent shortage

  Cutting costs is not the main reason for outsourcing IT in the UK, according to a major study

• May 19, 2022 19 May'22

  Red teaming will be standard in Dutch governmental organisations by 2025

  The Dutch government wants to include the testing of the digital security of systems, processes and people – also known as red teaming – in all of its governmental organisations’ test planning and budgeting by 2025 at the latest

• May 19, 2022 19 May'22

  Relentless branch closures at Lloyds Bank continue as digital banking takes hold

  UK bank branches are being shuttered in large numbers as consumers choose online banking, with Lloyds Banking Group announcing more closures

• May 17, 2022 17 May'22

  Post Office scandal victim calls for government’s role in silencing victims to be investigated

  Victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal in Scotland raise further questions about Post Office and government conduct

• May 13, 2022 13 May'22

  Pro-competition data sharing will not include users’ personal info, says minister

  UK government proposals to improve competition in digital markets by making tech giants share data with smaller firms will not include consumers’ personal information, says digital minister

• May 13, 2022 13 May'22

  Santander has so far moved 80% of IT infrastructure to cloud

  Spanish banking giant Santander continues its journey into the cloud as it strives to be cloud native

• May 10, 2022 10 May'22

  Post Office scandal inquiry chair brings forward urgent compensation hearings

  The chair of the Post Office Horizon scandal inquiry has brought forward hearings about compensation as victims warn that at this rate “people will die” before they get anything

• May 10, 2022 10 May'22

  European retailers see embedded finance as a revenue builder

  Retailers and e-commerce businesses are working with tech suppliers to embed financial products and services in their customer offerings

• May 09, 2022 09 May'22

  Post Office scandal victims in Scotland to tell their stories, raising questions of law

  Inquiry into Post Office scandal moves to Scotland, with differences in English and Scottish law raising further serious questions about subpostmaster prosecutions

• May 09, 2022 09 May'22

  Malaysian government inks agreement with Google Cloud

  The cloud framework agreement with Google will make it easier for Malaysia’s public sector agencies to access Google Cloud services through a single government contract

• May 06, 2022 06 May'22

  UK digital markets regulator to be given statutory powers

  Digital Markets Unit will be put on statutory footing by UK government to ensure technology giants do not abuse market power, but announcement comes with no clear indication of when legislation will be introduced

• May 05, 2022 05 May'22

  Swedish digital entrepreneur interview: Haider Abdo

  Consumer demands changed during Covid-19 and Swedish entrepreneur Haider Abdo has used this as a platform to take niche startup to the next level in the retail sector

• May 04, 2022 04 May'22

  Judicial intervention 'inevitable' as Post Office compensation valuation falls short

  Lawyer negotiating compensation for victims of Post Office scandal says the two sides are 'poles apart' on valuations

• May 03, 2022 03 May'22

  Five TLS comms vulnerabilities hit Aruba, Avaya switching kit

  Five new vulnerabilities in the implementation of transport layer security communications leave several popular switches vulnerable to remote code execution