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IT supplier relationship management

• March 02, 2018 02 Mar'18

  New privacy fears as IT challenges delay surveillance oversight body by a year

  IT challenges have delayed government plans for an independent body to authorise requests to access the public’s internet and phone records by nearly a year, raising new legal and privacy concerns

• February 28, 2018 28 Feb'18

  Chances of success with SAP are only 50-50

  Companies can spend millions, but half of SAP projects fail because there is no connection between the implementation and the original business case

• February 27, 2018 27 Feb'18

  Sweden’s Systembolaget picks Evry for cloud transformation

  Government-owned retailer signs major IT outsourcing agreement as part of its digital transformation programme

• February 26, 2018 26 Feb'18

  Surveillance watchdog investigates security risks of GCHQ IT contractors

  The investigatory powers commissioner is reviewing the security arrangements for IT contractors that have access to live computer systems at GCHQ holding highly sensitive records on the UK population

• February 26, 2018 26 Feb'18

  NHS Digital and TechUK set out collaboration priorities for 2018

  Partnership will focus on areas such as interoperability, innovative technology, working with SMEs, cyber security and a strategic review of NHS Digital’s digital transformation programme

• February 23, 2018 23 Feb'18

  IT services giants face stiff challenge from niche players in IoT market

  Traditional broad and large IT services firms are facing competition from niche industry-focused companies in the IoT services market

• February 23, 2018 23 Feb'18

  HP Inc chief argues the case to upgrade from older, uglier PCs

  Average selling price is going up due to component price hike, but businesses and consumers must be given a reason to dump their old and ugly PCs

• February 23, 2018 23 Feb'18

  HPE’s new CEO presents strong first quarter for hybrid IT

  Just days into his hew role, Antonio Neri presented HPE’s Q1 2018 results. The figures look good, but the company is rebounding from a rough 2017

• February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18

  CIO interview: Matthew Wallbridge, head of ICT, Croydon Council

  Croydon’s ICT boss talks about why being “good” isn’t good enough and building a new ICT delivery model

• February 15, 2018 15 Feb'18

  Atos investigates breach linked to Winter Olympics cyber attack

  IT services firm Atos is investigating a potential security breach in response to reports that employee credentials were found in malware used to target the Winter Olympics

• February 12, 2018 12 Feb'18

  French technology startups are forging ahead – but how?

  France has sprung to the forefront of the international tech startup scene. How has this happened, and what's next for French tech firms?

• February 02, 2018 02 Feb'18

  Faster data is a safer bet for risk exposure

  Betting platform service supplier FSB Technology (UK) has used GridGain’s in-memory database to support its existing PostgreSQL transactional system

• February 01, 2018 01 Feb'18

  NAO delivers damning report on delayed and costly DBS transformation project

  The Disclosure and Barring Service modernisation programme runs three-and-a-half years behind schedule, suffers from low uptake and increased costs, says NAO report

• February 01, 2018 01 Feb'18

  Microsoft results show a distributed computing future

  While it has paid a massive US tax bill, the company's results show Microsoft is making progress on its intelligent cloud hybrid strategy

• January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18

  Capita to offload non-core business units

  Capita reveals it might sell some of its non-core business units after issuing a profit warning, which the CEO partly blames on its business being too broad and complex

• January 29, 2018 29 Jan'18

  Superfast broadband available to 95% of country

  The UK government has announced it has reached its target for making superfast broadband available

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Robots are needed to manage the automation robots

  The next decade will see robots transform from invisible forces obeying our commands to lifelike objects interacting with humans on a daily basis

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Intel recalls botched Spectre fix

  The inventor of Linux, Linus Torvalds, vents his frustration and suggests Intel has no plans to fix Spectre flaw

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Modern methodology gives Sweden’s 100-year-old SKF a digital push

  Long-established engineering company takes a leaf out of the startup guide to software development

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  New controversies as Trump passes US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

  The amended Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which seeks to legitimise US surveillance on foreigners, has been signed off by president Trump

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  IT of world’s banks is moving on from crippling regulation

  Banks need to invest more in fintech and IT skills as they emerge from years of stagnation

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  European Parliament votes to restrict exports of surveillance equipment

  European Parliament votes to tighten export controls to restrict supply of surveillance and encryption technology to states with poor human rights records amid fears British companies may not have to comply after Brexit

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  451 Research shines light on how enterprise attitudes to digital transformation are evolving

  Enterprises are capitalising on their infrastructure upgrades and are increasing their use of cloud to take advantage of emerging technologies and accelerate business change, says 451 Research

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Demand for cloud services drives increase in IT outsourcing

  Cloud services spending in Europe, the Middle East and Africa offset a drop in traditional IT outsourcing in 2017

• January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18

  Enterprise software spending set to grow thanks to AI and digital boost

  Gartner forecasts businesses will buy more software, with spending shifting to AI and digital initiatives

• January 11, 2018 11 Jan'18

  Retail banking regulations hit UK with the potential of a ‘Big Bang’ moment

  The UK retail banking sector is at the beginning of a journey towards to a more competitive future as new regulation hits them

• January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18

  UAE tech growth prompts firms to review internal IT security

  As IT becomes more prominent in the UAE economy, more and more internal connections between people and systems are created, all of which need to be secured

• January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18

  Cyber attacks in 2017 drive Nordic security efforts

  The volume of cyber attacks last year has increased boardroom focus on security in the Nordic region

• January 08, 2018 08 Jan'18

  Telco outsources digital transformation to Infosys

  Belgium's biggest telco will cut legacy systems as part of a digital transformation project

• January 05, 2018 05 Jan'18

  IT departments have no idea how much they spend on AWS and Azure

  The complexity of procuring public cloud services means IaaS users often lack a sense of how much their cloud workloads actually cost

• January 05, 2018 05 Jan'18

  London attracted record tech investment in 2017

  London-based tech firms received record levels of venture capital funding last year

• January 03, 2018 03 Jan'18

  Government yet to ‘fully embrace’ digital, says IoD report

  Institute of Directors report says the government’s digital drive has lost momentum and calls on public sector to harness private sector technologies and innovation

• January 03, 2018 03 Jan'18

  Top IT priorities for Nordic CIOs in 2018

  Nordic CIOs tell Computer Weekly about their intentions for the year ahead

• December 22, 2017 22 Dec'17

  Air New Zealand to trial digital translation technology

  Airline becomes one of the first companies to try out a business case for Google's real-time translation technology

• December 22, 2017 22 Dec'17

  Canada’s CGI takes top spot in UK government IT contracts for 2017

  Analysis of government procurement data shows CGI topped the table for new IT deals, earning more than four times the amount of its nearest rival

• December 20, 2017 20 Dec'17

  Sweden’s Stena Line sets sail for digital transformation

  Ferry operator’s CTO tells Computer Weekly how the company can differentiate itself by using digital tools to make its processes more efficient

• December 19, 2017 19 Dec'17

  Top 10 enterprise IT in the Nordics stories in 2017

  The Nordic region might be best known in IT circles for its startup communities – but it has much more to offer

• December 08, 2017 08 Dec'17

  Santander UK recruits digital banking expert from Barclays

  Santander UK has poached Michael Harte from Barclays to drive digital transformation

• December 06, 2017 06 Dec'17

  CIO interview: Carlos Abarca, TSB

  Carlos Abarca is guiding TSB through its migration from systems hosted by a competitor to a digitally focused in-house core banking platform.

• December 06, 2017 06 Dec'17

  Mayor of London opens Bangalore office to strengthen links with Indian businesses

  City of London’s office in India’s tech hub aims to promote Indian investment and IT jobs in UK capital

• December 05, 2017 05 Dec'17

  US utility provider PG&E on ditching the datacentre and going cloud-first

  US-based utility provider Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) discusses how getting out of the datacentre business and into the cloud is helping meet its regulatory, affordability and innovation targets

• November 26, 2017 26 Nov'17

  UK only average in terms of digital public services

  UK government has the innovation skills to become a digital public services leader, but needs to improve the ID and authentication that sits underneath it to reach this goal

• November 22, 2017 22 Nov'17

  CIO interview: David Southern, director of ICT, WWF UK

  In his 17 years in the IT department at the WWF, David Southern has seen many changes – and the advent of cloud computing is one of the biggest

• November 21, 2017 21 Nov'17

  Nordic CIO interview: Emil Dahlin, Svevia

  Swedish construction company Svevia is transforming digitally, driven by chief information officer Emil Dahlin

• November 21, 2017 21 Nov'17

  SAP indirect access: Prepare for the impact on third-party applications

  SAP is acting in an anti-competitive manner and could be in breach of the US Sherman Act, according to a Duke University School of Law professor

• November 09, 2017 09 Nov'17

  Bangalore offers the best ecosystem for digital transformation, says Economist report

  Bangalore ranked as the number one location for businesses looking to access the right ecosystem to support digital transformation

• October 27, 2017 27 Oct'17

  Nordea lays off 6,000, citing digital transformation as the driver

  Nordea is cutting staff as a result of its ongoing digital transformation, which means it needs less people

• October 27, 2017 27 Oct'17

  Carglass France feels benefit of employee knowledge sharing

  Automobile glass repair company Carglass France is using knowledge-sharing technology to distribute expertise among 3,000 employees

• October 27, 2017 27 Oct'17

  Airbus saves millions after building a digital learning library

  Airbus has created a digital learning library that is helping more than 100,000 staff in 35 countries keep their skills updated

• October 19, 2017 19 Oct'17

  Post Office computer system legal case reaches important procedural juncture

  Sub-postmasters group action against the Post Office reaches an important milestone