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• May 09, 2016 09 May'16

  Two-thirds of UK businesses hit by cyber security breaches, but directors remain unaware

  Two-thirds of large UK businesses are hit by cyber security attacks, but directors aren’t told about them, according to a government sponsored report

• May 06, 2016 06 May'16

  Swedbank boosts customer service with a virtual assistant

  Nuance Nina will offer basic frontline support for online customers

• May 06, 2016 06 May'16

  CIO interview: Henrik Iversen, Monjasa

  The head of IT at Danish oil and shipping company Monjasa tells Computer Weekly about making IT part of the decision-making process and managing personal development

• May 06, 2016 06 May'16

  Network visibility remains the key to safe digital transformation, says Cisco

  Accessing analytics to deal with incidents is the future of information security, according to Terry Greer-King

• May 05, 2016 05 May'16

  Consumers would buy banking and insurance from Google, Amazon or Facebook

  Consumers in Europe increasingly consider companies such as Facebook and Google as potential financial services providers

• May 05, 2016 05 May'16

  Australia closing tax loopholes, ready to grab millions of dollars from tech giants

  OECD initiative and audits of some of the world’s biggest technology firms prompted the tax clampdown, outlined in a budget statement

• May 05, 2016 05 May'16

  CIO Interview: Vesa Pirinen, YIT Group

  When Vesa Pirinen became CIO at Finnish construction firm YIT Group, he set out to question the norm

• May 05, 2016 05 May'16

  Hyper-converged systems to hit mainstream datacentre adoption within five years

  Market watcher Gartner predicts the hyper-converged market will be worth $5bn by 2019 as integrated systems become a staple of mainstream datacentre environments

• May 04, 2016 04 May'16

  Quarter of banks will use startups to replace legacy IT

  A quarter of banks will go to financial technology suppliers for their online and mobile banking requirements by 2020

• April 29, 2016 29 Apr'16

  Virtual desktop infrastructure set for Middle East enterprise growth

  More and more IT leaders in the Middle East are considering adopting virtual desktop infrastructures, but user cases are needed to speed things up

• April 29, 2016 29 Apr'16

  Cyber security in Belgium will gain prominence after terror attacks

  Belgium’s physical security has been branded inadequate, so how does the country’s cyber security measure up?

• April 29, 2016 29 Apr'16

  Canonical founder: "OpenStack no lifeline for legacy tech suppliers"

  Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth warns legacy tech suppliers may struggle to get the “magic returns” they may be expecting from aligning themselves with OpenStack

• April 29, 2016 29 Apr'16

  Saudi Arabia could warm to cloud computing, so long as regulation and connectivity keep pace

  One of the world’s biggest oil producers has responded to tumbling crude prices by announcing a $2tn war chest to fund an economic diversification strategy, with IT set to be a beneficiary

• April 28, 2016 28 Apr'16

  Asean CIOs expect IT budget increase in 2016

  IT leaders in the Asean region expect to spend more on IT this year, with big data, mobility and IoT all priorities

• April 28, 2016 28 Apr'16

  Disrupting IT in the Nordics, from banks to taxis

  IT is dramatically changing traditional industry sectors in the Nordic region. Computer Weekly examines the transformation

• April 28, 2016 28 Apr'16

  Apple Pay gets a million new users a week but profit remains elusive

  Apple's mobile payments service is popular with consumers and banks but the company has yet to find ways to make 'meaningful' money from it

• April 28, 2016 28 Apr'16

  UFO broadband network sees promising results from pilot testing

  Trials of York’s Ultra Fibre Optic (UFO) broadband service is moving ahead, with early adopters proving enthusiastic about the speeds available

• April 27, 2016 27 Apr'16

  IT outsourcing starts year with a bang

  The IT outsourcing sector got off to a strong start in 2016, with sales volumes and values up

• April 27, 2016 27 Apr'16

  Mainstream adoption of blockchain by banks is 10 years away

  Banks could be putting blockchain under the microscope in a lab environment for the next 10 years, according to Forrester

• April 27, 2016 27 Apr'16

  Singapore is second most cloud ready country in Asia-Pacific

  Broadband quality, data privacy and pro-business regime makes Singapore the second most cloud ready country in the Apac region

• April 27, 2016 27 Apr'16

  Apple CEO looks to services as device revenues fall

  Apple's services division has emerged as its second biggest earner after iPhone sales, as quarterly revenues declined 13%, in line with forecasts

• April 27, 2016 27 Apr'16

  OpenStack Foundation calls for greater enterprise input in open source initiatives

  OpenStack Foundation claims enterprises are increasingly realising that their future depends on being actively involved with open source

• April 26, 2016 26 Apr'16

  Action for Children mobilises staff on Claranet’s managed network

  Action for Children, the charity behind Byte Night, moves onto Claranet’s MPLS core network to support the wholesale revitalisation of its ICT

• April 26, 2016 26 Apr'16

  EE open sources rural network coverage problem

  Mobile operator EE enlists Lime Micro and Ubuntu founder Canonical to help develop open source network capabilities and services for rural areas

• April 26, 2016 26 Apr'16

  Vodafone and Huawei open narrowband IoT lab

  Mobile operator Vodafone supplies connectivity to an internet of things (IoT) joint venture development centre with Huawei in Newbury

• April 26, 2016 26 Apr'16

  CityFibre rolls out gigabit services in Leeds and Bradford

  Fibre backhaul supplier CityFibre enlists local ISPs Diva Telecom and Exa Networks to launch gigabit broadband services in Leeds and Bradford

• April 26, 2016 26 Apr'16

  Interview: Janet Hughes, Gov.uk Verify programme director, GDS

  As the Government Digital Service prepares to go fully live with its identity assurance service Gov.uk Verify, Computer Weekly speaks to programme director Janet Hughes

• April 25, 2016 25 Apr'16

  Lloyds Bank offshores more IT roles to India

  Lloyds Banking Group is offshoring more IT jobs to India as part of its latest cost-cutting announcement

• April 25, 2016 25 Apr'16

  Australia pledges A$230m to prevent a ‘lawless’ cyber domain

  Australia's latest cyber security strategy will see the appointment of a cyber ambassador, charged with liaising with other nations

• April 25, 2016 25 Apr'16

  Indonesian internet users turn to smartphones to go online

  Organisations with a cyber footprint in Indonesia must understand most internet users in the country access online content and services on smartphones

• April 22, 2016 22 Apr'16

  Nordic corporations open their doors to tech startups

  Traditional Nordic corporations are starting to take advantage of the vibrant startup community in the region, and they are changing the way they think

• April 22, 2016 22 Apr'16

  British Library's 'digital wallpaper' brings Shakespeare to the smartphone

  The British Library is enabling people to download digital facsimiles of first edition Shakespeare plays to their devices using ‘digital wallpaper’

• April 22, 2016 22 Apr'16

  New Zealand wants UK and other overseas ICT professionals to fill skills gap

  New Zealand needs ICT professionals from overseas to fill a growing skills gap

• April 22, 2016 22 Apr'16

  Alphabet share price down as Q1 revenue disappoints

  Alphabet’s share price fell 6% after first quarter revenue missed analysts’ expectations

• April 21, 2016 21 Apr'16

  Graduation of apprentices is coming of age for Accenture’s Newcastle hub

  The first group of IT graduates emerging from Accenture’s apprenticeship scheme in north-east England will walk straight into jobs, debt-free

• April 21, 2016 21 Apr'16

  GCHQ told analysts to assume surveillance 'bulk data' is legal

  Documents obtained by charity Privacy International reveal insights into GCHQ’s collection of sensitive bulk data, as lawyers question the impact of surveillance on legal privilege, fair trials and protection of whistleblowers

• April 21, 2016 21 Apr'16

  Singapore online grocer RedMart uses cloud ERP to drive growth

  Online retailer RedMart turned to cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) when its existing system struggled to keep up with business growth

• April 20, 2016 20 Apr'16

  European Commission ready to splash €50bn on transformational digitisation plan

  A cloud initiative for scientists and technologists among the developments as digital single market moves intensify

• April 20, 2016 20 Apr'16

  Intel to cut workforce despite strong Q1 results

  Intel says strong first quarter results show that its business transformation is working, but it also means cutting 11% of the global workforce

• April 20, 2016 20 Apr'16

  T-Systems embarks on enterprise-focused cloud push with colocation provider Virtus

  IT services arm of Deutsche Telekom shares five-year plan to close private datacentre in Feltham, after signing colocation deal with Virtus Data Centres

• April 19, 2016 19 Apr'16

  Three-quarters of Brits unaware of IP Bill, one-third don’t care

  Millions of UK citizens remain in the dark about the reach and scope of the Investigatory Powers Bill, or the so-called Snoopers’ Charter, says Broadband Genie

• April 19, 2016 19 Apr'16

  IBM financials squeezed but cloud, mobile, security and analytics show growth

  Cloud, security, mobility and analytics are the future for IBM as revenue drops for 16th quarter

• April 19, 2016 19 Apr'16

  Brighton and Hove gets free city centre Wi-Fi service

  Brighton and Hove City Council enables a free city centre Wi-Fi network, comprising 40 Wi-Fi hotspots – thirty of which are already live – with support from BT

• April 19, 2016 19 Apr'16

  How BI can improve healthcare in Asean

  The Asean region is developing fast and lifestyles are changing, but healthcare services are not keeping pace and the sector will be stretched

• April 19, 2016 19 Apr'16

  Tata Consultancy Services to appeal damages in IP case

  TCS will appeal against the damages set in a US court case concerning alleged intellectual property infringements

• April 18, 2016 18 Apr'16

  Manx Telecom to trial integrated cellular-satellite mobile service

  Manx Telecom trials an extended mobile network with support from satellite services supplier Globalstar, with the aim of supporting emergency services connectivity

• April 18, 2016 18 Apr'16

  The Middle East’s home-grown app market now really growing, but from a low base

  Despite massive smartphone penetration, native app developers in the region need to listen more closely to what locals want

• April 15, 2016 15 Apr'16

  Israeli volunteers ready their cyber defences as Anonymous affiliates attack

  Every April, Israel braces itself for an onslaught from pro-Palestinian hackers, but the occupants of a small conference room in Tel Aviv stand in their way

• April 15, 2016 15 Apr'16

  Mitel and Polycom merge to form $2.5bn cloud unified communications firm

  Communications and collaboration suppliers Mitel and Polycom pool their resources to form a $2.5bn unified communications (UC) powerhouse

• April 15, 2016 15 Apr'16

  Microsoft steps up campaign against government surveillance

  Microsoft is the latest technology firm to push back against the secrecy of US government data access requests, which it claims are rapidly increasing in number

• April 14, 2016 14 Apr'16

  Data protection law sails through European Parliament

  The European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation has successfully passed through the European Parliament

• April 14, 2016 14 Apr'16

  EE, Qualcomm bring freestyle drone racing to Wembley Stadium

  Spectator sports status beckons as the European Rotor Sports Association live streams over the EE 4G network

• April 14, 2016 14 Apr'16

  Business needs education in cloud value and security, study shows

  Improved trust and security are critical to encouraging continued adoption of the cloud, an Intel Security report shows

• April 12, 2016 12 Apr'16

  Ofcom to present Openreach network access plan by summer of 2016

  Ofcom’s Sharon White tells MPs she hopes to present detailed proposals on how BT’s rivals can access the Openreach network by the summer of 2016

• April 12, 2016 12 Apr'16

  Singapore releases cloud outage guidelines

  The Singapore government releases a set of tiered guidelines for organisations to follow if they have a cloud outage

• April 12, 2016 12 Apr'16

  Superfast network build brings broadband to Somerset village

  Specialist ISP Satellite Internet has connected the third and final village in its BDUK market test pilot project in Somerset in just seven weeks

• April 11, 2016 11 Apr'16

  Activist Lauri Love faces order to disclose encryption keys

  The UK’s National Crime Agency takes an unusual legal step to force a former university student accused of hacking to disclose encryption keys

• April 11, 2016 11 Apr'16

  Hyperoptic launches FTTP services in Brighton

  Hyperoptic rolls out its fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) broadband service to housing developments in Brighton

• April 11, 2016 11 Apr'16

  UK’s Daily Mail publisher eyes Yahoo’s assets

  The Daily Mail parent company is putting together a bid for Yahoo’s news properties that would increase its US presence significantly

• April 08, 2016 08 Apr'16

  UK has hit 90% ‘superfast’ target, say broadband analysts

  Statistics from broadband comparison site Thinkbroadband seem to suggest the government has hit its target of making superfast broadband available to 90% of UK premises

• April 07, 2016 07 Apr'16

  Three makes new attempt to ‘sell’ O2 acquisition

  Three parent CK Hutchison is understood to have made a number of further concessions to curry favour with European regulators

• April 07, 2016 07 Apr'16

  Executive interview: Harriet Green, IBM’s internet of things chief

  Former Thomas Cook CEO is leading IBM's charge into the IoT, and is pushing its Watson AI technology as a unique differentiator

• April 07, 2016 07 Apr'16

  Cargotec saves €2m by moving HR systems to the cloud

  Cargo handling equipment manufacturer Cargotech reduces the cost of managing its 11,000 employees by moving HR systems to the cloud

• April 07, 2016 07 Apr'16

  FBI briefs senators drafting anti-encryption bill on iPhone hack

  US senators drafting a bill aimed at limiting encryption on consumer devices are being briefed on how the FBI hacked into the San Bernardino gunman’s iPhone

• April 07, 2016 07 Apr'16

  Samsung aims for 10% profit bounce in Q1

  Korean mobile giant Samsung forecasts a turnaround in its financial performance during the first quarter of 2016

• April 07, 2016 07 Apr'16

  How an IT department in a portacabin supports UK’s biggest critical infrastructure project

  The man in charge of the IT supporting the UK's largest critical infrastructure project – the redevelopment of London Bridge station – tells Computer Weekly about life in a portacabin

• April 06, 2016 06 Apr'16

  SSE Enterprise Telecoms connects customers over CityFibre network

  SSE Enterprise Telecoms becomes the first customer on CityFibre’s recently acquired long-haul national fibre network

• April 06, 2016 06 Apr'16

  Security industry welcomes WhatsApp encryption

  The more encryption becomes ‘the norm’, the less resistance there will be to adopting it in businesses, say information security pundits

• April 06, 2016 06 Apr'16

  Finnish contest looks for real-world 5G applications

  Finnish city Oulu is running a competition to unearth apps that can utilise 5G networks

• April 06, 2016 06 Apr'16

  Capgemini strengthens its Indian backbone

  With half of its global staff now based in India, Capgemini expands its operations there by opening a facility for a further 30,000 staff

• April 05, 2016 05 Apr'16

  Barclays bank succumbs to Apple Pay

  Barclays Bank brings Apple Pay to its customers nine months after its main competitors, with the announcement of its support of the app

• April 05, 2016 05 Apr'16

  'Citizens will be stripped naked' by Turkey’s data law

  Turkey's data protection law, introduced in March 2016, will make Turkey a near total surveillance state, yet the EU, apparently more concerned about securing Turkey's help in controlling immigration, is turning a blind eye

• April 04, 2016 04 Apr'16

  UK campaign launched against location data security risks

  UK consumers are unwittingly signing up to be location tracked and this data is being used and sold on for commercial benefit, warns privacy campaign

• April 04, 2016 04 Apr'16

  Middle East enterprises warm to wearable technology

  Organisations in the region are increasingly investing in wearable technology, but there are hurdles to overcome before there is broad take-up in the enterprise sector

• April 04, 2016 04 Apr'16

  Dropbox gears up for new EU data protection rules

  Certification on ISO27018 and planned European-based infrastructure put cloud file storage provider in good position for new EU rules

• April 04, 2016 04 Apr'16

  EY invests heavily in Singapore IT expertise

  New centres of excellence will offer business transformation strategy, cyber security, analytics and manufacturing capabilities across the Asia-Pacific region

• April 01, 2016 01 Apr'16

  IT services firm creates 500 jobs in Welsh local authority

  IT services firm CGI creates 500 jobs in south Wales following a £3.2m investment from the Welsh government

• March 31, 2016 31 Mar'16

  FBI to apply iPhone security bypass in second case

  The FBI is to help unlock an iPhone in an Arkansas murder case, deepening fears that the method used to break into the San Bernardino gunman’s phone will be applied more widely

• March 30, 2016 30 Mar'16

  Ofcom must be ready to take radical action over Openreach

  The government says Ofcom should take whatever action is needed to correct the problems the regulator identified in its communications market reviews

• March 30, 2016 30 Mar'16

  HMRC reaches agreement with IT suppliers on Aspire contract exit

  HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) plans on going to market next month for a number of smaller IT services contracts for a phased exit of its Aspire outsourcing deal

• March 30, 2016 30 Mar'16

  EE still generating most broadband complaints, but volumes fall

  The overall volume of complaints about broadband services dropped during the last three months of 2015, says Ofcom

• March 30, 2016 30 Mar'16

  What is behind the slowdown in public-sector sales of ‘true cloud’ services via G-Cloud?

  With sales of “true cloud” services via G-Cloud showing signs of slowing down, Computer Weekly asks the experts the reasons why

• March 30, 2016 30 Mar'16

  New Chelmsford housing estate has FTTP built in

  Developers Countryside and L&Q deploy full fibre broadband services on their Beaulieu residential development in Chelmsford, Essex

• March 29, 2016 29 Mar'16

  St Andrews University uses IoT to monitor seal populations

  The Sea Mammal Research Unit at the University of St Andrews is connecting harbour seals to the internet of things to try to learn why their populations are declining

• March 29, 2016 29 Mar'16

  IoT security not a priority for Asean organisations

  IT leaders in the Asean region need to push IoT security up their priority list, as an Intel survey finds them lagging

• March 29, 2016 29 Mar'16

  Apple vows to raise security as FBI breaks into iPhone

  Apple says it will help law enforcement with investigations, but will increase the security of its products after the FBI broke into an iPhone

• March 24, 2016 24 Mar'16

  Tech firms urge further improvements to snoopers’ charter

  Major US tech firms have told the UK’s Investigatory Powers Public Bill Committee that their main concerns have yet to be addressed, and have urged further amendments

• March 24, 2016 24 Mar'16

  Businesses urged to update Apple software to dodge zero-day attacks

  Security experts are urging Apple Mac, iPhone and iPad users to update their operating systems to avoid data-stealing attacks that exploit a new zero-day vulnerability

• March 24, 2016 24 Mar'16

  The Israeli companies disrupting mobile technology

  Israel's high-tech startups are developing innovative technology that will bring new capabilities to consumers and mobile phone operators

• March 24, 2016 24 Mar'16

  Dutch creativity and pragmatism attracts IT companies to Amsterdam

  An appealing lifestyle and the largest internet exchange in the world combine to make Amsterdam a great place to set up an IT company

• March 23, 2016 23 Mar'16

  Danish utility NRGi goes offshore for IT platform transformation

  Danish utilty NRGi has outsourced its IT to Indian services supplier Wipro as it attempts to transform its operations amid increased competition

• March 23, 2016 23 Mar'16

  UK tech industry welcomes government’s new anti-crime strategy

  Only a modern strategy that incorporates technological advances and the greater use of data analytics can improve UK crime prevention, says TechUK

• March 23, 2016 23 Mar'16

  Lloyds offers mortgage advice via video

  Lloyds Bank launches a video-based mortgage advice service for customers who are unable to visit a branch

• March 22, 2016 22 Mar'16

  T-Systems targets Amazon cloud customers

  Deutsche Telekom's IT services division plans to take business from Amazon with a cheaper public cloud that guarantees users' data stays in Germany

• March 22, 2016 22 Mar'16

  Santander launches voice-controlled banking

  Santander has made technology available that enables its customers to control its mobile banking app and access information using their voices

• March 22, 2016 22 Mar'16

  KPMG accelerates transfer of UK IT jobs to India

  KPMG is moving more jobs to India, with UK contractor roles the most affected

• March 22, 2016 22 Mar'16

  Ofcom forces BT Openreach to cut wholesale leased line prices

  Ofcom forces BT Openreach to cut its wholesale prices for leased lines and imposes stricter services standards

• March 22, 2016 22 Mar'16

  FBI postpones court date with Apple to test iPhone hack

  The FBI delays a court showdown with Apple to test a hack into the San Bernardino gunman's iPhone – with serious implications for iPhone security

• March 21, 2016 21 Mar'16

  Australian government defence report recognises cyber threat

  The cyber threat to Australia is outlined in the recent government defence white paper, but experts are unimpressed

• March 21, 2016 21 Mar'16

  Gigaclear hits 10,000 Oxfordshire properties with ultrafast broadband

  Home FTTP broadband network builder Gigaclear’s commercial roll-out in Oxforshire approaches a major milestone with the connection of its 10,000th property