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• April 07, 2017 07 Apr'17

  Home Office U-turn over IR35 contractor classifications prompts IT project delay fears

  IT project delays predicted at Home Office, following reports of last-minute departmental U-turn over contractors' IR35 status classifications

• April 06, 2017 06 Apr'17

  IR35 reforms: Stakeholders warn of risk to public sector IT projects as contractors walk

  With the IR35 reforms coming into force today, 6 April, contracting stakeholders warn of the widespread threat the changes pose to the delivery of public sector IT projects

• March 30, 2017 30 Mar'17

  HMRC contractors leave over inside IR35 ruling

  HMRC has begun classifying its public sector contractors as "inside IR35", prompting fears of a digital "brain drain" at the organisation

• March 29, 2017 29 Mar'17

  Almost 40% of firms seeking cloud skills find it hard to recruit

  Most orgainsations agree that cloud skills are important for the future, but those involved in recruitment are finding it difficult to hire talent

• March 28, 2017 28 Mar'17

  KPMG launches campaign to encourage women into tech

  Professional services firm commits to increasing the number of women in its technology remit to encourage more women into the industry

• March 06, 2017 06 Mar'17

  Deutsche Bank creates group-wide CIO role

  New chief will drive technology transformation across the bank

• March 01, 2017 01 Mar'17

  Alibaba runs academy to find future e-commerce leaders

  Online marketplace firm Alibaba launches a global academy designed to find and train young people to join the e-commerce landscape

• February 24, 2017 24 Feb'17

  UK IT professionals wanted in New Zealand capital city as part of recruitment campaign

  The government of New Zealand's capital city is looking for IT staff from around the world to address a skills shortage

• February 20, 2017 20 Feb'17

  Accenture to add thousands of US jobs as Trump effect spreads to IT

  Accenture has promised to create more jobs in the US and invest $1.4bn in skills development

• February 10, 2017 10 Feb'17

  FDM Everywoman in Tech: 2017 winners announced

  Women’s network Everywoman announces the winners of its 2017 Everywoman in Technology awards, sponsored by FDM

• February 08, 2017 08 Feb'17

  More than half of teachers admit gender stereotyping Stem subjects

  Almost 60% of teachers have admitted developing unconscious gender stereotypes towards science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) subjects

• February 03, 2017 03 Feb'17

  CIO interview: Adam Gerrard, Yodel

  Parcel delivery firm has seen significant business improvements from a digital transformation programme and replacement of legacy IT systems

• January 31, 2017 31 Jan'17

  Retail tech training – an opportunity to drive employee retention?

  A job in retail is often the first employment many people will have, so could technology training increase the retention of store staff?

• January 30, 2017 30 Jan'17

  Only 49% of marketers are pushed to reinvent customer service due to technology

  Technology is causing disruption in most markets, but only 49% of marketers believe they are pressured to develop their customer service as a result of disruptive technology

• January 29, 2017 29 Jan'17

  Artificial intelligence will increase productivity by sharpening human mind

  The combination of AI and humans will triple productivity if businesses get the balance right for different roles

• January 27, 2017 27 Jan'17

  #techmums uses corporate partnerships to reach a million mums by 2020

  Not-for-profit #techmums hopes to give technology skills to one million mothers by 2020 through partnerships with corporate firms

• January 26, 2017 26 Jan'17

  Mixed feelings on Australian enterprise app market

  The enterprise mobile app development market is attracting big money despite a lack of corporate appetite

• January 26, 2017 26 Jan'17

  Human-centric technologies will dominate next three years

  Accenture says businesses will develop technology and services to match human behaviour in the next few years

• January 18, 2017 18 Jan'17

  Better use of data can improve government delivery of services, says John Manzoni

  Civil service chief John Manzoni highlights the potential and need for the government’s use of data to improve public services

• January 04, 2017 04 Jan'17

  Customer-first approach will make 2017 a challenge for Dutch CIOs

  CIOs in the Netherlands could see their strategies lead to thousands of jobs being cut as businesses automate

• January 03, 2017 03 Jan'17

  Three-quarters of enterprises collecting IoT data, says 451 Research

  A study of IoT buying plans by analysts at 451 Research shows robust growth ahead during 2017

• December 22, 2016 22 Dec'16

  Auticon: the IT consultancy that employs only autistic IT professionals

  IT consultancy Auticon explains why and how it employs only autistic consultants and why diversity is beneficial for businesses

• 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 interview: ARM Holdings CEO Simon Segars

  The UKtech50 most influential person in UK IT 2016, ARM Holdings CEO Simon Segars, shares his thoughts on the consequences of Brexit, access to skills and the importance of security in a world full of connected devices

• 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 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

  Consider diversity when making hiring decisions, says Fujitsu chairman

  Michael Keegan, chairman and head of product business for Fujitsu in EMEIA, urges hiring managers to ensure they are seeing a diverse range of candidates when hiring for tech roles

• 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

  Hiring cyber security and big data experts named top priority for IT recruiters in 2017

  Research suggests IT professionals with expertise in cyber security and big data could find themselves in high demand in 2017

• November 02, 2016 02 Nov'16

  Australia and New Zealand IT pros on bigger salaries than UK equivalents

  Aussie IT pros are better rewarded than their counterparts in the UK, according to surveys

• October 27, 2016 27 Oct'16

  Information security set for steep trajectory, says (ISC)2

  By helping to create a thriving, diverse and open information security community, (ISC)2 hopes to ensure a steep rise for the profession

• 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 20, 2016 20 Oct'16

  Armed forces minister wants military recruiters to "think different" to attract cyber security pros

  Armed Forces minister Mike Penning says military must rethink how it recruits trainees to attract people with the cyber security skills the country needs to protect itself

• October 19, 2016 19 Oct'16

  Snowden: the IT analyst turned whistleblower who exposed mass surveillance

  Oliver Stone's biopic on Edward Snowden reaches the heart of the ethical crisis posed by mass surveillance for the state and ordinary citizens

• October 19, 2016 19 Oct'16

  Information security needs to cast recruitment net wider, says panel

  Companies struggling to fill info sec roles should focus on finding people who can do what they need, not on qualifications, according to a security industry panel

• 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 12, 2016 12 Oct'16

  Encouraging kids into Stem: problems and suggestions

  Influencers within the science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) sectors describe the problems preventing children from pursuing Stem careers, and how they might be fixed

• October 04, 2016 04 Oct'16

  Splunk .conf2016: Closing the tech gender gap requires a shift in culture

  Cyber security experts assembled at the Splunk 2016 conference to discuss the gender gap in cyber security and what can be done to solve it

• 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 16, 2016 16 Sep'16

  Alleged hacker Lauri Love can be extradited to the US, court rules

  Westminster Magistrates’ Court has ruled that alleged hacker, Lauri Love, can be extradited to the US, where he could face a 99-year prison sentence

• August 26, 2016 26 Aug'16

  Computing GCSE continues to rise in popularity, but grades drop

  The number of girls taking computing at GCSE level has more than doubled with more students taking the subject than ever before, but grades are dropping

• August 23, 2016 23 Aug'16

  There is life in Finland’s IT sector despite Nokia and Microsoft layoffs

  Regional development organisations in Finland describe how despite massive job cuts Nokia and Microsoft have provided the foundations for IT industry development

• August 18, 2016 18 Aug'16

  Number of students taking computing A-level rises but ICT popularity falls

  Government describes rise in computing student numbers as encouraging, but boys still dominate tech subjects

• August 16, 2016 16 Aug'16

  Interview: Delivering the facts about Stem careers

  Edwina Dunn, chair of the Your Life campaign, says the tech industry must work harder to make students aware of Stem careers if it hopes to recruit more young people

• August 12, 2016 12 Aug'16

  Government announces digital apprenticeship service as part of apprenticeship levy guidelines

  The government has released guidelines for the upcoming apprenticeship levy, including how businesses can access funds to train apprentices

• July 29, 2016 29 Jul'16

  A quarter of UK developers are self-taught

  As the skills gap leaves firms scrambling for tech talent, self-taught developers are taking advantage of the need for skilled workers

• 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

  Almost 60% of millennials search for jobs through company websites

  Research by Monster finds the younger generation react strongly to what they find on an employer’s website when looking for work

• July 28, 2016 28 Jul'16

  UK’s top security judges struggle to assess privacy threats

  Technological advancements make it difficult for the Investigatory Powers Tribunal to assess privacy threats, say the tribunal’s own judges

• July 27, 2016 27 Jul'16

  UK education system failing to support cyber security profession

  Countries and companies must act quickly to address the cyber security skills shortage through improvements in education, workforce diversity, training opportunities, security technology and data collection, a report says