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• October 14, 2016 14 Oct'16

  CIOs struggle as digital IT strategies are hampered by corporate inertia

  Companies are struggling to keep pace with the digital innovation of their IT departments, a major study reveals

• 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 13, 2016 13 Oct'16

  FDM Group launches Getting Back to Business programme

  IT services consultancy FDM Group announces the launch of its Back to Business programme designed to help women return to the IT industry

• October 12, 2016 12 Oct'16

  MPs campaign for Lauri Love to be tried in UK

  Backbench MPs are campaigning against Lauri Love’s extradition to the US so he can face trial in the UK

• October 12, 2016 12 Oct'16

  TeenTech calls on kids to pass on Stem excitement

  At the 2016 Teen Tech ceremony, TeenTech’s founder Maggie Philbin and the Duke of York called on kids to inspire future participants

• October 12, 2016 12 Oct'16

  Government failing to prepare UK for robotics and AI

  A report produced by the Science and Technology Committee has warned that the UK is fundamentally unprepared for the changes that will come from robotics and artificial intelligence

• 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 12, 2016 12 Oct'16

  Fujitsu announces substantial job cuts in the UK

  Fujitsu will cut its UK workforce by around 1,800 people, and there are expectations it will be offshoring some roles

• October 11, 2016 11 Oct'16

  Singaporean organisations face stiff competition for junior IT professionals

  Singaporean multinationals are no longer the default employers of talented IT professionals in the Asean region as a vibrant startup community and growth in other countries turns heads

• October 10, 2016 10 Oct'16

  Technology skills demand accelerates outside the IT department

  The IT department will increasingly compete with other business areas for candidates with technology skills, a major research programme reveals

• October 06, 2016 06 Oct'16

  IT professionals in Singapore reap high rewards

  IT pay rates in Singapore dwarf those in neighbouring countries and could be increased further due to an emerging skills gap

• October 06, 2016 06 Oct'16

  TechUK calls on government to close the big data skills gap

  IT industry trade body TechUK urges the government to take action against the lack of big data skills in the UK

• October 06, 2016 06 Oct'16

  BoxWorks 2016: How three different CIOs handle digital transformation

  CIOs from Coca-Cola, Uber and the GSA discuss the impact of tech on their business and the importance of digital innovation

• 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

• October 04, 2016 04 Oct'16

  Malaysia and Singapore face IT talent shortage

  Organisations in Malaysia and Singapore face tough competition to attract the right skills to drive their IT strategies

• October 03, 2016 03 Oct'16

  Government provides free digital skills training to unskilled adults

  The UK government announces plans to offer free skills training to adults in the UK who are lacking relevant digital skills qualifications

• 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 28, 2016 28 Sep'16

  Splunk vs the skills shortage – trying to help organisations gain the right skills

  Splunk’s CEO Douglas Merritt explains how the organisation has been working to help people both in and outside its organisation to gain the skills needed to use its big data technology

• September 27, 2016 27 Sep'16

  BoxWorks 2016: The fight for diversity should not always surround gender

  Three CIOs and an executive from collaboration firm Box discuss the global search for diversity in tech, and how gender parity is not the only issue

• September 26, 2016 26 Sep'16

  Salary survey shows IT managers command big bonuses

  A Computer Weekly survey has shown the scale of remuneration package that IT managers can expect - with bonuses an increasingly important part

• September 23, 2016 23 Sep'16

  BBC opens up about holographic TV trials

  Broadcaster reveals how it is attempting to pre-empt the potential change in viewing habits the rise of augmented reality could bring

• September 22, 2016 22 Sep'16

  Accenture apprentice scheme gets first female graduate

  Accenture’s IT apprentice programme has its first female graduate, and the company hopes this is the start of more female graduates to come

• 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

• September 09, 2016 09 Sep'16

  Nordic CIO Interview: Mattias Forsberg, Scandinavian Airlines

  The CIO of Nordic airline SAS talks to Computer Weekly about how digital technologies are changing customer experiences as well as the business itself

• September 06, 2016 06 Sep'16

  DLA Piper moves back-office roles to Poland

  Law firm DLA Piper is moving business support jobs, including IT roles, from the UK to a delivery hub in Warsaw

• September 01, 2016 01 Sep'16

  Nordic CIO interview: Mattias Wedar, Eniro

  Computer Weekly talks with Mattias Wedar, head of user and customer experience at Eniro, about how the Swedish directory company is tackling change with closer integration of IT and product development

• September 01, 2016 01 Sep'16

  TomTom finds its way to Indian global delivery hub

  Sat nav maker TomTom invests in its Indian technology operation to increase innovation in a move that mirrors that of other corporates

• 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

  Isaca holds first online infosec career fair

  Information professionals’ organisation Isaca is to hold an online career fair to give cyber security job seekers direct access to employer organisations

• 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 17, 2016 17 Aug'16

  Cyber attack recovery 300% dearer due to skills shortage

  The improvement of specialist security expertise is one of the top three drivers for an additional investment in IT security, but many struggle to find people with the skills they need, a report reveals

• 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 15, 2016 15 Aug'16

  Robot Wars: Team Storm uses modern IT to breathe new life into legacy machines

  Robot Wars’ Team Storm is applying the principles of DevOps, IoT and real-time data analytics in advancing the design of its machine, while setting out to inspire a new generation to get into robotics

• 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

• August 11, 2016 11 Aug'16

  IT departments fear they lack skills to implement IoT

  Adoption of IoT systems in enterprises is being held back by worries over skills, says a joint report by Capita and Cisco

• August 10, 2016 10 Aug'16

  Microsoft hails cloud security breakthrough with encrypted data

  Microsoft researchers talk up cloud security breakthrough that allows encrypted data to be processed without prior decryption

• August 08, 2016 08 Aug'16

  Tech for good’s Cast awarded £1m to give charities digital aid

  The Centre for Acceleration of Social Technology (Cast) has been awarded £1.12m by the Big Lottery Fund to help charities build digital solutions

• August 01, 2016 01 Aug'16

  ThoughtWorks runs tech hackathon to provide post-Brexit support to public

  ThoughtWorks hosts Hack Brexit to find ways to keep the public better informed about the consequences of the Brexit vote

• 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

  Using a #hashtag to take diversity awareness global

  Recruiter Structur3dpeople utilises the power of social media to spread the word about women in the technology industry

• 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

• July 26, 2016 26 Jul'16

  Sky announces tech insight day to attract new candidates

  Media company will give undergraduates a taster day at its headquarters to attract the best tech talent

• 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 25, 2016 25 Jul'16

  Put supercomputing on curriculum, says Earlham Institute’s Tim Stitt

  Tim Stitt, the head of scientific computing at the Earlham Institute, says children should be learning supercomputing and data analysis concepts from a young age

• July 22, 2016 22 Jul'16

  UK government needs 2,800 extra digital staff to deliver current plans

  Head of the National Audit Office highlights risks from a 'digital capability' gap across Whitehall

• July 20, 2016 20 Jul'16

  Aster Group to implement ServiceNow

  Housing developer to use cloud-based service across multiple business functions following succesful implementation for IT service desk