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• May 23, 2016 23 May'16

  CIO interview: Brad Dowden, Airswift

  Recruitment firm’s new CIO wants to help the business make the most of IT and use technology to improve speed and efficiency

• May 20, 2016 20 May'16

  Why Apple is wooing open source developers with Swift

  Apple is among the most closed of tech companies, yet it is serenading open source with its Swift programming language

• May 20, 2016 20 May'16

  NHS data security standards to be designed around technology, people and processes

  The Care Quality Commission’s delayed review of NHS data security standards will encourage NHS organisations to have senior information risk owners and Caldicott Guardians at board level

• May 20, 2016 20 May'16

  Cabinet Office failed to manage risks around migration to shared service centres, says NAO

  The government’s delayed programme to migrate back-office functions to two shared service centres is not achieving value for money, lacks an integrated business case and has failed to track additional costs incurred, says the NAO

• May 19, 2016 19 May'16

  Virgin Media uses Salesforce to build omni-channel sales

  Virgin Media is using Salesforce to offer a single customer view irrespective of the channel the customer uses to talk to the company

• May 19, 2016 19 May'16

  Digital inclusion charity demands government enforcement of web accessibility laws

  AbilityNet claims government is "falling down on the job" by failing to act against firms that do not make their websites and services accessible to disabled users

• May 19, 2016 19 May'16

  Lawmaker Vaizey hails UK role in resolving datacentre sovereignty issues

  Digital economy minister talks up government’s work in supporting the growth of the UK’s technology sector

• May 19, 2016 19 May'16

  Gov.uk Verify to go live 24 May 2016

  On 24 May 2016, the government’s identity assurance platform will move from beta to “fully live”, after missing its original April go-live target

• May 19, 2016 19 May'16

  Lessons from LinkedIn data breach revelations

  There are several important lessons to be learned from revelations about LinkedIn's 2012 data breach, say security experts

• May 19, 2016 19 May'16

  SuiteWorld 2016: The way retailers use ERP is shifting, taking on an external focus

  NetSuite manager for commerce products looks at how consumers are forcing the retail world towards an experience-led business models

• May 19, 2016 19 May'16

  ING Turkey uses digital technology to improve services and grow customer base

  Turkish bank uses business process management technology to offer financial services through 1,500 grocery stores, technology outlets and post offices

• May 18, 2016 18 May'16

  The network is the application: Why APIs are agents of change

  Sun Microsystems once described the network as the computer. Today, applications are beginning to offer the real network value

• May 18, 2016 18 May'16

  Cyber espionage campaign targets Ukraine separatists

  Security researchers discover a surveillance operation against separatists in Eastern Ukraine using spear phishing attacks to spread previously unknown malware

• May 18, 2016 18 May'16

  Nike and BMW pilot HP Inc's first 3D printer

  HP Inc rolls out its first 3D printer, with hopes that it will revolutionise manufacturing

• May 18, 2016 18 May'16

  Queen’s Speech sets out plans for Digital Economy Bill

  The Queen’s Speech announced plans to make the UK a world leader in the digital economy and reiterated a commitment to making fast broadband a legal right

• May 17, 2016 17 May'16

  Police set for better engagement with UK tech firms

  The policing lead for digital investigation and intelligence says new structures will improve engagement and collaboration between the UK tech industry and police forces

• May 17, 2016 17 May'16

  Vodafone CEO hints at return to growth for mobile operator as full-year results drop

  Mobile operator Vodafone shares details of its full-year financial results, while talking up the role cloud has to play in its ability to deliver low-cost services

• May 17, 2016 17 May'16

  BBC Three builds second base in Birmingham

  The BBC announces plans to develop a second Birmingham-based headquarters for BBC Three

• May 16, 2016 16 May'16

  HSBC cuts hundreds of UK IT jobs

  HSBC is cutting its UK IT workforce and transferring jobs to lower-cost countries as part of its global delivery strategy

• May 16, 2016 16 May'16

  Foxy Leicester City FC won Premiership with data analytics

  Leicester City Football Club was the surprise winner of this season’s English Premier League, thanks, in part, to data analytics

• May 13, 2016 13 May'16

  Public cloud uptake rises, but Europe still lags behind the US

  Okta research finds the most popular cloud applications in all regions are mail, sales and marketing, social media and document storage

• May 13, 2016 13 May'16

  Time to shift information security focus away from prevention, says Swiss bank CISO

  Organisations need a new approach which recognises security is “breakable”, according to Michael Meli

• May 13, 2016 13 May'16

  10 key facts businesses need to note about the GDPR

  With less than two years before the new EU data protection rules come into force, there are key areas businesses need to focus on to ensure they will be compliant

• May 13, 2016 13 May'16

  Sainsbury’s launches software development apprenticeship in bid to up tech skills

  Retailer Sainsbury’s is targeting those with and without previous technical skills to become software development apprentices

• May 13, 2016 13 May'16

  Swift reports another Bangladesh central bank-style cyber attack

  Global financial messaging organisation Swift warns of a highly adaptive cyber criminal campaign targeting banks with user credentials to submit transfer requests

• May 12, 2016 12 May'16

  Software-defined storage the power behind Monash University microscopes

  Australian academic institute uses the technology to help it deal with huge – and still growing – storage demands

• May 12, 2016 12 May'16

  Future Retail Contest: Using tech to tackle retail’s biggest problems

  IC Tomorrow’s Future Retail Contest aims to help the retail industry tackle some of its business issues by leveraging retail-focused startups

• May 12, 2016 12 May'16

  IAM central to Deutsche Bank’s digital transformation

  Deutsche Bank is using a centralised identity and access management (IAM) system and an application program interface (API) architecture for digital transformation

• May 12, 2016 12 May'16

  CCS technology products framework to focus on quality, not cost

  The Crown Commercial Service’s £4bn technology products and services framework opens up for SMEs and moves focus to quality rather than price

• May 11, 2016 11 May'16

  Ebay sellers demand better broadband and mobile

  A study of SME sellers conducted by eBay in the UK finds that many feel held back by poor broadband and mobile coverage

• May 11, 2016 11 May'16

  European Commission blocks Three’s takeover of O2

  The European Commission has blocked the proposed takeover of UK mobile network O2 by competitor Three

• May 10, 2016 10 May'16

  Safer cycling project wins BT smart city contest

  Northern Irish startup See.Sense scoops £15,000 prize in BT smart city contest after developing a connected bike light

• May 10, 2016 10 May'16

  Tel Aviv: A smart city where community engagement is the measure of success

  Israel’s capital is using the latest technologies as a way of placing the needs of local citizens at the heart of regional government

• May 10, 2016 10 May'16

  UK court rejects demands for Lauri Love to hand over encryption keys

  Court rules against an attempt by the National Crime Agency to force activist Lauri Love to disclose encryption keys by bypassing the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act

• May 09, 2016 09 May'16

  Australian health sector an easy target for cyber criminals, says IBM

  A push to encourage greater adoption of electronic health records has raised the spectre of online record theft

• May 09, 2016 09 May'16

  Singapore smart city chief delivers vision to the world

  The Singapore government minister running the city state's smart nation project tells the world about the country’s smart nation vision

• May 09, 2016 09 May'16

  CEO Natalie Ceeney to quit the Courts Service

  Courts and Tribunal Service CEO Natalie Ceeney’s sudden departure raises questions on the future of digital courts

• May 09, 2016 09 May'16

  Post Office apologises as system goes down

  The Post Office computer system failed on 9 May 2016, leaving sub-postmasters unable to open branches

• May 09, 2016 09 May'16

  CIO interview: Mark Ridley, Reed.co.uk

  Reed.co.uk CIO Mark Ridley is due to leave after 18 years at the company. He talks to Computer Weekly about his decision to resign, plans for the future and the remaining challenges in his current job

• May 09, 2016 09 May'16

  Younger children more interested in technology careers than teens

  Younger children are more interested in a career in technology than their older teenage counterparts who become disaffected as they grow older

• May 09, 2016 09 May'16

  Lenovo expands x86 server production to Europe

  Chinese hardware manufacturer claims move will result in faster delivery times and lower costs for European customers

• May 09, 2016 09 May'16

  EE expands 4G roll-out with satellite backhaul

  EE signs communications provider Avanti to use satellite capacity for mobile backhaul on its 4G network at a number of sites in the UK

• 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

  Ransomware emerges as a top cyber threat to business

  Security researchers at Kasperky Lab and FireEye confirm that the upward trend of ransomware is continuing and has emerged as a top threat to business

• May 05, 2016 05 May'16

  Gulf Air creates private cloud to support open-source big data engine

  Airline is using a private cloud and open-source software to enable it to analyse social media and understand what consumers think about it

• May 05, 2016 05 May'16

  BT pledges to pass two million homes with FTTP by 2020

  Telecoms giant ramps up rhetoric around ultrafast broadband following Ofcom’s criticism in its recent market review

• May 04, 2016 04 May'16

  D-Day for GDPR is 25 May 2018

  The European Parliament’s official publication of the General Data Protection Regulation means it will become enforceable on 25 May 2018

• May 04, 2016 04 May'16

  Real-time data helps manage traffic in Philippines

  OpenTraffic smart data platform provides free GPS information for better analysis of travel speeds and journey times in Metro Manila and Cebu City

• May 04, 2016 04 May'16

  IBM develops quantum as a service

  IBM starts the ball rolling on what it would mean to program a universal quantum computer

• May 04, 2016 04 May'16

  Shell the latest multinational to insource IT offshore

  Oil giant Shell is the latest large business to announce plans to insource its IT operations at a delivery centre in Bangalore, India