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April 04, 2017
04
Apr'17
Nearly one in five Singapore business leaders bypassing IT
Frustrated with IT departments, business leaders are now taking technology matters into their own hands
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March 31, 2017
31
Mar'17
Expanding business intelligence firm uses technology to bring in recruits
Chester-based GBG has saved £300,000 in recruitment costs and seen its ‘Glassdoor’ ratings jump from 1.9 to 4.2 out of 5
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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
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March 30, 2017
30
Mar'17
UK insurtech startups follow fintech example
UK startups focused on technology for insurance companies saw capital investments double last year
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March 29, 2017
29
Mar'17
Nordic CIO interview: Kari Finnskog, Västtrafik
Swedish transport authority has opened up its IT to ensure it provides customers with a service that suits them
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March 29, 2017
29
Mar'17
Russian Airline at home in the cloud
S7 Airlines in Russia looks set to move more of its IT to the cloud after successful infrastructure-as-a-service project
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March 28, 2017
28
Mar'17
Threats grow in Saudi Arabia’s cyber sector
Saudi Arabia's wealth makes it an attractive target for cyber criminals, but what have been the recent trends in cyber crime?
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March 28, 2017
28
Mar'17
1,000 sub-postmasters apply to join IT-related group litigation against Post Office
Group legal action against Post Office relates to allegedly faulty Horizon computer system
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March 24, 2017
24
Mar'17
Serco uses HR technology to cut recruitment bill
International outsourced services supplier Serco is investing in HR recruitment technology to help it hire 15,000 to 20,000 people a year
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March 22, 2017
22
Mar'17
IR35 reforms will harm public sector innovation and competitiveness, say contractors
Research from recruitment consultancy Harvey Nash highlights contractor concerns about how the forthcoming IR35 reforms will affect competitiveness and talent recruitment in the public sector
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March 22, 2017
22
Mar'17
ASEAN CIOs to spend more on digital transformation
Data analytics, internet of things and cyber security are some of the areas that have the most potential to transform businesses in the ASEAN region
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March 21, 2017
21
Mar'17
Heathrow Airport updates clunky loyalty scheme through cloud-based software and services
Streamlined loyalty programme doubles number of airport users and boosts average spend
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March 20, 2017
20
Mar'17
How business analysts can bring a human touch to IT change programmes
Aviva business analyst David Beckham is keynoting at the Innovation, Business Change & Technology Forum on how his profession can help IT and other workers through trauma of change programmes
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March 20, 2017
20
Mar'17
Dell joins HPE and Cisco at top of cloud infrastructure leader board
Cloud infrastructure is looking like a three-horse race between the big US suppliers, but the contract manufacturers are also in the running
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March 19, 2017
19
Mar'17
Robot tax not feasible for Australia
Data61 CEO Adrian Turner says Australia needs to reskill workers rather than implement a robot tax
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March 15, 2017
15
Mar'17
National Theatre moves to Office 365
The National Theatre is increasingly using cloud technology, with the implementation of cloud-based productivity tools its latest move
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March 14, 2017
14
Mar'17
IR35 research: 85% of contractors will quit public sector if tax status changed
Research by tax advisers QDos Contractor suggests few public sector off-payroll workers would be willing to stick around if made to pay the same tax as salaried staff
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March 14, 2017
14
Mar'17
CIO interview: Simon McCalla, Nominet
Nominet, the registry for more than 10 million of the UK’s internet domains, is expanding into the internet of things and internet security services
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March 14, 2017
14
Mar'17
Portakabin’s biggest-ever IT investment unifies CRM
Modular construction firm is moving to a single source of business information through cloud technology and services
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March 13, 2017
13
Mar'17
Vodafone brings offshore contact centre work to UK
Mobile operator Vodafone is creating 2,100 jobs in the UK by reducing the amount of call centre work done offshore
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March 13, 2017
13
Mar'17
Danish shipping company uses blockchain in IBM partnership
Maersk and IBM test out the application of blockchain technology to track and manage the paper trail of shipping containers around the world
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March 12, 2017
12
Mar'17
IDC survey reveals Middle East CIO challenges
CIOs in the Middle East have three huge digital transformation challenges this year, even before they start to look at what technologies to use
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March 08, 2017
08
Mar'17
Driving change is key barrier in APAC digital transformation
Rallying employees and business partners around digital engagement efforts is just one of the challenges facing companies in the region
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March 08, 2017
08
Mar'17
Centrica eliminates more than 20 IT systems after replacing SAP with cloud HR technology
Energy and services company claims major savings in IT costs after moving its HR services to the cloud
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March 08, 2017
08
Mar'17
Investment industry to spend $2.8bn on AI by 2021, expected to cut quarter of a million jobs
230,000 jobs in the capital markets sector globally will be defunct because of the adoption of artificial intelligence technology
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March 07, 2017
07
Mar'17
Bank branches still more popular than mobile apps for new accounts
Major research reveals the opportunities and challenges facing fintech firms
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March 07, 2017
07
Mar'17
ZF Group opens doors to Hyderabad tech centre
German car parts manufacturer ZF Group opens a technology centre in India to focus on software lead innovation
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March 06, 2017
06
Mar'17
IT staff recruitment poses major challenge in UAE and wider region
Organisations in the Middle East must create competitive IT recruitment strategies if they are to attract the right people
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March 06, 2017
06
Mar'17
Virtual reality simulation helps KLM engineers escape in an emergency
Dutch airline KLM develops virtual reality simulation to show engineers what to do if a maintenance hangar catches fire
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March 06, 2017
06
Mar'17
Challenger bank Monzo knocked down by card processor outage
Bank’s customers unable to make transactions as third-party card processor systems go offline
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March 06, 2017
06
Mar'17
Thorough network upgrade underpins University of Law’s IT
Legal education specialist the University of Law has undertaken a multi-million pound future IT project to refresh its networks, Wi-Fi and datacentre infrastructures across multiple locations
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March 06, 2017
06
Mar'17
Deutsche Bank creates group-wide CIO role
New chief will drive technology transformation across the bank
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March 02, 2017
02
Mar'17
Swedish municipality Järfälla signs €14m outsourcing deal
Swedish municipality signs a new IT services partner to drive digital transformation
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March 02, 2017
02
Mar'17
Dutch manufacturer standardises internal IT services through Unisys
Metal-based product maker Constellium wants to cut the costs associated with its disparate IT support operation through a contract with Unisys
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March 02, 2017
02
Mar'17
MoD ditches spreadsheets for SaaS-based collaboration tool
The Ministry of Defence is taking advantage of G-Cloud for collaboration software to manage its global activities
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February 27, 2017
27
Feb'17
Hundreds more sub-postmasters apply to join group action against Post Office
Initial hearing regarding sub-postmasters who say they were wrongly punished for false accounting reveals admission by Post Office legal team
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February 27, 2017
27
Feb'17
Citizen Love: the story of an ordinary family's fight with the US government
Finnish documentary makers Raimo Uunila and Lauri Danska tell the behind-the-scenes story of activist Lauri Love’s battle with the US government – and the impact of the case on his family
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February 24, 2017
24
Feb'17
Number of people hit by professional financial cyber attack grows after lull
Kaspersky Labs reports that the number of people hit by financial cyber attack grew in 2016 after falling in the previous two years
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February 24, 2017
24
Feb'17
Welsh university offers fintech degree
Wrexham Glyndwr University becomes the latest education provider to launch a course in financial technology
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February 23, 2017
23
Feb'17
Starling Bank opens API with hackathon
Challenger bank Starling opens its API up to developers in hackathon at Google’s London Campus
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February 21, 2017
21
Feb'17
Airborne cars to transform Dubai’s public transportation
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority is readying the launch of autonomous aerial vehicles in July this year
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February 21, 2017
21
Feb'17
Australian bank implements cloud-based people management software
Digital bank chose software as a service when it wanted more from its HR systems
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February 21, 2017
21
Feb'17
Why businesses need a more enlightened approach to phishing attacks
City firms often fire staff for accidently clicking on phishing emails, but there is a better approach, Intel Security’s Raj Samani tells Computer Weekly
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February 20, 2017
20
Feb'17
Netherlands expertise unravels enterprise blockchain
Dutch hackathons, pilots and projects are building new applications based on blockchains
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February 20, 2017
20
Feb'17
Singapore commits over S$80 million to transform SMEs
Funding will support digital transformation efforts and bolster cyber security and data analytics capabilities
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February 17, 2017
17
Feb'17
HPE services and CSC to become DXC Technology
The merger between HP's services division and CSC will launch in April 2017 and is expected to save the companies billions
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February 16, 2017
16
Feb'17
Sweden’s Kiviks Musteri turns to cloud to keep up with growth
Swedish fruit products manufacturer Kiviks Musteri plans to put further systems in the cloud as a cloud-based ERP migration nears completion
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February 15, 2017
15
Feb'17
Euroclear automates firewall rule management with AlgoSec
Post-trade back-office process provider has made the management of firewalls more efficient through security management software
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February 15, 2017
15
Feb'17
UAE bank builds predictive marketing models
Rakbank is using SAS analytics software to better understand its customers following a successful implementation of the supplier’s anti-money laundering software
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February 13, 2017
13
Feb'17
Middle East organisations urged to prioritise cyber defence
As the Middle East IT industry continues to transform and embrace digitisation, what are the greatest threats it faces today?
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February 13, 2017
13
Feb'17
Dutch tech hub is facilitating the next Google
Amsterdam is already a leading tech hub, and is now offering support for companies in their second phase of development
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February 13, 2017
13
Feb'17
Everywoman Forum 2017: Diversity, digital and the impact on the working world
Technology is driving change throughout the world and enabling increasing diversity, so how can organisations deal with their changing way of working?
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February 13, 2017
13
Feb'17
Autodata turns to big data to predict vehicle failures
Vehicle data company sees 30% jump in revenue after moving to open source software and opening its data to garages, insurers and parts companies
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February 10, 2017
10
Feb'17
Ordinary citizens with no terror links caught by US surveillance, court hears
US government has “extraordinary access” to private data of non-US citizens around the world, a Dublin court is told
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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
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February 09, 2017
09
Feb'17
Case study: Australia’s Salmat to go cloud-only after getting a taste for the technology
Australian marketing company Salmat plans to move everything it can into the cloud following a highly successful initial SaaS implementation
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February 08, 2017
08
Feb'17
How a Dublin court case could derail EU-US data privacy agreements
The Irish Commercial Court will consider whether privacy protection offered by standard contractual clauses for data transfers to the US from Europe is legally valid
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February 08, 2017
08
Feb'17
UK fintech investments slump over Brexit fears
Investment in UK financial technology companies fell in 2016 because of the uncertainty caused by the Brexit vote
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February 07, 2017
07
Feb'17
Middle East and North Africa public cloud spend to hit $2bn by 2020
Middle East-based organisations are turning to public cloud services, with software as a service driving a major year-on-year spending increase
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February 07, 2017
07
Feb'17
Facebook Schrems legal case will have ‘sweeping’ impact on EU-US privacy
The US government says the legal case by the Irish data protection commissioner could have sweeping ramifications for EU-US data sharing and could undermine international co-operation
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February 07, 2017
07
Feb'17
Gemalto seals digital identity card deal in Sweden
Swedish tax agency signs single supplier contract with digital security firm to provide physical and digital ID cards
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February 03, 2017
03
Feb'17
London Fire Brigade system crashes cause delays reacting to emergencies
Control room system crashes have been causing delays in London Fire Brigade response times
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February 01, 2017
01
Feb'17
Junior developers to see 4.3% pay rise in 2017
Developers, junior developers and mobile applications developers are among the top 10 job roles expected to see the highest salary increases this year
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February 01, 2017
01
Feb'17
Cloud project success gives Aster appetite for more
The success of a cloud project at Aster Group gives the IT department the task of having to curb enthusiasm for the cloud
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February 01, 2017
01
Feb'17
Manufacturers collaborate to secure process control systems
Nearly 100 companies are working together to develop open standards for process control systems that will bring prices down and improve their resilience to cyber attacks
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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
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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
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January 25, 2017
25
Jan'17
Nordic CIO interview: Peter Krantz, Sweden’s national library
Making information accessible for hundreds of years is the challenge facing the CIO at Sweden’s Kungliga Biblioteket
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January 23, 2017
23
Jan'17
Singapore and Indonesia stand out for IT spend in Apac banking sector
Singapore is the top spender on IT for banking of all developed economies in the Apac region, while Indonesia has the fastest growth rate in IT spending
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January 20, 2017
20
Jan'17
NRF 2017: The key to success is not taking yourself too seriously, says Richard Branson
Serial entrepreneur and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson tells the audience at NRF 2017 to fail fast, pay it forward and to stop taking themselves so seriously
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January 19, 2017
19
Jan'17
Avaya files for chapter 11 bankruptcy
Networking supplier has filed voluntary petitions under chapter 11 of the US bankruptcy code
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January 17, 2017
17
Jan'17
Blockchain can cut investment bank infrastructure costs by 30%
Investment banks can make huge cuts to their IT infrastructure costs through blockchain, according to analysis
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January 17, 2017
17
Jan'17
HSBC appoints technology advisers to keep pace with IT changes
Bank hopes to gain knowledge about technologies such as artificial intelligence and biometric security through its new technology advisory board
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January 17, 2017
17
Jan'17
Artificial intelligence critical to business growth
There are many hurdles to overcome before the full benefits of AI can be realised by organisations
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January 16, 2017
16
Jan'17
Australian government technology suffers failure after failure
Former government IT leader says Australia’s IT is so bad that if the government were a private sector organisation, it would fail
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January 16, 2017
16
Jan'17
CIO interview: Alexandra Drevenlid, Tieto
Tieto has replaced the position of CIO with chief digital officer. The first person to hold the position and its creator explains what this means to the Nordic IT services giant
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January 13, 2017
13
Jan'17
Davos: Technology poses new risks to jobs, economies and society
Politicians and business leaders will discuss the risks posed by technology to jobs, political stability and cyber security at the World Economic Forum in Davos
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January 12, 2017
12
Jan'17
Lloyds Bank digital banking problems an industry warning
Lloyds Bank’s digital banking problems still unresolved after a second day
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January 11, 2017
11
Jan'17
Asean storage moves towards hybrid model
Storage is moving to the cloud in the Asean region and a number of storage companies are jostling for position
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January 11, 2017
11
Jan'17
GDPR compliance is top priority for Belgian CIOs in 2017
GDPR, cloud computing and a lack of IT skills are some of the challenges that CIOs in Belgium will address this year
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January 10, 2017
10
Jan'17
Tech gender parity: we can’t do it without support from men
Research has shown a lack of diversity in organisations is costing the UK economy money, but experts claim we can’t increase the number of women in tech without the support of men
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January 10, 2017
10
Jan'17
Cyber security scare stories could sharpen focus at banks
There are continual cyber attacks on banks, and although most are repelled, there is significant room for improvement
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January 06, 2017
06
Jan'17
Three-quarters of UK IT workers plan a job move in 2017
An increasing number of tech workers in the UK are considering a new job in 2017, with three-quarters planning on a move
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January 04, 2017
04
Jan'17
Dubai-based Aramex optimises branch office connectivity
How global logistics firm streamlined its branch office operations in the Middle East
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January 04, 2017
04
Jan'17
Competition watchdog airs concern over Mastercard’s VocaLink acquisition
Competition watchdog airs concern over Mastercard takeover of Vocalink and gives companies an ultimatum
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January 04, 2017
04
Jan'17
Top IT priorities for Nordic CIOs in 2017
What are Nordic CIOs planning for 2017?
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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
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December 30, 2016
30
Dec'16
The CW500 Club in 2016
Computer Weekly's CW500 Club attracts the top IT leaders in the UK to talk to their peers. We present coverage of all the 2016 CW500 events, including articles and video interviews.
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December 29, 2016
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Dec'16
Top 10 public sector IT stories of 2016
In the year the UK public voted to leave the European Union, and the Government Digital Service saw an exodus of several senior leaders, large government IT projects continued to stir up controversy
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December 29, 2016
29
Dec'16
Top 10 HR technology stories of 2016
Here is a rundown of Computer Weekly's most popular stories on HR technology in 2016
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December 28, 2016
28
Dec'16
Top 10 IT outsourcing stories of 2016
Read 10 of the best of Computer Weekly IT outsourcing articles of 2016
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December 23, 2016
23
Dec'16
CIO interview: MoD’s DII replacement will feed government as a platform
Mike Stone, who will soon be leaving his position of CIO at the Ministry of Defence (MoD), explains how the MoD’s DII replacement will feed into government as a platform
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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
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December 22, 2016
22
Dec'16
Top 10 state surveillance, investigatory powers and activism stories of 2016
This year saw the UK introduce the Snoopers' Charter, legalising some of the most extensive government surveillance powers in the world. Computer Weekly exposed state monitoring of Parliamentary emails, and reported on activist Lauri Love's legal ...
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December 21, 2016
21
Dec'16
Top 10 CW Middle East stories of 2016
Read the most popular articles about enterprise IT in the Middle East
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December 20, 2016
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Dec'16
IT Priorities 2017: Many ANZ CIOs don’t expect IT budget increase
There is still uncertainty over Australian CIO budgets in 2017 and many expect a reduction
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December 20, 2016
20
Dec'16
Top 10 women and diversity stories of 2016
Computer Weekly takes a look at some of the defining moments for women and diversity in the technology industry in 2016
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December 20, 2016
20
Dec'16
Top 10 CW Nordics stories of 2016
Read the top 10 Nordic enterprise IT stories from Computer Weekly
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December 19, 2016
19
Dec'16
Review of 2016: Top 10 CW Benelux articles
Here are the 10 most popular Benelux-focused Computer Weekly articles of 2016
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December 19, 2016
19
Dec'16
Top 10 CIO interviews of 2016
IT leaders from across the UK and Europe shared their plans, strategies and best practice advice with Computer Weekly