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• August 14, 2018 14 Aug'18

  Consumers accept fraud danger as online shopping increases, research finds

  The majority of UK consumers see the threat of online fraud as “inevitable” as e-commerce popularity rises

• August 09, 2018 09 Aug'18

  Ex-HMRC tax inspector sounds alarm over suitability of IR35 online status checker tool

  As the private sector consultation on IR35 draws to a close, a former HM Revenue & Customs inspector calls into further question the suitability of the government's online tool for assessing contractors’ tax status

• August 08, 2018 08 Aug'18

  Dutch healthcare institutions need to think like tech sector

  The healthcare industry needs to approach technological innovation in a different way if it is to maximise the benefits for staff and patients

• August 08, 2018 08 Aug'18

  Nordic fintech becomes a significant global player

  The Nordic region accounted for three of the 10 biggest financial technology deals in the first half of 2018

• August 07, 2018 07 Aug'18

  A quarter of Brits expect their jobs to be replaced by tech

  A quarter of UK workers are worried their jobs will disappear because of automation and a third expect the technology to change their jobs for the worse

• August 03, 2018 03 Aug'18

  CIO interview: Alex von Schirmeister, CDTIO, RS Components

  The electronics distributor’s chief digital, technology and innovation officer (CDTIO) on putting in place a new IT infrastructure, creating a digital business and accepting risk

• August 01, 2018 01 Aug'18

  Public sector increases outsourcing in first half of 2018

  IT and business processing outsourcing in UK central government accelerates in the first half this year, almost matching the total spend by financial services firms

• July 31, 2018 31 Jul'18

  Inner-city colocation space in demand as firms want better latency, says Interxion managing director

  Previous predictions that rural datacentres would be more common are being changed as enterprises aim to bring better latency to customers, says Interxion managing director Andrew Fray

• July 31, 2018 31 Jul'18

  Cynozure lets you hire a chief digital officer on demand

  Why pay for a full-time chief digital officer? Cynozure has a new service to enable smaller businesses to swap them out, as and when they need a change

• July 31, 2018 31 Jul'18

  Intelligent automation spending to hit $232bn by 2025

  Technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotic process automation and machine learning could help traditional enterprises gain ground on digital-first giants

• July 31, 2018 31 Jul'18

  Utilita Energy supplier uses cloud to rapidly scale IT service desk

  Energy provider Utilita Energy puts its IT service management in the cloud to support its rapid growth

• July 27, 2018 27 Jul'18

  AWS’s sales up almost 50% year-on-year in second quarter

  Cloud giant’s quarterly sales hit $6.1bn in third consecutive year-on-year rise as Ryanair, Major League Baseball and 21st Century Fox join its list of customers

• July 26, 2018 26 Jul'18

  Large organisations less confident over cloud security compared to smaller businesses

  A study has found larger enterprises are not as confident as smaller businesses about the security of their data in the public cloud

• July 25, 2018 25 Jul'18

  Government outsourcing at a crossroads, says PAC report

  The government needs to change the market that supplies it with services through better contracting practices if it is to achieve anything beyond lowest price, according to a PAC report

• July 25, 2018 25 Jul'18

  Australian energy sector caught in security catch-22

  With regulators unwilling to accept security investments that would lead to higher tariffs, there is a chance that Australia’s National Energy Market could face increased cyber risks