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• June 21, 2017 21 Jun'17

  The human apprentices behind robotic automation

  IT apprentices are helping large businesses transform their back-office processes through software robots

• June 21, 2017 21 Jun'17

  Pirated software used to spread malware in APAC

  A regional study by a Singapore university has found that counterfeit software distributed through discs and file-sharing networks is plagued by malware

• June 14, 2017 14 Jun'17

  HR technology essential to cutting-edge customer service, say big businesses

  If you can’t get your internal HR systems right, the business will suffer – Jaguar Land Rover, Lufthansa and Russia’s Sberbank explain why

• June 09, 2017 09 Jun'17

  Patent group prepares for tough data protection laws by moving HR to the cloud

  CPA Global to replace ERP-based HR system as it gears up to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation

• June 07, 2017 07 Jun'17

  Challenger bank technology arm hires former ABN Amro IT executive as CIO

  Bank and banking technology supplier Fidor hires an experienced banking CIO to support its international expansion

• June 07, 2017 07 Jun'17

  Malaysia’s Cyberjaya to get smart city boost

  Tipped as Malaysia's Silicon Valley, the Cyberjaya township will pilot a slew of smart city projects, including e-payments and mobile bus ticketing

• June 06, 2017 06 Jun'17

  Lloyds bank staff will move to IBM in outsourcing deal

  About 1,500 IT staff at Lloyds Banking Group will join IBM as part of an IT infrastructure outsourcing agreement

• June 06, 2017 06 Jun'17

  Digital economy to contribute 7% of Australia’s GDP

  Besides improving living standards, digital technologies could also lead to a resurgence of manufacturing in Australia

• May 31, 2017 31 May'17

  Hundreds of sub-postmasters have applied to join IT-related legal action since March

  The number of sub-postmasters who claim to have suffered as a result of a faulty Post Office IT system has reached 1,300

• May 31, 2017 31 May'17

  Norwegian bakery chain gets the taste of mobile reporting

  Baker Brun, a bakery company in Norway, is modernising its business processes through the latest technologies

• May 26, 2017 26 May'17

  Swedish government agencies join IT spending benchmarking service

  Government agencies in Sweden are using a tool by Apptio to help them gain a better understanding of IT costs

• May 22, 2017 22 May'17

  Dutch railway uses IoT to reduce people jams

  Railway stations in The Netherlands are monitoring the movement of travellers to manage traffic flow and reduce people jams

• May 16, 2017 16 May'17

  Customer experience transformation at Macquarie bank brings legacy system retirement as a bonus

  Australia’s Macquarie bank builds a data layer on top of legacy IT systems to transform customer experience

• May 10, 2017 10 May'17

  Nordic region competes for datacentre dominance

  The Nordic region is an attractive region for datacentres as demand for cloud services in the area grows

• May 09, 2017 09 May'17

  Highly skilled professionals at risk of being replaced by computers

  Highly skilled jobs will be replaced by artificial intelligence by 2022, says Gartner

• May 09, 2017 09 May'17

  Large UK businesses increasingly want CEOs to have IT background

  More large businesses in the UK want a CEO that has a good understanding of IT

• May 04, 2017 04 May'17

  Metropolitan Police to hit massive IT overspend

  The Metropolitan Police Service is set to massively overspend on IT as it attempts to improve digital policing

• May 03, 2017 03 May'17

  Mayor of London seeks chief digital officer

  Capital’s first-ever chief digital officer will oversee the digital transformation of public services across London

• April 27, 2017 27 Apr'17

  Case study: Specsavers furthers digital transformation with single customer view

  UK retailer Specsavers has been in the process of digital transformation for several years, and has now partnered with Fujitsu to eliminate disparate systems and create a single customer view

• April 26, 2017 26 Apr'17

  Infor to buy cloud BI company Birst

  Infor is buying cloud analytics firm Birst in a move to bolster its cloud-first ERP orientation

• April 20, 2017 20 Apr'17

  How to ensure tech staff gain ‘essential soft skills’

  Nottingham Trent University’s infrastructure services manager explains how she has made sure her technology team have the essential soft skills they need to support users

• April 20, 2017 20 Apr'17

  Banks suffer average of 85 attempted serious cyber attacks a year, and one-third are successful

  Banks face daily cyber attacks, many of which succeed in stealing data, research finds

• April 19, 2017 19 Apr'17

  How Dutch university quickly connected thousands of students to new learning management system

  Dutch university TU Delft is replacing its legacy learning management system after 17 years

• April 19, 2017 19 Apr'17

  How Oracle tackles licensing discrepancies

  The recent publication of court filings from a licence dispute case shows a catalogue of 'damaging' techniques the supplier used following an audit

• April 12, 2017 12 Apr'17

  Chatbots, Fitbits and AI: IT suppliers identify the top trends in HR technology

  Businesses are using Fitbits, artificial intelligence and chatbots to improve working life as competition increases to recruit talented ‘millennials’

• 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

• April 06, 2017 06 Apr'17

  Interview: F-Secure’s Mikko Hyppönen on the Nordics, Russia and the internet of insecure things

  Computer Weekly sat down with Finnish cyber security expert Mikko Hyppönen to talk about security in the Nordics, Russia and the trouble with connected devices

• April 05, 2017 05 Apr'17

  Middle East enterprises urged to embrace governance, risk and compliance

  The enforcement of corporate governance issues is still variable throughout the Middle East and making a strong business case for investment in GRC can be a challenge.

• April 05, 2017 05 Apr'17

  Technology investments core to JP Morgan Chase success

  US investment bank is reaping the benefits of its $9.5bn annual technology spend

• April 05, 2017 05 Apr'17

  Chocolate maker Barry Callebaut gets sweet on cloud

  Chocolate maker Barry Callebaut is increasingly using cloud-based apps to improve productivity and reduce costs

• April 05, 2017 05 Apr'17

  Australia’s Commonwealth Bank unveils data analytics platform

  Free platform made available to bank’s customers at a time when only 34% of the country’s SMEs are making data-driven decisions

• 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

  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

• 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?

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• March 06, 2017 06 Mar'17

  Deutsche Bank creates group-wide CIO role

  New chief will drive technology transformation across the bank

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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