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• July 06, 2018 06 Jul'18

  Investment flows into Nordic startups from all directions

  The Nordic tech startup scene is attracting funding from a variety of sources, with private equity firms, banks and traditional IT companies all keen to put money in

• June 28, 2018 28 Jun'18

  TfL partners with Siemens to revamp traffic network for connected cars

  A traffic control system being developed by Siemens and TfL will propel traffic management into the era of the internet of things

• June 26, 2018 26 Jun'18

  Data locked in legacy systems curbs digitisation plans

  Maintaining access to data stuck in legacy systems is costly and limits IT’s ability to work on digital transformation initiatives

• June 06, 2018 06 Jun'18

  Financial Conduct Authority raises questions over TSB's IT regression testing

  The FCA will look at whether TSB carried out sufficient regression and user acceptance testing before migrating to a new IT platform

• June 06, 2018 06 Jun'18

  After GitHub acquisition, Microsoft will need to up its game in the enterprise

  Microsoft’s $7.6bn acquisition of GitHub propels the company that is loved and hated for Windows to the very heart of open source. Can it be trusted?

• June 04, 2018 04 Jun'18

  Cloud-based integration platforms underpin digital strategy

  The application integration market is dominated by IBM and Oracle, but AWS and Salesforce are changing the game with integration platforms as a service

• May 29, 2018 29 May'18

  Salary is the biggest motivator for software developers

  A survey finds that benefits such as free food and drink or a modern office space are not the main motivator for most developers, with the majority prioritising a higher salary

• May 25, 2018 25 May'18

  Two chiefs, two approaches to digital transformation

  While the definition of digital transformation is debatable, IT business leaders agree it's all about the data

• May 18, 2018 18 May'18

  Executive interview: Abby Kearns, Cloud Foundry Foundation

  Computer Weekly speaks to Abby Kearns, executive director of the Cloud Foundry Foundation about how open source is a key ingredient of digital transformation

• May 17, 2018 17 May'18

  UK tech sector growing 2.6 times faster than overall economy

  The latest Tech Nation report on the UK’s IT sector reveals strong growth and positivity, but fears around Brexit in London’s tech engine

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  Microsoft predicts five-year wait for quantum computing in Azure

  Industry experts predict it will take 10 years for quantum computing to become a reality, but Microsoft believes it has the research edge, with systems, software and technology to get there in five

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  Telcos see multiple paths to internet of things revenue

  A report from Ericsson has revealed that telecoms operators are testing out multiple routes to monetising the IoT

• April 23, 2018 23 Apr'18

  The dawn of open banking in Australia

  Financial services firms will need to embrace DevOps and modernise their IT infrastructure to compete with more nimble fintech companies in an open banking regime

• April 23, 2018 23 Apr'18

  Executive interview: Werner Knoblich, Red Hat

  Red Hat is 25 years old. We speak to its European chief about how open source, containers and hybrid cloud computing represent the foundation for IT

• April 09, 2018 09 Apr'18

  HSBC adopts fintech to fight money laundering

  HSBC is using technology from a fintech startup to help it monitor transactions for potential money laundering

• March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18

  Salesforce buys into API economy with $6bn Mulesoft deal

  Cloud CRM giant’s acquisition will give it a step up in the API management space, enabling internal users and external partners to connect to applications

• March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18

  What would coders do in ethical grey areas?

  Software developers are writing code that affects the lives of millions of people and how businesses are run, but what do coders think about some of the ethical questions they face?

• March 20, 2018 20 Mar'18

  Ireland eyes Brexit-triggered tech investments

  The organisation that champions Ireland to foreign investors has seen an increase in IT companies moving to its shores

• March 14, 2018 14 Mar'18

  Survey reveals what the coders building the future desire

  Global survey reveals some of the attitudes of the world's software developers

• March 14, 2018 14 Mar'18

  Amazon Rekognition goes live in AWS Sydney region

  The cloud-based AI service from Amazon Web Services has already drawn a diverse set of Australian businesses, paving the way for greater adoption of AI in Australia

• March 13, 2018 13 Mar'18

  Finnish government backs tech-city development in Oulu

  Finland's government wants the city of Oulu to become a world leading destination for IT startups

• March 08, 2018 08 Mar'18

  EC reveals plan to make Europe global fintech hub

  The European Commission has unveiled proposals to boost the EU’s financial technology sector

• March 06, 2018 06 Mar'18

  Security remains an afterthought in DevOps

  Enterprises in Asia are lapping up DevOps but less than one-third have baked security processes into their developments

• March 05, 2018 05 Mar'18

  Spring Break flaw shows cross-industry collaboration

  A flaw that was discovered in Pivotal’s Spring Framework in September 2017 has only come to light now that users have had a chance to update

• February 22, 2018 22 Feb'18

  First Direct pilots open banking platform

  HSBC's internet banking platform is testing out its service that enables customers to put all their bank accounts, from multiple providers, in one place

• February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18

  UK finance regulator collaborates with US counterpart on fintech

  The FCA is working with a US finance regulator to support financial technology companies on both sides of the Atlantic

• February 13, 2018 13 Feb'18

  London joins Citibank IT innovation network

  Citibank has made London home to its latest IT innovation hub, which will focus on applying data science and high performance computing to the business

• February 12, 2018 12 Feb'18

  French technology startups are forging ahead – but how?

  France has sprung to the forefront of the international tech startup scene. How has this happened, and what's next for French tech firms?

• February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

  How Auto Trader improved web design to support digital business

  Digitisation requires an agile methodology and the ability to enhance products quickly. We look at how Auto Trader optimised traditional web design

• February 01, 2018 01 Feb'18

  IT Priorities 2018: Where senior IT managers plan to spend their budget

  It is the year when IT departments migrate to Windows 10, upgrade to Windows Server 2016, architect microservices and deploy cloud management

• January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18

  Theresa May announces boost to UK programming

  A total of £40m in government and industry funding will be used to help bolster the UK’s programming skills gap

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Robots are needed to manage the automation robots

  The next decade will see robots transform from invisible forces obeying our commands to lifelike objects interacting with humans on a daily basis

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank Group uses ServiceNow to support transformation

  IT service management adapts to faster and faster time-to-market pressure with a new framework that aims to deliver continuous service improvement

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Modern methodology gives Sweden’s 100-year-old SKF a digital push

  Long-established engineering company takes a leaf out of the startup guide to software development

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Demand for cloud services drives increase in IT outsourcing

  Cloud services spending in Europe, the Middle East and Africa offset a drop in traditional IT outsourcing in 2017

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  Google vows to simplify creation of custom machine learning models for developers

  Google’s ongoing push to lower the barriers to machine learning and artificial intelligence adoption for enterprises moves up a gear with custom model creation

• January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18

  Financial savings just the beginning for CIOs who understand code quality

  Businesses need to understand the quality of the code in their applications if they are to avoid unnecessary costs and glitches

• January 11, 2018 11 Jan'18

  Retail banking regulations hit UK with the potential of a ‘Big Bang’ moment

  The UK retail banking sector is at the beginning of a journey towards to a more competitive future as new regulation hits them

• January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18

  Germany’s Lemoncat disrupts business catering through cloud computing

  Startup is shaking up Germany’s business catering sector with a platform that harnesses Amazon and Salesforce clouds

• January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18

  Marks and Spencer eyes £30m annual cost savings from digital-first retail push

  High-street retailer has fleshed out plans to put digital at the heart of its business to boost operational efficiency in response to changing consumer demands

• January 05, 2018 05 Jan'18

  University of Northampton launches app-based prospectus

  University is using software to create an app-based prospectus and improve internal communications

• January 03, 2018 03 Jan'18

  How to avoid those coding challenge blues

  A new approach to coding challenges promises to spice up the developer recruitment process. Computer Weekly investigates

• December 19, 2017 19 Dec'17

  Top 10 enterprise IT in the Nordics stories in 2017

  The Nordic region might be best known in IT circles for its startup communities – but it has much more to offer

• December 07, 2017 07 Dec'17

  Hortilux uses Mendix-powered application to digitise greenhouses

  Grow light maker shifts from product to digitally enabled service to support greenhouse growers

• December 06, 2017 06 Dec'17

  Mayor of London opens Bangalore office to strengthen links with Indian businesses

  City of London’s office in India’s tech hub aims to promote Indian investment and IT jobs in UK capital

• November 28, 2017 28 Nov'17

  HPE Superdome Flex in-memory supports Big Bang research

  Stephen Hawkin’s Cosmos research group takes delivery of a Superdome HPC to enable it to test theoretical models of the Big Bang

• October 25, 2017 25 Oct'17

  Google ties up with Cisco on hybrid containers for business

  Google is making a big push with hybrid cloud, but the full architecture will not be available until the second half of 2018

• October 16, 2017 16 Oct'17

  Puppet on why people, process and technology are mission critical to DevOps success

  At the PuppetConf user and partner summit in San Francisco, Puppet and its customers shared insights on how best to address the people, process and technology sides of the DevOps success equation

• October 03, 2017 03 Oct'17

  Dubai Land Department launches interactive app

  Mashrooi app will track real estate project progress and allow users to compare construction against developers’ plans

• August 31, 2017 31 Aug'17

  App-based challenger bank Starling enters next stage of its journey

  Thousands of people are downloading Starling’s app every week as the bank builds its customer base