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• May 20, 2016 20 May'16

  HumanOps calls for improved working conditions for infrastructure operations staff

  The pressure of delivering 24/7 support to IT infrastructure is taking its toll on the people tasked with caring for it, warns HumanOps advocates

• May 20, 2016 20 May'16

  CIO Interview: Esa Viitamäki, Posti Group

  IT demands and a changing market prompted Finland’s state-owned postal provider to transform itself

• 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 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 10, 2016 10 May'16

  Nordea Bank launches crowdfunding platform in Finland

  The Nordic financial services group offers a technology bringing together investors and startup businesses

• May 10, 2016 10 May'16

  Nominet offers bacon sarnies to get UK tradespeople online

  UK domain name registrar Nominet launches a campaign, and opens its own greasy spoon café, to try to get more of the UK’s tradespeople online

• 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 06, 2016 06 May'16

  Ford to invest $182m in PaaS firm Pivotal to support connected car push

  Ford steps up involvement with Pivotal, and sets out plans to expand the use of Pivotal’s software development kit across its IT and product development teams

• May 05, 2016 05 May'16

  Visa chooses Singapore for its first innovation centre in Asia

  Visa opens its first innovation centre outside of the US to work with partners and customers to develop payment technology for the Southeast Asian market

• May 05, 2016 05 May'16

  Interview: Jenny Buchar, e-commerce operations manager, Skullcandy

  Fashion headphone retailer’s e-commerce operations manager talks about website re-platforming and hiring brand representatives

• May 04, 2016 04 May'16

  Quarter of banks will use startups to replace legacy IT

  A quarter of banks will go to financial technology suppliers for their online and mobile banking requirements by 2020

• April 28, 2016 28 Apr'16

  Apple Pay gets a million new users a week but profit remains elusive

  Apple's mobile payments service is popular with consumers and banks but the company has yet to find ways to make 'meaningful' money from it

• April 26, 2016 26 Apr'16

  CIO interview: Simon Kerry, Charles Tyrwhitt

  CIO of men's clothing retailer Charles Tyrwhitt talks omni-channel and discusses the firm’s move away from a bespoke e-commerce system to the Demandware platform

• April 26, 2016 26 Apr'16

  Interview: John Hazen, senior vice-president of direct to customer, True Religion

  True Religion’s senior vice-president of direct to customer, John Hazen, discusses the US clothing retailer’s plans for loyalty, simplicity and the pursuit of a single customer record

• April 25, 2016 25 Apr'16

  Indonesian internet users turn to smartphones to go online

  Organisations with a cyber footprint in Indonesia must understand most internet users in the country access online content and services on smartphones

• April 22, 2016 22 Apr'16

  Nordic corporations open their doors to tech startups

  Traditional Nordic corporations are starting to take advantage of the vibrant startup community in the region, and they are changing the way they think

• April 18, 2016 18 Apr'16

  The secrets of Nordic fintech boost

  London has become the undisputed European capital for financial technology, but the Nordic countries have strong ambitions to challenge for the number one spot

• April 18, 2016 18 Apr'16

  The Middle East’s home-grown app market now really growing, but from a low base

  Despite massive smartphone penetration, native app developers in the region need to listen more closely to what locals want

• April 15, 2016 15 Apr'16

  BBC turns micro:bit computers into IoT devices

  The BBC and Nominet demonstrate a new use case for the micro:bit computer and hope to turn Britain’s schoolchildren into internet of things pioneers

• April 14, 2016 14 Apr'16

  IBM and Oracle fortunes hit by rapid growth of PaaS, Gartner claims

  Gartner’s application infrastructure market tracker reveals how PaaS growth is shaking up the supplier landscape

• April 14, 2016 14 Apr'16

  Social media could be used to identify refugees, says fintech founder

  A panel at the Innovate Finance Summit 2016 discussed ways refugees could access funds, including digital identities, smartphones and peer-to-peer applications

• April 11, 2016 11 Apr'16

  UK’s Daily Mail publisher eyes Yahoo’s assets

  The Daily Mail parent company is putting together a bid for Yahoo’s news properties that would increase its US presence significantly

• April 05, 2016 05 Apr'16

  Two-thirds of farmers didn’t need to use ‘digital by default’ rural payments system

  Internal review produced by Defra reveals full catalogue of errors that led to the withdrawal of the digital farm subsidy system in 2015

• March 30, 2016 30 Mar'16

  CIO interview: Retail’s past a poor guide to future, says Paul Coby of John Lewis

  Paul Coby, IT director at John Lewis, believes retailers will need to move with changing customer patterns and demands to survive the omni-channel shift

• March 29, 2016 29 Mar'16

  Sweden’s central bank puts brake on cash-free society

  Sweden has been on a fast track to become the world’s first cashless society, but now its central bank is stamping on the brakes

• March 29, 2016 29 Mar'16

  DNB to close 59 branches in Norway as online banking dominates

  Norwegian bank DNB is closing branches and cutting jobs as more customers move to digital channels

• March 21, 2016 21 Mar'16

  Singapore and Malaysia most aware of gap in IT availability

  The gap between IT availability and what users want is clear to organisations in Singapore and Malaysia, according to a global study

• March 16, 2016 16 Mar'16

  Fintechs want to take one-third of traditional banks’ business

  Banks know they could lose large chunks of business to fintech firms, but if the challengers have their way, it will be more than expected

• March 16, 2016 16 Mar'16

  JD Williams uses analytics to move from mail order to omni-channel

  JD Williams’ head of web analytics explains how the firm is using data to provide a personalised experience for customers

• March 14, 2016 14 Mar'16

  New UK law will criminalise failure to hack on demand

  MPs have been given only two weeks to read 1,200 pages of documents which disclose new powers to require technology companies to install secret surveillance capabilities in software, computer equipment or networks

• March 11, 2016 11 Mar'16

  Technology and new finance firms will test banking industry

  UK bankers now think fintech is a bigger issue than regulatory change, according to a study

• March 10, 2016 10 Mar'16

  Equinix taps into Open Compute Project to build open source datacentre ecosystem

  Technology produced by Facebook-backed Open Compute Project gets snapped up by datacentre operator Equinix

• March 09, 2016 09 Mar'16

  Challenger bank buys digital gaming specialist

  Challenger bank Atom buys gaming expertise business Grasp to develop its online customer interfaces

• March 08, 2016 08 Mar'16

  Gartner warns IT leaders about the perils of using private platform as a service

  Industry watcher Gartner warns IT leaders pursuing a private platform-as-a-service (PaaS) strategy to build cloud apps could be in for disappointment

• March 02, 2016 02 Mar'16

  Virtual insanity: Is 2016 the year users go big on VR?

  At Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona, virtual reality appeared to emerge as a technology that is at long last hot to trot – but is it still a lot of virtual hype?

• March 01, 2016 01 Mar'16

  Record UK cash withdrawals, but is it just a stay of execution?

  The amount of cash withdrawn from UK ATMs last year was up on the previous year despite the arrival of technology-enabled alternatives

• March 01, 2016 01 Mar'16

  Buckinghamshire Council frees transport data to create smart suburbs

  Local authority has partnered with IoT platform developer InterDigital to establish a county-wide smart transport model

• February 29, 2016 29 Feb'16

  Global finance regulator to examine fintech risks

  Global financial system stability group FSB will take a closer look at financial technology companies

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  Londoners lead mobile banking switch

  People in London are the most likely to manage their finances using a smartphone, according to a survey of consumers in England and Wales

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  Tech Nordic Advocates partners with Nordic Startup Conference

  Tech Nordic Advocates, sister organisation of startup group Tech London Advocates, is partnering with the Nordic Startup Conference show in Copenhagen in March

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  We Are Colony: Tackling the death of traditional film and abundance of content

  Founder of content streaming platform We Are Colony explains why the film industry should be making the most of digital content to provide the best experience for modern consumers

• February 18, 2016 18 Feb'16

  Alternative finance sector accounts for £3.2bn investments in UK

  Alternative online finance provided 3% of lending to SMEs and 13% of lending to small businesses last year, but overall growth rate slowed

• February 17, 2016 17 Feb'16

  Middle East telecoms operators face up to IoT smart city challenges

  As smart city initiatives spring up in the Middle East, telecoms operators contend with the strain of the internet of things (IoT) on networks

• February 17, 2016 17 Feb'16

  BBC Three moves online-only as broadcaster embraces digital audience

  The BBC channel aimed at younger viewers, BBC Three, broadcast its last night as a TV channel before moving to online-only viewing

• February 15, 2016 15 Feb'16

  Peer-to-peer lender wants to acquire traditional mortgage firm

  LendInvest suggests acquisition could help it become “the biggest mortgage lender in the country”

• February 15, 2016 15 Feb'16

  Singapore restructures infocomm and media agencies

  Singapore government merges its ICT and media agencies in recognition of their overlapping responsibilities

• February 15, 2016 15 Feb'16

  Sweden’s NFT Ventures looks to Finland for fintech startups

  Swedish startup fund that targets financial technology developers has expanded its reach into Finland

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  Digital internships in India with TCS now open to UK graduates

  India’s biggest IT supplier, Tata Consultancy Services, plans to recruit 1,000 UK graduates for paid internships over the next four years

• February 10, 2016 10 Feb'16

  MK:Smart enlists IoT supplier ThingWorx for speedy development

  Milton Keynes smart city project selects ThingWorx to provide a rapid application deployment environment

• February 10, 2016 10 Feb'16

  Finnish construction company YIT opens a virtual IT test lab

  Finnish construction company YIT has opened a lab to allow its staff test out their digital ideas

• February 09, 2016 09 Feb'16

  Banks should allow open data sharing to help customers compare services

  The Open Banking Working Group has suggested information about products and customer transaction data should be open to improve service comparison and drive competition

• February 05, 2016 05 Feb'16

  CIO interview: Kevin O’Connor, group CIO, William Hill

  Former Paddy Power CIO aims to bring IT development work back in-house and use technology to improve customers’ betting experience

• February 05, 2016 05 Feb'16

  ABN Amro reacts to demand for Snapchat customer support

  Dutch bank is widening its social media-based channels by communicating with customers using Snapchat

• February 04, 2016 04 Feb'16

  Google’s Chrome to flag deceptive embedded content

  Browser will warn of any embedded content such as ads that pretend to act like, and look and feel like, a trusted entity

• February 02, 2016 02 Feb'16

  WhatsApp reaches one billion user milestone

  As the WhatsApp messaging service hits a new peak, Facebook plans to use it to make money by enabling businesses to communicate with customers

• January 28, 2016 28 Jan'16

  Facebook shares top $100 on bumper fourth quarter

  Facebook's share price has risen above $100 in response to better than expected annual and fourth-quarter results for 2015

• January 27, 2016 27 Jan'16

  Online and mobile help Australian retailer JAX boost business

  Australian tyre retailer JAX is transforming its business through online and mobile channels.

• January 26, 2016 26 Jan'16

  Could Sweden become the first cashless society?

  Sweden is fast becoming a country where cash is on the periphery of payments, and some think it might be the first to become cashless

• January 26, 2016 26 Jan'16

  Challenger finance firms will kill only those banks that fail to evolve

  It’s not doom and gloom for the UK’s traditional banks – as long as they can learn from fintech and transform themselves

• January 25, 2016 25 Jan'16

  Google pays HMRC £130m in tax deal

  Google is to pay more UK tax in line with new rules – £130m, said to cover the last 10 years – but denies any wrongdoing in the past

• January 22, 2016 22 Jan'16

  Trinity Mirror Group taps into cloud, agile and microservices to boost web user experience

  National and regional newspaper publishing group is using AWS and SOASTA's performance monitoring tools to improve the user experience for its online readers

• January 21, 2016 21 Jan'16

  Financial services regulators launch unit to help startup banks

  UK finance industry regulators Prudential Regulation Authority and Financial Conduct Authority have dedicated more resources to helping startup banks get up and running

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  NRF 2016: Consumer empowerment no fad, says M&S

  Retailers treating consumer empowerment as a passing fad rather than a paradigm shift have got it wrong, says Marks & Spencer CMO

• January 12, 2016 12 Jan'16

  Personalisation could help customers forgive bad brand experiences

  Customers like to feel brands know them personally, but many are suspicious of how companies use their data

• January 11, 2016 11 Jan'16

  Closer co-operation in Asean with ICT masterplan

  Asean countries will work more closely together on the region’s latest plan for increasing the use and benefits of IT

• January 08, 2016 08 Jan'16

  CIO Interview: The power of software to disrupt business processes

  Finbarr Joy, CTO of William Hill, discusses the implications of low-cost, cloud-powered automation of business processes for the CIO

• January 06, 2016 06 Jan'16

  Italy wakes up to new IoT opportunities

  Organisations in Italy are investing in internet-connected technologies, with infrastructure providers building the underpinning networks

• January 06, 2016 06 Jan'16

  Hungryhouse adopts Braintree payments

  Takeaway ordering service seeks to make payments experience easier for customers

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  HSBC suffers major online banking failure

  HSBC customers unable to access online banking services as the UK bank suffers internal technical issue.

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Nominet Trust 100 tech for good list: The organisations driving change

  Nominet Trust releases its annual guide of 100 organisations across the globe using technology to drive positive change

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Asean countries consider IoT for smart farming

  Malaysia is leading the way when it comes to using internet of things technologies to improve agriculture

• January 04, 2016 04 Jan'16

  Games developers to be in demand in 2016

  The UK video games industry is set to grow over the next year, with more than 70% of employers planning to make new hires

• December 31, 2015 31 Dec'15

  Top 10 internet of things stories of 2015

  2015 was the year the internet of things began to move from theory to widespread practice, and the fledgling industry shook off the millstone of connected kitchen appliances

• December 30, 2015 30 Dec'15

  CIO interview: Sam Lowe, Matchesfashion.com

  Sam Lowe, CIO of online fashion retailer Matchesfashion.com, explains how a retailer can go from being 100% bricks and mortar to 80% online in the space of five years

• December 30, 2015 30 Dec'15

  Government calls on industry to develop UK digital strategy

  The government turns to the public and industry for ideas on how to push forward the UK’s digital transformation

• December 23, 2015 23 Dec'15

  CIO interview: Henry Cohen, CIO, Telegraph Media Group

  The newspaper publisher is developing an agile mindset in response to the growth of digital over printed publications

• December 23, 2015 23 Dec'15

  BBC CTO Matthew Postgate to head up technology division

  Matthew Postgate, chief technology officer of the BBC, will take on a different role in April 2016 leading a new division for the firm

• December 23, 2015 23 Dec'15

  Top 10 APAC IT stories of 2015

  The top 10 Computer Weekly articles about enterprise IT in the Asean and ANZ regions

• December 18, 2015 18 Dec'15

  More than a quarter of Brits bank on mobile, but branches still popular

  More and more people in the UK are banking on their smartphones, but more than a third still visit branches regularly

• December 16, 2015 16 Dec'15

  Europe’s digital skills gap set to narrow over next five years

  Forecast for 2020 suggests the shortage of skilled IT workers will not be as great as previously expected

• December 16, 2015 16 Dec'15

  Etihad Airways chooses Cognizant to support digital transformation

  Airline aims to improve customer satisfaction by implementing programme of digital developments

• December 14, 2015 14 Dec'15

  HMRC launches digital personal tax accounts

  HM Revenue & Customs has gone live with online personal tax accounts and has published a detailed plan on how to “make tax digital”

• December 11, 2015 11 Dec'15

  HyperCat smart city venture sets up shop in India

  UK government-backed HyperCat Consortium seeks Indian startups for Hyderabad-based incubator

• December 09, 2015 09 Dec'15

  DHL opens Singapore centre for logistics technology innovation

  DHL has opened a centre in Singapore to research technologies that can be used in the logistics industry

• December 08, 2015 08 Dec'15

  Browsium helps IT check plug-ins

  With increasing numbers of applications running in the browser it is much harder for IT managers to check what plug-ins are being used

• December 07, 2015 07 Dec'15

  Australia launches plan to reduce reliance on natural resources

  The Australian government has announced plans to reduce its dependency on industries that rely on natural resources and increase its activities in areas such as IT

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  Veracode finds most web apps fail Owasp security check list

  The findings of a report on critical vulnerabilities in most web applications is raising concerns over potential security vulnerabilities in millions of websites

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  Disney joins Hour of Code to teach young people coding skills

  Teaching initiative Hour of Code has teamed up with Disney to encourage children to create games with Star Wars characters – and learn coding skills along the way

• November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15

  Singapore leads Asean smart city push

  Singapore is the Asean smart city project that stands out, but Thailand and Malaysian initiatives are gaining credit, according to IDC study

• November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15

  Slush 2015 breaks records as Finland's startup scene flourishes

  Finland's Slush startup event is one of the biggest in the world and this year was its biggest ever

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  Only a quarter of banking professionals think incumbents are main competition

  Banks are increasing their spending on IT that helps them win customers, as competition increases and fewer challenges are placed on them by regulation

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  Prince’s Trust uses Oracle for digital transformation

  Youth charity launches new website, customer relationship management system and reporting system

• November 23, 2015 23 Nov'15

  Fintech growth rates explode in Australia

  Financial technology companies in Australia are growing at high rates and come as a warning to the nation's enterprises that are yet to join the digital revolution

• November 17, 2015 17 Nov'15

  Lack of digital skills is killing off startups, reveals Rakuten survey

  A lack of digital skills is one of the main reasons so many startups in the UK are failing, study shows

• November 10, 2015 10 Nov'15

  Suppliers lay the groundwork for IoT in Czech Republic

  ICT suppliers are putting in place the technology infrastructure that will enable towns and cities in the Czech Republic to harness the internet of things

• November 10, 2015 10 Nov'15

  Australian cities are getting smarter

  The smart city phenomenon is taking off in Australia, where there's the space and the will to make it work.

• November 06, 2015 06 Nov'15

  Partnerships key to digital innovation

  Competition has become a team sport in the digital era, with companies joining forces to get to grips with the latest innovations, a report has found

• November 04, 2015 04 Nov'15

  How IoT will impact the Asean cloud landscape

  IoT deployments are in their early stages in the Asean region, but experts predict as take-up of IoT apps increases it will have a big impact on IT infrastructures in the region

• November 04, 2015 04 Nov'15

  Young companies lead digital readiness in Finland

  Startup businesses are leading the way in Finland when it comes to having the right customer-facing technologies in place

• November 04, 2015 04 Nov'15

  Singapore’s Smart Nation vision entices startups and IoT developers

  The Singapore government is pitching to make the tiny Asean city-state a centre for the development of smart city and internet of things technology, and wants to bring UK startups to its shores. Computer Weekly meets Steve Leonard, the man in charge...