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• May 19, 2020 19 May'20

  Portworx to add application profiles to persistent container storage

  Kubernetes persistent container storage that runs from inside the cluster will add application storage profiles for applications such as Apache Kafka, Elasticsearch and Postgres

• September 06, 2018 06 Sep'18

  Chrome 69 security improvements welcomed

  The cyber security community has welcomed the improvements in the latest version of the Chrome browser, especially when it comes to generating strong, unique passwords

• August 16, 2018 16 Aug'18

  Google Chrome flaw puts privacy at risk

  Imperva security researcher urges Google Chrome users to update to the latest version after discovering a vulnerability that could be exploited to uncover private data

• July 26, 2017 26 Jul'17

  Adobe to kill off Flash Player by end of 2020

  Adobe has announced it is to stop updating and distributing Flash Player in just over three years’ time

• May 10, 2017 10 May'17

  Blockchain economy on the horizon

  Blockchain technologies will enable many new and disruptive business models than the internet itself, an expert predicts

• March 20, 2017 20 Mar'17

  Cardiff man Samata Ullah admits terrorist charges after posting encryption details on Islamic blog

  Samata Ullah, a resident of Cardiff, pleaded guilty to five terrorism charges, including developing an encrypted version of an Islamic website and posting videos explaining how to use encryption

• March 19, 2017 19 Mar'17

  SAP to invest $200m in United Arab Emirates

  European software maker plans investment to get near customers in the Middle East

• March 09, 2017 09 Mar'17

  Domino’s Australia says hello to chatbots

  The pizza chain has launched a chatbot that takes orders via its Australian website and mobile app

• February 27, 2017 27 Feb'17

  Santander bank to work with IBM developing mobile apps for staff

  Santander bank wants to make its staff more productive through mobile apps, which it will create alongside IBM

• 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

• 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

• 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

• January 23, 2017 23 Jan'17

  Schroders staff to complete daily tasks on mobile devices

  The asset management company wants to make it easier for its staff to complete everyday tasks by linking mobile devices to enterprise systems

• December 21, 2016 21 Dec'16

  Doddle Parcels delivers for Christmas with NoSQL database

  Parcel delivery company Doddle has turned to a NoSQL database to deliver on Christmas and set up more shops more quickly

• 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

• December 20, 2016 20 Dec'16

  Top 10 CW Nordics stories of 2016

  Read the top 10 Nordic enterprise IT stories from Computer Weekly

• 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

• December 13, 2016 13 Dec'16

  Is there a Dutch digital delusion?

  To stand still is to decline. The Netherlands seems to be losing ground in the digital world, according to new reports

• December 05, 2016 05 Dec'16

  Top 10 ANZ enterprise IT stories of 2016

  Here is a rundown of Computer Weekly’s most popular ANZ enterprise IT articles for 2016

• December 05, 2016 05 Dec'16

  Top 10 Asean enterprise IT stories of 2016

  The 10 most popular Asean articles of 2016

• November 29, 2016 29 Nov'16

  Finnair digitises core business processes via Apple and IBM

  Finnair is working with IBM to bring user-friendly apps to its internal workforce

• November 22, 2016 22 Nov'16

  HumanOps: Etsy on how unclear workplace expectations contribute to staff burnout

  IT managers risk "normalising" bad workplace behaviour and contributing to employee stress by responding to emails out of hours and staying late unnecessarily, warns Etsy web operations manager

• November 16, 2016 16 Nov'16

  UK almost bottom of OECD pile for ICT investment

  The UK ranks low in terms of how much it invests in the ICT infrastructure as a proportion of GDP

• November 14, 2016 14 Nov'16

  Keeping pace with the evolving millennial consumer in Southeast Asia

  Businesses are revamping their technology and omnichannel strategies to keep pace with the millennials

• November 12, 2016 12 Nov'16

  Gulf Cooperation Council’s local companies eye regional shared services

  Enterprises indigenous to the Gulf region are taking their first step into business and IT shared services through internal developments

• November 04, 2016 04 Nov'16

  Cern to track job applicants ‘at the speed of light’

  The nuclear research laboratory in Geneva, famous for tracking sub-atomic particles, is developing a cloud service to track the thousands of people who apply for jobs each year

• November 03, 2016 03 Nov'16

  Suppliers fail to impress as companies ramp-up HR tech

  A major survey of European firms shows that few believe HR technology suppliers have had a positive impact on their business, as they ramp up spending on HR technology

• November 02, 2016 02 Nov'16

  Coca-Cola cloud project bottles rewards for 25,000 staff

  Coca-Cola European Partners, which bottles 15 billion litres of soft drinks each year, is working with an HR technology supplier to develop flexible rewards packages for its 25,000 employees

• November 01, 2016 01 Nov'16

  Insurers face same legacy system battle as retail banks

  The biggest barrier to insurance companies adopting digital technology is their heavy reliance on legacy IT systems

• October 25, 2016 25 Oct'16

  Australian IT spending to be near A$85bn in 2017

  Australian CIOs must plan digital platforms that can connect to customer and business networks – or risk losing customers

• October 25, 2016 25 Oct'16

  Case study: Ocado uses machine learning to help customer services deal with email overload

  Ocado's head of data, Dan Nelson, reveals details of how the online grocer is using machine learning to bolster the responsiveness of its customer service teams

• October 07, 2016 07 Oct'16

  Engineering company uses HR technology to cut staff leaving rates

  Aveva has seen its employee attrition rate fall by 5% a year, partly as a result of its investment in HR technology

• October 06, 2016 06 Oct'16

  Artificial intelligence to drive mobile innovation, says GSMA

  The GSMA’s inaugural Global Mobile Trends report predicts that artificial intelligence will soon emerge as a catalyst for development of mobile technology

• October 03, 2016 03 Oct'16

  19 local councils sign up for Gov.uk Verify trials

  GDS will lead pilots of using identity assurance system for local authority digital services

• September 08, 2016 08 Sep'16

  Bank IT spending to hit $241bn across four major global regions

  IT spending across four major economic regions will increase by around 4% in 2016, but Europe is the least certain

• August 30, 2016 30 Aug'16

  Executive interview: Expanding banking through APIs

  Western Union’s head of digital ventures, Khalid Fellahi, discusses how the money transfer service is embracing digitisation

• August 14, 2016 14 Aug'16

  Mobile internet will grow GDP and generate jobs in Asean countries

  Mobile internet penetration in Southeast Asia will boost the region’s gross domestic product and increase employment, a report says

• August 05, 2016 05 Aug'16

  Rackspace ‘on brink’ of sale to private equity house – report

  Reports suggest managed cloud company could be sold in a matter of days, ending its time as a publicly listed company

• July 27, 2016 27 Jul'16

  Accenture to move HMRC tax system to private cloud

  HMRC has awarded Accenture a contract that will run until 2020 to digitise the UK tax system

• July 21, 2016 21 Jul'16

  IT outsourcing falls steeply in second quarter but IT as a service sees strong growth

  Sales of IT as a service growth in Europe helped offset a huge fall in the total value of traditional IT and business process outsourcing contracts

• July 18, 2016 18 Jul'16

  Oracle targets cloud sales at Asia Pacific’s mid-sized firms

  Software giant aims to hire 1,000 professionals to drive mid-market growth in Apac region

• July 13, 2016 13 Jul'16

  IT professionals urged to dial-down tech talk to win CIO approval for DevOps projects

  Chef CEO Barry Crist claims senior management are not interested in the tech side of DevOps, so IT professionals should lead on the business benefits

• July 06, 2016 06 Jul'16

  IDC predicts slowdown in public cloud infrastructure spend will be short-lived

  IDC claims prospect of overseas datacentre builds and growing enterprise demand for off-premise services should ensure sales of IT infrastructure increase through 2016

• June 28, 2016 28 Jun'16

  Lauri Love suicide risk if extradited to US over hacking allegations

  Westminster Magistrates’ Court hears evidence from medical experts that alleged hacker Lauri Love is at risk of suicide if extradited to the US

• June 21, 2016 21 Jun'16

  Australian government entices UK tech startups

  Australia is trying to entice UK technology firms to open operations in the country, with benefits including a stepping stone to Asia and a skilled workforce

• June 15, 2016 15 Jun'16

  Gulf Air tinkers with Oracle suite and explores hybrid cloud models

  Bahraini airline Gulf Air is looking to make productivity gains across its enterprise resource planning system

• June 02, 2016 02 Jun'16

  More safeguards needed to protect MPs communications, claims parliamentary body

  Joint Committee on Human Rights argues Investigatory Powers Bill protections are ‘inadequate’

• June 02, 2016 02 Jun'16

  LogMeIn customers complain over price hikes and contract renewals

  Remote management supplier denies not notifying customers about impending price rises and renewal dates, as end-user complaints mount

• May 23, 2016 23 May'16

  Middle East CIOs put ambitious IT projects on hold as cheap oil hurts business

  A lack of business confidence leads some organisations in the Middle East to delay or abandon ambitious IT projects that may not show an immediate return

• May 16, 2016 16 May'16

  GDS urged to reinstate G-Cloud web accessibility safeguards

  Public sector IT buyers risk breaking disability discrimination laws, following removal of web accessibility safeguards from G-Cloud, it is claimed

• May 05, 2016 05 May'16

  M&S credits Office 365 with rise in staff collaboration and communication

  Marks and Spencer shares details of how moving to Microsoft’s cloud-based productivity suite has ushered in an era of ”smarter working” in its retails stores and corporate HQ

• May 04, 2016 04 May'16

  IBM develops quantum as a service

  IBM starts the ball rolling on what it would mean to program a universal quantum computer

• April 12, 2016 12 Apr'16

  Enterprises that shun cloud comprise a business threat, says 451 Research

  Hosted IT reaches a tipping point as analyst house 451 Research claims that enterprises shunning cloud technology constitute a risky proposition

• April 06, 2016 06 Apr'16

  Atom banking app goes live

  Digital-only bank makes app available to iPhone and iPad users, with Android version to follow soon

• March 17, 2016 17 Mar'16

  CIO interview: Mogens Kristensen, Sydbank

  Danish bank’s IT head explains the advantages of sharing some IT systems with other banks

• March 16, 2016 16 Mar'16

  Rolls-Royce cloud HR project will pay for itself in two years

  HR IT director Mark Judd explains how engineering and aerospace firm swapped ageing ERP and spreadsheets for a company-wide core HR system

• March 16, 2016 16 Mar'16

  Oracle Q3 2016: cloud revenue grows, US currency strength takes toll

  SaaS and PaaS combined contributed $583m in third quarter, up 57% in US dollar terms, while IaaS was down 2% in dollars to $152m

• March 04, 2016 04 Mar'16

  Facebook to overhaul UK corporation tax-paying regime – report

  Social networking giant plans to book larger deals with British firms via its UK arm, paving the way for it to pay more corporation tax

• March 04, 2016 04 Mar'16

  Legal spears fly at Privacy Shield

  Police Scotland is investigating the implications of the end of Safe Harbour. Service providers must comply with UK law, regardless of where they are based

• February 17, 2016 17 Feb'16

  Interview: Digital Marketplace director Tony Singleton on why he is leaving G-Cloud

  With the government’s Digital Marketplace now a bona fide source of £1bn of public sector IT spend, Computer Weekly asks its programme director why he is moving on to pastures new

• February 12, 2016 12 Feb'16

  Netflix is now 100% all-in on the AWS cloud

  Streaming firm details the challenges it faced during seven-year push to wind down its datacentres and move everything into the AWS public cloud

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  Tech Nation 2016 report reveals demand for digital skills in all sectors

  The digital industries contributed £87bn to the economy in 2014 – but there remains a lack of skills and broadband is still unevenly distributed

• February 03, 2016 03 Feb'16

  CIO interview: Fergus Boyd, vice-president for digital, Yotel

  The fast-growing international hotel chain sees digital technology as central to its offering and expansion plans

• January 28, 2016 28 Jan'16

  Construction of £150m biomass-powered datacentre starts in Scotland

  The developers behind Scottish green datacentre project confirm the campus is finally under construction

• 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 13, 2016 13 Jan'16

  DevOps success requires business and cultural shift

  Cultural resistance and immature tools are limiting companies’ ability to ride the digitisation wave with streams of software-driven initiatives

• January 06, 2016 06 Jan'16

  Upgrade to Internet Explorer 11 to reduce risk

  Failure to update to the latest version of Internet Explorer by 12 January 2016 could put users at risk, Microsoft warns

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Amazon WorkMail goes on general release in Europe

  AWS readies challenger to Gmail and Office 365 as cloud battle with Google and Microsoft enters new phase

• December 18, 2015 18 Dec'15

  Cisco to create 200 new cloud computing jobs in UK

  Networking giant outlines plans to treble the size of the Cisco Meraki team by 2017

• December 15, 2015 15 Dec'15

  Poundland launches e-commerce Christmas push with Rackspace managed support

  Budget retailer has turned to Rackspace to ensure its first foray into online retail can withstand the seasonal rush

• December 15, 2015 15 Dec'15

  Interview: Lebara CTO sets out plans to go all-in on AWS cloud

  Lebara was a Europe-centric, single-product telco until the cloud paved the way for it to grow its service portfolio and expand overseas

• December 14, 2015 14 Dec'15

  Rockwool invests €2m in global HR project

  Manufacturer interviewed other companies about their HR systems before choosing a system to harmonise its processes across 38 countries

• 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 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  VMware research shines light on volume of UK enterprise data stored overseas

  A poll of UK IT decision makers suggests just 37% know exactly where their enterprise data is located

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  Equinix rolls out AWS Direct Connect in Slough datacentre

  Datacentre provider launches private internet connection to Amazon Web Services to help customers build hybrid clouds

• November 12, 2015 12 Nov'15

  The British Museum uses Google Street View to boost online access to exhibits

  The Google Cultural Institute has partnered with The British Museum to help make its collections accessible to people around the world

• November 02, 2015 02 Nov'15

  Startup support network Tech London Advocates expands into Nordics

  Startup support network Tech London Advocates is launching a sister organisation covering the Nordic and Baltic countries

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  Google set to merge ChromeOS with Android

  Google's experiment to establish its second operating system – ChromeOS – is expected to merge into a future Android release

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  Alcatel-Lucent transformation cuts HR costs by 30% with cloud platform

  Alcatel-Lucent expects to have its cloud human resources (HR) platform used in 62 countries by the end of the year, replacing aging on-premise HR IT systems

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  Met Office's new supercomputer to deliver £2bn of socio-economic benefits

  The Met Office aims to realise a range of socio-economic benefits to UK industries thanks to improved forecasting with its new Cray supercomputer

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  Fitness club goes digital to recruit new staff quickly

  Equinox turns to digital technology from SmartRecruiters to speed up hiring employees

• October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15

  British American Tobacco saves £1.4m after automating candidate selection

  British American Tobacco uses custom profiling software to cut the number of applications managers have to screen by half, as part of a major re-organisation of its recruitment processes

• October 21, 2015 21 Oct'15

  MySQL 5.7 aims at deeper convergence with Oracle tech and NoSQL

  MySQL 5.7 has been released with next-generation hardware in mind, offering greater interoperability with Oracle and NoSQL database technologies

• October 20, 2015 20 Oct'15

  Google offers free cloud apps to encourage Office 365 users to ditch Microsoft

  Google ups ante in ongoing war to dethrone Microsoft as the enterprise's preferred provider of cloud-based productivity tools

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  Opera chooses Workday over Oracle as it moves HR to cloud

  Browser company Opera opts for slick internal IT as it competes with Apple and Google for skilled technologists

• October 15, 2015 15 Oct'15

  Enterprise IT buyers swap traditional servers for converged infrastructure, research shows

  A survey from 451 Research suggests enterprises will increase their use of converged infrastructure stacks to swap out traditional server estates

• October 12, 2015 12 Oct'15

  Government sets up £4m fund to spur video games industry

  The Department for Culture, Media and Sport announces grants of up to £25,000 from the Video Games Prototype fund to help new UK games developers get off the ground

• October 09, 2015 09 Oct'15

  PCs still the right choice for business, despite decline in sales, says Gartner

  Android or iOS devices with keyboards are unlikely to replace Windows-based laptops and hybrids, according to analyst firm Gartner

• October 09, 2015 09 Oct'15

  Nasa and Philips emerge as early adopters of AWS IoT app creation platform

  Cloud giant debuts AWS IoT, which it claims will make it quicker and easier for enterprises to create apps for connected devices

• October 08, 2015 08 Oct'15

  Take part in the Computer Weekly Technology Industry Survey 2016

  Share your views in Computer Weekly’s annual Technology Industry Survey, which provides an insight into the trends, challenges and aspirations of today’s IT professionals

• October 05, 2015 05 Oct'15

  Workday seeks growth, not profit, as it expands in Europe

  Cloud services company Workday is setting its sights on growth as it expands from cloud HR, to finance, learning and analytics

• October 01, 2015 01 Oct'15

  HP Cloud 28+ enters beta and introduces self-certification scheme for providers

  Hewlett-Packard (HP) gears up to launch its Cloud 28+ service catalogue in December 2015, talking up the opportunities it presents for European providers

• September 25, 2015 25 Sep'15

  NHS-approved healthcare apps found to be leaking unencrypted user data

  A study into the data security of NHS healthcare apps highlights serious privacy shortcomings

• September 24, 2015 24 Sep'15

  Nominet Trust Tech for Good list – why awareness of good causes is important

  Nominations for the Nominet Trust Tech for Good closes at the end of September 2015 – and here's how highlighting good technology deeds helps the industry

• September 23, 2015 23 Sep'15

  Data-sharing agreement between EU and US called into question by European law makers

  The future of the US Safe Harbour Agreement has been thrown into doubt after EU law maker claims it may not adequately protect user data

• September 21, 2015 21 Sep'15

  Oxford University takes SaaS-led approach to IT department consolidation

  The University of Oxford has merged several IT departments to provide staff and students with centralised support

• September 21, 2015 21 Sep'15

  Employees crave digital skills, but organisations lack budget to teach them

  VMware survey on digital skills finds a large percentage of employees are keen to learn, but organisations are holding them back

• September 15, 2015 15 Sep'15

  Accenture buys Cloud Sherpas for SaaS applications push

  Accenture sets out plans to acquire Salesforce consultancy business and give enterprises a helping hand with moving to the cloud

• September 15, 2015 15 Sep'15

  The digitisation of Premier League football

  Premier League football clubs are ramping up their digital strategies this season

• September 11, 2015 11 Sep'15

  John Lewis sales grow, but profit falls as restructuring shakes up the business

  The retailer reports a growth in sales, but blames omnichannel shift for a fall in operating profit