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• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  HMRC dismisses criticism of ‘perfectly good’ IR35 online assessment tool

  Senior figures from HM Revenue & Customs have hit back at claims that its online IR35 status tool is not fit for purpose, as survey data suggests public sector contractors are being assessed without the tool’s help anyway

• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  CIO interview: Martyn Wallace, CDO, Scottish Local Government Digital Office

  Scottish local government’s chief digital officer describes the challenges of driving digital change across the country’s councils

• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  Password practices still poor despite increased threats

  Despite growing cyber threats and heightened global awareness of hacking and data breaches, password behaviours remain poor and UK users are in denial, a study has revealed

• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  SuiteWorld 2018: Magic Johnson gives advice on adapting to the millennial customer

  Entrepreneur and former basketball star tells SuiteWorld 2018 about the importance of adapting to the millennial customer in a technology-driven age

• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  ODI and Sport England launch project using data to break down exercise barriers

  Ten startups have been chosen as part of the OpenActive accelerator programme to develop fitness products and encourage people to be active

• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  Microsoft’s latest Windows 10 focuses on IT admins

  While it will stop those annoying taskbar InBox and social media messages, at the heart of the April 2018 Windows 10 update is an effort to simplify management

• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  Three starts to prepare core network for 5G

  Mobile operator Three has enlisted SSE Enterprise Telecoms to bring 20 core datacentres on-net as it prepares to start rolling out 5G

• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  Bristol’s historic bridge pressed into service for rural broadband

  Gigaclear is running cables underneath Bristol’s historic Clifton Suspension Bridge to bring ultrafast full-fibre services to forgotten communities

• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  Imperial College taps volunteer smartphones for cancer research

  Imperial College London is working with the Vodafone Foundation to co-opt smartphone processing power for use in cancer research

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• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  UK critical services need to up cyber defences to avoid fines

  UK critical infrastructure providers could be liable for fines of millions of pounds if they do not improve their cyber defences and resilience of their IT infrastructure, a study reveals

• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  MPs to grill TSB CEO over IT disaster

  Paul Pester will face questions from the Treasury Committee about the bank’s IT problems

• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  Digital is a long-term objective, CEOs warned

  Don't believe anyone who promises to transform a business digitally in three years, says Gartner Fellow Mark Raskino

• April 30, 2018 30 Apr'18

  Getting cyber security innovation to market is key, says NCSC

  Getting cyber security innovation to market is an important area of focus, according to the National Cyber Security Centre, which runs a cyber accelerator programme and recently stated a Dragons Den style security innovation pitch at the 2018 ...

• April 30, 2018 30 Apr'18

  TSB IT disaster moves into a second week

  TSB's IT problems have moved into a second week, as the bank fights to get its services and reputation back on track

• April 30, 2018 30 Apr'18

  Security industry welcomes NHS move to Windows 10

  Representatives of the security industry have welcomed the announcement that the NHS will be migrating to Windows 10 as part of a multi-million pound deal with Microsoft, but warn that the move will not be without its challenges

• April 30, 2018 30 Apr'18

  Starship’s autonomous delivery robots get commercial roll-out

  Having successfully trialled its autonomous delivery robots in the UK and US, Estonian startup Starship Technologies is embarking on a full commercial roll-out

• April 30, 2018 30 Apr'18

  Over a million homes can now access FTTP, says Ofcom

  Access to viable broadband services continues to improve across the UK, according to Ofcom

• April 30, 2018 30 Apr'18

  Yorkshire and Humber region awards HSCN contract to Redcentric

  Network services provider Redcentric wins the first major regional Health and Social Care Network contract as procurements around England gather pace

• April 30, 2018 30 Apr'18

  Even the smallest of Dutch towns are becoming smart

  An increasing number of Dutch towns and cities use street sensors and big data to tackle societal problems. From smart lighting to artificial intelligence that spots violent behaviour in surveillance footage, smart technology is booming in the ...

• April 30, 2018 30 Apr'18

  Australia government earmarks A$70m to refresh supercomputers

  The investment will fund replacements for two supercomputers at the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre in an effort to bolster Australia’s research capabilities

• April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18

  Only 5% of charities are ready for GDPR, survey shows

  A survey shows relatively few charities are prepared for new data protection regulations, highlighting several areas for improvement

• April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18

  AWS vs Microsoft vs Google: Weighing up the financial results of the big cloud three

  Amazon, Google and Microsoft have all posted favourable financial results this week, as enterprise appetites for cloud services show no signs of slowing, but what does this mean for suppliers outside of the big three?

• April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18

  Microsoft releases Windows 10 security pack

  Microsoft has released a download pack that incorporates NCSC guidance to save UK companies weeks of work to secure Windows 10 and comply with government guidelines

• April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18

  Most organisations unprepared for GDPR, survey finds

  Despite the vast majority of businesses agreeing that GDPR affects them, only 5% say they are fully prepared for it, according to a BSI survey

• April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18

  DWP to spend nearly £15m on GDPR

  A single government department plans to spend nearly £15m on preparing for new European data protection legislation, a report reveals

• April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18

  Government given six months to rewrite snoopers’ charter

  The government has until 1 November 2018 to rewrite a key section of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, after the high court declared them unlawful in a judicial review brought by human rights group Liberty

• April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18

  BEIS yet to begin procuring IT systems needed for Brexit, PAC finds

  Public Accounts Committee chair Meg Hillier says the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy “appears to be operating in a parallel universe where urgency is an abstract concept”, as it needs upwards of 12 new digital systems and so ...

• April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18

  Welsh government plans digital pilots in the Valleys

  As part of its digital vision for the Valleys, the government looks to pilot Uber-style transport app for NHS patients, a community Wi-Fi scheme and better use of data mapping tool

• April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18

  GDPR: Put your data in Azure cloud, says Microsoft chief

  Tech giant reports strong growth in its cloud business in third-quarter 2018 fiscal results

• April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18

  Jeremy Hunt launches review into training NHS staff to use new tech

  Jeremy Hunt announces a review that will look at how to train NHS staff to use new technologies such as artificial intelligence, genomics, digital medicine and robotics

• April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18

  ScottishPower opens up about its two-year datacentre downsizing and migration project

  The team behind ScottishPower’s recent two-year push to downsize and migrate its primary datacentre describe the project’s challenges and successes

• April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18

  BT risks ‘fading away’ in full-fibre future, says Ofcom CEO

  BT risks being consigned to the dustbin of failed tech companies if it messes up the transition to full-fibre broadband networks, says Ofcom CEO Sharon White

• April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18

  Data analytics is about culture, not technology

  Enterprises need to figure out the business problems they are trying to solve and foster a data-driven culture to benefit from data analytics

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  ServiceNow buys into SaaS licensing to drive digitisation

  The cloud-based service management company has extended its reach in IT asset management to help businesses optimise cloud subscriptions

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  Expert interview: Dave Moschella, author of Seeing Digital

  Dave Moschella speaks to Computer Weekly about his new book, Seeing Digital, which looks at how the “d” in digital stands for disruption

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  McLaren gets new group CIO

  Karen McElhatton has been appointed McLaren’s new CIO, following former IT boss Craig Charlton’s departure in February

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  Doing analytics the Disney way

  The Walt Disney Company’s head of solution integration tells how analytics helps to personalise the customer’s Disney experience, and how tech plays a leading role in The Lion King’s Broadway success

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  Barclays aims to drive entrepreneur startup development with law incubator

  Barclays is opening its Eagle Lab incubator in London to help entrepreneurs create successful law businesses.

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  British banks target Israeli security technology

  British banks are turning to Israel’s high-tech sector to protect against cyber attacks

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  Almost all London law firms are using or plan to use artificial intelligence

  Law firms are harnessing artificial intelligence to reduce the manual creation and checking of legal documents

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  Facebook posts strong first quarter despite privacy scandal

  The data exploitation scandal that hit Facebook has not yet had an adverse impact on advertising revenues or user activity, according to first quarter financial results

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  TSB banking service tech problems continue

  TSB customers are still experiencing problems using online and mobile banking services after almost a week of disruption

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  Argos announces 150 new tech roles in the UK

  Argos is recruiting an extra 150 IT professionals as part of its strategy to offer a better digital services to customers

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  SuiteWorld 2018: Hiring people is about more than just ability, says Rachel Zoe

  NetSuite customer, fashion designer and CEO of Rachel Zoe explains that part of entrepreneurship is hiring people who fill the gaps you leave behind, and that in doing so passion can be more important than ability

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  EC calls on online platforms to develop common code of practice to tackle ‘disinformation’

  The European Commission says online platforms such as social media and video sites, have not done enough to tackle unethical use, and calls on them “to decisively step up their efforts to tackle online disinformation”

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  European Commission unveils €1.5bn AI funding

  Given the UK's new artificial intelligence sector deal, the European Commission is unveiling its own initiative to make Europe a world leader in AI

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  SuiteWorld 2018: Businesses more likely to learn from failures than successes, says NetSuite EVP

  Failure is the best way for firms to learn and succeed when it comes to business transformation, NetSuite’s executive vice-president Jim McGeever tells the audience at SuiteWorld 2018

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  Finnish R&D and utilities in line of cyber espionage fire, say security police

  Finnish research and development, as well as critical infrastructure, are being targeted by state-backed cyber espionage attacks, says report

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  O2 reveals plans for new 4G mobile spectrum

  O2 has already turned on 100 new mobile sites since winning big in the Ofcom spectrum auction, and hopes to activate 900 more this year

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  NCSC shows support for common standards for secure communication

  The UK cyber security authority is supporting an industry drive towards common standards for secure communication by joining an industry organisation that aims to achieve this goal

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  Digital economy research projects to get funding

  Research projects aimed at building trust, privacy and security in the use of personal data and digital technologies are to receive funding

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  Malaysia’s Supahands finds agility with the cloud

  Regional workforce crowdsourcing startup relies on the cloud to keep its infrastructure agile enough to scale up and down, according to customer demand

• April 25, 2018 25 Apr'18

  Government promises £300m extra funding as part of £1bn AI sector deal

  To become the number one destination for artificial intelligence, the UK needs more specialist skills, and a new injection of funding is aimed at boosting the country’s AI skills pool

• April 25, 2018 25 Apr'18

  Police forces use Motorola mobile apps to digitise frontline ops

  The States of Jersey Police force plans to phase out inefficient paper-based activities with mobile applications, while other forces around the UK report improvements to their overall processes

• April 25, 2018 25 Apr'18

  Gartner predicts AI will add $1.2tn to companies’ earnings in 2018

  Gartner has forecast that artificial intelligence will create $1.2 trillion in economic value in 2018, up 70% on 2017

• April 25, 2018 25 Apr'18

  Scotland’s digital health and care strategy highlights need for collaboration

  The Scottish Government will create a joint decision-making board, a national approach to service redesign and a national digital platform to ensure interoperability

• April 25, 2018 25 Apr'18

  EC sets out plans for sharing health data across borders

  The European Commission wants to introduce EU-wide standards for health records, and allow EU citizens to access and share their patient information securely across member states

• April 25, 2018 25 Apr'18

  Home Office Brexit app only works for Android users

  Home Office app for EU citizens registering to stay in the UK post-Brexit only works on Android devices as iPhones do not share passport chip data

• April 25, 2018 25 Apr'18

  Google claims it is GDPR ready

  Alphabet, the parent company of Google, says that since its advertising business relies on keyword searches, the impact of GDPR is limited

• April 25, 2018 25 Apr'18

  Government urges UK businesses to beef up cyber crime defences

  Government is urging UK organisations to defend against cyber crime, as newly released figures show that large numbers of businesses and charities suffered at least one cyber attack in the past year

• April 25, 2018 25 Apr'18

  Interview: Amazon Web Services Sweden

  Eric Morales leads the AWS business development team for startups and gaming companies in the Nordics. Computer Weekly caught up with him at AWS’s Nordic headquarters in Stockholm

• April 25, 2018 25 Apr'18

  Major DDoS cyber crime website shut down

  International law enforcement has shut down the Webstresser cyber crime website, which was the world’s biggest marketplace for selling distributed denial of service attack services that were used against seven UK banks

• April 25, 2018 25 Apr'18

  Most firms will not be GDPR-ready by compliance deadline

  Survey of IT decision-makers shows one-fifth of companies lack continuous encryption capabilities and only half have the systems required for the right to erasure and the right to rectification

• April 25, 2018 25 Apr'18

  Stoke-on-Trent websites found to be most leaky ahead of GDPR

  The majority of websites in the UK could be prone to cyber attacks, a security scan across 135,035 sites has revealed

• April 25, 2018 25 Apr'18

  Employees still in the dark about data protection

  With just a month to go before the GDPR compliance deadline, many employees still don’t know how to protect confidential data, a study shows

• April 25, 2018 25 Apr'18

  TSB IT meltdown has the makings of an epic

  TSB’s very public IT problems will send shivers down the spine of IT teams at large banks that are yet to migrate to new core banking systems

• April 25, 2018 25 Apr'18

  Cyber fraud costs SMEs more than £1,000 per case

  Just over half of IT and telecoms SMEs are targeted by fraudsters, with each case of cyber fraud costing more than £1,000, study reveals

• April 25, 2018 25 Apr'18

  One month to GDPR compliance deadline

  With one month to go before the deadline for compliance with EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, organisations should ensure they are able to meet minimum requirements to defend against adverse scrutiny

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  Full-fibre broadband specialist CityFibre acquired for £538m

  Full-fibre broadband specialist CityFibre is to be bought by a Goldman Sachs-backed consortium as it seeks more cash to fulfil its expansion plans

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  Unified communications supplier Mitel bought by VCs

  Unified communications and networking technology supplier Mitel is to be acquired by affiliates of Searchlight Capital Partners for $2bn

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  NHS shared care records: progress, projects and privacy

  Sharing health records across health and social care has been something the NHS has worked towards for a long time. As the NHS ramps up its plans, has it finally got the right balance between patient care, privacy and feasibility?

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  Nurses want to use IT, but are held back by barriers

  A majority of nurses welcome digital technology, but costs, poor connectivity and a lack of interoperability act as barriers, and lead community nurses to use paper instead

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  CenturyLink takes aim at APAC market post-Level 3 merger

  The US telecoms giant is expanding its footprint in Asia through its merger with Level 3, and hopes to bring its offerings on par with that of rivals in the region

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  Digital Catapult aims to accelerate AR and VR startups to long-term success

  Ten augmented reality and virtual reality startups can join 10-week Augmentor accelerator, with access to classes, facilities and mentorship

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  Unitrends launches ‘Veeam killer’ VM Backup Essentials

  Backup specialist Unitrends says Veeam has become “arrogant” and abandoned large elements of its customer base. VM Backup Essentials aims to fill gap for VMware users

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  Google hails positive economic impact of US datacentre growth

  Google claims the expansion of its datacentre portfolio in recent years has generated thousands of jobs and seen it contribute billions of dollars to the US economy

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  Criminal Courts Review Commission findings in Post Office computer case raise further enquiries

  The Criminal Courts Review Commission forensic examination of the IT system at the centre of a legal case against the Post Office has raised further questions

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  SuperNova growth programme offers European tech scale-ups chance to pitch for investment

  Scale-Up.eu says initiative will enable scale-up companies to grow their business without relying on overseas investment

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  Ransomware attack hit Ukraine energy ministry website

  Cyber attack on Ukraine’s energy ministry shows that websites remain a weak point for many organisations online, say security experts

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  SAP Q1 2018: Cloud revenue breaks €1bn, 400 more S/4 customers

  SAP’s overall first-quarter revenue was flat, but cloud revenue and profitability were up, while its S/4 Hana customer base stands at 8,300

• 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 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  Orangeworm cyber attack group targets health sector

  A cyber crime group is targeting the health sector and related industries in the US, Europe and Asia in a suspected corporate espionage campaign, researchers warn

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  ICO and finance regulator assess TSB IT blunder

  Customer data was exposed during migration to new core banking platform

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  Vodafone CityFibre broadband venture gathers pace

  Residents of four more cities – Coventry, Edinburgh, Huddersfield and Stirling – will be hooked up to the ultrafast full-fibre broadband service in the coming months

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  How application container technology is helping YMCA open up access to education

  Youth charity YMCA is in the midst of a push to reduce its reliance on paper-based education aids, with the help of Droplet Computing’s application container technology

• 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 23, 2018 23 Apr'18

  Capita’s £500m loss raises more questions for outsourcing

  The latest loss announced by Capita adds uncertainty to an outsourcing sector already tarnished by the collapse of Carillion

• April 23, 2018 23 Apr'18

  Nearly half of UK manufacturers hit by cyber attacks

  Nearly half of UK manufacturers have been hit by a cyber security incident, according to a report by an industry organisation, which calls for greater government focus on the specific security needs of the sector

• April 23, 2018 23 Apr'18

  Data and digital infrastructure key to genomic sequencing success, say MPs

  Science and Technology Committee says genomics had potential to revolutionise the NHS, but is worried delays to NHS digital projects and data sharing concerns could threaten progress

• April 23, 2018 23 Apr'18

  Next generation of SCADA industrial controls will protect against cyber attack

  Oil, energy and chemical companies are rethinking how to control big manufacturing plants, replacing expensive control technology with cheaper, more secure systems, taking their cue from biology

• April 23, 2018 23 Apr'18

  GDS on the hunt for new chief operating officer

  Cabinet Office offers up to £130,000 for chief operating officer role, to act as Kevin Cunnington’s deputy and be responsible for the internal transformation and day-to-day running of Government Digital Service

• April 23, 2018 23 Apr'18

  No business safe from cyber attack, says KPMG

  Businesses that operate online should be working to ensure operational resilience, while the financial sector should focus more on collaboration, says professional services firm KPMG

• April 23, 2018 23 Apr'18

  Community Fibre gets £25m to fund broadband in London

  Broadband supplier receives backing from the National Digital Infrastructure Fund to bring full-fibre services to 100,000 more properties across London

• April 23, 2018 23 Apr'18

  AI is renewing interest in high-performance computing

  Growing adoption of artificial intelligence is spurring interest in high-performance computing beyond research institutions

• April 23, 2018 23 Apr'18

  Estonia’s digital residency programme faces first headwind

  The Baltic country’s programme to offer anyone, anywhere a chance to run a company online is facing its first crisis

• April 22, 2018 22 Apr'18

  Thales to open ‘digital factory’ in Asia

  India and Australia are potential candidates for Thales’s new coding centre that will support digital transformation efforts

• April 20, 2018 20 Apr'18

  TechUK calls on government for Climate Change Agreement deadline extension for datacentres

  TechUK claim decision to stop new datacentre operators from joining Climate Change Agreement programme from October 2018 could have dire consequences for the sector's future growth

• April 20, 2018 20 Apr'18

  Global cyber crime worth $1.5tn a year, study reveals

  Cyber criminal operations worldwide are generating revenues that equal the GDP of Russia though a web of profit that involves legitimate businesses, research has revealed

• April 20, 2018 20 Apr'18

  Account takeover up tenfold in past year

  The incidence of online account takeover and the proportion of high-risk account access attempts underlines the need for improved authentication, says fraud detection firm