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Chief data officer role now well-entrenched, says Gartner

Three out of five chief data officers in a Gartner study reported an increase in headcount, though few are measuring the value of their data assets Continue Reading

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• Beverley Head

DCMS Select Committee claims Facebook ‘deliberately frustrated’ fake news inquiry

Facebook’s UK public policy manager defends its participation in MPs' inquiry into the spread of fake news and disinformation online, which concludes by declaring an end to self-regulation by social media firms Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

Steering a safe course through hybrid cloud

We look at why hybrid cloud can create a tricky infrastructure to manage Continue Reading

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• Maxwell Cooter

IT Priorities 2019: IT professionals plan a big push to migrate off Windows 7

With the clock ticking to Windows 7 end of support, more than half of the IT professionals who took part in a survey have a Windows 10 migration as their top IT project this year Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Fit for whose purpose? Submit your views on the Initial National Cybersecurity Skills Strategy

The meeting illustrated the difficulty of the task the DCMS team will have reconciling the need of MoD and GCHQ for patriotic cyberwarriors and the need of the rest of us for the skills to protect ... Continue Reading

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• Philip Virgo, Winsafe Ltd

The hyper-converged network benefits from commingling HCI, SDN

Merging software-defined networking with hyper-converged infrastructure platforms should simplify and ease the deployment, scaling and management of hyper-converged networks. Continue Reading

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• Alastair Cooke

IT Priorities 2019: IT decision-makers plan for APIs

The latest Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT Priorities survey shows that IT professionals are deploying business process automation, but application programming interfaces are not far behind Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

CaixaBank customers can use their faces to withdraw money at ATMs

Spanish bank begins roll-out of ATMs equipped with facial recognition technology, but customers can still use card and PIN Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Making the move to cloud work for you

Getting the best out of a move to the cloud means getting the size right, turning off what you don’t need, smart purchasing and continuously decluttering your new environment Continue Reading

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• Rahul Gupta , PA Consulting

Central Saint Martins hosts Three’s 5G trial for London Fashion Week

Three’s trial 5G network will enable the world’s first augmented reality fashion show at Central Saint Martins, while consumers can test out a prototype network at its flagship store Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

CW ANZ: Home in on storage minutiae

With storage analytics, enterprises will be better able to enhance and optimise their storage infrastructure and proactively address problems before they occur. In this edition of CW ANZ, we look at how organisations are using storage analytics to manage their storage footprint and what suppliers are doing to help enterprises get the most of out of the technology. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

CW ASEAN: Target storage problems

With storage systems becoming more heterogeneous and siloed, organisations in ASEAN are turning to analytics to reduce costs and address storage issues before they occur. In this month’s edition of CW ASEAN, we uncover the state of adoption of storage analytics in ASEAN and what organisations can do to reap the full benefits of the technology. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

CIO interview: Neil Holden, IT director, Halfords Group

Motoring and bicycles retailer is growing its use of cloud, expanding on data analytics and exploring new technologies such as artificial intelligence Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

Born to be wired

IBM is helping legendary US motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson to get its motor running with a cloud-based service for a new electric bike Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Cisco CEO brushes off Brexit and other crises

Chuck Robbins has been speaking about the networking business’ resilience in the face of multiple geopolitical trends and crises, and says his customers just can’t stop spending Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Chinese AI startup claims breakthrough in pediatric diagnosis

Yitu Healthcare claims over 90% accuracy when diagnosing a range of pediatric diseases using a natural language processing system Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

The package no one ordered

Tech gossip doesn’t get steamier than the richest person in the world, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, being blackmailed with his own dick pics by The National Enquirer. But why would he mind who has to ... Continue Reading

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• Ryan Priest

Businesses fail to grasp the true cost of public cloud

Public cloud infrastructure as a service sounds good on paper, but a survey has found that many IT professionals are seriously overspending Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Career choices for storage admins as technologies converge

There is collateral damage in datacentre convergence, and it is becoming increasingly difficult for storage administrators to stick with storage-centric skillsets. Two solutions exist Continue Reading

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• Yann Serra, LeMagIT

GE Digital addendum

The term “digital” is only referenced twice, in the 87 minutes of GE’s Q4 2018 earnings call that took place at the end of January. In a transcript of the call, posted on the Seeking Alpha ... Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

London and Helsinki digital partnership challenges big IT platforms

CDOs of London and Helsinki meet at London’s City Hall to sign a city-to-city digital declaration around AI, open data and digital innovation Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Legacy systems holding banks back from meeting demand for instant accounts

Banks are struggling to meet customer demand to open accounts instantly because of legacy IT systems and processes Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Deloitte will double Hyderabad workforce to support demand for technology services

Deloitte will add 40,000 staff at its operation in Hyderabad, with IT professionals accounting for a significant portion of employees Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Explainable AI: How and why did the AI say ‘true’?

The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything is 42, according to Deep Thought in ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ – but experts need to explain AI decisions Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

IR35 reforms: Contractors lack confidence in private sector to manage April 2020 rule change

Research from IR35 consultancy Qdos suggests contractors lack confidence in the ability of private sector firms to adequately determine how they should be taxed after April 2020 Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

CIO interview: Charles Ewen, Met Office

The Met Office’s CIO is working on a new, digital approach, using supercomputers, establishing pioneering partnerships and creating change Continue Reading

The Met Office storms ahead on data analytics

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how the Met Office takes 2TB of weather data every hour and turns it into useful business insight. We examine whether Amazon’s presence in the retail market is putting off other retailers from using its public cloud services. And we look at the new 802.11ax wireless networking standard and analyse the benefits for enterprise IT. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Dutch developer offers businesses nuclear security option for communications

Startup that created the secure platform for communication between world leaders at the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit in the Netherlands seeks to revolutionise business mail Continue Reading

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• Kim Loohuis

Digital project failure still off the menu

Eight years ago, YouTube head Susan Wojcick described eight pillars that Google uses to innovate – but IT pros are still failing to fail fast Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Lauri Love takes legal action against NCA for return of seized computers

Lauri Love, a former engineering student who won a battle with the US Department of Justice against extradition to the US to face hacking charges, is suing the UK's intelligence agency, the NCA, for the return of his seized computers Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

AI and robotics to form part of curriculum for future medical students

For the NHS to capitalise on the digital future, new technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics will have to be designed into the learning process for medical students Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Culture clash cripples digital business

CIOs urged to work with HR to help staff take on new working practices that support digital transformation initiatives Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Inside the AI developer’s toolbox

With so much artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning in development, we look at the kit programmers might find useful in their AI toolbox Continue Reading

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• Adrian Bridgwater

Interview: Moving to DataOps

During a London data science popup meeting, Computer Weekly caught up with MoneySuperMarket.com’s analytics head, Harvinder Atwal Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Businesses still figuring out digital transformation have already lost

Accenture is calling it a post-digital era, one where businesses are already looking beyond digitisation to capitalise on new tech-driven opportunities Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Of course there's technology for the Irish border - that doesn't mean it will work

It’s understandable that people express cynicism when a politician – particularly one with a clear ideological bent – proclaims that “digital” or “technology” can solve the core Brexit issue of the ... Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Nordic region primed to pioneer 5G

The Nordic region could pioneer the commercial use of 5G, with Finland and Sweden hotbeds for the technology Continue Reading

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• Jane Hamrin

How IT leaders can build great relationships with marketing leaders

Experts dish out their advice on how to work better together with their marketing peers to deliver a high-quality customer experience Continue Reading

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• Mark Samuels

Government legislates to bring back roaming charges in no-deal Brexit

All four UK operators have said they have no plans to reintroduce roaming charges, but EE, O2 and Vodafone have not committed themselves not to do so Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

CW Benelux: Google helps Dutch schools to teach computer skills

A programme in the Netherlands to help primary schools provide computational thinking and programming, developed with financial support from Google, is well on schedule. Also read about four Russians’ attempted hack into the networks of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague, and how Dutch delivery company PostNL is making savings by using robotic technology to automate administrative tasks. Continue Reading

What are the SD-WAN requirements for a multicloud environment?

SD-WAN is becoming an important option for businesses migrating branch and other edge communications to the cloud. But what makes a successful deployment? Continue Reading

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• Christian Annesley

Self-driving cars get updated guidelines for trial safety and transparency

The Department for Transport has issued guidance on trial safety and transparency for self-driving cars, and is sticking by its pledge to have self-driving cars on Britain’s roads in the next two years Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Huawei: We are not spying on the UK

Huawei’s Ryan Ding tells the British government that the company has never, and will never, use its technology to assist the Chinese intelligence services Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Virgin Media tests 8Gbps home broadband service

Fifty residents of Papworth, Cambridgeshire, are trialling an 8Gbps FTTP broadband service using existing fibre infrastructure Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

CIO interview: David Walliker, Liverpool Women’s & Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen NHS Trusts

Being CIO for two different NHS trusts is not an easy task, but David Walliker splits his time between the two, aiming to deliver digital transformation across the board Continue Reading

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• Mark Samuels

NHS screening programmes plagued by ‘not fit for purpose’ IT

‘Complex and ageing IT’ is causing issues for several NHS screening programmes, according to the National Audit Office Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Coders and developers: The new heroes of the network?

Cisco is moving towards a software-based future. We chatted to Susie Wee, founder and leader of Cisco developer and innovation programme, DevNet, to find out how she is helping to enable this change Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

What is CIO best practice when it comes to cloud security?

As businesses increasingly adopt cloud-first strategies, how can they ensure their security is up to scratch? Computer Weekly asks the experts Continue Reading

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• Mark Samuels

The nightmare driving test: How to make sure self-driving cars are safe

Simulating realistic environments using deep learning to enable self-driving cars to learn the rules of the road will prove more useful than any amount of real-world practice. We find out why, and meet the people doing something about it Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Civil liberties groups to challenge bulk surveillance and intelligence sharing in Strasbourg

Coalition of campaigning groups wins the right to challenge the UK’s use of bulk surveillance powers, which allows suspicionless surveillance of the population and sharing of intercepted data with overseas intelligence agencies, in European Court of Human Rights Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Marks & Spencer launches charging banks as part of startup partnership

Retailer Marks & Spencer has announced it will be adding battery charging banks to its stores as part of startup partnership Continue Reading

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• Clare McDonald, Business Editor

Payday lender cuts troubleshooting by 30% with Virtual Instruments

Curo Financial thought storage was slowing down its websites, but found virtual machine and network issues were to blame. To fix this, it’s going proactive on storage performance issues Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Cambridge launches urban data IoT project

The city of Cambridge will use Telensa IoT sensors and a Microsoft Azure platform to better manage its urban data assets Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

CIO interview: David Germain, CITO, RSA Insurance Group

Insurance giant’s chief information and technology officer wants to refresh the company’s user computing environment, make smart technology investments and take advantage of the latest innovations Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

BBC seeks to increase younger audience through data analytics

The BBC’s head of product, Rebecca Salsbury, talks about the broadcaster’s work to improve its use of data analytics to attract more young viewers Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

Interview: The power of open source

Stefanie Chiras, who heads up RHEL at Red Hat, discusses how open source enables enterprises to benefit from tech innovations Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Compute strategies for AI applications

Devising compute strategies for AI applications can be challenging. Find out about the hardware, network and software frameworks available Continue Reading

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• Chirag Dekate and Arun Chandrasekaran

Alibaba Cloud teams up with SMU on training programme

Alibaba Cloud will equip small and medium-sized enterprises with cloud computing and other technology skills through a partnership with Singapore Management University Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Met Police deploys live facial recognition technology for ninth time

Police say technology is helping to prevent and detect crime by identifying wanted criminals, but privacy groups have voiced their opposition Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Innocent people arrested following surveillance blunders, IPCO reveals

Interception of communications commissioner Adrian Fulford warns of “grave” repercussions for people wrongly identified as suspects due to errors made when government bodies access email, phone and telephone data Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

TSB blames IT disaster for huge losses

TSB made a huge loss in its latest financial year because of costs it incurred as a result of an IT disaster Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

ICO to audit Leave.EU and Eldon Insurance

UK privacy watchdog will audit the data protection practices at Leave.EU and Eldon Insurance and has confirmed fines for both companies for unlawful marketing messages Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Building Britain’s national digital twin

The tech sector and wider industry are coming together to create a “digital twin” of Britain to help improve the nation’s physical infrastructure – and you can help Continue Reading

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• Julian David, TechUK

BT stockpiles networking kit for no-deal Brexit as Patterson exits

Outgoing BT boss Gavin Patterson shared some details on the company’s contingency planning for a feared no-deal Brexit as chief executive Philip Jansen formally takes charge of the business Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

How to create a great strategy in the digital age

What are the best ways for technology leaders to create a strategy that is fit for the digital age? Computer Weekly asks the experts Continue Reading

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• Mark Samuels

No-deal Brexit could lead to data issues, MPs told

Trade body TechUK is concerned smaller companies are far from ready for a no-deal scenario, while warning that leaving without a deal could lead to serious data issues for businesses Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Airbus investigates personnel data breach

Intruders were detected in the information systems of manufacturer’s commercial aircraft business, highlighting the need for a new approach to data protection Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

How Airbus handles IoT network traffic in manufacturing

The internet of things is set to power the fourth industrial revolution, providing data to optimise manufacturing. Airbus is starting to put sensors in aircraft assembly Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Facebook profit up despite privacy failings

Social media giant reports profit gains for the last quarter and the past year, despite a string of privacy blunders that came to light in 2018 Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

A datacentre in a church: Welcome to the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre

A chapel wouldn't be top of the list of locations for a supercomputer, but it’s the location for the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

Government launches data trust programme

Digital secretary Jeremy Wright sets out plans for scheme using data sharing to tackle global challenges such as illegal wildlife trade and food waste Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

AXA recruits AI assistants in back office

Insurance giant is deploying software robots to take over repetitive tasks and free up humans to do more analytical work Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Increased protectionism could curb digital M&As

Businesses may link up with a digital-native business to accelerate their digitisation strategy – but anti-competition authorities are watching Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Apple reports lower Q4 2018 due to decline in iPhone sales

CEO Tim Cook defends company's battery replacement decision, which makes older iPhones last longer Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

5 data management infrastructure technologies to evaluate

It's the start of a new year -- is your organization ready to face the data management challenges ahead? Here are five technologies to consider adopting. Continue Reading

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• Chris Foot

Government makes progress on green IT, according to report

Defra report on sustainable digital services shows improvements have been made, but highlights challenges with legacy systems and waste, as well as the importance of departments measuring progress Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

No-deal Brexit would undermine digital economy, BCS warns

Skills, funding and the free flow of data are all at risk, says the chartered institute for IT Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

IT leaders grapple with workforce skills gap as they deploy AI and digital technology

Organisations will have to find new ways of reskilling their workforce as they get to grips with artificial intelligence and other digital technologies. CIOs also need to keep their skills updated if they are to succeed Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

A vintage digital transformation for Majestic Wines

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the digital transformation of retailer Majestic Wines, and find out how buying online rival Naked Wines led to a cloud-led overhaul of the firm’s IT. We look at the challenges for IT managers as they prepare for the end of Windows 7 support in January 2020. And our latest buyer’s guide discusses deep learning technology. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Personal records of HIV-positive individuals in Singapore leaked online

The personal information of 14,200 people with the human immunodeficiency virus was leaked by an American who lived in Singapore Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Brexit won’t curb IT spending

Analyst Gartner expects organisations to carry on buying more IT to support digitisation initiatives Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Data protection practices still poor, survey shows

Despite concerns over privacy and data protection and a greater understanding of best security practices, individuals and businesses are still falling short, a survey reveals Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Minister urges UK firms to prepare for no-deal Brexit

On International Data Protection Day, the UK’s digital minister has added her voice to calls by the data protection watchdog for UK firms to prepare for a no-deal Brexit Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

UK IT spending worth £27bn held back due to Brexit uncertainty

UK businesses are putting billions of pounds of IT investments on hold until they know the terms that the UK will leave the EU Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Hong Kong’s JOS eyes Singapore IT services market

The IT services firm claims to have an edge in being less rigid than larger rivals in pushing for specific IT implementation methodologies that may not suit the needs of mid-tier customers Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Brexit and data protection: What’s next?

PA Consulting assesses how a no-deal Brexit would affect the flow of data from the UK into and out of Europe Continue Reading

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• Annelie van Milink

Vodafone suspends use of Huawei hardware

Vodafone’s UK CEO has said the operator will ‘pause’ its use of Huawei hardware for the foreseeable future Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

ICO adds to guidance on ‘no-deal’ Brexit

The UK’s privacy watchdog has been advising UK firms to prepare for a no-deal Brexit and has added some guidance for SMEs Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Tech Nation announces fourth cohort for Upscale programme

Startups will receive six months of coaching and take part in workshops, mentoring sessions and networking opportunities with the programme’s alumni Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Google petitions Supreme Court to reconsider Android Java ruling

Google’s legal chief claims Oracle’s copyright ruling on Java software interfaces will damage software development Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Former EU data protection tsar joins ICO

Former EU data protection supervisor joins the UK’s privacy watchdog as non-executive director, strengthening its commitment to international work Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

A cloud compliance checklist for the GDPR age

The cloud is supposed to make things simpler, but when it comes to compliance, things can get complex. Here is a look at the essential elements of a cloud compliance strategy Continue Reading

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• Stephen Pritchard

Chinese government grants BT new powers

Enhanced operating licences improve telco’s ability to work with customers in China Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

The presence of tech in the Stonewall 100

Each year, charity Stonewall releases a list of the top 100 LGBT+ employers. As technology becomes such a huge part of so many businesses, it has slowly begun to feature on the list Continue Reading

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• Clare McDonald, Business Editor

How to prepare for the UK’s uncertain Brexit terms

Analyst firm Gartner looks at the main business continuity plans that need to be in place Continue Reading

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• Peter Aykens

IBM reports growing interest in multicloud

As it gets ready to onboard Red Hat, IBM claims its multicloud business has a lot of potential Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Lloyds Bank to migrate from IT alphabet spaghetti to Google-like simplicity sounds easy, but…TSB

Lloyds Bank wants to move customers to a Google inspired banking platform Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Thales eSecurity spins out nCipher

After just over a decade, Thales eSecurity has announced that it has spun out HSM specialist nCipher, the UK-based encryption firm it acquired for $100m in 2008 Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Lloyds Bank to migrate hundreds of thousands of customers to Google-inspired fintech

Following its announcement that it was exploring the use of a fintech platform, Lloyds Bank has been quick to plan customer migration Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

CIO interview: Charles Ewen, Met Office

The Met Office’s CIO is working on a new, digital approach, using supercomputers, establishing pioneering partnerships and creating change Continue Reading

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• Mark Samuels