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Police take action against cyber extortion gang DD4BC

Police have made one arrest and gathered evidence in searches of properties in an international operation aimed at cyber extortion gang DD4BC Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

India still top destination for global service delivery

Technological development and changing model for offshore business services and IT could threaten India’s dominance Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

How open source is beating proprietary software

In this week’s Computer Weekly, our latest buyer’s guide assesses the impact of open source software on corporate IT and how its growth is underpinning the digital revolution. We examine the prospects for cloud in financial services as regulators give their approval. And we ask if Uber is really part of a new business model for the so-called sharing economy. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

ICO reiterates call for stronger sentences for data theft

The information commissioner (ICO) reiterates his call for stronger sentences for data theft after a court fined a woman just £1,000 for selling 28,000 customer records Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

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 Continue Reading

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• Ai Lei Tao

Blackpool becomes third NHS trust to get open-source EPR

Open-source electronic patient records continue to gain traction in the NHS as Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust signs up Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Tech firms critical of UK draft Investigatory Powers Bill

Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo say they are particularly concerned about six key aspects of the UK's draft Investigatory Powers Bill Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Mixed prospects for IT spending in Europe

Europe’s economies have varying expectations for IT spending over the next couple of years as the global market sees moderate growth Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Gov.uk notifications platform to begin sending texts and emails

Latest project in government-as-a-platform strategy aims to make it easier to keep individuals informed about applications and services Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

CIO interview: Mats Hultin, Saab Group

Saab Group's CIO talks to Computer Weekly about the huge challenge of integrating 40 separate IT organisations into one Continue Reading

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• Jenny Stadigs

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 Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

HSBC suffers major online banking failure

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

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Interview: James Bamford on surveillance, Snowden and technology companies

Investigative journalist and documentary maker James Bamford was among the first to uncover the secrets of the US National Security Agency and its global surveillance Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Fears of software skills shortage in Germany and the Netherlands

Organisations in Germany and the Netherlands are struggling to fill positions for software developers as they digitise Continue Reading

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• Rian van Heur

Asean countries consider IoT for smart farming

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

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• Ai Lei Tao

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 Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

CIO interview: Chris Hewertson, CTO at hotel group GLH

Chris Hewertson combines the responsibilities of a chief technology officer and CIO with the aim of customer-focused technology transformation Continue Reading

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• Mark Samuels

Top 10 IT outsourcing stories of 2015

IT outsourcing is as popular as ever to organisations that want to focus on core business. Here we look at some of the top articles on the subject in 2015 Continue Reading

Top 10 financial services IT stories of 2015

The financial services industry is undergoing unprecedented change, driven by IT and regulation. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

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 Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

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 Continue Reading

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• Clare McDonald, Business Editor

Top 10 cyber crime stories of 2015

Computer Weekly takes a look back at the top cyber crime stories of 2015 Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Royal Mail acquires cloud platform

Royal Mail acquires cloud-based delivery company as automation and better use of data become essential in a rapidly changing sector Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

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 Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

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 Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

National security ‘not affected’ by failed e-Borders programme, says Home Office

Despite the key Warnings Index system suffering an average of two high-priority incidents a week – such as a system component not being available – Home Office officials deny it causes risk to national security Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Etihad Airways chooses Cognizant to support digital transformation

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

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Cloud IT is helping Uefa meet its goals

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how cloud computing is helping European football federation Uefa with preparations for the Euro2016 tournament. We ask if UK government moves to support IT education are enough to bridge the skills gap. And we examine the new international standard for personal data privacy in the cloud and what it means for suppliers. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

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 Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

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 Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

IT industry needs people with emotional intelligence, says Network Rail CIO

As Network Rail’s third ‘Could IT be you?’ competition draws to a close, the company’s CIO explains why the project was launched Continue Reading

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• Clare McDonald, Business Editor

Case study: Airbus sets out challenges of changing IT supplier

Aircraft manufacturer sets out what it learned from switching IT provider after 12 years of working together Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

Eight startups selected for Cyber London security accelerator programme

Cyber London has selected startups from the UK, Finland, Hungary, Israel, Brazil and South Africa for its second cyber security accelerator programme Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

UK firms act quickly to fix payment card data encryption

Security firm found that 16 global companies had failed to effectively encrypt traffic to the payment portion of their websites and apps Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Datacentre operators must "open up" to close industry skills gap, claims IO

IO business development director Andrew Roughan said more must be done to encourage a wider range and higher number people into the datacentre industry Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

HPE goes live with Europe-wide cloud service catalogue

HPE’s Cloud 28+ service catalogue is open for business and hopes to encourage wider take-up of off-premises services across the continent Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

How to deal with the aftermath of a data breach

Considering that a data breach could happen to any company, at any time, a plan of action is the best tactic Continue Reading

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• Dan Raywood

EE and Motorola confirmed as ESN suppliers by Home Office

EE and Motorola have been formally selected to provide a resilient national 4G network for the UK’s ambulance, fire and police services Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Russian big data in early stages

The use of big data technologies in Russia is still embryonic and the economic slowdown is stalling developments Continue Reading

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• Vladimir Kozlov

The FCA is open to cloud – but what of the firms it regulates?

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says cloud computing – even in its public form – is acceptable for finance organisations Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Volvo finance department expands system support beyond Sweden

Volvo Group Treasury has extended an outsourcing agreement with Virtusa to give it the same support response times worldwide Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

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 Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Australian police raid home of alleged Bitcoin inventor

Australian police say a raid on a home in Sydney is not related to reports that the owner is the co-inventor of Bitcoin sitting on a fortune $415m Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

National roll-out of Universal Credit digital service to begin in May 2016

The Universal Credit digital service will be rolled out to five job centres a month from May 2016, says the Department for Work and Pensions Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

The next stage in quantum key distribution

Authentication schemes based on quantum physics are emerging to address the growing number of ways to compromise data traffic Continue Reading

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• Peter Ray Allison

Low-cost Nordics expect datacentre growth

The Nordics offers advantages as a datacentre location, with each of its five countries offering something different Continue Reading

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• David Nikel

Sweden considers writing off IT student loans to attract more women

Sweden is considering writing off student loans for women who study IT in an attempt to improve the gender balance in the sector to support digitisation Continue Reading

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• Eeva Haaramo

Cyber attacks an increasing concern for Asean countries

Organisations in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are increasingly the targets for cyber criminals, according to a report focused on the region Continue Reading

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• Zafar Anjum

Change is in the air as Australia's Royal Flying Doctor Service applies analytics to everything

Australia's Royal Flying Doctor Service unearths additional benefits of data analytics following its decision to use Splunk software to analyse operational logs Continue Reading

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• David Braue

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 Continue Reading

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• Beverley Head

India’s HCL opens Estonian operation to support Nordic customers

HCL Technologies opens an Estonian delivery centre which will support customers across Europe, including those in the Nordic region Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Wetherspoon pub chain warns customers of data breach

Discovery of a data breach at JD Wetherspoons comes hard on the heels of a breach at TalkTalk, underlining the importance of keeping customer data safe Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

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 Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Home Office e-Borders programme costs to reach £1.1bn by 2019, says NAO report

The failed e-Borders programme has cost £830m to date, with a further £275m projected costs before the Home Office produces new systems in-house, due to go live in 2019 Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

UKtech50 2015 - The most influential people in UK IT

Computer Weekly's annual search for the 50 most influential people in the UK tech scene is complete - meet the winners Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

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 Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

The US and China agree more steps to fight cyber crime

The US and China have made progress in expanding co-operation on cyber crime as China claims criminals and not state-backed hackers broke into the US Office of Personnel Management Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Workday ringfences support in Europe after Safe Harbour ruled unsafe

US cloud HR and financial services provider reponds to Safe Harbour failure by ringfencing European data Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

UKtech50 2015 - The most influential people in UK IT

Computer Weekly has announced the sixth annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK IT sector Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Interview: BT CEO Gavin Patterson

For BT CEO Gavin Patterson, the UKtech50 most influential person in UK IT 2015, the network is a vital tool to balance the demands of a global services business with the responsibility of being the national incumbent telecoms operator Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

UKtech50 2015 - Computer Weekly's five rising stars

We select five IT leaders destined for great things, to recognise the rising stars of IT alongside our annual list of the 50 most influential people in UK technology Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Security analytics needs practical approach, says Fico Ciso Vickie Miller

Analytics must form part of a comprehensive defence-in-depth strategy, according to chief information security officer (Ciso) Vickie Miller at software firm Fico Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Balancing speed and risk in IT projects

In this week’s Computer Weekly, as IT leaders face boardroom pressure to roll out IT projects ever more quickly, we examine how to do that without running unacceptable risks. Michael Dell talks about how he sees the future for his company when it buys EMC in the largest IT acquisition in history. And we hear from IT chiefs about the challenges of implementing DevOps. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Infinity SDC sells Slough datacentre assets to rival Virtus

Virtus expands greater London datacentre portfolio by purchasing rival's colocation facility in Slough Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

CIO interview: Jesper Riis, DSV

IT plays a business-critical role at Danish logistics and transportation company DSV. CIO Jesper Riis tells Computer Weekly about his current challenges Continue Reading

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• Jenny Stadigs

Rural payments problems led to 40% increase in costs, says NAO report

Inappropriate behaviour and too much focus on IT procurement led to rural payments programme costs spiralling to 40% over budget, says National Audit Office report Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

GDS aims for £3.5bn savings using its £450m budget

The Government Digital Service plans £3.5bn in efficiency savings on the back of its £450m budget, including a £1.3bn saving from its government-as-a-platform programme Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

CIO interview: Abhilash Chacko, head of IT commercial, Gatwick Airport

Airport’s head of IT commercial seeks to abandon old ways of thinking and collaborate with airlines to use technology to improve the passenger experience Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Case study: Tideway uses private cloud to manage London ‘super sewer’ infrastructure

Infrastructure services director explains why Tideway has opted for a managed, private cloud setup to support sewer project Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

CIO interview: Turkka Keskinen, UPM

Finnish paper and forest products firm’s CIO tells Computer Weekly about the journey towards cloud-only IT Continue Reading

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• Jenny Stadigs

Dridex banking Trojan regains strength to mount attacks on the UK

Fresh Dridex banking Trojan campaigns target the US, UK and France – despite a recent law enforcement takedown operation – warn security researchers Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Spending review: Osborne gives NHS £1bn for technology boost

The NHS will get £1bn to spend on technology – including an interoperable patient record system – chancellor George Osborne has announced Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Data breach hits Hilton Worldwide hotel chain

Hilton Worldwide says malware found its way onto point of sale (PoS) systems and enabled attackers to steal payment card information Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

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 Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

Defence review promises 1.2% of defence budget spend on technology

The government’s defence review highlights need for technology investment, innovative ideas and cyber security Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Technology helping to deliver aid for refugees

In this week's Computer Weekly, we find out how technology is helping to deliver vital aid to Syrian refugees in the Middle East. We look at the barriers to achieving the government's aim of a paperless NHS. And the CTO of special effects studio Framestore talks about the IT challenges behind hit movies such as Gravity. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Five key strategies for IoT success

Companies need to be agile because in some IoT systems, it will be a question of the winner taking it all, according to Kent Eriksson, IoT business consultant at PTC Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

UK and Estonia launch TechLink programme

The UK and Estonian governments are launching a TechLink programme to share best practice and innovations Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

CIO interview: Lone Bundgaard, Coloplast

IT development head at Danish medical products and services company plays core role in major change to how the company engages with its customers Continue Reading

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• Jenny Stadigs

HMRC Capgemini staff transfer consultation not as flexible as hoped, says union

With less than two weeks left until HMRC’s deadline for transferring 250 Capgemini staff in-house, talks aren’t going as well as hoped, says the Public and Commercial Services Union Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Coalition of top tech firms opposes weakened encryption

Weakening security with the aim of advancing security simply does not make sense, a coalition of top tech firms tells US president Barack Obama Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Group litigation against Post Office being prepared in Horizon dispute

Subpostmasters who believe they have been wrongly punished for misaccounting or theft due to flawed computer system prepare group legal action against Post Office Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Fujitsu UK CEO calls for more Stem on TV

Fujitsu’s UK and Ireland CEO Regina Moran argues for promoting science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) subjects and careers in the mainstream media Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Cyber security mindset needs to change, says report

Government organisations are prime targets for cyber attacks, leading to increased importance on robust information security, according to a report by Intel Security and the Digital Government Security Forum Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Whitehall IT chiefs open up about challenges of going cloud-first in central government

Whitehall IT chiefs talk about the progress they have made with abiding by the central government cloud-first mandate Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

Traditional datacentres ill-equipped to cope with IoT demands, warn technology experts

BBC data scientist and Coca Cola CTO question if the datacentre is the right place to store, process and analyse IoT data Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

Post Office IT support email reveals known Horizon flaw

An email from Post Office IT support reveals a problem with the Horizon system and supporting processes that could lead to accounting errors Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

George Soros backs IT services in eastern Europe

George Soros is investing in an IT company that delivers services to global companies from Ukraine Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Deutsche Bank signs India’s HCL Technologies for digital services and systems integration

Deutsche Bank is expanding its long-established relationship with IT services supplier HCL Technologies as it forges on with its digital transformation Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Does Cambridge University Hospital’s Epic project indicate NHS lacks capacity?

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s £200m eHospital project was seen as a model of how an NHS trust could revolutionise its IT, autonomously. A tale of over-ambition? Continue Reading

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• SA Mathieson

Irish hospital to offer patient access to records by November 2016

Galway Clinic plans a big-bang launch of its Meditech electronic medical record system, which includes a patient portal and mobile app Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

How Taiwan is building the internet of things

In this week's Computer Weekly, we meet the Taiwanese companies that are developing the technology building blocks for the internet of things. Our latest buyer's guide looks at the skills needed for modern IT leadership. And we examine the technology options to take superfast broadband speeds even higher. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Asean higher education institutions increase software and services spend

Higher education organisations in developed Asean countries are investing heavily in software and services as their IT use matures Continue Reading

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• Ai Lei Tao

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 Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

Three men charged over JP Morgan hacking and fraud

Exploiting the Heartbleed bug was one of the methods used by three men charged in connection with the theft of more than 100 million customer data records from financial institutions to carry out "pump and dump" fraud Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

NHS Education for Scotland chooses PA Consulting Group to develop digital learning resources

NHS Education for Scotland (NES) signs PA Consulting Group to develop its “one stop shop” digital platform of learning resources for NHS staff Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad

Ministry of Defence CIO explains defence as a platform

Mike Stone took to the stage at the Microsoft Future Decoded event to explain the Ministry of Defence’s plan for defence as a platform Continue Reading

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• Clare McDonald, Business Editor

Germany is finalising legislation to shore up CNI cyber security

Germany is working to ensure digital sovereignty through IT security legislation and negotiations on IT security regulations and transatlantic trade at a European Union level Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

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 Continue Reading

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• Krzysztof Polak

Boris Johnson lobbies for stronger UK technology ties with Israel

Mayor of London Boris Johnson wants Israel’s “top tech talent” to come to London and strengthen the UK’s technology partnership with the country Continue Reading

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• Lis Evenstad