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2016 Stories
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April 18, 2016
18Apr2016
News
CIO interview: Gerard Spans, Arcadis
The CIO of the Netherlands-based global design and consulting company tells Computer Weekly how he manages the three responsibilities which he sees as the future of his role Continue Reading
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April 18, 2016
18Apr2016
E-Handbook
How to enhance your network for the future
The world of networking is broad in its scope, and touches on almost every other aspect of enterprise IT. A slow running network is a main concern of businesses, with most believing this means an infrastructure upgrade is needed. But, by assuming ... Continue Reading
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April 18, 2016
18Apr2016
News
Government CTO Liam Maxwell to leave GDS for new job as digital czar
Liam Maxwell's new role as national technology advisor will help to develop the UK's digital economy Continue Reading
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April 15, 2016
15Apr2016
News
Capgemini to build 100-strong team of blockchain specialists
The IT services firm is building a team of 100 blockchain experts as banks start to consider the technology as the future of financial services Continue Reading
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April 15, 2016
15Apr2016
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Bloor Security
A look at the latest trends in IT security from the experts at Bloor Security. Continue Reading
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April 15, 2016
15Apr2016
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Collaboration Technology 2.0
Ian White and Michael Pincher discuss the latest trends and technologies in collaboration software. Continue Reading
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April 15, 2016
15Apr2016
News
Israeli volunteers ready their cyber defences as Anonymous affiliates attack
Every April, Israel braces itself for an onslaught from pro-Palestinian hackers, but the occupants of a small conference room in Tel Aviv stand in their way Continue Reading
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April 15, 2016
15Apr2016
News
E-commerce struggles for growth in Asean countries
Online retail market growth in the Asean nations remains slow but nonetheless significant, according to a survey of consumer habits in the region Continue Reading
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April 15, 2016
15Apr2016
Blog Post
Universal Credit shows it is time to make all major government projects open and transparent
After four years of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) spending taxpayers' money on legal fees to prevent the release of key Universal Credit documents, the only surprise revealed by their ... Continue Reading
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April 15, 2016
15Apr2016
News
BBC turns micro:bit computers into IoT devices
The BBC and Nominet demonstrate a new use case for the micro:bit computer and hope to turn Britain’s schoolchildren into internet of things pioneers Continue Reading
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April 15, 2016
15Apr2016
News
Australian universities increase IT spending well above global average
Australian universities are increasing their IT spending as they improve learning and operational efficiency Continue Reading
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April 14, 2016
14Apr2016
News
NHS England shares results of trusts' digital maturity self-assessments
Data suggests Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust come out on top in NHS England’s digital maturity assessment Continue Reading
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April 14, 2016
14Apr2016
News
EE, Qualcomm bring freestyle drone racing to Wembley Stadium
Spectator sports status beckons as the European Rotor Sports Association live streams over the EE 4G network Continue Reading
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April 14, 2016
14Apr2016
News
Social media could be used to identify refugees, says fintech founder
A panel at the Innovate Finance Summit 2016 discussed ways refugees could access funds, including digital identities, smartphones and peer-to-peer applications Continue Reading
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April 14, 2016
14Apr2016
In Depth
CW@50: The changing face of the datacentre over the past 50 years
As Computer Weekly prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary, we take a look back at how the design and role of the datacentre has changed over the past five decades Continue Reading
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April 14, 2016
14Apr2016
Photo Story
April 5, 1984, Man makes sure of control beyond the final frontier
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April 14, 2016
14Apr2016
Photo Story
April 17, 1969, Pilot ACE made history for the NPL in the former butler’s pantry
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April 14, 2016
14Apr2016
Photo Story
CW@50: What was making the news in April?
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April 14, 2016
14Apr2016
Photo Story
April 8, 1971: The constant interchange
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April 14, 2016
14Apr2016
Photo Story
April 17, 1969: Paper v Cards
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April 14, 2016
14Apr2016
Photo Story
April 12, 1969: Tracing the steps of the Ferranti Mark I
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April 14, 2016
14Apr2016
Photo Story
April 24, 1969: Leo 1 – the story of a revolution
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April 14, 2016
14Apr2016
Photo Story
April 5, 1973: ICL confident over new data entry division
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April 14, 2016
14Apr2016
Photo Story
April 17, 1969, Successful career of Lab’s first computer
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April 14, 2016
14Apr2016
Photo Story
April 5, 1973: Farewell to Atlas
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April 14, 2016
14Apr2016
Photo Story
April 3, 1969: Bank’s online system ready to go live
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April 14, 2016
14Apr2016
Photo Story
Computer Weekly@50: What was happening in IT in April over the years
We trawl The National Museum of Computing archives to present a history of IT, looking at what was happening in the month of April over the last 50 years Continue Reading
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April 13, 2016
13Apr2016
News
NCA attempts 'back door' access to obtain activist Lauri Love’s passwords
Court told that use of civil proceedings to force disclosure of alleged hacker Lauri Love's passwords is disproportionate and would breach human rights law Continue Reading
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April 13, 2016
13Apr2016
In Depth
Singapore’s Jurong Health Services: Transforming healthcare through data technologies
Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH) is being recognised for its high standards of data use Continue Reading
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April 12, 2016
12Apr2016
News
UK poised to lead global fintech sector, says Tech City chair Eileen Burbidge
Tech City chair and venture capital expert says the UK is in a position to become a world leader in financial services and sheds light on how cloud can provide failing firms with a stay of execution Continue Reading
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April 12, 2016
12Apr2016
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DWP knew of Universal Credit problems in mid-2012 despite insisting all was well
Documents released after a four-year legal battle show that DWP officials knew of problems with Universal Credit in 2012 despite insisting it was on time and budget Continue Reading
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April 12, 2016
12Apr2016
E-Zine
How IT in a portacabin supports £1bn London Bridge station overhaul
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how a temporary IT set-up based in a portacabin is supporting the UK’s largest critical infrastructure project – the £1bn redevelopment of London Bridge train station. Our latest buyer’s guide looks at ... Continue Reading
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April 11, 2016
11Apr2016
News
QA launches cyber attack defence training facility in London
Training firm QA launches a cyber attack simulation facility in London to enable organisations to test and learn cyber defence skills Continue Reading
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April 11, 2016
11Apr2016
News
Activist Lauri Love faces order to disclose encryption keys
The UK’s National Crime Agency takes an unusual legal step to force a former university student accused of hacking to disclose encryption keys Continue Reading
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April 11, 2016
11Apr2016
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IT specialist sentenced for stealing NHS computer equipment
A former NHS IT worker is convicted of stealing hospital computer equipment from Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation trust and selling them on eBay Continue Reading
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April 11, 2016
11Apr2016
News
Hyperoptic launches FTTP services in Brighton
Hyperoptic rolls out its fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) broadband service to housing developments in Brighton Continue Reading
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April 11, 2016
11Apr2016
News
BBC outsources finance and accounting technology to IBM
IBM will take over the BBC’s accounting and payroll services from SopraSteria in November 2016 as part of a five-year contract Continue Reading
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April 08, 2016
08Apr2016
News
CIOs lack faith in IT’s ability to meet digital demands of business
VCE research suggests IT departments lack confidence in their ability to meet the digital demands of their organisation Continue Reading
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April 08, 2016
08Apr2016
In Depth
CW@50: Storage – From punched cards to flash and the cloud
Since the launch of Computer Weekly in 1966, we have moved from a world of punched cards and paper tape to one where flash and the cloud have revolutionised data storage Continue Reading
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April 08, 2016
08Apr2016
News
Interview: GDS CTO Liam Maxwell and deputy CTO Andy Beale
Government Digital Service’s Liam Maxwell and Andy Beale talk about the service’s future, its relationship with departments, tactical outsourcing extensions and lessons learned Continue Reading
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April 07, 2016
07Apr2016
Blog Post
In the digital revolution, the Luddites are the ones in charge
Between 1811 and 1813, English textile workers and weavers conducted a campaign of protests, sabotage and occasional rioting against the spread of new technology that threatened their livelihoods ... Continue Reading
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April 07, 2016
07Apr2016
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Pfizer collaborates with IBM to use IoT to support Parkinson's treatment
Pfizer and IBM plan to work together on using IoT to monitor patients remotely to help in drug development and clinical therapies for Parkinson’s disease Continue Reading
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April 07, 2016
07Apr2016
News
Digital Leaders Awards open for public vote
The Digital Leaders 100 is open for a public vote to decide the winners of this year’s awards, including Digital Leader and FinTech Innovation of the Year Continue Reading
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April 07, 2016
07Apr2016
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CIO interview: Jean-Christophe Lalanne, CIO, Air France-KLM, on why WANs win business
Operating at locations around the world, the WAN is key to business success for airline Air France-KLM, says its global CIO, Jean-Christophe Lalanne Continue Reading
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April 06, 2016
06Apr2016
News
SSE Enterprise Telecoms connects customers over CityFibre network
SSE Enterprise Telecoms becomes the first customer on CityFibre’s recently acquired long-haul national fibre network Continue Reading
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April 06, 2016
06Apr2016
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Panama Papers revealed by graph database visualisation software
The 11.5 million files leaked from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca are being interrogated by journalists using a combination of Neo4j’s graph database and data visualisation software Linkurious Continue Reading
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April 06, 2016
06Apr2016
In Depth
CW@50: From ICL to ITIL
Standardisation helps industries to grow. Here in the UK, a number of highly influential standards emerged that have become building blocks for the modern computer industry Continue Reading
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April 06, 2016
06Apr2016
News
Local Digital Coalition to advance local government digital projects
Organisation takes over from Department for Communities and Local Government’s local digital programme with the aim of delivering joined-up local services Continue Reading
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April 05, 2016
05Apr2016
News
SimpliVity adds Hyper-V support to hyper-converged products
Hyper-converged appliance maker adds Hyper-V support to VMware ESXi capabilities and upgrades OmniStack software to support workload optimisation on SimpliVity clusters Continue Reading
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April 05, 2016
05Apr2016
News
Highways England to test driverless cars on UK motorways
Agency sets out strategy for connected vehicles and promises to test fully-autonomous cars on motorway network in 2017 Continue Reading
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April 05, 2016
05Apr2016
E-Zine
Seven steps to digital leadership
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at the key characteristics of successful leaders as digital transformation becomes a business priority. We examine Microsoft’s plans for exploiting the internet of things and the role of its Azure cloud ... Continue Reading
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April 05, 2016
05Apr2016
Photo Story
Kandu can do
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April 05, 2016
05Apr2016
Photo Story
IT journalists fail to cause downtime
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April 05, 2016
05Apr2016
Photo Story
Proof of the pudding
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April 05, 2016
05Apr2016
Photo Story
Britain from above
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April 05, 2016
05Apr2016
Photo Story
Broadband at 30,000 feet: on board with Gogo's 2Ku
Computer Weekly joined in-flight broadband provider Gogo on board their flying laboratory 30,000 feet above southern England to test out their speed claims Continue Reading
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April 05, 2016
05Apr2016
Photo Story
The future of in-flight entertainment?
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April 05, 2016
05Apr2016
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On board the Jimmy Ray
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April 05, 2016
05Apr2016
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Modman management
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April 05, 2016
05Apr2016
News
John Lewis launches 2016 round of accelerator programme Jlab
Retailer John Lewis launches the 2016 round of Jlab, a programme designed to bring innovation and disruption to the retail industry with technology startups Continue Reading
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April 05, 2016
05Apr2016
News
'Citizens will be stripped naked' by Turkey’s data law
Turkey's data protection law, introduced in March 2016, will make Turkey a near total surveillance state, yet the EU, apparently more concerned about securing Turkey's help in controlling immigration, is turning a blind eye Continue Reading
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April 04, 2016
04Apr2016
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UK campaign launched against location data security risks
UK consumers are unwittingly signing up to be location tracked and this data is being used and sold on for commercial benefit, warns privacy campaign Continue Reading
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April 01, 2016
01Apr2016
News
IT services firm creates 500 jobs in Welsh local authority
IT services firm CGI creates 500 jobs in south Wales following a £3.2m investment from the Welsh government Continue Reading
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March 31, 2016
31Mar2016
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DDoS attacks on universities normally performed by “disgruntled” students or employees
The majority of distributed denial of service attacks on universities are made by students or employees, says the head of infrastructure services at the University of London Continue Reading
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March 31, 2016
31Mar2016
News
Adwind at centre of cyber attack on Singapore bank
Kaspersky Lab has revealed that the Adwind malware-as-a-service platform was at the centre of an attack on a Singapore bank Continue Reading
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March 31, 2016
31Mar2016
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Businesses should help shape graduates, says Hitachi Data Systems COO
Lynn Collier, COO of Hitachi Data Systems, wants businesses to collaborate with educational institutions to ensure young people gain the right skills Continue Reading
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March 30, 2016
30Mar2016
News
Zerto adds file level recovery to Virtual Replication
Cross-hypervisor, storage-agnostic Zerto Virtual Replication version 4.5 allows customers to recover files to any point in time, such as prior to deletion, virus or corruption Continue Reading
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March 30, 2016
30Mar2016
In Depth
CW@50: Fertile British breeding grounds for information security innovation
Computer Weekly is marking its 50th anniversary this year with a series of articles celebrating 50 years of British technology innovation. In this article, we look at the evolution of information security threats and some of the British innovation ... Continue Reading
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March 30, 2016
30Mar2016
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HMRC reaches agreement with IT suppliers on Aspire contract exit
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) plans on going to market next month for a number of smaller IT services contracts for a phased exit of its Aspire outsourcing deal Continue Reading
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March 30, 2016
30Mar2016
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Centrica deploys large scale Hortonworks cluster to boost business
Utility company Centrica is looking at how to grow the business by harvesting data lakes Continue Reading
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March 30, 2016
30Mar2016
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Security should be driven by business, says Corvid’s Andrew Nanson
Information security should be business-driven and investments assessed for their effectiveness and business value, according to Corvid CTO Continue Reading
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March 30, 2016
30Mar2016
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British-Swedish research team breaks spectrum efficiency record
Engineers at the University of Bristol and the University of Lund show how a multiple antenna system can offer a 12-fold increase in mobile spectrum efficiency Continue Reading
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March 30, 2016
30Mar2016
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New Chelmsford housing estate has FTTP built in
Developers Countryside and L&Q deploy full fibre broadband services on their Beaulieu residential development in Chelmsford, Essex Continue Reading
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March 29, 2016
29Mar2016
News
Cyber criminals use Microsoft PowerShell in ransomware attacks
A newly discovered family of ransomware, dubbed PowerWare, uses Microsoft PowerShell to target organisations through macro-enabled documents Continue Reading
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March 29, 2016
29Mar2016
News
OSNexus unlocks Ceph object storage in QuantaStor v4
Software-defined storage maker OSNexus adds Ceph-based object storage to its QuantaStor product, adding it to block and file storage from ZFS, Gluster and Ceph Continue Reading
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March 29, 2016
29Mar2016
In Depth
Hunters: a rare but essential breed of enterprise cyber defenders
They wait, they watch, they search the outer reaches of networks and the darkest corners of the web, setting traps, crafting tools, collecting evidence and going in pursuit: they are the hunters Continue Reading
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March 29, 2016
29Mar2016
News
Dell offloads services arm to fund EMC acquisition
Dell dumps its services business as it gets ready to take over EMC Continue Reading
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March 29, 2016
29Mar2016
News
Apple vows to raise security as FBI breaks into iPhone
Apple says it will help law enforcement with investigations, but will increase the security of its products after the FBI broke into an iPhone Continue Reading
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March 29, 2016
29Mar2016
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DNB to close 59 branches in Norway as online banking dominates
Norwegian bank DNB is closing branches and cutting jobs as more customers move to digital channels Continue Reading
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March 24, 2016
24Mar2016
News
The dawn of managed services in the Middle East
Managed services are on the up in the Middle East, with enterprises looking at ways to support critical infrastructures while they invest in new technologies Continue Reading
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March 24, 2016
24Mar2016
Blog Post
Are there more changes ahead for the Government Digital Service?
As we all know, the Government Digital Service (GDS) was awarded £450m by George Osborne in his Autumn Statement last year. A business plan detailing how that money will be spent was due to be ... Continue Reading
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March 24, 2016
24Mar2016
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Government warned of smart meter security threat back in 2012
The government was warned four years ago that its plans for a nationwide smart meter roll-out represented a “potentially significant” security and privacy threat, Computer Weekly has learned Continue Reading
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March 24, 2016
24Mar2016
News
CIO interview: Martin Uudelepp, Fonus Group
The interim CIO of Swedish family law and funeral group Fonus tells Computer Weekly about his role as a “chaos pilot” Continue Reading
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March 24, 2016
24Mar2016
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Businesses urged to update Apple software to dodge zero-day attacks
Security experts are urging Apple Mac, iPhone and iPad users to update their operating systems to avoid data-stealing attacks that exploit a new zero-day vulnerability Continue Reading
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March 24, 2016
24Mar2016
News
The Israeli companies disrupting mobile technology
Israel's high-tech startups are developing innovative technology that will bring new capabilities to consumers and mobile phone operators Continue Reading
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March 24, 2016
24Mar2016
News
Metcalfe’s law of connections will drive digital business value
Robert Metcalfe, the co-inventor of Ethernet, proposed that the value of network cards increases as the number of networked devices grows Continue Reading
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March 23, 2016
23Mar2016
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Danish utility NRGi goes offshore for IT platform transformation
Danish utilty NRGi has outsourced its IT to Indian services supplier Wipro as it attempts to transform its operations amid increased competition Continue Reading
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March 23, 2016
23Mar2016
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GDS preps guidance for third-party suppliers to deliver 'government as a platform'
Government Digital Service (GDS) chief insists "pragmatic extensions" to outsourcing contracts implies nothing permanent in push for "government as a platform" (GaaP) Continue Reading
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March 23, 2016
23Mar2016
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Canadian Elizabeth Denham set for the UK's next information commissioner
Canadian privacy commissioner Elizabeth Denham is to become the UK's next information commissioner as government pushes ahead with the snoopers' charter Continue Reading
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March 23, 2016
23Mar2016
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US hospital claims to have fought off a ransomware attack
A hospital in Kentucky claims to have regained control of its IT systems five days after cyber criminals hit it with a ransomware attack Continue Reading
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March 23, 2016
23Mar2016
In Depth
How to manage IT access for external users
Identity and access management has extended from being solely an internal IT management process to focus on external business engagement too Continue Reading
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March 23, 2016
23Mar2016
News
Gov.uk Verify not secure enough for NHS, says HSCIC
The government’s Verify identity verification platform isn’t secure enough for the NHS, so Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group and HSCIC are working to add extra levels of security Continue Reading
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March 23, 2016
23Mar2016
News
Android Pay UK launch announced by Google
Google is entering the UK mobile phone payments market, with Android Pay expected to be available in months Continue Reading
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March 22, 2016
22Mar2016
News
AWS and Microsoft UK datacentre plans could upset SME-rich Digital Marketplace, Kable warns
SME G-Cloud providers told to brace themselves for increasing competitive threats from AWS, Microsoft and Oracle once their UK datacentres open Continue Reading
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March 22, 2016
22Mar2016
News
Akamai report raises questions over UK broadband stats
Akamai’s latest 'State of the internet' report claims UK average broadband speeds may not be rising as fast as hoped or claimed Continue Reading
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March 22, 2016
22Mar2016
In Depth
CW@50: From Captain Kirk to 5G – 50 years of mobile
As Computer Weekly prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of our first edition in 1966, we look back at 50 years of British innovation and development in mobile networking Continue Reading
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March 22, 2016
22Mar2016
E-Zine
How cloud keeps train passengers informed in a storm
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how UK National Rail Enquiries looked to cloud technology after its popular travel information service was overwhelmed by bad weather. We analyse telecoms regulator Ofcom’s review of the broadband market ... Continue Reading
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March 21, 2016
21Mar2016
Blog Post
What now for Universal Credit - and could Iain Duncan Smith quitting lift the veil of secrecy?
Amid all the political fallout and the carnage within the Conservative Party since the shock resignation of work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith last week, many observers have started ... Continue Reading
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March 21, 2016
21Mar2016
News
Norway’s Storebrand chooses Cognizant for digital transformation
Norwegian financial services firm becomes the latest Nordic-based organisation to sign a major IT outsourcing deal with an India-based supplier Continue Reading
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March 21, 2016
21Mar2016
News
Britain to pay billions for monster internet surveillance network
New questions raised about Britain’s snoopers’ charter after Denmark abandons its own UK-style surveillance programme for a second time Continue Reading