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• February 23, 2016 23Feb2016 News

  Social engineering confirmed as top information security threat

  Cyber attackers shifted away from automated exploits in 2015 and instead tricked people into doing the dirty work, Proofpoint researchers found Continue Reading

• February 22, 2016 22Feb2016 News

  Dutch water wants to move beyond dipping its toes into big data pool

  Dutch water company Brabant Water wants to use data to improve the service it provides to customers, as well as identify problems on its distribution network Continue Reading

• February 22, 2016 22Feb2016 News

  Internet of things helps track endangered dugongs in the Philippines

  Fishermen in the Philippines are using smartphones and apps to help conservationists protect an endangered species Continue Reading

• February 22, 2016 22Feb2016 News

  HR technology heads to cloud in Finland

  Computer Weekly talked to Finnish experts about Finnish enterprises moving to cloud-based HR IT systems Continue Reading

• February 19, 2016 19Feb2016 Opinion

  Demystifying service delivery automation

  What is service delivery automation and what can it do for your organisation? Continue Reading

• February 19, 2016 19Feb2016 Blog Post

  Will Ofcom break up BT? Probably not - but it must enable fibre broadband fit for the future

  Next week sees an announcement that will set the scene for the next 20 years of the UK's digital infrastructure. Ofcom's review of the communications market is due out within days and its potential ... Continue Reading

• February 19, 2016 19Feb2016 News

  CIO interview: Catherine Doran, Royal Mail

  Royal Mail CIO talks about replacing legacy systems, new contracts and moving to a platform-based model Continue Reading

• February 19, 2016 19Feb2016 News

  HSBC launches biometric security for mobile banking in the UK

  Bank claims UK’s largest planned roll-out of voice biometric security technology, with more than 15 million customers in line for voice and fingerprint authentication services Continue Reading

• February 18, 2016 18Feb2016 News

  Media and marketing industries on the lookout for digital skills

  Creative industries such as media, marketing, advertising and sales place more value on digital skills than IT and telecoms sector does Continue Reading

• February 18, 2016 18Feb2016 News

  Mobile innovation shifts to smartphone services

  As smartphone sales continue to stagnate, suppliers are looking to innovate in more novel ways Continue Reading

• February 18, 2016 18Feb2016 E-Zine

  CW Europe: February 2016

  In Europe cloud is restricted and hybrid setups make use of local compute and storage. Continue Reading

• February 18, 2016 18Feb2016 News

  CIO interview: Nick Hopkinson, Devon Partnership NHS Trust

  NHS trust’s CIO aims to deliver digital technology that helps clinicians spend more time with patients Continue Reading

• February 17, 2016 17Feb2016 News

  Middle East telecoms operators face up to IoT smart city challenges

  As smart city initiatives spring up in the Middle East, telecoms operators contend with the strain of the internet of things (IoT) on networks Continue Reading

• February 17, 2016 17Feb2016 News

  Case study: SEO startup uses Elastichosts’ containers to solve cloud app scalability issues

  Search engine optimisation startup talks about the challenges of running unpredictable, resource-hungry applications in the cloud Continue Reading

• February 17, 2016 17Feb2016 News

  BBC Three moves online-only as broadcaster embraces digital audience

  The BBC channel aimed at younger viewers, BBC Three, broadcast its last night as a TV channel before moving to online-only viewing Continue Reading

• February 17, 2016 17Feb2016 News

  Electronics supplier RS Components outsources business process systems in online push

  Electronics manufacturer RS Components outsources its corporate software development to Atos in a bid to modernise its customer services Continue Reading

• February 17, 2016 17Feb2016 News

  New optical receiver technology could slash the cost of FTTP

  A team of researchers at University College London has developed a new design of optical receiver that they claim could dramatically reduce the costs of deploying FTTP broadband Continue Reading

• February 17, 2016 17Feb2016 News

  Judge orders Apple to unlock San Bernardino gunman’s iPhone

  A US judge has ordered Apple to help the FBI bypass the auto-erase function on the San Bernardino gunman's iPhone to find the passcode and access data, but the company says it will contest the order Continue Reading

• February 17, 2016 17Feb2016 News

  HMRC shares details of IT transformation plans

  HM Revenue & Customs has published its IT strategy outlining how it plans to transform its IT estate by taking a platform approach, moving to virtual infrastructure and cloud-based services Continue Reading

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  BriForum 2016 London on 19-20 May

  BriForum 2016 is the biggest desktop virtualisation event in the UK, expertly curated to maximise your time out of the office. This year we will be offering over 55 vendor-neutral sessions to discuss the top VDI issues. Continue Reading

• February 16, 2016 16Feb2016 News

  Mobile apps could put an end to ‘hated’ staff appraisals

  Josh Bersin, founder of Bersin by Deloitte, reveals the top HR technology trends for 2016 Continue Reading

• February 16, 2016 16Feb2016 News

  Case study: How ITIL has helped Essex keep IT aligned with council goals

  Essex County Council has undergone an IT transformation to improve the credibility of its IT and achieve ISO 27001 accreditation Continue Reading

• February 16, 2016 16Feb2016 News

  EU managers need to up cyber security collaboration, study finds

  There is still much work to be done in the area of collaboration and sharing responsibility when it comes to preventing data breaches, a study has found Continue Reading

• February 16, 2016 16Feb2016 E-Zine

  How AstraZeneca saved $350m by insourcing IT

  In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca to find out why it brought its outsourced IT back in-house, and how it saved $350m per year as a result. As the data protection debate rages around Europe, we ask if the new... Continue Reading

• February 16, 2016 16Feb2016 News

  Vodafone and Liberty Global to merge in Netherlands

  Vodafone and Liberty Global confirm that they are to merge their Dutch businesses Continue Reading

• February 15, 2016 15Feb2016 News

  'We stumbled on e-commerce,' says Ecco marketing head

  Head of e-commerce at retailer Ecco Dana Schwartz explains how the firm’s transformational journey happened as a result of e-commerce adoption Continue Reading

• February 15, 2016 15Feb2016 News

  Telstra is transforming Australian IT infrastructure

  Telco is transforming its IT operation to make better use of the cloud, data and application programming interfaces Continue Reading

• February 15, 2016 15Feb2016 News

  Three home broadband service targets students and renters

  Mobile network operator Three offers customers in Northern Ireland the chance to trial a mobile home broadband service as an alternative to fixed operators Continue Reading

• February 15, 2016 15Feb2016 News

  Sweden’s NFT Ventures looks to Finland for fintech startups

  Swedish startup fund that targets financial technology developers has expanded its reach into Finland Continue Reading

• February 12, 2016 12Feb2016 News

  Interview: Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock on digital government

  The government’s minister for digital reform talks about creating a Digital Leadership Academy, learning valuable lessons, and his love for open data Continue Reading

• February 12, 2016 12Feb2016 News

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

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

• February 12, 2016 12Feb2016 News

  US IT professionals overconfident in cyber attack detection, study finds

  Most US IT professionals are confident in key security controls to detect cyber attacks – but unsure how long it would take automated tools to discover a breach Continue Reading

• February 12, 2016 12Feb2016 Blog Post

  Why are so many organisations bringing outsourced IT back in-house?

  To outsource or to not outsource? That, for many IT leaders, has been something of a religious question for a long time. You're either a follower or you're not. But we are no nearer to answering ... Continue Reading

• February 12, 2016 12Feb2016 News

  CIO interview: Ismo Platan, SSAB

  Retiring CIO of Swedish steel company tells Computer Weekly about the progress made in merging two Nordic steel firms and looks at the biggest hurdles that lie ahead Continue Reading

• February 11, 2016 11Feb2016 News

  Social engineering is top hacking method, survey shows

  Social engineering tops the list of popular hacking methods, underlining the need for continuous monitoring, according to security firm Balabit Continue Reading

• February 11, 2016 11Feb2016 News

  Digital internships in India with TCS now open to UK graduates

  India’s biggest IT supplier, Tata Consultancy Services, plans to recruit 1,000 UK graduates for paid internships over the next four years Continue Reading

• February 11, 2016 11Feb2016 News

  CIOs must start planning for 5G today, says 451 Research

  A report from analysts at 451 Research urges businesses to start preparing their technology for 5G mobile networks ahead of deployment Continue Reading

• February 11, 2016 11Feb2016 News

  CDOs lack organisational design experience, says Gartner

  Research firm identifies immaturity in the organisational design of the set-ups led by the new breed of chief data officer and offers a menu of four design options Continue Reading

• February 11, 2016 11Feb2016 News

  TechUK calls on government to take reports on spy laws seriously

  Government must address the fundamental concerns raised by expert witnesses, MPs and Lords about the draft Investigatory Powers Bill, says TechUK Continue Reading

• February 11, 2016 11Feb2016 News

  CW500: Skills, changing roles and cloud among key trends for CIOs in 2016

  At Computer Weekly’s first CW500 meeting of 2016, CIOs gathered to discuss the role of the CIO, business change, cloud uptake and skills Continue Reading

• February 10, 2016 10Feb2016 News

  MK:Smart enlists IoT supplier ThingWorx for speedy development

  Milton Keynes smart city project selects ThingWorx to provide a rapid application deployment environment Continue Reading

• February 10, 2016 10Feb2016 Photo Story

  The traditional connects with the new in Dubai

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• February 10, 2016 10Feb2016 Photo Story

  Can governments think the unthinkable?

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• February 10, 2016 10Feb2016 Photo Story

  A new narrative for digital government

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• February 10, 2016 10Feb2016 Photo Story

  Opening up the UAE

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• February 10, 2016 10Feb2016 Photo Story

  Hyperloop - the future of public transport?

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• February 10, 2016 10Feb2016 Photo Story

  UAE mission to Mars

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• February 10, 2016 10Feb2016 Photo Story

  Technology and the future of governments

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• February 10, 2016 10Feb2016 Photo Story

  Museum of the future

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• February 10, 2016 10Feb2016 Photo Story

  Future technology at the World Government Summit 2016

  Delegates at the World Government Summit 2016 in Dubai discussed themes including the future role of governments, robotics and AI, smart cities, sustainable development, renewable energy and longevity. Continue Reading

• February 10, 2016 10Feb2016 News

  The OpenStack Foundation: Building enterprise trust in open-source clouds

  With HMRC and the European Commission emerging as OpenStack adopters, the OpenStack Foundation's CEO explains how it has set about winning over the enterprise with its open-source cloud platform Continue Reading

• February 10, 2016 10Feb2016 E-Zine

  CW Nordics: February 2016

  The Nordic region is often described as a region that is leading the way in terms of the use of modern IT. The region needs IT to make up for factors such as having a small population, with many isolated communities. So IT both helps the region ... Continue Reading

• February 10, 2016 10Feb2016 News

  Smart cities pointless without universal superfast broadband

  Smart city deployments will not get very far, or realise effective socioeconomic benefits, if more attention is not paid to the underlying infrastructure Continue Reading

• February 10, 2016 10Feb2016 News

  Gov.uk Verify identity system targets 50 government services for April go-live

  Government identity assurance system is set to move from beta to live in April, three years after its original target date Continue Reading

• February 10, 2016 10Feb2016 News

  Paym usage doubles every six months

  Mobile payments provider says use of its mobile payments service is increasing by about four times each year Continue Reading

• February 10, 2016 10Feb2016 News

  Insurance giant RSA announces another outsourcing deal

  Insurance company RSA has penned its second major outsourcing contract in a week as it extends a BPO contract with Accenture Continue Reading

• February 10, 2016 10Feb2016 News

  Marks & Spencer appoints new chief digital officer

  Marcus East leaves role as head of e-commerce at Apple to become CDO at retail chain Continue Reading

• February 10, 2016 10Feb2016 News

  Beverley Bryant gives details on £1.8bn paperless NHS funding

  Both capital and revenue funding will be made available to NHS organisations, but not through a “traditional” tech fund Continue Reading

• February 10, 2016 10Feb2016 News

  AstraZeneca IT insourcing exceeds expectation

  The man heading up AstraZeneca’s project to insource its IT updates Computer Weekly on progress and explains the early benefits being reaped Continue Reading

• February 09, 2016 09Feb2016 News

  Cisco recalls Ethernet switches over fault risk

  A potential fault on a number of IE-5000 switches could give users a nasty shock, says supplier Continue Reading

• February 09, 2016 09Feb2016 News

  Flexible working good for profit, productivity and reputation, says Vodafone

  A report conducted for mobile operator Vodafone indicates the scale of acceptance of flexible and mobile working practices Continue Reading

• February 09, 2016 09Feb2016 E-Zine

  How software protects people

  In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how software is helping to maintain safety in high-risk sectors like oil & gas, aerospace and healthcare – and what lessons they hold for other organisations. We offer six tips from CIOs for innovation ... Continue Reading

• February 08, 2016 08Feb2016 In Depth

  Microsoft’s underwater datacentre: The pros and cons of running subsea facilities

  Underwater datacentres can help providers save on land costs and cooling, but at what cost to the environment? Continue Reading

• February 08, 2016 08Feb2016 News

  Assa Abloy outsources IT transformation to Wipro

  Swedish lock maker has outsourced its IT infrastructure to Indian IT services firm Continue Reading

• February 08, 2016 08Feb2016 News

  Bulk data collection unnecessary for surveillance, says cyber expert

  Opting for bulk data collection and other intrusive surveillance overlooks other means available that do not involve collateral damage to businesses and innocent people, says cyber expert Continue Reading

• February 08, 2016 08Feb2016 In Depth

  What are containers and microservices?

  Independently deployable bits of code can be used to build agile applications. We look at some of the main players Continue Reading

• February 08, 2016 08Feb2016 News

  Post Office faces group litigation over Horizon IT as subpostmasters fund class action

  Subpostmasters who claim to have been wrongly convicted of fraud take the Post Office to court after getting the funds for a group action Continue Reading

• February 08, 2016 08Feb2016 News

  CIOs urged to act on datacentre power outage threats

  Colocation provider Verne Global calls on CIOs to pay attention to Institution of mechanical engineers' concerns over sustainability of UK energy supply Continue Reading

• February 08, 2016 08Feb2016 News

  CIO interview: Johan Kestens, ING Belgium

  ING Belgium’s CIO talks to Computer Weekly in depth about the technology-driven changes in the banking sector Continue Reading

• February 05, 2016 05Feb2016 News

  Visa opens up its technology to developers

  Software developers at fintech companies and banks are to be given access to Visa’s technology Continue Reading

• February 05, 2016 05Feb2016 News

  Azure’s role in Microsoft’s IoT vision

  Microsoft has fleshed out its strategy to position its cloud service as a key part of the internet of things fabric with the availability of Azure IoT Hub Continue Reading

• February 04, 2016 04Feb2016 News

  Insurance giant RSA outsources to Wipro

  Insurance group takes on infrastructure as a service from Indian supplier Wipro in a bid to consolidate its European IT Continue Reading

• February 04, 2016 04Feb2016 News

  Google’s Chrome to flag deceptive embedded content

  Browser will warn of any embedded content such as ads that pretend to act like, and look and feel like, a trusted entity Continue Reading

• February 03, 2016 03Feb2016 E-Handbook

  A Computer Weekly buyer’s guide to employee self-service

  Self-service IT can improve efficiency and pass control to employees. In this 13-page buyer’s guide, Computer Weekly looks at why IT departments should adopt new ways of delivering applications to employees and how to ensure they use the technology ... Continue Reading

• February 03, 2016 03Feb2016 News

  PAC criticises Universal Credit programme for lack of transparency

  Public Accounts Committee report slates lack of transparency around Universal Credit and calls for specific plans for the roll out of the digital service to be made public Continue Reading

• February 03, 2016 03Feb2016 News

  IT industry fails to break male-only stereotype

  Almost half of young people think the technology sector is more suitable for men Continue Reading

• February 02, 2016 02Feb2016 E-Zine

  IT down the drain – how cloud is supporting the Thames Tideway tunnel

  In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the IT decisions behind one of the UK’s largest construction projects – the Thames Tideway sewerage tunnel – and hear why the project chose private cloud. Our latest buyer’s guide looks at containers and ... Continue Reading

• February 02, 2016 02Feb2016 News

  NHS London Procurement Partnership to tender for EPR framework

  The NHS London Procurement Partnership plans clinical digital information systems framework tender to support the "paperless by 2020" agenda Continue Reading

• February 02, 2016 02Feb2016 News

  Women should worry less about not having tech background when going into Stem

  Panellists at Tomorrow’s Tech Leaders Today conference claim women don’t need a technical background to build a career in the technology industry Continue Reading

• February 01, 2016 01Feb2016 In Depth

  Divide and conquer in software architecture

  Applications built out of independently deployable modules are the future of flexible solution development Continue Reading

• February 01, 2016 01Feb2016 News

  DDoS is most common cyber attack on financial institutions

  January’s attack on HSBC is typical for the financial sector, but no business should consider itself unlikely to be targeted in this way, say security experts Continue Reading

• February 01, 2016 01Feb2016 News

  TfL shifts corporate archive to AWS public cloud in digital preservation push

  London transport authority has begun moving its first 3TB of corporate archive data to the AWS cloud with the help of Preservica Continue Reading

• February 01, 2016 01Feb2016 News

  Göteborg Energi outsources IT with €40m deal

  Nordic energy company will use outsourcing agreement as a platform to modernise its IT environment Continue Reading

• February 01, 2016 01Feb2016 News

  Malaysia builds smart traffic system in its Silicon Valley equivalent

  Malaysia is testing out a traffic management system in the town of Cyberjaya, which is a test bed for smart city innovation Continue Reading

• February 01, 2016 01Feb2016 News

  Jaguar Land Rover sets up ‘living lab’ to test autonomous cars

  Car manufacturer invests £5.5m in a 41-mile ‘living laboratory’ to test and develop connected and autonomous vehicle technology Continue Reading

• January 29, 2016 29Jan2016 News

  HSBC online services hit by DDoS attack

  HSBC was hit by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, which targeted its online personal banking services. Continue Reading

• January 29, 2016 29Jan2016 News

  ICO launches data privacy assessment tool for SMEs

  The ICO has launched an online self-assessment tool to help SMEs to comply with data protection laws and improve data handling procedures Continue Reading

• January 28, 2016 28Jan2016 News

  Business urged to take action on data privacy

  Security professionals use Data Protection Day to encourage businesses to do more to protect personal data Continue Reading

• January 28, 2016 28Jan2016 In Depth

  Five CIO tips for building an IT strategy in the digital age

  CIOs and strategy experts share their experiences of creating an IT strategy that makes the most of the digital revolution Continue Reading

• January 27, 2016 27Jan2016 News

  Keep data safe or risk financial impact, ICO warns business

  The knock-on effect of a data breach can be devastating for a company, warns information commissioner Christopher Graham Continue Reading

• January 27, 2016 27Jan2016 News

  VMware to cut 800 jobs in cloud-focused company restructure

  Virtualisation company VMware confident adoption of software-defined datacentres will offset softening demand for older products Continue Reading

• January 27, 2016 27Jan2016 News

  CIO interview: Jo De Vliegher, Hydro

  The CIO at Norway's Hydro has established an IT department that allows for regional autonomy and central guidance at the same time Continue Reading

• January 27, 2016 27Jan2016 News

  New government plan to support cyber security startups

  Government has announced a £250,000 programme to increase the rate of cyber security startup development in the UK Continue Reading

• January 27, 2016 27Jan2016 News

  Average DDoS attacks fatal to most businesses, report reveals

  Criminal activity is top motivation for DDoS attacks as average attacks become strong enough to down most businesses, Arbor Networks report reveals Continue Reading

• January 26, 2016 26Jan2016 News

  Could Sweden become the first cashless society?

  Sweden is fast becoming a country where cash is on the periphery of payments, and some think it might be the first to become cashless Continue Reading

• January 26, 2016 26Jan2016 E-Handbook

  Building Management Systems: The cyber security blind spot

  The systems which control heating, lighting and security in most buildings are vulnerable to cyber attack, this report from QinetiQ warns. Continue Reading

• January 26, 2016 26Jan2016 News

  Blue light services should share control rooms and IT, Home Office says

  The Home Office plans to make emergency services collaboration mandatory and to join up back-office IT and control rooms Continue Reading

• January 26, 2016 26Jan2016 News

  Wal-Mart to make huge data and analytics investment in India

  Retail giant Wal-Mart is investing heavily in its IT development centre in Bangalore, turning the city into its most important centre outside the US Continue Reading

• January 26, 2016 26Jan2016 E-Zine

  Beyond India – the emerging outsourcing destinations

  In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at the growing number of offshore alternatives to the dominant outsourcing destination of India and assess their relative merits. We examine how to respond if your organisation is affected by a data breach. ... Continue Reading

• January 25, 2016 25Jan2016 News

  Alstom outsources IT transformation to HCL Technologies

  Train engineering company Alstom has outsourced its IT to HCL Technologies as part of a five-year transformation project Continue Reading