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2018 Stories

• May 21, 2018 21May2018 News

  One-fifth of global banks think AI will boost customer experience

  Economist Intelligence Unit survey shows nearly three-quarters of businesses think retail banking could be mostly automated by 2020 Continue Reading

• May 21, 2018 21May2018 News

  AI could transform cancer diagnosis, says prime minister

  Theresa May says artificial intelligence could revolutionise diagnosis of chronic diseases and save 22,000 lives a year by 2033 Continue Reading

• May 21, 2018 21May2018 News

  UK government promises laws to police 'Wild West Internet'

  UK government plans laws to make online activity safer after green paper reveals more needs to be done to protect citizens Continue Reading

• May 21, 2018 21May2018 News

  Augmented reality can improve efficiency for retailers

  Augmented reality has been positioned as a way to extend digital experiences onto the retail shop floor – but it has far more uses behind the scenes Continue Reading

• May 21, 2018 21May2018 News

  ICO could use new GDPR powers in Facebook probe

  UK privacy watchdog is considering using new powers in its investigation of Facebook, while the government is considering new laws to police social media firms Continue Reading

• May 21, 2018 21May2018 In Depth

  Injecting entrepreneurship into enterprise IT

  What should CIOs do to ensure that IT plays a leading role in the digital future of their organisations Continue Reading

• May 21, 2018 21May2018 News

  APAC organisations could lose $1.75tn from cyber attacks

  A study by Frost and Sullivan has found that losses from cyber security incidents could account for 7% of the region’s GDP in 2017 Continue Reading

• May 18, 2018 18May2018 News

  NCSC calls for greater interaction with UK business

  The UK’s cyber security agency has called for greater interaction with business, particularly when it comes to cyber security incidents Continue Reading

• May 18, 2018 18May2018 News

  Most UK marketers GDPR ready, but not all firms have a plan

  Most UK marketers believe they are ready for GDPR, but a worrying number believe their employers may not be, as businesses are urged to embrace the positives a week before the compliance deadline Continue Reading

• May 18, 2018 18May2018 News

  IR35 reforms: Government invites feedback on plans to extend tax avoidance rules to private sector

  The government is pushing ahead with its plans to explore the possibility of extending the controversial IR35 tax avoidance reforms to the private sector, much to the chagrin of stakeholders Continue Reading

• May 18, 2018 18May2018 E-Handbook

  GDPR: 10 essential facts you need to know

  In this e-guide, we give you the top 10 key facts you need to know about the General Data Protection Regulation according to privacy lawyer and KuppingerCole analyst, Karsten Kinast. Taken from the European Identity & Cloud Conference in 2016. Continue Reading

• May 18, 2018 18May2018 Opinion

  Beware of the digital bandwagon

  The rush to become ‘digital by default’ could drive costs up and have a damaging effect on understanding customer demand, writes John Seddon Continue Reading

• May 18, 2018 18May2018 In Depth

  Flash vs 3D Xpoint vs storage-class memory: Which ones go where?

  New media provide a range of options to speed workloads, from “old-fashioned” flash to storage class- and persistent memory. We help you exploit the storage performance hierarchy Continue Reading

• May 18, 2018 18May2018 News

  Three ditches 3G mobile phones

  Three has become the first of the big four UK mobile operators to stop selling 3G mobile devices Continue Reading

• May 18, 2018 18May2018 News

  Executive interview: Abby Kearns, Cloud Foundry Foundation

  Computer Weekly speaks to Abby Kearns, executive director of the Cloud Foundry Foundation about how open source is a key ingredient of digital transformation Continue Reading

• May 18, 2018 18May2018 News

  BYOD in UK SMEs linked to security incidents

  Bring your own device practices have been identified as a cyber security risk for six in 10 SMEs in research published a week ahead of the GDPR compliance deadline Continue Reading

• May 18, 2018 18May2018 In Depth

  GDPR compliance: Addressing the overlooked in enterprise IT infrastructures

  As the GDPR compliance deadline approaches, enterprises need to ensure they have looked beyond the headline-grabbing aspects of the regulation so they do not fall foul of the incoming data protection regulations Continue Reading

• May 18, 2018 18May2018 News

  GDS seeks advice on migration from Public Services Network

  The Government Digital Service has started the process of moving public sector organisations away from the Public Services Network Continue Reading

• May 18, 2018 18May2018 News

  Use GDPR to propel business forward, says ICO

  GDPR is about a new way of doing things that businesses can use to their advantage, and cyber security is a key element, according to the Information Commissioner’s Office Continue Reading

• May 18, 2018 18May2018 News

  Government to get new digital visa service

  The Home Office has signed up to a deal with Sopra Steria for a visa service allowing people to use biometrics and digital files as part of their application Continue Reading

• May 17, 2018 17May2018 News

  GlaxoSmithKline R&D creates data platform using Hadoop for the internal sharing of scientific data

  GlaxoSmithKline is making better use of the data it has about the development and trials of medicines through a Hadoop-based platform Continue Reading

• May 17, 2018 17May2018 News

  Why Microsoft's AI is about helping anyone's intelligent agent

  Microsoft believes businesses need to be connected to AI innovation. The way it wants to achieve this is through its AI platform for developers Continue Reading

• May 17, 2018 17May2018 News

  DWP IT engineering is ‘dysfunctional’ and lacks ‘ability to deliver’, claims report

  Internal report produced for DWP CTO details challenges faced by department in moving to more agile ways of working Continue Reading

• May 17, 2018 17May2018 Blog Post

  Nothing compares 2U89X

  The government announced this month a brand new method for submitting divorce applications: it can now all be done online! The digital route is intended as a less stressful option than the fusty ... Continue Reading

• May 17, 2018 17May2018 News

  Ex-DWP IT contractor wins IR35 case appeal against HMRC

  Tribunal judge rules terms of contractor's engagement with the Department for Work and Pensions means HMRC was wrong to pursue a £26,000 claim for unpaid income tax and national insurance contributions Continue Reading

• May 17, 2018 17May2018 News

  Blockchain technology lacks enough use cases to be disruptive, says Worldpay

  Worldpay's Jason Scott-Taggart says although the company is looking at blockchain, there are too few strong use cases for the technology at present Continue Reading

• May 17, 2018 17May2018 News

  Interxion expands colocation footprint in Marseille with second datacentre opening

  Carrier-neutral colocation provider Interxion has opened the first phase of its second datacentre in Marseille, as the demand for lower-latency cloud connections to Africa and beyond grows Continue Reading

• May 17, 2018 17May2018 News

  Case study: British Airways’ global B2B sales gathered under Salesforce cloud

  British Airways has gathered its international business-to-business sales under Salesforce Sales Cloud to bust silos Continue Reading

• May 17, 2018 17May2018 Blog Post

  E-commerce in APAC is thriving, but so is online fraud

  E-commerce in Asia-Pacific is booming, with 71% of consumers in the region already shopping online. But so is the risk of fraud, with one in five consumers falling victim, according to new report ... Continue Reading

• May 17, 2018 17May2018 News

  UK tech sector growing 2.6 times faster than overall economy

  The latest Tech Nation report on the UK’s IT sector reveals strong growth and positivity, but fears around Brexit in London’s tech engine Continue Reading

• May 17, 2018 17May2018 News

  Singapore ropes in local polytechnics in AI talent boost

  AI Singapore is working with three polytechnics to train lecturers and students on artificial intelligence while boosting AI adoption among SMEs Continue Reading

• May 17, 2018 17May2018 News

  Report highlights security risk of open source code to business

  Increased adoption of open source code is introducing vulnerabilities into commercial software, with many audited codebases containing the Apache Struts flaw that enabled the Equifax breach, a report shows Continue Reading

• May 17, 2018 17May2018 News

  GDPR impact on Whois data raising concern

  The negative impact of the GDPR on internet domain registration information is raising concern in cyber security circles because the data is key to cyber crime fighting operations Continue Reading

• May 17, 2018 17May2018 News

  European cyber attacks up nearly a third in first quarter 2018

  The volume of cyber attacks hitting digital transactions in Europe was up by almost a third in the first quarter of 2018 compared with same period a year ago, a report reveals Continue Reading

• May 16, 2018 16May2018 News

  AI is more than just doing things cheaper and faster

  Choose the parts of AI to deploy to demonstrate return-on-investment and differentiate your brand, says Volkswagen Australia’s chief customer officer Continue Reading

• May 16, 2018 16May2018 E-Zine

  CW ASEAN: Connect your people with UC

  Unified communications has changed the way we access information and make decisions. However, the adoption of UC varies across Southeast Asia, with Singapore and Malaysia ahead of the curve, followed by Indonesia and Vietnam. In this issue of CW ... Continue Reading

• May 16, 2018 16May2018 Blog Post

  Software AG Cumulocity: how an IoT ‘platform’ works

  Every company wants to be a platform company, this is one of life’s great software industry truths. Once you have a ‘platform play’, then other applications (or application components and other ... Continue Reading

• May 16, 2018 16May2018 Blog Post

  What would Karl Marx make of Silicon Valley?

  It’s the bearded one’s 200th birthday this year. Much of the mainstream media has marked the occasion, including the Financial Times, that pre-eminent “capitalist” newspaper. Why should Computer ... Continue Reading

• May 16, 2018 16May2018 News

  Companies need to adapt to new communication demands from millennials

  TechSmith has warned businesses younger generations have new multimedia-based communication demands Continue Reading

• May 16, 2018 16May2018 News

  CIO interview: Phil Lewis, director of digital experience, Boden

  Fashion retailer Boden is going through a transformation process, using digital elements across the business and fostering innovation Continue Reading

• May 16, 2018 16May2018 Blog Post

  BT's network convergence strategy is a win: nobody's talking about full-fibre broadband today

  After yet another set of lacklustre earnings and with over 10,000 staff facing the axe, embattled BT CEO Gavin Patterson needed a quick win. Today's launch of new consumer offerings from both BT ... Continue Reading

• May 16, 2018 16May2018 E-Zine

  CW ANZ: Australian firms connect people in new ways

  Australian organisations such as BPay are turning to unified communications (UC) to create workplaces where employees operate in a flexible and open work environment. But IT and user experiences can differ greatly. What has been the journey of ANZ ... Continue Reading

• May 16, 2018 16May2018 Blog Post

  Node4: the digital motherlode has yet to be tapped

  Software application developers up and down the land are poised to start rolling out, deploying and integrating (so-called) digital transformation initiatives involving defined and purposeful ... Continue Reading

• May 16, 2018 16May2018 News

  Tier 2 visa refusals paints grim picture for UK tech skills

  More than 3,000 visas for people skilled in science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) roles were refused entry to the UK since December 2017 Continue Reading

• May 16, 2018 16May2018 News

  Most firms see GDPR as an opportunity

  A growing number of organisations consider the GDPR to be an opportunity to improve the way they handle data privacy and security, while leaders are using it as an opportunity for full business transformation, a study shows Continue Reading

• May 16, 2018 16May2018 E-Handbook

  Enterprise software licence management

  In this e-guide, we shine the light on the world of enterprise software licenses. We discover how the pendulum of power is swinging towards to the consumer and why many CIOs are prepared to walk away and re-implement a system using another ... Continue Reading

• May 16, 2018 16May2018 Blog Post

  Skills audits back as insourcing gathers pace

  , This morning I received an e-mail with extracts from a Gartner press release saying: “Infrastructure and Operations skills (I&O) gaps will cause 75% of organizations to experience visible ... Continue Reading

• May 16, 2018 16May2018 News

  Morgan Stanley uses Amazon Alexa to inform customers

  US investment bank Morgan Stanley is giving customers important information about the market via Amazon's voice assistant Continue Reading

• May 16, 2018 16May2018 News

  BT and EE to converge fibre broadband, 4G networks

  BT’s consumer unit has launched a network convergence strategy designed to make the most of its national fibre and 4G network assets Continue Reading

• May 16, 2018 16May2018 News

  NHS England on the cusp of launching first citizen identity pilot

  The NHS will begin trialling its identity verification system with a non-clinical service shortly, with 20 other services in the pipeline, according to NHS England chief digital officer Juliet Bauer Continue Reading

• May 16, 2018 16May2018 News

  Saudi-con Valley? Kingdom’s bid for global tech leadership

  Has Saudi Arabia got what it takes to build the latest Silicon Valley? Continue Reading

• May 16, 2018 16May2018 News

  US considers UK-style cyber defence model

  The US is considering adopting a similar cyber defence model to the UK’s in recognition of the growing threat to all levels of society Continue Reading

• May 16, 2018 16May2018 Blog Post

  Fintech professional’s tech predictions: 8- Fake personal data.

  There will be a law that reduces the number of required fields in online reforms to reduce the amount of unnecessary information given to organisations. Continue Reading

• May 16, 2018 16May2018 News

  Nordic banks plan major digital transformation of operations

  Banks in the Nordic region are set to accelerate their spending on technology as digital services take-up accelerates Continue Reading

• May 16, 2018 16May2018 Blog Post

  GDS aims for path of least embarrassment as it shifts strategy on Gov.uk Verify

  Last week, the Government Digital Service (GDS) dedicated a whole day to talking about what it’s up to, at its first Sprint event in two years. About time too, many observers said, since GDS seemed ... Continue Reading

• May 16, 2018 16May2018 News

  Google opens third availability zone in Singapore

  The latest Google Cloud Platform availability zone in Singapore follows recent efforts by rivals to extend their lead in the region Continue Reading

• May 15, 2018 15May2018 E-Handbook

  Storage performance: From fundamentals to bleeding edge

  In this guide we look at LUN provision and management, RAID and flash storage, plus tuning for analytics workloads and key emerging technologies that can give your organisation a competitive advantage in mission-critical operations, such as ... Continue Reading

• May 15, 2018 15May2018 News

  We need to inspire young people into tech, claims minister for digital at Innovation Centre opening

  During the opening of Salesforce’s London Innovation Centre, minister for digital and the creative industries Margot James emphasised the importance of getting the younger generation involved in tech careers Continue Reading

• May 15, 2018 15May2018 E-Handbook

  The journey to digital healthcare

  In this e-guide we look at how the NHS shared care records projects are progressing, and the European Commission's plans to share health data across borders. We also look at how one NHS trust has created a social media platform to help mental health... Continue Reading

• May 15, 2018 15May2018 News

  SMEs more worried about GDPR’s threat to reputation than fines

  SMEs are more worried about the damage GDPR non compliance will do to their reputations than their wallets Continue Reading

• May 15, 2018 15May2018 Blog Post

  Open integration is ‘key tenet’ of Red Hat Virtualization

  The open hybrid cloud lies ahead of us, this is the way of things. This truism (if indeed it is one) is impacting the way firms like Red Hat are building out virtualisation technologies. Red Hat ... Continue Reading

• May 15, 2018 15May2018 News

  Credential theft a top priority, Rapid 7 report shows

  Credential theft is still a top priority for organisations to address in terms of making it more difficult for cyber attackers to gain unauthorised access to their networks, report reveals Continue Reading

• May 15, 2018 15May2018 News

  Cross-site scripting a top vulnerability, hackers find

  Despite the much-publicised advances in cyber attack techniques, a well-known, well-documented and avoidable vulnerability is still the most popular for attackers to exploit – along with others like it that are often overlooked, white hat hackers ... Continue Reading

• May 15, 2018 15May2018 News

  Cage director Rabbani heads for Supreme Court after appeals court rules password demands lawful

  Muhammad Rabbani, director of campaigning group Cage, will appeal to the Supreme Court after Court of Appeal rules that police did not act unlawfully by demanding his computer and mobile phone passwords under Section 7 of the Terrorism Act Continue Reading

• May 15, 2018 15May2018 News

  Enterprise cyber threat remediation ineffective, study shows

  Enterprise cyber threat remediation needs to improve in several key areas, according to an analysis of common remediation strategies Continue Reading

• May 15, 2018 15May2018 News

  The NHS is failing to deliver 'basic IT', says Matthew Swindells

  NHS England’s national director for operations and information calls for the NHS to get to grips with data, and says it won’t be able to deliver an integrated health and care system without getting the basics right Continue Reading

• May 15, 2018 15May2018 News

  BSI launches kitemark for internet of things devices

  The British Standards Institution has launched a new kitemark for IoT devices, designed to improve consumer trust in the technology Continue Reading

• May 15, 2018 15May2018 Opinion

  A strong UK-India bond on tech can benefit us all

  The UK tech sector can benefit from the government’s work to forge closer ties with India’s burgeoning digital economy Continue Reading

• May 15, 2018 15May2018 Blog Post

  Higher interest rates would tempt me even though TSB has just had an IT disaster

  I would be tempted to move to a bank that offered higher interest rates even though it had just had an IT disaster Continue Reading

• May 15, 2018 15May2018 News

  TSB refused help from Lloyds as IT meltdown began

  TSB turned down an offer of help from Lloyds Banking Group as the migration of customers accounts to its new banking system went wrong Continue Reading

• May 15, 2018 15May2018 News

  Vodafone CEO Colao steps down

  Long-serving Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao will step down in October after just over a decade in charge Continue Reading

• May 15, 2018 15May2018 News

  Santander latest traditional player to open digital bank

  Santander is the latest traditional bank to follow an industry trend and develop a digital banking unit Continue Reading

• May 15, 2018 15May2018 News

  Openreach starts countdown to the end of analogue phone services

  Openreach has started a consultation on the future of telephony services as its parent signals plans to switch off analogue PSTN phone services in seven years' time Continue Reading

• May 15, 2018 15May2018 E-Zine

  Will government IT be ready for Brexit?

  In this week’s Computer Weekly, as the UK government struggles to get new IT systems up and running before Brexit, we examine the challenges ahead and the departments with the biggest problems. We look at serverless computing and ask why this ... Continue Reading

• May 15, 2018 15May2018 News

  No need to panic about Efail attacks

  Initial reports about vulnerabilities in email encryption technologies have urged organisations to disable encryption tools, but some security experts are taking a more balanced approach Continue Reading

• May 15, 2018 15May2018 News

  Oracle claims positive traction for autonomous database in ASEAN

  Oracle’s newly minted autonomous database could leave database administrators unemployed, but that has not stopped a Thai payment services provider from jumping onto the bandwagon Continue Reading

• May 14, 2018 14May2018 Blog Post

  Progress: developer chatbot tools are now ‘a thing’

  We need more chatbots and we need them to be more intelligently fueled by AI and machine learning and big data analytics functions, obviously. We also need more chatbot tools for developers to ... Continue Reading

• May 14, 2018 14May2018 News

  Steadily declining retail footfall confirms shifting consumer behaviour

  Footfall in the UK highstreet is on the decline, according to figures by the British Retail Consortium, confirming the consumer shift towards more digital behaviour Continue Reading

• May 14, 2018 14May2018 Opinion

  It’s not too late to get GDPR ready

  With the GDPR compliance deadline on 25 May 2018, there is little time to get ready, but it is not too late, according to the IAPP, which provides a checklist to help organisations ensure they are in the best position possible for the deadline Continue Reading

• May 14, 2018 14May2018 News

  HSBC blockchain trial proves trade finance utility model

  HSBC and ING used blockchain to successfully complete a real-world trade financing transaction as part of a pilot Continue Reading

• May 14, 2018 14May2018 Blog Post

  Wise Conference 2018: The importance of calling out bad behaviour

  The 2018 conference for Wise, a campaign for gender balance in technology, engineering and mathematics (Stem), highlighted some of the key failings of the Stem industries when it comes to gender ... Continue Reading

• May 14, 2018 14May2018 News

  Gatwick Airport completes £15m network upgrade to support expansion plans

  Gatwick’s new network promises to drive IoT applications, offer free passenger Wi-Fi and provide robust connectivity across the airport campus Continue Reading

• May 14, 2018 14May2018 News

  MPs demand 4G mobile network coverage obligation for rural areas

  The Rural Business All-Party Parliamentary Group has written to Matt Hancock calling for the government to put legally binding targets in place for 4G mobile network coverage Continue Reading

• May 14, 2018 14May2018 Blog Post

  Kubecon 2018: The rise and rise of Kubernetes

  In this guest post, Jon Topper, CTO of DevOps and cloud infrastructure consultancy The Scale Factory, on how the growing maturity of Kubernetes dominated this year’s Kubecon. KubeCon + ... Continue Reading

• May 14, 2018 14May2018 News

  Inside the rise of ST Telemedia Global Data Centres

  A blended strategy of building and acquiring datacentres, as well as forming local partnerships, has contributed to the rapid rise of one of the fastest-growing datacentre providers in Asia Continue Reading

• May 14, 2018 14May2018 News

  Technology continues to transform crime, warns NCA

  The UK’s National Crime Agency warns that developments in technology will continue to transform the future crime landscape, in its latest report on serious and organised crime Continue Reading

• May 14, 2018 14May2018 Blog Post

  Visiting a bank branch made me question my own conceptions

  I had to rethink my conceptions about the future of bank branches after I visited one Continue Reading

• May 14, 2018 14May2018 News

  Wise conference 2018: Tackling the female patent problem

  Research by Wise found fewer than 10% of patents filed in the UK have involvement from women. At its annual conference in 2018, Wise set out to discuss why this is the case and how we can address it Continue Reading

• May 14, 2018 14May2018 News

  IoT and personal devices pose huge security risk to enterprises

  After years of speculation about the risk IoT and personal devices pose to enterprise security, research has revealed the threat is “immense” and probably greater than most firms realise Continue Reading

• May 11, 2018 11May2018 News

  Police Scotland did not inform public of mobile phone searches

  Members of the Scottish Parliament heard that Police Scotland did not conduct impact assessments or give explanations to the public when they were accessing private data on their mobile phones Continue Reading

• May 11, 2018 11May2018 E-Handbook

  Mobile payments using host card emulation with NFC

  In this article from our Royal Holloway security series, we present a set of risks associated with using smartphones for contactless payment transactions. Continue Reading

• May 11, 2018 11May2018 News

  WannaCry’s EternalBlue exploit still a threat

  A year after the global WannaCry attacks, the EternalBlue exploit that was a key enabler for the malware is still a threat to many organisations, and many UK firms have not taken action, security researchers warn Continue Reading

• May 11, 2018 11May2018 News

  Virgin Trains on using AI and virtual reality to boost customer experience

  Speaking at the Knowledge 18 ServiceNow conference in Las Vegas, Virgin Trains outlined the potential role immersive and data-driven technologies can play in improving customer experience Continue Reading

• May 11, 2018 11May2018 News

  ServiceNow: Enterprises must rethink workplace communication as Generation Z enter workforce

  Enterprises may find their tried and tested methods of communication fail to live up to expectations of digitally-savvy Generation Z members, warns ServiceNow Continue Reading

• May 11, 2018 11May2018 News

  Emerson ordered to pay UK-based BladeRoom $30m in damages over datacentre IP theft

  Energy giant Emerson told to compensate UK-based modular datacentre tech maker after US court rules that it stole trade secrets Continue Reading

• May 11, 2018 11May2018 Blog Post

  Will Brexit stymie government’s digital transformation ambitions?

  There’s rather a lot going on in government IT at the moment. Last year’s ambitious transformation strategy set challenging aims of overhauling back-office systems across Whitehall, building an ... Continue Reading

• May 11, 2018 11May2018 News

  GDS looks at potential for using voice technology on Gov.uk website

  The government has begun using machine learning to build a taxonomy hierarchy on Gov.uk and is looking at the possibility of deploying voice interactions Continue Reading

• May 11, 2018 11May2018 Blog Post

  Do ISPs need to do more to protect their users from scams?

  Are Britain’s internet service providers (ISPs) coming up short when it comes to helping their less tech-savvy users protect themselves against the scourge of telephone scams and online fraud? In a ... Continue Reading

• May 11, 2018 11May2018 Opinion

  Building a tech future between the UK and India

  A new tech partnership between the UK and India will benefit the digital economy in both countries, says secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport Matt Hancock Continue Reading

• May 11, 2018 11May2018 News

  KCOM picks Amdocs to enhance network transition

  East Yorkshire and Humberside’s incumbent telco to implement new service delivery platform as it upgrades its network Continue Reading