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• November 07, 2018 07Nov2018 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: Top considerations to reduce application layer attacks

  What should organisations be doing to address application layer attacks and reduce the likelihood of a breach through this type of attack? Continue Reading

• November 07, 2018 07Nov2018 News

  Gartner finds Emea CIOs more ahead on digital than peers elsewhere

  Gartner’s annual global CIO survey finds Emea CIOs driving digital transformation programmes to a greater degree than their peers in the Americas and the Asia-Pacific region Continue Reading

• November 07, 2018 07Nov2018 News

  BEIS to fund five healthcare AI innovation centres

  Five healthcare innovation centres will receive a total of £50m in funding to use artificial intelligence to improve diagnosis and treatment of diseases Continue Reading

• November 07, 2018 07Nov2018 News

  Investment fund buys into broadband supplier Hyperoptic

  Mubadala Investment Company, the VC arm of the government of Abu Dhabi, is to acquire a minority stake in full-fibre broadband supplier Hyperoptic as the firm brings forward its roll-out Continue Reading

• November 07, 2018 07Nov2018 News

  Cyber security high on European Commission agenda

  The European Commission is recognising the growing importance of cyber security to the digital economy and is increasing funding to support research, resilience and cooperation Continue Reading

• November 07, 2018 07Nov2018 News

  Lloyds Banking Group shaking up its workforce to reflect digital times

  Lloyds Banking Group is revamping the roles of thousands of staff as it becomes digital Continue Reading

• November 07, 2018 07Nov2018 News

  Uber backs hybrid cloud as route to business and geographical expansion

  Ride-hailing app Uber is rapidly expanding its business interests, which requires an IT infrastructure that can scale just as quickly as its ambitions, according to the company’s head of compute, Dean Nelson Continue Reading

• November 07, 2018 07Nov2018 Blog Post

  Progress NativeScript 5.0: hot modules & ‘playground’ code samples

  New England headquartered Progress has announced the latest release of NativeScript, an open source framework for building native mobile apps with Angular, Vue.js, TypeScript and JavaScript. Vue.js ... Continue Reading

• November 07, 2018 07Nov2018 News

  APAC enterprises, analysts weigh in on IBM-Red Hat deal

  Mega-deal could accelerate adoption of open source software and extend the reach of OpenStack and OpenShift across the region Continue Reading

• November 06, 2018 06Nov2018 News

  APAC firms warm up to SD-WAN to solve networking woes

  A third of enterprises in the APAC region have already deployed SD-WAN at most of their sites, while 55% are in the process of doing so, a study shows Continue Reading

• November 06, 2018 06Nov2018 Blog Post

  Apache's hunt tactics for developer skills

  How does the The Apache Software Foundation work out who are the best people? Let’s remember that the foundation itself is a non-profit corporation established to support Apache software projects, ... Continue Reading

• November 06, 2018 06Nov2018 Blog Post

  Mesosphere ups automation for ‘on-demand data science’

  Multi-cloud automation company Mesosphere has now come forward with Mesosphere Kubernetes Engine (MKE), Mesosphere DC/OS 1.12 and the public beta of Mesosphere Jupyter Service (MJS). Mesosphere ... Continue Reading

• November 06, 2018 06Nov2018 News

  Information commissioner calls for stricter regulation on political use of data

  Information commissioner Elizabeth Denham’s investigation into the use of data in elections and campaigns, finds "a disturbing disregard for voters’ personal privacy" Continue Reading

• November 06, 2018 06Nov2018 News

  More than 80% of women in tech would recommend tech career to young women

  Booking.com has found that a majority of women in the technology industry would recommend a career in the sector to young women in schools, as well as to female undergrads Continue Reading

• November 06, 2018 06Nov2018 News

  Fujitsu powers forward with business restructure

  Technology firm Fujitsu has announced a number of plans for restructuring its business, including the closing of its German manufacturing plant and a number of board resignations Continue Reading

• November 06, 2018 06Nov2018 News

  Professor Brian Cox discusses aliens and the risks of tech advances

  In an entertaining discussion at VMworld, Brian Cox raised questions over why technologically advanced societies don’t exist elsewhere in the universe Continue Reading

• November 06, 2018 06Nov2018 News

  Smart Dubai platform is the backbone of the city's transformation

  Aisha bin Bishr, director general at Smart Dubai Office, talks about the Smart Data platform and soon-to-be-unveiled UAE Pass, a digital ID and signature which is being touted as one of the foundations a city needs to transform Continue Reading

• November 06, 2018 06Nov2018 Opinion

  Introducing ‘focus and leverage’ – the value algorithm of the internet era

  Anyone pitching a business idea or designing a new service needs to understand the economics of mature internet technology Continue Reading

• November 06, 2018 06Nov2018 News

  Automation and CSR are driving reskilling process for UK plc, says Cisco

  UK business leaders are planning to make dramatic changes to their organisations between now and 2020, according to a new report from Cisco Continue Reading

• November 06, 2018 06Nov2018 News

  NatWest pilots digital bank for SMEs

  App-based banking platform offers small enterprises other business tools on top of a current account Continue Reading

• November 06, 2018 06Nov2018 News

  Start preparing for post-quantum data protection

  Organisations that need to retain sensitive information for long periods of time need to start preparing for the post-quantum era, according to an IBM security architect Continue Reading

• November 06, 2018 06Nov2018 Opinion

  Making the UK the safest place to live and work online

  Government, industry and individuals all have to play their part in enhancing cyber security practices Continue Reading

• November 06, 2018 06Nov2018 News

  Best of VMworld 2018 Europe User Awards: The winners

  Find out who won what, including the best of show prize, at the 2018 VMworld Europe User Awards in Barcelona Continue Reading

• November 06, 2018 06Nov2018 News

  VMware readies green blockchain

  VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger says the power used for blockchain computation will cause an environmental crisis Continue Reading

• November 06, 2018 06Nov2018 Blog Post

  IBM and Red Hat: Inspired or desperate? And a difficult journey ahead

  IBM’s proposed $34 billion purchase of Red Hat looks like a good idea for both sides. But is the proposed coming together borne of inspiration, or desperation? In other words, were the two ... Continue Reading

• November 06, 2018 06Nov2018 Blog Post

  The fintech interview: Part 9 TrueLayer

  TrueLayer is at the core of the fintech sector's drive into the open banking space Continue Reading

• November 06, 2018 06Nov2018 News

  Ofqual launches consultation on delivery of basic digital skills

  Basic Digital Skills Qualifications aimed at helping people “fully participate in society” as well as giving them the skills needed for the modern workplace or for further education Continue Reading

• November 06, 2018 06Nov2018 E-Handbook

  A Computer Weekly buyer’s guide to the future of collaboration

  Businesses are using collaborative software to operate in revolutionary new ways. In this 13-page buyer’s guide, Computer Weekly looks at its potential negatives, the improved agility it provides and assesses Chromebooks as collaboration clients. Continue Reading

• November 06, 2018 06Nov2018 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: Gap, risk and business impact analysis key to application security

  What should organisations be doing to address application layer attacks and reduce the likelihood of a breach through this type of attack? Continue Reading

• November 06, 2018 06Nov2018 Opinion

  UK winners and losers in digital tech

  The UK's retail and telecoms companies are among the best in the world at digital technology, but a survey of digital leaders shows there is still room for improvement for many UK firms Continue Reading

• November 06, 2018 06Nov2018 News

  Power and space constraints could put brakes on European colocation growth boom, warn experts

  Panellists at DCD>Europe discuss barriers to future growth of Europe's booming colocation market, as concerns about the availability of power and space grow larger Continue Reading

• November 06, 2018 06Nov2018 E-Handbook

  Digital leaders in the UK 2019

  This report from management and technology consulting firm BearingPoint assesses 72 leading UK companies’ digital maturity across six dimensions: digital marketing, digital product experience, e-commerce, e-CRM, mobile and social media. It is ... Continue Reading

• November 06, 2018 06Nov2018 News

  GSMA urges fresh action on 5G mobile spectrum

  Mobile industry body says time is running out to ready enough radio frequency spectrum in the appropriate bands to account for the demands of 5G mobile networks Continue Reading

• November 06, 2018 06Nov2018 E-Zine

  Post Office IT system goes on trial

  In this week’s Computer Weekly, 10 years after we revealed concerns over the Post Office’s Horizon accounting system, affected subpostmasters finally get their day in court. We look at how businesses are turning to wearable technology to help ... Continue Reading

• November 06, 2018 06Nov2018 News

  VMware takes layered approach to securing datacentres

  From securing workloads to segmenting the network, VMware’s architecture is using AppDefence and NSX for intrinsic datacentre security Continue Reading

• November 05, 2018 05Nov2018 Blog Post

  Last call for a European public cloud?

  Europe’s self-described No.1 ‘hyper-scale cloud provider’, OVH, held its 6th annual customer conference in Paris recently. Attendees got to meet the new CEO, Michel Paulin, and hear about the ... Continue Reading

• November 05, 2018 05Nov2018 News

  Accelerator for female-led ‘social tech’ startups opens in London

  We in Social Tech will support the growth of 60 businesses over the next 18 months through bespoke business consultancy packages Continue Reading

• November 05, 2018 05Nov2018 News

  Openreach launches Fibre First programme in Belfast and Nottingham

  Openreach has named Belfast and Nottingham as the latest cities to benefit from a full-fibre broadband roll-out Continue Reading

• November 05, 2018 05Nov2018 News

  PAC has ‘serious concerns’ over UK border and new customs IT system

  Public Accounts Committee remains concerned about the Customs Declaration Service and the country’s borders post Brexit Continue Reading

• November 05, 2018 05Nov2018 News

  TalkTalk makes ‘fair broadband’ promises

  TalkTalk has launched its own Fairer Broadband Charter as research reveals widespread dissatisfaction with some common industry practices Continue Reading

• November 05, 2018 05Nov2018 News

  Robots deliver savings for Dutch postal service PostNL

  Dutch delivery company PostNL is reaping huge efficiency savings by using robotic technology to automate time-consuming administrative tasks Continue Reading

• November 05, 2018 05Nov2018 News

  How Birchbox uses social media for personalisation and discovery

  The UK marketing director of subscription service Birchbox told the Retail Week Tech conference about the retailer’s use of social media and data to offer customers a personalised service Continue Reading

• November 05, 2018 05Nov2018 News

  Banking sector leading CIAM innovation, say Big Four

  Maturity in consumer identity and access management (CIAM) differs from sector to sector, with the banking sector taking the lead in terms of innovation, according to the Big Four accounting firms Continue Reading

• November 05, 2018 05Nov2018 News

  NHS to use predictive tech to prevent illnesses

  Health secretary Matt Hancock wants to use technology to predict disease and stop people falling ill, with AI and genomics having the ‘potential to change everything’ Continue Reading

• November 05, 2018 05Nov2018 News

  Deutsche Bank to create cloud-based digital cheque processing system

  German banking giant Deutsche Bank will replace manual and paper-intensive cheque processing methods with an automated system in the cloud Continue Reading

• November 05, 2018 05Nov2018 News

  Gartner Symposium 2018: Why culture hacks spell digitisation success

  Changing the way people do their day-to-day work is the hardest part of a CIO’s job. Gartner has a few tips on how to twist people’s arms Continue Reading

• November 05, 2018 05Nov2018 News

  UKtech50 2018: Vote for the most influential person in UK IT

  Tell us who you think should be chosen as the most influential person in the UK tech scene for 2018 by submitting your vote now Continue Reading

• November 05, 2018 05Nov2018 News

  Future Decoded 2018: How Seadrill uses IoT 3km undersea

  Sensors on deep sea rigs are part of Seadrill's digital transformation strategy, which combines advanced analytics, the internet of things and machine learning Continue Reading

• November 05, 2018 05Nov2018 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: Three ways to safeguard against application layer vulnerabilities

  What should organisations be doing to address application layer attacks and reduce the likelihood of a breach through this type of attack? Continue Reading

• November 05, 2018 05Nov2018 Blog Post

  Facebook open sources Reinforcement Learning (RL) software

  Everybody’s favourite social media platform company Facebook has -- despite the US supreme court apologies and multifarious shenanigans -- continued to pump blood through its undeniably vibrant ... Continue Reading

• November 05, 2018 05Nov2018 In Depth

  Is Azure ready to go cloud-native?

  We look at the suitability of Microsoft’s Azure platform for deploying cloud-native applications Continue Reading

• November 02, 2018 02Nov2018 News

  Soft skills present largest tech industry skills gap, says panel

  A panel of experts speaking at Microsoft’s Future Decoded event in London said one of the biggest skills gap in the technology industry surrounds soft skills Continue Reading

• November 02, 2018 02Nov2018 Blog Post

  The Bond of Intelligence at Oracle Open World

  Oracle Open World 2018 seems a world away. Especially, when you have had a few days’ furlough in between. Mark Hurd’s second keynote at OOW convoked a common room of former spies from the US and UK ... Continue Reading

• November 02, 2018 02Nov2018 News

  DevSecOps not limited to coding, says analyst

  DevSecOps is seen as a way of ensuring application security, but security leaders must understand that embedding a security culture and taking the inter-dependencies of new development frameworks into account is key, says KuppingerCole Continue Reading

• November 02, 2018 02Nov2018 News

  PoliceTech report looks at how startups can work with UK police

  A new report looking at how startups can penetrate the policing market has been released, but there are still a number of practical and ethical challenges facing SMEs moving into the space Continue Reading

• November 02, 2018 02Nov2018 Blog Post

  Chancellor's Budget boost for tech is tempered by Brexit realities

  Gone, or so it seems, are the days when Computer Weekly laments after every Budget statement from the Chancellor of the Exchequer that tech has been overlooked. There is little doubt that ... Continue Reading

• November 02, 2018 02Nov2018 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: Deploy multiple defence layers to protect data-rich applications

  What should organisations be doing to address application layer attacks and reduce the likelihood of a breach through this type of attack? Continue Reading

• November 02, 2018 02Nov2018 News

  Facebook to appeal EU-US data transfer ruling in Irish Supreme Court

  Facebook will appeal a decision by the Irish High Court to refer questions over the legality of EU-US data transfers to the European Court of Justice in January, as the Dublin court rejects attempt by a UK IT expert to join the case Continue Reading

• November 02, 2018 02Nov2018 News

  Government is open for business, says SME Crown Representative

  The government’s Crown Representative for SMEs, Emma Jones, sheds light on her three-pronged approach to increase spend with smaller businesses Continue Reading

• November 02, 2018 02Nov2018 News

  Ofcom has another go at liberalising duct and pole access

  Telecoms regulator is making a new attempt to establish better access to BT’s duct and pole infrastructure for communication services providers Continue Reading

• November 02, 2018 02Nov2018 News

  Radisson hotel group could be GDPR test case

  Privacy watchers say the breach of personal data of members of the Radisson Hotel Group’s loyalty scheme could be an interesting test case for how the GDPR will be applied Continue Reading

• November 02, 2018 02Nov2018 News

  Government fails in first attempt to hire chief security officer

  The government’s initial recruitment campaign for the UK’s "biggest and most important security job” has been unsuccessful, Cabinet Office admits Continue Reading

• November 02, 2018 02Nov2018 News

  Jlab 2019 to focus on experiential shopping

  Each year, John Lewis hosts a number of retail startups intent on using technology to transform the industry. Next year they will be aiming to change the customer experience in-store Continue Reading

• November 02, 2018 02Nov2018 News

  Departing DWP IT boss Mayank Prakash to take on digitisation role at Centrica

  DWP’s outgoing chief digital and information officer will begin new role in charge of digitalisation of Centrica’s consumer business in the New Year Continue Reading

• November 02, 2018 02Nov2018 News

  Best of VMworld 2018 Europe User Awards: Shortlist announced

  Find out who made the shortlist for this year's Best of VMworld Europe User Awards, with the winners set to be announced at VMworld next week Continue Reading

• November 02, 2018 02Nov2018 News

  BT makes progress with Global Services restructuring

  Telco sets out plan to get its troubled Global Services business unit fighting fit Continue Reading

• November 02, 2018 02Nov2018 News

  Apple drops unit shipments as it posts fourth-quarter results

  As long as it is making money, why worry how may iPhones are out there, the company argues Continue Reading

• November 02, 2018 02Nov2018 News

  Government to award £300,000 to select startups as part of Open Data competition

  The Department for Education will be awarding two businesses a share of £300,000 in funding to further develop prototypes submitted as part of the Higher Education Open Data competition Continue Reading

• November 02, 2018 02Nov2018 Blog Post

  Amido code leader: inside Kubernetes and ITIL

  This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by William Ayerst in his role as senior consultant at Amido, a company that specialises in the implementation of ‘cloud-first’ ... Continue Reading

• November 02, 2018 02Nov2018 Blog Post

  Fidor Bank to separate from BCPE after short marriage

  The integration of digital bank Fidor to BCPE's business fails to materialise Continue Reading

• November 02, 2018 02Nov2018 Blog Post

  The Asian tech century

  At IDC's annual FutureScapes event this week, the APAC group vice-president of the technology analyst firm, Sandra Ng, took a shot at predicting the technology trends that will shape the things to ... Continue Reading

• November 01, 2018 01Nov2018 Blog Post

  Why Google employees have staged equality walkouts

  On 1 November 2018 Google staff from offices around the world staged walkouts to protest the company’s alleged poor treatment of women. Staff across all departments, in several cities globally, ... Continue Reading

• November 01, 2018 01Nov2018 Blog Post

  The revolution will not be pasteurised

  It’s been almost a year since Downtime talked emojis, but from far-right tool bag Jair Bolsonaro seizing power in Brazil to a supermarket magazine editor thinking it’s normal to reply to a ... Continue Reading

• November 01, 2018 01Nov2018 Blog Post

  Industrial IoT makes your people more important, not less

  The recent Industry of Things World conference in Berlin offered insights into the state of the much-hyped Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). At one end, big early adopters such as Airbus, ... Continue Reading

• November 01, 2018 01Nov2018 News

  The IBM and Red Hat mega-merger: Who stands to benefit most?

  IBM is in the midst of a multi-year repositioning as it looks to offset the downturn in enterprise demand for its traditional, on-premise offerings by courting enterprise cloud buyers, prompting it to place its biggest bet yet on open source Continue Reading

• November 01, 2018 01Nov2018 News

  Alexa to manage Aerohive Wi-Fi networks

  Access networking supplier Aerohive is to add Alexa skills to its HiveManager network management suite Continue Reading

• November 01, 2018 01Nov2018 In Depth

  A guide to choosing cloud infrastructure services

  We take a look at the considerations when choosing infrastructure as a service, and what needs to be in place for enterprises to get the most out of the cloud computing technology Continue Reading

• November 01, 2018 01Nov2018 Blog Post

  How data is driving the future of invention

  This is a guest blogpost by Julian Nolan, CEO, Iprova A technology revolution is taking place in the research and development (R&D) departments of businesses around the world. Driven by data, ... Continue Reading

• November 01, 2018 01Nov2018 News

  SAP’s Atzberger vaunts front to back office capability

  Alex Atzberger, president, SAP Customer Experience, recently went through the company’s customer-focused software strategy with Computer Weekly Continue Reading

• November 01, 2018 01Nov2018 News

  Key elements to success in consumer identity management

  Success in consumer identity management is not just about getting the technology right, it is also about keeping in mind the consumer needs, preferences and concerns, says KuppingerCole Continue Reading

• November 01, 2018 01Nov2018 News

  Nutanix extends its Beam to private cloud deployments

  Hyper-converged infrastructure maker Nutanix pushes its Beam cloud monitoring and management platform into customers’ datacentres, but only for Nutanix deployments, for now Continue Reading

• November 01, 2018 01Nov2018 News

  International Space Station runs HPE Apollo supercomputer

  The first off-the-shelf supercomputer to run in space, Apollo 40, will be used for local number crunching and artificial intelligence applications Continue Reading

• November 01, 2018 01Nov2018 News

  Robotic delivery service hits the streets of Milton Keynes

  Following extensive testing and a limited commercial roll-out in campus enterprise environments, Estonian robotics firm Starship Technologies is launching a direct-to-consumer robot delivery service in Milton Keynes Continue Reading

• November 01, 2018 01Nov2018 News

  Microsoft chief urges industry to focus on ethics and privacy

  Businesses must focus on GDPR and ethical AI if they are to become software firms, says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Continue Reading

• November 01, 2018 01Nov2018 News

  Three introduces 4G+ at 2,700 sites

  Mobile operator Three hopes to boost average mobile data speeds by up to 33% through carrier aggregation Continue Reading

• November 01, 2018 01Nov2018 News

  How Bahrain plans to become a regional fintech hub

  Bahrain is a small island with big plans for its financial technology industry Continue Reading

• November 01, 2018 01Nov2018 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: A three-pronged approach to application security

  What should organisations be doing to address application layer attacks and reduce the likelihood of a breach through this type of attack? Continue Reading

• November 01, 2018 01Nov2018 Blog Post

  IR35 changes could see banking IT jobs offshored

  New rules on how contractors pay tax could tip the big banks towards increasing IT outsourcing Continue Reading

• November 01, 2018 01Nov2018 Blog Post

  Drop in the (Digital) Ocean: where we're going wrong with open source

  It’s easy to knock open source; there are frailties in fragilities in all code and open source libraries have been variously castigated by a litany of security software vendors attempting to ply ... Continue Reading

• October 31, 2018 31Oct2018 News

  Percentage of women appointed to tech boards stays stagnant for 20 years

  The percentage of women on the boards of technology firms has not changed for the last 20 years, with the gap between men and women on boards growing Continue Reading

• October 31, 2018 31Oct2018 News

  Triumph Motorcycles kick-starts changes with high-tech HR

  The Leicestershire-based motorcycle company is deploying IT systems to give customers and its own staff a ‘premium brand experience’ Continue Reading

• October 31, 2018 31Oct2018 News

  IoT R&D projects missed out on £10m of government funding

  A series of delays and disruption caused chiefly by changes in project ownership meant the government’s IoT UK Research and Innovation Programme failed to use a quarter of its allocated budget between 2015 and 2018 Continue Reading

• October 31, 2018 31Oct2018 News

  AWS urges enterprises to embrace their heritage when facing down disruption from startups

  At this year's AWS Transformation Day, the cloud giant's enterprise strategist, Miriam McLemore, talked about why enterprises should be looking to embrace their heritage and legacy when moving to the cloud Continue Reading

• October 31, 2018 31Oct2018 News

  Hyperoptic full-fibre network hits public housing milestone

  More than 150,000 publicly owned homes have now been connected to Hyperoptic’s ultrafast fibre broadband network Continue Reading

• October 31, 2018 31Oct2018 News

  GDPR driving data protection maturity

  The EU data protection laws are helping to drive data protection maturity internationally, but five months after enforcement many companies are still playing catch-up, says consultant Continue Reading

• October 31, 2018 31Oct2018 News

  Only 10% of firms have started upskilling employees as automation comes in

  As automation begins to change the way people work, only a small percentage of firms have begun full-scale projects to give their existing staff new skills Continue Reading

• October 31, 2018 31Oct2018 Opinion

  Digital services tax weakens the case for tech startups to choose the UK

  The UK government’s plan for a tax specifically targeting big digital firms risks undermining international efforts to reform corporate taxation for the digital age Continue Reading

• October 31, 2018 31Oct2018 News

  Ofcom releases BT from 2005 Openreach undertakings

  Following the legal split of the two organisations, telecoms regulator Ofcom has formally ‘released’ BT from the 2005 undertakings set up to manage the Openreach infrastructure business Continue Reading

• October 31, 2018 31Oct2018 Blog Post

  The fintech interview: Part 8 InvestCloud

  InvestCloud is a fintech with a few miles on the clock. It was even around when businesses didn't understand cloud services. Continue Reading

• October 31, 2018 31Oct2018 News

  Facebook emphasises security drive during third-quarter earnings call

  Social media giant admits it has a lot of work to do to keep on top of security as it looks to extend payment option to Messenger Continue Reading