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• June 19, 2019 19Jun2019 Blog Post

  Fintech IT chiefs earn more than chief financial officers

  Fintech IT heads are the top earners but this will change as the industry matures and needs for different skills Continue Reading

• June 19, 2019 19Jun2019 In Depth

  Interview: How Hackney Council will help accelerate innovation across London boroughs

  Hackney Council’s director of ICT, Rob Miller, talks to Computer Weekly about how one of the most digitally advanced local authorities plans to collaborate with counterparts across the capital to revamp public services delivery Continue Reading

• June 19, 2019 19Jun2019 News

  University graduates to Rubrik backup appliance with Azure cloud

  University of Reading could only back up 20% of its data on an ageing tape library, so it modernised with a Rubrik appliance and Azure cloud storage in a cost-neutral project Continue Reading

• June 19, 2019 19Jun2019 News

  Luxembourg tech startups get premium connections

  Luxembourg is at the centre of a continent with ambitious plans to develop a thriving tech industry, but what makes it different? Continue Reading

• June 19, 2019 19Jun2019 Opinion

  Opening a path into a tech career for anyone

  The technology sector needs new talent and must get better at appealing to people at all stages of their life and career Continue Reading

• June 19, 2019 19Jun2019 News

  Signify goes after Wi-Fi with range of Li-Fi office lighting

  Although analyst Gartner has urged IT departments to approach Li-Fi with caution, the use of light as an alternative to Wi-Fi is set to gain momentum Continue Reading

• June 19, 2019 19Jun2019 News

  GDS director general to move on to global promotion role

  Kevin Cunnington will be travelling around the world to promote government services under a newly created unit Continue Reading

• June 19, 2019 19Jun2019 News

  How Carsales cuts through the noise in incident response

  The Australian firm is using PagerDuty to sieve through a sea of alerts from various alerting systems that notify operations staff of customer and IT issues Continue Reading

• June 18, 2019 18Jun2019 Blog Post

  Is the internet destroying Western Liberal Democracy?

  There is an irony in the appointment by the House of Lords of a committee to explore the impact of digital technologies on democracy.  The Internet is now, however, global. The majority of users ... Continue Reading

• June 18, 2019 18Jun2019 News

  Facebook announces global digital currency Libra

  Facebook is launching digital coin to open up affordable financial services to the world Continue Reading

• June 18, 2019 18Jun2019 Blog Post

  Okta pinpoints passport to passwordless programming

  Developers care about system, software and device passwords -- a secure approach to password integrity and protection is part and parcel of what they do... and is a key part of the programmer ... Continue Reading

• June 18, 2019 18Jun2019 Blog Post

  Deeper into the data fabric with MongoDB

  Much as we would like it to be, the Computer Weekly Developer Network and Open Source Insider team can’t be everywhere at once -- and this week, that means we’re missing MongoDB World 2019 in New ... Continue Reading

• June 18, 2019 18Jun2019 Blog Post

  London Tech Week opinion 2: UK tech is more than just London

  There is life in UK tech beyond the Big Smoke Continue Reading

• June 18, 2019 18Jun2019 Podcast

  Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 20

  In this week’s episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Brian McKenna and Caroline Donnelly are joined by Computer Weekly’s networking editor, Alex Scroxton, to talk about some of the past week’s biggest news stories Continue Reading

• June 18, 2019 18Jun2019 News

  Tableau sticking to data mission under Salesforce

  Tableau President and CEO Adam Selipsky told the company’s European user conference in Berlin that Salesforce acquisition will not affect its mission of “seeing and understanding data” Continue Reading

• June 18, 2019 18Jun2019 News

  Ministry of Justice publishes public cloud security baseline

  Guidelines from the Ministry of Justice aim to avoid potential cloud security issues such as S3 ‘leaky buckets’ Continue Reading

• June 18, 2019 18Jun2019 E-Zine

  Applying AI to road safety

  In this week’s Computer Weekly, we visit a Tokyo project where artificial intelligence is helping to improve road safety by detecting potential subsidence. As bug bounty programmes become popular, we look at what’s involved and the pitfalls to avoid... Continue Reading

• June 18, 2019 18Jun2019 News

  Openreach trials will speed up broadband upgrade

  Tests to focus on process of migrating households and businesses to fibre to the premise and voice over IP Continue Reading

• June 18, 2019 18Jun2019 News

  UK to host world’s first surveillance camera day

  The UK is to host the world’s first surveillance camera day to raise awareness about surveillance cameras and generate a debate about how they are used Continue Reading

• June 18, 2019 18Jun2019 Blog Post

  Abbyy launches mobile web capture SDK for user ‘onboarding’

  Business document information company Abbyy has launched Mobile Web Capture, a Software Development Kit (SDK) for developers to add real-time image and data capture to mobile web-based onboarding ... Continue Reading

• June 18, 2019 18Jun2019 Blog Post

  Densify: it's time to kill 'tribal knowledge' in cloud management

  The technology industry likes to use the CRM acronym; it is normally used to shorten Customer Relationship Management (CRM) technologies. But CRM now means something else too; in these cloud-native ... Continue Reading

• June 18, 2019 18Jun2019 News

  Singapore faced fewer cyber threats in 2018

  Despite the fall in the number of common cyber threats last year, Singapore will continue to face advanced persistent threats, CSA warns Continue Reading

• June 18, 2019 18Jun2019 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: Business needs to see infosec pros as trusted advisers

  How can security professionals communicate effectively with the board and senior business leaders – what works and what doesn’t? Continue Reading

• June 18, 2019 18Jun2019 News

  5G will be a public utility, says IMDA

  Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority is looking beyond access speeds in charting the deployment of 5G networks, which it has likened to a public utility Continue Reading

• June 17, 2019 17Jun2019 E-Handbook

  Making multi-cloud work

  In this e-guide, read more about the tools you can use to manage multiple cloud services, the mistakes to avoid in multi-cloud storage management and tips to rein in costs in your multi-cloud strategy. Continue Reading

• June 17, 2019 17Jun2019 E-Handbook

  AI tools for software developers: Part Two

  The Computer Weekly Developer Network is in the engine room, covered in grease and looking for Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools for software application developers to use. With so much AI power in development and so many new neural network brains ... Continue Reading

• June 17, 2019 17Jun2019 In Depth

  Hybrid cloud: Weighing up what to run in the cloud and on-premise

  The hybrid cloud model promises a lot, but enterprises really need to take their time when working out what applications and workloads to run where – or they will find themselves on a hiding to nothing Continue Reading

• June 17, 2019 17Jun2019 News

  Post Office asks Court of Appeal for permission to appeal judgment in first Horizon trial

  The Post Office has applied to the Court of Appeal to appeal judgment in Horizon trial Continue Reading

• June 17, 2019 17Jun2019 E-Handbook

  Biometrics in the enterprise: An opportunity or an ethical minefield?

  Is biometric technology ready for use in the enterprise to help improve IT security? IT leaders need to be aware of the concerns. In this e-guide we take a look at some of the potential – as well as the risks. Continue Reading

• June 17, 2019 17Jun2019 News

  DevSecOps is key to uniting opposing forces

  Unifying DevOps and security teams with the aid of automation will bring harmony and added business benefits, says systems engineer Continue Reading

• June 17, 2019 17Jun2019 News

  Transport for London supports innovation to tackle road congestion

  The London RoadLab programme has selected products using emergent technologies to alleviate problems caused by roadworks Continue Reading

• June 17, 2019 17Jun2019 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: Top infosec task is getting on board agenda

  How can security professionals communicate effectively with the board and senior business leaders – what works and what doesn’t? Continue Reading

• June 17, 2019 17Jun2019 News

  Department of Health aims to drive change through tech innovation

  Revamped Accelerated Access Collaborative is intended to “genuinely drive change” in NHS by identifying the best in healthtech, aligning policy and establishing testing mechanisms Continue Reading

• June 17, 2019 17Jun2019 News

  Airbus works with Microsoft to trial HoloLens in aircraft manufacturing

  Aircraft company Airbus believes mixed reality systems, powered using headsets such as HoloLens, will drive its digital manufacturing strategy Continue Reading

• June 17, 2019 17Jun2019 Video

  Inside MyRepublic’s digital transformation journey

  MyRepublic’s group CIO and chief operating officer talks up the company’s digital transformation journey and how it has overcome challenges that stood in its way Continue Reading

• June 17, 2019 17Jun2019 News

  HMRC urged to delay April 2020 extension of IR35 rules to private sector by 'at least' 12 months

  An analysis of the responses HMRC has reportedly received to its consultation on extending the IR35 tax avoidance reforms to the private sector suggests the tax agency is coming under pressure to put its plans on hold for at least 12 months Continue Reading

• June 17, 2019 17Jun2019 News

  Asco breaks silence on ransomware attack

  A week after reportedly being hit by a ransomware attack, Belgium-based mechanical equipment manufacturer Asco has finally provided some details Continue Reading

• June 17, 2019 17Jun2019 Blog Post

  Lloyds bank adds savings and credit card to open banking

  Lloyds Banking Group launches the latest edition of its open banking journey Continue Reading

• June 17, 2019 17Jun2019 Blog Post

  What is software feature management?

  We need to look at software feature management and define the term. But first, some context is needed to understand what kind of companies are operating in this space. CloudBees describes itself as ... Continue Reading

• June 17, 2019 17Jun2019 News

  WekaIO adds enterprise features to scale-out NAS file system

  WekaIO has Dell EMC’s Isilon, NetApp, GPFS and Lustre in its sights with its massively scalable hybrid-cloud NAS file system that also runs in the Amazon cloud Continue Reading

• June 17, 2019 17Jun2019 News

  UK Armed Forces seeks digital recruitment platform provider

  The UK's Armed Forces has gone to market to procure a new digital recruitment platform, to be implemented by March 2022 Continue Reading

• June 17, 2019 17Jun2019 News

  Inside F5’s cyber security playbook

  F5 Networks' CISO talks up measures that the application delivery and security specialist is employing to fend off cyber attackers that come knocking on its doors Continue Reading

• June 16, 2019 16Jun2019 News

  5G to drive hybrid cloud adoption in ANZ

  5G networks will move computing to the edge, driving adoption of hybrid cloud and hyper-converged infrastructure, says Nutanix’s ANZ chief Continue Reading

• June 14, 2019 14Jun2019 News

  How computer vision powered by Nvidia helped Winnow tackle food waste

  Winnow has developed a biologically inspired machine learning algorithm to identify what foods are being thrown away Continue Reading

• June 14, 2019 14Jun2019 Opinion

  Building a cyber-physical immune system

  Shantanu Rane, researcher in cyber-physical systems security at the Palo Alto Research Center, explains how our own immune systems can inspire the design of modern cyber-physical systems Continue Reading

• June 14, 2019 14Jun2019 E-Handbook

  Deep Dive into DataOps

  In this e-guide, we hear from key decision-makers from Altran, Moogsoft, Puppet, Morpheus, Talend, NetApp and PagerDuty about how and why they are adopting DataOps. Continue Reading

• June 14, 2019 14Jun2019 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: Infosec needs to avoid FUD and keep it real

  How can security professionals communicate effectively with the board and senior business leaders – what works and what doesn’t? Continue Reading

• June 14, 2019 14Jun2019 News

  Government reviews regulation to enable tech innovation

  The government reforms are aimed at ensuring that regulations keep up with technological change Continue Reading

• June 14, 2019 14Jun2019 News

  How digital transformation underpins Three’s 5G ambitions

  At Three, the smallest of the UK’s four mobile network operators, a transformative attitude to underlying IT is helping the firm mount a serious challenge to its rivals when it comes to 5G roll-out Continue Reading

• June 14, 2019 14Jun2019 Blog Post

  Tibco sharpens open source cloud-native developer toolkit

  Tibco has made a direct developer play designed to drive recognition of its technologies in areas where programmers are looking to build cloud-native applications. Known for its integration, API ... Continue Reading

• June 14, 2019 14Jun2019 News

  IT outsourcing is increasing, but not as we know it

  IT outsourcing is growing in the UK, as organisations spend more as part of their digital transformations Continue Reading

• June 14, 2019 14Jun2019 Blog Post

  The death of the data model?

  Agile developers tend to view data modeling as a bottleneck preventing them from delivering value. This is the view held by Pascal Desmarets, founder and CEO of Hackolade, a Belgium-based startup ... Continue Reading

• June 14, 2019 14Jun2019 Blog Post

  London Tech Week opinion 1: Incorporating diversity in your company

  Diversity in the tech industry is vital if the UK is to prosper, but how do companies build it into their DNA? Continue Reading

• June 14, 2019 14Jun2019 In Depth

  Uptime and availability: Making sense of supplier SLAs

  Enterprises need to read the fine print of supplier service-level agreements (SLA) or risk finding themselves caught short during downtime incidents Continue Reading

• June 14, 2019 14Jun2019 In Depth

  AI storage: Machine learning, deep learning and storage needs

  Artificial intelligence workloads impact storage, with NVMe flash needed for GPU processing at the highest levels of performance – and there are other choices right through the AI data lifecycle Continue Reading

• June 14, 2019 14Jun2019 News

  Innovation drives Nominet to cyber security

  Embracing an innovation strategy for a mature organisation led domain name registry Nominet to found a cyber security business based on its core expertise, its CEO tells London Tech Week Continue Reading

• June 14, 2019 14Jun2019 E-Zine

  CW Europe: Why are Dutch companies slow to take advantage of the IoT?

  Many organisations in the Netherlands are missing out on the benefits of the internet of things because they lack awareness of its potential. Also read why construction of Apple's first non-US datacentre has halted in Denmark, and why some ... Continue Reading

• June 14, 2019 14Jun2019 Blog Post

  Achieving balance in Machine Learning development

  This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Ian Greenhalgh in his role as UK & US managing partner at Delaware. Spelled in lower case, delaware is a software ... Continue Reading

• June 13, 2019 13Jun2019 News

  UK firms need to address risky user habits

  McAfee calls for companies to ramp up their security culture and improve the integration of technical security controls to minimise exposure from workers Continue Reading

• June 13, 2019 13Jun2019 News

  Facebook London hiring spree focuses on tackling online harms

  Facebook is hiring for 500 tech jobs in the capital in the next six months, with a particular focus on seeking out and clamping down on malicious content and fake accounts, and curbing other harmful behaviour on its platforms Continue Reading

• June 13, 2019 13Jun2019 News

  Computer scientist Frank Land receives OBE

  Frank Land, known for his work on the world's first business computer LEO, has received an OBE Continue Reading

• June 13, 2019 13Jun2019 Opinion

  SAP Document Licensing for Indirect Access: The risks that still won't go away

  SAP introduced a new licensing scheme last year to reflect indirect access to its system from third-party systems based on document licensing Continue Reading

• June 13, 2019 13Jun2019 News

  Budgets for customer experience projects grow, but more are stalling

  Organisations are spending on advanced analytics to improve customer experience Continue Reading

• June 13, 2019 13Jun2019 News

  Collaboration is key to digital success in public safety

  Multi-agency engagement has a significant potential to boost the digital delivery of citizen safety services, says report Continue Reading

• June 13, 2019 13Jun2019 Blog Post

  Some reflections on Black Mirror

  The fifth series of Charlie Brooker’s anthology series Black Mirror landed on Netflix this month, and we were surprised to find it’s moved away from making terrifying technology predictions to ... Continue Reading

• June 13, 2019 13Jun2019 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: Security risk ratings key to security/business understanding

  How can security professionals communicate effectively with the board and senior business leaders – what works and what doesn’t? Continue Reading

• June 13, 2019 13Jun2019 In Depth

  Interview: Rackspace EMEA CTO on why it pays to put people at the heart of IT transformation

  Rackspace EMEA CTO Lee James opens up about how taking a people-first approach to digital transformation raises staff morale and engagement levels while helping the managed cloud provider win new business Continue Reading

• June 13, 2019 13Jun2019 News

  UK tech visa application numbers rise for the fifth year in a row, Tech Nation confirms

  Data from visa endorsement body Tech Nation reveals 45% year on year jump in tech visa applications, with India and the US emerging as the two major sources of candidates Continue Reading

• June 13, 2019 13Jun2019 News

  Digital chief at Department for Work and Pensions gets extension

  Acting chief digital information officer Simon McKinnon will stay in the role until 2020, since a successor for Mayank Prakash has yet to be found Continue Reading

• June 13, 2019 13Jun2019 News

  How IT helps the National Theatre to stage productions

  It may seem like it’s all last-minute, but theatre production is a process and IT can make day-to-day operations go smoothly Continue Reading

• June 13, 2019 13Jun2019 News

  AI-enabled cyber attacks a reality soon, warns Mikko Hypponen

  Technology continues to shape human conflict and artificial intelligence will be no exception, so business needs to up its ability to detect attacks and respond, says security expert Continue Reading

• June 13, 2019 13Jun2019 News

  TTC experts say collaboration necessary for improving tech diversity

  Despite initiatives designed to increase the number of women in tech, progress is slow. But it could be faster with more collaboration, say signatories of the Tech Talent Charter Continue Reading

• June 13, 2019 13Jun2019 Blog Post

  Wind River pumps new beans into embedded Linux

  It’s hard to know whether to pronounce software infrastructure company Wind River as wind (as in eaten too many beans, that thing that makes sails billow out) or wind (as in snakey, twisty) river. ... Continue Reading

• June 13, 2019 13Jun2019 News

  AWS skills collaboration gives rise to two-year pre-university cloud qualification

  Amazon Web Services joins forces with Career College Trust to create cloud course that will prepare students for entry-level tech jobs or further education at university Continue Reading

• June 12, 2019 12Jun2019 Blog Post

  Currencycloud takes Lego approach to payments infrastructure: Fintech Interview 22

  Currencycloud offers emerging fintechs make chiild's play of building a payments infrastructure Continue Reading

• June 12, 2019 12Jun2019 News

  DCMS adds cash to 5G testbed fund and moves to ease planning laws

  The government is to invest £40m in new projects under its 5G Testbeds and Trials scheme, and will explore new ways to liberalise planning laws to support quicker 5G deployment Continue Reading

• June 12, 2019 12Jun2019 News

  NHSX chief replaces senior digital clinician at NHS Digital

  Matthew Gould takes over board seat from chief clinical information officer Simon Eccles Continue Reading

• June 12, 2019 12Jun2019 News

  Operational technology security improving, but attack surface continues to grow

  Critical national infrastructure providers and others are improving cyber security capabilities around industrial control systems, but the cyber threat remains high and continues to evolve, a study shows Continue Reading

• June 12, 2019 12Jun2019 In Depth

  Rise in business-led IT spend increases risks and opportunities

  Digitally leading businesses benefit from faster time to market, better employee experience and improved finances, but lack of partnership between CIOs and business units can jeopardise progress, says Harvey Nash / KPMG survey Continue Reading

• June 12, 2019 12Jun2019 News

  Gartner: Blockchain lacks functionality needed by enterprise

  Gartner has found there is generally a lack of understanding of how blockchain can be used in the enterprise Continue Reading

• June 12, 2019 12Jun2019 Blog Post

  Cisco’s DevNet Walk-Run-Fly developer play

  Cisco is not a cables, hubs, switches and routers (did someone say token ring adapter?) focused networking company, Cisco is a software company focused on developers - right? Well, such is the ... Continue Reading

• June 12, 2019 12Jun2019 News

  Culture secretary Wright hails Tech Nation AI growth programme at CogX

  Jeremy Wright, DCMS secretary of state, urges artificial intelligence tech firm founders to step forward for Tech Nation’s Applied AI growth programme, while McKinsey offers qualified endorsement of UK AI optimism Continue Reading

• June 12, 2019 12Jun2019 News

  From oil crash to tech startup boom in Norway

  For countries highly dependent on oil, the global price crash had huge potential ramifications – one of which, in Norway, was the development of a thriving technology sector Continue Reading

• June 12, 2019 12Jun2019 News

  Government’s national Innovation Strategy launches

  The long-awaited Innovation Strategy document includes evolving use of data, eradicating legacy and seconding senior tech staff to the private sector Continue Reading

• June 12, 2019 12Jun2019 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: Focus on business impact and likelihood of cyber attacks

  How can cyber security professionals communicate effectively with the board and senior business leaders – what works and what doesn’t? Continue Reading

• June 12, 2019 12Jun2019 Blog Post

  Cloud migration: A step-by-step guide

  In this guest post, Paul Mercina, director of product management, at datacentre hardware and maintenance provider ParkPlace Technologies offers a step-by-step guide about how, what and when to move ... Continue Reading

• June 12, 2019 12Jun2019 News

  Austrian Supreme Court green-lights GDPR case against Facebook

  A potential landmark case against Facebook for violating General Data Protection Regulation rights has been given the go-ahead by the Austrian Supreme Court Continue Reading

• June 12, 2019 12Jun2019 News

  Apple cancels plans to build second European datacentre in Denmark

  The consumer electronics giant plans to focus its efforts on expanding its soon-to-be completed datacentre in Denmark, rather than invest in standing up a second facility in the country Continue Reading

• June 12, 2019 12Jun2019 Blog Post

  WP Engine DevKit: promises a straightforward ‘slick sandbox’

  Wordpress platform company WP Engine wants to be known as the WordPress Digital Experience Platform (DXP) company. Is that experiences for Wordpress end users, customers, partners or plain old ... Continue Reading

• June 11, 2019 11Jun2019 Opinion

  Gender diversity is failing in tech: how can we turn it around?

  Todays technology organisations need innovative thinking, communication, relationship building, influencing and listening – skills that a lot of women possess in abundance. Yet employers frequently advertise jobs in ways that unwittingly deter ... Continue Reading

• June 11, 2019 11Jun2019 Opinion

  Why the rise of IT managed by the business is driving creative thinking

  Organisations that encourage business units to implement and run their own IT systems have an edge over competitors that rely entirely on the IT department, research from Harvey Nash and KPMG reveals Continue Reading

• June 11, 2019 11Jun2019 News

  In a cyber data breach, preparation is key

  The importance of preparation was strongly emphasised at a breach response workshop hosted by DAC Beachcroft as part of London Tech Week Continue Reading

• June 11, 2019 11Jun2019 E-Handbook

  Data governance more important now than ever

  As organisations generate and store ever-increasing volumes of data, governance of that data has never been more important. In this e-guide, we discuss why good data governance is good business, why it's essential to data security and examine the ... Continue Reading

• June 11, 2019 11Jun2019 E-Handbook

  AI tools for software developers: Part One

  The Computer Weekly Developer Network is in the engine room, covered in grease and looking for Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools for software application developers to use. With so much AI power in development and so many new neural network brains ... Continue Reading

• June 11, 2019 11Jun2019 News

  Cisco shows off AI-driven network analysis at customer event

  New tools to help IT departments better understand network behaviour and predict potential problems were among a series of announcements made on the opening day of Cisco Live in the US Continue Reading

• June 11, 2019 11Jun2019 News

  Government increases efforts to drive Verify uptake

  Renewed push to create a ubiquitous digital identity market will include a consultation with the private sector and the creation of a dedicated unit Continue Reading

• June 11, 2019 11Jun2019 Podcast

  Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 19

  In this week’s episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Brian McKenna, Caroline Donnelly and Clare McDonald look at the tech credentials for more of the Conservative Party candidates, talk about Computer Weekly’s list of the Most ... Continue Reading

• June 11, 2019 11Jun2019 News

  London Office of Technology and Innovation launches in ‘willing and able’ local authorities

  The LOTI coalition of local authorities kicks off to speed up the adoption of new technologies and approaches within local authorities Continue Reading

• June 11, 2019 11Jun2019 News

  Scale targets edge workloads with HE500 hyper-converged nodes

  Scale Computing adds hyper-converged infrastructure nodes to provide edge compute and storage that is fully compatible with its datacentre-scale HCI appliances Continue Reading

• June 11, 2019 11Jun2019 News

  Most code-signing processes insecure, study shows

  The majority of organisations are failing to enforce security for code-signing processes, providing opportunities for cyber criminals, a survey reveals Continue Reading