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CW500 and IT leadership skills

• October 04, 2017 04 Oct'17

  Role models best way to increase diversity, says Most Influential Woman in UK IT 2017 Sherry Coutu

  The winner of Computer Weekly’s 2017 Most Influential Woman in UK IT award, Sherry Coutu, says role models are the best way of addressing the diversity imbalance in the technology industry

• October 03, 2017 03 Oct'17

  Dubai Land Department launches interactive app

  Mashrooi app will track real estate project progress and allow users to compare construction against developers’ plans

• October 03, 2017 03 Oct'17

  CIOs moving to revenue-generating roles

  Gartner survey shows changing role for CIOs to cover revenue generation and deriving value from data, and spending less time on traditional IT delivery

• October 02, 2017 02 Oct'17

  Hard Brexit would see UK tech exports fall by £1.7bn

  UK manufacturers including those in the technology sector will lose billions of pounds of export revenue if the government completes a hard Brexit

• September 27, 2017 27 Sep'17

  UK-EU talks have failed to raise confidence of IT leaders

  IT decision-makers are no more confident about how Brexit will affect them despite this year’s general election and talks between the EU and the UK

• September 25, 2017 25 Sep'17

  Amazon launches Middle East region

  Amazon opens its latest delivery hub in Bahrain to serve customers in the Middle East

• September 22, 2017 22 Sep'17

  Uber fails to get licence to operate in London renewed

  Transport for London has rejected Uber's application for its licence renewal, citing a lack of corporate responsibility as the reason

• September 22, 2017 22 Sep'17

  CIO interview: Russell Harte, group technology director, DFS

  The furniture store’s group head of IT speaks to Computer Weekly about how customer experience can be used internally

• September 20, 2017 20 Sep'17

  Blockchain tests delivering results and IBM seen as leader

  Businesses that have invested in trials of blockchain technology will repeat their investments

• September 14, 2017 14 Sep'17

  Government aligns data laws with GDPR

  The UK government announces details of its data protection law that will align with the EU’s GDPR

• September 13, 2017 13 Sep'17

  CIO interview: Karl Hoods, CIO, Save the Children UK

  The charity’s CIO is looking at the potential of blockchain technologies and establishing an internal digital academy to drive its digital transformation strategy

• September 12, 2017 12 Sep'17

  Home Office agrees back-office transformation deal

  The Home Office is moving more of its back-office processes into the cloud

• September 08, 2017 08 Sep'17

  Trainline uses predictive analytics to help rail passengers save money

  Travellers using Trainline’s app can save money on tickets after the introduction of an in-app feature called Price Prediction

• September 07, 2017 07 Sep'17

  Thousands of Deutsche Bank employees will be replaced by robots

  The CEO of Deutsche Bank said a "big number of staff will eventually be replaced by robots” as it looks towards artificial intelligence technology

• September 01, 2017 01 Sep'17

  US Open tennis uses IBM AI to create video highlights

  Fans of the US Open are able to access match highlights provided by IBM's Watson artificial intelligence system

• August 31, 2017 31 Aug'17

  Open source helps Schiphol fly to multi-clouds

  Amsterdam airport Schiphol is utilising open source software to create and use a multi-cloud platform with an open API

• August 31, 2017 31 Aug'17

  Amazon Alexa and Microsoft Cortana to offer integration

  Amazon and Microsoft’s voice assistants will be able to integrate with each other to provide users with the best features from both

• August 30, 2017 30 Aug'17

  HCL expands global network with Swedish delivery centre

  HCL has opened another delivery centre in the Nordic region, this time in Gothenburg, Sweden

• August 30, 2017 30 Aug'17

  Challenger bank Fidor reaches 200,000 customers

  Fintech trailblazer Fidor now has more than 200,000 people using its banking services, but its CEO believes the fintech environment is getting tougher

• August 29, 2017 29 Aug'17

  McDonald’s selects Capgemini to help it drive digital customer services

  Fast-food chain decides to outsource its digital developments globally to French IT services giant

• August 29, 2017 29 Aug'17

  CIO Interview: Neal Sunners, CIO, Avis Budget Group

  CIO international and senior vice-president for innovation at car rental firm aims to remove customer stress by driving mobile self-service applications

• August 29, 2017 29 Aug'17

  Saudi Telecom Company creates cloud computing giant

  The IT joint venture in Saudi Arabia will drive the digitisation of government services

• August 23, 2017 23 Aug'17

  UAE telco Du pushes SaaS adoption in Middle East

  The Middle East looks set to see strong growth in software as a service and IT departments need to take a different approach

• August 17, 2017 17 Aug'17

  Barclays ring-fencing project means downtime for customers

  Many Barclays services will be unavailable this weekend as part of the bank's project to separate retail and investment operations

• August 16, 2017 16 Aug'17

  A decade of IT change since banking meltdown

  With 10 years passing since Northern Rock had to be bailed out by the government, we look at how banking IT has changed since the financial crisis

• August 14, 2017 14 Aug'17

  CIO interview: Mike Proudlock, interim head of IT, The Royal College of Surgeons

  The Royal College of Surgeons has started a cloud-centric transformation programme to ensure the organisation is fit for the working challenges of the 21st century

• August 11, 2017 11 Aug'17

  BBVA tops Forrester mobile bank app chart

  Spanish bank BBVA has the best mobile banking app in the world, according to Forrester Research

• August 11, 2017 11 Aug'17

  HSBC uses IBM to automate the processing of 100 million document pages

  In another instance of banks adopting automation to lower costs and drive productivity, HSBC uses IBM analytics technology to cut down on its paper trail

• August 10, 2017 10 Aug'17

  CIO interview: Daniel Gebler, chief technology officer, Picnic

  The Netherlands has the highest supermarket density in the world, yet a technology company has been able to gain market share from the established order

• August 09, 2017 09 Aug'17

  Nordic countries top digital nations ranking, but risk stalling

  Nordic countries are leaders when it comes to digitisation – but they must continue to innovate to retain their position

• August 08, 2017 08 Aug'17

  CIO interview: David Ivell, CIO, The Prince’s Trust

  Youth charity is turning to digital means to engage with young people outside its usual reach

• August 07, 2017 07 Aug'17

  Gaming apps ‘main source’ of mobile phishing attacks, research shows

  Analysis of 100,000 corporate devices shows more than a quarter of traffic going to phishing domains was from gaming apps

• August 03, 2017 03 Aug'17

  Interview: Vodafone CTO juggles legacy network and cutting-edge technology

  Vodafone UK chief technology officer Jorge Fernandes talks legacy networks, digitisation and how he is positioning the operator to lead in the mobile-enabled future

• August 01, 2017 01 Aug'17

  Imperial College, University of Edinburgh and Harvard to run NHS Digital Academy

  Consortium comprising Imperial College, Harvard University and the University of Edinburgh has been chosen to run three-year, £6m virtual academy aimed at upskilling CIOs and CCIOs

• July 31, 2017 31 Jul'17

  Parliament’s digital chief quits to become Arup CIO

  Rob Greig is leaving in September for a new role in the private sector

• July 31, 2017 31 Jul'17

  OVH opens first UK datacentre in south London

  French cloud provider OVH has opened the doors on its first datacentre in the UK, slightly later than planned

• July 25, 2017 25 Jul'17

  Unilever signs partnership deal with Accenture to drive sales for ‘digitally savvy’ consumers

  Unilever enters tech partnership with Accenture to help maintain consumer loyalty and drive sales

• July 25, 2017 25 Jul'17

  Nordea deploys AI to speed up customer service

  Nordea is reaping the rewards of its fintech investments through its latest project to use artificial intelligence to support customers

• July 24, 2017 24 Jul'17

  UAE hotel upgrades wireless network and internet connectivity

  Beach resort completes major project to revamp its wireless infrastructure with TP-Link technologies

• July 24, 2017 24 Jul'17

  Mastercard outlines future digital payment platforms after improvements to Qkr

  Mastercard has developed its mobile app, Qkr, for spectators at The Open Championship. The improvements further demonstrate new digital payment platforms offered by the company

• July 24, 2017 24 Jul'17

  Tech disruption forces CEOs to rethink leadership

  Headline figures from KPMG’s Outlook 2017 survey of 1500 CEOs shows that 40% expect technology innovation to cause major disruption

• July 24, 2017 24 Jul'17

  What are Amazon Web Services’ Nordic plans?

  Amazon Web Services' head in the Nordic tells Computer Weekly about the region's increasing demand and use of the cloud

• July 20, 2017 20 Jul'17

  TSB to introduce iris scan authentication in September 2017

  TSB customers will soon be able to access their mobile bank accounts through iris scanning, which is regarded as the most secure biometric authentication available

• July 19, 2017 19 Jul'17

  London Stock Exchange uses IBM blockchain technology

  The London Stock Exchange is testing out IBM's blockchain technology in a platform to help SME operations become more transparent

• July 18, 2017 18 Jul'17

  Why company directors need to focus on software licensing small print

  Heads of businesses risk breaching the Companies Act, fines, or a possible jail sentence if they fail to take software licensing risks into account

• July 18, 2017 18 Jul'17

  Stamford Bridge to offer stadium connectivity in partnership with Ericsson

  Ericsson has begun its partnership with Chelsea to offer home fans a “seamless” connected experience

• July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17

  HPE and CSC merger wins confidence of Zurich

  Zurich Insurance has demonstrated confidence in CSC's merger with HPE through a contract extension

• July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17

  Cognizant opens London lab to help customers with digitisation

  Cognizant has opened its latest digital development centre in London, where it will work with customers and partners on digital business challenges

• July 12, 2017 12 Jul'17

  Most Influential Women in UK IT 2017: Entrants to the Hall of Fame

  Each year Computer Weekly recognises several great women from the IT industry and their lifetime achievements in its Most Influential Women in UK IT Hall of Fame

• July 10, 2017 10 Jul'17

  Experian admits mobile and online issues after system upgrade

  Some customers of credit referencing company are having problems accessing a service they pay for following an IT upgrade and large customer migration to a new system