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IT management
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May 23, 2018
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Hammond pledges funding to help SMEs adopt digital tech
Chancellor promises to boost smaller companies with funding for digital technologies, and plans to launch a review of the UK’s productivity gap
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May 23, 2018
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Facebook is ready for GDPR, says Zuckerberg
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg has claimed the social network is ready for GDPR, but failed to give any answers to the most probing questions posed by European MEPs
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May 23, 2018
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Blockchain tourism being replaced by its application to business challenges
Deloitte reveals the next 12 months could see businesses move from exploring blockchain to applying it to business challenges
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May 23, 2018
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Singapore to adopt European e-invoicing standard
The city-state is the first country outside Europe to embrace the Peppol e-invoicing standard to speed up business transactions and lower operating costs for SMEs
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May 22, 2018
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Qualcomm and Facebook working on FWA broadband
Qualcomm is to integrate a number of its chipsets with Facebook’s Terragraph technology to build fixed wireless access broadband solutions for urban areas
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May 22, 2018
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IT professionals distrust their main suppliers, survey shows
IT providers are restricting the ability of businesses to innovate, with many IT pros feeling that suppliers deliver poor value, especially on upgrades, a Cogeco Peer 1 survey reveals
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May 22, 2018
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CIO interview: Cathal Corcoran, Gatwick Airport
Computer Weekly speaks to Gatwick Airport’s CIO about a major network upgrade, which will support future expansion and boost its IT services
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May 22, 2018
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Google sued for £3.2bn for tracking UK iPhone browsing
A lawsuit by a group called Google You Owe Us is seeking compensation from Google for tracking millions of UK iPhone users’ browsing data
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May 21, 2018
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IT executives think businesses are slow at adopting digital transformation
Digital transformation may be impeded by the slow speed at which businesses are ready to adopt new, digitally empowered ways of working
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May 21, 2018
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ICO fines University of Greenwich £120,000
The UK privacy watchdog has issued a monetary penalty against the University of Greenwich for a "serious" security breach
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May 21, 2018
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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
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May 21, 2018
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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
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May 21, 2018
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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
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May 21, 2018
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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
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May 21, 2018
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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
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May 18, 2018
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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
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May 18, 2018
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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
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May 18, 2018
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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
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May 18, 2018
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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
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May 18, 2018
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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
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May 17, 2018
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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
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May 17, 2018
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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
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May 17, 2018
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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
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May 17, 2018
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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
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May 17, 2018
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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
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May 17, 2018
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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
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May 17, 2018
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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
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May 16, 2018
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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
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May 16, 2018
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Companies need to adapt to new communication demands from millennials
TechSmith has warned businesses younger generations have new multimedia-based communication demands
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May 16, 2018
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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
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May 16, 2018
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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
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May 16, 2018
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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
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May 15, 2018
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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
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May 15, 2018
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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
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May 15, 2018
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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
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May 15, 2018
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Vodafone CEO Colao steps down
Long-serving Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao will step down in October after just over a decade in charge
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May 15, 2018
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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
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May 14, 2018
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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
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May 14, 2018
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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
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May 14, 2018
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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
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May 14, 2018
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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
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May 11, 2018
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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
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May 11, 2018
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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
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May 11, 2018
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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
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May 11, 2018
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GDS wants to take 'hands off control' on digital identity, says Gov.uk Verify boss
Gov.uk Verify boss Nic Harrison says GDS wants to take its “hands off the controls” of identity, as he confirms target of 25 million Verify user accounts “won’t all be created by government”
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May 11, 2018
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EFF welcomes backdoor-blocking US bill
International digital rights organisation welcomes proposed US legislation that will prevent the government from forcing a company to build backdoors into encrypted products and services
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May 10, 2018
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Government must support SMEs, says Oliver Dowden
The minister for implementation, Oliver Dowden, provides further details on the GovTech competition and talks about GDS’s role as an “innovation incubator”, losing data policy to DCMS and the importance of SMEs
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May 10, 2018
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Connectivity problem hits thousands of Post Office branches
Post Office branches unable to connect to Horizon computer system for several hours after morning opening time
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May 10, 2018
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Barclays to set up biggest office outside UK in India
Bank is expanding its presence in India with plans for an office for 8,000 staff in Pune
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May 10, 2018
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BT to shut London HQ and cut 13,000 jobs
Another round of cuts comes as BT struggles to reposition itself for sustainable long-term growth