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• October 13, 2016 13 Oct'16

  Case study: Denmark’s Bang & Olufsen takes control of sales data

  Denmark based audio-visual equipment maker uses cloud-based channel management software to give it the sales insight it needs to make better decisions

• October 13, 2016 13 Oct'16

  Lloyds Bank to use virtual reality to test applicants for graduate programme

  Bank will use virtual reality to test potential recruits in situations that are otherwise difficult to recreate

• October 13, 2016 13 Oct'16

  IT startups suffer from strict, out-of-date Dutch laws

  The Netherlands government needs to ensure that legislation enables disruptive technology to flourish

• October 13, 2016 13 Oct'16

  Almost two-thirds of US office workers unaware of ransomware threat

  Nearly half of ransomware attacks are aimed at office workers, but almost two-thirds of those polled in the US are unaware of the threat

• October 12, 2016 12 Oct'16

  CIO interview: Chris White, Clyde & Co

  Clyde & Co’s CIO talks about the growing importance of IT in law firms and how to push the power of digital transformation

• October 12, 2016 12 Oct'16

  PC market in longest period of decline since records began, says Gartner

  PC shipments across the globe enter an unprecedented period of decline, Gartner reveals

• October 12, 2016 12 Oct'16

  Encouraging kids into Stem: problems and suggestions

  Influencers within the science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) sectors describe the problems preventing children from pursuing Stem careers, and how they might be fixed

• October 11, 2016 11 Oct'16

  IR35 dispute prompts mass walkout of IT contractors from MoD agency

  Public sector IT contractors leave UK Hydrographic Office en masse over IR35 clampdown, Computer Weekly understands

• October 11, 2016 11 Oct'16

  How Linux has influenced modern IT

  On 25 August 1991, Linus Torvalds released the Linux kernel. We look at how the open source operating system has evolved in the last quarter of a century

• October 11, 2016 11 Oct'16

  Facebook at Work comes out of beta and launches as Workplace

  Facebook launches its Workplace application for use in a professional environment after a year of beta

• October 10, 2016 10 Oct'16

  Quantum refreshes Scalar tape library family with i3, i6 and AEL6

  Quantum’s StorNext universe boosted by new tape libraries – the i3, i6 and AEL6 – with increased data density on the back of denser storage and improved robotics

• October 10, 2016 10 Oct'16

  Number of women working in IT to rise by 2020

  The proportion of women choosing to work in the IT profession is set to increase over the next four years as businesses adopt digital technology, according to a major study by the CEB

• October 10, 2016 10 Oct'16

  Another senior leader leaving GDS as data director Paul Maltby to go

  Three directors of Government Digital Service have departed since appointment of new director general Kevin Cunnington in August

• October 10, 2016 10 Oct'16

  Smartwatches banned from UK Cabinet as EC plans IoT security standards

  The EC is planning a security certification scheme for internet of things devices as the UK Cabinet bans smartwatches amid heightened fears of cyber espionage

• October 10, 2016 10 Oct'16

  More virtualisation to come in mature Australian market

  Australia has been hailed as a rapidly growing market for mobile virtualisation

• October 07, 2016 07 Oct'16

  Dunkin’ data – how one firm is going donuts for data analytics

  The director of consumer technology and mobile for Dunkin’ Donuts explains how the retailer uses Splunk to manage customer satisfaction through data

• October 06, 2016 06 Oct'16

  Benioff follows Will.i.am on stage to promote Stem education as way out

  Salesforce founder and CEO Marc Benioff endorses Will.i.am’s education drive for black youth and Bono’s anti-AIDS charity, (Red)

• October 06, 2016 06 Oct'16

  Swedish bank uses Amelia the robot for customer services

  SEB is using AI software from IPsoft for customer service after a successful internal project

• October 04, 2016 04 Oct'16

  Demand rises for low-cost flash storage across Australia

  Flash storage gains popularity in Australia, as smaller organisations are attracted by lower prices and higher capacity

• October 04, 2016 04 Oct'16

  Splunk .conf2016: Closing the tech gender gap requires a shift in culture

  Cyber security experts assembled at the Splunk 2016 conference to discuss the gender gap in cyber security and what can be done to solve it

• October 04, 2016 04 Oct'16

  DDoS attacks consistent, relentless and costly, report shows

  The latest global DDoS report from Neustar underlines the importance of investing in appropriate defences as the high volume of attacks looks set to increase

• October 04, 2016 04 Oct'16

  Dymaxia: Combining cloud, IoT and wearables to manage the anxiety of autism

  Canadian startup Dymaxia explains how it's using cloud, IoT and wearable devices to help autistic people manage anxiety

• October 03, 2016 03 Oct'16

  Government invests £220m in tech projects to help "future-proof" post-Brexit economy

  Chancellor Philip Hammond highlights the role high-tech industries have to play in safe-guarding the post-Brexit economy

• October 03, 2016 03 Oct'16

  Network Rail hires Jeremy Vincent as CIO

  Jeremy Vincent takes on the role of CIO at Network Rail after former CIO Susan Cooklin was appointed as route services director earlier in 2016

• October 03, 2016 03 Oct'16

  Dutch government uses Microsoft Dynamics to improve recruitment

  Government recruitment and career management of senior civil servants in the Netherlands has been improved through a Microsoft Dynamics implementation

• October 03, 2016 03 Oct'16

  TalkTalk overhauls broadband packages to challenge rivals

  Internet service provider TalkTalk throws down the gauntlet to its rivals by making a number of changes to its packages that it claims will put customers' interests first

• September 30, 2016 30 Sep'16

  How IoT can revolutionise running railways

  Mobile computing, mobile sensor networks and deep learning are behind French rail operator SNCF’s efficiency drive

• September 29, 2016 29 Sep'16

  NGOs challenge UK and US mass surveillance in human rights court

  Privacy International, Liberty and the American Civil Liberties Union are among 10 human rights groups backing a landmark challenge to mass surveillance in the European Court of Human Rights

• September 29, 2016 29 Sep'16

  Trust issues stifling digital economy growth, study shows

  Businesses that have products and services based on trust have a significant opportunity to future-proof their business, but those who do not risk being side-lined, a study shows

• September 29, 2016 29 Sep'16

  Is it NAS? Is it object storage? It’s both. It’s Avere’s C2N

  Avere launches C2N hybrid NAS/object storage box that uses touted efficiencies of erasure coding to take aim at claimed drawbacks of clustered NAS rivals like Isilon

• September 28, 2016 28 Sep'16

  BlackBerry ends production of mobile phones

  Canadian firm to focus on a strategy built around software development, including security and applications, and mobile device management

• September 28, 2016 28 Sep'16

  Business secretary calls for national broadband upgrade

  In a speech to the Institute of Directors’ annual conference, Greg Clark calls for a major broadband upgrade to support the reinvention of the government’s industrial strategy

• September 28, 2016 28 Sep'16

  Mastercard woos software developers with API platform

  Credit card company Mastercard is investing heavily in digital payments and wants to engage with developers and startups

• September 26, 2016 26 Sep'16

  Emirates Islamic bank and the Muslim finance revolution

  The CIO at Dubai-based bank Emirates Islamic tells Computer Weekly how IT is supporting the company through industry change

• September 26, 2016 26 Sep'16

  Bangkok Airways takes customer service to the cloud

  Airline is the latest Southeast Asian organisation to harness cloud-based software to improve customer services, deploying the Oracle Service Cloud

• September 26, 2016 26 Sep'16

  Ministry of Justice IT systems are ‘fragile and precarious’, say MPs

  Public Accounts Committee calls on ministry to urgently improve its “inefficient” IT systems to avoid delays to service transformation

• September 22, 2016 22 Sep'16

  Government’s lack of clear plan for digital NHS poses risk to ‘credibility’

  The King‘s Fund warns that the government’s plans for a digital NHS lack clarity around funding and priorities

• September 22, 2016 22 Sep'16

  Pizza Hut Hong Kong rips up traditional CRM rule book

  IT director of parent company Jardine Restaurant Group has transformed the way Pizza Hut interacts with customers in Hong Kong and plans the same in Myanmar and Vietnam

• September 22, 2016 22 Sep'16

  Hypergrid adds metered usage and networks to hyper-converged kit

  Hyper-converged appliance maker will allow customers to pay for what they use in hardware that will now add networking

• September 22, 2016 22 Sep'16

  Which? calls for user compensation over Windows 10 upgrade issues

  Consumer rights champion’s research shows 12% of Windows 10 users have downgraded to an older version of the software because of troublesome updates

• September 22, 2016 22 Sep'16

  Cyber attack aimed at destruction, says TV5Monde

  TV5Monde counting the cost of not being adequately prepared for a cyber attacked that downed the network in 2015

• September 21, 2016 21 Sep'16

  Ellison slams AWS at Oracle Open World 2016

  Oracle CTO Larry Ellison criticises Amazon Web Services as a cloud database environment at Oracle Open World 2016, fleshing out earlier critique

• September 20, 2016 20 Sep'16

  Essex hospital trust upgrades IT infrastructure

  Mid Essex NHS Trust upgrades its storage infrastructure to keep up with increasing volumes of data

• September 20, 2016 20 Sep'16

  Business warned not to be complacent about cyber security

  Lloyds of London survey reveals just how badly some European firms are failing in terms of cyber security and low levels of awareness about the role of cyber insurance

• September 20, 2016 20 Sep'16

  Digital Catapult sets up London-wide IoT network

  The Digital Catapult is launching a London-wide internet of things network to support digital startups and SMEs as they develop applications and use-cases

• September 19, 2016 19 Sep'16

  Italian bottle maker deploys 88TB of Syneto hyper-converged storage

  Serioplast gets reliable disaster recovery as it replaces NetApp plus remote physical servers with Syneto hyper-converged infrastructure at factories across Europe, Africa and Asia

• September 19, 2016 19 Sep'16

  Consumers trust banks more than government for biometric security

  UK citizens think banks are the best organisations to provide biometric authentication for payments

• September 16, 2016 16 Sep'16

  Mirantis acquires TCP Cloud in continuous delivery push for OpenStack deployments

  OpenStack distribution provider claims TCP Cloud acquisition will ensure its customers' infrastructure is equipped to cope with the rate of application innovation they are demanding

• September 16, 2016 16 Sep'16

  Royal Wolverhampton NHS merges IT systems

  The NHS trust has merged its community patient administration system with its central system used by the acute service

• September 16, 2016 16 Sep'16

  Alleged hacker Lauri Love can be extradited to the US, court rules

  Westminster Magistrates’ Court has ruled that alleged hacker, Lauri Love, can be extradited to the US, where he could face a 99-year prison sentence