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• January 08, 2016 08 Jan'16

  Blackpool becomes third NHS trust to get open-source EPR

  Open-source electronic patient records continue to gain traction in the NHS as Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust signs up

• January 08, 2016 08 Jan'16

  Tech firms critical of UK draft Investigatory Powers Bill

  Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo say they are particularly concerned about six key aspects of the UK's draft Investigatory Powers Bill

• January 07, 2016 07 Jan'16

  Mixed prospects for IT spending in Europe

  Europe’s economies have varying expectations for IT spending over the next couple of years as the global market sees moderate growth

• January 07, 2016 07 Jan'16

  Gov.uk notifications platform to begin sending texts and emails

  Latest project in government-as-a-platform strategy aims to make it easier to keep individuals informed about applications and services

• January 06, 2016 06 Jan'16

  UK IoT research hub opens with support from academic world

  A consortium of nine UK universities have come together to work alongside the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council on research into the internet of things

• January 06, 2016 06 Jan'16

  CIO interview: Mats Hultin, Saab Group

  Saab Group's CIO talks to Computer Weekly about the huge challenge of integrating 40 separate IT organisations into one

• January 06, 2016 06 Jan'16

  Upgrade to Internet Explorer 11 to reduce risk

  Failure to update to the latest version of Internet Explorer by 12 January 2016 could put users at risk, Microsoft warns

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  HSBC suffers major online banking failure

  HSBC customers unable to access online banking services as the UK bank suffers internal technical issue.

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Aviva partners Beyond the Classroom to inspire girls into tech

  Chika Aghadiuno, vice chair of Aviva’s women’s network, says it is important to make young people aware of potential careers

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Fears of software skills shortage in Germany and the Netherlands

  Organisations in Germany and the Netherlands are struggling to fill positions for software developers as they digitise

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Nominet Trust 100 tech for good list: The organisations driving change

  Nominet Trust releases its annual guide of 100 organisations across the globe using technology to drive positive change

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Asean countries consider IoT for smart farming

  Malaysia is leading the way when it comes to using internet of things technologies to improve agriculture

• December 31, 2015 31 Dec'15

  Top 10 internet of things stories of 2015

  2015 was the year the internet of things began to move from theory to widespread practice, and the fledgling industry shook off the millstone of connected kitchen appliances

• December 31, 2015 31 Dec'15

  Top 10 networking stories of 2015

  A look back at Computer Weekly's most read networking news stories from 2015

• December 29, 2015 29 Dec'15

  CIO interview: Chris Hewertson, CTO at hotel group GLH

  Chris Hewertson combines the responsibilities of a chief technology officer and CIO with the aim of customer-focused technology transformation

• December 29, 2015 29 Dec'15

  Top 10 IT outsourcing stories of 2015

  IT outsourcing is as popular as ever to organisations that want to focus on core business. Here we look at some of the top articles on the subject in 2015

• December 24, 2015 24 Dec'15

  Top 10 financial services IT stories of 2015

  The financial services industry is undergoing unprecedented change, driven by IT and regulation.

• December 24, 2015 24 Dec'15

  Top 10 IT security stories of 2015

  Computer Weekly looks back at the most significant stories on IT security in the past 12 months

• December 24, 2015 24 Dec'15

  Top 10 storage stories of 2015

  The year 2015 in storage was dominated by the continued rise of flash and Dell’s purchase of EMC, but there were steady upticks in trends such as hyper-converged and software-defined storage

• December 23, 2015 23 Dec'15

  CIO interview: Henry Cohen, CIO, Telegraph Media Group

  The newspaper publisher is developing an agile mindset in response to the growth of digital over printed publications

• December 23, 2015 23 Dec'15

  BBC CTO Matthew Postgate to head up technology division

  Matthew Postgate, chief technology officer of the BBC, will take on a different role in April 2016 leading a new division for the firm

• December 23, 2015 23 Dec'15

  Top 10 broadband stories of 2015

  The BDUK roll-out continued to gain momentum in 2015, but that didn’t mean for one second that the controversy that has dogged the programme died down. Meanwhile, BT began touting a new type of technology, called G.fast

• December 23, 2015 23 Dec'15

  Top 10 cyber crime stories of 2015

  Computer Weekly takes a look back at the top cyber crime stories of 2015

• December 22, 2015 22 Dec'15

  Top 10 cloud computing stories of 2015

  Computer Weekly's top 10 cloud computing stories of 2015

• December 21, 2015 21 Dec'15

  Royal Mail acquires cloud platform

  Royal Mail acquires cloud-based delivery company as automation and better use of data become essential in a rapidly changing sector

• December 21, 2015 21 Dec'15

  The CW500 Club in 2015

  Computer Weekly's CW500 Club attracts the top IT leaders in the UK to talk to their peers about the latest trends and technologies, and to discuss the challenges they face. Here, we present the coverage of all the 2015 CW500 events, including ...

• December 18, 2015 18 Dec'15

  Glasgow city email disruption continues after datacentre crash

  Glasgow's IT woes continue following a shutdown of its datacente on Tuesday

• December 18, 2015 18 Dec'15

  More than a quarter of Brits bank on mobile, but branches still popular

  More and more people in the UK are banking on their smartphones, but more than a third still visit branches regularly

• December 18, 2015 18 Dec'15

  Cisco to create 200 new cloud computing jobs in UK

  Networking giant outlines plans to treble the size of the Cisco Meraki team by 2017

• December 17, 2015 17 Dec'15

  Mobile tech saves more carbon than it emits, says Carbon Trust

  Use of mobile technology in Europe and North America is saving more than 180 million tonnes of carbon emissions a year, according to the Carbon Trust

• December 17, 2015 17 Dec'15

  National security ‘not affected’ by failed e-Borders programme, says Home Office

  Despite the key Warnings Index system suffering an average of two high-priority incidents a week – such as a system component not being available – Home Office officials deny it causes risk to national security

• December 16, 2015 16 Dec'15

  Etihad Airways chooses Cognizant to support digital transformation

  Airline aims to improve customer satisfaction by implementing programme of digital developments

• December 15, 2015 15 Dec'15

  Poundland launches e-commerce Christmas push with Rackspace managed support

  Budget retailer has turned to Rackspace to ensure its first foray into online retail can withstand the seasonal rush

• December 15, 2015 15 Dec'15

  Interview: Lebara CTO sets out plans to go all-in on AWS cloud

  Lebara was a Europe-centric, single-product telco until the cloud paved the way for it to grow its service portfolio and expand overseas

• December 15, 2015 15 Dec'15

  IT industry needs people with emotional intelligence, says Network Rail CIO

  As Network Rail’s third ‘Could IT be you?’ competition draws to a close, the company’s CIO explains why the project was launched

• December 15, 2015 15 Dec'15

  Bracknell man arrested over VTech toy hack

  Police have arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with the hacking of Hong Kong-based toymaker VTech

• December 11, 2015 11 Dec'15

  Case study: Airbus sets out challenges of changing IT supplier

  Aircraft manufacturer sets out what it learned from switching IT provider after 12 years of working together

• December 11, 2015 11 Dec'15

  Eight startups selected for Cyber London security accelerator programme

  Cyber London has selected startups from the UK, Finland, Hungary, Israel, Brazil and South Africa for its second cyber security accelerator programme

• December 11, 2015 11 Dec'15

  HyperCat smart city venture sets up shop in India

  UK government-backed HyperCat Consortium seeks Indian startups for Hyderabad-based incubator

• December 11, 2015 11 Dec'15

  UK firms act quickly to fix payment card data encryption

  Security firm found that 16 global companies had failed to effectively encrypt traffic to the payment portion of their websites and apps

• December 10, 2015 10 Dec'15

  Three tips to help reduce Oracle licensing costs

  London councils are spending hundreds of thousands of pounds a year with Oracle. Controlling these costs is the first step in taming Oracle licensing

• December 10, 2015 10 Dec'15

  Datacentre operators must "open up" to close industry skills gap, claims IO

  IO business development director Andrew Roughan said more must be done to encourage a wider range and higher number people into the datacentre industry

• December 10, 2015 10 Dec'15

  HPE goes live with Europe-wide cloud service catalogue

  HPE’s Cloud 28+ service catalogue is open for business and hopes to encourage wider take-up of off-premises services across the continent

• December 10, 2015 10 Dec'15

  EE and Motorola confirmed as ESN suppliers by Home Office

  EE and Motorola have been formally selected to provide a resilient national 4G network for the UK’s ambulance, fire and police services

• December 09, 2015 09 Dec'15

  Russian big data in early stages

  The use of big data technologies in Russia is still embryonic and the economic slowdown is stalling developments

• December 09, 2015 09 Dec'15

  The FCA is open to cloud – but what of the firms it regulates?

  The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says cloud computing – even in its public form – is acceptable for finance organisations

• December 09, 2015 09 Dec'15

  Volvo finance department expands system support beyond Sweden

  Volvo Group Treasury has extended an outsourcing agreement with Virtusa to give it the same support response times worldwide

• December 09, 2015 09 Dec'15

  DHL opens Singapore centre for logistics technology innovation

  DHL has opened a centre in Singapore to research technologies that can be used in the logistics industry

• December 09, 2015 09 Dec'15

  Australian police raid home of alleged Bitcoin inventor

  Australian police say a raid on a home in Sydney is not related to reports that the owner is the co-inventor of Bitcoin sitting on a fortune $415m

• December 08, 2015 08 Dec'15

  G.fast technical trials connect 100 Swansea homes and businesses

  BT has embarked on a technical trial of G.fast technology in Swansea