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• August 26, 2015 26 Aug'15

  Many firms not getting to grips with third-party data security risk

  Supply chain data security risk is pervasive, but being unable to deal with it is down to basic failings, says a cyber risk expert

• August 26, 2015 26 Aug'15

  CIO interview: Elisabeth Stjernstoft, Apoteket

  When the Swedish government introduced competition to the pharmaceuticals sector in 2009, the former monopoly faced a major IT transformation

• August 26, 2015 26 Aug'15

  William Hill kicks off football season with blast from the past

  A mathematical programming concept that dates back a decade before the world’s first electronic computer is proving itself in the era of web-scale computing

• August 26, 2015 26 Aug'15

  Chetan Dube: The man behind the robot that will help man extend his horizons

  IPsoft founder talks about the artificial intelligence platform that could be an example of IT developments that, he says, might transform the future of the human race

• August 25, 2015 25 Aug'15

  Sans Institute identifies top UK cyber talent

  The cream of UK cyber security talent selected from 24,000 candidates are set to begin eight weeks of intensive training in the first-ever intake at the Sans UK Cyber Academy

• August 24, 2015 24 Aug'15

  Spotify to update privacy policy after user protest

  Some Spotify users are unhappy about new privacy policies that allow access to users’ photos, video, mobile device location, voice controls and contacts

• August 24, 2015 24 Aug'15

  Teachers teaching teachers – how Google for Education fuels collaborative learning

  Google’s head of education explains why the use of technology in classrooms is critical and how Google’s education technology is sparking collaboration between teachers

• August 21, 2015 21 Aug'15

  Salisbury NHS signs up to Lorenzo electronic patient record system

  Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust the latest NHS trust to implement the Lorenzo electronic patient record system (EPR)

• August 21, 2015 21 Aug'15

  ICO orders Google to remove links to right to be forgotten takedowns

  The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) says Google must remove newer links that reveal the same details as previously removed links

• August 20, 2015 20 Aug'15

  Altnet association calls for share of BDUK clawback cash

  Broadband trade association Inca calls for BT’s BDUK broadband claw-back money to be opened up to altnet suppliers

• August 20, 2015 20 Aug'15

  Broadband Stakeholder Group to review UK net neutrality policy

  The Broadband Stakeholder Group commissions an independent review into the UK’s industry-led approach to net neutrality and the open internet

• August 20, 2015 20 Aug'15

  CIO interview: Emil Dahlin, Svevia

  Svevia CIO Emil Dahlin transformed the IT of a former Swedish government organisation as it became an independent company

• August 20, 2015 20 Aug'15

  Mumsnet suffers multi-vector cyber attack

  Mumsnet has been hit by a DDoS attack, its admin hacked and data stolen, and then a hoax call sent armed police to the home of the organisation's co-founder, Justine Roberts

• August 20, 2015 20 Aug'15

  Premiership Rugby scores security and efficiency with Intralinks

  By setting access controls, Premiership Rugby can ensure that its partners get quick access only to role-appropriate content

• August 19, 2015 19 Aug'15

  O2’s self-optimising network will learn from customers

  O2 upgrades its mobile network with features that learn from customer behaviour to optimise network coverage and performance

• August 18, 2015 18 Aug'15

  Cloud storage service Wuala to close in November

  Seagate-owned cloud storage player confirms its closure and gives users three months' notice to remove their data from its servers

• August 18, 2015 18 Aug'15

  IaaS providers pin hopes on spending cut reprieve for G-Cloud 7

  G-Cloud suppliers are calling on the government to step up, rather than scale back, investment in the framework as spending cuts loom

• August 17, 2015 17 Aug'15

  Netflix shuts down final datacentre to go all-in on public cloud

  Netflix is gearing up for the closure of its final datacentre, as it makes good on its earlier pledge to move more of its IT infrastructure to the public cloud

• August 17, 2015 17 Aug'15

  AT&T a key NSA partner in internet spying Snowden docs show

  The NSA considered its relationship with AT&T to be unique and especially productive, leaked documents show

• August 16, 2015 16 Aug'15

  Mobile phone users at risk as hackers bug and track victims

  An investigation by Australian TV show 60 Minutes demonstrates how hackers based thousands of miles away in Germany were able to record the calls of an Australian senator and track his movements

• August 13, 2015 13 Aug'15

  Interview: Government digital chief Mike Bracken – why I quit

  Mike Bracken, the outgoing director of the Government Digital Service, talks exclusively to Computer Weekly about his departure from Whitehall

• August 13, 2015 13 Aug'15

  Ofcom launches mobile network coverage checker

  Ofcom gives smartphone users the ability to check their operator’s mobile phone coverage at postcode level using an online tool

• August 13, 2015 13 Aug'15

  Troubled HTC to restructure as smartphone shipments plummet

  Taiwanese company announces major business restructure targeting connected lifestyle and wearable products following disappointing results

• August 13, 2015 13 Aug'15

  Lenovo to cut jobs as it faces 'severe' challenges

  Lenovo says the last quarter saw “severe challenges” in its main PC, tablet and smartphone markets

• August 12, 2015 12 Aug'15

  Mike Bracken: I turned down an increase in GDS budget

  Outgoing government digital chief says he rejected the chance of extra funding and that his platform strategy is still on the table

• August 11, 2015 11 Aug'15

  Small IT firms most susceptible to going under due to late payments

  Small businesses, particularly those supplying IT, should look at alternative financing models as late payments put them at risk of closure

• August 11, 2015 11 Aug'15

  Hootsuite moves social media management toolkit to IBM Softlayer cloud

  Social media management dashboard maker shifts App Directory to IBM cloud

• August 11, 2015 11 Aug'15

  FBI uncovers cyber insider trading gang

  Nine suspects are expected to be charged in the US with insider trading based on corporate press releases stolen by hackers before they had been made public

• August 11, 2015 11 Aug'15

  Use technology to improve NHS, say patients

  Almost 70% of the population believes technology should be used in the NHS to improve patient outcomes and efficiency, says Trustmarque

• August 11, 2015 11 Aug'15

  British Gas trials app-based smart-meter display

  My energy live app will display real-time energy use on a smartphone, says British Gas

• August 10, 2015 10 Aug'15

  Autoglass moves to cloud-based IT infrastructure

  Autoglass has signed a 10-year outsourcing deal with US supplier CSC that will see its IT infrastructure move into the cloud

• August 10, 2015 10 Aug'15

  BlackHat 2015: Industrial hacking - the untold story

  Hackers have been penetrating industrial control systems for at least a decade for extortion, yet little is known about how they gain access

• August 10, 2015 10 Aug'15

  Carphone Warehouse data breach hits 2.4 million UK customers

  Carphone Warehouse confirms the authorities have been notified about the breach, and urges customers to take steps to protect themselves

• August 07, 2015 07 Aug'15

  EE recalls exploding power banks

  Mobile operator EE forced to recall a batch of power packs after user suffers burns from an exploding unit

• August 06, 2015 06 Aug'15

  What will happen to digital government when GDS chief Mike Bracken moves on?

  The government’s digital chief Mike Bracken has announced he will be leaving, raising concerns over the future of digital government

• August 05, 2015 05 Aug'15

  HMRC to transfer 250 Capgemini staff in-house ready for Aspire contract end

  HMRC’s Aspire outsourcing contract will be replaced by slowly bringing staff in-house to give the department more control over IT

• August 05, 2015 05 Aug'15

  Court rules Tata Consultancy Services did not discriminate against UK man

  After a year of legal wranglings, a UK tribunal has ruled that Indian IT service provider TCS did not discriminate against a UK man seeking employment with it

• August 05, 2015 05 Aug'15

  Sage Summit 2015: The move to cloud technology and the death of ERP

  Accountancy software firm Sage has released new cloud-based software, highlighting the gap between the use of cloud and on-premise in the workplace and declaring a move away from traditional ERP

• August 04, 2015 04 Aug'15

  Alan Turing Institute gets down to work

  The Alan Turing Institute, named after the Second World War Bletchley Park cryptanalyst, is getting down to work with the announcement of its first new director and a raft of partnerships

• August 04, 2015 04 Aug'15

  Outsourcing hits record levels in Europe

  Outsourcing activity in Europe recovers after a lull in the lead up to the UK general election, with more contracts than ever before

• August 03, 2015 03 Aug'15

  Government digital chief Mike Bracken announces he is leaving

  GDS director Mike Bracken is leaving government, and his unexpected departure will inevitably raise questions about the future of GDS

• August 03, 2015 03 Aug'15

  HMRC explains plans for moving tax systems to the cloud

  HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) reveals more details of its plan to move tax systems into the cloud on its digital blog

• August 03, 2015 03 Aug'15

  Why the time is ripe for security behaviour analytics

  Recent months have seen an uptick in announcements by security suppliers around behavioural analytics, but what is driving this trend?

• August 03, 2015 03 Aug'15

  MoD shells out £1.5bn on two IT contracts

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) signs two IT contracts costing more than £1bn, which it hopes will save money over the next 10 years

• August 03, 2015 03 Aug'15

  Microsoft to invest $100m in Uber

  Uber is valued at close to $51bn after the latest round of funding, which reportedly includes a Microsoft investment of $100m

• July 31, 2015 31 Jul'15

  Commercial software more secure than open source, finds report

  A study has found that commercial code is more compliant than open source code with security compliance standards, such as the Owasp top 10 and the CWE top 25

• July 30, 2015 30 Jul'15

  BT Group's first-quarter results buoyed by superfast broadband and mobile demand

  BT Group's first-quarter results highlight successes in superfast broadband and mobile divisions, but analyst warns of challenging times to come

• July 30, 2015 30 Jul'15

  NHS Central Southern deploys Clarizen for collaboration

  The NHS Central Southern Commissioning Support Unit has enlisted Clarizen to improve cross-group collaboration and improve efficiency

• July 29, 2015 29 Jul'15

  A third of employees will sell company data if the price is right, study reveals

  For £5,000, a quarter of employees polled said they would sell confidential company data, and risk both their job and criminal convictions

• July 29, 2015 29 Jul'15

  Technology experts warn of dangers of artificial intelligence arms race

  An open letter signed by more than 12,000 technology experts calls for a ban on artificial intelligence (AI) to manage weapons “beyond meaningful human control”