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June 12, 2015 12 Jun'15
Government preparing to let private sector companies use its Verify identity scheme

The Cabinet Office is talking to banks, insurers and retailers to establish Gov.uk Verify identity assurance as a national scheme
June 11, 2015 11 Jun'15
Kaspersky Lab praised for handling of Duqu 2.0 cyber attack

Kaspersky Lab determined the best approach to cyber attack was to not only admit that it had been hacked, but also to provide extensive information on the malware
June 11, 2015 11 Jun'15
Is HMRC making tax more taxing for non-digital taxpayers?

Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has made tax data accessible online – but how should it cater for those unable (or unwilling) to use digital services?
June 10, 2015 10 Jun'15
International police operation arrests cyber fraud gang

Police in six countries have arrested 49 people suspected of committing financial fraud involving email account intrusions
June 10, 2015 10 Jun'15
Nationwide quick off the mark with Apple Watch banking app

Nationwide claims to be the first high street finance firm to offer an Apple Watch app
June 10, 2015 10 Jun'15
OnApp helps small public cloud firms take on AWS, Google and Microsoft

The OnApp Federation marketplace will help smaller firms compete more effectively with the public cloud giants, it is claimed
June 10, 2015 10 Jun'15
Vodafone launches home broadband service

Vodafone unveils its Vodafone Connect broadband and home phone package, offering headline speeds of 76Mbps
June 09, 2015 09 Jun'15
Boots cuts 700 jobs in bid to restructure and improve tech

Cosmetics firm Boots has announced it will be cutting 700 non-store roles in an attempt to invest in technology and simplify back-office operations

June 09, 2015 09 Jun'15
Case study: What the enterprise can learn from Etsy's DevOps strategy

Jon Cowie, operations engineer at online marketplace Etsy, advises enterprises on how to develop a DevOps-friendly business culture
June 09, 2015 09 Jun'15
HMRC denies reports of Verify causing users problems

HMRC has denied that problems faced by the public attempting to claim marriage tax breaks are caused by the Gov.uk Verify scheme
June 08, 2015 08 Jun'15
Europe’s startups should collaborate like Silicon Valley firms

Europe should take a leaf out of Silicon Valley’s book on openness and collaboration, according to speakers at Startup Village 2015
June 08, 2015 08 Jun'15
Digital services not saving government departments money, says NAO

Government departments are not making the savings digital services were aiming to deliver
June 08, 2015 08 Jun'15
Apps for Good Awards 2015 finalists unveiled

18 student teams are to face an expert judging panel in the Apps for Good final ceremony held at the Barbican, London
June 08, 2015 08 Jun'15
John Lewis incubator sees first round of second-year pitches

More than 20 startups have presented their pitches to John Lewis executives in the first round of this year’s Jlab accelerator

June 05, 2015 05 Jun'15
Potential Apple Pay security weakness revealed

Fraudsters could gain access to personal details of Apple Pay users, research reveals
June 05, 2015 05 Jun'15
Vodafone and Liberty Global discuss asset swap

Vodafone confirms it is in the early stages of talks with Liberty Global, but stresses a merger is not on the table
June 04, 2015 04 Jun'15
Peugeot Citroën prepares for in-car apps with Sierra Wireless

French car manufacturer PSA Peugeot Citroën plans to deploy device-to-cloud technology to support its connected car strategy
June 03, 2015 03 Jun'15
HMRC looks for transformation partner ahead of Aspire end

HMRC is seeking transformational help ahead of the demise of its Aspire contract in 2017.
June 03, 2015 03 Jun'15
VMware puts network virtualisation to work in McAfee environments

VMware announces an integrated system to automate distribution and enforcement of McAfee’s network security platform using its NSX network virtualisation system
June 03, 2015 03 Jun'15
Sourcing must adapt to digital business goals, says Gartner

Businesses need to change their sourcing strategies if they are to keep pace with the digital revolution, says analyst organisation Gartner
June 02, 2015 02 Jun'15
The drivers and inhibitors of cyber security evolution

A study shows a shift in IT security spending to detection and response – but why are most organisations falling way behind the more enlightened front runners?
June 02, 2015 02 Jun'15
Most Influential Women in UK IT - introducing the Hall of Fame

Computer Weekly has launched its Most Influential Women in UK IT Hall of Fame to recognise lifetime achievement
June 02, 2015 02 Jun'15
Vodafone adds Caribbean 4G roaming for summer holidays

Vodafone extends its 4G services to a number of destinations – including Caribbean holiday hotspots – for UK customers travelling abroad
June 01, 2015 01 Jun'15
Pure Storage replaces FA series all-flash arrays with FlashArray//m

Pure Storage upgrades FA series all-flash arrays with FlashArray//m series devices
June 01, 2015 01 Jun'15
Most of more than 733,000 police communications data requests approved

Big Brother Watch is calling for a curb on the scale of police access to communications data and greater transparency in the use of this data
May 29, 2015 29 May'15
CIO interview: Billie Laidlaw, RSPCA

RSPCA CIO Billie Laidlaw explains how the charity's cloud-first approach to IT procurement benefits the animals in its care
May 29, 2015 29 May'15
Data classification key to IP protection, says Titus

Data classification can help organisations get more value out of encryption and data loss prevention systems
May 29, 2015 29 May'15
Computer Weekly European User Awards 2015 shortlist

Find out who made the Computer Weekly European User Awards 2015 shortlist
May 29, 2015 29 May'15
A tale of two boxes: Choosing between Box and Dropbox

Box and Dropbox are in the content and collaboration business, but the two cloud services have taken very different approaches
May 29, 2015 29 May'15
Google announces security features for Android

Google announces better app permission controls and other Android security changes at its Google I/O developer conference
May 29, 2015 29 May'15
Top six enterprise IT priorities in the Nordics

The future of enterprise IT looks bright in the Nordic region, with growing focus on datacentre investments, national cloud and automatisation
May 28, 2015 28 May'15
NetApp launches AltaVault hybrid cloud backup appliance family

NetApp repackages the SteelStore hybrid cloud backup appliances it bought from Riverbed as AltaVault physical, virtual and cloud products
May 27, 2015 27 May'15
CIF cloud certification scheme wins European Commission's backing

Cloud Industry Forum's Code of Practice has been added to European list of trusted certification schemes
May 27, 2015 27 May'15
Social engineering attacks more complex than ever, says expert

Expert warns attackers are starting to use increasingly sophisticated ways to get people in organisations to help them circumvent security controls
May 27, 2015 27 May'15
CIO Interview: Mike Young, CIO, Dentsu Aegis Network

CIO Mike Young describes how Dentsu Aegis Network used technology to become a consolidated company with a unified collaboration strategy
May 26, 2015 26 May'15
NATS failure down to bug from the 90s and redundant code

A bug present in Nats since 1990s has been identified as the root cause of the five-hour outage of UK air traffic control on 12 December 2014
May 26, 2015 26 May'15
EMC plots managed cloud push with $1.2bn deal to acquire Virtustream

Storage giant claims latest purchase will reinforce its hybrid cloud proposition for enterprises
May 26, 2015 26 May'15
Civil Servants point to lack of skills as barrier to IT procurement

Adoption of IT for public services is held back due to a lack of skills, despite civil servants agreeing IT is a necessity, according to techUK
May 26, 2015 26 May'15
O2 network outage attracts ire of business secretary

An unexplained network outage affected O2 customers over bank holiday weekend and caught attention of business secretary Sajid Javid
May 22, 2015 22 May'15
Researchers raise privacy concerns about Bluetooth Low Energy devices

Researchers have raised privacy concerns about a growing number of devices using Bluetooth Low Energy technology
May 21, 2015 21 May'15
Canonical's Mark Shuttleworth talks about space, drones and smartphones

Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, strives towards the vision of a converged handheld device
May 21, 2015 21 May'15
CIO interview: Myron Hrycyk, CIO, Severn Trent Water

Severn Trent water company is working on technology initiatives to lower bills and improve customer service
May 21, 2015 21 May'15
CIO interview: Austerity drives joined-up council IT with Force.com

Peterborough has become a big user of software-as-a-service for council services. We speak to its IT head
May 21, 2015 21 May'15
G.fast ultrafast broadband test lab opens in Swansea

BT kicks off trials of G.fast broadband technology in Swansea and opens a new test lab for startups
May 20, 2015 20 May'15
IT system related to subpostmaster prosecutions under review by CCRC

The Criminal Cases Review Commission receives 20 applications from subpostmasters related to prosecutions for account shortfalls
May 20, 2015 20 May'15
BT Openreach turns to Crimestoppers to catch cable thieves

Openreach extends its partnership with crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers to tackle cable theft
May 20, 2015 20 May'15
Government cloud adoption hit by ongoing legacy tech investments

IT supplier Eduserv wants government departments banned from investing in legacy tech to drive up cloud adoption
May 20, 2015 20 May'15
BT and BDUK failed to make costs transparent, says report

A major report on BDUK commissioned by DCMS identifies a number of failures around the transparency of the scheme’s costs
May 19, 2015 19 May'15
GDS will not scale locally with continued bespoke approach

If the Government Digital Service (GDS) continues to develop bespoke digital services, the progress it has made to date will not scale at a local level, Eddie Copeland, head of technology at the Policy Exchange, has warned
May 19, 2015 19 May'15
Vodafone returns to quarterly revenue growth

A minute rise in quarterly sales gives mobile network operator Vodafone hope that its financial situation is now stabilising