IT management

Ultimate questions require ultimate understanding in the quantum era

In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Deep Thought calculates the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything as ‘42’. But what of quantum computing? Continue Reading

The rules for a safer internet

In this week’s Computer Weekly, as the government publishes the Online Safety Bill, we look at what the laws mean for internet services. A ransomware victim shares the insider story of the trauma of losing their corporate IT systems. And we ask, what happens when quantum computers get too powerful to verify their output? Read the issue now. Continue Reading

How to scale up your AI initiatives

Executive sponsorship, a strong data foundation and having ‘analytics artists’ are among ways to scale up AI initiatives beyond the pilot stage Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Industry group aims to tackle energy-efficient software development

How many processor cycles does an algorithm use? Can it use less and, if so, how will this reduce overall energy usage and greenhouse emissions? Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Scottish government announces support for right to disconnect

The Scottish government is the first in the UK to publicly support a right to disconnect, which would give people the ability not engage in digitally enabled work-related activities outside of their contracted hours Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

What is Log4Shell, and why are we panicking about it?

It’s been described as a ‘design failure of catastrophic proportions’ that threatens the very fabric of the digital world. Find out what the Log4j2 Log4Shell panic is all about, and what you should do about it Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Security Think Tank: There’s much more to do to secure hybrid workers

Security learning is a career-long process, so as 2021 draws to a close, participants in the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank sum up the most important cyber lessons they’ve taken away from the past 12 months Continue Reading

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• Jack Chapman

Top IT predictions in APAC in 2022

Operationalising zero trust, talent retention and containerisation are just some of the key trends that will shape Asia-Pacific’s technology landscape in 2022 Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

SMEs dominate list of 200 fastest growing tech companies

List of 200 fastest growing companies in the public sector is made up primarily of small and medium-sized enterprises, which collectively earned £936m from government contracts in the past fiscal year Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Julian Assange can be extradited to the US to face espionage and hacking charges, court rules

High Court overturns decision not to extradite WikiLeaks founder after US government gives assurances over his treatment Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Singapore and UK sign digital trade deal

Described as the world’s most comprehensive digital agreement between two countries, the deal supports the UK’s bid to join Trans-Pacific Partnership to build trade connections with 11 Indo-Pacific markets Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

C-suite’s biggest ransomware fear: Post-attack regulatory sanctions

Exposure to regulatory sanctions such as fines are the biggest worry for C-suite executives in the wake of a ransomware attack Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Finland looks to democratise the ‘wild west’ of artificial intelligence

Finland could play an important role in increasing the understanding of what artificial intelligence software can do for society Continue Reading

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• Matthew Staff

Edge storage: Four key points

Edge storage is driven by rapidly emerging edge computing and data gathering use cases. We look at why it makes sense to store data at the edge and the key challenges involved Continue Reading

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• Stephen Pritchard

UAE joins the race to produce a usable quantum computer

As part of its ongoing effort to keep up with the latest technology, the United Arab Emirates has begun work on the region’s first quantum computer Continue Reading

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• Pat Brans, Pat Brans Associates/Grenoble Ecole de Management

Loan charge: Tax experts call on chancellor for simpler, more affordable policy settlement terms

A group of tax barristers and accounting experts are calling on Rishi Sunak to force HMRC to revise its loan charge settlement terms Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

PAC scrutinises failure of large government IT modernisation projects

From unskilled senior government officials to over-reliance on outsourcers and contractors, the factors underpinning unsuccessful tech-driven transformation initiatives are investigated in a new report Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

How to build a better CIO-CMO relationship

Marketing and information technology are both critical to an organization's success. Here's important advice on how each department's top leaders can forge a strong partnership. Continue Reading

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• John Burke, Nemertes Research

CDEI publishes roadmap for UK AI assurance ecosystem

Publication from CDEI sets out the steps required to verify the effectiveness, trustworthiness and compliance of artificial intelligence systems Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

Home Office slammed over police IT legacy replacement delays

Modernisation initiative has seen a significant increase in costs and several changes in scope, and measures introduced to address issues seem ineffective, says Public Accounts Committee report Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

What are the challenges associated with the MITRE ATT&CK framework?

Businesses sometimes struggle to use the MITRE ATT&CK framework effectively. Learn more about some of the challenges, and how to overcome them Continue Reading

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• Shannon Flynn, ReHack Magazine

UK and US to collaborate on privacy innovation contest

Joint UK-US innovation challenge contest centring on privacy-enhancing technology announced at Summit for Democracy in Washington DC Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

The power of AI can be unleashed with a focus on ethics

An EY survey reveals the public’s concerns around the growing use of artificial intelligence – but also the opportunities for organisations that take the right ethical approach Continue Reading

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• Praveen Shankar

CW Europe: Norway embraces internet of things

Norway is becoming a centre of IoT innovation as tech developers tackle some of the country’s unique challenges, in areas such as fish farming, power distribution and monitoring of boats. Also in this issue, find out why Utrecht University media scientist José van Dijck has won an award, and read about Estonia’s country-as-a-service scheme. Continue Reading

Security Think Tank: Good documentation could save your bacon

Security learning is a career-long process, so as 2021 draws to a close, participants in the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank sum up the most important cyber lessons they’ve taken away from the past 12 months Continue Reading

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• Petra Wenham

2021 another record-breaker for vulnerability disclosure

More than 50 CVEs were logged every day in 2021, more than at any time since records began, while ethical hackers continue to prove their value Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Russia may be collaborating with US to bring cyber criminals to heel

Trustwave’s SpiderLabs says its analysis of chatter on underground dark web forums suggests cyber criminals are starting to panic that formerly ‘friendly’ governments are on their case Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Most consumers expect banks to cover losses to scams

Consumers expect banks to cover losses to cyber crime, as the number of attacks grows Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Pure adds flagship FlashArray//XL with doubled throughput

High-end enterprise-targeted FlashArray//XL leverages latest Intel Ice Lake CPU, PCIe 4.0 and distributes SLC flash across drive modules to double throughput over existing arrays Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

CIO interview: Nicola Wadham, Financial Ombudsman Service

CIO Nicola Wadham brings Computer Weekly up to speed on the Financial Ombudsman Service’s IT challenges and successes Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

UK privacy chief denies conflict of interest in new role

UK information commissioner will join a private law firm that represents technology companies she used to regulate, raising questions about conflicts of interest and drawing ‘revolving door’ criticisms Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Number of .uk domain suspensions at record low

Statistics from Nominet show how effective law enforcement action against cyber crime in the UK is paying off Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Ready for Oracle E-Business Release 12.2 by new year 2022?

Date for the end of Premier Support for Release 12.1 of Oracle E-Business Suite is 31 December 2021 Continue Reading

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• Mark Vivian, Claremont

Loan charge: MPs call on financial secretary for new independent review into HMRC policy

In a seven-page letter to newly appointed Treasury minister Lucy Frazer, MPs highlight the legal flaws in HMRC's controversial loan charge policy and demand a new independent review Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

UK technology issues contributed to Afghanistan withdrawal chaos

Multiple problems including email management, collaboration restrictions and lack of technical expertise may have risked the lives of thousands of Afghans, according to whistleblower Raphael Marshall Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

Zopa to focus on banking after closing peer-to-peer lending

Peer-to-peer lending pioneer Zopa to focus on its banking operation after the closure of its original business Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Labour reshuffle expands shadow ministerial team on digital, technology and innovation policy

New Shadow Cabinet includes three Labour spokespeople covering issues around digital, data, technology, science and innovation issues Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Investigation mounted into Spar supermarket cyber attack

Possible supply chain cyber attack left more than 300 Spar supermarkets unable to process credit card payments Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Security Think Tank: Attackers leveraging the supply chain

Security learning is a career-long process, so as 2021 draws to a close, participants in the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank sum up the most important cyber lessons they have taken away from the past 12 months Continue Reading

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• Paddy Francis

Fintech boss fires 900 staff on one Zoom call

Better.com boss used a Zoom call to tell 900 people they no longer had a job Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Digital measures confirmed under UK procurement overhaul

A new platform and data standard will be introduced as part of a government move to bring simplicity and transparency to contracting Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

AI assistant Bürokratt to reduce bureaucracy in Estonian government

Estonia to launch a Siri-like digital assistant that will automate the completion of government service requests Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

IT Priorities 2022: IT a focus for business recovery

The pandemic has accelerated IT initiatives – we look at what impact this will have on the CIO agenda for 2022 Continue Reading

Spy tech gets high tech – why MI6 invests in startups

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we’re used to James Bond and his gadgets, but now MI6 is investing in tech startups to develop new intelligence capabilities. Our exclusive IT Priorities survey suggests IT leaders are optimistic about 2022. And our new buyer’s guide examines the latest emerging technologies. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

APAC banks gear up on cloud, but challenges remain

Public cloud spending by financial institutions in the region is rising even as they grapple with legacy IT challenges and cost concerns Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

IT Priorities 2022: Pandemic’s long tail for cyber buyers

Pandemic response has been top of mind for cyber leaders these past 18 months, and as Covid-19 turns two, the TechTarget/Computer Weekly IT Priorities 2022 study shows buyers are still focused on how Covid has upended the workplace Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

European finance firms increase open banking spend

Financial services firms are increasing investment in open banking capabilities, with improvements to payment initiation and onboarding capabilities expected Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Surge in Nobelium-linked supply chain attacks

Mandiant’s researchers share new intel on two distinct clusters of Russian APT activity, linked to the Nobelium SolarWinds attackers Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Streaming surges see BT chief call for new net neutrality regulations

Marc Allera demands action on fairness in internet carriage as Amazon-hosted Premier League football drives new peak in traffic, 12% above previous high Continue Reading

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• Joe O’Halloran, Computer Weekly

Winter plan for health and social care gets £250m tech boost

Upgrades in screening to reduce waiting times and remote monitoring are among the initiatives to benefit from the budget allocation Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

Gartner: Four ways women can drive a more inclusive workplace

Tips to help women committed to developing their own IT careers, as well as pathways for anyone in a segment that is under-represented in IT Continue Reading

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• Christie Struckman

Cyber attacks and severe space weather among extreme risks faced by UK

An attack on the country’s critical infrastructure and severe space weather events could bring the UK to a halt, says Lords report Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

Australia’s NSW to build A$40m digital twin

The spatial digital twin brings together government data sources to provide insights for urban planners and residents to support decision-making and see into the future Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

IR35: Government consultation on umbrella companies fuels regulation hopes

The government has embarked on a consultation to understand better how the umbrella market works, which is a move that has been cautiously welcomed by contracting market stakeholders Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

Virgin Money adapts offices to fit flexible and collaborative working

Virgin Money is repurposing its offices to fit a future where staff will work from home and visit offices to collaborate Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Top 10 CIO interviews of 2021

More UK IT leaders talk to Computer Weekly than any other publication. We review the plans, priorities and challenges that have faced tech chiefs over the past year Continue Reading

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• Computer Weekly Staff

Bank of Ireland fined €24.5m for business continuity failures

Bank of Ireland hit with multi-million euro fine by central bank following an investigation Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Serious violence duty in PCSC Bill would gut UK data rights

Proposed data gathering powers for UK police could override existing data protection rules, damage citizens’ trust in essential public services and further entrench discriminatory policing practices Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

NUHS to tap edge supercomputing to crunch AI workloads

Singapore’s National University Health System will tap edge supercomputing resources to train AI models in a range of healthcare-related AI applications by mid-2022 Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

IR35 reforms: Contractors report widespread blanket bans and project disruption in impacts survey

A poll of more than 3,000 contractors about how the roll-out of the IR35 reforms affected them brings to light widespread use of blanket bans Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

carbon offset

A carbon offset is a credit that a person or organization can buy to decrease its carbon footprint. Continue Reading

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• Ben Lutkevich, Site Editor

UK government publishes tech-enabled adult social care plan

Ten-year plan will see NHSX working on areas such as assistive technologies, and improved connectivity for care homes Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

Millions of credit card details for sale on dark web for as little as 75p

The credit card details of millions of people from across the world can be bought by criminals using the dark web for as little as $1 Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

COP26 reflections, tech sector reacts to Sunak on skills – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna reflect on datacentres and climate change, the tech sector’s reaction to government IT skills investment, and the Post Office scandal story Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK
• Clare McDonald, Business Editor
• Brian McKenna, Senior Analyst, Business Applications

Security Think Tank: Think people, processes and systems

Security learning is a career-long process, so as 2021 draws to a close, participants in the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank sum up the most important cyber lessons they’ve taken away from the past 12 months Continue Reading

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• Cate Pye, PA Consulting

India’s IT spending to cross $100bn mark in 2022

Led by software investments, the growth in IT spending comes as organisations in the subcontinent look to modernise their IT infrastructure and support a hybrid workforce Continue Reading

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• Aaron Tan, TechTarget

Unesco member states adopt AI ethics recommendation

The non-binding recommendation seeks to define a common set of values and principles to guide the development of ethical AI globally Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Kaspersky introduces cyber policy for bionic devices

Cyber firm Kaspersky has become one of the first organisations in the world to develop and implement a security policy covering the use of bionic devices and other forms of human augmentation Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Wolverhampton to pilot app that rewards healthy behaviours

Tool is aimed at helping local residents eat better and exercise more Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

A ‘whole of society’ approach to cyber may be on the horizon

Nominet Cyber managing director David Carroll reflects on the NCSC’s latest annual review amid 2021’s fast-evolving threat landscape Continue Reading

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• David Carroll, Nominet Cyber

Cloud-based Redwood becomes latest challenger bank to make a profit

Cloud-based business bank becomes the latest of the new wave of challengers to achieve profit Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

HPE results boosted by new orders rush

A rush on new orders to avoid HPE price hike, along with some help from Oracle, has helped to boost revenue Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Swedish researchers are patiently developing a useful quantum computer

By 2028, the Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology in Sweden expects to have a useful quantum computer Continue Reading

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• Pat Brans, Pat Brans Associates/Grenoble Ecole de Management

IT Priorities 2022: IT a focus for business recovery

The pandemic has accelerated IT initiatives – we look at what impact this will have on the CIO agenda for 2022 Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Security Think Tank: In the cloud, anti-human approaches set us up to fail

Security learning is a career-long process, so as 2021 draws to a close, participants in the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank sum up the most important cyber lessons they’ve taken away from the past 12 months Continue Reading

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• Mike Lloyd, RedSeal

Compliance, device management a challenge for NHS cyber teams

Information gleaned by asset visibility specialist Armis reveals that despite improvements, some daunting security challenges still dog the NHS Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

UK MSP set to use Nebulon cloud-defined storage IaaS

UK service provider Inca to use “cloud-defined storage” to support managed service provider offer in move which shunned hyper-converged infrastructure because of cited costly overheads Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

MI6 will ‘open up’ to tech firms to innovate faster than adversaries, says chief Richard Moore

MI6 will use investment fund to back tech companies to develop long-term technologies that will help it to keep pace with China and Russia Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

HMRC denies outside-IR35 hiring ban as accounts reveal agency’s reliance on umbrella workers

HM Revenue & Customs accounts reveal marked rise in total number of temporary workers it engages, with most of them providing services through umbrella firms Continue Reading

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• Caroline Donnelly, Senior Editor, UK

UK bank branch cull continues as TSB condemns 70 more

TSB’s branch closure programme gathers pace as dozens more high street premises are shuttered Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Technology horizon-scanning programme launched by UK regulatory bodies

Goal of the initiative is to build knowledge and understanding of emerging tools Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

HP patches bugs in over 150 printer models

More than 150 HP multifunction printers are at risk of compromise through a series of newly disclosed vulnerabilities, one of them wormable Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Recovering from ransomware: One organisation’s inside story

In February 2021, French office equipment supplier Manutan fell victim to a DoppelPaymer ransomware hit. IT ops director Jérôme Marchandiau tells the inside story of the incident Continue Reading

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• Yann Serra, LeMagIT

Financial Ombudsman Service takes step towards digital transformation with Workday

Ombudsman uses human resource and financial management software in the cloud Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

UK government launches report on digital trade

Report outlines future opportunities and challenges such as the rise of digital protectionism and poor infrastructure Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

CIO interview: Ralph Munsen, CIO, Warner Music Group

As organisations put more and more IT assets into the cloud, it makes more sense to manage networks cloud natively, says Warner Music CIO Continue Reading

Over 100 civil society groups call for changes to EU AI Act

Civil, human and digital rights organisations sign open letter calling on European policymakers to put fundamental rights at the heart of the proposed Artificial Intelligence Act Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

Accenture to create 3,000 UK tech jobs

Accenture’s recruitment plan in the UK is a response to businesses to the release of pent-up demand for digital transformations Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Computer Weekly Buyer's Guide feature list 2022

Here is our 2022 schedule of up-and-coming in-depth articles that will cover carefully selected topics to help IT leaders select the right technology for their organisation Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Digital beats – how Warner Music turned to the cloud

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the CIO of Warner Music about how cloud computing helps it meet the needs of music lovers. AstraZeneca discusses how its enterprise social media system helped through the pandemic. And we assess the tech sector’s response to the government’s plans to tackle digital skills shortages. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

UK announces standard for algorithmic transparency

Public sector organisations will pilot artificial intelligence governance framework and evolve it based on feedback Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

IT Priorities 2022: End-user computing

IT departments have needed to rethink their end-user computing strategy in order to support a workforce in which the majority of staff work from home Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Second Mizuho executive quits after IT problems

IT failures have forced the CEO of Japanese financial services group to step down Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

UK ‘impact startups’ raise £2bn in 2021

Impact startups in the UK have raised record levels of investment this year, with most of the capital raised going to climate tech firms Continue Reading

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• Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor

British Army picks Immersive Labs for cyber training

The British Army will make Immersive Labs’ security training platform available to all serving personnel Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

DWP extends Capita contract for Scottish jobs programme

Scotland’s JETS job-matching scheme, which uses digital tools to support people looking for work, extends contract with Capita Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Three latest trends and developments around the Mitre ATT&CK framework

Framework is set to receive important updates to help organisations and businesses evolve their cyber security. Learn more about what it offers Continue Reading

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• Shannon Flynn, ReHack Magazine

Security Think Tank: Dissecting the true value of SASE is a challenge

As a relatively nascent technology that is getting a lot of publicity, dissecting the true value of SASE is still a difficult proposition, for now Continue Reading

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• Maximilian Brook

Post Office inquiry clears up opaque stance on subpostmaster compensation

The chair of the Post Office scandal public inquiry has confirmed the compensation of a group of subpostmasters will be revisited Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

UK’s surveillance culture may be normalising use of tech for abuse

Intense surveillance of public spaces by UK authorities may be playing a part in the normalisation of cyber stalking in intimate relationships Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor