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How research firm Icon is using analytics and wearables to enhance clinical trials

Middle East countries accelerate quantum computing research

Met Office seeks chief information security officer

Magento e-commerce sites urged to apply security update

A Computer Weekly buyer’s guide to asset management for hybrid IT

Major shake-up of TSB IT after core baking system migration disaster

Should we be worried that half of UK organisations don’t have a policy for the safe use of AI?

ICO kicks off sandbox beta to support innovation

Interview: Mark Gray, director of digital transformation, Crown Prosecution Service

CommVault adds “tape killer” AWS Glacier Deep Archive cold storage

Swan lands in Scottish Highlands

Audit services – the next frontier for tech giants?

Infosec pros slam government-mandated backdoors

Encryption adoption driven by new tech and compliance

Businesses losing out on early payment discounts due to outdated software

Huawei making no progress on addressing security concerns

Post Office made to repay public money it allocated to fund Horizon litigation

What are the options for regulating internet companies?

How Sainsbury’s is developing a wider understanding of data science

Swedish companies increasingly using private networks to communicate with ecosystem

Scottish government advances payments programme

UK IoT research centre to tackle cyber risk

Oslo car-free plan builds on micro-mobility trend

Insurance company Tokio Marine HCC overhauls legacy systems

Norway datacentre strategy producing dividend

Cyber attacks targeting industrial control systems on the rise

Government expects NHS IT overhaul will unleash innovation

Hyperscale demand for colocation offsets softening take-up from enterprises, research shows

Volkswagen broadens public cloud commitment by partnering with AWS

Mind the overlap between GDPR and ePD, warns privacy lawyer

Amadeus deploys cloud-native shopping application on Google cloud

Norsk Hydro cyber attack cost estimates up to $41m

Web inventor wants to build a web built on solid data principals

Police make 61 arrests in global crackdown on dark web

Europe passes controversial Copyright Directive

IT complexity raises concerns of certificate-related outages

Police algorithms should be regulated, says think tank

BT switches on quantum network link at Adastral Park

Women more at risk of job automation

Asus releases fix for supply chain cyber attack

Nominet urges SMEs to register .uk domains to thwart squatters

Firms urged to gear up for new malware and tactics as threats proliferate

Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 9

Geopolitical issues affecting cyber security

Leading PC makers set to expand product range to target existing customers

Artificial intelligence making major inroads into Russian banking

Security challenge is to move as fast as the business

EMIS Group CIO: Breaking down NHS patient data silos by going all-in on AWS

Lack of security skills exposing business to attack

Mike Lynch heads to High Court to defend against HP allegations

Full-fibre broadband startup Toob gets £75m funding round

Datacentre equipment manufacturers must make their firmware available

UK’s largest broadband suppliers failing on customer service

Small businesses hit hardest by cyber crime costs

Storage 101: Object storage in the big three public clouds

Digital Darwinism unkind to those who wait, says Palo Alto

All change: What can suppliers and IT buyers expect from G-Cloud 11?

Half of women in tech say diversity is not a company priority

Getting it right this time: Why the strategy is not about delivery for NHSX

How Centrica used GDPR and Pegasystems to reward loyal customers

UK government at odds over Huawei threat

New Metroploitan Police database raises concerns of Gangs Matrix repeat

Facebook security policy and practices unfit, say infosec pros

Manchester City Council CIO steps down

Tech sector steams ahead in face of Brexit

London launches open data cultural map

UK police should not deploy live facial recogntion technology until issues are resolved, MPs told

Government cyber security strategy is ‘chaotic‘

Interview: How the DWP Dojo innovates

Horizon IT system trial suspended after Post Office accuses judge of bias

Towards a full-fibre Britain: the view from inside Openreach

Spike in cyber attacks targeting Cisco Webex

Amazon S3 storage 101: Object storage in the cloud

GDS and Cabinet Office admit to over-optimism over Verify

Openreach calls on CSPs to help formulate full-fibre strategy

Norway’s IT sector and government to tackle skills shortage

Russian cyber espionage groups targeting EU governments

Pivot3 to target Azure, Google clouds and enhance AI/ML

Police investigate Norsk Hydro ransomware attack

Lack of viable business case holds back S/4Hana projects

IBM demos quantum leap in artificial intelligence

EC fines Google €1.49bn for abusing ad market dominance

Department for Transport launches future of urban mobility plan

Fifth annual girls’ school techathon focuses on AI for social good

UK cyber experts to support global company boards

Colt picks Cisco to simplify 5G backhaul services

Network Homes signs Hyperoptic broadband deal

Bournemouth and Northampton next in line for CityFibre broadband upgrade

Government can make better use of tech to tackle loneliness

UK government organisations’ email security lagging

CCRC watching Post Office Horizon trial closely

Post Office 'lacked humanity' in the treatment of subpostmasters, says peer

Growing board focus on cyber risk challenges current thinking

Salisbury to get ‘universal’ full-fibre broadband

Norsk Hydro confirms ransomware attack

Government launches investigation into AI bias

Cohesity plans to put backup data to good use

Ctera teams with HPE to put cloud gateways in Simplivity HCI

Firms urged to protect against spear phishing

NatWest launches business virtual account platform

Norwegian aluminium producer hit by ‘extensive’ cyber attack

Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 8

Post Office director cross-examination confirms lack of investigation into branch IT problems

Build in trust, experts advise cyber innovators

Department of Health considers overhaul of screening IT

MySpace data loss: Botched server migration prompts user concerns over fate of lost songs

EU law enforcement agencies prepare for major cyber attacks

UKCloud secures £25m investment to support multi-cloud public sector push

CyLon announces latest cyber security accelerator cohort

Layer your approach to web security

UK sees increase in contactless card use

Oracle Q3 2018-19 results: profits nudge up, revenue dips

Subpostmasters achieve “stunning victory” against Post Office in Horizon case

Digital divide threatens healthcare innovation

Businesses failing to grasp DevSecOps

StepChange uses PegaSystems to power digital efficiency drive

Brexit complicating already complex data protection

Why the web needs patching

Venture capitalists driving Nordic tech enterprise growth

National Cyber Security Programme at risk of missing targets

DCMS announces new funding for prison coding skills

Scrutiny of Facebook continues to mount as new criminal investigation comes to light

Enterprise and midrange SAN survey 2019: Hitachi, IBM and NetApp

Avoid infosec mistakes of the past, urges Robert Hannigan

Met Police collaborated with US prosecutors in WikiLeaks investigation

CW APAC: Buyer's guide to cloud security

NHS Shared Business Services seeks suppliers for £500m cloud procurement framework

Security Think Tank: Map your own important risk metrics

Spring Statement 2019 allocates £200m to technology

Datacentre industry needs to raise its profile to address skills gaps, says panel

Bank of England’s large IT spend partly due to use of manual processes and legacy systems

ICO pledges to support innovation

Furman Review urges greater competition for tech giants

OpenText Enterprise World Europe: CEO Barrenechea stakes claim for EIM as competitive edge

Shetlands get broadband upgrade to support local NHS services

Bespoke digital training programmes help UK travel operator with global transformation

Revolutionising patient booking in the Gulf

Security Think Tank: Financial loss as a key security risk indicator

Almost half UK firms hit by phishing attacks

Cyber attackers favouring stealthier attacks, says Darktrace

RPA spend to increase after Brexit

King's College London IT chief says resisting digital disruption a ‘waste of time’

Defra criticised over no-deal IT systems plan

Security Think Tank: No one key risk indicator is generic across all businesses

Many firms unaware of data exfiltration threat

Breaking with tradition: How a 144-year-old retailer is moving into the digital age

Nationwide uses natural language processing to discover what annoys customers

Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 7

Assisted living system moves from Microsoft Azure to IBM Cloud

Despite failings, exec appetite for secure collaboration growing

Openreach exploring options for copper network shutdown

Post Office considered Horizon IT system as high risk, court told

The web turns 30: from proposal to pervasion

Department for Transport kicks off cloud transformation

Making unified threat management a key security tool

HMRC CDIO Jacky Wright on why building diverse tech teams is socially responsible

NatWest launches biometric card pilot

Citrix breach once again highlights password weaknesses

Security Think Tank: Key considerations for determining cyber risk

Amazon makes plans to increase diversity in its UK business

United Utilities’ RPA crack team makes early gains

ICO data raises doubts over UK firms’ ability to manage breaches

House of Lords committee calls for creation of a Digital Authority to oversee regulation

Government announces changes to immigration rules

Legal row over Apple's abandoned bid to build an Irish datacentre rumbles on

Everywoman forum 2019: Closing the divide between science and art

New internal AI tool helps IT services company Mphasis build software at pace

Growing awareness of mobile security risk

Equifax defends against scathing Senate report

Room to spare: Could space constraints slow London's record-breaking datacentre growth spree?

Security Think Tank: Five elements of a key cyber risk indicator

CW Europe: Robots deliver savings for Dutch postal service

How supercomputing is transforming experimental science

Half of government IT jobs in 2023 do not exist today

FDM everywoman in Technology Awards: 2019 winners announced

Vodafone defends its use of Huawei as 5G trials go live

How aid workers are using encrypted communications to stay safe in conflict zones

ICO head still in top three of DataIQ data leader list

Brexit: UK tech spend flattens as France and Germany pull away

Ministry of Justice concludes prison biometrics pilots

Tech under spotlight at High Court in second subpostmasters versus Post Office trial

Machine identities for sale on dark web, business warned

US government ban unconstitutional, says Huawei

Zuckerberg commits to Facebook becoming privacy-focused

How Europe’s largest datacentre is helping to expand broadband access

UK military robotics get multimillion-pound boost

5G one of several security challenges to CNI

Security Think Tank: Aim for business intelligence-driven system of risk indicators

IR35 reforms: HMRC urges private sector to start prepping now for April 2020 roll-out

Government must prioritise replacement of legacy IT, MPs told

How B2B startups can build a successful business

US doubles down on Huawei fears as Chinese prepare to sue

IT Priorities 2019: What projects are IT professionals spending their budgets on?

Santander latest bank to tap Google experience

Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 6

Security Think Tank: Invest in proactive approach to security and digital risk

GDS cut expected benefits of troubled Gov.uk Verify system by 75%

UK among most expensive countries for mobile data

Cyber awareness of UK boards found wanting

Security Think Tank: Cyber metrics need to be meaningful

RSA Security bets on digital risk management

Futuristic logistics: retailers focused on rapid delivery

Danske Bank builds on machine learning to predict IT failures

Choosing the right kind of hybrid cloud management

Fresh data analytics tool slashes Openreach’s Ethernet delivery times

Is it too soon for AI in the education landscape?

Clearer North Korean link to global infrastructure malware campaign

Facebook asked George Osborne to influence EU data protection law

What are the CDN options for enterprises?

Facebook facing 10 GDPR investigations in Ireland

Using simulated disaster management to tackle the security skills gap

Microsoft Azure gains ground on AWS in public cloud

Tech She Can Charter enters second year

IBM deal to drive Nordea’s IT-led transformation

Interview: OVH CEO on offering a European alternative to the US public cloud giants

Alibaba Cloud aims to teach one million women to code by 2030

Teen becomes first millionaire through HackerOne bug bounties

New broadband speed regulations come into force

BBC reveals high frequency of UK banking outages from data mandated by the FCA