GDS strategy aims to 'take digital transformation further'

An early draft of the new Government Digital Transformation Strategy, seen by Computer Weekly, aims to tackle the challenge of breaking down civil service IT siloes

National Cyber Security Centre to trial cyber defence initiatives on government

NCSC technical director Ian Levy details some of the initiatives being pursued as part of its Active Cyber Defence Programme

Trump election win creates uncertain future for IT services sector

The IT services sector looks set to face a period of business uncertainty following Donald Trump's win to become US president

CIO interview: Eva Listi, Systembolaget

The new CIO of alcohol retailer Systembolaget tells Computer Weekly how she addresses the challenge of running IT at the state-owned company

Security Think Tank: Six key factors in cyber insurance

What should organisations consider if they are to prepare for cyber insurance?

Tesco Bank halts online banking after weekend hacker fraud

Tesco Bank halts online banking after thousands of current account customers were hit by fraudulent transactions by hackers at the weekend

Welsh government earmarks £80m for new broadband scheme

The Welsh Government is planning to invest up to £80m to extend its broadband roll-out across the entire country by 2020

Security Think Tank: Back up risk assessment with broker advice on cyber insurance

What should organisations consider if they are to prepare for cyber insurance?

Oracle consummates acquisition of NetSuite, eyes $1bn cloud revenue

$9.3bn acquisition is in line with Oracle’s avowed move to cloud as a delivery mode for its business applications

Apple garners local support for Irish datacentre as legal challenge looms

Residents of Athenry, County Galway, unite to back Apple’s Irish datacentre plans as consumer electronics giant awaits High Court decision on legal challenge

Newcastle United implements software to understand Toon Army better

Football club’s marketing teams are using data analysis software to give them a better picture of what supporters like off the field

HPE: The UK business one year after split

The headlines say one thing, but Marc Waters, UK and Ireland managing director of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, is confident CEO Meg Whitman’s strategy is paying off

Gartner Symposium: CIOs should build a digital platform

Gartner’s Barcelona Symposium opened with the familiar themes of reinvention and evolution. The difference this year is Uber-like business models

The transformation of Randstad’s IT infrastructure

Digitisation is one of the key themes in Randstad's latest financial report, with the transformation of its IT infrastructure a fundamental step in achieving this

Google cloud platform heats up the cloud market in Asia

Google is set to inject more life into the Southeast Asian cloud market with new products and local datacentres

Tesco Bank theft shows need to take cyber security more seriously

Tesco Bank compromise should act as a wake up call to UK businesses to take cyber security more seriously, say security experts

CIO interview: David Cooper, interim CIO at Centrica

Interim CIO at utility company Centrica tells Computer Weekly how his job is more than just keeping the lights on

SSE Enterprise Telecoms doubles network footprint in Capita deal

SSE Enterprise Telecoms set to expand national Ethernet connectivity service for business customers, while Capita and Updata get additional strength for outsourcing projects

Security Think Tank: Cyber insurance a great complement to good security practice

What should organisations consider if they are to prepare for cyber insurance?

European agencies seek to bolster co-operation on cyber crime

Fifth annual joint workshop seeks to foster better co-operation between national cyber incident response teams and law enforcement agencies to establish a network to discuss topics of mutual interest

AWS shares datacentre security secrets to inspire more enterprise cloud adoption

CISO says there is no need to sacrifice security to pursue innovation in the cloud, as he reveals how the cloud giant safeguards customer information in its datacentres

BT boosts broadband speeds for SME and consumer customers

Telco is increasing the broadband speeds it makes available for small businesses and consumer customers using its fibre-to-the-premises network

Will computer vision help France take a lead in AI?

There are signs that France could become a centre for artificial intelligence research and development

Human-machine teaming key to cyber defence, says Intel Security

Intel Security is working with a select group of customers on developing systems to enable human-machine teaming to get the best of both worlds in applying cyber threat intelligence

ANZ bank puts cloud expert in leading IT role

Australian bank has recruited another senior executive from the IT supplies sector to support its digital developments

Cern to track job applicants ‘at the speed of light’

The nuclear research laboratory in Geneva, famous for tracking sub-atomic particles, is developing a cloud service to track of thousands of people who apply for jobs each year

Dropbox and Google commit to improving terms of use for cloud storage customers

Dropbox and Google join the government’s push to ensure cloud storage users are not caught out by sudden price hikes or contract changes

Coca-Cola cloud project bottles rewards for 25,000 staff

Coca-Cola European Partners, which bottles 15 billion litres of soft drinks each year, is working with an HR technology supplier to develop flexible rewards packages for its 25,000 employees

Nand flash shortage to push up solid-state drive prices

Flash storage chip supply is being squeezed by smartphone manufacturers’ demand, increased notebook and datacentre hardware demand, and difficulties switching to 3D Nand production

Pure-play cyber security has real value, says incoming McAfee head

Intel Security has outlined its strategy to protect the new digital economy as it gears up for innovation as a new independent pure-play security firm under the McAfee banner

Cyber security image putting women and girls off, says panel

There is still a lot of work to be done to change the perception of cyber security and corporate culture to attract more women to the profession, according to a panel of security professionals

Intel Security to become McAfee in April 2017

Intel Security has detailed a wave of product innovations at Focus 2016, but promises more to come when it is spun out as an independent company under the McAfee banner

Climate hackathon aims to use tech to save the planet

London joins cities around the world to seek technology solutions to tackle climate change and help the environment

Data is the ‘biggest battle ground’ in marketing, says McKinsey expert

Global lead for marketing and tech at McKinsey, Jason Heller, says data science is the area of marketing that can make or break campaigns

Police forces struggle with complex IT and a lack of digital skills, says watchdog

The latest report from police watchdog HMIC discovers that a lack of skills in digital and complex IT systems are major challenges for modern police forces

IoT security window closing

The window of opportunity for addressing security risks in internet of things devices is closing rapidly, according to Intel's IoT security manager

Failure to prepare for cyber attack could be catastrophic, warns Ted Koppel

Veteran investigative reporter Ted Koppel says a cyber attack on the US power grid is likely, but preparations for such an event are not up to scratch

Collaborative Team in Office 365 paves way to AI-augmented business

Microsoft Team offers a way for businesses to improve collaboration. It is also pushing its AI research in a way to augment humans

Broadcom buys Brocade but will sell off IP network business

Chipmaker will acquire Brocade for $5.9bn to broaden its storage business, and plans to sell off most of its acquisition’s networking business

Microsoft debuts Project Olympus to boost open source datacentre hardware development

Microsoft wants to give open source datacentre hardware developers earlier access to its designs to speed up the time it takes to bring new products to market with Project Olympus

Thomson Reuters to axe multiple IT roles

Thomson Reuters is to make 2,000 redundancies worldwide, many of them in its IT function

Philip Hammond goes on the attack to target cyber threat to UK economy

Speaking at the Microsoft Future Decoded event in London, the Chancellor revealed how Britain would take an offensive stance to protect infrastructure

Software maker leaves Russia for India to increase resources and reduce risk

Commodities trading software company has moved its software development resources to Bangalore from Moscow

Nexsan adds mobile app access to Unity file sync and share

Nexsan Unity can now be accessed by iPhone and Android mobile users, as well as from desktops and laptops, to provide Dropbox-like functionality within the firewall

Sweden’s Civil Contingencies Agency updates document management system in digital push

Public sector agency modernises core system through an IT outsourcing agreement that will support digital transformation

Intel Security shifts channel strategy

Intel Security adjusts its channel strategy in response to a market shift towards services-based security

Unilever puts digital transformation in the hands of IT

The global IT director of digital marketing at Unilever explains how the firm has managed digital transformation by shifting the role of the IT team

Black cab customers can now pay by card as well as cash

London Mayor’s Taxi and Private Hire Action Plan sees card technology introduced to all black cabs in the capital

IT industry development is an obvious choice for Bahrain

Bahrain is a gateway to the Middle East for multinationals, and to the world for locally grown IT startups

Around half of customers expect virtual reality to play a part in retail’s future

Consumers and business buyers think virtual reality and artificial intelligence will play a big part in retail experience in the near future, according to Salesforce research

Insurers face same legacy system battle as retail banks

The biggest barrier to insurance companies adopting digital technology is their heavy reliance on legacy IT systems

Lancaster University hails potential of AI software to cut datacentre power consumption

Lancaster University reveals details of its work to create an AI-based, self-assembling software system that could improve the efficiency of datacentres

Using cross-industry collaboration on open standards to address big data in the datacentre

Efforts are under away across the industry to create open standards to ensure datacentre hardware is equipped to cope with the amounts of information datacentres are required to process in real time

UK government re-announces £1.9bn cyber security spend

Five-year cyber security spending increase announced by Chancellor Philip Hammond 12 months after George Osborne did so

Path to telco revenues lies through improved user trust, says KPMG

Report suggests that half of UK adults would switch telecoms and broadband provider in the event of a security breach, and identifies revenue opportunities in building trust among consumers

Tintri adds VMware and Flocker persistent container storage

VM-native storage array maker Tintri will allow customers persistent storage for Docker containers via planned VMware vSphere 6.5 functionality or via bare metal/host OS