IT innovation, research and development
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News
22 Jan 2024
Upgraded Arabic large language model is twice as big
Techniques that were used to double the power of what was already the largest LLM for Arabic can now be applied to other languages whose native speakers do not yet have access to AI Continue Reading
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E-Zine
07 Dec 2023
CW EMEA: Prepare for cyber war
When the war between Hamas and Israel began in October, cyber security professionals and major government and private organisations braced for an inevitable accompanying online war. In this issue of CW EMEA, we outline cyber war, patterns of threat activity, and find out what security teams can do to protect their organisations. We also look at Finland’s advances in quantum computing, how Belgian researchers have developed technology to help datacentres process data faster, and the secrets of KPN’s successful business transformation. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
01 Mar 2021
Digital secretary Dowden outlines UK post-Brexit data approach
The UK government is searching for a new information commissioner with an updated remit to use data to support growth and innovation, and plans on reaching new international data partnerships Continue Reading
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News
01 Mar 2021
Covid accelerates Bradford University remote working project
Pandemic injected fuel into university’s existing project to introduce remote working Continue Reading
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News
26 Feb 2021
Huawei opens developer lab in Singapore
Huawei’s Digix lab will provide software development resources to those who are building mobile apps for Huawei’s mobile platform Continue Reading
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News
25 Feb 2021
UKtech50 2021: The most influential people in UK technology
Computer Weekly has announced the 11th annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK tech sector Continue Reading
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News
25 Feb 2021
UKtech50 interview: Sarah Wilkinson, CEO, NHS Digital
The UKtech50’s most influential person in UK IT in 2021, NHS Digital CEO Sarah Wilkinson, talks about how the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the speed of projects, staff pressures and key leadership lessons Continue Reading
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News
25 Feb 2021
GCHQ sets out rules of the road for AI in cyber
A paper produced by GCHQ shows how the intelligence agency can use artificial intelligence responsibly as a tool to protect the UK’s national security Continue Reading
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News
25 Feb 2021
Tech-enabled hybrid working enables HSBC to cut 40% of its global office space
Bank is making huge reductions in the amount of office space it uses through a global hybrid-working policy Continue Reading
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E-Zine
25 Feb 2021
CW Nordics: Nordic startups aim to take the lead in pet tech advances
Nordic technology startups are looking to take pet tech mainstream following the acceleration of the industry during the coronavirus pandemic. Also in this issue, read how businesses can learn lessons from Nordic technology startups to prepare employees to return to the office after Covid-19 restrictions lift. Continue Reading
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News
24 Feb 2021
Facebook’s AI doctoral research programme makes inroads into UK
Facebook collaborates with University College London to bring artificial intelligence doctoral research programme to the UK, with aim to open-sourcing the findings Continue Reading
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News
24 Feb 2021
Vaccine passports prove an ethical minefield
Privacy campaigners warn that vaccine passports may turn out to be discriminatory and invasive, while technologists agree careful consideration must be given to their design Continue Reading
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News
24 Feb 2021
Businesses forced to ask IT service providers for help during pandemic
IT service providers have been approached by long-time enterprise customers asking for price cuts due to the impact of the pandemic Continue Reading
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News
24 Feb 2021
Sadiq Khan wants innovators to support London's recovery
Mayor of London announces partners and goals for the capital’s £1m Resilience Fund, and an extra £500,000 to develop design-led solutions aimed at the challenges presented by the crisis Continue Reading
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Opinion
23 Feb 2021
Rogue drones beware: We’re here to ground you
Eugene Kaspersky exclusively lifts the lid on a mysterious, shiny device that’s been sitting in his office Continue Reading
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E-Zine
23 Feb 2021
Computers in space – managing a datacentre on the ISS
In this week’s Computer Weekly, as the International Space Station gets a datacentre upgrade, we look at the challenges of system maintenance in space. As nation states increase their cyber attacks, we assess the risk for businesses. And our latest buyer’s guide looks at the colocation market. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
21 Feb 2021
Dell to invest $50m in Singapore innovation hub
Dell Technologies’ global innovation hub will house a research and development lab and other facilities to drive development and adoption of emerging technologies Continue Reading
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News
19 Feb 2021
UK to launch 'high-risk, high-reward' research agency, dubbed ARIA
Backed by £800m of public investment, the Advanced Research & Invention Agency (ARIA) will identify and fund groundbreaking science and technology Continue Reading
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News
19 Feb 2021
Uber drivers should be classified as ‘workers’, UK Supreme Court confirms
Supreme Court ruling brings Uber’s four-year legal battle to have its drivers classified as self-employed to an end, and could see its drivers in line to receive thousands of pounds in compensation Continue Reading
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News
18 Feb 2021
Why technology leaders must drive post-Covid agenda
IT has shown its worth during the pandemic and in 2021, Accenture believes business leaders will need to apply IT more strategically Continue Reading
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News
18 Feb 2021
2020 a record year for cyber, thanks to Covid
The UK’s cyber industry now employs close to 50,000 people and contributes billions to the economy Continue Reading
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Opinion
17 Feb 2021
Vaccine passports highlight social impact of systems design
Vaccine or immunity passports are an opportunity to advance the design of trustworthy digital systems, but much more work still needs to be done Continue Reading
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News
17 Feb 2021
Swedish central bank extends digital currency project
Sweden's central bank has extended its pilot of a digital currency for at least another year Continue Reading
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News
16 Feb 2021
NHSX set to become part of new NHS England 'transformation directorate'
Latest plans for the National Health Service’s central digital strategy arm are currently at the proposal stage Continue Reading
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News
15 Feb 2021
BP joins IBM Quantum Network to support emission goals
Quantum computing promises unimaginable computing power, which can be applied to helping tackle climate change Continue Reading
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News
15 Feb 2021
How computer vision can protect coral reefs
The Australian Institute of Marine Science teams up with Accenture to protect coral reefs in a computer vision project inspired by a Netflix documentary Continue Reading
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News
12 Feb 2021
University benefited from early virtual desktop investments when pandemic struck
Edinburgh Napier University was able to react quickly to some of the main challenges brought by the Covid-19 pandemic Continue Reading
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News
11 Feb 2021
The government’s ‘blue skies’ funding agency lacks purpose, MPs find
The £800m research and development funding agency announced in December 2019, lacks a clear purpose so far, according to the Science and Technology Committee Continue Reading
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News
11 Feb 2021
Nordic states launch joint drone development initiative
Nordic Drone Initiative backed by 16 public and privately owned organisations in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark to probe the efficient use of airspace for drones Continue Reading
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News
09 Feb 2021
Government launches review of use of health data for research
The review, which will be led by Ben Goldacre, will look at home-efficient and safe use of health data for research and analysis Continue Reading
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News
09 Feb 2021
Big data platform to speed up DNA analysis
Belgium’s Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre has developed a big data platform that can analyse DNA data up to 16 times faster than current techniques Continue Reading
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News
08 Feb 2021
NHSX backs mobile app to detect kidney disease
The app, which is being funded by the AI in Health and Care Award programme, turns a smartphone camera into a clinical-grade tool to help detect kidney disease Continue Reading
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News
08 Feb 2021
North-West England ‘perfect’ growth area for tech startups
Industry groups mapping the UK’s technology landscape say the North-West of England is a hotspot for growing tech firms, which benefit from increasing investment and geographic proximity to academic and business support networks Continue Reading
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News
08 Feb 2021
Woolworths to invest more than A$50m in skills training
More than 60,000 Woolworths employees across store and e-commerce operations, supply chain network and support offices are expected to benefit from the new investment Continue Reading
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News
05 Feb 2021
Government R&D funding fails to maximise ‘catapult’ potential
Barriers in the UK’s research and development funding system mean technology and innovation centres, also known as catapults, are prevented from maximising their potential economic impact Continue Reading
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News
05 Feb 2021
How Yarra Valley Water is tapping APIs
The largest water retailer in Melbourne has rolled out application programming interfaces to improve operations and customer service Continue Reading
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News
04 Feb 2021
UKRI should speed up Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund approval processes, says NAO
Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund’s lengthy approval process leads to delays in funding projects and could be a deterrent, according to the National Audit Office Continue Reading
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Blog Post
04 Feb 2021
How can managed print services providers thrive in the Amazon Era?
Quocirca’s “The Amazon Effect” Executive Briefing Report examines the disruptive effect that Amazon has had on a technology sectors such as the Cloud, IoT, Edge Computing and the Smart Connected ... Continue Reading
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News
04 Feb 2021
IBM and Microsoft close the gap to mainstream quantum computing
Recent developments from IBM and Microsoft suggest that cloud-based enterprise computing may become mainstream in just a few years Continue Reading
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News
04 Feb 2021
CIO interview: David Walmsley, chief digital and omni-channel officer, Pandora
The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic could have been a disaster for the jeweller, but due to its digital transformation programme, it was ready to carry on serving its customers online Continue Reading
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News
03 Feb 2021
Has Covid-19 made bank branch closures easier to sell?
Big banks continue to close branches and invest more in technology as the Covid-19 pandemic makes a case for digital banking Continue Reading
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News
03 Feb 2021
UK slow in AI maturity race
A new survey for Rackspace has found that IT decision makers in the UK struggle with finding the right skills to support artificial intelligence Continue Reading
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Blog Post
03 Feb 2021
The risk of giving in to quantum progress
Over the next few years the tech industry has a roadmap to overcome the challenges facing quantum computing. This will pave the way to growth in mainstream quantum computing to solve "hard ... Continue Reading
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News
03 Feb 2021
Tata Communications grows IoT footprint
India’s Tata Communications has been shoring up its IoT capabilities through a handful of acquisitions and partnerships with telcos Continue Reading
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News
02 Feb 2021
CIO interview: Paul Coby, CIO, Johnson Matthey
Johnson Matthey’s CIO is working to create an agile IT department and says the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a company-wide appreciation of what IT does Continue Reading
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News
02 Feb 2021
Ten startups graduate from virtual reality-focused accelerator
Startups focusing on building new immersive technology products have completed Digital Catapult’s Augmentor accelerator programme Continue Reading
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News
02 Feb 2021
Nordic region provides autonomous vehicle test bed
Nordic region has the suppliers, environment and appetite for pioneering the development of autonomous vehicles Continue Reading
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News
02 Feb 2021
Chelsea and Westminster NHS launches diabetes app
Together with supplier Sensyne Health, clinicians at the trust have designed a diabetes app that allows patients to manage their condition at home Continue Reading
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Opinion
01 Feb 2021
NHS Digital completes NHSmail migration to the cloud
NHS Digital’s Chris Parsons shares how the organisation managed to migrate more than 2.1 million NHSmail accounts to the cloud during a global pandemic Continue Reading
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News
01 Feb 2021
West Midlands refreshes digital strategy
Combined authority’s 2021-2026 digital roadmap aims to address the digital divide and make the West Midlands the most digitally connected region in the country Continue Reading
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News
01 Feb 2021
UKRI suspends services after ransomware attack
UK Research and Innovation was hit by an undisclosed strain of ransomware at the end of January Continue Reading
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Feature
27 Jan 2021
APAC career guide: How to become a DevOps engineer
A DevOps career can be highly rewarding, as long as you are open to learning new things and collaborating with team mates to solve problems in software development Continue Reading
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News
27 Jan 2021
After a push at the start, Mencap’s automation journey is gathering pace
UK charity was helped out by a bank at the start of an automation investigation that is now a project sweeping across the organisation Continue Reading
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News
26 Jan 2021
Australia’s IT spending set to bounce back in 2021
IT spending in Australia will grow by 4% this year, reversing a decline of 1% in 2020 as organisations seek to grow their digital chops Continue Reading
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News
26 Jan 2021
Saudi IT spending to hit $11bn in 2021
Saudi Arabian organisations will spend about $11bn on IT this year, with emerging technologies high on shopping lists Continue Reading
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News
26 Jan 2021
Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust launches digital service for HIV patients
Klick service triages patients according to their clinical needs and allows them to review results, manage appointments and complete health assessments Continue Reading
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E-Zine
26 Jan 2021
Salad as a service: How tech could revolutionise farming
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how new technologies are supporting the rise of vertical farming, and could revolutionise food supply chains. We examine one of the biggest trends in the cloud – serverless computing. And Brexit has not yet ended the debate about UK-EU data protection. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
25 Jan 2021
Inside Grab’s DevOps practices
A senior software engineer at Grab offers a peek into the DevOps practices at one of Southeast Asia’s technology unicorns Continue Reading
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News
22 Jan 2021
Nine out of 10 UK card payments in 2020 were contactless
Contactless cards payments accounted for around 90% of card payments in the UK in 2020 Continue Reading
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News
21 Jan 2021
UKtech50 2021: Vote for the most influential person in UK technology
Our judges have picked a shortlist, and now we invite readers to tell us who should be chosen as the most influential person in the UK tech scene for 2021 – submit your vote now Continue Reading
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News
21 Jan 2021
Government needs to ‘take stock’ of digital progress, says Reform
Think-tank says Covid-19 has shown the importance of a ‘digitally enabled’ public sector, but there is still a long way to go to realise the full potential of technology Continue Reading
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E-Zine
21 Jan 2021
CW APAC: Trend Watch – CIO trends
Data is everywhere and businesses are seeking ways of using this data to benefit themselves, their customers and their employees. In this handbook, focused on CIO trends in the Asia-Pacific region, Computer Weekly reviews some key IT trends that are likely to shape the industry in 2021 and looks at what a number of companies in the region are doing in the field of big data analytics. Continue Reading
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News
20 Jan 2021
HSBC closing more branches as customers turn to digital channel
Bank announces branch closures as it reshapes its network for the digital age Continue Reading
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Opinion
18 Jan 2021
The UK tech sector has been a force for good during the Covid-19 pandemic
The UK's digital minister hails the tech companies that have helped people cope with many of the challenges of living through lockdown and the coronavirus pandemic Continue Reading
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Opinion
18 Jan 2021
Smarter use of AI means business process optimisation, not simply automation
To get the most from artificial intelligence and automation, IT leaders need to focus on where the technology adds real-world business value, not the trendy tech Continue Reading
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News
17 Jan 2021
NCSC CyberFirst Girls 2021 contest kicks off
UK’s national cyber agency says it has already had hundreds of entrants in spite of the challenges presented by the pandemic Continue Reading
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News
15 Jan 2021
Nordic startups make advances in pet tech
Nordic tech startups are looking to take pet tech mainstream following the acceleration of the industry during the current pandemic Continue Reading
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News
15 Jan 2021
Coalition proposes secure standard model for Covid-19 passports
Vaccination Credential Initiative is working to ensure that people vaccinated against Covid-19 can access their records in a secure, verifiable and privacy-preserving way Continue Reading
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News
15 Jan 2021
Tech partnership to drive Finland’s quantum computing project
Organisations in Finland are developing quantum computing capabilities through a state and private sector partnership Continue Reading
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News
15 Jan 2021
UK government urged to implement cloud-centric transformation plan
The approach to digital public services needs to be reinvented to catch up with global leaders, according to new research Continue Reading
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News
14 Jan 2021
Etive to create digital identity trust scheme for residential property market
The tech company has received funding from Innovate UK to create a digital identity trust scheme, aiming to improve identity verification in the residential property sector Continue Reading
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News
14 Jan 2021
London received quarter of all European tech funding in 2020
Technology startups in London raised near-record levels of venture capital investment last year despite uncertainty related to Brexit and Covid-19 Continue Reading
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News
14 Jan 2021
Numbers stack up for UK open banking three years on
Three years have passed since open banking regulations came into force and momentum is gathering Continue Reading
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News
14 Jan 2021
Unforeseen consequences of new technologies put UK at risk
Lords committee told that the risks associated with various emerging digital technologies must be assessed together, with input from UK citizens, if the government is to avoid ‘siloisation’ of fundamentally interconnected problems Continue Reading
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E-Zine
14 Jan 2021
CW Middle East: $60m venture capital fund targets 120 startups
Countries in the Middle East see technology as an industry of the future and are investing heavily in the sector as part of their economic diversification plans. Read in this issue how the latest development will see a $60m venture capital fund, based in Bahrain, invest in 120 early-stage startups across the Middle East region. Also read how Saudi Arabia has signed two agreements with Chinese IT suppliers as it strives to deliver its ambitious programme to diversify its economy. Continue Reading
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News
13 Jan 2021
Covid-19 immunity passport tests to begin in UK
A Covid-19 immunity and vaccination passport developed by two UK firms and backed by Innovate UK has entered the live testing phase Continue Reading
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News
12 Jan 2021
Government appoints digital leadership roles and sets up new digital office
The government is creating a new Central Digital and Data Office, which will be led by Home Office tech boss Joanna Davinson Continue Reading
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News
12 Jan 2021
Early stage UK security startups face funding crisis
Overall cyber security funding since the advent of the pandemic is well up, but investment is dominated by safe, later-stage firms while those raising capital for the first time fall away Continue Reading
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News
12 Jan 2021
Wales invests £4.9m in digital services improvement
Government funding aims to accelerate the design and delivery of citizen-focused offerings in Wales Continue Reading
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E-Zine
12 Jan 2021
Can AI ever match the power of the brain?
In this week’s Computer Weekly, artificial intelligence is still no match for the brain – we talk to Intel’s neuromorphic computing lab to see how researchers are trying to address that. Our buyer’s guide examines identity and access management. And we find out why datacentres are becoming a new target for financial investors. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
11 Jan 2021
APAC firms’ ‘future readiness’ a mixed bag
Led by firms in China, Singapore and Australia, just over a quarter of businesses in APAC fit the bill as a future-ready business, study finds Continue Reading
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News
11 Jan 2021
Tech key to improving lives of people with rare diseases, says government report
The UK Rare Diseases Framework will build on advances in genomics and data analysis to improve testing and diagnosis Continue Reading
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News
08 Jan 2021
Major facial-recognition supplier builds system to identify masked faces
Facial-recognition supplier claims new system can accurately identify masked faces, therefore promoting public health during the pandemic. But questions remain about whether its existing UK law enforcement clients will be deploying the technology Continue Reading
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News
07 Jan 2021
Most British people don't trust government with personal data
The UK ranks high in a list of countries where citizens are least confident about how their private information is handled by public authorities, research shows Continue Reading
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News
07 Jan 2021
Robust member administration system indispensable for Dutch Coeliac Society
Organisation had to find a dedicated member administration system to support existing members, new members and countless volunteers Continue Reading
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News
07 Jan 2021
DBS opens tech academy in skills training drive
The DBS Future Tech Academy will focus on training the bank’s technologists in three disciplines for a start – site reliability engineering, data processing and analytics, and application security Continue Reading
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News
06 Jan 2021
Distributed supercomputer DiRAC gets a £20m upgrade
New funding will be used to boost performance and make the HPC system much more energy efficient Continue Reading
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News
05 Jan 2021
AI advancement: Mimicking decision-making
In The Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger is transported back to 1984. If Arnie had to rely on cloud connectivity, he’d still be walking around naked Continue Reading
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News
05 Jan 2021
Banking trade body calls for increased contactless payment limit
UK Finance proposes an increase in the limit on spending using contactless cards Continue Reading
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Opinion
05 Jan 2021
The tech sector cannot build back better from the kitchen table
While technology has supported the lockdown economy by allowing millions to work from home, the in-person collaboration and shared experience on which the tech sector thrives will need to return soon Continue Reading
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News
04 Jan 2021
Nominations open for Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC
Computer Weekly is looking for nominations for its inaugural Innovation Awards in APAC to honour digitisation initiatives that have transformed organisations in seven industries Continue Reading
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News
31 Dec 2020
Top 10 NHS IT stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 NHS IT stories of 2020 Continue Reading
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News
31 Dec 2020
Top 10 technology and ethics stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 technology and ethics stories of 2020 Continue Reading
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News
30 Dec 2020
Top 10 government and public sector IT stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 government and public IT stories of 2020 Continue Reading
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News
30 Dec 2020
Top 10 Benelux IT stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Benelux IT stories of 2020 Continue Reading
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News
29 Dec 2020
Top 10 financial services stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 financial services IT stories of 2020 Continue Reading
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Feature
24 Dec 2020
Security Long Reads: Cyber insiders reveal what’s to come in 2021
In this long read, we gather together the thoughts of cyber security insiders from across the industry to get their take on what will happen in 2021 Continue Reading
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News
24 Dec 2020
Top 10 Middle East stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Middle East stories of 2020 Continue Reading
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News
23 Dec 2020
Top 10 Australia IT stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Australia IT stories of 2020 Continue Reading
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News
23 Dec 2020
Top 10 startup stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 startup stories of 2020 Continue Reading
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News
21 Dec 2020
Nordic CIO interview: Åsa Melvanius, Lund municipality
For Åsa Melvanius, CDO at the Swedish municipality of Lund, created a “robot factory” that has saved the city more than 6,500 hours by automating routine processes Continue Reading
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Feature
21 Dec 2020
Interview: AWS’s Teresa Carlson talks about new role and cloud adoption during Covid-19
AWS executive talks about her expanded remit beyond public sector to include other industries, and driving a unified agenda to push cloud and data adoption worldwide Continue Reading