Category: ComputerWeekly

Top 10 EMEA stories of 2024
24
Dec
2024

Top 10 EMEA stories of 2024

One thing that the European Union (EU) certainly seems united on is how it can increase its influence in the…

Big data and Google BigQuery improve cancer drug development by detecting bacteria
23
Dec
2024

Big data and Google BigQuery improve cancer drug development by detecting bacteria

Developing new drugs is risky and expensive. Creating a new drug and bringing it to clinical trials can cost billions…

Why Keir Starmer’s plan to rewire Whitehall needs an IT-rethink
20
Dec
2024

Why Keir Starmer’s plan to rewire Whitehall needs an IT-rethink

In my personal experience, there are certain institutional barriers to productive and successful delivery of major projects in government. Indeed…

Government review of denied datacentre builds sees Iver project get green light
20
Dec
2024

Government review of denied datacentre builds sees Iver project get green light

A government review of a local council’s decision to block a US-based company from building a hyperscale datacentre in Iver,…

Interview: How Green Cargo’s IT switched tracks to logistics success
20
Dec
2024

Interview: How Green Cargo’s IT switched tracks to logistics success

Ingo Paas is what you might call a different sort of CIO. Even by the standards of someone in the…

A job seeker’s guide to using AI and what it means for employers
20
Dec
2024

A job seeker’s guide to using AI and what it means for employers

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a powerful tool to help job seekers find roles and make their applications, with ever more…

Interview: Wendy Redshaw, chief digital information officer, NatWest Retail Bank
20
Dec
2024

Interview: Wendy Redshaw, chief digital information officer, NatWest Retail Bank

Wendy Redshaw, chief digital information officer (CDIO) at NatWest Retail Bank, has had a distinguished career leading technology-led change in…

LockBit ransomware gang teases February 2025 return
19
Dec
2024

LockBit ransomware gang teases February 2025 return

Despite being taken down and humiliated by the National Crime Agency (NCA) coordinated Operation Cronos in February 2024, an unknown…

Challenging the cloud giants: Is a new era of competition on the horizon?
19
Dec
2024

Challenging the cloud giants: Is a new era of competition on the horizon?

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) sent shockwaves through the tech industry in October 2023 when it announced its…

Latest attempt to override UK’s outdated hacking law stalls
19
Dec
2024

Latest attempt to override UK’s outdated hacking law stalls

Two amendments to the Data (Access and Use) Bill that would have established a statutory legal defence for security professionals…

Innovation, insight and influence: the CISO playbook for 2025 and beyond
19
Dec
2024

Innovation, insight and influence: the CISO playbook for 2025 and beyond

As 2024 comes to a close and we reach the midpoint of a decade that might generously be described as…

CCS cloud hosting deal with AWS under scrutiny as contract value soars by 89% after 15 months
19
Dec
2024

CCS cloud hosting deal with AWS under scrutiny as contract value soars by 89% after 15 months

The Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) decision to increase its cloud hosting spend with Amazon Web Services (AWS) mid-contract by 89%…