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March 29, 2022 29 Mar'22
HSBC chooses IBM support for its quantum leap

UK bank moves to the next stage of its work with quantum computers through a deal with IBM
March 28, 2022 28 Mar'22
Babylon Health expands hybrid cloud infrastructure setup to include Google

Digital healthcare provider Babylon has opened up about the work it is doing with the Google Cloud team, as it grapples with trying to meet the infrastructure needs of its rapidly growing business
March 24, 2022 24 Mar'22
Hiring and retention challenges in cyber security persist

Latest ISACA report shows that enterprises are struggling to find and retain cyber security talent
March 23, 2022 23 Mar'22
Japan’s Mizuho partners Google to accelerate tech transformation after a year to forget

Following a year when it hit the tech headlines for the wrong reasons, Mizuho is on a mission to modernise IT in collaboration with Google

A plan for technical and security training

An array of options is available to help IT leaders refresh security skills or update tech skills. We look at how to decide what is best Continue Reading
Cloud storage cost challenges and how to tackle them

We look at cloud capacity procurement pitfalls, forecasting challenges, the danger of over-buying, supplier lock-in, deciphering billing and resizing capacity when projects finish Continue Reading
Social value not yet fully embedded in procurement practices

Social value procurement rules are designed to diversify the public sector’s supplier base while providing society with wider collective benefits, but are yet to be fully introduced Continue Reading

There's nothing for government IT outsourcing to learn from Carillion that we don't already know

The demise of construction and services giant Carillion has brought fresh scrutiny of outsourcing in government. Frankly, you could find some event almost every year that brings fresh scrutiny of ... Continue Reading
Some CIOs at FTSE listed companies don’t know what robotic process automation is

Despite millions of pounds being spend on software to automate business processes, known as robotic process automation, some CIOs have never heard of it Continue Reading
Robert Morgan, RIP

The sad news that outsourcing pioneer Robert Morgan recently died is a great loss to a great many people.I was with Robert a couple of weeks ago so it was a huge shock to hear of his sudden ... Continue Reading

How cyber security teams can conquer the four-day working week

The four-day week may be an idea whose time has come, but for always-on cyber security professionals, the impact of squeezing more work into fewer days is a tricky proposition Continue Reading
Subpostmasters won their David and Goliath battle, but initial goal still not reached

Despite exposing the Post Office Horizon scandal, Alan Bates, the former subpostmaster who drove the campaign for the truth, says the goal of repaying people what they lost has not yet been achieved Continue Reading
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

CW500: The future of outsourcing

The nature of IT outsourcing is changing – away from large-scale mega-deals to smaller, more focused arrangements
CW500: Mark Maddocks, CIO, Cambridge University Press on outsourcing

The nature of IT outsourcing is changing – away from large-scale mega-deals to smaller, more focused arrangements
CW500: Nick Roberts, Head of ICT at Croydon Council on outsourcing

IT outsourcing spend is worth nearly £50bn to the UK economy.What part should outsourcing play in IT strategy