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The Women in Tech Festival returns for 2020
The Festival was a great success in 2019, and Computing and CRN are pleased to bring it back this year to celebrate the success of women in IT and the channel
Who's leading in DevOps? Click here to see the shortlist for DevOps Excellence 2020
Did you make the cut?
Computing launches the IT Leaders' Festival 2020
If you work in IT, this is the place to be to learn about the current and future state of the industry, new technologies and how your business can take advantage of them
Trainline's machine learning could save travellers £340 million this year
The SplitSave feature uses machine learning, with Trainline's massive data repositories, to efficiently calculate the best way to save customers money
Are you gambling on cybersecurity?
Cybersecurity is a high stakes game and people aren't aware of the risks, says professional poker player and statistician Liv Boeree
Computing's Digital Technology Leaders Awards return for 2020
The event, dedicated to technologists, returns for another year and is open for entries now
Crown Prosecution Service declares 'war on disks' is almost over
The CPS has transformed the way it handles multimedia, to raise security and lower costs
Interested in DevOps? You should be at DevOps Live 2020
Time is running out to register for Computing's annual DevOps event
Carnival Corp's edge computing could change the face of the travel industry
Can intelligence-led service introduce cruise travel to a younger generation?
Tackling the STEM 'bro-culture': why women need to build networks of their own
"Society discourages women from entering STEM fields," says entrepreneur Christine Telyan
Interview with Red Hat, five-times winner at the Technology Product Awards 2019
Werner Knoblich pointed to Red Hat's commitment to open source as the reason for its success
Interview with Sumo Logic, Best Enterprise Security Product - Intelligence and Analytics at the Technology Product Awards 2019
Head of Pre-Sales Engineering Clive McDonald tells Computing that companies should not have to discard data to control costs
CRM in 2020 - it's all about the customer
With growing interest in AI, Computing Delta predicts customer relationship management will catch up with other enterprise IT systems in 2020
China orders replacement of all foreign hardware and software
Government offices and public institutions will need to replace as many as 30 million devices
$5 million bounty placed on Russian hackers responsible for Dridex banking malware
The FBI and US Department of State have placed a record-breaking bounty on Maksim Yakubets and Igor Turashev
FBI seeks warrant to obtain detailed personal information from Sony
The Bureau has asked for messaging history and even game progress in trying to track down a suspect
Women in IT Excellence Awards 2019 - here are your winners
Another night celebrating the amazing women smashing biases - and the glass ceiling - in tech
"Security campaigns do not work," says infosec professor Adam Joinson
The psychologist and IT expert insists that employees are not the weak link in security that everyone assumes them to be
The Security Excellence Awards 2019 - in pictures
The best photos from the big night
Automation is key to escaping 'Excel hell'
Third-party risk requires constant monitoring, but too many businesses are stuck using manual approaches
Registrations are open for DevOps Live 2020
DevOps is all about change, and this summit is the perfect way to stay abreast of all the new developments
Tension-by-design is a healthy way to run cybersecurity, say panellists
Managing the friction between compliance and security is all about empathy
Announcing the winners of the Security Excellence Awards 2019
The winners showed an outstanding level of skill and competence in their chosen fields
Here are the winners of the UK IT Industry Awards 2019
After the glitz and glamour, who walked away with a gong?
Reserve your place for the UK IT Industry Awards now
There's just one week to go until the UK IT industry meets again in Battersea Park, London
New Relic: "Cloud migration is shifting to modernisation"
Computing awards are a chance for companies to "challenge themselves against the best in class"
Amazon could protest JEDI decision next week
Microsoft won the $10 billion Pentagon contract after President Trump said he wanted to "screw" Amazon out of the bid
How DWP brought the business on-board with RPA
Using AWS cloud, the Department has scaled its use from four robots to 1,300 in 18 months
Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd dies, aged 62
Hurd had left Oracle for a leave of absence in September, for health-related reasons
How the Midcounties Co-op standardised its IT while maintaining diversity
The business used multiple suppliers and a spread of third-party support agreements, some of which had expired
John Sawers: Home-grown technology must be protected from foreign influence
With globalism failing, the ex-head of MI6 warned business leaders against giving up control to overseas investors
Ex-MI6 head: Technology is now as important to the world as politics
Sir John Sawers warned that China is rising as a new global superpower, and the West is not in a position to address it
Rising Stars Awards 2019: Here's our gallery of winners
All the top photos from the first-ever awards for new starters in tech
Mental health awareness has changed the culture at CGI UK
By working with Mental Health First Aid England, CGI UK has encouraged openness, reduced sick time taken and saved thousands of pounds
Join us in celebrating the winners of the Rising Stars Awards 2019
After a hard-fought contest, the winners were announced at a glamorous ceremony in central London
Want to increase diversity? It starts with the job ad
Language like 'coding ninja' can turn women off of applying for tech roles
Security Excellence Awards shortlist recognises success
From data to critical infrastructure, security professionals protect all types of modern IT
Vote now to choose the winners of the Technology Product Awards 2019
The Technology Product Awards are unique - your votes determine who walks away with a gong
Putting bugs in the system: the Natural History Museum is digitising 30 million insects
The Digital Collections Programme is a hive of activity
The Natural History Museum is digitising the skeletons in its closet
How a decades-old mosquito corpse helped to understand the spread of Zika
Shortlist announced for UK IT Industry Awards 2019
We've spent almost half a year gathering entries and winnowing them down to the absolute cream of UK IT
Unlocking the secrets of the universe: an interview with Natural History Museum Interim CIO Ian Golding
The Natural History Museum's interim CIO Ian Golding will leave his role later this year, and talks about the challenges facing his successor
You don't need to know how to code to be successful in tech
Entrepreneur Sukhi Jutla graduated into the banking industry, but re-trained herself to enter the challenging world of technology
Cloud Live 2019: Meet the speakers
Hear from experts on the challenges and opportunities the future will bring to cloud
Customers should share employees' view of their data, says Revolut's Lead Data Scientist
If data is oil, Revolut is giving everyone a drilling rig
You must be inclusive for diversity initiatives work
Diversity is not economics - you need to start from the top, says Pitney Bowes' Sheryl Battles