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Trump mandates closer cooperation between government and cloud providers to fight criminals
The twice-impeached President's latest executive order requires cloud providers like AWS, Microsoft and Google to maintain records on overseas customers
Delta: Microsoft's identity management lead is under threat
Identity management underwent dramatic changes following the coronavirus pandemic - including the leading vendors' positions
Case study: Allica Bank is using APIs to transform finance
How tech is making finance more accessible than ever
DevOps Excellence Awards return for 2021
How did you drive DevOps success in 2020?
Interview: Virtuoso, Cloud Excellence Awards winner
Successful firms have relied on outsourcing this year
Announcing the winners of the 2020 Security Excellence Awards
Entries had to demonstrate high levels of innovation, relevance and adoption just to make the shortlist
Don't forget the people in the rush for protection
It’s not just good security practice – focusing on people can help secure a seat for IT at the top table
Interview: David Trossell, CEO and CTO of UK IT Awards winner Bridgeworks
Trossell was “surprised proud” of the win, calling it “highly significant”
Congratulations to the winners of the Technology Product Awards
Here are the companies Computing's audience thought deserved to be recognised as the big names of UK IT
Interview: Jane Rendall, Sectra
The leadership team must be trained out of passive and active bias
Passion is the secret to founding a business
Panelists talked about passion, families and compensation
AWS outage hits company's own services
Sites like The Washington Post and Roku, as well as Amazon’s own services, were affected
Understanding Business Email Compromise: An organisation's most expensive enemy
Online fraud in the business world is growing more sophisticated - and expensive.
See who won at the Rising Stars Awards 2020
Find out what the judges were looking for and what they thought of the winning entries
Put down the PC - Macs have a place in modern enterprise, says Setapp
Mac adoption was growing even before the pandemic, and software providers are making sure those users aren't left behind
Companies can't afford to ignore diversity, warns Women in Tech finalist Sarah Lucas
Increasing diversity brings new ways of thinking and unlocks a competitive advantage
Style vs substance: how to build an agile digital offering in a post-Covid age
Agencies must strike a balance between innovation and durability in creating products that are crisis-resilient, says Andrew Dunbar
USA: CISA confirms no evidence of election compromise
Chris Krebs, director of CISA, said, "America, we have confidence in the security of your vote, you should, too"
Announcing the winners of the Cloud Excellence Awards 2020
More than ever this year, the cloud has been a transformational technology - and now it's time to honour the experts
AND Digital's people-first culture has driven expansion through the pandemic
"People are just as important as technology," is the mantra of founder Paramjit Uppal
Tune in at 4pm today to watch the UK IT Awards
The winners were chosen after a gruelling multi-day judging process
How iboss' containers are revolutionising security
Security firm iboss is disrupting the traditional VPN approach and enabling customers to access applications directly
Workshop - How to own the Zoom: the art of brilliant speaking online
Learn how to connect to others and speak authoritatively - even when you're addressing a screen
Interview: Copado, Best DevOps Start Up
DevOps practices have been key this year in helping companies to transition and react to change quickly and safely, says Copado's Andrew Davis
Trade group warns that key Brexit IT system will miss transition deadline
The Association of Freight Software Suppliers says it is "unrealistic" to expect users to be trained on any new system by the end of the year
Automation Logic: DevOps is as important now as mechanised production was 100 years ago
DevOps is as important to the digital economy as mechanised production was to the 20th century's industrialised economy, says Automation Logic's Kris Saxton
Sprawl and silos: how Fivetran is using automation to extract value from data
Integrating data into workflows is a prevalent challenge - is automation the way to solve it?
Solving sprawl: how to deal with the technology boom
Rising technology adoption also increases complexity and lowers estate visibility. This webinar will discuss how organisations can handle their inceasingly disparate IT estates
Congratulations to the winners of the Digital Technology Leaders Awards 2020
The world has needed these people and projects more than ever this year
Winners announced for Computing's DevOps Excellence Awards
2020 has pushed the need for flexible, agile working to the fore, and both the entries to and winners of the DevOps Excellence Awards reflected that move
Computing's publisher wins three major digital awards
Incisive Media scooped a bevy of prizes at the AOP Awards last night
Why DTLA finalist cloudThing released £1 million of free IP to the charity sector
CTO Fran Thomas says cloudThing is "an ethical business aiming to achieve positive social impact through technology"
Watch Computing's DevOps Excellence Awards 2020 LIVE - today
Tune in at 16:15 to discover the winners
"Putting the human first" is key to success, says Digital Tech Leaders finalist Cognizant
Cognizant works with the world’s largest firms, and employs anthropologists alongside technology experts
Organisations have accrued technical debt in the shift to remote work, and now they have to face the fallout
In a Computing websem, Javvad Malik of KnowBe4 said that companies that lowered security to continue operating in the pandemic must deal with the consequencies - sooner, rather than later
Rising Star Interview: Jayesh Kotecha, Huel
Kotecha has built a new platform to increase the use of data and speed decision-making at Huel
Interview: Jay Sondhi, Rising Star of the Year finalist, Barclays
In his first year at the bank, Sondhi has already become one of the youngest-ever people to manage the delivery of an operating system at Barclays, and has built an onboarding portal for other new starters
Shortlist announced for Security Excellence Awards 2020
2020 has changed the security landscape for good; making the shortlist this year is a true sign of accomplishment
Making the UK Ship Registry watertight for the digital era
Catapult CX built a digital vessel registration and management solution to ensure the UK Ship Registry was shipshape and ready for the future
Voting is open for the Technology Product Awards 2020
Unlike other Computing events, at the Technology Product Awards you choose the winners
Sandhata Technologies: 'Covid has brought us closer together as an industry'
If you’re not Zoom, the pandemic has probably had a negative impact on your business - but there opportunities, as well, says CEO Gary Thornhill
How has the global pandemic changed identity management?
Cloud-first vendors are making big gains as the remote working trend accelerates
Shortlist announced for Cloud Excellence Awards 2020
Making the the shortlist is more impressive than ever at a time when so many companies are celebrating cloud success
China proposes global initiative on data security
The move appears to be aimed at addressing widespread concerns around the Chinese government's involvement with domestic firms
DoD confirms Microsoft is JEDI winner, AWS attacks Trump
AWS has launched a scathing attack on the procurement process and President Trump