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Sinclair Spectrum designer Rick Dickinson dies
The designer of the ZX80, ZX81 and Spectrum loses his battle against cancer in the US
To see more girls in STEM we must boost their confidence, not interest
Anne Sheehan, Enterprise Director, Vodafone UK, explains how to support more girls pursuing an education and a career in STEM subjects
TSB brings in IBM in attempt to resolve IT crisis
Failed system upgrade which resulted in customers being able to access one another's accounts now being investigated by IBM
Females now make up less than one tenth of computer science students in the UK
Some schools report no female computer science students at all
Newcastle IT sector salaries boom as digital skills shortages bite
Newcastle and the North East now the fourth-highest paying region in the UK after London, the South East and East Anglia
Case study: How Ocado Technology became Diversity Employer of The Year
While Ocado runs a number of diversity initiatives, both internally and externally, the key to success is down to targeting, according to Anne Marie Neatham and Karyn McComiskie-Wood
HMRC seeks commercial contract expert in £95k job to oversee post-Aspire IT deals
New hire at HMRC expected to help in shift from single biggest IT outsourcing deal in Europe to a portfolio of 200+ suppliers
Financial Conduct Authority seeking three IT leaders to support IT transformation and manage supplier relations
FCA is seeking a head of regulatory systems and two divisional service leads
What are the biggest customer data management challenges in 2018?
Disparate efforts are no longer enough argues Jim Conning of Royal Mail Data Services
IBM accused of targeting older employees in lay-off strategy
Staff over 40 told they didn't have up-to-date skills
CIO Interview: Albert Hitchcock, COO & CTO, Pearson
Hitchcock discusses the digital transformation underway at Pearson
True data scientists don't exist, says EE's head of data and insight
Analysts are either good with data or good at storytelling, but very rarely both says Richard Tate
IT bucks gender pay gap trend with female CIOs paid more than male
Research shows female CIOs paid slightly more, but there are still many more men in the top IT jobs than women, and other roles still reveal a significant gender pay gap
HM Land Registry to recruit a head of IT operations in £70k role
HMLR has an ambitious transformation programme, which includes a centralised digital local land charges register
Former Yell CIO Robert Carr becomes CIO at Medivet The Vets
In addition to Yell, Carr has has also held IT positions at News International and Gartner
IBM relationship 'absolutely horrible', claims new inside source at Aecom
Unhappiness with Aecom's $2.3bn outsourcing deal with IBM goes 'all the way up to the CEO', claims new inside source
Trainline and Code First initiative to bring thousands more women into tech
New partnership will teach 20,000 women to code by 2020
Aecom CIO Tom Peck resigns - resurfaces as chief information and digital officer at Ingram Micro
Peck the latest senior executive out of the door after Aecom outsourced its entire IT department to IBM
EU plan to slap tech giants with new tax based on their revenues
EU planning tax directive that would impose a revenue-based turnover tax on technology and internet companies
There is no room for fire and hire in modern IT, says Worldline CTO
When adopting new ways of working, existing staff have a lot to offer
Aecom IBM outsourcing deal was forced on CIO Tom Peck by former COO Steve Kadenacy, claims new source
New inside source tells Computing that former Aecom COO Steve Kadenacy was behind the outsourcing deal with IBM
Maplin enters administration as takeover talks collapse
Edinburgh Woollen Mill takeover of Maplin comes to nowt as firm prepares to sell its last flashing disco ball
Aecom IBM outsourcing deal: CIO Tom Peck didn't want it, it goes much higher than him, claim new sources
New inside sources have contacted Computing, claiming that the deal to outsource the entire IT department to IBM was not Peck's idea, and that IBM "will be out within a few years"
Lloyds Bank to spend £3 billion on digital transformation just weeks after admitting IT department staff cuts
Lloyds claims it will become a 'more digitised' banking provider, despite cutting IT staff