IT for charity organisations
The role of AI in the war against pandemics
We look at how AI and data science are supporting the global push to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. We reveal, and talk to, the man behind the world’s first computer virus pandemic, the Love Bug. And we examine how the IT services market will change as a result of the current crisis. Read this CW E-Zine issue now.
News : IT for charity organisations
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October 22, 2020
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Nordic countries in denial over IT industry equality
Arriving in Denmark to find she was the only woman on a computer science master’s course was a shock to Plamena Cherneva
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October 21, 2020
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Charities warned over ‘Robin Hood’ cyber criminals
Accepting donations from cyber criminal groups could be deemed as profiting from crime, money laundering or handling stolen goods – so don’t do it
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October 12, 2020
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Regional Covid-19 lockdowns will leave digitally excluded ‘stranded’
Charity calls on government to do more to level up digital skills as it warns that tougher regional lockdowns in the Midlands and the North will hit digitally excluded people the hardest
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October 01, 2020
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Blackbaud admits hackers stole banking details, passwords
Software firm paid off a ransomware gang, believed its hackers when they said they had destroyed the data, and has now discovered the cyber criminals accessed even more sensitive information than it thought
In Depth : IT for charity organisations
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Auditing for algorithmic discrimination
Despite the abundance of decision-making algorithms with social impacts, many companies are not conducting specific audits for bias and discrimination that can help mitigate their potentially negative consequences Continue Reading
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Collaboration technology is breeding burnout – keep it real
The Covid-19 pandemic has inevitably caused the use of collaboration platforms to spike. But as fatigue sets in, organisations try to keep their use cases focused Continue Reading
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Driving adoption: Are high costs putting public cloud out of reach to non-profits?
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s insights into the sky-high cloud bills faced by some non-profit organisations prompts questions about whether the public cloud giants should do more to make their services more accessible to the third sector Continue Reading
Blog Posts : IT for charity organisations
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Technology can transform lives and society for the better
GUEST BLOG: In this contributed post, Helen Lamprell, General Counsel and External Affairs Director, Vodafone UK, talks about how technology can be used for social good We are living in an age of ... Continue Reading
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Byte Night 2016: IT community unites to raise money and end youth homelessness
Alan Crawford, CIO of City & Guilds, is taking some time out of leading the cloud charge at the vocation training charity to join the thousands of IT workers taking part in Action for ... Continue Reading
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Big data brings big goodness, Splunk pledges to philanthropic nonprofits
Splunk is having a busy week of things at its annual .conf user event. Deciding which news announcements to try and table during a once a year symposium is always difficult, so this year the ... Continue Reading
Opinion : IT for charity organisations
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Top 10 skills to include in your IT CV
Find out what skills and keywords you should include on your CV to stand out as an IT professional in a competitive market Continue Reading
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EC publishes approach to human and ethical implications of AI, but what will UK do?
The European Commission has published a guide to the EU’s approach to the human and ethical effects that artificial intelligence might bring Continue Reading
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The super-resilient IT function
IT functions don’t have to continue taking the blame for organisational failures, they can take the lead in transforming the business Continue Reading
Videos : IT for charity organisations
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UKtech50: Sarah Flannigan, CIO, National Trust
Sarah Flannigan is half way through delivering a major transformation programme at the National Trust
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Digital Question Time: Developing digital inclusion
TechUk called on the next government to implement a properly funded digital inclusion strategy and provide assisted digital support
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Extreme Blue 2013: IBM interns create an application to support dementia patients
Jim Patterson, a business studies undergraduate from Lancaster University speaks to Computer Weekly's Cliff Saran about RemoteCare


