Information management

Hadoop YARN adds more application threads for big data users

Hadoop 2's new YARN resource manager ends the distributed processing framework's marriage to MapReduce. And that broadens what Hadoop systems can do.Feature

NHS England facing further criticism over use of patient medical data

NHS England is facing further criticism over its use of patient data, following reports that hospital records were made publichealthcare it | 03 Mar 2014

CIO interview: Phil Jordan, global chief information officer, Telefónica

Telefónica global CIO Phil Jordan is leading one of the most complex and challenging IT transformations in the private sectorinterview | 03 Mar 2014

John Lewis to launch startup incubator - JLab

John Lewis is to launch its first technology startup incubator – JLabUK startups | 01 Mar 2014

Big data analytics applications pull business value from info vaults

Just collecting pools of big data won't get you very far with business execs. Don't go into a big data project without a plan for analyzing that data.Editor's Note

Big data software finds common ground with EDWs, governance programs

In many organizations with big data projects, Hadoop clusters are moving toward peaceful coexistence with data warehouses and data governance efforts.Feature

Finding the right big data tools often a multiple-choice question

Big data applications add a variety of technology options to consider. And for many companies, one big data horse won't be enough to carry the load.Feature

Hadoop 2 opens new vistas beyond current UK data management practice

Hadoop 2 enables a greater range of data-crunching tasks, beyond Hadoop’s previous scope of batch processing, directly within the stack itselfFeature

Hadoop 2 puts big data environment on friendlier analytics turf

Separating resource and application management in Hadoop 2 improves the framework's ability to support data analytics, says consultant David Loshin.Analysis

HP Autonomy unveils healthcare analytics system for textual data

HP has unveiled a new healthcare analytics product to enable medical staff to interrogate text and data in relational databasesHealthcare IT | 27 Feb 2014

Royal Mail recruits data scientists to support £70m barcode drive

The newly privatised Royal Mail is recruiting data scientists across the data management field, from Hadoop heads to statisticiansNews | 24 Feb 2014

Human Capital Management and HR technology guide

Find out everything you need to know about Human Capital Management (HCM) technologyguide

Is big data changing the fundamental way we think?

Big data is transforming organisations but, to have real impact, it also requires a change in the way business leaders, analysts and IT teams thinkOpinion

CIO interview: Richard Warner, CIO, LV

The IT industry is swarming with buzz words, from big data and the internet of things to social collaboration and consumerisation of distribution. Yet despite the hype around them making some doubt their importance, the CIO of insurer LV, Richard Warner, sees all of them as trends for the coming year that need to be addressed.interview | 23 Jan 2014

Barnardo’s uses Huddle Note for collaboration and communication

Barnardo’s has chosen Huddle for cloud content collaboration to enable volunteers to share information securely with the charity’s staffCollaboration tools | 23 Jan 2014

HB Fuller sticks with HR in the cloud

Cloud based HR system gives adhesives maker the ability to manage its global workforceNews | 22 Jan 2014

HMRC to recruit 50 digital specialists in the North East

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is looking to recruit more than 50 digital specialists to work at a new digital centre in the North EastIT jobs | 20 Jan 2014

CIO Interview: Norfolk County Council's Tom Baker on using data to improve public services

Norfolk County Council's smart city initiative uses the power of data to concentrate on the citizen and smarter public servicesCIO Interview | 20 Jan 2014

IT spending priorities survey shows UK European data management lead

IT professionals in UK organisations are more intent on spending on data management in 2014 than their counterparts in Germany and Francedata management | 14 Jan 2014

McLaren uses Intralinks collaboration software to protect IP

McLaren is using Intralinks collaboration software to share critical information across the business and protect its intellectual property (IP)News | 14 Jan 2014

Rubber and plastics converter Miers chooses Business One on Hana

SAP CEO Bill McDermott vaunts innovation agenda in Potsdam

Bill McDermott, SAP CEO, derides industry failure to recognize his company’s contribution as it opens an innovation center outside Berlin, Germany.News | 12 Feb 2014

Is big data changing the fundamental way we think?

Big data is transforming organisations but, to have real impact, it also requires a change in the way business leaders, analysts and IT teams thinkOpinion

What does 2014 hold for HR technology?

A look at the key battlegrounds in HR technology in 2014Feature

Gaming site bets on flexible benefits software

Online gaming company Bwin.party is betting on specialist benefits software to help it attract and retain its top talentNews | 29 Jan 2014

Case study: Scottish Fire and Rescue advances national BI strategy with QlikView

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is using QlikView business intelligence software to bring together its data streams for external reporting and operational intelligenceCase study | 29 Jan 2014

Apply lean concepts in IT to make a bridge to the business

Håkan Borglund, CIO at Toyota Material Handling Europe, says applying lean principles to IT deepen its connection to the businessOpinion

Capita to provide support applications for North Yorkshire Police

North Yorkshire Police has selected Capita to deploy self-service HR and duty management applications to improve responsivenessenterprise software | 22 Jan 2014

CIO Interview: Norfolk County Council's Tom Baker on using data to improve public services

Norfolk County Council's smart city initiative uses the power of data to concentrate on the citizen and smarter public servicesCIO Interview | 20 Jan 2014

IT spending priorities survey shows UK European data management lead

IT professionals in UK organisations are more intent on spending on data management in 2014 than their counterparts in Germany and Francedata management | 14 Jan 2014

Eyes open: Don't lose sight of data visualization best practices

Data visualization tools are becoming more and more common in organizations. But it's easy to go awry on visualization efforts if you aren't careful.Feature

Self-service analytics tools have value, carry risks

There are risks to be aware of when business users take responsibility for self-service business intelligence, but there are ways to mitigate them.Conference coverage

Tips on building an analytics infrastructure from scratch -- quickly

Creating an analytics architecture out of thin air may seem like a daunting task, but it can help make businesses more competitive in a hurry.Conference coverage

Don’t create a mobile enterprise app for the sake of it

Enterprise mobility applications need a clear objective, advises Accenture’s Nisha SharmaTip

HP Autonomy unveils healthcare analytics system for textual data

HP has unveiled a new healthcare analytics product to enable medical staff to interrogate text and data in relational databasesHealthcare IT | 27 Feb 2014

Tesco expected to launch digital services “imminently”

Tesco is expanding its multichannel portfolio by launching a digital wallet soon, with several other digital services also set to launchNews | 26 Feb 2014

CIOs 'need to think like venture capitalists' says study

IT chiefs will need to start thinking like venture capitalists if they are going to help their organisations innovateNews | 26 Feb 2014

Royal Mail recruits data scientists to support £70m barcode drive

The newly privatised Royal Mail is recruiting data scientists across the data management field, from Hadoop heads to statisticiansNews | 24 Feb 2014

Download: Analytics & Data Warehousing Reader Survey - Europe

Over 150 IT professionals across Europe reveal their plans and priorities for business intelligence and analytics, in this exclusive research from Computer Weekly and TechTarget.Magazine

Cloud business intelligence market will be worth $4bn by 2017

Cloud business intelligence (BI) is still a small part of the market but growing at an impressive rate, contends analyst Tom PringleOpinion

NHS England facing further criticism over use of patient medical data

NHS England is facing further criticism over its use of patient data, following reports that hospital records were made publichealthcare it | 03 Mar 2014

Tesco expected to launch digital services “imminently”

Tesco is expanding its multichannel portfolio by launching a digital wallet soon, with several other digital services also set to launchNews | 26 Feb 2014

NHS England admits failure to explain benefits of care.data

NHS England has admitted to a gathering of MPs that it has failed to explain the benefits of care.data to patientsNews | 26 Feb 2014

Government releases first wave of multi-million pound open data fund

The government has announced a £1.5m grant to be invested in organisations championing the open data initiativeNews | 21 Feb 2014

SAP CEO Bill McDermott vaunts innovation agenda in Potsdam

Bill McDermott, SAP CEO, derides industry failure to recognize his company’s contribution as it opens an innovation center outside Berlin, Germany.News | 12 Feb 2014

Is big data changing the fundamental way we think?

Big data is transforming organisations but, to have real impact, it also requires a change in the way business leaders, analysts and IT teams thinkOpinion

CIO interview: The Met's Richard Thwaite on its Total Technology IT strategy

Metropolitan Police CIO Richard Thwaite on getting the business and IT suitably aligned as the force embarks on a four-year IT strategyCIO interview | 10 Feb 2014

Teradata launches analytics product as SAP BW replacement

Teradata has released an analytics product for SAP ERP, as a full-blown alternative to SAP BWanalytics software | 27 Jan 2014

Minerals firm Imerys upgrades IFS ERP as economy lifts

CIO interview: Richard Warner, CIO, LV

The IT industry is swarming with buzz words, from big data and the internet of things to social collaboration and consumerisation of distribution. Yet despite the hype around them making some doubt their importance, the CIO of insurer LV, Richard Warner, sees all of them as trends for the coming year that need to be addressed.interview | 23 Jan 2014

Tesco expected to launch digital services “imminently”

Tesco is expanding its multichannel portfolio by launching a digital wallet soon, with several other digital services also set to launchNews | 26 Feb 2014

NHS England admits failure to explain benefits of care.data

NHS England has admitted to a gathering of MPs that it has failed to explain the benefits of care.data to patientsNews | 26 Feb 2014

Royal Mail recruits data scientists to support £70m barcode drive

The newly privatised Royal Mail is recruiting data scientists across the data management field, from Hadoop heads to statisticiansNews | 24 Feb 2014

Government releases first wave of multi-million pound open data fund

The government has announced a £1.5m grant to be invested in organisations championing the open data initiativeNews | 21 Feb 2014

Revealed: Most popular IT projects in 2014

SAP CEO Bill McDermott vaunts innovation agenda in Potsdam

Bill McDermott, SAP CEO, derides industry failure to recognize his company’s contribution as it opens an innovation center outside Berlin, Germany.News | 12 Feb 2014

Is big data changing the fundamental way we think?

Big data is transforming organisations but, to have real impact, it also requires a change in the way business leaders, analysts and IT teams thinkOpinion

CIO interview: The Met's Richard Thwaite on its Total Technology IT strategy

Metropolitan Police CIO Richard Thwaite on getting the business and IT suitably aligned as the force embarks on a four-year IT strategyCIO interview | 10 Feb 2014

Teradata launches analytics product as SAP BW replacement

Teradata has released an analytics product for SAP ERP, as a full-blown alternative to SAP BWanalytics software | 27 Jan 2014

CIO interview: Richard Warner, CIO, LV

The IT industry is swarming with buzz words, from big data and the internet of things to social collaboration and consumerisation of distribution. Yet despite the hype around them making some doubt their importance, the CIO of insurer LV, Richard Warner, sees all of them as trends for the coming year that need to be addressed.interview | 23 Jan 2014

Royal Mail recruits data scientists to support £70m barcode drive

The newly privatised Royal Mail is recruiting data scientists across the data management field, from Hadoop heads to statisticiansNews | 24 Feb 2014

Effective information management: Using data as a competitive weapon

In today's global economy, information is becoming a major competitive asset, a weapon to drive business advantage.Opinion

Is big data changing the fundamental way we think?

Big data is transforming organisations but, to have real impact, it also requires a change in the way business leaders, analysts and IT teams thinkOpinion

Jaguar Land Rover builds data sharing infrastructure

CIO Interview: Norfolk County Council's Tom Baker on using data to improve public services

Norfolk County Council's smart city initiative uses the power of data to concentrate on the citizen and smarter public servicesCIO Interview | 20 Jan 2014

IT spending priorities survey shows UK European data management lead

IT professionals in UK organisations are more intent on spending on data management in 2014 than their counterparts in Germany and Francedata management | 14 Jan 2014

McLaren uses Intralinks collaboration software to protect IP

McLaren is using Intralinks collaboration software to share critical information across the business and protect its intellectual property (IP)News | 14 Jan 2014

Case study: Yellow Pages digitises records for the web

Top 10 supplier profiles 2013

Are you thinking of doing business with an IT technology supplier ? Check out our independent profiles of the leading technology companies2013 review | 30 Dec 2013

Dark data could halt big data’s path to success

Dark data – data that lacks any control or classification, but is all too prevalent in many organisations – could halt big data's path to successOpinion

NHS England admits failure to explain benefits of care.data

NHS England has admitted to a gathering of MPs that it has failed to explain the benefits of care.data to patientsNews | 26 Feb 2014

Government releases first wave of multi-million pound open data fund

The government has announced a £1.5m grant to be invested in organisations championing the open data initiativeNews | 21 Feb 2014

Effective information management: Using data as a competitive weapon

In today's global economy, information is becoming a major competitive asset, a weapon to drive business advantage.Opinion

Is big data changing the fundamental way we think?

Big data is transforming organisations but, to have real impact, it also requires a change in the way business leaders, analysts and IT teams thinkOpinion

Rural broadband roll-out row

In this week’s Computer Weekly, a small Lancashire village is at the centre of a row over rural broadband – we examine the complex arguments on both sides of an issue that goes to the heart of criticisms of the UK’s roll-out plan. The move to cloud and hosting is changing the market for datacentre technologies – we look at the implications for IT managers. Have you heard of Sepa? We explain why you need to know about the upcoming financial regulation. Read the issue now.E-Zine

Case study: Transport for London modernises website with HTML5

Transport for London has re-engineered its website to move with the times. TfL's head of online, Phil Young, explains the design principlescase study | 03 Feb 2014

Take enterprise data quality for granted -- at your peril

It might be tempting to assume that you don't have to worry about the quality of your data. But blind trust of that sort can get companies in trouble.Editor's Note

Video interview: TfL's Phil Young discusses responsive design

Computer Weekly's Cliff Saran speaks to Phil Young, head of online at TfL, about the re-engineered website, optimised for mobile accessVideo

CIO Interview: Norfolk County Council's Tom Baker on using data to improve public services

Norfolk County Council's smart city initiative uses the power of data to concentrate on the citizen and smarter public servicesCIO Interview | 20 Jan 2014

Using data profiling techniques -- and estimating the effort required

Data profiling is a key part of data quality efforts. Here's a simple formula for calculating the amount of time needed to profile a data set.Tip