February 2014

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  CareerPlayer and industry big guns launch women in tech campaign with documentary

  Online careers hub CareerPlayer along with Bloomberg, American Express, PwC, and Microsoft have partnered to launch a women in technology campaign.  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  The big themes of Mobile World Congress 2014

  This week saw the world’s largest mobile conference hit Barcelona. Computer Weekly takes a look at the big themes of Mobile World Congress 2014  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  IT sector sees sharper rise in insolvencies than overall economy

  Information and communications companies in the UK are suffering a rising number of insolvencies  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  How impressive are the Apps for Good awards winners this year?

  A few weeks ago Apps for Good announced the launch of the apps that won its 2013 awards and having gone through the winners I wanted to highlight just how brilliant these ideas are.  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  CSL and ZTE bring LTE Advanced 300Mbps network to Hong Kong

  CSL and ZTE will deploy the first LTE Advanced 300Mbps network in Hong Kong, it was announced at MWC in Barcelona  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  Liverpool council to end BT IT joint venture

  Liverpool City Council is to cancel a £70m-a-year IT joint venture deal with BT and bring services back in-house  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  BT criticises Ofcom over unbundling prices

  BT claims Ofcom regulations give Sky and TalkTalk an unfair advantage over smaller ISPs and calls for change  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  T-Systems UK wants its identity as network becomes king

  I met up with the new UK head and the outgoing head at T-Systems today to get a bit of an update.Sam Kingston leaves T-Systems today and is taking on the role of COO at Ukraine based software ...  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  Computer Weekly European User Awards for networking: 2014 winners

  The winners have been announced for the Computer Weekly European User Awards for networking. See who made the top spots  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  CA Technologies launches MDM suite

  CA Technologies has launched a new suite of products designed to provide mobile device management to enterprises  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  Inca launches superfast broadband ‘notspot’ scheme

  The networks organisation asks individuals, businesses and communities to speak out about where rural broadband funding needs to go  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  Birkbeck Uni in €3m research project to boost women in science

  Staff at Birkbeck, University of London, are taking part in a €3,284,000 European project to raise the status of women in scientific and technical organisations, with a focus on encouraging more ...  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  Students inspired by careers in cyber security after e-skills workshops

  More than 1,000 secondary students took part in workshops in cyber security, supported by e-skills and employers  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  Three UK sees 48% rise in profits for 2013

  As Three transfers all its customers to its 4G network at no extra charge, the mobile operator reports full-year profits of £417m  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  New app to make cheating easier

  Social media has changed the world. Lovers today are in constant contact with smiley faces and messages going back and forward 24:7.This is hard work for many. So one company has developed an App ...  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  Aviva hires Monique Shivanandan as CIO

  Monique Shivanandan, the CTO at Capital One, will be moving over to head up IT at Aviva in May  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  Virgin Media boosts broadband speeds

  Virgin Media promises a top speed of 152Mbps for customers across the UK, as well as boosting its entry-level connection from 30Mbps to 50Mbps  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  UK needs 21,000 more IT workers by 2050 than previously predicted

  The tech sector is ahead of the curve in IT recruitment figures, but the increase in UK startups means demand is increasing  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  Benchmarks are worthless right?

  OpenStack vendor Mirantis is clearly unperturbed by such naysaying and has just carried out a test on OpenStack 4.0 (Havana) deployed on IBM SoftLayer.  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  Microsoft scales up TypeScript in Visual Studio 2013 Update 2

  Microsoft scales up TypeScript in Visual Studio 2013 Update 2  Continue Reading