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May 29, 2015 29 May'15
CIO interview: Billie Laidlaw, RSPCA

RSPCA CIO Billie Laidlaw explains how the charity's cloud-first approach to IT procurement benefits the animals in its care
May 29, 2015 29 May'15
Salesforce teams up with Google and others to breakdown big data tech barriers

Cloud CRM giant teams up with Google, Cloudera and Hortonworks to help businesses make better sense of big data
May 29, 2015 29 May'15
Computer Weekly European User Awards 2015 shortlist

Find out who made the Computer Weekly European User Awards 2015 shortlist
May 28, 2015 28 May'15
CA Technologies to buy agile software development firm Rally for $480m

IT management vendor snaps up agile services and software specialist to capitalise on enterprise appetite for DevOps working styles

May 27, 2015 27 May'15
CIO Interview: Mike Young, CIO, Dentsu Aegis Network

CIO Mike Young describes how Dentsu Aegis Network used technology to become a consolidated company with a unified collaboration strategy
May 22, 2015 22 May'15
HP CEO hails business split progress amid downbeat Q2 revenue slumps

Despite chalking up revenue declines in several business units, Meg Whitman is more convinced than ever of the need to breakup HP
May 21, 2015 21 May'15
CIO interview: Austerity drives joined-up council IT with Force.com

Peterborough has become a big user of software-as-a-service for council services. We speak to its IT head
May 21, 2015 21 May'15
UK shoppers expect retailers to be investing in technology

Some 80% of consumers believe retailers should be using technology to drive customer experience and satisfaction
May 21, 2015 21 May'15
Societe Generale uses cloud service to place high fliers overseas

Financial Services company, Societe Generale, says relocation software is helping it to attract talented employees
May 21, 2015 21 May'15
Salesforce claims to be on course to become $10bn enterprise software business

Cloud CRM giant comes out fighting after posting better-than-expected Q1 results

May 20, 2015 20 May'15
IT system related to subpostmaster prosecutions under review by CCRC

The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) receives 20 applications from subpostmasters related to prosecutions for account shortfalls
May 20, 2015 20 May'15
Government cloud adoption hit by ongoing legacy tech investments

IT supplier Eduserv wants government departments banned from investing in legacy tech to drive up cloud adoption
May 19, 2015 19 May'15
GDS will not scale locally with continued bespoke approach

If the Government Digital Service (GDS) continues to develop bespoke digital services, the progress it has made to date will not scale at a local level, Eddie Copeland, head of technology at the Policy Exchange, has warned
May 19, 2015 19 May'15
Microsoft’s Wright: Focus on services to build data cultures

Corporate IT must evolve towards service provision to make organisations more data-driven and agile, Microsoft’s Jacky Wright will tell the Data Governance 2015 conference
May 19, 2015 19 May'15
Gartner warns cloud buyers off hasty IaaS investments

With the competitive landscape in flux, end users should exercise caution when choosing their IaaS providers, Gartner warns
May 19, 2015 19 May'15
Google slashes public cloud prices to undercut rivals

Google cuts cost of its public cloud services to pass on hardware savings in line with Moore's Law
May 18, 2015 18 May'15
Dropbox secures data privacy-focused ISO 27018 standard

Cloud storage giant hails privacy implications of latest ISO award
May 18, 2015 18 May'15
University of Surrey updates student timetables with cloud

The University of Surrey has integrated cloud-based CMISGo solution into its information management system so it can deliver timetable updates to students via their mobile phones
May 18, 2015 18 May'15
CIO interview: Henrik Trepka, ISS

ISS CIO Henrik Trepka's vision is that ubiquitous internet-connected sensors will help make the Danish facility management company the greatest service organisation in the world
May 15, 2015 15 May'15
Rentokil opens up core IT systems to business

The IT department at Rentokil Initial has delivered coding interfaces to its back-end ERP system to enable the business to create new applications
May 14, 2015 14 May'15
Dreams beds down with Rackspace to reduce website downtime

Bed retailer revamps website infrastructure to guard against outages and sleepless nights for its IT team
May 13, 2015 13 May'15
KPMG audit 'failed to address' patient data problems, claims former nurse

A whistleblower who raised concerns about a health service database said an audit by an independent body did not address her worries
May 13, 2015 13 May'15
Retailers still not delivering omni-channel experience, says Accenture

Research by Accenture finds customers think retailers could provide a more unified approach across all platforms
May 12, 2015 12 May'15
Former nurse’s career blighted after blowing whistle on IT problems

Southwark's continuing care database included names of patients who had been dead for several years, a tribunal is told
May 08, 2015 08 May'15
UK Oracle User Group votes in Linda Barker as president

The UK Oracle User Group votes in former ERP director at engineering firm Atkins, Linda Barker, as its new president
May 08, 2015 08 May'15
CIO interview: Mikael Ludvigsen, DLG Group

It is not an easy job to be the CIO of DLG Group, the ninth largest company in Denmark and the second largest agricultural firm in Europe
May 08, 2015 08 May'15
Bloomberg launches single page site as part of digital transformation

Bloomberg has saved users loading time by creating a single page infrastructure based website to deliver a more targeted experience
May 08, 2015 08 May'15
Sapphire 2015: Hasso Plattner hails “applications explosion” on Hana

At Sapphire 2015, Hasso Plattner said that Hana has now become a platform on which “an explosion of applications” is taking place
May 08, 2015 08 May'15
HDS executives share the secrets of a successful acquisition

HDS executives reveal how to undergo a successful acquisition, during HDS Connect 2015
May 07, 2015 07 May'15
Mike Lynch names Vatican and Kraft as Autonomy case goes public

Former Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch has responded to HP’s formal litigation against him and former CFO Sushovan Hussain, highlighting major user contracts
May 06, 2015 06 May'15
Sapphire 2015: SAP reveals internet of things cloud Hana service

SAP unveils cloud version of Hana in-memory database for customers' internet of things (IoT) operations, dubbed the SAP Hana Cloud Platform
May 06, 2015 06 May'15
American Express joint venture puts finances on Netsuite

American Express Global Business Travel puts its financial operations on a cloud based platform from Netsuite to support its growth
May 06, 2015 06 May'15
EMC courts developers with open-source storage software push

Storage giant wants to make it easier for developers to get hold of its software and accelerate app development times
May 05, 2015 05 May'15
Sapphire 2015: McDermott declares SAP natively digital

SAP CEO Bill McDermott declares the company “digital” at Sapphire 2015 and made “empathy” the watchword of his keynote
May 05, 2015 05 May'15
Risky Scottish rural payment system runs 74% over original estimated spend

An IT system developed by the Scottish Government providing payments to farmers is branded a risk after exceeding budget by 74%
April 30, 2015 30 Apr'15
Salesforce takeover rumours: Oracle hailed as most likely suitor

Oracle, Microsoft and IBM emerge as the ones to watch as speculation builds about who will buy cloud-based CRM company Salesforce.com
April 30, 2015 30 Apr'15
Microsoft tempts cross-platform developers with free Visual Studio

Microsoft has extended Visual Studio to Mac and Linux developers
April 29, 2015 29 Apr'15
Autoglass fuels £14m digital push by creating technology director role

Windscreen repair firm Autoglass has announced the creation of a technology director position in charge of the company’s digital strategy
April 29, 2015 29 Apr'15
Criminal Courts Review Commission set to review subpostmasters' claims of wrongful prosecution

The Criminal Courts Review Commission (CCRC) reviews subpostmasters' claims of wrongful prosecution by the Post Office due to IT problems
April 29, 2015 29 Apr'15
Hitachi Connect 2015: HDS bolsters IoT and data analytics portfolio

Recent acquisitions see HDS unveil new systems to boost social innovation strategy
April 29, 2015 29 Apr'15
Vision Solutions debuts tool to ease Microsoft Azure cloud migrations

AWS and VMware cloud users get a helping hand from Vision Solutions when moving apps and workloads to Microsoft Azure
April 29, 2015 29 Apr'15
MasterCard buys cloud data analytics firm Applied Predictive Technologies for $600m

MasterCard buys cloud-based data analytics company Applied Predictive Technologies (APT) for $600m to offer customers big data services
April 27, 2015 27 Apr'15
Manufacturing industry lags behind as 32% of mid-tier companies hold back on digital

Mid-tier organisations are holding back on digital development until they can be more certain the technology is worth investing in.
April 27, 2015 27 Apr'15
Data security remains top concern for public sector cloud procurement, says Socitm

Data security is still a concern for public sector organisations planning cloud services, says the Society of Information Technology Management (Socitm)
April 24, 2015 24 Apr'15
Microsoft profits drop year-on-year as restructuring forges on

Microsoft's annual profits dropped again after it spent $190m on business restructuring and integrating Nokia Devices and Services business
April 24, 2015 24 Apr'15
Kao Beauty deploys enterprise sales system to mobile employees

Salon products distributor chooses Mendix to build enterprise sales system to distribute to mobile employees via iPads
April 23, 2015 23 Apr'15
SAP users plan in majority for Hana and hybrid

SAP customers have a lot of work to do make the most of their SAP environments before they can move to Hana-based systems
April 22, 2015 22 Apr'15
Zurich Insurance turns to augmented reality to train 10,000 managers

The £74bn turnover company aims to harness the capabilities of augmented reality to train 10,000 employees in 170 countries
April 21, 2015 21 Apr'15
BT sets out ambition to become enterprise's cloud integrator of choice

BT outlines its 'Cloud of Clouds' vision to allow users to access cloud apps and services, regardless of where their systems are hosted
April 21, 2015 21 Apr'15
SAP core banking platform will ease Deutsche Bank split following strategic retail review

Deutsche Bank plans a major IT project as strategic review advises spinning off its retail operations – but its SAP platform will ease the split
April 21, 2015 21 Apr'15
IBM blames strong US dollar for 12% drop in first-quarter revenues

IBM reports $2.4bn net income from continuing operations in its first quarter, down 5% on the same quarter the year before
April 20, 2015 20 Apr'15
Software flaw puts thousands of Magento sites at risk

A new vulnerability that could enable hackers to steal credit card and customer details using e-commerce platform Magento has been found
April 20, 2015 20 Apr'15
Post Office failed to investigate account shortfalls before legal action, report claims

Post Office too quick to take legal action against subpostmasters, finds independent report
April 20, 2015 20 Apr'15
IT faces uphill struggle in DevOps culture change

More than half of IT departments will struggle with new ways of running software development projects
April 20, 2015 20 Apr'15
Teradata Universe: QueryGrid expanded while Yodel signs for delivery

Teradata has increased the span of its QueryGrid technology at its 2015 Universe event in Amsterdam
April 17, 2015 17 Apr'15
Payments firm Monitise puts application programming interfaces in cloud to provide services

Monitise puts its application programming interfaces (APIs) in the cloud for banks and payment firms to use its technology in their services
April 17, 2015 17 Apr'15
Microsoft has its eye on payments but no products to announce yet

The establishment of Microsoft Payments Inc by Microsoft in the US suggests mobile payments could be a future feature of Microsoft operating systems
April 16, 2015 16 Apr'15
Pure e-commerce approach does not work for every retailer

Retailers can no longer be successful with an e-commerce approach alone, according to NYU professor of marketing Scott Galloway
April 16, 2015 16 Apr'15
Retailers should think of consumers as “omni-customers”, says OVS Spa

Retailers should refocus their strategy to treat consumers as “omni-customers”, according to the director of e-commerce for Italian brand OVS Spa
April 16, 2015 16 Apr'15
Business intelligence and analytics overtakes security as banking IT priority

More banks see investment in business intelligence and analytics technology as a priority than security
April 15, 2015 15 Apr'15
AWS pours scorn on enterprise appeal of hybrid cloud model

Amazon CTO Werner Vogels denies that moving to a hybrid IT model is the right fit for the enterprise
April 15, 2015 15 Apr'15
NCR promises 40% annual savings with thin-client cash machines

NCR has developed smart thin client cash machines to replacing ageing Windows XP-based ATMs
April 15, 2015 15 Apr'15
Open Data Platform marks 60 days' progress at Hadoop Summit Europe 2015

The Open Data Platform (ODP) initiative marks growing co-operation between IBM, Hortonworks and Pivotal at the Hadoop Summit Europe 2015
April 15, 2015 15 Apr'15
Availability of tech blurs lines between retailers and brands

The increased availability of technology has blurred the lines between retailers and their brands as they strive for customer engagement
April 14, 2015 14 Apr'15
Mobile threats pose negligible risk to enterprise security, says Verizon

Latest Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report suggests mobile threats don't pose a big problem for enterprise security teams after all
April 14, 2015 14 Apr'15
Cloud hype leads to enterprise dissatisfaction with off-premise services

NTT Communications' latest cloud report suggests enterprise decision-makers find the technology failing to live up to the hype
April 13, 2015 13 Apr'15
Government IT over the last five years – the good, the bad and the digital

As the general election approaches, Computer Weekly looks back at the highs and lows of the last five years in government IT
April 13, 2015 13 Apr'15
UK consumers to spend over £50bn a year through mobile devices

UK citizens are set to make payments of £53bn a year using mobile devices by 2024 compared to the £9.7bn currently spent
April 10, 2015 10 Apr'15
Nordic businesses continue to look to Ukraine for IT

Despite the conflicts affecting the eastern half of the country, Ukraine is enjoying growth in IT outsourcing from customers in Nordic countries
April 10, 2015 10 Apr'15
Microsoft enables Office editing in Dropbox

Microsoft and Dropbox have extended their partnership, allowing users to share documents on OneDrive with Dropbox
April 09, 2015 09 Apr'15
Liberal Democrats pledge £250m to help fund NHS digital reform

The Liberal Democrats has promised to create a £250m technology fund to finance a digital transformation of the NHS
April 09, 2015 09 Apr'15
InfoVista buys Ipanema to boost application performance offer

Network management supplier InfoVista buys application and network performance firm Ipanema to realise software-defined WAN ambitions
April 08, 2015 08 Apr'15
Sweden’s Transticket changes from MySQL to MariaDB to support growth

Swedish ticketing website Transticket has moved from MySQL to MariaDB to support business growth
April 08, 2015 08 Apr'15
Sales assistants need data protection coaching, says Furla

Sales assistants in stores need to be coached on how to collect data from customers, says a representative from luxury retailer Furla
April 08, 2015 08 Apr'15
Oracle Retail expands cloud services portfolio in wake of Micros buy

Oracle introduces six cloud services to help retailers get to grips with loss prevention, customer engagement and inventory management
April 08, 2015 08 Apr'15
Emerson uses Workfront to tackle project visibility

Software systems group Emerson has deployed Workfront to increase visibility and improve the flow of work when collaborating over email
April 08, 2015 08 Apr'15
Exit checks system for UK borders finally goes live

The Home Office launches a system for making exit checks of travellers at UK borders, following the scrapped e-Borders programme
April 08, 2015 08 Apr'15
CIO interview: Bruna Pellicci, global head of IT, Ashurst

Global law firm Ashurst is rolling out a new IT strategy based on single platforms worldwide for its core business areas
April 07, 2015 07 Apr'15
CIO interview: Bill Wilkins, First Utility

First Utility's CIO explains how it is using cloud and smart meters to give the big six a run for their money in the energy market
April 02, 2015 02 Apr'15
Nationwide introduces a full service IT services catalogue

The Nationwide Building Society has put in place a full service IT services catalogue to provide greater transparency
March 31, 2015 31 Mar'15
Tories lag Labour, Ukip and SNP for tweets but Cameron is most tweeted

David Cameron was the most tweeted-about politician in recent days but his party was tweeted about less than Labour, Ukip and the SNP
March 31, 2015 31 Mar'15
IBM sets up $3bn IoT unit to integrate unused data

IBM to invest $3bn by 2019 in a new internet of things unit to address the fact that 90% of data generated by smart devices is never used
March 31, 2015 31 Mar'15
Microsoft adds mobile device management to Office 365

Office 365 users will now get a free mobile device management system from Microsoft, as the company fleshes out its mobile strategy
March 30, 2015 30 Mar'15
Rural payments service failed GDS assessment but still went live

The troubled rural payments digital service failed its most recent assessment by the Government Digital Service, but was still launched to farmers
March 30, 2015 30 Mar'15
Sky Italia looks to the cloud for better customer experience

Sky Italia “remakes” its customer acquisition, customer service and change order management processes using cloud
March 30, 2015 30 Mar'15
Major software companies bamboozle local authorities with audits

Software companies are resorting to audits and complex licensing in a bid to make more money from existing public sector customers
March 30, 2015 30 Mar'15
KPMG teams up with Microsoft to boost enterprise cloud adoption

Advisory firm to draw on Microsoft technologies to deliver cloud-based data analytics, and business transformation services to clients
March 30, 2015 30 Mar'15
Sweaty Betty uses Cegid software to track customer journey

Luxury sports brand Sweaty Betty is using Cegid software to track the customer journey, but says RFID is currently too expensive
March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15
NHS announces £78m technology fund for health and social care providers

The NHS will give £78m integrated digital care funding to health and social care providers in 2015 to help them invest in technology
March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15
National Police ICT Company operational after four years of wrangling

The national Police ICT Company is operational and aims to save £465m a year – nearly four years after Theresa May proposed its creation
March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15
Talk Talk moves HR systems to cloud

Managers now have accurate information on their workforce numbers, salary and overtime costs
March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15
Retiring MP aims to uncover truth of alleged Post Office computer system problems

Retiring MP James Arbuthnot is determined to get to the bottom of problems with the Post Office system that led to subpostmasters being blamed for account shortfalls
March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15
Unit4 unites ERP brands as Business World for services organisations

Unit4 has brought its Agresso, Coda and other products under a new banner, Business World
March 26, 2015 26 Mar'15
Mercy Ships rebuilds recruitment process using OutSystems

Charity Mercy Ships uses OutSystems’ rapid application development tool to help it streamline the hiring of new volunteers
March 26, 2015 26 Mar'15
Samsung targets business with Microsoft tools integration

Samsung has pre-installed Microsoft OneNote, OneDrive, and Skype on the new Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge, as it expands into business
March 26, 2015 26 Mar'15
Ovum urges service providers to get serious about cloud security

Analyst Ovum's report into enterprise cloud adoption warns service providers to stop treating customers' security as an afterthought
March 25, 2015 25 Mar'15
Rural payment problems caused by slow system performance, says minister

Environment secretary Liz Truss has revealed that system performance issues forced the rural payments digital service to resort to paper forms
March 25, 2015 25 Mar'15
EMC launches “data lake” appliance

EMC launches appliance to help customers build “data lakes”, melding tech from Information Infrastructure, Pivotal and VMware
March 24, 2015 24 Mar'15
Swarovski opts for cloud HR to move function to strategic level

Swarovski’s move to cloud HR system demonstrates its desire to move HR from an operational function to a strategic level
March 23, 2015 23 Mar'15
Microsoft contests Iowa's plans to adopt Google cloud services

Microsoft files a law suit claiming its cloud products were overlooked in the process of moving systems of the US state of Iowa to the cloud