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• November 16, 2016 16 Nov'16

  Barnsley Council maximises adoption of mobile apps though staff consultation

  Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council is rolling out SAP Fiori apps in HR initially, and learning how to adapt to user needs from surgeries and workshops

• November 16, 2016 16 Nov'16

  Digital disruption “unstoppable” but not to be feared, says Fujitsu’s Duncan Tait

  Fujitsu’s senior executive vice-president urges firms not to be scared of digital transformation, as the disruption caused by new technologies is “unstoppable”

• November 16, 2016 16 Nov'16

  UK almost bottom of OECD pile for ICT investment

  The UK ranks low in terms of how much it invests in the ICT infrastructure as a proportion of GDP

• November 15, 2016 15 Nov'16

  Cut legacy IT costs to drive digital business initiatives, says Hackett Group study

  Hackett Group's research shows that CIOs must become more ruthless with culling legacy systems if the business is to fully embrace digitisation

• November 15, 2016 15 Nov'16

  Amber Rudd orders Lauri Love extradition to US to face hacking charges

  Engineering student Lauri Love faces trials in three US states and a possible 99-year jail sentence for allegedly hacking into US government computer systems as part of a political protest, despite concerns over his health

• November 12, 2016 12 Nov'16

  Gulf Cooperation Council’s local companies eye regional shared services

  Enterprises indigenous to the Gulf region are taking their first step into business and IT shared services through internal developments

• November 11, 2016 11 Nov'16

  CIO interview: Eva Listi, Systembolaget

  The new CIO of alcohol retailer Systembolaget tells Computer Weekly how she addresses the challenge of running IT at the state-owned company

• November 11, 2016 11 Nov'16

  Tech industry is ‘eating itself’ through automation and lack of skills, says Harvey Nash survey

  As IT jobs become increasingly automated, continuous skills development is the only way to prevent the tech industry from “eating itself”, according to a Harvey Nash survey

• November 10, 2016 10 Nov'16

  Centrica deal reveals deep cuts into the IT outsourcing sector

  Centrica’s move to Microsoft Office 365 is further evidence of how the cloud is forcing the IT services sector to transform

• November 08, 2016 08 Nov'16

  CIO interview: David Cooper, interim CIO at Centrica

  Interim CIO at utility company Centrica tells Computer Weekly how his job is more than just keeping the lights on

• November 07, 2016 07 Nov'16

  Oracle consummates acquisition of NetSuite, eyes $1bn cloud revenue

  $9.3bn acquisition is in line with Oracle’s avowed move to cloud as a delivery mode for its business applications

• November 04, 2016 04 Nov'16

  Cern to track job applicants ‘at the speed of light’

  The nuclear research laboratory in Geneva, famous for tracking sub-atomic particles, is developing a cloud service to track the thousands of people who apply for jobs each year

• November 04, 2016 04 Nov'16

  Collaborative Team in Office 365 paves way to AI-augmented business

  Microsoft Team offers a way for businesses to improve collaboration. It is also pushing its AI research in a way to augment humans

• November 03, 2016 03 Nov'16

  Police forces struggle with complex IT and a lack of digital skills, says watchdog

  The latest report from police watchdog HMIC discovers that a lack of skills in digital and complex IT systems are major challenges for modern police forces

• November 03, 2016 03 Nov'16

  Suppliers fail to impress as companies ramp-up HR tech

  A major survey of European firms shows that few believe HR technology suppliers have had a positive impact on their business, as they ramp up spending on HR technology