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November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15
CIO interview: Paul Haley, CIO, City University London

Higher education faces budget cuts and growing IT requirements, but a £200m overhaul at City University London is bearing fruit
November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15
EMC weighs up VMware's involvement in Virtustream joint venture

Concerns about how VMware's sliding share price could affect its merger with Dell have reportedly prompted EMC to reconsider its stake in Virtustream
November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15
CIO interview: Turkka Keskinen, UPM

Finnish paper and forest products firm’s CIO tells Computer Weekly about the journey towards cloud-only IT
November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15
Slush 2015 breaks records as Finland's startup scene flourishes

Finland's Slush startup event is one of the biggest in the world and this year was its biggest ever

November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15
Microsoft steps up efforts to clarify cloud security and privacy policy

Microsoft debuts merged security information hub to make it easier for cloud users to find out more about the privacy and security policies of its hosted products
November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15
AWS draws on startup appeal to win over the enterprise

The startup community has keenly adopted the cloud technologies of Amazon Web Services to disrupt the enterprise market, and now enterprises are fighting back
November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15
Revenues decline across HP Inc and Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is betting on cloud and a relationship with Microsoft and HP Inc
November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15
NetSuite grant revolutionises workflow for Philippine non-profit organisations

Non-profit organisations in the Philippines are benefiting from cloud-based software following the award of software grants from NetSuite
November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15
Steel firm gets Panzura hybrid cloud storage for global ops

Dowco rejected pure cloud over latency concerns but opted for Panzura hybrid cloud storage for global collaboration between offices on different continents
November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15
G-Cloud suppliers hit out at government IT pricing deal with Huddle

Whitehall procurement chiefs respond to claims preferential pricing deal with Huddle goes against G-Cloud ethos

November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15
Equinix rolls out AWS Direct Connect in Slough datacentre

Datacentre provider launches private internet connection to Amazon Web Services to help customers build hybrid clouds
November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15
Interview: Rackspace CTO John Engates on why hybrid cloud matters

As businesses opt for a combination of public and private cloud applications, chief technology officer John Engates says Rackspace's aim is to remove complexity and make it easier for customers to deploy cloud technology
November 23, 2015 23 Nov'15
Fintech growth rates explode in Australia

Financial technology companies in Australia are growing at high rates and come as a warning to the nation's enterprises that are yet to join the digital revolution
November 23, 2015 23 Nov'15
SAP UK&I User Group Conference 2015: Newcastle University puts ERP on Hana

Newcastle University has put enterprise resource planning and data warehouse data on SAP’s Hana platform in a proof of concept project
November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15
Citrix cuts jobs and spins off GoTo business to drive profits

Virtualisation giant Citrix will rationalise its operations after a large-scale business review that focuses on its core desktop virtualisation products
November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15
Departing DVLA technology chief says 'job done', moves back to centre

DVLA's former chief technology officer returns to Cabinet Office after executing 'exemplar' GDS programme
November 19, 2015 19 Nov'15
451 Research highlights cost benefits of taking multi-provider approach to cloud

Latest 451 Research cloud pricing report suggests buyers could get a better deal, if they're prepared to shop around
November 19, 2015 19 Nov'15
Inforum 2015 Europe: ERP data analytics cannot avoid MDM challenge

Infor is promoting analytics within enterprise resource planning applications. Might that approach founder on lack of master data management?
November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15
Whitehall IT chiefs open up about challenges of going cloud-first in central government

Whitehall IT chiefs talk about the progress they have made with abiding by the central government cloud-first mandate
November 13, 2015 13 Nov'15
Framework agreement boosts public-sector digitisation in Sweden

Swedish public sector procurement organisation creates a framework to make it easier for organisations to offer digital services
November 12, 2015 12 Nov'15
The British Museum uses Google Street View to boost online access to exhibits

The Google Cultural Institute has partnered with The British Museum to help make its collections accessible to people around the world
November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15
Atos embarks on datacentre refurbishment project push with ICTroom in Europe

Atos has formed an alliance with ICTroom to help speed up the time it takes for enterprises to complete datacentre consolidation and refurbishment projects
November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15
How to avoid being chained to an enterprise software licence

CIOs will need to ringfence spending with their existing enterprise IT suppliers to liberate capital for other business initiatives
November 10, 2015 10 Nov'15
Suppliers lay the groundwork for IoT in Czech Republic

ICT suppliers are putting in place the technology infrastructure that will enable towns and cities in the Czech Republic to harness the internet of things
November 10, 2015 10 Nov'15
EMC adds remote Isilon SD Edge and hybrid Cloud Pools

EMC adds software-defined Isilon SD Edge for remote offices, but for now it lacks true clustered NAS capability. Isilon Cloud Pools, however, do act as part of the Isilon namespace
November 10, 2015 10 Nov'15
Microsoft UK datacentre plans win backing of government CTO Liam Maxwell

Government CTO Liam Maxwell speaks out about the role Whitehall's played in convincing Microsoft and others to open UK datacentres
November 10, 2015 10 Nov'15
Crown Commercial Service backs Huddle's public sector-wide preferential pricing scheme

Cloud-based collaboration platform provider hopes enterprise pricing scheme will make it easier and less costly for public sector to adopt its technology
November 09, 2015 09 Nov'15
Falling deployment costs prompt enterprise interest in private cloud, claims Verizon

Latest state of the cloud market report by Verizon suggests enterprises want to do more in the private cloud, as skills and cost barriers to entry fall
November 09, 2015 09 Nov'15
Cloud providers forging partnerships and alliances in Asean region

Asean organisations must understand the ecosystem of channel partners that cloud providers are using if they are to get the best-fitting service
November 06, 2015 06 Nov'15
Inforum 2015 Europe: Infor targets majority cloud revenue

Infor is aiming at half its licence revenue coming from cloud installations in 2016, according to president Stephan Scholl
November 04, 2015 04 Nov'15
Microsoft and Red Hat join forces to help ease enterprises into hybrid cloud

Tech giants set aside years of rivalry to help enterprises with mixed IT environments move to the cloud with greater ease
November 04, 2015 04 Nov'15
IBM acquires software broker Gravitant to bolster hybrid cloud play

IBM is continuing to build out its hybrid cloud proposition by splashing the cash on US-based IT services broker Gravitant
November 04, 2015 04 Nov'15
TechUK issues six-point plan to help the government work better with SMEs

Technology association applauds government's efforts to engage with SMEs, but says more must be done to make it easier for smaller firms to do business with the public sector
November 03, 2015 03 Nov'15
G-Cloud 7 procurement rules could derail public sector cloud adoption, suppliers warn

G-Cloud 7 procurement limits risk putting public sector off using the framework, it has been claimed
November 02, 2015 02 Nov'15
A tale of two HPs: Hewlett-Packard splits into two digital businesses

The two Hewlett-Packard (HP) businesses are both digitally aligned. HP Enterprise is pushing hybrid clouds; HP Inc is taking the road to 3D printing
October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15
Google set to merge ChromeOS with Android

Google's experiment to establish its second operating system – ChromeOS – is expected to merge into a future Android release
October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15
Alcatel-Lucent transformation cuts HR costs by 30% with cloud platform

Alcatel-Lucent expects to have its cloud human resources (HR) platform used in 62 countries by the end of the year, replacing aging on-premise HR IT systems
October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15
Met Office's new supercomputer to deliver £2bn of socio-economic benefits

The Met Office aims to realise a range of socio-economic benefits to UK industries thanks to improved forecasting with its new Cray supercomputer
October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15
Fitness club goes digital to recruit new staff quickly

Equinox turns to digital technology from SmartRecruiters to speed up hiring employees
October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15
Tech will turn HR into a ‘productivity department’

HR technologies are moving away from managing staff in favour of helping them become more productive
October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15
Oracle’s Ellison says push security down stack to win cyber battle

At Oracle OpenWorld 2015, Larry Ellison called for next-generation security, pushed down the stack to the hardware level and always on
October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15
British American Tobacco saves £1.4m after automating candidate selection

British American Tobacco uses custom profiling software to cut the number of applications managers have to screen by half, as part of a major re-organisation of its recruitment processes
October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15
SK Telecom shows 5G software-defined network management

5G networking promises significantly more mobile bandwidth than 4G today
October 27, 2015 27 Oct'15
The post-merger world: What the future holds for EMC and its federation

A look at the integration challenges Dell faces in trying to merge EMC’s various business units with its own
October 27, 2015 27 Oct'15
RBS announces partnership with Facebook At Work

RBS has described the partnership with Facebook At Work as “ground-breaking”, but analysts have questioned this as the app simply helps companies build a private social network
October 27, 2015 27 Oct'15
Data visualisation service 'more modern than Tableau', says Oracle

At Oracle OpenWorld 2015 the supplier launches a data visualisation service it says is “more modern than Tableau”
October 26, 2015 26 Oct'15
Malaysia’s AmBank Group increases digital banking spend

AmBank Group is using middleware to integrate its core banking platforms with its legacy infrastructure
October 26, 2015 26 Oct'15
Oracle OpenWorld 2015: Larry Ellison vaunts Oracle’s cloud services over rivals

Larry Ellison promoted his company’s cloud services and berated rivals in his opening keynote at Oracle OpenWorld 2015
October 26, 2015 26 Oct'15
Questions raised over Australian cabinet using Slack messaging

Reports that Australian cabinet members could use messaging platform Slack to communicate has raised security questions
October 26, 2015 26 Oct'15
Yakult uses data analytics to boost growth in the Netherlands by 20%

Probiotics maker Yakult is using analytics and data visualisation tools to boost its sales in the Netherlands
October 23, 2015 23 Oct'15
Amazon turns surprise Q3 profit as AWS cloud growth soars

Amazon Web Services continues to go from strength to strength as it banks income similar to its parent company's entire North American e-commerce business
October 23, 2015 23 Oct'15
Azure Active Directory creates an earnings virtuous circle for Microsoft

Microsoft is set to grow its cloud business to $20bn thanks to the growth of platform as a service and, in particular, Azure Active Directory
October 23, 2015 23 Oct'15
German rail and transport group turns to virtual reality in war for talent

Deutsche Bahn claims to be the first company in Germany to use virtual reality as a recruitment tool
October 22, 2015 22 Oct'15
New Zealand beauty firm moves business onto Netsuite

New Zealand based beauty product supplier The Beauty Collective talks to Computer Weekly about its transformation to business software in the cloud
October 21, 2015 21 Oct'15
Silicon Valley companies fill out big data technologies as they mature

Companies based in Silicon Valley discuss the issues created by big data technologies as they mature
October 21, 2015 21 Oct'15
EMC and VMware launch managed hybrid cloud joint venture using Virtustream brand

EMC-owned Virtustream set to become outlet for storage and virtualisation firm's hybrid cloud managed services
October 20, 2015 20 Oct'15
SAP Q3 2015 results: On-premise and cloud grow in parallel, says Cohen

SAP’s third-quarter 2015 results show overall cloud revenue growth of 116% year on year, and SAP European president Cohen says parallel on-premise growth is strong
October 20, 2015 20 Oct'15
Google offers free cloud apps to encourage Office 365 users to ditch Microsoft

Google ups ante in ongoing war to dethrone Microsoft as the enterprise's preferred provider of cloud-based productivity tools
October 20, 2015 20 Oct'15
Philips uses AWS and IoT to deliver healthcare in the home

Philips plans to make it easier for patients to self-monitor their health using Amazon web services (AWS) cloud and the internet of things (IoT) technologies
October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15
EU data protection regulators set 31 January 2016 deadline for replacing Safe Harbour

Article 29 Working Party gives EU and US authorities until the end of January to establish an alternative data-sharing agreement
October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15
David Cameron faces personal headache over Safe Harbour

The UK “intervened strongly” in the legal challenge brought by Austrian law student Max Schrems that ruled Safe Harbour invalid, jeopardising data sharing between Europe and the US
October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15
HMRC VAT rules cut cloud costs by 20% for NHS and government departments

An HMRC ruling on reclaiming tax on cloud services could drive up the use of off-premise technologies in the public sector
October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15
Opera chooses Workday over Oracle as it moves HR to cloud

Browser company Opera opts for slick internal IT as it competes with Apple and Google for skilled technologists
October 15, 2015 15 Oct'15
Enterprise IT buyers swap traditional servers for converged infrastructure, research shows

A survey from 451 Research suggests enterprises will increase their use of converged infrastructure stacks to swap out traditional server estates
October 15, 2015 15 Oct'15
Technologies to consider when renewing an IT services contract

Technology changes quickly, so organisations should ensure flexibility is built into IT services contracts to avoid missing out on the benefits of the latest advances
October 15, 2015 15 Oct'15
Intel revises down growth forecast for datacentre business division

Chipmaker Intel blames the weakening macroeconomic situation – with continued delays in hardware refresh cycles – in its datacentre business forecast revision
October 14, 2015 14 Oct'15
VMware CEO credits Edward Snowden with transforming enterprise cloud attitudes

VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger spoke out at the VMworld Europe conference about how the "professional era" of cloud has been shaped by Edward Snowden's NSA revelations
October 14, 2015 14 Oct'15
Best of VMworld Europe User Awards 2015: The winners

Find out who won what, including the best of show prize, at the 2015 VMworld Europe User Awards in Barcelona
October 13, 2015 13 Oct'15
VMware hails hybrid cloud as answer to enterprise Safe Harbour woes

VMware chief claims the roll-out of its hybrid cloud network should help ease enterprise concerns about off-premise data protection
October 13, 2015 13 Oct'15
Corporate boardroom technology scales down to non-profit sector

Housing association Viridian uses the same technology as large corporations to ensure the board receives all the information it needs, securely and cost-effectively
October 13, 2015 13 Oct'15
Hybrid clouds to dominate the IT landscape in Australia

Organisations in Australia are increasingly opting for hybrid cloud services that enable them to buy some processing power upfront and rent more when needed
October 09, 2015 09 Oct'15
Silicon Valley startups pitch to solve next-generation business IT problems

We visit Silicon Valley to meet some of the emerging tech companies focusing on enterprise IT
October 09, 2015 09 Oct'15
PCs still the right choice for business, despite decline in sales, says Gartner

Android or iOS devices with keyboards are unlikely to replace Windows-based laptops and hybrids, according to analyst firm Gartner
October 09, 2015 09 Oct'15
Australia's tech sector weighs opportunities of Trans-Pacific Partnership

Australian IT businesses are evaluating the impact of a trade deal between 11 Pacific Rim countries
October 09, 2015 09 Oct'15
Finnair selects IBM for cloud transformation

Finnish airline outsources IT transformation to IBM as it moves to introduce digital services to customers
October 09, 2015 09 Oct'15
Nasa and Philips emerge as early adopters of AWS IoT app creation platform

Cloud giant debuts AWS IoT, which it claims will make it quicker and easier for enterprises to create apps for connected devices
October 08, 2015 08 Oct'15
Take part in the Computer Weekly Technology Industry Survey 2016

Share your views in Computer Weekly’s annual Technology Industry Survey, which provides an insight into the trends, challenges and aspirations of today’s IT professionals
October 08, 2015 08 Oct'15
AWS to lower skills and cost barriers for database migrations using cloud

Cloud giant seeks to make it easier for firms of all sizes to adopt business intelligence tools and take advantage of database migrations
October 08, 2015 08 Oct'15
Avere launches CloudFusion NAS appliance in Amazon Web Services cloud

NAS specialist Avere launches 1.5TB tiered storage cloud NAS appliance in the AWS cloud, with data held in RAM, flash and SATA media according to frequency of use
October 06, 2015 06 Oct'15
Dyn debuts SaaS-based datacentre performance monitoring tool

Internet monitoring firm explains how it is using SaaS to help retailers deliver a consistent internet shopping service to customers via their websites
October 05, 2015 05 Oct'15
Workday seeks growth, not profit, as it expands in Europe

Cloud services company Workday is setting its sights on growth as it expands from cloud HR, to finance, learning and analytics
October 05, 2015 05 Oct'15
Best of VMworld Europe User Awards 2015: Shortlist announced

Find out who made the shortlist for this year's Best of VMworld Europe User Awards, which is set to take place on Tuesday 13 October at VMworld, Barcelona
October 02, 2015 02 Oct'15
UK bioinformatics team builds research-sharing cloud on OpenStack

Genomics researchers must replicate the hardware and software environment of bioinformatic data analysis to reproduce results – which is where cloud can help
October 01, 2015 01 Oct'15
Brightsolid opens Tier III datacentre in Aberdeen to support oil and gas sector

DC Thompson-backed datacentre operator opens third facility in Scotland to tap into cloud demands of oil, gas and public sector markets
October 01, 2015 01 Oct'15
HP Cloud 28+ enters beta and introduces self-certification scheme for providers

Hewlett-Packard (HP) gears up to launch its Cloud 28+ service catalogue in December 2015, talking up the opportunities it presents for European providers
September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15
Free energy from radio waves could power the internet of things

A pocket-sized pollution monitor is one of the first applications to use free energy from Wi-Fi and mobile phone signals
September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15
TelecityGroup to offer private Azure ExpressRoute connection to Office 365 users

Datacentre operator confirms availability of private Office 365 connection via its Cloud-IX platform
September 29, 2015 29 Sep'15
US diplomats warn of economic dangers of scrapping Safe Harbour Agreement

European Court of Justice confirms judgement on the future of the US Safe Harbour Agreement will be made public on 6 October
September 28, 2015 28 Sep'15
CIO interview: Daniel Marion, head of ICT at Uefa

Football might be Uefa's core business, but without IT and the cloud that underpins it, the company's commercial activities would not function
September 28, 2015 28 Sep'15
NHS hospital hails cost benefits of datacentre consolidation project

Conquest Hospital claims sever room upgrade has made its operations more cost effective and energy efficient
September 28, 2015 28 Sep'15
IT problems put Enfield patients at risk, claims MP Joan Ryan

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust invests in patient management systems after Enfield Town MP Joan Ryan claims waiting times put patients at risk
September 25, 2015 25 Sep'15
NHS-approved healthcare apps found to be leaking unencrypted user data

A study into the data security of NHS healthcare apps highlights serious privacy shortcomings
September 24, 2015 24 Sep'15
Equinix signs deal to drive up green energy use in US datacentres

Datacentre giant sets out plans to drive up its green energy use worldwide with new power purchase agreement
September 24, 2015 24 Sep'15
Enterprises warned off rushing into software-defined datacentre investments

Market watcher Gartner has urged users to take a cautious approach to software-defined datacentre investments
September 23, 2015 23 Sep'15
Data-sharing agreement between EU and US called into question by European law makers

The future of the US Safe Harbour Agreement has been thrown into doubt after EU law maker claims it may not adequately protect user data
September 23, 2015 23 Sep'15
Salesforce Thunder, Lightning and Wave show new app economy at work

At Dreamforce 2015, Salesforce.com's Adam Gross and Stephanie Buscemi discuss the internet of things app economy and action-orientated business intelligence apps
September 23, 2015 23 Sep'15
IT buyers waste money using Tier III datacentres for non-critical workloads, claims IO

IO's UK managing director claims datacentre users could save money by wising up about how much availability and resiliency their apps and workloads really need
September 22, 2015 22 Sep'15
Is Microsoft Office 2016 reliable enough for business?

A day after a major Skype outage, Microsoft unveils Office 2016, which, ironically, offers tight integration with Skype
September 21, 2015 21 Sep'15
AWS datacentre service trouble hits Netflix users

North Virginia datacentre hit by service trouble, blighting delivery of more than 30 of the cloud giant's products
September 21, 2015 21 Sep'15
Oxford University takes SaaS-led approach to IT department consolidation

The University of Oxford has merged several IT departments to provide staff and students with centralised support