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February 06, 2015 06 Feb'15
Symantec continues cloud investment in spite of poor Q3 results

Symantec has reported third quarter 2015 revenue of $1.64bn, a drop of 4% compared with $1.70bn over the same period in 2014
February 06, 2015 06 Feb'15
Kellogg's outsources digital marketing to Indian supplier

Food giant Kellogg's outsources the management of its digital marketing platform to Indian IT services firm Mindtree
February 04, 2015 04 Feb'15
National Grid uses IBM to add predictive maintenance capabilities

National Grid is using cloud-based analytics powered by IBM SoftLayer to provide preventative maintenance
February 04, 2015 04 Feb'15
UK government-backed peer-to-peer lending platform flexes its IT

Cloud-based UK peer-to-peer lending platform MarketInvoice is moving to a Microsoft Azure-based platform as a service to cope with increasing demand

February 04, 2015 04 Feb'15
Milan Expo 2015 builds smart city with Telecom Italia and Cisco

The organisers of Milan Expo 2015 have built a smart city site from the ground up with the support of Telecom Italia and Cisco
February 04, 2015 04 Feb'15
Offshoring data is biggest barrier to government in the cloud

Offshoring data is the biggest obstacle to putting government services in the cloud, according to a survey of MPs and peers
February 03, 2015 03 Feb'15
Aeris and Tech Mahindra to launch carrier IoT platform

M2M technology provider Aeris has linked up with services supplier Tech Mahindra to target mobile carriers that want to develop their IoT business
February 03, 2015 03 Feb'15
Google bank evolves with Gmail payment service in UK

Google enables UK users to make payments through Gmail, 18 months after the service was launched in the US
February 02, 2015 02 Feb'15
Cloud maturity: AWS leads but Microsoft almost doubles cloud revenue

Amazon Web services has grown its lead over rival public cloud providers, while Microsoft experienced 96% year-on-year growth
February 02, 2015 02 Feb'15
IT services dominates UK outsourcing in 2013 but employment flat

IT and digital services contributed more to the UK economy in 2013 than any other part of the business services sector

February 02, 2015 02 Feb'15
Gandalf to become the Speaking Clock

BT reveals it has engaged the services of actor Ian McKellen to be the voice of the Speaking Clock for Comic Relief
February 02, 2015 02 Feb'15
Health trust proposed offshoring mental care through Skype

Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust considered cutting costs by using Skype and low-cost staff to treat patients with depression
January 30, 2015 30 Jan'15
Amazon to put cloud on the balance sheet

Amazon will report on AWS in its financials from Q1 2015, as it continues to invest heavily in the cloud service
January 29, 2015 29 Jan'15
Microsoft gets a step closer to Office everywhere with Office on Android

Microsoft has released a preview version of Office for Android, almost 10 months after the iPad version was released
January 29, 2015 29 Jan'15
Bank of Ireland outsources 130 jobs to Banktec

Bank of Ireland has outsourced cheque clearing services that will see 130 staff transferred to supplier BankTec.
January 27, 2015 27 Jan'15
CIO interview: Phil Pavitt, global CIO, Specsavers

Phil Pavitt, the new global CIO of Specsavers, has fixed his sights on helping the high-street optician take a great IT leap forward
January 27, 2015 27 Jan'15
AstraZeneca deploys Box to all its 51,000 staff to boost collaboration

Multinational biopharma business AstraZeneca has chosen to deploy Box cloud-based collaboration to all its 51,000 employees
January 27, 2015 27 Jan'15
Your digital projects are doomed to failure, warns Cisco

At Cisco Live! In Milan, Cisco set out the challenges of going digital, with many projects doomed to fail unless businesses embrace ‘Fast IT’
January 27, 2015 27 Jan'15
Indirect discrimination claim against TCS to progress after hearing

Judge at employment tribunal against Tata Consultancy Services’ employment practice gives go-ahead for indirect discrimination claim
January 26, 2015 26 Jan'15
Amazon acquires chip maker for cloud services business

Amazon is reportedly acquiring an Israel-based chip maker as part of AWS, which could mean the firm plans to design its own hardware down to the chips
January 22, 2015 22 Jan'15
Rackspace offers vCloud hosting for enterprise private clouds

Rackspace and VMware have joined forces to provide hosted private cloud services for business users
January 21, 2015 21 Jan'15
IBM revenue declines as company shifts to higher value deals

IBM has reported a 12% decline in profits for the fourth quarter of 2014 following the sale of its System x business to Lenovo
January 20, 2015 20 Jan'15
Virgin Atlantic Airways outsources digital transformation to Tata Consultancy Services

Virgin Atlantic Airways (VAA) outsources IT to Indian services giant Tata Consultancy Services as the airline creates digital services for customers
January 20, 2015 20 Jan'15
Economist urges Indian Prime Minister to address outsourcing with Obama

An economist wants Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to confront the US government’s stance against outsourcing because of public resentment
January 20, 2015 20 Jan'15
Interview: Omnifone chief engineer Phil Sant builds code Lego-style

Phil Sant, co-founder and chief engineer at music streaming platform Omnifone, believes software developers need to take Lego approach
January 20, 2015 20 Jan'15
London universities host datacentres at Infinity in Slough

The Joint Academic network, Janet, has begun offering a shared service to universities and academic institutes
January 20, 2015 20 Jan'15
Dartmoor National Park brings public wireless to remote sites

Dartmoor National Park Authority deploys Cloud in a Box to offer visitors Wi-Fi at its facilities
January 19, 2015 19 Jan'15
IT infrastructure services fuel massive European outsourcing spend

Organisations in Europe accounted for over half of global IT outsourcing and business process outsourcing spending in 2014
January 19, 2015 19 Jan'15
Microsoft Azure had more downtime in 2014 than main cloud rivals

Microsoft Azure suffered more downtime than its main rivals in 2014, according to detailed analysis
January 16, 2015 16 Jan'15
Research shows full extent of cloud computing price war

A report from RBC Capital has revealed the full nature of the price war being fought out between cloud computing service providers
January 15, 2015 15 Jan'15
More double-digit growth for Tata Consultancy Services

India’s biggest IT services firm is still firmly on the growth curve, reporting a double-digit rise in revenue for its latest financial quarter
January 14, 2015 14 Jan'15
Mobile shopping matures, but retailers must link up dispatch

Mobile shopping matures, but retailers need to rethink logistics
January 12, 2015 12 Jan'15
IT fails to get a grip on shadow applications

IT managers are unaware how much shadow IT is used by their business, the Cloud Security Alliance has warned
January 12, 2015 12 Jan'15
Large fire at Amazon datacentre building site

An Amazon datacentre in the US caught fire last week during construction
January 09, 2015 09 Jan'15
IBM still a bellwether despite industry departure from traditional IT services

Reports that IBM is reducing its offshore workforce are the result of cloud computing, automation and artificial intelligence
January 08, 2015 08 Jan'15
No evidence the government's prompt payment for SMEs is working

The government can't tell whether SME suppliers are benefiting from its commitment to pay 80% of its suppliers on time
January 08, 2015 08 Jan'15
CES 2015: Car companies showcase automotive digitisation

Autonomous automotive technology has stolen the limelight from the usual fodder of gadgets at CES in Las Vegas
January 08, 2015 08 Jan'15
Europe shows slowest rate of IT budget growth worldwide

Computer Weekly and TechTarget's 2015 IT Priorities report reveals Europe lagging behind rest of world in IT budget growth
January 08, 2015 08 Jan'15
Surrey County Council readies shared cloud on Nutanix

Surrey County Council has migrated its datacentre infrastructure to a shared service, hosted platform based on Nutanix
January 07, 2015 07 Jan'15
Indian IT staff could unionise, putting offshore model into question

Trade union organisations in India are calling on millions of Indian IT workers to unionise, as fears spread over mass redundancies
January 07, 2015 07 Jan'15
Will IBM’s simplified cloud contract suit everybody?

IBM has announced its intention to make contracts for cloud computing services more simple, but will this suit all customers?
January 06, 2015 06 Jan'15
European Commission tenders for first cloud services

The European Commission (EC) has put out a tender for a framework to acquire its first cloud services
December 29, 2014 29 Dec'14
CW500 Club in 2014

Computer Weekly's CW500 Club attracts the top IT leaders in the UK to talk to their peers about the topical challenges they face
December 24, 2014 24 Dec'14
Top 10 IT outsourcing stories of 2014

IT outsourcing has had a big year in the IT services market. The increasing maturity and acceptance of cloud-based services has shaken up suppliers
December 23, 2014 23 Dec'14
IBM simplifies its cloud contract to two-page document

IBM has created a standard two-page contract for customers using its cloud computing services
December 23, 2014 23 Dec'14
Top 10 cloud stories of 2014

Cloud computing has evolved, giving businesses an increasing array of options from simple IT infrastructure up to full business applications
December 22, 2014 22 Dec'14
IBM expands cloud services globally

IBM has stretched the global reach of its cloud computing services by adding 12 locations to its network of cloud centres
December 19, 2014 19 Dec'14
How AWS remains resilient and enterprise focused

Eight years ago no one had heard of Amazon Web Services. Today it is at the forefront of enterprise computing
December 19, 2014 19 Dec'14
Price cuts and posturing in the public cloud war

The price battle among commodity cloud players is set to rage on, but how much impact is it really having for enterprise customers?
December 19, 2014 19 Dec'14
Atos targets US growth with billion-dollar Xerox acquisition

Atos is to spend over $1bn and take over the IT outsourcing operations of Xerox