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October 02, 2014
02
Oct'14
Oracle OpenWorld 2014: Are retailers lost in a sea of technology, data and insight?
As Oracle's OpenWorld user conference closes for another year, Computer Weekly reflects on the challenge retailers face in the age of big data
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October 01, 2014
01
Oct'14
Oracle OpenWorld 2014: US fashion retailer Tilly’s aligns IT with marketing
US retailer Tilly’s has aligned its e-commerce and marketing teams to focus on customer experience
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September 30, 2014
30
Sep'14
Going digital at the Ministry of Justice
The Ministry of Justice is making progress on its digital strategy, with CDO Paul Shetler at the helm
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September 30, 2014
30
Sep'14
Oracle OpenWorld 2014: Xerox aligns business and IT in streamlining applications
Xerox's IT division has been working with the business to standardise its HR management on a global basis
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September 30, 2014
30
Sep'14
Canonical moves to HR as a service
We got to the point where we could not scale says Steve George, vice-president of operations
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September 30, 2014
30
Sep'14
Oracle OpenWorld 2014: Toms expands global e-commerce
Footwear retailer Toms relaunches e-commerce websites with Oracle platform to grow and improve customer experience
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September 30, 2014
30
Sep'14
Oracle OpenWorld 2014: Larry Ellison demonstrates Oracle’s commitment to the cloud
Oracle CTO Larry Ellison highlighted Oracle’s commitment to the cloud by announcing new products at its OpenWorld conference
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September 30, 2014
30
Sep'14
Oracle OpenWorld 2014: Walgreens and Dunnhumby look to digital health in the cloud
US retailer Walgreens and customer science firm Dunnhumby are moving further into the health and wellbeing market with cloud
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September 29, 2014
29
Sep'14
London innovation centre launches to tackle data challenges
An innovation and collaboration centre has been launched to develop ideas relating to data and the UK economy
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September 29, 2014
29
Sep'14
UK government launches review of the sharing economy
George Osborne highlights effect of new technologies as review launches into economic and social potential
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September 29, 2014
29
Sep'14
Oracle OpenWorld 2014: Oracle collaborates with Vodafone to dive into IoT
Oracle has announced an internet of things (IoT) collaboration with Vodafone at its annual Openworld user conference
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September 23, 2014
23
Sep'14
Last council finally connects to PSN
The last remaining local authority has moved to the public services network (PSN) almost six months past the deadline
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September 23, 2014
23
Sep'14
Investment needed to tackle digital divide, says Go ON UK
Investment on internet infrastructure needs to be complemented by skills investment, says Go ON UK deputy CEO
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September 23, 2014
23
Sep'14
Orange steps up to growing demands on business networks
Orange Business Services is extending Business VPN to cater for growing use of internet networks for cloud and web services
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September 19, 2014
19
Sep'14
Peterborough City Council launches cloud-enabled technology strategy
Peterborough City Council is launching a cloud-enabled technology strategy to improve how it connects with citizens
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September 18, 2014
18
Sep'14
Software-defined infrastructure challenges legacy IT culture, warns Gartner
Software-defined infrastructures are rapidly emerging and could disrupt conventional IT control, responsibility and support
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September 18, 2014
18
Sep'14
Interview: Chi Onwurah, Labour shadow Cabinet Office minister
Labour's shadow cabinet minister, Chi Onwurah, offers a unique connection between technology and politics
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September 18, 2014
18
Sep'14
Interview: Wood Mackenzie CTO John Linwood on life after the BBC
John Linwood, former chief technology officer at the BBC, talks about winning a high-profile employment tribunal and his new job at Wood Mackenzie
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September 17, 2014
17
Sep'14
KPMG: IoT, 3D printing and healthcare IT to have most impact
Internet of things (IoT), 3D printing and biotech or healthcare IT are among the IT trends that will change the way people work and live
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September 17, 2014
17
Sep'14
Virgin Atlantic to bring Wi-Fi to transatlantic flights
Virgin Atlantic is to start providing Wi-Fi onboard its transatlantic flights from Europe
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September 17, 2014
17
Sep'14
College uses IBM software to reduce student dropout rates
Brockenhurst College is using software from IBM to reduce the number of students dropping out of courses
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September 17, 2014
17
Sep'14
Three quarters of businesses don’t trust cloud suppliers on data protection
Almost three quarters (72%) of European businesses accuse cloud service providers of failing to comply with data protection regulations
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September 17, 2014
17
Sep'14
UK political parties expand digital campaigns
The three main political parties expand their digital campaign messages following the launch of TechUK's digital manifesto
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September 15, 2014
15
Sep'14
CIO interview: Stephen Hale, head of digital, Department of Health
“I want to make digital less of a novelty,” says the Department of Health’s head of digital Stephen Hale
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September 15, 2014
15
Sep'14
UKTV upgrades technology infrastructure for mobility
Media company UKTV has upgraded its IT infrastructure using mobile and cloud-based technology
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September 15, 2014
15
Sep'14
Clarks shoes steps into digital
Shoe manufacturer Clarks is replacing its legacy e-commerce sites with a global cloud-based system next month
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September 12, 2014
12
Sep'14
Retailers need to adopt ‘fail fast’ attitude to technology
Retailers experimenting with digital technologies must take a “fail fast” approach so they can deliver new innovations quickly
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September 11, 2014
11
Sep'14
Boots to roll out real-time stock visibility in coming weeks
Health and beauty retailer, Alliance Boots, is about to roll out real-time stock visibility to its stores and customers using SAP Hana
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September 10, 2014
10
Sep'14
UK retailers must invest more in digital technologies
The UK’s biggest retailers are ‘under-investing’ in in-store digital technologies
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September 10, 2014
10
Sep'14
Salesforce builds green datacentre in France for European users
Cloud CRM specialist Salesforce is building its second European datacentre in France, powered 100% by renewable energy sources
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September 09, 2014
09
Sep'14
Wider public sector needs better understanding of cyber security
Local government, the NHS and the wider public sector needs to have a better understanding of the threat of cyber security
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September 09, 2014
09
Sep'14
EY seeks tech startups to address challenges of right to be forgotten
Professional services firm Ernst & Young is looking for startups to find technology solutions to the ‘right to be forgotten’ regulation
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September 09, 2014
09
Sep'14
CIO interview: Bryson Koehler, CIO of The Weather Company
The Weather Company is a huge advocate for cloud-based technology, and everything it has built is cloud-enabled
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September 08, 2014
08
Sep'14
BP spends £2m developing apps to train business leaders
BP is scrapping online courses in favour of apps and portals that can deliver bite-sized information and training when it's needed
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September 05, 2014
05
Sep'14
'Bungled' Army 2020 IT recruitment contract loses £70m of savings
Mismanaged IT contracts lead to further setbacks in Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Army recruitment drive
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September 05, 2014
05
Sep'14
Camden Market launches social Wi-Fi system to track footfall
Free Wi-Fi connectivity is available to shoppers in Camden Market in London, which also provides real-time data on users
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September 04, 2014
04
Sep'14
Home Office has "long way to go” to fix police IT and procurement
Police IT is going to take a long time to fix, according to home secretary Theresa May
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September 04, 2014
04
Sep'14
Ordnance Survey to release open data on green spaces
The Ordnance Survey is to release information and statistics on green space in England and Wales as open data
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September 04, 2014
04
Sep'14
NHS England informatics head wants more CCIOs
NHS England director wants to see a chief clinical information officer in every NHS provider and clinical commissioning group
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September 03, 2014
03
Sep'14
Prescribing digital videos could help NHS deal with chronic diseases
Videos and digital interactions with patients are being prescribed as part of a pre-trial to see if they encourage patients with chronic diseases to better manage their conditions
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September 03, 2014
03
Sep'14
HSCIC and MOJ first to procure on government managed email framework
The Health & Social Care Information Commission and the Ministry of Justice to procure managed email using a new government framework
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September 02, 2014
02
Sep'14
Natural Resources Wales takes to the cloud with Microsoft
The Welsh envoronmental public body adopts Microsoft cloud functionalities including Office 365 and Azure
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September 01, 2014
01
Sep'14
Applications open for government Digital and Technology Fast Stream
Applications are open for the 2015 Civil Service Fast Stream, which offers digital graduates an opportunity to work in government
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September 01, 2014
01
Sep'14
Suppliers discuss Emergency Services Network with Home Office
Suppliers have attended an event held by the Home Office to discuss details of the new Emergency Services Network
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September 01, 2014
01
Sep'14
Local government calls for a local GDS
Local government needs a local version of the Government Digital Service (GDS) with dedicated in-house digital teams, says Socitm
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September 01, 2014
01
Sep'14
Chinese MSN Messenger service ends in October 2014
Microsoft will switch off Windows Live Messenger (WLM) for its last users in China at the end of October 2014
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August 29, 2014
29
Aug'14
Bristol council migrates to the cloud to aid mandated cost savings
Bristol City Council is moving its ICT estate onto the cloud to help meet wider cost savings mandated by the government
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August 29, 2014
29
Aug'14
GDS launches research lab for testing digital services
The Government Digital Service (GDS) has revealed a digital research lab to allow departments to test their online services
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August 29, 2014
29
Aug'14
Tesco to reduce IT spend in a bid to cut costs
Supermarket giant Tesco has announced that it will be cutting costs from its IT budget to save money
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August 29, 2014
29
Aug'14
Ocado’s technology under fire, causing share price to fall
Ocado’s IT has come under fire in a financial analyst's report that claims the market has over-valued the retailer's automation technology
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August 28, 2014
28
Aug'14
Government appoints former Credit Suisse CIO as deputy CTO
The government has appointed former Credit Suisse CIO Magnus Falk as its new deputy chief technology officer (CTO)
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August 27, 2014
27
Aug'14
Microsoft slashes Azure SQL database-as-a-service prices by half
Microsoft will reduce the prices of its Azure SQL Database – a relational database as a service – from November onwards
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August 27, 2014
27
Aug'14
Foreign Office spends £92,574 on social media training
The FCO has spent £92,574 on social media training since 2010, according to a freedom of information request
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August 27, 2014
27
Aug'14
Government sees 820,000 voters register online
Over one million UK citizens have registered to vote over the last two months, with around 820,000 opting for a new online registration service
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August 26, 2014
26
Aug'14
Land Registry automates document registration using Abbyy
The Land Registry has been automating the way changes are made to its register which documents the ownership of land in England and Wales
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August 26, 2014
26
Aug'14
The internet of things: Britain's next big opportunity
Tech City's Gerard Grech talks about the IoT phenomenon and a startup competition that is intended to accelerate technologies
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August 22, 2014
22
Aug'14
IoT-enabled devices to top 40 billion by 2020, say researchers
The number of active wireless connected devices will exceed 40.9 billion by 2020 – more than double the current total
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August 21, 2014
21
Aug'14
Case study: Borough of Poole uses Huddle for child adoption meetings
The Borough of Poole has been using Huddle to enable local government teams to collaborate securely on issues of child welfare
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August 19, 2014
19
Aug'14
Banks slow to change despite growing competition
The banking sector faces major challenges in transforming IT to meet the digital needs of customers
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August 19, 2014
19
Aug'14
FT turns to cloud to manage advertising bookings
Business newspaper replaces 20-year-old ad-booking system with a cloud-based service
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August 18, 2014
18
Aug'14
Labour commits to GDS and says it wants to keep contractors
The Labour party has said it will build on GDS's work and retain the team's staff if it wins the 2015 general election
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August 18, 2014
18
Aug'14
CIO Interview: Hugh Fahy, CIO, Net-A-Porter
“I like to emphasis the ‘I’ bit in CIO,” says Hugh Fahy, chief information officer of the Net-A-Porter Group
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August 18, 2014
18
Aug'14
Consumers spending £1bn more online than last summer
Online shoppers are spending £1bn more online than they did last summer, partly due to buying holidays on the web
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August 14, 2014
14
Aug'14
Click and collect drives e-commerce growth for Asda
Shoppers at Asda are continuing to choose to buy their groceries online and pick them up in-store
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August 14, 2014
14
Aug'14
Forrester: Top 10 facts about private cloud
Cloud is an essential component of every enterprise technology management strategy but designing a robust cloud strategy isn't easy
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August 14, 2014
14
Aug'14
Amazon launches credit card reader for small businesses
Amazon has launched a card reader and mobile app for small businesses
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August 13, 2014
13
Aug'14
Company Magazine ditches print to go online only
The womens’ monthly publication Company Magazine has announced it will become a standalone digital brand from October
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August 13, 2014
13
Aug'14
M&S deploys Microsoft Azure cloud to run festive ad campaigns
Azure powered M&S's multi-million pound Christmas campaign Magic & Sparkle starring Helena Bonham-Carter and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
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August 12, 2014
12
Aug'14
BBC hands digital testing contract to Mindtree
Multi-million pound contract awarded under the terms of the BBC Digital Services Framework initiative
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August 12, 2014
12
Aug'14
House of Fraser rolls out beacon-enabled mannequins in Aberdeen
House of Fraser is rolling out beacon-enabled mannequins that will allow the store to engage directly with shoppers or passers-by
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August 12, 2014
12
Aug'14
Android banking apps susceptible to hacking
A vulnerability in Android applications built on the Apache Cordova platform has sparked new fears over mobile banking
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August 12, 2014
12
Aug'14
60% of GDS staff contracts to expire within 12 months of general election
Almost 60% of employees at the Government Digital Service (GDS) could be gone within 12 months of next year’s general election
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August 11, 2014
11
Aug'14
USB-connected devices present cyber vulnerabilities
Connecting devices to computers using a USB port could lead to security breaches, say Berlin-based researchers
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August 11, 2014
11
Aug'14
Nationwide and Santander to take part in FinTech Innovation Lab 2015
Nationwide and Santander will be supporting next year’s FinTech Innovation Lab in London, which is now open to receive applications
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August 08, 2014
08
Aug'14
Joanna Shields becomes a peer
Former Tech City CEO and the prime minister’s adviser on the digital economy, Joanna Shields, has been awarded a life peerage
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August 08, 2014
08
Aug'14
Why John Linwood is not to blame for BBC’s failed technology project
Former BBC CTO has won his case for unfair dismissal over the failed £100m DMI project, but what lessons can be learned?
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August 08, 2014
08
Aug'14
Google to favour secure websites in search rankings
Google is starting to favour secure websites and is ranking them higher on its search engine
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August 07, 2014
07
Aug'14
Sacked BBC CTO wins unfair dismissal case
Former BBC chief technology officer John Linwood has won his case for unfair dismissal against the broadcaster
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August 06, 2014
06
Aug'14
Startup innovation workspace to pop up in Reading
A Thames Valley pop-up innovation workspace for tech startups will open its doors in September
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August 06, 2014
06
Aug'14
Google executive to set up fintech investment fund in London
Google’s UK's vice president of brand solutions, Dan Cobley, will be leaving the tech giant to start a fintech incubator
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August 06, 2014
06
Aug'14
Russian hackers steal over a billion usernames and passwords
A group of Russian cyber criminals have attacked 500 million email addresses and gained 1.2 billion usernames and passwords
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August 05, 2014
05
Aug'14
Met Police awards £90m command and control integration contract
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has appointed Lockheed Martin as systems integrator of its new command and control system
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August 05, 2014
05
Aug'14
Bauer Media Group invests €100m in digital startups
Bauer Media has set up a venture capital fund with plans to invest €100m in digital technology through startups likely to provide return on investment
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August 05, 2014
05
Aug'14
BT Business brings 4G to SMEs
BT Business has launched a range of plans for small businesses that include free access to 4G and unlimited BT Wi-Fi
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August 04, 2014
04
Aug'14
Camden Council’s BYOD adoption soars by 240%
Camden Council has increased its bring-your-own-device (BYOD) scheme by 240% over the last three years
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August 04, 2014
04
Aug'14
US judge rules for Microsoft to release Irish email data
A judge in the US district court has ruled against Microsoft, in its attempt to stop a US government search warrant over emails stored in Ireland.
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August 04, 2014
04
Aug'14
Welsh police to develop mobile app for witness statements
Two Welsh police forces are to develop a mobile application that will allow officers to record and send witness statements while on the beat
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August 01, 2014
01
Aug'14
Five signs that Amazon is the new Microsoft
Amazon’s business strategy is reminiscent of Microsoft's in the 1990s despite changes in market dynamics since then
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August 01, 2014
01
Aug'14
HMRC’s Digital Delivery Centre in Newcastle opens for business
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has opened the doors to its new digital headquarters in Newcastle
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August 01, 2014
01
Aug'14
Russian blogger law comes into action
A new information security law which places restrictions on Russian bloggers and social media users has come into force today
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July 31, 2014
31
Jul'14
Smart meters, digital channels and CRM are top priorities for British Gas
Smart meters, digital channels and reducing customer complaints by implanting a new CRM system are top of the agenda for British Gas over the coming year.
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July 31, 2014
31
Jul'14
IT needs to improve network infrastructure for future of retail
IT departments need to up their game and improve networks for the retail sector which is on the brink of massive technology change
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July 31, 2014
31
Jul'14
BT forges on with fibre roll-out but customer uptake weak
BT rolls out fibre optic broadband across the UK at a steady pace but only 15% of fibre-ready premises sign up for the superfast internet service
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July 30, 2014
30
Jul'14
PayPal launches UK startup accelerator programme in London
PayPal's accelerator programme will select up to five technology startups from the UK and host them in the London offices for six months
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July 30, 2014
30
Jul'14
UK technology sector sees strongest growth since 2007 crash
KPMG survey finds 61% of technology businesses reporting improved revenues and expect this to continue
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July 30, 2014
30
Jul'14
Why Google could become the Amazon of banking
Internet giants will not replace banks but will disrupt the sector through other services taking consumers away from traditional banks
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July 29, 2014
29
Jul'14
Joanna Shields joins the government’s digital revolution
Chair of Tech City UK, Joanna Shields is joining the prime minister’s Digital Taskforce to represent the digital sector
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July 29, 2014
29
Jul'14
53% of G-Cloud spend on is on SMEs
Just over half of G-Cloud spend is with SMEs, according to June sales figures released by the Cabinet Office
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July 28, 2014
28
Jul'14
British Legion launches online WW1 remembrance database
The Royal British Legion is launching an online database to remember those killed in the First World War
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July 25, 2014
25
Jul'14
Dr Who visual effects studio builds desktop as a service for graphics
Jellyfish Pictures, the visual effects and animation studio behind Dr Who and the Line of Duty link has developed a DaaS for GPU