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• October 21, 2014 21 Oct'14

  Government releases social media guidance for civil servants

  New social media guidelines for civil servants have been released by the Cabinet Office

• October 20, 2014 20 Oct'14

  Government seeks suppliers for £2bn telecoms framework

  The government is seeking suppliers for a £2bn procurement framework to replace Whitehall’s telecommunications requirements

• October 20, 2014 20 Oct'14

  Disney spreads the magic through wearable technology

  The Walt Disney Company is using wearable technology to improve customer experience and engage with visitors

• October 17, 2014 17 Oct'14

  National Museum of Wales tackles digital technology

  The National Museum of Wales is digitising and using modern technology in its seven exhibition campuses

• October 17, 2014 17 Oct'14

  Public services website Gov.uk hits one billion visits

  Government public services website Gov.uk reports its one billionth visit since its launch two years ago

• October 16, 2014 16 Oct'14

  Comic Relief’s digital challenge: talent, data and the No Make-Up Selfie

  Social media campaigns such as the No Make-Up Selfie and the Ice Bucket Challenge threaten charities such as Comic Relief with their digital reach

• October 15, 2014 15 Oct'14

  Nottinghamshire Council goes mobile with Windows

  Nottinghamshire County Council is turning to Windows 8.1 to mobilise its workforce, starting with its social care division

• October 15, 2014 15 Oct'14

  McAfee highlights security challenges of a next-generation government

  McAfee has released a report investigating the security issues the 'government of tomorrow' might face

• October 15, 2014 15 Oct'14

  Intel sees revenue uplift from PCs, servers and internet of things

  Intel has seen revenues increase 8% year-on-year to $14.6 billion, thanks to shipments of PCs, servers and internet of things

• October 15, 2014 15 Oct'14

  B&Q launches online kitchen planning and design tool

  The DIY retailer debuts its B&Q Spaces planning and design tool which allows customers to plan their kitchen, bathroom and bedroom projects online

• October 15, 2014 15 Oct'14

  Oxfam unwraps mobile collaboration benefits with Box’s cloud content service

  The move to Box will mean that Oxfam workers will get mobile access to data on the move and at remote locations

• October 15, 2014 15 Oct'14

  Salesforce1 Lightning offers mobile app development for non-programmers

  Salesforce.com has announced its second new product of the week at its Dreamforce conference – Salesforce1 Lightning

• October 14, 2014 14 Oct'14

  House of Fraser’s journey to multichannel innovation

  House of Fraser is providing technology offerings in the form of mobile in stores and buy-and-collect innovations

• October 14, 2014 14 Oct'14

  P&O Ferries launches multichannel website in legacy estate overhaul

  P&O Ferries told the Internet Retailing conference it will launch a multichannel website next week as part of a move to overhaul its legacy estate

• October 14, 2014 14 Oct'14

  Microsoft, SAP and Facebook call on EU to support better IT education

  IT giants have written an open letter to EU ministers urging them to support better ICT education and encourage children to code

• October 13, 2014 13 Oct'14

  Businesses guide students to TeenTech awards at the Palace

  Companies including JVC and Google have mentored a number of schoolchildren who have won TeenTech awards

• October 13, 2014 13 Oct'14

  Salesforce.com launches Wave for self-service data analytics

  Salesforce.com has announced the launch of self-service data analytics technology Wave at its annual Dreamforce event

• October 10, 2014 10 Oct'14

  Is the BIS GrowthAccelerator scheme worthwhile for technology startups?

  UK startups in the technology sector may be missing an opportunity to grow by ignoring GrowthAccelerator programme

• October 10, 2014 10 Oct'14

  Creating the next wave of social open-data products

  Open Data programme managers address the challenges of creating socially focused open-data products

• October 09, 2014 09 Oct'14

  More data loss comes from sloppy organisations than hackers, says study

  Over half of data breaches come from organisational errors and internal mismanagement rather than malicious acts by hackers

• October 09, 2014 09 Oct'14

  Cloud, web-scale IT and IoT in Gartner’s 2015 top technologies

  Research firm Gartner has highlighted the top 10 technology trends for 2015

• October 08, 2014 08 Oct'14

  Retail staff will have to change as digital strategies take over

  Retail staff in stores will have to change how they work as more shops begin to roll out digital solutions in their stores

• October 07, 2014 07 Oct'14

  Timberland focuses on online customer experience

  After internationalising its e-commerce offering across Europe, Timberland's next priority is refining its online experience

• October 07, 2014 07 Oct'14

  L’Oreal aligns technology with the business to work faster

  L’Oreal’s digital technology is working with the business and marketing departments to become innovative and agile

• October 07, 2014 07 Oct'14

  Engineering company rolls out talent management software across 17 countries

  Meggitt is deploying cloud-based HR technology as it seeks to integrate 60 diverse business units into a multinational operation

• October 07, 2014 07 Oct'14

  Mothercare to trial beacons in store from early 2015

  Mothercare plans to trial beacon technology from early 2015 to engage with customers, rather than for promotional messages.

• October 07, 2014 07 Oct'14

  Mothercare uses mobile to engage with customers, not just to sell

  Mothercare is continuing to use mobile to improve customer service and engage with users

• October 02, 2014 02 Oct'14

  Oracle OpenWorld 2014: Lloyd's Register goes mobile with Oracle

  Lloyd’s Register Group tells delegates at the Oracle OpenWorld 2014 conference how it developed a mobile working application for clients and staff

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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)

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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