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July 31, 2014
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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July 25, 2014
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Carl Dawson to become IT director at M&S
Marks and Spencer hires ex-Tesco internet retailing lead as IT director
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July 25, 2014
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Contactless card payments to be accepted across entire TFL network
Transport for London (TfL) will begin accepting contactless card payments from 16 September 2014.
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July 25, 2014
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Five top UK tech startup clusters outside London
Tech City UK has moved towards promoting the entire UK, rather than just the capital
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July 24, 2014
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Online spending continues to increase thanks to fashion sector
Consumers are spending more money shopping online, with clothing and footwear seeing the biggest increases
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July 23, 2014
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Vince Cable welcomes £135m datacentre investment in Docklands
Telehouse, London's colo and datacentre provider, to build a mission-critical datacentre in Docklands with £135m from parent firm KDDI
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July 23, 2014
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PayPal offers working capital to UK small businesses
Payments giant PayPal has announced that it will be providing online cash advances to small businesses in the UK
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July 23, 2014
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Jul'14
Business Secretary calls for TSB’s funding to be doubled
Business Secretary Vince Cable has urged the government to double the Technology Strategy Board’s (TSB) funding
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July 21, 2014
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Electronic document management – a paperless cure for the NHS?
Will the NHS meet the 2018 deadline to go paperless? Or is it more likely that the NHS will just have less paper than it did in 2013?
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July 21, 2014
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Technical glitch hits BBC iPlayer
BBC iPlayer was affected by technical problems over the weekend, preventing some viewers from accessing TV on demand
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July 21, 2014
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Interview: Gerard Grech, CEO, Tech City UK
Tech City UK CEO, Gerard Grech, thinks there are other places besides London to start a digital business in the UK
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July 17, 2014
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Growth in cloud and IoT lend momentum to European managed datacentres
European datacentre services market will grow 16% up to 2018
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July 17, 2014
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BBC News commits to digital investment amid loss of 220 jobs
BBC News has announced a restructure where it will invest more into digital transformation and original journalism.
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July 17, 2014
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London Co-investment Fund calls for tech investors
The London Co-investment Fund (“LCIF”) is looking to select co-investment partners to build a £75 million+ seed fund for early startup technology companies.
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July 15, 2014
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Why Rackspace is betting on managed cloud amid doubts over future
Rackspace has relaunched its public cloud services as managed cloud to differentiate its costly services from cloud heavyweights. Will the move help?
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July 15, 2014
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Jul'14
Orange opens up to app developers and startups with Apigee
Orange picks Apigee’s digital API platform to help developers and startups create services by levering data already held by the telco
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July 15, 2014
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Jul'14
Dotforge launches in Leeds as UK’s first regional fintech accelerator
Leeds has become home to Dotforge, the first financial services technology (fintech) accelerator outside London
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July 14, 2014
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Lloyds Bank strives to boost digital skills for SMEs and charities
Lloyds Banking Group pushes ahead with government-led initiative to increase digital capability of UK SMEs and charities
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July 10, 2014
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Google Ventures expands with $100m to fund ‘most disruptive’ startups in Europe
Google is launching an expanded venture fund for Europe, with £58m to support and invest in next-gen European startups
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July 08, 2014
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Huddle eases collaborative critical path for engineering firm WSP
Engineering consultancy WSP chooses Huddle to allow its engineers and architects to share project data securely and collaborate, regardless of location
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July 04, 2014
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What IT challenges would an independent Scotland face?
If Scotland votes ‘Yes’ for independence in September, what are the costs and challenges of building new government IT systems?
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July 04, 2014
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BBC Technology deploys private cloud for virtual local radio
BBC Technology has developed a private cloud-based virtual local radio station built on commodity IT
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July 04, 2014
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Santander launches $100m London fintech fund
Santander is creating a $100m venture capital fund in London for financial technology (fintech) suppliers
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July 04, 2014
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NHS Stockport CCG joins Huddle to combine health and social care
The NHS Stockport Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is using Huddle cloud collaboration software to deliver more joined up health and social care
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July 03, 2014
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Blender maker adds ServiceNow ITSM to business mix
Blender maker Vitamix has rolled out its ServiceNow IT service management (ITSM) beyond the improvement of its IT operation by automating tasks across the business.
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July 03, 2014
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Bristol City Council launches open data initiative
Bristol has launched an open data initiative to encourage citizens to build services using local data.
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July 03, 2014
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Can UK fintech startups survive outside London?
With London’s booming financial services sector the biggest in the world, the UK Fintech Industry Summit 2014 considered the prospects for startups elsewhere in Britain
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July 03, 2014
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Jul'14
CIO interview: “Stores still very much part of Argos IT strategy”
Argos combines wants to deliver a shopping model as compelling for online and mobile as it is for traditional channels
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July 02, 2014
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European banks move to cloud with IBM
Two European banks outsource IT in the cloud with IBM to create hybrid IT environments, so to deal with data, mobile and social technologies
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July 02, 2014
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Case study: OpenStack hybrid cloud powers CERN’s experiments with universe
Particle physics lab CERN uses OpenStack private cloud and Rackspace cloud services to provide the high-throughput compute power researchers need
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July 01, 2014
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BBC promotes R&D controller Matthew Postgate to CTO role
The BBC has appointed its research and development (R&D) controller Matthew Postgate as the corporation's chief technology officer (CTO)
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July 01, 2014
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Google loses US appeal over Street View data collection
Failure of appeal leaves Google facing legal action over Street View data collection programme
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June 30, 2014
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Interview: Cloud drives Bangalore rag picker revolution
After years working in London for Mindtree, Prashant Mehra returned to Bangalore to help transform the lives of 1.5 million waste pickers in the city and make local government waste management more efficient
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June 24, 2014
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Why are retailers turning to startups for innovation?
There has been a surge of interest by retailers in using startups, rather than established IT suppliers, to build their technology solutions.
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June 24, 2014
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CIO interview: Thierry Bedos, CTO, Hotels.com
Hotels.com packs a huge digital punch globally, but is still striving for the perfect omni-channel customer experience
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June 23, 2014
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CW500: Digital customer engagement
The CW500 Club event in June blew away the myths around digital customer engagement
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June 17, 2014
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Department of Health sets out technology priorities for coming year
The Department of Health (DoH) has outlined changes in the way technology and information will be used over the coming year
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June 16, 2014
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G-Cloud chief receives OBE in Queen’s birthday honours list
G-Cloud and digital commercial programme director, Tony Singleton, has received an OBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list
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June 16, 2014
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House of Lords sets up Digital Skills Select Committee
The House of Lords has set up a select committee for digital skills
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June 13, 2014
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Cloud suppliers call for clearer guidelines over revised security classifications
Cloud suppliers have raised concerns over the lack of guidance surrounding the government’s latest security classifications.
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June 12, 2014
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Government to launch digital marketplace in September
The government’s digital marketplace is due to go into alpha testing in the coming days, ahead of live user testing in September
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June 12, 2014
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Legal net tightens on Prism in the UK as police investigate legality of US interception
The US Prism spying programme faces a potential criminal investigation in the UK following a complaint to police
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June 11, 2014
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Barclays launches fintech startup accelerator
Barclays is looking for innovative financial services technology (fintech) solutions by opening its own startup accelerator programme
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June 11, 2014
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Register to vote online goes live
The latest online transactional service from government has gone live as part of the ‘digital by default’ initiative
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June 10, 2014
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Government claims further £200m in digital savings
The government has claimed a further £200m worth of savings from digital over the past year
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June 10, 2014
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HP launches new products for software-defined datacentres
HP has launched networking, HPC, storage and converged infrastructure products
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June 05, 2014
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UK airports lead move to cloud services
UK airports are at the vanguard of using cloud to develop innovative services, says Gatwick CIO.
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June 05, 2014
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G-Cloud is lacklustre and needs transparency, says industry body CIF
Industry body blames G-Cloud's lack of transparency for poor uptake of cloud by public sector organisations
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June 05, 2014
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2015 general election manifestos need IT in their DNA
All the major political parties must put IT at the core of their manifestos, with policies to support IT for individuals, businesses and the government, says an influential think-tank
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June 05, 2014
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CIOs should 'leave innovation to marketing'
CIOs should focus on managing the technical infrastructure and leave innovation to other parts of the business – conclusion of a major study.
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June 04, 2014
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IBM escapes SEC action on its cloud revenue reporting
US regulatory watchdog SEC will not take action against IBM following an investigation into how it reports cloud revenue
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June 03, 2014
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High availability strategy key to saving costs, says Sungard AS
The cost of IT downtime is extremely high for businesses – but must all systems and applications be highly available all the time?
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June 02, 2014
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AWS and Microsoft ‘overwhelmingly top contenders’ of IaaS Magic Quadrant, says Gartner
Gartner’s IaaS Magic Quadrant places AWS and Microsoft in the Leader quadrant, and Google and IBM in the Visionaries quadrant
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May 29, 2014
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The challenges of going digital at the DVLA
The DVLA is seen as one of the early adopters in the public sector drive to provide digital services to save government £1.8bn per year
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May 29, 2014
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May'14
Technology companies 'lagging in talent management technology'
Technology and IT suppliers have been slow to deploy HR technology, with many relying on spreadsheets, word processors and legacy ERP systems
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May 28, 2014
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HR cloud transfusion at NHS Blood and Transplant
The NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) organisation has brought together its scattered HR department with a single point of contact
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May 27, 2014
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John Lewis eyes IoT and iBeacon technology
John Lewis is experimenting with the internet of things (IoT) and iBeacon technology to shape the future of retail
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May 22, 2014
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Cisco continues its push towards SaaS-based security services
Chief information security officers (CISOs) should move away from product-based security solutions to a security-as-a-service (SaaS) model, according to Cisco
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May 22, 2014
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Case study: Bank of America and Nationwide use in-branch telepresence
Bank of America and Nationwide implement video conferencing technology to enable customers to speak to banking specialists
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May 22, 2014
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There is a 'lot of work to do' to secure IoT
Organisations need to consider the additional cyber threats when embracing the internet of things, says Cisco
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May 21, 2014
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Cisco advances global Intercloud through further partnerships
Cisco has announced a number of new partners onto its new Intercloud network
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May 21, 2014
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Germany leads the internet of things, says Cisco
Cisco's Rob Lloyd says Germany leads the internet of things with its automotive industry, with Israel and Mexico close behind
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May 21, 2014
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The IT industry is consolidating, says Cisco CEO
The IT industry is consolidating, and only the relevant players will be left standing, says Cisco CEO John Chambers
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May 21, 2014
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The Weather Company crowdsources extra forecast points
“Weather is the original big data,” says Bryson Koehler, CIO of the the organisation behind the Weather Channel in the US
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May 20, 2014
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Cisco launches workspace collaboration devices and cloud service
Cisco has launched a range of collaboration devices, including the 24in touchscreen DX80 device, which features a built-in Android computer
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May 19, 2014
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AWS revenues exceed $1bn per quarter, but Microsoft growing faster
Total AWS revenues are now well in excess of $1bn per quarter, almost a third of the total cloud revenues for the quarter estimated at $3.5bn
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May 19, 2014
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SAP certifies core business apps to run on Microsoft Azure
From June, users of SAP Business Suite software, Business All-In-One solution, SAP Mobile Platform, SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise and Hana platform will be able to run them on Azure
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May 19, 2014
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Cloud SME Skyscape receives £4m funding to tap UK public sector market
Business Growth Fund (BGF) is investing £4m in Hampshire-based cloud firm Skyscape to help it capture the growing public sector cloud market
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May 19, 2014
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British Fencing uses Huddle for training and collaboration
British Fencing has been using Huddle’s cloud-based collaboration platform to provide athletes, coaches and support staff with a centralised system to share information
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May 19, 2014
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CIO interview: Brad Dowden, Adecco
The UK operation of global recruitment company Adecco has transformed its IT infrastructure to make it more agile in the face of increasing competition from small firms
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May 16, 2014
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Digital rights group lists best companies for data protection
Digital rights group examines technology giants including Amazon, Google, Yahoo, At&T, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and Dropbox
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May 16, 2014
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DVLA backs south Wales technology startups and talent
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is in talks with startups and universities in south Wales to encourage technology talent in the region
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May 15, 2014
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More user control and freedom from lock-in will make cloud successful: Werner Vogels
Giving users more control and freedom from supplier lock-in will ensure cloud’s success in Europe, says Amazon CTO, Werner Vogels
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May 15, 2014
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Microsoft funds datacentre and cloud energy efficiency research projects
Microsoft has awarded $160,000 to four university projects focusing on cloud and datacentre energy efficiency
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May 14, 2014
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‘Real cloud’ is much more than cheap infrastructure, says Rackspace as cloud price war continues
Rackspace CTO warns cloud buyers of the dangers of buying cheap, raw infrastructure for their IT strategies as cloud price war intensifies
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May 14, 2014
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What is holding Berlin back from becoming a European centre for startups?
Berlin is one of Europe’s most up-and-coming hotbeds for technology startup companies, but red tape and legislation is preventing it from fulfilling its potential
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May 14, 2014
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HMRC wants tax returns to be as easy as online banking
HM Revenue and Customs is looking at online banking for inspiration as it fundamentally transforms its services to digital
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May 12, 2014
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London technology experts launch Home Office immigration workshop
Tech London Advocates (TLA) has launched a series of immigration workshops called Home Office Hours which will allow startups and SMEs access to immigration officials and experts
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May 12, 2014
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The digital CIO: How to be a digital innovator
CIOs need to think about their IT budgets in a different way to free up funds for innovation
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May 12, 2014
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German companies look to Berlin startups for innovation
German companies are beginning to recognise Berlin as a hot spot for technology innovation thanks to the many startups there
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May 06, 2014
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Cloud is one of the 'most disruptive forces' in business in past 20 years: KPMG
A KPMG research report on the future of investment banking has concluded that cloud is one of the “most disruptive forces in business in the past 20 years”
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May 06, 2014
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SAP’s innovation champion Sikka departs
Vishal Sikka, the SAP executive most closely associated with the supplier’s innovation drive with the in-memory database Hana, has resigned
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May 01, 2014
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GDS working to secure Google Apps for government
The Government Digital Service (GDS) is in talks with CESG, the IT security arm of GCHQ, to get approval for using Google Apps within government.
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May 01, 2014
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Asos joins Microsoft Ventures startup programme
Online retailer Asos has joined Microsoft in a collaboration to identify retail startup technology companies
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April 30, 2014
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Interview: Nick Roberts, president of Socitm and IT group manager
This month, Nick Roberts, IT group manager at Surrey County Council, took over as president of Socitm, the association of IT and digital professionals working in and for local public services
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April 30, 2014
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SDL turns to cloud HR to join up businesses in 40 countries
The technology is central to the company’s strategy to integrate formerly autonomous businesses in 38 countries into a single operation
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April 29, 2014
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Warwick University cloud ITSM creates platform for evolution
Warwick University has used its cloud-based IT service management to bring all its ITIL processes into a single system and to create additional self-services for users
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April 28, 2014
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Forum meets to plan digital help for high streets
The Future High Streets Forum has held its first meeting to discuss how technology can help high streets to remain attractive, sustainable and meet consumer demand
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April 25, 2014
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Amazon’s soaring first-quarter sales fail to impress investors
Amazon has failed to impress investors despite a 32% jump in first-quarter profits and a 23% increase in sales
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April 24, 2014
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European youth believe they lack skills for digital economy
Almost three quarters (70%) of young people believe they will have to acquire digital skills after leaving education because current education systems do not prepare them for work.
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April 23, 2014
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TLA launches health tech competition for startups
Tech London Advocates (TLA) has launched a competition to find innovative health tech startups.