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February 04, 2014
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Feb'14
Satya Nadella replaces Steve Ballmer as Microsoft CEO
Microsoft has named Satya Nadella as CEO almost six months after former incumbent Steve Ballmer announced his retirement
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February 04, 2014
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Halfway through the Government Digital Service transformation project
Halfway through a two-year project to move public services online, the Government Digital Service (GDS) is on track, but what challenges lie ahead?
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February 04, 2014
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Case study: Putting disaster recovery into action when revellers strike
How an out-of-hand office party in its building brought Icelandic IT services company Midverk to the brink of collapse
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January 31, 2014
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WIll open source save the datacentre industry?
IT rivals stand cheek-by-jowl to praise Facebook’s Open Compute Project, but is the love-in a Damascene conversion or just damage limitation?
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January 31, 2014
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GDS intends to drop G-Cloud brand
The Government Digital Service (GDS) is planning to rebrand the G-Cloud framework to simplify purchasing for users
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January 31, 2014
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Amazon shares fall despite strong Q4 results
Amazon reported record revenues of $25.6bn in the fourth quarter of 2013, up 20% on the previous year, but below analyst expectations
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January 30, 2014
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Argos seeks new recruits for digital hub
Argos has opened a ‘digital hub’ in London which will focus on creating more agile and flexible ways of working
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January 30, 2014
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Are businesses turning to Windows Phone instead of BlackBerry?
It's been a year since BlackBerry tried to reclaim the smartphone market with the BB10 operating system and the Z10 and qwerty Q10 handsets
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January 29, 2014
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ARM aims at Intel’s stronghold with 64-bit standard
Intel hopes new baseline standard for ARM v8 chips will help it flex its muscles in the datacentre
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January 29, 2014
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Government announces preferred open standards for documents
The government has announced a set of open standards which it hopes will be used for documents across government
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January 29, 2014
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Gaming site bets on flexible benefits software
Online gaming company Bwin.party is betting on specialist benefits software to help it attract and retain its top talent
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January 29, 2014
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Microsoft joins Open Compute Project
Redmond giant makes server specs public in bid to influence future datacentre design
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January 28, 2014
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South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust deploys iOS devices
South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust has deployed 300 iOS mobile devices onto its network to improve patient care processes
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January 28, 2014
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DECC IT overhaul follows government digital standards
The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is accustomed to large outsourcing contracts, yet it is the first department within government to move away from a single supplier approach, to a new multi-sourcing model across all its core ...
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January 24, 2014
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Cloud to drive Cisco Indian mid-market growth in 2014
Cisco aims for growth in India by targeting the rising mid-market as 65% of India’s currently under-served mid-market firms plan to get more from their networks
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January 24, 2014
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CIO interview: Julian Payne, head of ICT, Science Museum Group
The Science Museum Group has just completed a merger with the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. Beginning in 2012 and took two years to integrate all business and IT functionality with the group
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January 23, 2014
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Can elephants dance in the cloud?
IBM’s renewed public cloud strategy could succeed in attracting customers old and new, but the company must tread carefully
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January 23, 2014
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CIO interview: Richard Warner, CIO, LV
The IT industry is swarming with buzz words, from big data and the internet of things to social collaboration and consumerisation of distribution. Yet despite the hype around them making some doubt their importance, the CIO of insurer LV, Richard ...
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January 23, 2014
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Barnardo’s uses Huddle Note for collaboration and communication
Barnardo’s has chosen Huddle for cloud content collaboration to enable volunteers to share information securely with the charity’s staff
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January 22, 2014
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Councils must adopt a multi-channel strategy for public services
Local government should be adopting a joined up multi-channel strategy for its public service offerings
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January 20, 2014
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HMRC to recruit 50 digital specialists in the North East
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is looking to recruit more than 50 digital specialists to work at a new digital centre in the North East
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January 20, 2014
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IBM to open London datacentre as part of $1.2bn global cloud push
New facility first in UK to be based on IBM SoftLayer cloud architecture
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January 20, 2014
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Tech firms lobby to keep open tax avoidance loopholes
Big US tech firms are lobbying the OECD not to close tax loopholes they exploit to pay less tax in the UK and elsewhere
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January 20, 2014
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CIO Interview: Norfolk County Council's Tom Baker on using data to improve public services
Norfolk County Council's smart city initiative uses the power of data to concentrate on the citizen and smarter public services
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January 16, 2014
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Schneider backs British liquid cooling startup
Support from the datacentre giant could help Iceotope spread its innovative immersion cooling system around the globe
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January 15, 2014
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UK IT spending will outpace rest of Europe in 2014
UK IT budgets will grow by 3.6% in 2014, second only to Germany
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January 14, 2014
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Regional datacentre growth tempers UK price rises
New datacentre clusters outside London keep average costs down, but firms that need space in the capital face a growing premium
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January 13, 2014
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Open arguments stack up as hybrid cloud takes hold
A lack of cloud standards is causing headaches for IT departments, but the drive for greater interoperability is gaining pace
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January 13, 2014
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Startups selected for FinTech Innovation Lab 2014
Seven startups have been selected for this year’s FinTech Innovation Lab in London.
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January 10, 2014
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£8m competition seeks tech to rejuvenate high street
A competition has been launched to find new technology that will encourage people to shop on the high street
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January 10, 2014
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First steps on the Cabinet Office technology transformation journey
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has led the drive to change how technology is used across government, yet within his department IT is poor
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January 09, 2014
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UK blazes trail for cloud use in Europe
Survey suggests UK companies are more comfortable with the cloud than their Continental counterparts
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January 09, 2014
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“Digital government” on track to save £500m
The government has announced it is on track to save £500m of taxpayer’s money by improving IT efficiency and tackling IT waste
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January 06, 2014
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Is cloud computing almost too good to be true for banks?
The cloud’s most obvious benefits will enable banks to keep up with technology changes while reducing costs
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January 06, 2014
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Samsung launches Smart Home ecosystem to connect home devices
Samsung has launched a connected home ecosystem at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas
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January 03, 2014
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Startup profile: Novoda
Novoda is a service-based startup company which operates out of two offices – in London and Berlin. It develops Android software for companies wishing to have an application on the Google Play Store
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January 02, 2014
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John Lewis online sales soar over Christmas period
John Lewis has seen online sales for the five-week trading period over Christmas increase by 22.6% on last year
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December 31, 2013
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Dec'13
Top 10 retail IT stories of 2013
Smart retailers are realising they must adopt a multi-channel approach to their business, making instore, online, and mobile a seamless experience for the customer
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December 31, 2013
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Top 10 premium content articles of 2013
Computer Weekly presents a selection of the most popular premium content reports and articles of 2013
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December 30, 2013
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Top 10 supplier profiles 2013
Are you thinking of doing business with an IT technology supplier? Check out our independent profiles of the leading technology companies.
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December 28, 2013
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Top 10 datacentre stories of 2013
The drive for greater efficiency, CO2 reduction and the development of new technologies continued to dominate datacentre developments this year
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December 23, 2013
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Top 10 cloud computing stories of 2013
It was the year big business warmed to the cloud while NSA snooping revelations sent shivers down the industry’s spine...
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December 20, 2013
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Dec'13
OFT asks to observe government selection of open standards for documents
The Office of Fair Trading asked the government if it could observe the sensitive process of selecting open standards for document formats
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December 20, 2013
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Fujitsu set to lose three government outsourcing deals
A number of outsourced contracts with Fujitsu will not be renewed by government over the coming year
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December 20, 2013
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Met Police IT strategy expected 9 months late
A new Metropolitan Police IT strategy is to be released in January nine months later than recommended by a critical report into the force’s IT
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December 20, 2013
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UK citizen wins legal round against Facebook over Prism leaks
A British citizen has applied for a judgement against Facebook in a case that will test the right of tech firms to give UK personal data to the NSA.
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December 19, 2013
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European IT market will begin slow recovery next year
The IT market in Europe will continue to lag other regions next year, but a progressive recovery will start, according to Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC)
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December 18, 2013
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BBC publishes PwC report into its failed £98m Digital Media Initiative
The BBC has today published a report by PwC into the broadcaster’s failed Digital Media Initiative (DMI)
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December 17, 2013
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John Lewis trials transactional tablets and debuts on Google Street View
John Lewis has announced a range of shopping technologies it will be trialling over the Christmas period
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December 13, 2013
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Foreign Office agile crisis response IT system goes live
The Foreign Office’s new crisis response IT system, Crisis Hub, is now live.
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December 13, 2013
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CIO interview: Joan Miller director of Parliamentary ICT
Parliamentary ICT director Joan Miller talks about how Parliament should use technology and the challenges of the digital world
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December 12, 2013
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CIO Interview, David Southern, CIO WWF UK
UK CIO of the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF), David Southern, describes a technology refresh at its Woking HQ
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December 12, 2013
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Microsoft enlists elite providers to ease customer cloud moves
Cloud OS Network aims to woo organisations seeking hassle-free hybrid cloud
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December 11, 2013
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NAO slams Universal Credit for not achieving value for money
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has failed to achieve value for money during the development of the Universal Credit IT system.
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December 11, 2013
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EU quashes Cisco complaint on Skype sale
The General Court of the European Union rules Microsoft’s $8.5bn acquisition of Skype adheres to competition rules
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December 11, 2013
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Government’s digital strategy is progressing, but inconsistently
A review into the government’s digital strategy has been made one year after it was first published.
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December 09, 2013
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Case study: London Borough of Islington’s smart working journey
The London Borough of Islington is using technology to ensure its staff are as productive as possible travelling along a ‘smart working journey’
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December 09, 2013
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Price confusion casts cloud over utility computing dream
Without interoperability and clarity of pricing, true utility computing will remain a fantasy, a new report from 451 Research suggests
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December 06, 2013
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PM David Cameron opens Cisco’s startup centre IDEALondon
Cisco’s innovation centre in London has been officially opened by Prime Minister David Cameron this morning on the third anniversary of Tech City.
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December 05, 2013
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700,000 benefit claimants miss out on Universal Credit deadline
The secretary for work and pensions has admitted the Universal Credit benefit scheme will miss its 2017 deadline
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December 05, 2013
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UK citizen sues Microsoft over Prism private data leak to NSA
A court action brought in the UK will test Microsoft's legal right to disclose private data on UK citizens to US intelligence services
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December 05, 2013
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Google revs up cloud engine in AWS catch-up race
A renewed infrastructure as a service (IaaS) push by web giant Google could heat up competition among top providers
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December 04, 2013
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Computer Weekly UKtech50: Rising stars 2013
Computer Weekly announces the top ten people who have the potential to shape the future of the UK technology industry
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December 03, 2013
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Tech spend to increase in 2014 as executives explore big data
Over three-quarters of chief financial officers plan to increase technology investments in 2014
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December 02, 2013
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CIO interview: Peter O’Rourke, director of IT, University Campus Suffolk
Peter O’Rourke, IT director at University Campus Suffolk, is looking to students to shape the university’s IT infrastructure
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November 29, 2013
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Martha Lane Fox resigns as UK Digital Champion
The government has announced the resignation of Baroness Martha Lane Fox as UK Digital Champion
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November 29, 2013
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IT budgets to rise by 3% in 2014 as companies step up spending on mobile
IT spending will increase by 3% in 2014, up from 1.8% last year. But shadow IT spending will add another 40% to technology budgets
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November 29, 2013
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Study shows IT department losing control of technology innovation
With innovative technology increasingly developed outside the IT department, CIOs need to start working with other departments
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November 28, 2013
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Global real estate firm gets edge with cloud and mobile upgrade
Real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield has achieved competitive advatage by embracing cloud and mobility
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November 28, 2013
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Lee Valley Park integrates its leisure estate using Omnico
Lee Valley Regional Park Authority has implemented an online management system to support its diverse range of leisure attractions in the South East
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November 28, 2013
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Big beasts fail to dent AWS cloud lead
Amazon’s cloud service remains more than four times more popular than its closest competitor, survey finds
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November 28, 2013
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Commons speaker John Bercow sets committee to review online voting
House of commons speaker, John Bercow, has announced a commission on digital democracy to investigate the use of modern technology within parliament
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November 27, 2013
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CIO interview: Richard Williams, CIO, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance, London Market
CIOs need to have the courage to seek out innovation, says Richard Williams, CIO at insurer Mitsui Sumitomo
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November 27, 2013
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Banks must engage effectively with customers via Twitter
Retail banks must take advantage of social media to engage with customers, said digital banking experts.
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November 27, 2013
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IT jobs remain secure as cloud adoption grows
Nine out of ten organisations redeploy freed-up resources on new projects and services, says CIF survey
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November 22, 2013
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Is this the future for local government IT?
Pioneering councils are moving to the public cloud and aiming to deliver 'government as a platform' through componentised IT services
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November 20, 2013
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Huddle: The UK cloud software firm that grows by over 100% a year
Cloud collaboration software supplier Huddle is on the verge of expanding into Australia
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November 15, 2013
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uMotif wins Cisco Big Awards 2013
Digital health startup uMotif has won first place at the Cisco Big Awards 2013
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November 15, 2013
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Barclays cuts 1,700 jobs as customers turn to technology
Barclays Bank is planning to cut 1,700 frontline jobs across the UK as customers increasingly turn to technology for banking
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November 14, 2013
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Fife Council saves £20m through flexible mobile working solution
Fife Council has implemented a mobile flexible working programme that allows employees to use mobile devices to simplify business processes
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November 14, 2013
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MoD appoints new CIO and releases ICT strategy
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has appointed Yvonne Ferguson as CIO and released its latest Defence ICT Strategy document
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November 14, 2013
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CIO interview: Paolo Cinelli, CIO, Ikea
Ikea's priority is to get closer to its customers using a multi-channel approach which combines digital and traditional methods
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November 13, 2013
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Sainsbury’s digital efforts pay off as online grows 15%
Sainsbury’s online grocery channel has grown 15% year-on-year, resulting in an annual turnover of £1bn
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November 11, 2013
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Retailers predict rise in m-commerce over Christmas period, says Barclays
Retailers expect sales from mobile devices to rise in the run-up to Christmas 2013
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November 11, 2013
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CIO interview: Daniel Heaf, CDO, BBC Worldwide
As chief digital officer at BBC Worldwide, Daniel Heaf doesn’t believe in 'innovation for innovation’s sake' - it's all about the audience
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November 08, 2013
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CIO Interview: Michael Ibbitson, Gatwick Airport
Gatwick Airport is replacing in-house IT with cloud services in a multimillion-pound modernisation programme
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November 08, 2013
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Retailers fail to engage customers with lack of in-store tech
Infosys study finds most customers who see digital channels will engage with brands but most stores do not have the technology
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November 06, 2013
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Passengers navigate Gatwick airport using Google Street View
Gatwick Airport is using Google Street view to help passengers find their way around the airport and into the duty frees
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November 06, 2013
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McDonald's to engage with tech-savvy customers in restaurants
McDonald’s is engaging with customers by implementing interactive technologies in its restaurants
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November 04, 2013
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EE to launch 300 Mbps 4G network in London
Mobile operator EE has launched an LTE-Advanced network, which it claims to be the fastest 4G mobile network in the world
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November 04, 2013
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CIO Interview: Mike Wright, CIO, McKinsey & Company
CIOs are finding it difficult to find innovative technology solutions from the big established suppliers, and are having to search elsewhere
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November 01, 2013
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Governments need to work with tech startups to solve social problems
Governments around the world should look to startups to solve social problems more efficiently
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November 01, 2013
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UK startups call for change
The Web Summit conference in Dublin was a hot bed for technology startups, who told Computer Weekly about the challenges they face.
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November 01, 2013
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Big businesses must stay fresh by acquiring innovative SMEs, says Cisco
Big companies must keep up with changing technologies by acquiring innovative startups, says Cisco
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October 31, 2013
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Companies are not taking advantage of data analytics, research says
Research by Bersin by Deloitte shows that 86% of businesses have yet to progress beyond using their HR data to generate basic reports
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October 31, 2013
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Companies need to think about user experience as HR technology takes off
Companies are replacing 10-year old, on-premise HR systems, with cloud based alternatives, says consultant Jason Averbrook,
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October 31, 2013
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Media agencies must go “digital first” to survive, says The Guardian
Embracing digital is the only way media organisations will survive, said chief technology officer of The Guardian, Tanya Cordrey
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October 30, 2013
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BP appoints Mike Gibbs as group CIO to succeed Dana Deasy
Mike Gibbs is set to take over as BP’s group CIO when incumbent Dana Deasy leaves the energy company in December
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October 28, 2013
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US and Canada follow UK initiative on Open Data
The US and Canada are planning to emulate the work of the UK’s Open Data Institute (ODI), created by Tim Berners Lee
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October 28, 2013
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Aerospace company turns to cloud in $4m HR IT project
Problems finding skilled engineers has prompted BE Aerospace to sign deal with SuccessFactors for cloud HR technology.