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• February 26, 2014 26 Feb'14

  Tesco expected to launch digital services “imminently”

  Tesco is expanding its multichannel portfolio by launching a digital wallet soon, with several other digital services also set to launch

• February 26, 2014 26 Feb'14

  CIOs 'need to think like venture capitalists' says study

  IT chiefs will need to start thinking like venture capitalists if they are going to help their organisations innovate

• February 25, 2014 25 Feb'14

  Flexibility and integration drove NatWest Microsoft Dynamics migration

  NatWest Business Banking selected Microsoft Dynamics CRM when it realised it needed full CRM capability

• February 24, 2014 24 Feb'14

  Case study: Virtualised storage adds value to Denmark's tunnel vision

  State construction firm Femern selects DataCore system to help speed up Fehmarnbelt undersea odyssey and keep the sharks at bay

• February 24, 2014 24 Feb'14

  Tech-savvy Mothercare boss quits

  Mothercare announces the resignation of chief executive Simon Calver

• February 21, 2014 21 Feb'14

  HMRC starts testing digital alerts for online self-assessment

  HM Revenue and Customs has started testing a digital alerts service for self-assessment - the latest 'digital by default' exemplar to go into beta

• February 21, 2014 21 Feb'14

  Datacentres must tackle local challenges for global growth

  Diverse range of opportunities and obstacles shows there’s no ‘one size fits all’ strategy for the datacentre industry

• February 20, 2014 20 Feb'14

  Interview: Helen Milner CEO, Tinder, on the digital divide in Britain

  Eleven million people across the UK are struggling to connect to the internet. Not because of problems with hardware, bad connectivity, or even rural broadband challenges, but because they either don’t know how, or are too poor to get online

• February 20, 2014 20 Feb'14

  Case study: South Tyneside NHS Trust deploys Huddle on iPads for board meetings

  South Tyneside NHS Trust has begun its paperless journey by moving its board meetings to the cloud using Huddle for iPad

• February 19, 2014 19 Feb'14

  Newcastle to go digital with £9m government fund

  The North Eastern city will benefit from superfast broadband, free Wi-Fi and a cloud computing centre

• February 19, 2014 19 Feb'14

  Civil servants believe government departments lack skills to achieve "digital by default"

  Just 36% of civil servants in central government believe their departments have the skills needed to achieve its "digital by default" strategy

• February 18, 2014 18 Feb'14

  Marks & Spencer relaunches website

  Marks & Spencer has unveiled its new-look website as part of its wider multi-channel approach to retail.

• February 14, 2014 14 Feb'14

  Interview: The systems supremo helping Sochi run smoothly

  Marta Sanfeliu, chief integration officer for Winter Olympics IT supplier Atos, helps ensure it's all smooth running for the IT at Sochi

• February 13, 2014 13 Feb'14

  The challenges of implementing Camden’s digital strategy

  Camden Borough Council's digital strategy sets out how technology will support and enable the local authority grow and develop

• February 12, 2014 12 Feb'14

  Telehealth startups cluster around Kent

  Telehealth technology startups cluster around Kent in industry move to provide digital health solutions for the UK’s aging population

• February 12, 2014 12 Feb'14

  Newcastle and Buckinghamshire councils win O2 Local Government Digital Fund

  Newcastle City Council and Buckinghamshire County Council have won a share of prize money from O2 which will be used by the councils to tackle social challenges using technology

• February 12, 2014 12 Feb'14

  Government tasks startup to build flood volunteering website

  A new website to help victims of the UK flooding disaster has been launched today

• February 12, 2014 12 Feb'14

  Businesses need to keep better track of IT ROI

  Business leaders are looking to new ideas and innovation to grow, but strategies must be supported by more detailed return on investment (ROI)

• February 11, 2014 11 Feb'14

  Schneider accreditation aims to boost green datacentre skills

  Datacentre supplier offers free vendor-neutral courses and certification through its online Energy University

• February 11, 2014 11 Feb'14

  Poundland founder launches Poundshop online website

  The co-founder of the bargain store Poundland is to launch a Poundshop online store

• February 10, 2014 10 Feb'14

  Intelligent Energy uses Polycom to implement unified comms

  Intelligent Energy – a developer of clean energy technology – is using Polycom’s communications technology to deliver a unified system for conference calls as it expands globally.

• February 10, 2014 10 Feb'14

  Salford City Council keys into private cloud benefits

  Salford City Council’s award-winning private cloud helps speed up services, boost efficiency and nurture the city’s media startups

• February 10, 2014 10 Feb'14

  CIO interview: The Met's Richard Thwaite on its Total Technology IT strategy

  Metropolitan Police CIO Richard Thwaite on getting the business and IT suitably aligned as the force embarks on a four-year IT strategy

• February 07, 2014 07 Feb'14

  Amazon nets lion’s share of $10bn public cloud market

  AWS continues its unassailable domination of the sector, despite recent moves by Google, IBM and Microsoft

• February 07, 2014 07 Feb'14

  Met Police releases ‘Total Technology’ IT strategy

  The Metropolitan Police Service has released a three to four-year plan on how to transform the use of technology in the organisation

• February 06, 2014 06 Feb'14

  Google delivers Chromebox-based video-conferencing for business

  Google has introduced a room video-conferencing product, which integrates Google+ Hangouts and Google Apps with HD

• February 06, 2014 06 Feb'14

  Startupbootcamp launches fintech accelerator programme

  The European startup accelerator Startupbootcamp has launched an accelerator programme focused on growing financial services companies

• February 06, 2014 06 Feb'14

  Finance sector early adopter of wearable technology

  Financial services firms are trialing the use of wearable technology as consumers and business clients seek new ways of using their services

• February 06, 2014 06 Feb'14

  Large internet companies could win insurance customers

  Almost a quarter of consumers would consider large internet companies – such as Google and Amazon – as possible insurance providers.

• February 04, 2014 04 Feb'14

  Enterprise partnerships could solve startup skills gap, says panel

  Startups may find partnerships with larger corporations the best way to tackle talent-hiring blockades caused by UK immigration laws

• February 04, 2014 04 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

• February 04, 2014 04 Feb'14

  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?

• February 04, 2014 04 Feb'14

  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

• January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14

  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?

• January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14

  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

• January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14

  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

• January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14

  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

• January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14

  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

• January 29, 2014 29 Jan'14

  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

• January 29, 2014 29 Jan'14

  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

• January 29, 2014 29 Jan'14

  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

• January 29, 2014 29 Jan'14

  Microsoft joins Open Compute Project

  Redmond giant makes server specs public in bid to influence future datacentre design

• January 28, 2014 28 Jan'14

  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

• January 28, 2014 28 Jan'14

  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 ...

• January 24, 2014 24 Jan'14

  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

• January 24, 2014 24 Jan'14

  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

• January 23, 2014 23 Jan'14

  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

• January 23, 2014 23 Jan'14

  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 ...

• January 23, 2014 23 Jan'14

  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

• January 22, 2014 22 Jan'14

  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

• January 20, 2014 20 Jan'14

  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

• January 20, 2014 20 Jan'14

  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

• January 20, 2014 20 Jan'14

  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

• January 20, 2014 20 Jan'14

  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

• January 16, 2014 16 Jan'14

  Schneider backs British liquid cooling startup

  Support from the datacentre giant could help Iceotope spread its innovative immersion cooling system around the globe

• January 15, 2014 15 Jan'14

  UK IT spending will outpace rest of Europe in 2014

  UK IT budgets will grow by 3.6% in 2014, second only to Germany

• January 14, 2014 14 Jan'14

  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

• January 13, 2014 13 Jan'14

  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

• January 13, 2014 13 Jan'14

  Startups selected for FinTech Innovation Lab 2014

  Seven startups have been selected for this year’s FinTech Innovation Lab in London.

• January 10, 2014 10 Jan'14

  £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

• January 10, 2014 10 Jan'14

  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

• January 09, 2014 09 Jan'14

  UK blazes trail for cloud use in Europe

  Survey suggests UK companies are more comfortable with the cloud than their Continental counterparts

• January 09, 2014 09 Jan'14

  “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

• January 06, 2014 06 Jan'14

  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

• January 06, 2014 06 Jan'14

  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

• January 03, 2014 03 Jan'14

  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

• January 02, 2014 02 Jan'14

  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

• December 31, 2013 31 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

• December 31, 2013 31 Dec'13

  Top 10 premium content articles of 2013

  Computer Weekly presents a selection of the most popular premium content reports and articles of 2013

• December 30, 2013 30 Dec'13

  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.

• December 28, 2013 28 Dec'13

  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

• December 23, 2013 23 Dec'13

  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...

• December 20, 2013 20 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

• December 20, 2013 20 Dec'13

  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

• December 20, 2013 20 Dec'13

  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

• December 20, 2013 20 Dec'13

  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.

• December 19, 2013 19 Dec'13

  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)

• December 18, 2013 18 Dec'13

  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)

• December 17, 2013 17 Dec'13

  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

• December 13, 2013 13 Dec'13

  Foreign Office agile crisis response IT system goes live

  The Foreign Office’s new crisis response IT system, Crisis Hub, is now live.

• December 13, 2013 13 Dec'13

  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

• December 12, 2013 12 Dec'13

  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

• December 12, 2013 12 Dec'13

  Microsoft enlists elite providers to ease customer cloud moves

  Cloud OS Network aims to woo organisations seeking hassle-free hybrid cloud

• December 11, 2013 11 Dec'13

  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.

• December 11, 2013 11 Dec'13

  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

• December 11, 2013 11 Dec'13

  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.

• December 09, 2013 09 Dec'13

  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’

• December 09, 2013 09 Dec'13

  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

• December 06, 2013 06 Dec'13

  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.

• December 05, 2013 05 Dec'13

  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

• December 05, 2013 05 Dec'13

  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

• December 05, 2013 05 Dec'13

  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

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  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

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  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

• December 02, 2013 02 Dec'13

  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

• November 29, 2013 29 Nov'13

  Martha Lane Fox resigns as UK Digital Champion

  The government has announced the resignation of Baroness Martha Lane Fox as UK Digital Champion

• November 29, 2013 29 Nov'13

  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

• November 29, 2013 29 Nov'13

  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

• November 28, 2013 28 Nov'13

  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

• November 28, 2013 28 Nov'13

  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