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• 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

• November 28, 2013 28 Nov'13

  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

• November 28, 2013 28 Nov'13

  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

• November 27, 2013 27 Nov'13

  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

• November 27, 2013 27 Nov'13

  Banks must engage effectively with customers via Twitter

  Retail banks must take advantage of social media to engage with customers, said digital banking experts.

• November 27, 2013 27 Nov'13

  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

• November 22, 2013 22 Nov'13

  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

• November 20, 2013 20 Nov'13

  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

• November 15, 2013 15 Nov'13

  uMotif wins Cisco Big Awards 2013

  Digital health startup uMotif has won first place at the Cisco Big Awards 2013

• November 15, 2013 15 Nov'13

  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

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  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

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  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

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  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

• November 13, 2013 13 Nov'13

  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

• November 11, 2013 11 Nov'13

  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

• November 11, 2013 11 Nov'13

  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

• November 08, 2013 08 Nov'13

  CIO Interview: Michael Ibbitson, Gatwick Airport

  Gatwick Airport is replacing in-house IT with cloud services in a multimillion-pound modernisation programme

• November 08, 2013 08 Nov'13

  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

• November 06, 2013 06 Nov'13

  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

• November 06, 2013 06 Nov'13

  McDonald's to engage with tech-savvy customers in restaurants

  McDonald’s is engaging with customers by implementing interactive technologies in its restaurants

• November 04, 2013 04 Nov'13

  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

• November 04, 2013 04 Nov'13

  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

• November 01, 2013 01 Nov'13

  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

• November 01, 2013 01 Nov'13

  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.

• November 01, 2013 01 Nov'13

  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

• October 31, 2013 31 Oct'13

  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

• October 31, 2013 31 Oct'13

  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,

• October 31, 2013 31 Oct'13

  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

• October 30, 2013 30 Oct'13

  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

• October 28, 2013 28 Oct'13

  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

• October 28, 2013 28 Oct'13

  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.

• October 25, 2013 25 Oct'13

  HP and Diageo take different paths to cloud-based HR

  HP and Diageo took very different approaches when they deployed cloud-based human resources (HR) software from Workday

• October 24, 2013 24 Oct'13

  Legacy IT preventing councils from delivering better digital services

  Local authorities are being held back by their legacy IT systems from delivering improved and cost-effective digital services

• October 22, 2013 22 Oct'13

  BT signs multimillion HR technology contract with Oracle

  The project, one of the largest contracts signed so far for Oracle’s Fusion technology, is strategically important both to Oracle and BT

• October 18, 2013 18 Oct'13

  High-growth companies selected for government Future Fifty programme

  The first high-growth UK companies have been chosen for the government’s Future Fifty fast-track programme.

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  Spanish bank La Caixa looks to startups for innovation

  La Caixa is looking for ways to innovate in an increasingly competitive environment, and is turning to startups for new and niche technologies

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  Gatwick Airport embarks on communications overhaul

  Gatwick Airport has embarked on a five-year project to replace its 60-year-old communications infrastructure with a cloud-based system

• October 16, 2013 16 Oct'13

  Case study: Richard Branson's Virgin Management moves to IaaS platform

  Virgin Management, a subsidiary of Virgin Group, has migrated its IT to a cloud-based IaaS platform for BYOD capabilities and savings

• October 14, 2013 14 Oct'13

  Case study: South Staffordshire College leads technology revolution in education

  South Staffordshire College is to open a digital campus, where students will be encouraged to immerse themselves in education through tech

• October 11, 2013 11 Oct'13

  Infosys reports strong sales but profits fall due to cash reserved for Visa dispute

  Indian IT services supplier Infosys increased sales in its latest financial quarter, but profits fell as it put money aside to cover costs of visa dispute

• October 10, 2013 10 Oct'13

  BIS launches Smart Cities Forum to capitalise on the growing industry

  The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has launched an initiative to help the UK develop smart cities

• October 09, 2013 09 Oct'13

  Engineering firm aims to automate HR system for 150,000 employees

  Power and automation company, ABB is to automate and simplify its HR processes in a project that aims to make HR technology as easy to use as Google. The project, dubbed the Google-isation of HR, will allow employees and managers to look for HR ...

• October 09, 2013 09 Oct'13

  Misys expects payback in 12 months from talent management in the cloud

  Financial software company Misys has opted for a cloud based talent management system, after SAP proved wanting.

• October 08, 2013 08 Oct'13

  Technology advances are main driver to new consumption models

  Advances in technology are changing the way consumers buy and use goods and services, but technical complexity is a concern

• October 02, 2013 02 Oct'13

  Tesco profits drop despite multichannel shopping

  Tesco's pre-tax profits fell 24% to £1.39bn over the first half of its financial year despite adopting multichannel shopping technology

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  Charity uses cloud HR system to keep track of staff working in danger zones

  It took a disaster in Haiti to demonstrate to charity World Vision why it needed better HR systems

• September 24, 2013 24 Sep'13

  eBay to harness bricks and mortar to grow online retail

  eBay is working with Argos to provide merchants that use its online platform with a local pick-up point for UK shoppers

• September 11, 2013 11 Sep'13

  Case study: Macmillan turns to social media to ease restructuring

  Publishing company Macmillan Science and Education has turned to social media to help it merge businesses in 50 countries into a single operating division

• September 10, 2013 10 Sep'13

  Gartner Outsourcing Summit 2013: How digitisation is shaking up IT outsourcing

  IT outsourcing professionals face huge change to how they work due to technology trends which are shifting control of IT budgets to the business

• September 10, 2013 10 Sep'13

  Case study: M2M and cycling aid Diabetes research

  The mHealth Tour will see cyclists use mobile technologies to investigate the link between exercise and blood sugar levels

• August 29, 2013 29 Aug'13

  Vodafone and O2 join 4G party

  Vodafone and O2 have ended the temporary 4G monopoly of EE with the launch of services in three UK cities.

• August 29, 2013 29 Aug'13

  Dropbox can be hacked, say security researchers

  Security researchers say they bypassed the security of cloud-based storage service Dropbox and gained access to private user files