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July 17, 2012 17 Jul'12
CSC wins deal to transform datacentres for engineer firm Alstom

Engineering company Alstom has outsourced the transformation of its datacentres to systems integrator CSC in a five-year contract
July 17, 2012 17 Jul'12
Steve Ballmer launches cloud-based Microsoft Office 2013

Steve Ballmer releases a preview of Microsoft's cloud-based Office 2013 suite of productivity tools, which he says works best on Windows 8 OS
July 13, 2012 13 Jul'12
SAP expects strong second quarter

Software provider SAP expects a strong second quarter, with revenues up 18% on last year to €3.9bn (£3bn).
July 12, 2012 12 Jul'12
SME uses cloud to meet FSA regulations

When the Financial Services Authority (FSA) introduces new rules, companies under its jurisdiction often have to invest in IT to adhere to new rules.

July 12, 2012 12 Jul'12
£1m competition opens to find tech start-up with the X factor

A global competition with a £1m prize has opened with the aim of finding and funding an entrepreneur with a good idea for a start-up business in London
July 09, 2012 09 Jul'12
Barclays puts full online banking on mobile app

Barclays has launched a mobile banking app with similar functionality to its full online banking platform
July 04, 2012 04 Jul'12
Tech sector faces a decade of recession

The UK IT industry will decline in real terms until at least 2016 and there is a real risk of the sector reaching a decade of downturn, according to research from analyst firm TechMarketView
July 02, 2012 02 Jul'12
NHS trust cloud solves immediate challenge and prepares for future

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS trust moved systems into the cloud to solve immediate challenges and prepare for a future of shared services
June 29, 2012 29 Jun'12
Universities deliver HPC for business via the cloud

The University of Cambridge and Imperial College are pooling their resources to create a high-performance computing (HPC) service that will offer some of the UK’s fastest computer resources to industry through the cloud
June 21, 2012 21 Jun'12
EU to fund cloud-based supercomputers for SMEs

Small and medium-sized enterprises will have access to cloud-based supercomputers to run complex engineering simulations, under a €16m project backed by the European Commission.

June 21, 2012 21 Jun'12
CompTIA targets CFOs for IT education programme

Supplier trade body CompTIA is targeting CFOs and other senior executives with an IT education programme
June 13, 2012 13 Jun'12
The cloud will move supercomputers into the mainstream

Cloud computing will move supercomputers out of the research labs into mainstream business, says Amazon
June 13, 2012 13 Jun'12
Deloitte opts for IT service management in the cloud

Business consultancy Deloitte is using cloud-based IT service management to support 13,000 employees in the UK and Switzerland
June 13, 2012 13 Jun'12
Cloud a game-changer for SMEs, says the Open Group

Cloud computing has huge potential for SMEs, but they need to look before they leap, says IT consortium the Open Group
May 30, 2012 30 May'12
Google puts Windows on Chromebooks

Google makes Windows run on Chromebooks and offers $150 one-off management fee
May 29, 2012 29 May'12
Fujitsu UK CEO positive about the road ahead

Fujitsu CEO Duncan Tait took the helm at the height of the economic slowdown and all the upheaval it triggered, but revenues and orders are on the rise again
May 28, 2012 28 May'12
Google Apps for Business wins ISO 27001 certification

Google Apps for Business has earned ISO 27001 certification, a move welcomed by analysts and the UK cloud computing industry
May 24, 2012 24 May'12
Collaboration: Working smarter, not harder

Collaboration technology can help you work more effectively. Andrew Buss, director of Freeform Dynamics, guides you through the options
May 22, 2012 22 May'12
EMC buys Syncplicity

Storage giant EMC confirms the deal for cloud file management firm Syncplicity but keeps the figures behind closed doors
May 21, 2012 21 May'12
CloudStore 2 launched ahead of supplier accreditation

The second iteration of the government’s CloudStore has gone live ahead of suppliers from the first framework having been accredited to sell products on the first G-Cloud framework.
May 18, 2012 18 May'12
Businesses at risk from 'unfair' cloud contracts

Businesses are unwittingly signing cloud computing contracts that could leave them liable for failures by their supplier.
May 16, 2012 16 May'12
Key IT influencer Ian Watmore quits civil service

Ian Watmore, permanent secretary at the Cabinet Office and one of the main drivers of the government's IT strategy, is leaving the civil service next month.
May 15, 2012 15 May'12
UK cloud adoption continues to grow

UK is lagging behind the US in cloud adoption, according to a study by the UK-based Cloud Industry Forum.
May 14, 2012 14 May'12
Enterprises putting HR in the cloud

Global businesses are moving the management of workforce relations into the cloud to eliminate siloed working through a single HR system across regions.
May 14, 2012 14 May'12
Is your data at risk in the cloud?

When is it safe to move critical data into the cloud? IT professionals, lawyers and insurers believe they have the answer
May 09, 2012 09 May'12
Technology can add value to beat competitors

Six technology trends will help businesses open up new revenue streams, says Andrew Poppleton, managing director of Accenture's UK and Ireland Technology Group.
May 01, 2012 01 May'12
How global recruitment company runs IT with one in-house worker

Recruitment services company Alexander Mann Solutions is harnessing cloud computing and expanding nearshore IT services to support a one-man internal IT department.
May 01, 2012 01 May'12
Interview: Oracle president Mark Hurd

Eighteen months after leaving HP in controversial circumstances, Mark Hurd discusses what cloud, mobile and big data mean to Oracle
April 27, 2012 27 Apr'12
Oracle Secure Cloud to launch in the summer, says Mark Hurd

Oracle will release its Oracle Secure Cloud offering in an official launch this summer, according to company president Mark Hurd.
April 27, 2012 27 Apr'12
Retailers refocus IT investment for e-commerce

Retailers are shifting IT investments from core systems to customer-facing applications to capitalise on the growth of e-commerce
April 26, 2012 26 Apr'12
Alexander Mann Solutions uses nearshore cloud services

Recruitment services firm Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) has moved its global IT onto a private cloud supported in Eastern Europe
April 26, 2012 26 Apr'12
CIO interview: Andy Nelson, UK government chief information officer

In an exclusive interview with Computer Weekly government CIO Andy Nelson talks about the challenges ahead.
April 25, 2012 25 Apr'12
Infosec 2012: Cloud enables security expertise for SME

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) typically face the same threats as bigger organisations, but lack the same level of expertise and other security resources.
April 24, 2012 24 Apr'12
IT suppliers struggle to meet customers' cloud expectations

IT suppliers are struggling to transform their business models to meet customers' expectations of cloud
April 23, 2012 23 Apr'12
Adobe gears up for Flash to HTML5 migration

The new Creative Suite 6 product aims to connect web and mobile development and bridge Flash programming to HTML5
April 19, 2012 19 Apr'12
Banks and SAP collaborate on cloud platform

Citibank and the Royal Bank of Scotland are working with SAP to develop a cloud platform businesses can link their systems to directly
April 13, 2012 13 Apr'12
Financial companies leading race to digitisation

Financial companies are embracing digitisation faster than other sectors of the economy, says Booz&Co.
April 13, 2012 13 Apr'12
Google makes sales worth $1.2bn in UK

Google reported sales in the UK worth $1.15bn, which was 11% of its total.
April 12, 2012 12 Apr'12
Amazon offers pay-per-use search for cloud applications

Amazon has introduced CloudSearch to integrate search functionality into cloud applications.
April 11, 2012 11 Apr'12
Government CIOs and IT suppliers 'hiding behind a comfort blanket'

Outgoing G-Cloud director Chris Chant has slammed those in government IT who are resisting change in the way IT is procured and managed.
April 05, 2012 05 Apr'12
All major government departments in talks with Browsium

Browsium – the start-up which helped HMRC slash IE6 upgrade costs by £50m – is in talks with all major government departments.
April 03, 2012 03 Apr'12
How the cloud found Mitchells & Butlers

The cloud was found to be a good fit for hospitality company Mitchells & Butlers after it approached IT providers with a set of outcomes
April 02, 2012 02 Apr'12
Gartner's five cloud computing trends to watch

Businesses must keep a close eye on cloud IT services to avoid wasting money and missing out on business opportunities, says Gartner
March 29, 2012 29 Mar'12
Cloud computing seen as key to business success

Financial decision makers believe that cloud computing will be important to the success of their businesses over the next couple of years
March 29, 2012 29 Mar'12
Cloud based IT perfect fit for events business Melville

Exhibition and events service provider Melville is moving its systems into the cloud to take advantage of the on demand cloud computing.
March 26, 2012 26 Mar'12
Executives using public cloud to dodge IT rules

Three-quarters of senior executives think the public cloud is a way to get the IT they need without having to adhere to IT policy, according to research
March 16, 2012 16 Mar'12
Microsoft cuts the price of Azure and Office 365

Microsoft has cut the price of Windows Azure by 12%, and Office 365 by 20%, as competition in the cloud computing market increases
March 13, 2012 13 Mar'12
GlaxoSmithKline adopts digital service in the cloud

Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is standardising how it engages online with consumers and healthcare professionals through a cloud-based platform.
March 12, 2012 12 Mar'12
Mitchells & Butlers offers customers free Wi-Fi

Hospitality company Mitchells & Butlers is offering customers free Wi-Fi as part its roll-out of private cloud infrastructure
March 09, 2012 09 Mar'12
Schools in Northern Ireland get their own education cloud

IT service providers are to provide more than 1,000 schools in Northern Ireland wth their own education cloud
March 02, 2012 02 Mar'12
G-Cloud project completes its first CloudStore purchase

A Department for Transport agency has become the first government department to purchase a service through the new CloudStore online catalogue using the G-Cloud framework.
March 01, 2012 01 Mar'12
RSA 2012: Trustworthy Internet Movement launched

The trustworthiness of the internet is at risk, Philippe Courtot, chief executive officer at Qualys, warned attendees of RSA Conference 2012.
February 29, 2012 29 Feb'12
RSA 2012: RSA takes market-leader position seriously, says Heiser

RSA takes its market-leader position seriously to pull together the IT security industry, says Tom Heiser, president of RSA.
February 29, 2012 29 Feb'12
Microsoft Azure cloud outage hits customers globally

Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform has experienced an outage, hitting organisations across the world including the UK government CloudStore.
February 28, 2012 28 Feb'12
RSA 2012: RSA issues security industry call to arms

Security supplier RSA urges the security industry to collaborate to win the war against cyber threats to information security
February 28, 2012 28 Feb'12
Investment in IT critical to recovery, say business leaders

Business leaders say that investment in IT is critical to promote economic recovery, according to a KPMG survey.
February 27, 2012 27 Feb'12
Salesforce.com revenues jump almost 40%

Software-as-a-service supplier Salesforce.com has reported strong growth in the final quarter of its latest financial year.
February 24, 2012 24 Feb'12
White House unveils a 'bill of rights' for web users

The White House has unveiled a bill of rights for web users, calling for stronger privacy protections to ensure the internet remains "an engine for innovation and economic growth".
February 23, 2012 23 Feb'12
Cloud software: benchmark your organisation

Benchmark your organisation's use of cloud software and services against your peers.
February 20, 2012 20 Feb'12
Case study: An SME migrates to Microsoft Office 365

Events and hospitality firm iLuka has moved its IT into the cloud to improve security and saved thousands of pounds in Microsoft licensing in the process.
February 19, 2012 19 Feb'12
Government launches CloudStore and names G-Cloud suppliers

The government has launched its CloudStore, a catalogue of 1,700 cloud-based, pre-approved IT services now available for the public sector to buy.
February 17, 2012 17 Feb'12
CIO priorities 2012: Richard Hall, business advisor

As an advisor to a company that specialises in restructuring and turning struggling businesses around, Richard Hall gets to see a of a lot of IT departments. He is an expert in helping businesses make their IT operations more cost-effective.
February 16, 2012 16 Feb'12
Barclays private cloud underpins Pingit mobile banking app

Barclays bank has launched an app called Pingit that will enable mobile phone users to make free payments to other UK mobile users directly.
February 15, 2012 15 Feb'12
CIO priorities 2012: Dave Glanville, IT manager, St Christopher's Fellowship

Dave Glanville, IT manager at charity St Christopher's Fellowship, talks about the IT challenges of 2012.
February 13, 2012 13 Feb'12
IT professionals prioritise Windows 7 upgrade, but cloud takes a back seat

Windows 7 upgrade will drive virtualisation but businesses are slow to take up cloud computing
February 10, 2012 10 Feb'12
Google launches cloud storage service Drive to rival Apple iCloud

Google is launching a cloud storage service called Drive to rival Dropbox and Apple’s iCloud
January 31, 2012 31 Jan'12
Website launched to monitor cloud computing suppliers

A website has been launched that will monitor the performance of specialist cloud computing suppliers and compare them against traditional IT suppliers.
January 27, 2012 27 Jan'12
Neelie Kroes calls for speedy EU uptake of cloud computing

The European Commission has called on public authorities, industry, cloud buyers and suppliers to come together in a cloud partnership.
January 25, 2012 25 Jan'12
Facebook worth billions to UK economy, study reveals

Facebook contributes £2.2bn to UK GDP each year and supports 35,200 UK jobs, according to a study by Deloitte on the benefits of free Facebook pages used by businesses to promote trade.
January 18, 2012 18 Jan'12
Case Study: Zaha Hadid Architects opt for private cloud

London-based international architecture and design practice Zaha Hadid Architects has deployed a private cloud infrastructure to cut IT costs and improve delivery and availability of applications.
January 11, 2012 11 Jan'12
Cloud solves IT innovation and maintenance imbalance

CIOs can rebalance the scenario of spending 80% of their budget on maintenance and 20% on innovation if they harness cloud computing.
January 11, 2012 11 Jan'12
Spanish bank adopts Google enterprise cloud apps

One of Spain’s largest banks, BBVA, is switching its 110,000 staff to Google's cloud-based enterprise software
January 10, 2012 10 Jan'12
Almost a third of BI projects fail to deliver on business objectives

Fewer than 30% of business intelligence projects meet the objectives of the business, according to research from analyst Gartner.
January 06, 2012 06 Jan'12
Ramnit worm steals 45,000 Facebook passwords

A computer worm has begun targeting Facebook accounts and has stolen at least 45,000 login credentials from users, say security researchers.
January 04, 2012 04 Jan'12
What’s in store for IT in 2012?

The global economy is creating an atmosphere of uncertainty in the IT sector, but what can we expect in 2012?
January 03, 2012 03 Jan'12
Warwickshire County Council's move to the cloud

Warwickshire County Council CIO Tonino Ciuffini talks about why moving to an on-demand services model is the best way for councils to slash costs.
December 23, 2011 23 Dec'11
Top 10 business software stories of 2011

Businesses and software suppliers are adopting new models, strategies and technologies in an increasingly cloud-based IT world.
December 13, 2011 13 Dec'11
CIO interview: Denise McDonagh, director of Home Office IT

Denise McDonagh has countless real-life examples of why the traditional approach to government IT is not working.
December 13, 2011 13 Dec'11
CIOs believe cloud, SaaS, consumerisation and mobility increase risk

Business models such as cloud computing and trends such as the consumerisation of IT, social media and mobility are exposing performance blind spots in IT management, a CIO survey has revealed.
December 13, 2011 13 Dec'11
Microsoft updates Windows Azure cloud platform

Microsoft has released new features of its Windows Azure cloud development platform, including open source capabilities and simplified billing and management.
December 13, 2011 13 Dec'11
ICO calls for rethink on location privacy

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has called for an industry rethink on location privacy to avert future consumer backlash.
December 12, 2011 12 Dec'11
Cloud leaves many firewalls wanting – but could automation prove the silver bullet?

Most companies rely on firewalls, but the IT landscape is changing and so must approaches to security. Is there a silver bullet?
December 06, 2011 06 Dec'11
Office365 fails BAE's legal team

BAE's experience of Office365 highlights the gulf between what the industry is trying to sell and the reality of big business.
December 05, 2011 05 Dec'11
Does SAP’s acquisition of SuccessFactors make sense?

SAP is to acquire human capital management software-as-a-service (SaaS) supplier SuccessFactors, but appears to be paying a hefty premium.
December 05, 2011 05 Dec'11
SAP buys SaaS firm SuccessFactors in $3.4bn deal

Enterprise software company SAP announces a $3.4bn deal to acquire software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider SuccessFactors.
December 02, 2011 02 Dec'11
Spending on IT projects to drop in Europe in 2012

European businesses and public sector organisations will significantly cut their IT project spending in 2012 following a spending surge in 2011.
November 25, 2011 25 Nov'11
G-Cloud goes agile for IT procurement

The Cabinet Office has found it so difficult to find a fair way to manage suppliers through the G-Cloud programme that it has cut back its scope and plans to develop in agile-style iterations.
November 24, 2011 24 Nov'11
SAP extends Business Suite 7 maintenance: What is the real reason?

SAP has extended maintenance for Business Suite 7 from 2016 to 2020, supposedly to give customers predictability and remove the burden of upgrades.
November 23, 2011 23 Nov'11
Tor secret net service turns to Amazon cloud for bandwidth

The Tor Project that maintains a secret layer of the internet is turning to Amazon EC2 cloud service for additional bandwidth for people who want to route their online communication anonymously.
November 17, 2011 17 Nov'11
IT security not always part of cloud decision, says IDC

Cloud adoption is outstripping security concerns, says Eric Domage, programme manager for IDC in Europe.
November 09, 2011 09 Nov'11
Accenture announces managed private cloud service for SAP applications

Accenture has announced a service to enable SAP ERP and NetWeaver Business Warehouse customers to migrate easily to lower-cost, managed private cloud infrastructure.
November 08, 2011 08 Nov'11
Case study: Smiths turns to cloud to boost workforce talent

Smiths Group, the £5bn engineering conglomerate, is aiming to raise the skill levels of its workforce and cut millions of pounds a year from its human resources (HR) costs by rolling out a cloud-based HR service.
November 03, 2011 03 Nov'11
War in the clouds - the big software firms fight back

After the best part of a decade in which the business applications establishment came under assault from the enfants terrible in the cloud, the big guys are hitting back.
November 03, 2011 03 Nov'11
Data protection regulators will increase focus on HR systems

Protecting the confidentiality of personal data and employee records will become a major challenge for enterprises and IT suppliers.
November 03, 2011 03 Nov'11
HR systems integration is a costly problem

Enterprises are wasting millions trying to integrate human resources (HR) systems that are not designed to communicate with each other, according to HR managers.
November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11
Companies neglect security considerations in rush to adopt cloud and social networking

Businesses are neglecting their ability to defend against cyber threats as they rush to adopt new technologies to enable social networking and cloud computing, a study shows.
November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11
Wikipedia provides social model for good internet governance, says founder

The greatest threat to cyberspace is not cyber criminals, but misguided and over-reaching government policy, according to Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales.
November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11
Oxfam calls for collaboration on enabled internet transformation

Oxfam has called on government, non-government and academic organisations to work together to use technology to help alleviate poverty and hunger.
October 28, 2011 28 Oct'11
US Tennis Association cuts costs running Citrix XenApp in Amazon cloud

The US Tennis Association (USTA) is reducing disaster recovery, hosting, helpdesk and licencing costs after choosing to run its Citrix XenApp environment in Amazon's Web Services (AWS) cloud.
October 27, 2011 27 Oct'11
Cloud computing will become the government’s 'common infrastructure', says Francis Maude

Cloud computing will become the primary platform for government to cut IT costs by £460m per year, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has said. The comments follow the publication of the government's four sub-strategies of its recently released ...