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January 18, 2013 18 Jan'13
Google buys King's Cross site for UK headquarters

Internet giant Google spends £1bn on a 2.4 acre site in the King's Cross area of London where it plans to open its UK headquarters in 2016
January 10, 2013 10 Jan'13
Tesco rolls out Microsoft Office 365

Tesco has signed a deal to roll-out Microsoft Office 365 across its Europe and Asian operations
January 08, 2013 08 Jan'13
VoIP awareness up but user numbers remain low

A report from Ofcom claims four in five consumers know what voice over internet protocol (VoIP) is, but just 29% use the technology
January 04, 2013 04 Jan'13
Executive brings own software which is adopted by business

Rochdale Development agency (RDA) has started using cloud based Huddle collaboration software after a development officer started using it at work.

December 18, 2012 18 Dec'12
Forestry Commission uses the cloud to fight tree disease

The Forestry Commission has used Huddle’s cloud collaboration services in a project to control the spread of a tree disease known as ash dieback.
December 18, 2012 18 Dec'12
Amazon takes clear lead in cloud-based software development

Most established IT suppliers are struggling to gain support from software developers looking to use cloud environments as Amazon leads the field
November 23, 2012 23 Nov'12
Mersey Care NHS Trust moves to cloud in £3m deal

Mersey Care NHS Trust has signed a £3m deal for cloud services, in a move intended to deliver around £1.5m in savings
November 20, 2012 20 Nov'12
Cloud computing IT outsourcing contracts triple

Global IT outsourcing deals with a cloud computing element have tripled in number since 2010, according to Information Services Group (ISG)
November 20, 2012 20 Nov'12
How Midata will affect business and consumers

The government is pushing private companies to release customer data under its Midata initiative. But what does this mean for the digital economy and who stands to benefit?
November 20, 2012 20 Nov'12
SAP users need more clarity on latest cloud, mobile and BI efforts

SAP customers continue to express confusion about the supplier’s more advanced initiatives, including cloud migration and recent acquisitions

November 16, 2012 16 Nov'12
Birmingham Metropolitan College cuts IT procurement time and cost

Birmingham Metropolitan College uses cloud-based procurement to reduce the cost and time it takes to buy IT equipment
November 15, 2012 15 Nov'12
Cyber security will change ideas of the nation state, says Stonesoft

The lack of cyber security is a major threat to the civilised world and will change how people see the nation state, says security firm Stonesoft
November 14, 2012 14 Nov'12
SAP builds on cloud strategy with Financials OnDemand

SAP has introduced its first cloud-based financial application for the enterprise, based on the company's Hana in-memory database system
November 13, 2012 13 Nov'12
MPs quiz Google over UK tax avoidance

The Public Accounts Select Committee asks Google northern Europe vice-president Matt Brittin to explain why Google pays so little UK tax
October 26, 2012 26 Oct'12
ACPO use online crime reporting company

The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and charity Crimestoppers is using online self-reporting platform Facewatch, designed to reduce low-level crime.
October 26, 2012 26 Oct'12
Beware of unfair SaaS HR contracts

Businesses must be wary of signing unfair contracts as software as a service takes over from traditional HR technology
October 25, 2012 25 Oct'12
Telefónica Digital buys TokBox

Telefónica Digital buys into the video conferencing market with its acquisition of San-Francisco-based TokBox
October 24, 2012 24 Oct'12
CIO interview: Gerry Pennell, CIO, London 2012 Olympic Games

As the job of a lifetime nears its end, London 2012 CIO Gerry Pennell talks exclusively to Computer Weekly about his Olympic experience
October 22, 2012 22 Oct'12
Tech City names Facebook executive Joanna Shields as CEO

Joanna Shields has resigned as European boss of Facebook to become CEO of the Tech City Investment Organisation (TCIO)
October 18, 2012 18 Oct'12
Citrix debuts mobile virtual apps as analysts warn of obsolescence

Citrix debuts cloud and mobility releases, but analysts warn they may soon be left behind in an increasingly competitive and evolving market
October 16, 2012 16 Oct'12
Telefonica Digital saves 40% with cloud HR platform

Telefonica Digital is investing in a cloud-based HR system to manage its 6,500 worldwide workforce, saving 40% on the cost of non-cloud HR
October 15, 2012 15 Oct'12
Rail franchise suspension proves cloud concept for operator Go-Ahead

The suspension of bids for the Thameslink rail franchise acted as proof of concept for operator Go-Ahead’s move to cloud-based collaboration
October 12, 2012 12 Oct'12
Case Study: Groupon gets a remote voice with Natterbox

Inspired by the Olympics, Groupon adopts a UK-wide cloud PBX solution to integrate with its Salesforce deployment through Natterbox
October 12, 2012 12 Oct'12
CIO interview: Frank Modruson, Accenture

Accenture’s CIO Frank Modruson on providing IT to 250,000 people who think they could do your job and why video is the next big thing
October 12, 2012 12 Oct'12
UK calls for video-conferencing standard

Users of video-conferencing technology want the industry to offer one standard so tools from different suppliers can become interoperable
October 12, 2012 12 Oct'12
Case study: Benetton rolls out shopper and staff Wi-Fi

The United Colours of Benetton stores offer secure access for staff and free browsing for customers with managed Wi-Fi networks from On Direct
October 11, 2012 11 Oct'12
CERN sees surge in job applicants after turning to social media

CERN, home of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), has seen a surge in job applicants for hard-to-fill vacancies, after using social media to recruit
October 11, 2012 11 Oct'12
Job prospects improving for IT graduates, says HECSU report

Job prospects for IT graduates have improved for the first time during the recession, says the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HECSU)
October 10, 2012 10 Oct'12
Microsoft CEO: 'We are a devices and services company'

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer signals "fundamental shift" in supplier's strategy as Windows 8 is prepared for release
October 05, 2012 05 Oct'12
Cisco acquires vCider

Cisco has acquired vCider, a provider of virtual network overlay technology to boost its cloud strategy and SDN capabilities
October 05, 2012 05 Oct'12
Charities recognise key role of technology

Three-quarters of charities believe technology has enabled them to help more people, but 80% have no plans to use cloud computing
October 04, 2012 04 Oct'12
Law firm puts IT service management in the cloud

Addleshaw Goddard is using an IT service management (ITSM) service in the cloud as part of a programme to improve IT effectiveness
October 02, 2012 02 Oct'12
Toyota uses Microsoft for global communications

Toyota Motor Corporation is globally deploying Microsoft software through a mix of cloud and on-premise software for its 200,000 staff
October 01, 2012 01 Oct'12
O2 to expand BYOD scheme

Mobile phone group O2 is to introduce its bring-your-own-device scheme to operations in Europe and South America, following successful UK roll-out
September 28, 2012 28 Sep'12
Top ten cloud computing confidence killers

A survey of cloud users reveals regulatory failure to keep up with developments in technology is eroding confidence in cloud computing
September 25, 2012 25 Sep'12
Mid-market companies are outsourcing more

Mid-sized companies are increasing their outsourcing at a faster rate than large enterprises and using a more diverse range of suppliers
September 25, 2012 25 Sep'12
Domino Printing Sciences puts service desk in the cloud

Manufacturer Domino Printing Sciences is cutting costs by putting its IT service desk in the cloud
September 20, 2012 20 Sep'12
Cloud services sales to rocket to $109bn

Cloud services sales will exceed $100bn globally this year after a 19% increase over the past 12 months
September 19, 2012 19 Sep'12
Thomas Cook signs hosting deal with SME CatN

Thomas Cook online has signed a seven-figure deal with SME cloud provider CatN to host its e-commerce site
September 13, 2012 13 Sep'12
Cloud computing: Could it cost more?

Cloud computing is meant to cut costs, but some organisations are reporting increased cost instead. How is this possible?
September 13, 2012 13 Sep'12
Citrix acquires Beetil to expand cloud capabilities

Citrix has bought cloud-based service desk technology provider Beetil to expand its capabilities of its GoToAssist support product line
September 12, 2012 12 Sep'12
Huddle gets US federal government breakthrough

US public sector workers get cloud-based collaboration software from Huddle after two major US government departments sign up
September 11, 2012 11 Sep'12
Everything Everywhere poised to launch UK 4G mobile network

Everything Everywhere – rebranded 'EE' – is set to launch high-speed 4G mobile networking in the UK with download speeds up to 40Mbps
September 11, 2012 11 Sep'12
Ten killer questions for choosing an HR IT system

Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) chose a cloud-based HR system, to manage its 3,700 disparate global staff, on the basis of 10 killer questions
September 06, 2012 06 Sep'12
Google lacks enterprise credibility

IT directors do not consider Google a credible supplier to the enterprise market, according to the Corporate IT Forum
September 05, 2012 05 Sep'12
Digital technologies to spark major shake-up of IT suppliers, says report

CIOs have been urged to rethink their partnerships with strategic suppliers as the industry goes through its most disruptive period since the dot com crash
August 15, 2012 15 Aug'12
SMEs driving $2.2bn cloud industry growth

The global cloud industry is set to be worth an extra $2.2bn before the end of the year, according to KPMG
August 10, 2012 10 Aug'12
Case Study: Welcome Break Group revamps HR with SuccessFactors

Welcome Break Group is starting a project to deploy SuccessFactors, the cloud-based HR system from SAP.
August 08, 2012 08 Aug'12
Universities to research IT as a Utility

A consortium of UK universities will research the challenges associated with the use of IT as a utility
August 08, 2012 08 Aug'12
Is the cloud driving IT outsourcing or blurring the outlook?

Cloud computing is an increasingly significant segment of the IT outsourcing sector but are we one large data breach away from an about-turn?
August 07, 2012 07 Aug'12
Cognizant continues to grow unabated

IT services firm Cognizant has increased its sales by over 20% in the last three months
August 07, 2012 07 Aug'12
Most firms have inadequate web app defences, study shows

Most firms have inadequate defences for web applications, a study has revealed.
August 03, 2012 03 Aug'12
Bang & Olufsen gets Office in the cloud

Sound system maker Bang & Olufsen is rolling out Microsoft Office 365 to 2,000 employees as it moves its email from Lotus Notes.
August 01, 2012 01 Aug'12
Unsafe password practices cause Dropbox spam scare

Dropbox has confirmed that usernames and passwords stolen from other websites were used to sign in to a small number of Dropbox accounts.
July 31, 2012 31 Jul'12
Interview: Huddle CEO Alastair Mitchell

Huddle co-founder and CEO Alastair Mitchell talks about the simplicity of cloud-based collaboration and resurrecting dead content.
July 27, 2012 27 Jul'12
Amazon reports meagre second quarter income

Amazon has reported second quarter income of just $7m, down 96% compared with the same period last year
July 24, 2012 24 Jul'12
Space NK swaps ISDN for Claranet 3G private network

Space NK is one of a number of retailers using 3G as a replacement for ISDN to back up store IT systems
July 20, 2012 20 Jul'12
Google results: $774m spent on IT, with more to come

Google has reported a 10% increase in net income in the second quarter of 2012 and is continuing its datacentre expansion.
July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12
Imperial College London moves ITSM to the cloud

Imperial College London is moving IT service management (ITSM) into the cloud after it grew out of its eight-year-old system
July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12
BP rolls out first global cloud for workforce

BP is putting its global messaging infrastructure into a private cloud to benefit from pay-per-use functionality and scalability
July 18, 2012 18 Jul'12
Cloud training has 'incalculable benefits' for Virgin Media

Communications supplier Virgin Media has revolutionised the way it trains staff through cloud-based learning supplier Cornerstone.
July 18, 2012 18 Jul'12
CIO Interview: David Henderson, CIO, A&N Media

“From now on everything has to go into the cloud,” says David Henderson, chief information officer at Daily Mail and Metro publisher A&N Media.
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.