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November 27, 2014 27 Nov'14
CIO interview: Jon Rudoe, digital and technology director, Sainsbury’s

While supermarkets all over the UK are facing challenging times ahead of them, Sainsbury's is taking its technology and innovation into its own hands by developing digital products for its customers.
November 19, 2014 19 Nov'14
Case study: North Wales Fire and Rescue Service secures email for public sector collaboration

The North Wales Fire and Rescue Service (NWFRS) has secured its information exchange with Egress Switch encryption
November 19, 2014 19 Nov'14
UK government commits to Open Contracting Data Standard

The UK government has committed to a data standard which claims it will transform procurement in the UK and improve transparency
November 14, 2014 14 Nov'14
Ordnance Survey accused of stifling competition in open data row

Geo-data firm Getmapping accuses Ordnance Survey of using £800m of government contracts to stifle competition

November 14, 2014 14 Nov'14
Interview: Tim Kelsey, national director for patients and information, NHS

All divisions of the NHS must have electronic patient records by 2020 or risk losing their licence - we talk to the man in charge to find out why
November 12, 2014 12 Nov'14
NHS more trusted with personal data than private sector

Private sector could learn from the NHS when it comes to inspiring trust over personal data, Deloitte survey finds
November 12, 2014 12 Nov'14
Huge bank fines could have been avoided with monitoring software

The FCA's fine on five banks for their part in foreign exchange rigging could lead to the introduction of message monitoring software
November 10, 2014 10 Nov'14
Deutsche Bank gets first chief data officer

Deutsche Bank has appointed its first chief data officer
November 06, 2014 06 Nov'14
ITN deploys wireless transmission technology for breaking news

ITN introduces camera-mounted wireless transmission technology from BT to track breaking news stories around London
November 06, 2014 06 Nov'14
Southampton university fuels research with IBM Watson analytics

The University of Southampton has begun a far-reaching initiative to redefine the future of research powered by IBM Watson analytics

November 05, 2014 05 Nov'14
Government open standards - the curious case of Microsoft and the minister

What role, if any, did science minister David Willetts take in helping Microsoft try to overturn government IT policy?
November 04, 2014 04 Nov'14
Airbus interview: research, innovation and the future of aviation

IT plays a substantial role in creating the aircraft of the future, with research and innovation at the core of the Airbus business strategy
November 04, 2014 04 Nov'14
Case study: Papworth Hospital’s first steps to electronic patient records

The Cambridgeshire hospital has installed an e-referrals application as part of its journey towards electronic patient records
October 31, 2014 31 Oct'14
Ipswich hospital improves healthcare service with Esri data visualisation

Health pilots location-based technology that delivers data visualisation
October 30, 2014 30 Oct'14
Problems surface as first users attempt to use Gov.uk Verify

Problems have surfaced as users try to use Gov.uk Verify to prove their identities
October 30, 2014 30 Oct'14
Firms at serious risk of data loss through file sharing, study shows

Businesses are at serious risk of data loss and compliance violations due to risky file-sharing practices, a study has shown
October 30, 2014 30 Oct'14
Interview: Enterprise social media needs to transcend IT, says Euan Semple

Social media expert Euan Semple warns against enterprise social media being suckered into an IT project
October 30, 2014 30 Oct'14
UK lags behind US and Australia in DevOps adoption

The UK is significantly behind other markets in terms of DevOps adoption
October 27, 2014 27 Oct'14
Private hospital digitises patient records to improve breast cancer treatment

Private hospital group HCA is creating digital records to improve access to clinical images for clinicians screening for breast cancer
October 24, 2014 24 Oct'14
Data needs to be shared around the entire business, not just IT

Data analytics should be shared with the company to gain unique insights, according to head of data services at Lush
October 21, 2014 21 Oct'14
Socitm lobbies for change to enable local digital public services

Society of Information Technology Management highlights what is required to deliver local digital public services
October 21, 2014 21 Oct'14
Data scientist demand evident in applications to new course

Data scientist post-graduate course at City University London takes on three times more students than expected
October 21, 2014 21 Oct'14
Tennis coaches get on-court data insights from SAP

Tennis coaches can give players details on their performance during games through an SAP-based mobile app
October 20, 2014 20 Oct'14
Disney spreads the magic through wearable technology

The Walt Disney Company is using wearable technology to improve customer experience and engage with visitors
October 17, 2014 17 Oct'14
National Museum of Wales tackles digital technology

The National Museum of Wales is digitising and using modern technology in its seven exhibition campuses
October 16, 2014 16 Oct'14
Comic Relief’s digital challenge: talent, data and the No Make-Up Selfie

Social media campaigns such as the No Make-Up Selfie and the Ice Bucket Challenge threaten charities such as Comic Relief with their digital reach
October 10, 2014 10 Oct'14
Creating the next wave of social open-data products

Open Data programme managers address the challenges of creating socially focused open-data products
October 09, 2014 09 Oct'14
Cloud, web-scale IT and IoT in Gartner’s 2015 top technologies

Research firm Gartner has highlighted the top 10 technology trends for 2015
October 08, 2014 08 Oct'14
Care.data goes ahead with CCG pilot

NHS England’s controversial care.data programme is currently in a testing phase with four clinical commissioning groups (CCGs)
October 02, 2014 02 Oct'14
Oracle OpenWorld 2014: Privacy fears change from country to country

Retailers need to translate consumer privacy fears at a local level, says Dunnhumby CIO Yale Cosset
October 02, 2014 02 Oct'14
Oracle OpenWorld 2014: Are retailers lost in a sea of technology, data and insight?

As Oracle's OpenWorld user conference closes for another year, Computer Weekly reflects on the challenge retailers face in the age of big data
October 01, 2014 01 Oct'14
IBM and Lenovo complete content migration

T-Systems has migrated essential content from IBM x86 Lenovo’s systems
September 30, 2014 30 Sep'14
Oracle OpenWorld 2014: Larry Ellison demonstrates Oracle’s commitment to the cloud

Oracle CTO Larry Ellison highlighted Oracle’s commitment to the cloud by announcing new products at its OpenWorld conference
September 30, 2014 30 Sep'14
Oracle OpenWorld 2014: Walgreens and Dunnhumby look to digital health in the cloud

US retailer Walgreens and customer science firm Dunnhumby are moving further into the health and wellbeing market with cloud
September 29, 2014 29 Sep'14
London innovation centre launches to tackle data challenges

An innovation and collaboration centre has been launched to develop ideas relating to data and the UK economy
September 19, 2014 19 Sep'14
Peterborough City Council launches cloud-enabled technology strategy

Peterborough City Council is launching a cloud-enabled technology strategy to improve how it connects with citizens
September 18, 2014 18 Sep'14
Interview: Wood Mackenzie CTO John Linwood on life after the BBC

John Linwood, former chief technology officer at the BBC, talks about winning a high-profile employment tribunal and his new job at Wood Mackenzie
September 16, 2014 16 Sep'14
Muji takes on cloud platform to increase sales

Retailer Muji is using a cloud-based platform from IT services firm Infosys to help it understand customers and target sales
September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14
CIO interview: Stephen Hale, head of digital, Department of Health

“I want to make digital less of a novelty,” says the Department of Health’s head of digital Stephen Hale
September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14
Clarks shoes steps into digital

Shoe manufacturer Clarks is replacing its legacy e-commerce sites with a global cloud-based system next month
September 11, 2014 11 Sep'14
Boots to roll out real-time stock visibility in coming weeks

Health and beauty retailer, Alliance Boots, is about to roll out real-time stock visibility to its stores and customers using SAP Hana
September 09, 2014 09 Sep'14
EY seeks tech startups to address challenges of right to be forgotten

Professional services firm Ernst & Young is looking for startups to find technology solutions to the ‘right to be forgotten’ regulation
September 09, 2014 09 Sep'14
CIO interview: Bryson Koehler, CIO of The Weather Company

The Weather Company is a huge advocate for cloud-based technology, and everything it has built is cloud-enabled
September 05, 2014 05 Sep'14
Camden Market launches social Wi-Fi system to track footfall

Free Wi-Fi connectivity is available to shoppers in Camden Market in London, which also provides real-time data on users
September 04, 2014 04 Sep'14
Ordnance Survey to release open data on green spaces

The Ordnance Survey is to release information and statistics on green space in England and Wales as open data
September 04, 2014 04 Sep'14
NHS England informatics head wants more CCIOs

NHS England director wants to see a chief clinical information officer in every NHS provider and clinical commissioning group
August 26, 2014 26 Aug'14
Land Registry automates document registration using Abbyy

The Land Registry has been automating the way changes are made to its register which documents the ownership of land in England and Wales
August 26, 2014 26 Aug'14
The internet of things: Britain's next big opportunity

Tech City's Gerard Grech talks about the IoT phenomenon and a startup competition that is intended to accelerate technologies
August 26, 2014 26 Aug'14
Data hygiene needs to be tackled at board level – now

Data proves information governance is a priority for senior management, but the latest research shows executives need to be more proactive
August 26, 2014 26 Aug'14
NHS Spine infrastructure transition successful, says HSCIC

The infrastructure behind the critical NHS Spine platform has been replaced by The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC)
August 20, 2014 20 Aug'14
NHS open-source Spine 2 platform to go live next week

A new iteration of the NHS platform that connects clinicians, patients and national applications is due to be completed this coming weekend
August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14
How wearable tech, big data analytics and cloud help in Parkinson’s disease research

Parkinson’s disease charity MJFF is seeking to improve research with wearable devices, big data analytics and public cloud
August 13, 2014 13 Aug'14
HP Autonomy: Sushovan Hussain responds with HP cover-up

Sushovan Hussain, the former CFO of Autonomy, has responded to HP "fraud" claims, alleging mismanagement of the 2011 bungled acquisition
August 12, 2014 12 Aug'14
Citizens call for electronic GP medical records

The majority of UK citizens want an electronic record of their GP medical data to be accessible by healthcare professionals
August 12, 2014 12 Aug'14
House of Fraser rolls out beacon-enabled mannequins in Aberdeen

House of Fraser is rolling out beacon-enabled mannequins that will allow the store to engage directly with shoppers or passers-by
August 12, 2014 12 Aug'14
Technology simplifies big data for the human brain

Researchers have created an immersive way for the brain to digest big data
August 08, 2014 08 Aug'14
Why John Linwood is not to blame for BBC’s failed technology project

Former BBC CTO has won his case for unfair dismissal over the failed £100m DMI project, but what lessons can be learned?
August 06, 2014 06 Aug'14
New College Durham improves internal processes using Advanced workflow app

New College Durham has improved its finance system and internal business processes using Advanced Business Solutions' workflow system
August 05, 2014 05 Aug'14
HP sues former Autonomy CFO

HP is suing Autonomy's former chief financial officer, Sushovan Hussain, for his part in the 2011 acquisition of the UK software company
August 05, 2014 05 Aug'14
NHS develops shared framework to reduce cost of buying clinical data systems

NHS Shared Business Services has developed a framework to help NHS trusts reduce the time and cost of procuring clinical data systems
July 28, 2014 28 Jul'14
Royal Free Hospital digitises legacy patient medical records

Royal Free teaching hospital in London has digitised 750,000 legacy case notes which contain patient medical records
July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14
Microsoft attacks UK government decision to adopt ODF for document formats

Microsoft has questioned the merits of the UK government’s decision to adopt ODF - but meeting minutes show OOXML was given due consideration
July 22, 2014 22 Jul'14
UK government confirms ODF as standard document format, rejecting Microsoft proposals

The government has confirmed plans to standardise document formats and has resisted Microsoft lobbying by rejecting its preferred standard
July 22, 2014 22 Jul'14
NAO reveals Home Office spent £347m on failed ICW programme

The Home Office spent £347m closing its Immigration Case Work programme, which was supposed to replace legacy databases
July 21, 2014 21 Jul'14
Electronic document management – a paperless cure for the NHS?

Will the NHS meet the 2018 deadline to go paperless? Or is it more likely that the NHS will just have less paper than it did in 2013?
July 21, 2014 21 Jul'14
Interview: Gerard Grech, CEO, Tech City UK

Tech City UK CEO, Gerard Grech, thinks there are other places besides London to start a digital business in the UK
July 08, 2014 08 Jul'14
Huddle eases collaborative critical path for engineering firm WSP

Engineering consultancy WSP chooses Huddle to allow its engineers and architects to share project data securely and collaborate, regardless of location
July 03, 2014 03 Jul'14
Bristol City Council launches open data initiative

Bristol has launched an open data initiative to encourage citizens to build services using local data.
July 02, 2014 02 Jul'14
Care.data will remain opt-out model, says NHS director Tim Kelsey

The NHS Care.data programme will continue as an opt-out scheme despite calls for users to have to explicitly opt in to the data-sharing initiative
July 01, 2014 01 Jul'14
BBC promotes R&D controller Matthew Postgate to CTO role

The BBC has appointed its research and development (R&D) controller Matthew Postgate as the corporation's chief technology officer (CTO)
June 25, 2014 25 Jun'14
BMA votes for Care.data to be explicitly opt-in

The British Medical Association (BMA) has voiced concerns that the Care.data programme should be explicitly opt-in
June 24, 2014 24 Jun'14
CIO interview: Thierry Bedos, CTO, Hotels.com

Hotels.com packs a huge digital punch globally, but is still striving for the perfect omni-channel customer experience
June 18, 2014 18 Jun'14
Tesco Clubcard founder worried about Care.data

One of Britain’s pioneers of big data has raised his concerns about NHS England’s use of data and its Care.data programme
June 18, 2014 18 Jun'14
Deputy mayor of London wages war on Oracle

Deputy mayor of London for business and enterprise, Kit Malthouse, has waged war on the database giant Oracle over its licensing fees
June 17, 2014 17 Jun'14
HSCIC tightens controls over patient data following data lapse

The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) aims to guarantee stricter controls over the use of patient data within the NHS
May 29, 2014 29 May'14
Universities debut £8.1m centre to develop laser and photonics data storage technology

Universities and industry partners launch centre to train researchers in developing laser technology and silicon photonics for big data storage
May 28, 2014 28 May'14
Case study: Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust deploys e-observation technology

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is deploying mobile observation technologies to monitor patient health
May 28, 2014 28 May'14
NHS shared services aims to end paper invoicing

NHS Shared Business Services hopes to eradicate paper invoicing by implementing an e-invoicing system that will be free for suppliers to use
May 15, 2014 15 May'14
Insurance industry slow to implement big data analytics

Most insurance companies do not have big data strategies despite the industry's reliance on access to accurate data
May 01, 2014 01 May'14
FT takes data warehousing to the cloud and cuts costs by 80%

How the Financial Times beat its data warehousing woes with AWS Redshift and saved costs
April 24, 2014 24 Apr'14
Barclays bank launches investment app

Barclays bank has launched an app for investment companies to give them access to content to support their investment decisions.
April 23, 2014 23 Apr'14
Up to 500 GP practices to pilot Care.data from the autumn

Between 100 and 500 GP practices will trial the collection of patient data as part of the delayed Care.data project
April 22, 2014 22 Apr'14
Ordnance Survey and BT sign £23m data deal

Ordnance Survey has begun a new five-year agreement with BT Openreach to supply a range of data products and services
April 16, 2014 16 Apr'14
Interview: Alex Alexander, multichannel technology director at Asda

Asda has been on a cloud-based e-commerce journey for the past six years after taking its general merchandising (GM) and George clothing websites to the cloud, allowing the retailer to concentrate on innovating its retail offering
April 15, 2014 15 Apr'14
Interview: How Ordnance Survey supports geolocation startups

Ordnance Survey has named three budding geolocation startups as winners in its latest Developer Challenge
April 15, 2014 15 Apr'14
EU data privacy authorities approve Microsoft Azure, Office 365 cloud services

The European Union's data privacy authorities have given approval to Microsoft's cloud services including Windows Azure and Office 365
April 14, 2014 14 Apr'14
Most cloud services pose security and compliance risks to European businesses

About 99% of cloud services used in Europe either don’t have enterprise-grade security or store data outside Europe’s jurisdictional boundaries
April 08, 2014 08 Apr'14
Liverpool John Moores University launches big data healthcare initiative

The Liverpool Big Data Collaboration for Health project aims to link health records between NHS trusts to exploit big data analytics
April 02, 2014 02 Apr'14
Businesses must rethink HR IT as traditional jobs disintegrate

HR software needs a complete rethink to deliver services to an increasingly dispersed workforce, says cloud technology specialist
March 24, 2014 24 Mar'14
Grant Thornton spends £3m in move to cloud HR services

Financial advisory firm invests in cloud talent management as it gears up to expand its operations in the UK
March 21, 2014 21 Mar'14
Practitioners should explain health information governance to patients

Information governance (IG) practitioners in health and social care should try to explain and make IG relevant to their patients
March 20, 2014 20 Mar'14
The NHS is dependent on shared data, says HSCIC

Sharing data is crucial to supporting the future of NHS services, said Kingsley Manning, chair of the Health and Social Care Information Centre
March 20, 2014 20 Mar'14
Big data will help patients with multiple medical conditions

Big data could be the key to understanding patients with multiple medical conditions
March 17, 2014 17 Mar'14
Committee report calls for “presumption of openness” with public data

The government should have a “presumption of openness” when it comes to public data, the Commons Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) said
March 13, 2014 13 Mar'14
How to slash the cost of big data analytics

Darren Robertson, digital communications officer at Action for Children, believes hunger for knowledge and insight could revolutionise charities
February 24, 2014 24 Feb'14
Royal Mail recruits data scientists to support £70m barcode drive

The newly privatised Royal Mail is recruiting data scientists across the data management field, from Hadoop heads to statisticians
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
HB Fuller sticks with HR in the cloud

Cloud based HR system gives adhesives maker the ability to manage its global workforce
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