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• December 18, 2014 18 Dec'14

  MP accuses Post Office of acting "duplicitously" in IT investigation

  MPs claim Post Office was being "high handed" towards MPs and running a "flawed, deteriorating" accounting system

• December 17, 2014 17 Dec'14

  US interception in the EU faces new legal challenges

  US government orders against Microsoft to hand over email data 'infringes privacy legislation' in other countries

• December 16, 2014 16 Dec'14

  MPs to debate subpostmaster IT injustice claims

  Debate about the Post Office scheme to redress grievances of subpostmasters will be held in Westminster Hall

• December 15, 2014 15 Dec'14

  IBM named as supplier for NHS HR replacement system

  IBM has been named as the preferred supplier for the new NHS electronic staff record (ESR) project

• December 12, 2014 12 Dec'14

  Care.data faces more delays over concerns about patients

  The NHS’s Care.data scheme may face more delays due to concerns over lack of publicity and clarity of the proposed programme

• December 11, 2014 11 Dec'14

  DECC publishes annual report on delayed smart meter scheme

  The Department of Energy and Climate Change has published its annual report on the roll-out of smart electricity and gas meters

• December 11, 2014 11 Dec'14

  IoT will drive a middleware boom

  Spending in middleware is expected to exceed $16.3bn, driven by a shift towards agile mobile application integration

• December 11, 2014 11 Dec'14

  Avaya brings contact centres to Google Chromebooks

  Avaya and Google team up to streamline customer service agent workflows by enabling desktop contact centres on Chromebooks

• December 11, 2014 11 Dec'14

  CIO interview: Sarah Leslie, CIO, Iglo Foods Group

  Sarah Leslie, CIO at Birds Eye manufacturer Iglo Foods Group, is focused on delivering simplified and standardised IT systems

• December 10, 2014 10 Dec'14

  Hero Group uses vMotion to replace SAN and servers with Nutanix

  Baby food, fruit and cereal bar company Hero Group has migrated its Holland operations over to a single virtual platform

• December 10, 2014 10 Dec'14

  Why MPs lost faith in the Post Office's IT investigation, but vowed to fight on

  A group of 140 MPs has removed its backing for a Post Office scheme to redress subpostmasters' grievances over alleged false accounting

• December 08, 2014 08 Dec'14

  MPs blast Post Office over IT system investigation and remove backing

  Post Office scheme to redress sub-postmaster grievances over IT system is failing, say MP group supporting alleged victims

• December 08, 2014 08 Dec'14

  M&S turns to predictive analytics to keep shelves stocked over Christmas

  Marks & Spencer is using predictive analytics to keep shelves stocked with mince pies and turkeys over Christmas.

• December 03, 2014 03 Dec'14

  CIO Interview: Dustan Steer, IT director, Ted Baker

  Dustan Steer, IT director for clothes brand Ted Baker, talks about upgrading the company's enterprise resource planning system

• December 02, 2014 02 Dec'14

  HP is ‘coming back strong’, says CEO Meg Whitman

  At the HP Discover event in Barcelona, CEO Meg Whitman addressed the future for customers following HP's split into two businesses

• December 01, 2014 01 Dec'14

  ABN Amro re-signs IBM for 10-year, multibillion-euro IT contract

  ABN Amro has extended its multibillion-euro outsourcing deal with IBM by another 10 years

• November 27, 2014 27 Nov'14

  How resilient is the public cloud?

  The recent downtime that affected some Azure services following an update illustrates the precarious balance CIOs face in the cloud era

• November 26, 2014 26 Nov'14

  HP results disappoint ahead of split

  HP has announced disappointing fourth-quarter earnings ahead of the company’s planned split aimed at reversing its recent decline

• November 25, 2014 25 Nov'14

  Pressure on Universal Credit’s digital service mounts as testing begins

  Risks remain for Universal Credit as DWP continues its twin-track gradual roll-out of live and digital services

• November 21, 2014 21 Nov'14

  HSBC launches Paym for business

  HSBC launches Paym capabilities to allow business customers to receive payments using mobile phone numbers

• November 19, 2014 19 Nov'14

  Home Office continues to engage with suppliers over Emergency Services Network

  The Home Office is continuing its discussions with suppliers around the requirements for the new Emergency Services Network (ESN).

• November 19, 2014 19 Nov'14

  Microsoft releases emergency security patch for Windows and Windows Server

  Microsoft emergency patch fixes a Windows and Windows Server vulnerability hackers are exploiting to compromise networks

• November 18, 2014 18 Nov'14

  Worldpay processes billionth contactless payment

  Supermarkets account for most contactless payments as payments company Worldpay processes its billionth contactless payment

• November 17, 2014 17 Nov'14

  Can Microsoft change its spots?

  Since Satya Nadella took over as CEO of Microsoft, the company has become steadily more open and cross-platform

• November 17, 2014 17 Nov'14

  CIO success is all about winning friends and influencing people

  If Gartner’s predictions are true, CIO working practices have to change to keep IT relevant

• November 14, 2014 14 Nov'14

  CIO interview: Enterprise Rent-A-Car European IT director Jeff King

  Enterprise Rent-A-Car European IT director Jeff King rose from the shop floor to an executive directing IT across Europe

• November 14, 2014 14 Nov'14

  Johnson & Johnson turns to AWS for hybrid cloud and borderless datacentre

  Johnson & Johnson adopted Amazon Web Services to develop its hybrid IT strategy, its CTO told the AWS re:Invent 2014 conference

• November 13, 2014 13 Nov'14

  AWS launches Aurora cloud-based relational database engine

  AWS launches an open-source relational database engine called Aurora at its re:Invent 2014 cloud conference

• November 13, 2014 13 Nov'14

  UBS move to Oracle HR in the cloud hits big delays

  Swiss bank UBS has hit major delays migrating to a cloud-based HR system

• November 12, 2014 12 Nov'14

  Government CTO Liam Maxwell says Microsoft “conversation has changed”

  CTO Liam Maxwell says the government's relationship with Microsoft has changed after meeting CEO Satya Nadella

• November 12, 2014 12 Nov'14

  Amazon not the biggest threat to high street retailers

  Competition from online-only traders does not pose the biggest threat to high street retailers, with cautious attitudes a bigger risk

• November 11, 2014 11 Nov'14

  What to expect from AWS re:Invent 2014

  Amazon is all set to unveil new services and features at its AWS re:Invent 2014

• November 11, 2014 11 Nov'14

  Drinks maker Edrington outsources SAP enterprise resource planning operation to Atos

  Glasgow-based distiller Edrington outsources its ERP development, support and hosting to IT services firm Atos

• November 11, 2014 11 Nov'14

  Qantas puts Oracle ERP in the cloud with Tata Consultancy Services

  Airline Qantas signs IT outsourcing services firm TCS to upgrade its Oracle ERP platform and move it into the cloud

• November 10, 2014 10 Nov'14

  Future Decoded event raises questions on digital risk

  Is technology good for society or bad? This was one of the issues covered at the Future Decoded event in London

• November 07, 2014 07 Nov'14

  Police forces use private cloud to access Holmes database

  Police forces across the UK will access the Holmes major investigation system via a private cloud service

• 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 05, 2014 05 Nov'14

  CIO interview: Glenn Murphy, London & Capital

  Asset-management firm London & Capital shifts its focus to systems that add business value, says CIO Glenn Murphy

• 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

• 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 29, 2014 29 Oct'14

  Tackling bloatware in the age of cloud-based apps

  Microsoft Office general manager Julia White on Office 365 security and making cloud apps easier for users

• October 28, 2014 28 Oct'14

  Government replaces Becta education IT procurement framework

  Government seeks up to 20 suppliers to form a £300m procurement framework for ICT services to public-sector education organisations

• October 27, 2014 27 Oct'14

  Met Police trials analytics to fight gang crime

  The Metropolitan Police is experimenting with analytics software to help predict which criminals are likely to re-offend

• October 27, 2014 27 Oct'14

  CIO interview: David Johnstone of Martin Currie Investment Management

  The head of solutions management at the asset management firm discusses IT projects and the changing role of IT leaders

• October 27, 2014 27 Oct'14

  Hitachi Data Systems ploughs ahead with social innovation plans

  Hitachi Innovation Forum expects 16,000 delegates to share user cases on how technology is making society safer

• October 24, 2014 24 Oct'14

  Universal Credit digital service set for first public test in Sutton

  Digital service for Universal Credit to start testing with benefit claimants in Sutton, south London, in the next two months

• October 23, 2014 23 Oct'14

  Finance IT group wants to push forward banks' cloud discussion

  The Banking Industry Architecture Network (Bian) calls on industry to decide on the core banking systems to move to cloud platforms and share

• October 23, 2014 23 Oct'14

  Universal Credit digital system reaches key milestone as DWP delays roll-out

  The digital system supporting the Department for Work and Pension's Universal Credit programme has passed a major development milestone

• October 22, 2014 22 Oct'14

  Firms lack technology for workforce of the future

  European businesses will rely increasingly on freelance, geographically dispersed employees as they vie to attract the top skills to their organisations over the next 5 years.