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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 18, 2012 18 Sep'12
Cabinet Office names Stephen Kelly as COO

The Cabinet Office has named former Micro Focus CEO Stephen Kelly as chief operating officer and head of the Efficiency and Reform Group
September 17, 2012 17 Sep'12
DWP hits back at criticism over Universal Credit IT systems

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has hit back at calls to delay its flagship Universal Credit scheme because of IT concerns
September 10, 2012 10 Sep'12
Circuit breakers could mitigate risk in automated trading

Merchant banks that automate trading could use circuit-breaking technology to reduce problems caused by stock market volatility

September 10, 2012 10 Sep'12
Indian IT services firm Infosys buys management consultancy Lodestone

Indian IT services provider Infosys has grown its business consultancy with the acquisition of Swiss-based management consultancy Lodestone
September 04, 2012 04 Sep'12
UK Border Agency ordered to crack down on bogus student visas

The UKBA must crack down on bogus student visas ahead of the roll-out of its troubled e-Borders program, MPs have urged
July 23, 2012 23 Jul'12
CIO interview: Sally Howes, National Audit Office

Sally Howes, CIO at the National Audit Office, talks about how the NAO hopes to perform more IT health checks and fewer project post mortems
July 23, 2012 23 Jul'12
Amazon to open London development centre

Amazon today announced a new hub in central London to focus on the development of digital media products
July 23, 2012 23 Jul'12
Heads of business bank on IT to boost business

Top-level business managers regard IT as a competitive advantage, according to Gartner
July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12
Lack of IT investment could prolong recession

Research suggests the UK economy could continue to suffer economically as businesses fail to invest in technology and innovation

July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12
Co-op uses Lloyds managed service in branch acquisition

The Co-operative bank will switch to Lloyds TSB's IT platform when it buys the 632 Lloyds TSB and Cheltenham and Gloucester branches
July 16, 2012 16 Jul'12
Home Office creates private police ICT company

The Home Office has created a private firm to manage police IT after the the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) was abolished
July 03, 2012 03 Jul'12
Whitehall could save £33bn with big data analytics, says Policy Exchange

Government could save £33bn a year applying big data analytics to departmental information, claims a report from the Policy Exchange
June 26, 2012 26 Jun'12
Whitehall must measure progress of IT strategy, says IfG

Whitehall must measure the progress of its IT strategy more effectively to achieve its transformation agenda, says the Institute for Government (IfG)
June 26, 2012 26 Jun'12
Cambridge University targets businesses with commodity supercomputer services

The University of Cambridge is offering businesses supercomputer services built on commodity Intel chips
June 26, 2012 26 Jun'12
CIO interview: Adriana Karaboutis, global CIO, Dell

It is one thing being CEO of a company with best-in-class supply chain. But what happens when the business refocuses? We talk to Dell's CIO.
June 18, 2012 18 Jun'12
US Sequoia machine takes title of fastest supercomputer

The US has overtaken Japan in the race for the world’s fastest supercomputer, with the Sequoia computer achieving 16.32 petaflop/s
June 18, 2012 18 Jun'12
Japan's K computer to drive breakthroughs in engineering, medicine and science

Japan’s K computer, ranked last year as the world’s most powerful supercomputer, is expected to drive breakthroughs in engineering, medicine and science when it enters live operation in October
June 12, 2012 12 Jun'12
Government must integrate IT strategy, warns NAO head

The government must integrate the various strands of its IT strategy to realise cost savings, warns Amyas Morse, comptroller and auditor general at the National Audit Office
May 28, 2012 28 May'12
Universal Credit systems go live early in Manchester

Universal Credit systems are to go live in the Greater Manchester and Cheshire region in April 2013, six months before the national roll-out
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 16, 2012 16 May'12
CIO interview: Cathryn Riley, CIO, Aviva

It's been a tough time for Aviva with CEO Andrew Moss forced to step down in a shareholder revolt. But for CIO Cathryn Riley, it’s business as usual.
May 14, 2012 14 May'12
Huawei wins managed services contract for O2 network

Chinese telecoms firm Huawei is hired by O2 parent Telefónica to plan and maintain its mobile network in the UK
May 03, 2012 03 May'12
What is the top priority for IT execs in 2012, and why?

Why, given a choice of 14 IT concerns, including cloud computing, did application performance management (APM) come out on top?
May 02, 2012 02 May'12
IT managers struggle with virtual back-ups

IT managers find backing up virtual infrastructure too difficult, according to a study from data back-up and recovery company Quantum
May 01, 2012 01 May'12
Gartner: Businesses forge on with middleware despite downturn

CIOs continue with application infrastructure and middleware technologies to prepare for hybrid clouds despite economic conditions
April 17, 2012 17 Apr'12
Master data governance tools needed to seal MDM, data governance gap

Master data management and information governance are intertwined as business disciplines in theory but disconnected in practice. New master data governance tools are emerging to seal the gap.
April 17, 2012 17 Apr'12
Accenture, Detica: Big data to drive business, trigger privacy concerns

Consulting firms Accenture and Detica see the big data wave as rich in new business opportunities, but rank with data privacy concerns.
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 05, 2012 05 Apr'12
Mobile BI gains momentum in UK corporate IT

Mobile BI is on the rise in UK corporate organisations, according to a Corporate IT Forum survey. Cloud BI, big data, social media and predictive analytics have all weakened.
April 05, 2012 05 Apr'12
Data governance evangelism at heart of Premier Farnell's global strategy

Data governance lies at the heart of Premier Farnell's globalisation strategy. And the electronics distributor's head of global planning and governance says senior management education comes first.
April 04, 2012 04 Apr'12
Liam Maxwell appointed deputy government CIO

Liam Maxwell, director of ICT Futures at the Cabinet Office, is to become the deputy government CIO.
March 30, 2012 30 Mar'12
Biggest upgrade to PAYE system to go live in April

The biggest upgrade to the UK's PAYE system since the 1950s goes live within two weeks.
March 28, 2012 28 Mar'12
CIO interview: Rob Ray, FA digital and IT director

Technology is a relatively new addition to the 139-year-old institution of the Football Association, says IT chief Rob Ray.
March 28, 2012 28 Mar'12
Forrester: Balancing custom and packaged apps

George Lawrie, vice-president and principal analyst of Forrester Research, advises on when to deploy custom applications
March 26, 2012 26 Mar'12
Zornes: Master data governance will fuse MDM to BPM

Master data governance tools are emerging to aid the orchestration of MDM and BPM, according to MDM expert Aaron Zornes. “Big data” is a distraction from the business basics of MDM, he says.
March 21, 2012 21 Mar'12
'Big data' wades into mainstream

“Big data” is gathering interest beyond high-tech companies. But there is much confusion, a lack of governance and a skills shortage that won’t go away soon.
March 15, 2012 15 Mar'12
Smart meter sales set to accelerate this year

Sales of smart meters across the globe are set to rise dramatically this year, with annual sales of the intelligent metering devices totalling about 140 million units every year by 2016
March 15, 2012 15 Mar'12
Gartner IAM summit: Identity and access management in flux but progressing

Identity and access management (IAM) remains in a state of flux as architectures and standards evolve. But does that mean no progress in managing identity?
March 10, 2012 10 Mar'12
BPM, MDM called on to marry to deliver blissful customer experience

Forrester’s Clay Richardson speaks on aligning process and data for “customer process transformation.” MDM and BPM pros need to come together to heal “splintered” world of corporate IT.
March 08, 2012 08 Mar'12
BBC Worldwide launches product master data management to boost revenue

BBC Worldwide has started a master data management programme focused on products. The first step was to define product as anything licensed or sold. Communicating with the business was crucial.
March 07, 2012 07 Mar'12
John Lewis prioritises IT investment above profit

John Lewis made significant technology investments in 2011, pushing profits down 3.8% to £353.8m
March 07, 2012 07 Mar'12
Government’s shared services strategy failing, says NAO

The government’s £1.4bn shared services centres have failed to achieve value for money, according to a report from the National Audit Office (NAO)
March 06, 2012 06 Mar'12
CW500: Getting to grips with big data

Experts from Standard Life, Deloitte and Intelligent Business Strategies share some useful tips for CIOs on understanding big data
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
Child maintenance IT system costs double, says NAO

The cost of the IT systems underpinning the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC) have nearly doubled to £275m, according to the National Audit Office.
February 28, 2012 28 Feb'12
What skills will the new government CIO leadership team need?

Computer Weekly asks what qualities the next CIO leadership team will need if they are to succeed with the government’s ICT strategy.
February 24, 2012 24 Feb'12
Lloyds bank saves £2bn after HBOS IT integration

Lloyds Banking Group says the integration of its multiple brands has saved more than £2bn per year, with IT a major contributor.
February 23, 2012 23 Feb'12
Wakefield council slashes costs with flexible working technology

Wakefield Council expects to save £1m in property costs and a further £100,000 per year in telephony expenditure through technology deployments which will promote flexible working.
February 23, 2012 23 Feb'12
Interview: Ian Watmore, Cabinet Office permanent secretary

Ian Watmore was the first ever government CIO in 2004. Now he oversees government IT policy as the top Cabinet Office civil servant.
February 22, 2012 22 Feb'12
CIO interview: John Harris, Corporate IT Forum chairman on skills development

John Harris, chairman of IT director's group The Corporate IT Forum and VP of global IT strategy at GSK, talks about IT skills and apprenticeships.
February 21, 2012 21 Feb'12
How will the CloudStore impact government IT?

The CloudStore could signal a new model for procuring IT, making it easier for the public sector to do business with SMEs and breaking up the traditional supplier monopoly.
February 21, 2012 21 Feb'12
Forrester: rethink your CRM strategy

The way people now buy products and services is eroding traditional approaches to customer relationship management
February 17, 2012 17 Feb'12
MDM tools stealthily move forward in the shade of big data

Master data management is a business discipline that transcends technology. But what are the advanced and emerging technologies that subtend MDM? Aaron Zornes quizzed; Volvo profiled.
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 08, 2012 08 Feb'12
CIO interview: Rob Fraser, IT director, Sainsbury’s

Sainsbury’s IT chief talks about why in-house IT works better than outsourcing and how to double revenue without doubling IT spend.
February 07, 2012 07 Feb'12
More than half of government projects behind schedule

More than half of major government projects are behind schedule, according to the head of Whitehall's Major Projects Authority.
February 06, 2012 06 Feb'12
Does the government need 8,000 IT staff?

Despite having outsourced the majority of its IT roles, Computer Weekly research reveals that Whitehall still has 8,000 in-house IT staff.
February 03, 2012 03 Feb'12
St. Helens and Knowsley NHS trust signs £1.3m storage deal

St. Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a £1.3m deal with EMC as part of its five-year plan to overhaul its storage infrastructure.
January 26, 2012 26 Jan'12
SAP accelerates plans to wean customers off Oracle databases

SAP is to accelerate plans to migrate customers away from Oracle databases by introducing in-memory computing support for its ERP product in 2012.
January 26, 2012 26 Jan'12
UK government opens up IT procurement

The UK government is to release a consulting paper to determine software standards to open up the government IT market to SMEs
January 23, 2012 23 Jan'12
Government IT role gets inflation busting rise

The Cabinet Office is advertising for the £120,000 a year position of deputy CIO which includes a 33% salary increase on the previous incumbent Bill McCluggage.
January 19, 2012 19 Jan'12
Public sector IT staff sees largest cut in 25 years

The number of public sector IT workers was cut by the largest volume in 25 years in 2011, losing 5,000 employees
January 18, 2012 18 Jan'12
Unilever and Lufthansa Systems deploy Microsoft Azure private cloud

Unilever and Lufthansa Systems are using Microsoft's Azure cloud platform to build applications in a private cloud.
January 18, 2012 18 Jan'12
Waitrose to roll out contactless payment in all branches

Waitrose is to roll out contactless payments across all of its branches in the second half of this year following a trial in three of its stores.
January 17, 2012 17 Jan'12
SOA and cloud leaders set technical standards

Technical standards unveiled today by an independent alliance of IT suppliers and users aim to help businesses adopt leading-edge thinking in cloud computing and service-orientated architecture (SOA).
January 17, 2012 17 Jan'12
Four key trends in business analytics in 2012

Deloitte has identified four big themes for this year, as businesses and governments exploit data analytics technology.
January 16, 2012 16 Jan'12
Businesses fight downturn with data analytics investment

Businesses are responding to the downturn by stepping up their investment in data analytics technology, claims business advisory firm Deloitte.
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 09, 2012 09 Jan'12
Stratfor hacking puts UK, US, Nato officials at risk

A breach of web servers at US-based global intelligence firm Stratfor over Christmas has put hundreds of UK, US and NATO officials at risk, a cyber-security expert has revealed.
December 29, 2011 29 Dec'11
Top 10 premium content articles of 2011

Sign up to Computer Weekly's research library to download the top 10 research reports from 2011.
December 21, 2011 21 Dec'11
Government lacks skills to deliver ICT strategy, says NAO

The government lacks the technical skills to deliver on aspects of its ICT strategy, the National Audit Office has found.
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
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
CIO interview: Marcus East on leaving Comic Relief for Apple

As Comic Relief’s IT leader moves on to join Apple, he talks about the charity’s technology strategy and the jobs market for IT leaders.
December 12, 2011 12 Dec'11
Infosys to transform Syngenta IT in outsourcing deal

Indian IT services firm Infosys is now the first port of call for all IT-enabled business transformations at agribusiness Syngenta.
December 07, 2011 07 Dec'11
CIO interview: Julian Burnett, chief technology officer, Sainsbury’s

On plans for IT project delivery at Sainsbury’s, as well as the move to a multichannel set-up, outsourcing, innovation and skills development.
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 30, 2011 30 Nov'11
Essex County Council invests £15m in IT to cut costs

Essex County Council is pumping £15m into an IT infrastructure upgrade expected to create efficiency savings of £7m per year, says CIO David Wilde.
November 30, 2011 30 Nov'11
Shell enterprise MDM foundation proof of concept disturbs rulebook

Shell has laid a foundation for enterprise master data management, choosing SAP MDM over Microsoft. The major lesson was that IT can build an enterprise MDM system to which the business will come.
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
How Experian is retro-fitting its datacentre to boost efficiency

Experian's Fairham House datacentre in Nottingham uses blade servers, virtualisation and cold aisle containment to improve energy efficiency.
November 14, 2011 14 Nov'11
IBM builds a city-wide cloud computing platform for Sunderland City Council

IBM builds a cloud computing platform for Sunderland City Council. which the council hopes will reduce operational costs by £1.4m annually over the next five years.
November 04, 2011 04 Nov'11
Newham Borough Council slashes IT costs by £2m

The London Borough of Newham (LBN) has cut annual IT costs by £2m through moving to a shared services model, encouraging citizens to self-serve and renegotiating contracts with its main technology partners.
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 03, 2011 03 Nov'11
How achievable is the government’s move to the cloud?

After a long period of uncertainty around the government's G-Cloud initiative, including spurious claims it had been scrapped, the strategy has been placed firmly back in the spotlight as central to the public sector IT cost-saving agenda. Computer ...
October 14, 2011 14 Oct'11
CIO interview: Gerry Pennell, CIO, London 2012 Olympics

With less than 10 months to go, London 2012 CIO Gerry Pennell is fully focused on the task of delivering a project that simply cannot miss its deadline.
April 20, 2011 20 Apr'11
Infosec 2011: Policy is only way to deal with social media, say security professionals

The best and only way organisations can deal with the use of social media is through robust policies and user aware campaigns
April 08, 2011 08 Apr'11
CIOs must think about ACT, says IT advisor

CIOs should abandon the concept of Information Technology and start thinking about Applied Competitive Technology.
March 08, 2011 08 Mar'11
Exclusive: Free software guru Richard Stallman on government IT and why he hates the cloud

The founding father of the free software movement tells Computer Weekly why government just doesn't "get it"
March 04, 2011 04 Mar'11
South Wales police plod on with secret ASBO database

South Wales Police is developing a covert national database that will record and store reports of anti-social behaviour, Computer Weekly has learned
March 03, 2011 03 Mar'11
Too little, too late says Commons report on scientific advice

Government must ensure that requirements for security clearance do not deter academics from providing scientific advice to government on cyber attacks, says...
January 28, 2011 28 Jan'11
Analysis: can Sage break the mould with its SaaS for SMEs?

Sage finally looks set to develop its web strategy, having launched SageOne, a software-as-a-service application for small businesses. But is the move too little and too late for a company seen by many as stuck in its ways?
December 15, 2010 15 Dec'10
£500m framework agreement centralises local government software purchasing

The government is setting up a framework agreement worth £500m on behalf of local government, in one of the first examples of software for local councils being bought centrally.
November 29, 2010 29 Nov'10
Q&A: SAP co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe on SAP strategy

Jim Hagemann Snabe was appointed co-chief executive at enterprise software maker SAP in February. Computer Weekly quizzed him at the recent UK SAP user group conference
November 22, 2010 22 Nov'10
Analysis: UK companies fail to plug biggest data leaks – the insider threat

Most companies know they have information that is vital to their survival and that could damage the company if it fell into the wrong hands, but insider data theft is rife in the UK, a survey has revealed.
October 25, 2010 25 Oct'10
Deloitte reveals top 50 fastest growing IT firms

Consultancy Deloitte has released its latest annual ranking of the fastest growing technology companies in the UK. The Technology Fast 50, as it is...
October 20, 2010 20 Oct'10
SAP prepares for cloud service

SAP has unveiled its strategy for cloud computing, virtualisation and real-time analytics.
October 01, 2010 01 Oct'10
DoH seeks patient self-monitoring IT to aid NHS savings

Technology that enables patients to monitor their own conditions could help the NHS meet part of its £20bn cost-savings programme, said the Department of Health's CIO.