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• May 14, 2015 14 May'15

  TrustFord chooses virtual load balancers to guarantee network performance

  Auto retailer TrustFord picks Kemp’s virtualised load balancers to deliver high availability and performance across the network

• May 13, 2015 13 May'15

  CIO interview: Hans-Petter Aanby, Scandinavian Airlines

  The battle for the skies above Scandinavia took a twist in 2012 when Norwegian Air Shuttle CIO Hans-Petter Aanby moved to rival Scandinavian Airlines

• May 11, 2015 11 May'15

  Santander launches 'Boris bike' app

  Santander has released an app that allows people to book a 'Boris bike' via their mobile phone

• May 08, 2015 08 May'15

  CIO interview: Vince Sparks, IT director, Eddie Stobart

  Eddie Stobart trucks are a familiar feature on the roads of the UK and Europe, with about 3,000 vehicles generating vast amounts of data every day

• May 06, 2015 06 May'15

  American Express joint venture puts finances on Netsuite

  American Express Global Business Travel puts its financial operations on a cloud based platform from Netsuite to support its growth

• May 06, 2015 06 May'15

  German car makers eyeing Nokia Here mapping service

  Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz said to be planning a bid for Nokia’s Here mapping division to keep the unit in European hands

• May 06, 2015 06 May'15

  O2 buys Vodafone and EE out of mobile advertising joint venture

  O2 takes control of mobile advertising joint venture Weve after partners EE and Vodafone withdraw

• April 30, 2015 30 Apr'15

  IoT benefits and privacy not mutually exclusive, says industry expert

  It is possible to mitigate the privacy and security risks of the internet of things (IoT) without losing its benefits, according to an industry expert

• April 30, 2015 30 Apr'15

  Ryanair remains tight-lipped over £3.3m hacker theft

  Ryanair provided no details of how hackers took £3.3m from one of its bank accounts, as industry pundits call for greater collaboration

• April 27, 2015 27 Apr'15

  Accenture and Oracle embark on enterprise cloud adoption push

  Accenture and Oracle are embarking on a joint push to make it easier for public sector and financial services firms to move to cloud

• April 21, 2015 21 Apr'15

  BT sets out ambition to become enterprise's cloud integrator of choice

  BT outlines its 'Cloud of Clouds' vision to allow users to access cloud apps and services, regardless of where their systems are hosted

• April 20, 2015 20 Apr'15

  Interview: The software processes behind Hailo's success

  In the past, a traditional enterprise application would have been developed as a monolithic piece of software

• April 13, 2015 13 Apr'15

  Mini drivers may get augmented reality glasses

  Mini reveals it will demonstrate an augmented reality vision system for its vehicles at the Auto Shanghai show in China

• March 30, 2015 30 Mar'15

  CIO interview: Mark Holt, chief technology officer, TheTrainline.com

  A major cloud migration and a range of mobile initiatives are high on the agenda of the UK’s best-selling train booking website, TheTrainline.com

• March 30, 2015 30 Mar'15

  British Airways rewards scheme hack highlights password problem

  The hacking of British Airways’ executive club frequent flyer accounts shows the importance of using strong, unique passwords for all online accounts

• March 26, 2015 26 Mar'15

  Ovum urges service providers to get serious about cloud security

  Analyst Ovum's report into enterprise cloud adoption warns service providers to stop treating customers' security as an afterthought

• March 18, 2015 18 Mar'15

  Ofcom challenges Inmarsat and Solaris over unused spectrum

  UK communications regulator issues compliance notices to Inmarsat and Solaris Mobile over unused mobile satellite spectrum

• March 17, 2015 17 Mar'15

  TfL now fastest growing contactless merchant in UK

  Transport for London has been named as the fastest growing contactless merchants in the UK and Europe

• March 16, 2015 16 Mar'15

  Big data sees Dublin Airport mobile passenger experience soar

  Dublin and Cork Airport operator daa turns to FeedHenry to expose more data within an updated mobile app for travellers passing through

• March 10, 2015 10 Mar'15

  Bristol signs NEC to develop smart city infrastructure

  NEC, Bristol Council and the University of Bristol create an open, programmable city for smarter transport, environment and health services

• March 06, 2015 06 Mar'15

  Executive interview: GE software chief Bill Ruh on value of an industrial cloud

  Bill Ruh believes machines are getting smarter. The company has expanded its vision of an industrial internet to an industrial cloud

• March 06, 2015 06 Mar'15

  Sharing Economy UK launched to champion digital businesses

  New trade body brings together digital businesses that encourage consumer and business asset-sharing, such as Airbnb and ZipCar

• March 05, 2015 05 Mar'15

  European mobile roaming charges set to remain until 2018

  The EU council of member states has reversed a previous decision to end European mobile roaming charges in 2015

• March 05, 2015 05 Mar'15

  Mobile World Congress 2015: Evolution but no revolution

  Mobile World Congress 2015 reflected less the handset innovation of recent years, and more the evolution of mobility

• March 05, 2015 05 Mar'15

  All civilian drones should be registered, says House of Lords EU Committee

  The House of Lords EU Committee says all civilian drones in Europe should be registered as concerns grow over UAV terror attacks

• March 04, 2015 04 Mar'15

  Williams Martini Racing signs multi-year BT network services deal

  Williams F1 teams forms long-term strategic partnership with BT for fixed and mobile communications and network services

• March 04, 2015 04 Mar'15

  CIO interview: Connected cars set CIO agenda at Volvo

  IT has always tried to align with the business, but for Klas Bendrik, group CIO at Volvo Cars, it seems business has aligned with IT

• March 02, 2015 02 Mar'15

  Volvo develops car-to-car social networking for road safety

  Volvo has begun a pilot involving 1,000 vehicles for car-to-car communications to warn drivers of dangerous road conditions

• March 02, 2015 02 Mar'15

  Mobile World Congress: Renault-Nissan will launch autonomous cars in 2016

  Autonomous connected vehicles will be launched onto the market in 2016, the head of the Renault-Nissan Alliance tells Mobile World Congress

• March 02, 2015 02 Mar'15

  Southern Railway puts board documents on iPads

  Southern Railway is using software from Diligent to enable it to put all the papers required for regular board meetings on iPads

• February 24, 2015 24 Feb'15

  FirstGroup on track to improve train information with system integrator IPL

  Rail operator FirstGroup – which owns First Great Western – announces a plan to improve how it provides information to passengers

• February 09, 2015 09 Feb'15

  The more IT changes, the more technology issues remain the same

  In the early 2000s Nigel Beighton was CTO at Lastminute.com. Yet, 15 years on, he says the technology issues he faced then have changed little

• February 09, 2015 09 Feb'15

  Transport for London reports contactless payments surge

  Over 40 million fares on London public transport have been paid with contactless cards since it became available in September 2014

• February 02, 2015 02 Feb'15

  Government failed to make best use of publicly-owned networks

  The Cabinet Office has published a map detailing where it could make better use of its infrastructure to benefit businesses and consumers

• January 26, 2015 26 Jan'15

  Lizard Squad hijacks Malaysia Airlines website

  Hacktivist group Lizard Squad has hijacked the official website of Malaysia Airlines

• January 23, 2015 23 Jan'15

  Property business enhances efficiency with Vodafone mobile… in 1985

  Property boom spurs a small business to enhance its workforce productivity with a mobile communications deployment – 30 years ago

• January 23, 2015 23 Jan'15

  Case study: Park Resorts engages customers through responsive website

  Holiday resort management firm Park Resorts' recently launched responsive website delivers new features and improves the user experience

• January 22, 2015 22 Jan'15

  Developing software for smartwatches - how Hailo approached the problem

  One of the developers for black cab booking app Hailo talks about the challenges of developing for wearables such as smartwatches

• January 22, 2015 22 Jan'15

  Case study: Antwerp port boosts profits with activity-based management software

  How the Antwerp Port Authority has improved its business processes with SAS software

• January 20, 2015 20 Jan'15

  Virgin Atlantic Airways outsources digital transformation to Tata Consultancy Services

  Virgin Atlantic Airways (VAA) outsources IT to Indian services giant Tata Consultancy Services as the airline creates digital services for customers

• January 20, 2015 20 Jan'15

  Dartmoor National Park brings public wireless to remote sites

  Dartmoor National Park Authority deploys Cloud in a Box to offer visitors Wi-Fi at its facilities

• January 15, 2015 15 Jan'15

  Supplier relationship management lessons from the car industry

  IT can learn a lot from the car industry, which has transformed supplier relationship management

• January 13, 2015 13 Jan'15

  Case study: Scandinavian Airlines hands pilots worldwide Wi-Fi pass

  SAS has implemented iPass Wi-Fi across its iPad estate, giving pilots and crew access to 15 million hotspots around the world

• January 07, 2015 07 Jan'15

  Internet of things requires customer services rethink, says Gartner

  The growth of the internet of things will see devices begin to initiate customer service requests on behalf of humans, says Gartner

• January 05, 2015 05 Jan'15

  CIO interview: Federico Florez Gutierrez, Ferrovial

  Armed with a Naval engineering degree, Federico Florez Gutierrez set course for a career in senior IT

• December 22, 2014 22 Dec'14

  Top 10 CIO interviews of 2014

  The top technology chiefs in the UK shared their opinions and experiences of modern IT leadership

• December 19, 2014 19 Dec'14

  Government chief scientific adviser: 'Don’t trivialise the internet of things'

  Government chief scientific adviser publishes report on the internet of things, making several policy recommendations

• December 17, 2014 17 Dec'14

  Delta rushes to fix ticket security vulnerability

  A security vulnerability with Delta Airlines mobile e-tickets potentially allowed people to access other travellers’ boarding passes

• December 15, 2014 15 Dec'14

  Nats funding emphasises cost control over investment

  The Civil Aviation Authority has announced it will review Nats' licence following the failure of air traffic control on Friday

• December 15, 2014 15 Dec'14

  Lloyd’s Register Foundation grants £10m to Alan Turing Institute

  The Lloyd’s Register Foundation has announced £10m in funding over five years to support research by the Alan Turing Institute

• December 12, 2014 12 Dec'14

  ‎Local power failure cripples UK flights

  Flights restricted in London airspace following technical problems with computer system, says National Air Traffic Services

• December 11, 2014 11 Dec'14

  MobileFirst iOS apps released for airlines, retail and financial services

  Apple and IBM have delivered the first fruits of their partnership announced in July 2014

• December 11, 2014 11 Dec'14

  JCDecaux partners with Vodafone to build small cell networks

  Vodafone joins outdoor advertising firm JCDecaux to deploy small cell technology on billboards to increase network performance

• December 03, 2014 03 Dec'14

  UKtech50 2014 - The most influential people in UK IT

  Computer Weekly has announced the fifth annual UKtech50, our definitive list of the movers and shakers in UK IT

• December 03, 2014 03 Dec'14

  Report warns of Iranian critical infrastructure compromises

  Iranian hackers have compromised critical infrastructure and other networks containing confidential data in 16 countries, a research report warns

• December 03, 2014 03 Dec'14

  IBM bags billions of dollars in IT services deals in a matter of days

  IBM wins deals worth $3.6bn over the course of a few days, with advertising giant WPP the latest to ink a billion-dollar contract

• November 28, 2014 28 Nov'14

  Over a hundred cyber criminals arrested in global operation

  Law enforcement agencies around the world arrest 118 cyber crime suspects – 40 in the UK – in the third international operation of its kind

• November 25, 2014 25 Nov'14

  National Trust for Scotland overcomes legacy network challenge

  The National Trust for Scotland has replaced a historical network infrastructure with a core service from Brocade

• November 24, 2014 24 Nov'14

  Stuxnet-like malware highlights need for skills and vigilance

  The discovery of advanced malware used to spy against organisations underlines the need for skills and vigilance, say security experts

• November 21, 2014 21 Nov'14

  Network Rail extends fibre network to rural broadband providers

  Network Rail Infrastructure asks Ofcom for more powers to build out its fibre network for the benefit of broadband and mobile suppliers

• November 20, 2014 20 Nov'14

  First Bus turns mobiles into tickets through Barclays Pingit app

  National bus route operator First Bus has implemented mobile ticketing and announced tickets can be bought using Barclays Bank’s Pingit app

• November 18, 2014 18 Nov'14

  Lufthansa confirms €1bn mega-outsourcing deal with IBM

  German airline Lufthansa confirms seven-year outsourcing contract with IBM worth €1.25bn

• 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 13, 2014 13 Nov'14

  CIO interview: John Seglias, group CIO, Abellio

  As transport operator Abellio gears up to take on the £6bn ScotRail franchise, CIO John Seglias has to balance IT transition with innovation

• 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

  Digital Scotland passes 150,000 premises with superfast broadband

  Scottish government celebrates milestone in £410m Digital Scotland superfast broadband roll-out

• November 07, 2014 07 Nov'14

  How networking brought innovation and automation to Heathrow Terminal 2

  Heathrow Airport has put automation and collaboration at the heart of a £34m network deployment in Terminal 2

• November 06, 2014 06 Nov'14

  Transport sector needs to collaborate to make technology advancements

  The entire transport sector needs to work together to make advancements in innovative technologies

• November 04, 2014 04 Nov'14

  The View from The Shard to deploy Aruba mobile location services

  London’s highest viewing gallery, the View from the Shard, helps launch Aruba Network’s new Mobile Engagement service

• November 04, 2014 04 Nov'14

  Wi-Fi forecast predicts one hotspot for every 20 people by 2018

  Worldwide audit for Wi-Fi network aggregator iPass reveals how public Wi-Fi might change in the next four years

• November 03, 2014 03 Nov'14

  Hitachi to launch six innovation solutions in next six months

  Hitachi shares plans of its six systems set for announcement over the next six months

• November 02, 2014 02 Nov'14

  Technology is changing society's values, says Hitachi

  Social, mobile, analytics and cloud technologies are causing a shift in society says Hitachi’s executive officer

• October 31, 2014 31 Oct'14

  2014 one of strongest years for UK IT outsourcing

  The amount spent on outsourcing contracts this year in Europe is expected to be one of the highest figures ever

• October 28, 2014 28 Oct'14

  Internet of trains takes centre stage for Cisco IoT startup contest

  Cisco launches contest to help startups and SMEs engage the transport sector around the internet of things (IoT) for railway stations of the future

• 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 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.

• October 22, 2014 22 Oct'14

  CIO interview: Ernest Gmünder, Touring Club Suisse

  Ernest Gmünder is turning his expertise as a CIO into a consultancy business, offering advice to businesses that want to get more from their IT

• October 22, 2014 22 Oct'14

  Lufthansa signs long-term outsourcing deal with IBM

  Lufthansa is in final negotiations with IBM Global Services to outsource its IT infrastructure 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 15, 2014 15 Oct'14

  Global research reveals limited appetite for smartwatch payments

  While consumers in the US and China show interest in making purchases on smartwatches, Brits are less interested, finds research

• October 14, 2014 14 Oct'14

  P&O Ferries launches multichannel website in legacy estate overhaul

  P&O Ferries told the Internet Retailing conference it will launch a multichannel website next week as part of a move to overhaul its legacy estate

• October 10, 2014 10 Oct'14

  Fear and loathing could hold back UK internet of things, says KPMG report

  More than two-thirds of UK consumers fear growing number of interconnected devices make it too easy for things to go wrong

• September 23, 2014 23 Sep'14

  UKtech50 2014 - help us choose the 50 most influential people in UK IT

  Computer Weekly is launching the fifth annual UKtech50, our definitive list of the movers and shakers in UK IT - tell us your nominations

• September 18, 2014 18 Sep'14

  US military logistics arm breached by China-linked hackers

  US government inquiry finds Transcomm contractors had their systems hacked by groups linked to the Chinese government

• September 17, 2014 17 Sep'14

  Virgin Atlantic to bring Wi-Fi to transatlantic flights

  Virgin Atlantic is to start providing Wi-Fi onboard its transatlantic flights from Europe

• September 16, 2014 16 Sep'14

  TfL contactless payments go live

  TfL’s contactless card payment scheme goes live today, enabling customers to pay for London transport on contactless bank cards

• September 05, 2014 05 Sep'14

  EasyJet sheds 'scrum' image with hybrid IT

  EasyJet’s reservation system could not provision for allocated seating, so the airline added a feature on Azure

• September 03, 2014 03 Sep'14

  AA to refresh communications infrastructure

  The AA is upgrading the technology it uses to interact with 15 million customers 24 hours a day

• August 27, 2014 27 Aug'14

  BDUK arrives on the Isle of Wight

  The Isle of Wight inaugurates its first rural fibre cabinet delivered by BDUK as the project finally crosses the Solent

• August 15, 2014 15 Aug'14

  Network upgrade levels the playing field for Infiniti Red Bull Racing

  Formula One team Infiniti Red Bull Racing uses AT&T network and UC services to stay in the running after big changes to sporting regulations

• August 05, 2014 05 Aug'14

  Malware incidents make up 25% of CERT-UK's work in first 100 days

  Over half the incidents reported to CERT-UK in the first three months of its operation were not related to critical national infrastructure

• August 04, 2014 04 Aug'14

  Travis Perkins beats ‘kingdoms of data’ woes with Google cloud services

  Travis Perkins has chosen Google Apps and Google Drive services to store and share data more efficiently

• August 01, 2014 01 Aug'14

  Sepa grace period comes to end

  Deadline for Eurozone to be able to make and take payments using Sepa formats has been reached

• August 01, 2014 01 Aug'14

  GCHQ certifies six cyber-security masters degrees

  GCHQ has certified six masters degrees focused on cyber-security as the government attempts develop the expertise required to make the UK as part of the National Cyber Security Programme.

• July 25, 2014 25 Jul'14

  Contactless card payments to be accepted across entire TFL network

  Transport for London (TfL) will begin accepting contactless card payments from 16 September 2014.

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  TfL wastes millions on telecoms, says IIPAG watchdog

  Watchdog IIPAG criticises Transport for London (TfL) for its inefficient and fragmented telecoms contracts

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  ICO slaps online travel firm with £150,000 penalty

  The ICO has issued a monetary penalty of £150,000 to an online travel firm for failing to protect customer data

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  CIO interview: Rorie Devine, CTO, Hailo

  A technology overhaul is taking place behind the scenes at cab-hailing smartphone app Hailo as the company extends its international reach

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  Yorkshire councils upgrade networks for Tour de France

  IP telephony and Wi-Fi upgrades help North Yorkshire and Leeds City Councils meet the demands of the Tour de France

• July 17, 2014 17 Jul'14

  Drivers ready for connected cars, says Telefónica report

  Telefónica’s second annual Connected Car Industry report uncovers rising awareness of in-car connectivity among users, and says connected services are starting to influence buying decisions