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• 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 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

• 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 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 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

• 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

• 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

  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 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  UK leads international partnership to fight financial malware

  The UK National Crime Agency is leading international collaboration between law enforcement and the private sector to fight bank theft malware

• July 09, 2014 09 Jul'14

  Why using voice biometrics is a good idea

  Banks and other organisations are turning to voice biometrics, but why do they believe the technology is good idea?

• July 07, 2014 07 Jul'14

  Smart light bulbs get security update

  Smart light bulb maker LIFX has issued a firmware update after security researchers exposed a security weakness

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  Security Think Tank: The dos and don’ts of a good incident response plan

  What does a good information security incident response plan look like?

• July 03, 2014 03 Jul'14

  Tour de France organiser deploys satellite phone system for UK stages

  Tour de France organiser ASO selects Globalstar satellite phones to keep support and emergency crews connected during UK leg of tour

• July 03, 2014 03 Jul'14

  Facebook apologises over psychological experiments

  Facebook has apologised over the controversial psychological experiments carried out on 689,000 users without their consent in 2012

• July 01, 2014 01 Jul'14

  Most people keen to share biometric data for smoother travel

  A study has revealed that 89% of citizens agree with the use of biometric identification to aid travel

• July 01, 2014 01 Jul'14

  Industrial control systems increasingly under attack, says Kaspersky

  Targeted attacks on industrial control systems take place on a regular and increasing basis, says Kaspersky Lab

• June 30, 2014 30 Jun'14

  Facebook under fire over secret experiment on users

  Facebook has come under fire for conducting a psychology experiment on 689,000 users without their consent

• June 27, 2014 27 Jun'14

  Roadchef exits IBM Global Services for direct supplier relationships

  Motorway services firm Roadchef ended an outsourcing deal with IBM Global Services when its IT was up for refresh and moved to SAP

• June 27, 2014 27 Jun'14

  Wearable tech must comply with privacy laws, warns ICO

  Wearable technology must comply with UK data privacy laws, warns the ICO

• June 27, 2014 27 Jun'14

  Google begins complying with European takedown requests

  Google has begun removing search results in response to takedown requests from European citizens

• June 17, 2014 17 Jun'14

  Domino’s breach underlines value of personal data, say experts

  The latest cyber breach to hit a high-profile brand underlines the high value of personal data, say security experts

• June 16, 2014 16 Jun'14

  St Pancras International WLAN upgrade promises gigabit speeds

  Upgrade at St Pancras International and other stations served by High Speed 1 rail service will see increases in capacity and speed

• June 16, 2014 16 Jun'14

  Microsoft admits running out of IP addresses for Azure

  Microsoft has assured US Azure customers data remains in the US, despite running out of US-registered IP addresses at times

• June 11, 2014 11 Jun'14

  EE drives mobile phone deals with CRM software implementation

  Mobile phone operator Everything Everywhere claims a 400% increase in phone deals after rolling out customer relationship management software

• June 09, 2014 09 Jun'14

  IT departments unprepared for internet of things

  Only 41% of IT professionals are working on projects to prepare their business for the internet of things

• June 09, 2014 09 Jun'14

  Turing Test 2014 marks historic milestone in artificial intelligence

  A computer program has made history by passing the artificial intelligence test set by computer science pioneer Alan Turing

• June 06, 2014 06 Jun'14

  Microsoft retaliates to China’s Windows 8 spying claims

  Microsoft has launched a social media campaign against China’s claims that Windows 8 is being used for US spying

• June 05, 2014 05 Jun'14

  UK airports lead move to cloud services

  UK airports are at the vanguard of using cloud to develop innovative services, says Gatwick CIO.

• June 05, 2014 05 Jun'14

  CIOs should 'leave innovation to marketing'

  CIOs should focus on managing the technical infrastructure and leave innovation to other parts of the business – conclusion of a major study.

• June 02, 2014 02 Jun'14

  Cyber threats hiding in plain sight, says Palo Alto Networks

  Cyber attackers exploit commonly used business applications to bypass security controls, research shows

• May 30, 2014 30 May'14

  UK shoe retailer Office hit by data breach

  Data breach at UK shoe retailer Office prompts calls for online firms to beef up security around customer details

• May 30, 2014 30 May'14

  IT supplier insolvencies fall for first time as economy recovers

  Technology companies have reached a turning point as insolvencies fall for the first time in 2014

• May 30, 2014 30 May'14

  Google launches right-to-be-forgotten application form

  Google has introduced an online application form for Europeans who want personal data to be removed from online search results

• May 27, 2014 27 May'14

  Android Outlook app has privacy issues, warn researchers

  Microsoft’s Outlook.com app for Android is exposing users' data, warn security researchers

• May 23, 2014 23 May'14

  eBay under fire over handling of data breach

  eBay is coming under increasing criticism over its handling of the data breach that exposed millions of user records

• May 20, 2014 20 May'14

  US cyber criminal jailed for 20 years

  US authorities have jailed a cyber criminal for 20 years, for trading in stolen credit cards and identities

• May 16, 2014 16 May'14

  Internet of things security is relevant to business, says researcher

  Internet of things is relevant to enterprise information security professionals, says researcher

• May 16, 2014 16 May'14

  Minnesota passes mobile kill switch law to stop theft

  Minnesota has become the first US state to introduce legislation aimed at reducing the theft of smartphones

• May 09, 2014 09 May'14

  Orange data breach underlines need for encryption, say experts

  The theft of 1.3 million customer records from Orange, France underlines the need for encryption, say experts

• May 08, 2014 08 May'14

  Internet privacy could thwart data security, warns expert

  Steps to improve online privacy could thwart data security, warns security expert Hugh Thompson

• May 02, 2014 02 May'14

  City University London launches data science and cyber security courses

  City University London will this year begin its first post-graduate courses in data science and cybersecurity.

• April 30, 2014 30 Apr'14

  Infosec 2014: Threat knowledge is key to cyber security, say experts

  Business should improve awareness of cyber risks to stay ahead of criminals, say experts

• April 30, 2014 30 Apr'14

  Software developers suffer as IT companies endure rising insolvencies

  Increase in the number of IT insolvencies expected as the economy improves

• April 29, 2014 29 Apr'14

  UK and Ireland cyber attacks up 300% in 2013, says FireEye

  UK and Ireland enterprises were hit by an average of more than 70 new infections a day in 2013, a report shows

• April 25, 2014 25 Apr'14

  Cyber threat detection paramount, says SANS fellow

  Cyber threat prevention is ideal, but detection is a must, says Eric Cole, SANS Institute fellow

• April 25, 2014 25 Apr'14

  Heartbleed prompts tech firms to pledge open-source support

  Top tech firms have joined forces to support open-source software to help prevent future bugs like Heartbleed