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IT governance
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January 25, 2016
25
Jan'16
Alstom outsources IT transformation to HCL Technologies
Train engineering company Alstom has outsourced its IT to HCL Technologies as part of a five-year transformation project
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January 20, 2016
20
Jan'16
CIO interview: Janne Aalto, Finnish telco DNA
When Finnish telco DNA wanted to transform its business, it made startup consultant Janne Aalto its CIO to lead the move to lean and agile
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January 06, 2016
06
Jan'16
UK IoT research hub opens with support from academic world
A consortium of nine UK universities have come together to work alongside the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council on research into the internet of things
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January 06, 2016
06
Jan'16
CIO interview: Mats Hultin, Saab Group
Saab Group's CIO talks to Computer Weekly about the huge challenge of integrating 40 separate IT organisations into one
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December 21, 2015
21
Dec'15
The CW500 Club in 2015
Computer Weekly's CW500 Club attracts the top IT leaders in the UK to talk to their peers about the latest trends and technologies, and to discuss the challenges they face. Here, we present the coverage of all the 2015 CW500 events, including ...
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December 09, 2015
09
Dec'15
The FCA is open to cloud – but what of the firms it regulates?
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says cloud computing – even in its public form – is acceptable for finance organisations
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December 03, 2015
03
Dec'15
Home Office e-Borders programme costs to reach £1.1bn by 2019, says NAO report
The failed e-Borders programme has cost £830m to date, with a further £275m projected costs before the Home Office produces new systems in-house, due to go live in 2019
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December 03, 2015
03
Dec'15
Workday ringfences support in Europe after Safe Harbour ruled unsafe
US cloud HR and financial services provider reponds to Safe Harbour failure by ringfencing European data
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November 18, 2015
18
Nov'15
Post Office IT support email reveals known Horizon flaw
An email from Post Office IT support reveals a problem with the Horizon system and supporting processes that could lead to accounting errors
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November 03, 2015
03
Nov'15
Theresa May proposes bulk data and internet tracking under the Investigatory Powers Bill
The home secretary has unveiled the draft Investigatory Powers Bill, which sets out the government's plans to collect data on UK citizens' internet use
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November 02, 2015
02
Nov'15
CIO interview: Torben Høeg Bonde, Vestas
The CIO at Danish wind turbine company Vestas is playing a key role in turning the company into a software supplier
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October 29, 2015
29
Oct'15
Retailers will never have pure play, says Watchfinder founder
Founder of luxury second-hand watch reseller Watchfinder explains that retailers will never have an entirely online or offline business
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October 28, 2015
28
Oct'15
Lack of data classification very costly to firms, says survey
Most data retained by organisations is not identified or classified and gobbles budget spent on storage, as well as being potentially non-compliant, reveals Veritas-sponsored survey
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October 22, 2015
22
Oct'15
CIO interview: Frans Westerlund, Fiskars
Fiskars CIO Frans Westerlund tells Computer Weekly about the challenges faced by IT when a business instigates a major strategic transformation
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October 16, 2015
16
Oct'15
ServiceNow powers Royal Mail multi-sourcing
As part of its £500m IT transformation, Royal Mail has deployed ServiceNow to manage new suppliers
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September 30, 2015
30
Sep'15
Legal documents reveal HP's failings over Autonomy
The board of Hewlett-Packard (HP) knew about Autonomy’s failings – yet voted the $11.1bn acquisition through regardless, internal memos have revealed
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September 29, 2015
29
Sep'15
US diplomats warn of economic dangers of scrapping Safe Harbour Agreement
European Court of Justice confirms judgement on the future of the US Safe Harbour Agreement will be made public on 6 October
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September 21, 2015
21
Sep'15
Health chief 'should be held to account' for whistleblow errors
Former nurse and clincial commissioner Bernie Rochford claims unfair dismissal after blowing the whistle on IT problems which put patient care at risk
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September 15, 2015
15
Sep'15
NHS trust denies bullying and intimidation of IT whistleblower
Managers were already aware of whistleblower's concerns about the accuracy of NHS Southwark's data, tribunal hears
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August 26, 2015
26
Aug'15
CIO interview: Elisabeth Stjernstoft, Apoteket
When the Swedish government introduced competition to the pharmaceuticals sector in 2009, the former monopoly faced a major IT transformation
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August 20, 2015
20
Aug'15
Broadband Stakeholder Group to review UK net neutrality policy
The Broadband Stakeholder Group commissions an independent review into the UK’s industry-led approach to net neutrality and the open internet
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August 20, 2015
20
Aug'15
CIO interview: Emil Dahlin, Svevia
Svevia CIO Emil Dahlin transformed the IT of a former Swedish government organisation as it became an independent company
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August 18, 2015
18
Aug'15
IaaS providers pin hopes on spending cut reprieve for G-Cloud 7
G-Cloud suppliers are calling on the government to step up, rather than scale back, investment in the framework as spending cuts loom
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August 12, 2015
12
Aug'15
Mike Bracken: I turned down an increase in GDS budget
Outgoing government digital chief says he rejected the chance of extra funding and that his platform strategy is still on the table
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July 30, 2015
30
Jul'15
BT Group's first-quarter results buoyed by superfast broadband and mobile demand
BT Group's first-quarter results highlight successes in superfast broadband and mobile divisions, but analyst warns of challenging times to come
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July 21, 2015
21
Jul'15
Information security governance maturing, says Gartner
Increasing awareness of the impact of digital business risks, coupled with high levels of publicity regarding cyber security incidents, is making IT risk a board-level issue, says Gartner
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July 14, 2015
14
Jul'15
Anyone still running Windows Server 2003 is now at risk
Businesses still running Windows server 2003 are vulnerable to attack from hackers looking to exploit security holes
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July 14, 2015
14
Jul'15
CIO interview: Mattias Forsberg, Systembolaget
Systembolaget CIO Mattias Forsberg says IT and business need to have a relationship of co-operation and expects every successful IT project to include some pain
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June 09, 2015
09
Jun'15
HMRC denies reports of Verify causing users problems
HMRC has denied that problems faced by the public attempting to claim marriage tax breaks are caused by the Gov.uk Verify scheme
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June 03, 2015
03
Jun'15
HMRC looks for transformation partner ahead of Aspire end
HMRC is seeking transformational help ahead of the demise of its Aspire contract in 2017.
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May 26, 2015
26
May'15
NATS failure down to bug from the 90s and redundant code
A bug present in Nats since 1990s has been identified as the root cause of the five-hour outage of UK air traffic control on 12 December 2014
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May 21, 2015
21
May'15
CIO interview: Austerity drives joined-up council IT with Force.com
Peterborough has become a big user of software-as-a-service for council services. We speak to its IT head
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May 12, 2015
12
May'15
Former nurse’s career blighted after blowing whistle on IT problems
Southwark's continuing care database included names of patients who had been dead for several years, a tribunal is told
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May 11, 2015
11
May'15
PSNGB rebrands to drive information sharing across PSN
PSNGB, the trade association set up to promote the Public Services Network, rebrands itself as Innopsis and says its work is far from over
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April 14, 2015
14
Apr'15
Security risk potential linked to young, mobile users
A study conducted by wireless supplier Aruba Networks has identified a distinct cohort of high-risk, security-agnostic workers
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April 08, 2015
08
Apr'15
Exit checks system for UK borders finally goes live
The Home Office launches a system for making exit checks of travellers at UK borders, following the scrapped e-Borders programme
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March 31, 2015
31
Mar'15
AWS gets EU approval for data replication outside of Europe
The European Union Data Protection Authorities has approved Amazon Web Services’ Data Processing Agreement
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March 30, 2015
30
Mar'15
Rural payments service failed GDS assessment but still went live
The troubled rural payments digital service failed its most recent assessment by the Government Digital Service, but was still launched to farmers
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March 19, 2015
19
Mar'15
BIS sets out to assist development of digital sharing economy
The government has set out a number of proposals to assist in the development of the £9bn trade body Sharing Economy UK
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March 19, 2015
19
Mar'15
Ofcom finalises BT wholesale broadband pricing rules
Ofcom finalises plans to introduce wholesale broadband pricing rules to promote competition and investment in superfast broadband
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March 09, 2015
09
Mar'15
Prepare for two modes of business intelligence, says Gartner
IT needs to open up business intelligence to the broader business to support its consumerisation
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February 25, 2015
25
Feb'15
£700m spent on Universal Credit yet to deliver value for money, say MPs
The Department for Work and Pensions has spent £700m on Universal Credit so far, but has yet to convince MPs it is value for money
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February 23, 2015
23
Feb'15
Apple invests in European datacentres as EU investigates tax break
Apple is investing €1.7bn in two European datacentres to support iTunes, the App Store, iMessage, Maps and Siri
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February 11, 2015
11
Feb'15
General election 2015: Major parties focus on tech agenda
With advancements around data protection and state surveillance of internet traffic, the UK is heading into its first tech-aware general election
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February 05, 2015
05
Feb'15
FCC’s Tom Wheeler offers up net neutrality plan
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) may rule in favour of a strong regulatory environment to preserve the open internet
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February 02, 2015
02
Feb'15
Government and Labour trade accusations and insults over Universal Credit progress
The political battle over the future of Universal Credit is heating up, as shown in an extraordinary exchange of letters last month
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January 27, 2015
27
Jan'15
Universal Credit costs will not be revealed until after general election
The government will not reveal the full cost of its troubled Universal Credit system until after the general election in May 2015
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January 16, 2015
16
Jan'15
FTSE 350 firms still have long way to go on cyber risk
Many FTSE 350 firms still have a long way to go to manage the risks of a cyber attack, a government-backed cyber governance health check has revealed
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January 16, 2015
16
Jan'15
Barclays creates role to lead transformations
Barclays Bank has appointed a group chief operating officer (COO) to lead it through transformations, including major IT investments
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January 05, 2015
05
Jan'15
Deal between RBS and CA over IT failure will remain secret
The details of the financial settlement between RBS and CA Technologies in relation to a massive IT failure will remain secret