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October 09, 2015 09 Oct'15
Three technologies to drive business

Emerging technologies such as 3D printers, the internet of things and APIs will deliver new business opportunities, and CIOs are in a position to drive forward these business strategies
October 09, 2015 09 Oct'15
UK digital economy needs 2.3 million digital workers by 2020

The UK will need the skills of 2.3 million digital workers by 2020 if it hopes to power the promised digital economy, according to research from O2
October 05, 2015 05 Oct'15
Workday seeks growth, not profit, as it expands in Europe

Cloud services company Workday is setting its sights on growth as it expands from cloud HR, to finance, learning and analytics
October 01, 2015 01 Oct'15
JLab’s 2015 startups explain how the accelerator has helped them

Finalists of the John Lewis JLab accelerator explain what experience they have gained on the programme

September 28, 2015 28 Sep'15
Apple's Irish datacentre build hit by possible planning permission appeal delay

A "valid appeal" has reportedly been raised in response to Galway County Council's decision to grant conditional planning permission for Apple's Irish datacentre build
September 21, 2015 21 Sep'15
MPs launch inquiry into the UK's digital economy

Business, Innovation and Skills Committee investigation will examine the challenges facing digital industries
September 17, 2015 17 Sep'15
Care.data chief Tim Kelsey to leave NHS England

NHS England’s digital chief will leave the organisation in December to take up a new role with Telstra Health in Australia
September 15, 2015 15 Sep'15
The digitisation of Premier League football

Premier League football clubs are ramping up their digital strategies this season
September 15, 2015 15 Sep'15
Why insurer Axa is entering the retail e-commerce market

Digitisation in insurance is usually associated with digital policy documents – but Axa is using technology to take a lateral approach to the indemnity business
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

July 29, 2015 29 Jul'15
Technology experts warn of dangers of artificial intelligence arms race

An open letter signed by more than 12,000 technology experts calls for a ban on artificial intelligence (AI) to manage weapons “beyond meaningful human control”
July 23, 2015 23 Jul'15
Software project will save Ford tens of millions a year in car repair bills

Car maker Ford is rolling out sophisticated warranty software to 12,000 dealers worldwide in a project that is expected to bring rapid financial returns
July 22, 2015 22 Jul'15
Investment in the internet of things boosts revenue for manufacturers

A TCS report reveals executives plan to increase spending on IoT initiatives to boost business
July 13, 2015 13 Jul'15
Huawei joins European 5G research project

Huawei commits to pan-European 5G Public Private Partnership (5G-PPP) plan to strengthen five separate 5G research projects
July 06, 2015 06 Jul'15
The internet of things could save the honeybee from extinction

Gemalto’s M2M unit is developing an ambitious project with agricultural science firm Eltopia and the University of Minnesota. The objective: to save the honeybee from extinction
June 29, 2015 29 Jun'15
Cisco launches IoT System for enterprise and smart cities

Cisco unveils 15 products to address the growing complexity of internet of things deployments
June 29, 2015 29 Jun'15
The rise of general-purpose AI and its threat to humanity

Socially aware general-purpose artificial intelligence in the form of a dog could be the ideal form factor to take over the world
June 17, 2015 17 Jun'15
Royal Bank of Scotland goes back to 1970s values with big data

RBS, once the world's largest bank, is using analytics technology to go back to the era of personal customer service
June 09, 2015 09 Jun'15
Case study: What the enterprise can learn from Etsy's DevOps strategy

Jon Cowie, operations engineer at online marketplace Etsy, advises enterprises on how to develop a DevOps-friendly business culture
June 08, 2015 08 Jun'15
John Lewis incubator sees first round of second-year pitches

More than 20 startups have presented their pitches to John Lewis executives in the first round of this year’s Jlab accelerator
June 04, 2015 04 Jun'15
Peugeot Citroën prepares for in-car apps with Sierra Wireless

French car manufacturer PSA Peugeot Citroën plans to deploy device-to-cloud technology to support its connected car strategy
May 21, 2015 21 May'15
G.fast ultrafast broadband test lab opens in Swansea

BT kicks off trials of G.fast broadband technology in Swansea and opens a new test lab for startups
May 07, 2015 07 May'15
Huawei opens European Research Institute

Huawei opens doors of European Research Institute in Leuven, Belgium
April 22, 2015 22 Apr'15
Why self-service and automation will power mass adoption of BI

Tibco’s analytics head, Brian Gentile, believes business intelligence needs to adapt for mass-market adoption
April 09, 2015 09 Apr'15
BBC Engineering restructures to support flexible media needs, says CTO Matthew Postgate

The BBC's technology department, BBC Engineering, will restructure to more effectively provision TV, radio and news, says CTO Matthew Postgate
April 09, 2015 09 Apr'15
CIO interview: Fernando Birman, head of the digital office, Solvay

After years of IT work to support major M&A activity, global chemicals company Solvay is focusing on innovation to drive internal efficiency
March 18, 2015 18 Mar'15
Internet of things and 5G network research priority in 2015 Budget

Research into the internet of things and the 5G networks to support it figured highly in chancellor George Osborne’s 2015 Budget
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
February 24, 2015 24 Feb'15
ARM unleashes internet of things potential with starter kit

Chip-maker ARM has collaborated with IBM to launch the mbed IoT Starter Kit, pitched at SMEs and application developers
February 19, 2015 19 Feb'15
CIO interview: Paul Coby, IT director, John Lewis Partnership

Technology is an essential ingredient to the success of John Lewis, and the retailer is ploughing £100m into IT initiatives in 2015
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
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
January 30, 2015 30 Jan'15
IT sector outdoing rest of economy despite rise in IT supplier insolvencies

Insolvencies among information and communication suppliers increase by a fifth as the economy continues to pull out of recession
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
November 27, 2014 27 Nov'14
CIO interview: Jon Rudoe, digital and technology director, Sainsbury’s

While supermarkets all over the UK are facing challenging times ahead of them, Sainsbury's is taking its technology and innovation into its own hands by developing digital products for its customers.
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 17, 2014 17 Nov'14
Tech Mahindra backs Milton Keynes smart city project

Tech Mahindra’s telco services wing to support development and deployment of smart city solutions and IoT sensor networks
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 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
October 29, 2014 29 Oct'14
Banks see technology firms as biggest threat, says Infosys

Google, Apple and Facebook the biggest threat to banks as technology firms offer consumers financial services
October 28, 2014 28 Oct'14
Met Office supercomputer to increase weather forecast accuracy

Met Office buys £97m Cray supercomputer to help predict disruptive weather events with a far greater degree of accuracy
October 23, 2014 23 Oct'14
BBC takes iPlayer video production to AWS cloud to beat bottleneck and storage woes

Having run Video Factory on AWS for over a year, BBC's Robert Shield explains how he overcame iPlayer bottleneck and availability challenges
October 21, 2014 21 Oct'14
Why Shell, BP and PwC teamed up to launch platform-neutral IT4IT Forum

Lack of IT integration and workload interoperability is pushing enterprises such as Royal Dutch Shell to collaborate with IT providers to develop standards
October 20, 2014 20 Oct'14
IBM operating income falls by 18% as it offloads semiconductor unit

IBM reported lower-than-expected earnings for the third quarter of 2014, with revenue down by 4% year-on-year
October 15, 2014 15 Oct'14
CIOs fear poor cloud investment is making businesses uncompetitive

CIOs and CFOs fear their enterprises are missing revenue opportunities due to poor cloud strategies
October 13, 2014 13 Oct'14
Embedded SIMs key to unlocking internet of things

GSMA’s eUICC Embedded SIM Specification will help M2M communications and the IoT become mainstream, say analysts
October 07, 2014 07 Oct'14
L’Oreal aligns technology with the business to work faster

L’Oreal’s digital technology is working with the business and marketing departments to become innovative and agile
September 29, 2014 29 Sep'14
ARM enters mainstream datacentre with HP’s ProLiant Moonshot servers

ARM chips have entered mainstream enterprise datacentre with HP's production-ready ARM-powered Moonshot servers
August 28, 2014 28 Aug'14
Government appoints former Credit Suisse CIO as deputy CTO

The government has appointed former Credit Suisse CIO Magnus Falk as its new deputy chief technology officer (CTO)
August 18, 2014 18 Aug'14
CIO Interview: Hugh Fahy, CIO, Net-A-Porter

“I like to emphasis the ‘I’ bit in CIO,” says Hugh Fahy, chief information officer of the Net-A-Porter Group