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October 27, 2014 27 Oct'14
CIO interview: David Johnstone of Martin Currie Investment Management

The head of solutions management at the asset management firm discusses IT projects and the changing role of IT leaders
October 24, 2014 24 Oct'14
Universal Credit digital service set for first public test in Sutton

Digital service for Universal Credit to start testing with benefit claimants in Sutton, south London, in the next two months
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 23, 2014 23 Oct'14
European enterprises can halve colo expenses by moving north, says Gartner

Favourable environmental conditions in Northern Europe mean enterprises can save on their datacentre expenses

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 16, 2014 16 Oct'14
Cope could be the future of mobility, says BBC technology chief

A corporate-owned, personally enabled (Cope) implementation could be the best option for mobility plans in the future
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 13, 2014 13 Oct'14
UK ranks third in right to be forgotten requests to Google

The UK has made the third-highest number of requests for links to be removed from Google's search results

October 10, 2014 10 Oct'14
Symantec splits storage and security

Symantec is splitting its storage and security business, following just days after HP announced its split
October 08, 2014 08 Oct'14
Tim Berners-Lee: Data sharing needs accountability

The question of how much data an individual should share was a key theme of Tim Berners-Lee's keynote at IP Expo
October 08, 2014 08 Oct'14
The challenges facing HP as it splits in two

HP is splitting its business in two - but it is a reaction to the changing way that businesses and consumers buy IT
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
October 07, 2014 07 Oct'14
Engineering company rolls out talent management software across 17 countries

Meggitt is deploying cloud-based HR technology as it seeks to integrate 60 diverse business units into a multinational operation
October 06, 2014 06 Oct'14
Microsoft to offer cloud services from Indian datacenters in 2015

Microsoft is planning to offer cloud services – Azure and Office 365 – in India from local datacenters by the end of 2015
October 03, 2014 03 Oct'14
Yes Bank adopts SunTec software suite

Indian private bank Yes Bank is using software from SunTec for revenue management and business assurance
October 01, 2014 01 Oct'14
European firms far from ready for new data rules, study shows

As European authorities aim to ratify revised data protection rules by 2015, many firms have a lot to do to comply
October 01, 2014 01 Oct'14
Microsoft readies Windows 10 Technical Preview

Microsoft is today releasing a preview of Windows 10, the next version of the Windows desktop operating system
September 30, 2014 30 Sep'14
Oracle OpenWorld 2014: Xerox aligns business and IT in streamlining applications

Xerox's IT division has been working with the business to standardise its HR management on a global basis
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
September 24, 2014 24 Sep'14
BlackBerry Passport delivers a real keyboard and high-res screen to business

BlackBerry has introduced its Passport smartphone featuring a 4.5in hi-res screen, a qwerty keyboard and 13MP camera
September 24, 2014 24 Sep'14
Accommodation booking site picks Dell cloud to fix downtime issues

Eviivo, a UK-based online accommodation booking website, has placed its business-critical systems on a Dell cloud platform
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 19, 2014 19 Sep'14
SAP acquires Concur to build cloud-based expense management

SAP has agreed to acquire online travel and expense management SaaS provider Concur Technologies for $8bn
September 19, 2014 19 Sep'14
Interview: Government digital chief Mike Bracken on the next five years

The Government Digital Service celebrates its third anniversary soon, but has plenty more challenges ahead to change Whitehall thinking
September 18, 2014 18 Sep'14
Government digital chief signals move away from 'tower model' approach to IT outsourcing

Government digital chief Mike Bracken has signalled a move away from the “tower model” approach to IT outsourcing
September 16, 2014 16 Sep'14
Government seeks £110,000 director for Parliamentary Digital Service

Parliament is recruiting a digital director for the revamped Parliamentary Digital Service in a role offering a salary of £110,000 a year
September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14
Salesforce issues advice on avoiding Dyreza attack

Salesforce has issued a set of guidelines on tightening security after a number of its customers were targeted by the Dyreza email virus
September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14
WikiLeaks reveals Australian police are using surveillance software

Australia's New South Wales police are using spyware that has been linked to repressive states, according to leaked documents
September 10, 2014 10 Sep'14
Research reveals the inner psychology of IT professionals

IT professionals are creative, flexible and strategic but can find it difficult to fit in with corporate culture, says psychology research
September 10, 2014 10 Sep'14
Google faces fresh EU pressure over advertising practices

European Commission calls for “new solutions” to address complaints that Google's online search advertising is anti-competitive
September 08, 2014 08 Sep'14
BP spends £2m developing apps to train business leaders

BP is scrapping online courses in favour of apps and portals that can deliver bite-sized information and training when it's needed
September 03, 2014 03 Sep'14
Morgan Motor Company swaps Sage for integrated IFS

Morgan Motor Company is replacing its Sage 500 accounting system with IFS Applications
September 03, 2014 03 Sep'14
How Sony Music used Google cloud for One Direction’s 1D-Day event

Sony Music and its digital agency AIS London adopted Google Cloud Platform services to handle One Direction's day event
September 02, 2014 02 Sep'14
Online fashion retailer Asos seeks CIO

Asos.com is looking to appoint a CIO following the departure of Pete Marsdon after two years in the role
September 02, 2014 02 Sep'14
Why bare metal cloud is in vogue

Bare metal services have been around since 2009 but cloud is witnessing renewed interest in it thanks to new offerings
September 01, 2014 01 Sep'14
Rolls-Royce CIO joins HMRC as non-executive director

Rolls-Royce CIO Simon Ricketts has been appointed non-executive director of Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs
August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14
Windows Server 2003 EOL: HP seeks to cash in as IBM-Lenovo deal yet to close

As enterprises look to refresh their infrastructure, HP is playing the stability card to win deals as IBM and Dell are mired by uncertainties
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 26, 2014 26 Aug'14
Local authorities can improve data protection, says ICO audit

There is room for improvement in how local authorities protect personal data, says an audit report by the ICO
August 21, 2014 21 Aug'14
Load balancing supports Kent County Council's VDI project

Kent County Council picks Kemp Technologies load balancers to support a deployment of VMware Horizon View and Workspace across its estate
August 19, 2014 19 Aug'14
FT turns to cloud to manage advertising bookings

Business newspaper replaces 20-year-old ad-booking system with a cloud-based service
August 19, 2014 19 Aug'14
Government major projects watchdog needs more powers, says MPs

Major Projects Authority needs stronger powers to improve project delivery across government, say MPs
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
August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14
CIO interview: Dave Ubachs, CIO, Staples Europe

Staples is undertaking major IT projects in Europe that will see e-commerce improvements and back-end consolidation in 16 countries
August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14
UK recession benefits IT industry

A fifth of IT staff believe the UK recession has had a positive impact on the IT industry, according to Randstad Technologies
August 12, 2014 12 Aug'14
Intel unveils first 14nm processor aimed at mobile computing devices

Chipmaker's first processor based on 14nm micro-architecture will be thinner, cooler and aimed at tablet PCs
August 08, 2014 08 Aug'14
Why John Linwood is not to blame for BBC’s failed technology project

Former BBC CTO has won his case for unfair dismissal over the failed £100m DMI project, but what lessons can be learned?
August 05, 2014 05 Aug'14
AstraZeneca rolls out IT self service using ServiceNow

Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has rolled out ServiceNow self service IT to 51,500 staff globally in four months