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• January 26, 2011 26 Jan'11

  Virgin supplies London schools with 10Mbps fibre optic broadband

  Virgin Media's business division is to supply a managed fibre optic network to London's Grid for Learning that will replace a broadband network supplied by Symmetrix, a Capita company.

• January 26, 2011 26 Jan'11

  SAP reports 25% increase in sales

  Sales of SAP software and related services grew 35% and 25% respectively during Q4 2010, compared to the same period in 2009.

• January 25, 2011 25 Jan'11

  Gartner outlines six money-making CIO profiles

  A new generation of CIOs with skills to make the business money will replace traditional CIOs by the middle of the decade, says Gartner vice-president and researcher Ken McGee.

• January 25, 2011 25 Jan'11

  Spam level dips

  The recent decline in global spam was the result of a halt in the spam-sending activities of three botnets and unrest among pharmaceutical spam-sending gangs, Symantec's latest MessageLabs Intelligence Report has revealed.

• January 25, 2011 25 Jan'11

  Smart meter and smart grids: security risk or opportunity?

  A smart meter in every home in the UK by 2017 is the government plan as a first step towards a smart grid, but how can we ensure the benefits will outweigh the security risks?

• January 25, 2011 25 Jan'11

  HP to offer enterprise cloud on demand

  HP has unveiled its enterprise cloud service compute strategy, which will offer UK users computing on demand from its Wynyard datacentre.

• January 24, 2011 24 Jan'11

  Bala retires from CIO role

  S R Balasubramanian has retired from the role of CIO at Godfrey Phillips, but continues his professional activities through consultancy

• January 21, 2011 21 Jan'11

  Tight budgets will hit IT departments in 2011

  Budget constraints will be the biggest challenge for IT managers in 2011 as UK companies are forced to cut costs

• January 21, 2011 21 Jan'11

  Gartner: CIOs fail on staff career development

  CIOs are getting better at reinvesting savings into new projects, but investment in skills and career development is still poor.

• January 21, 2011 21 Jan'11

  Parliament to debate cost-sharing element of Digital Economy Act

  Secondary legislation on sharing the costs of the Digital Economy Act's measures to tackle online copyright infringement has been laid in Parliament.

• January 20, 2011 20 Jan'11

  Eli Lilly signs Cognizant deal

  Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly has signed a multiyear deal with Cognizant to provide a range of business services

• January 20, 2011 20 Jan'11

  EU Law needs to be tougher to tackle online piracy

  The European Commission believes ISPs need to take urgent steps to combat online intellectual property theft.

• January 20, 2011 20 Jan'11

  Iran gets access to Google Earth, Picasa and Chrome

  Google has announced that Iranians are to be able to download Google Earth, Picasa and Chrome, available for the first time following the easing of US export controls.

• January 20, 2011 20 Jan'11

  Carlsberg agrees probably its best outsourcing deal

  Carlsberg has signed a five-year contract with Accenture for application services for its European brewery operations.

• January 19, 2011 19 Jan'11

  Government seeks £3bn traffic management technology agreement

  The government is putting in place a framework agreement for traffic management technology worth up to £3bn.

• January 17, 2011 17 Jan'11

  Aurora Fashions CIO John Bovill quits following IT outsourcing deal

  Aurora Fashions chief information officer (CIO) John Bovill has announced his decision to leave the women's fashion firm days after Aurora Fashions announced its move to outsource all its IT.

• January 13, 2011 13 Jan'11

  ‘Pupils need better IT teaching, not more technology,’ say industry experts

  Industry bodies have hit out against an outdated IT curriculum and unenthusiastic teaching staff

• January 13, 2011 13 Jan'11

  FDM seek 1000 graduates for training scheme

  IT services provider FDM is recruiting 1000 graduates for its training scheme in 2011.

• January 12, 2011 12 Jan'11

  Retail banks' IT spending to rocket over five years

  Retail banks in all regions are increasing their IT spending by an average of 24% over the next five years but European banks will increase spending the least.

• January 12, 2011 12 Jan'11

  Microsoft January Patch Tuesday misses open security issues

  Microsoft's January 2011 Patch Tuesday security update contains only two bulletins, but misses several open security issues.

• January 12, 2011 12 Jan'11

  Government departments criticised over data sharing mistake

  Three government agencies have been criticised over a data sharing mistake that led to the wrongful disclosure of a woman's personal and financial information.

• January 10, 2011 10 Jan'11

  iGate acquires outsourcer Patni in deal worth $1.22bn

  American IT services firm iGate has acquired Indian outsource company Patni in a deal worth $1.22 billion.

  iGate said it would pay $921m to buy a 63%...

• January 10, 2011 10 Jan'11

  Poor communication to blame for business intelligence failure, says Gartner

  Between 70% to 80% of corporate business intelligence projects fail, according to research by analyst firm Gartner.

• January 10, 2011 10 Jan'11

  US government issues Twitter subpoena over Wikileaks founder Julian Assange

  Twitter has been issued with a subpoena by the US government to release the personal details of people connected to Wikileaks, including founder Julian Assange.

• January 07, 2011 07 Jan'11

  LinkedIn could beat Facebook to an IPO

  LinkedIn could be the first social network company to be floated on the stock market, according to reports.

• January 06, 2011 06 Jan'11

  Government unveils £200m tech centre network details

  The government has published plans to spend £200m on a network of high-tech manufacturing centres

• January 06, 2011 06 Jan'11

  Update: Who takes the blame for the Lloyds TSB duplicate payment error?

  Over 200,000 people were affected by a glitch at Lloyds TSB, when an error with its merchant system duplicated payments on New Year's Eve. Jenny Williams investigates.

• January 06, 2011 06 Jan'11

  Ofcom frees spectrum for better data, internet access

  From Thursday UK mobile network operators will be allowed to offer data services over their 2G networks, giving consumers better indoor and outdoor access...

• January 06, 2011 06 Jan'11

  $21m acquisition of Immunet takes Sourcefire to the cloud

  Snort creator Sourcefire has announced the $21m (£13.5m) acquisition of cloud-based anti-malware technologies firm Immunet.

• January 05, 2011 05 Jan'11

  TPI and Compass come together

  The US owner of sourcing consultancy TPI has acquired Compass Management Consulting, to increase the transformational services it can offer.

• January 05, 2011 05 Jan'11

  BCS CEO David Clarke talks about the future of the IT industry

  David Clarke, CEO of the chartered institute of computing the BCS, talks to Computer Weekly about being awarded an MBE, the future of the IT profession and tackling a membership revolt against his leadership last year.

• January 04, 2011 04 Jan'11

  CES 2011: Tablets expected to dominate Vegas show

  Tablet-style computers are expected to dominate the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show that kicks off in Las Vegas on Thursday. About...

• January 04, 2011 04 Jan'11

  2010 review: Top 10 IT skills and careers stories

  In Computer Weekly's review of the best of the IT year in 2010, here we look back on the top 10 IT skills stories of the year.

• December 22, 2010 22 Dec'10

  FTC clears £5bn Intel acquisition of McAfee

  The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the US has approved Intel's $7.7bn (£5bn) acquisition of security software giant, McAfee.

• December 20, 2010 20 Dec'10

  Government shelves FiReControl

  The government’s costly and overrunning FiReControl project has been axed. FiReControl has been cancelled because of serious delays with the EADS contract (now Cassidian) which began in 2004 and cost £225m.

• December 20, 2010 20 Dec'10

  FireControl project could be axed before Christmas

  The government's controversial FireControl project could be flagged for review today. The Fire Brigade's Union (FBU) said it was expecting an announcement from fire minister Bob Neil later today, in which it hopes the project designed to reduce the ...

• November 23, 2010 23 Nov'10

  Martha Lane Fox calls for ‘revolution’ in online government services

  Digital champion Martha Lane Fox has published a report calling for a centralised government internet address to replace 750 websites. In a review...

• November 01, 2010 01 Nov'10

  UKtech50: The most influential people in UK IT

  Computer Weekly can today announce the first ever list of the 50 most influential people in UK IT.

• August 27, 2010 27 Aug'10

  Don't buy cloud computing hype: Business model will evaporate

  Cloud computing will not solve the data center industry's problems. Thanks to compliance issues, cloud computing will never get off the ground for commercially viable companies, and cloud providers will evaporate.

• July 30, 2010 30 Jul'10

  Could FiReControl be the next IT project to go?

  The government has spent the last couple of months casting a critical eye over large-scale IT projects, and it's looking increasingly likely that FiReControl could be next to be hit.

• July 12, 2010 12 Jul'10

  NHS National Programme for IT set for major changes

  The controversial £12bn NHS IT project looks set for an overhaul as a result of a major reorganisation of the health service

• June 16, 2010 16 Jun'10

  Google Maps allows users to see which homes are for sale

  Google Maps users will be able to search for listings from estate agents and property websites directly on the maps from today.

• June 08, 2010 08 Jun'10

  BSkyB and HP/EDS settle on £318m in damages

  HP has agreed to pay BSkyB £318m in damages six months after a UK court ruled that HP-owned EDS had misrepresented its capabilities in delivering a CRM system.

• May 26, 2010 26 May'10

  Royal Mail postpones Horizon roll-out after outages

  A pilot of the new Horizon Online system at Royal Mail has been scaled back after connectivity problems and outages.

• May 20, 2010 20 May'10

  Hacker McKinnon to stay in UK, for now

  Self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon will stay in the UK for the foreseeable future following home secretary Theresa May's decision to adjourn a judicial review of his case due next week.

• March 11, 2010 11 Mar'10

  Microsoft loses appeal on Office XML patent dispute with i4i

  Microsoft has lost an appeal in its dispute with i4i over XML support in Office 2003/2007, following a decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

• February 24, 2010 24 Feb'10

  Chinook Mk2's safety-critical backup system was faulty

  Software supplier EDS found so many anomalies in fuel-control software on the Chinook Mk2 helicopter that it became concerned that the Ministry of Defence and RAF would ignore the potential importance of each flaw because of the high volume of ...

• February 22, 2010 22 Feb'10

  What was the 'dangerous' flaw in safety-critical Chinook system?

  Defence contractor EDS - now part of HP - warned the Ministry of Defence that flaws in a Fadec safety-critical system fitted to the Chinook Mk2 helicopter could cause it to malfunction, months before a fatal crash on the Mull of Kintyre.

• January 12, 2010 12 Jan'10

  Senior airmen question safety of Chinook software

  Three fellows of the Royal Aeronautical Society have questioned whether the Chinook Mk2, of the type which crashed on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994, was airworthy.

• January 07, 2010 07 Jan'10

  MoD renews attack on dead Chinook pilots despite software flaw disclosures

  The Ministry of Defence has renewed its attack on the dead pilots of Chinook ZD576, after the publication of documents that revealed a "dangerous" flaw in software installed on the type of helicopter that crashed.