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October 28, 2011 28 Oct'11
Open University expands computer-aided teaching portal for educators worlwide

The Open University has completed the second stage of a £2.5m Department of Education funded initiative to deliver computer-aided teaching to the classroom.
October 28, 2011 28 Oct'11
Survey finds UK IT jobs concentrated in London and south-east England

With software houses and the financial services sector creating by far the most permanent IT jobs, career opportunities are being condensed into south-east England.
October 28, 2011 28 Oct'11
US Tennis Association cuts costs running Citrix XenApp in Amazon cloud

The US Tennis Association (USTA) is reducing disaster recovery, hosting, helpdesk and licencing costs after choosing to run its Citrix XenApp environment in Amazon's Web Services (AWS) cloud.
October 28, 2011 28 Oct'11
HP announces U-turn to keep PC division after Whitman completes internal review

HP has reversed its decision to spin-off the company's PC division following an internal review by CEO Meg Whitman, who replaced form head Leo Apotheker in September.

October 27, 2011 27 Oct'11
Analysis: What is the secret sauce in SAP's success?

SAP notched up the seventh consecutive quarter of double-digit growth in software and software-related services, but with the last major upgrade to SAP's core enterprise resource planning (ERP) product way back in 2005, how is the company achieving ...
October 27, 2011 27 Oct'11
IP network critical to video technology at FA’s St George's Park development

The Football Association (FA) is implementing the latest networking and video technology at its coaching and education centre. The St George's Park centre will be the FA's second major centre alongside Wembley, where operations are currently centred.
October 27, 2011 27 Oct'11
Case Study: How RBS built a business case for virtual desktops to cut costs

With an annual technology spend of £1.5bn, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) wanted to move 55,000 of its users to a virtual desktop platform to change the way its employees work and cut costs. Mark Diamond, CIO at RBS, shares his lessons learnt in ...
October 27, 2011 27 Oct'11
Analysis: What is the secret sauce in SAP's success?

The last major upgrade to SAP's core enterprise resource planning (ERP) product was released in 2005, so how is the company achieving record growth? Warwick Ashford reports
October 27, 2011 27 Oct'11
US and Canadian subscribers sue RIM over Blackberry service outage

Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) is facing legal action by consumers in the US and Canada for the three-day services outage in mid-October caused by a core switch failure in RIM's infrastructure.
October 26, 2011 26 Oct'11
How Unilever took control of its software

Unilever has automated the processes it uses to manage its software globally through a service which has saved millions of pounds, reduced the complexity of its software portfolio and improved security.

October 26, 2011 26 Oct'11
Amazon sees profits plummet 73% as company eyes iPad’s market share

Amazon's profits plunged 73% to $63m in Q3, as it invested to take on the iPad with its e-readers and Kindle Fire tablet computer. Sales grew 44% to $10.88bn, boosted by pre-orders for the Amazon Kindle Fire.
October 26, 2011 26 Oct'11
One in five IT staff expected to quit current employer within 12 months

One in five IT staff are likely to leave their current employer next year in search of more interesting projects and career opportunities, while 80% feel they need a job change to progress their career, according to exclusive research.
October 26, 2011 26 Oct'11
John McCarthy, father of Artificial Intelligence and creator of LISP language, dies aged 84

The artificial intelligence (AI) community is mourning the death of John McCarthy, the US scientist who invented the LISP computer language at the heart of this field of study.
October 25, 2011 25 Oct'11
Commonwealth launches web portal to connect two billion citizens

The Commonwealth Secretariat has launched a social media portal to enable the two billion citizens of its 54 member states to collaborate on common issues.
October 25, 2011 25 Oct'11
New skills initiative aims to help young people into IT security career

A new skills development initiative hasbeen launched to encourage more young people to start a career in information security.
October 25, 2011 25 Oct'11
Microsoft claims most Android smartphone manufacturers now pay patent fees

Microsoft has claimed most Android smartphone manufacturers now pay the software giant patent fees.
October 24, 2011 24 Oct'11
UK broadband speeds increase, but thousands left in the slow lane

Thirty percent of UK internet traffic is now at speeds above 5Mbps, an increase of 70% compared to last year.
October 24, 2011 24 Oct'11
Wikileaks turns to fundraising as US finance companies cut off donations

Wikileaks has stopped publishing whistle-blowing information to concentrate on raising funds in the face of bankruptcy. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says a blockade by US finance companies has cut off 95% of the organisation's revenue from ...
October 24, 2011 24 Oct'11
Apple loses tablet market share as iPad yields 27% to Google Android devices

Apple's share of the tablet market has shrunk 29% to 67%, as Google's mobile operating system Android took a chunk out of the company's global sales during the last quarter this year with a rise of 27% from 2.3% for the same period a year earlier.
October 24, 2011 24 Oct'11
Why do big IT projects fail? Part one: The professionals

Academics, CIOs, lawyers, a professor of outsourcing, a consultant and an investigative journalist answer the question on the minds of many a business and IT professional: Why do big IT projects fail?
October 21, 2011 21 Oct'11
HP will not replace retiring CTO Shane Robison

Hewlett-Packard has announced its chief strategy and technology officer, Shane Robinson, will retire at the end of October - and won't be replaced.
October 19, 2011 19 Oct'11
Research in Motion unveils Blackberry BBX mobile operating system

At the Blackberry DevCon Americas 2011 conference, RIM said its BBX OS combines elements of its Blackberry OS platform and QNX OS.
October 19, 2011 19 Oct'11
Intel posts record third quarter profits on back of netbook PC sales growth

Intel's Q3 results saw sales grow 28% year-on-year to reach $14.2bn, up $3.1bn. Profit grew 17% year-on-year to reach $3.5bn, up $513m. Intel's PC client group sales increase 22% compared to 2010 figures to $9.4bn.
October 18, 2011 18 Oct'11
VMworld 2011: Kaiser Permanente splits systems support to reduce helpdesk toll

Kaiser Permanente, a supplier of electronic patient records to US clinicians, has re-engineered its IT service delivery to split high availability and performance. This will allow it to streamline support and maintain a life-critical medical system.
October 18, 2011 18 Oct'11
Password chaos linked to network breaches, survey finds

A fundamental lack of IT security awareness in enterprises is potentially paving the way for a further wave of data breaches in 2011, a survey of 300 international IT professionals has shown.
October 18, 2011 18 Oct'11
IBM shares fall after slow revenue growth in third quarter

IBM shares fell almost 4% after its third quarter results were announced as investors worried about cancelled IT projects and slower spending on technology.
October 17, 2011 17 Oct'11
European Commission proposes €9.2bn investment for high-speed broadband

As part of the proposals, the European Commission (EC) will outline targets to improve broadband speeds and prioritise rural areas.
October 17, 2011 17 Oct'11
Technology is top of the chops in RBS savings memo

The Royal Bank of Scotland's investment banking business is making cuts to its technology budgets and forcing contractors to take holidays as it identifies areas where savings can be made.
October 17, 2011 17 Oct'11
CESG approves first encrypted USB flash drive for 'top secret' data classification

The UK government's technical security advisor CESG has approved the Eclypt 600 Enhanced Nano encrypted USB memory stick to be used for data classified as "secret" and "top secret."
October 14, 2011 14 Oct'11
RSA: Tim Berners-Lee calls for a new breed of information security systems

World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has called on the IT security industry to develop a new breed of systems that make it easier to manage the use of personal data.
October 14, 2011 14 Oct'11
What does Oracle's release of Fusion Applications mean for its customers?

After what seemed an interminable development period, Oracle has finally released its Fusion Applications and a public cloud.
October 14, 2011 14 Oct'11
Unix co-creator and father of C, Dennis Ritchie dies age 70

US computer scientist Dennis Ritchie - one of the co-inventors of the Unix operating system and the C programming language - has died at 70 after a long illness.
October 14, 2011 14 Oct'11
CIO interview: Gerry Pennell, CIO, London 2012 Olympics

With less than 10 months to go, London 2012 CIO Gerry Pennell is fully focused on the task of delivering a project that simply cannot miss its deadline.
October 13, 2011 13 Oct'11
Gartner: IT staff need new skills to manage big data

Enterprises will need to reskill their IT department if they are to successfully manage the explosive growth of data within their organisation, claims analyst group Gartner.
October 11, 2011 11 Oct'11
Aviva reduces costs by 30% with cloud-based HR system

Aviva claims to have saved over £1m a year in reduced software licence fees after completing the first stage of a project to replace its Oracle-based HR systems with a cloud-based service.
October 11, 2011 11 Oct'11
CIO interview: Adam Gerrard, chief technology officer, LateRooms

The new IT chief at travel firm LateRooms talks about his plans for IT transformation to support a period of intense international business growth.
October 10, 2011 10 Oct'11
CW500: Martin Taylor, head of infrastructure and service delivery, Mitchells & Butlers

In this CW500 Club video, Martin Taylor talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick to share his practical advice on how to move to the cloud.
October 07, 2011 07 Oct'11
85 sub-postmasters seek legal support in claims against Post Office computer system

Over 80 sub-postmasters are interested in taking legal action against the Post Office in relation to an allegedly faulty computer system.
October 06, 2011 06 Oct'11
Video is future of communication, claims Cisco CEO John Chambers

Video will be the future for all forms of communication, claims John Chambers, CEO of networking company Cisco.
October 06, 2011 06 Oct'11
UBS systems detected $2bn rogue trader fraud, admits CEO Sergio Ermotti

UBS interim CEO Sergio Ermotti has admitted systems in the banks IT infrastructure detected the unauthorised trading of the rogue trader who cost UBS over $2bn, but nothing was done about the warning signals.
October 06, 2011 06 Oct'11
Salesforce chief Marc Benioff compares Larry Ellison to 'oppressive dictator'

Marc Benioff, head of Salesforce.com, has given his swan song speech at Oracle Open World, comparing Larry Ellison to an oppressive dictator. He expressed disappointment at Ellison's decision to reschedule Benioff's talk for after the conference ...
October 06, 2011 06 Oct'11
Oracle announces public cloud to host long-awaited Fusion applications

Oracle's Fusion applications comprise around 100 products from Oracle's JD Edwards, E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft and Siebel systems, with business intelligence embedded into them.
October 06, 2011 06 Oct'11
Technology industry figures pay tribute to Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs

Apple's co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs has died, aged 56. Jobs battled with pancreatic cancer, and had liver transplant surgery in 2009. He stepped down as Apple CEO in August 2011 after his second bout of medical leave since the start of the ...
October 05, 2011 05 Oct'11
Apple unveils iPhone 4S, iOS 5 and iCloud

Apple has launched its latest smartphone device, iPhone 4S, an updated version of its operating system (OS), iOS 5 and the new iCloud service.
October 04, 2011 04 Oct'11
CW500: Andy Beale, technology director, Guardian News & Media

In this CW500 Club video, Andy Beale talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick to share his practical advice on how to move to the cloud.
October 04, 2011 04 Oct'11
Jerry Yang in talks with equity investors about taking Yahoo private

Yahoo co-founder and former chief executive Jerry Yang is talking to private equity firms about taking the internet company private. Talks have so far been informal, but Yahoo's advisors are expected to send financial information this week to ...
October 04, 2011 04 Oct'11
Halliburton appeal boosts industry lobby for CAD patents and erodes IPO 'mental' stance

Halliburton has won an appeal hearing on software patentability. The decision is further evidence that the industry lobby - opposed to the stance taken by the UK Intellectual Property Office on software patentability - is beginning to win.
October 04, 2011 04 Oct'11
IT companies dominate global brand index as Apple leads top 100 companies' growth

According to Interbrand's Top 100 Best Global Brands report, Apple saw the biggest rise in brand value while HTC became the one to watch. Interbrand's index places over 20 IT companies in the top 100 index, six of which are in the top 10.
October 04, 2011 04 Oct'11
GPU cracks six-character password in four seconds

A £30 nVidia GeForce GT220 graphics card is capable of cracking strong passwords in a matter of hours.
October 04, 2011 04 Oct'11
Warwick University enters final phase of three-step IT transformation programme

Warwick University has started the last phase of its three-year IT transformation, introducing small, user-driven IT projects to transform its IT operation into one that offers services users need, rather than merely supporting technology.