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IT project management

• February 13, 2014 13 Feb'14

  Lloyds Banking Group restructure savings reinvested in digital

  Lloyds Banking Group is reinvesting savings made through a major restructuring programme into improved processes and digital channels

• February 05, 2014 05 Feb'14

  The BBC DMI project - what went wrong?

  The BBC and its former CTO have engaged in tit-for-tat allegations over its failed £100m digital media project. But who was right?

• February 04, 2014 04 Feb'14

  DWP could face further multimillion-pound bill for IT project problems

  The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) could face further multimillion-pound charges as a result of two troubled IT projects

• February 03, 2014 03 Feb'14

  BBC insists former CTO John Linwood's claims are wrong, in ongoing DMI row

  The BBC has responded to former CTO John Linwood’s claims about its failed digital media project, insisting there were still considerable IT problems

• January 24, 2014 24 Jan'14

  BBC CTO John Linwood sacked over failed £100m digital project

  Former BBC chief technology officer John Linwood has been sacked over the broadcaster’s failed £100m Digital Media Initiative

• January 24, 2014 24 Jan'14

  DWP refuses to release value for money reports on Universal Credit IT suppliers

  The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) refuses to publish details about Universal Credit IT suppliers' performance

• January 22, 2014 22 Jan'14

  HB Fuller sticks with HR in the cloud

  Cloud based HR system gives adhesives maker the ability to manage its global workforce

• January 16, 2014 16 Jan'14

  DWP seeks 50 IT staff to deliver Universal Credit and other digital projects

  The Department for Work and Pensions needs to recruit 50 IT experts to support its plans for developing Universal Credit and other digital systems

• January 15, 2014 15 Jan'14

  The IT risks facing Universal Credit

  Despite Iain Duncan Smith's robust defence of his flagship welfare reform policy, Universal Credit, evidence to the contrary continues to mount

• January 14, 2014 14 Jan'14

  MoD suffers major IT setbacks in army recruitment project

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) faces millions of pounds of added costs following IT failures in its recruitment programme

• January 13, 2014 13 Jan'14

  Interactive graphic: 2014 European IT priorities and forecast

  Find out the IT priorities and forecasts of European businesses for 2014 with our exclusive reader survey results

• January 09, 2014 09 Jan'14

  DWP already struggling to recruit digital skills for Universal Credit IT development

  DWP is already struggling to recruit IT staff with the digital skills it needs – not just for Universal Credit but also other IT projects

• January 08, 2014 08 Jan'14

  Universal Credit faces IT skills shortage risk after GDS withdrawal

  The withdrawal of the Government Digital Service (GDS) from work on Universal Credit is one of the major risks for the troubled project over the next 12 months

• January 08, 2014 08 Jan'14

  DWP to spend further £90m on Universal Credit IT system

  Department for Work and Pensions to spend £90m enhancing heavily criticised Universal Credit IT system – much of which will be thrown away

• January 06, 2014 06 Jan'14

  Universal Credit IT suppliers to be left out of new digital system development

  HP, Accenture, IBM and BT will have 'significantly less' involvement in the digital system developed for full roll-out of the benefits scheme

• January 02, 2014 02 Jan'14

  Top 10 resolutions for the new year’s datacentre

  For the datacentre manager, here are 10 New Year's resolutions that may come in useful for putting in place a technology platform for 2014

• December 31, 2013 31 Dec'13

  Top 10 premium content articles of 2013

  Computer Weekly presents a selection of the most popular premium content reports and articles of 2013

• December 13, 2013 13 Dec'13

  Avon drops SAP big bang transformation

  Cosmetics giant Avon has halted its multi-year SAP rollout due to a poor return on investment.

• December 11, 2013 11 Dec'13

  Southern Water adds consumption data in billing system update

  Southern Water is updating its billing system to provide more information to customers to help them reduce water consumption

• December 09, 2013 09 Dec'13

  DWP writes off £40m on Universal Credit but insists the IT is working

  The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is scrapping £40.1m of IT work on Universal Credit, and a further £91m will be written off over five years

• December 09, 2013 09 Dec'13

  More than 200,000 benefit claimants per month to move to new system

  The roll-out for Universal Credit will see 200,000 benefit claimants transferred to new IT system every month over a 14-month period to end of 2017

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  Tech spend to increase in 2014 as executives explore big data

  Over three-quarters of chief financial officers plan to increase technology investments in 2014

• December 02, 2013 02 Dec'13

  Ipswich Building Society forced to change IT services supplier

  Ipswich Building Society was part of a group of companies that had to find new IT service provider following a decision by the incumbent supplier to exit the business

• November 29, 2013 29 Nov'13

  Computer Weekly European User Awards 2014 open for entries

  Computer Weekly is running its European User Awards for a second year in 2014. Find out all the details here

• November 29, 2013 29 Nov'13

  CIOs and the future – is there a rung missing in the career ladder?

  Current IT leaders think CIOs do not have the skills to lead business IT in the future

• November 12, 2013 12 Nov'13

  Call for graduates to apply for John Lewis technology scheme

  Retailer John Lewis is encouraging university-leavers to apply for positions in its graduate development scheme

• November 12, 2013 12 Nov'13

  BlackBerry reveals new UK managing director

  After the surprise departure of Rob Orr this summer, the mobile manufacturer has appointed Alexandra Zagury as Orr's successor

• November 12, 2013 12 Nov'13

  National Audit Office reports concerns over government supplier dominance

  The National Audit Office (NAO) reports the public sector spent £6.6bn on four outsourced service providers, including IT service providers

• November 12, 2013 12 Nov'13

  Cancer Research boosts IOPS with EMC XtremSF PCIe flash

  Cancer Research deploys EMC XtremSF PCIe server-side flash storage, cutting Oracle CRM queries from hours to seconds and regaining IOPS on main storage arrays

• November 11, 2013 11 Nov'13

  Midcounties Co-op increases return on service desk investment

  The Midcounties Co-operative has increased the uses for its IT service management software since initially buying a system back in 2004

• November 07, 2013 07 Nov'13

  'Extraordinarily poor' Universal Credit project needs clear IT stategy, say MPs

  MPs say the Department for Work and Pensions must set out a clear IT strategy for Universal Credit and state how much money will be written off

• November 06, 2013 06 Nov'13

  CIO interview: Angela Morrison, chief information officer, Direct Line

  Migrating IT away from former parent company Royal Bank of Scotland is the main priority for Angela Morrison, CIO at Direct Line Insurance

• November 04, 2013 04 Nov'13

  DWP ministers to decide whether to scrap all of the £300m Universal Credit IT

  Ministers at the DWP are to decide this month whether to scrap all of the £300m Universal Credit IT systems and start again from scratch

• November 01, 2013 01 Nov'13

  DWP refused to release Universal Credit IT review to MPs

  DWP has refused to provide MPs with a copy of a review of the IT for the troubled Universal Credit project by programme chief Howard Shiplee

• October 28, 2013 28 Oct'13

  Aerospace company turns to cloud in $4m HR IT project

  Problems finding skilled engineers has prompted BE Aerospace to sign deal with SuccessFactors for cloud HR technology.

• October 25, 2013 25 Oct'13

  Help for Heroes picks hybrid cloud to optimise databases and website

  Help for Heroes is building a hybrid cloud to optimise performance and resilience of the charity’s websites and databases

• October 22, 2013 22 Oct'13

  Case study: Pumps maker Hayward Tyler’s restructure sharpened ERP business focus

  When a restructure arrives half way through an ERP upgrade, it could be a threat to the IT programme. But Hayward Tyler saw it as a chance to ensure business goals were at the heart of its Epicor project.

• October 21, 2013 21 Oct'13

  Manchester’s Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust streamlines IT with private cloud

  Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is implementing a private cloud to improve IT efficiency for the organisation’s 8,800 staff members

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  Swiss train drivers equipped with iPads to save millions in energy costs

  Switzerland’s rail network is equipping train drivers with iPads that will advise them on the optimum speed to save millions in energy costs

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  US railway integrates applications in drive to use train network more efficiently

  US rail transport company Norfolk Southern Railway has begun an ambitious project to integrate 400 software applications it uses to control and monitor its rolling stock, trains and freight containers

• October 14, 2013 14 Oct'13

  Italian university reduces costs by 23% with cloud platform

  Italy’s first open university, Marconi University, has launched an IT project to host its e-learning services on a cloud platform

• October 11, 2013 11 Oct'13

  Toyota e-learning upgrade aims to cut mechanics' training time by up to a year

  Car distributor Toyota Motor Europe is using e-learning to manage the training and certification of motor technicians and engineers

• October 10, 2013 10 Oct'13

  Specsavers uses HP application lifecycle management to manage offshore work

  Optician Specsavers has used HP’s application lifecycle management toolset to build a standard process for software development

• October 10, 2013 10 Oct'13

  Case study: Bensons for Beds owner opts for third-party datacentre and managed services

  Owner of Bensons for Beds and Harveys furniture stores outsources IT infrastructure and adopts third-party datacentre

• October 09, 2013 09 Oct'13

  Engineering firm aims to automate HR system for 150,000 employees

  Power and automation company, ABB is to automate and simplify its HR processes in a project that aims to make HR technology as easy to use as Google. The project, dubbed the Google-isation of HR, will allow employees and managers to look for HR ...

• October 09, 2013 09 Oct'13

  Misys expects payback in 12 months from talent management in the cloud

  Financial software company Misys has opted for a cloud based talent management system, after SAP proved wanting.

• October 08, 2013 08 Oct'13

  Government pledges extra £100m to Enterprise Zones

  Communities secretary Eric Pickles confirms the additional funding to help complete infrastructure projects around the new business hubs

• October 04, 2013 04 Oct'13

  CIO interview: Carlos Morgado, CTO, Just Eat

  Carlos Morgado, group CTO of online takeaway service Just Eat, discusses the company's move to public cloud

• September 27, 2013 27 Sep'13

  Mainframe dead? IT still sees it as robust, long-term solution, shows study

  Despite suggestions of its extinction, 93% of global IT execs say mainframe remains a robust, long-term solution in their enterprise IT strategy

• September 26, 2013 26 Sep'13

  Take ultimate responsibility for cloud, users warned amid Nirvanix closure

  The sudden demise of cloud provider Nirvanix must act as a wake-up call for end users in planning exit strategies when contracting cloud services