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IT strategy
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June 25, 2015
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Jun'15
John Swainson, president of Dell Software, argues the case for rethinking datacentres
Having previously worked for Silver Lake, CA and IBM, Swainson now heads the company’s software business
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June 25, 2015
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Jun'15
British Gas to power more of its business using public cloud from 2017
Energy supplier says public cloud move will boost its business agility while cutting costs
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June 25, 2015
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Jun'15
Case study: Model railway company Hornby overhauls payments with Braintree
Hornby’s head of digital strategy explains how the firm chose Braintree as its online payments platform following its website migration last year
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June 24, 2015
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Jun'15
Labour MP Chi Onwurah warns of nationalisation risk to UK citizens' personal data
Shadow Cabinet Office minister Chi Onwurah calls on UK citizens to keep close tabs on how the government uses their personal data
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June 24, 2015
24
Jun'15
Former TalkTalk CIO to lead Police ICT Company
Experienced CIO Martin Wyke has been appointed CEO of the Police ICT Company, set up to manage central police systems
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June 23, 2015
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Jun'15
Pharmaceutical companies use BPM to cut cost of clinical trial drugs
Pharmaceutical companies have developed an IT system to secure the supply of medicines they need for clinical studies, saving hundreds of thousands on their drugs bill in the process
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June 22, 2015
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Jun'15
Government Digital Service insists Verify safe despite claims of vulnerabilities
An academic paper suggests the Gov.uk Verify system could be used as a spy network, but the Government Digital Service (GDS) insists this is not the case
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June 19, 2015
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Jun'15
Californian state officials reveal driverless car crash numbers for first time
The Californian Department for Motor Vehicles bows to pressure from The Associated Press to reveal details of self-driving car crashes
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June 19, 2015
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Jun'15
Enterprise adoption of hybrid devices tipped to soar post-Windows 7
Enterprise IT departments should consider hybrid devices in their post-Windows 7 migration plans, claims Gartner
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June 19, 2015
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Jun'15
CIO interview: Rovio Entertainment's Kalle Alppi believes IT staff should be embedded in business
The CIO at the company behind Angry Birds talks about running global IT with only five permanent staff
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June 17, 2015
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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
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June 11, 2015
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Jun'15
Is HMRC making tax more taxing for non-digital taxpayers?
Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has made tax data accessible online – but how should it cater for those unable (or unwilling) to use digital services?
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June 11, 2015
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Jun'15
Only 3% of civil servants think the government gets good value from the tech industry
A survey by industry body TechUK has found only a small percentage of civil servants feel the government currently gets good value out of the tech industry
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June 10, 2015
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Jun'15
OnApp helps small public cloud firms take on AWS, Google and Microsoft
The OnApp Federation marketplace will help smaller firms compete more effectively with the public cloud giants, it is claimed
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June 09, 2015
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Jun'15
Boots cuts 700 jobs in bid to restructure and improve tech
Cosmetics firm Boots has announced it will be cutting 700 non-store roles in an attempt to invest in technology and simplify back-office operations
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June 09, 2015
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Jun'15
US state of Maine turns to BPM to cut admin costs
The US state of Maine is automating a range of government processes in a bid to cut administration costs by more than 10%
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June 09, 2015
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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
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June 09, 2015
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Jun'15
HSBC UK IT braced for cuts as bank weighs up opportunities in Asia
HSBC's UK IT team is likely to be reduced in size as focus moves to Asia
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June 09, 2015
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Jun'15
HMRC denies reports of Verify causing users problems
HMRC has denied that problems faced by the public attempting to claim marriage tax breaks are caused by the Gov.uk Verify scheme
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June 08, 2015
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Jun'15
Home Retail Group appoints former Amazon executive as CTO
Parent company of Argos and Homebase, Home Retail Group, selects former Amazon.com tech president as chief technology officer (CTO)
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June 08, 2015
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Jun'15
Digital services not saving government departments money, says NAO
Government departments are not making the savings digital services were aiming to deliver
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June 04, 2015
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Jun'15
Cisco CEO-elect Robbins reveals leadership team
Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins has unveiled his leadership team, with more high-profile figures set to leave the business and a number of promotions
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June 04, 2015
04
Jun'15
Get ready for Windows 10 upgrade
Windows 10 will be released on July 29. Computer Weekly looks at how the new operating system will impact enterprise IT
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June 04, 2015
04
Jun'15
Pressure grows on enterprise datacentre operators to wind-down investments
Long-term investments in private datacentres could leave enterprises at a competitive disadvantage, warn experts
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June 03, 2015
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Jun'15
Enterprise storage performance a mystery to most IT chiefs
Survey finds more than two-thirds of storage leaders at large enterprises don’t know the impact of I/O from core applications on their storage infrastructure
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June 03, 2015
03
Jun'15
Cisco bans departing execs from vast swathe of IT industry
A filing with the US government has revealed outgoing executives Rob Lloyd and Gary Moore will not be allowed to take up employment with, among others, HP, IBM or VMware
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June 02, 2015
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Jun'15
CIO interview: Dundee University CIO Paul Saunders calls for diversity in IT
Paul Saunders, director of technology at the University of Dundee, talks about the cultural differences between the US and the UK in business attitudes
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June 01, 2015
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Jun'15
Microsoft seeks planning permission for another Dublin datacentre
Software giant will have to wait until August to see if the application for its latest Irish facility has been accepted
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May 29, 2015
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May'15
CIO interview: Adam Gerrard, Yodel
Moving the parcel delivery firm from legacy IT to a digital infrastructure attracted experienced CIO Adam Gerrard to Yodel
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May 28, 2015
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May'15
Internet of things and smart cities need UK-wide consensus
At a TechUK event, delegates call for cross-body collaboration on IoT to ensure local authority CIOs get the best from the emerging technology
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May 28, 2015
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May'15
IT must master coaching for success in digitisation
CIOs can support their company's digital strategy, but it should be driven from the top down by the CEO
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May 27, 2015
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May'15
TfL kicks off network tower procurement
TfL is to begin £400m network tower procurement exercise in June
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May 27, 2015
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May'15
CIO Interview: Mike Young, CIO, Dentsu Aegis Network
CIO Mike Young describes how Dentsu Aegis Network used technology to become a consolidated company with a unified collaboration strategy
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May 26, 2015
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May'15
Civil Servants point to lack of skills as barrier to IT procurement
Adoption of IT for public services is held back due to a lack of skills, despite civil servants agreeing IT is a necessity, according to techUK
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May 22, 2015
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May'15
Government should take agile approach to policy and service delivery, says Hancock
The future of service delivery and policy making will be more focused around an agile approach, said Cabinet Office minister Matthew Hancock
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May 22, 2015
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May'15
HP CEO hails business split progress amid downbeat Q2 revenue slumps
Despite chalking up revenue declines in several business units, Meg Whitman is more convinced than ever of the need to breakup HP
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May 21, 2015
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Connected cars driving into mobile traffic jams
Mobile network operators may face significant traffic management challenges as more connected cars take to the roads, says study
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May 21, 2015
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May'15
CIO interview: Mark Bramwell, IT director, Said Business School
Mark Bramwell is drafting a strategy for IT investment at Oxford University’s Said Business School
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May 21, 2015
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May'15
CIO interview: Myron Hrycyk, CIO, Severn Trent Water
Severn Trent water company is working on technology initiatives to lower bills and improve customer service
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May 21, 2015
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May'15
Societe Generale uses cloud service to place high fliers overseas
Financial Services company, Societe Generale, says relocation software is helping it to attract talented employees
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May 21, 2015
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May'15
Salesforce claims to be on course to become $10bn enterprise software business
Cloud CRM giant comes out fighting after posting better-than-expected Q1 results
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May 20, 2015
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May'15
Government cloud adoption hit by ongoing legacy tech investments
IT supplier Eduserv wants government departments banned from investing in legacy tech to drive up cloud adoption
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May 20, 2015
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May'15
BT and BDUK failed to make costs transparent, says report
A major report on BDUK commissioned by DCMS identifies a number of failures around the transparency of the scheme’s costs
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May 20, 2015
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May'15
M&S sees drop in yearly online sales due to website changes
Retailer M&S suffers a drop in online sales following disruption caused by website relaunch
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May 20, 2015
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May'15
Leeds Building Society embarks on digital services push with HP Cloud
The building society wants to make it easier for customers to manage their money online using HP technology and support services
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May 19, 2015
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May'15
GDS will not scale locally with continued bespoke approach
If the Government Digital Service (GDS) continues to develop bespoke digital services, the progress it has made to date will not scale at a local level, Eddie Copeland, head of technology at the Policy Exchange, has warned
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May 19, 2015
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Microsoft’s Wright: Focus on services to build data cultures
Corporate IT must evolve towards service provision to make organisations more data-driven and agile, Microsoft’s Jacky Wright will tell the Data Governance 2015 conference
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May 19, 2015
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May'15
Gartner warns cloud buyers off hasty IaaS investments
With the competitive landscape in flux, end users should exercise caution when choosing their IaaS providers, Gartner warns
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May 19, 2015
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May'15
Vodafone returns to quarterly revenue growth
A minute rise in quarterly sales gives mobile network operator Vodafone hope that its financial situation is now stabilising
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May 18, 2015
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May'15
IT problems lead to 588% rise in complaints for Scottish Power
Problems with Scottish Power’s IT system have led to it receiving the biggest rise in complaints any energy supplier has ever seen
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May 18, 2015
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May'15
CIO interview: Henrik Trepka, ISS
ISS CIO Henrik Trepka's vision is that ubiquitous internet-connected sensors will help make the Danish facility management company the greatest service organisation in the world
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May 15, 2015
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May'15
Patient care put at risk by IT problems at London NHS trust
IT problems and poor information governance put patients at risk at a London NHS trust, according to evidence disclosed at an employment tribunal
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May 14, 2015
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May'15
Cisco’s John Chambers: I’m pumped about new leadership
Outgoing Cisco boss John Chambers shares his thoughts on the future of the business as he prepares to step down from the bridge
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May 13, 2015
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May'15
UK cloud use is soaring among business users, claims CIF
CIF talks up UK cloud adoption surge, as Windows Server 2003 end of support deadline looms
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May 11, 2015
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May'15
Fujitsu embarks on 10-year datacentre upgrade project in Australia
IT services giant embarks on push to improve the reliability and performance of its Australian datacentres by 2025
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May 08, 2015
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May'15
Fortnum & Mason selects open source over commercial software
Fortnum & Mason has opted for the Spree open-source e-commerce platform, for the underpinnings of its new website
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May 08, 2015
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May'15
Equinix gatecrashes Interxion takeover by making play for TelecityGroup
Doubts cast over Interxion takeover, after Equinix disrupts merger talks by making separate play for TelecityGroup
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May 08, 2015
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May'15
EMC predicts return to double-digit sales growth
Storage giant's EMEA chief claims downbeat first quarter results are as bad as things will get for EMC, and that normal service will soon resume
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May 07, 2015
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May'15
BT sales down at end of landmark year
In fourth quarter and full-year results, BT revealed its revenues fell 2%
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May 06, 2015
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May'15
CIO interview: Darrell Stein, vice-president of information systems at Reckitt Benckiser
Seven months after taking charge of IT at Reckitt Benckiser, Darrell Stein is pushing ahead with a strategy to increase digital revenues
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May 06, 2015
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May'15
EMC uses big data to drive motorcycle racing safety improvements
Storage giant has embarked on a big data project with Isle of Man TT race winner John McGuinness to improve track safety levels
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May 05, 2015
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May'15
Risky Scottish rural payment system runs 74% over original estimated spend
An IT system developed by the Scottish Government providing payments to farmers is branded a risk after exceeding budget by 74%
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May 04, 2015
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May'15
Atlantic.Net unveils New York datacentre and sets out UK expansion plans
SSD-based cloud hosting firm opens datacentre, while setting out its UK expansion plans
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May 01, 2015
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May'15
Home Retail Group grows profits 15% with mobile and online channels
Mobile and online initiatives at Home Retail Group – parent company of Argos and Homebase – drove a 15% growth in its yearly operating profit
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April 30, 2015
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Windows 10: Why you should work around PC price hike
IT departments planning a PC refresh to tie in with Windows 10 can expect to pay more due to the strong US dollar
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April 30, 2015
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Apr'15
Fewer IT firms going bust in 2015, shows Exaro Insolvency Index
Collapses among information and communications firms decreased in first quarter of 2015, according to Exaro Insolvency Index
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April 29, 2015
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Autoglass fuels £14m digital push by creating technology director role
Windscreen repair firm Autoglass has announced the creation of a technology director position in charge of the company’s digital strategy
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April 29, 2015
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Met Police offers up to almost £200,000 for CIO role
The Metropolitan Police is offering up to almost £200,000 to fill its CIO position, which has been open since February 2015
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April 29, 2015
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Apr'15
Bravissimo calls on Nutanix support for move to virtual servers
High street lingerie retailer opts for Nutanix's converged infrastructure platform to support its server consolidation work
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April 29, 2015
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Apr'15
CIO interview: Jos Creese, CIO, Hampshire County Council
Jos Creese has been in his position at Hampshire Council for almost 14 years, but will be stepping down in May to pursue something new
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April 29, 2015
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Apr'15
Vision Solutions debuts tool to ease Microsoft Azure cloud migrations
AWS and VMware cloud users get a helping hand from Vision Solutions when moving apps and workloads to Microsoft Azure
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April 28, 2015
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Apr'15
Datacentre investments needed for IoT to fulfil its potential, warns IDC
IDC warns the IoT could fail to reach its full potential unless datacentre capacity issues are addressed
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April 23, 2015
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Apr'15
Gartner: Enterprises opt for open-source and cloud middleware alternatives
Gartner has reported a bigger focus on subscription-based licensing and open-source platforms in the middleware market
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April 22, 2015
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Apr'15
Zurich Insurance turns to augmented reality to train 10,000 managers
The £74bn turnover company aims to harness the capabilities of augmented reality to train 10,000 employees in 170 countries
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April 21, 2015
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Apr'15
BT sets out ambition to become enterprise's cloud integrator of choice
BT outlines its 'Cloud of Clouds' vision to allow users to access cloud apps and services, regardless of where their systems are hosted
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April 21, 2015
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Apr'15
Huawei calls for global consensus on the future network
At its Global Analyst Summit, Huawei calls on the networking industry to collaborate to optimise the network for future demands
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April 20, 2015
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Apr'15
Cloud hardware investments now account for 30% of all IT spend
IDC infrastructure tracker shows spending on cloud-enabling server, storage and Ethernet technologies is on the rise
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April 20, 2015
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Apr'15
IT faces uphill struggle in DevOps culture change
More than half of IT departments will struggle with new ways of running software development projects
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April 17, 2015
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Apr'15
Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent: a grand European networking alliance
Nokia's €16bn acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent will bring big changes to the European networking landscape
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April 15, 2015
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Apr'15
Nokia buys Alcatel-Lucent
Networking suppliers hook up in £11.2bn deal with grand aims when it comes to network innovation
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April 14, 2015
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Apr'15
HP's Bill Hilf hits back at public cloud exit reports
Several days after first denying its exit from the public cloud market, HP issues a blog post to put paid to the speculation for good
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April 13, 2015
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Apr'15
European Commission set to rule on Google anti-trust case "very soon"
After five years of dispute, the European Commission is said to be close to deciding if Google should face formal anti-trust charges
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April 10, 2015
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Apr'15
End of Windows XP upgrade boom prompts Q1 PC shipments slump
Gartner's quarterly PC market tracker suggests the Windows XP upgrade effect has worn off
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April 09, 2015
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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
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April 08, 2015
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Apr'15
HP rebuffs public cloud market exit reports
Hardware giant reinforces commitment to public cloud, but analysts claim it needs to be clearer about its off-premise strategy
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April 08, 2015
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Apr'15
Oracle Retail expands cloud services portfolio in wake of Micros buy
Oracle introduces six cloud services to help retailers get to grips with loss prevention, customer engagement and inventory management
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April 08, 2015
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Apr'15
UK law firm McMillan Williams moves to Interxion datacentre to support growth
UK law firm McMillan Williams Solicitors taps up co-location provider Interxion to support plans to expand its number of high street branches
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April 08, 2015
08
Apr'15
CIO interview: Bruna Pellicci, global head of IT, Ashurst
Global law firm Ashurst is rolling out a new IT strategy based on single platforms worldwide for its core business areas
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April 07, 2015
07
Apr'15
CIO interview: Bill Wilkins, First Utility
First Utility's CIO explains how it is using cloud and smart meters to give the big six a run for their money in the energy market
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April 07, 2015
07
Apr'15
Samsung profits down by almost a third as Galaxy lines flag
Samsung forecasts a 31% fall in profits in the first quarter after losing ground to rivals
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April 02, 2015
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Apr'15
Fears about Prism's long-term impact on cloud declared "overblown"
Forrester claims the fallout from the 2013 Prism surveillance scandal has had a minimal effect on the cloud industry
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April 02, 2015
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Apr'15
Nationwide introduces a full service IT services catalogue
The Nationwide Building Society has put in place a full service IT services catalogue to provide greater transparency
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April 02, 2015
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Apr'15
Foods manufacturer ConAgra expects to save $5m a year with data analytics
Food manufacturer ConAgra Foods is using data analytics technology to improve how it makes decisions about hiring and deploying its workforce
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April 02, 2015
02
Apr'15
Microsoft and Accenture push Azure hybrid cloud platform for the enterprise
Accenture, Microsoft and Avanade talk up hybrid IT, promoting a platform that allows enterprises to exploit cloud with existing infrastructure
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March 30, 2015
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Mar'15
CIO interview: Mark Holt, chief technology officer, TheTrainline.com
A major cloud migration and a range of mobile initiatives are high on the agenda of the UK’s best-selling train booking website, TheTrainline.com
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March 30, 2015
30
Mar'15
KPMG teams up with Microsoft to boost enterprise cloud adoption
Advisory firm to draw on Microsoft technologies to deliver cloud-based data analytics, and business transformation services to clients
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March 30, 2015
30
Mar'15
Government smart meter project should be "halted, altered or scrapped"
The Institute of Directors has weighed in on the controversial smart meter rollout and called for the scheme to be halted, altered or scrapped in its current form
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March 27, 2015
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Mar'15
National Police ICT Company operational after four years of wrangling
The national Police ICT Company is operational and aims to save £465m a year – nearly four years after Theresa May proposed its creation
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March 27, 2015
27
Mar'15
Talk Talk moves HR systems to cloud
Managers now have accurate information on their workforce numbers, salary and overtime costs
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March 27, 2015
27
Mar'15
Labour sets out digital government priorities in election campaign
The Labour Party has set out its digital government priorities, criticising the coalition for failing to meets targets for 'digital by default' services