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IT strategy
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July 16, 2014
16
Jul'14
Microsoft and Cisco work together on cloud and datacentre
Cisco has entered a three-year sales collaboration with Microsoft to deliver enterprise cloud and datacentre services
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July 11, 2014
11
Jul'14
The SDN state of play: first steps for the enterprise
Software-defined networking experts say telcos will be first to push SDN ahead of enterprises and suggest how CIOs can prepare
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July 11, 2014
11
Jul'14
Microsoft backs cloud rival Google’s open-source Kubernetes project
Microsoft has joined rival Google to support the Kubernetes open-source project on its Azure platform
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July 10, 2014
10
Jul'14
Google Ventures expands with $100m to fund ‘most disruptive’ startups in Europe
Google is launching an expanded venture fund for Europe, with £58m to support and invest in next-gen European startups
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July 10, 2014
10
Jul'14
Retailers need chief algorithm officers to make e-commerce pay
Michael Ross, chief scientific officer at eCommera, an ecommerce software and services company, calls for chief algorithm officers
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July 09, 2014
09
Jul'14
UK leads in mobile adoption
UK businesses are getting a return on their mobile investments as they invest in technologies to underpin their digital strategies
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July 09, 2014
09
Jul'14
Italian telco calls for EU action on single digital market
CEO of Italtel calls for concerted action to create a single digital market in the EU to stimulate investment in next-gen networks, and meet the goals of the European Digital Agenda
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July 08, 2014
08
Jul'14
CIO interview: Bill Peters, head of IT, Caterham Formula 1 Group
Bill Peters, head of IT at Caterham, talks about the challenges of delivering IT to scientists, engineers and F1 drivers
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July 03, 2014
03
Jul'14
Netflix releases its AWS monitoring tool Security Monkey into the wild
Netflix has made Security Monkey, the AWS tracker tool it built for itself, freely available to other Amazon cloud users
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July 03, 2014
03
Jul'14
Survey: Storage budgets shrink while capacity balloons
451 Research survey finds storage budgets shrink while data volumes increase, as flash use becomes commonplace
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July 02, 2014
02
Jul'14
Case Study: Marston's Telecoms taps Blue Coat Wi-Fi manager
Marston’s Telecoms, the in-house ISP of pub and brewery chain Marston’s, rolls out Blue Coat PacketShaper appliances to take control of its onsite Wi-Fi networks and cut bandwidth costs
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July 02, 2014
02
Jul'14
India’s smartphone OS war to escalate
The smartphone operating system (OS) war in India will intensify in the next coming months as the market continues to grow fast
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July 02, 2014
02
Jul'14
Microsoft, where do you want to take Windows next?
A new Microsoft operating systems is in the pipeline, but will the new Microsoft remain committed to heterogeneous computing?
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July 02, 2014
02
Jul'14
UK government recognises datacentre sector as a key economic contributor
UK datacentre industry has been officially recognised as a legitimate industry and a significant contributor to the economy, growth and jobs
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July 01, 2014
01
Jul'14
Home Office encourages SMEs to help with IT overhaul
The Home Office announces plans to abandon its old outsourcing mega-deals and procure future IT services through G-Cloud
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July 01, 2014
01
Jul'14
Arctic University warms classrooms with waste datacentre heat
Tromso-based university uses liquid-cooled HPC systems to keep students warm by recycling excess datacentre heat, saving €1.7m
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July 01, 2014
01
Jul'14
BBC promotes R&D controller Matthew Postgate to CTO role
The BBC has appointed its research and development (R&D) controller Matthew Postgate as the corporation's chief technology officer (CTO)
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July 01, 2014
01
Jul'14
CIO Interview: Simon Hill, Caravan Club
What do the corporate giants Shell, BP and Guinness Brewing Worldwide have in common with the Caravan Club? Simon Hill has worked in the IT departments of all four
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June 30, 2014
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Jun'14
European Commission inches closer to standardising cloud SLA guidelines
The European Commission has received a cloud SLA guidelines from service providers and industry bodies
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June 30, 2014
30
Jun'14
Hybrid cloud powers business strategy for Notonthehighstreet.com
Notonthehighstreet.com deploys a hybrid cloud and DevOps strategy to grow, innovate and respond to business needs quickly
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June 27, 2014
27
Jun'14
Roadchef exits IBM Global Services for direct supplier relationships
Motorway services firm Roadchef ended an outsourcing deal with IBM Global Services when its IT was up for refresh and moved to SAP
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June 27, 2014
27
Jun'14
Facebook moves Instagram photos out of Amazon and into own datacentre
Facebook has moved all the user photos on Instagram out of Amazon’s cloud platform into its own internal datacentre and cut costs
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June 27, 2014
27
Jun'14
Half of network equipment ageing or obsolete, survey finds
Dimension Data finds 51% of network devices near the end of their life as buyers take cautious approach to hardware refreshes
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June 25, 2014
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Jun'14
Can HP target supercomputer market with Apollo servers and HPC-as-a-service?
As HPC moves beyond labs into mainstream enterprise IT, HP has beefed up its HPC portfolio and is targeting supercomputer builders
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June 24, 2014
24
Jun'14
Under new management: next steps for the Public Services Network
GDS director of common technology services Andy Beale discusses future plans for the Public Services Network
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June 24, 2014
24
Jun'14
Intel unveils its most powerful chip, Xeon Phi, for supercomputers and HPC
At ISC 2014, Intel unveiled its next-gen chip, Xeon Phi, with an array of integrated hardware capabilities for HPC and supercomputers
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June 23, 2014
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Jun'14
CW500: Digital customer engagement
The CW500 Club event in June blew away the myths around digital customer engagement
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June 20, 2014
20
Jun'14
CIO Interview: Colin Windsor, Truphone
Colin Windsor, CIO at mobile operator Truphone, is a techie whose career has included companies offering disruptive technologies
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June 19, 2014
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Jun'14
BBC sets up expert group of cloud controllers
The BBC has set up a central group of IT, security and user communities to manage its purchase and use of cloud computing
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June 18, 2014
18
Jun'14
CIO interview: Mark Bramwell, head of IT, Wellcome Trust
The world’s largest medical charity is shifting its technology focus to improving ways of working
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June 18, 2014
18
Jun'14
Symbian ransom shows risk in internet of things
The news that Nokia was held to ransom over a digital certificate should raise alarm bells in organisations with aspirations to digitise their business
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June 18, 2014
18
Jun'14
Don’t let bean counters determine your cloud strategy, says Bank of England CIO
John Finch, the CIO of the Bank of England, warns users to be wary of financial promises made by cloud providers
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June 18, 2014
18
Jun'14
Case study: How eBay uses its own OpenStack private cloud
eBay runs one of its most crucial workloads – its website – on an OpenStack private cloud platform developed by itself
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June 18, 2014
18
Jun'14
Bangalore IT sector supports waste pickers through cloud platform
A cloud-based platform created by IT services firm MindTree aims to help India’s waste pickers to organize themselves as small businesses
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June 18, 2014
18
Jun'14
Coca-Cola bottler seeks to put mission-critical systems on the cloud
Coca Cola bottling company is moving the company’s mission-critical workloads, including ERP systems on to the cloud
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June 17, 2014
17
Jun'14
Kemp Little lawyers offer tips for public cloud journey
Cloud CIOs need to have a “sense check” while planning their public cloud strategies, say technology lawyers
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June 16, 2014
16
Jun'14
Travel group Expedia aims to predict your holiday plans
Travel group Expedia is developing technology that will predict the needs of its customers before they call about their travel plans
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June 12, 2014
12
Jun'14
Consumerisation set to revolutionise healthcare
Healthcare will be driven by the adoption of mobile technology and improved data analytics and collaboration in clinical environments
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June 12, 2014
12
Jun'14
80% of UK CIOs cite significant gap between business needs and IT delivery
80% of IT decision-makers in the UK feel there is a significant gap between business needs and IT delivery – the highest in Europe
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June 10, 2014
10
Jun'14
How the FBI is using technology to put customers first
Businesses and public sector organisations are under pressure to use technology to put the needs of customers first
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June 06, 2014
06
Jun'14
Microsoft could be the biggest SaaS player, says FBR analyst
Microsoft could be the biggest SaaS player in the world in two years, says FBR analyst, backing CEO’s vision for Office 365
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June 05, 2014
05
Jun'14
UK airports lead move to cloud services
UK airports are at the vanguard of using cloud to develop innovative services, says Gatwick CIO.
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June 05, 2014
05
Jun'14
UK government launches cyber security support scheme
Government issues guidance and certification to help businesses with cyber security as part of the national Cyber Security Strategy
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June 05, 2014
05
Jun'14
CIOs should 'leave innovation to marketing'
CIOs should focus on managing the technical infrastructure and leave innovation to other parts of the business – conclusion of a major study.
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June 04, 2014
04
Jun'14
Unsupported Windows XP still widely used
Two months since Windows XP support officially ended 25% of web users are still on the unsupported Microsoft operating system
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June 04, 2014
04
Jun'14
VMware CTO hits back at AWS tool to manage virtual machines
VMware CTO Chris Wolf warns users against being fooled by tools disguised as hybrid cloud management as AWS launches administration portal
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June 04, 2014
04
Jun'14
Busy Bees nursery virtualises desktops and servers to improve users' IT experience
UK nursery chain Busy Bees has made its IT scalable, mobile-friendly and easy to use by deploying Citrix products
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June 04, 2014
04
Jun'14
IBM escapes SEC action on its cloud revenue reporting
US regulatory watchdog SEC will not take action against IBM following an investigation into how it reports cloud revenue
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June 03, 2014
03
Jun'14
Sapphire 2014: SAP CEO McDermott declares war on ‘complexity’ and sets Fiori free
Bill McDermott, SAP CEO, devoted his opening keynote at Sapphire 2014 to declaring war on business process “complexity”
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June 03, 2014
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Jun'14
High availability strategy key to saving costs, says Sungard AS
The cost of IT downtime is extremely high for businesses – but must all systems and applications be highly available all the time?
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June 03, 2014
03
Jun'14
KPMG expands its technology consulting business
Management consultancy KPMG has acquired Portugal based IT consultancy Safira in the latest in a series of acquisitions to increase its IT experience.
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May 30, 2014
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May'14
Software-defined everything will change datacentre design, function and price
Datacentres of the future will not be populated with products that perform individual functions as software-defined everything makes hardware irrelevant
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May 30, 2014
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May'14
Why European Commission wants cloud standards and policies in Europe
Cloud is key to stimulate growth and create jobs in Europe, but needs a single cloud market, easy policies and cloud standards, says EU
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May 29, 2014
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May'14
The challenges of going digital at the DVLA
The DVLA is seen as one of the early adopters in the public sector drive to provide digital services to save government £1.8bn per year
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May 29, 2014
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May'14
BSkyB retunes IT to ready-for-anything datacentre quad
British broadcaster BSkyB has based its IT on four core datacentres that are resilient, interconnected, energy-efficient and cloud-ready
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May 28, 2014
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May'14
CIO interview: Ian Cohen, CIO, Jardine Lloyd Thompson
Running a programme to transform the business is the wrong way to go about change, according to Ian Cohen, CIO at insurance broker JLT
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May 20, 2014
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May'14
Businesses increase IT spending at fastest rate for eight years, say IT leaders
IT spending is up, but role of CIOs under threat as companies appoint chief digital officers
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May 20, 2014
20
May'14
Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College switches to Google cloud
Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College has migrated to a Google cloud system to support education outside the classroom
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May 20, 2014
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May'14
HP debuts Orchestrated Datacentre to automate IT operations and delivery
HP launches its Orchestrated Datacentre service suite to help the IT department deploy the full stack and automate IT delivery and management
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May 20, 2014
20
May'14
Workers fail to make best use of technology, says Dave Coplin
Microsoft chief envisioning officer Dave Coplin cites a YouGov survey of office workers deluged with data despite tools to mitigate the flood of information
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May 19, 2014
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May'14
Salvation Army scales IT through outsourcing
The Salvation Army is using a project-based outsourcing model to support its highly specialised but thinly spread IT department to ensure it keeps pace with IT developments
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May 19, 2014
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May'14
Cloud SME Skyscape receives £4m funding to tap UK public sector market
Business Growth Fund (BGF) is investing £4m in Hampshire-based cloud firm Skyscape to help it capture the growing public sector cloud market
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May 15, 2014
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May'14
Economy boost means IT must start delivering true business value
With rising IT budgets, business must prioritise IT projects that deliver the best return on investment, according to analyst Ovum
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May 15, 2014
15
May'14
More user control and freedom from lock-in will make cloud successful: Werner Vogels
Giving users more control and freedom from supplier lock-in will ensure cloud’s success in Europe, says Amazon CTO, Werner Vogels
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May 14, 2014
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May'14
Female CIOs expect bigger budgets than male counterparts, says Gartner
Female CIOs expect a higher increase in their IT budget than their male counterparts, according to a survey from research organisation Gartner
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May 12, 2014
12
May'14
The digital CIO: How to be a digital innovator
CIOs need to think about their IT budgets in a different way to free up funds for innovation
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May 08, 2014
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May'14
Colt increases colocation datacentre capacity in London and Hamburg
The carrier-neutral datacentre and colocation facility provider, is increasing its datacentres in London and Hamburg by 2MW to meet Europe's datacentre demand
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May 08, 2014
08
May'14
CIO interview: Robert Teagle, European IT director, Starbucks Coffee
Robert Teagle leads IT across the 30 markets that Starbucks owns and operates in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
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May 07, 2014
07
May'14
CIOs fear compliance and regulation over IT failure to tackle big data
As many as 87% of CIOs fear that failing to address their untapped intelligence will lead to issues with compliance and regulation, a research revealed
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May 07, 2014
07
May'14
HP pumps in $1bn in open source and hybrid cloud services
HP will invest $1bn over the next two years on cloud-related products including an investment in OpenStack and is launching HP Helion too
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May 06, 2014
06
May'14
Our datacentres are energy efficient and green too, says AWS
Amazon Web Services says it runs its facilities with energy efficiency in mind despite Greenpeace criticisms
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May 06, 2014
06
May'14
BBC discusses the true cost of phishing prevention
Avoiding future phishing attacks requires smart people and expensive technology to analyse server logs, David Jones, head of security at the BBC
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May 01, 2014
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May'14
Mike Stone named as new MoD CIO
Mike Stone has been named as the new CIO for the Ministry of Defence, replacing Yvonne Ferguson who left last week
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May 01, 2014
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May'14
Datacentres to evolve in next dacade, says research
Use of solar power, increased cloud adoption, higher utilisation rate and increased density will characterise the datacentre by the year 2025
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May 01, 2014
01
May'14
Case study: Balfour Beatty extends Fujitsu contract to support messaging
Balfour Beatty has signed a new contract with Fujitsu to provide email, extending an IT transformation deal the companies agreed in July 2013
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April 30, 2014
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Apr'14
Indian information workers most engaged in Asian-Pacific
A higher proportion in India-based information workers see themselves as being engaged at their current employer than those in other countries in the APAC region
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April 30, 2014
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Apr'14
Interview: Nick Roberts, president of Socitm and IT group manager
This month, Nick Roberts, IT group manager at Surrey County Council, took over as president of Socitm, the association of IT and digital professionals working in and for local public services
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April 30, 2014
30
Apr'14
SDL turns to cloud HR to join up businesses in 40 countries
The technology is central to the company’s strategy to integrate formerly autonomous businesses in 38 countries into a single operation
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April 28, 2014
28
Apr'14
Gartner: CIOs spend more on BI as business growth returns
The return to business growth is driving IT spending among UK and Irish CIOs, according to Gartner's 2014 CIO Agenda survey
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April 24, 2014
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Apr'14
Modular datacentres yield 30% more savings than traditional datacentres
A comparison of the total cost of ownership of two datacentre architectures – traditional facility and the modular datacentre reveals which one is cheaper
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April 22, 2014
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Apr'14
Microsoft and Equinix collaborate to privately connect Azure cloud and on-premise IT
Equinix and Microsoft have collaborated to help businesses connect their on-premise IT infrastructure with Azure cloud via a private network
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April 16, 2014
16
Apr'14
Q&A: SAP's Mike Ettling discusses SuccessFactors cloud HR strategy
Computer Weekly talks to Mike Ettling, global head of cloud and on-premise HR at SAP, about the company’s strategy for its SuccessFactors cloud HR technology
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April 16, 2014
16
Apr'14
Technology investment returns to the CEO agenda
For the first time in nearly a decade, CEOs believe technology can make a difference. But is the CIO best placed to drive the technology business agenda?
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April 14, 2014
14
Apr'14
Fearless women in IT setting their own tone on the startup scene
Females are turning to tech startups as a career route, according to FDM everywoman woman of the year Torie Chilcott
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April 11, 2014
11
Apr'14
Co-op Bank plans to 'fix the fundamentals' and invest in IT
The Co-operative Bank intends to invest in IT systems following a troubled year
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April 07, 2014
07
Apr'14
CIO interview: Leandro Balbinot, global CIO, HJ Heinz
Food giant HJ Heinz is gearing up to expand its international presence with a technology modernisation programme encompassing 23 countries
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April 07, 2014
07
Apr'14
Microsoft chief sets sights on multi-platform future
At the end of March, day 52 of his tenure as Microsoft's third CEO, Satya Nadella unveiled the start of a new era for the software giant
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April 07, 2014
07
Apr'14
60% of SMEs already using cloud apps
Research from the British Chambers of Commerce and BT Business revealed 60% of UK SMEs already use cloud based applications
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April 04, 2014
04
Apr'14
Public sector lacks IT skills to deliver services effectively
IT skills most sort after in public sector if services are to continue to be delivered effectively, reveals survey
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April 03, 2014
03
Apr'14
Parliamentary computers crash 90 minutes after IT assurances
Network suffers ‘major incident’ soon after MPs and Lords are told, "It is working much better"
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April 03, 2014
03
Apr'14
Pharmaceuticals company turns to cloud HR technology
Astra Zeneca CIO Dave Smoley turns lessons learned from an earlier cloud HR implementation to use at the pharmaceuticals giant
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April 02, 2014
02
Apr'14
CIOs and CISOs should work more closely together, says panel
Chief information officers (CIOs) and chief information security officers (CICOs) need to collaborate and work closely together to encourage security throughout the organisation
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April 02, 2014
02
Apr'14
Businesses must rethink HR IT as traditional jobs disintegrate
HR software needs a complete rethink to deliver services to an increasingly dispersed workforce, says cloud technology specialist
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March 31, 2014
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Mar'14
Case study: Haulage firm Palletline overhauls network
Palletline, private sector winner in the Computer Weekly European User Awards for Networking, shares its winning case study
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March 24, 2014
24
Mar'14
Grant Thornton spends £3m in move to cloud HR services
Financial advisory firm invests in cloud talent management as it gears up to expand its operations in the UK
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March 13, 2014
13
Mar'14
BCS reports £2m losses on commercial activities
The Chartered Institute of IT (BCS) is 'haemorrhaging cash reserves' while its membership remains virtually static
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March 10, 2014
10
Mar'14
Case study: BG Group turns to cloud HR to reach staff in multiple countries
Gas exploration and production company replaces SAP HR technology with Oracle Fusion in the cloud.
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March 06, 2014
06
Mar'14
Will Facebook’s acquisition spur the Indian startup sector?
Facebook’s acquisition of Bangalore-based Android app development company Little Eye Labs could spur the Indian startup sector
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March 05, 2014
05
Mar'14
Workers spend more on devices than tea
Over a third of works have spent more than £250 on their own devices,compared to just £97 on tea or coffee per year
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March 04, 2014
04
Mar'14
CIO interview: John Hinshaw – the man behind HP's IT turnaround plan
As HP's executive VP for technology and operations, John Hinshaw is in charge of the operational efficiency driving a five-year transformation