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July 22, 2014 22 Jul'14
How will Microsoft respond to Apple/IBM partnership?

IBM’s partnership with Apple changes the game for enterprise mobility. The proverbial elephant is back in the room and now Microsoft needs to react
July 17, 2014 17 Jul'14
Facebook carbon footprint grows but energy-efficiency metric glows

Facebook’s carbon footprint report shows energy-efficiency metric for all-important datacentres comfortably outperforms gold-standard figure and set to get better
July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14
NAO criticises GDS IT savings method

The National Audit Office (NAO) has criticised the Government Digital Service over its approach to calculating public IT savings
July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14
Microsoft signs 20-year wind energy deal to power datacentres

Microsoft has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for wind energy with EDF Renewable Energy – its “largest wind investment to date”

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
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
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
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
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
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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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)
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
June 30, 2014 30 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
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
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
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
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
June 25, 2014 25 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
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
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
June 23, 2014 23 Jun'14
CW500: Digital customer engagement

The CW500 Club event in June blew away the myths around digital customer engagement
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
June 19, 2014 19 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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”
June 03, 2014 03 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?
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.
May 30, 2014 30 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
May 30, 2014 30 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
May 29, 2014 29 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
May 29, 2014 29 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
May 28, 2014 28 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
May 20, 2014 20 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
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
May 20, 2014 20 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
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
May 19, 2014 19 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
May 19, 2014 19 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
May 15, 2014 15 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
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
May 14, 2014 14 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
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
May 08, 2014 08 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
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
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
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
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
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
May 01, 2014 01 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
May 01, 2014 01 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
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
April 30, 2014 30 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
April 30, 2014 30 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
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
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
April 24, 2014 24 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
April 22, 2014 22 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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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
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
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
March 31, 2014 31 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
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
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