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• November 13, 2014 13 Nov'14

  Next six months critical for technology sector growth, says KPMG

  KPMG says the coming months will be crucial in assessing whether the UK's tech industry growth is sustainable

• November 13, 2014 13 Nov'14

  Ministry of Justice searches for IT staff to join digital team

  The Ministry of Justice is recruiting people to join its team tasked with designed digital public services

• November 13, 2014 13 Nov'14

  CIO interview: John Seglias, group CIO, Abellio

  As transport operator Abellio gears up to take on the £6bn ScotRail franchise, CIO John Seglias has to balance IT transition with innovation

• November 13, 2014 13 Nov'14

  Cisco CEO John Chambers attacks Barack Obama over net neutrality

  Just days after US president Barack Obama backed net neutrality, Cisco CEO John Chambers says it will hurt business

• November 12, 2014 12 Nov'14

  Consumerisation of B2B purchasing inevitable, says report

  B2B suppliers are investing in technology to address changing buying habits in the consumer retail sector

• November 11, 2014 11 Nov'14

  Lack of in-house skills stymies IaaS migration, says report

  Infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) supplier Reconnix says most businesses fear they lack the skills to move to the cloud

• November 11, 2014 11 Nov'14

  Councils need to embed digital more, says Hampshire's digital leader

  Local public sector needs to ensure digital is embedded into planning, policy and process, says Hampshire Country Council digital leader

• November 11, 2014 11 Nov'14

  Juniper CEO Kheradpir resigns over misconduct allegations

  Shaygan Kheradpir steps down from his role as CEO of Juniper Networks after less than a year in the post, after a customer negotiation went sour

• November 10, 2014 10 Nov'14

  Interview: Building links between marketing and IT for the greater good

  Firms that forge relations between marketing and IT departments yield benefits in growing the range of their digital products

• November 10, 2014 10 Nov'14

  Are IT professionals ready for Microsoft in the cloud?

  Mobility and cloud computing disrupted Microsoft's model, but it has responded by integrating Office with Android and Dropbox

• November 05, 2014 05 Nov'14

  Three UK saves £10m a year by integrating stores, web and call centres

  Mobile operator Three aims to give customers the same service however they interact with the company, while reducing IT capital costs

• November 03, 2014 03 Nov'14

  Indian banks invest in real-time data

  Indian banking and securities firms will be spending about INR 470bn on IT products and services in 2014

• October 31, 2014 31 Oct'14

  Ipswich hospital improves healthcare service with Esri data visualisation

  Health pilots location-based technology that delivers data visualisation

• October 29, 2014 29 Oct'14

  OpenCo 2014: When do startups stop being startups?

  More than 100 UK digital companies opened their London offices to the public for a day to show how they work

• October 29, 2014 29 Oct'14

  HMRC to save £200m per year by scrapping Aspire outsourcing deal

  HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) expects to save over £200m a year by moving away from its Aspire IT outsourcing contract in June 2017

• October 24, 2014 24 Oct'14

  HR technology used to save lives following natural disasters

  Plan International is using SAP's HR technology to deploy specialists relief workers within hours of a major emergency

• October 23, 2014 23 Oct'14

  BBC takes iPlayer video production to AWS cloud to beat bottleneck and storage woes

  Having run Video Factory on AWS for over a year, BBC's Robert Shield explains how he overcame iPlayer bottleneck and availability challenges

• October 23, 2014 23 Oct'14

  European enterprises can halve colo expenses by moving north, says Gartner

  Favourable environmental conditions in Northern Europe mean enterprises can save on their datacentre expenses

• October 23, 2014 23 Oct'14

  Confused procurement slows NHS IT progress

  The NHS plans to invest in technology as part of its five year Forward View, to increase patient care and close growing gaps in service.

• October 23, 2014 23 Oct'14

  Companies will move core HR technologies to the cloud by 2020

  Businesses will abandon on-premise HR IT systems in favour of cloud technology by 2020, says SuccessFactors chief

• October 21, 2014 21 Oct'14

  Government needs to make technology exciting for women

  The government must make technology roles more exciting to attract females into the industry, says HMRC's Mark Dearnley

• October 21, 2014 21 Oct'14

  Why Shell, BP and PwC teamed up to launch platform-neutral IT4IT Forum

  Lack of IT integration and workload interoperability is pushing enterprises such as Royal Dutch Shell to collaborate with IT providers to develop standards

• October 20, 2014 20 Oct'14

  IBM operating income falls by 18% as it offloads semiconductor unit

  IBM reported lower-than-expected earnings for the third quarter of 2014, with revenue down by 4% year-on-year

• October 20, 2014 20 Oct'14

  Prime Minister’s Digital Taskforce targets skills and networks

  The Prime Minister’s Digital Taskforce has established a remit around skills, investment, and networks

• October 17, 2014 17 Oct'14

  Enterprise application spending in India up by 14%

  Spending on enterprise applications in 2014 will grow faster than any other segment of the software market in India

• October 17, 2014 17 Oct'14

  National Museum of Wales tackles digital technology

  The National Museum of Wales is digitising and using modern technology in its seven exhibition campuses

• October 15, 2014 15 Oct'14

  Enterprise IT should be more user-centric, says Box CEO Aaron Levie

  The CEO of cloud-based file sharing and content management service Box calls on enterprises to rethink IT delivery model

• October 15, 2014 15 Oct'14

  CIOs fear poor cloud investment is making businesses uncompetitive

  CIOs and CFOs fear their enterprises are missing revenue opportunities due to poor cloud strategies

• October 14, 2014 14 Oct'14

  SAP and IBM collaborate to deliver Hana on IBM cloud

  SAP has extended its long-standing partnership with IBM by running SAP Hana Enterprise Cloud on IBM's cloud platform

• October 13, 2014 13 Oct'14

  CIO interview: Andy Wolfe, CIO, Shop Direct

  Technology occupies centre stage at Shop Direct as the retail giant pursues its goal of becoming a "world-class digital retailer"

• October 13, 2014 13 Oct'14

  Embedded SIMs key to unlocking internet of things

  GSMA’s eUICC Embedded SIM Specification will help M2M communications and the IoT become mainstream, say analysts

• October 08, 2014 08 Oct'14

  Tim Berners-Lee: Data sharing needs accountability

  The question of how much data an individual should share was a key theme of Tim Berners-Lee's keynote at IP Expo

• October 07, 2014 07 Oct'14

  L’Oreal aligns technology with the business to work faster

  L’Oreal’s digital technology is working with the business and marketing departments to become innovative and agile

• October 07, 2014 07 Oct'14

  All Olympic systems to be on the cloud by 2018

  Systems underpinning Olympic Game events will be run from the cloud by the time of the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea

• October 07, 2014 07 Oct'14

  Engineering company rolls out talent management software across 17 countries

  Meggitt is deploying cloud-based HR technology as it seeks to integrate 60 diverse business units into a multinational operation

• October 02, 2014 02 Oct'14

  Civil service appoints first chief executive to drive digital transformation

  The civil service has appointed John Manzoni as its first CEO, with a remit to drive digital transformation across Whitehall

• October 02, 2014 02 Oct'14

  GDS to receive budget boost to aid transition from Whitehall outsourcing deals

  The Government Digital Service is set to receive a budget boost to help move away from large IT outsourcing deals due to expire

• October 01, 2014 01 Oct'14

  Oracle OpenWorld 2014: US fashion retailer Tilly’s aligns IT with marketing

  US retailer Tilly’s has aligned its e-commerce and marketing teams to focus on customer experience

• September 29, 2014 29 Sep'14

  HMRC promises personal online tax accounts in new digital strategy

  HM Revenue & Customs has launched its new digital strategy, committing to personalised online tax accounts

• September 29, 2014 29 Sep'14

  ARM enters mainstream datacentre with HP’s ProLiant Moonshot servers

  ARM chips have entered mainstream enterprise datacentre with HP's production-ready ARM-powered Moonshot servers

• September 29, 2014 29 Sep'14

  Civil service chief endorses 'government as platform' digital strategy

  Civil service chief Jeremy Heywood endorses the government digital strategy, hailing it as key to Whitehall reform

• September 26, 2014 26 Sep'14

  CIOs miss out on funding for digital innovation, claims research

  IT budgets are rising but less than 10% is allocated to supporting innovation, a survey of 900 CIOs finds

• September 24, 2014 24 Sep'14

  BlackBerry Passport delivers a real keyboard and high-res screen to business

  BlackBerry has introduced its Passport smartphone featuring a 4.5in hi-res screen, a qwerty keyboard and 13MP camera

• September 24, 2014 24 Sep'14

  Avon and Somerset police targets domestic abuse using analytics

  Avon and Somerset Constabulary has developed a predictive analytics engine to tackle domestic violence and child abuse

• September 24, 2014 24 Sep'14

  Accommodation booking site picks Dell cloud to fix downtime issues

  Eviivo, a UK-based online accommodation booking website, has placed its business-critical systems on a Dell cloud platform

• September 23, 2014 23 Sep'14

  AstraZeneca takes in-house transformation offshore

  The opening of an IT service centre in Chennai last week launched Astrazeneca’s bold insourcing strategy

• September 23, 2014 23 Sep'14

  Non-IT committees influencing IT spend

  CIOs are being influenced by a diverse group of executives when making buying decisions, says research

• September 22, 2014 22 Sep'14

  IBM opens cloud datacentre for business continuity

  IBM has opened a cloud resiliency centre in North Carolina to provide business continuity capabilities in the cloud

• September 22, 2014 22 Sep'14

  Businesses grow tech expertise through software M&As

  Businesses are increasingly acquiring software companies to bolster software development expertise a new report finds

• September 19, 2014 19 Sep'14

  SAP acquires Concur to build cloud-based expense management

  SAP has agreed to acquire online travel and expense management SaaS provider Concur Technologies for $8bn

• September 19, 2014 19 Sep'14

  Interview: Government digital chief Mike Bracken on the next five years

  The Government Digital Service celebrates its third anniversary soon, but has plenty more challenges ahead to change Whitehall thinking

• September 17, 2014 17 Sep'14

  Gas company builds datacentre in The Shard

  London’s 87-storey skyscraper, The Shard, which is home to plush restaurants, cafes and bars, also has a datacentre

• September 16, 2014 16 Sep'14

  Microsoft pitches new Dynamics CRM 2015 as ‘one cloud for all’

  Microsoft is making its Dynamics CRM 2015 available next quarter along with updates to its Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online services

• September 16, 2014 16 Sep'14

  What’s driving OpenStack’s rise as a viable cloud alternative?

  OpenStack revenue will soar from $883m in 2014 to $3.3bn in 2018. Here are five factors that are taking the open cloud mainstream

• September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14

  Jeanne Harris: Successful business analytics combines data and intuition

  Accenture's executive research fellow explains how successful business analytics needs a crucible of skills

• September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14

  Five signs that VMware is becoming a developer platform company again

  With its Docker and OpenStack love, and DevOps and mobile initiatives, is VMware under pressure to bring back developer platform capabilities?

• September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14

  CIO interview: Intel's Kim Stevenson on creating insight and value

  When Computer Weekly met Intel CIO Kim Stevenson last year, she extolled the benefits of business intelligence – now it is taking BI to a new level

• September 12, 2014 12 Sep'14

  HP buys Eucalyptus as it bets on open cloud future

  HP is acquiring open source software specialist Eucalyptus that helps build private and hybrid enterprise clouds as it bets on open cloud future

• September 10, 2014 10 Sep'14

  Salesforce builds green datacentre in France for European users

  Cloud CRM specialist Salesforce is building its second European datacentre in France, powered 100% by renewable energy sources

• September 08, 2014 08 Sep'14

  BP spends £2m developing apps to train business leaders

  BP is scrapping online courses in favour of apps and portals that can deliver bite-sized information and training when it's needed

• September 04, 2014 04 Sep'14

  Ministry of Defence seeking IT leaders for six-figure salaries in IT overhaul

  The Ministry of Defence is recruiting IT leaders as part of an overhaul of the way the armed forces manage their IT systems

• September 03, 2014 03 Sep'14

  DWP appoints Mayank Prakash as new technology director

  The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has appointed Mayank Prakash as its new director general of technology

• September 03, 2014 03 Sep'14

  Server OEMs at risk as white box providers target cloud datacentres

  Server ODMs are targeting datacentres operated by IT giants such Amazon and Microsoft, threatening traditional server OEMs

• September 02, 2014 02 Sep'14

  Online fashion retailer Asos seeks CIO

  Asos.com is looking to appoint a CIO following the departure of Pete Marsdon after two years in the role

• September 02, 2014 02 Sep'14

  Why bare metal cloud is in vogue

  Bare metal services have been around since 2009 but cloud is witnessing renewed interest in it thanks to new offerings

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  HP launches cloud and SDDC-ready ProLiant servers

  The next generation of x86 ProLiant servers are designed for the new compute era and are cloud and software-defined ready, vouches HP

• August 26, 2014 26 Aug'14

  How to evolve desktop IT beyond Windows 7

  CIOs need to evolve their desktop strategy after Windows 7, but migrating totally to the next Windows version may not be the best option

• August 26, 2014 26 Aug'14

  Data hygiene needs to be tackled at board level – now

  Data proves information governance is a priority for senior management, but the latest research shows executives need to be more proactive

• August 22, 2014 22 Aug'14

  Budgets up as virtualisation brings storage and backup headaches

  Survey finds storage budgets rising and more firms getting flash, but server virtualisation is pushing capacity needs

• August 22, 2014 22 Aug'14

  IoT-enabled devices to top 40 billion by 2020, say researchers

  The number of active wireless connected devices will exceed 40.9 billion by 2020 – more than double the current total

• August 21, 2014 21 Aug'14

  VMware rebrands its cloud service vCHS to VMware vCloud Air

  VMware has rebranded its infrastructure-as-a-service offering vCloud Hybrid Service (vCHS), to VMware vCloud Air

• August 21, 2014 21 Aug'14

  Andrew Brem takes up chief digital officer role at Aviva

  Insurance giant Aviva has announced Andrew Brem as its chief digital officer

• August 20, 2014 20 Aug'14

  Digital vouchers firm picks DevOps automation to speed apps deployment

  Digital vouchers provider Eagle Eye is deploying DevOps to manage the cloud infrastructure that supports its product network

• August 20, 2014 20 Aug'14

  Stuck between a rock and a hard place: How to renegotiate software contracts

  As a ruling against support provider Rimini Street demonstrates, suppliers can and will exploit any doubt in a software contract

• August 19, 2014 19 Aug'14

  Five pitfalls to avoid when doing DevOps

  As the DevOps movement gains traction in the enterprise space, here are five pitfalls CIOs need to avoid to make it work for the business

• August 18, 2014 18 Aug'14

  CIO Interview: Hugh Fahy, CIO, Net-A-Porter

  “I like to emphasis the ‘I’ bit in CIO,” says Hugh Fahy, chief information officer of the Net-A-Porter Group

• August 15, 2014 15 Aug'14

  How CIOs can put their organisations at the forefront of innovation

  CIOs have a critical role in helping their organisations exploit innovative ideas developed by non-technical specialists.

• August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14

  Forrester: Top 10 facts about private cloud

  Cloud is an essential component of every enterprise technology management strategy but designing a robust cloud strategy isn't easy

• August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14

  CIO interview: Dave Ubachs, CIO, Staples Europe

  Staples is undertaking major IT projects in Europe that will see e-commerce improvements and back-end consolidation in 16 countries

• August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14

  Cisco cuts jobs as profits fall

  Cisco is to cut 6,000 jobs, or 8% of its workforce, after another quarter of shrinking profits

• August 12, 2014 12 Aug'14

  NetScout sues Gartner over Magic Quadrant placing

  Network performance management supplier NetScout launches lawsuit after being labelled a ‘challenger’ on Gartner’s Magic Quadrant

• August 12, 2014 12 Aug'14

  60% of GDS staff contracts to expire within 12 months of general election

  Almost 60% of employees at the Government Digital Service (GDS) could be gone within 12 months of next year’s general election

• August 08, 2014 08 Aug'14

  Why John Linwood is not to blame for BBC’s failed technology project

  Former BBC CTO has won his case for unfair dismissal over the failed £100m DMI project, but what lessons can be learned?

• August 06, 2014 06 Aug'14

  Government considers future of national infrastructure strategy

  DCMS launches consultation to help shape the UK’s digital connectivity strategy beyond 2020

• August 06, 2014 06 Aug'14

  Reducing costs no longer top IT priority at UK banks

  UK banks no longer consider reducing costs as their top priority as they focus IT developments on raising customer service levels

• August 04, 2014 04 Aug'14

  Why digitisation transforms supplier relationships

  As the economy moves forward, CEOs are looking for the next wave of innovation to fuel growth. But are IT service providers ready?

• August 01, 2014 01 Aug'14

  Openreach CEO Joe Garner sets out broadband game plan

  Joe Garner, the new CEO at Openreach, talks about his plans to make the organisation more open, visible and responsive

• July 30, 2014 30 Jul'14

  Lack of coding skills may lead to skills shortage in Europe

  European Commission urges people to learn coding, warning that a lack of coding skills could see Europe facing skills shortage by 2020

• July 29, 2014 29 Jul'14

  Atos revenue slips but UK growth up 3.7%

  Revenue of Atos dipped 1.9% in the first half of 2014 because of slowdown in IT orders in Europe, but UK growth was up

• July 25, 2014 25 Jul'14

  Another CIO leaves Royal Bank of Scotland

  Scott Marcar, CIO of Royal Bank of Scotland’s Markets division, quit this week, according to sources

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  Citrix SaaS revenue rises 12% while overall revenue grows 7% YoY

  Citrix has reported a 7% revenue increase in its second quarter of fiscal year 2014 . But it reported double-digit revenue growth in SaaS

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  CIO interview: Rorie Devine, CTO, Hailo

  A technology overhaul is taking place behind the scenes at cab-hailing smartphone app Hailo as the company extends its international reach

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  London’s Orchard and Fig join Docker

  San Francisco firm Docker has acquired London-based Orchard Labs and its orchestration tool Fig

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  Skills shortages identified as key risk to government digital strategy

  Government Digital Service says skills shortage is one of the biggest risks to delivering more than £1.4bn of annual savings in Whitehall

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  Business Secretary calls for TSB’s funding to be doubled

  Business Secretary Vince Cable has urged the government to double the Technology Strategy Board’s (TSB) funding

• July 22, 2014 22 Jul'14

  VMware opens cloud datacentre in London for European IaaS customers

  VMware launches its second UK datacentre to provide vCloud Hybrid Services for enterprises that want data their in Europe

• 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”