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IT strategy
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September 14, 2012
14
Sep'12
CIO interview: Andy Haywood, Co-operative Business Group
The new group CIO at the Co-operative Group talks about his plans for technology across the organisation’s businesses
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September 12, 2012
12
Sep'12
Big business not learning from cyber attacks, says researcher
Many big companies are failing to learn from information security incidents, says malware analysis firm Solutionary
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September 12, 2012
12
Sep'12
Tesco signs £65m datacentre deal to drive online expansion
Tesco expects to cut several millions each year from its IT bill following a 15-year £65m datacentre deal with Sentrum
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September 11, 2012
11
Sep'12
Is the consumerisation of IT beneficial to anyone?
Employees' personal devices are being used in business every day, and that is posing new challenges for IT departments
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September 11, 2012
11
Sep'12
VC tech investment at 10-year high
Venture capital technology investments have reached a 10-year high, according to research from finance firm Ascendant
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September 11, 2012
11
Sep'12
Cabinet Office blacklists Fujitsu from government IT contract tenders
The Cabinet Office has banned Fujitsu and another IT supplier from tendering for public sector IT contracts as they constitute too high a risk
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September 10, 2012
10
Sep'12
Circuit breakers could mitigate risk in automated trading
Merchant banks that automate trading could use circuit-breaking technology to reduce problems caused by stock market volatility
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September 10, 2012
10
Sep'12
Indian IT services firm Infosys buys management consultancy Lodestone
Indian IT services provider Infosys has grown its business consultancy with the acquisition of Swiss-based management consultancy Lodestone
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September 05, 2012
05
Sep'12
Digital technologies to spark major shake-up of IT suppliers, says report
CIOs have been urged to rethink their partnerships with strategic suppliers as the industry goes through its most disruptive period since the dot com crash
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September 04, 2012
04
Sep'12
UK Border Agency ordered to crack down on bogus student visas
The UKBA must crack down on bogus student visas ahead of the roll-out of its troubled e-Borders program, MPs have urged
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August 31, 2012
31
Aug'12
Department of Health announces digital services funding
The ‘Information Sharing Challenge Fund’ will give NHS organisations up to £99,000 for new digital services
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August 31, 2012
31
Aug'12
Leading PC suppliers announce Windows 8 devices
HP, Dell, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo and Sony have announced products, from laptops to smartphones, which will run Microsoft’s new operating system.
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August 23, 2012
23
Aug'12
Government could see exodus of IT contractors
Government could see an exodus of IT contractors, as new guidelines will force freelancers earning more than £220 a day onto payroll
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August 23, 2012
23
Aug'12
How Pulsant helps Edinburgh International Festival keep performing
We speak to the festival's organisers and managed hosting provider Pulsant about how technology helps with the running of the world-famous festival
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August 23, 2012
23
Aug'12
Yahoo! boosts business-visibility, revenue with BI implementation
BI implementation at Yahoo transformed the issue of unstructured data into a business enabler. Read further to know how.
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August 21, 2012
21
Aug'12
Everything Everywhere to launch new brand in 2012
The merger between Orange and T-Mobile may launch a new name by the end of the year, but the two individual companies will remain
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August 14, 2012
14
Aug'12
Macmillan runs roadshows to address resistance to service management
Cancer charity Macmillan used a series of roadshows to overcome user resistance when it upgraded its IT service management (ITSM)
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August 10, 2012
10
Aug'12
New Gauss cyberweapon targets Middle East
A new Flame and Stuxnet-related cyber-threat, dubbed Gauss, is targeting users in the Middle East, security researchers have revealed.
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August 09, 2012
09
Aug'12
Government saves £249m in IT costs
The government reduced its IT spend by £249m in 2011/12, with savings of £104m coming from digital services and contract renegotiations
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August 01, 2012
01
Aug'12
Gartner: Online retailers need to exploit search technology
Online retailers are losing business because they are failing to exploit the full potential of search technology, says Gartner
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August 01, 2012
01
Aug'12
Public Accounts Committee urges government to make case for free open data
The government lacks a clear evidence-based policy on whether or not to charge for data and should investigate the economic benefits of making all data free.
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July 25, 2012
25
Jul'12
BT blames European economy as Q1 2012 revenues drop 6%
Telecoms giant BT shows a drop of 6% in its revenues from the first quarter of 2012 as three of its divisions see their figures tumble
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July 23, 2012
23
Jul'12
CIO interview: Sally Howes, National Audit Office
Sally Howes, CIO at the National Audit Office, talks about how the NAO hopes to perform more IT health checks and fewer project post mortems
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July 20, 2012
20
Jul'12
Microsoft reports first loss since 1986
The software giant recorded an operating loss of $492m in the fourth quarter of its 2012 fiscal year
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July 19, 2012
19
Jul'12
Will Microsoft turn things around for Nokia?
With more disappointing results, Nokia is pinning its hopes on Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 launch, but can the Redmond giant save the day?
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July 19, 2012
19
Jul'12
Co-op uses Lloyds managed service in branch acquisition
The Co-operative bank will switch to Lloyds TSB's IT platform when it buys the 632 Lloyds TSB and Cheltenham and Gloucester branches
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July 18, 2012
18
Jul'12
CIO Interview: David Henderson, CIO, A&N Media
“From now on everything has to go into the cloud,” says David Henderson, chief information officer at Daily Mail and Metro publisher A&N Media.
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July 18, 2012
18
Jul'12
CEO Paul Maritz hands VMware reins to EMC COO Pat Gelsinger
VMware CEO Paul Maritz takes a job at parent company EMC as EMC COO Pat Gelsinger moves over to head up the virtualisation firm
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July 17, 2012
17
Jul'12
IT consultancy rises in construction and transportation sectors
Finance and the public sector remain IT consultancies' biggest clients but the construction and transportation sectors are increasing their use
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July 16, 2012
16
Jul'12
Home Office creates private police ICT company
The Home Office has created a private firm to manage police IT after the the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) was abolished
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July 16, 2012
16
Jul'12
Vodafone and 3 confirm Irish shared infrastructure partnership
Mobile operators Vodafone and 3 sign a deal to manage shared infrastructure in Ireland in a 50/50 joint venture
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July 13, 2012
13
Jul'12
What next for government open data?
Campaigners are worried that plans for further data releases and their promised £16bn stimulus to the economy are being derailed
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July 11, 2012
11
Jul'12
Retail suffering from lack of mobile presence
With over half of retailers lacking a mobile presence, the head of mobile commerce at eBay says a mobile-ready website should be the first step
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July 11, 2012
11
Jul'12
RIM directors voted to the board
It may not have been unanimous, but voting all candidates to the board at Research in Motion’s AGM shows some faith in ailing BlackBerry maker
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July 11, 2012
11
Jul'12
Deloitte: customer data analytics insight can breed new moral hazards
Deloitte data survey indicates UK organisations should tread warily when doing analytics on customer data. But opportunities abound for those who educate their customers well and are transparent.
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July 10, 2012
10
Jul'12
Cabinet Office names Bill Crothers as chief procurement officer
The Cabinet Office has named Bill Crothers as government chief procurement officer, following the departure of incumbent John Collington
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July 09, 2012
09
Jul'12
Businesses rein in spending on hardware and software
Businesses are reining in spending on hardware and software amid continued uncertainty in the global economy, according to analyst Gartner
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July 04, 2012
04
Jul'12
Cisco and the Royal Shakespeare Company stream play to schools
Cisco, the Royal Shakespeare Company and Ravensbourne College teamed up to stream a play to 9,000 students via academic network Janet
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July 04, 2012
04
Jul'12
CIO Interview: Brendan O’Rourke, CIO at Telefonica Digital
Telefonica Digital CIO Brendan O’Rourke talks about the challenge of bringing customers back to the fold and away from 'over the top' providers
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July 04, 2012
04
Jul'12
Police arrest DDoS blackmailers in China
Chinese and Hong Kong Police have smashed a gang blackmailing gold, silver and securities traders with the threat of DDoS attacks
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July 02, 2012
02
Jul'12
Analysis: Businesses are not securing virtual environments. Why?
Virtualisation is the norm, yet a third of companies admit they have not invested in security for their virtual computing environments. Why not?
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June 29, 2012
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Jun'12
Interview: Sander Kristel, CIO, Staffordshire County Council
The CIO of Staffordshire County Council says virtualisation and application development has improved services for residents and staff
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June 27, 2012
27
Jun'12
Cisco’s chief strategy officer steps down
Ned Hooper leaves the networking colossus to form his own investment company as Padmasree Warrior takes the helm
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June 26, 2012
26
Jun'12
Whitehall must measure progress of IT strategy, says IfG
Whitehall must measure the progress of its IT strategy more effectively to achieve its transformation agenda, says the Institute for Government (IfG)
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June 26, 2012
26
Jun'12
CIO interview: Adriana Karaboutis, global CIO, Dell
It is one thing being CEO of a company with best-in-class supply chain. But what happens when the business refocuses? We talk to Dell's CIO.
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June 25, 2012
25
Jun'12
Businesses fail to prepare for travel chaos during London 2012 Olympic Games
With just one month before the London 2012 Olympic Games, most employees are unaware of plans to allow them to work from home
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June 21, 2012
21
Jun'12
Forrester: The costs and benefits of BYOD
People are willing to spend more than £1,200 to buy their own devices, which questions the need for IT departments to continue purchasing and supporting PCs
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June 21, 2012
21
Jun'12
Halliburton CIO Ken Braud on strategy and innovation
CIO Ken Braud talked to delegates at the Orange Business Live customer event in Rome, and it was clear he has plenty on his plate.
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June 18, 2012
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Jun'12
US Sequoia machine takes title of fastest supercomputer
The US has overtaken Japan in the race for the world’s fastest supercomputer, with the Sequoia computer achieving 16.32 petaflop/s
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June 14, 2012
14
Jun'12
Chipmakers AMD and ARM join forces to improve security
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and ARM Holdings have joined forces to offer PC software developers additional security features
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June 14, 2012
14
Jun'12
Beware what you ask of big data – you might just get the answer
One of the perils inherent in big data projects is not knowing what to do with the results
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June 12, 2012
12
Jun'12
2012: Will this be the year TPM finally comes of age?
Will 2012 be the year that TPM finally delivers on its potential to provide a hardware-based "root of trust" for enterprise information security?
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May 29, 2012
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May'12
CIO interview: Lukas Oberhuber, CTO, Simply Business
Lukas Oberhuber is CTO at Simply Business, where he is making IT at the insurance company more agile to meet business demands
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May 28, 2012
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May'12
Universal Credit systems go live early in Manchester
Universal Credit systems are to go live in the Greater Manchester and Cheshire region in April 2013, six months before the national roll-out
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May 25, 2012
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May'12
Organisational design for analytics function needs governance
Scant are the absolute rules for the organizational design of the analytics function. It can be outsourced or in-house; sit within a business unit or run from the centre. But it needs governance.
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May 25, 2012
25
May'12
Kelsey steps down as transparency czar
Tim Kelsey, the Cabinet Office’s transparency czar, has stepped down to become national director for patients and information at the NHS Commissioning Board Authority
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May 25, 2012
25
May'12
Why utility is the new ROI for IT projects
Businesses should measure utility, not return on investment, to choose the best IT projects for their money, says advisory group
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May 24, 2012
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May'12
Formal BYOD agreements essential, says Ovum
Businesses are urged to set up formal agreements with employees before they allow them to use their own laptops and mobile devices at work
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May 23, 2012
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May'12
Amey uses SAP HR system to manage 11,000 people
Developed by SAP specialist Epi-use, SAP HR is being used to power a human resources shared service at construction firm Amey
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May 22, 2012
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May'12
Tucci: FusionIO ‘darn right foolish’ for Flash attitude
EMC’s CEO hits back at FusionIO as the war of words continues between the two companies
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May 22, 2012
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May'12
CIOs need to 'relinquish their control of technology'
CIOs will need to take a hands-off approach to IT as the speed of digital technology gathers pace, says Ovum analyst
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May 17, 2012
17
May'12
The Pirate Bay is latest site to be hit by DDoS attack
The Pirate Bay has become the latest high-profile website to be hit by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack
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May 16, 2012
16
May'12
Key IT influencer Ian Watmore quits civil service
Ian Watmore, permanent secretary at the Cabinet Office and one of the main drivers of the government's IT strategy, is leaving the civil service next month.
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May 16, 2012
16
May'12
CIO interview: Cathryn Riley, CIO, Aviva
It's been a tough time for Aviva with CEO Andrew Moss forced to step down in a shareholder revolt. But for CIO Cathryn Riley, it’s business as usual.
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May 14, 2012
14
May'12
IT suppliers losing race to build smart cities
Banks, developers and construction companies are taking over from the IT industry as the diving force behind smart cities
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May 10, 2012
10
May'12
Jill Dyché: CEO big data focus good news and bad news for IT
Jill Dyché, a data management expert, sees CEO interest and scepticism as both an opportunity and a threat. Avoid the big data 'gotchas', and don't mistake data warehousing for big data.
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May 09, 2012
09
May'12
Interview: RSA executive chairman Art Coviello
A year after RSA's data breach, Art Coviello discusses the company's vision of intelligence-led security.
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May 01, 2012
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May'12
Economic conditions suppress European tablet sales
Difficult economic conditions in Europe have suppressed demand for tablet computers
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April 30, 2012
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Apr'12
CIO interview: David Bulman, chief information officer, Virgin Atlantic
Six months after joining Virgin Atlantic as CIO, David Bulman is leading a transformation at the airline with mobile technology at its heart.
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April 26, 2012
26
Apr'12
Infosec 2012: Organisations need new approach to defending networks
Networks cannot be defended against advanced attacks, which demand a new response from business, say security experts at Infosec 2012
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April 26, 2012
26
Apr'12
CIO interview: Andy Nelson, UK government chief information officer
In an exclusive interview with Computer Weekly government CIO Andy Nelson talks about the challenges ahead.
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April 25, 2012
25
Apr'12
Government launches Digital Advisory Board
The government has created a Digital Advisory Board (DAB) of industry IT heads and academics to support its digital by default agenda
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April 19, 2012
19
Apr'12
Amazon launches software marketplace on AWS
Amazon claims its new online store will make it easy for customers to find, compare, and start using cloud software.
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April 18, 2012
18
Apr'12
Tesco ramps up digital investment
Tesco is ramping up its online division in the UK, as part of its plan to invest £1bn following disappointing sales in Britain.
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April 18, 2012
18
Apr'12
Digital TV switch over finally frees up UK airwaves for 4G
The digital TV switch over is almost complete, paving the way to UK migration to 4G mobile networking
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April 17, 2012
17
Apr'12
Master data governance tools needed to seal MDM, data governance gap
Master data management and information governance are intertwined as business disciplines in theory but disconnected in practice. New master data governance tools are emerging to seal the gap.
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April 17, 2012
17
Apr'12
Accenture, Detica: Big data to drive business, trigger privacy concerns
Consulting firms Accenture and Detica see the big data wave as rich in new business opportunities, but rank with data privacy concerns.
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April 17, 2012
17
Apr'12
Gartner: CIOs not cut out for the board
CEOs view CIOs as itinerant technology specialists rather than leadership material, research from Gartner shows.
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April 17, 2012
17
Apr'12
Microsoft readies Windows 8
Users will have a choice of Windows and Windows Pro with the new version of Windows 8 due out later this year.
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April 16, 2012
16
Apr'12
Gartner: CEOs want to use IT to boost business growth
Gartner's CEO study shows businesses leaders favour CRM as the tool to grow the business, but fail to think radically
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April 13, 2012
13
Apr'12
Financial companies leading race to digitisation
Financial companies are embracing digitisation faster than other sectors of the economy, says Booz&Co.
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April 13, 2012
13
Apr'12
Two more councils join CapacityGRID
Dacorum and North Warwickshire Borough Councils have joined a shared service which provides transactional services to councils.
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April 12, 2012
12
Apr'12
BlackBerry most secure mobile platform, research finds
BlackBerry leads the pack when it comes to secure mobile platforms, according to a study by security firm Trend Micro, Bloor Research and Altimeter Group.
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April 12, 2012
12
Apr'12
Not too late to prepare for cookie law deadline, says ICO
Information Commissioner Christopher Graham says it is not too late for UK organisations to prepare for the "cookie law" deadline at the end of May.
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April 12, 2012
12
Apr'12
Amazon offers pay-per-use search for cloud applications
Amazon has introduced CloudSearch to integrate search functionality into cloud applications.
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April 11, 2012
11
Apr'12
Business analytics skills shortage provokes companies to cast net wide
Organisations face lack of business analytics skills. Smart companies cast the net wide for the broadest pools of talent, help analysts learn from each other and work to ensure they realize potential.
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April 10, 2012
10
Apr'12
CIO interview: David Jones, CIO, Crown Prosecution Service
CPS CIO David Jones is leading a comprehensive technology revamp to modernise operations across the entire criminal justice system.
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April 05, 2012
05
Apr'12
Mobile BI gains momentum in UK corporate IT
Mobile BI is on the rise in UK corporate organisations, according to a Corporate IT Forum survey. Cloud BI, big data, social media and predictive analytics have all weakened.
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April 05, 2012
05
Apr'12
Data governance evangelism at heart of Premier Farnell's global strategy
Data governance lies at the heart of Premier Farnell's globalisation strategy. And the electronics distributor's head of global planning and governance says senior management education comes first.
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April 05, 2012
05
Apr'12
Gartner: $44bn less spending on IT in 2012
Gartner has revised down its IT spending forecast by $44.4bn due to global currency issues, but still expects spending to increase
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April 05, 2012
05
Apr'12
CIO Interview: India Gary-Martin, COO Investment Banking Technology & Operations, JP Morgan
India Gary-Martin is leading technology strategy at the financial services giant in one of the most challenging jobs in UK IT.
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April 04, 2012
04
Apr'12
Liam Maxwell appointed deputy government CIO
Liam Maxwell, director of ICT Futures at the Cabinet Office, is to become the deputy government CIO.
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April 03, 2012
03
Apr'12
HMRC awards IE6 upgrade contract to SME and saves £50m
HMRC has cut the cost of an IT project by nearly £50m after awarding the contract to a start-up, rather than a traditional systems integrator
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April 02, 2012
02
Apr'12
How the public sector can make shared services work
The prize for public sector savings through shared services arrangements is huge. We examine what makes such projects work.
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April 02, 2012
02
Apr'12
Gartner: Business intelligence still highest priority for CIOs
Analytics and business intelligence is the number one technology priority for CIOs in 2012, according to analyst firm Gartner
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March 30, 2012
30
Mar'12
Cabinet Office issues guidance on IT contract under £100m
The Cabinet Office has released guidance to open up the public sector market to more SME IT suppliers.
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March 30, 2012
30
Mar'12
RIM kills off consumer business following Q4 losses
Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) announced it will exit the consumer business after posting large Q4 losses
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March 29, 2012
29
Mar'12
Danone uses SAP to reduce carbon footprint
Heath food maker Danone has used SAP to reduce its carbon footprint by 22%.
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March 29, 2012
29
Mar'12
Case Study: The Guide Dogs' BPM modernisation
The Guide Dogs has undergone a major modernisation and restructuring business process management (BPM) programme.
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March 28, 2012
28
Mar'12
Government creates Digital Leaders network
The Cabinet Office has created a Digital Leaders group with representatives from each government department to accelerate its digital agenda.