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IT strategy
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September 04, 2013
04
Sep'13
DWP writes off millions of pounds on Universal Credit IT, damning NAO report reveals
The government has written off £34m of IT work on its troubled Universal Credit project, and more than £140m is under review
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September 04, 2013
04
Sep'13
Microsoft to build $250m datacentre in Finland for European customers
Microsoft has chosen to design and build its next new datacentre in Finland to serve Microsoft customers in Europe
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September 03, 2013
03
Sep'13
How the sale of Nokia’s mobile phone business will affect Microsoft
Microsoft forges ahead with Steve Ballmer's vision to focus on hardware, software and services, with the $7.2bn acquisition of Nokia
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September 03, 2013
03
Sep'13
Vodafone confirms $130bn Verizon sale
Less than 24 hours after admitting it was in talks, Vodafone sells off its share in US firm Verizon Wireless to focus on European operations
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September 03, 2013
03
Sep'13
Companies risk project over-runs as training budgets cut
Businesses risk a return to late, over-running IT projects, following a sharp decline in investment in project- management training.
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September 02, 2013
02
Sep'13
Report wants government ‘remake’ for digital age
The Policy Exchange think tank calls for more openness and innovation in government digital strategy in a new report
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September 02, 2013
02
Sep'13
Vodafone admits ‘advanced discussions’ with Verizon
Media speculation that the UK firm will sell off its 45% of the US firm Verizon Wireless has truth to it, but the UK operator says there is no certainty that an agreement will be reached
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August 29, 2013
29
Aug'13
Met Police IT systems cause higher crime in London, says scathing report
Crime rates in London are higher than they should be as a direct result of poor IT systems at the Metropolitan Police
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August 28, 2013
28
Aug'13
Bet365 improves latency and peering by updating network infrastructure
Online gambling site Bet365 upgraded its network and improved its latency to deliver a fast, smooth and reliable experience to its customers
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August 28, 2013
28
Aug'13
Why you need to think about BPM in a different way
Look at business process management (BPM) in the right way and it has the potential to transform businesses
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August 21, 2013
21
Aug'13
VMware must demonstrate it is a ‘serious IaaS provider’ at VMworld: Gartner
As VMworld 2013 is about to kickoff, Gartner analyst explains what users can expect at the event and VMware’s future in the mobile and cloud era
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August 19, 2013
19
Aug'13
Case study: Derby school upgrades IT to make teaching more engaging
Noel-Baker Community School virtualises datacentre to help students learn in a more engaging way and to provide an automated IT infrastructure
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August 16, 2013
16
Aug'13
UCAS adopts public cloud to process university admissions
Ten days before the A-level results, UCAS adopted a public cloud infrastructure to scale up its IT and to make admission process efficient
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August 15, 2013
15
Aug'13
Public cloud limitations drive enterprises to hybrid cloud, shows study
Many enterprises are turning to a hybrid cloud model as the limitations of public cloud platforms become more apparent
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August 13, 2013
13
Aug'13
SMEs struggling to win G-Cloud contracts due to accreditation complexities
Despite government’s aspiration to put half of all new IT spending through small IT suppliers, SMEs have received only 10% of the G-Cloud contracts
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August 13, 2013
13
Aug'13
Gartner expects a boost to government IT
After years of austerity measures, government CIOs are set to start spending again, according to research from analyst Gartner
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August 12, 2013
12
Aug'13
NHS Central Midlands CSU updates datacentre with standardised data warehousing
It improved the quality and safety levels of healthcare for over 5 million citizens across the West Midlands by standardising data warehousing
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August 09, 2013
09
Aug'13
CIO interview: Mike Timlett, CitySprint
Mike Timlett's career as an IT director has tracked the rise of mobile technologies that empower new business processes
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August 09, 2013
09
Aug'13
Enterprises spend more on third-party datacentres than in-house ones: Uptime survey
Uptime Institute’s annual datacentre industry survey reveals shift in IT spend away from enterprise-owned datacentres to outsourced options
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August 08, 2013
08
Aug'13
Government opens fourth iteration of cloud framework G-Cloud 4 for business
Cabinet Office has opened the fourth iteration of UK government cloud – G-Cloud 4 to accept tenders from new cloud suppliers and existing ones
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August 07, 2013
07
Aug'13
CIO interview: Jakob Kern, global CIO, World Food Programme
As the World Food Programme undergoes changes in how food aid is provided, the IT strategy is also being completely revamped
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August 07, 2013
07
Aug'13
Google, IBM and Nvidia form datacentre consortium OpenPOWER
Big enterprise technology stakeholders including Google, IBM and Nvidia are forming a datacentre alliance called OpenPOWER
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August 07, 2013
07
Aug'13
Luton and Dunstable Hospital finds IT efficiency with converged infrastructure
Luton and Dunstable University Hospital has integrated IT into clinical workflows with converged infrastructure
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August 06, 2013
06
Aug'13
IT investment in utilities needs quick ROI
Western European utilities are expected to spend $10.4bn on IT in 2013, 62.9% of which will be dedicated to services
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August 05, 2013
05
Aug'13
CIO interview: Andy Williams, global CIO, Save the Children
A new IT strategy is about to be implemented at Save the Children, focusing on mobile technologies, cloud and advanced data analytics
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August 05, 2013
05
Aug'13
Indian IT heads take on new roles
About 70% of Indian CIOs will report directly to CEOs by 2016, up from 40% today, according to a report by Forrester Research
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August 01, 2013
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Aug'13
HMRC hires Vodafone CIO Mark Dearnley to drive digital strategy
HMRC has appointed Mark Dearnley, the CIO of Vodafone, as the organisation’s chief digital and information officer
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July 31, 2013
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Jul'13
Case study: Nexor dumps ageing proprietary operating system for open source OS
IT services company Nexor is migrating to the open source Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system for efficiency
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July 30, 2013
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Jul'13
BT forms new business retail division
BT Retail will split into business and consumer divisions when its leader ascends to the role of CEO in September
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July 29, 2013
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Jul'13
Dutch banking regulator approves use of AWS public cloud in the financial sector
Dutch banking watchdog approves use of AWS cloud in websites, mobile apps, retail banking platforms, HPC and credit risk analysis
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July 25, 2013
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Jul'13
Services boost drives VMware double-digit revenue growth
Virtualisation and IaaS provider VMware reported revenues for the second quarter of $1.24bn, an 11% increase compared to 2012
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July 24, 2013
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Jul'13
Dell updates OpenStack cloud and Hadoop service as buyout vote delayed
Michael Dell submits revised a buyout proposal – delaying a vote until next week – but it was business as usual in the cloud division
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July 24, 2013
24
Jul'13
European Commission awards €1.7m for datacentre research
EC funds a datacentre study project led by industry consortium Data Centre Alliance and the University of East London
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July 22, 2013
22
Jul'13
European banking firm UniCredit to introduce cloud in its datacentres
European banking firm UniCredit has signed a multi-billion dollar deal with IBM to bring cloud into its datacentres
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July 19, 2013
19
Jul'13
Monarch builds datacentre for Boeing 787 Dreamliner training
Monarch Aircraft Engineering has picked a datacentre facility at its Luton engineering base for Boeing 787 Dreamliner training
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July 18, 2013
18
Jul'13
How will SAP's cloud and in-memory drive affect existing customers?
As SAP expands its cloud and in-memory computing businesses, Computer Weekly looks at how it is adapting its strategy to market forces
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July 17, 2013
17
Jul'13
GDS tracks 'digital by default' progress of top 25 government services
Government Digital Service (GDS) launches website to track progress of the 25 services targeted as the first to go online under the digital strategy
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July 17, 2013
17
Jul'13
UK datacentres vulnerable to BYOD risks, shows Ponemon study
About 60% of UK businesses have no personal device policy in place and are putting critical data at risk once it leaves a company
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July 16, 2013
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Jul'13
Case study: In-flight caterer modernises IT for efficiency during seasonal travel peaks
Alpha LSG has launched a £10m IT transformation project and will host its IT on the cloud for scalability during travel peaks
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July 15, 2013
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Jul'13
CIO interview: Mark Ridley, Reed.co.uk
His track record as director of technology at Reed.co.uk shows that Mark Ridley is not afraid to take unconventional decisions
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July 12, 2013
12
Jul'13
CIO interview: Anne Boden, COO, Allied Irish Bank - on moving to private cloud
AIB’s private cloud has meant a tenfold reduction in the number of Oracle databases and gives the bank internal technological ability and development flexibility to respond to a changing and demanding market
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July 12, 2013
12
Jul'13
YouSendIt rebrands to Hightail
After a year in the job, CEO Brad Garlinghouse makes a bold move and changes the cloud service provider’s name from YouSendIt to Hightail
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July 11, 2013
11
Jul'13
Consortium tests open cloud infrastructure for disaster situations
The consortium is testing the use of open cloud infrastructure to respond to emergency and national disaster situations such as the Haiti earthquake
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July 11, 2013
11
Jul'13
HP offers to help Microsoft users migrate from expiring Windows XP OS
HP has teamed up with Microsoft to provide hardware and software tools to simplify users’ transition from Windows XP which loses support from April 2014
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July 11, 2013
11
Jul'13
Manchester opens up transport data with Microsoft CityNext
Manchester is one of the first cities on Microsoft’s CityNext initiative to digitise public services using the cloud
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July 10, 2013
10
Jul'13
IBM buys CSL International to expand cloud virtualisation capabilities
IBM is buying virtualisation management provider CSL International with a view to expanding its cloud offerings and management capabilities
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July 10, 2013
10
Jul'13
CIO interview: Stuart Wright, director of IT & networks, Sega Europe
Simplifying IT with a move to the cloud and reducing costs have been the main drivers of an IT overhaul at games publisher Sega Europe
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July 09, 2013
09
Jul'13
Colt adds 1.65MW of additional datacentre capacity to its Dutch facility
Colt is adding an additional 1,000 m2 and 1.65MW of datacentre capacity to its network-neutral facility in the Netherlands
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July 08, 2013
08
Jul'13
Government saves £500m by going digital
Latest report from the Efficiency and Reform Group claims central government saved £500m by moving services onto digital platforms
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July 05, 2013
05
Jul'13
Dutch retailer picks IBM cloud for merchandising
Netherlands online retailer Wehkamp chooses IBM’s cloud-based merchandise analytics tool to manage price cuts and clearance
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July 04, 2013
04
Jul'13
IT outsourcing contracts hold back adoption of latest IT
Inflexible IT outsourcing contracts and traditional service delivery models are holding firms back from utilising the latest technologies
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July 04, 2013
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Jul'13
CIO interview: Pete Marsden, CIO, Asos.com
As online fashion retailer Asos.com continues to expand, its IT strategy is focused on new international locations and keeping up with web retail
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July 03, 2013
03
Jul'13
Podcast: Virtual server backup fundamentals
Virtual server backup is different to traditional backup. This podcast looks at the differences and examines key choices in selecting backup products
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July 01, 2013
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Jul'13
East Surrey College refreshes ageing XP desktop estate with VDI
East Surrey College has refreshed its ageing desktop estate with a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
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June 27, 2013
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Jun'13
Uefa considers BYOD policy for Euro 2016
Uefa is considering a bring your own device (BYOD) strategy for its 7,000 volunteers during Euro 2016 to save costs on IT devices
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June 27, 2013
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Jun'13
How BP made its IT future-ready with a hybrid cloud infrastructure
BP bridged its cloud gap with a cautious and calculated approach using a mix of private cloud, public cloud and in-house IT infrastructure
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June 26, 2013
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Jun'13
Government commits to future broadband spend in 2015-16
Government will continue to invest in broadband in 2015-16, says chancellor George Osborne
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June 25, 2013
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Jun'13
Microsoft to invest $700m on datacentre expansion
Microsoft is planning a $677.6m (£440m) investment to expand its existing datacentre in West Des Moines, Iowa
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June 24, 2013
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Jun'13
Europe's public sector could save €1bn a year
The European Union’s public sector could save €1.1bn (£930m) a year by following new open standard guidelines to avoid ICT vendor lock-in.
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June 24, 2013
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Jun'13
MEP calls for a raft of rules to protect EU users’ data in the cloud
An MEP has called on the European Commission to outline a number of new rules that will help safeguard the data of EU cloud users
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June 19, 2013
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Jun'13
Government IT is profession most reliant on external recruits
Senior civil servants working in IT are more likely to be recruited from the private sector than any other profession across government
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June 19, 2013
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Jun'13
Met Police needs significant tech investment to overhaul creaking legacy systems
The Metropolitan Police needs significant capital investment in technology if it is to overhaul its legacy IT infrastructure
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June 18, 2013
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Jun'13
Worldwide government IT spending to remain flat in 2013, says Gartner
Government organisations worldwide will spend 0.1% less on IT this year, but cloud computing, mobile technologies and IT modernisation remain top IT priorities
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June 14, 2013
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Jun'13
Interview: Paul Greenberg on why relationships matter
The times they are a-changing, so you need to get smart about customer relationship management, says Paul Greenberg
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June 14, 2013
14
Jun'13
Facebook's Arctic datacentre in Luleå, Sweden goes live
Facebook’s newest datacentre in Luleå, Sweden is turned on to handle live traffic and is storing users’ photos, videos, comments and likes
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June 13, 2013
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Jun'13
Network Rail's IT budget could be scaled back by £150m
Network Rail could have its future IT budget slashed by £150m, according to the rail regulator
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June 13, 2013
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Jun'13
HP beefs up its converged cloud services, launches Cloud OS
HP updates its Converged Cloud portfolio with features to reduce cost for cloud environments and releases OpenStack-based HP Cloud OS platform
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June 11, 2013
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Jun'13
Frimley Park NHS deploys VDI for efficiency and BYOD
When the NHS trust came under pressure to make its IT budget go further, it opted to deploy VDI in its A&E department
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June 11, 2013
11
Jun'13
Lloyds customer complaints plummet after automating manual processes
Lloyds is claiming dramatic improvements in the quality of its customer service after automating manual banking processes
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June 05, 2013
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Jun'13
Dell bets on Oracle alliance and converged infrastructure
Dell has expanded its strategic alliance with Oracle for a new x86 infrastructure product and launched converged infrastructure products.
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June 05, 2013
05
Jun'13
IT not ready to be the ‘Apple Genius Bar’
Aruba Networks' study shows BYOD will shape future of the enterprise, but CMO says the IT department needs to change for the mobile era
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June 03, 2013
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Jun'13
CIO interview: Steve Monaghan, IT & e-commerce director, Waterstones
After a year of turmoil caused by migration away from HMV, the IT team at Waterstones is finally finding room to think about strategy
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May 31, 2013
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May'13
Cambridge Academies to save 70% in licensing cost with new datacentre strategy
A datacentre upgrade and use of a unified communication and management system across all its schools will help the Trust yield savings
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May 30, 2013
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May'13
London trusts adopt BT electronic health records
BT and CSE Healthcare roll out RiO electronic patient record system to 62 community and mental health trusts in London and south England
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May 30, 2013
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May'13
Capgemini wins European Commission's datacentre energy efficiency award
Innovation and energy efficiency at Capgemini's Merlin datacentre in Swindon has won the 2013 EU Code of Conduct for Datacentres award
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May 29, 2013
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May'13
Small businesses increase IT budgets
Renegotiations and renewals inevitably bring better terms but businesses could be missing out by sticking with the suppliers they know
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May 29, 2013
29
May'13
Datacentre provider Node4 completes management buyout
UK datacentre provider Node4 has been bought out by its management to fund further growth and acquisitions in the cloud space
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May 29, 2013
29
May'13
France Telecom changes name to Orange
The mobile operator will embrace the Orange branding globally, despite dropping it in the UK after merger with T-Mobile
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May 23, 2013
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May'13
Where does Microsoft fit in the future of VDI and remote applications?
Users say they prefer Citrix over Microsoft for desktop virtualisation, but will Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 change that?
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May 21, 2013
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May'13
EC-funded datacentre efficiency project CoolEmAll releases first prototypes
The European Commission funded project CoolEmAll has released the first prototypes of tools designed to make datacentres more efficient
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May 15, 2013
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May'13
Government urged to devise national data strategy
Government urged to devise national data strategy following launch of review into the better use of public sector information
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May 15, 2013
15
May'13
HSBC axes 14,000 jobs
HSBC is to lay off up to 14,000 global staff in a cost-cutting move likely to include redundancies among the bank's back-office IT employees
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May 14, 2013
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May'13
Green Grid highlights crucial role of datacentre facility operator
A datacentre facility operator should be involved throughout IT lifecycle to optimise energy efficiency and minimise complications
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May 13, 2013
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May'13
Another datacentre infrastructure management (DCIM) tool hits the market
Digital Realty Trust has become the latest datacentre provider to launch a DCIM service called EnVision
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May 08, 2013
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May'13
Domino’s Pizza plans to move web services to the cloud
After using cloud for testing and development apps, Domino’s Pizza is now looking to move its web services to the cloud
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May 08, 2013
08
May'13
Virtualisation and automation help Jaguar Land Rover increase output
Jaguar Land Rover launched a five-year IT upgrade project including virtualisation and automation and it has already started reaping benefits
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May 07, 2013
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May'13
NHS England to publish technology roadmap
NHS England is to publish a technology roadmap for commissioners investing in IT, according to its Putting Patients First business plan
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May 07, 2013
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May'13
CIO interview: Paul Freemantle, IT director, Arqiva
As the delivery of internet content to televisions grows, Arqiva's IT strategy is focused on demands for models such as IPTV
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May 07, 2013
07
May'13
Salesforce.com targets communities
Salesforce.com says it wants to address communities with its software as a service (SaaS) platform
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May 01, 2013
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May'13
Technology fail during US 2012 election day averted by practising failure
A “catastrophic” IT failure was avoided on the US presidential election day due to rigorous testing of the IT infrastructure
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May 01, 2013
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May'13
Chelmsford council sees 50% take-up of online transactions
Chelmsford City Council to trial online transactions, a move which has seen nearly half of those services now being completed digitally.
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May 01, 2013
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May'13
Employees expected to bring own devices to work
Analyst firm Gartner predicts businesses will stop providing mobiles and tablets with 50% of workers expected to bring their own devices by 2017
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April 25, 2013
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Apr'13
CIO of Eskom Sai Laher aims to deliver world class IT
The IT department at Eskom, is working on a multi-year plan to become a top five IT department in the utilities sector
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April 22, 2013
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Apr'13
UK online businesses neglect mobile strategy
Online businesses are failing to implement mobile strategies, according to a report from Barclays bank
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April 22, 2013
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Apr'13
CIO interview: Mike Croucher, head of IT architecture and delivery, British Airways
After changes in IT leadership two years ago, the IT strategy at BA is focusing on infrastructure modernisation and smarter use of customer data
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April 18, 2013
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Apr'13
Opinion split on whether to offshore IT to China
Relatively low costs and high levels of software skills give China immense potential when it comes to providing large businesses with IT services, but opinion is split on whether it is an option
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April 18, 2013
18
Apr'13
Mobile access to council websites increases
There is a high demand for mobile access to council websites, according to Socitm, the Society of IT managers
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April 17, 2013
17
Apr'13
Professional Record Standards Body launches
Standards body launched at HC2013 to help health and social care organisations move towards electronic health records
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April 17, 2013
17
Apr'13
Over half of government ICT savings not sustainable
Unsustainable government ICT savings raise questions about Cabinet Office savings target, claims NAO report
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April 11, 2013
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Apr'13
UK rises to 7th place in global ICT league table
The UK has risen dramatically in a global ranking of the countries benefiting most from information and communications technology