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• January 31, 2013 31 Jan'13

  SAP certifies Dell datacentre systems to run Hana

  SAP has certified Dell datacentre products – including servers, storage and networking systems – for running Hana as a pre-integrated system

• January 28, 2013 28 Jan'13

  CIO interview: Yann L’Huillier, Tradition

  Yann L’Huillier describes the three-pronged strategy he adopted after joining over-the-counter trading firm Tradition in April 2010

• January 23, 2013 23 Jan'13

  Interview: Cabinet Office chief operating officer Stephen Kelly

  On the changing nature of IT leadership, the role of the CTO in providing future vision and why government needs 'audacious speed' in its delivery of IT.

• January 22, 2013 22 Jan'13

  Businesses wasting billions storing unnecessary data

  CIOs are urged to rethink their backup strategies following warnings that companies are wasting billions on unnecessary storage

• January 21, 2013 21 Jan'13

  Interview: Alan Clark, chairman, OpenStack Foundation

  Alan Clark, chairman of the board of the OpenStack Foundation, talks to Computer Weekly about the future of cloud and the role of open source

• January 17, 2013 17 Jan'13

  Government CIO Andy Nelson tipped for DWP CIO

  Government chief information officer Andy Nelson has been tipped as the next CIO at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

• January 11, 2013 11 Jan'13

  Morgan Stanley job cuts could hit UK IT staff

  Morgan Stanley bank is to cut 1,600 jobs worldwide and UK IT workers could be some of the first in the firing line

• January 11, 2013 11 Jan'13

  Microsoft opens Azure cloud to Linux apps and VMs

  Microsoft Open Technologies has released VM Depot to allow users to deploy and share Linux apps and virtual machines on the Azure cloud

• January 09, 2013 09 Jan'13

  IT contractors seek to fill skills gap left by public sector cuts

  IT contractors are increasingly confident about job opportunities in the public sector due to reductions in the civil service's head count, finds research

• January 09, 2013 09 Jan'13

  Virtualisation's complex licensing is a 'ticking timebomb', claims study

  Software licensing under virtualisation remains complex and many firms may have a significant shortfall in compliance, warns License Dashboard

• January 07, 2013 07 Jan'13

  Parliamentary commission calls for electrified banking ring fence

  A parliamentary report on plans to separate retail and investment banking calls for legislation to prevent breaches of the ring fence

• January 07, 2013 07 Jan'13

  BFI appoints Edward Humphrey as director of digital

  The British Film Institute (BFI) has appointed its director of digital, Edward Humphrey, to drive its digital strategy

• January 07, 2013 07 Jan'13

  Morrisons sees poor sales due to lack of online presence

  Supermarket chain Morrisons posted “disappointing” sales over the Christmas break, due to the retailer’s lack of online presence.

• January 03, 2013 03 Jan'13

  CIO strategy for 2013

  As the economy shifts, the role of the CIO is constantly adapting. This year, expect to see a strong focus on digital enablement

• January 02, 2013 02 Jan'13

  What does 2013 hold for financial services IT?

  While regulation will force banks to invest in IT, customer demand is imposing other pressures, such as mobile banking platforms

• December 14, 2012 14 Dec'12

  John Lewis IT director Paul Coby on the challenges of Christmas

  Paul Coby faces his second Christmas as IT director at John Lewis. He talks exclusively to Computer Weekly about the festive IT challenge

• December 14, 2012 14 Dec'12

  CIO interview: Kevin O’Connor, Carlson Wagonlit Travel

  As the new CIO at Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Kevin O’Connor is looking to bring in a new approach to the company’s IT strategy

• December 13, 2012 13 Dec'12

  Liam Maxwell named as first government chief technology officer

  Liam Maxwell becomes the first Whitehall CTO, in the latest stage of a major shake-up of the government IT leadership organisation

• December 13, 2012 13 Dec'12

  IT budgets to rise in 2013 despite downturn

  IT budgets will grow by 2% next year in Europe, a study of 180 companies with an IT spending power of $52bn reveals.

• December 12, 2012 12 Dec'12

  Government IT reformers criticise IT leadership shake-up

  Government IT reformers have criticised plans to give procurement chief Bill Crothers a more prominent role in the IT leadership team

• December 12, 2012 12 Dec'12

  Data to grow more quickly says IDC’s Digital Universe study

  IDC’s annual Digital Universe study finds data set to expand to 40 Zettabytes by 2020. Emerging markets and machine-generated data will account for increasing proportions of it.

• December 12, 2012 12 Dec'12

  Cornwall Council opts for IT outsourcing after rejecting BT privatisation

  Cornwall County Council has voted for an IT outsourcing and telehealth partnership with BT after rejecting a comprehensive privatisation plan

• December 12, 2012 12 Dec'12

  CIO interview: Susan Cooklin, CIO, Network Rail

  Susan Cooklin has had an eventful 2012, delivering major technology upgrades while driving projects to help the Olympic Games run smoothly

• December 11, 2012 11 Dec'12

  London 2012 IT team passes the baton to Rio 2016 Olympics

  Computer Weekly talks to Rio 2016 Olympics CIO Elly Resende as he picks up the baton from the successful London 2012 IT team

• December 06, 2012 06 Dec'12

  Vast majority of public sector organisations lack BYOD policies

  Some 87% of public sector organisations have no formal bring-your-own-device' (BYOD) strategy, according to Freedom of Information research

• December 06, 2012 06 Dec'12

  MPs call for wider promotion of mutuals beyond Whitehall

  Mutuals need to be effectively promoted across the whole public sector, not just Whitehall, say MPs

• December 05, 2012 05 Dec'12

  Citigroup axes 5,000 technology and operations jobs

  Citigroup is to lose more than 5,000 IT and operations jobs as part of the banking giant’s axing of 11,000 jobs globally

• November 26, 2012 26 Nov'12

  Met director of information Ailsa Beaton steps down

  Ailsa Beaton, director of information at the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), has stepped down.

• November 25, 2012 25 Nov'12

  The digitisation of business

  People no longer buy exciting IT. Rather, IT must compete for investment. The question is where will this investment go?

• November 23, 2012 23 Nov'12

  Networking services market to fall in next two years

  While more than half of firms have used networking services, just 33% plan to use them again over the next two years, says research

• November 20, 2012 20 Nov'12

  HP writes down Autonomy by $8.8bn

  HP blames Autonomy for misleading the firm before acquisition and refers former management to the Serious Fraud Office

• November 19, 2012 19 Nov'12

  Why Cisco chooses acquisition over R&D

  As networking giant Cisco buys its ninth company in less than a year, Computer Weekly asks, why the focus on acquisitions?

• November 15, 2012 15 Nov'12

  Cyber security will change ideas of the nation state, says Stonesoft

  The lack of cyber security is a major threat to the civilised world and will change how people see the nation state, says security firm Stonesoft

• November 12, 2012 12 Nov'12

  Gartner: BYOD will encourage self-support

  Self-support communities will offset the cost and manpower of providing a helpdesk for staff who use their own devices, according to Gartner

• November 09, 2012 09 Nov'12

  Skype in the workspace made public

  After six months of beta testing, the Microsoft-owned firm opens up the small business community for making connections and finding customers

• November 06, 2012 06 Nov'12

  IT skunkworks powers Barclays innovation drive

  Barclays Bank is changing its image through innovative IT In spite of the regulatory framework governing banking

• October 29, 2012 29 Oct'12

  Big data could transform staff management

  Data analytics has the potential to help businesses make dramatic returns by managing their workforce more effectively

• October 26, 2012 26 Oct'12

  Beware of unfair SaaS HR contracts

  Businesses must be wary of signing unfair contracts as software as a service takes over from traditional HR technology

• October 26, 2012 26 Oct'12

  Cloud HR pivotal to Direct Line share offering

  Cloud HR proved pivotal to insurance group Direct Line separating from the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) before it launched on the stock market

• October 25, 2012 25 Oct'12

  Businesses invest in learning management systems to reskill staff 

  Businesses are stepping up their investment in sophisticated IT systems to manage the training and development of their workforce

• October 25, 2012 25 Oct'12

  Windows 8 OS is available now – but is it the right choice for your business?

  Windows 8 combines a desktop operating system (OS) with tablet-touch functionality, which will bring benefits to some organisations - but not all

• October 25, 2012 25 Oct'12

  HR needs to understand business to avoid IT failures

  The failure of human resources departments to understand how a business works is a common reason why HR IT projects fail

• October 25, 2012 25 Oct'12

  Government expected to unveil eight IDA suppliers for online services

  The government is to announce suppliers – including PayPal, BT and the Post Office – to provide identity assurance (IDA) for online public services

• October 22, 2012 22 Oct'12

  Tech City names Facebook executive Joanna Shields as CEO

  Joanna Shields has resigned as European boss of Facebook to become CEO of the Tech City Investment Organisation (TCIO)

• October 18, 2012 18 Oct'12

  Citrix debuts mobile virtual apps as analysts warn of obsolescence

  Citrix debuts cloud and mobility releases, but analysts warn they may soon be left behind in an increasingly competitive and evolving market

• October 16, 2012 16 Oct'12

  CIO interview: David Cooper, chief information officer, British Gas

  British Gas CIO David Cooper's multimillion-pound IT transformation is one of the highest-profile jobs in UK IT

• October 16, 2012 16 Oct'12

  Theresa May: Hacker Gary McKinnon to stay in UK

  Hacker Gary McKinnon will stay in UK, home secretary Theresa May has told MPs

• October 15, 2012 15 Oct'12

  Austrian hospital improves access to patient data with Imprivata

  Klinikum Wels-Grieskirchen hospital in Austria explains how it improved speed of access and security to its works stations.

• October 12, 2012 12 Oct'12

  CIO interview: Frank Modruson, Accenture

  Accenture’s CIO Frank Modruson on providing IT to 250,000 people who think they could do your job and why video is the next big thing

• October 05, 2012 05 Oct'12

  Interview: Gwyn Thomas, CIO of the Welsh Government

  Gwyn Thomas, CIO of the Welsh Assembly, says a pragmatic leadership approach was key to the success of Wales's public sector IT

• October 04, 2012 04 Oct'12

  CIO interview: Tony McAlister, chief technology officer, Betfair

  European gambling regulations, launching new products and driving revenue growth put enormous pressure on the IT team at Betfair

• October 02, 2012 02 Oct'12

  Businesses to face tougher penalties for data breaches

  Businesses will face tougher penalties for failing to secure personal data under new European legislation

• October 01, 2012 01 Oct'12

  O2 to expand BYOD scheme

  Mobile phone group O2 is to introduce its bring-your-own-device scheme to operations in Europe and South America, following successful UK roll-out

• September 25, 2012 25 Sep'12

  BYOD: IT must tackle printer security

  With more staff bringing their own devices to work, IT needs to rethink its printing and scanning policies

• September 25, 2012 25 Sep'12

  Remote working cuts employee desk space

  As the trend for working remotely grows, a Citrix survey claims it will erode the need for desk space in business premises

• September 25, 2012 25 Sep'12

  Gartner: Businesses need to prepare now for HTML5

  Businesses have been urged to prepare for the arrival of HTML5, the technology that underpins the next generation of the web

• September 25, 2012 25 Sep'12

  Government strategies for increasing SME procurement

  Deputy CIO Liam Maxwell and SMEs discuss strategies for breaking the IT oligopoly stranglehold in government

• September 21, 2012 21 Sep'12

  Investec banks on policy to make social media work

  Investment bank Investec sees social media as part of the insider threat to information security, but has policies and technologies to make it work

• September 20, 2012 20 Sep'12

  Dangerous hackers come closer to home, warns Trend Micro

  Cyber criminals from eastern Europe pose just as big a threat as their more high-profile Asian rivals, says security firm Trend Micro

• September 20, 2012 20 Sep'12

  Interview: Catherine Doran, CIO, Royal Mail

  A year into the job, Royal Mail CIO Catherine Doran talks about transformation, business change, and recruiting 100 new IT staff

• September 20, 2012 20 Sep'12

  Salesforce launches Marketing Cloud BI tool for social enterprise

  Public cloud provider Salesforce launches its Marketing Cloud business intelligence (BI) tool to promote cloud in companies' campaign strategies

• September 18, 2012 18 Sep'12

  White House deputy CTO praises NHS open-data strategy

  The deputy CTO of the White House, Chris Vein, is working with the NHS to pass on experiences of making data more open in the public sector

• September 18, 2012 18 Sep'12

  Cabinet Office names Stephen Kelly as COO

  The Cabinet Office has named former Micro Focus CEO Stephen Kelly as chief operating officer and head of the Efficiency and Reform Group

• September 17, 2012 17 Sep'12

  Interview with Jo Stanford, IT director, De Vere Group

  Data is a big challenge for all businesses that have to consider backup issues such as what data they retain and how long they retain it for

• September 17, 2012 17 Sep'12

  DWP hits back at criticism over Universal Credit IT systems

  The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has hit back at calls to delay its flagship Universal Credit scheme because of IT concerns

• September 17, 2012 17 Sep'12

  Cloud, mobile computing and virtualisation increase datacentre complexity

  Cloud computing, virtualisation, mobile computing and a growing number of business-critical applications and data is increasing datacentre complexity

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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.

• 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

• 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

• 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.

• 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

• 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)

• 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.

• 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

• 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

• 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.

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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?

• 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

• 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.

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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