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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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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?
June 29, 2012 29 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
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
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)
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.
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
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
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.
June 18, 2012 18 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
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
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
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?
May 29, 2012 29 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
May 28, 2012 28 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
May 25, 2012 25 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.
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
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
May 24, 2012 24 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
May 23, 2012 23 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
May 22, 2012 22 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
May 22, 2012 22 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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.