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February 14, 2011 14 Feb'11
Dell rolls out services for enterprise mobility

Dell has introduced a portfolio of services to help businesses manage mobile devices and an increasingly mobile workforce.
February 14, 2011 14 Feb'11
Former City University CIO explains reasons for leaving

Following the news that Andrew Abboud has resigned as chief information officer (CIO) at London's City University, the IT executive has commented on issues at the university that prompted him to leave.
February 14, 2011 14 Feb'11
Indian official reiterates Blackberry ban threat

The Indian government has told Research in Motion (RIM) that it must stop its services if it fails to grant access to Blackberry corporate email, according to an official.
February 14, 2011 14 Feb'11
TV producer Endemol signs managed services contract with Telstra

Endemol, the producer of TV shows such as Deal or No Deal, has signed a contract with Telstra International to provide managed network services

February 14, 2011 14 Feb'11
Computer Aid calls for PC monitor donations after critical shortage

Donations of PC monitors for use in schools and hospitals in developing countries are at a "critical shortage", according to IT charity Computer Aid International
February 11, 2011 11 Feb'11
Vtesse loses final appeal over fibre rates

Vtesse Networks has lost its appeal in the European Court of Justice against a European Commission decision that ruled the UK's business rating system as...
February 11, 2011 11 Feb'11
Case study: Salvatore Ferragamo steps into the future with SAP

Italian shoe and other luxury goods maker Salvatore Ferragamo is standardising on SAP ...
February 11, 2011 11 Feb'11
Interconnector signs $46m outsourcing deal with HP

Gas pipeline operator Interconnector has signed a $46m (£28m) outsourcing deal with HP.
February 11, 2011 11 Feb'11
UK SMEs ignoring customer feedback opportunities online

The vast majority of small businesses are still failing to make the most of social media
February 11, 2011 11 Feb'11
City University CIO emigrates to Switzerland

Andrew Abboud has left his job as chief information officer at City University to take up a post at Laureate Education Group

February 11, 2011 11 Feb'11
Department of Health considers scrapping CSC contract for NHS records

The future of one of the main NHS National Programme for IT deals is increasingly uncertain
February 11, 2011 11 Feb'11
Nokia, Microsoft unite to fight Apple, Google

Nokia and Microsoft have confirmed a widespread rumour of a strategic partnership that will see Nokia adopt Windows Phone as its primary smartphone strategy...
February 11, 2011 11 Feb'11
BMW's Aida project on song with DS's V6 PLM system

BMW has selected Dassault Systèmes' V6 product lifecycle management (PLM) software for its cars' future electrical, electronics, and embedded software (E/E)...
February 11, 2011 11 Feb'11
Lloyds Banking Group sheds more IT roles

Taxpayer-backed Lloyds Banking Group is cutting more than 200 roles across its insurance business, in areas including technology and back-office. The...
February 11, 2011 11 Feb'11
Mobile hacker attacks will damage business in 2011

Businesses cannot afford to ignore mobile hacking attacks as they are proving extremely lucrative over shorter periods, a study of mobile threats has found.
February 10, 2011 10 Feb'11
ID card database is destroyed

The National Identity Register (NIR), which was built to hold the fingerprints and personal details of millions of ID card holders, has been publicly destroyed.
February 10, 2011 10 Feb'11
Review: Internet Explorer 9 - Microsoft's new web browser

After almost two years, Microsoft is finally ready to move to the next version of its web browser...
February 10, 2011 10 Feb'11
Stock exchange mergers would create huge integration projects

The proposed mergers of the London Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange could create massive integration projects with huge IT savings.
February 10, 2011 10 Feb'11
IT departments are unable to support employee devices

Security concerns are holding companies back from allowing staff to use their own technology at work.
February 10, 2011 10 Feb'11
Chinese hackers target oil companies

Hackers from China have attacked the computer networks of global oil companies with the intention of stealing information.
February 10, 2011 10 Feb'11
Hotel chain Yotel signs five-year contract with Atos Origin

Hotel chain Yotel has signed a five-year outsourcing deal
February 10, 2011 10 Feb'11
IT skills shortage falls to five-year low

IT skills shortages fell to a five-year low as thousands of jobseekers flooded the IT jobs market in the first half of 2010.
February 10, 2011 10 Feb'11
Central authority to enforce G-Cloud standards

The Cabinet Office is considering the creation of a central G-Cloud authority to pick winners among competing technology standards and vet suppliers.
February 10, 2011 10 Feb'11
How much of the G-Cloud will survive government's IT review?

The future of the government's G-Cloud plan will depend on whether Cabinet Office has the determination to force through big changes
February 10, 2011 10 Feb'11
Gaming company looks at MySpace acquisition

Mobile gaming company MocoSpace has said it wants to acquire beleaguered social network company MySpace.
February 10, 2011 10 Feb'11
Gates sells 90 million Microsoft shares in a year

Bill Gates has sold 10 million shares in Microsoft this month, and a total of 90 million shares in the past 12 months, reducing his stock holdings by 13%
February 10, 2011 10 Feb'11
Tube Lines awards Capgemini £10.5m outsourcing contract

London Underground firm Tube Lines has signed a three-year, £10.5m IT outsourcing deal with Capgemini.
February 10, 2011 10 Feb'11
Demand rises for senior IT sales and marketing staff

More companies will hire senior sales and marketing roles in IT this year as the private sector increases employment budgets, claims recruitment specialist Executive Headhunters.
February 10, 2011 10 Feb'11
Egypt unrest could harm developing world offshore reputations

Political change can take years, but IT offshore reputations can be seriously damaged within hours when political insurrection hits the world news.
February 10, 2011 10 Feb'11
Nominet debates Soca website proposals

Police want to be able to take down websites at a moment's notice, but require changes to the terms and conditions under which UK domain names operate.
February 10, 2011 10 Feb'11
Mobile workers practise lax security

More than half of Europeans practise unsafe networking when they work away from the office, according to research by German remote access experts NCP Engineering.
February 09, 2011 09 Feb'11
Near field payment technology to dominate Mobile World Congress

Mobile phone suppliers and network operators are expected to unveil a host of technologies and deals, aimed at allowing people to pay for goods and services via their mobile phones, at the Mobile World Congress show next week.
February 09, 2011 09 Feb'11
EC approves European standard mobile phone charger

A common European mobile phone charger has been given the go-ahead by the European Commission (EC) and Digital Europe.
February 09, 2011 09 Feb'11
Microsoft's February Patch Tuesday outlines five critical vulnerabilities

Microsoft has released 12 security bulletins addressing 22 vulnerabilities in its monthly security update for February
February 09, 2011 09 Feb'11
Tesco.com CEO poached by Marks & Spencer

The chief executive of Tesco.com has been poached to join rival Marks & Spencer as executive director of multichannel and e-commerce.
February 08, 2011 08 Feb'11
'We have not been pessimistic enough' - expert tells UK IT suppliers

The IT market will continue to shrink for at least the next two years, and may only recover in 2013, according to a UK market analyst.
February 08, 2011 08 Feb'11
IT crucial to cash-strapped universities

Universities must change their view of IT if they are to deal with huge funding changes
February 08, 2011 08 Feb'11
TalkTalk CIO quits to join British Gas

David Cooper is leaving the telecoms company to join British Gas as chief information officer, Computer Weekly can reveal.
February 08, 2011 08 Feb'11
EC proposes tougher laws to deal with e-waste

The European Parliament has said it wants tighter rules for the EU's growing output of waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE).
February 08, 2011 08 Feb'11
NHS research system could breach patient confidentiality

Medical experts have hit out against an NHS computer system which gives researchers access to patient information without their consent.
February 08, 2011 08 Feb'11
Post Office faces legal action over alleged accounting system failures

More than 50 postmasters are planning legal action against the Post Office to reclaim money they paid to the Post Office after being accused of theft and false accounting.
February 08, 2011 08 Feb'11
ICO hits Ealing and Hounslow councils with £150,000 fines for laptop theft

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has imposed monetary penalties on Ealing and Hounslow Councils following the loss of two unencrypted laptops.
February 08, 2011 08 Feb'11
AXA in £150m settlement for software glitch

Financial services giant AXA will be forced to pay millions of pounds to clients after it emerged that errors in trading software were hidden by three of its subsidiaries, prompting bad performance in investment portfolios.
February 08, 2011 08 Feb'11
Cognizant doubles Indian IT workforce

IT services firm Cognizant is spending $500m on infrastructure in India to accommodate a possible extra 55,000 workers to expand its low-cost delivery model.
February 08, 2011 08 Feb'11
US communications authority calls for broadband subsidy

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering subsidies to fund universal broadband internet.
February 08, 2011 08 Feb'11
IT staff exodus driven by poor pay and career prospects

IT professionals are looking to leave their posts for better pay and career prospects.
February 08, 2011 08 Feb'11
Businesses must learn how to defend against cyberattack, says McAfee

Cybercrime has thrived over the past decade according to recent reports from security firm McAfee, but business can expect even more dramatic change in the next ten years, researchers say.
February 07, 2011 07 Feb'11
UK wants to host international summit on cyber security

Foreign secretary William Hague has proposed that Britain host an international summit on cyber security.

Hague offered to hold the event while speaking...
February 07, 2011 07 Feb'11
Cosmetics firm Avon launches online community

Cosmetics firm Avon has launched a social media platform to optimise customer interaction with its sales representatives.
February 07, 2011 07 Feb'11
Go for growth, Intellect boss tells IT industry

The coming year is all about growth, IT industry trade association Intellect's president elect, David Callaghan, told Computer Weekly.
February 07, 2011 07 Feb'11
Download the G-Cloud reports

Computer Weekly has obtained the documents that set out plans for the ambitious plan to put government IT into the cloud - download all the reports here.
February 07, 2011 07 Feb'11
Microsoft Patch Tuesday update excludes fix for MHTML flaw

Microsoft is to address 12 security issues in its February Patch Tuesday.
February 07, 2011 07 Feb'11
Government misses deadline for first round of IT reform plans

The government has missed the deadline on nearly all its commitments to IT reform due to be implemented last month.
February 07, 2011 07 Feb'11
Accenture Technology Vision 2011 urges businesses to adopt automated security

Accenture has urged businesses to dismantle their IT security fortresses in its Technology Vision 2011 report.
February 07, 2011 07 Feb'11
IT services contracts spiked in final quarter of 2010

The total value of worldwide IT services contracts signed in the final three months of 2010 was 66% higher than the previous three months, according to research from Ovum.
February 07, 2011 07 Feb'11
Anonymous lashes out at security firm HBGary Federal over Wikileaks probe

Hacking group Anonymous has lashed out at security firm HBGary Federal, which has been investigating its members.
February 07, 2011 07 Feb'11
Huffington Post accepts AOL $315m buyout approach

The Huffington Post has agreed to accept a $315m buyout from AOL.
February 07, 2011 07 Feb'11
Austerity drives councils into U-turn on shared services

Around nine out of 10 local authorities will move to shared services in the next two years, according to a survey of senior local authority managers by Browne Jacobson.
February 07, 2011 07 Feb'11
Technology companies pessimistic about 2011

Technology businesses are more pessimistic about market growth than telecoms and media companies, according to research
February 04, 2011 04 Feb'11
Barclays offshores back-office and call centre jobs to India

Barclays is cutting almost three hundred UK back-office jobs and sending the roles to India.
February 04, 2011 04 Feb'11
Hacker steals virtual poker chips from online gaming firm

A UK-based hacker stole 7.4m worth of virtual poker chips after gaming firm Zynga failed to monitor key database tables.
February 04, 2011 04 Feb'11
East-West Institute draws up proposals for cyberwar rules of engagement

Cyber experts at the annual Munich Security Conference are to propose that global rules of engagement are established to cope with cyber weapons.
February 04, 2011 04 Feb'11
Wikileaks cables reveal Acta negotiators avoided official scrutiny

US negotiators wanted to make the Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta) a "freestanding agreement" to avoid scrutiny from international groupings such as the G-8 or OECD, according to diplomatic cables revealed by Wikileaks.
February 04, 2011 04 Feb'11
Multinationals save costs with centralised managed mobile deals, says Ovum analyst

Multinational companies are signing global and regional sourcing deals to manage their mobile devices, but only gradually, according to research from analyst group Ovum.
February 03, 2011 03 Feb'11
Centralised IT buying will not inhibit SMEs, says government efficiency chief

Increasing centralised government procurement of IT will not compromise the public sector's goal of buying more from SMEs, according to Ian Watmore, chief operating officer of the Cabinet Office Efficiency and Reform Group.
February 03, 2011 03 Feb'11
Government 'lacks strategy' for driving growth with IT

The government is lacking a strategy for using technology to drive growth across the UK economy, according to IT trade association Intellect.
February 03, 2011 03 Feb'11
Philips chief heads to Vodafone

Gerard Kleisterlee will succeed John Bond as chairman at Vodafone in July 2011.
February 03, 2011 03 Feb'11
Comic Relief prepares IT for Red Nose Day 2011

The organisers of this year's Red Nose Day have released details of the IT that will support the enormous peaks of web traffic on the Comic Relief fundraising day on 18 March.
February 03, 2011 03 Feb'11
News Corp plans to sell MySpace social network

News Corp has said it plans to sell its MySpace social networking subsidiary.
February 03, 2011 03 Feb'11
European Commission renews controversial Microsoft contract

The European Commission has extended its controversial Microsoft software contract, while under intensifying scrutiny over its deals with proprietary vendors.
February 03, 2011 03 Feb'11
OFT to investigate e-book pricing

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is launching an investigation into e-book pricing.
February 03, 2011 03 Feb'11
Black market in internet addresses starts up

A growing black market and fraudulent deals in IPv4 internet addresses are unlikely to last long, says the European internet address registrar, RIPE NCC.
February 02, 2011 02 Feb'11
O2 to apply for e-money licence to support NFC payments

O2 will apply for an e-money licence this year, signalling its commitment to support contactless payments in the UK in the near future.
February 02, 2011 02 Feb'11
EC plans could open up ICT procurement for SMEs

Technology start-ups and SMEs could benefit from European Commission (EC) plans to improve SME procurement.
February 02, 2011 02 Feb'11
The Daily is launched as Murdoch teams up with Apple for iPad only newspaper

Rupert Murdoch has launched digital newspaper The Daily in a deal with Apple which makes it exclusive to the iPad.
February 02, 2011 02 Feb'11
Corporate network visibility key to emerging security risks, says Lancope

IT consumerisation, internal threats and the rise of social media are among the top business concerns for 2011, according to network security firm Lancope.
February 02, 2011 02 Feb'11
Autonomy boosts profits by 17%

Software developer Autonomy saw end of year profits climb by 17%, up from $323m (£199m) in 2009. Sales were also up by 18% from $740m in 2009.
February 02, 2011 02 Feb'11
Yahoo blames Microsoft implementation for Windows Phone 7 data charges

Yahoo has spoken out after being blamed for excessive data charges experienced by some Microsoft Windows Phone 7 (WP7) users.
February 02, 2011 02 Feb'11
LinkedIn IPO: what could it mean for the enterprise?

As the social media company with the most discernible business model to date, LinkedIn's decision to float came as little surprise.
February 02, 2011 02 Feb'11
Programmers must be literate, Donald Knuth tells IET in Turing Lecture

Software quality would be much better if programmers adopted "literate programming", according to Stanford University's unique professor emeritus of the art of computer programming Donald Knuth.
February 02, 2011 02 Feb'11
Government to review plans to block copyright-infringing websites

The government is to rethink controversial plans to block websites that infringe copyright, which were outlined in the Digital Economy Act (DEA).
February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11
Privacy think tank calls for data stewardship and accountability

The Centre for Information Policy Leadership (CIPL) at Hunton & Williams LLP has called for a privacy framework that holds organisations accountable for consumer data collection and management.
February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11
Flawed HMRC computer system causes losses

The flawed implementation of a computer system at HMRC has resulted in costly losses.
February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11
BBC criticised over £133m digital project

The early stages of £133m BBC technology project with Siemens have been criticised for not offering value for money.
February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11
Indian government threatening BlackBerry ban again

India may yet ban BlackBerry services after maker Research In Motion (RIM) said it was technically impossible to give government access to corporate e-mails.
February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11
Cheshire Police saves £40m with Capgemini framework agreement

Cheshire Police Authority has signed a framework agreement with Capgemini for IT services to support back-office policing activities.
February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11
Public sector CIOs welcome Joe Harley’s government appointment

Public sector IT heads and analysts have welcomed the appointment of Joe Harley as the government's new CIO.
February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11
Apple moves to tighten control of App Store

Apple is tightening its control of the App Store even further by refusing to allow application developers to sell content within their apps.
January 31, 2011 31 Jan'11
Diageo CIO Brian Franz discusses the evolving role of IT

Brian Franz, CIO at beverages giant Diageo, discusses the challenges of global business processes, consumer technology and digital marketing. Diageo,...
January 31, 2011 31 Jan'11
Identity card plan ignored fatal flaws

Ministers and civil servants swept fundamental problems with the ID card database blueprint under the carpet and approved a development plan that would prove so unfeasible it had to be torn up after government IT experts had worked on it for three ...
January 31, 2011 31 Jan'11
DWP CIO Joe Harley appointed as government CIO

Joe Harley, the CIO at the Department for Work and Pensions is also to take on the top job in public sector IT as the new government chief information officer.
January 31, 2011 31 Jan'11
Analysis: How the IT behind ID cards was never going to work

Ministers involved with the ID card system were told the plan was feasible, but recently released documents reveal key issues that were never addressed
January 31, 2011 31 Jan'11
Staffordshire Council rolls out £23m public sector network

Staffordshire County Council is to implement one of the country's first Public Sector Networks (PSN) in a £23m contract with communications provider Kcom.
January 31, 2011 31 Jan'11
Google UK chief joins Sainsbury's board

Supermarket chain Sainsbury's has hired Google's director for UK and Ireland to join its executive team.
January 31, 2011 31 Jan'11
Public sector outsourcing grows in the UK as commercial deals fall again

Public sector contracts accounted for 77% of the total outsourcing spending in the UK in 2010, according to the latest report from consultancy TPI.
January 31, 2011 31 Jan'11
City IT developers move to hedge fund start-ups to double pay

IT...
January 31, 2011 31 Jan'11
Finalists decided for Cyber Security Challenge

Simon Walker, a software consultant from Tring, Hertfordshire, has won the penultimate individual event in the 2010 Cyber Security Challenge UK.
January 31, 2011 31 Jan'11
Vodafone restores services to Egypt after mobile shutdown

Mobile operator, Vodafone, has restored mobile phone services in Egypt after a 24-hour shutdown.
January 31, 2011 31 Jan'11
Assange reveals Wikileaks back-up plan

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has revealed a back-up plan to continue releasing secrets if the whistleblowing website is shut down.
January 31, 2011 31 Jan'11
Specsavers selects SQS for offshore software testing

High street optician Specsavers has selected SQS Software Quality Systems to provide on and off-shore testing in a three-year managed testing services contract worth over £5 million.