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• February 04, 2016 04 Feb'16

  Three chairman promises five-year price freeze after O2 merger

  Three chairman Canning Fok pledges a price freeze and a £5bn network investment if the acquisition of O2 is allowed to go ahead

• February 03, 2016 03 Feb'16

  NHS 24 staff not trained properly ahead of IT system go-live, health board admits

  NHS 24 plans comprehensive training ahead of new launch date after helpline was withdrawn 10 days after October go-live

• February 03, 2016 03 Feb'16

  Government admits altnets can compete against BT in rural areas

  A series of pilot schemes has proved that small broadband suppliers can effectively compete against BT Openreach in rural areas

• February 03, 2016 03 Feb'16

  Further staff cuts at Yahoo as it reports a $4.43bn loss

  Yahoo announces another strategic plan to reduce costs by $400m and raise up to $3bn in the wake of a $4.43bn loss for the fourth quarter of 2015

• February 02, 2016 02 Feb'16

  EC confirms EU-US Privacy Shield to replace Safe Harbour data-sharing agreement

  The European Commission (EC) confirms it has negotiated a replacement for Safe Harbour, and expects it to come into force in three months

• February 02, 2016 02 Feb'16

  University moves library management to Capita cloud

  University of Lincoln puts its library management system into a cloud hosted by Capita to improve student experiences

• February 02, 2016 02 Feb'16

  Google parent Alphabet ousts Apple as top global company

  In the first quarterly results since switching to the Alphabet structure on 2 October 2015, the company reported a profit of $4.9bn on revenue of $21.3bn

• February 02, 2016 02 Feb'16

  WhatsApp reaches one billion user milestone

  As the WhatsApp messaging service hits a new peak, Facebook plans to use it to make money by enabling businesses to communicate with customers

• February 02, 2016 02 Feb'16

  G-Cloud 6 wins six-month extension as government preps next-gen framework

  G-Cloud suppliers claim the extension could be a sign of bigger and better things to come in eighth version of the public sector procurement framework

• February 02, 2016 02 Feb'16

  No supplier immune from declining smartphone market, says Juniper Research

  Juniper Research’s latest assessment of the smartphone market reveals virtually all suppliers are being affected by the global slowdown

• February 01, 2016 01 Feb'16

  Irish row over Safe Harbour deepens

  Ireland faces legal challenge over the independence of its data commissioner, in wake of the scrapping of the Safe Harbour data protection agreement

• February 01, 2016 01 Feb'16

  TfL shifts corporate archive to AWS public cloud in digital preservation push

  London transport authority has begun moving its first 3TB of corporate archive data to the AWS cloud with the help of Preservica

• February 01, 2016 01 Feb'16

  Göteborg Energi outsources IT with €40m deal

  Nordic energy company will use outsourcing agreement as a platform to modernise its IT environment

• February 01, 2016 01 Feb'16

  Ofcom: O2 acquisition will damage competition and retail markets

  Ofcom chief executive Sharon White outlines the regulator’s concerns over Three’s acquisition of O2

• February 01, 2016 01 Feb'16

  Oracle to build cloud datacentre in Abu Dhabi

  Move seen as acknowledgement that local presence is required for increased cloud growth

• February 01, 2016 01 Feb'16

  Cyber extortion is a growing, but largely hidden threat

  Security industry warns of increasing cyber extortion attacks as Lincolnshire County Council is hit by a ransomware demand

• February 01, 2016 01 Feb'16

  EE to retain brand, network and shops, says BT

  BT has announced a new organisational structure to come into effect in April, following its acquisition of mobile operator EE

• February 01, 2016 01 Feb'16

  UK surveillance bill could hurt tech sector, warn MPs

  Parliament’s Science and Technology Committee says government's planned surveillance bill is too vague and needs to be redrafted to avoid economic damage

• January 29, 2016 29 Jan'16

  Industrial control systems a growing target for cyber attack

  Attackers with increasing capabilities have strong financial motivation to go after critical infrastructure and manufacturing firms, says security industry expert

• January 29, 2016 29 Jan'16

  MPs call for guarantee of no rural payments IT fiasco this year

  MPs have criticised the rural payments digital service and want assurances that there will be no return this year to paper forms when farmers claim their EU subsidies

• January 29, 2016 29 Jan'16

  Microsoft profits fall but cloud success sends share price up

  Strong fourth-quarter performance of Microsoft’s cloud services indicates that CEO Satya Nadella’s transformation plan is working

• January 28, 2016 28 Jan'16

  EE emerges as top performing network at London airports

  RootMetrics’ analysis of mobile broadband connectivity at London’s City, Gatwick and Heathrow airports reveals EE is far outpacing its rivals in terms of performance

• January 28, 2016 28 Jan'16

  Samsung upbeat despite profit slump

  Samsung says that it will continue to plug away at diversifying and reinforcing its business in a bid to return to profitable growth

• January 28, 2016 28 Jan'16

  Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust goes for Servelec RiO EPR

  Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust has finally chosen an electronic patient record system – 18 months after first going out to tender

• January 28, 2016 28 Jan'16

  Construction of £150m biomass-powered datacentre starts in Scotland

  The developers behind Scottish green datacentre project confirm the campus is finally under construction

• January 27, 2016 27 Jan'16

  Security is crucial to IoT market success

  Growth of the internet of things will be slowed or stunted if the industry fails to be proactive about data security, according to IoT Security Foundation

• January 27, 2016 27 Jan'16

  Police spending too much on outdated IT systems, Theresa May says

  Police ICT reform is “gritty and unglamorous” but necessary to tackle crime, according to home secretary Theresa May

• January 27, 2016 27 Jan'16

  VMware to cut 800 jobs in cloud-focused company restructure

  Virtualisation company VMware confident adoption of software-defined datacentres will offset softening demand for older products

• January 27, 2016 27 Jan'16

  New government plan to support cyber security startups

  Government has announced a £250,000 programme to increase the rate of cyber security startup development in the UK

• January 27, 2016 27 Jan'16

  Apple warns of dip as it posts record quarter

  Apple's share price dips in response to forecast fall in iPhone sales despite record quarterly revenues and profits

• January 27, 2016 27 Jan'16

  Government may consider state-owned broadband provider

  A public sector-owned broadband infrastructure provider is one option on the table as DCMS consults on the future of the £1.7bn BDUK scheme

• January 27, 2016 27 Jan'16

  Average DDoS attacks fatal to most businesses, report reveals

  Criminal activity is top motivation for DDoS attacks as average attacks become strong enough to down most businesses, Arbor Networks report reveals

• January 27, 2016 27 Jan'16

  AGS Airports outsources IT after Heathrow split

  AGS Airports signs Getronics to provide IT support services after splitting IT from its former owner

• January 26, 2016 26 Jan'16

  Low oil prices to fuel datacentre expansions in 2016, claims Canalys

  Canalys claims access to cheaper energy will make it easier for datacentre operators to respond to growing demand for cloud

• January 26, 2016 26 Jan'16

  Wal-Mart to make huge data and analytics investment in India

  Retail giant Wal-Mart is investing heavily in its IT development centre in Bangalore, turning the city into its most important centre outside the US

• January 25, 2016 25 Jan'16

  Industry leaders call on next London Mayor to prioritise technology

  Ahead of the mayoral election, Tech London Advocates, techUK and Centre for London produce a manifesto lobbying for “a truly digital city”

• January 25, 2016 25 Jan'16

  Facebook to start building second European datacentre in Ireland

  Facebook to construct second datacentre facility in Ireland after overcoming resident opposition in planning application appeal

• January 25, 2016 25 Jan'16

  Google pays HMRC £130m in tax deal

  Google is to pay more UK tax in line with new rules – £130m, said to cover the last 10 years – but denies any wrongdoing in the past

• January 22, 2016 22 Jan'16

  Riverbed buys software-defined WAN specialist Ocedo

  Supplier says acquisition will accelerate its Project Tiger strategy around next-generation software-defined networking services

• January 22, 2016 22 Jan'16

  Crunch time for Australian CIOs as analytics platforms drive strategy in 2016

  CIOs in Australia and elsewhere will be expected to deploy technologies that promise to help them get more from the information they own

• January 21, 2016 21 Jan'16

  Broadgroup: Colocation providers must act on competitive threat posed by AWS

  Datacentre analyst house uses annual finance forum to coach colocation sector on how to respond to AWS and its public cloud

• January 21, 2016 21 Jan'16

  Norfolk County Council embarks on £20m network and mobile upgrade

  Norfolk County Council has awarded Capita-owned public services network supplier Updata a £20m framework agreement to upgrade its network infrastructure

• January 21, 2016 21 Jan'16

  Candy Crush maker King secures mobile access through cloud

  Candy Crush maker King.com uses cloud-based Duo Security authentication for access to cloud services, customised apps and remote VPNs

• January 21, 2016 21 Jan'16

  Revamped Dridex Trojan continues to plunder UK banks

  Cyber criminals operating the revamped Dridex malware are targeting business accounts at UK banks

• January 20, 2016 20 Jan'16

  IBM beats estimates with growth in strategic areas

  IBM claims its transformation efforts are working, but share prices dropped on news of a fall in revenue for the 15th consecutive quarter

• January 20, 2016 20 Jan'16

  Bournemouth Council considers bringing IT back in-house

  Bournemouth Council could bring IT and other services back in-house to gain more control over its budget and meet tough cost-cutting targets

• January 20, 2016 20 Jan'16

  Anchor tenants sought for £150m cross-border Irish datacentre

  The development team behind a £150m dual-site datacentre that straddles the Northern Ireland border say it could generate thousands of jobs in the years to come

• January 20, 2016 20 Jan'16

  NHS 24 admits ‘systematic failure’ of £117m IT project

  NHS 24 has admitted that a “systematic failure around project governance” was the cause of its major IT transformation project disaster

• January 20, 2016 20 Jan'16

  PwC acquires Polish cloud consultancy for European operation

  PwC is buying Poland-based IT services firm Outbox to build its cloud skills and resources across Europe

• January 20, 2016 20 Jan'16

  Mobile services helping banks retain customers and add revenue

  Investments in mobile banking services are helping banks increase revenue and retain customers

• January 20, 2016 20 Jan'16

  Microsoft to donate $1bn worth of cloud computing resources

  Microsoft's $1bn cloud computing donation is aimed at helping NGOs, academic research and developing countries

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  Digital Single Market must be adopted without delay, says EU parliament

  MEPs pass resolution urging the EU to adopt Digital Single Market proposals and enact new protections for consumers as soon as possible

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  UK IT and business process outsourcing plummeted in 2015, show ISG figures

  The amount of money UK organisations spent on IT and business process outsourcing fell sharply in 2015, compared to the previous year

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  Migration recommendations could hike the cost of Indian IT services

  Government recommendations to tighten up the rules around overseas workers in the UK could increase IT costs for businesses

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  Only half of businesses ready to defend against cyber attack

  Lack of confidence in cyber security is driven by businesses' struggle to keep pace with the agility, resilience and persistence of attackers, says Cisco report

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  BT names global IT architect Howard Watson as CIO

  BT chief architect and managing director of global IT platforms, Howard Watson, is to replace Clive Selley as the telecoms firm's CIO

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  Automated bots drive cyber attack innovation

  Persistent cyber attacks will feature highly in 2016 as automation takes over, according to cyber security organisation Radware

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  Sigfox brings the internet of things to Antarctica

  Connectivity provider teams up with GPS supplier Sensolus and Belgian government to use the IoT to support climate change researchers

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  Cloud host dumps hybrid for all-flash software-defined storage

  Cloud firm Togglebox tried Linux software-defined storage and Nimble hybrid flash, but customers hit it too hard so it opted for all-flash with storage software from StorPool

• January 18, 2016 18 Jan'16

  Irish Tax Institute accelerates tax database search with MarkLogic

  The Irish Tax Institute has opted for MarkLogic for its TaxFind database service, with a system that pools a range of data types

• January 18, 2016 18 Jan'16

  Data standards ‘should be led by market, not European Commission’, says UK government

  In its response to the EU consultation on a single digital market, UK government highlights the need for healthy competition and transparency

• January 15, 2016 15 Jan'16

  Intel share price drops despite strong results

  Despite growth in Intel's key datacentre and IoT businesses, investors remain concerned by falls in its core PC chip business amid market declines

• January 15, 2016 15 Jan'16

  Countries underestimate risk of cyber attack, says WEF

  Cyber attacks are one of the most serious risks facing global economies, according to the World Economic Forum's 2016 risk report

• January 14, 2016 14 Jan'16

  Forcepoint combines Raytheon, Websense and Stonesoft

  Raytheon-Websense acquires Stonesoft and Sidewinder technologies, relaunching as Forcepoint

• January 14, 2016 14 Jan'16

  Gigaclear gets European funding boost for further expansion

  Rural broadband provider secures £18m loan from the European Investment Bank

• January 14, 2016 14 Jan'16

  One-fifth of consumers will trust tech firms for all financial products by 2025

  Research suggests fintech companies will progress rapidly from niche products and services suppliers to join the financial mainstream

• January 14, 2016 14 Jan'16

  TalkTalk users report vanishing dial tone

  TalkTalk users say they have been unable to place calls from landline telephone lines and the dial tone has disappeared

• January 14, 2016 14 Jan'16

  Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent celebrate honeymoon

  Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent officially complete their merger and celebrate their first day of combined operations

• January 13, 2016 13 Jan'16

  Hybrid flash not good enough, says Kaminario customer

  Cloud software provider Clarizen re-tools storage with all-flash arrays from Kaminario and forecasts the end for hybrid flash products that don't deliver on performance promises

• January 13, 2016 13 Jan'16

  Scottish Power picks Vodafone to manage smart electricity grid

  Four-year contract will see mobile operator manage performance monitoring and fault identification systems as energy supplier transitions to smart grid technologies

• January 13, 2016 13 Jan'16

  Watchdog urges US nuclear agency to close cyber security gaps

  An audit report has called on the US nuclear agency to revise its IT contracts to ensure better cyber security

• January 12, 2016 12 Jan'16

  More endpoints managed is security concern, say IT services firms

  The rising number of devices connected to corporate networks is a security challenge for the IT services firms managing these endpoints

• January 12, 2016 12 Jan'16

  Ofcom outsources IT management to Indian services supplier NIIT

  UK communications regulator Ofcom outsources its help desk, datacentre and application management services to IT services provider NIIT

• January 12, 2016 12 Jan'16

  European Commission awards cloud contracts worth €24m to BT

  BT secures deals that will see it provide public and private cloud services to 52 European Commission agencies and bodies

• January 12, 2016 12 Jan'16

  TrendMicro releases emergency fix

  TrendMicro has issued an emergency update for its antivirus product, but problems remain, according to the security researcher who reported critical vulnerabilities in the software

• January 11, 2016 11 Jan'16

  EU data protection rules affect everyone, say legal experts

  The EU's new data protection rules will impact every entity that holds or uses European personal data both inside and outside of Europe, according to legal experts

• January 11, 2016 11 Jan'16

  Interxion confirms customer contact details compromised by hackers

  Colocation provider confirms that hackers gained unauthorised access to its CRM system in December

• January 11, 2016 11 Jan'16

  Jeremy Corbyn’s team quickly regains control of hacked Twitter account

  A hacker gained control of Jeremy Corbyn' s Twitter account, but managed to publish only four posts before control was taken back and the posts deleted

• January 11, 2016 11 Jan'16

  Top priorities for Nordic CIOs in 2016

  What are the main priorities for CIOs in the Nordic region this year? Computer Weekly asks some of the region’s experts

• January 08, 2016 08 Jan'16

  Verizon’s rumoured datacentre sell-off: Why telcos are turning their backs on colocation

  Reports suggest US comms provider Verizon will become the latest telco to sell off its colocation assets, but what is driving this trend?

• January 08, 2016 08 Jan'16

  Blackpool becomes third NHS trust to get open-source EPR

  Open-source electronic patient records continue to gain traction in the NHS as Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust signs up

• January 08, 2016 08 Jan'16

  US officials to meet tech firms about countering Islamic State

  Discussions will cover ways of making it more difficult for extremist groups to use online services to further their aims

• January 08, 2016 08 Jan'16

  Tech firms critical of UK draft Investigatory Powers Bill

  Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo say they are particularly concerned about six key aspects of the UK's draft Investigatory Powers Bill

• January 07, 2016 07 Jan'16

  Yahoo plans to cut workforce by 10%

  News of workforce reduction comes a day after activist investor Starboard Value called for significant changes in a letter to Yahoo board

• January 06, 2016 06 Jan'16

  The Office Group responds to flexible working boom with Microsoft cloud deployment

  Flexible workspace provider rolls out Office 365 after business growth caused email storage capacity crunch

• January 06, 2016 06 Jan'16

  Italy wakes up to new IoT opportunities

  Organisations in Italy are investing in internet-connected technologies, with infrastructure providers building the underpinning networks

• January 06, 2016 06 Jan'16

  EU privacy watchdog to set up ethics advisory group

  The EU data protection supervisor plans to encourage a discussion on the ethics of future technologies to prevent individuals being reduced to mere data subjects

• January 06, 2016 06 Jan'16

  Upgrade to Internet Explorer 11 to reduce risk

  Failure to update to the latest version of Internet Explorer by 12 January 2016 could put users at risk, Microsoft warns

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Security experts support Dutch stance on encryption

  Security experts have come out in support of a Dutch government statement against weakening encryption for the purposes of law enforcement and intelligence agencies

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Seven standout Nordic enterprise startups on the rise

  The Nordic region is a hotbed for IT startups and, while it is better known for consumer-targeted creations such as Angry Birds, there are more and more startups targeting businesses

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Fears of software skills shortage in Germany and the Netherlands

  Organisations in Germany and the Netherlands are struggling to fill positions for software developers as they digitise

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Free public communications network rolls out in New York City

  Communication hubs will provide free public Wi-Fi, voice and video calls, device charging and tablets for internet browsing, access to city services, maps and directions

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Surveillance tribunal refers child privacy claim to information commissioner

  The Investigatory Powers Tribunal has referred a complaint to the UK information commissioner that the US National Security Agency is intercepting children's internet activities

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Intel acquires German drone maker Ascending Technologies

  Intel adds to previous strategic investments in drone technology to bolster its competitive position in the drone chip market

• January 04, 2016 04 Jan'16

  IT security predictions for Australian organisations in 2016

  What IT security challenges should Australian organisations expect in the new year?

• January 04, 2016 04 Jan'16

  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sets personal AI challenge for 2016

  Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg plans to code a Jarvis-like AI assistant to help around the house and with his work in 2016

• December 23, 2015 23 Dec'15

  Top 10 APAC IT stories of 2015

  The top 10 Computer Weekly articles about enterprise IT in the Asean and ANZ regions

• December 22, 2015 22 Dec'15

  Dorset County Council rejects outsourcing

  Council decides against outsourcing back-office services, including IT, due to a lack of flexibility

• December 21, 2015 21 Dec'15

  Top 10 HR technology stories in 2015

  2015 saw businesses replacing their on-premise HR systems with cloud services at an accelerating rate. More companies are turning to virtual reality, analytics and other disruptive technologies to help recruit and retain talented staff

• December 18, 2015 18 Dec'15

  Cisco to create 200 new cloud computing jobs in UK

  Networking giant outlines plans to treble the size of the Cisco Meraki team by 2017