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February 08, 2012 08 Feb'12
Former security minister Pauline Neville-Jones highlights UK cyber security skills deficit

Former security minister Pauline Neville-Jones says the UK cyber security skills base is “wholly inadequate”
February 08, 2012 08 Feb'12
Application security not a top priority for UK organisations

As operating systems become increasingly attack-resistant, cyber criminals are moving up the stack, butt relatively few UK organisations are planning application security projects.
February 08, 2012 08 Feb'12
First reports of IPV6 DDoS attacks raise security fears

Ahead of the official launch day on 6 June 2012, network service providers are reporting the first IPV6 distributed denial-of-service attacks.
February 08, 2012 08 Feb'12
Symantec reveals that code-stealing hackers attempted extortion

A month after confirming that hackers had stolen a segment of its source code, Symantec has revealed that the hackers tried to extort money in exchange for keeping the code private.

February 08, 2012 08 Feb'12
Yahoo loses chairman Roy Bostock in latest shake-up

Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock is the latest casualty in the leadership shake-up at the beleaguered company as it attempts to turn around its fortunes to regain investor confidence.
February 07, 2012 07 Feb'12
UK business PC sales plummet as CIOs cut back

The UK PC market saw its worst decline in five years in the last quarter of 2011, according to data from Gartner
February 07, 2012 07 Feb'12
Medway NHS cuts costs with virtualisation project

Medway NHS Foundation Trust is reducing its costs and carbon footprint by virtualising its IT using a blade server environment
February 07, 2012 07 Feb'12
Utility supplier benchmarks IT

Gas supplier Wales & West Utilities (WWU) has benchmarked in-house IT and external services agreements to keep its cost, service levels and processes in line with the best on offer in its sector.
February 07, 2012 07 Feb'12
Survey reveals need for new approach to back-up and recovery

Traditional approaches to back-up and recovery of IT systems no longer work and a new approach is needed, a survey of more than 1,400 IT professionals worldwide has revealed.
February 06, 2012 06 Feb'12
Government IT subject to heaviest spending cuts, says NAO

Government IT and other back office functions have so far taken the brunt of spending cuts, according to the National Audit Office.

February 06, 2012 06 Feb'12
Gartner: You have the BI tools, now tackle the skills

Business intelligence is the top concern of CIOs, but they need to go beyond basic investment in IT, according to Gartner.
February 03, 2012 03 Feb'12
BT's revenue falls 5% as it starts SME on-demand fibre service

BT has reported a 5% drop in revenue for Q3 2011 to £4.77bn as it pushes IT services and business fibre broadband.
February 02, 2012 02 Feb'12
Ofcom reports UK improvement in broadband

Boris Johnson says people should go to the pub to avoid massive rush-hour delays during the Olympics, but perhaps teleworking would be better for business
February 02, 2012 02 Feb'12
Cisco unveils product consolidation plan

Cisco has unveiled details of the product line consolidation it hopes will turn around the company after its struggles with poor financial performance.
February 02, 2012 02 Feb'12
Mobile phone chip supplier Qualcomm faces US anti-corruption probe

US anti-corruption authorities investigate mobile phone chip-maker Qualcomm’s compliance with the 1977 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
February 01, 2012 01 Feb'12
Capita buys in more SAP resources

IT services firm Capita has acquired Newcastle-based Smiths Consulting to increase its SAP practice.
February 01, 2012 01 Feb'12
Gartner: Start rethinking your application architecture

Gartner is predicting CIOs will need to consider an entirely new model to build applications by 2015, based on platforms as a service.
February 01, 2012 01 Feb'12
CW500: CIO themes for 2012

Battening down the hatches is a sure route to failure in the recession, IT leaders heard at January's CW500 Club.
February 01, 2012 01 Feb'12
Amazon Q4 revenues up but profits down despite Kindle sales

Amazon has reported fourth quarter revenues of $17.43bn, 35% up on 2010, as profits fell 58% despite near tripling sales of the Kindle e-reader over Christmas
January 31, 2012 31 Jan'12
Global cyber security study reveals mixed preparedness

Cybersecurity exercises are not receiving strong participation from industry and some countries are falling behind in preparedness.
January 31, 2012 31 Jan'12
Twitter ad revenue expected to triple by 2015

Twitter’s advertising revenue is expected to triple to around $540m by the end of 2014 due to an increase in users and advertisers, according to marketing analysis firm eMarketer.
January 30, 2012 30 Jan'12
Microsoft puts Blackberry service on Office365

Businesses running Microsoft Office 365 can now access Exchange Online on their BlackBerry smartphones.
January 30, 2012 30 Jan'12
SAP UK pushes mobility and Hana

SAP is pushing the benefits of Hana, its in-memory database and mobile data management, from the acquisition of Sybase in 2010
January 30, 2012 30 Jan'12
Phoenix Group completes cloud consolidation with Tata Consulting Services

Insurance firm Pheonix Group migrated customer records and administration systems to a cloud-based system from Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
January 27, 2012 27 Jan'12
Data protection tops UK security investments in 2012

Data protection will be the top security initiative for most UK organisations in 2012, reveals a survey of IT professionals.
January 27, 2012 27 Jan'12
Nokia smartphones bomb as sales drop 27%

Nokia’s latest results for Q4 2011 show just how far the company that was once the standard choice for almost every corporate mobile user has fallen.
January 27, 2012 27 Jan'12
Neelie Kroes calls for speedy EU uptake of cloud computing

The European Commission has called on public authorities, industry, cloud buyers and suppliers to come together in a cloud partnership.
January 25, 2012 25 Jan'12
UK IT budgets under pressure in 2012

UK IT budgets will remain flat in 2012, a worldwide survey of more than 2,500 IT professionals has revealed.
January 25, 2012 25 Jan'12
EC publishes proposed data protection reforms

European Justice Commissioner, Viviane Reding, has unveiled the new European data privacy framework that includes new regulation.
January 25, 2012 25 Jan'12
SAP reports bumper results

Business software giant SAP has reported strong double-digit growth in sales and profit for last year, with software leading the charge.
January 25, 2012 25 Jan'12
Apple sees record growth in profits

Apple posted record financial results for its first quarter, with sales soaring 78% to $46.33bn and profits more than doubling to $13bn.
January 25, 2012 25 Jan'12
Mitchells & Butlers completes private cloud and network

Hospitality company Mitchells & Butlers has set up a network managed by Fujitsu in its move to transfer 1,600 outlets to private cloud infrastructure
January 24, 2012 24 Jan'12
Accenture predicts the rise of the data guru

Accenture predicts CIOs who understand the power of data will make great strategic partners for business
January 24, 2012 24 Jan'12
European IT outsourcing activity hits record high

The total value of IT and BPO outsourcing contracts in Europe last year was the highest ever for a 12-month period and 27% higher than in 2010
January 24, 2012 24 Jan'12
Video: Portsmouth Fire and Rescue pilot wireless rescue dog

Wireless firm Wood & Douglas has debuted wireless comms technology for rescue dogs at the Mobile World Congress preview
January 23, 2012 23 Jan'12
Will Google ever make it in enterprise IT?

While Google’s advertising revenue continues to grow, how well is the company doing selling enterprise software?
January 23, 2012 23 Jan'12
Virtualisation is mainstream, says Corporate IT Forum

A survey from Corporate IT Forum has found more than 60% of its members are running virtualisation for server consolidation and to reduce IT costs.
January 23, 2012 23 Jan'12
US e-Book price fixing lawsuit against Apple updated

Lawyers representing US citizens have filed an updated class-action lawsuit against Apple and several book publishers, accusing them of fixing the prices of e-books to boost profits
January 23, 2012 23 Jan'12
IT spending for 2012 remains static

Less Western European businesses are increasing their IT spending this year as confidence falls, according to analyst firm IDC.
January 23, 2012 23 Jan'12
Buyer's Guide: The future of virtualisation

As businesses virtualise datacentre infrastructure, they experience the limitation of their existing hardware, IT administration tools, procurement and licensing models.
January 23, 2012 23 Jan'12
Blackberry maker RIM announces leadership shake-up

Blackberry maker Research In Motion (RIM) has announced that co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have stepped down.
January 20, 2012 20 Jan'12
Union ends Fujitsu action

Union Unite has ended industrial action against Fujitsu after workers agreed to an improved pay offer.
January 20, 2012 20 Jan'12
Intel profit growth driven by internet growth

Intel Corporation has reported full-year revenue of $54bn and posted fourth quarter revenue of $13.9bn.
January 20, 2012 20 Jan'12
IBM profits remain steady for 2011

IBM profits remained steady in its fourth quarter, buoyed by sales from its software segment
January 20, 2012 20 Jan'12
Microsoft sales up, profits slightly down

Microsoft reported a 5% year-on-year increase in revenue for its latest financial quarter, but profit dipped slightly.
January 19, 2012 19 Jan'12
Construction firm extends IT outsourcing

Taylor Wimpey has extended an IT outsourcing agreement with Logica as it embarks on a major change programme.
January 19, 2012 19 Jan'12
Facebook add apps to Timeline

Facebook has been promoting the use of apps on its Timeline functionality, to enable users to connect to historical activities on their Facebook Wall.
January 19, 2012 19 Jan'12
Samsung denies interest in Blackberry maker RIM

Korean smartphone maker Samsung has denied it is eyeing Canadian Blackberry maker Research In Motion (RIM) for acquisition
January 18, 2012 18 Jan'12
Praxis Care gets slapped wrist from ICO

Health provider Praxis Care has been found in breach of the Data Protection Act by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after losing an unencrypted memory stick.
January 18, 2012 18 Jan'12
Smart energy meter project IT raises Public Accounts Committee concerns

Margaret Hodge, Public Accounts Committee chair, warns of the risk of failure associated with the IT supporting the GB Smart Metering Implementation Programme (SMIP).
January 18, 2012 18 Jan'12
Case Study: Zaha Hadid Architects opt for private cloud

London-based international architecture and design practice Zaha Hadid Architects has deployed a private cloud infrastructure to cut IT costs and improve delivery and availability of applications.
January 18, 2012 18 Jan'12
Jerry Yang quits Yahoo

Jerry Yang, Yahoo co-founder and former chief executive, has finally cut ties with the company and resigned from the board after 16 years.
January 18, 2012 18 Jan'12
Gartner: CIOs must do more to add business value

With no increase in IT budgets for 2012, CIOs will have to balance multiple priorities, according to analyst Gartner.
January 18, 2012 18 Jan'12
VOA puts a price on rural broadband

The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has published guidance for the rateable value of superfast networks in the final third in England and Wales.
January 17, 2012 17 Jan'12
Newly Weds Foods slashes travel costs with IBM SmartCloud

Newly Weds Foods, a global food ingredients company with offices in the US and the UK, is using IBM’s SmartCloud to share recipes and ideas.
January 17, 2012 17 Jan'12
Indian outsourcers TCS and HCL see profits boom

Indian outsourcing companies Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and HCL both saw profits grow by more than 20% in their quarterly results.
January 17, 2012 17 Jan'12
SOA and cloud leaders set technical standards

Technical standards unveiled today by an independent alliance of IT suppliers and users aim to help businesses adopt leading-edge thinking in cloud computing and service-orientated architecture (SOA).
January 17, 2012 17 Jan'12
Oracle integrates data management with Sun servers

Oracle is tackling the challenge of data management by providing pre-integrated systems based on Sun hardware.
January 17, 2012 17 Jan'12
Big data skills shortage imminent

A shortage of people with the skills to make big data work for the organisation looks certain as more sectors attempt to use the huge volumes of data they collect to grow the business.
January 17, 2012 17 Jan'12
SAP announces best financial results in 40 years

SAP has announced record preliminary full-year and fourth quarter results for the German-based company’s 40-year history.
January 17, 2012 17 Jan'12
Four key trends in business analytics in 2012

Deloitte has identified four big themes for this year, as businesses and governments exploit data analytics technology.
January 16, 2012 16 Jan'12
Businesses fight downturn with data analytics investment

Businesses are responding to the downturn by stepping up their investment in data analytics technology, claims business advisory firm Deloitte.
January 16, 2012 16 Jan'12
IBM delivers social media analytics

IBM has unveiled software and services to provide social media analytics with cloud services and a social networking platform, IBM Connections.
January 16, 2012 16 Jan'12
IBM creates world’s smallest magnetic memory bit of 12 atoms

IBM claims to have created the world’s smallest magnetic computer memory bit using only 12 atoms in a research paper published in peer-reviewed journal Science.
January 16, 2012 16 Jan'12
Google mortified after staff access competitor's database

Google said it is mortified after people working on a project in Kenya were found to have stolen the details of a competitor’s customers and used them to sell its own products.
January 16, 2012 16 Jan'12
Amazon offers 750 hours of free Windows Server processing

Amazon is offering free usage of Amazon Web Services for Microsoft Windows Server applications within the AWS Free Usage Tier.
January 16, 2012 16 Jan'12
Apple aims to improve working conditions for technology workforce

Apple has published a list of all suppliers for the first time and says it will allow independent observers into its facilities around the world to monitor working conditions.
January 16, 2012 16 Jan'12
Rupert Murdoch attacks Barack Obama over online piracy legislation

News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch has accused Barack Obama's administration of siding with "Silicon Valley paymasters" as two anti-piracy bills go through US Congress.
January 13, 2012 13 Jan'12
Apple halts iPhone 4S sales in China

Apple stopped sales of its iPhone 4S in the Chinese capital Beijing after delays sparked violence among hundreds who had queued for hours for the official release of the most recent iPhone.
January 13, 2012 13 Jan'12
Can ultrabooks running Windows 8 work for businesses?

Microsoft and Intel are set to tackle Apple and Google and IT consumerisation head-on with Windows 8 powered ultrabooks.
January 12, 2012 12 Jan'12
Microsoft aims to raise the security bar in 2012

Microsoft is to reveal a new Trustworthy Computing initiative next month - and gives Computer Weekly an insight into what it means.
January 12, 2012 12 Jan'12
PC shipments drop as consumers opt for tablets

Worldwide shipments of PCs fell 1.4% in the last quarter of 2011, as consumers opted for tablets over the Christmas period.
January 12, 2012 12 Jan'12
Ofcom proposes extending 4G to 98% of UK and tackling "not spots"

Ofcom has laid out plans to extend 4G next-generation mobile coverage to 98% of the UK population following the switch-over from analogue to digital TV services.
January 12, 2012 12 Jan'12
Virgin Media to double broadband speed by 2013

Virgin Media will double the speed and bandwidth allowance of its broadband service for more than four million customers by mid-2013.
January 12, 2012 12 Jan'12
Oracle study shows data demands drive new data centre installations

Research from Oracle across 10 regions has found that an organisation's growth in data is becoming a boardroom issue.
January 11, 2012 11 Jan'12
Spanish bank adopts Google enterprise cloud apps

One of Spain’s largest banks, BBVA, is switching its 110,000 staff to Google's cloud-based enterprise software
January 11, 2012 11 Jan'12
CES 2012: Chip makers Intel and Qualcomm step up competition

Competition between mobile phone chip maker Qualcomm and PC chip maker Intel is set to increase with each announcing plans to move into the other’s market territory at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
January 10, 2012 10 Jan'12
Almost a third of BI projects fail to deliver on business objectives

Fewer than 30% of business intelligence projects meet the objectives of the business, according to research from analyst Gartner.
January 10, 2012 10 Jan'12
CES 2012: Windows 8 takes aim at Android

Microsoft has used what is believed to be its last appearance at the Consumer Electronics Show to showcase its Windows 8 operating system to be released later this year.
January 10, 2012 10 Jan'12
Accenture bolsters public sector skills

Services giant Accenture has recruited two former civil servants to its ranks to boost its UK and global public sector services capabilities.
January 10, 2012 10 Jan'12
CES 2012: Intel demos Windows 8 touchscreen ultrabooks

Intel used its keynote presentation at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to demonstrate the merits of ultrabooks from Acer, Toshiba, Asus and LG.
January 09, 2012 09 Jan'12
Tim Berners-Lee supports campaign against US PIPA and SOPA

Father of the web Berner-Lee, latest to support senator Ron Wyden's initiative against PIPA and SOPA.
January 06, 2012 06 Jan'12
Symantec confirms hackers stole Norton source code

Symantec has confirmed that hackers have stolen a segment of its source code for its Norton anti-virus software, but says it is from two older enterprise products.
January 06, 2012 06 Jan'12
Why CIOs must get a handle on their data woes

Businesses are only making use of 5% of the data they collect, according to Forrester Research.
January 05, 2012 05 Jan'12
LinkedIn CV leads to constructive dismissal case

A former employee of gas exploration firm BG Group has brought a case of constructive dismissal against the firm after a dispute over his use of LinkedIn.
January 05, 2012 05 Jan'12
IBM buys Green Hat for cloud-based agile testing

IBM is acquiring cloud-based software testing company Green Hat to bolster its Rational product family.
January 05, 2012 05 Jan'12
Google and Oracle set for Android Java legal battle in March

Google and Oracle are set to go head-to-head in a patent infringement trial set for March, the presiding judge has ruled.
January 05, 2012 05 Jan'12
Gartner: Enterprise software spending to rise by 6.4% in 2012

For 2012, Gartner expects telecommunications equipment and enterprise software to see the biggest growth in spite of the looming recession.
January 04, 2012 04 Jan'12
Shell moves SAP maintenance to Accenture

Oil giant Shell has transferred the management of its HR and payroll applications to Accenture as part of a multi-year SAP managed service.
January 04, 2012 04 Jan'12
What’s in store for IT in 2012?

The global economy is creating an atmosphere of uncertainty in the IT sector, but what can we expect in 2012?
January 04, 2012 04 Jan'12
Police in India arrest suspected internet fraudsters

Police in India have arrested six Nigerian nationals suspected of defrauding hundreds of people through mobile text and email scams.
January 04, 2012 04 Jan'12
RIM shareholders support plan to appoint a new chairman

Shares in Blackberry maker Research In Motion gained 7% on Tuesday in response to news that the company plans to separate the roles of chairman and chief executive.
January 03, 2012 03 Jan'12
Warwickshire County Council's move to the cloud

Warwickshire County Council CIO Tonino Ciuffini talks about why moving to an on-demand services model is the best way for councils to slash costs.
January 03, 2012 03 Jan'12
Licensing implications of bringing your own device to work

Given the pace of change in gadgets that people wish to bring to work, we look at the issues around software licensing.
December 29, 2011 29 Dec'11
Microsoft releases emergency critical security patch

Microsoft is issuing an emergency security update for a critical flaw that affects all currently supported versions of Windows and Windows Server and could be used for a denial of service attack.
December 29, 2011 29 Dec'11
Top 10 premium content articles of 2011

Sign up to Computer Weekly's research library to download the top 10 research reports from 2011.
December 28, 2011 28 Dec'11
CSC preps shareholders for NHS write-off

CSC has braced shareholders for a write-off of the entire $1.5bn it has invested in work on the troubled NHS National Programme for IT.
December 28, 2011 28 Dec'11
Top 10 IT security stories of 2011

Cybersecurity has been one of the top buzzwords for 2011 as information security moves up the agendas of government and businesses alike.
December 23, 2011 23 Dec'11
Top 10 SME IT stories of 2011

For small businesses, 2011 has been another tough year, with many continuing to batten down the hatches as the economy continues to stall. But at the same time it has also been a year of technological innovation, both in terms of SMEs using the ...
December 23, 2011 23 Dec'11
Top 10 business software stories of 2011

Businesses and software suppliers are adopting new models, strategies and technologies in an increasingly cloud-based IT world.