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Internet infrastructure

• May 06, 2014 06 May'14

  SAP’s innovation champion Sikka departs

  Vishal Sikka, the SAP executive most closely associated with the supplier’s innovation drive with the in-memory database Hana, has resigned

• May 02, 2014 02 May'14

  Addressing security and privacy on the industrial internet

  The smart grid and smart meters are part of the wider industrial internet, which will offer insight into people’s life at home. What are the security implications?

• May 01, 2014 01 May'14

  GDS working to secure Google Apps for government

  The Government Digital Service (GDS) is in talks with CESG, the IT security arm of GCHQ, to get approval for using Google Apps within government.

• May 01, 2014 01 May'14

  Asos joins Microsoft Ventures startup programme

  Online retailer Asos has joined Microsoft in a collaboration to identify retail startup technology companies

• April 30, 2014 30 Apr'14

  Interview: Nick Roberts, president of Socitm and IT group manager

  This month, Nick Roberts, IT group manager at Surrey County Council, took over as president of Socitm, the association of IT and digital professionals working in and for local public services

• April 29, 2014 29 Apr'14

  McKinsey: global data flows will bolster economic connectedness

  The McKinsey Global Institute has published new research that predicts global flows of trade will triple by 2025, sped up by the spread of digital technologies

• April 28, 2014 28 Apr'14

  Forum meets to plan digital help for high streets

  The Future High Streets Forum has held its first meeting to discuss how technology can help high streets to remain attractive, sustainable and meet consumer demand

• April 24, 2014 24 Apr'14

  European youth believe they lack skills for digital economy

  Almost three quarters (70%) of young people believe they will have to acquire digital skills after leaving education because current education systems do not prepare them for work.

• April 24, 2014 24 Apr'14

  UK broadband ranking suffers, with some users getting just 600Kbps

  Average broadband speed has grown year on year. But the UK is outside Akamai's top 10, according to its State of the Internet Q4 2013 report

• April 23, 2014 23 Apr'14

  TLA launches health tech competition for startups

  Tech London Advocates (TLA) has launched a competition to find innovative health tech startups.

• April 17, 2014 17 Apr'14

  Just 2% of citizens think government’s digital services will have an effect

  Only 2% of the UK believe the government’s push to offer public services digitally will have a great effect on their lives

• April 16, 2014 16 Apr'14

  Zebra Technologies to acquire Motorola’s enterprise business for $3.45bn

  Zebra Technologies has announced that it will acquire Motorola Solutions’ enterprise business for $3.45bn

• April 16, 2014 16 Apr'14

  Technology investment returns to the CEO agenda

  For the first time in nearly a decade, CEOs believe technology can make a difference. But is the CIO best placed to drive the technology business agenda?

• April 16, 2014 16 Apr'14

  Tesco blames 6% drop in profits on shift to online retailing

  Tesco has blamed a shift to online retailing, as well as competition marketplace for its poor performance in its annual results

• April 15, 2014 15 Apr'14

  Interview: How Ordnance Survey supports geolocation startups

  Ordnance Survey has named three budding geolocation startups as winners in its latest Developer Challenge

• April 15, 2014 15 Apr'14

  G-Cloud chief claims customers have made £120m savings

  G-Cloud and digital commercial programme director Tony Singleton has claimed public sector organisations have saved over £120m by purchasing services through the G-Cloud framework

• April 15, 2014 15 Apr'14

  Superfast broadband speeds rise, but rural areas still considerably slower, says Ofcom

  Superfast broadband connections – offering speeds of 30Mbps or more – rose from 5% in November 2011 to 25% in November 2013, says Ofcom

• April 14, 2014 14 Apr'14

  Government pledges to reduce digital divide by 25%

  The government has launched a Digital Inclusion Strategy to reduce the number of offline people in the UK by 25%

• April 14, 2014 14 Apr'14

  Are retailers using data analytics to their advantage?

  Computer Weekly looks at the challenges the retail sector faces in taking advantage of data analysis

• April 11, 2014 11 Apr'14

  Endless aisle solution helps Crocs cope with small retail space

  Footwear retailer Crocs has implemented an endless aisle solution in its 200-plus stores in the US which helps overcome small store space

• April 11, 2014 11 Apr'14

  Startups deliver £174m boost to Teesside's digital economy

  The Tees Valley area of the UK now has an annual digital economy worth £174m, with £62m from Middlesbrough alone

• April 10, 2014 10 Apr'14

  Only 10% of UK shoppers have made use of in-store tablets

  Retailers are failing to engage consumers with in-store technology

• April 10, 2014 10 Apr'14

  Cisco identifies five sectors to benefit from IoE

  Healthcare, retail, transport, energy and manufacturing are likely to benefit first from the internet of everything

• April 10, 2014 10 Apr'14

  Online loyalty programmes help wholesalers fill data void

  Wholesale retailers are using online loyalty programmes to gain insight into customers who purchase in-store

• April 10, 2014 10 Apr'14

  Converse US sees over 50% web traffic from mobile

  Over half of Converse's web traffic in North America now comes from mobile devices following 'mobile first' website revamp

• April 09, 2014 09 Apr'14

  UK retailers leave US behind in click and collect race

  UK retailers are storming ahead in providing click and collect services for consumers

• April 09, 2014 09 Apr'14

  Data set to grow 10-fold by 2020 as internet of things takes off

  IDC’s Digital Universe study predicts the world's data will amount to 44 zettabytes by 2020, 10% of it from the internet of things

• April 09, 2014 09 Apr'14

  Retailers must change and adapt to technology disruption

  Retailers need to change with the times of technology disruption or they will not survive, according to the US retailer Pier 1 Imports

• April 06, 2014 06 Apr'14

  Retailers to invest more in technology throughout 2014

  Retailers will be spending more on technology over the coming year, with websites and mobile, and new IT systems at the top of their agendas

• April 04, 2014 04 Apr'14

  RWE signs seven-year network deal with Vodafone to improve efficiency

  Utility provider RWE has signed a seven year, multi-million pound contract to run its network, to reduce cost and gain greater efficiency

• April 03, 2014 03 Apr'14

  Joan Miller steps down from role as director of parliamentary ICT

  The director of ICT in Parliament, Joan Miller, will retire from her role later this year

• April 03, 2014 03 Apr'14

  David Cameron calls on BT to present rural broadband roll-out plans

  Prime minister asks BT to provide more details about its rural broadband roll-out - but BT says it is not its responsibility to do so

• April 03, 2014 03 Apr'14

  Parliamentary computers crash 90 minutes after IT assurances

  Network suffers ‘major incident’ soon after MPs and Lords are told, "It is working much better"

• April 03, 2014 03 Apr'14

  Why have organisations failed to make PSN compliance deadline?

  A number of organisations have failed to meet the PSN security compliance deadline despite the threat of being cut off from critical services

• April 02, 2014 02 Apr'14

  Businesses must rethink HR IT as traditional jobs disintegrate

  HR software needs a complete rethink to deliver services to an increasingly dispersed workforce, says cloud technology specialist

• March 31, 2014 31 Mar'14

  Government failed at promoting competition over BDUK, say MPs

  The government has consistently failed to promote competition during the roll-out of rural broadband across the UK, according to the PAC.

• March 31, 2014 31 Mar'14

  Tech inefficiencies in UK policing cost £221m a year

  The lack of technology being used by the police in the UK is costing taxpayers up to £221m each year, says O2

• March 31, 2014 31 Mar'14

  Ministry of Justice to invest up to £375m in court and tribunal technology reform

  The Ministry of Justice has announced a five-year programme to update and replace technology used in courts and tribunals across the UK

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  Claire’s Accessories uses mobile to connect with younger customers

  Claire’s Accessories uses mobile to engage, interact and become closer to its younger customers

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  M&S uses social media to make customers happy and drive sales

  Marks and Spencer has been using social media to engage with its customers and has seen a significant increase in sales from its marketing campaigns

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  Online sales hit £1bn as Sainsbury's seeks multichannel success

  Sainsbury’s £1bn online retail sales make up only a small proportion of its £25bn overall turnover

• March 26, 2014 26 Mar'14

  Government predicts 2013 IT savings will exceed £500m

  The government expects IT savings in 2013 to exceed the previous year’s £500m savings, said government CTO Liam Maxwell

• March 25, 2014 25 Mar'14

  Broadband users lose out with ISPs failing to deliver advertised bandwidth

  People are getting poor value for money in their broadband contracts, according the European Commission

• March 24, 2014 24 Mar'14

  DCMS to fund rural trials of superfast broadband

  The DCMS has opened up its £10m funding pot for suppliers with innovative ideas to help superfast broadband reach remote UK areas

• March 21, 2014 21 Mar'14

  Interview: Dan Taylor, head of BBC iPlayer

  When the BBC set about its coverage for the 2012 London Olympics, it changed audience expectations of how to view content online

• March 20, 2014 20 Mar'14

  Interview: Russ Shaw, founder, Tech London Advocates

  Tech London Advocates is a network of more than 500 people in the technology ecosystem who link up to promote London’s emerging tech sector by dealing with issues and challenges they see on the horizon

• March 18, 2014 18 Mar'14

  Non-compliant organisations risk being cut off from the PSN

  Organisations not compliant with PSN security after the end-March deadline and who fail to engage for help are “effectively opting out”

• March 18, 2014 18 Mar'14

  Parliament to unify web and ICT with Digital Office

  Parliamentary ICT (PICT) will soon be replaced by a Digital Office which aims to bring together online and Parliament ICT services

• March 17, 2014 17 Mar'14

  Is the government doing enough to encourage digital international talent to the UK?

  Last week, the government made a series of changes to the immigration rules which it hoped would help UK businesses employ skilled workers from overseas

• March 17, 2014 17 Mar'14

  British retailers to lose £1bn per year due to long queues

  Nearly three quarters of shoppers will abandon purchases if they have to queue for longer than five minutes, which could result in £1bn losses per year for UK retailers

• March 14, 2014 14 Mar'14

  Red Bull ramps up network for 2014 F1 championship

  An extended relationship with AT&T will support RedBull Infiniti Racing on and off the track as it prepares its 2014 championship bid

• March 14, 2014 14 Mar'14

  Amazon Web Services reaches its 8th birthday

  On March 14 2006 Amazon expanded from its retail heritage and launched its IT services business with the birth of Amazon Web Services (AWS)

• March 13, 2014 13 Mar'14

  Gigaclear instals fibre optic broadband in rural business park

  UK ISP Gigaclear instals fibre optic broadband in Oxfordshire business park in efforts to roll-out fast internet to rural areas

• March 13, 2014 13 Mar'14

  Mayor Boris Johnson launches London Tech Ambassadors Group

  Mayor Boris Johnson launches the London Tech Ambassadors Group as part of his vision to make London the technology capital of the world

• March 12, 2014 12 Mar'14

  Case study: Footwear company Deckers takes e-commerce sites into the cloud

  The company behind shoe brands including Ugg Australia and Teva is using a cloud-based digital commerce platform to support global expansion

• March 11, 2014 11 Mar'14

  BBC launches redesigned iPlayer video-on-demand service

  The BBC launches the latest version of its video-on-demand service with improved navigation and recommendation features and sign-in function

• March 10, 2014 10 Mar'14

  Parliament suffers IT outages

  The Houses of Parliament have suffered from a number of IT failures and computer crashes after a supplier error

• March 10, 2014 10 Mar'14

  Payments Council launches Paym mobile payments service

  The Payments Council is to launch a secure means for consumers to make payments using a mobile number, called Paym

• March 07, 2014 07 Mar'14

  Cabinet Office completes first user trial of consumer technologies

  The Cabinet Office has completed its first user trial of consumer technologies within the department

• March 06, 2014 06 Mar'14

  Government must drive SMEs to take up broadband

  The Broadband Stakeholder Group claims SMEs are missing out on the technological benefits faster broadband can bring and calls on the government to encourage more companies to go digital

• March 05, 2014 05 Mar'14

  Does Gigaclear’s broadband win show new direction for BDUK?

  Why Gigaclear's rural broadband contract win could signal a change of direction for the future of the BDUK project

• March 01, 2014 01 Mar'14

  John Lewis to launch startup incubator - JLab

  John Lewis is to launch its first technology startup incubator – JLab

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  BT criticises Ofcom over unbundling prices

  BT claims Ofcom regulations give Sky and TalkTalk an unfair advantage over smaller ISPs and calls for change

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  Inca launches superfast broadband ‘notspot’ scheme

  The networks organisation asks individuals, businesses and communities to speak out about where rural broadband funding needs to go

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  Virgin Media boosts broadband speeds

  Virgin Media promises a top speed of 152Mbps for customers across the UK, as well as boosting its entry-level connection from 30Mbps to 50Mbps

• February 27, 2014 27 Feb'14

  Sainsbury’s appoints digital and technology director

  Sainsbury’s has created a digital and technology director and awarded the position to existing online director, Jon Rudoe

• February 26, 2014 26 Feb'14

  Tesco expected to launch digital services “imminently”

  Tesco is expanding its multichannel portfolio by launching a digital wallet soon, with several other digital services also set to launch

• February 25, 2014 25 Feb'14

  Zuckerburg at MWC: Emerging markets don’t know they need the internet

  Slow uptake of the internet in emerging markets is due to a lack of knowledge of necessity, according to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg

• February 24, 2014 24 Feb'14

  Tech-savvy Mothercare boss quits

  Mothercare announces the resignation of chief executive Simon Calver

• February 21, 2014 21 Feb'14

  HMRC starts testing digital alerts for online self-assessment

  HM Revenue and Customs has started testing a digital alerts service for self-assessment - the latest 'digital by default' exemplar to go into beta

• February 21, 2014 21 Feb'14

  Data network outages hit Vodafone

  Mobile operator Vodafone apologises to customers on Twitter but refuses to give an estimate of when services will return to normal

• February 21, 2014 21 Feb'14

  Scotrail offers rail passengers Wi-Fi with Level 3

  The Scottish train operator teams with Level 3 to bring Wi-Fi to 25 of its stations across the country

• February 20, 2014 20 Feb'14

  Interview: Helen Milner CEO, Tinder, on the digital divide in Britain

  Eleven million people across the UK are struggling to connect to the internet. Not because of problems with hardware, bad connectivity, or even rural broadband challenges, but because they either don’t know how, or are too poor to get online

• February 20, 2014 20 Feb'14

  EE posts steady results for ‘year of 4G’

  Mobile operator EE posts solid numbers after its first full year offering 4G to the UK

• February 19, 2014 19 Feb'14

  EE connects commuters via 4G

  EE has announced plans to expand its 4G network to aid commuters, and will be recruiting more than 1,000 new customer service staff over the next 24 months

• February 19, 2014 19 Feb'14

  Newcastle to go digital with £9m government fund

  The North Eastern city will benefit from superfast broadband, free Wi-Fi and a cloud computing centre

• February 19, 2014 19 Feb'14

  Hyperoptic targets three more UK cities for 1Gbps broadband

  The fibre to the home provider is extending its reach outside of London to bring 1Gbps connections to Bristol, Cardiff and Reading

• February 19, 2014 19 Feb'14

  Civil servants believe government departments lack skills to achieve "digital by default"

  Just 36% of civil servants in central government believe their departments have the skills needed to achieve its "digital by default" strategy

• February 18, 2014 18 Feb'14

  Marks & Spencer relaunches website

  Marks & Spencer has unveiled its new-look website as part of its wider multi-channel approach to retail.

• February 18, 2014 18 Feb'14

  Online sales up 18% on last year

  Post-Christmas online sales have exceeded forecasts, growing by 18% year on year

• February 17, 2014 17 Feb'14

  Latvia’s Lattelecom: 1Gbps will be standard by 2018

  Latvian telecoms firm will make 1Gbps its standard connection to homes by 2018, with the internet of things and customer demand necessitating the rise

• February 17, 2014 17 Feb'14

  NHS Scotland awards SWAN contract to Capita

  Capita wins the £110m contract for the Scottish Wide Area Network project, while BT continues to seek damages for losing out

• February 13, 2014 13 Feb'14

  The challenges of implementing Camden’s digital strategy

  Camden Borough Council's digital strategy sets out how technology will support and enable the local authority grow and develop

• February 13, 2014 13 Feb'14

  Cisco profits plummet for second quarter

  A one-off charge for faulty memory chips sees profits for the networking firm tumble by almost 55%, while revenues decline 8% year on year

• February 12, 2014 12 Feb'14

  Telehealth startups cluster around Kent

  Telehealth technology startups cluster around Kent in industry move to provide digital health solutions for the UK’s aging population

• February 12, 2014 12 Feb'14

  Newcastle and Buckinghamshire councils win O2 Local Government Digital Fund

  Newcastle City Council and Buckinghamshire County Council have won a share of prize money from O2 which will be used by the councils to tackle social challenges using technology

• February 12, 2014 12 Feb'14

  Government tasks startup to build flood volunteering website

  A new website to help victims of the UK flooding disaster has been launched today

• February 11, 2014 11 Feb'14

  Rugby Football Union installs mobile commerce technology

  The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is implementing a mobile commerce services in its Twickenham stadium

• February 11, 2014 11 Feb'14

  Poundland founder launches Poundshop online website

  The co-founder of the bargain store Poundland is to launch a Poundshop online store

• February 10, 2014 10 Feb'14

  Intelligent Energy uses Polycom to implement unified comms

  Intelligent Energy – a developer of clean energy technology – is using Polycom’s communications technology to deliver a unified system for conference calls as it expands globally.

• February 10, 2014 10 Feb'14

  CIO interview: The Met's Richard Thwaite on its Total Technology IT strategy

  Metropolitan Police CIO Richard Thwaite on getting the business and IT suitably aligned as the force embarks on a four-year IT strategy

• February 07, 2014 07 Feb'14

  Glasgow City Council signs BT for free Wi-Fi before Commonwealth Games

  Glasgow City Council signs BT to provide free Wi-Fi across the city in time for the Common Wealth Games in summer 2014

• February 07, 2014 07 Feb'14

  Met Police releases ‘Total Technology’ IT strategy

  The Metropolitan Police Service has released a three to four-year plan on how to transform the use of technology in the organisation

• February 06, 2014 06 Feb'14

  Startupbootcamp launches fintech accelerator programme

  The European startup accelerator Startupbootcamp has launched an accelerator programme focused on growing financial services companies

• February 06, 2014 06 Feb'14

  Large internet companies could win insurance customers

  Almost a quarter of consumers would consider large internet companies – such as Google and Amazon – as possible insurance providers.

• February 04, 2014 04 Feb'14

  Enterprise partnerships could solve startup skills gap, says panel

  Startups may find partnerships with larger corporations the best way to tackle talent-hiring blockades caused by UK immigration laws

• February 04, 2014 04 Feb'14

  Halfway through the Government Digital Service transformation project

  Halfway through a two-year project to move public services online, the Government Digital Service (GDS) is on track, but what challenges lie ahead?

• February 03, 2014 03 Feb'14

  BT rolls out free Wi-Fi at Thistle Hotels

  The GLH hotel group chooses BT Wi-Fi to offer free internet connectivity in its 36 hotels across the UK

• February 03, 2014 03 Feb'14

  BT criticised for ‘knocking out competition’ in Wiltshire

  BT and Wiltshire County Council have been accused of using public funds to build out broadband in areas set to be served by alternative providers

• January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14

  BT Wholesale loses revenues as Post Office customers leave

  After losing its Post Office contract for broadband and phone in 2011, BT Wholesale revenues drop 9% as customers go to TalkTalk