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• October 02, 2012 02 Oct'12

  Rolls-Royce signs outsourcing deal with HP

  Rolls-Royce has awarded a five-year contract to HP to host its applications, as part of the company’s multi-vendor IT strategy.

• September 25, 2012 25 Sep'12

  How agile is Universal Credit?

  The DWP claims the IT for its flagship Universal Credit project is developed using agile principles. But how agile is a seven-year £2.2bn project?

• 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 10, 2012 10 Sep'12

  Bank of England hires 145 IT staff for Prudential Regulatory Authority

  The Bank of England is to hire 145 IT staff for its new financial services regulatory body, the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA)

• September 06, 2012 06 Sep'12

  Interview: Dave Scammell, CEO of Sohonet

  We speak to the head of Sohonet, a service provider built for the film and media industry in the centre of London

• August 22, 2012 22 Aug'12

  SCC becomes first supplier to win G-Cloud security accreditation

  IT infrastructure company SCC has become the first supplier on the government’s CloudStore to win pan-government security accreditation.

• August 22, 2012 22 Aug'12

  Dell expects tough next quarter

  Dell expects third-quarter revenue to be down between 2% and 5% on second-quarter levels due to the “uncertain economic environment”

• August 15, 2012 15 Aug'12

  John Linwood, BBC CTO, on the Olympics output and digitisation

  The BBC’s chief technology officer John Linwood talks about managing record-breaking Olympics online viewing and the digital future of the BBC

• August 13, 2012 13 Aug'12

  The Olympics in technology stats

  Computer Weekly takes a look at how we experienced “the most connected Games ever” with our round-up of key technology stats

• August 06, 2012 06 Aug'12

  Putting innovation on the outsourcing menu

  Cliff Saran investigates what happens when systems integrators are asked to innovate

• August 02, 2012 02 Aug'12

  Atos and Capita win £540m in controversial DWP disabilities testing contract

  The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been slammed by disabled charities for awarding £540m in contracts to Atos and Capita to test the eligibility of disabled people receiving benefits.

• August 01, 2012 01 Aug'12

  Lack of cloud standards and interoperability hinders cloud adoption

  IT uses private cloud services to overcome data centre space/energy issues, but poor cloud standards lower cloud quality.

• July 31, 2012 31 Jul'12

  Interview: Denise McDonagh, government G-cloud director

  Denise McDonagh talks about the challenges of the G-cloud programme and how the government is reducing dependence on large outsourcers. 

• July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12

  UK public sector sales drive Steria growth

  French outsourcer Steria has posted steady growth in the UK for its second quarter, driven by an improvement in public sector sales.

• July 16, 2012 16 Jul'12

  Olympics media centre set to become datacentre

  The Olympics media centre looks set to become a datacentre after the London 2012 Games, with technology company iCITY one of two remaining bidders

• June 15, 2012 15 Jun'12

  IT pros offer up their own cloud computing definitions

  IT pros’ definition of cloud computing ranges from “a multi-tenant IT solution” to “virtualisation of virtualisation”. Here are a few from the Cloud Computing World Forum 2012.

• June 13, 2012 13 Jun'12

  The cloud will move supercomputers into the mainstream

  Cloud computing will move supercomputers out of the research labs into mainstream business, says Amazon

• June 13, 2012 13 Jun'12

  Cloud a game-changer for SMEs, says the Open Group

  Cloud computing has huge potential for SMEs, but they need to look before they leap, says IT consortium the Open Group

• June 07, 2012 07 Jun'12

  Microsoft launches support for Linux on Windows Azure

  Microsoft’s cloud platform Windows Azure now supports Linux-based operating systems and languages such as Python and PHP. It includes IaaS capabilities to build hybrid cloud.

• May 14, 2012 14 May'12

  Huawei wins managed services contract for O2 network

  Chinese telecoms firm Huawei is hired by O2 parent Telefónica to plan and maintain its mobile network in the UK

• May 01, 2012 01 May'12

  G-Cloud cost £4.93m to set up, says Maude

  The government’s G-Cloud programme and CloudStore cost £4.93m to set up, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude said in response to a parliamentary question.

• March 27, 2012 27 Mar'12

  Retail and insurance lead two-speed IT spending

  More IT-based businesses are starting with greater investment in IT after the slowdown, but with lopsided demand as businesses increase spending at different rates

• March 21, 2012 21 Mar'12

  EDF signs £100m datacentre deal with Atos

  Energy company EDF has signed a £100m 10-year deal with outsourcing provider Atos for datacentre services

• March 19, 2012 19 Mar'12

  Capgemini takes on Rolls Royce service integration role

  Rolls Royce has awarded Capgemini a contract to manage its new multi-sourced strategy as it moves away from sourcing everything from HP.

• February 19, 2012 19 Feb'12

  Government launches CloudStore and names G-Cloud suppliers

  The government has launched its CloudStore, a catalogue of 1,700 cloud-based, pre-approved IT services now available for the public sector to buy.

• January 03, 2012 03 Jan'12

  British Waterways Scotland signs £2.3m ICT deal

  British Waterways Scotland has signed a £2.3m deal with business technology company Amor Group to develop its ICT systems.

• December 13, 2011 13 Dec'11

  CIOs believe cloud, SaaS, consumerisation and mobility increase risk

  Business models such as cloud computing and trends such as the consumerisation of IT, social media and mobility are exposing performance blind spots in IT management, a CIO survey has revealed.

• October 11, 2011 11 Oct'11

  Moving from in-house IT to third-party hosting services: Case study

  A supplier of civil engineering and building materials moved its IT infrastructure to a third-party data centre to resolve its in-house IT problems, including cooling and flooding issues.

• February 03, 2011 03 Feb'11

  Interxion hits colocation sweet spot and sees market shares soar

  Colocation provider Interxion recently made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange and saw its shares soar 18%; plus more news in brief.