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June 30, 2015 30 Jun'15
Windows Server 2003 end of support: Five options to choose from

Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 ends in July. Should you upgrade to a newer version of the operating system or choose an alternative?
June 24, 2015 24 Jun'15
Box ties up with IBM to boost enterprise credibility and global reach

IBM and Box have forged a global partnership to integrate their existing products and services, and develop new ones for secure collaboration
June 24, 2015 24 Jun'15
IT professionals give Windows 10 Start button the thumbs up

A survey of European and North American IT professionals has found that the return of the Start button is the most enticing feature in Microsoft's latest operating system
June 23, 2015 23 Jun'15
Pharmaceutical companies use BPM to cut cost of clinical trial drugs

Pharmaceutical companies have developed an IT system to secure the supply of medicines they need for clinical studies, saving hundreds of thousands on their drugs bill in the process

June 19, 2015 19 Jun'15
Legacy systems holding back 90% of businesses

Most businesses are being held back from making digital advances by their reliance on legacy applications
June 19, 2015 19 Jun'15
CIO interview: Rovio Entertainment's Kalle Alppi believes IT staff should be embedded in business

The CIO at the company behind Angry Birds talks about running global IT with only five permanent staff
June 17, 2015 17 Jun'15
Royal Bank of Scotland goes back to 1970s values with big data

RBS, once the world's largest bank, is using analytics technology to go back to the era of personal customer service
June 09, 2015 09 Jun'15
Boots cuts 700 jobs in bid to restructure and improve tech

Cosmetics firm Boots has announced it will be cutting 700 non-store roles in an attempt to invest in technology and simplify back-office operations
June 09, 2015 09 Jun'15
Case study: What the enterprise can learn from Etsy's DevOps strategy

Jon Cowie, operations engineer at online marketplace Etsy, advises enterprises on how to develop a DevOps-friendly business culture
May 20, 2015 20 May'15
Government cloud adoption hit by ongoing legacy tech investments

IT supplier Eduserv wants government departments banned from investing in legacy tech to drive up cloud adoption

May 12, 2015 12 May'15
Former nurse’s career blighted after blowing whistle on IT problems

Southwark's continuing care database included names of patients who had been dead for several years, a tribunal is told
April 22, 2015 22 Apr'15
Zurich Insurance turns to augmented reality to train 10,000 managers

The £74bn turnover company aims to harness the capabilities of augmented reality to train 10,000 employees in 170 countries
April 02, 2015 02 Apr'15
Foods manufacturer ConAgra expects to save $5m a year with data analytics

Food manufacturer ConAgra Foods is using data analytics technology to improve how it makes decisions about hiring and deploying its workforce
March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15
Talk Talk moves HR systems to cloud

Managers now have accurate information on their workforce numbers, salary and overtime costs
February 09, 2015 09 Feb'15
The more IT changes, the more technology issues remain the same

In the early 2000s Nigel Beighton was CTO at Lastminute.com. Yet, 15 years on, he says the technology issues he faced then have changed little
February 06, 2015 06 Feb'15
Former Lloyds bank and Barclays CIO Darryl West joins HSBC

HSBC has appointed Darryl West, who left Barclays in December, as CIO
February 06, 2015 06 Feb'15
Symantec continues cloud investment in spite of poor Q3 results

Symantec has reported third quarter 2015 revenue of $1.64bn, a drop of 4% compared with $1.70bn over the same period in 2014
January 29, 2015 29 Jan'15
Microsoft gets a step closer to Office everywhere with Office on Android

Microsoft has released a preview version of Office for Android, almost 10 months after the iPad version was released
January 07, 2015 07 Jan'15
Oracle will lose out unless it changes its software licensing

In an open letter, Campaign for Clear Licensing highlights the risk to Oracle’s future earnings due to aggressive licensing
January 05, 2015 05 Jan'15
Deal between RBS and CA over IT failure will remain secret

The details of the financial settlement between RBS and CA Technologies in relation to a massive IT failure will remain secret
December 17, 2014 17 Dec'14
US interception in the EU faces new legal challenges

US government orders against Microsoft to hand over email data 'infringes privacy legislation' in other countries
December 10, 2014 10 Dec'14
Why MPs lost faith in the Post Office's IT investigation, but vowed to fight on

A group of 140 MPs has removed its backing for a Post Office scheme to redress subpostmasters' grievances over alleged false accounting
December 08, 2014 08 Dec'14
M&S turns to predictive analytics to keep shelves stocked over Christmas

Marks & Spencer is using predictive analytics to keep shelves stocked with mince pies and turkeys over Christmas.
December 03, 2014 03 Dec'14
UKtech50 2014 - The most influential people in UK IT

Computer Weekly has announced the fifth annual UKtech50, our definitive list of the movers and shakers in UK IT
December 02, 2014 02 Dec'14
Innocent Drinks: Why the UK is the best place for startups

Innocent Drinks co-founder, Richard Reed, says the UK is the best place for a startup company
November 27, 2014 27 Nov'14
CIO interview: Jon Rudoe, digital and technology director, Sainsbury’s

While supermarkets all over the UK are facing challenging times ahead of them, Sainsbury's is taking its technology and innovation into its own hands by developing digital products for its customers.
November 25, 2014 25 Nov'14
Pressure on Universal Credit’s digital service mounts as testing begins

Risks remain for Universal Credit as DWP continues its twin-track gradual roll-out of live and digital services
November 19, 2014 19 Nov'14
Asda opens technology centre in Leeds

Asda opens a technology centre in its Leeds head office to provide a more streamlined service for online customers
November 12, 2014 12 Nov'14
Amazon not the biggest threat to high street retailers

Competition from online-only traders does not pose the biggest threat to high street retailers, with cautious attitudes a bigger risk
October 28, 2014 28 Oct'14
Lloyds Banking Group confirms 9,000 job cuts and digital investment

Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed it will cut 9000 jobs and close around 150 branches to focus more on its digital strategy
October 21, 2014 21 Oct'14
Why Shell, BP and PwC teamed up to launch platform-neutral IT4IT Forum

Lack of IT integration and workload interoperability is pushing enterprises such as Royal Dutch Shell to collaborate with IT providers to develop standards
October 15, 2014 15 Oct'14
CIOs fear poor cloud investment is making businesses uncompetitive

CIOs and CFOs fear their enterprises are missing revenue opportunities due to poor cloud strategies
October 13, 2014 13 Oct'14
Embedded SIMs key to unlocking internet of things

GSMA’s eUICC Embedded SIM Specification will help M2M communications and the IoT become mainstream, say analysts
October 10, 2014 10 Oct'14
Symantec splits storage and security

Symantec is splitting its storage and security business, following just days after HP announced its split
October 08, 2014 08 Oct'14
Tim Berners-Lee: Data sharing needs accountability

The question of how much data an individual should share was a key theme of Tim Berners-Lee's keynote at IP Expo
October 08, 2014 08 Oct'14
The challenges facing HP as it splits in two

HP is splitting its business in two - but it is a reaction to the changing way that businesses and consumers buy IT
October 07, 2014 07 Oct'14
L’Oreal aligns technology with the business to work faster

L’Oreal’s digital technology is working with the business and marketing departments to become innovative and agile
October 07, 2014 07 Oct'14
Engineering company rolls out talent management software across 17 countries

Meggitt is deploying cloud-based HR technology as it seeks to integrate 60 diverse business units into a multinational operation
October 03, 2014 03 Oct'14
Yes Bank adopts SunTec software suite

Indian private bank Yes Bank is using software from SunTec for revenue management and business assurance
October 01, 2014 01 Oct'14
Microsoft readies Windows 10 Technical Preview

Microsoft is today releasing a preview of Windows 10, the next version of the Windows desktop operating system
September 10, 2014 10 Sep'14
Research reveals the inner psychology of IT professionals

IT professionals are creative, flexible and strategic but can find it difficult to fit in with corporate culture, says psychology research
September 08, 2014 08 Sep'14
BP spends £2m developing apps to train business leaders

BP is scrapping online courses in favour of apps and portals that can deliver bite-sized information and training when it's needed
September 01, 2014 01 Sep'14
Rolls-Royce CIO joins HMRC as non-executive director

Rolls-Royce CIO Simon Ricketts has been appointed non-executive director of Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs
August 28, 2014 28 Aug'14
Government appoints former Credit Suisse CIO as deputy CTO

The government has appointed former Credit Suisse CIO Magnus Falk as its new deputy chief technology officer (CTO)
August 19, 2014 19 Aug'14
FT turns to cloud to manage advertising bookings

Business newspaper replaces 20-year-old ad-booking system with a cloud-based service
August 18, 2014 18 Aug'14
CIO Interview: Hugh Fahy, CIO, Net-A-Porter

“I like to emphasis the ‘I’ bit in CIO,” says Hugh Fahy, chief information officer of the Net-A-Porter Group
August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14
UK recession benefits IT industry

A fifth of IT staff believe the UK recession has had a positive impact on the IT industry, according to Randstad Technologies
August 08, 2014 08 Aug'14
Why John Linwood is not to blame for BBC’s failed technology project

Former BBC CTO has won his case for unfair dismissal over the failed £100m DMI project, but what lessons can be learned?
July 25, 2014 25 Jul'14
Bank of America: When software relationships turn sour

Tibco has filed a lawsuit alleging the Merrill Lynch division of Bank of America illegally used $300m of its software for a major IT project
June 16, 2014 16 Jun'14
Travel group Expedia aims to predict your holiday plans

Travel group Expedia is developing technology that will predict the needs of its customers before they call about their travel plans