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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 24, 2014 24 Nov'14
India’s IT spending to reach $73.3bn in 2015

Indian IT spending is forecast to reach $73.3bn in 2015, up by 9.4% from $67.1bn in 2014
November 20, 2014 20 Nov'14
Operator error the root cause of Microsoft Azure failure

Operator error was the root cause of the catastrophic failure of Microsoft's Azure cloud computing platform on 19 November 2014

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 17, 2014 17 Nov'14
Interview: 'Government is the best digital startup in London'

Computer Weekly interviews Ministry of Justice chief digital officer Paul Shetler about transforming government public services
November 17, 2014 17 Nov'14
CIO interview: Anna Barsby, CIO, Halfords

Since joining Halfords as CIO, Anna Barsby has faced significant business challenges, including a risky cloud upgrade
November 14, 2014 14 Nov'14
Interview: Tim Kelsey, national director for patients and information, NHS

All divisions of the NHS must have electronic patient records by 2020 or risk losing their licence - we talk to the man in charge to find out why
November 12, 2014 12 Nov'14
How to deal with the next software renewal call from the big four suppliers

IT departments are being subjected to ruthless tactics by software sales teams when they renegotiate contracts with the big four suppliers
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

November 11, 2014 11 Nov'14
Councils need to embed digital more, says Hampshire's digital leader

Local public sector needs to ensure digital is embedded into planning, policy and process, says Hampshire Country Council digital leader
November 10, 2014 10 Nov'14
Interview: Building links between marketing and IT for the greater good

Firms that forge relations between marketing and IT departments yield benefits in growing the range of their digital products
November 10, 2014 10 Nov'14
Deutsche Bank gets first chief data officer

Deutsche Bank has appointed its first chief data officer
November 05, 2014 05 Nov'14
Three UK saves £10m a year by integrating stores, web and call centres

Mobile operator Three aims to give customers the same service however they interact with the company, while reducing IT capital costs
November 03, 2014 03 Nov'14
First ever CeBIT India to focus on cloud, social, mobile and big data

CeBIT is making its debut in India this month in Bangalore
October 29, 2014 29 Oct'14
OpenCo 2014: When do startups stop being startups?

More than 100 UK digital companies opened their London offices to the public for a day to show how they work
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 28, 2014 28 Oct'14
Standards will enhance the maturity of IT, says Shell's Karel van Zeeland

Shell's Karel van Zeeland is founding member and lead architect of IT4IT Consortium and campaigns for open standards for integrating IT
October 24, 2014 24 Oct'14
Tablets now workplace standard, says Dell

At least 90% of IT decision makers in most countries claim tablets are a standard part of their company’s IT strategy
October 24, 2014 24 Oct'14
HR technology used to save lives following natural disasters

Plan International is using SAP's HR technology to deploy specialists relief workers within hours of a major emergency
October 23, 2014 23 Oct'14
Companies will move core HR technologies to the cloud by 2020

Businesses will abandon on-premise HR IT systems in favour of cloud technology by 2020, says SuccessFactors chief
October 21, 2014 21 Oct'14
Government needs to make technology exciting for women

The government must make technology roles more exciting to attract females into the industry, says HMRC's Mark Dearnley
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
McAfee Next Generation firewall addresses siloed security risks

McAfee claims its Next Generation Firewall product will help CIOs mitigate the risks associated with siloed security products
October 15, 2014 15 Oct'14
Enterprise IT should be more user-centric, says Box CEO Aaron Levie

The CEO of cloud-based file sharing and content management service Box calls on enterprises to rethink IT delivery model
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
Indian government IT spend to hit $7.2bn in 2015

The Indian government will spend $7.2bn on IT in 2015, with IT and BPO services the biggest area of investment, says Gartner
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 06, 2014 06 Oct'14
Lloyds Banking Group to cut thousands of jobs

Lloyds Banking Group set to cut thousands of jobs for digitisation strategy that will see manual tasks become automated
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 03, 2014 03 Oct'14
Union Budget of India will boost hardware, software and services spend

IT will play a key role in addressing issues like poverty alleviation and job creation, following the recent budget
October 03, 2014 03 Oct'14
Translation issues between IT and HR causing poor IT employment choices

Poor IT employments are being made due to poor communication between IT and HR, according to HR supplier Hudson.
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
October 01, 2014 01 Oct'14
Oracle OpenWorld 2014: US fashion retailer Tilly’s aligns IT with marketing

US retailer Tilly’s has aligned its e-commerce and marketing teams to focus on customer experience
September 30, 2014 30 Sep'14
Canonical moves to HR as a service

We got to the point where we could not scale says Steve George, vice-president of operations
September 26, 2014 26 Sep'14
CIOs miss out on funding for digital innovation, claims research

IT budgets are rising but less than 10% is allocated to supporting innovation, a survey of 900 CIOs finds
September 24, 2014 24 Sep'14
Virgin cuts travel costs by 20% after rolling out unified communications

Employees saving 15 minutes a day as Virgin Media turns to social media, web conferencing and video
September 23, 2014 23 Sep'14
Non-IT committees influencing IT spend

CIOs are being influenced by a diverse group of executives when making buying decisions, says research
September 19, 2014 19 Sep'14
How the HSCIC rebuilt NHS Spine

The Health and Social Care Information Centre has successfully upgraded the infrastructure behind the NHS Spine platform
September 18, 2014 18 Sep'14
Interview: Wood Mackenzie CTO John Linwood on life after the BBC

John Linwood, former chief technology officer at the BBC, talks about winning a high-profile employment tribunal and his new job at Wood Mackenzie
September 16, 2014 16 Sep'14
Austrian researchers tackle cloud integration security challenge

Software developers will find it increasingly difficult to maintain software quality in cloud-based projects because of their inherent complexity
September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14
Jeanne Harris: Successful business analytics combines data and intuition

Accenture's executive research fellow explains how successful business analytics needs a crucible of skills
September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14
Five signs that VMware is becoming a developer platform company again

With its Docker and OpenStack love, and DevOps and mobile initiatives, is VMware under pressure to bring back developer platform capabilities?
September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14
CIO interview: Intel's Kim Stevenson on creating insight and value

When Computer Weekly met Intel CIO Kim Stevenson last year, she extolled the benefits of business intelligence – now it is taking BI to a new level
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 09, 2014 09 Sep'14
North Face optimises rewards programme through Tibco Engage

Outdoor apparel retailer North Face has used a new SaaS product from Tibco to develop customer rewards programme
September 09, 2014 09 Sep'14
CIO interview: Bryson Koehler, CIO of The Weather Company

The Weather Company is a huge advocate for cloud-based technology, and everything it has built is cloud-enabled
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 26, 2014 26 Aug'14
How to evolve desktop IT beyond Windows 7

CIOs need to evolve their desktop strategy after Windows 7, but migrating totally to the next Windows version may not be the best option
August 26, 2014 26 Aug'14
Data hygiene needs to be tackled at board level – now

Data proves information governance is a priority for senior management, but the latest research shows executives need to be more proactive
August 20, 2014 20 Aug'14
Digital vouchers firm picks DevOps automation to speed apps deployment

Digital vouchers provider Eagle Eye is deploying DevOps to manage the cloud infrastructure that supports its product network
August 20, 2014 20 Aug'14
Stuck between a rock and a hard place: How to renegotiate software contracts

As a ruling against support provider Rimini Street demonstrates, suppliers can and will exploit any doubt in a software contract
August 19, 2014 19 Aug'14
Five pitfalls to avoid when doing DevOps

As the DevOps movement gains traction in the enterprise space, here are five pitfalls CIOs need to avoid to make it work for the business
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
Ex-RBS CIO takes up Deutsche Bank role

Former CIO of Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) Markets division announced as global head of IT infrastructure at Deutsche Bank
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 15, 2014 15 Aug'14
How CIOs can put their organisations at the forefront of innovation

CIOs have a critical role in helping their organisations exploit innovative ideas developed by non-technical specialists.
August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14
Tackling the IT skills gap: University degree or apprenticeship?

While the GCE A-Level results show that more people than ever will be going to university, the IT industry is failing to attract enough new talent
August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14
Forrester: Top 10 facts about private cloud

Cloud is an essential component of every enterprise technology management strategy but designing a robust cloud strategy isn't easy
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 12, 2014 12 Aug'14
60% of GDS staff contracts to expire within 12 months of general election

Almost 60% of employees at the Government Digital Service (GDS) could be gone within 12 months of next year’s general election
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?
August 08, 2014 08 Aug'14
European Medicines Agency signs €4.5m Serco contract for IT support

The European Medicines Agency EMA has signed a €4.5m contract with Serco for an outsourced IT helpdesk
July 29, 2014 29 Jul'14
Atos revenue slips but UK growth up 3.7%

Revenue of Atos dipped 1.9% in the first half of 2014 because of slowdown in IT orders in Europe, but UK growth was up
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
July 17, 2014 17 Jul'14
Law gives 'arbitary' protection against surveillance, tribunal told

Your choice of mobile phone service can determine whether the government can legally spy on you, tribunal told
July 14, 2014 14 Jul'14
FSB calls for major reforms to UK broadband market

Federation of Small Businesses calls for more ambitious government broadband targets, saying slow progress is hampering growth
July 09, 2014 09 Jul'14
UK leads in mobile adoption

UK businesses are getting a return on their mobile investments as they invest in technologies to underpin their digital strategies
July 09, 2014 09 Jul'14
Software asset management can drive down licensing costs

With suppliers pulling the audit card, IT needs to get licence key in order. But strong software asset management (SAM) offers more than just licence compliance
July 09, 2014 09 Jul'14
CIO India interview: VVR Babu, ITC Group

ITC Group might be over 100 years old but it is at the forefront of enterprise IT in India. CIO VVR Babu tells searchcio.in about his role at a company where he has worked for 35 years.
July 08, 2014 08 Jul'14
Dunnhumby heads to Oracle cloud for back-office standardisation

Data science company Dunnhumby has launched a project to globalise its back-office business processes using Oracle Fusion cloud
July 03, 2014 03 Jul'14
Wearable technology creates new privacy issues for employers

Wearable technology is creating new privacy headaches for employers, a leading law firm has warned.
July 01, 2014 01 Jul'14
CIO Interview: Simon Hill, Caravan Club

What do the corporate giants Shell, BP and Guinness Brewing Worldwide have in common with the Caravan Club? Simon Hill has worked in the IT departments of all four
July 01, 2014 01 Jul'14
Just Eat opens Bristol centre to boost native app development

Just Eat is setting up a development centre in Bristol to build native mobile apps and support its back-end e-commerce systems
July 01, 2014 01 Jul'14
Gartner: Now is a good time to buy IT

Pricing pressure has led to buyers getting a better deal from IT suppliers, according to Gartner analysts
June 30, 2014 30 Jun'14
Internet of Things already stretching networks to capacity

A new study reveals the scale of the challenges facing network managers as the Internet of Things becomes a reality
June 30, 2014 30 Jun'14
Business conditions looking brighter for IT suppliers as insolvencies fall

Business and domestic software development still struggling, according to insolvency index
June 30, 2014 30 Jun'14
Efforts to detect terrorism hampered by mass surveillance, says former NSA technical director

US at risk of missing terrorist threats under huge volume of surveillance data, says former NSA technical director
June 25, 2014 25 Jun'14
Cloud app logins reused in piracy scam

Software piracy will remain prevalent even though more applications are delivered as a service, according to the BSA
June 19, 2014 19 Jun'14
BBC sets up expert group of cloud controllers

The BBC has set up a central group of IT, security and user communities to manage its purchase and use of cloud computing
June 18, 2014 18 Jun'14
CIO interview: Mark Bramwell, head of IT, Wellcome Trust

The world’s largest medical charity is shifting its technology focus to improving ways of working
June 18, 2014 18 Jun'14
Don’t let bean counters determine your cloud strategy, says Bank of England CIO

John Finch, the CIO of the Bank of England, warns users to be wary of financial promises made by cloud providers
June 18, 2014 18 Jun'14
Coca-Cola bottler seeks to put mission-critical systems on the cloud

Coca Cola bottling company is moving the company’s mission-critical workloads, including ERP systems on to the cloud
June 17, 2014 17 Jun'14
Kemp Little lawyers offer tips for public cloud journey

Cloud CIOs need to have a “sense check” while planning their public cloud strategies, say technology lawyers
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
June 12, 2014 12 Jun'14
80% of UK CIOs cite significant gap between business needs and IT delivery

80% of IT decision-makers in the UK feel there is a significant gap between business needs and IT delivery – the highest in Europe
June 05, 2014 05 Jun'14
UK airports lead move to cloud services

UK airports are at the vanguard of using cloud to develop innovative services, says Gatwick CIO.
June 05, 2014 05 Jun'14
UK government launches cyber security support scheme

Government issues guidance and certification to help businesses with cyber security as part of the national Cyber Security Strategy
June 05, 2014 05 Jun'14
Decision-makers rely on intuition over analytics

Business leaders are more likely to trust their intuition than rely on business intelligence dashboards
June 05, 2014 05 Jun'14
CIOs should 'leave innovation to marketing'

CIOs should focus on managing the technical infrastructure and leave innovation to other parts of the business – conclusion of a major study.
June 04, 2014 04 Jun'14
Unsupported Windows XP still widely used

Two months since Windows XP support officially ended 25% of web users are still on the unsupported Microsoft operating system
June 04, 2014 04 Jun'14
VMware CTO hits back at AWS tool to manage virtual machines

VMware CTO Chris Wolf warns users against being fooled by tools disguised as hybrid cloud management as AWS launches administration portal
June 04, 2014 04 Jun'14
IBM escapes SEC action on its cloud revenue reporting

US regulatory watchdog SEC will not take action against IBM following an investigation into how it reports cloud revenue