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• April 03, 2014 03 Apr'14

  Pharmaceuticals company turns to cloud HR technology

  Astra Zeneca CIO Dave Smoley turns lessons learned from an earlier cloud HR implementation to use at the pharmaceuticals giant

• April 02, 2014 02 Apr'14

  CIOs and CISOs should work more closely together, says panel

  Chief information officers (CIOs) and chief information security officers (CICOs) need to collaborate and work closely together to encourage security throughout the organisation

• April 02, 2014 02 Apr'14

  Gartner: IT spending increases by 3.2% as businesses invest in digital strategies

  Spending on IT is set to increase as businesses gain confidence in the economic recovery and start developing digital capabilities

• 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 25, 2014 25 Mar'14

  SAP signs up with Adobe to make Hana attractive to marketing

  SAP has boosted its digital marketing efforts through a reseller partnership with Adobe.

• March 24, 2014 24 Mar'14

  Grant Thornton spends £3m in move to cloud HR services

  Financial advisory firm invests in cloud talent management as it gears up to expand its operations in the UK

• March 17, 2014 17 Mar'14

  Three-quarters of UK charities are failing to adapt to digital

  Charities in the UK are failing to adopt digital agendas in their organisations

• March 14, 2014 14 Mar'14

  Interview: Charles Phillips, CEO, Infor

  Charles Phillips is at a critical point in his role at Infor. Over the past three years as CEO he has invested heavily in overhauling the company's enterprise software

• March 13, 2014 13 Mar'14

  Indian healthcare providers to spend INR 660 Crore on IT

  Indian Healthcare providers will spend Rs. 660 Crore on IT products and services this year, with cloud, mobility, big data and social high on the agenda for healthcare providers, according to Gartner

• March 13, 2014 13 Mar'14

  Why HR departments need to hire IT specialists

  Technology will fundamentally change the way people work, says psychology professor

• March 13, 2014 13 Mar'14

  BCS reports £2m losses on commercial activities

  The Chartered Institute of IT (BCS) is 'haemorrhaging cash reserves' while its membership remains virtually static

• March 12, 2014 12 Mar'14

  Indian banks see double-digit increase in IT spending

  The banking and security sectors in India will jointly spend 477bn Indian rupees on IT in 2014, according to Gartner.

• March 10, 2014 10 Mar'14

  Case study: BG Group turns to cloud HR to reach staff in multiple countries

  Gas exploration and production company replaces SAP HR technology with Oracle Fusion in the cloud.

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  IT sector sees sharper rise in insolvencies than overall economy

  Information and communications companies in the UK are suffering a rising number of insolvencies

• February 26, 2014 26 Feb'14

  CIOs 'need to think like venture capitalists' says study

  IT chiefs will need to start thinking like venture capitalists if they are going to help their organisations innovate

• February 21, 2014 21 Feb'14

  HP services revenue declines as company readies litigation fund

  HP has reported first quarter net revenue of $28.2bn, down 1%, while revenue in its Personal Systems division grew 4% year over year

• February 14, 2014 14 Feb'14

  Interview: The systems supremo helping Sochi run smoothly

  Marta Sanfeliu, chief integration officer for Winter Olympics IT supplier Atos, helps ensure it's all smooth running for the IT at Sochi

• February 13, 2014 13 Feb'14

  CIO Interview: Lance Fisher, CIO, SThree

  The IT department at global recruitment firm SThree has an emphasis on data analytics, cloud and mobile tools

• February 12, 2014 12 Feb'14

  Dynamic businesses use the network as the CEO

  Yammer co-founder and CTO, Adam Pisoni, believes businesses need to reassess how they are organised

• February 05, 2014 05 Feb'14

  The BBC DMI project - what went wrong?

  The BBC and its former CTO have engaged in tit-for-tat allegations over its failed £100m digital media project. But who was right?

• February 03, 2014 03 Feb'14

  Reserve Bank of India and the future of mobile banking

  The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is disappointed with the take up of mobile banking as consumers show a lack of confidence

• January 29, 2014 29 Jan'14

  Gaming site bets on flexible benefits software

  Online gaming company Bwin.party is betting on specialist benefits software to help it attract and retain its top talent

• January 29, 2014 29 Jan'14

  BBC CTO John Linwood defends role in failed £100m digital project

  Former BBC CTO John Linwood defends his role in the failed £100m DMI project, citing changing business requirements as a key factor

• January 28, 2014 28 Jan'14

  Viviane Reding: I know why the angry birds are so angry

  In a speech to tie in with Data Protection day 2014, the vice-president of the European Commission spoke about mass surveillance of personal data collected from mobile apps

• January 22, 2014 22 Jan'14

  HB Fuller sticks with HR in the cloud

  Cloud based HR system gives adhesives maker the ability to manage its global workforce

• January 17, 2014 17 Jan'14

  Internet at risk of 'cybergeddon' says WEF

  Internet is at risk of fragmenting amid concerns over spying and cyber crime, says World Economic Forum

• January 15, 2014 15 Jan'14

  IT decision-makers accept SaaS as the future of software

  Software as a service is set to become mainstream in 2014 as organisations replace on-premise systems with cloud applications.

• January 15, 2014 15 Jan'14

  UK IT spending will outpace rest of Europe in 2014

  UK IT budgets will grow by 3.6% in 2014, second only to Germany

• January 15, 2014 15 Jan'14

  CIOs must combine traditional and agile IT projects

  This year represents the beginning of the third age of IT. Gartner urges CIOs to embrace new working practices to avoid being left behind

• January 13, 2014 13 Jan'14

  Interactive graphic: 2014 European IT priorities and forecast

  Find out the IT priorities and forecasts of European businesses for 2014 with our exclusive reader survey results

• January 10, 2014 10 Jan'14

  Former CEO of GSMA dies aged 62

  Rob Conway passes away after battling an aggressive form of cancer

• January 09, 2014 09 Jan'14

  Fairfax bails out BlackBerry with another $250m

  The mobile manufacturer’s largest shareholder ploughs another $250m into the firm, buying up more of its debts and giving BlackBerry some extra cash to play with.

• January 02, 2014 02 Jan'14

  Top 10 resolutions for the new year’s datacentre

  For the datacentre manager, here are 10 New Year's resolutions that may come in useful for putting in place a technology platform for 2014

• December 31, 2013 31 Dec'13

  Top 10 premium content articles of 2013

  Computer Weekly presents a selection of the most popular premium content reports and articles of 2013

• December 27, 2013 27 Dec'13

  Business applications under stress, finds Freeform Dynamics survey

  Business applications are coming under increased performance pressure as organisations evolve remote working practices in step with the demands of a modern economy

• December 23, 2013 23 Dec'13

  Top 10 CIO interviews of 2013

  The top IT leaders in the UK talked to Computer Weekly throughout 2013 to share their opinions and experiences of modern technology leadership

• December 12, 2013 12 Dec'13

  Microsoft enlists elite providers to ease customer cloud moves

  Cloud OS Network aims to woo organisations seeking hassle-free hybrid cloud

• December 10, 2013 10 Dec'13

  Microsoft adds security to user accounts

  Microsoft has followed up its recent general statement of intent to protect customers from government snooping with details of stronger security.

• December 10, 2013 10 Dec'13

  Spies infiltrated online games, Snowden docs show

  The NSA and GCHQ sent spies into online games to monitor targets and recruit informants, according to documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden

• December 05, 2013 05 Dec'13

  How Indian banks are investing in IT

  Gartner predicts Indian banks will increase IT spending next year by almost 10% as the Indian government awards more banking licenses

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  CIO interview: Balfour Beatty CIO Danny Reeves on constructing a new bottom line

  Balfour Beatty CIO Danny Reeves reveals the challenges of rethinking IT from the ground up after inheriting 10 datacentres

• November 29, 2013 29 Nov'13

  IT budgets to rise by 3% in 2014 as companies step up spending on mobile

  IT spending will increase by 3% in 2014, up from 1.8% last year. But shadow IT spending will add another 40% to technology budgets

• November 29, 2013 29 Nov'13

  Study shows IT department losing control of technology innovation

  With innovative technology increasingly developed outside the IT department, CIOs need to start working with other departments

• November 29, 2013 29 Nov'13

  CIOs and the future – is there a rung missing in the career ladder?

  Current IT leaders think CIOs do not have the skills to lead business IT in the future

• November 27, 2013 27 Nov'13

  IT jobs remain secure as cloud adoption grows

  Nine out of ten organisations redeploy freed-up resources on new projects and services, says CIF survey

• November 22, 2013 22 Nov'13

  Jaguar Land Rover builds data sharing infrastructure

  Jaguar Landrover (JLR) has used a proposed data sharing standard to improve car development within its product lifecycle management (PLM) system.

• November 13, 2013 13 Nov'13

  Gartner: CIOs need to address procurement to buy IT from startups

  Companies must reassess IT procurement to enable them do business with smaller firms, if they wish to ride the innovation curve.

• November 13, 2013 13 Nov'13

  Poundland chooses Microsoft Office 365 as it overhauls IT infrastructure

  Poundland is implementing Microsoft Office 365 to enable staff to collaborate and communicate more efficiently.

• November 13, 2013 13 Nov'13

  Consulting firm saves thousands by billing in the cloud

  Consulting and outsourcing company Xoomworks claims to be making savings of over £10,000 a year, after introducing a cloud-based system to track its consultant’s billable hours.

• November 12, 2013 12 Nov'13

  Call for graduates to apply for John Lewis technology scheme

  Retailer John Lewis is encouraging university-leavers to apply for positions in its graduate development scheme

• November 12, 2013 12 Nov'13

  BlackBerry reveals new UK managing director

  After the surprise departure of Rob Orr this summer, the mobile manufacturer has appointed Alexandra Zagury as Orr's successor

• November 12, 2013 12 Nov'13

  National Audit Office reports concerns over government supplier dominance

  The National Audit Office (NAO) reports the public sector spent £6.6bn on four outsourced service providers, including IT service providers

• November 12, 2013 12 Nov'13

  Technology pay rises as employers try to hold on to skilled staff

  The majority of technology professionals enjoyed salary increases last year, as companies invest in IT

• November 08, 2013 08 Nov'13

  CIO Interview: Michael Ibbitson, Gatwick Airport

  Gatwick Airport is replacing in-house IT with cloud services in a multimillion-pound modernisation programme

• November 07, 2013 07 Nov'13

  CIOs need to think “consumer-first” when driving IT innovation

  When it comes to innovation, CIOs should think about the end consumer and how they will benefit from technology

• November 06, 2013 06 Nov'13

  IT spending up as companies invest in digital technology

  Businesses are stepping up their spending on IT as they invest in strategic digital technologies, a CIO survey by Deloitte reveals

• November 05, 2013 05 Nov'13

  University cuts software installation time from days to hours

  The University of Dundee claims to have reduced the time its central IT department takes to install software to over 1,300 academics from days to hours, after investing in privilege management software

• October 31, 2013 31 Oct'13

  Companies are not taking advantage of data analytics, research says

  Research by Bersin by Deloitte shows that 86% of businesses have yet to progress beyond using their HR data to generate basic reports

• October 31, 2013 31 Oct'13

  Companies need to think about user experience as HR technology takes off

  Companies are replacing 10-year old, on-premise HR systems, with cloud based alternatives, says consultant Jason Averbrook,

• October 30, 2013 30 Oct'13

  UK needs open data champions, says Martha Lane Fox

  UK digital champion Martha Lane Fox calls for government, businesses and charities to promote innovative use of open data

• October 28, 2013 28 Oct'13

  Aerospace company turns to cloud in $4m HR IT project

  Problems finding skilled engineers has prompted BE Aerospace to sign deal with SuccessFactors for cloud HR technology.

• October 28, 2013 28 Oct'13

  Six tips to help you negotiate the best deal with your datacentre provider

  Your willingness to negotiate can make a big difference to the deal you get, says Anthony Day, associate at law firm DLA Piper

• October 25, 2013 25 Oct'13

  Companies should rethink how they manage workforce, says Oracle

  Companies need to radically re-think the way they manage their workforce, as they start recruiting the next generation of employees, the president of Oracle said yesterday

• October 25, 2013 25 Oct'13

  HP and Diageo take different paths to cloud-based HR

  HP and Diageo took very different approaches when they deployed cloud-based human resources (HR) software from Workday

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  US railway integrates applications in drive to use train network more efficiently

  US rail transport company Norfolk Southern Railway has begun an ambitious project to integrate 400 software applications it uses to control and monitor its rolling stock, trains and freight containers

• October 11, 2013 11 Oct'13

  Toyota e-learning upgrade aims to cut mechanics' training time by up to a year

  Car distributor Toyota Motor Europe is using e-learning to manage the training and certification of motor technicians and engineers

• October 10, 2013 10 Oct'13

  Case study: Bensons for Beds owner opts for third-party datacentre and managed services

  Owner of Bensons for Beds and Harveys furniture stores outsources IT infrastructure and adopts third-party datacentre

• October 09, 2013 09 Oct'13

  Engineering firm aims to automate HR system for 150,000 employees

  Power and automation company, ABB is to automate and simplify its HR processes in a project that aims to make HR technology as easy to use as Google. The project, dubbed the Google-isation of HR, will allow employees and managers to look for HR ...

• October 09, 2013 09 Oct'13

  Misys expects payback in 12 months from talent management in the cloud

  Financial software company Misys has opted for a cloud based talent management system, after SAP proved wanting.

• October 08, 2013 08 Oct'13

  Technology will make businesses more 'human'

  Technology will make organisations less hierarchical, more decentralised and more democratic – in other words, more human

• October 08, 2013 08 Oct'13

  Government pledges extra £100m to Enterprise Zones

  Communities secretary Eric Pickles confirms the additional funding to help complete infrastructure projects around the new business hubs

• October 04, 2013 04 Oct'13

  Building government IT in Northern Ireland

  Paul Wickens is CEO of Enterprise Shared Services in Northern Ireland's Civil Service, which is applying private sector IT to the government.

• October 04, 2013 04 Oct'13

  CIOs are underselling IT to business

  Study reveals that business leaders do not understand what the IT department does, while CIOs are selling themselves short

• October 02, 2013 02 Oct'13

  IT failure hits NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

  IT system failure leads to hundreds of postponed NHS appointments and staff unable to access clinical and admin systems

• October 02, 2013 02 Oct'13

  Case Study: Why Coventry University has deployed HP ElitePad Windows 8 tablets

  Coventry University is deploying Windows 8 tablets to academic staff for location-independent working and simplified desktop IT

• October 01, 2013 01 Oct'13

  Indian mid-market increase IT spending this year

  Despite austerity and cost cutting, Indian mid-market businesses will increase investment in IT to improve customer satisfaction and upgrade hardware and software to support business growth

• October 01, 2013 01 Oct'13

  Companies more comfortable with ‘choose your own device’

  The buzzword may be BYOD, but while businesses want to offer choice, they are looking for comfort too

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  Charity uses cloud HR system to keep track of staff working in danger zones

  It took a disaster in Haiti to demonstrate to charity World Vision why it needed better HR systems

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  Huawei poses no competitive threat to US networking firms, says Enterasys CEO

  Too few US organisations trust China government-linked Huawei for it to pose a threat to networking firms, says Enterasys’s CEO

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  Europe fails to invest in downtimes

  Enterasys CEO Chris Crowell says economic downturns are the best times to invest, but with more activity in the US than Europe

• September 26, 2013 26 Sep'13

  Take ultimate responsibility for cloud, users warned amid Nirvanix closure

  The sudden demise of cloud provider Nirvanix must act as a wake-up call for end users in planning exit strategies when contracting cloud services

• September 25, 2013 25 Sep'13

  Oracle OpenWorld 2013: Businesses need to have constant digital conversations with the CIO, says PwC

  Companies which have strong digital conversations across their business are more likely to be successful in sales, innovation and growth

• September 18, 2013 18 Sep'13

  BMW gears up IT resilience with private cloud infrastructure

  After testing and validating its own private cloud services, BMW's IT team is ready to use it in production

• September 13, 2013 13 Sep'13

  Businesses hit digital roadblock due to paper processes

  A survey of business and IT leaders has found that paper-based processes are creating inefficiencies

• September 11, 2013 11 Sep'13

  Interview: Dragon’s Den entrepreneur Piers Linney on cloud and UK tech sector

  UK cloud entrepreneur Piers Linney, who made his debut in the latest Dragon’s Den series, discusses the future of cloud and the UK's tech sector

• September 11, 2013 11 Sep'13

  Case study: Macmillan turns to social media to ease restructuring

  Publishing company Macmillan Science and Education has turned to social media to help it merge businesses in 50 countries into a single operating division

• September 03, 2013 03 Sep'13

  IT budgets in India are fastest growing in Asia Pacific

  Indian organizations are increasing their IT budgets more than any other country in the Asia Pacific region with 19% increasing IT spending by more than 10% in 2013, according to Forrester research.

• September 03, 2013 03 Sep'13

  Companies risk project over-runs as training budgets cut

  Businesses risk a return to late, over-running IT projects, following a sharp decline in investment in project- management training.

• September 02, 2013 02 Sep'13

  Vodafone admits ‘advanced discussions’ with Verizon

  Media speculation that the UK firm will sell off its 45% of the US firm Verizon Wireless has truth to it, but the UK operator says there is no certainty that an agreement will be reached

• August 29, 2013 29 Aug'13

  Indian banks to increase IT spend by 13%

  Indian banks and investment firms will spend 13% more on IT in 2013 compared to last year with IT services the largest segment, according to research from Gartner.

• August 28, 2013 28 Aug'13

  Why you need to think about BPM in a different way

  Look at business process management (BPM) in the right way and it has the potential to transform businesses

• August 27, 2013 27 Aug'13

  CIOs and CMOs are disconnected

  CIOs and CMOs are collaborating inadequately and putting marketing strategies at risk according to research by Accenture

• August 20, 2013 20 Aug'13

  Banks push for open standards

  Deutsche Bank, ING and ABN-Amro are among a dozen international banks leading an initiative to introduce open standards in banking IT

• August 19, 2013 19 Aug'13

  Case study: Derby school upgrades IT to make teaching more engaging

  Noel-Baker Community School virtualises datacentre to help students learn in a more engaging way and to provide an automated IT infrastructure

• August 13, 2013 13 Aug'13

  Gartner expects a boost to government IT

  After years of austerity measures, government CIOs are set to start spending again, according to research from analyst Gartner

• August 12, 2013 12 Aug'13

  NHS Central Midlands CSU updates datacentre with standardised data warehousing

  It improved the quality and safety levels of healthcare for over 5 million citizens across the West Midlands by standardising data warehousing

• August 09, 2013 09 Aug'13

  CIO interview: Mike Timlett, CitySprint

  Mike Timlett's career as an IT director has tracked the rise of mobile technologies that empower new business processes

• August 09, 2013 09 Aug'13

  Enterprises spend more on third-party datacentres than in-house ones: Uptime survey

  Uptime Institute’s annual datacentre industry survey reveals shift in IT spend away from enterprise-owned datacentres to outsourced options

• August 05, 2013 05 Aug'13

  Indian IT heads take on new roles

  About 70% of Indian CIOs will report directly to CEOs by 2016, up from 40% today, according to a report by Forrester Research

• July 31, 2013 31 Jul'13

  Case study: Nexor dumps ageing proprietary operating system for open source OS

  IT services company Nexor is migrating to the open source Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system for efficiency