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• 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

• June 03, 2014 03 Jun'14

  Met Office swaps Oracle for PostgreSQL

  UK weather service the Met Office has started swapping Oracle for Postgre SQL in a strategy to deploy more open source technology

• June 02, 2014 02 Jun'14

  Everywoman in Technology Leadership Academy opens its doors

  The everywoman in Technology Leadership Academy opened its doors for women to learn key elements of leadership and career advancement

• May 30, 2014 30 May'14

  Microsoft and Salesforce bind SQL deal and Office 365 integration

  Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella demonstrated the company’s new found openness with a strategic alliance with Salesforce.com.

• May 30, 2014 30 May'14

  IT supplier insolvencies fall for first time as economy recovers

  Technology companies have reached a turning point as insolvencies fall for the first time in 2014

• May 29, 2014 29 May'14

  The challenges of going digital at the DVLA

  The DVLA is seen as one of the early adopters in the public sector drive to provide digital services to save government £1.8bn per year

• May 29, 2014 29 May'14

  Technology companies 'lagging in talent management technology'

  Technology and IT suppliers have been slow to deploy HR technology, with many relying on spreadsheets, word processors and legacy ERP systems

• May 28, 2014 28 May'14

  CIO interview: Ian Cohen, CIO, Jardine Lloyd Thompson

  Running a programme to transform the business is the wrong way to go about change, according to Ian Cohen, CIO at insurance broker JLT

• May 22, 2014 22 May'14

  iPass turns to cloud SaaS to ease road warrior Wi-Fi woes

  With the launch of its Business Traveller 2.0 service, Wi-Fi specialist iPass moves into the cloud with the aim of making user adoption a breeze

• May 20, 2014 20 May'14

  Businesses increase IT spending at fastest rate for eight years, say IT leaders

  IT spending is up, but role of CIOs under threat as companies appoint chief digital officers

• May 19, 2014 19 May'14

  Salvation Army scales IT through outsourcing

  The Salvation Army is using a project-based outsourcing model to support its highly specialised but thinly spread IT department to ensure it keeps pace with IT developments

• May 12, 2014 12 May'14

  The digital CIO: How to be a digital innovator

  CIOs need to think about their IT budgets in a different way to free up funds for innovation

• May 06, 2014 06 May'14

  Department of Health selects SME online collaboration via G-Cloud

  The Department of Health has signed a shared service with Inovem, an SME provider of online collaboration software

• 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

  Mike Stone named as new MoD CIO

  Mike Stone has been named as the new CIO for the Ministry of Defence, replacing Yvonne Ferguson who left last week

• 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 30, 2014 30 Apr'14

  SDL turns to cloud HR to join up businesses in 40 countries

  The technology is central to the company’s strategy to integrate formerly autonomous businesses in 38 countries into a single operation

• April 28, 2014 28 Apr'14

  CW500: Why data analysts need a soft edge to make the most of hard data

  The ability to present data in ways that make sense to business leaders is at the heart of analytics

• April 25, 2014 25 Apr'14

  Tech giants pay out $300 million to settle anti-poaching case

  Adobe, Apple, Google and Intel have settled out of court in a salary fixing lawsuit brought against them by Silicon Valley workers

• April 23, 2014 23 Apr'14

  Six Degrees datacentre suffers outage for more than 12 hours

  Customers using Six Degrees’s datacentre and hosting services faced downtime as the hosting and managed services provider suffered an outage for over 12 hours

• April 16, 2014 16 Apr'14

  Q&A: SAP's Mike Ettling discusses SuccessFactors cloud HR strategy

  Computer Weekly talks to Mike Ettling, global head of cloud and on-premise HR at SAP, about the company’s strategy for its SuccessFactors cloud HR technology

• April 16, 2014 16 Apr'14

  IT budget gears towards innovation

  Two-thirds of UK IT budgets will be allocated to innovative new products and services by 2017

• April 14, 2014 14 Apr'14

  Fearless women in IT setting their own tone on the startup scene

  Females are turning to tech startups as a career route, according to FDM everywoman woman of the year Torie Chilcott

• April 09, 2014 09 Apr'14

  Caravan Club moves to cloud to support growth plan

  The Caravan Club is in the process of moving to a private cloud after outsourcing parts of its IT to T-Systems to support growth plans

• April 08, 2014 08 Apr'14

  Workday sees opportunity for cloud financial management in Europe

  Workday plans to push cloud finance and accounting services to enterprise in Europe, but observers say its background in HR technology may prove an obstacle

• April 07, 2014 07 Apr'14

  India's Bharti Airtel and IBM agree scaled-down contract

  Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel has restructured its IT services contract with IBM following changes to its business

• 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

  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.