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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
February 05, 2015 05 Feb'15
Executive interview: lowering the cost of enterprise IT

Gartner stated that Risc server shipments declined by 17%, while IBM claims the System z mainframe is the most cost-effective server
February 04, 2015 04 Feb'15
Heinz puts SAP HANA in the cloud to boost global efficiency

Food producer Heinz deploys SAP HANA on Virtustream’s xStream platform-as-a-service (PaaS) infrastructure to boost efficiency
January 30, 2015 30 Jan'15
Amazon to put cloud on the balance sheet

Amazon will report on AWS in its financials from Q1 2015, as it continues to invest heavily in the cloud service

January 29, 2015 29 Jan'15
IT leaders want to hire chief data officers this year

A study shows 61% of CIOs at large organisations want to recruit a chief data officer (CDO) in the next year with data volumes hindering progress
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 26, 2015 26 Jan'15
Will the mainframe survive IBM job cuts?

The mainframe survived minicomputers, the client server, the web and Y2K, but its future is under scrutiny as IBM prepares a rethink
January 23, 2015 23 Jan'15
High-tech giants warned of breakdown in trust at Davos summit

Technology sector risks banking-style crisis following collapse in public trust in IT giants, Davos summit warned
January 21, 2015 21 Jan'15
Obama pledges to push cyber security reforms

In his State of the Union address, the US president pledges to urge Congress to pass legislation to improve US cyber security
January 19, 2015 19 Jan'15
EE, Virgin Media and Vodafone sign net neutrality pledge

EE, Virgin Media and Vodafone are last of the UK’s major internet service providers to sign up to Open Internet Code of practice

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 06, 2015 06 Jan'15
Digitisation of government needs major transformation effort

The public sector can achieve massive savings through digitisation, but this will require organisational transformation
January 05, 2015 05 Jan'15
CIO interview: Federico Florez Gutierrez, Ferrovial

Armed with a Naval engineering degree, Federico Florez Gutierrez set course for a career in senior IT
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 29, 2014 29 Dec'14
CW500 Club in 2014

Computer Weekly's CW500 Club attracts the top IT leaders in the UK to talk to their peers about the topical challenges they face
December 23, 2014 23 Dec'14
Top 10 cloud stories of 2014

Cloud computing has evolved, giving businesses an increasing array of options from simple IT infrastructure up to full business applications
December 22, 2014 22 Dec'14
Top 10 datacentre stories of 2014

In 2014's datacentre market, trends of social, cloud, analytics and big data have influenced datacentre architectural decisions
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 16, 2014 16 Dec'14
Hundreds of passengers hit after Air India's check-in system fails

The flag carrier airlines of India owned by Air India, a Government of India enterprise, faced a major technical glitch in their check-in system
December 16, 2014 16 Dec'14
CIO interview: VMware's Tony Scott re-engineers IT as a service

Agility is only as effective as the slowest step. At VMware, CIO Tony Scott has his sights set on tackling this
December 12, 2014 12 Dec'14
IT spending grows at fastest rate in five years

Agile IT departments are emerging with the ability to flex their budgets quickly to meet new business demands
December 12, 2014 12 Dec'14
Interview: Lucie Glenday, chief digital officer, Surrey County Council

Chief digital officer Lucie Glenday was brought into Surrey County Council to change the way it thinks about digital services
December 11, 2014 11 Dec'14
Whitehall meets digital leaders – but ignores local government

The UK has played host to its first D5 digital leaders summit, but local collaboration was off the agenda
December 10, 2014 10 Dec'14
Home Office appoints former Credit Suisse technology head as CTO

Home Office appoints former Credit Suisse employee Sarah Wilkinson as its new chief technology officer
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
Only 39% of banks can confirm daily liquidity status, says Swift

Only 39% of banks can confirm payments from foreign accounts in real time, according to a survey from Swift
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 05, 2014 05 Dec'14
KPMG says businesses do not take IT risks seriously enough

UK businesses are paying out £410,000 per year for unplanned IT problems, a study from KPMG has warned
December 04, 2014 04 Dec'14
NHS must partner with industry to embrace technology

Healthcare providers must share expertise from the technology industry to make serious change, says NHS foundation CEO David Dalton
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 03, 2014 03 Dec'14
Computer Weekly UKtech50: Rising Stars 2014

Computer Weekly’s five rising stars of 2014
December 03, 2014 03 Dec'14
CIO interview: Jon Rudoe, digital and technology director, Sainsbury’s

Sainsbury's digital and technology director Jon Rudoe talks about customer-facing technologies, in-house development and data analytics
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
December 02, 2014 02 Dec'14
Competition essential if retail banks are to modernise their IT

Only genuine competition in the retail banking sector will push banks to replace legacy IT, with fines and reputational damage making little impact
December 01, 2014 01 Dec'14
Is a local GDS the answer to local authority transformation? Lessons from the Labour digital review

Labour’s digital government review touches on a number of issues, but what’s the future of GDS – and could it be scaled to help local authorities?
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