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• 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

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  CW500: Internet of things to pose 'huge security and privacy risks'

  The internet of things will pose enormous security and privacy challenges, a recent CW500 Club meeting heard

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  Dutch banking regulator approves use of AWS public cloud in the financial sector

  Dutch banking watchdog approves use of AWS cloud in websites, mobile apps, retail banking platforms, HPC and credit risk analysis

• July 24, 2013 24 Jul'13

  Dell updates OpenStack cloud and Hadoop service as buyout vote delayed

  Michael Dell submits revised a buyout proposal – delaying a vote until next week – but it was business as usual in the cloud division

• July 17, 2013 17 Jul'13

  Budgets and lower cost service affect European outsourcing market

  Gartner expects a slight upturn in custom application outsourcing and infrastructure utility services, but Europe is being squeezed

• July 16, 2013 16 Jul'13

  Case study: In-flight caterer modernises IT for efficiency during seasonal travel peaks

  Alpha LSG has launched a £10m IT transformation project and will host its IT on the cloud for scalability during travel peaks

• July 16, 2013 16 Jul'13

  Young's Seafood rebuilds IT department using LANDesk

  Frozen fish food company Young's Seafood has deployed LANDesk's Total User Management to rebuild its IT function

• July 16, 2013 16 Jul'13

  Telecoms M&A ‘flourishes’ in UK

  Despite mergers, acquisitions and Equity Capital Market transactions falling in the first half of 2013, the telecoms market sees figures soar

• July 12, 2013 12 Jul'13

  CIO interview: Anne Boden, COO, Allied Irish Bank - on moving to private cloud

  AIB’s private cloud has meant a tenfold reduction in the number of Oracle databases and gives the bank internal technological ability and development flexibility to respond to a changing and demanding market

• July 09, 2013 09 Jul'13

  Lock in fears deterring businesses from moving data into the cloud

  Businesses are shying away from putting their data into cloud over fears that they may become locked-in to one supplier, it was claimed today.

• July 08, 2013 08 Jul'13

  Stronger economy pushes up IT day rates

  The daily rates charged for IT services are rising, according to a benchmark from consulting firm Pierre Audoin Consultants

• July 05, 2013 05 Jul'13

  Dutch retailer picks IBM cloud for merchandising

  Netherlands online retailer Wehkamp chooses IBM’s cloud-based merchandise analytics tool to manage price cuts and clearance

• July 05, 2013 05 Jul'13

  Case study: Toyota fleet management system gathers global fork-lift truck data remotely

  Toyota Material Handling Europe develops operational data management system that monitors and controls fork-lift trucks globally

• July 01, 2013 01 Jul'13

  James Martin: Obituary

  James Martin – British computing pioneer, entrepreneur, visionary and guru of the information age – has died, aged 79

• June 27, 2013 27 Jun'13

  How BP made its IT future-ready with a hybrid cloud infrastructure

  BP bridged its cloud gap with a cautious and calculated approach using a mix of private cloud, public cloud and in-house IT infrastructure

• June 19, 2013 19 Jun'13

  HR technology booming as businesses turn to the cloud

  Over the next 18 months, 60% of companies plan to roll out HR technology solutions, says analyst group Bersin by Deloitte.

• June 19, 2013 19 Jun'13

  Companies must rethink data sharing, says GE CEO Jeff Immelt

  GE CEO, Jeff Immelt (pictured), explains to customers the benefits of sharing machine data in an industrial internet

• June 18, 2013 18 Jun'13

  Investigation into Post Office accounting system to drill down on strongest cases

  The investigation into the Post Office’s allegedly faulty accounting system will focus on a select few of the 47 claims

• June 17, 2013 17 Jun'13

  IT departments to shrink dramatically within five years as cloud takes over

  IT professionals will need to rethink their careers as corporate IT departments undergo a radical restructuring over the next five years

• June 14, 2013 14 Jun'13

  Interview: Paul Greenberg on why relationships matter

  The times they are a-changing, so you need to get smart about customer relationship management, says Paul Greenberg

• June 13, 2013 13 Jun'13

  Network Rail's IT budget could be scaled back by £150m

  Network Rail could have its future IT budget slashed by £150m, according to the rail regulator

• June 12, 2013 12 Jun'13

  Cisco turns to rules engine in drive to tackle emerging markets

  Cisco is turning to business rules software to help it respond in a more agile way to new market opportunities, changing regulations, and business practices.

• June 12, 2013 12 Jun'13

  Can IT survive digitisation?

  The role and operations of IT are set to change, as departments build up their own IT expertise.

• June 11, 2013 11 Jun'13

  Frimley Park NHS deploys VDI for efficiency and BYOD

  When the NHS trust came under pressure to make its IT budget go further, it opted to deploy VDI in its A&E department

• June 05, 2013 05 Jun'13

  Irish Life migrates mainframe workload onto Windows

  Insurer Irish Life has migrated 97% of its mainframe workload onto a Windows server environment to save costs and support expansion

• June 03, 2013 03 Jun'13

  CIO interview: Steve Monaghan, IT & e-commerce director, Waterstones

  After a year of turmoil caused by migration away from HMV, the IT team at Waterstones is finally finding room to think about strategy

• May 23, 2013 23 May'13

  Europe moving faster towards BYOD

  The head of Europe for Citrix believes the region is moving much faster towards embracing bring your own device than US counterparts

• May 23, 2013 23 May'13

  Where does Microsoft fit in the future of VDI and remote applications?

  Users say they prefer Citrix over Microsoft for desktop virtualisation, but will Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 change that?

• May 22, 2013 22 May'13

  Facebook most popular social media tool in the enterprise

  Facebook dominates, but businesses will begin rolling out enterprise social media tools in the next 12 months

• May 22, 2013 22 May'13

  Tesco uses big data to cut cooling costs by up to €20m

  Tesco is aiming to save over €20m a year by using sophisticated analytical technology to ensure its chillers work at optimum temperature

• May 21, 2013 21 May'13

  Gartner: Big data will transform customer relationship management technology

  CIOs need to start thinking how to integrate big data into their customer relationship management (CRM) systems, says technology analyst

• May 21, 2013 21 May'13

  Social media: How to navigate Europe's legal maze

  Specialist lawyers on the legal principles companies in Europe need to consider before they monitor employees' use of social media

• May 21, 2013 21 May'13

  Oops! The risks of using social media at work

  Recent tribunal cases show the risks that employers and employees run when using social media services

• May 16, 2013 16 May'13

  Indian enterprises invest in IT for growth

  In 2013, Indian CIOs increasingly will spend money on IT aimed at helping their business grow, according to a joint survey from the CIO Klub and Ernst & Young India.

• May 08, 2013 08 May'13

  Domino’s Pizza plans to move web services to the cloud

  After using cloud for testing and development apps, Domino’s Pizza is now looking to move its web services to the cloud

• May 08, 2013 08 May'13

  Investors sue HP for $1bn over Autonomy deal

  HP investors have launched a class action lawsuit over the company’s botched acquisition of UK software firm Autonomy for $11.7bn in 2011

• April 30, 2013 30 Apr'13

  Infosys partners IPsoft as automation trend shakes offshore model

  Indian IT services giant Infosys is using IPsoft’s technology to automate its IT and business process services

• April 22, 2013 22 Apr'13

  Government reveals ecommerce scheme for SMEs

  The department for business, innovation and skills admits a programme to help SMEs take advantage of digital will launch later this year

• April 15, 2013 15 Apr'13

  Case study: London's Olympic network from BT

  After receiving an honourable mention in the European user awards for networking, Computer Weekly looks at the challenge of rolling out the network for the London Olympic Games in 2012

• April 10, 2013 10 Apr'13

  How to make the most of corporate data

  IT departments focus on structured data but miss the needs of almost half their employees, says CEB managing director Andrew Horne

• April 09, 2013 09 Apr'13

  CEOs optimistic about IT innovation and investment, says Gartner

  A survey of CEOs and senior executives from Gartner finds the business climate right for IT investment to drive business development

• April 09, 2013 09 Apr'13

  Why CIOs need to become tax literate

  Digital technologies can have significant ramifications for corporate taxation. IT teams need to be aware of the issues, says PwC

• March 28, 2013 28 Mar'13

  Patients and doctors must push for a paperless NHS, says Intellect report

  IT trade body Intellect says patients and doctors must undergo cultural change to realise government's ambition of a paperless NHS by 2018

• March 26, 2013 26 Mar'13

  Can executive coaching improve your standing in the boardroom?

  The CIO is under threat. Tech savvy business managers are spending more on IT than on the IT department. How can a CIO stay relevant?

• March 25, 2013 25 Mar'13

  UK banks are storing up additional costs for the future

  Financial services IT departments are creating higher costs in the long run by implementing short-term fixes to meet regulations