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September 12, 2012
12
Sep'12
Tesco signs £65m datacentre deal to drive online expansion
Tesco expects to cut several millions each year from its IT bill following a 15-year £65m datacentre deal with Sentrum
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September 11, 2012
11
Sep'12
Cabinet Office blacklists Fujitsu from government IT contract tenders
The Cabinet Office has banned Fujitsu and another IT supplier from tendering for public sector IT contracts as they constitute too high a risk
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September 05, 2012
05
Sep'12
Digital technologies to spark major shake-up of IT suppliers, says report
CIOs have been urged to rethink their partnerships with strategic suppliers as the industry goes through its most disruptive period since the dot com crash
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August 31, 2012
31
Aug'12
Leading PC suppliers announce Windows 8 devices
HP, Dell, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo and Sony have announced products, from laptops to smartphones, which will run Microsoft’s new operating system.
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August 24, 2012
24
Aug'12
BI users slammed by IT as banshees and telepaths
Survey discovers IT professionals exasperated and world weary when confronted by BI users uncommunicative and exigent.
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July 30, 2012
30
Jul'12
Vodafone appoints new CEO of Cable & Wireless Worldwide
Following the acquisition of C&WW, Vodafone has transferred its head of global enterprise to run the new venture
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July 27, 2012
27
Jul'12
CW500: The technology behind the BBC's Olympics coverage
BBC CTO John Linwood told Computer Weekly’s CW500 Club about the “terrifying” challenge of providing live coverage of all events at the Olympics
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July 16, 2012
16
Jul'12
Home Office creates private police ICT company
The Home Office has created a private firm to manage police IT after the the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) was abolished
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June 27, 2012
27
Jun'12
RBS set to sue supplier CA Technologies for software failure
Reports claim RBS is gearing up for legal action against US software supplier CA Technologies over the technical fault that crashed accounts
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April 30, 2012
30
Apr'12
CIO interview: David Bulman, chief information officer, Virgin Atlantic
Six months after joining Virgin Atlantic as CIO, David Bulman is leading a transformation at the airline with mobile technology at its heart.
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April 25, 2012
25
Apr'12
IT spending outlook of India Inc to be cautiously optimistic - E&Y
Explore India Inc’s top five IT spending priorities of 2012-13. Also view the slideshow of key data points of this Ernst & Young-CIO Klub survey.
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March 23, 2012
23
Mar'12
Information management: lessons from the public sector
Freeform Dynamics identifies the lessons organisations can learn from the public sector's approach to information management
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March 20, 2012
20
Mar'12
Birkbeck College consolidates servers to cut PUE rating to 1.3
Birkbeck College has consolidated four equipment rooms into one £700,000 datacentre with a PUE rating of just 1.3
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March 20, 2012
20
Mar'12
CIO interview: Rob Pringle, global IT director, Gazprom
Rob Pringle, director of global IT at Gazprom Marketing and Trading, reveals the secret of rolling out IT quickly
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March 13, 2012
13
Mar'12
Enterprise software procurement done right can save companies millions
Software procurement is frequently poorly conducted, argues consultant Andy Hayler. Intelligent software evaluation processes and savvy contract management can pay huge dividends, he says.
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February 29, 2012
29
Feb'12
IT departments risk losing responsibility for IT security
IT security professionals can no longer take it for granted that IT security will continue as part of the IT function
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February 17, 2012
17
Feb'12
Generation Y is a myth, says Corporate Executive Board research
Generation Y – the computer-literate youngsters who need the latest high-tech gadget to work effectively – is a myth, the latest research reveals
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February 17, 2012
17
Feb'12
UK regulator PhonepayPlus fines Dutch typosquatting companies
UK phone regulator PhonepayPlus fines two Dutch firms £100,000 for exploiting well-known websites Wikipedia, Twitter and YouTube
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February 08, 2012
08
Feb'12
CIO interview: Rob Fraser, IT director, Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury’s IT chief talks about why in-house IT works better than outsourcing and how to double revenue without doubling IT spend.
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February 02, 2012
02
Feb'12
Ofcom reports UK improvement in broadband
Boris Johnson says people should go to the pub to avoid massive rush-hour delays during the Olympics, but perhaps teleworking would be better for business
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January 30, 2012
30
Jan'12
MEP quits as thousands protest ACTA signing
A European MP has resigned after thousands of people in Poland protested against the international anti-counterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA)
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January 25, 2012
25
Jan'12
UK IT budgets under pressure in 2012
UK IT budgets will remain flat in 2012, a worldwide survey of more than 2,500 IT professionals has revealed.
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January 23, 2012
23
Jan'12
Gartner identifies trends in CIO spending in 2012
Chief information officers are facing an austere 2012. Spending on IT will rise on average by just 0.5% worldwide, but IT budgets in the UK, Europe and North America are declining.
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January 06, 2012
06
Jan'12
Why CIOs must get a handle on their data woes
Businesses are only making use of 5% of the data they collect, according to Forrester Research.
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November 30, 2011
30
Nov'11
CIO interview: John Finch, global CIO, Experian
John Finch, global CIO of Experian, discusses his plans to simplify supplier management and his approach to people development.
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November 14, 2011
14
Nov'11
CIO Interview: IT should drive company innovation, says SAP's Oliver Bussmann
Driving innovation has become one of the key roles of the chief information officer, says Oliver Bussmann, CIO at business software maker SAP.
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November 10, 2011
10
Nov'11
Welcome to the new-look ComputerWeekly.com
Computer Weekly has launched its brand new website - the most important online development in the brand’s 45-year history.
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October 31, 2011
31
Oct'11
UKtech50: We launch the search for the most influential people in UK IT
Computer Weekly has launched the second annual UKtech50, the definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT - the leaders driving the creation of a high-tech economy.
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October 14, 2011
14
Oct'11
IT spending on cloud services to exceed 20% of IT budget in ‘12: KPMG
IT spending on cloud services will soar in 2012, predicts KPMG. Find out the reasons for this surge in IT spending on cloud services in this news report.
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October 14, 2011
14
Oct'11
CIO interview: Gerry Pennell, CIO, London 2012 Olympics
With less than 10 months to go, London 2012 CIO Gerry Pennell is fully focused on the task of delivering a project that simply cannot miss its deadline.
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April 12, 2011
12
Apr'11
Tesco uses customer data to stride ahead of competition
Fresh insights from customer data allowed Tesco to meet consumers' needs faster and more accurately, growing Tesco's market capitalisation 10-fold in eight years while its chief competitors' market value fell, the retailer's former CEO Sir Terry ...
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January 20, 2011
20
Jan'11
Eli Lilly signs Cognizant deal
Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly has signed a multiyear deal with Cognizant to provide a range of business services
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October 26, 2006
26
Oct'06
IT greats: Top 10 greatest IT people
For every world-famous name with a world famous fortune – think Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Michael Dell – there are hundreds of other individuals who have moved the IT industry and its technology inexorably forward
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September 13, 2005
13
Sep'05
Ofcom liberates BT to offer bespoke pricing
Ofcom has announced proposals to allow BT to offer large business customers bespoke call prices, which should lead to discounts for some companies.