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• September 20, 2013 20 Sep'13

  Steve Ballmer uses final investor call to target Google

  In his last investor call as CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer took the opportunity to attack Google’s business practices

• September 03, 2013 03 Sep'13

  How the sale of Nokia’s mobile phone business will affect Microsoft

  Microsoft forges ahead with Steve Ballmer's vision to focus on hardware, software and services, with the $7.2bn acquisition of Nokia

• July 26, 2013 26 Jul'13

  Hailo taxi app maker drops Sage for NetSuite OneWorld

  Taxi cab app maker Hailocab has switched from Sage Line:50 to NetSuite OneWorld, in a bid to speed up accounts reconciliation

• July 23, 2013 23 Jul'13

  Ubuntu crowd sources funding for PC smartphone hybrid

  Ubuntu has invited early adopters to join crowd-funding ventures to launch Ubuntu Edge, a hybrid PC and mobile phone platform

• June 28, 2013 28 Jun'13

  CIO interview: Paul Clarke, director of technology, Ocado

  Paul Clarke is responsible for the technology strategy at online grocer Ocado, where IT is used in every aspect of the business

• June 28, 2013 28 Jun'13

  Datacentres must be tuned to the application in the mobile-cloud era: Cisco

  Cloud, big data and mobile applications are challenging the traditional datacentre infrastructure, says Cisco

• June 20, 2013 20 Jun'13

  Camden Council goes BYOD with Accellion

  Camden adopts a bring your own device (BYOD) strategy to save money, improve security and bring their IT systems into the modern era

• June 14, 2013 14 Jun'13

  Microsoft puts Office Mobile on iPhone

  iPhone users can now use Microsoft’s Office Mobile product which is available as a free download from the AppStore

• June 10, 2013 10 Jun'13

  Telefonica Digital forms security group Eleven Paths

  The business division of mobile operator Telefonica launches Eleven Paths, an independent company working on security issues in the workplace

• June 06, 2013 06 Jun'13

  Bet365's move to HTML5 is more than a gamble

  Online gaming site Bet365 has starting using HTML5 to build a rich user experience on its website

• May 10, 2013 10 May'13

  Case Study: Brent Council cuts costs with mobile tech

  Brent Council implements mobile technology to cut costs and involve more staff in the future running of the organisation

• May 08, 2013 08 May'13

  Case study: TKAB adopts mobile for Swedish railways

  The winners of cloud innovation of the year in Computer Weekly’s European user awards for networking tell us how they have used the Appear IQ mobile platform to boost efficiency and its transport service

• May 07, 2013 07 May'13

  Windows 8 passes 100 million in sales

  Microsoft says Windows 8 OS has sold more than 100 million copies, roughly matching Windows 7 in the six months after launch

• April 04, 2013 04 Apr'13

  BMI Healthcare assesses mobile devices for hospital consultants

  Healthcare provider BMI Healthcare is evaluating mobile device management to give consultants flexible access to patient records

• March 28, 2013 28 Mar'13

  More IT problems at RBS

  RBS, NatWest and Ulster Bank customers using mobile apps were locked out today after another IT failure at the banking group

• March 28, 2013 28 Mar'13

  Strategic investments drive modest growth in IT spending

  The relatively stable economic climate has resulted in modest IT investment, according to Gartner’s latest quarterly spending forecast

• March 26, 2013 26 Mar'13

  Yahoo buys UK teenager’s app for £18m

  Yahoo has acquired Summly – an app created by a UK teenager – for £18m, making him one of the world’s youngest self-made millionaires

• March 25, 2013 25 Mar'13

  Apple buys WifiSLAM for $20m

  Apple buys indoor mapping start-up WifiSLAM for $20m to boost its location technology and compete with Google’s indoor capabilities

• March 20, 2013 20 Mar'13

  Case study: Hamilton Fraser embraces BYOD with MobileIron

  How insurance firm Hamilton Fraser is using MobileIron to enable employees to bring their own devices while following company policy

• March 15, 2013 15 Mar'13

  Samsung launches Galaxy S4 with improved software and Knox security

  Samsung's latest smartphone, the Galaxy S4 – which was released in New York – aims to boost software and Android OS security

• March 14, 2013 14 Mar'13

  CIO Interview: Matthew Oakeley, global IT head of Schroders

  Matthew Oakeley talks to Karl Flinders about his role as global IT head at investment management company Schroders

• March 13, 2013 13 Mar'13

  John Lewis drops virtual mirror project as part of ‘fail fast at innovation' strategy

  John Lewis has canned its virtual mirror project as part of the company’s approach to ‘failing fast at innovation’

• March 08, 2013 08 Mar'13

  Midlands health trust trials BlackBerry 10 OS on PlayBook with Z10 roll-out

  The Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust tests the Blackberry 10 operating system (OS) for a mobile fleet deployment

• March 05, 2013 05 Mar'13

  Are CIOs losing relevance or will they just change their spots?

  The CIO is an evolving role and changes in technology and budgets, mean it is shifting more towards governance

• February 27, 2013 27 Feb'13

  Booking.com embraces mobile apps

  Head of mobile marketing for Booking.com talks about mobile strategy and accumulating more than 10 million downloads in less than two years

• February 25, 2013 25 Feb'13

  Nokia Siemens Networks unveils Liquid Applications

  New technology enables data-rich applications to be run from base stations, reducing latency in mobile networks

• February 24, 2013 24 Feb'13

  Mozilla announces handsets for Firefox OS

  Alcatel, LG and ZTE will be the first mobile manufacturers to bring Firefox OS handsets to the market

• January 16, 2013 16 Jan'13

  CIOs must hunt and harvest digital opportunities

  It is time for CIOs to focus on the outside world instead of internal IT, according to Gartner

• January 08, 2013 08 Jan'13

  Are software audits good for your health?

  The Business Software Alliance's claim that 90% of all audit letters sent in 2012 were the result of tips from whistle-blowers is a wake-up call to CIOs

• January 08, 2013 08 Jan'13

  VoIP awareness up but user numbers remain low

  A report from Ofcom claims four in five consumers know what voice over internet protocol (VoIP) is, but just 29% use the technology

• January 07, 2013 07 Jan'13

  Barclays' Linux programme not a snub to suppliers

  Barclays says it is not snubbing any supplier by developing a private cloud infrastructure and using Linux to cut software development costs by 90%.

• January 03, 2013 03 Jan'13

  Ubuntu Linux adapted for Android smartphones

  The open source Ubuntu operating system, a distribution of Linux, has been adapted to run on smartphones

• December 27, 2012 27 Dec'12

  Top 10 financial services IT stories in 2012

  The industry that you expect to hit the IT headlines on a regular basis has not let us down in the last 12 months, despite continued tough market conditions.

• December 07, 2012 07 Dec'12

  Citrix buys corporate MDM tool company Zenprise

  Citrix has bought mobile device management (MDM) company Zenprise for an undisclosed sum to boost its corporate mobile tools portfolio

• December 05, 2012 05 Dec'12

  Unilever prepares for global HANA roll-out

  Consumer goods giant Unilever is looking at how it can optimise its global operations using SAP’s HANA in-memory database

• November 30, 2012 30 Nov'12

  G-Cloud success depends on champions and a change in attitude

  G-Cloud director Denise McDonagh has called for public sector champions to push forward adoption of the service.

• November 28, 2012 28 Nov'12

  Apple sacks head of maps

  Apple has sacked Richard Williamson, the executive in charge of Apple Maps, after months of embarrassment over application’s performance

• November 22, 2012 22 Nov'12

  Orange launches free call and text app

  Orange takes on the ‘over the top’ providers with its own application, called Libon, enabling users to make calls and send texts for free

• November 19, 2012 19 Nov'12

  Emirates takes Windows 8 HP ElitePad 900 to the sky

  Airline Emirates is rolling out in-flight Windows 8 tablets to enable cabin crew to access core IT

• November 13, 2012 13 Nov'12

  Hillarys Blinds rolls out custom sales app using SAP Afaria

  Blinds and curtains supplier Hillarys Blinds has developed an Android app for sales agents that synchronises with its back-end SAP ERP system

• November 12, 2012 12 Nov'12

  Gartner: BYOD will encourage self-support

  Self-support communities will offset the cost and manpower of providing a helpdesk for staff who use their own devices, according to Gartner

• November 07, 2012 07 Nov'12

  Apple loses patent case to VirnetX

  Apple has been ordered to pay $368m in damages to VirnetX after a court ruled it had infringed on two of the software firm’s patents

• October 31, 2012 31 Oct'12

  Apple squashes BlackBerry as Brent Borough deploys iPads

  Brent Borough Council replaces BlackBerry and deploys MobileIron to securely manage almost 3,000 iPads and iPhones

• October 09, 2012 09 Oct'12

  Telefónica launches business to sell mobile data

  O2 parent company Telefónica is to offer user data from customer's mobile phones to organisations who want to analyse customer activity

• October 08, 2012 08 Oct'12

  How French Connection automated stock replenishment to cut costs

  Fashion retailer French Connection cut costs by deploying a stock replenishment automation system

• September 21, 2012 21 Sep'12

  Microsoft wins third German patent victory over Google Motorola technology

  Microsoft has won a third victory in Germany over Google's Motorola unit in the ongoing patent wars between the two companies

• September 18, 2012 18 Sep'12

  EDF app enables smartphones to snap meter readings

  Energy supplier EDF has released an app that enables customers to submit meter readings by using the camera on a smartphone

• September 07, 2012 07 Sep'12

  Interview: Channel 4 CIO on the IT behind the broadcasting of the Paralympic Games

  The Paralympic Games was the largest live broadcast undertaking for Channel 4, and gave the IT team an equally complex project

• September 03, 2012 03 Sep'12

  Personal mobile policies lacking in IT

  Just 23% of IT departments in the UK have a strategy for managing the use of personal devices on their corporate networks, according to new research

• August 31, 2012 31 Aug'12

  UK partners pressure Adobe to keep Flash Player on Android store

  Adobe admits it has buckled under pressure from UK partners, such as the BBC, to keep Flash Player on the Google Play Store