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• October 20, 2014 20 Oct'14

  SAP grows cloud revenue by 45%

  SAP’s revenue from cloud services has grown 45% year-on-year

• October 15, 2014 15 Oct'14

  Salesforce aims beyond CRM as a platform for developers and analytics

  Salesforce.com has become more than a cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) system, says CEO Marc Benioff

• October 15, 2014 15 Oct'14

  Salesforce1 Lightning offers mobile app development for non-programmers

  Salesforce.com has announced its second new product of the week at its Dreamforce conference – Salesforce1 Lightning

• October 06, 2014 06 Oct'14

  NHS e-Referral service delayed until spring 2015

  The NHS has delayed the launch of the system that will replace Choose and Book to allow further time for testing

• September 22, 2014 22 Sep'14

  Businesses grow tech expertise through software M&As

  Businesses are increasingly acquiring software companies to bolster software development expertise a new report finds

• September 16, 2014 16 Sep'14

  Microsoft pitches new Dynamics CRM 2015 as ‘one cloud for all’

  Microsoft is making its Dynamics CRM 2015 available next quarter along with updates to its Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online services

• 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

  Why AWS is being held back in the public sector

  Public sector is a fast growing area of the Amazon Web Services cloud business. Yet it is often not seen as a first choice in government

• September 11, 2014 11 Sep'14

  Anglian Water targets code quality across multi-sourced contracts

  Anglian Water has created a process for application testing to improve code quality developed across multi-sourced outsourcing contracts

• September 10, 2014 10 Sep'14

  Smartphones could render smartmeter in-home display redundant

  The Public Accounts Committee’s latest report on smartmeters has warned that the government risks being locked into technology

• September 08, 2014 08 Sep'14

  Diageo launches startup fund to support responsible drinking

  Diageo has launched a global innovation programme to develop applications that supports its responsible drinking campaign

• August 28, 2014 28 Aug'14

  Spanish bank spends €500m on contactless ATMs

  CaixaBank has commissioned Fujitsu to build 8,500 ATMs that will be contactless

• August 21, 2014 21 Aug'14

  Land Registry digital project at risk after senior IT leaders depart

  A major digital project at the Land Registry is at risk after two key executives on the programme left due to their tax arrangements

• August 13, 2014 13 Aug'14

  Home Office pours £3.8m into shared service for biometric cards

  The Home Office has awarded a £3.8m contract to Thales for a service to support the production of Biometric Residence Permit cards

• August 12, 2014 12 Aug'14

  BBC hands digital testing contract to Mindtree

  Multi-million pound contract awarded under the terms of the BBC Digital Services Framework initiative

• July 18, 2014 18 Jul'14

  Microsoft ditches Android after four-month fling

  Microsoft pulls the plug on its short-lived Nokia X Android devices as it prepares to make 18,000 employees redundant

• July 18, 2014 18 Jul'14

  IBM grows security and mobile businesses, but services decline

  Following its ground-breaking alliance with Apple, IBM has reported major growth in its security and mobile businesses

• July 17, 2014 17 Jul'14

  Microsoft makes severe job cuts - 18,000 to go

  Microsoft is cutting 18,000 jobs next year with Nokia bearing the brunt of the company’s strategy

• July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14

  IBM partners with Apple to deliver enterprise services for iOS

  IBM has given Apple a major boost in the enterprise, through a partnership that will see it provide services and software for iOS

• July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14

  Developers call for Microsoft to bring back Visual Basic

  As Microsoft forges ahead with mobile and cloud-first strategy, developers are venting their frustration over Visual Basic support

• July 11, 2014 11 Jul'14

  Satya Nadella to flatten Microsoft and reverse device strategy

  Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has sent out a memo to all 100,000 employees, in preparation for what is likely to be a major reorganisation

• July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  PC sales bounce back as XP drives hardware refresh

  Desktop and laptop upgrades, driven by the migration away from Windows XP, has bolstered PC sales in Europe

• July 08, 2014 08 Jul'14

  M&S suffers sales decline due to website glitch

  Marks & Spencer’s e-commerce revenues drop 8.1% because of a glitch in the company's newly launched web platform

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  BBC Technology deploys private cloud for virtual local radio

  BBC Technology has developed a private cloud-based virtual local radio station built on commodity IT

• July 02, 2014 02 Jul'14

  Formula 1 big data contest launches ahead of British Grand Prix

  Tata Communications has invited IT innovators to exploit the vast amounts of data in F1 racing to give fans and drivers new insights into the sport

• July 01, 2014 01 Jul'14

  Just Eat opens Bristol centre to boost native app development

  Just Eat is setting up a development centre in Bristol to build native mobile apps and support its back-end e-commerce systems

• June 30, 2014 30 Jun'14

  Net-a-Porter integrates testing and development

  Online fashion retailer Net-a-Porter has integrated software testing and development to support agile methodologies

• June 23, 2014 23 Jun'14

  Osborne announce HS3 to provide boost for northern tech startups

  Proposed high-speed rail line, HS3, linking the cities of the M62 corridor from Manchester to Leeds, draws mixed reaction

• June 20, 2014 20 Jun'14

  Energy companies prepare for data sharing

  The government and several utilities are working on developing systems that automate access to customer billing data

• June 13, 2014 13 Jun'14

  Boards need to get behind application security, says Owasp

  CISOs are becoming more concerned about web application security, but there is still a long way to go, says Owasp

• June 12, 2014 12 Jun'14

  HSBC makes executives responsible for application consolidation

  In the next few weeks, senior executives at HSBC globally will have KPIs to reduce the number of applications they run

• June 10, 2014 10 Jun'14

  Formula One launches connectivity contest with partner Tata

  Formula One management, the Mercedes AMG Petronas team and Tata Communications launch connectivity and collaboration development contest

• June 03, 2014 03 Jun'14

  Sapphire 2014: SAP CEO McDermott declares war on ‘complexity’ and sets Fiori free

  Bill McDermott, SAP CEO, devoted his opening keynote at Sapphire 2014 to declaring war on business process “complexity”

• June 03, 2014 03 Jun'14

  Apple adds home and health access to iOS 8

  Apple has unveiled what will be coming up in future iPhone and iPad releases at its Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco

• June 02, 2014 02 Jun'14

  Computer Weekly European User Awards for Enterprise Software: Shortlist 2014

  See who made the shortlist for the Computer Weekly European User Awards for Enterprise Software 2014

• May 12, 2014 12 May'14

  Microsoft fleshes out cross-platform mobile strategy

  Microsoft users should be productive on all operating systems, including iOS, Android and Windows, according to vice-president Brad Anderson

• May 07, 2014 07 May'14

  UK helping US military build intelligence software for drone targeting

  The UK has been helping the US military build software to share intelligence for weapons such as drones for the past 14 years

• May 01, 2014 01 May'14

  IT glitch causes delays at UK Border Force

  Passengers at several UK airports and ferry ports have been facing long delays at passport control due to an IT problem

• April 07, 2014 07 Apr'14

  Microsoft chief sets sights on multi-platform future

  At the end of March, day 52 of his tenure as Microsoft's third CEO, Satya Nadella unveiled the start of a new era for the software giant

• March 31, 2014 31 Mar'14

  Tech inefficiencies in UK policing cost £221m a year

  The lack of technology being used by the police in the UK is costing taxpayers up to £221m each year, says O2

• March 31, 2014 31 Mar'14

  Ministry of Justice to invest up to £375m in court and tribunal technology reform

  The Ministry of Justice has announced a five-year programme to update and replace technology used in courts and tribunals across the UK

• March 14, 2014 14 Mar'14

  Amazon Web Services reaches its 8th birthday

  On March 14 2006 Amazon expanded from its retail heritage and launched its IT services business with the birth of Amazon Web Services (AWS)

• March 13, 2014 13 Mar'14

  Royal Bank of Scotland maps transaction supply chain

  RBS has built an analytics neural network, capable of assessing risk across its business customers' supply chain.

• March 05, 2014 05 Mar'14

  The wider implications of Oracle's Rimini licensing dispute

  Companies may need to distinguish between software development work on commercial software they do themselves and what they outsource

• March 03, 2014 03 Mar'14

  BASF sells IT services arm to Tech Mahindra

  European chemicals giant BASF has sold its IT services business to Tech Mahindra, with 60 employees to transfer to the Indian services firm

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  CA Technologies launches MDM suite

  CA Technologies has launched a new suite of products designed to provide mobile device management to enterprises

• February 21, 2014 21 Feb'14

  Executive interview: Microsoft targets the non-professional developers

  The developer community is changing. There are far more people programming now, says Microsoft's Tim O'Brien

• February 07, 2014 07 Feb'14

  Met Police releases ‘Total Technology’ IT strategy

  The Metropolitan Police Service has released a three to four-year plan on how to transform the use of technology in the organisation

• 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

  BBC insists former CTO John Linwood's claims are wrong, in ongoing DMI row

  The BBC has responded to former CTO John Linwood’s claims about its failed digital media project, insisting there were still considerable IT problems

• February 03, 2014 03 Feb'14

  Case study: Transport for London modernises website with HTML5

  Transport for London has re-engineered its website to move with the times. TfL's head of online, Phil Young, explains the design principles

• 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

  BBC failed to get "sufficient grip” over failed DMI project, says NAO

  The National Audit Office has slammed the BBC over its failed Digital Media Initiative (DMI), project saying the broadcaster was “too optimistic” and the BBC executive “did not have sufficient grip of the programme"

• January 27, 2014 27 Jan'14

  Transform application development for the digital world, says Accenture

  Accenture’s Technology Vision 2014 report urges CIOs to re-engineer application development to support digital disruption

• December 30, 2013 30 Dec'13

  Top 10 supplier profiles 2013

  Are you thinking of doing business with an IT technology supplier? Check out our independent profiles of the leading technology companies.

• December 13, 2013 13 Dec'13

  Foreign Office agile crisis response IT system goes live

  The Foreign Office’s new crisis response IT system, Crisis Hub, is now live.

• December 13, 2013 13 Dec'13

  CIO interview: Joan Miller director of Parliamentary ICT

  Parliamentary ICT director Joan Miller talks about how Parliament should use technology and the challenges of the digital world

• December 12, 2013 12 Dec'13

  CIO Interview, David Southern, CIO WWF UK

  UK CIO of the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF), David Southern, describes a technology refresh at its Woking HQ

• December 06, 2013 06 Dec'13

  Firm works with Google maps to provide fleet management software

  Greater Anglia rail company will roll out a taxi booking app in 2014 developed by fleet management software provider TDispatch and powered by Google Maps

• December 05, 2013 05 Dec'13

  Government Digital Service no longer involved with Universal Credit IT development

  The Government Digital Service ends direct involvement in the development of the “enhanced IT” for the Universal Credit sheme

• December 05, 2013 05 Dec'13

  700,000 benefit claimants miss out on Universal Credit deadline

  The secretary for work and pensions has admitted the Universal Credit benefit scheme will miss its 2017 deadline

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  Dell launches startup competition

  Dell has launched a competition offering two UK startup entrepreneurs free office space, technology solutions, mentorship and networking opportunities

• November 26, 2013 26 Nov'13

  Tesco consolidates global datacentres into UK shared service

  Tesco is six months away from completing a three-year programme to deliver a single datacentre operation to support UK and international operations

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  MoD appoints new CIO and releases ICT strategy

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has appointed Yvonne Ferguson as CIO and released its latest Defence ICT Strategy document

• November 13, 2013 13 Nov'13

  Fiducia gives the business IT tools to build SAP order system

  Fiducia IT has used a BPM tool from Metasonic to enable business users to create an SAP order processing application

• November 12, 2013 12 Nov'13

  Gartner Symposium: GE Capital rethinks strategic supplier policy

  Financial services business GE Capital, is rethinking its strategy for selecting suppliers, in a bid to boost innovation within IT

• November 12, 2013 12 Nov'13

  CIOs put jobs on the line by outsourcing software testing and development

  Some 31% of CIOs are putting their jobs at risk by outsourcing software testing and development because a quarter of projects fail to deliver their objectives.

• November 07, 2013 07 Nov'13

  RBS Markets deploys IBM Rational for virtual testing

  Royal Bank of Scotland is investigating how it could extend a virtual test environment to support future development projects

• November 05, 2013 05 Nov'13

  Facebook invests £100,000 in open source education programme

  Facebook supports Apps for Good in encouraging young people to learn code

• November 01, 2013 01 Nov'13

  Apps and APIs -- how enterprise software development needs to change

  The popularity of mobile apps is changing user expectations of software. How should IT managers respond when considering software development plans?

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  Computer science graduates struggle to find work despite IT skills shortage

  Despite an IT skills gap, the UK’s recent computer science graduates are the largest group of unemployed graduates

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  Air France offers mobile alerts to passengers

  Air France is developing mobile apps that will allow passengers to receive real-time travel alerts and book flights on their mobile devices

• October 14, 2013 14 Oct'13

  Consumer-facing firms need two CIOs and multi-speed development

  Businesses that sell to consumers need at least two CIOs and multi-speed IT departments if they are to compete while keeping the lights on

• October 10, 2013 10 Oct'13

  Specsavers uses HP application lifecycle management to manage offshore work

  Optician Specsavers has used HP’s application lifecycle management toolset to build a standard process for software development

• October 09, 2013 09 Oct'13

  Tesco.com uses agile development offshore to roll out internationally

  Tesco used agile methodology, co-ordinating a team of 100 offshore developers, to roll out the Tesco.com website internationally

• October 02, 2013 02 Oct'13

  Belfast Health Trust virtualises its way to the cloud

  The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust is implementing virtualisation technology across the trust, with hopes to become a cloud provider in the near future

• September 27, 2013 27 Sep'13

  Executive interview: The significance of GPU accelerated Java

  Sumit Gupta general manager, Tesla GPU Accelerated Computing at Nvidia discusses general purpose GPU applications

• September 24, 2013 24 Sep'13

  IBM demos 48x speed boost in Java using Nvidia GPUs

  Nvidia’s Cuda graphics processors have been used to speed up a Java-based sorting program by up to 48 times

• September 13, 2013 13 Sep'13

  Can Dell boost its enterprise credibility?

  Michael Dell remains committed to the PC business.But where will the company go next now that it is private?

• September 09, 2013 09 Sep'13

  Executive interview: Andrew Brem, Connected Homes, British Gas

  British Gas is digitising energy. Andrew Brem speaks to Computer Weekly about the internet connected home

• 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

• August 27, 2013 27 Aug'13

  ARM buys Sensinode for ‘internet of things’ push

  ARM acquires the start-up to boost communication capabilities between devices and gain a stronger place in the open standards community

• August 07, 2013 07 Aug'13

  Is the smart meter roll-out doomed?

  A new select committee report has given the UK's smart meter roll-out a thumbs up. But is the project doomed to failure?

• August 02, 2013 02 Aug'13

  CIO interview: David Byrne, Carphone Warehouse - Connected World

  Connected World Services is the Carphone Warehouse's modern take on "Tesco in a box". David Byrne heads up the IT for the business

• July 26, 2013 26 Jul'13

  Newport Council predicts £500,000 five-year savings from ‘Save time, go online’ scheme

  Newport City Council sees cost savings and customer service improvements with its online services programme

• July 24, 2013 24 Jul'13

  UK CIOs admit they cannot support software

  CIOs admit their IT teams cannot support large parts of their application estates and operating systems, according to research

• July 09, 2013 09 Jul'13

  Government tenders for agile digital developers

  The Government Procurement Service (GPS) is putting a cross government framework for agile software development services

• July 09, 2013 09 Jul'13

  NATS restricts UK flights as safety measure after software glitch

  A software systems failure has caused the national air traffic control service (NATS) to restrict flights across south England

• 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 04, 2013 04 Jul'13

  Why agile development failed for Universal Credit

  The DWP has ceased all agile development on the Universal Credit programme. Was agile not up to the job? Or was DWP not up to agile?

• 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 18, 2013 18 Jun'13

  Civil servants to increase IaaS and SaaS CloudStore spend

  Government departments are likely to buy more infrastructure and software services from the CloudStore this year, finds research

• June 14, 2013 14 Jun'13

  Government backtracks on its preference for open source

  The government has quietly backtracked from its publicly declared preference for using open source over proprietary software

• June 10, 2013 10 Jun'13

  Interview: Bill Curtis discusses the challenges of maintaining software quality

  Bill Curtis, who led the development of the Capability Maturity Model, discusses how software quality must keep up with the pace of change

• June 07, 2013 07 Jun'13

  IBM and 10Gen collaborate on database standard for enterprise mobile

  IBM and 10Gen are to work together on a database development standard for mobile enterprise applications

• 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

• 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

  Microsoft updates its hybrid cloud with Windows Server 2012 R2

  To encourage developers to build hybrid cloud applications, Microsoft is offering up to $150 per month of Azure services to people running Visual Studio

• May 31, 2013 31 May'13

  Microsoft's Windows 8.1 update fails to deliver

  Microsoft’s stab at pacifying users has back-fired, as it readies Windows 8.1, which will be available at its Build developer conference next month

• May 30, 2013 30 May'13

  SAP delivers a boost to employment of people with autism

  Specialisterne, a social enterprise set up to help people with autism get into the workplace, has had a major breakthrough with SAP