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July 14, 2015
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Jul'15
Defra could face a further £370m in penalties if CAP reform fails
An additional £370m in fines could be faced by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs by 2021 if its revised CAP scheme fails to take off
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July 14, 2015
14
Jul'15
Vodafone scheme to help SMEs get online
Vodafone is to trial a series of digital workshops for SMEs aimed at equipping them with a stronger online presence
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July 14, 2015
14
Jul'15
AWS to build wind farm in North Carolina to power its cloud datacentres
AWS follows up earlier renewable energy pledge by setting out plans to build 208MW wind farm
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July 13, 2015
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Jul'15
UK to invest £45m in digital research and skills
Millions of pounds will be invested in building research centres to fuel the UK’s digital economy research and skills
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July 13, 2015
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Jul'15
GE predictive analytics optimises Irish Power electricity production
Irish Power is an early adopter of GE's predictive analytics tool suite Reliability Excellence from GE, built on the company’s Predix platform
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July 10, 2015
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Jul'15
Government produces Digital Transformation Plan to boost UK productivity
Chancellor George Osborne's Digital Transformation Plan puts digital technologies at the heart of the UK's economic future
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July 10, 2015
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Jul'15
Nordic countries differ wildly in their e-commerce needs
Businesses need to take different approaches to e-commerce in different Nordic countries
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July 09, 2015
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Jul'15
GDS set for share of £55m pot to boost digital government plan
Chancellor George Osborne set aside funds in his budget to support digital transformation
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July 08, 2015
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Jul'15
Do we really need bank branches?
Bank branches are being used less and less, but that doesn't mean customers are getting a less personal service
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July 08, 2015
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Jul'15
BA opens up API on flight information
British Airways offers an open application programming interface (API) for flight information to encourage developers to create value-added travel applications
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July 08, 2015
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Jul'15
Marks & Spencer online sales grow as relaunched website takes off
Online sales rise at food and clothing retailer Marks & Spencer as it comes out of the other side of a redesign for its e-commerce website
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July 08, 2015
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Jul'15
Retailers failing to utilise mobile generation, says Shoppercentric
Retailers know consumers are becoming more mobile and want an omni-channel experience, but customers still seek more
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July 03, 2015
03
Jul'15
Nordic retailers get physical to combat international digital giants
Nordic retails must evolve if they are to prosper in a sector where competition from international online giants is fierce
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July 02, 2015
02
Jul'15
BBC to cut 1,000 jobs and merge tech teams due to low licence fees
The BBC will cut jobs and merge its technology teams in an effort to save funds after a drop in licence fees as fewer people watch live TV
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July 02, 2015
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Jul'15
Former Starling CTO Tom Bloomfield sets up smartphone rival
Former Starling CTO Tom Bloomfield founds smartphone-based service, Mondo, currently applying for a bank licence to take on the high street giants
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July 02, 2015
02
Jul'15
Local digital services “not my job” says GDS’s Bracken
The government’s digital chief was questioned over how local authorities can collaborate with Whitehall on common challenges
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July 01, 2015
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Jul'15
Sungard follows Apple, Facebook and Microsoft's lead with Irish datacentre plans
Sungard teams up with Digital Realty to create new Irish datacentre
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July 01, 2015
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Jul'15
CipherCloud and CSA lead calls for cloud security open APIs
The pair have teamed up to create a working group that will guide the industry on how to make the cloud more secure, but in an open way
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July 01, 2015
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Jul'15
Unified commerce the next step for retailers
Retailers should be adopting a unified platform and rethinking the value of stores if they want a true omni-channel business, says Demandware
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July 01, 2015
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Government should follow in private sector’s footsteps if it wants digital to succeed
The government should use tactics deployed by the private sector if it wants to encourage the public to use online services
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June 30, 2015
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AWS to open first datacentres in India from 2016
Public cloud giant wants to tap into sub-continent's growing demand for cloud services while tackling latency and sovereignty issues
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June 30, 2015
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Jun'15
Do not leave digital government development to Whitehall, says Chi Onwurah MP
Whitehall should not be left with sole responsibility for the government drive to building a digital future, says shadow Cabinet Office minister Chi Onwurah
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June 29, 2015
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Challenger finance firms taunt banks over legacy IT at SAP services conference
Challenger finance companies presented at a SAP financial services event to inject some urgency into the banking sector
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June 25, 2015
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Jun'15
Universal Credit costs leap by more than 20% to £15.8bn
Figures reveal increase in lifetime cost since changes to the plan made to 'reset' the troubled welfare reform programme
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June 25, 2015
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Jun'15
CIO Interview: Ian Bell, CIO, Cambridgeshire Police Service
The CIO of Cambridgeshire Police Service talks about the constabulary’s move to digital for collaboration and information sharing in its effort to increase efficiency
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June 25, 2015
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Digital government 'a chance to build a new state', says Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock
Cabinet Office minister Matthew Hancock says the move to digital government is a “chance to build a new state” in a speech outlining his priorities
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June 25, 2015
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Jun'15
Case study: Model railway company Hornby overhauls payments with Braintree
Hornby’s head of digital strategy explains how the firm chose Braintree as its online payments platform following its website migration last year
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June 24, 2015
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Jun'15
Digital-only Atom Bank gets UK banking licence
Atom Bank set to launch later in 2015 after gaining UK banking licence
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June 23, 2015
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Jun'15
Choose Digital CTO makes case for "NoOps" software delivery approach
Allowing developers to create, test and deploy updates alone lets companies take risks and innovate with greater ease, argues Mario Cruz
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June 22, 2015
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Interview: Christina Page explains how Yahoo keeps its datacentres green and clean
Yahoo's global director for sustainability explains why cloud providers need to get clued up on renewable energy
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June 18, 2015
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Jun'15
NHS England technology plan to offer full patient records online and free Wi-Fi everywhere
NHS England hopes to save as much of a third of its predicted £22bn budget deficit through better use of technology and data by 2020
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June 17, 2015
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Jun'15
NHS suspends e-Referral hospital booking system two days after launch
The NHS temporarily withdrew its e-Referral service due to performance problems shortly after its launch, when it went live with 33 known issues
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June 17, 2015
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Jun'15
RBS customers denied 600,000 payments due to IT glitch
IT problems at RBS cause delays in payments reaching customer accounts
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June 17, 2015
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Jun'15
Organisations remain unprepared for SQLi attacks, despite popularity
SQLi attacks on web applications most likely in the UK and Norway, an NTT study reveals – even though such attacks are well-documented and understood
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June 17, 2015
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Jun'15
John Lewis names five finalists for Jlab retail startup accelerator
Retailer John Lewis has decided on five finalist startups for its Jlab accelerator after a number of SMEs pitched their ideas for exploiting technology
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June 17, 2015
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Jun'15
Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock calls for 'data culture' across government
The government wants to move towards a 'data culture' to make better spending decisions, says minister responsible for digital reform, Matt Hancock
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June 15, 2015
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Jun'15
Chinese hackers are by-passing web privacy tools, say researchers
A new Chinese watering hole attack is exposing the details of visitors to certain websites even if they are using Tor browsers or VPNs, researchers have found
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June 15, 2015
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Jun'15
NHS e-Referral system goes live, despite 33 issues and GDS warning
NHS England has launched its replacement hospital appointment booking service, even though it has known errors and failed to follow government digital guidelines
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June 15, 2015
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Jun'15
Wikimedia to encrypt all connections by default
The Wikimedia Foundation calls on all sites to join its move to encrypt all connections by default
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June 11, 2015
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Jun'15
Is HMRC making tax more taxing for non-digital taxpayers?
Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has made tax data accessible online – but how should it cater for those unable (or unwilling) to use digital services?
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June 10, 2015
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Jun'15
DWP extends trial of Universal Credit digital system
The trial for the digital service to support the controversial welfare reform programme has been expanded to two new areas in Sutton and Croydon
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June 10, 2015
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Jun'15
Regulators could clamp down on comparison sites as Confused.com bias is revealed
Investigation into comparison sites reveals bias that regulators might find misleads customers
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June 09, 2015
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Jun'15
Boots cuts 700 jobs in bid to restructure and improve tech
Cosmetics firm Boots has announced it will be cutting 700 non-store roles in an attempt to invest in technology and simplify back-office operations
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June 09, 2015
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Jun'15
HMRC denies reports of Verify causing users problems
HMRC has denied that problems faced by the public attempting to claim marriage tax breaks are caused by the Gov.uk Verify scheme
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June 08, 2015
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Jun'15
Home Retail Group appoints former Amazon executive as CTO
Parent company of Argos and Homebase, Home Retail Group, selects former Amazon.com tech president as chief technology officer (CTO)
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June 08, 2015
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Jun'15
John Lewis incubator sees first round of second-year pitches
More than 20 startups have presented their pitches to John Lewis executives in the first round of this year’s Jlab accelerator
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June 04, 2015
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Jun'15
Ed Vaizey to chair Digital Infrastructure Taskforce for broadband and mobile
Digital economy minister Ed Vaizey will take charge of a Digital Infrastructure Taskforce focused on broadband, mobile and the digital economy
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June 02, 2015
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Jun'15
Nordic Startup Awards highlight region's next wave of innovation
Nordic startups celebrated at annual awards ceremony, but where next for the region's fledgling IT firms?
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May 29, 2015
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May'15
CIO interview: Billie Laidlaw, RSPCA
RSPCA CIO Billie Laidlaw explains how the charity's cloud-first approach to IT procurement benefits the animals in its care
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May 28, 2015
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May'15
CA Technologies to buy agile software development firm Rally for $480m
IT management vendor snaps up agile services and software specialist to capitalise on enterprise appetite for DevOps working styles
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May 22, 2015
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May'15
Government should take agile approach to policy and service delivery, says Hancock
The future of service delivery and policy making will be more focused around an agile approach, said Cabinet Office minister Matthew Hancock
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May 22, 2015
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Cloud gives SMEs a competitive edge over the enterprise, claims Salesforce
The rise of cloud computing means enterprises need to keep a closer eye on their SME competitors, claims Sage and Salesforce.com
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May 22, 2015
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HP CEO hails business split progress amid downbeat Q2 revenue slumps
Despite chalking up revenue declines in several business units, Meg Whitman is more convinced than ever of the need to breakup HP
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May 20, 2015
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Only 0.4% of GP patients in England have accessed their online records
Although electronic medical records are now available to the majority of NHS England GP patients, only 0.4% have opted in and accessed their data.
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May 20, 2015
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CERN and Rackspace use OpenStack clouds to aid global research efforts
Rackspace and particle research organisation talk up the latest development to emerge from their open-source cloud partnership
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May 20, 2015
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M&S sees drop in yearly online sales due to website changes
Retailer M&S suffers a drop in online sales following disruption caused by website relaunch
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May 19, 2015
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NHS England GPs offer online services to 97% of patients
GPs covering 97% of the population in England now offer online access to medical records, appointment booking and repeat prescriptions
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May 19, 2015
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May'15
Gartner warns cloud buyers off hasty IaaS investments
With the competitive landscape in flux, end users should exercise caution when choosing their IaaS providers, Gartner warns
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May 19, 2015
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May'15
Google slashes public cloud prices to undercut rivals
Google cuts cost of its public cloud services to pass on hardware savings in line with Moore's Law
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May 15, 2015
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May'15
Why the tech savvy Nordics are failing in international e-commerce
In the borderless online world, Nordic online retailers must expand beyond their home markets to keep up with growing competition
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May 15, 2015
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May'15
IT suppliers call on new-look GDS for commitment to G-Cloud's future
In light of Francis Maude's departure from GDS, G-Cloud suppliers want assurances from the government about what's in store for the framework
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May 15, 2015
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May'15
Joanna Shields appointed junior minister
Former Tech City CEO Joanna Shields appointed parliamentary under secretary of state at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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May 14, 2015
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AWS Educate brings cloud to the classroom to address IT skills gap
Amazon Web Services (AWS) wants to ensure students have the skills they need to make full use of cloud technologies in the workplace
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May 13, 2015
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May'15
Retailers still not delivering omni-channel experience, says Accenture
Research by Accenture finds customers think retailers could provide a more unified approach across all platforms
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May 11, 2015
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May'15
EMC: Rise of third platform could spell end for businesses unwilling to adapt
EMC World 2015 saw the storage giant warn about the business risks of ignoring new technologies and ways of working in the digital age
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May 08, 2015
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Fortnum & Mason selects open source over commercial software
Fortnum & Mason has opted for the Spree open-source e-commerce platform, for the underpinnings of its new website
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May 08, 2015
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Bloomberg launches single page site as part of digital transformation
Bloomberg has saved users loading time by creating a single page infrastructure based website to deliver a more targeted experience
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May 07, 2015
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Huawei opens European Research Institute
Huawei opens doors of European Research Institute in Leuven, Belgium
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May 07, 2015
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Sainsbury’s suffers £72m pre-tax loss as restructuring takes effect
Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has reported a pre-tax loss of £72m as it restructures its stores and invests in digital
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May 07, 2015
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Ed Miliband most tweeted about as UK goes to polls
Labour leader Ed Miliband has been the most tweeted about politician in the week leading up to election day
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May 05, 2015
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May'15
Risky Scottish rural payment system runs 74% over original estimated spend
An IT system developed by the Scottish Government providing payments to farmers is branded a risk after exceeding budget by 74%
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May 05, 2015
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May'15
Sportlobster uses PubNub network for data streaming in real time
Sport social network Sportlobster uses data stream network from PubNub to avoid months of development work and to cut infrastructure costs
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May 01, 2015
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Public sector IT suppliers call on government to extend G-Cloud 5
After the Crown Commercial Service said G-Cloud 5 would not close on 22 May, public sector IT suppliers ask government to extend it even further
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May 01, 2015
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OpenStack engineer shortage drives up private cloud TCO, finds 451 Research
OpenStack costs less to deploy than Microsoft, VMware or Red Hat private cloud, but engineering shortages drive up its total cost of ownership (TCO)
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May 01, 2015
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Home Retail Group grows profits 15% with mobile and online channels
Mobile and online initiatives at Home Retail Group – parent company of Argos and Homebase – drove a 15% growth in its yearly operating profit
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May 01, 2015
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May'15
TSB invests £250m in traditional and digital banking
TSB is investing £250m in its digital services and branches to support its belief that customers should not have to choose between the two
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April 30, 2015
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Apr'15
Technology driving pick-and-mix banking
Banks are having their businesses picked away by competitors as customers go elsewhere for many products
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April 29, 2015
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Apr'15
Paym processes £44m payments in its first 12 months
Users made payments of about £44m with the Payments Council's Paym platform in its first year of operation, accelerating in the last few months
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April 28, 2015
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Apr'15
Brits like digital only banks but still want traditional services
Research has revealed that 13% of British people are already planning to move their current account to a digital-only alternative
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April 23, 2015
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GSMA uses 3D printing to encourage girls into STEM careers
At a 3D printing event in London's FabLab, girls were told by female IT industry speakers how to pursue a tech career
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April 22, 2015
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Tesco's online sales increase despite £6.37bn loss
Supermarket Tesco has posted a yearly pre-tax loss of £6.37bn despite its online grocery business growing ahead of the market at 20%
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April 22, 2015
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HSBC website mistake guides customers to porn
HSBC’s Hong Kong website accidentally featured an out-of-date link that directed people to a porn site
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April 20, 2015
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Apr'15
Software flaw puts thousands of Magento sites at risk
A new vulnerability that could enable hackers to steal credit card and customer details using e-commerce platform Magento has been found
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April 16, 2015
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Retailers should think of consumers as “omni-customers”, says OVS Spa
Retailers should refocus their strategy to treat consumers as “omni-customers”, according to the director of e-commerce for Italian brand OVS Spa
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April 16, 2015
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Business intelligence and analytics overtakes security as banking IT priority
More banks see investment in business intelligence and analytics technology as a priority than security
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April 15, 2015
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EC slams Google over comparison shopping and Android
EC issues statement of objection to Google claiming it has abused its dominant position in internet search and mobile
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April 15, 2015
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Barclays pays customers to bank online
The importance of online and mobile banking in the future of UK banks is clear as Barclays starts to pay customers to use the channel
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April 15, 2015
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Digital technology transforms wealth management industry
Wealth management is a shrinking industry as technology makes it easier for the rich to manage their own money or find independent advisors
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April 15, 2015
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Availability of tech blurs lines between retailers and brands
The increased availability of technology has blurred the lines between retailers and their brands as they strive for customer engagement
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April 09, 2015
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Apr'15
BBC Engineering restructures to support flexible media needs, says CTO Matthew Postgate
The BBC's technology department, BBC Engineering, will restructure to more effectively provision TV, radio and news, says CTO Matthew Postgate
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April 09, 2015
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Apr'15
Linux Foundation to host open encryption project
The Linux Foundation is to host an open encryption project aimed at providing a free and easy way to protect online data
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April 08, 2015
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Apr'15
Sales assistants need data protection coaching, says Furla
Sales assistants in stores need to be coached on how to collect data from customers, says a representative from luxury retailer Furla
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April 07, 2015
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Apr'15
Digital agenda streamlines public sector in Norway
While governments are eager to toot the horn of digitisation, real-world effects are still a few and far between, but Norway is aiming to change this
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March 31, 2015
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Sainsbury’s creates 480 digital specialist jobs, while cutting 500 jobs elsewhere
Sainsbury’s is creating 480 jobs for in-house digital specialists to develop digital systems to meet the increasing technology demands of customers
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March 31, 2015
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Mar'15
IT is more important than marketing for banks
IT spending will grow at the expense of other areas such as marketing as optimism in financial services increases
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March 30, 2015
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Rural payments service failed GDS assessment but still went live
The troubled rural payments digital service failed its most recent assessment by the Government Digital Service, but was still launched to farmers
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March 30, 2015
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Mar'15
CIO interview: Mark Holt, chief technology officer, TheTrainline.com
A major cloud migration and a range of mobile initiatives are high on the agenda of the UK’s best-selling train booking website, TheTrainline.com
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March 27, 2015
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Google Cloud Launcher accelerates off-premise open-source app deployments
Google hopes to make it easier for users to deploy open-source apps in its cloud through the release of its Google Cloud Launcher tool
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March 27, 2015
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Mar'15
Labour sets out digital government priorities in election campaign
The Labour Party has set out its digital government priorities, criticising the coalition for failing to meets targets for 'digital by default' services
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March 27, 2015
27
Mar'15
Government deal means banks could close the last branch in town
Banks and government compromise on branch closures as digital banking decimates traditional services – but deal ensures alternatives