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May 19, 2020
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May'20
Portworx to add application profiles to persistent container storage
Kubernetes persistent container storage that runs from inside the cluster will add application storage profiles for applications such as Apache Kafka, Elasticsearch and Postgres
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September 06, 2018
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Sep'18
Chrome 69 security improvements welcomed
The cyber security community has welcomed the improvements in the latest version of the Chrome browser, especially when it comes to generating strong, unique passwords
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August 16, 2018
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Aug'18
Google Chrome flaw puts privacy at risk
Imperva security researcher urges Google Chrome users to update to the latest version after discovering a vulnerability that could be exploited to uncover private data
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July 26, 2017
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Jul'17
Adobe to kill off Flash Player by end of 2020
Adobe has announced it is to stop updating and distributing Flash Player in just over three years’ time
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May 10, 2017
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May'17
Blockchain economy on the horizon
Blockchain technologies will enable many new and disruptive business models than the internet itself, an expert predicts
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March 20, 2017
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Mar'17
Cardiff man Samata Ullah admits terrorist charges after posting encryption details on Islamic blog
Samata Ullah, a resident of Cardiff, pleaded guilty to five terrorism charges, including developing an encrypted version of an Islamic website and posting videos explaining how to use encryption
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March 19, 2017
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Mar'17
SAP to invest $200m in United Arab Emirates
European software maker plans investment to get near customers in the Middle East
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March 09, 2017
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Mar'17
Domino’s Australia says hello to chatbots
The pizza chain has launched a chatbot that takes orders via its Australian website and mobile app
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February 27, 2017
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Feb'17
Santander bank to work with IBM developing mobile apps for staff
Santander bank wants to make its staff more productive through mobile apps, which it will create alongside IBM
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February 24, 2017
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Feb'17
Number of people hit by professional financial cyber attack grows after lull
Kaspersky Labs reports that the number of people hit by financial cyber attack grew in 2016 after falling in the previous two years
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February 13, 2017
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Feb'17
Dutch tech hub is facilitating the next Google
Amsterdam is already a leading tech hub, and is now offering support for companies in their second phase of development
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January 23, 2017
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Jan'17
Singapore and Indonesia stand out for IT spend in Apac banking sector
Singapore is the top spender on IT for banking of all developed economies in the Apac region, while Indonesia has the fastest growth rate in IT spending
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January 23, 2017
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Jan'17
Schroders staff to complete daily tasks on mobile devices
The asset management company wants to make it easier for its staff to complete everyday tasks by linking mobile devices to enterprise systems
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December 21, 2016
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Dec'16
Doddle Parcels delivers for Christmas with NoSQL database
Parcel delivery company Doddle has turned to a NoSQL database to deliver on Christmas and set up more shops more quickly
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December 21, 2016
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Dec'16
Top 10 CW Middle East stories of 2016
Read the most popular articles about enterprise IT in the Middle East
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December 20, 2016
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Dec'16
Top 10 CW Nordics stories of 2016
Read the top 10 Nordic enterprise IT stories from Computer Weekly
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December 19, 2016
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Dec'16
Review of 2016: Top 10 CW Benelux articles
Here are the 10 most popular Benelux-focused Computer Weekly articles of 2016
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December 13, 2016
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Dec'16
Is there a Dutch digital delusion?
To stand still is to decline. The Netherlands seems to be losing ground in the digital world, according to new reports
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December 05, 2016
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Dec'16
Top 10 ANZ enterprise IT stories of 2016
Here is a rundown of Computer Weekly’s most popular ANZ enterprise IT articles for 2016
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December 05, 2016
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Dec'16
Top 10 Asean enterprise IT stories of 2016
The 10 most popular Asean articles of 2016
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November 29, 2016
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Nov'16
Finnair digitises core business processes via Apple and IBM
Finnair is working with IBM to bring user-friendly apps to its internal workforce
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November 22, 2016
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Nov'16
HumanOps: Etsy on how unclear workplace expectations contribute to staff burnout
IT managers risk "normalising" bad workplace behaviour and contributing to employee stress by responding to emails out of hours and staying late unnecessarily, warns Etsy web operations manager
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November 16, 2016
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Nov'16
UK almost bottom of OECD pile for ICT investment
The UK ranks low in terms of how much it invests in the ICT infrastructure as a proportion of GDP
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November 14, 2016
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Nov'16
Keeping pace with the evolving millennial consumer in Southeast Asia
Businesses are revamping their technology and omnichannel strategies to keep pace with the millennials
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November 12, 2016
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Nov'16
Gulf Cooperation Council’s local companies eye regional shared services
Enterprises indigenous to the Gulf region are taking their first step into business and IT shared services through internal developments
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November 04, 2016
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Nov'16
Cern to track job applicants ‘at the speed of light’
The nuclear research laboratory in Geneva, famous for tracking sub-atomic particles, is developing a cloud service to track the thousands of people who apply for jobs each year
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November 03, 2016
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Nov'16
Suppliers fail to impress as companies ramp-up HR tech
A major survey of European firms shows that few believe HR technology suppliers have had a positive impact on their business, as they ramp up spending on HR technology
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November 02, 2016
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Nov'16
Coca-Cola cloud project bottles rewards for 25,000 staff
Coca-Cola European Partners, which bottles 15 billion litres of soft drinks each year, is working with an HR technology supplier to develop flexible rewards packages for its 25,000 employees
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November 01, 2016
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Nov'16
Insurers face same legacy system battle as retail banks
The biggest barrier to insurance companies adopting digital technology is their heavy reliance on legacy IT systems
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October 25, 2016
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Oct'16
Australian IT spending to be near A$85bn in 2017
Australian CIOs must plan digital platforms that can connect to customer and business networks – or risk losing customers
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October 25, 2016
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Oct'16
Case study: Ocado uses machine learning to help customer services deal with email overload
Ocado's head of data, Dan Nelson, reveals details of how the online grocer is using machine learning to bolster the responsiveness of its customer service teams
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October 07, 2016
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Oct'16
Engineering company uses HR technology to cut staff leaving rates
Aveva has seen its employee attrition rate fall by 5% a year, partly as a result of its investment in HR technology
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October 06, 2016
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Oct'16
Artificial intelligence to drive mobile innovation, says GSMA
The GSMA’s inaugural Global Mobile Trends report predicts that artificial intelligence will soon emerge as a catalyst for development of mobile technology
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October 03, 2016
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Oct'16
19 local councils sign up for Gov.uk Verify trials
GDS will lead pilots of using identity assurance system for local authority digital services
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September 08, 2016
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Sep'16
Bank IT spending to hit $241bn across four major global regions
IT spending across four major economic regions will increase by around 4% in 2016, but Europe is the least certain
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August 30, 2016
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Aug'16
Executive interview: Expanding banking through APIs
Western Union’s head of digital ventures, Khalid Fellahi, discusses how the money transfer service is embracing digitisation
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August 14, 2016
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Aug'16
Mobile internet will grow GDP and generate jobs in Asean countries
Mobile internet penetration in Southeast Asia will boost the region’s gross domestic product and increase employment, a report says
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August 05, 2016
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Aug'16
Rackspace ‘on brink’ of sale to private equity house – report
Reports suggest managed cloud company could be sold in a matter of days, ending its time as a publicly listed company
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July 27, 2016
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Jul'16
Accenture to move HMRC tax system to private cloud
HMRC has awarded Accenture a contract that will run until 2020 to digitise the UK tax system
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July 21, 2016
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Jul'16
IT outsourcing falls steeply in second quarter but IT as a service sees strong growth
Sales of IT as a service growth in Europe helped offset a huge fall in the total value of traditional IT and business process outsourcing contracts
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July 18, 2016
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Jul'16
Oracle targets cloud sales at Asia Pacific’s mid-sized firms
Software giant aims to hire 1,000 professionals to drive mid-market growth in Apac region
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July 13, 2016
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Jul'16
IT professionals urged to dial-down tech talk to win CIO approval for DevOps projects
Chef CEO Barry Crist claims senior management are not interested in the tech side of DevOps, so IT professionals should lead on the business benefits
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July 06, 2016
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Jul'16
IDC predicts slowdown in public cloud infrastructure spend will be short-lived
IDC claims prospect of overseas datacentre builds and growing enterprise demand for off-premise services should ensure sales of IT infrastructure increase through 2016
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June 28, 2016
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Jun'16
Lauri Love suicide risk if extradited to US over hacking allegations
Westminster Magistrates’ Court hears evidence from medical experts that alleged hacker Lauri Love is at risk of suicide if extradited to the US
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June 21, 2016
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Jun'16
Australian government entices UK tech startups
Australia is trying to entice UK technology firms to open operations in the country, with benefits including a stepping stone to Asia and a skilled workforce
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June 15, 2016
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Jun'16
Gulf Air tinkers with Oracle suite and explores hybrid cloud models
Bahraini airline Gulf Air is looking to make productivity gains across its enterprise resource planning system
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June 02, 2016
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Jun'16
More safeguards needed to protect MPs communications, claims parliamentary body
Joint Committee on Human Rights argues Investigatory Powers Bill protections are ‘inadequate’
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June 02, 2016
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Jun'16
LogMeIn customers complain over price hikes and contract renewals
Remote management supplier denies not notifying customers about impending price rises and renewal dates, as end-user complaints mount
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May 23, 2016
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May'16
Middle East CIOs put ambitious IT projects on hold as cheap oil hurts business
A lack of business confidence leads some organisations in the Middle East to delay or abandon ambitious IT projects that may not show an immediate return
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May 16, 2016
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May'16
GDS urged to reinstate G-Cloud web accessibility safeguards
Public sector IT buyers risk breaking disability discrimination laws, following removal of web accessibility safeguards from G-Cloud, it is claimed
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May 05, 2016
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May'16
M&S credits Office 365 with rise in staff collaboration and communication
Marks and Spencer shares details of how moving to Microsoft’s cloud-based productivity suite has ushered in an era of ”smarter working” in its retails stores and corporate HQ
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May 04, 2016
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May'16
IBM develops quantum as a service
IBM starts the ball rolling on what it would mean to program a universal quantum computer
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April 12, 2016
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Apr'16
Enterprises that shun cloud comprise a business threat, says 451 Research
Hosted IT reaches a tipping point as analyst house 451 Research claims that enterprises shunning cloud technology constitute a risky proposition
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April 06, 2016
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Apr'16
Atom banking app goes live
Digital-only bank makes app available to iPhone and iPad users, with Android version to follow soon
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March 17, 2016
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Mar'16
CIO interview: Mogens Kristensen, Sydbank
Danish bank’s IT head explains the advantages of sharing some IT systems with other banks
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March 16, 2016
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Mar'16
Rolls-Royce cloud HR project will pay for itself in two years
HR IT director Mark Judd explains how engineering and aerospace firm swapped ageing ERP and spreadsheets for a company-wide core HR system
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March 16, 2016
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Mar'16
Oracle Q3 2016: cloud revenue grows, US currency strength takes toll
SaaS and PaaS combined contributed $583m in third quarter, up 57% in US dollar terms, while IaaS was down 2% in dollars to $152m
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March 04, 2016
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Mar'16
Facebook to overhaul UK corporation tax-paying regime – report
Social networking giant plans to book larger deals with British firms via its UK arm, paving the way for it to pay more corporation tax
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March 04, 2016
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Mar'16
Legal spears fly at Privacy Shield
Police Scotland is investigating the implications of the end of Safe Harbour. Service providers must comply with UK law, regardless of where they are based
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February 17, 2016
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Feb'16
Interview: Digital Marketplace director Tony Singleton on why he is leaving G-Cloud
With the government’s Digital Marketplace now a bona fide source of £1bn of public sector IT spend, Computer Weekly asks its programme director why he is moving on to pastures new
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February 12, 2016
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Feb'16
Netflix is now 100% all-in on the AWS cloud
Streaming firm details the challenges it faced during seven-year push to wind down its datacentres and move everything into the AWS public cloud
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February 11, 2016
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Feb'16
Tech Nation 2016 report reveals demand for digital skills in all sectors
The digital industries contributed £87bn to the economy in 2014 – but there remains a lack of skills and broadband is still unevenly distributed
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February 03, 2016
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Feb'16
CIO interview: Fergus Boyd, vice-president for digital, Yotel
The fast-growing international hotel chain sees digital technology as central to its offering and expansion plans
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January 28, 2016
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Jan'16
Construction of £150m biomass-powered datacentre starts in Scotland
The developers behind Scottish green datacentre project confirm the campus is finally under construction
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January 22, 2016
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Jan'16
Trinity Mirror Group taps into cloud, agile and microservices to boost web user experience
National and regional newspaper publishing group is using AWS and SOASTA's performance monitoring tools to improve the user experience for its online readers
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January 13, 2016
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Jan'16
DevOps success requires business and cultural shift
Cultural resistance and immature tools are limiting companies’ ability to ride the digitisation wave with streams of software-driven initiatives
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January 06, 2016
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Jan'16
Upgrade to Internet Explorer 11 to reduce risk
Failure to update to the latest version of Internet Explorer by 12 January 2016 could put users at risk, Microsoft warns
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January 05, 2016
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Jan'16
Amazon WorkMail goes on general release in Europe
AWS readies challenger to Gmail and Office 365 as cloud battle with Google and Microsoft enters new phase
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December 18, 2015
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Dec'15
Cisco to create 200 new cloud computing jobs in UK
Networking giant outlines plans to treble the size of the Cisco Meraki team by 2017
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December 15, 2015
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Dec'15
Poundland launches e-commerce Christmas push with Rackspace managed support
Budget retailer has turned to Rackspace to ensure its first foray into online retail can withstand the seasonal rush
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December 15, 2015
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Dec'15
Interview: Lebara CTO sets out plans to go all-in on AWS cloud
Lebara was a Europe-centric, single-product telco until the cloud paved the way for it to grow its service portfolio and expand overseas
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December 14, 2015
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Dec'15
Rockwool invests €2m in global HR project
Manufacturer interviewed other companies about their HR systems before choosing a system to harmonise its processes across 38 countries
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December 08, 2015
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Dec'15
Browsium helps IT check plug-ins
With increasing numbers of applications running in the browser it is much harder for IT managers to check what plug-ins are being used
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December 03, 2015
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Dec'15
VMware research shines light on volume of UK enterprise data stored overseas
A poll of UK IT decision makers suggests just 37% know exactly where their enterprise data is located
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November 24, 2015
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Nov'15
Equinix rolls out AWS Direct Connect in Slough datacentre
Datacentre provider launches private internet connection to Amazon Web Services to help customers build hybrid clouds
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November 12, 2015
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Nov'15
The British Museum uses Google Street View to boost online access to exhibits
The Google Cultural Institute has partnered with The British Museum to help make its collections accessible to people around the world
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November 02, 2015
02
Nov'15
Startup support network Tech London Advocates expands into Nordics
Startup support network Tech London Advocates is launching a sister organisation covering the Nordic and Baltic countries
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October 30, 2015
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Oct'15
Google set to merge ChromeOS with Android
Google's experiment to establish its second operating system – ChromeOS – is expected to merge into a future Android release
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October 30, 2015
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Oct'15
Alcatel-Lucent transformation cuts HR costs by 30% with cloud platform
Alcatel-Lucent expects to have its cloud human resources (HR) platform used in 62 countries by the end of the year, replacing aging on-premise HR IT systems
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October 29, 2015
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Oct'15
Met Office's new supercomputer to deliver £2bn of socio-economic benefits
The Met Office aims to realise a range of socio-economic benefits to UK industries thanks to improved forecasting with its new Cray supercomputer
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October 29, 2015
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Oct'15
Fitness club goes digital to recruit new staff quickly
Equinox turns to digital technology from SmartRecruiters to speed up hiring employees
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October 28, 2015
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Oct'15
British American Tobacco saves £1.4m after automating candidate selection
British American Tobacco uses custom profiling software to cut the number of applications managers have to screen by half, as part of a major re-organisation of its recruitment processes
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October 21, 2015
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Oct'15
MySQL 5.7 aims at deeper convergence with Oracle tech and NoSQL
MySQL 5.7 has been released with next-generation hardware in mind, offering greater interoperability with Oracle and NoSQL database technologies
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October 20, 2015
20
Oct'15
Google offers free cloud apps to encourage Office 365 users to ditch Microsoft
Google ups ante in ongoing war to dethrone Microsoft as the enterprise's preferred provider of cloud-based productivity tools
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October 19, 2015
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Oct'15
Opera chooses Workday over Oracle as it moves HR to cloud
Browser company Opera opts for slick internal IT as it competes with Apple and Google for skilled technologists
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October 15, 2015
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Oct'15
Enterprise IT buyers swap traditional servers for converged infrastructure, research shows
A survey from 451 Research suggests enterprises will increase their use of converged infrastructure stacks to swap out traditional server estates
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October 12, 2015
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Oct'15
Government sets up £4m fund to spur video games industry
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport announces grants of up to £25,000 from the Video Games Prototype fund to help new UK games developers get off the ground
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October 09, 2015
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Oct'15
PCs still the right choice for business, despite decline in sales, says Gartner
Android or iOS devices with keyboards are unlikely to replace Windows-based laptops and hybrids, according to analyst firm Gartner
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October 09, 2015
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Oct'15
Nasa and Philips emerge as early adopters of AWS IoT app creation platform
Cloud giant debuts AWS IoT, which it claims will make it quicker and easier for enterprises to create apps for connected devices
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October 08, 2015
08
Oct'15
Take part in the Computer Weekly Technology Industry Survey 2016
Share your views in Computer Weekly’s annual Technology Industry Survey, which provides an insight into the trends, challenges and aspirations of today’s IT professionals
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October 05, 2015
05
Oct'15
Workday seeks growth, not profit, as it expands in Europe
Cloud services company Workday is setting its sights on growth as it expands from cloud HR, to finance, learning and analytics
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October 01, 2015
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Oct'15
HP Cloud 28+ enters beta and introduces self-certification scheme for providers
Hewlett-Packard (HP) gears up to launch its Cloud 28+ service catalogue in December 2015, talking up the opportunities it presents for European providers
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September 25, 2015
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Sep'15
NHS-approved healthcare apps found to be leaking unencrypted user data
A study into the data security of NHS healthcare apps highlights serious privacy shortcomings
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September 24, 2015
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Sep'15
Nominet Trust Tech for Good list – why awareness of good causes is important
Nominations for the Nominet Trust Tech for Good closes at the end of September 2015 – and here's how highlighting good technology deeds helps the industry
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September 23, 2015
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Sep'15
Data-sharing agreement between EU and US called into question by European law makers
The future of the US Safe Harbour Agreement has been thrown into doubt after EU law maker claims it may not adequately protect user data
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September 21, 2015
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Sep'15
Oxford University takes SaaS-led approach to IT department consolidation
The University of Oxford has merged several IT departments to provide staff and students with centralised support
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September 21, 2015
21
Sep'15
Employees crave digital skills, but organisations lack budget to teach them
VMware survey on digital skills finds a large percentage of employees are keen to learn, but organisations are holding them back
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September 15, 2015
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Sep'15
Accenture buys Cloud Sherpas for SaaS applications push
Accenture sets out plans to acquire Salesforce consultancy business and give enterprises a helping hand with moving to the cloud
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September 15, 2015
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Sep'15
The digitisation of Premier League football
Premier League football clubs are ramping up their digital strategies this season
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September 11, 2015
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Sep'15
John Lewis sales grow, but profit falls as restructuring shakes up the business
The retailer reports a growth in sales, but blames omnichannel shift for a fall in operating profit