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• December 02, 2015 02 Dec'15

  UKtech50 2015 - The most influential people in UK IT

  Computer Weekly has announced the sixth annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK IT sector

• December 02, 2015 02 Dec'15

  Interview: BT CEO Gavin Patterson

  For BT CEO Gavin Patterson, the UKtech50 most influential person in UK IT 2015, the network is a vital tool to balance the demands of a global services business with the responsibility of being the national incumbent telecoms operator

• December 02, 2015 02 Dec'15

  UKtech50 2015 - Computer Weekly's five rising stars

  We select five IT leaders destined for great things, to recognise the rising stars of IT alongside our annual list of the 50 most influential people in UK technology

• December 02, 2015 02 Dec'15

  COP21: IoT can accelerate sustainable development, says Gartner

  As the Paris climate talks get under way, Gartner says the IoT has a big role to play in minimising the impact of global warming

• December 01, 2015 01 Dec'15

  Bill Gates spearheads climate change initiatives

  A group of IT entrepreneurs, CEOs, investment gurus and dignitaries have announced an alliance at the Paris 2015 Climate Conference to fund clean energy research

• December 01, 2015 01 Dec'15

  Security analytics needs practical approach, says Fico Ciso Vickie Miller

  Analytics must form part of a comprehensive defence-in-depth strategy, according to chief information security officer (Ciso) Vickie Miller at software firm Fico

• December 01, 2015 01 Dec'15

  Infinity SDC sells Slough datacentre assets to rival Virtus

  Virtus expands greater London datacentre portfolio by purchasing rival's colocation facility in Slough

• December 01, 2015 01 Dec'15

  CIO interview: Jesper Riis, DSV

  IT plays a business-critical role at Danish logistics and transportation company DSV. CIO Jesper Riis tells Computer Weekly about his current challenges

• December 01, 2015 01 Dec'15

  Rural payments problems led to 40% increase in costs, says NAO report

  Inappropriate behaviour and too much focus on IT procurement led to rural payments programme costs spiralling to 40% over budget, says National Audit Office report

• November 30, 2015 30 Nov'15

  What type of CIO do you want to be?

  There are three types of CIO, a major global research study has revealed. Which type would you like to be – trusted operator, change instigator or business co-creator?

• November 27, 2015 27 Nov'15

  Telefonica embarks on enterprise cloud push with Huawei

  Telco will work with Chinese networking supplier to offer enterprise access to OpenStack-based public cloud services

• November 27, 2015 27 Nov'15

  European colocation market growth buoyed by M&A and Safe Harbour, says CBRE

  Latest European datacentre market research from CBRE looks at effect of mergers and acquisitions and Safe Harbour on colocation adoption

• November 27, 2015 27 Nov'15

  GDS aims for £3.5bn savings using its £450m budget

  The Government Digital Service plans £3.5bn in efficiency savings on the back of its £450m budget, including a £1.3bn saving from its government-as-a-platform programme

• November 27, 2015 27 Nov'15

  CIO interview: Abhilash Chacko, head of IT commercial, Gatwick Airport

  Airport’s head of IT commercial seeks to abandon old ways of thinking and collaborate with airlines to use technology to improve the passenger experience

• November 27, 2015 27 Nov'15

  How to avoid an innovation credibility crash

  Among the innovation challenges a head of IT will face is how to introduce a digital initiative without losing face

• November 27, 2015 27 Nov'15

  Case study: Tideway uses private cloud to manage London ‘super sewer’ infrastructure

  Infrastructure services director explains why Tideway has opted for a managed, private cloud setup to support sewer project

• November 27, 2015 27 Nov'15

  Word ‘smart’ being abused by IoT advocates

  Speakers at an event hosted by Cambridge Wireless say the term ‘smart’ is overused to describe connected devices on the internet of things

• November 27, 2015 27 Nov'15

  TUI develops apps to keep in touch with holidaymakers all year

  Travel group plans to create mobile apps for holidaymakers to ask questions, book excursions and potentially plan their next trip

• November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15

  CIO interview: Turkka Keskinen, UPM

  Finnish paper and forest products firm’s CIO tells Computer Weekly about the journey towards cloud-only IT

• November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15

  How to offset Oracle costs when preparing a move to the cloud

  Savvy IT departments can mix and match support contracts as they negotiate with Oracle on a Fusion upgrade

• November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15

  Microsoft steps up efforts to clarify cloud security and privacy policy

  Microsoft debuts merged security information hub to make it easier for cloud users to find out more about the privacy and security policies of its hosted products

• November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15

  Use legal protection to soften cyber attack impact, says Kemp Little

  IT outsourcing provides an opportunity for businesses to transfer risk and recover losses from cyber attacks, says law firm Kemp Little

• November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15

  Dridex banking Trojan regains strength to mount attacks on the UK

  Fresh Dridex banking Trojan campaigns target the US, UK and France – despite a recent law enforcement takedown operation – warn security researchers

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  Spending review: Osborne gives NHS £1bn for technology boost

  The NHS will get £1bn to spend on technology – including an interoperable patient record system – chancellor George Osborne has announced

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  How the CIO can get on message

  Microsoft talks of a beautiful experience. Rackspace says it's fanatical about support. Marketing fluff? Or is there a lesson for CIOs?

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  Data breach hits Hilton Worldwide hotel chain

  Hilton Worldwide says malware found its way onto point of sale (PoS) systems and enabled attackers to steal payment card information

• November 24, 2015 24 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

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  Defence review promises 1.2% of defence budget spend on technology

  The government’s defence review highlights need for technology investment, innovative ideas and cyber security

• November 23, 2015 23 Nov'15

  SAP UK&I User Group Conference 2015: Newcastle University puts ERP on Hana

  Newcastle University has put enterprise resource planning and data warehouse data on SAP’s Hana platform in a proof of concept project

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  Five key strategies for IoT success

  Companies need to be agile because in some IoT systems, it will be a question of the winner taking it all, according to Kent Eriksson, IoT business consultant at PTC

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  UK and Estonia launch TechLink programme

  The UK and Estonian governments are launching a TechLink programme to share best practice and innovations

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  CIO interview: Lone Bundgaard, Coloplast

  IT development head at Danish medical products and services company plays core role in major change to how the company engages with its customers

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  HMRC Capgemini staff transfer consultation not as flexible as hoped, says union

  With less than two weeks left until HMRC’s deadline for transferring 250 Capgemini staff in-house, talks aren’t going as well as hoped, says the Public and Commercial Services Union

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  Coalition of top tech firms opposes weakened encryption

  Weakening security with the aim of advancing security simply does not make sense, a coalition of top tech firms tells US president Barack Obama

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  Group litigation against Post Office being prepared in Horizon dispute

  Subpostmasters who believe they have been wrongly punished for misaccounting or theft due to flawed computer system prepare group legal action against Post Office

• November 19, 2015 19 Nov'15

  451 Research highlights cost benefits of taking multi-provider approach to cloud

  Latest 451 Research cloud pricing report suggests buyers could get a better deal, if they're prepared to shop around

• November 19, 2015 19 Nov'15

  Fujitsu UK CEO calls for more Stem on TV

  Fujitsu’s UK and Ireland CEO Regina Moran argues for promoting science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) subjects and careers in the mainstream media

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Cyber security mindset needs to change, says report

  Government organisations are prime targets for cyber attacks, leading to increased importance on robust information security, according to a report by Intel Security and the Digital Government Security Forum

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Whitehall IT chiefs open up about challenges of going cloud-first in central government

  Whitehall IT chiefs talk about the progress they have made with abiding by the central government cloud-first mandate

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Traditional datacentres ill-equipped to cope with IoT demands, warn technology experts

  BBC data scientist and Coca Cola CTO question if the datacentre is the right place to store, process and analyse IoT data

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Gartner: IoT services, connected 'things' to surge in 2016

  The IoT services boom is on, says Gartner. What does that mean for CIOs? Also in Searchlight: Four indicted in last year's JP Morgan hack; Google's self-driving car pulled over.

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Post Office IT support email reveals known Horizon flaw

  An email from Post Office IT support reveals a problem with the Horizon system and supporting processes that could lead to accounting errors

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  George Soros backs IT services in eastern Europe

  George Soros is investing in an IT company that delivers services to global companies from Ukraine

• November 17, 2015 17 Nov'15

  Lack of digital skills is killing off startups, reveals Rakuten survey

  A lack of digital skills is one of the main reasons so many startups in the UK are failing, study shows

• November 17, 2015 17 Nov'15

  Deutsche Bank signs India’s HCL Technologies for digital services and systems integration

  Deutsche Bank is expanding its long-established relationship with IT services supplier HCL Technologies as it forges on with its digital transformation

• November 17, 2015 17 Nov'15

  Irish hospital to offer patient access to records by November 2016

  Galway Clinic plans a big-bang launch of its Meditech electronic medical record system, which includes a patient portal and mobile app

• November 16, 2015 16 Nov'15

  DDN revamp adds SFA14K plus hyper-converged and all-flash options

  DataDirect Networks upgrades core HPC storage arrays to create SFA14K, and adds hyper-converged SFA14KE plus all-flash IME14K front end to smooth I/O bottlenecks

• November 16, 2015 16 Nov'15

  Asean higher education institutions increase software and services spend

  Higher education organisations in developed Asean countries are investing heavily in software and services as their IT use matures

• November 16, 2015 16 Nov'15

  Openreach CEO Joe Garner to step down

  Openreach CEO Joe Garner is returning to the financial services sector after two years at the helm

• November 12, 2015 12 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