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• March 26, 2014 26 Mar'14

  TechUK criticises OFT's reporting of IT cartel accusations

  TechUK criticises a report from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) alleging anti-competitive behaviour and collusion between public sector IT suppliers

• March 24, 2014 24 Mar'14

  Two Cambridge graduates teach kids to code with robots

  Robotiky looking for support to kick start project of teaching kids to code through the use of robots

• March 24, 2014 24 Mar'14

  Grant Thornton spends £3m in move to cloud HR services

  Financial advisory firm invests in cloud talent management as it gears up to expand its operations in the UK

• March 24, 2014 24 Mar'14

  Analysis: Care.data – where next?

  Following the public debate surrounding the NHS Care.data plan, it was unsurprising the topic dominated the UK’s largest health IT event

• March 24, 2014 24 Mar'14

  What do Indian IT giants think of Meghraj?

  The Government of India cloud (GI Cloud), which promises to reduce costs and increase IT adoption in the public sector in India, has been welcomed by small IT suppliers, but what do the IT giants in the country think?

• March 24, 2014 24 Mar'14

  CompTIA to launch Advancing Women in IT community in UK

  CompTIA to introduce US women in tech community model in UK after demand from UK females

• March 21, 2014 21 Mar'14

  Customer privacy an ongoing challenge, says Unilever

  Unilever has set up a programme to address the continually evolving challenge of privacy issues relating to customer data

• March 21, 2014 21 Mar'14

  Samsung unveils digital classroom at Prince’s Trust Kennington

  Samsung provides technology and teacher training for digital classroom for underprivileged young people

• March 20, 2014 20 Mar'14

  Application support and maintenance costs increase 29%

  The cost of supporting and maintaining applications is increasing every year for Global 2000 companies in the US and UK, according to a study of 300 CIOs

• March 20, 2014 20 Mar'14

  Mine machine data to boost business value

  Businesses risk losing their competitive edge if they are unable to drill down into the information captured by machine-generated data

• March 20, 2014 20 Mar'14

  FDM everywoman 2014 technology awards winners announced

  Twenty-five females commended for their passion for IT at 2014 FDM everywoman awards ceremony

• March 19, 2014 19 Mar'14

  Oracle finally sees revenue growth from hardware business

  Oracle has finally seen a boost from its server business, with hardware sales up 8% in its latest financial results

• March 19, 2014 19 Mar'14

  Pirated software malware to cost business $491bn in 2014, study shows

  Malware deliberately loaded into pirated or counterfeit software is expected cost enterprises $491bn in 2014

• March 19, 2014 19 Mar'14

  Firms urged to take tough action on Unix-based cyber attack

  Security researchers have urged businesses to take action on a cyber criminal campaign that has seized control of 25,000+ Unix servers worldwide

• March 18, 2014 18 Mar'14

  Accenture awards Cherie Blair Foundation for Women $1.7m for Rwanda's business owners

  Accenture awards Cherie Blair Foundation for Women $1.7m to train female business owners in Rwanda

• March 18, 2014 18 Mar'14

  Oracle pushes Exadata servers aggressively against IBM PureSystems

  IDC’s latest market share data for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), has shown that Oracle is beginning to grow its server business

• March 18, 2014 18 Mar'14

  Global taskforce agrees on green datacentre metric

  DCeP hopes to win widespread support as a useful and meaningful standard for measuring datacentre efficiency

• March 18, 2014 18 Mar'14

  IT contractors work from home to avoid office politics

  Survey finds IT contractors work from home for higher rates of pay and to avoid office politics

• March 17, 2014 17 Mar'14

  Committee report calls for “presumption of openness” with public data

  The government should have a “presumption of openness” when it comes to public data, the Commons Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) said

• March 17, 2014 17 Mar'14

  Cloud archive pros and cons and the questions to ask providers

  A cloud archive offers a flexible and cost effective alternative to in-house archiving where maintenance is outsourced, but what are the key questions to ask a potential supplier

• March 17, 2014 17 Mar'14

  Three-quarters of UK charities are failing to adapt to digital

  Charities in the UK are failing to adopt digital agendas in their organisations

• March 17, 2014 17 Mar'14

  SMEs believes they are immune to cyber attack

  Most SMEs believe they are not at real risk of cyber attack, a survey has revealed

• March 14, 2014 14 Mar'14

  Red Bull ramps up network for 2014 F1 championship

  An extended relationship with AT&T will support RedBull Infiniti Racing on and off the track as it prepares its 2014 championship bid

• March 14, 2014 14 Mar'14

  Interview: Charles Phillips, CEO, Infor

  Charles Phillips is at a critical point in his role at Infor. Over the past three years as CEO he has invested heavily in overhauling the company's enterprise software

• 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

  British Gas uses SAS analytics to reach customers

  British Gas, one of the UK’s energy suppliers, is to use SAS analytics to improve marketing efficiency

• March 12, 2014 12 Mar'14

  Startup profile: Lowdown

  Lowdown is a British startup which has developed an app for meeting management

• March 12, 2014 12 Mar'14

  Government finally ends e-Borders programme

  The government has formally ended the troubled e-Borders programme, with its intended functions merged into a new project

• March 12, 2014 12 Mar'14

  Case study: Footwear company Deckers takes e-commerce sites into the cloud

  The company behind shoe brands including Ugg Australia and Teva is using a cloud-based digital commerce platform to support global expansion

• March 12, 2014 12 Mar'14

  More than 162,000 WordPress sites used in DDoS attack

  Security researchers have uncovered a DDoS attack that used more than 162,000 legitimate and unwitting WordPress websites

• March 12, 2014 12 Mar'14

  Tim Berners-Lee calls for internet users’ "bill of rights"

  World Wide Web creator marks its 25th anniversary by calling for a “free, open and truly global internet” enshrined in a "bill of rights"

• March 10, 2014 10 Mar'14

  Case study: BG Group turns to cloud HR to reach staff in multiple countries

  Gas exploration and production company replaces SAP HR technology with Oracle Fusion in the cloud.

• March 10, 2014 10 Mar'14

  Dark web key enabler for cyber criminals, say McAfee researchers

  The dark web is a key conduit for the malware industry to refine and distribute its products and services, say security researchers

• March 07, 2014 07 Mar'14

  CIOs hold fire over datacentre decisions

  When it comes to devising datacentre strategies, are CIOs paralysed like rabbits in the headlights, or playing a calculated game of wait and see?

• March 07, 2014 07 Mar'14

  Cabinet Office completes first user trial of consumer technologies

  The Cabinet Office has completed its first user trial of consumer technologies within the department

• March 06, 2014 06 Mar'14

  Employers pledge over 20,000 apprenticeships roles for National Apprenticeship Week

  Employers pledge to create more than 20,000 apprenticeships as National Apprentice Week celebrates its seventh year

• March 06, 2014 06 Mar'14

  John Lewis sees omni-channel growth in yearly results

  John Lewis has seen growth from both its in-store, online and mobile channels across its John Lewis and Waitrose branches.

• March 06, 2014 06 Mar'14

  Thames Water pilots smart analytics with Accenture

  Thames Water is six months into an 18 month pilot with Accenture Smart Grid to pilot real time monitoring to deliver an improved service

• March 05, 2014 05 Mar'14

  Channel 4 CTO Bob Harris leaves to set up consultancy firm

  Channel 4 chief technology officer Bob Harris is leaving the broadcaster at the end of March to set up his own consultancy business

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  IT sector sees sharper rise in insolvencies than overall economy

  Information and communications companies in the UK are suffering a rising number of insolvencies

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  Liverpool council to end BT IT joint venture

  Liverpool City Council is to cancel a £70m-a-year IT joint venture deal with BT and bring services back in-house

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  Computer Weekly European User Awards for networking: 2014 winners

  The winners have been announced for the Computer Weekly European User Awards for networking. See who made the top spots

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  Virgin Media boosts broadband speeds

  Virgin Media promises a top speed of 152Mbps for customers across the UK, as well as boosting its entry-level connection from 30Mbps to 50Mbps

• February 27, 2014 27 Feb'14

  RBS to tidy up systems mess

  Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) outlines plans to cut costs and improve customer services, slashing the number of IT systems in the process

• February 27, 2014 27 Feb'14

  MasterCard and Syniverse launch geolocation card verification service

  MasterCard and Syniverse have launched a number of mobile and payment services for mobile users to use while travelling abroad

• February 27, 2014 27 Feb'14

  Mobile responsible for 32% of online sales

  One third of all UK online sales were made using a mobile device in the last quarter of 2013

• February 27, 2014 27 Feb'14

  HP Autonomy unveils healthcare analytics system for textual data

  HP has unveiled a new healthcare analytics product to enable medical staff to interrogate text and data in relational databases

• February 27, 2014 27 Feb'14

  Microsoft takes aim at passwords

  Microsoft says it is determined to solve the problem of ineffective authentication that relies on usernames and passwords

• February 26, 2014 26 Feb'14

  Indian CISOs to develop more business skills to succeed

  Organizations require Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) to be much more than just a technical expert but also possess business skills in today’s growing technology driven Indian market

• February 25, 2014 25 Feb'14

  Interview: Prepare for the end of the silicon era

  IT breakthroughs are governed by the insights of Intel's Gordon Moore in 1965. IBM fellow Bernie Meyerson believes Moore’s law no longer holds true