IT efficiency and sustainability
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News
28 May 2025
UK biometric surveillance exists in ‘legal grey area’
The rapid proliferation of ‘biometric mass surveillance technologies’ throughout the UK’s public and private sectors is taking place without legal certainty or adequate safeguards for the public Continue Reading
By- Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Data & ethics editor
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Feature
28 May 2025
AI and compliance: What are the risks?
We look at the areas of risk in artificial intelligence. Potential exposures abound, and include security and privacy issues, bias, accuracy and complete fabrication of results Continue Reading
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News
16 May 2012
CIO interview: Cathryn Riley, CIO, Aviva
It's been a tough time for Aviva with CEO Andrew Moss forced to step down in a shareholder revolt. But for CIO Cathryn Riley, it’s business as usual. Continue Reading
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News
18 Apr 2012
Government unaware how much it pays for e-mail services
Government departments do not know how much they are spending on e-mail services, according to research by Computer Weekly. Continue Reading
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News
13 Apr 2012
The big returns from big data
Organisations can earn an incremental ROI of 241 percent by using big data technology to examine large and complex data sets, according to this report from Nucleus Research. Continue Reading
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News
04 Apr 2012
Transforming IT at HM Revenue & Customs
HMRC CIO, Phil Pavitt, gives the key facts around HM Revenue and Customs’ IT change programme in this PowerPoint presentation for Computer Weekly's 500 Club. Continue Reading
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News
02 Apr 2012
The next wave of digitisation: setting your direction, building your capabilities
Companies need to make significant investments in digital skills and technologies if they are to meet the needs of their customers, Booz&Co argues in this report. Continue Reading
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News
29 Mar 2012
Danone uses SAP to reduce carbon footprint
Heath food maker Danone has used SAP to reduce its carbon footprint by 22%. Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
22 Mar 2012
Business leaders agenda 2012
This report from KPMG identifies business priorities across a wide range of geographies and industries, and assesses the economic outlook. Continue Reading
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Feature
13 Mar 2012
How to make your network green
Make sure your network and datacentre run efficiently as part of a green networking strategy Continue Reading
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News
13 Mar 2012
BMC Mainframe Survey 2011
Over a thousand large mainfram users took part in this survey and it reveals some telling plans across the IT sector for the coming year. Continue Reading
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News
07 Mar 2012
Systems integrators 'charge more in paperwork than SMEs do in delivery’
A systems integrator asked for more money from the government for an IT product proposal than an SME was able to deliver the actual service for. Continue Reading
By- Kathleen Hall, TechTarget
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Opinion
02 Mar 2012
Opinion: Is big data just big hype?
If the deluge of headlines and vendor marketing materials is anything to go by, big data is the next big thing. So how much is there really to all this big data talk? Continue Reading
By- Martha Bennett, Forrester Research Inc.
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News
02 Mar 2012
The mindset of the chief information officer
This study evaluates the leadership role that chief information officers perform in helping their organisations achieve their commercial goals. Continue Reading
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News
14 Feb 2012
Business technology in the 21st century
This Economist Intelligence Unit report reviews how expectations for technology are changing and the implications for CIOs. Continue Reading
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News
08 Feb 2012
CIO interview: Rob Fraser, IT director, Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury’s IT chief talks about why in-house IT works better than outsourcing and how to double revenue without doubling IT spend. Continue Reading
By- Kathleen Hall, TechTarget
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News
07 Feb 2012
More than half of government projects behind schedule
More than half of major government projects are behind schedule, according to the head of Whitehall's Major Projects Authority. Continue Reading
By- Kathleen Hall, TechTarget
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News
07 Feb 2012
Global Disaster Recovery (DR) Index 2012
The Acronis Global Disaster Recovery (DR) index is an annual benchmark of businesses disaster recovery preparations worldwide. Continue Reading
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News
31 Jan 2012
SOA Reference Architecture
Download the Open Group Service-Oriented Architecture reference architecture. Continue Reading
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News
06 Jan 2012
The cyber-savvy CEO and growing cyber threats
This report from PwC explains why CEOs need to take the lead in protecting their organisations from the surge in cyber attacks. Continue Reading
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Photo Story
08 Dec 2011
The UKtech50: The top 20
Following on from our successful afternoon yesterday, where we unveiled the most influential people within the UK IT industry, ComputerWeekly brings you the lowdown on the top 20. Continue Reading
By- Matt Scott, TechTarget
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Feature
02 Dec 2011
IT matters again
This report from Deloitte argues that businesses are again investing in IT to help them compete with rivals despite the downturn. Continue Reading
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News
03 Nov 2011
SAP on track to achieve 2011 greenhouse gas emissions target
Enterprise software maker SAP decreased greenhouse gas emissions by 2% per employee in the quarter ended 30 September, compared with the same period in 2010, according to the company's quarterly sustainability report. Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford
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News
29 Sep 2011
The impact of the Olympics power drain on London-based datacentres
Power shortages and costs are becoming an increasing concern for companies with datacentres in London as the Olympics approaches. Continue Reading
By- Kathleen Hall, TechTarget
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Feature
19 Aug 2011
Green IT: How to deliver value to your business
IT leaders are under pressure to make sure IT investments are made in the right places and realising that sometimes-elusive goal of measuring tangible value from IT. Continue Reading
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News
28 Jul 2011
Starting from scratch - the SMB CIO
The role of CIO is usually associated with large companies with lots of technology and several IT staff. But that's not always the case. Continue Reading
By- Anthony Caruana
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News
06 Jun 2011
Service providers battle to reduce carbon footprint as datacentres expand
IT service providers are united in their attempt to reduce carbon footprints on paper, with corporate targets to support them, but despite putting a lot of energy into the cause, their power consumption is rising, according to a major benchmarking study. Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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Feature
25 Apr 2011
Making your PC fleet green
Planning for your computer fleet to satisfy the increasing need for environmental friendliness isn't as tough as it sounds. Here are five things CIOs can do. Continue Reading
By- Anthony Caruana
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Photo Story
08 Apr 2011
In 1966 England won the World Cup and Computer Weekly launched the world's first weekly IT newspaper
After 45 years in print, Computer Weekly, the award-winning title for senior IT decision-makers, is to become a 100% online publication. Here is a celebration of 45 years in print. Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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E-Zine
01 Apr 2011
Building a business case for a green data centre
New mandatory initiatives have recently come into play in the U.K., pushing the idea of “greening up” the data centre higher on every companies’ priority list. Volume 1 of the Virtual Data Centre e-zine gives an overview of how these environmental regulations affect U.K. businesses and what can happen if they don’t comply. The issue also details how data centre operators can institute energy-saving initiatives and strategies to lower CO2 emissions, reduce their facilities’ carbon footprint, and avoid steep compliance penalties - all while saving their companies a few pounds. Continue Reading
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News
24 Feb 2011
Juniper aims to wrap Cisco with QFabric datacentre management
Datacentre operators and cloud computing suppliers could slash their power and space requirements while running up to 10 times faster Continue Reading
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Photo Story
22 Feb 2010
Winter Olympics sets marker for London 2012
It has been difficult to miss the fact that the Winter Olympics are being held in Vancouver, Canada. Continue Reading
By- Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA
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Photo Story
29 Jan 2010
Photos: Virus sculptures from computer waste
Sculptor Forrest McCluer brings a new twist to the term "computer virus" by constructing 3D representations of biological viruses using old computer parts. Continue Reading
By- Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst
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Photo Story
24 Sep 2009
Photos: Devastating human impact of toxic technology waste
Gangs of criminals, posing as computer recycling firms, are dumping hundreds of containers full of broken computer equipment in the developing world every week. Up to 900 containers a week are arriving in Africa and Asia from Western Europe and the US, according to e-waste experts. Continue Reading
By- Rebecca Thomson, Computer Weekly
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Photo Story
01 Jul 2009
Photos: Solar powered plane ready for take off
Solar Impulse HB-SIA, the world’s first aircraft the first aircraft designed to fly around the clock without using fossil fuel or polluting the planet, was unveiled at a Swiss military airfield last week. Continue Reading
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19 Feb 2009
Photos: Toxic tech waste poisoning Africa
Greenpeace has found the UK’s tech waste is being dumped in developing countries instead of being recycled. Around 500,000 tonnes of tech waste in the UK are unaccounted for every year. By using GPS technology to track a TV intended for recycling, the charity has shown how waste from the UK is poisoning countries like Nigeria. Continue Reading
By- Rebecca Thomson, Computer Weekly
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Photo Story
31 Oct 2008
Photos: IBM Blue Ice supercomputer at Swansea
The Mike Barnsley Centre for Climate Research has installed IBM's Blue Ice supercomputer to aid its investigation into climate change. Continue Reading
By- Cliff Saran, Managing Editor
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News
28 Oct 2007
Suncorp GM: Second Life trumps videoconferencing
Suncorp's Gavin Keeley believes the casual atmosphere of Second Life makes for better meetings. Have your say on his opinions inside this story! Continue Reading
By- Simon Sharwood