IT management

DWP refuses to release value for money reports on Universal Credit IT suppliers

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) refuses to publish details about Universal Credit IT suppliers' performance Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Cloud to drive Cisco Indian mid-market growth in 2014

Cisco aims for growth in India by targeting the rising mid-market as 65% of India’s currently under-served mid-market firms plan to get more from their networks Continue Reading

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• Shaleen Sinha

40 years ago today: Computer Weekly January 24 1974

The National Museum of Computing has a full copy of every print edition of Computer Weekly since our first in September 1966, and is now digitising the archive. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

HB Fuller sticks with HR in the cloud

Cloud based HR system gives adhesives maker the ability to manage its global workforce Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

CIO interview: The challenge of delivering IT in a refugee camp

The United Nations (UN) looks after 58 million refugees. Naginder Kaur Dhanoa, CIO of the UN High Commission for Refugees speaks about the challenges Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

DWP IT audit to expose strategic failings

The Department for Work and Pensions has completed an internal audit of its IT strategy, and sources suggest it will reveal serious deficiencies Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Special Report on Cisco

This special nine-page report from Computer Weekly, updated for 2014, analyses the challenges facing Cisco, its financial performance, the services it offers, its place in the IT market and its future strategy. Continue Reading

Governance of IT, an executive guide to ISO/IEC 38500

This extract from the book: Governance of IT, an executive guide to ISO/IEC 38500, tells you the key things you need to consider before you start a project implementation. Continue Reading

Top 10 Project Management Trends For 2014

There is growing unease with the status quo of current project management practices, this report from ESI International reveals. Continue Reading

Top IT priorities for 2014 in Europe

Exclusive Computer Weekly research showing how IT decision makers are spending their 2014 budgets. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Internet at risk of 'cybergeddon' says WEF

Internet is at risk of fragmenting amid concerns over spying and cyber crime, says World Economic Forum Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Big banks' legacy IT systems could kill them

A banking T-Rex is dying and nimble competitors will pick at its carcass. Is it too late for the retail bank giants to overhaul their IT and survive? Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

The IT risks facing Universal Credit

Despite Iain Duncan Smith's robust defence of his flagship welfare reform policy, Universal Credit, evidence to the contrary continues to mount Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

When will government IT teams learn they are not as different as they think

We learned today of another government IT fiasco - millions of pounds being wasted at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on a system for recruiting soldiers and reservists for the Army. The project was ... Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Big Data and Content Analytics: measuring the ROI

There is a high expectation for the potential value of big data analytics early adopters are achieving good results that are helping to drive decision making in the business, this survey of 340 technology professionals reveals. Continue Reading

Interactive graphic: 2014 European IT priorities and forecast

Find out the IT priorities and forecasts of European businesses for 2014 with our exclusive reader survey results Continue Reading

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• Kayleigh Bateman, Computer Weekly

DWP already struggling to recruit digital skills for Universal Credit IT development

DWP is already struggling to recruit IT staff with the digital skills it needs – not just for Universal Credit but also other IT projects Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

CW Europe – Jan 2014 edition

Analysts have predicted that 2014 will see the creation of “executives with no idea about IT sourcing” due to the many changes that digitisation will bring to IT outsourcing. In this issue CW Europe’s outsourcing editor looks at how digitisation and consumerisation are changing the IT department. Continue Reading

Universal Credit faces IT skills shortage risk after GDS withdrawal

The withdrawal of the Government Digital Service (GDS) from work on Universal Credit is one of the major risks for the troubled project over the next 12 months Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

DWP to spend further £90m on Universal Credit IT system

Department for Work and Pensions to spend £90m enhancing heavily criticised Universal Credit IT system – much of which will be thrown away Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Computer Weekly founding editor, Chris Hipwell, dies after short illness

Chris Hipwell, the founding editor of Computer Weekly, the world’s first IT magazine, has died after a short illness Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Accenture: get ready for the smart tech revolution

Consumers are gravitating towards wearable devices like smart watches to complement their digital lifestyle, a new study from Accenture has found Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Universal Credit IT suppliers to be left out of new digital system development

HP, Accenture, IBM and BT will have 'significantly less' involvement in the digital system developed for full roll-out of the benefits scheme Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Indian IT market is booming with the sale of tablets

Tablet sales in India in the third quarter of 2013 increased by 9% compared to the same period 12 months ago Continue Reading

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• Satarupa Bhattacharya

Mobile technology changing India but government must legislate

Mobile technology is changing how Indian government and businesses operate but the regulatory environment must change if the country is to reach its potential Continue Reading

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• Anup Basti

CW500 Club in 2013

Computer Weekly's CW500 Club attracts the top IT leaders in the UK to talk to their peers about the topical challenges they face Continue Reading

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• Computer Weekly Staff

User acceptance testing needs real training, not just a short course

In spite of its importance, user acceptance testing (UAT) is often chaotic, problematic and ineffective Continue Reading

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• Pauline van Goethem
• Brian Hambling

Should you become an interim CIO?

With the recovery of the UK economy still underway, one of the trends in IT management for 2014 is the continued demand for interim CIOs Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

Nvidia delivers GPU grid to power Citrix virtual workstations

Nvidia has released vGPU grid technology for Citrix XenDeskop and Xenserver to support remote, hardware accelerated graphics processing. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Avon drops SAP big bang transformation

Cosmetics giant Avon has halted its multi-year SAP rollout due to a poor return on investment. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Universal Credit IT: What we know; what we don't know

"There is no debacle on Universal Credit" declared Iain Duncan Smith in his opening salvo to MPs on the Work and Pensions Select Committee this week.The beleaguered secretary of state yet again ... Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

DWP writes off £40m on Universal Credit but insists the IT is working

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is scrapping £40.1m of IT work on Universal Credit, and a further £91m will be written off over five years Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Over half of Indian CIOs to increase cloud budget

54.8% of Indian CIOs will increase their cloud computing budgets in 2014, with software as a service (SaaS) the most common Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

The most influential people in UK IT

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we reveal our annual list of the 50 most influential people in UK IT – the real movers and shakers driving the digital economy - and also select 10 rising stars to look out for in 2014. We look back at the big changes in the datacentre environment this year and assess what the future holds. And we examine the growing popularity of agile development and hear from experts on the latest best practices. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

UK citizen sues Microsoft over Prism private data leak to NSA

A court action brought in the UK will test Microsoft's legal right to disclose private data on UK citizens to US intelligence services Continue Reading

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• Fiona O’Cleirigh

CEO insights: Reinventing the rules of engagement

This major study from IBM, which delves into the views of 884 global CEOs, assess the impact of technology on their organisations and strategy. Continue Reading

CIO insights: Moving from the back office to the front line

This major global C-level survey from IBM examines the changing role of the CIO and makes recommendations for CIOs who want to move from the back office to the front line of the business. Continue Reading

Computer Weekly UKtech50: Rising stars 2013

During Computer Weekly’s annual UKtech50 awards today in London, we also announced our top 10 rising stars from the IT and technology industry Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

UKtech50 2013 – the most influential people in UK IT

Computer Weekly has announced the fourth annual UKtech50, our definitive list of the movers and shakers in UK IT - the CIOs, industry executives, public servants and business leaders driving the role of technology in the UK economy Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Microsoft changes its licensing terms

Microsoft is offering a single Microsoft Products and Services Agreement (MPSA) to simplify its volume licensing agreements. But what does it mean to SAM? Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Councils threatened with disconnection from PSN in escalating security row

A London council was hours away from being disconnected from the public sector network, in an row between central and local government over security compliance Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Tech spend to increase in 2014 as executives explore big data

Over three-quarters of chief financial officers plan to increase technology investments in 2014 Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

Scabal moves to the cloud for storage flexibility

Clothing manufacturer Scabal is moving its entire IT infrastructure to Interoute’s cloud for flexibie storage Continue Reading

The future of local government IT

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at how visionary IT leaders in local government plan to transform the delivery of digital public services using the cloud. Our latest buyer’s guide looks at the technology challenges of implementing the internet of things for businesses. And do firms dealing with tech-savvy consumers need a new approach to IT management? Some IT leaders think they do. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

IT budgets to rise by 3% in 2014 as companies step up spending on mobile

IT spending will increase by 3% in 2014, up from 1.8% last year. But shadow IT spending will add another 40% to technology budgets Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Review of ITinvolve for Knowledge Management

Managing the knowledge of IT support teams is vital to reduce issue resolution times. The ITSM Review takes a look at the collaboration features in ITinvolve. Continue Reading

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• Barclay Rae

How web giants are making datacentres lean and green

Facebook and eBay infrastructure chiefs outline their efficiency strategies at DatacenterDynamics Converged conference in London Continue Reading

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• Jim Mortleman

Executing your strategy 3: Vision

This is the third of a six part guide explains the key steps of the Strategic Execution Framework, developed to help organisations stay focused on innovation, increase performance, manage change and scale the business. Continue Reading

CW500:Future Gazing 2020 (I)

Andrew Drazin, founding partner of c-level recruitment specialist,Theron LLP, gives his take on the future of the IT department in 2020. Continue Reading

CW500:Future Gazing 2020 (II)

Professor Victor Newman, author, advisory board member and mentor at Social Innovation Lab Kent (Silk), gives his take on the future of the IT department in 2020. Continue Reading

Banks clamp down on traders in chat rooms

Traders at several banks have been banned from chat rooms in the wake of scandals including the manipulation of the Libor interbank lending rate Continue Reading

Jaguar Land Rover builds data sharing infrastructure

Jaguar Landrover (JLR) has used a proposed data sharing standard to improve car development within its product lifecycle management (PLM) system. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Pegasystems CEO Alan Trefler plans his next move for the $500m software company

Alan Trefler discusses his plans for Pegasystems, the BPM and CRM specialist that has grown into a $500m a year company Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

M&S uses instore IT to train staff in multi-channel retail

Marks & Spencer is using in-store iPads and kiosks to train staff to support its multichannel retail strategy Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Technology, society and morality: the implications for technology leaders

Technology is evolving at a pace and scale that has never been experienced. Society is struggling to keep up with the social and moral implications Continue Reading

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• Austin Jepsen

Google reaches $17m multi-state settlement over Safari snooping

Google has reached a $17m settlement agreement with 10 US states for bypassing Apple Safari privacy settings Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Human Capital Management

Computer Weekly looks at the steps companies have taken to improve talent management; bridging the gap between the cost savings promised by cloud technologies and the value they deliver. Continue Reading

Future Gazing: The Future of IT in 2020

The next six years will see the influence of technology accelerate, and that will mean radical changes for the role of the IT department and the CIO Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Key take aways from the Gartner Symposium 2013

Computer Weekly attended this year's Gartner Symposium in Barcelona. In this picture gallery we highlight the main themes. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Poundland chooses Microsoft Office 365 as it overhauls IT infrastructure

Poundland is implementing Microsoft Office 365 to enable staff to collaborate and communicate more efficiently. Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

Call for graduates to apply for John Lewis technology scheme

Retailer John Lewis is encouraging university-leavers to apply for positions in its graduate development scheme Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

Mass surveillance a bad idea, says Information Commissioner Christopher Graham

Information Commissioner Christopher Graham says issues of national security must not overshadow concerns of legitimate public interest Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Executing Your Strategy 1: Ideation

Ideation is based on the concept that life asks three fundamental questions Continue Reading

Personal skills for professional success: influencing

Mastering influencing skills opens doors for your career by improving not just the ways in which you interact with important groups of people, but also by increasing your self-confidence in your ability to communicate persuasively. Continue Reading

A CW buyer’s guide to Human Capital Management

Computer Weekly looks at what steps the industry has taken to improve talent management; bridging the gap between the cost savings promised by cloud technologies and the value they deliver; and how to recruit expertise in emerging technologies. Continue Reading

Executing your strategy 2: Nature

This is the second of six part guide which explains the key steps of the Strategic Execution Framework, developed by the Stanford Advanced Management Programme, to help organisations stay focused on innovation, increase performance, manage change and scale the business. Continue Reading

Digital identities and the open business

Analysts Bob Tarzey and Rob Bamforth explain the business drivers that encouraging companies to invest in Identity and access management (IAM) despite tight budgets. Continue Reading

How to build an effective User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Team

Learn how to build an effective User Acceptance Testing (UAT) team with this extract from User Acceptance Testing, a step by step guide. Continue Reading

The Deloitte CIO Survey 2013

This study from Deloitte gives the latest trends in IT spending, technology and business priorities and CIOs' career aspirations Continue Reading

'Extraordinarily poor' Universal Credit project needs clear IT stategy, say MPs

MPs say the Department for Work and Pensions must set out a clear IT strategy for Universal Credit and state how much money will be written off Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

IT spending up as companies invest in digital technology

Businesses are stepping up their spending on IT as they invest in strategic digital technologies, a CIO survey by Deloitte reveals Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Universal Credit - now the role of IT suppliers must come under scrutiny

It is increasingly likely the government will have to write-off most, if not all, of the £303m spent so far on developing IT to support Universal Credit. Multiple sources told Computer Weekly that ... Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Crown Hosting Service to save £530m from government IT bill by 2018

Government Digital Service to establish new Crown Hosting Service to consolidate hosting across Whitehall, saving £530m per year by 2018 Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

DWP ministers to decide whether to scrap all of the £300m Universal Credit IT

Ministers at the DWP are to decide this month whether to scrap all of the £300m Universal Credit IT systems and start again from scratch Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

DWP refused to release Universal Credit IT review to MPs

DWP has refused to provide MPs with a copy of a review of the IT for the troubled Universal Credit project by programme chief Howard Shiplee Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Companies are not taking advantage of data analytics, research says

Research by Bersin by Deloitte shows that 86% of businesses have yet to progress beyond using their HR data to generate basic reports Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Government calls for more data scientists in the UK

The government is calling on industry and academia to help produce more data scientists in the UK Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Software licensing: SAP terms and conditions are not above European law

The district court of Hamburg has ruled against SAP over its case against a German second-user software reseller Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

CIO Interview: Ann-Marie Rafferty, head of IT, Access, on partnership models

Ann-Marie Rafferty, who heads up IT for the partnership between Serco and Glasgow council, discusses strategic frameworks Continue Reading

Six tips to help you negotiate the best deal with your datacentre provider

Your willingness to negotiate can make a big difference to the deal you get, says Anthony Day, associate at law firm DLA Piper Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Financing IT purchases

There are a number of ways a new IT platform can be acquired but choosing the right method for your business is key. Continue Reading

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• Clive Longbottom

HP and Diageo take different paths to cloud-based HR

HP and Diageo took very different approaches when they deployed cloud-based human resources (HR) software from Workday Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Interview: Professor Ian Bitterlin, the Green Grid

Green Grid's Chair Ian Bitterlin discusses datacentre energy efficiency, role of DCIM tools and whether UK and EU CIOs are doing enough for datacentre efficiency Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

Case study: Pumps maker Hayward Tyler’s restructure sharpened ERP business focus

When a restructure arrives half way through an ERP upgrade, it could be a threat to the IT programme. But Hayward Tyler saw it as a chance to ensure business goals were at the heart of its Epicor project. Continue Reading

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• Lindsay Clark

How technology is making business more human

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how new technologies are changing the way that businesses are run and employees are managed. Our new buyer’s guide looks at the options available for finance and insurance in IT and how it can help mitigate against cyber security risks. We report from VMware’s European user conference and hear how desktop virtualisation is helping Hertz cut its IT support costs. And we examine the data management issues raised by the consumerisation of IT. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Government overhauls security classification to fit digital age

In its first overhaul since World War II the government is consolidating six security bands to three with a system deemed more appropriate in the digital age. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

The UK is an attractive location for IT service providers

The UK is an attractive location for IT services and BPO suppliers as these services mature beyond being used merely as a cost-cutting tool Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Who owns your LinkedIn account?

It is common for employees to use personal social networking accounts for work, but who actually owns those accounts? Continue Reading

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• Sarah Burke

Toyota e-learning upgrade aims to cut mechanics' training time by up to a year

Car distributor Toyota Motor Europe is using e-learning to manage the training and certification of motor technicians and engineers Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

IBM interns join ShopDirect to combine gamification and Twitter analysis

Undergraduate ShopDirect interns spent the summer with IBM on a project using gamification and Twitter to engage with customers Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Make a high-performance computing and high-availability datacentre

High performance computing and high availability systems are no longer limited to engineers and scientists. But is your datacentre ready? Continue Reading

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• Clive Longbottom

Case study: Coca-Cola embarks on green IT strategy

Coca-Cola is aiming to reduce the carbon footprint of its IT. Kevin Sirjuesingh, director of IT strategic initiatives, discusses the plan Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Government pledges extra £100m to Enterprise Zones

Communities secretary Eric Pickles confirms the additional funding to help complete infrastructure projects around the new business hubs Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Charity uses cloud HR system to keep track of staff working in danger zones

It took a disaster in Haiti to demonstrate to charity World Vision why it needed better HR systems Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

IT for talent management

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we kick off our latest buyer’s guide looking at the growing interest in IT for human capital management. After the latest Gmail outage, we ask how IT leaders should prepare for cloud service failures. And we examine how big data and mobility are changing the way companies engage with customers. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

UKtech50 2013: The most influential people in UK IT

Computer Weekly is launching the fourth annual UKtech50, our definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Oracle OpenWorld 2013: Tesco takes a multi-channel approach to customer experience

Tesco has been using an array of Oracle technology, including its customer experience (CX) portfolio to turn the company in a multi-channel retailer Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

Google to rethink resilient networking following dual failure

In spite of running a dual redundant network, Google's Gmail system has had a major failure. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Oracle OpenWorld 2013: Businesses need to have constant digital conversations with the CIO, says PwC

Companies which have strong digital conversations across their business are more likely to be successful in sales, innovation and growth Continue Reading

Tesco to launch £119 7-inch tablet to expand multichannel presence

Tesco is expanding its multichannel retail strategy with the introduction of its own tablet, targeting non-internet-savvy users Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor