IT management

Most businesses suffer major technology failure over 12 months

79% of businesses had a technology failure in the past year, costing £6.9m, according to a survey of IT professionals and business line heads Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

BMW gears up IT resilience with private cloud infrastructure

After testing and validating its own private cloud services, BMW's IT team is ready to use it in production Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

Six tips on how to create a clear project plan

A six-step approach for the project manager on how to create a project plan. Continue Reading

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• Kayleigh Bateman, Computer Weekly

Businesses hit digital roadblock due to paper processes

A survey of business and IT leaders has found that paper-based processes are creating inefficiencies Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

How much worse will Universal Credit IT problems get?

How much worse might things get with the troubled Universal Credit IT programme?Last week, we learned through a National Audit Office report that already £34m of IT work has been written off. This ... Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

£200m of Universal Credit IT could be scrapped, MPs told

£200m of IT work on the troubled Universal Credit programme could be written off, says government project management chief Norma Wood Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

£480bn of government revenue depends on "risky" legacy IT

Almost £480bn of the UK government’s revenues are dependent on legacy IT systems that “could present a very significant risk” Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

CW500: Best practice in BYOD

Simon Furber, Network Manager at Brunel University, highlights the key issues to consider when introducing BYOD in your organisation. Continue Reading

CW500: BYOD Mistakes and Opportunities

Steve Trigg, independent consultant and former banking IT executive, draws on his experience advising major banks on BYOD programmes in this presentation. Continue Reading

Special report on SAP

This 9 page special report, independently written by Computer Weekly and updated for 2013, gives you the key facts on SAP, its strategy, products and services and financial performance. Continue Reading

A CW buyer's guide to software asset management

Computer Weekly looks at best practice for software asset management in this 10-page buyer's guide. Continue Reading

Executive interview: Andrew Brem, Connected Homes, British Gas

British Gas is digitising energy. Andrew Brem speaks to Computer Weekly about the internet connected home Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Universal Credit IT: Separating the truth and the lies - you decide

Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith - the person ultimately responsible for the delivery of Universal Credit - has been touring TV and radio stations this morning, and facing questions in ... Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Closing technology gaps for human resources

Employers are seeing the gap between the promise of cloud-based talent management technologies and the value those technologies deliver. Suppliers can help to bridge the gap, says analyst group Nucleus Research. Continue Reading

DWP prepares the ground for NAO to reveal what's really happening in Universal Credit IT

In an unprecedented show of partial openness, the head of the troubled Universal Credit programme has gone public on some of the problems in the government's flagship welfare reform project.This ... Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Check software use and transfer rights to avoid licence misuse

Software licences can easily trip up organisations, putting them at risk of compliance action Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Banks tighten data handling in race for compliance

Data is obviously a valuable asset to any company, but managed poorly it could also be a liability. Data in the financial sector continues to grow at a rapid pace, so getting your house in order will ensure you are not hit with any unwanted fines or receive any negative PR due to data loss. In this issue of CW Europe read how data discipline ensures you avoid data loss, as well as helping you to think clearer and to be organised. Continue Reading

IT budgets in India are fastest growing in Asia Pacific

Indian organizations are increasing their IT budgets more than any other country in the Asia Pacific region with 19% increasing IT spending by more than 10% in 2013, according to Forrester research. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

How the sale of Nokia’s mobile phone business will affect Microsoft

Microsoft forges ahead with Steve Ballmer's vision to focus on hardware, software and services, with the $7.2bn acquisition of Nokia Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Bet365 improves latency and peering by updating network infrastructure

Online gambling site Bet365 upgraded its network and improved its latency to deliver a fast, smooth and reliable experience to its customers Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

Why schoolgirls are not interested in studying IT

The 2013 GCSE results showed a 25% increase in students taking the ICT exam - the first rise in numbers since 2005. However, the proportion of girls studying the subject continued to fall, from 46% ... Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

The CMO–CIO disconnect

This study from Accenture reveals the extent of the disconnect between chief marketing officers (CMOs) and chief information officers (CIOs), and offers advice on how to bridge the gap. Continue Reading

The end of the Ballmer era for Microsoft

Microsoft’s eccentric CEO will step down from his role with12 months, so what does that mean for the future of the firm? Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Box.com forges new cloud security model

Service providers and consumers need to move to a security model better suited to the cloud computing, says Box.com Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

How DWP and Universal Credit failed to work with SME suppliers

Less than 1% of DWP IT spending on the Universal Credit programme has gone to SMEs – how are big suppliers continuing their dominance? Continue Reading

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• Mark Ballard

CW buyer’s guide: managing identity & access

This 10-page guide to identity and access management examines how to find a balance between the needs of the business and regulators Continue Reading

Winning the Paper Wars

This report from AIIM, a global community of IT professionals, assess the ROI of paper free projects, the drivers for eliminating paper, and the hurdles. Continue Reading

Interview: Martin Russell, head of IT services, Just Eat

Just Eat's head of IT services, Martin Russell speaks to Computer Weekly about his experiences of switching to Google Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

UCAS adopts public cloud to process university admissions

Ten days before the A-level results, UCAS adopted a public cloud infrastructure to scale up its IT and to make admission process efficient Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

Less than 1% of Universal Credit IT spend goes to SMEs

Despite a 25% target, less than 1% of IT spending for government’s flagship Universal Credit programme has gone to small businesses Continue Reading

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• Mark Ballard

The dangers of internet cafés

Businesses need clear computer use policies and need to ensure staff are properly trained in data protection, writes Garry Mackay Continue Reading

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• Garry Mackay

Government to put 50% of all new IT spend through SMEs

The government wants to put half of all new IT spending through small IT suppliers – doubling the previous target Continue Reading

Enterprises spend more on third-party datacentres than in-house ones: Uptime survey

Uptime Institute’s annual datacentre industry survey reveals shift in IT spend away from enterprise-owned datacentres to outsourced options Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

Government opens fourth iteration of cloud framework G-Cloud 4 for business

Cabinet Office has opened the fourth iteration of UK government cloud – G-Cloud 4 to accept tenders from new cloud suppliers and existing ones Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

Bloomberg signs up to Ubuntu Edge hybrid

Financial analytics service Bloomberg has bought into Mark Shuttleworth’s Ubuntu One vision for a hybrid PC/mobile device. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

CW Buyers Guide: Human Resource Management

In this 10-page buyer's guide, Computer Weekly looks at the HR Management technologies available and what they can offer to organisations. Continue Reading

Datacentres are a key focus for government’s Green ICT Delivery Unit

With the growing use of online services for government transactions, datacentres are a key focus of the government’s green IT strategy Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

Unhappy Universal Credit staff point to continuing IT problems

So, what's really going on with the Universal Credit IT programme?If you trust journalistic warning bells - and believe the saying that there's no smoke without fire - then there has to be ... Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

How to plan and manage datacentre redundancy

Provisioning of a datacentre to survive a range of failure scenarios has become critical for many businesses. Here's a datacentre redundancy plan Continue Reading

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• Clive Longbottom

A business case for games play at work

How businesses can use computer games techniques to motivate staff at work Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Big data journalism exposes offshore tax dodgers

How journalists harnessed big data to challenge offshore financial secrecy Continue Reading

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• Duncan Campbell and Craig Shaw

ICO to investigate sale of online dating profiles

The UK’s data protection watchdog is to investigate the sale of 10,000 online dating profiles to the BBC’s Panorama programme Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Google datacentres awarded ISO 50001 certification

Google has obtained ISO 50001 certification for its energy management systems in six datacentre facilities across the US Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

An introduction to cyber liability insurance cover

Cyber liability insurance cover has been around for 10 years, but most security professionals seem to have not heard of it or know that it exists Continue Reading

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• Sarb Sembhi

Dutch banking regulator approves use of AWS public cloud in the financial sector

Dutch banking watchdog approves use of AWS cloud in websites, mobile apps, retail banking platforms, HPC and credit risk analysis Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

European banking firm UniCredit to introduce cloud in its datacentres

European banking firm UniCredit has signed a multi-billion dollar deal with IBM to bring cloud into its datacentres Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

UK to block online porn by default

The UK is to block online pornography by default to all new internet users, David Cameron is to announce Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Michelin creates fuel efficiency service with Accenture

Tyre maker Michelin has begun a major project to create a business division focused on providing IT solutions for logistics Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Hidden cost of cloud computing is CIOs’ biggest concern

A study into attitudes and concerns relating to cloud computing has revealed that 80% of CIOs are concerned about its hidden costs Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

Using ICT financing for strategic gain

Analysts Clive Longbottom and Rob Bamford offer advice to smaller businesses on financing and leasing of ICT hardware and software Continue Reading

Nucleus Research ROI Vendor Comparison Scorecard

This tool provides a single page scorecard for comparing vendors across 14 weighted factors. It generates an overall score for each vendor along with a risk assessment based on the weighting of the factors. Continue Reading

GDS tracks 'digital by default' progress of top 25 government services

Government Digital Service (GDS) launches website to track progress of the 25 services targeted as the first to go online under the digital strategy Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

BYOD – who carries the can?

Rob Bamforth and Clive Longbottom offer advice on balancing the risks and rewards of bring your own device (BYOD). Continue Reading

Business Reimagined

Reimagining business is about waking up to a new environment based on technology that liberates rather than constrains, writes Dave Coplin. Continue Reading

The Global State of the PMO 2013

ESI International, assess the state of the Project Management Office (PMO) in its third annual world-wide survey. Continue Reading

Research snapshot – A corporate view of Mobile Strategy

This Research Snapshot from Vanson Bourne looks at the impact of mobile strategy on businesses. Continue Reading

CW500: Back to the Future: Big Data at Channel 4

Bob Harris, Chief Technology Officer of Channel 4 Television, explains the broadcaster's approach to big data in this presentation for Computer Weekly's 500 Club. Continue Reading

The end of the CIO in government - what's in a job title?

The days of the CIO role in central government are over. Computer Weekly has followed the steady demise of the Whitehall CIO for some time, since it became clear that the key IT reformers at the ... Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Mark Hall may quit Whitehall after being snubbed for HMRC CIO role

Mark Hall, the acting CIO at HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), has not been given the job full-time and may quit government Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

CIO interview: Anne Boden, COO, Allied Irish Bank - on moving to private cloud

AIB’s private cloud has meant a tenfold reduction in the number of Oracle databases and gives the bank internal technological ability and development flexibility to respond to a changing and demanding market Continue Reading

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• Lisa Kelly

OpenCorporates makes company data public

Company data is being made available as part of an initiative to place more government data in the public domain Continue Reading

Head of Universal Credit denies IT problems

Howard Shiplee tells the work and pensions select committee all is well, denying reports of the failing IT system behind Universal Credit Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

10 things men in IT can do to help get women into IT

We all know there is a problem getting women into the IT profession. I wrote last week that the only real solution to this problem lies with the men in IT - as the dominant group, the only way to ... Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

How to monitor and improve the health of your datacentre

Any datacentre manager looking to support the business should take an end-to-end systems management approach to keep the datacentre in shape Continue Reading

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• Clive Longbottom

There is only one solution to the issue of 'women in IT' - it's men in IT

This time last year, after Computer Weekly announced the first of our now-annual list of the 25 most influential women in IT, I wrote in this blog about why we don't want to have to write about the ... Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Case study: Toyota fleet management system gathers global fork-lift truck data remotely

Toyota Material Handling Europe develops operational data management system that monitors and controls fork-lift trucks globally Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor

The 25 most influential women in UK IT 2013

Computer Weekly recently held an event to recognise the most influential women in IT. Find out the results of our Women in Technology Awards. Continue Reading

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• Kayleigh Bateman, Computer Weekly

From chess to ping pong: How Pegasystems is capturing the Fortune 500

Pegasystems is winning business from the world's leading companies as business process management technology enters the mainstream Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Azure powers Eurozone network to combat counterfeit drugs

Microsoft Azure will be used to power a cloud platform designment to combat counterfeit pharmaceutical product in the EU Continue Reading

Why agile development failed for Universal Credit

The DWP has ceased all agile development on the Universal Credit programme. Was agile not up to the job? Or was DWP not up to agile? Continue Reading

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• Mark Ballard

CIO interview: Pete Marsden, CIO, Asos.com

As online fashion retailer Asos.com continues to expand, its IT strategy is focused on new international locations and keeping up with web retail Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

Podcast: Virtual server backup fundamentals

Virtual server backup is different to traditional backup. This podcast looks at the differences and examines key choices in selecting backup products Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Best practices in software asset management for a flexible, resilient IT

Managing software assets is vital in order to maintain a highly flexible and up-to-date IT platform and more importantly remain compliant Continue Reading

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• Clive Longbottom

Tools for talent management

An increasing number of human resources management systems are coming to market.. What are the benefits? Continue Reading

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• Paul Hamerman

How BP made its IT future-ready with a hybrid cloud infrastructure

BP bridged its cloud gap with a cautious and calculated approach using a mix of private cloud, public cloud and in-house IT infrastructure Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

HR technology booming as businesses turn to the cloud

Over the next 18 months, 60% of companies plan to roll out HR technology solutions, says analyst group Bersin by Deloitte. Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Met Police needs significant tech investment to overhaul creaking legacy systems

The Metropolitan Police needs significant capital investment in technology if it is to overhaul its legacy IT infrastructure Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

BBC's DMI project failure is a warning to all organisations

The decision to cancel the BBC’s Digital Media Initiative (DMI) with nothing to show for the almost £100m spent on it should be a warning to other organisations about the risks involved in large-scale IT projects Continue Reading

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• Elizabeth Daniel & John Ward

Investigation into Post Office accounting system to drill down on strongest cases

The investigation into the Post Office’s allegedly faulty accounting system will focus on a select few of the 47 claims Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

The challenges of information governance in our increasingly litigious age

Formulating the right enterprise-wide information governance policies is essential in heading off potential legal and compliance costs Continue Reading

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• Doug Miles

IT departments to shrink dramatically within five years as cloud takes over

IT professionals will need to rethink their careers as corporate IT departments undergo a radical restructuring over the next five years Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Frimley Park NHS deploys VDI for efficiency and BYOD

When the NHS trust came under pressure to make its IT budget go further, it opted to deploy VDI in its A&E department Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

Lloyds customer complaints plummet after automating manual processes

Lloyds is claiming dramatic improvements in the quality of its customer service after automating manual banking processes Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

The Future of Corporate IT

This research study from CEB identifies five opportunities for CIOs to drive productivity and growth as organisations adopt new working practices. Continue Reading

PM urged to criminalise internet rape porn

Campaigners are calling for the criminalisation of possessing internet pornography depicting rape Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

DCMS land-grab is a threat to IT's political and economic future

The IT industry's vital role in the UK economy is under threat from what appears to be a desperate attempt by a Whitehall department to avoid being cut back or even scrapped in chancellor George ... Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

European hotspots rip off Wi-Fi users

Almost all mobile workers have had personal experience of costly Wi-Fi, a survey has found Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Bet365's move to HTML5 is more than a gamble

Online gaming site Bet365 has starting using HTML5 to build a rich user experience on its website Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

CIO interview: Steve Monaghan, IT & e-commerce director, Waterstones

After a year of turmoil caused by migration away from HMV, the IT team at Waterstones is finally finding room to think about strategy Continue Reading

Universal Credit will cost taxpayers £12.8bn

The government’s review of major projects revealed the flagship Universal Credit programme will cost nearly six times more than previously billed Continue Reading

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• Mark Ballard

Gartner: Deriving value from Big Data for CRM

Kimberly Collins, research vice-president of Gartner highlights the critical steps organisations should to take to integrate big data into Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Continue Reading

Sweating your datacentre’s IT assets - is it a good idea?

Amid economic uncertainties, businesses want to get more from existing IT assets. But does it make sense from an IT point of view? Continue Reading

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• Clive Longbottom

ARI uses HANA to power self-service BI for fleet management

ARI, the leasing and fleet management business, has used SAP HANA to boost business intelligence (BI) and predictive analytics Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

France Telecom changes name to Orange

The mobile operator will embrace the Orange branding globally, despite dropping it in the UK after merger with T-Mobile Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Tesco uses big data to cut cooling costs by up to €20m

Tesco is aiming to save over €20m a year by using sophisticated analytical technology to ensure its chillers work at optimum temperature Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Gartner: Big data will transform customer relationship management technology

CIOs need to start thinking how to integrate big data into their customer relationship management (CRM) systems, says technology analyst Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Oops! The risks of using social media at work

Recent tribunal cases show the risks that employers and employees run when using social media services Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

HSBC axes 14,000 jobs

HSBC is to lay off up to 14,000 global staff in a cost-cutting move likely to include redundancies among the bank's back-office IT employees Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Is G-Cloud changing the behaviour of the big IT suppliers?

The government's G-Cloud has its critics, who like to cite the relatively few millions of pounds of spending put through the programme as being tiny compared to the annual £16bn government IT ... Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Workplace IT services in flux: wherever, whenever, whatever

Enterprise computing is in upheaval as the emphasis shifts towards automation and user-device provision. Continue Reading

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• Bill Martorelli and Wolfgang Benkel