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Interview: John Harris, vice-president of global enterprise architecture, Aimia

Aimia, the organisation behind retail loyalty programme Nectar, is overhauling its IT to make the most of customer data Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

Process big data at speed

Low-cost solid state memory is powering high-speed analytics of big data streaming from social network feeds and the industrial internet. Continue Reading

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• Tony Baer

Five steps to turn Windows 8 into Windows 7

Windows 8 ships with new PCs, but many people prefer the old user interface. Here is a guide to getting it back. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

How 3D printing impacts manufacturing

With the ability to create on-demand specialist tools, any initial investment in 3D printing technology could quickly pay for itself. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Twitter resets a quarter of a million accounts after hacker attack

Twitter has reset the passwords of 250,000 accounts after detecting and shutting down a hacker attack last week. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

EasyJet lifts off with Azure seat bookings

The Azure cloud has allowed Easyjet to enable web site and mobile users to check seat availability Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

The great deverticalisation – part 1: the street

Why do we persist in running vertically integrated organisations when standardising many of these processes would free us up to do things so much better, and more cheaply? Continue Reading

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• Mark Thompson & Jerry Fishenden

Amazon sales soar in 2012

Amazon sales rose 27% to $61bn (£39bn) in its 2012 results and 22% in its 2012 fourth quarter revenues to $21.27bn, compared with 2011 Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Why has NAC, like DLP, failed to take off?

Why are organisations not investing in systems that are designed to keep malicious actors out of their networks? Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Procter & Gamble appoints new UK CIO as predecessor moves to Ipsos

Consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble has appointed a new UK CIO following the departure last month of previous incumbent, Dave Ubachs Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

Encryption is safe bet, says SafeNet

Encryption is the only thing that can give peace of mind to CIOs and CISOs, says Dave Hansen, president and CEO of security firm SafeNet Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Nokia bounces back in Q4

Nokia returned to profit in the fourth quarter of 2012, reporting profit of €439m and sales of over €8bn Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

ICO hits Sony with £250,000 data breach penalty

The Information Commissioner’s office (ICO) has fined Sony Computer Entertainment Europe £250,000 for breaching the Data Protection Act Continue Reading

The human face of Big Data

Former Time, Life and national Geographic photographer Rick Smolan visualises and navigates the world of Big Data. Continue Reading

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• Rick Smolan

European bank IT investment lags US and Asia-Pacific equivalents

Banks in Asia-Pacific and North America will increase their IT spending significantly more than those in Europe Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Defra plans £80m agile CAP system

The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is planning a single integrated £80m Common Agricultural Policy system Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

BYOD: People pay for devices to use for work

Over half of employees buy their own devices for work use, according to new report from mobile device management specialist Good Technology Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Why has DLP never taken off?

Why is data loss prevention (DLP) technology not being adopted if it provides the very protection most businesses need? Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

GDS must not become an outlier, warns Martha Lane Fox

The Government Digital Service (GDS) must not remain an outlier to the way the public sector delivers online services, says Martha Lane Fox Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

UK citizens unwilling to embrace big data

The public sector could improve services by imitating the private sector’s use of big data, but citizens are overwhelmingly against the idea Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

ZTE predicts major losses for 2012

Delayed projects and shrinking sales saw net profits plummet 240% at Chinese telecoms company ZTE in 2012 Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

G-Cloud powers Huddle’s public sector sales growth

Cloud collaboration firm Huddle saw its public sector sales double to 30% of all revenues this year due to uptake generated through the CloudStore Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

GE uses big data to power machine services business

GE, one of the UK's largest manufacturers, is using big data analytics with data generated from machine sensors to predict maintenance needs Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Met Police to equip officers with 30,000 mobile devices

The Metropolitan Police wants to roll out 30,000 mobile and tablet devices to officers this year to give better information on the beat Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Post Office wants to get to bottom of IT system allegations

A system that set out to modernise the Post Office in 1996 is under the spotlight after claims that Horizon accounting system is error prone Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

CIOs must hunt and harvest digital opportunities

It is time for CIOs to focus on the outside world instead of internal IT, according to Gartner Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Gartner predicts the demise of the desktop PC refresh cycle

Data from market analyst Gartner paints a bleak picture of the PC industry, suggesting the era of desktop replacement cycles has ended. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Post Office announces amnesty for Horizon evidence

The Post Office is calling for evidence from people who have used the Horizon IT system which some have blamed for accounting discrepancies Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

The limitations of traditional SaaS integration approaches

Time and budget constraints are forcing many organisations to rethink their integration strategy and find a well-aligned solution Continue Reading

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• Saurabh Sharma

Oracle rushes out patches for Java zero days

Oracle has released two out-of-band security updates for the latest zero day vulnerabilities in Java Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

NATS says BI key to five-year investment plan

The UK’s air traffic control business NATS will make business intelligence (BI) a priority investment over the next five years Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Disable Java to protect from latest zero-day

Security researchers are warning of a zero-day vulnerability in all versions of Java, including the latest Java 7 update 10 Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Government extends employer £1,500 apprenticeship grant for further 12 months

Government and National Apprenticeship Service extend AGE 16-24 grant for further 12 months Continue Reading

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• Kayleigh Bateman, Computer Weekly

Software piracy international in scope, says Fast

The scale of software piracy is both international in scope and military in its execution, says the Federation Against Software Theft (Fast) Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

IT contractors seek to fill skills gap left by public sector cuts

IT contractors are increasingly confident about job opportunities in the public sector due to reductions in the civil service's head count, finds research Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

UK Border Agency tenders for security systems

The UK Border Agency (UKBA) and Border Force is tendering for an integrated border security system Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Misuse of social media could wreak havoc, warns World Economic Forum

The rapid spread of false information through social media poses a growing threat to business and society, the World Economic Forum has warned Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Investigations Editor

Are software audits good for your health?

The Business Software Alliance's claim that 90% of all audit letters sent in 2012 were the result of tips from whistle-blowers is a wake-up call to CIOs Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

VoIP awareness up but user numbers remain low

A report from Ofcom claims four in five consumers know what voice over internet protocol (VoIP) is, but just 29% use the technology Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

MPs slam the award of government contracts to tax-avoiding IT firms

MPs allege that Accenture used revenue from its deal with HMRC to reduce its tax bill Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Barclays' Linux programme not a snub to suppliers

Barclays says it is not snubbing any supplier by developing a private cloud infrastructure and using Linux to cut software development costs by 90%. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

IT spending to rise in 2013

Find out what analysts are predicting for technology in Europe this year, including changes in budgets and how companies can reduce costs and improve sustainability. Continue Reading

Parliamentary commission calls for electrified banking ring fence

A parliamentary report on plans to separate retail and investment banking calls for legislation to prevent breaches of the ring fence Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Morrisons sees poor sales due to lack of online presence

Supermarket chain Morrisons posted “disappointing” sales over the Christmas break, due to the retailer’s lack of online presence. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Ernst & Young email keyword analysis identifies fraudsters

Fraud investigators have revealed the most common words used in email conversations by employees engaged in rogue trading and fraud Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

How to integrate SaaS with your local business systems

As software as a service matures, CIOs need to look at how well cloud-based products integrate with existing on-premise systems Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Business priorities: what to protect, monitor and test

How information security professionals can prioritise what to protect, monitor and test in the light of current budget and resource constraints Continue Reading

Executive brings own software which is adopted by business

Rochdale Development agency (RDA) has started using cloud based Huddle collaboration software after a development officer started using it at work. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Wi-Fi Alliance to merge with WiGig

The wireless technology will retain its WiGig name but the standard will be looked after by the Wi-Fi Alliance Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Immigrants wrongly told to leave UK due to inaccurate data

Some immigrants have been accidentally contacted by Capita and told to leave the UK as a result of inaccurate data used in a government push to remove thousands of illegal immigrants Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Ofcom proposes early exit to combat price rises

Regulator Ofcom says users should be able to leave mobile, broadband and landline contracts without charge if their provider ups the price Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Ubuntu Linux adapted for Android smartphones

The open source Ubuntu operating system, a distribution of Linux, has been adapted to run on smartphones Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Post Office admits that Horizon system needs more investigation

Campaigners have forced the Post Office to look again at a computer system blamed for sub-postmasters being wrongly accused of false accounting Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Home Retail Group cuts call costs with SMS automation

Home Retail Group, whose brands include Argos, Homebase and Habitat has cut telephony costs by rolling out an automated text messaging service across its three call centres. Continue Reading

Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch co-operates in HP fraud probe

Former CEO and founder of Autonomy Mike Lynch says he will co-operate with a US investigation into fraud alleged by parent firm HP Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Top 10 cyber crime stories of 2012

Ten articles that illustrate some of the major trends in cyber crime in 2012 Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Top 10 business software articles of 2012

The main thrust in enterprise software this year has been the introduction of a new Windows OS, programming model and user interface. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Top 10 financial services IT stories in 2012

The industry that you expect to hit the IT headlines on a regular basis has not let us down in the last 12 months, despite continued tough market conditions. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Facebook pays £2.6m tax on £840m profit

The social networking giant faces criticism for paying minimal tax by pushing all of its operations outside of the US through Ireland Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Top 10 IT outsourcing stories of 2012

Research into the UK outsourcing sector in 2010 found that 7.4% of the UK’s total production came from outsourcing, and about a third of that – some £38.7bn – was IT outsourcing Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Government to cut large frameworks following procurement review

Government is to put an end to large ICT frameworks, following a review into the efficacy of procurement practices for SMEs Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Essex County Council signs £81m PSN deal

Essex County Council has signed a £81m network and telephony deal to introduce a Public Services Network (PSN) across its 200,000 users Continue Reading

Unilever ramps up social networking for recruitment

Unilever has agreed a five-year HR BPO contract with Accenture that will expand the manufacturer’s recruitment activity into social networking Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Mott MacDonald rolls out Microsoft software globally

Engineering firm Mott MacDonald is rolling out Microsoft products globally over the next year as it moves towards a Microsoft-centric business strategy Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Amazon: Gold standard of the cloud?

Amazon Web Services is the benchmark for cloud in the enterprise but can it handle the challenge of federated cloud services? Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

Shore up your organisation’s fleet with the right MDM

There are many mobile device management products, but approaches vary. We outline how to choose the right one for your business Continue Reading

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• Adrian Bridgwater

Mazars outsources access management

Global accountancy firm Mazars has outsourced the management of access to Oracle and Sharepoint applications for 6000 global staff Continue Reading

CIO interview: Kevin O’Connor, Carlson Wagonlit Travel

As the new CIO at Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Kevin O’Connor is looking to bring in a new approach to the company’s IT strategy Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

Liam Maxwell named as first government chief technology officer

Liam Maxwell becomes the first Whitehall CTO, in the latest stage of a major shake-up of the government IT leadership organisation Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Securing Macs in the enterprise

A Mac can be more secure than Windows, yet just as insecure; it is harder to configure, easier to use; will not fit in the enterprise, but does not need to. Continue Reading

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• Rob Buckley

Government IT reformers criticise IT leadership shake-up

Government IT reformers have criticised plans to give procurement chief Bill Crothers a more prominent role in the IT leadership team Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

How to preserve forensic evidence in the golden hour after a breach

There is a golden hour at the outset where a clear head and good planning can make or break any subsequent forensic investigation Continue Reading

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• Martin Roots, NIIP

Ghost Shell hacktivists publish over a million credentials

The Ghost Shell group, an offshoot of the Anonymous hacking collective has published the log-in details from 1.6 million accounts Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Low-level tasks eat up 30% of IT departments' time, report reveals

IT departments spend 30% of their time carrying out basic tasks and are growing frustrated with the lack of time available to focus on transformational work Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

UK CIOs see EU regulation as key

A third of UK CIOs are more concerned with EU regulation, such as the data protection directive, than their own local laws, a study has revealed. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

UK government jobs website exploited by hackers

Hackers have been able to exploit security flaws in a new government jobs website to steal personal information about job applicants Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Emulex buys Endace for $130m

Networking company Emulex hopes to boost its performance management skills by acquiring Endace Continue Reading

How to secure Macs in the enterprise

Apple computers are becoming increasingly used in the enterprise - we look at how to securely introduce Macs in the corporate network Continue Reading

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• Rob Buckley

MPs call for wider promotion of mutuals beyond Whitehall

Mutuals need to be effectively promoted across the whole public sector, not just Whitehall, say MPs Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

CW Buyer's Guide: Government IT

This 9 page Computer Weekly Buyer's Guide takes you through the UK government's open source initiatives and explains how they could benefit your business. Continue Reading

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Unilever prepares for global HANA roll-out

Consumer goods giant Unilever is looking at how it can optimise its global operations using SAP’s HANA in-memory database Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

iPads get IT into the boardroom

Deutsche Börse, Standard Life and Resolution are three finance firms that have transformed board meetings using Apple iPads Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

HMRC slammed for 'undue complacency' on RTI systems

Report labels HMRC “unduly complacent” about the roll-out of the Real Time Information (RTI) system crucial to the Universal Credit programme Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Financial Services Report: Reshaping ICT, Reshaping Business

This report from Fujtsu assesses the IT trends and prioirties in the financial services industry. Continue Reading

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G-Cloud success depends on champions and a change in attitude

G-Cloud director Denise McDonagh has called for public sector champions to push forward adoption of the service. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

British Film Institute to launch version of the iPlayer

The British Film Institute (BFI) is to launch its own version of the BBC's iPlayer in digitisation plans to give millions access to its film archive Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

G-Cloud ramps up for next generation of government IT procurements

The G-Cloud has a new framework and calls for it to become a blueprint for all government IT procurement, but what challenges lie ahead? Continue Reading

Capita set to win £1.7bn Staffordshire outsourcing deal

Capita has been named preferred bidder in an educational support services joint venture with Staffordshire County Council, in a deal worth £1.7bn over 20 years. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Apple sacks head of maps

Apple has sacked Richard Williamson, the executive in charge of Apple Maps, after months of embarrassment over application’s performance Continue Reading

Poor design hampers gamification in the enterprise, says Gartner

By 2014, 80% of current gamified applications will fail to meet business objectives, primarily because of poor design, according to Gartner Continue Reading

Zero-day exploit for Yahoo Mail goes on sale

Hacker sells $700 zero-day exploit for Yahoo Mail that allows attacker to use cross-site scripting vulnerability to steal cookies and hijack accounts Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Google pushes infrastructure-as-a-service into Europe

Google is expanding its infrastructure as a service (IaaS) cloud computing platform into Europe and cutting storage prices by 20% Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Security needs to be integral part of life, says McAfee

The world is becoming increasingly connected and security and privacy are integral to modern society, says Raj Samani, CTO of McAfee Europe Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Ineffective computer system missed £1.4bn UBS fraud

The £1.4bn losses caused by a rogue trader at UBS could have been avoided, according to the Financial Services Authority (FSA) Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Competing firms jockey for position in mobile payments gold rush

While mobile payments is still in its infancy, the promise of the rewards is substantial and competition for market dominance is gathering pace Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Infrastructure as a Service on Windows Azure

Microsoft’s Azure cloud was conceived as an abstracted platform for applications. It now offers infrastructure as a service. Continue Reading

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• Tim Anderson

Barclays Bank to give thousands of staff iPads

Barclays is rolling out 8,500 Apple iPads across branches to improve interaction with customers Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Samsung adds iPad mini to patent battle with Apple

Samsung has filed papers at a US court alleging that Apple’s iPad mini infringes eight of its patents in the latest clash between the two companies. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

UKtech50 winner: Warren East, CEO of ARM

ARM CEO and UKtech50 winner Warren East talks to Computer Weekly about fostering the market innovation necessary for the digital age Continue Reading

UKtech50 2012 - The most influential people in UK IT

We run down the top 20 names from this year's Computer Weekly UKtech50 list of the 50 most influential people in UK IT Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief