IT supplier relationship management

Global cloud market to reach $240bn by 2020

The global cloud market is set to explode in the next 10 years, growing from $40.7bn in 2011 to more than $241bn in 2020, according to Forrester Research. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

UK IT staff increasingly seeking work abroad

The majority of UK IT professionals would consider migrating abroad to pursue higher quality work and salaries, a recruitment firm warns. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

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

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Government puts open source at the heart of its new IT strategy

The government has launched its much-anticipated new IT strategy, highlighting open source and a promise that the coalition will do things better. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Police switch to Sprint ii for IT procurement

Police forces in England and Wales are having to switch IT procurement from the Buying Solutions' CITHS framework to the SPRINT ii agreement. Continue Reading

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• Paul Kunert

Analysts warn over chip supply chain delays after Japan quake

The earthquake in northern Japan last week, could damage the semiconductor industry and chip supply chain. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Virgin supplies London schools with 10Mbps fibre optic broadband

Virgin Media's business division is to supply a managed fibre optic network to London's Grid for Learning that will replace a broadband network supplied by Symmetrix, a Capita company. Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

Government seeks £3bn traffic management technology agreement

The government is putting in place a framework agreement for traffic management technology worth up to £3bn. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

NHS National Programme for IT set for major changes

The controversial £12bn NHS IT project looks set for an overhaul as a result of a major reorganisation of the health service Continue Reading

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• Computer Weekly Staff

WWF-UK cuts IT costs and reduces carbon footprint

The recession has put pressure on charities to cut their overheads. As a result, not-for-profit environmental group WWF-UK had to cut its costs. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

BSkyB and HP/EDS settle on £318m in damages

HP has agreed to pay BSkyB £318m in damages six months after a UK court ruled that HP-owned EDS had misrepresented its capabilities in delivering a CRM system. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

EDS v Sky: the most significant judgement in an IT case ever?

It is now about a year since the trial in the dispute between BSkyB and EDS drew to a close. At the time, judgment was expected within a couple of months. The absence of a judgment becomes more conspicuous by the day. We can surely expect a verdict this side of Christmas. Can't we? Continue Reading

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• Clive Seddon
• David Barker

Final cockpit moments with blocked pitot sensors

Two fatal crashes of passenger aircraft show that it is dangerous for pilots to have conflicting information and warnings in the cockpit.

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• Tony Collins

UK firms are offered help to migrate to open source

Companies are being given help to migrate to free-license software by a joint initiative from OpenForum Europe and the National... Continue Reading

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• Eric Doyle

Semiconductor equipment orders down 75%

US semiconductor equipment manufacturers posted $742 (£507m) in orders booked in August, down 75% from a year earlier, according... Continue Reading