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Building a Smarter London

Nick Bromley iCity Programme Manager for GLA, reveals how London could be turned into a smart City in this presentation. 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

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

Snapshot: Online presence of UK retailers

This concise report assesses the online presence of 36 of the UK's leading high street retailers. Continue Reading

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

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

Senior MPs flout EU cookie law

Two years after the EU cookie regulation and UK law came into force, not all UK websites are compliant, including the sites of 13 senior MPs Continue Reading

CIO interview: Paul Clarke, director of technology, Ocado

Paul Clarke is responsible for the technology strategy at online grocer Ocado, where IT is used in every aspect of the business Continue Reading

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

Contactless payments exceed five million in March

Some 5.3 million contactless transactions totalling over £39m were made in March 2013 using Visa contactless cards Continue Reading

BMW outsources web platform roll-out to Accenture

German car manufacturer BMW has contracted Accenture to manage the implementation of its new web platform Continue Reading

The Great Deverticalisation – part 5: Mind the GaaP

Politicians and government have the opportunity, through the power of open platforms, to take the lead in creating modern public services Continue Reading

Herding Geese: The Retail Supply Chain

Steven Keifer draws on the pioneering work of US retailer, Walmart, to explain the essentials of EDI in the retail supply chain. Continue Reading

UK online businesses neglect mobile strategy

Online businesses are failing to implement mobile strategies, according to a report from Barclays bank Continue Reading

Yahoo buys UK teenager’s app for £18m

Yahoo has acquired Summly – an app created by a UK teenager – for £18m, making him one of the world’s youngest self-made millionaires Continue Reading

Government mandates 'preference' for open source

The government has, for the first time, mandated a preference for using open source for future developments Continue Reading

John Lewis drops virtual mirror project as part of ‘fail fast at innovation' strategy

John Lewis has canned its virtual mirror project as part of the company’s approach to ‘failing fast at innovation’ Continue Reading

Majestic Wine swaps Microsoft for Intershop in ecommerce refresh

Majestic Wine is revamping its website with an InterShop 7 ecommerce engine, which replaces a legacy Microsoft Commerce Server system. Continue Reading

Are CIOs losing relevance or will they just change their spots?

The CIO is an evolving role and changes in technology and budgets, mean it is shifting more towards governance Continue Reading

UK teams up with Estonia to develop digital public services

The UK government has signed an agreement with Estonia to work together on developing digital public services Continue Reading

ISPs in the US join forces to serve “six strikes” to illegal downloaders

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the US are leading a campaign to target piracy using a “six strike” warning system Continue Reading

Google penalises Interflora and UK newspapers for failing to comply with SEO regulations

The website for Interflora has disappeared from Google search pages, amid accusations the company has manipulated links Continue Reading

The Great Deverticalisation - part 2: The power of open

The public sector has the opportunity, through the power of 'open', to take the lead in creating organisations for the future success of UK plc Continue Reading

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

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

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

How to be influential online

Web psychologist, Nathalie Nahai explains how to use the web and social media to communicate your message more effectively. 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

First departmental sites move to Gov.uk

Two government departments have migrated onto the Gov.uk site, as part of the first moves to bring all departmental information under a single domain. Continue Reading

ACPO use online crime reporting company

The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and charity Crimestoppers is using online self-reporting platform Facewatch, designed to reduce low-level crime. Continue Reading

CIO interview: Gerry Pennell, CIO, London 2012 Olympic Games

As the job of a lifetime nears its end, London 2012 CIO Gerry Pennell talks exclusively to Computer Weekly about his Olympic experience Continue Reading

The Government Digital Service (GDS) launches Gov.uk website

Gov.uk is intended to become a single domain for online public services replacing hundreds of departmental sites Continue Reading

Over-the-Top Video: First to Scale Wins

This report from Arthur D Little assess the impact of video services focusing on professional long-form content, such as Hulu, Lovefilm and Netflix. Continue Reading

Lamborghini slashes web costs with Amazon Web Services

Supercar maker Lamborghini has revamped and accelerated the performance of its website by running it on Amazon Web Services Continue Reading

Gartner: Businesses need to prepare now for HTML5

Businesses have been urged to prepare for the arrival of HTML5, the technology that underpins the next generation of the web Continue Reading

Gathering retail intelligence

Learning their customers’ habits through business intelligence is vital for bricks-and-mortar retailers to stay competitive Continue Reading

GOV.UK to replace Directgov in October

Government information services website Directgov is to be replaced by GOV.UK from 17 October Continue Reading

Liverpool FC moves to the cloud with Amazon Web Services

Liverpool FC has migrated its website to a public cloud using Amazon Web Services Continue Reading

HTML5 and the journey to the modern web

In this article, Gartner argues that IT departments need to start thinking about HTML5 sooner rather than later. Continue Reading

Interview: Channel 4 CIO on the IT behind the broadcasting of the Paralympic Games

The Paralympic Games was the largest live broadcast undertaking for Channel 4, and gave the IT team an equally complex project Continue Reading

UK cookie law compliance mixed, study finds

Three months after the enforcement of the cookie law, only 12% of UK websites have prominent privacy notices and robust cookie controls, a study shows Continue Reading

UK partners pressure Adobe to keep Flash Player on Android store

Adobe admits it has buckled under pressure from UK partners, such as the BBC, to keep Flash Player on the Google Play Store Continue Reading

GDS rolls out Drupal

The Government Digital Service is rolling out open source content management system Drupal. Continue Reading

At least 9 out of 10 top mobile apps hacked, study shows

An average of 96% of the top 100 paid mobile apps have been hacked, a study has revealed Continue Reading

Good data protection can be cheap and easy, says ICO

The ICO says charities and third sector organisations stand to benefit most from a data protection check-up. Continue Reading

Smartphones drive Tesco's UK virtual supermarket

Tesco has launched a smartphone-friendly virtual supermarket online shopping system at Gatwick airport. Continue Reading

LinkedIn data breach costs more than $1m

LinkedIn says the forensic investigation and other recovery costs of the data breach in June could have topped $1m. Continue Reading

Microsoft to revamp and rename Hotmail

Microsoft has announced it is revamping and renaming its free webmail service, which analysts say may be aimed at winning over users of Google's rival Gmail service Continue Reading

CW Buyer's Guide: IPV6 Migration

This Computer Weekly Buyer's guide takes you through the steps you need to take to migrate to IPv6 and explains the potential impact on your business. Continue Reading

CW500: The technology behind the BBC's Olympics coverage

BBC CTO John Linwood told Computer Weekly’s CW500 Club about the “terrifying” challenge of providing live coverage of all events at the Olympics Continue Reading

Twitter apologises for outage ahead of Olympics

Twitter has apologised for the two-hour micro-blogging service outage on the day before the official opening of the London 2012 Olympics Continue Reading

SQL injection attacks rise sharply in second quarter of 2012

SQL injection (SQLi) attacks were up 69% in the second quarter of 2012 compared with the previous quarter, warns cloud hosting firm FireHost Continue Reading

Retailers without multichannel risk losing business

Retailers without a multichannel offering could start haemorrhaging cash as customers' expectations change, according to research Continue Reading

The technology behind the Wimbledon tennis championships

We venture into the IBM bunker to see the IT operation behind the world's most famous tennis tournament. Continue Reading

Web surfers keen to compromise own privacy, study finds

Web users voluntarily compromise their own privacy by typing more personal information into online forms than is needed, a study has found Continue Reading

ICANN reveals bidders for top level domain names

The internet organisation names the companies bidding for 1,930 new domains for websites Continue Reading

Cloud a game-changer for SMEs, says the Open Group

Cloud computing has huge potential for SMEs, but they need to look before they leap, says IT consortium the Open Group Continue Reading

2012: Will this be the year TPM finally comes of age?

Will 2012 be the year that TPM finally delivers on its potential to provide a hardware-based "root of trust" for enterprise information security? Continue Reading

eHarmony, Last.fm join LinkedIn with password leaks

Online dating site eHarmony and Last.fm have joined LinkedIn with password leaks, as hackers focus on social networks Continue Reading

TfL opens up live bus data

Transport for London (TfL) has finally released live bus data, several months after it delivered the Countdown Live Bus Arrivals website Continue Reading

Majority of UK websites fail to comply with cookie law

Most UK websites are not yet compliant with the newly enforced cookie law, a study has revealed Continue Reading

Google Chrome overtakes Internet Explorer

Google Chrome has finally overtaken Microsoft's Internet Explorer as the most popular Web browser, according to web metrics firm Statcounter. Continue Reading

Political parties failing to expose themselves online

The UK's three main political parties are failing to take advantage of the digital media revolution in their attempts to reach voters. Continue Reading

What UK citizens think about digital government

Two-thirds of UK citizens already use the internet to interact with government, according to Accenture research. Continue Reading

Infosec 2012: Internet security body to tackle SSL problems

The Trustworthy Internet Movement (TIM) is to tackle implementation and governance internet communication protocol (SSL) as its first project. Continue Reading

BBC wants to build a cultural API

With over 80 years of cultural information in its archive, the BBC is looking at making programme metadata available Continue Reading

How the cloud found Mitchells & Butlers

The cloud was found to be a good fit for hospitality company Mitchells & Butlers after it approached IT providers with a set of outcomes Continue Reading

Google Chrome more popular than Microsoft Internet Explorer

Google Chrome use overtook Microsoft Internet Explorer last weekend, according to figures from web analytics company StatCounter Continue Reading

Eight of the best cloud computing tools

Cloud computing is a growing part of many IT strategies. Computer Weekly has found eight of the best tools available for your company. Continue Reading

GlaxoSmithKline adopts digital service in the cloud

Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is standardising how it engages online with consumers and healthcare professionals through a cloud-based platform. Continue Reading

Yahoo plans another round of job cuts

Yahoo is planning another round of redundancies as it continues to struggle with competition from rivals Google and Facebook Continue Reading

Social media users demand more meaningful interactivity

British people want more from the social media platforms they use as demand for more meaningful user experiences increases. Continue Reading

The problem with Open Data

Although clearly a good thing in theory, Open Data risks increasing the digital divide and social inequality unless approached right. Continue Reading

Olympics resale site still offline after two days

The Olympics tickets resale site has been offline for more than two days, after tens of thousands of people clamoured online buy unwanted tickets on 6 January. Continue Reading

IPV6 Transition – Why the rush ?

This report from Ovum warns that enterprises need to plan to move to the IPv6 internet addressing system even if they have IPv4 addresses available. Continue Reading

Martha Lane Fox launches Government Digital Service

The launch of the Government Digital Service will “fundamentally transform the lives of millions,” says digital champion Martha Lane Fox. Continue Reading

IPV6 Transition – Why the rush ?

This report from Ovum warns that enterprises need to plan to move to the IPv6 internet addressing system even if they have IPv4 addresses available. Continue Reading

Computer Weekly wins digital publishing award

Computer Weekly has won a prestigious publishing industry award for the product development of the year. Continue Reading

Smart Organisations

How can businesses enhance their competitive position without excessive expenditure or taking on excessive risk? Continue Reading

Welcome to the new-look ComputerWeekly.com

Computer Weekly has launched its brand new website - the most important online development in the brand’s 45-year history. Continue Reading

MoD calls on academics, industry and inventors to pitch cyber security ideas

The Ministry of Defence is calling for innovative solutions from academia and industry to protect and secure UK interests in cyberspace. Continue Reading

IT managers find Internet Explorer 9 fails to render websites and web applications

With the development of Internet Explorer 9.0 near completion, ComputerWeekly.com has learned that thousands of sites and applications are incompatible with the new browser and its immediate predecessor. Continue Reading