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2014 Stories

• March 12, 2014 12Mar2014 News

  Insurance Industry IT: What’s costing you dearly?

  Its time to replace badly automated insurance business processes with more flexible systems, say analysts Rob Bamforth and Clive Longbottom. Continue Reading

• March 12, 2014 12Mar2014 News

  Gartner: How to build an online community

  Gartner analyst Julie Hopkins explains seven ways to lure people to participate in online communities and shows how to choose the tactics that will best suit your business needs. Continue Reading

• March 11, 2014 11Mar2014 Blog Post

  GDS becomes political as Labour launches digital government review

  Government IT - and in particular, the role of the Government Digital Service - is about to get political. Tomorrow night, the Labour Party launches its digital government review, a programme ... Continue Reading

• March 10, 2014 10Mar2014 News

  Case study: BG Group turns to cloud HR to reach staff in multiple countries

  Gas exploration and production company replaces SAP HR technology with Oracle Fusion in the cloud. Continue Reading

• March 10, 2014 10Mar2014 E-Zine

  Making data flow freely

  In this week’s Computer Weekly, our latest buyer’s guide looks at open data and how it can improve public services – and even help prevent a repeat of the recent floods. We report from Cloud Expo on the reasons why public cloud is yet to be embraced... Continue Reading

• March 10, 2014 10Mar2014 News

  Dark web key enabler for cyber criminals, say McAfee researchers

  The dark web is a key conduit for the malware industry to refine and distribute its products and services, say security researchers Continue Reading

• March 07, 2014 07Mar2014 Blog Post

  REVIEW: Panasonic Toughbook CF - C2

  With the tablet market booming, it's no longer just traditional office employees that have laptops and tablets in the workplace. We've written before about ruggedised tablets being adopted in ... Continue Reading

• March 07, 2014 07Mar2014 News

  CIOs hold fire over datacentre decisions

  When it comes to devising datacentre strategies, are CIOs paralysed like rabbits in the headlights, or playing a calculated game of wait and see? Continue Reading

• March 07, 2014 07Mar2014 News

  Cabinet Office completes first user trial of consumer technologies

  The Cabinet Office has completed its first user trial of consumer technologies within the department Continue Reading

• March 06, 2014 06Mar2014 News

  Employers pledge over 20,000 apprenticeships roles for National Apprenticeship Week

  Employers pledge to create more than 20,000 apprenticeships as National Apprentice Week celebrates its seventh year Continue Reading

• March 06, 2014 06Mar2014 News

  John Lewis sees omni-channel growth in yearly results

  John Lewis has seen growth from both its in-store, online and mobile channels across its John Lewis and Waitrose branches. Continue Reading

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  Unicom events for 2014

  Unicom specialise in running on trend, focused and frequent IT events and conferences for professionals that want to stay in the know and further their career. Continue Reading

• March 06, 2014 06Mar2014 News

  Thames Water pilots smart analytics with Accenture

  Thames Water is six months into an 18 month pilot with Accenture Smart Grid to pilot real time monitoring to deliver an improved service Continue Reading

• March 06, 2014 06Mar2014 In Depth

  Converged stacks: What they are and the benefits they bring

  We survey the converged stacks market: Servers, storage and networking in pre-configured product bundles for specific virtualisation and application use cases. Continue Reading

• March 05, 2014 05Mar2014 E-Zine

  CW Europe – March 2014 Edition

  CW Europe attended Cisco Live Europe 2014 recently, where 7,000 customers and partners gathered in Milan to hear the networking giants infrastructure updates. Find out the biggest themes and what exactly keeps Europe’s cities connected. Continue Reading

• March 05, 2014 05Mar2014 Blog Post

  Is DWP about to lose its CIO?

  I've been told that the Department for Work and Pensions CIO, Andy Nelson, is about to step down from the role.The information came from a usually reliable source, but at the time of writing this, ... Continue Reading

• March 05, 2014 05Mar2014 News

  Channel 4 CTO Bob Harris leaves to set up consultancy firm

  Channel 4 chief technology officer Bob Harris is leaving the broadcaster at the end of March to set up his own consultancy business Continue Reading

• March 04, 2014 04Mar2014 News

  Airport IT Trends Survey

  Airports are spending a larger slice of their revenues on technology as they look to improve the passenger experience, this major study from SITA reveals. Continue Reading

• March 04, 2014 04Mar2014 News

  IT Security Salary Index (UK)

  Are you being paid the right rate for the job? Check out this IT Security salary index from Acumin. Continue Reading

• March 04, 2014 04Mar2014 News

  Gartner: Time to rethink backup procedures

  IT leaders and storage managers can realise cost savings and improve their use of backup infrastructure by rethinking their back-up procedures, says Gartner analyst Dave Russell. Continue Reading

• March 04, 2014 04Mar2014 News

  Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)

  Ensuring that all the stakeholders' information needs are met requires a holistic approach to managing information – the creation of a GRC platform, say analysts Clive Longbottom and Rob Bamforth. Continue Reading

• March 04, 2014 04Mar2014 News

  Executing Your Strategy 5: Engagement

  This is the fifth of a six part guide which explains the key steps of the Strategic Execution Framework, developed by the Stanford Advanced Management Programme. Continue Reading

• March 03, 2014 03Mar2014 E-Zine

  How IT brings aid to refugees

  In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the CIO at the UN High Commission for Refugees about the vital role that technology plays in supporting its aid programmes. We hear from IT leaders who are ditching BlackBerry – but moving to Windows Phone ... Continue Reading

• March 03, 2014 03Mar2014 In Depth

  Cloud storage options in Scandinavia

  It has never been faster or cheaper to store data in the cloud and Scandinavian businesses have taken up cloud storage with gusto Continue Reading

• March 03, 2014 03Mar2014 In Depth

  No more email? Why companies are turning to collaboration technology

  Collaboration technologies are helping companies improve their employees' work-life balance Continue Reading

• March 03, 2014 03Mar2014 News

  Legal briefing: The Draft EU General Data Protection Regulation

  This report from law firm Morrison & Foerster, sets out some of the most important changes for private sector organisations in the draft EU Data Protection Regulation. Continue Reading

• February 28, 2014 28Feb2014 News

  IT sector sees sharper rise in insolvencies than overall economy

  Information and communications companies in the UK are suffering a rising number of insolvencies Continue Reading

• February 28, 2014 28Feb2014 News

  Liverpool council to end BT IT joint venture

  Liverpool City Council is to cancel a £70m-a-year IT joint venture deal with BT and bring services back in-house Continue Reading

• February 28, 2014 28Feb2014 News

  Computer Weekly European User Awards for networking: 2014 winners

  The winners have been announced for the Computer Weekly European User Awards for networking. See who made the top spots Continue Reading

• February 28, 2014 28Feb2014 News

  Virgin Media boosts broadband speeds

  Virgin Media promises a top speed of 152Mbps for customers across the UK, as well as boosting its entry-level connection from 30Mbps to 50Mbps Continue Reading

• February 28, 2014 28Feb2014 News

  Inspiring disruption: Tech Trends 2014

  Disruptive technologies provide an opportunity to reshape organisations, change business models and transform industries Continue Reading

• February 27, 2014 27Feb2014 E-Handbook

  Computer Weekly 25 March 2014

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  Download: Security considerations for UK enterprises

  This Research Snapshot from Vanson Bourne, based on a survey of 100 UK IT-decision makers, looks at IT security spending trends, awareness of cyber-threats, and the factors perceived as the biggest security risks for organisations. Contents: - ... Continue Reading

• February 27, 2014 27Feb2014 In Depth

  Hadoop 2 opens new vistas beyond current UK data management practice

  Hadoop 2 enables a greater range of data-crunching tasks, beyond Hadoop’s previous scope of batch processing, directly within the stack itself Continue Reading

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  Download: Fulfilment@Work

  How content are IT professionals at work ? This report benchmarks IT professionals against professionals working in a broad range of industries. Executive summary: - 73% of those working in IT are professionally fulfilled – highest in UK (average:... Continue Reading

• February 27, 2014 27Feb2014 News

  RBS to tidy up systems mess

  Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) outlines plans to cut costs and improve customer services, slashing the number of IT systems in the process Continue Reading

• February 27, 2014 27Feb2014 News

  MasterCard and Syniverse launch geolocation card verification service

  MasterCard and Syniverse have launched a number of mobile and payment services for mobile users to use while travelling abroad Continue Reading

• February 27, 2014 27Feb2014 News

  Mobile responsible for 32% of online sales

  One third of all UK online sales were made using a mobile device in the last quarter of 2013 Continue Reading

• February 27, 2014 27Feb2014 News

  HP Autonomy unveils healthcare analytics system for textual data

  HP has unveiled a new healthcare analytics product to enable medical staff to interrogate text and data in relational databases Continue Reading

• February 27, 2014 27Feb2014 News

  Microsoft takes aim at passwords

  Microsoft says it is determined to solve the problem of ineffective authentication that relies on usernames and passwords Continue Reading

• February 26, 2014 26Feb2014 News

  Indian CISOs to develop more business skills to succeed

  Organizations require Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) to be much more than just a technical expert but also possess business skills in today’s growing technology driven Indian market Continue Reading

• February 25, 2014 25Feb2014 News

  Interview: Prepare for the end of the silicon era

  IT breakthroughs are governed by the insights of Intel's Gordon Moore in 1965. IBM fellow Bernie Meyerson believes Moore’s law no longer holds true Continue Reading

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  Download: UK Permanent Salary Index

  Are you being paid the right rate for the job? Check out the going rates for permanent and contract IT security professionals in this salary index from Acumin. The index, based on data collected in November 2013, shows the going rates for IT ... Continue Reading

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  Download: Is the Cloud Safe? Breaking Down the Barriers to Cloud Computing

  Cloud computing offers IT managers access to applications and computing on demand, reducing capital IT costs for businesses and bringing flexibility and scalability. However, non-cloud users still have concerns about the network computing model. ... Continue Reading

• February 25, 2014 25Feb2014 News

  Flexibility and integration drove NatWest Microsoft Dynamics migration

  NatWest Business Banking selected Microsoft Dynamics CRM when it realised it needed full CRM capability Continue Reading

• February 24, 2014 24Feb2014 Photo Story

  App Controller can connect to public, private and hosted clouds

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• February 24, 2014 24Feb2014 Photo Story

  Microsoft pushes on-premise Windows and Azure cloud

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• February 24, 2014 24Feb2014 Photo Story

  Creating point-to-site or site-to-site VPNs between on-premise and Azure

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• February 24, 2014 24Feb2014 Photo Story

  Creating new services in Windows Azure

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• February 24, 2014 24Feb2014 Photo Story

  Application development on Microsoft's hybrid cloud

  After a slow start, Microsoft Azure is progressing rapidly and has become a strong hybrid cloud choice for businesses. Tim Anderson reports. Continue Reading

• February 24, 2014 24Feb2014 Photo Story

  Azure VMs support Linux and add REST management API

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• February 24, 2014 24Feb2014 Photo Story

  Application deployment templates

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• February 24, 2014 24Feb2014 Photo Story

  Creating a private cloud in System Center Virtual Machine Manager

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• February 24, 2014 24Feb2014 News

  Case study: Virtualised storage adds value to Denmark's tunnel vision

  State construction firm Femern selects DataCore system to help speed up Fehmarnbelt undersea odyssey and keep the sharks at bay Continue Reading

• February 24, 2014 24Feb2014 Blog Post

  Thanks Microsoft - we now know that everybody prefers ODF to OOXML for government document standards

  Microsoft's call to its friends in the software community to contribute to the government's consultation on open document formats seems to have worked. Although, perhaps not as Microsoft intended. ... Continue Reading

• February 24, 2014 24Feb2014 News

  Tech-savvy Mothercare boss quits

  Mothercare announces the resignation of chief executive Simon Calver Continue Reading

• February 24, 2014 24Feb2014 News

  Atos to distance itself from controversial DWP contract

  Atos is trying to exit its disability testing contract with the Department for Work and Pensions early as the controversial contract enters its final 18 months Continue Reading

• February 24, 2014 24Feb2014 E-Zine

  Banking with dinosaurs – the legacy IT crisis in financial services

  In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the recent IT problems at high-street banks, and find out how outsourcing led to the loss of vital legacy IT skills. We ask what role wearable technology could have in enterprise IT. We take an in-depth ... Continue Reading

• February 24, 2014 24Feb2014 News

  Operators preventing dual SIM handsets

  Acer claims that although its new handset offers dual SIM capabilities for the business user, mobile operators will stop the feature coming to market to protect revenues Continue Reading

• February 21, 2014 21Feb2014 News

  Executive interview: Microsoft targets the non-professional developers

  The developer community is changing. There are far more people programming now, says Microsoft's Tim O'Brien Continue Reading

• February 21, 2014 21Feb2014 News

  PSN gets encryption for higher security levels

  An encryption service has been announced by the Cabinet Office which will enable public sector staff to share information at the IL3 security level over the Public Services Network (PSN) Continue Reading

• February 21, 2014 21Feb2014 News

  Data network outages hit Vodafone

  Mobile operator Vodafone apologises to customers on Twitter but refuses to give an estimate of when services will return to normal Continue Reading

• February 21, 2014 21Feb2014 News

  Indian public cloud spend grows faster than rest of world

  Organizations in India will increase their spending of public cloud services by almost 30% in 2014 and is predicted to be worth $1.3bn by 2017 Continue Reading

• February 21, 2014 21Feb2014 News

  Employee mobiles expose firms to attack, says Webroot

  Employees mobile devices expose companies to malicious applications and attacks, according to the latest mobile threat report from Webroot Continue Reading

• February 20, 2014 20Feb2014 News

  Diageo selects TCS for global services

  Drinks maker Diageo has chosen Indian IT services firm TCS to support its IT infrastructure transformation Continue Reading

• February 20, 2014 20Feb2014 In Depth

  A guide to APM for the network manager

  Has application performance management become a much needed discipline for the network manager? We examine the issues for IT departments Continue Reading

• February 20, 2014 20Feb2014 News

  Gloucestershire County Council replaces Capita with Steria to transform IT delivery

  Gloucestershire County Council has signed a five-year ICT managed service deal with Steria to support a major change to IT delivery Continue Reading

• February 19, 2014 19Feb2014 News

  NetApp slims product family with launch of FAS8000 series

  NetApp launches FAS8000 line that will replace FAS3000 and FAS6000 series filers Continue Reading

• February 19, 2014 19Feb2014 News

  IT contractors see 13% pay increase

  IT contractors saw a year-on-year pay increase of up to 13%, according to Robert Walters Salary Survey 2014 Continue Reading

• February 19, 2014 19Feb2014 News

  Essex CC sets upon IT transformation project after £16.6m deal with Fujitsu

  Essex County Council has partnered with Fujitsu as part of a £16.6m deal to transform its corporate systems estate Continue Reading

• February 19, 2014 19Feb2014 News

  UK firms see 1,000+ internal data breaches a day, study finds

  Internal threats are not a high priority for UK firms despite more than 1,000 internal data breaches a day Continue Reading

• February 19, 2014 19Feb2014 News

  NHS England puts patient database on hold

  NHS England is to delay by six months the roll-out of its controversial Care.data scheme for sharing patient records through a central database Continue Reading

• February 18, 2014 18Feb2014 Opinion

  Five tips for managing project change requests

  Change is an inevitable part of a project, so working out in advance how best to handle change requests will make the whole process much easier Continue Reading

• February 18, 2014 18Feb2014 News

  Indian suppliers face recruitment challenges as visa rejections increase

  US clampdowns on Indian IT firms bringing staff to its shores is forcing Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to increase local hires Continue Reading

• February 18, 2014 18Feb2014 Photo Story

  IT spending growth in the UK in 2014

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  IT departments recovering slowly from recession

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• February 18, 2014 18Feb2014 Photo Story

  Projects more than 25% of respondents are doing

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• February 18, 2014 18Feb2014 Photo Story

  Expanding IT to help the business grow is a priority for UK organisations

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• February 18, 2014 18Feb2014 Photo Story

  Revealed: Most popular IT projects in 2014

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• February 18, 2014 18Feb2014 Photo Story

  UK IT spending to outpace rest of Europe in 2014

  Computer Weekly research reveals the IT spending priorities for UK and European organisations in 2014. Continue Reading

• February 18, 2014 18Feb2014 Blog Post

  The lesson from the NHS Care.data row: You can't keep privacy issues private any more

  The rumbling, growing row over the NHS England Care.data service has become an instruction manual for how not to handle data privacy in the digital age.For anyone not aware of the issue, Care.data ... Continue Reading

• February 18, 2014 18Feb2014 News

  Is second-hand software illegal?

  The action by Federation Against Software Theft to suspend one of its members confuses users over legal second-hand user licences Continue Reading

• February 18, 2014 18Feb2014 In Depth

  The UK’s problem with power

  Datacentre power buyers say Britain’s deregulated energy market is as complex as trading in derivatives Continue Reading

• February 18, 2014 18Feb2014 News

  HP knew of Autonomy hardware sales tactics

  New evidence suggests HP was aware of Autonomy’s accounting practices months before publicly condemning the company Continue Reading

• February 18, 2014 18Feb2014 News

  Cut Microsoft admin rights to mitigate 92% of threats, study shows

  Removing Microsoft admin rights from employees mitigates 92% of critical vulnerabilities reported in 2013 Continue Reading

• February 18, 2014 18Feb2014 News

  Online sales up 18% on last year

  Post-Christmas online sales have exceeded forecasts, growing by 18% year on year Continue Reading

• February 17, 2014 17Feb2014 News

  Roaming costs lose mobile operators 300 million users

  A new survey by the European Commission shows 94% of citizens limit their mobile use when in another state to save on roaming charges, meaning mobile operators could be missing out on big revenues Continue Reading

• February 17, 2014 17Feb2014 News

  Latvia’s Lattelecom: 1Gbps will be standard by 2018

  Latvian telecoms firm will make 1Gbps its standard connection to homes by 2018, with the internet of things and customer demand necessitating the rise Continue Reading

• February 17, 2014 17Feb2014 E-Zine

  Swapping notepads for iPads – creating a digital police force

  In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the new digital strategy at the Metropolitan Police, as the UK’s largest police force puts technology at the heart of crime fighting. IBM is spending $1.2bn developing cloud datacentres – we assess the ... Continue Reading

• February 17, 2014 17Feb2014 News

  Craft Computer Club seeks funding to teach kids to code

  The Craft Computer Club, which teaches children computational thinking and coding with scissors, paper and glue, is seeking funding through Kickstarter Continue Reading

• February 17, 2014 17Feb2014 News

  NHS Scotland awards SWAN contract to Capita

  Capita wins the £110m contract for the Scottish Wide Area Network project, while BT continues to seek damages for losing out Continue Reading

• February 17, 2014 17Feb2014 Opinion

  Searching for the signal of open standards amid the growing noise of agile

  For all its undeniable strengths, the use of agile in government is in danger of becoming a fetish Continue Reading

• February 17, 2014 17Feb2014 Opinion

  Should you allow a bring your own device policy?

  Employers are realising there are challenges presented by BYOD which, if not dealt with, could have a serious impact on the business Continue Reading

• February 17, 2014 17Feb2014 Photo Story

  UK IT spending will outpace rest of Europe in 2014

  Computer Weekly research reveals the IT spending priorities for UK and European organisations in 2014. Continue Reading

• February 14, 2014 14Feb2014 Blog Post

  Coding for kids is great - but where do digital skills come from in the meantime?

  There has been a lot of discussion lately on the topic of teaching school children how to code. Some controversy has ensued - as ever - around some of the initiatives, but there is little ... Continue Reading

• February 14, 2014 14Feb2014 News

  BBC starts search for suppliers to replace £2bn Atos outsourcing deal

  The BBC is moving away from its single-supplier outsourcing deal to a multi-sourced 'tower' approach for its technology services Continue Reading

• February 14, 2014 14Feb2014 News

  Executing your strategy 4: Synthesis

  This is the fourth of six part guide which explains the key steps of the Strategic Execution Framework, developed by the Stanford Advanced Management Programme. Continue Reading

• February 14, 2014 14Feb2014 News

  HR Technology Toolkit

  Leading European & international academic offer insights into HR technology in this in-depth report from HR Zone. Continue Reading

• February 14, 2014 14Feb2014 News

  HR Technology Key Trends 2014

  HR Directors and leading IT suppliers give their take on the HR technology trends for 2014 in this analysis from HR Zone. Continue Reading

• February 13, 2014 13Feb2014 In Depth

  Flash storage: What it is and where to deploy it

  A guide to the key decisions in flash storage: MLC vs SLC, all-flash vs hybrid, whether to add flash to an existing SAN, flash as a tier vs cache, and more Continue Reading