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2015 Stories

• May 11, 2015 11May2015 News

  Santander launches 'Boris bike' app

  Santander has released an app that allows people to book a 'Boris bike' via their mobile phone Continue Reading

• May 11, 2015 11May2015 News

  PSNGB rebrands to drive information sharing across PSN

  PSNGB, the trade association set up to promote the Public Services Network, rebrands itself as Innopsis and says its work is far from over Continue Reading

• May 11, 2015 11May2015 E-Zine

  Augmented reality comes to corporate IT

  In this week's Computer Weekly, we hear from early adopter Zurich Insurance about how augmented reality apps can become part of the corporate IT landscape. We look at Microsoft's Nano Server – the cut-down version of Windows Server designed for the ... Continue Reading

• May 11, 2015 11May2015 In Depth

  Benchmarking social business and collaboration tools

  A complete social business strategy requires more than publishing social media guidelines for employees. CIOs need to rethink the enterprise as a social ecosystem Continue Reading

• May 11, 2015 11May2015 News

  Wearable technology to transform laggards in insurance industry

  Wearable and other smart technologies set to transform the insurance industry in the next three to five years Continue Reading

• May 08, 2015 08May2015 News

  Selling tech as a lifestyle will attract more females says HDS

  Dev Patel of HDS says we need to sell the lifestyle of the tech industry to appeal to more women Continue Reading

• May 08, 2015 08May2015 News

  The IoT industry needs to do more to secure data, says Beecham Research

  There are key areas where the industry supporting the internet of things (IoT) needs to provide better security, according to Beecham Research Continue Reading

• May 08, 2015 08May2015 News

  Use of Halifax mobile banking app doubles

  Halifax customers logged into their bank accounts 40 million times in March 2015, double the amount in the same month in 2014 Continue Reading

• May 08, 2015 08May2015 News

  Temp and permanent IT staff still in demand, reveals KPMG report

  KPMG report shows IT sector has third-strongest demand for staff out of nine industries Continue Reading

• May 08, 2015 08May2015 News

  EMC predicts return to double-digit sales growth

  Storage giant's EMEA chief claims downbeat first quarter results are as bad as things will get for EMC, and that normal service will soon resume Continue Reading

• May 08, 2015 08May2015 E-Zine

  CW Europe – May 2015 Edition

  In this issue, CW Europe's security editor investigates whether the legislation could strangle Europe's productivity and whether businesses see the regulations as a burden. Continue Reading

• May 07, 2015 07May2015 News

  Manila breaks India top six in outsourcing index

  The Philippines challenges India as a destination for outsourcing in Tholons Top 100 report Continue Reading

• May 07, 2015 07May2015 News

  Huawei opens European Research Institute

  Huawei opens doors of European Research Institute in Leuven, Belgium Continue Reading

• May 07, 2015 07May2015 News

  Businesses should prepare for black swans, says resiliency consultant

  While black swan events are random and unexpected, businesses can still prepare for them, according to a resiliency consultant Continue Reading

• May 07, 2015 07May2015 News

  Future IAM will need to be broader, says Martin Kuppinger

  Identity and access management systems need to look at all forms of identity, not just employees or users, says KuppingerCole analyst Continue Reading

• May 06, 2015 06May2015 News

  EU revamp of payment services draws nearer

  The EU cannot afford to continue with costly payment services if it wants to be globally competitive, says MEP Continue Reading

• May 06, 2015 06May2015 Blog Post

  The digital challenge for the new government

  It's been said that the general election this week is the most important for a generation. That's probably true on a number of levels - and certainly within the microcosm of the IT and digital ... Continue Reading

• May 06, 2015 06May2015 News

  CIO interview: Darrell Stein, vice-president of information systems at Reckitt Benckiser

  Seven months after taking charge of IT at Reckitt Benckiser, Darrell Stein is pushing ahead with a strategy to increase digital revenues Continue Reading

• May 05, 2015 05May2015 News

  Sapphire 2015: McDermott declares SAP natively digital

  SAP CEO Bill McDermott declares the company “digital” at Sapphire 2015 and made “empathy” the watchword of his keynote Continue Reading

• May 05, 2015 05May2015 News

  VCE takes wraps off "hyper-converged" VxRacks to fast-track users to the cloud

  EMC-owned converged infrastructure specialist expands portfolio of cloud-enabling platforms Continue Reading

• May 05, 2015 05May2015 News

  IT staff on the rise despite slow business volume growth rate

  New business volumes rise at slowest rate since mid-2013 but hiring predictions for technology staff are on the up Continue Reading

• May 05, 2015 05May2015 E-Zine

  UK election special – who wins the digital vote?

  In this week’s Computer Weekly, as the UK goes to the polls in the general election, we take an in-depth look at the political parties’ manifestos for technology, and examine what the IT sector wants from the next government. Our latest buyer’s ... Continue Reading

• May 01, 2015 01May2015 News

  Home Retail Group grows profits 15% with mobile and online channels

  Mobile and online initiatives at Home Retail Group – parent company of Argos and Homebase – drove a 15% growth in its yearly operating profit Continue Reading

• April 30, 2015 30Apr2015 News

  IoT benefits and privacy not mutually exclusive, says industry expert

  It is possible to mitigate the privacy and security risks of the internet of things (IoT) without losing its benefits, according to an industry expert Continue Reading

• April 30, 2015 30Apr2015 News

  Windows 10: Why you should work around PC price hike

  IT departments planning a PC refresh to tie in with Windows 10 can expect to pay more due to the strong US dollar Continue Reading

• April 30, 2015 30Apr2015 News

  Ryanair remains tight-lipped over £3.3m hacker theft

  Ryanair provided no details of how hackers took £3.3m from one of its bank accounts, as industry pundits call for greater collaboration Continue Reading

• April 29, 2015 29Apr2015 Blog Post

  If not GDS, then what?

  The closer we've come to the UK general election, the more it seems the Government Digital Service (GDS) is taking a public bashing. You might wonder why.It's certainly true to say that GDS divides ... Continue Reading

• April 29, 2015 29Apr2015 News

  Met Police offers up to almost £200,000 for CIO role

  The Metropolitan Police is offering up to almost £200,000 to fill its CIO position, which has been open since February 2015 Continue Reading

• April 29, 2015 29Apr2015 News

  Criminal Courts Review Commission set to review subpostmasters' claims of wrongful prosecution

  The Criminal Courts Review Commission (CCRC) reviews subpostmasters' claims of wrongful prosecution by the Post Office due to IT problems Continue Reading

• April 29, 2015 29Apr2015 News

  Time to embrace a new level of IAM, says Martin Kuppinger

  A new level of identity and access management is at hand, yet many businesses still rely on usernames and passwords Continue Reading

• April 29, 2015 29Apr2015 News

  Nordea Bank announces digital hire and Apple Watch app

  Nordea Bank hires expertise to strengthen its digital banking team and promotes its digital ambitions with an app for the Apple Watch Continue Reading

• April 29, 2015 29Apr2015 News

  Vodafone sends network in a backpack to Nepal earthquake zone

  Vodafone’s charitable arm, the Vodafone Foundation, deploys instant mini networks to help restore communications in quake-hit Nepal Continue Reading

• April 29, 2015 29Apr2015 News

  Veeam upgrades Availability Suite to support VMware VVOLs

  Virtual machine backup specialist Veeam upgrades Availability Suite version 8 to support VMware Virtual Volumes Continue Reading

• April 28, 2015 28Apr2015 News

  Brewer Marston’s ISP upgrades core network with SSE

  Marston’s house networking unit Marston’s Telecoms rolls out a resilient nationwide network to accommodate demand for its managed services offering Continue Reading

• April 27, 2015 27Apr2015 News

  Captive IT centre boosts competitiveness at Danske Bank in Denmark

  In 2014, Denmark's Danske Bank announced plans for its own captive centre in Bangalore and is now finalising the move to in-house IT delivery Continue Reading

• April 27, 2015 27Apr2015 In Depth

  Top tips for remote and mobile workers to improve their cyber security

  Steps remote and mobile workers can take to improve cyber security on mobile devices, using public Wi-Fi and computers, and handling USB devices Continue Reading

• April 27, 2015 27Apr2015 News

  EU data protection regulation will drive privacy by design, says KuppingerCole

  The EU data protection regulation will drive privacy by design in companies with European clients, says KuppingerCole analyst Karsten Kinast Continue Reading

• April 25, 2015 25Apr2015 In Depth

  Bill Binney, the ‘original’ NSA whistleblower, on Snowden, 9/11 and illegal surveillance

  Always a patriot: Computer Weekly talks to Bill Binney, the senior NSA official who blew the whistle before Edward Snowden Continue Reading

• April 24, 2015 24Apr2015 News

  Google reports 12% revenue increase

  Google misses analysts' $17.5bn target but reports 3.7% profit increase through growth in mobile ad sales Continue Reading

• April 24, 2015 24Apr2015 E-Zine

  The National Trust's great IT renovation

  In this week's Computer Weekly, we talk to the CIO of the National Trust, Sarah Flannigan, about her £40m IT strategy to transform one of the UK's favourite charities. We examine best practice in how to set up applications on Amazon Web Services. ... Continue Reading

• April 24, 2015 24Apr2015 In Depth

  Datacentre PUE: Who's keeping score?

  With datacentre operators under increased competitive pressure to cut their PUE scores, are their ratings really all they seem? Continue Reading

• April 24, 2015 24Apr2015 News

  Amazon first-quarter results value Amazon Web Services at $5bn

  Amazon's Q1 results confirm Amazon Web Services – AWS – as its most profitable business, valuing the cloud services provider at $5bn Continue Reading

• April 24, 2015 24Apr2015 In Depth

  Apache Spark speeds up big data decision-making

  Spark, the open-source cluster computing framework from Apache, promises to complement Hadoop batch processing Continue Reading

• April 24, 2015 24Apr2015 News

  Poor customer engagement at banks opens door to competitors

  Customer experience levels at banks have failed to improve for the second year in a row and customers are more likely than ever to leave their bank Continue Reading

• April 24, 2015 24Apr2015 News

  Changing IT trends power banking in Norway

  Norway's banking system is undergoing a seismic shift in technology as the country aims for a fully digitised society Continue Reading

• April 23, 2015 23Apr2015 News

  Gartner: Enterprises opt for open-source and cloud middleware alternatives

  Gartner has reported a bigger focus on subscription-based licensing and open-source platforms in the middleware market Continue Reading

• April 23, 2015 23Apr2015 News

  30% Club launches technology group

  30% Club adds technology arm, which will be chaired by Melissa Di Donato of Salesforce Continue Reading

• April 23, 2015 23Apr2015 News

  Animator Ashling Lindsay crowned UK’s coolest techie

  Pink Bottle Productions founder wins title of UK’s coolest techie as selected by student judging panel Continue Reading

• April 23, 2015 23Apr2015 News

  Mobile malware overhyped, says security company Damballa

  Mobile internet users are 1.3 times more likely to get struck by lightning than infected by mobile malware, research by security firm Damballa finds Continue Reading

• April 22, 2015 22Apr2015 News

  Load DynamiX adds OpenStack protocols to storage testing product

  Storage testing and validation provider adds OpenStack Swift and Cinder support to existing protocols in its Enterprise version 2.6 hardware Continue Reading

• April 22, 2015 22Apr2015 Blog Post

  How to find good open source code libraries: Sourcegraph code browser

  Sourcegraph aims to answer the challenge here with a search engine and code browser designed to help developers find the code they need. Continue Reading

• April 22, 2015 22Apr2015 News

  Why self-service and automation will power mass adoption of BI

  Tibco’s analytics head, Brian Gentile, believes business intelligence needs to adapt for mass-market adoption Continue Reading

• April 22, 2015 22Apr2015 News

  Destructive cyber attacks making security a business concern, says Microsoft

  Destructive cyber attacks are driving a fundamental shift in the information security market, according to Microsoft Continue Reading

• April 22, 2015 22Apr2015 News

  Zurich Insurance turns to augmented reality to train 10,000 managers

  The £74bn turnover company aims to harness the capabilities of augmented reality to train 10,000 employees in 170 countries Continue Reading

• April 22, 2015 22Apr2015 News

  HSBC website mistake guides customers to porn

  HSBC’s Hong Kong website accidentally featured an out-of-date link that directed people to a porn site Continue Reading

• April 22, 2015 22Apr2015 News

  Nationwide extends video link service to 100 more branches

  Nationwide Building Society has expanded the use of video conferencing equipment for customer consultations Continue Reading

• April 22, 2015 22Apr2015 News

  Collaboration key to cyber security, says US homeland security chief

  Collaboration between governments and with the private sector key to improving global cyber security Continue Reading

• April 21, 2015 21Apr2015 News

  SAP core banking platform will ease Deutsche Bank split following strategic retail review

  Deutsche Bank plans a major IT project as strategic review advises spinning off its retail operations – but its SAP platform will ease the split Continue Reading

• April 21, 2015 21Apr2015 News

  Fife Council approves £100m green datacentre building plans

  Development of green datacentre campus designed to help Scottish businesses tap into cloud computing trend Continue Reading

• April 20, 2015 20Apr2015 E-Zine

  The future of Moore's Law at 50

  In this week's Computer Weekly, Moore's Law – the seminal forecast by Intel founder Gordon Moore that oversees technology development – is 50 years old. We look at its modern relevance and future implications. IT chiefs discuss whether Windows is ... Continue Reading

• April 20, 2015 20Apr2015 News

  Finland is the place to be for ICT

  Finland stands out as the top country in ICT, according to the European Commission Digital Economy and Society Index Continue Reading

• April 20, 2015 20Apr2015 News

  Post Office failed to investigate account shortfalls before legal action, report claims

  Post Office too quick to take legal action against subpostmasters, finds independent report Continue Reading

• April 20, 2015 20Apr2015 Blog Post

  The growing importance of critical thinking in IT education

  A criticism often levelled at IT education is that by the time you come to apply the skills, they might be out of date. Why learn technology skills when that technology might not be in use in a ... Continue Reading

• April 20, 2015 20Apr2015 News

  ISG blames UK general election for fall in outsourcing value

  A lull in UK outsourcing activity in the run-up to the election caused a 25% drop in spending across the Emea region in Q1 2015, claims ISG Continue Reading

• April 20, 2015 20Apr2015 News

  UK startups facing too many challenges, say entrepreneurs

  Startups need more support if London’s digital economy is to develop, according to business leaders at Westminster Policy Forum Continue Reading

• April 20, 2015 20Apr2015 News

  Interview: The software processes behind Hailo's success

  In the past, a traditional enterprise application would have been developed as a monolithic piece of software Continue Reading

• April 17, 2015 17Apr2015 In Depth

  What’s slowing down your network and how to fix it

  When using the network feels like wading through molasses, finding the cause can be a difficult process Continue Reading

• April 17, 2015 17Apr2015 News

  Cyber security boot camp launched to boost skills

  Sans Cyber Academy unveils eight-week security boot camp after businesses demand more cyber security specialists Continue Reading

• April 17, 2015 17Apr2015 News

  Hutchison Whampoa launches Hue wholesaling for mobile virtual network operators

  Hutchison Whampoa launches mobile wholesaling business Hue to help mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) expand internationally Continue Reading

• April 17, 2015 17Apr2015 News

  Accenture chosen to run NHS email service

  The NHS email service is to be provided by Accenture, after the IT services firm was announced as the preferred bidder by HSCIC Continue Reading

• April 17, 2015 17Apr2015 News

  Equinix opens new Slough datacentre to answer CIO cloud demands

  Equinix's UK MD explains why its chosen to increase its datacentre footprint once more in Slough Continue Reading

• April 16, 2015 16Apr2015 News

  Solihull Council's datacentre plans slammed by G-Cloud champions

  Solihull Council is building a new datacentre with 10-20 years of capacity, much to the chagrin of industry watchers Continue Reading

• April 16, 2015 16Apr2015 News

  Pure e-commerce approach does not work for every retailer

  Retailers can no longer be successful with an e-commerce approach alone, according to NYU professor of marketing Scott Galloway Continue Reading

• April 16, 2015 16Apr2015 News

  Retailers should think of consumers as “omni-customers”, says OVS Spa

  Retailers should refocus their strategy to treat consumers as “omni-customers”, according to the director of e-commerce for Italian brand OVS Spa Continue Reading

• April 15, 2015 15Apr2015 News

  NCR promises 40% annual savings with thin-client cash machines

  NCR has developed smart thin client cash machines to replacing ageing Windows XP-based ATMs Continue Reading

• April 15, 2015 15Apr2015 News

  Liberal Democrats promise to double innovation spend and 99.9% broadband roll-out

  The Liberal Democrats’ general election manifesto promises to double innovation spending and roll out high-speed broadband to 99.9% of homes Continue Reading

• April 15, 2015 15Apr2015 In Depth

  Docker storage 101: How storage works in Docker

  Docker nails some of the shortcomings of virtualisation, but what about Docker container storage? Continue Reading

• April 15, 2015 15Apr2015 News

  Banks hide cyber crime losses, says City of London Police

  Banks obscure the amount of money lost to cyber fraudsters – preferring to write off cyber theft as operating losses – says the City of London Police Continue Reading

• April 14, 2015 14Apr2015 News

  SSE hooks up Manchester datacentres with 10Gbps connectivity

  SSE Enterprise Telecoms launches Manchester Lightnow, a high-capacity optical network service connecting a number of datacentre facilities Continue Reading

• April 14, 2015 14Apr2015 News

  Vodafone launches outlet store for refurbished smartphones

  Vodafone debuts Vodafone Outlet, an online store offering deep discounts on returned smartphones Continue Reading

• April 14, 2015 14Apr2015 News

  Security risk potential linked to young, mobile users

  A study conducted by wireless supplier Aruba Networks has identified a distinct cohort of high-risk, security-agnostic workers Continue Reading

• April 14, 2015 14Apr2015 News

  Lintel bank steers clear of traditional bank IT development

  Lintel Bank applies for a UK banking licence and plans to join a growing number of new banks taking on the high street incumbents Continue Reading

• April 14, 2015 14Apr2015 News

  Rio Tinto to put IT systems in the cloud

  Mining giant Rio Tinto is moving IT systems into the public cloud as part of a transformation agreement with Accenture Continue Reading

• April 14, 2015 14Apr2015 Opinion

  Can legislation stop cyber crime?

  Rising cyber crime suggests criminal law does not deter criminals and that a better legal solution is required to prevent further rises Continue Reading

• April 13, 2015 13Apr2015 News

  Apple Watch pre-order stampede may herald device shortage

  A high volume of orders for its smart watch suggests Apple may struggle to fulfil demand Continue Reading

• April 13, 2015 13Apr2015 E-Zine

  Taking stock of e-commerce systems

  In this week's Computer Weekly, the first of our three-part buyer's guide to next generation e-commerce looks at managing inventory in multi-channel retailers. We highlight the six technology companies that are threats to the dominance of ... Continue Reading

• April 10, 2015 10Apr2015 In Depth

  NHS data security: Lessons to be learned

  The NHS does not always provide a trusted repository for patient data, but some trusts are examples of good practice in action Continue Reading

• April 10, 2015 10Apr2015 Blog Post

  Would GDS like to airbrush rural payments out of its digital exemplar history?

  Last month, I wrote in this blog about the problems that caused the new rural payments digital service to be withdrawn from use by farmers and replaced by paper forms. The system was one of the 25 ... Continue Reading

• April 10, 2015 10Apr2015 News

  French TV5Monde network cyber attack the latest in destructive trend in system intrusions

  The cyber attack on French television network TV5Monde is the latest in a growing list of incursions intended to destroy data and IT systems Continue Reading

• April 10, 2015 10Apr2015 News

  AWS promises to lower skills barrier to machine learning for developers

  AWS wants to make it easier for developers to use data stored in its cloud for machine learning purposes Continue Reading

• April 09, 2015 09Apr2015 News

  BBC Engineering restructures to support flexible media needs, says CTO Matthew Postgate

  The BBC's technology department, BBC Engineering, will restructure to more effectively provision TV, radio and news, says CTO Matthew Postgate Continue Reading

• April 09, 2015 09Apr2015 News

  CIO interview: Fernando Birman, head of the digital office, Solvay

  After years of IT work to support major M&A activity, global chemicals company Solvay is focusing on innovation to drive internal efficiency Continue Reading

• April 09, 2015 09Apr2015 News

  Indian outsourcing is booming in the Nordic countries

  Headlines about Indian IT service providers securing high-profile outsourcing deals in the Nordics have become commonplace Continue Reading

• April 09, 2015 09Apr2015 News

  InfoVista buys Ipanema to boost application performance offer

  Network management supplier InfoVista buys application and network performance firm Ipanema to realise software-defined WAN ambitions Continue Reading

• April 09, 2015 09Apr2015 News

  Strong dollar may shift server upgrades off-premise

  The strong US dollar will influence how CIOs spend their 2015 IT budgets. Server price hikes may drive spending to the cloud Continue Reading

• April 08, 2015 08Apr2015 News

  Exit checks system for UK borders finally goes live

  The Home Office launches a system for making exit checks of travellers at UK borders, following the scrapped e-Borders programme Continue Reading

• April 08, 2015 08Apr2015 News

  Juniper Networks goes after finance market with switch-integrated compute

  Juniper launches a compact compute-integrated network switch to boost performance of sensitive applications for financial institutions Continue Reading

• April 08, 2015 08Apr2015 News

  Alleged White House hack highlights typical security failings, say experts

  The alleged penetration of sensitive White House computer networks highlights typical security failings, say information security experts Continue Reading

• April 08, 2015 08Apr2015 News

  CIO interview: Bruna Pellicci, global head of IT, Ashurst

  Global law firm Ashurst is rolling out a new IT strategy based on single platforms worldwide for its core business areas Continue Reading

• April 07, 2015 07Apr2015 E-Zine

  CW Europe - April 2015 Edition

  With the datacentre industry a major consumer of non-renewable energy, it continues to come under fire from environmental campaigners and users to clean up its act. In this issue of CW Europe, Computer Weekly datacentre editor Caroline Donnelly ... Continue Reading