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• November 19, 2014 19 Nov'14

  Asda opens technology centre in Leeds

  Asda opens a technology centre in its Leeds head office to provide a more streamlined service for online customers

• November 18, 2014 18 Nov'14

  HM Revenue and Customs hopes electronic forms will save £800,000 by March 2015

  Taxpayers completing forms for HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will be able to do so online by the end of 2014

• November 14, 2014 14 Nov'14

  Amazon unveils Docker-friendly container service and EC2 instance

  Amazon has launched its free, Docker-friendly EC2 container management service

• November 13, 2014 13 Nov'14

  Ministry of Justice searches for IT staff to join digital team

  The Ministry of Justice is recruiting people to join its team tasked with designed digital public services

• November 13, 2014 13 Nov'14

  UBS move to Oracle HR in the cloud hits big delays

  Swiss bank UBS has hit major delays migrating to a cloud-based HR system

• November 12, 2014 12 Nov'14

  Government CTO Liam Maxwell says Microsoft “conversation has changed”

  CTO Liam Maxwell says the government's relationship with Microsoft has changed after meeting CEO Satya Nadella

• November 05, 2014 05 Nov'14

  CIO interview: Glenn Murphy, London & Capital

  Asset-management firm London & Capital shifts its focus to systems that add business value, says CIO Glenn Murphy

• November 04, 2014 04 Nov'14

  Google joins enterprise cloud battle with additions to its cloud platform

  Google made a raft of announcements at its GCP Live event, including enhancements to its networking stack and storage price drops

• November 04, 2014 04 Nov'14

  Government asks for more information on digital currencies

  The government has released a Call for Information to invite views on the benefits and risks of digital currencies

• November 04, 2014 04 Nov'14

  Airbus interview: research, innovation and the future of aviation

  IT plays a substantial role in creating the aircraft of the future, with research and innovation at the core of the Airbus business strategy

• October 30, 2014 30 Oct'14

  Problems surface as first users attempt to use Gov.uk Verify

  Problems have surfaced as users try to use Gov.uk Verify to prove their identities

• October 30, 2014 30 Oct'14

  Firms at serious risk of data loss through file sharing, study shows

  Businesses are at serious risk of data loss and compliance violations due to risky file-sharing practices, a study has shown

• October 30, 2014 30 Oct'14

  UK lags behind US and Australia in DevOps adoption

  The UK is significantly behind other markets in terms of DevOps adoption

• October 29, 2014 29 Oct'14

  Banks see technology firms as biggest threat, says Infosys

  Google, Apple and Facebook the biggest threat to banks as technology firms offer consumers financial services

• October 28, 2014 28 Oct'14

  Lloyds Banking Group confirms 9,000 job cuts and digital investment

  Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed it will cut 9000 jobs and close around 150 branches to focus more on its digital strategy

• October 23, 2014 23 Oct'14

  Finance IT group wants to push forward banks' cloud discussion

  The Banking Industry Architecture Network (Bian) calls on industry to decide on the core banking systems to move to cloud platforms and share

• October 22, 2014 22 Oct'14

  Defra first department to implement Gov.uk Verify

  Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs first to utilise government’s new identity assurance system

• October 21, 2014 21 Oct'14

  Government releases social media guidance for civil servants

  New social media guidelines for civil servants have been released by the Cabinet Office

• October 20, 2014 20 Oct'14

  Disney spreads the magic through wearable technology

  The Walt Disney Company is using wearable technology to improve customer experience and engage with visitors

• October 16, 2014 16 Oct'14

  Comic Relief’s digital challenge: talent, data and the No Make-Up Selfie

  Social media campaigns such as the No Make-Up Selfie and the Ice Bucket Challenge threaten charities such as Comic Relief with their digital reach

• October 15, 2014 15 Oct'14

  B&Q launches online kitchen planning and design tool

  The DIY retailer debuts its B&Q Spaces planning and design tool which allows customers to plan their kitchen, bathroom and bedroom projects online

• October 07, 2014 07 Oct'14

  Timberland focuses on online customer experience

  After internationalising its e-commerce offering across Europe, Timberland's next priority is refining its online experience

• October 07, 2014 07 Oct'14

  L’Oreal aligns technology with the business to work faster

  L’Oreal’s digital technology is working with the business and marketing departments to become innovative and agile

• October 07, 2014 07 Oct'14

  Engineering company rolls out talent management software across 17 countries

  Meggitt is deploying cloud-based HR technology as it seeks to integrate 60 diverse business units into a multinational operation

• October 07, 2014 07 Oct'14

  Mothercare uses mobile to engage with customers, not just to sell

  Mothercare is continuing to use mobile to improve customer service and engage with users

• October 02, 2014 02 Oct'14

  Oracle OpenWorld 2014: Lloyd's Register goes mobile with Oracle

  Lloyd’s Register Group tells delegates at the Oracle OpenWorld 2014 conference how it developed a mobile working application for clients and staff

• September 30, 2014 30 Sep'14

  Oracle OpenWorld 2014: Xerox aligns business and IT in streamlining applications

  Xerox's IT division has been working with the business to standardise its HR management on a global basis

• September 30, 2014 30 Sep'14

  Oracle OpenWorld 2014: Toms expands global e-commerce

  Footwear retailer Toms relaunches e-commerce websites with Oracle platform to grow and improve customer experience

• September 17, 2014 17 Sep'14

  KPMG: IoT, 3D printing and healthcare IT to have most impact

  Internet of things (IoT), 3D printing and biotech or healthcare IT are among the IT trends that will change the way people work and live

• September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14

  CIO interview: Stephen Hale, head of digital, Department of Health

  “I want to make digital less of a novelty,” says the Department of Health’s head of digital Stephen Hale

• September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14

  Clarks shoes steps into digital

  Shoe manufacturer Clarks is replacing its legacy e-commerce sites with a global cloud-based system next month

• September 12, 2014 12 Sep'14

  Retailers need to adopt ‘fail fast’ attitude to technology

  Retailers experimenting with digital technologies must take a “fail fast” approach so they can deliver new innovations quickly

• September 11, 2014 11 Sep'14

  Boots to roll out real-time stock visibility in coming weeks

  Health and beauty retailer, Alliance Boots, is about to roll out real-time stock visibility to its stores and customers using SAP Hana

• September 10, 2014 10 Sep'14

  UK retailers must invest more in digital technologies

  The UK’s biggest retailers are ‘under-investing’ in in-store digital technologies

• September 09, 2014 09 Sep'14

  EY seeks tech startups to address challenges of right to be forgotten

  Professional services firm Ernst & Young is looking for startups to find technology solutions to the ‘right to be forgotten’ regulation

• September 08, 2014 08 Sep'14

  BP spends £2m developing apps to train business leaders

  BP is scrapping online courses in favour of apps and portals that can deliver bite-sized information and training when it's needed

• September 05, 2014 05 Sep'14

  'Bungled' Army 2020 IT recruitment contract loses £70m of savings

  Mismanaged IT contracts lead to further setbacks in Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Army recruitment drive

• September 04, 2014 04 Sep'14

  Ordnance Survey to release open data on green spaces

  The Ordnance Survey is to release information and statistics on green space in England and Wales as open data

• September 01, 2014 01 Sep'14

  Suppliers discuss Emergency Services Network with Home Office

  Suppliers have attended an event held by the Home Office to discuss details of the new Emergency Services Network

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  Tesco to reduce IT spend in a bid to cut costs

  Supermarket giant Tesco has announced that it will be cutting costs from its IT budget to save money

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  Ocado’s technology under fire, causing share price to fall

  Ocado’s IT has come under fire in a financial analyst's report that claims the market has over-valued the retailer's automation technology

• August 28, 2014 28 Aug'14

  Government appoints former Credit Suisse CIO as deputy CTO

  The government has appointed former Credit Suisse CIO Magnus Falk as its new deputy chief technology officer (CTO)

• August 27, 2014 27 Aug'14

  Government sees 820,000 voters register online

  Over one million UK citizens have registered to vote over the last two months, with around 820,000 opting for a new online registration service

• August 19, 2014 19 Aug'14

  Banks slow to change despite growing competition

  The banking sector faces major challenges in transforming IT to meet the digital needs of customers

• August 19, 2014 19 Aug'14

  FT turns to cloud to manage advertising bookings

  Business newspaper replaces 20-year-old ad-booking system with a cloud-based service

• August 18, 2014 18 Aug'14

  CIO Interview: Hugh Fahy, CIO, Net-A-Porter

  “I like to emphasis the ‘I’ bit in CIO,” says Hugh Fahy, chief information officer of the Net-A-Porter Group

• August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14

  Click and collect drives e-commerce growth for Asda

  Shoppers at Asda are continuing to choose to buy their groceries online and pick them up in-store

• August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14

  Amazon launches credit card reader for small businesses

  Amazon has launched a card reader and mobile app for small businesses

• August 13, 2014 13 Aug'14

  Company Magazine ditches print to go online only

  The womens’ monthly publication Company Magazine has announced it will become a standalone digital brand from October

• August 11, 2014 11 Aug'14

  USB-connected devices present cyber vulnerabilities

  Connecting devices to computers using a USB port could lead to security breaches, say Berlin-based researchers