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IT management

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  Tech will turn HR into a ‘productivity department’

  HR technologies are moving away from managing staff in favour of helping them become more productive

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  Using open data to solve social challenges

  The Open Data Institute has spent the past two years funding startups to build applications that could solve socio-economic problems

• October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15

  Lack of data classification very costly to firms, says survey

  Most data retained by organisations is not identified or classified and gobbles budget spent on storage, as well as being potentially non-compliant, reveals Veritas-sponsored survey

• October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15

  British American Tobacco saves £1.4m after automating candidate selection

  British American Tobacco uses custom profiling software to cut the number of applications managers have to screen by half, as part of a major re-organisation of its recruitment processes

• October 26, 2015 26 Oct'15

  Outsourcing renewals: Where do I source services?

  With thousands of IT services contracts coming up for renewal, CIOs should take a careful look at where they source services from

• October 26, 2015 26 Oct'15

  Yakult uses data analytics to boost growth in the Netherlands by 20%

  Probiotics maker Yakult is using analytics and data visualisation tools to boost its sales in the Netherlands

• October 23, 2015 23 Oct'15

  Azure Active Directory creates an earnings virtuous circle for Microsoft

  Microsoft is set to grow its cloud business to $20bn thanks to the growth of platform as a service and, in particular, Azure Active Directory

• October 23, 2015 23 Oct'15

  German rail and transport group turns to virtual reality in war for talent

  Deutsche Bahn claims to be the first company in Germany to use virtual reality as a recruitment tool

• October 22, 2015 22 Oct'15

  Kent signs £23m digital services contract with Agilisys

  Agilisys to manage Kent County Council's digital services and customer contact in a six-year contract

• October 22, 2015 22 Oct'15

  CIO interview: Frans Westerlund, Fiskars

  Fiskars CIO Frans Westerlund tells Computer Weekly about the challenges faced by IT when a business instigates a major strategic transformation

• October 21, 2015 21 Oct'15

  Nationwide Building Society outsources IT infrastructure

  Nationwide has outsourced its IT infrastructure to Capgemini for the next five years to bring it up to date for the digital age

• October 20, 2015 20 Oct'15

  Google offers free cloud apps to encourage Office 365 users to ditch Microsoft

  Google ups ante in ongoing war to dethrone Microsoft as the enterprise's preferred provider of cloud-based productivity tools

• October 20, 2015 20 Oct'15

  Philips uses AWS and IoT to deliver healthcare in the home

  Philips plans to make it easier for patients to self-monitor their health using Amazon web services (AWS) cloud and the internet of things (IoT) technologies

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  HMRC VAT rules cut cloud costs by 20% for NHS and government departments

  An HMRC ruling on reclaiming tax on cloud services could drive up the use of off-premise technologies in the public sector

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  Opera chooses Workday over Oracle as it moves HR to cloud

  Browser company Opera opts for slick internal IT as it competes with Apple and Google for skilled technologists

• October 16, 2015 16 Oct'15

  ServiceNow powers Royal Mail multi-sourcing

  As part of its £500m IT transformation, Royal Mail has deployed ServiceNow to manage new suppliers

• October 16, 2015 16 Oct'15

  CIO interview: Olivier Smith, head of IT at Sweden's Hi3G Access

  The IT department at Swedish telco Hi3G is on a mission to a utopian planet, with Olivier Smith at the controls

• October 16, 2015 16 Oct'15

  CIO interview: Martin Thell, Scandic Hotels

  The CIO of major Nordic hotel chain Scandic Hotels wants to learn more about customers through technology, without being overbearing

• October 15, 2015 15 Oct'15

  Ofcom regulates Amazon Instant Video

  Broadcast watchdog Ofcom will regulate video-on-demand (VOD) services – such as Amazon Instant Video – although rules for VOD content differ from broadcast

• October 15, 2015 15 Oct'15

  Why blockchain heralds a rethink of the entire banking industry

  Blockchain, the distributed ledger technology behind bitcoin, is both a threat and an opportunity for financial services – and the banks are taking it very seriously

• October 14, 2015 14 Oct'15

  HS2 and Crossrail site to deliver high-tech innovations

  The Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation partners with HyperCatCity to embrace smart technologies to create “an exciting and thriving place”

• October 13, 2015 13 Oct'15

  TfL appoints 12 companies for IT systems framework

  Capita, CSC, Atos and CGI are among the firms on TfL’s IT systems framework contract, which is worth between £80m and £95m

• October 13, 2015 13 Oct'15

  How easyJet uses digital to drive competitive advantage

  The CIO and head of digital at easyJet tell Computer Weekly price is not the only way to gain competitive advantage in the airline industry

• October 13, 2015 13 Oct'15

  South Manchester NHS signs up to take Allscripts EPR

  University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust has become the latest trust in the region to choose an electronic patient record system from Allscripts

• October 13, 2015 13 Oct'15

  RBS to pilot product based on blockchain technology in 2016

  Royal Bank of Scotland is among the early adopters of distributed ledger technology that could shake up the banking industry

• October 12, 2015 12 Oct'15

  Dell set to buy storage company EMC

  Two years after his audacious bid to reinvent the company he founded by re-privatising it, Michael Dell has put in a bid for storage giant EMC

• October 09, 2015 09 Oct'15

  Three technologies to drive business

  Emerging technologies such as 3D printers, the internet of things and APIs will deliver new business opportunities, and CIOs are in a position to drive forward these business strategies

• October 09, 2015 09 Oct'15

  UK digital economy needs 2.3 million digital workers by 2020

  The UK will need the skills of 2.3 million digital workers by 2020 if it hopes to power the promised digital economy, according to research from O2

• October 08, 2015 08 Oct'15

  Gloucester City Council extends Civica IT outsourcing deal

  The council’s outsourcing deal with Civica will not end until October 2021, as it signs a three-year extension contract

• October 08, 2015 08 Oct'15

  Travelex rewrites its digital strategy

  Travelex’s digital transformation is based on short-term wins, long-term goals and disruption, according to its chief digital officer, Sean Cornwell

• October 08, 2015 08 Oct'15

  Vodafone tells Ofcom: Time to break up BT

  Mobile network operator Vodafone lends its voice to the growing clamour arguing for full structural and functional separation of Openreach from BT

• October 07, 2015 07 Oct'15

  Tesco decides to keep Dunnhumby after strategic review of business

  Supermarket giant Tesco has scrapped plans to sell analytics arm Dunnhumby after restructuring and analysing its assets

• October 05, 2015 05 Oct'15

  Workday seeks growth, not profit, as it expands in Europe

  Cloud services company Workday is setting its sights on growth as it expands from cloud HR, to finance, learning and analytics

• October 05, 2015 05 Oct'15

  Facebook ruling not only landmark data protection case in Europe, say experts

  A landmark ruling against Slovakia-based website Weltimmo could impact the Max Schrems case against Facebook and new European data protection rules currently being finalised

• October 02, 2015 02 Oct'15

  IT added to list of essential services to protect insolvent companies

  Changes to legislation mean IT suppliers can no longer switch off services when a customer in financial trouble is unable to pay

• October 01, 2015 01 Oct'15

  JLab’s 2015 startups explain how the accelerator has helped them

  Finalists of the John Lewis JLab accelerator explain what experience they have gained on the programme

• September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15

  Legal documents reveal HP's failings over Autonomy

  The board of Hewlett-Packard (HP) knew about Autonomy’s failings – yet voted the $11.1bn acquisition through regardless, internal memos have revealed

• September 29, 2015 29 Sep'15

  US diplomats warn of economic dangers of scrapping Safe Harbour Agreement

  European Court of Justice confirms judgement on the future of the US Safe Harbour Agreement will be made public on 6 October

• September 29, 2015 29 Sep'15

  Nationwide Building Society deploys artificial intelligence to reduce back-end complexity

  Nationwide Building Society is using artificial intelligence to help it reduce the complexity of its back-end systems as it introduces more digital products

• September 28, 2015 28 Sep'15

  University College London Hospital tracks patients using app

  Clinicians at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) view patients’ pathology results and track them with an app

• September 28, 2015 28 Sep'15

  Apple's Irish datacentre build hit by possible planning permission appeal delay

  A "valid appeal" has reportedly been raised in response to Galway County Council's decision to grant conditional planning permission for Apple's Irish datacentre build

• September 25, 2015 25 Sep'15

  Government Digital Service readies for change as its chief Mike Bracken prepares to leave

  GDS is setting up executive training for senior civil servants and looking to work closely with departments to continue the digital transformation of Whitehall

• September 21, 2015 21 Sep'15

  MPs launch inquiry into the UK's digital economy

  Business, Innovation and Skills Committee investigation will examine the challenges facing digital industries

• September 21, 2015 21 Sep'15

  Labour appoints Chi Onwurah as shadow minister for digital industries

  Former Labour digital government spokeswoman takes on role of shadowing digital economy minister Ed Vaizey, with Louise Haigh taking her old role

• September 21, 2015 21 Sep'15

  Health chief 'should be held to account' for whistleblow errors

  Former nurse and clincial commissioner Bernie Rochford claims unfair dismissal after blowing the whistle on IT problems which put patient care at risk

• September 17, 2015 17 Sep'15

  Care.data chief Tim Kelsey to leave NHS England

  NHS England’s digital chief will leave the organisation in December to take up a new role with Telstra Health in Australia

• September 16, 2015 16 Sep'15

  Defence minister Michael Fallon promises increased MOD spending with SMEs

  Opening up the Ministry of Defence (MOD) supply chain to access SME innovation is vital to meet its technology needs, says secretary for defence Michael Fallon

• September 15, 2015 15 Sep'15

  The digitisation of Premier League football

  Premier League football clubs are ramping up their digital strategies this season

• September 15, 2015 15 Sep'15

  Why insurer Axa is entering the retail e-commerce market

  Digitisation in insurance is usually associated with digital policy documents – but Axa is using technology to take a lateral approach to the indemnity business

• September 15, 2015 15 Sep'15

  CIO interview: Rob Threadgold, global head of IT infrastructure and operations, ICBC Standard Bank

  Standard Bank is taking a global approach to IT challenges following its acquisition by Chinese banking giant ICBC