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• October 31, 2013 31 Oct'13

  Government calls for more data scientists in the UK

  The government is calling on industry and academia to help produce more data scientists in the UK

• October 31, 2013 31 Oct'13

  Software licensing: SAP terms and conditions are not above European law

  The district court of Hamburg has ruled against SAP over its case against a German second-user software reseller

• October 28, 2013 28 Oct'13

  CIO Interview: Ann-Marie Rafferty, head of IT, Access, on partnership models

  Ann-Marie Rafferty, who heads up IT for the partnership between Serco and Glasgow council, discusses strategic frameworks

• October 28, 2013 28 Oct'13

  Six tips to help you negotiate the best deal with your datacentre provider

  Your willingness to negotiate can make a big difference to the deal you get, says Anthony Day, associate at law firm DLA Piper

• October 25, 2013 25 Oct'13

  HP and Diageo take different paths to cloud-based HR

  HP and Diageo took very different approaches when they deployed cloud-based human resources (HR) software from Workday

• October 22, 2013 22 Oct'13

  Interview: Professor Ian Bitterlin, the Green Grid

  Green Grid's Chair Ian Bitterlin discusses datacentre energy efficiency, role of DCIM tools and whether UK and EU CIOs are doing enough for datacentre efficiency

• October 22, 2013 22 Oct'13

  Case study: Pumps maker Hayward Tyler’s restructure sharpened ERP business focus

  When a restructure arrives half way through an ERP upgrade, it could be a threat to the IT programme. But Hayward Tyler saw it as a chance to ensure business goals were at the heart of its Epicor project.

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  Government overhauls security classification to fit digital age

  In its first overhaul since World War II the government is consolidating six security bands to three with a system deemed more appropriate in the digital age.

• October 16, 2013 16 Oct'13

  The UK is an attractive location for IT service providers

  The UK is an attractive location for IT services and BPO suppliers as these services mature beyond being used merely as a cost-cutting tool

• October 11, 2013 11 Oct'13

  Toyota e-learning upgrade aims to cut mechanics' training time by up to a year

  Car distributor Toyota Motor Europe is using e-learning to manage the training and certification of motor technicians and engineers

• October 09, 2013 09 Oct'13

  IBM interns join ShopDirect to combine gamification and Twitter analysis

  Undergraduate ShopDirect interns spent the summer with IBM on a project using gamification and Twitter to engage with customers

• October 08, 2013 08 Oct'13

  Case study: Coca-Cola embarks on green IT strategy

  Coca-Cola is aiming to reduce the carbon footprint of its IT. Kevin Sirjuesingh, director of IT strategic initiatives, discusses the plan

• October 08, 2013 08 Oct'13

  Government pledges extra £100m to Enterprise Zones

  Communities secretary Eric Pickles confirms the additional funding to help complete infrastructure projects around the new business hubs

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  Charity uses cloud HR system to keep track of staff working in danger zones

  It took a disaster in Haiti to demonstrate to charity World Vision why it needed better HR systems

• September 26, 2013 26 Sep'13

  UKtech50 2013: The most influential people in UK IT

  Computer Weekly is launching the fourth annual UKtech50, our definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT

• September 26, 2013 26 Sep'13

  Oracle OpenWorld 2013: Tesco takes a multi-channel approach to customer experience

  Tesco has been using an array of Oracle technology, including its customer experience (CX) portfolio to turn the company in a multi-channel retailer

• September 25, 2013 25 Sep'13

  Google to rethink resilient networking following dual failure

  In spite of running a dual redundant network, Google's Gmail system has had a major failure.

• September 25, 2013 25 Sep'13

  Oracle OpenWorld 2013: Businesses need to have constant digital conversations with the CIO, says PwC

  Companies which have strong digital conversations across their business are more likely to be successful in sales, innovation and growth

• September 23, 2013 23 Sep'13

  Tesco to launch £119 7-inch tablet to expand multichannel presence

  Tesco is expanding its multichannel retail strategy with the introduction of its own tablet, targeting non-internet-savvy users

• September 18, 2013 18 Sep'13

  Most businesses suffer major technology failure over 12 months

  79% of businesses had a technology failure in the past year, costing £6.9m, according to a survey of IT professionals and business line heads

• September 18, 2013 18 Sep'13

  BMW gears up IT resilience with private cloud infrastructure

  After testing and validating its own private cloud services, BMW's IT team is ready to use it in production

• September 13, 2013 13 Sep'13

  Businesses hit digital roadblock due to paper processes

  A survey of business and IT leaders has found that paper-based processes are creating inefficiencies

• September 11, 2013 11 Sep'13

  £200m of Universal Credit IT could be scrapped, MPs told

  £200m of IT work on the troubled Universal Credit programme could be written off, says government project management chief Norma Wood

• September 11, 2013 11 Sep'13

  £480bn of government revenue depends on "risky" legacy IT

  Almost £480bn of the UK government’s revenues are dependent on legacy IT systems that “could present a very significant risk”

• September 09, 2013 09 Sep'13

  Executive interview: Andrew Brem, Connected Homes, British Gas

  British Gas is digitising energy. Andrew Brem speaks to Computer Weekly about the internet connected home

• September 04, 2013 04 Sep'13

  Check software use and transfer rights to avoid licence misuse

  Software licences can easily trip up organisations, putting them at risk of compliance action

• September 03, 2013 03 Sep'13

  IT budgets in India are fastest growing in Asia Pacific

  Indian organizations are increasing their IT budgets more than any other country in the Asia Pacific region with 19% increasing IT spending by more than 10% in 2013, according to Forrester research.

• September 03, 2013 03 Sep'13

  How the sale of Nokia’s mobile phone business will affect Microsoft

  Microsoft forges ahead with Steve Ballmer's vision to focus on hardware, software and services, with the $7.2bn acquisition of Nokia

• August 28, 2013 28 Aug'13

  Bet365 improves latency and peering by updating network infrastructure

  Online gambling site Bet365 upgraded its network and improved its latency to deliver a fast, smooth and reliable experience to its customers

• August 23, 2013 23 Aug'13

  The end of the Ballmer era for Microsoft

  Microsoft’s eccentric CEO will step down from his role with12 months, so what does that mean for the future of the firm?

• August 23, 2013 23 Aug'13

  Box.com forges new cloud security model

  Service providers and consumers need to move to a security model better suited to the cloud computing, says Box.com

• August 20, 2013 20 Aug'13

  How DWP and Universal Credit failed to work with SME suppliers

  Less than 1% of DWP IT spending on the Universal Credit programme has gone to SMEs – how are big suppliers continuing their dominance?

• August 19, 2013 19 Aug'13

  Interview: Martin Russell, head of IT services, Just Eat

  Just Eat's head of IT services, Martin Russell speaks to Computer Weekly about his experiences of switching to Google

• August 16, 2013 16 Aug'13

  UCAS adopts public cloud to process university admissions

  Ten days before the A-level results, UCAS adopted a public cloud infrastructure to scale up its IT and to make admission process efficient

• August 16, 2013 16 Aug'13

  Less than 1% of Universal Credit IT spend goes to SMEs

  Despite a 25% target, less than 1% of IT spending for government’s flagship Universal Credit programme has gone to small businesses

• August 09, 2013 09 Aug'13

  Government to put 50% of all new IT spend through SMEs

  The government wants to put half of all new IT spending through small IT suppliers – doubling the previous target

• August 09, 2013 09 Aug'13

  Enterprises spend more on third-party datacentres than in-house ones: Uptime survey

  Uptime Institute’s annual datacentre industry survey reveals shift in IT spend away from enterprise-owned datacentres to outsourced options

• August 08, 2013 08 Aug'13

  Government opens fourth iteration of cloud framework G-Cloud 4 for business

  Cabinet Office has opened the fourth iteration of UK government cloud – G-Cloud 4 to accept tenders from new cloud suppliers and existing ones

• August 08, 2013 08 Aug'13

  Bloomberg signs up to Ubuntu Edge hybrid

  Financial analytics service Bloomberg has bought into Mark Shuttleworth’s Ubuntu One vision for a hybrid PC/mobile device.

• August 06, 2013 06 Aug'13

  Datacentres are a key focus for government’s Green ICT Delivery Unit

  With the growing use of online services for government transactions, datacentres are a key focus of the government’s green IT strategy

• July 30, 2013 30 Jul'13

  ICO to investigate sale of online dating profiles

  The UK’s data protection watchdog is to investigate the sale of 10,000 online dating profiles to the BBC’s Panorama programme

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  Google datacentres awarded ISO 50001 certification

  Google has obtained ISO 50001 certification for its energy management systems in six datacentre facilities across the US

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  Dutch banking regulator approves use of AWS public cloud in the financial sector

  Dutch banking watchdog approves use of AWS cloud in websites, mobile apps, retail banking platforms, HPC and credit risk analysis

• July 22, 2013 22 Jul'13

  European banking firm UniCredit to introduce cloud in its datacentres

  European banking firm UniCredit has signed a multi-billion dollar deal with IBM to bring cloud into its datacentres

• July 22, 2013 22 Jul'13

  UK to block online porn by default

  The UK is to block online pornography by default to all new internet users, David Cameron is to announce

• July 19, 2013 19 Jul'13

  Michelin creates fuel efficiency service with Accenture

  Tyre maker Michelin has begun a major project to create a business division focused on providing IT solutions for logistics

• July 18, 2013 18 Jul'13

  Hidden cost of cloud computing is CIOs’ biggest concern

  A study into attitudes and concerns relating to cloud computing has revealed that 80% of CIOs are concerned about its hidden costs

• July 17, 2013 17 Jul'13

  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

• July 12, 2013 12 Jul'13

  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

• July 12, 2013 12 Jul'13

  CIO interview: Anne Boden, COO, Allied Irish Bank - on moving to private cloud

  AIB’s private cloud has meant a tenfold reduction in the number of Oracle databases and gives the bank internal technological ability and development flexibility to respond to a changing and demanding market