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April 22, 2015 22 Apr'15
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
April 09, 2015 09 Apr'15
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
April 02, 2015 02 Apr'15
Foods manufacturer ConAgra expects to save $5m a year with data analytics

Food manufacturer ConAgra Foods is using data analytics technology to improve how it makes decisions about hiring and deploying its workforce
March 30, 2015 30 Mar'15
Rural payments service failed GDS assessment but still went live

The troubled rural payments digital service failed its most recent assessment by the Government Digital Service, but was still launched to farmers

March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15
UK government pays £150m to Raytheon to settle e-Borders dispute

UK government agrees to pay Raytheon £150m to settle dispute over the cancellation of e-Borders contract
March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15
Talk Talk moves HR systems to cloud

Managers now have accurate information on their workforce numbers, salary and overtime costs
March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15
MPs slam Defra for making rural payments 'digital by default'

MPs have slammed the government’s decision to make rural payment claims from farmers a 'digital by default' service
March 20, 2015 20 Mar'15
What went wrong with Defra's rural payments system?

A £154m system to process payments to farmers has been forced to resort to paper forms. What went wrong – and is this a digital disaster?
March 09, 2015 09 Mar'15
Smart meter project in danger of outright failure, government warned

A report from the Energy and Climate Change Committee has warned that plans to install smart meters across the UK by 2020 are veering off-track
March 06, 2015 06 Mar'15
Procurement guidelines saved government £91m in 2014, says Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude

The government made £91m savings in 2014 with “militant” guidelines around procurement, says Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude

March 05, 2015 05 Mar'15
Case study: How National Grid uses analytics to keeps the lights on

National Grid has started a project to supplement its existing asset maintenance system with predictive analytics
February 25, 2015 25 Feb'15
£700m spent on Universal Credit yet to deliver value for money, say MPs

The Department for Work and Pensions has spent £700m on Universal Credit so far, but has yet to convince MPs it is value for money
February 16, 2015 16 Feb'15
DWP starts national Universal Credit IT rollout

The next phase of the national IT rollout for the controversial Universal Credit programme has started
February 11, 2015 11 Feb'15
General election 2015: Major parties focus on tech agenda

With advancements around data protection and state surveillance of internet traffic, the UK is heading into its first tech-aware general election
February 06, 2015 06 Feb'15
Former Lloyds bank and Barclays CIO Darryl West joins HSBC

HSBC has appointed Darryl West, who left Barclays in December, as CIO
February 05, 2015 05 Feb'15
Newport to get resilient fibre ring for community safety projects

As part of a wide-reaching regeneration plan, Newport City Council deploys resilient fibre optic network to support community safety
February 02, 2015 02 Feb'15
Government and Labour trade accusations and insults over Universal Credit progress

The political battle over the future of Universal Credit is heating up, as shown in an extraordinary exchange of letters last month
January 27, 2015 27 Jan'15
Universal Credit costs will not be revealed until after general election

The government will not reveal the full cost of its troubled Universal Credit system until after the general election in May 2015
January 23, 2015 23 Jan'15
Case study: Park Resorts engages customers through responsive website

Holiday resort management firm Park Resorts' recently launched responsive website delivers new features and improves the user experience
January 08, 2015 08 Jan'15
Forrester: IT maintenance saps budget as tech spending increases

Technology spending is set to rise modestly, but the majority of IT spending will still go on maintaining existing systems
December 12, 2014 12 Dec'14
Care.data faces more delays over concerns about patients

The NHS’s Care.data scheme may face more delays due to concerns over lack of publicity and clarity of the proposed programme
December 11, 2014 11 Dec'14
DECC publishes annual report on delayed smart meter scheme

The Department of Energy and Climate Change has published its annual report on the roll-out of smart electricity and gas meters
December 08, 2014 08 Dec'14
M&S turns to predictive analytics to keep shelves stocked over Christmas

Marks & Spencer is using predictive analytics to keep shelves stocked with mince pies and turkeys over Christmas.
December 03, 2014 03 Dec'14
CIO Interview: Dustan Steer, IT director, Ted Baker

Dustan Steer, IT director for clothes brand Ted Baker, talks about upgrading the company's enterprise resource planning system
November 27, 2014 27 Nov'14
CIO interview: Jon Rudoe, digital and technology director, Sainsbury’s

While supermarkets all over the UK are facing challenging times ahead of them, Sainsbury's is taking its technology and innovation into its own hands by developing digital products for its customers.
November 25, 2014 25 Nov'14
Pressure on Universal Credit’s digital service mounts as testing begins

Risks remain for Universal Credit as DWP continues its twin-track gradual roll-out of live and digital services
November 25, 2014 25 Nov'14
National Trust for Scotland overcomes legacy network challenge

The National Trust for Scotland has replaced a historical network infrastructure with a core service from Brocade
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
October 31, 2014 31 Oct'14
Ipswich hospital improves healthcare service with Esri data visualisation

Health pilots location-based technology that delivers data visualisation
October 24, 2014 24 Oct'14
Universal Credit digital service set for first public test in Sutton

Digital service for Universal Credit to start testing with benefit claimants in Sutton, south London, in the next two months
October 21, 2014 21 Oct'14
Why Shell, BP and PwC teamed up to launch platform-neutral IT4IT Forum

Lack of IT integration and workload interoperability is pushing enterprises such as Royal Dutch Shell to collaborate with IT providers to develop standards
October 16, 2014 16 Oct'14
Cope could be the future of mobility, says BBC technology chief

A corporate-owned, personally enabled (Cope) implementation could be the best option for mobility plans in the future
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
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 24, 2014 24 Sep'14
Accommodation booking site picks Dell cloud to fix downtime issues

Eviivo, a UK-based online accommodation booking website, has placed its business-critical systems on a Dell cloud platform
September 18, 2014 18 Sep'14
Government digital chief signals move away from 'tower model' approach to IT outsourcing

Government digital chief Mike Bracken has signalled a move away from the “tower model” approach to IT outsourcing
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 03, 2014 03 Sep'14
How Sony Music used Google cloud for One Direction’s 1D-Day event

Sony Music and its digital agency AIS London adopted Google Cloud Platform services to handle One Direction's day event
September 02, 2014 02 Sep'14
Online fashion retailer Asos seeks CIO

Asos.com is looking to appoint a CIO following the departure of Pete Marsdon after two years in the role
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 19, 2014 19 Aug'14
Government major projects watchdog needs more powers, says MPs

Major Projects Authority needs stronger powers to improve project delivery across government, say MPs
August 08, 2014 08 Aug'14
Why John Linwood is not to blame for BBC’s failed technology project

Former BBC CTO has won his case for unfair dismissal over the failed £100m DMI project, but what lessons can be learned?
July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14
TfL wastes millions on telecoms, says IIPAG watchdog

Watchdog IIPAG criticises Transport for London (TfL) for its inefficient and fragmented telecoms contracts
July 17, 2014 17 Jul'14
System for seven-day bank account switching underused

The IT system that underpins government’s regulation of seven-day bank account switching is being underused
July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14
The billion-customer challenge of ITC CIO VVR Babu

ITC CIO VVR Babu explains the challenges for a business that targets over one billion consumers with its goods
June 27, 2014 27 Jun'14
Roadchef exits IBM Global Services for direct supplier relationships

Motorway services firm Roadchef ended an outsourcing deal with IBM Global Services when its IT was up for refresh and moved to SAP
June 20, 2014 20 Jun'14
Centrica's datacentre move to HP still not complete after three and a half years

Centrica is yet to transfer its entire datacentre operations to HP despite signing a contract with the supplier in 2010
June 18, 2014 18 Jun'14
Case study: How eBay uses its own OpenStack private cloud

eBay runs one of its most crucial workloads – its website – on an OpenStack private cloud platform developed by itself
June 16, 2014 16 Jun'14
Travel group Expedia aims to predict your holiday plans

Travel group Expedia is developing technology that will predict the needs of its customers before they call about their travel plans