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• February 15, 2016 15 Feb'16

  'We stumbled on e-commerce,' says Ecco marketing head

  Head of e-commerce at retailer Ecco Dana Schwartz explains how the firm’s transformational journey happened as a result of e-commerce adoption

• February 15, 2016 15 Feb'16

  Telstra is transforming Australian IT infrastructure

  Telco is transforming its IT operation to make better use of the cloud, data and application programming interfaces

• February 15, 2016 15 Feb'16

  Sweden’s NFT Ventures looks to Finland for fintech startups

  Swedish startup fund that targets financial technology developers has expanded its reach into Finland

• February 12, 2016 12 Feb'16

  Netflix is now 100% all-in on the AWS cloud

  Streaming firm details the challenges it faced during seven-year push to wind down its datacentres and move everything into the AWS public cloud

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  Digital internships in India with TCS now open to UK graduates

  India’s biggest IT supplier, Tata Consultancy Services, plans to recruit 1,000 UK graduates for paid internships over the next four years

• February 10, 2016 10 Feb'16

  MK:Smart enlists IoT supplier ThingWorx for speedy development

  Milton Keynes smart city project selects ThingWorx to provide a rapid application deployment environment

• February 10, 2016 10 Feb'16

  The OpenStack Foundation: Building enterprise trust in open-source clouds

  With HMRC and the European Commission emerging as OpenStack adopters, the OpenStack Foundation's CEO explains how it has set about winning over the enterprise with its open-source cloud platform

• February 10, 2016 10 Feb'16

  Smart cities pointless without universal superfast broadband

  Smart city deployments will not get very far, or realise effective socioeconomic benefits, if more attention is not paid to the underlying infrastructure

• February 10, 2016 10 Feb'16

  Paym usage doubles every six months

  Mobile payments provider says use of its mobile payments service is increasing by about four times each year

• February 04, 2016 04 Feb'16

  Google’s Chrome to flag deceptive embedded content

  Browser will warn of any embedded content such as ads that pretend to act like, and look and feel like, a trusted entity

• January 27, 2016 27 Jan'16

  VMware to cut 800 jobs in cloud-focused company restructure

  Virtualisation company VMware confident adoption of software-defined datacentres will offset softening demand for older products

• January 26, 2016 26 Jan'16

  Could Sweden become the first cashless society?

  Sweden is fast becoming a country where cash is on the periphery of payments, and some think it might be the first to become cashless

• January 25, 2016 25 Jan'16

  Social media exert influence on millennials' shopping habits

  Consumers aged 18 to 34 are more likely to buy items based on what they see on social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube

• January 25, 2016 25 Jan'16

  Twitter chief claims executive exodus voluntary

  Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey confirms CTO and COO are to take on additional responsibilities with the departure of four top executives

• January 23, 2016 23 Jan'16

  Lacking the digital skills to shop online costs consumers £744 a year

  If consumers are not shopping online for the best deals, they could be missing out on hundreds of pounds of potential savings

• January 22, 2016 22 Jan'16

  NRF 2016: Shopping centres will become “platforms for experiences”, says Westfield co-CEO

  As digital causes a shift towards “showrooming”, Westfield co-CEO claims shopping centres will become more experience-focused

• January 21, 2016 21 Jan'16

  Candy Crush maker King secures mobile access through cloud

  Candy Crush maker King.com uses cloud-based Duo Security authentication for access to cloud services, customised apps and remote VPNs

• January 20, 2016 20 Jan'16

  CIO interview: Janne Aalto, Finnish telco DNA

  When Finnish telco DNA wanted to transform its business, it made startup consultant Janne Aalto its CIO to lead the move to lean and agile

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull calls for free, open and secure internet

  International norms of behaviour should prohibit states from conducting cyber intellectual property theft, says Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull

• January 14, 2016 14 Jan'16

  The National Holocaust Centre uses public cloud for digital preservation project

  The National Holocaust Centre and Museum (NHCM) turns to public cloud provider Datacentred to help preserve stories of World War II survivors

• January 13, 2016 13 Jan'16

  Valve deploys 100Gbps ports to support Steam gaming growth

  Gaming firm Valve upgrades its network infrastructure with Level 3 to support the growth of its social entertainment and gaming platform Steam

• January 12, 2016 12 Jan'16

  Public cloud competition prompts 66% drop in prices since 2013, research reveals

  Tariff Consulting's latest report tracks industry impact of public cloud price cuts, and reveals service range -- not cost -- is what matters

• January 11, 2016 11 Jan'16

  Closer co-operation in Asean with ICT masterplan

  Asean countries will work more closely together on the region’s latest plan for increasing the use and benefits of IT

• January 07, 2016 07 Jan'16

  Gov.uk notifications platform to begin sending texts and emails

  Latest project in government-as-a-platform strategy aims to make it easier to keep individuals informed about applications and services

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  HSBC suffers major online banking failure

  HSBC customers unable to access online banking services as the UK bank suffers internal technical issue.

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Nominet Trust 100 tech for good list: The organisations driving change

  Nominet Trust releases its annual guide of 100 organisations across the globe using technology to drive positive change

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Asean countries consider IoT for smart farming

  Malaysia is leading the way when it comes to using internet of things technologies to improve agriculture

• December 31, 2015 31 Dec'15

  Top 10 internet of things stories of 2015

  2015 was the year the internet of things began to move from theory to widespread practice, and the fledgling industry shook off the millstone of connected kitchen appliances

• December 23, 2015 23 Dec'15

  CIO interview: Henry Cohen, CIO, Telegraph Media Group

  The newspaper publisher is developing an agile mindset in response to the growth of digital over printed publications

• December 23, 2015 23 Dec'15

  BBC CTO Matthew Postgate to head up technology division

  Matthew Postgate, chief technology officer of the BBC, will take on a different role in April 2016 leading a new division for the firm

• December 23, 2015 23 Dec'15

  Top 10 broadband stories of 2015

  The BDUK roll-out continued to gain momentum in 2015, but that didn’t mean for one second that the controversy that has dogged the programme died down. Meanwhile, BT began touting a new type of technology, called G.fast

• December 22, 2015 22 Dec'15

  Top 10 cloud computing stories of 2015

  Computer Weekly's top 10 cloud computing stories of 2015

• December 18, 2015 18 Dec'15

  More than a quarter of Brits bank on mobile, but branches still popular

  More and more people in the UK are banking on their smartphones, but more than a third still visit branches regularly

• December 17, 2015 17 Dec'15

  Mobile tech saves more carbon than it emits, says Carbon Trust

  Use of mobile technology in Europe and North America is saving more than 180 million tonnes of carbon emissions a year, according to the Carbon Trust

• December 16, 2015 16 Dec'15

  Etihad Airways chooses Cognizant to support digital transformation

  Airline aims to improve customer satisfaction by implementing programme of digital developments

• December 15, 2015 15 Dec'15

  Poundland launches e-commerce Christmas push with Rackspace managed support

  Budget retailer has turned to Rackspace to ensure its first foray into online retail can withstand the seasonal rush

• December 15, 2015 15 Dec'15

  Interview: Lebara CTO sets out plans to go all-in on AWS cloud

  Lebara was a Europe-centric, single-product telco until the cloud paved the way for it to grow its service portfolio and expand overseas

• December 11, 2015 11 Dec'15

  HyperCat smart city venture sets up shop in India

  UK government-backed HyperCat Consortium seeks Indian startups for Hyderabad-based incubator

• December 10, 2015 10 Dec'15

  Datacentre operators must "open up" to close industry skills gap, claims IO

  IO business development director Andrew Roughan said more must be done to encourage a wider range and higher number people into the datacentre industry

• December 10, 2015 10 Dec'15

  HPE goes live with Europe-wide cloud service catalogue

  HPE’s Cloud 28+ service catalogue is open for business and hopes to encourage wider take-up of off-premises services across the continent

• December 09, 2015 09 Dec'15

  DHL opens Singapore centre for logistics technology innovation

  DHL has opened a centre in Singapore to research technologies that can be used in the logistics industry

• December 08, 2015 08 Dec'15

  G.fast technical trials connect 100 Swansea homes and businesses

  BT has embarked on a technical trial of G.fast technology in Swansea

• December 07, 2015 07 Dec'15

  Australia launches plan to reduce reliance on natural resources

  The Australian government has announced plans to reduce its dependency on industries that rely on natural resources and increase its activities in areas such as IT

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  Veracode finds most web apps fail Owasp security check list

  The findings of a report on critical vulnerabilities in most web applications is raising concerns over potential security vulnerabilities in millions of websites

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  Workday ringfences support in Europe after Safe Harbour ruled unsafe

  US cloud HR and financial services provider reponds to Safe Harbour failure by ringfencing European data

• December 02, 2015 02 Dec'15

  Interview: BT CEO Gavin Patterson

  For BT CEO Gavin Patterson, the UKtech50 most influential person in UK IT 2015, the network is a vital tool to balance the demands of a global services business with the responsibility of being the national incumbent telecoms operator

• November 27, 2015 27 Nov'15

  Telefonica embarks on enterprise cloud push with Huawei

  Telco will work with Chinese networking supplier to offer enterprise access to OpenStack-based public cloud services

• November 27, 2015 27 Nov'15

  Case study: Tideway uses private cloud to manage London ‘super sewer’ infrastructure

  Infrastructure services director explains why Tideway has opted for a managed, private cloud setup to support sewer project

• November 27, 2015 27 Nov'15

  Word ‘smart’ being abused by IoT advocates

  Speakers at an event hosted by Cambridge Wireless say the term ‘smart’ is overused to describe connected devices on the internet of things

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  Equinix rolls out AWS Direct Connect in Slough datacentre

  Datacentre provider launches private internet connection to Amazon Web Services to help customers build hybrid clouds