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• December 04, 2014 04 Dec'14

  Sony hack exposes poor security practices

  Sony Pictures Entertainment remains tight-lipped about its recent cyber attack, but security lessons can be drawn from what is known

• December 03, 2014 03 Dec'14

  UKtech50 2014 - The most influential people in UK IT

  Computer Weekly has announced the fifth annual UKtech50, our definitive list of the movers and shakers in UK IT

• 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

• December 02, 2014 02 Dec'14

  Innocent Drinks: Why the UK is the best place for startups

  Innocent Drinks co-founder, Richard Reed, says the UK is the best place for a startup company

• December 02, 2014 02 Dec'14

  Sitel to hire 11,000 staff

  Sitel reveals plans to expand by employing 11,000 staff, with 1,200 positions in the UK

• December 02, 2014 02 Dec'14

  HP is ‘coming back strong’, says CEO Meg Whitman

  At the HP Discover event in Barcelona, CEO Meg Whitman addressed the future for customers following HP's split into two businesses

• December 02, 2014 02 Dec'14

  Danske Bank latest to take offshore IT in-house

  Danske Bank is the latest company to transform its offshore IT strategy by setting up a captive centre in India next year

• December 02, 2014 02 Dec'14

  Ministry of Defence consolidates with green datacentre

  The MoD is aiming to reduce its IT carbon footprint with the construction of a new datacentre to replace the existing host site in Bath

• December 01, 2014 01 Dec'14

  ABN Amro re-signs IBM for 10-year, multibillion-euro IT contract

  ABN Amro has extended its multibillion-euro outsourcing deal with IBM by another 10 years

• December 01, 2014 01 Dec'14

  CIO interview: Kevin Cunnington, director general of digital transformation, DWP

  Kevin Cunnington is responsible for making the Universal Credit IT system work - while leading the DWP's digital transformation

• December 01, 2014 01 Dec'14

  Films leaked online after Sony Pictures hack

  High-quality copies of still-to-be-released films have been leaked online a week after Sony Pictures Entertainment was reportedly hacked

• December 01, 2014 01 Dec'14

  Barclays bank launches mobile video banking

  Barclays Bank has launched a 24-hour video banking service that will enable customers to receive face-to-face service from anywhere

• November 28, 2014 28 Nov'14

  Lack of digital skills holding back two million small businesses

  Two million small firms miss out on business due to lack of online presence, Department for Business Innovation & Skills report reveals

• November 28, 2014 28 Nov'14

  Tech startups fail to represent females in the boardroom

  The number of women on tech startup boards has declined since 2010, while FTSE 100 companies boast increased female representation, survey shows

• November 28, 2014 28 Nov'14

  Three pondering bid for O2 or EE, say reports

  As BT conducts sales talks with both O2 and EE, reports have emerged the owner of Three is also preparing a bid for one or other of the two networks

• November 28, 2014 28 Nov'14

  CGI secures communications between pilots and air traffic control

  Satellite communications firm Inmarsat has outsourced the provision of security IT and services to CGI

• 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 27, 2014 27 Nov'14

  BSI urges UK businesses to bolster cyber security

  UK businesses are at risk of reputational damage due to lack of awareness on how to protect their data assets, BSI research shows

• November 27, 2014 27 Nov'14

  How resilient is the public cloud?

  The recent downtime that affected some Azure services following an update illustrates the precarious balance CIOs face in the cloud era

• November 26, 2014 26 Nov'14

  EE in sales talks with BT

  EE owners Deutsche Telekom and Orange eye up a sale to BT just days after news O2’s owner is also looking to exit the UK market

• November 26, 2014 26 Nov'14

  HP results disappoint ahead of split

  HP has announced disappointing fourth-quarter earnings ahead of the company’s planned split aimed at reversing its recent decline

• 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

  Computer Weekly Buyer's Guide features list 2015

  The Computer Weekly Buyer's Guide maps the IT buying cycle of our readership onto relevant editorial to help decision-making.

• 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 24, 2014 24 Nov'14

  Goldman Sachs invests in analytics startup

  Investment bank Goldman Sachs has invested in a financial analytics startup as part of a $15m funding round

• November 24, 2014 24 Nov'14

  Cert-UK calls for better cyber threat data-sharing

  Cert-UK has called for more UK firms to join the government’s Cyber Security Information Sharing Partnership

• November 24, 2014 24 Nov'14

  Mature Indian offshore IT services firms take larger chunk of market as US giants collapse

  Indian IT services firms increased their share of UK private sector IT and BPO contracts from 4% to 25% in a five-year period

• November 24, 2014 24 Nov'14

  Tower Hamlets truants code with UK2.net, Barnardo’s and Raspberry Pi

  UK2.net, Barnardo’s and Raspberry Pi team up to teach Tower Hamlet students with truancy or behavioural issues

• November 24, 2014 24 Nov'14

  Finance regulators overlook offshoring in RBS IT failure statements

  UK financial services regulators made no mention of the role of offshored IT in the problems that led to the ₤56m fine for RBS

• November 21, 2014 21 Nov'14

  Smart Wear triumphs at Appathon UK competition

  Notre Dame High School and University of Cambridge win trip to Silicon Valley during awards ceremony at House of Commons

• November 21, 2014 21 Nov'14

  EDF extends IT outsourcing contract with Capgemini

  Utilities company EDF Energy has extended its IT outsourcing contract with Capgemini by another two years

• November 21, 2014 21 Nov'14

  Russian webcam-spying site highlights common security failing

  A Russian website collecting images from internet-connected cameras highlights a common security failing, say security professionals

• November 21, 2014 21 Nov'14

  HSBC launches Paym for business

  HSBC launches Paym capabilities to allow business customers to receive payments using mobile phone numbers

• November 20, 2014 20 Nov'14

  UK police make four arrests in international cyber crime crackdown

  UK police make four arrests during an international crackdown on cyber criminals using malware tools to steal data

• November 20, 2014 20 Nov'14

  Former Allied Irish COO to launch iTunes-style bank

  Former Allied Irish Bank COO Anne Boden is to create digital bank in 2015, with the aim of changing banking in the same way Apple changed music

• November 20, 2014 20 Nov'14

  Regulators fine Royal Bank of Scotland ₤56m for IT failure

  Financial industry regulators fine Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) for an IT outage in 2012 that left customers unable to access their accounts

• November 19, 2014 19 Nov'14

  Home Office continues to engage with suppliers over Emergency Services Network

  The Home Office is continuing its discussions with suppliers around the requirements for the new Emergency Services Network (ESN).

• November 19, 2014 19 Nov'14

  UK government failing to break large service providers’ dominance

  Large UK service providers are strengthening their grip on the public sector purse, despite efforts by the government to contract to more suppliers

• 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 19, 2014 19 Nov'14

  UK will get 700MHz TV spectrum for mobile data – in 2022

  Ofcom will make the 700MHZ terrestrial TV spectrum available for mobile data when it falls out of use in 8 years' time

• November 19, 2014 19 Nov'14

  Increase in mobile users sees 2.7 billion devices worldwide in 2014

  Mobile subscriptions have increased by 800 million in 2014, bringing the total number of devices to 2.7 billion worldwide, according to a report

• November 19, 2014 19 Nov'14

  Microsoft releases emergency security patch for Windows and Windows Server

  Microsoft emergency patch fixes a Windows and Windows Server vulnerability hackers are exploiting to compromise networks

• November 18, 2014 18 Nov'14

  Melissa Di Donato: Having a daughter changed everything

  The Salesforce vice-president shares how her daughter has given her a new sense of responsibility to pave the way for more women in tech

• November 18, 2014 18 Nov'14

  Worldpay processes billionth contactless payment

  Supermarkets account for most contactless payments as payments company Worldpay processes its billionth contactless payment

• November 18, 2014 18 Nov'14

  Lufthansa confirms €1bn mega-outsourcing deal with IBM

  German airline Lufthansa confirms seven-year outsourcing contract with IBM worth €1.25bn

• 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 18, 2014 18 Nov'14

  Intel merges PC and mobile divisions

  Intel plans to merge its profitable PC group with the loss-making division that sells chips for smartphones and tablets

• November 17, 2014 17 Nov'14

  Can Microsoft change its spots?

  Since Satya Nadella took over as CEO of Microsoft, the company has become steadily more open and cross-platform

• November 17, 2014 17 Nov'14

  Tech Mahindra backs Milton Keynes smart city project

  Tech Mahindra’s telco services wing to support development and deployment of smart city solutions and IoT sensor networks

• November 17, 2014 17 Nov'14

  CIO success is all about winning friends and influencing people

  If Gartner’s predictions are true, CIO working practices have to change to keep IT relevant