IT management

Mobile phones a waste of time

While many people are obsessed with their mobile phones and never put them down for a minute, research shows that for many others they are just a waste of time. In fact, the average Brit will spend ... Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

FT sold on cloud benefits

In this week's Computer Weekly, we talk to the Financial Times CTO about the publisher's successful move to the public cloud and plans for further expansion to meet its data warehousing needs. And we examine the emerging market for mobile application services in the cloud. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

FTSE 350 firms still have long way to go on cyber risk

Many FTSE 350 firms still have a long way to go to manage the risks of a cyber attack, a government-backed cyber governance health check has revealed Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Barclays creates role to lead transformations

Barclays Bank has appointed a group chief operating officer (COO) to lead it through transformations, including major IT investments Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Supplier relationship management lessons from the car industry

IT can learn a lot from the car industry, which has transformed supplier relationship management Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Obama calls for single US data breach notification law

The US president is calling for a single US data breach notification law as part of proposed legislation to improve data security Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

IT fails to get a grip on shadow applications

IT managers are unaware how much shadow IT is used by their business, the Cloud Security Alliance has warned Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

User groups defend licensing, but should Oracle rethink remuneration?

Two Oracle user groups have defended Oracle's licensing policy following open letter by Campaign for Clear Licensing Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

How to make applications resilient on AWS

Cloud services are susceptible to network and other outages. There is no silver bullet to boost the resilience of an AWS-hosted application Continue Reading

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• Guido Soeldner

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 Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Oracle will lose out unless it changes its software licensing

In an open letter, Campaign for Clear Licensing highlights the risk to Oracle’s future earnings due to aggressive licensing Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Microservices: How to prepare next-generation cloud applications

A microservice architecture promotes developing and deploying applications composed of autonomous, self-contained units Continue Reading

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• Janakiram MSV

Tablet growth slows as consumers hand down devices

Sales of tablets are expected to slow down during 2015 Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Deal between RBS and CA over IT failure will remain secret

The details of the financial settlement between RBS and CA Technologies in relation to a massive IT failure will remain secret Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Top 10 CIO interviews of 2014

The top technology chiefs in the UK shared their opinions and experiences of modern IT leadership Continue Reading

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• Computer Weekly Staff

CIO interview: Mark Maddocks, Cambridge University Press

Technology has prompted unprecedented innovation and transformation in the media sector – Cambridge University Press is no exception Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

Price cuts and posturing in the public cloud war

The price battle among commodity cloud players is set to rage on, but how much impact is it really having for enterprise customers? Continue Reading

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• Jim Mortleman

US interception in the EU faces new legal challenges

US government orders against Microsoft to hand over email data 'infringes privacy legislation' in other countries Continue Reading

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• Fiona O’Cleirigh

Introducing the Devereux-Hodge shambolicness scale for rating progress of Universal Credit

If Universal Credit were made into a Hollywood rom-com, you just know that Margaret Hodge and Robert Devereux would be the central characters. Thrust into repeated opposition on different sides of ... Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

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 Continue Reading

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• Clare McDonald, Business Editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

IoT will drive a middleware boom

Spending in middleware is expected to exceed $16.3bn, driven by a shift towards agile mobile application integration Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

The state of mobile back end as a service

Common mobile application services are increasingly being hosted on central back-end servers – but what does that mean for the enterprise? Continue Reading

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• Janakiram MSV

CIO interview: Sarah Leslie, CIO, Iglo Foods Group

Sarah Leslie, CIO at Birds Eye manufacturer Iglo Foods Group, is focused on delivering simplified and standardised IT systems Continue Reading

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• Mark Samuels

Why MPs lost faith in the Post Office's IT investigation, but vowed to fight on

A group of 140 MPs has removed its backing for a Post Office scheme to redress subpostmasters' grievances over alleged false accounting Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

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. Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

The most influential people in UK IT 2014

In this week's Computer Weekly, we unveil the 50 most influential people in UK IT for 2014, and interview the winner of our UKtech50 list, Unilever's global CIO, Jane Moran. We examine how Cisco is responding to software-defined networking. And we hear from IT chiefs successfully implementing identity and access management. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Computer Weekly's UKtech50 event 2014

Computer Weekly hosted its annual UKtech50 countdown event on 3rd December 2014. This year Jane Moran, CIO of Unilever took away the award for the most influential person in UK IT. Here are some photos from the day Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

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 - the CIOs, industry executives, public servants and business leaders driving the role of technology in the UK economy Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

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 Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Computer Weekly UKtech50: Rising Stars 2014

Chosen by the Computer Weekly team from people we’ve met over the past 12 months, here are our five rising stars of 2014 Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

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 Continue Reading

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• Clare McDonald, Business Editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Clare McDonald, Business Editor

CW Europe - December 2014 Edition

The Computer Weekly European User Awards crowned 19 winners and three honourable mentions for 2014. This issue of CW Europe showcases all of our awards winners, revealing why they won and what the judges' said when they made their selections. Continue Reading

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 Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

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 Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

DWP still has lessons to learn to make Universal Credit IT a success

"Unacceptably poor management" and "wasted time and taxpayer's money" - that's how Margaret Hodge, MP, the chair of the Public Accounts Committee described Universal Credit this week.The latest ... Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

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. Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

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 Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

How the development of standards will affect the internet of things

As the internet of things (IoT) grows, so will the number of applications developed to control internet-connected devices and objects Continue Reading

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• Clare McDonald, Business Editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Networking keeps Heathrow flying high

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we go behind the scenes at Heathrow Airport’s new Terminal 2 to see the innovative network supporting operations. We visit the secret location of AT&T’s global internet disaster recovery centre. And we assess the risks for HM Revenue & Customs in moving off its IT outsourcing mega-deal. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Does diversity actually add value?

Diversity is a topic that is widely discussed nowadays. A lot of companies have Diversity Leaders within the business whose actual roles revolve around making sure the business is diverse. Some may ... Continue Reading

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• Kayleigh Bateman, Computer Weekly

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 Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

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 Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

Oracle: Five guaranteed cost-saving initiatives

There are plenty of pitfalls when dealing with Oracle licensing. here are five money-saving tips from The ITAM Review Continue Reading

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• Martin Thompson, ITAM Forum

Can Microsoft change its spots?

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

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Cloud providers are coming to Europe

In this week’s Computer Weekly, cloud providers like IBM, Microsoft and Salesforce.com are building datacentres in Europe in response to data protection concerns – we examine how the cloud is moving to Europe. Microsoft is embracing the cloud and mobile and decoupling Office from Windows – we look at the implications for corporate IT. And even PCs are moving into the cloud - we analyse the rise of desktop as a service. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

CIO interview: Enterprise Rent-A-Car European IT director Jeff King

Enterprise Rent-A-Car European IT director Jeff King rose from the shop floor to an executive directing IT across Europe Continue Reading

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• Mark Samuels

The business challenges and benefits of identity and access management

IT leaders gathered at a CW500 Club meeting to hear from peers about the challenges of identity and access management Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Revolutionising digital public service delivery

Public sectors across the world are attempting a transition away from closed, top-down, bureaucratic, and paper-based transactional models Continue Reading

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• Alan Brown, Jerry Fishenden & Mark Thompson

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 Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

UBS move to Oracle HR in the cloud hits big delays

Swiss bank UBS has hit major delays migrating to a cloud-based HR system Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Amazon not the biggest threat to high street retailers

Competition from online-only traders does not pose the biggest threat to high street retailers, with cautious attitudes a bigger risk Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Drinks maker Edrington outsources SAP enterprise resource planning operation to Atos

Glasgow-based distiller Edrington outsources its ERP development, support and hosting to IT services firm Atos Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Juniper CEO Kheradpir resigns over misconduct allegations

Shaygan Kheradpir steps down from his role as CEO of Juniper Networks after less than a year in the post, after a customer negotiation went sour Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Future Decoded event raises questions on digital risk

Is technology good for society or bad? This was one of the issues covered at the Future Decoded event in London Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Migrating away from Windows Server 2003

In this week’s Computer Weekly, as Microsoft prepares to end support for the popular Windows Server 2013 operating system, we assess the risk for organisations that fail to migrate in time. We hear from IT leaders delivering benefits from enterprise social media use to improve staff collaboration. And we look at criticisms from Oracle users about the supplier’s software licensing practices. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Ofcom to auction tranche of MoD-owned spectrum

190 MHz of spectrum in two bands currently controlled by the Ministry of Defence is to go under the hammer Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

CW Europe - November 2014 Edition

In this issue of CW Europe find out the winners of our Best of VMworld Europe 2014 user awards, which were recently unveiled at an awards ceremony in Barcelona. Find out why all of our five winners were crowned champions at VMworld Europe 2014, along with two honorable mentions due to a high number of quality projects. Continue Reading

Ofcom launches initiative to plug SMEs' lack of confidence in communications services

Regulator Ofcom launches online portal to help business owners exploit commercial communications services Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Southampton university fuels research with IBM Watson analytics

The University of Southampton has begun a far-reaching initiative to redefine the future of research powered by IBM Watson analytics Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Why national roaming may not be the answer to mobile not-spots

Industry suggests alternative strategies as government threatens to force mobile operators to allow national roaming Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Government open standards - the curious case of Microsoft and the minister

What role, if any, did science minister David Willetts take in helping Microsoft try to overturn government IT policy? Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Google joins enterprise cloud battle with additions to its cloud platform

Google made a raft of announcements at its GCP Live event, including enhancements to its networking stack and storage price drops Continue Reading

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• Janakiram MSV

Indian banks invest in real-time data

Indian banking and securities firms will be spending about INR 470bn on IT products and services in 2014 Continue Reading

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• Anup Basti

Enterprises push for open standards

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out about a new push led by Shell and BP to get IT vendors to agree interoperability standards for the digital age. We learn how one company is using agile development to introduce support for the bitcoin virtual currency into its IT systems. And we ask whether the cloud price wars will mean lower service levels from suppliers. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

The real story behind The Imitation Game film

The life of Alan Turing is being celebrated on the big screen this month. The Imitation Game from Studio Canal opens on November 14th 2014 and tells the story of the war hero who’s achievements until recently were largely unknown. Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

Ipswich hospital improves healthcare service with Esri data visualisation

Health pilots location-based technology that delivers data visualisation Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

Currency exchange business Travelex cuts HR costs by 25% with cloud IT systems

Travelex's cloud human resources (HR) project survived a budget overrun to cut costs and job recruitment times Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

How the BBC became digital in three-and-a-half years

The BBC has undergone a digital transformation that started 18 months prior to the London 2012 Olympic Games Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

Home Office appeals against $300m Raytheon payment in e-Borders dispute

The Home Office has appealed against a decision to award $300m to Raytheon over the cancellation of its e-Borders contract Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Banks see technology firms as biggest threat, says Infosys

Google, Apple and Facebook the biggest threat to banks as technology firms offer consumers financial services Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

HMRC to save £200m per year by scrapping Aspire outsourcing deal

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) expects to save over £200m a year by moving away from its Aspire IT outsourcing contract in June 2017 Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Lloyds Banking Group confirms 9,000 job cuts and digital investment

Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed it will cut 9000 jobs and close around 150 branches to focus more on its digital strategy Continue Reading

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• Clare McDonald, Business Editor

Met Office supercomputer to increase weather forecast accuracy

Met Office buys £97m Cray supercomputer to help predict disruptive weather events with a far greater degree of accuracy Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

CIO interview: David Johnstone of Martin Currie Investment Management

The head of solutions management at the asset management firm discusses IT projects and the changing role of IT leaders Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Securing critical industrial systems

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the security threats to the industrial control systems that power the UK’s critical national infrastructure, and ask what can be done to better protect them. We look at the key considerations when choosing an infrastructure as a service supplier. And we compare six of the top hybrid flash array products from the leading storage hardware providers. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

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 Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

BBC takes iPlayer video production to AWS cloud to beat bottleneck and storage woes

Having run Video Factory on AWS for over a year, BBC's Robert Shield explains how he overcame iPlayer bottleneck and availability challenges Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

European enterprises can halve colo expenses by moving north, says Gartner

Favourable environmental conditions in Northern Europe mean enterprises can save on their datacentre expenses Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

Interview: Ed Vaizey MP talks digital economy and digital skills

Minister for the digital economy Ed Vaizey discusses his new role and the future of digital policy Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

IBM operating income falls by 18% as it offloads semiconductor unit

IBM reported lower-than-expected earnings for the third quarter of 2014, with revenue down by 4% year-on-year Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

Managing digital projects

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the project management challenges for IT teams that are building digital, agile systems. We look at the growing importance of user experience testing driven by mobile app development. We assess the main products in the scale-out NAS market for storage. And Intel’s CIO talks about managing IT at the world’s largest chip manufacturer. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

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 Continue Reading

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• Clare McDonald, Business Editor

Cloud, frozen pizza model and the immutable infrastructure

The architecture pattern for immutable infrastructure is based on the made-to-order pizza model Continue Reading

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• Janakiram MSV

Nobody has a monopoly on digital leadership

As IT becomes more strategic and pervasive, effective digital leadership is needed by just about every organisation Continue Reading

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• David Moschella, Leading Edge Forum

CIOs fear poor cloud investment is making businesses uncompetitive

CIOs and CFOs fear their enterprises are missing revenue opportunities due to poor cloud strategies Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

What has happened to the Prime Minister's Digital Taskforce?

In July, the government revealed the existence of the Prime Minister's Digital Taskforce - notable at that time mainly for the fact that Tech City chair and former Facebook Europe managing director ... Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Embedded SIMs key to unlocking internet of things

GSMA’s eUICC Embedded SIM Specification will help M2M communications and the IoT become mainstream, say analysts Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

UK ranks third in right to be forgotten requests to Google

The UK has made the third-highest number of requests for links to be removed from Google's search results Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Why has HP split?

In this week’s Computer Weekly, HP has announced plans to split the company in two – we look at the reasons and assess the future prospects for the IT giant. We examine the best practice in security policy to support a bring your own device (BYOD) scheme for staff mobile technology. And we find out how one company moved its entire datacentre from Berlin to London. Read the issue now. Continue Reading

Symantec splits storage and security

Symantec is splitting its storage and security business, following just days after HP announced its split Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Tim Berners-Lee: Data sharing needs accountability

The question of how much data an individual should share was a key theme of Tim Berners-Lee's keynote at IP Expo Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor