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BMW outsources web platform roll-out to Accenture

German car manufacturer BMW has contracted Accenture to manage the implementation of its new web platform Continue Reading

Salesforce.com targets communities

Salesforce.com says it wants to address communities with its software as a service (SaaS) platform Continue Reading

Windows 8 passes 100 million in sales

Microsoft says Windows 8 OS has sold more than 100 million copies, roughly matching Windows 7 in the six months after launch Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

95% of local councils share services

Hundreds of local councils are sharing services as government cuts force them to fund new ways of providing services Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Two approaches to WAN optimisation

The two main barriers to WAN optimisation are cost and complexity. We look at low-cost, simple to configure alternatives Continue Reading

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• Steve Broadhead, Broadband Testing

Netherlands considers hacking powers for police

The Netherlands government considers legislation to give police powers to hack into computers, install spyware and read emails Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Computer Weekly European User Awards for Security: Winners

The winners are in for the Computer Weekly European User Awards for Security. See who made the top spots. Continue Reading

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• Kayleigh Bateman, Computer Weekly

Why IT education is failing

There are a plethora of UK IT educational projects and initiatives but no focus or urgency to channel the energy of teachers, says entrepreneur, Rick Chandler. Continue Reading

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• Rick Chandler

Report into Post Office Horizon system expected in July

The findings of an independent investigation into the Post Office's Horizon accounting system are expected to be published in July Continue Reading

What’s to be done about data breach discovery?

The time from first contact by cyber attackers to the victim learning of it is still measured in months and years, not hours and days Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

The Great Deverticalisation – part 5: Mind the GaaP

Politicians and government have the opportunity, through the power of open platforms, to take the lead in creating modern public services Continue Reading

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• Mark Thompson, Jerry Fishenden & Alan Brown

Schuh takes first steps to in-store Wi-Fi

Shoe retailer Schuh signs a contract with The Cloud to offer free Wi-Fi to customers Continue Reading

Progress made on Lloyds Bank's Project Verde segregation

Lloyds Banking Group has reported good progress in its project to enable the systems for the new standalone TSB bank which will be sold off when complete Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Case study: The DANTE link for Euro academics

The best technology innovation winners of Computer Weekly’s European User Awards for Networking on how DANTE brings together researchers from far and wide with Infinera solutions Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Case study: How SAP runs Cape Town

For the past 10 years, SAP has been running the city of Cape Town, South Africa Continue Reading

CW500: 4G to underpin ubiquitous mobile services

The catalyst for debate at April’s CW500 Club meeting was the arrival of the 4G mobile network in the UK Continue Reading

O2 hires BT for 4G backhaul

Mobile operator O2 has signed a 10-year contract with BT to build a new high-capacity network for 4G services Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Empowering users: It is not all about BYOD

The real benefits of bring your own device (BYOD) only arise when the right culture and mindset are developed Continue Reading

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• Tony Lock, Freeform Dynamics

Infosec 2013: Cyber crime challenges law enforcement

Cyber crime is forcing police and law enforcement agencies to re-think basic skills needed, according to experts at Infosecurity Europe 2013 Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Lib Dems will block Snoopers’ Charter, says Nick Clegg

The draft Communications Data Bill will not go ahead while the Lib Dems are in government, says deputy prime minister Nick Clegg Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Herding Geese: The Retail Supply Chain

Steven Keifer draws on the pioneering work of US retailer, Walmart, to explain the essentials of EDI in the retail supply chain. Continue Reading

Standard Bank uses SAP to bring mobile banking to communities

Many people in South Africa do not have a bank account. Standard Bank has used SAP to help people get started with banking. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Infosec 2013: University research challenges reliability of IPS

Research shows intrusion prevention systems (IPS) are not as effective at detecting malicious activity as some might think Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

UK online businesses neglect mobile strategy

Online businesses are failing to implement mobile strategies, according to a report from Barclays bank Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Security spend misaligned with threats, says security veteran

Security budget allocations have remained the same for the past 15 years, but threats have changed, says Shlomo Kramer, chief executive at security firm Imperva Continue Reading

CIO interview: Mike Croucher, head of IT architecture and delivery, British Airways

After changes in IT leadership two years ago, the IT strategy at BA is focusing on infrastructure modernisation and smarter use of customer data Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

The internet of things is set to change security priorities

IT leaders must protect against the security risks introduced by the growing interaction between technology and the physical world. Continue Reading

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• Andrew Rose

US jails LulzSec hacker Cody Kretsinger

The US has jailed a member of hacktivist group LulzSec for a year for his role in breaching computer systems at Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2011 Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Mega vendors: Quarterly results Q1 2013

A number of the larger IT suppliers reported their quarterly financial results for the first quarter of 2013. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Conficker makes way for web-based attacks, says Microsoft

Web attacks emerge as top threat as businesses finally begin to win the battle against Conficker and other worms, says Microsoft Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Open data leaders slam government over postcode privatisation

The Open Data Institute has hit out at Whitehall plans to allow details of UK postcodes to continue to be sold for profit Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Microsoft reports strong quarterly results for all divisions

Microsoft reported profit of $6bn for the past quarter, up 17% from a year ago, despite a mixed response to Windows 8 and a decline in PC sales Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Opinion split on whether to offshore IT to China

Relatively low costs and high levels of software skills give China immense potential when it comes to providing large businesses with IT services, but opinion is split on whether it is an option Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

IT rationalisation must be combined with layoffs for long-term savings

Long-term IT cost reduction requires more than just server consolidation and cuts to software licences, says Gartner Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

World’s fastest supercomputer gets 40PB of DDN storage

The US Oak Ridge lab builds home-grown HPC NAS for 40PB DataDirect Networks with 1TBps of throughput as a SAN to back-end Spider II file system on Titan supercomputer Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Preparing for the Capital Requirements Directive

Just how prepared were the financial markets across Europe for CRD IV and XBRL? Continue Reading

How to create a good information security policy

Information security policies provide vital support to security professionals, yet few organisations take the time to create decent policies Continue Reading

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• Andi Scott

One man’s mission to uncover a WWII decryption machine

How Brian Randell unlocked the secrets of Colossus, the world’s first programmable computer. Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

Case study: London's Olympic network from BT

After receiving an honourable mention in the European user awards for networking, Computer Weekly looks at the challenge of rolling out the network for the London Olympic Games in 2012 Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Anonymous hacks North Korean websites for a second time

Members of the Anonymous hacktivist collective claim to have again hacked several prominent North Korean websites Continue Reading

Google reaches deal with EU competition authorities

Google has reportedly reached a deal with European Union (EU) competition authorities over concerns about its business practices Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Google has another go at allaying EU competition concerns

Google has submitted a fresh set of proposals to address European concerns about its business practices and avoid punitive action Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Real-life disaster recovery boost at video firm with HDS clustered NAS

Special effects video firm The Mill boosts HDS/BlueArc clustered NAS capacity to cope with HD movies and build disaster recovery site at London’s Docklands Continue Reading

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• Antony Adshead, Storage Editor

Bots and web apps among top threats to data security, says Check Point

Bots, viruses, breaches and attacks are a constant and real threat to the information security of organisations Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Windows XP end of support: What to do next

CIOs may not wish to carry on running a 12-year-old desktop OS, but thousands of incompatible applications leave many with no choice Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Porn websites pose malware risk, says researcher

Browsing popular pornography internet sites pose a growing risk of malware infection, according to a security researcher Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

South Korea accuses North Korea of launching cyber attacks

South Korea blames North Korea for the cyber attacks that shut down thousands of computers at broadcasters and banks two weeks ago Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Mott MacDonald rolls out unified communications

Global engineering firm Mott MacDonald signs Tata Communications for a five-year unified communications deal worth over $20m Continue Reading

UK financial regulator FCA probes RBS IT failure

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) probes an IT failure at Royal Bank of Scotland that also affected NatWest and Ulster Bank customers Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

CIO interview: Mary Hensher, IT director, Cancer Research UK

Charity Cancer Research has felt the impact of recession on fundraising and the need to innovate through technology is more important than ever Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

Vendors form OpenDaylight Project for SDN

Networking industry's big names form OpenDaylight Project - an open source framework for SDN - under Linux Foundation’s umbrella Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

British Library archives the web

The British Library is to archive 4.8 million UK websites and one billion web pages, following statutory changes to copyright legislation Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

The Great Deverticalisation - part 4: The role of the private sector

Why do we persist in running vertically integrated organisations when standardising many of these processes would free us up to do things so much better, and more cheaply? Continue Reading

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• Mark Thompson & Jerry Fishenden

100Gbps Ethernet – is it time to move?

Do you need 100Gbps Ethernet in your datacentre, or is the technology just going through a hype cycle? Computer Weekly investigates. Continue Reading

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• Manek Dubash

Case Study: 192business switches to tokenisation to speed up business processes

Online payment card verification firm 192business uses tokenisation to speed up its processes and protect credit card details from fraud Continue Reading

Will the iPad ever be a true corporate device or will Microsoft usurp it?

The iPad is used in enterprises today but will it ever be a true corporate device or just one that IT departments create workarounds to support? Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

US Army practises poor data security on mobile devices

Pentagon inspector general finds smartphones and tablets the US Army buys are not configured to protect sensitive data and allow remote wipe Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Anonymous threatens to declare cyber war on North Korea

Anonymous hacktivist collective has threatened North Korea with cyber war if leader Kim Jong-un does not resign and install free democracy Continue Reading

Google closer to action from European privacy regulators

Google is another step closer to action by privacy regulators across Europe for failing to change the way it manages user data Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Scottish IT and digital businesses look elsewhere due to skills shortage

Scottish IT and digital businesses are struggling to fill job vacancies with over half recruiting from outside Scotland, according to ScotlandIS Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Howard Shiplee latest to lead Universal Credit delivery

Howard Shiplee has been appointed the latest lead on the DWP Universal Credit programme Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

More IT problems at RBS

RBS, NatWest and Ulster Bank customers using mobile apps were locked out today after another IT failure at the banking group Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Strategic investments drive modest growth in IT spending

The relatively stable economic climate has resulted in modest IT investment, according to Gartner’s latest quarterly spending forecast Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Home Office needs to boost capability to fix UKBA IT

The Home Office must improve its internal capability to fix the siloed IT systems behind the soon-to-be-scrapped UK Border Agency Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

UK government sets up cyber security fusion cell

A cyber security “fusion cell” for cross-sector threat data sharing aims to put government, industry and information security analysts side-by-side Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Southern Water contracts TCS for transformation

Southern Water is transforming customer service and revenue management through IT services from Tata Consultancy Services Continue Reading

Employees ignore security rules, say infosec pros

Most information security professionals believe corporate employees wilfully ignore security rules, survey at RSA Conference 2013 reveals Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Yahoo buys UK teenager’s app for £18m

Yahoo has acquired Summly – an app created by a UK teenager – for £18m, making him one of the world’s youngest self-made millionaires Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Apple buys WifiSLAM for $20m

Apple buys indoor mapping start-up WifiSLAM for $20m to boost its location technology and compete with Google’s indoor capabilities Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Securing the hypervisor: expert tips

There are many potential security issues with the various components of a virtualised infrastructure, and nowhere is this more of a concern than with the hypervisor platforms that host virtual systems and application instances Continue Reading

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• Dave Shackleford, Voodoo Security

Malware in counterfeit software to cost business $114bn in 2013

Dealing with malware in counterfeit software will cost global enterprises an estimated $114bn in 2013, says research firm IDC Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

The history of OpenFlow

Computer Weekly takes a look back at the beginnings of the software-defined networking protocol and the technology behind it Continue Reading

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• Steve Evans

Agile Project Management for Government

Brian Wernham shows how an agile approach can incrementally deliver large mission and safety critical technology solutions. Continue Reading

Six security issues to tackle before encrypting cloud data

Concern about security and privacy is likely to drive adoption of cloud encryption, but there are six security issues businesses should tackle Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Universal Credit not at odds with agile, says former chief

Former programme director of Universal Credit, Malcolm Whitehouse, has denied the mega-project is at odds with agile development Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Hampshire signs broadband contract with BT

Funding from the council, BDUK and BT will provide over £13m to bring superfast broadband to at least 90% of the county by 2015 Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Farewell to Logica brand as CGI completes UK integration

The Logica brand will disappear next week as buyer CGI migrates the services supplier's UK IT to CGI's own global system Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

CIO interview: Darrell Stein, IT director, Marks & Spencer

As M&S develops its multi-channel capability, Darrell Stein and his team are delivering projects focused on innovation and profitability Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

Case study: Hamilton Fraser embraces BYOD with MobileIron

How insurance firm Hamilton Fraser is using MobileIron to enable employees to bring their own devices while following company policy Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

ARM CEO Warren East steps down

Warren East, CEO of semiconductor firm ARM, is retiring from the company after almost 12 years in the leadership role Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

AstraZeneca appoints new CIO David Smoley

Pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca has appointment David Smoley as chief information officer Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Accenture delivers rapid reporting for Six Nations

In sponsoring the Six Nations Rugby tournament, Accenture has shown how rapid prototyping can be applied to building enterprise reports Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

The Great Deverticalisation - part 3: New skills and structures in the public sector

Why do we persist in running vertically integrated organisations when standardising many of these processes would free us up to do things so much better, and more cheaply? Continue Reading

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• Mark Thompson & Jerry Fishenden

Government mandates 'preference' for open source

The government has, for the first time, mandated a preference for using open source for future developments Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Samsung launches Galaxy S4 with improved software and Knox security

Samsung's latest smartphone, the Galaxy S4 – which was released in New York – aims to boost software and Android OS security Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

CIO Interview: Matthew Oakeley, global IT head of Schroders

Matthew Oakeley talks to Karl Flinders about his role as global IT head at investment management company Schroders Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

John Lewis drops virtual mirror project as part of ‘fail fast at innovation' strategy

John Lewis has canned its virtual mirror project as part of the company’s approach to ‘failing fast at innovation’ Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

US authorities investigate hack of Michelle Obama and other high-profile people

US authorities are investigating hackers who allegedly stole financial information belonging to US first lady Michelle Obama Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

O2: ‘We have not lost a single customer to EE’

O2’s head of enterprise says no customers have been drawn to EE's 4G and expects a challenge to entice them even after all operators launch Continue Reading

Warwickshire Council adopts Gmail

Warwickshire County Council is to complete a full Gmail roll-out across its 4,500 users next month, in a move that will deliver £250,000 in savings Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Journey 2016: Enterprise without boundaries

This report from Atos assess how major trends including the birth of the total data economy, a cashless society, social and shared innovation will start to reshape business and society by 2016. Continue Reading

Majestic Wine swaps Microsoft for Intershop in ecommerce refresh

Majestic Wine is revamping its website with an InterShop 7 ecommerce engine, which replaces a legacy Microsoft Commerce Server system. Continue Reading

Phishing emails sent in pairs to lend authenticity, says training company

Phishing emails are now being deployed in pairs to create the illusion of authenticity, says security awareness training company PhishMe Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Microsoft releases four critical security updates

Microsoft is to release four “critical” patches in its monthly Patch Tuesday security update, according to the advance notice. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Hilary Reynolds latest universal credit programme director to move

Universal credit programme director Hilary Reynolds has moved off after just four months, the latest senior figure to leave the programme Continue Reading

AstraZeneca opts for co-operation after IBM falls out

AstraZeneca has changed its approach to outsourcing to encourage co-operation with suppliers after its deal with IBM failed to deliver Continue Reading

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• Lindsay Clark

Midlands health trust trials BlackBerry 10 OS on PlayBook with Z10 roll-out

The Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust tests the Blackberry 10 operating system (OS) for a mobile fleet deployment Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Wired vs wireless in the enterprise

What are the pros and cons of wired and wireless connectivity, and what does the future hold for the corporate environment? Continue Reading

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• Steve Evans

Hardware fault causes more RBS service outages

RBS and NatWest customers experienced disruptions to online and telephone banking services after hardware fault. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

MP adamant Universal Credit IT suppliers told to down tools

Universal Credit IT contractors have been told to down tools, says Stephen Timms, Labour MP for East Ham Continue Reading