The UK IT industry will decline in real terms until at least 2016, and there is a real risk of the sector reaching a decade of downturn, according to research from TechMarketView (TMV). The analyst firm said the take-up of technologies ...
The top IT leaders in the UK talked to Computer Weekly throughout 2012 to share their opinions and experiences of modern technology leadership and transforming business and government through IT innovation. Their views are valuable not only ...
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Research into the UK outsourcing sector in 2010 found that 7.4% of the UK’s total production came from outsourcing, and about a third of that – some 38.7bn – was IT outsourcing. It is a sector that adapts to market ...
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Birmingham Metropolitan College has cut the cost of buying IT equipment by 40%. Birmingham Metropolitan College dramatically reduced the cost and time of buying IT equipment with a cloud-based system that produces benchmarking reports. ...
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Public Wi-Fi is beginning to find its way into every corner of the UK. It is no longer the domain of the American-style coffee shop, with pubs, retailers and even theme parks offering their own connections. However, this is not enough for ...
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Indian IT services giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is taking on 60 UK interns this year as part of the UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI). The wider Tata group will take on a further 42 students for work experience. ...
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The industry that you expect to hit the IT headlines on a regular basis has not let us down in the last 12 months,despite continued tough market conditions. With customer demands changing,banks have to innovate around things like mobile ...
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The suspension of bidding for the Thameslink rail franchise acted as a proof of concept for operator Go-Ahead's decision to move to a cloud-based collaboration platform. The incompetent handling of the bidding for the West Coast rail ...
UK technology companies are expecting to expand despite concerns about the economy. According to a survey of 86 senior UK IT company executives conducted by IT industry body Intellect, 43% say their organisations are very likely to ...
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Government officials are considering the viability of ordering suppliers bidding for Whitehall contracts to disclose the amount of tax they pay in the UK relative to their UK revenue, Computer Weekly has learned. The move follows recent ...
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Cloud computing is an increasingly significant segment of the IT outsourcing sector, but has a tipping point really been reached or are we one large data breach away from an about-turn? The cloud currently represents only a fraction of ...
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Oracle has welcomed 122 teachers from across Europe to its Oracle Academy Instructor's Institute, for the pilot of the Academy's Java Curriculum. Taking place at the Royal High School in Edinburgh, this week, the Oracle Academy Teacher ...
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Outsourcing services giant Accenture has launched an apprenticeship programme in Newcastle, offering 40 places on the three-year programme over the next 12 months. The first 20 apprentices will start in February 2013, with another 20 ...
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Computer Weekly is this week launching its inaugural programme to recognise the most influential women in UK IT. The initiative builds on our successful UKtech50 awards to highlight the most influential people in the UK tech scene – ...
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And now, the end is near. On 23 November 2012, Gerry Pennell will leave the job of a lifetime. Four years after signing up as CIO for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, his IT team has won every technology gold medal going after ...
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