The government's CIO, Andy Nelson (pictured), has spelled out his future wishes for the ongoing G-Cloud project, which include a structure more like Apple's App Store, and a service contract that can be shifted easily between suppliers. ...
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Government IT reformers have criticised the Cabinet Office's plans to give chief procurement officer Bill Crothers a more prominent position within the IT leadership team. Sources told Computer Weekly they were concerned the move could ...
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Tablet announcement alienated customers and partners... even though no product was even shipped, Michael Saylor said Microsoft's recent Surface tablet launch has been labelled the worst technology product launch in ten years by Michael ...
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The London Underground has announced that 20 more stations have been connected to Virgin Media's Wi-Fi service including Camden Town,Notting Hill Gate and Seven Sisters. The total number of Wi-Fi enabled stations come in at 92,with a ...
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It is all done and dusted.The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games(Locog)has passed the baton to its Rio 2016 successor after a debriefing event to provide the Brazilian Games hosts with the lessons learned from the London ...
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TradeCard,Inc.,the supply chain collaboration and global trade platform used by 10,000 retailers,brands,manufacturers and service providers,announced today that leading global brand and retailer GUESS?,Inc.has extended its use of the ...
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Four leading executives from US big data and analytics companies tell a similar story of imminent increased big data analytics adoption in the UK and Europe.Senior executives from MapR,Cloudera,ParAccel,and Pentaho traced out the likely ...
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Light - not electric signals - is the future of information transfer, says IBM as it reveals a "major advance" in chip technology. Calling the tech "silicon nanophotonics", IBM reckons it integrates optical components alongside electrical ...
A third of UK CIOs are more concerned with EU regulation–such as the data protection directive–than their own local laws,a study has revealed. Some 34%of UK CIOs and 30%across Europe regard EU regulation as more important than ...
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The Metropolitan Police Service's IT director talks to Computer Weekly about the Olympian challenges facing IT transformation at the Met now the London 2012 Games are over. Steve Whatson(pictured),director of ICT for the Olympics and ...
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Aviva has selected Guidewire PolicyCenter and ClaimCenter as its new underwriting and policy administration solution and new claims management system respectively for its core UK general insurance business. Aviva UK UK General Insurance ...
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As with their user forum last year,EMC's Forum Boston 2012 on Friday emphasized cloud infrastructure technology,big data and business intelligence products. This year,however,EMC made it clear to its customers that there should be a sense ...
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The government's IT leadership team is to undergo a major organisational reshuffle,according to a notice from Cabinet Office chief operating officer Stephen Kelly seen by Computer Weekly. Under the shake-up Andy Nelson will remain ...
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Barnet Council will cut 70%of staff from the back-office functions it is outsourcing to Capita in a controversial deal to automate council services. The London borough's Cabinet is expected to approve the deal in a vote this evening,that ...
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With effect from today (1 October 2012) reinforce Frank Schulte-Kellinghaus Marcus and force the management of the Mönchengladbach Gardeur group. Schulte-Kellinghaus responsible as Managing Director Finance and Logistics, Marcus force ...
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