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UK Mail hires new group IT head
Parcels and logistics company UK Mail has appointed a new group IT director. read more »
Barnet Council 'rescued' by Capita after 2e2 demise
Capita is providing emergency IT support to Barnet Council in London after the demise of data centre hosting and IT services group 2e2. read more »
New £430m hospital deploys advanced Alcatel-Lucent network
The North Bristol NHS Trust is building a next generation network to improve patient care with NextiraOne and Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise for its new £430 million hospital. read more »
Shell awards Atos framework services deal
Shell has signed a three-year framework agreement with IT services provider Atos to provide both IT and non IT services to support its business activities in the Netherlands. read more »
Report: UK enterprises are 'analytically challenged'
UK enterprises are more “analytically challengedâ€� than in the rest of the world and are struggling to unlock the value of big data. read more »
Mortgage firm Castle Trust outsources critical apps
New mortgage and investment company Castle Trust has brought in IT services provider Adapt to host and support its business-critical software, as well as provide business continuity. read more »
Companies increasingly using video to hire staff
With candidate shortages and recruitment challenges plaguing UK organisations HR directors are turning to video recruitment. read more »
Gartner: 2013 is the year of Big Data
This year will be the year of larger scale adoption of big data technologies, according to analyst Gartner. read more »
Technology Strategy Board unveils free sustainability business tool
UK innovation agency The Technology Strategy Board has launched a free digital tool designed to help businesses identify sustainability issues, risks and opportunities, and integrate them into strategy and commercial decisions. read more »
UK companies could save £34 billion with flexible working
UK companies could save a whopping £34 billion by adopting better flexible working policies and reducing the number of desk spaces they manage, according to YouGov research on behalf of Vodafone. read more »
Tameside council links to Public Sector Network
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council (TMBC) is using a public sector network-ready wide area network that is available to other Greater Manchester councils. read more »
Facebook and Goldman Sachs urge change in server design to cut costs
Some of the world’s largest datacentre operators are trying to use their influence in getting server design changed to save on costs, according to a report from analyst 451 Research. read more »
Universities fail to offer essential programming skills like Cobol
Universities are not offering the IT programming skills that firms need, according to global research. read more »
IT sector defies sluggish job market
The latest monthly Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG Report on Jobs shows overall weak demand in the jobs market, but the IT and computing sector is outperforming all other sectors. read more »
ICO: Companies Laissez Faire over BYOD personal data
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) says many employers "appear to have a laissez faire attitude" to allowing staff to use their personal devices for business, which may be placing people’s personal information at risk. read more »
Vatican digitises its priceless library with EMC
The Vatican's Apostolic Library is digitising its 80,000 historic manuscripts - equating to 40 million pages - through a sponsorship deal with EMC. read more »
'Digital discrimination' on home working angers lower-grade workers
"Digital discrimination" pervades the UK workplace, with senior management and higher social grades given more flexible working privileges and benefits in the workplace, provoking feelings of resentment and jealousy, according to research. read more »
Revlon builds private cloud with NetApp
Revlon says it is moving to an "agile" data infrastructure and turning its 3.6 petabytes of business data into a "business driver" through a private cloud architecture. read more »
Biffa signs multi-million pound UC deal with Azzurri
Waste management company Biffa has signed a multi-million pound three-year contract for unified communications services with Azzurri Communications. read more »
NEC builds mammoth free WiFi network
The National Exhibition Centre (NEC) and sister venue LG Arena have deployed a high capacity free WiFi network to support their 3 million annual visitors. read more »
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Apple defends offshore decisions that result in low taxes
The company pays every tax dollar it owes, Tim Cook tells senators during a hearing read more »
Ericsson software automates Wi-Fi vs. cell choice in mixed networks
Mobile users won't get shifted to a carrier's Wi-Fi if it's not the strongest network, Ericsson says read more »
Aurora hackers said to have accessed law enforcement targets
Hackers gained access on Google's servers to a database that contained information on U.S. surveillance targets read more »
IBM launches Watson customer service smart bot
The IBM Watson Engagement Advisor can scan a big data repository and return an answer within seconds read more »
Jive's Producteev task management app now free for unlimited users
Jive also added and improved several features read more »
Google trumpets small speed boost to Chrome 27
Bug bounty hunters score $14K for reporting vulnerabilities read more »
US power companies under frequent cyberattack
Legislation that would give the federal government power to oversee the protection of utilities has stalled read more »
Yahoo returns to list of most valuable brands
The company last made the annual BrandZ ranking in 2009 read more »
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IT leaders need to fix in-house operations before pressuring outsourcers on cost
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Atos beats HP and Capita to outsourcing deal with Treasury-backed NS&I
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