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Daily Mail publisher loses laptop with thousands of personal details

The publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper has said a laptop containing the financial and personal details of thousands of staff and suppliers has been stolen, according to reports.

Troubled Citigroup names new CIO

Citigroup has named Marty Lippert as its new CIO in the latest installment of the struggling finance giant’s attempts to revamp operations and achieve a massive rebound in its fortunes.

Ex-IT contractor pleads guilty to defrauding Cisco

A former IT contractor for the city of Newark this week pleaded guilty to using his position to defraud Cisco Systems of millions of dollars.

DHL CIO joins Ernst & Young

Tony Eccleston, recently European CIO for distribution giants DHL, has become a partner in management consultants Ernst & Young. Eccleston joins the expanding Ernst & Young technology security and risk service.

New government IT chief targets billions in savings

Freshly appointed government IT chief Martin Read will head up a wide-reaching programme to slash government spending over the next 12 months through IT and back office efficiencies.

IT staffing issues remain a major concern, say execs

Finding the right IT staff remains a challenge for large companies, according to a roundtable of executives.

Forrester: Corporate blogs are a turn off

A new report by Forrester Research found that most corporate blogs kept by B2B firms failed to interest their intended audiences or engage them in conversations about trends and products.

CIOs need to prioritise personal development

CIOs are not paying enough attention to their own training needs, a survey of the CIO Connect membership has revealed.

Vision Express focuses on ITSM with new software

Vision Express has gone live with online IT service management software to help improve service levels and reporting.

Ex-Body Shop IT pro fined £85,000 for market abuse

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined a former IT technician at The Body Shop for market abuse.

Liberty releases guidelines for data management, handling

The Liberty Alliance has released the first versions of two key frameworks for how businesses can share and protect sensitive data in their networks.

IT recruitment tainted by ‘boring’ stigma

A major new study into students' attitudes to careers in IT show a general belief that IT offers well paid work with good prospects, but that it is still not attractive to non-IT graduates.

Virgin Media loses unencrypted CD with 3,000 customer bank details

Virgin Media has lost a CD containing the bank details of 3,000 customers.

Seven hundred NHS IT jobs under threat

Seven hundred jobs at Fujitsu could be at stake in the aftermath of the company’s decision into withdraw from its £1.1 billion contract with the National Programme for IT in the NHS.

Only half of UK CIOs on board

Less than half of UK CIOs sit on their company's board of directors, according to research.

Nearly half of IT workers snoop at confidential files

Nearly half of IT workers have admitted to snooping around networks to look at confidential information, according to research from software firm Cyber-Ark.

Bogus Bill Gates winding down career

Steve Sires has been impersonating Bill Gates for a decade now, and following him into retirement might not be any different.

Yahoo plans to restructure: report

Yahoo is planning to reorganise its business in order to centralise its numerous product groups, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.

Morgan Stanley's IT failed to detect £61m rogue trader

Morgan Stanley’s IT systems were at the heart of a failure to prevent a rogue trader in London from costing the company £61 million, Computerworld UK has learnt.

New Intel CIO plans cloud computing trials

Incoming Intel CIO Diane Bryant will network with fellow information chiefs, examine cloud computing and advocate using the chip giant’s internal operations as a test-bed for product development in her new role.

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