Internet/ e-commerce
CIO Profile: Tony Pusey of Trinity Mirror on the switch from paper to pixels
For the newspaper business, it's a case of embrace tech or die
Few industries have been altered by technology quite as much as publishing, and media-savvy CIOs are leading the reinvention more...
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Rediscovering enterprise search
The answer to Big Data?
The mature enterprise search market is about to have a second youth as data volumes increase and nuggets of information become ever more difficult to find more...
SOPA withdrawal - what it means for CIOs
CIO analysis of the Stop Online Piracy Act debacle in the USA
SOPA has now been withdrawn by Republican Senators in response to the tardy White House feedback.. But irritation in the non-US world remains. more...
JD Williams CIO rises to the multi-channel challenge
The extended economic slump is driving retailers to redraw their clicks to bricks ratios
Economic pressures, a confidence in online payments and increasing adoption of smart mobile devices has shifted retailers perspectives on sales channels more...
CIO Profile: Newham Council's Geoff Connell on the borough's 2012 transformation
Making the most of the Olympic Games and beyond
The veteran IT boss of one of the most disadvantaged boroughs in London is positive that its fortunes are on an uptick more...
CIO Profile: Jane Moran of Thomson Reuters on creating a merger culture
Merging markets
As Global CIO of acquisitive information company Thomson Reuters – itself the product of a 2008 integration – Jane Moran knows when a merger is a success more...
A source of much relief for charity CIO Marcus East
Open source software helps Comic Relief make more of public's donations
Comic Relief CIO Marcus East explains the benefits of open source software for keeping administration costs down to make the most of public donations more...
CIO Profile: Dan West keeps up with the trends at Asos
Youthful staff and customers keep retailer's IT team on their toes
Finding and looking after the right people is as much as challenge as the technology requirements for fast-growing online retailer Asos and its CIO Dan West more...
CIO Profile: TfL's Steve Townsend plans for the Olympics - and beyond
All change for London 2012
Steve Townsend has the enviable task of making sure the capital's transport network is able to cope with the constant shifting patterns of commuter flows more...
Cloud based information banks will deliver interest for CIOs
Vendor insight: information banking offers archive and intelligence on CIOs information assets
An integrated cloud-based archive can begin to offer similar services with business data. Not only is your information kept securely, but it is analysed in a variety of ways for your benefit, providing “interest” in the form of business intelligence and other services. more...
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Tate galleries to get £1m+ website revamp
New website will replace decade-old system
New website will replace decade-old system more...
Twitter survey finds only a third of posts are worth reading
University researchers found that useful postings are few and far between
University researchers found that useful postings are few and far between more...
Facebook IPO application hints about mobile ads, ecommerce plans
Draft prospectus hints at its future plans and reveals previously guarded profit and compensation data
Draft prospectus hints at its future plans and reveals previously guarded profit and compensation data more...
Facebook says censorship puts China out of reach
Huge potential market unlikely to open any time soon
China, one of the world's largest Internet markets, could be out of reach of Facebook because of the Chinese government's strict censorship policies, the company said in its filing for an initial public offering (IPO). more...
Facebook files for IPO, reveals £2.3 billion revenue
Facebook has submitted paperwork to hold a £3.2 billion stock offering
Facebook has submitted paperwork to hold a £3.2 billion stock offering more...
Kindle sales soar but Amazon profits fall
Amazon disappointed investors by posting a 58 percent drop in profits, despite increased sales of its Kindle
Amazon disappointed investors by posting a 58 percent drop in profits, despite increased sales of its Kindle more...
Transport for London launches traffic tracker tool
The website should help Londoners avoid congested areas during the Olympics
Transport for London has launched a live traffic website, allowing drivers in the capital to access real-time information about traffic hotspots and helping them to avoid congestion. more...
Facebook IPO predicted this week
Talks with Morgan Stanley could lead Facebook to file IPO papers as soon as Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reports
Talks with Morgan Stanley could lead Facebook to file IPO papers as soon as Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reports more...
FBI to build social network spy app
App would crawl Twitter and Facebook
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is planning to develop an application that can track the public's postings to Facebook, Twitter and other social networks, in order to aid how it predicts and reacts to criminal behaviour, including public disorder and terrorism. more...
Intel to acquire multimedia patents from RealNetworks
Intel hopes to use the patents to boost the multimedia experience on devices based on its chips
Intel has agreed to purchase RealNetworks streaming media patents and video codecs in a bid to improve the multimedia experience delivered through devices based on its chips. more...
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