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The long and winding road
CIO UK's update on the travel and transport industries and their investments in IT
Not only are transport companies corporate organsations in their own right, but they are also often the engines that keep the wheels of the UK economy turning more...
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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...
Meeting the consumerisation challenge
Some guidance on creating a strategy for employee-driven technology
Employees using their own devices for work has cost benefits, says Accenture's Kevin Cambell, but it has to be balanced with an enlightened attitude by managers for businesses to avoid security vulnerabilities more...
CIO Profile: African Minerals Paul Harrison mining a new seam of profit
Scarce resources mean IT budgets in mining have to be stretched significantly
Harrison is the CIO of African Minerals, the largest company by market capitalisation on the London AIM market. Give it a couple of years, he says, and the group could well be looking down from the lofty heights of the FTSE 100. more...
Take part in the Aberdeen Group Business and IT Survey for a chance to win an iPad2
A chance to walk away with the leading tablet computer all for yourself
A chance to walk away with the leading tablet computer all for yourself 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...
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: Ian Cox of May Gurney puts IT on the road
Services company offers technology as a value add
Driven by its first CIO Ian Cox, public services contractor May Gurney is offering technology as a key differentiator to clients in a crowded volume-driven market more...
CIOs find little room for personal devices at work
research indicates a potential rift between staff and employers over control of workplace tech
Supplier research tallies with CIO UK readers who find the workplace is not quite ready to allow staff to use their own devices to access corporate data 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...
Mobile & wireless news
AMD changes chip design methodology
AMD hopes to blur the lines between CPUs and GPUs
Advanced Micro Devices is set to take a fundamentally different approach to designing chips. more...
Sony annual losses soar, now expected to be nearly $3bn
Forecast reflects the sale of its share in a joint venture making LCDs and the flooding in Thailand
Sony said the new forecast reflects the sale of its share in a joint venture making LCDs and the flooding in Thailand more...
Sony's Howard Stringer steps down as CEO
Kazuo Hirai will take over from current CEO Howard Stringer in April
Kazuo Hirai will take over from current CEO Howard Stringer in April more...
ARM's first 64-bit processors target servers, smartphones
ARM's first processor designs based on its 64-bit architecture will be released later this year
ARM will announce its first 64-bit processors later this year for servers and high-end smartphones, and is also taking steps to build up software support for the processor designs, said CEO Warren East earlier this week. more...
Consumerisation concerns are overrated, says EIU
Businesses seem to be embracing consumer technology
Businesses seem to be embracing consumer technology 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...
IBM buys Worklight for mobile software platform
Company also announced a new software system for mobile device management
Company also announced a new software system for mobile device management more...
BlackBerry still number one in the UK, claims RIM
Uses GfK numbers to back up health
The BlackBerry is not dead yet. According to figures released by RIM, the handset maker has added a third more subscribers to its worldwide base and is still the best selling brand in the UK. more...
Police £80m smartphone rollout branded poor value
Mobile fingerprinting also not yet available
An £80 million police smartphone roll-out has been poor value for money, says the National Audit Office. more...
Nokia reports financial loss in fourth quarter
Sales drop overall as new Windows Phone handsets launch
Sales drop overall as new Windows Phone handsets launch more...
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