Finance and reporting

Direct Line insures its future with HR in the cloud

Direct Line
Insurer invests in new HR systems as part of divestment from state-owned RBS
13 May 2012

Maude points to savings in response to select committee criticism

Houses of Parliament
The minister said recent savings of more than £275m show the government's determination to renegotiate contracts and give SMEs a chance
30 Mar 2012

Report: Financial firms’ IT will miss G20 deadline

The financial centre of City of London with Swiss Re Building and London bus
CIOs will get the blame if post-crisis changes aren’t implemented on time, say financial chiefs
15 Mar 2012

The role of the CIO in business


02 Mar 2012

Anti-money laundering rules will force banks to review data-handling capabilities

Taskforce recommends more transparency in financial systems
17 Feb 2012

Technology stock enjoys strong start to 2012

Despite early promise, 2012 will be a volatile year for the technology sector, analyst warns
04 Jan 2012

Visa investigates security breach

Visa has been notified of a possible security breach at a European payment processor, whilst 17,000 cards are being reissued in Romania
16 Dec 2011

Eurozone break-up will lead to tech disruption, says Gartner analyst

Peter Redshaw argues banks will have to rethink their IT portfolio
28 Nov 2011

Interview: Matt Peers, CIO, Deloitte

Deloitte’s newly appointed CIO talks about his plan to support “a wave of consumerisation” at the accountancy giant, and explains his reservations about the cloud
16 Nov 2011

Big data: how to get the board on board

A recent Computing roundtable discussed the merits of big data and the challenge IT leaders can face in selling the concept to their C-level colleagues
16 Nov 2011

Cisco CTO: the CTO's role has changed

Cisco's Ian Foddering is an example of a new breed of CTO: externally facing and active as an industry spokesperson
14 Nov 2011

Index Ventures to pump £429m into EU tech companies

Firm will make an equity investment of between €10m and €50m in chosen businesses
10 Nov 2011

System glitches plague banks over the weekend

HSBC, NatWest and RBS customers temporarily unable to access accounts
07 Nov 2011

HP's Whitman moves swiftly to retain PC division

HP needs to become more relevant, says analyst
28 Oct 2011

UBS rogue trader losses highlight risk of relying on IT

Compliance and monitoring systems are no substitute for human judgement
25 Oct 2011

Whitbread CIO joins Morrisons

Ben Wishart joins Morrisons as Evolve programme director
24 Oct 2011

Enterprise use of mobile mashups

Magic software demonstrates the increasing utility of mobile mashups
14 Oct 2011

Waters USA 2011

The US's largest gathering of capital markets CIOs and CTOs. The conference will focus on how leading financial firms are optimising their current infrastructure
07 Oct 2011

Nearly half of ICT companies at risk of default or bankruptcy

Many companies may not survive the next two years, according to new research
20 Sep 2011

Ring-fencing UK banks will have IT ramifications, says expert

ICB report on the ring-fencing of high street banks will result on IT system refreshes, according to an industry watcher
12 Sep 2011

Tech developer Plastic Logic heads back to Cambridge

The company had left Cambridge for Silicon Valley in the 1980s
07 Sep 2011

Scotland told to "cheer up" about broadband funding

Scottish secretary Michael Moore tells the Scottish government to be more upbeat about broadband funding
23 Aug 2011

Inconvenient truth about shared services


18 Aug 2011

IDC: Annual IT spend by utilities to exceed £7bn by 2015

Electricity providers spend the most on IT, report reveals
16 Aug 2011