Stories by: Mike Simons

Accenture is taking on 3,000 Nokia staff who support and develop the Symbian operating system and support services.

Only 16 percent of CEOs of the world's largest companies mention IT in their company annual reports, according to George Colony, chief executive of analyst group Forrester.

Sophos, the UK-based security and data protection firm has dropped plans for an IPO and has announced a deal to sell a majority interest in the company to private equity group Apax Partners.

CIOs and IT directors expect spending on staff in their datacentres to dramatically outstrip the overall growth in IT expenditure this year, according to ComputerworldUK's sister analyst group IDC.

Google, Yahoo, eBay, Facebook, Orange, Talk Talk and BT have singed an open letter to the Financial Times condemning a bill in parliament that they say "threatens freedom of speech and the open internet".

The UK Financial Services Authority has launched fraud proceedings against four former directors of iSOFT Group.

The Ministry of Defence and EDS are investigating the loss of a portable hard drive containing personal details of 100,000 military personnel and up to 600,000 potential recruits.

Business requirements, not corporate social responsibility goals, are driving Green IT developments in the U.K. according to new research.

The London Stock Exchange began operating again in its final half hour of the day, after an unexplained network problem prevented trading for most of Monday.