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Banks consider off-the-shelf software to remain competitive

Nationwide Building Society is blazing a trail in the financial services industry by becoming one of the first lenders to replace its outdated legacy systems with off-the-shelf software. Other building societies and banks, with systems that are up to 40 years old, are looking to follow its lead.

From infrastructure to innovation: the CIO thought revolution

Cloud-based platforms and developer tools are set to revolutionise the IT industry

Information Builders offers SMEs entry level performance management system

Information Builders has developed WebFocus Performance Metrics Manager (PMM) to deliver "entry-level" performance management to SMEs.

Constant vigilance keeps Stroud & Swindon secure

"Information security is part of life now for financial services organisations and you have to take it seriously. If the business is linked to any loss of sensitive data, it causes serious reputational damage and you can't afford for that to happen, especially in such a highly regulated industry," says Colin Campbell, IT services manager at Stroud & Swindon Building Society.

Hot skills: Apache HTTP web server

What is it? The Apache HTTP web server has lost a great deal of market share to Microsoft's IIS in the last couple of years. But since its share once amounted to almost 80 per cent of the market, a readjustment was perhaps inevitable.

HC2008 will focus on information strategy for NHS

"Information saves lives. Information professionals need to step forward and play their part in creating an NHS that is founded on quality, evidence and empowerment" said Matthew Swindells, acting CIO for health at the Department of Health, when asked to comment on his involvement in the upcoming BCS HC2008 conference.

NHS and Fujitsu set to sign renegotiated Memo of Understanding

The NHS and Fujitsu, the main supplier of centrally chosen systems to hospitals in the south of England, are expected to sign a Memorandum of Understanding as part of renegotiations of a £896m contract signed in January 2004.

Chip maker NXP adopts SaaS platform to support business transactions

Semiconductor manufacturer NXP has signed a multi-year contract with Atos Origin and Axway to manage its supplier and customer business-to-business transactions worldwide.

Conservatives 'would level open source playing field' says Cameron

Conservative leader David Cameron has outlined his party's IT strategy for government saying there would be a "level playing field for open source software in IT procurement" and no room for projects like the "hubristic NHS supercomputer".

Radar: Building HIV resistence using grid computing

The processing power of grid computing will be used by University College London (UCL) this year to develop treatments that could be more effective in the treatment of people with HIV.
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