UK-based consumer credit company Provident International is planning to implement real-time analytics software to provide financial forecasting and consolidation across its entire international division.
All enterprises will have to find tools to secure Web services as Web-based languages, such as extensible markup language (XML) will be gradually introduced into system architectures.
Three new storage firms have come out of stealth mode this June. Analysts predict the next new crop of startups will focus on wireless storage, reporting and alternatives to RAID.
Although welcoming Gordon Brown’s appointment of a Business Advisory Council, technology trade association Intellect said there should more technology and SME representation.