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Businesses must rethink HR IT as traditional jobs disintegrate
HR software needs a complete rethink to deliver services to an increasingly dispersed workforce, says cloud technology specialist News | 02 Apr 2014
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Ministry of Justice to invest up to £375m in court and tribunal technology reform
The Ministry of Justice has announced a five-year programme to update and replace technology used in courts and tribunals across the UK IT architecture | 31 Mar 2014
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Case study: Alquist uses Celsius to decrease energy consumption
Alquist, winner of the Best Technology Innovation in the Computer Weekly European User Awards for Networking, shares its winning case study case study | 31 Mar 2014
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SITA harnesses Indian suppliers for finance and procurement systems
Airport business communications and IT service provider SITA is working with two India based IT services firms to transform and support finance systems News | 25 Mar 2014
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Mine machine data to boost business value
Businesses risk losing their competitive edge if they are unable to drill down into the information captured by machine-generated data News | 20 Mar 2014
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Mike Lynch attacks HP over "smears" relating to Autonomy acquisition
Autonomy founder Mike Lynch has accused HP of “smearing” him and “misleading” shareholders, as the bitter war of words over the acquisition of Autonomy continues News | 19 Mar 2014
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Work service providers to gain greater analytics value
Organisations buying business process optimisation services are keen to make the most of data analytics. Data analytics | 14 Mar 2014
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Thames Water pilots smart analytics with Accenture
Thames Water is six months into an 18 month pilot with Accenture Smart Grid to pilot real time monitoring to deliver an improved service News | 06 Mar 2014
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Half of CIOs believe business has too many applications
Almost half (48%) of CIOs believe their business has more applications than it needs and only 37% think most of their applications are business critical, according to a study News | 05 Mar 2014
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The wider implications of Oracle's Rimini licensing dispute
Companies may need to distinguish between software development work on commercial software they do themselves and what they outsource enterprise software | 05 Mar 2014
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Bywaters waste management uses BI to improve customers’ recycling
Bywaters, a recycling and waste management company, has improved productivity by 4% using Pentaho data integration and business intelligence software Case study
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Messier-Bugatti-Dowty gears up BI with QlikView toolbox
Messier-Bugatti-Dowty, an aviation industry specialist in aircraft landing and braking systems, is using QlikView to support business process improvement Case study
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Accenture’s UK analytics head sees clients reorganising for digital
Ray Eitel-Porter is managing director of analytics for Accenture UK & Ireland. He talks to Computer Weekly about how data management has assumed a more elevated strategic role as companies go digital Interview
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Seven secrets of SQL Server Management Studio
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is the principal interface for working with Microsoft SQL Server. However, many subtleties of this powerful tool evade even the most seasoned professionals Tip
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Mölnlycke Health Care and Axfood demonstrate divergent ERP strategies
Two Swedish firms, Mölnlycke Health Care and Axfood, demonstrate divergent ERP strategies - one standardised, one customised Feature
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The private sector answer to exploiting public sector data
The big IT suppliers emphasise the importance of transparent governance and maximising the benefits of open government data. Feature
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How open data can mitigate the floods of the future
Live, open government data – collated on third-party platforms – can change peoples’ lives profoundly in a wide variety of ways. Feature
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Uppsala Ambulance, Dagens Nyheter favour Swedish-born QlikView for BI
Sweden has played a big part in data visualisation tools. QlikTech, NComVA and Tibco Spotfire have roots there. Uppsala Ambulance and the Dagens Nyheter newspaper are QlikView users Feature
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Advanced data visualisation tools transcend traditional bean counting
Advanced data visualisation tools take Muddy Boots and Volvo beyond conventional business intelligence Feature
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What does 2014 hold for HR technology?
A look at the key battlegrounds in HR technology in 2014 Feature
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Don’t create a mobile enterprise app for the sake of it
Enterprise mobility applications need a clear objective, advises Accenture’s Nisha Sharma Tip
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Cloud business intelligence market will be worth $4bn by 2017
Cloud business intelligence (BI) is still a small part of the market but growing at an impressive rate, contends analyst Tom Pringle Opinion
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Effective information management: Using data as a competitive weapon
In today's global economy, information is becoming a major competitive asset, a weapon to drive business advantage. Opinion
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Apply lean concepts in IT to make a bridge to the business
Håkan Borglund, CIO at Toyota Material Handling Europe, says applying lean principles to IT deepen its connection to the business Opinion
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ERP application ecosystem strategies for making it in a SaaS world
Analyst China Martens outlines a strategy for managing ERP application portfolios that blend SaaS and on-premises apps. Opinion
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User acceptance testing needs real training, not just a short course
In spite of its importance, user acceptance testing (UAT) is often chaotic, problematic and ineffective Opinion
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An internet of things vision
What does a world of connected machines look like? Connecting machines will lead to changed behaviours that then change the applications. Opinion
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Internet of things: Low-cost trade-off
The office at DoES Liverpool has a DoorBot, which works as a kiosk device, showing webcam views of the office and a list of upcoming events. Opinion
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Take an issues-driven approach to business intelligence
Accenture advises CIOs to put business issues ahead of data, know the users, look beyond ERP data, and embed analytics in BI Opinion
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Design applications to get the right data
The right data helps enterprises make better decisions. Getting it, however, requires a fundamental shift in how applications are built Opinion
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Podcast: SAP's slow evolution into an IT platform company
SAP's roadmap for meeting the needs of today's enterprise customers -- including a focus on IT platforms -- holds risks and rewards, says one expert. Changing nature of SAP
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VIDEO: The UK needs more big data specialists
There will be a 243% increase in demand for big data specialists by 2017, but 57% of business leaders are already having trouble hiring people with these skills today. Video
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IT at the WWF Living Planet Centre
WWF’s Living Planet Centre is one of the greenest buildings in the UK and aims to demonstrate to the public using technology how it is possible for people to live in harmony with nature Photo Story
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SAP provides Extreme Sailing Series analytics platform
Since 2007, the Extreme Sailing Series has brought together 40-foot multihulls designed especially for match racing. SAP provides a dedicated application to manage the Extreme Sailing race start. Photo Story
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Big trends from Oracle OpenWorld 2013: Big data and cloud
Oracle tackled issues of big data and cloud head on at its annual OpenWorld 2013 user conference in San Francisco Photo Story
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Podcast: Key steps to big data security in higher education
Mathieu Gorge, CEO of Vigitrust, outlines the basics of big data security in the higher education sector, where secure access to data across multiple sources is key Podcast
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Video interview: Get ready to decentralise the CIO
As technology becomes more embedded in business the IT function could become decentralised Video
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Video: Håkan Borglund, CIO, Toyota Material Handling Europe
In this video, Computer Weekly’s Brian McKenna interviews Håkan Borglund, CIO, Toyota Materials Handling Europe Video
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Computer Weekly European User Awards for Enterprise Software: Winners
The winners of the Computer Weekly European User Awards for Enterprise Software have been announced. See images of the winners. Photo Story
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Interview with Tibco CTO Matt Quinn on event stream analytics
Big data analysis concerns finding hidden unknowns in a large data set. Tibco is applies big data techniques to event processing Video
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European IT priorities and forecasts for 2014
TechTarget and Computer Weekly asked over 1,000 European IT professionals their plans for 2014. Find out what European businesses are forecasting for IT budgets, new initiatives and the projects considered top priority this year. guide
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What's the state of the art in ERP trends?
Users shared their pain, and editors went looking for answers in this essential guide to trends and technologies in ERP applications. Essential Guide
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Coverage of Oracle Open World 2013
Computer Weekly’s Caroline Baldwin reports from San Francisco where Oracle Open World takes place 22-26 September. guide
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A guide to HR technology
This guide tells you everything you need to know about HR technology guide
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Supplier profile: SAP
In this SAP supplier profile you will find news, tips and research on the vendor. guide
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Supplier Profile: Oracle
In this Oracle supplier profile you will find news, tips and research on the vendor. guide
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A UK guide to government and public sector IT
A guide to support IT professionals in making well informed decisions about technologies used within public sector organisations. guide
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Reflections on 2011 and predictions for 2012
With 2011 now behind us we have taken a look back at technology trends throughout last year, in addition to looking ahead to what 2012 may hold. In this guide you will find 2011 roundups on virtualisation, cloud computing, outsourcing, storage, data ... guide
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Data analysis and business intelligence tutorial
Everything you need to know about business intelligence and data management, in the UK. This guide includes information on business data usage, data quality and business analytics. guide
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Bywaters waste management uses BI to improve customers’ recycling
Bywaters, a recycling and waste management company, has improved productivity by 4% using Pentaho data integration and business intelligence software Case study
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Messier-Bugatti-Dowty gears up BI with QlikView toolbox
Messier-Bugatti-Dowty, an aviation industry specialist in aircraft landing and braking systems, is using QlikView to support business process improvement Case study
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Businesses must rethink HR IT as traditional jobs disintegrate
HR software needs a complete rethink to deliver services to an increasingly dispersed workforce, says cloud technology specialist News
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Accenture’s UK analytics head sees clients reorganising for digital
Ray Eitel-Porter is managing director of analytics for Accenture UK & Ireland. He talks to Computer Weekly about how data management has assumed a more elevated strategic role as companies go digital Interview
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Ministry of Justice to invest up to £375m in court and tribunal technology reform
The Ministry of Justice has announced a five-year programme to update and replace technology used in courts and tribunals across the UK IT architecture
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Case study: Alquist uses Celsius to decrease energy consumption
Alquist, winner of the Best Technology Innovation in the Computer Weekly European User Awards for Networking, shares its winning case study case study
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Seven secrets of SQL Server Management Studio
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is the principal interface for working with Microsoft SQL Server. However, many subtleties of this powerful tool evade even the most seasoned professionals Tip
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SITA harnesses Indian suppliers for finance and procurement systems
Airport business communications and IT service provider SITA is working with two India based IT services firms to transform and support finance systems News
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Mölnlycke Health Care and Axfood demonstrate divergent ERP strategies
Two Swedish firms, Mölnlycke Health Care and Axfood, demonstrate divergent ERP strategies - one standardised, one customised Feature
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The private sector answer to exploiting public sector data
The big IT suppliers emphasise the importance of transparent governance and maximising the benefits of open government data. Feature
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About Business intelligence software
Business intelligence (BI) is regularly rated as a top investment priority by CIOs. Smart use of business intelligence software, analytics and datawarehousing make sure that the right information is delivered to the right people, helping them to make better and more timely decisions. In this section, we analyse the latest trends and technologies for successful BI.
