Enterprise software

CW Special Report on SAP

This 9 page special report, independently written by Computer Weekly, gives you the facts on SAP, its strategy, products and services and financial performance.E-Handbook

MoD appoints new CIO and releases ICT strategy

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has appointed Yvonne Ferguson as CIO and released its latest Defence ICT Strategy documentit strategy | 14 Nov 2013

University cuts software installation time from days to hours

The University of Dundee claims to have reduced the time its central IT department takes to install software to over 1,300 academics from days to hours, after investing in privilege management softwareNews | 05 Nov 2013

Microsoft withdraws faulty Windows RT 8.1 update for Surface tablets

Microsoft has widthdrawn its Windows 8.1 update for Surface RT tablets after some users reported system crashesNews | 21 Oct 2013

Case Study: Why Coventry University has deployed HP ElitePad Windows 8 tablets

Coventry University is deploying Windows 8 tablets to academic staff for location-independent working and simplified desktop ITNews | 02 Oct 2013

Software acquisition is risk acquisition, says industry panel

New software often means new security vulnerabilities, panel tells the (ISC)2 Security Congress 2013News | 27 Sep 2013

Video: The IT architecture inside Amadeus

Gerry Smith, vice-president of operations at travel services provider Amadeus, speaks to Cliff Saran about the company's software architectureVideo

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

CW Enterprise Software case studies

Brian McKenna presents 6 case studies on enterprise software drawn from the winners of Computer Weekly's European User Awards.News | 10 Sep 2013

The end of the Ballmer era for Microsoft

Microsoft’s eccentric CEO will step down from his role with12 months, so what does that mean for the future of the firm?analysis | 23 Aug 2013

Google revs up cloud engine in AWS catch-up race

A renewed infrastructure as a service (IaaS) push by web giant Google could heat up competition among top providersAnalysis | 05 Dec 2013

Computer Weekly European User Awards 2014 open for entries

Computer Weekly is running its European User Awards for a second year in 2014. Find out all the details hereawards | 29 Nov 2013

CW Special Report on SAP

This 9 page special report, independently written by Computer Weekly, gives you the facts on SAP, its strategy, products and services and financial performance.E-Handbook

Scientists banish NAS sprawl with Red Hat scale-out NAS software

Reading University meteorology department tackles NAS sprawl with Red Hat open source storage software to build scale-out NAS cluster on commodity x86 server hardwareNews | 21 Nov 2013

Angry Birds firm handles massive growth with Riak NoSQL database

Finland-based Rovio Entertainment deploys Basho Riak open source distributed database on Amazon cloud to deal with massive data growth from hundreds of millions of usersdata management | 18 Nov 2013

MoD appoints new CIO and releases ICT strategy

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has appointed Yvonne Ferguson as CIO and released its latest Defence ICT Strategy documentit strategy | 14 Nov 2013

Why agile development races ahead of traditional testing

Traditional testing practices optimise large, centralised testing but struggle to support the rapid delivery of agile development.Feature

Canonical backs Cloud Foundry for OpenStack PaaS

Ubuntu Linux creator Canonical has thrown its weight behind Pivotal's Cloud Foundry platform as a service offering for OpenStackCloud computing | 06 Nov 2013

Facebook invests £100,000 in open source education programme

Facebook supports Apps for Good in encouraging young people to learn codeNews | 05 Nov 2013

Raspberry Pi: Cambridge bods create ultra low cost computer for education

Microsoft changes its licensing terms

Microsoft is offering a single Microsoft Products and Services Agreement (MPSA) to simplify its volume licensing agreements. But what does it mean to SAM?Analysis | 04 Dec 2013

CW Special Report on Microsoft

This 12 page special report written by Computer Weekly, and updated for 2012, gives you the facts on Microsoft, its strategy, products and services and financial performance.E-Handbook

CW Special Report on SAP

This 9 page special report, independently written by Computer Weekly, gives you the facts on SAP, its strategy, products and services and financial performance.E-Handbook

Microsoft admits RT mistake

Microsoft has admitted that its RT operating system may have confused people, who expected full blown WindowsNews | 27 Nov 2013

Scottish environment agency cuts carbon through desktop virtualisation

A quarter of staff at the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) are accessing applications via Citrixdesktop virtualisation | 18 Nov 2013

Keep your software healthy during agile development

Developers have adopted agile methods to keep up with the pace of the market, but how can they ensure code stays in good shape?Feature

MoD appoints new CIO and releases ICT strategy

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has appointed Yvonne Ferguson as CIO and released its latest Defence ICT Strategy documentit strategy | 14 Nov 2013

Poundland chooses Microsoft Office 365 as it overhauls IT infrastructure

Poundland is implementing Microsoft Office 365 to enable staff to collaborate and communicate more efficiently.News | 13 Nov 2013

Microsoft IE zero-days top November’s security priorities

Microsoft has published eight security bulletins for the November 2013 Patch Tuesday monthly security update, addressing 19 vulnerabilitiesNews | 13 Nov 2013

FireEye security researchers unearth two IE zero-days

Researchers at security firm FireEye have identified two new Microsoft Internet Explorer zero-day exploitsNews | 11 Nov 2013

Dell launches startup competition

Dell has launched a competition offering two UK startup entrepreneurs free office space, technology solutions, mentorship and networking opportunitiesNews | 04 Dec 2013

CW Special Report on SAP

This 9 page special report, independently written by Computer Weekly, gives you the facts on SAP, its strategy, products and services and financial performance.E-Handbook

Tesco consolidates global datacentres into UK shared service

Tesco is six months away from completing a three-year programme to deliver a single datacentre operation to support UK and international operationsNews | 26 Nov 2013

Keep your software healthy during agile development

Developers have adopted agile methods to keep up with the pace of the market, but how can they ensure code stays in good shape?Feature

MoD appoints new CIO and releases ICT strategy

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has appointed Yvonne Ferguson as CIO and released its latest Defence ICT Strategy documentit strategy | 14 Nov 2013

Fiducia gives the business IT tools to build SAP order system

Fiducia IT has used a BPM tool from Metasonic to enable business users to create an SAP order processing applicationsoftware development | 13 Nov 2013

Gartner Symposium: GE Capital rethinks strategic supplier policy

Financial services business GE Capital, is rethinking its strategy for selecting suppliers, in a bid to boost innovation within ITNews | 12 Nov 2013

CIOs put jobs on the line by outsourcing software testing and development

Some 31% of CIOs are putting their jobs at risk by outsourcing software testing and development because a quarter of projects fail to deliver their objectives.IT outsourcing | 12 Nov 2013

Why agile development races ahead of traditional testing

Traditional testing practices optimise large, centralised testing but struggle to support the rapid delivery of agile development.Feature

RBS Markets deploys IBM Rational for virtual testing

Royal Bank of Scotland is investigating how it could extend a virtual test environment to support future development projectssoftware testing | 07 Nov 2013

BlackBerry Enterprise Server – Should you stay or should you go?

John Chen’s recent open letter to BlackBerry customers holds many promises for the futureFeature

BlackBerry CEO promises to ‘go back to enterprise roots’

As the mobile firm releases a BlackBerry Enterprise Service update, CEO John Chen promises to return to a corporate focusNews | 03 Dec 2013

Mobile business intelligence adoption slows, BARC BI survey finds

Mobile BI adoption is slowing and much vaunted social media analytics are little deployed, according to the latest BARC BI global surveyNews | 29 Nov 2013

Computer Weekly European User Awards 2014 open for entries

Computer Weekly is running its European User Awards for a second year in 2014. Find out all the details hereawards | 29 Nov 2013

CW Special Report on SAP

This 9 page special report, independently written by Computer Weekly, gives you the facts on SAP, its strategy, products and services and financial performance.E-Handbook

Study shows IT department losing control of technology innovation

With innovative technology increasingly developed outside the IT department, CIOs need to start working with other departmentsNews | 29 Nov 2013

Nationwide first to launch Visa V.me, despite RBS trial

Nationwide Building Society is offering a digital wallet to its customers after launching Visa’s V.me service - 18 months after the service was made available in the UKNews | 26 Nov 2013

BlackBerry continues executive shakeup

The mobile manufacturer ousts another two c-level executives, whilst another board member resignsNews | 25 Nov 2013

Case study: McGraw-Hill Education mobilises with Salesforce

The educational resources provider utilises Salesforce to develop a mobile app and get its sales reps selling more on campusCase study | 20 Nov 2013

Fife Council saves £20m through flexible mobile working solution

Fife Council has implemented a mobile flexible working programme that allows employees to use mobile devices to simplify business processesNews | 14 Nov 2013

How endemic is IT underinvestment in UK retail banking?

The Royal Bank of Scotland has failed to invest properly in its IT system, but it is not aloneAnalysis | 04 Dec 2013

SAP user group: Innovation agenda clear but for long haul

Philip Adams, of the UK & Ireland SAP user group, speaks to Computer Weekly about SAP’s promotion of Hana, cloud and mobileInterview | 03 Dec 2013

Ipswich Building Society forced to change IT services supplier

Ipswich Building Society was part of a group of companies that had to find new IT service provider following a decision by the incumbent supplier to exit the businessNews | 02 Dec 2013

CW Special Report on SAP

This 9 page special report, independently written by Computer Weekly, gives you the facts on SAP, its strategy, products and services and financial performance.E-Handbook

Angry Birds firm handles massive growth with Riak NoSQL database

Finland-based Rovio Entertainment deploys Basho Riak open source distributed database on Amazon cloud to deal with massive data growth from hundreds of millions of usersdata management | 18 Nov 2013

Startups use AWS re:Invent 2013 as launch pad

Several startups chose AWS re: Invent as a platform to showcase how they utilised the cloud service provider to get off the ground.News | 14 Nov 2013

Cloud imperative for companies to remain agile, says AWS

Both enterprise and startups can benefit from the cloud, enabling employees to become more innovative, says Amazon Web ServicesNews | 14 Nov 2013

AWS re: Invent 2013 cloud coverage

AWS re: Invent takes place at The Venetian, Las Vegas, bringing developers and startups together.guide

MoD appoints new CIO and releases ICT strategy

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has appointed Yvonne Ferguson as CIO and released its latest Defence ICT Strategy documentit strategy | 14 Nov 2013

AWS re: Invent 2013 kicks off in Las Vegas

Amazon Web Services' annual conference opens with product announcements to the 8,000 strong crowd during the keynoteNews | 13 Nov 2013

Microsoft changes its licensing terms

Microsoft is offering a single Microsoft Products and Services Agreement (MPSA) to simplify its volume licensing agreements. But what does it mean to SAM?Analysis | 04 Dec 2013

How endemic is IT underinvestment in UK retail banking?

The Royal Bank of Scotland has failed to invest properly in its IT system, but it is not aloneAnalysis | 04 Dec 2013

Dell launches startup competition

Dell has launched a competition offering two UK startup entrepreneurs free office space, technology solutions, mentorship and networking opportunitiesNews | 04 Dec 2013

Lessons from electronic medical records programme at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital

Cardiologist Johan Waktare talks about the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's EMR schemeOpinion

SAP: UK, US companies hit automation barrier with predictive analytics

Companies are hitting a wall in the use of predictive analytics, with lack of time and resource cited as their biggest problemData analytics | 04 Dec 2013

SAP user group: Innovation agenda clear but for long haul

Philip Adams, of the UK & Ireland SAP user group, speaks to Computer Weekly about SAP’s promotion of Hana, cloud and mobileInterview | 03 Dec 2013

Where is Satyam now? Well, it’s not Satyam for a start

Satyam, which was rescued from collapse in 2009, has plans for restoring its position as a top-tier Indian IT services provideranalysis | 03 Dec 2013

Ipswich Building Society forced to change IT services supplier

Ipswich Building Society was part of a group of companies that had to find new IT service provider following a decision by the incumbent supplier to exit the businessNews | 02 Dec 2013

Mobile business intelligence adoption slows, BARC BI survey finds

Mobile BI adoption is slowing and much vaunted social media analytics are little deployed, according to the latest BARC BI global surveyNews | 29 Nov 2013

CW Special Report on HP

This 12 page special report from Computer Weekly, updated for 2013, gives you the facts on HP, its strategy, products and services and financial performance.E-Handbook

CW Special Report on SAP

This 9 page special report, independently written by Computer Weekly, gives you the facts on SAP, its strategy, products and services and financial performance.E-Handbook

Executive interview: BMC CEO discusses self-provisioning IT

BMC CEO Bob Beauchamp believes the only way IT can support business is by enabling self service ITNews | 19 Nov 2013

Keep your software healthy during agile development

Developers have adopted agile methods to keep up with the pace of the market, but how can they ensure code stays in good shape?Feature

MoD appoints new CIO and releases ICT strategy

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has appointed Yvonne Ferguson as CIO and released its latest Defence ICT Strategy documentit strategy | 14 Nov 2013

Why agile development races ahead of traditional testing

Traditional testing practices optimise large, centralised testing but struggle to support the rapid delivery of agile development.Feature

Specsavers uses HP application lifecycle management to manage offshore work

Optician Specsavers has used HP’s application lifecycle management toolset to build a standard process for software developmentNews | 10 Oct 2013

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

CW Enterprise Software case studies

Brian McKenna presents 6 case studies on enterprise software drawn from the winners of Computer Weekly's European User Awards.News | 10 Sep 2013

Computer Weekly European User Awards Winners

The Computer Weekly European User Awards runs online, through the year, covering Networking, Security, Enterprise Software, Storage and Datacentre.Magazine

Microsoft makes Java server available on Azure

Microsoft has partnered with Azul Systems to deliver the Java server environment on the Azure cloud.News | 25 Jul 2013

90% of Universal Credit claims in pilot projects submitted online

Nine out of 10 benefit claimants in a pilot project for Universal Credit submitted their claims online, according to a government surveyNews | 02 Dec 2013

Computer Weekly European User Awards 2014 open for entries

Computer Weekly is running its European User Awards for a second year in 2014. Find out all the details hereawards | 29 Nov 2013

CW Special Report on SAP

This 9 page special report, independently written by Computer Weekly, gives you the facts on SAP, its strategy, products and services and financial performance.E-Handbook

Tesco consolidates global datacentres into UK shared service

Tesco is six months away from completing a three-year programme to deliver a single datacentre operation to support UK and international operationsNews | 26 Nov 2013

The state of agile software development in the UK

Lately it is more surprising to hear that businesses are developing using a methodology other than agile, such is its widespread useanalysis | 26 Nov 2013

Breaking the medieval software market in local government

The financial challenges facing local government have never been greater and we need innovation and new ways of delivering public servicesOpinion

Is this the future for local government IT?

Pioneering councils are moving to the public cloud and aiming to deliver 'government as a platform' through componentised IT servicesAnalysis | 22 Nov 2013

Human Capital Management

Computer Weekly looks at the steps companies have taken to improve talent management; bridging the gap between the cost savings promised by cloud technologies and the value they deliver.News | 19 Nov 2013

Salesforce promises $5bn revenue for 2014

Cloud company Salesforce.com claims it will reach revenues of $5bn for the full fiscal year, despite third quarter results showing a sequential dropfinancial results | 18 Nov 2013

Case Study: Gates Foundation uses Radian6 to monitor social media

The charity set up by the Microsoft founder adopts the Salesforce solution to monitor and react to social mediaNews | 18 Nov 2013

CW Special Report on SAP

This 9 page special report, independently written by Computer Weekly, gives you the facts on SAP, its strategy, products and services and financial performance.E-Handbook

Breaking the medieval software market in local government

The financial challenges facing local government have never been greater and we need innovation and new ways of delivering public servicesOpinion

MoD appoints new CIO and releases ICT strategy

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has appointed Yvonne Ferguson as CIO and released its latest Defence ICT Strategy documentit strategy | 14 Nov 2013

Fiducia gives the business IT tools to build SAP order system

Fiducia IT has used a BPM tool from Metasonic to enable business users to create an SAP order processing applicationsoftware development | 13 Nov 2013

Air France offers mobile alerts to passengers

Air France is developing mobile apps that will allow passengers to receive real-time travel alerts and book flights on their mobile devicesMobile apps | 17 Oct 2013

US railway integrates applications in drive to use train network more efficiently

US rail transport company Norfolk Southern Railway has begun an ambitious project to integrate 400 software applications it uses to control and monitor its rolling stock, trains and freight containersenterprise software | 17 Oct 2013

Case study: Yellow Pages digitises records for the web

Canada's Yellow Pages is investing in a digitisation programme to compete with online information providers, such as Google, Facebook and Yellcase study | 16 Oct 2013

Engineering firm aims to automate HR system for 150,000 employees

Power and automation company, ABB is to automate and simplify its HR processes in a project that aims to make HR technology as easy to use as Google. The project, dubbed the Google-isation of HR, will allow employees and managers to look for HR information and complete key people management tasks at the push of a button.News | 09 Oct 2013

Amadeus: Gerry Smith Vice president of operations

Video: The IT architecture inside Amadeus

Gerry Smith, vice-president of operations at travel services provider Amadeus, speaks to Cliff Saran about the company's software architectureVideo

SAP: UK, US companies hit automation barrier with predictive analytics

Companies are hitting a wall in the use of predictive analytics, with lack of time and resource cited as their biggest problemData analytics | 04 Dec 2013

SAP user group: Innovation agenda clear but for long haul

Philip Adams, of the UK & Ireland SAP user group, speaks to Computer Weekly about SAP’s promotion of Hana, cloud and mobileInterview | 03 Dec 2013

Where is Satyam now? Well, it’s not Satyam for a start

Satyam, which was rescued from collapse in 2009, has plans for restoring its position as a top-tier Indian IT services provideranalysis | 03 Dec 2013

Mobile business intelligence adoption slows, BARC BI survey finds

Mobile BI adoption is slowing and much vaunted social media analytics are little deployed, according to the latest BARC BI global surveyNews | 29 Nov 2013

CW Special Report on SAP

This 9 page special report, independently written by Computer Weekly, gives you the facts on SAP, its strategy, products and services and financial performance.E-Handbook

Study shows IT department losing control of technology innovation

With innovative technology increasingly developed outside the IT department, CIOs need to start working with other departmentsNews | 29 Nov 2013

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 BIOpinion

SAP to announce simplification drive in January, says Hagemann Snabe

SAP will, in January 2014, announce a new simplification initiative, co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe told the UK and Ireland SAP user group conference yesterdayNews | 26 Nov 2013

CW Special Report on TCS

This 5 page special report gives you the facts on TCS, its strategy, products and services and financial performance.E-Handbook

Jaguar Land Rover builds data sharing infrastructure

Jaguar Landrover (JLR) has used a proposed data sharing standard to improve car development within its product lifecycle management (PLM) system.News | 22 Nov 2013

Virtualisation continues to drive European server purchases

TechTarget survey finds 97.3% of large organisations plan to expand their deployments in 2014, with consolidation the main driverNews | 03 Dec 2013

Computer Weekly European User Awards 2014 open for entries

Computer Weekly is running its European User Awards for a second year in 2014. Find out all the details hereawards | 29 Nov 2013

CW Special Report on SAP

This 9 page special report, independently written by Computer Weekly, gives you the facts on SAP, its strategy, products and services and financial performance.E-Handbook

Scottish environment agency cuts carbon through desktop virtualisation

A quarter of staff at the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) are accessing applications via Citrixdesktop virtualisation | 18 Nov 2013

MoD appoints new CIO and releases ICT strategy

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has appointed Yvonne Ferguson as CIO and released its latest Defence ICT Strategy documentit strategy | 14 Nov 2013

Why agile development races ahead of traditional testing

Traditional testing practices optimise large, centralised testing but struggle to support the rapid delivery of agile development.Feature

RBS Markets deploys IBM Rational for virtual testing

Royal Bank of Scotland is investigating how it could extend a virtual test environment to support future development projectssoftware testing | 07 Nov 2013

Loughborough University implements 400 virtual desktops

Loughborough University has cut maintenance costs and enabled a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) scheme for academics with virtual desktops.News | 28 Oct 2013

Belfast Health Trust virtualises its way to the cloud

The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust is implementing virtualisation technology across the trust, with hopes to become a cloud provider in the near futureNews | 02 Oct 2013

The technology behind Birmingham NEC

The NEC exhibition centre's IT director reveals how a £40m investment from Birmingham City Council has been spentFeature

Scabal moves to the cloud for storage flexibility

Clothing manufacturer Scabal is moving its entire IT infrastructure to Interoute’s cloud for flexibie storagecloud computing | 03 Dec 2013

CW Special Report on SAP

This 9 page special report, independently written by Computer Weekly, gives you the facts on SAP, its strategy, products and services and financial performance.E-Handbook

Study shows IT department losing control of technology innovation

With innovative technology increasingly developed outside the IT department, CIOs need to start working with other departmentsNews | 29 Nov 2013

Review of ITinvolve for Knowledge Management

Managing the knowledge of IT support teams is vital to reduce issue resolution times. The ITSM Review takes a look at the collaboration features in ITinvolve.Photo Story

M&S uses instore IT to train staff in multi-channel retail

Marks & Spencer is using in-store iPads and kiosks to train staff to support its multichannel retail strategyNews | 20 Nov 2013

Human Capital Management

Computer Weekly looks at the steps companies have taken to improve talent management; bridging the gap between the cost savings promised by cloud technologies and the value they deliver.News | 19 Nov 2013

MoD appoints new CIO and releases ICT strategy

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has appointed Yvonne Ferguson as CIO and released its latest Defence ICT Strategy documentit strategy | 14 Nov 2013

CIO interview: John Finch, CIO, Bank of England, on the IT behind UK monetary policy

UK monetary forecasts are underpinned by data and analytics from the Bank of EnglandCIO interview | 13 Nov 2013

Software testing and code quality

In this week’s Computer Weekly, our latest buyer’s guide looks at software testing and code quality, and examines how to test effectively when using agile development. We find out about the latest techniques to defeat SQL injection attacks – a method of hacking that has remained undefeated for 15 years. And we talk to two European financial services firms about how they have used data analytics to improve customer response. Read the issue now.E-Zine

CIO Interview: Michael Ibbitson, Gatwick Airport

Gatwick Airport is replacing in-house IT with cloud services in a multimillion-pound modernisation programmeinterview | 08 Nov 2013

Microsoft changes its licensing terms

Microsoft is offering a single Microsoft Products and Services Agreement (MPSA) to simplify its volume licensing agreements. But what does it mean to SAM?Analysis | 04 Dec 2013

SAP user group: Innovation agenda clear but for long haul

Philip Adams, of the UK & Ireland SAP user group, speaks to Computer Weekly about SAP’s promotion of Hana, cloud and mobileInterview | 03 Dec 2013

CW Special Report on SAP

This 9 page special report, independently written by Computer Weekly, gives you the facts on SAP, its strategy, products and services and financial performance.E-Handbook

Huddle: The UK cloud software firm that grows by over 100% a year

Cloud collaboration software supplier Huddle is on the verge of expanding into AustraliaCloud software | 20 Nov 2013

MoD appoints new CIO and releases ICT strategy

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has appointed Yvonne Ferguson as CIO and released its latest Defence ICT Strategy documentit strategy | 14 Nov 2013

Midcounties Co-op increases return on service desk investment

The Midcounties Co-operative has increased the uses for its IT service management software since initially buying a system back in 2004News | 11 Nov 2013

Software testing and code quality

In this week’s Computer Weekly, our latest buyer’s guide looks at software testing and code quality, and examines how to test effectively when using agile development. We find out about the latest techniques to defeat SQL injection attacks – a method of hacking that has remained undefeated for 15 years. And we talk to two European financial services firms about how they have used data analytics to improve customer response. Read the issue now.E-Zine

Cloud not meeting CIO expectations and SaaS still dominates take-up

Software as a Service (SaaS) is dominating cloud adoption as CIOs fail to meet their expectations regarding cloud computing servicesNews | 05 Nov 2013

Computer Weekly Buyer’s Guide to software asset management

In this 10-page buyer’s guide, Computer Weekly looks at best practice for software asset management, the attention and funding required to fully exploit it and how businesses can make sense of often complex terms and conditions.E-Handbook

Software licensing: SAP terms and conditions are not above European law

The district court of Hamburg has ruled against SAP over its case against a German second-user software resellerAnalysis | 31 Oct 2013

How endemic is IT underinvestment in UK retail banking?

The Royal Bank of Scotland has failed to invest properly in its IT system, but it is not aloneAnalysis | 04 Dec 2013

Ipswich Building Society forced to change IT services supplier

Ipswich Building Society was part of a group of companies that had to find new IT service provider following a decision by the incumbent supplier to exit the businessNews | 02 Dec 2013

CW Special Report on SAP

This 9 page special report, independently written by Computer Weekly, gives you the facts on SAP, its strategy, products and services and financial performance.E-Handbook

Nationwide first to launch Visa V.me, despite RBS trial

Nationwide Building Society is offering a digital wallet to its customers after launching Visa’s V.me service - 18 months after the service was made available in the UKNews | 26 Nov 2013

150 subpostmasters file claims over 'faulty' Horizon accounting system

About 150 subpostmasters have filed claims to the investigation into the allegedly faulty Post Office accounting system used by thousands of subpostmatersNews | 25 Nov 2013

Barclays extends mobile money platform for easier payments

Barclay’s Bank has released the latest update to Pingit with functionality that enables businesses to pay people using only their mobile phone numbersNews | 19 Nov 2013

Human Capital Management

Computer Weekly looks at the steps companies have taken to improve talent management; bridging the gap between the cost savings promised by cloud technologies and the value they deliver.News | 19 Nov 2013

Salesforce promises $5bn revenue for 2014

Cloud company Salesforce.com claims it will reach revenues of $5bn for the full fiscal year, despite third quarter results showing a sequential dropfinancial results | 18 Nov 2013

Cloud imperative for companies to remain agile, says AWS

Both enterprise and startups can benefit from the cloud, enabling employees to become more innovative, says Amazon Web ServicesNews | 14 Nov 2013

MoD appoints new CIO and releases ICT strategy

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has appointed Yvonne Ferguson as CIO and released its latest Defence ICT Strategy documentit strategy | 14 Nov 2013

Google revs up cloud engine in AWS catch-up race

A renewed infrastructure as a service (IaaS) push by web giant Google could heat up competition among top providersAnalysis | 05 Dec 2013

Microsoft invests in Ireland datacentre

Microsoft is expanding its Dublin datacentre with a €170m investmentcloud computing | 03 Dec 2013

Scabal moves to the cloud for storage flexibility

Clothing manufacturer Scabal is moving its entire IT infrastructure to Interoute’s cloud for flexibie storagecloud computing | 03 Dec 2013

SAP user group: Innovation agenda clear but for long haul

Philip Adams, of the UK & Ireland SAP user group, speaks to Computer Weekly about SAP’s promotion of Hana, cloud and mobileInterview | 03 Dec 2013

The future of local government IT

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at how visionary IT leaders in local government plan to transform the delivery of digital public services using the cloud. Our latest buyer’s guide looks at the technology challenges of implementing the internet of things for businesses. And do firms dealing with tech-savvy consumers need a new approach to IT management? Some IT leaders think they do. Read the issue now.E-Zine

CW Special Report on SAP

This 9 page special report, independently written by Computer Weekly, gives you the facts on SAP, its strategy, products and services and financial performance.E-Handbook

IT budgets to rise by 3% in 2014 as companies step up spending on mobile

IT spending will increase by 3% in 2014, up from 1.8% last year. But shadow IT spending will add another 40% to technology budgetsIT budgets | 29 Nov 2013

Study shows IT department losing control of technology innovation

With innovative technology increasingly developed outside the IT department, CIOs need to start working with other departmentsNews | 29 Nov 2013

Big beasts fail to dent AWS cloud lead

Amazon’s cloud service remains more than four times more popular than its closest competitor, survey findsNews | 28 Nov 2013

IT jobs remain secure as cloud adoption grows

Nine out of ten organisations redeploy freed-up resources on new projects and services, says CIF surveyNews | 27 Nov 2013

CW Special Report on SAP

This 9 page special report, independently written by Computer Weekly, gives you the facts on SAP, its strategy, products and services and financial performance.E-Handbook

Gartner: What CIOs should know about cloud‑based customer service

IT leaders and managers of customer support need to understand the limits of cloud-based CRM customer service and support software solutions, writes Michael Maoz, vice-president and distinguished analyst at Gartner.News | 26 Nov 2013

Pegasystems CEO Alan Trefler plans his next move for the $500m software company

Alan Trefler discusses his plans for Pegasystems, the BPM and CRM specialist that has grown into a $500m a year companyInterview | 21 Nov 2013

Case study: McGraw-Hill Education mobilises with Salesforce

The educational resources provider utilises Salesforce to develop a mobile app and get its sales reps selling more on campusCase study | 20 Nov 2013

Executive interview: BMC CEO discusses self-provisioning IT

BMC CEO Bob Beauchamp believes the only way IT can support business is by enabling self service ITNews | 19 Nov 2013

Salesforce promises $5bn revenue for 2014

Cloud company Salesforce.com claims it will reach revenues of $5bn for the full fiscal year, despite third quarter results showing a sequential dropfinancial results | 18 Nov 2013

Case study: Pharma firm fought through hurricane to keep marketing tool on target

Pharmaceutical firm Bristol-Myers Squibb chose Teradata’s Aprimo to deliver global complex marketing communicationsCase study | 18 Nov 2013

MoD appoints new CIO and releases ICT strategy

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has appointed Yvonne Ferguson as CIO and released its latest Defence ICT Strategy documentit strategy | 14 Nov 2013

Consulting firm saves thousands by billing in the cloud

Consulting and outsourcing company Xoomworks claims to be making savings of over £10,000 a year, after introducing a cloud-based system to track its consultant’s billable hours.News | 13 Nov 2013

Microsoft Dynamics CRM For Government

Analyst group, Nucleus research assesses the business benefits achieved by government organisations deploying Microsoft Dynamics CRM.News | 11 Nov 2013