Enterprise software

HP to introduce open network switching technology

HP partners with Accton Technology and Cumulus Networks to deploy open network switches for web-scale cloud datacentresCloud computing | 19 Feb 2015

Microsoft achieves ISO cloud certification

Microsoft says it now complies with ISO/IEC 27018, which aims to establish a uniform, international approach to data protection in the cloudCloud computing | 17 Feb 2015

Microsoft fixes bugs exploited to hack military and financial firms

Microsoft’s February security update includes fixes for a bug exploited by attackers targeting US defence and financial services firmsIT security | 11 Feb 2015

Universal apps in the enterprise

Windows 10 offers a new application platform, called universal apps. Should businesses consider using universal apps for new applicationsPhoto Story

Windows 10: Preparing for Microsoft’s next enterprise OS

Microsoft’s recent Windows 10 event had a strong consumer focus, but the company also unveiled changes that will impact corporate ITAnalysis | 27 Jan 2015

Your digital projects are doomed to failure, warns Cisco

At Cisco Live! In Milan, Cisco set out the challenges of going digital, with many projects doomed to fail unless businesses embrace ‘Fast IT’Digital strategy | 27 Jan 2015

Windows 10: Microsoft at the crossroads

Windows is at a crossroad. Microsoft needs to convince businesses and third-party app developers to adopt Windows 10Analysis | 22 Jan 2015

Windows 10: Microsoft gets serious on upgrades

Microsoft will offer users of Windows 7, 8, 8.1, Windows Phone a free upgrade to Windows 10. Plus there is a hologram versionPhoto Story

Case study: Scandinavian Airlines hands pilots worldwide Wi-Fi pass

SAS has implemented iPass Wi-Fi across its iPad estate, giving pilots and crew access to 15 million hotspots around the worldCase Study | 13 Jan 2015

Google under fire over Windows zero-day disclosure

Google has come under fire for publishing a proof-of-concept attack exploiting a flaw in Windows 8.1 before Microsoft had released a security updateNews | 06 Jan 2015

ARM unleashes internet of things potential with starter kit

Chip-maker ARM has collaborated with IBM to launch the mbed IoT Starter Kit, pitched at SMEs and application developersInternet of things | 24 Feb 2015

Yahoo chooses Splunk’s Hunk to do Hadoop analytics

Yahoo is using Splunk’s Hunk tool to do analytics on Hadoop and NoSQL data storesNews | 17 Feb 2015

Virtual reality comes of age in manufacturing

Will there be virtual reality headsets in the living room by the end of 2015? Perhaps not, but Ford and BAE Sytems are putting virtual reality to workFeature

Gartner: CIOs boost spending on sci-fi technologies

CIOs in the UK and Ireland are expected to increase spending by 1.4% in 2015, fuelled by the economic recoveryIT budgets | 16 Feb 2015

Wellcome Trust builds 1,728-core grid for DNA analysis

The Wellcome Trust Centre has deployed a high-performance computing cluster based on Fujitsu servershigh-performance cluster | 28 Jan 2015

Case study: Hedge fund AHL Man Group uses MongoDB to feed quants with data

Hedge fund AHL Man Group replaces disparate relational databases with a single data platform built on NoSQL database MongoDBcase study | 21 Jan 2015

Ulster Bank runs hackathons to discover future banking IT

Ulster Bank runs two hackathons to unearth some of the technology-based services the bank can offer its customers in the futureBanking IT | 13 Jan 2015

Microservices: How to prepare next-generation cloud applications

A microservice architecture promotes developing and deploying applications composed of autonomous, self-contained unitsFeature

Inside the Digital Catapult, six startups at the forefront of data innovation

The recently opened Digital Catapult in London’s Kings Cross is home to ambitious technology startups innovating around big dataStartup incubators

Time for DevOps to get out of the weeds

Software and service providers face a battle to deliver new products, features and capabilities faster than everOpinion

CIO interview: Sean Harley, group IT director, Top Right Group

Sean Harley is an IT leader who likes to get stuck in – and he has plenty to get stuck into, having transformed IT at publishing firm Top Right GroupInterview | 27 Feb 2015

Microsoft to cut 9,000 jobs at Nokia plants in China

Microsoft plans to shut down two former Nokia manufacturing plants in China, which means 9,000 jobs will be lost in the latest round of cutsNews | 27 Feb 2015

Windows 10 Build 9926: A first look

We install and test-drive the latest build of Windows 10, which introduces desktop Cortana and Continuum for moving the GUI across devicesPhoto Story

Microsoft achieves ISO cloud certification

Microsoft says it now complies with ISO/IEC 27018, which aims to establish a uniform, international approach to data protection in the cloudCloud computing | 17 Feb 2015

Shropshire Council upgrades from iPads and BlackBerrys to Microsoft technology

Shropshire Council reworks desktop IT strategy, using its Microsoft enterprise agreement to support devices running Office 365Desktop software | 17 Feb 2015

Microsoft fixes bugs exploited to hack military and financial firms

Microsoft’s February security update includes fixes for a bug exploited by attackers targeting US defence and financial services firmsIT security | 11 Feb 2015

Universal apps in the enterprise

Windows 10 offers a new application platform, called universal apps. Should businesses consider using universal apps for new applicationsPhoto Story

Microsoft working on fix for IE bug that exposes user credentials

Microsoft is working on a fix for a serious vulnerability in IE11 that could be exploited to reveal the login credentials of usersCyber security | 04 Feb 2015

Cloud maturity: AWS leads but Microsoft almost doubles cloud revenue

Amazon Web services has grown its lead over rival public cloud providers, while Microsoft experienced 96% year-on-year growthCloud computing | 02 Feb 2015

Windows 10 in the enterprise

In this week's Computer Weekly, Microsoft has released more details of the forthcoming Windows 10 release – we look at what it means for enterprise IT. The UK government has set out its vision for an EU digital economy – we examine the issues. And our latest buyer's guide covers data science. Read the issue now.E-Zine

Cloud and the need for microservices

Cloud holds the promise to change the way IT supports the business by using hybrid private/public cloud servicesFeature

Ordnance Survey announces open data innovation project

Ordnance Survey marked International Open Data Day by announcing plans to launch an open data digital mapOpen data | 23 Feb 2015

Gartner: CIOs boost spending on sci-fi technologies

CIOs in the UK and Ireland are expected to increase spending by 1.4% in 2015, fuelled by the economic recoveryIT budgets | 16 Feb 2015

Who will get your digital vote?

In this week's Computer Weekly, we hear from the UK's three main political parties as they debate their digital policies ahead of the general election. Is the rise of the CDO a threat to the CIO's position? We find out what IT leaders have to say.E-Zine

Hervé Falciani: HSBC’s IT unable to provide sufficient audit oversight

HSBC’s IT systems were unable to give auditors sufficient oversight to identify tax avoidance in its Swiss private banking businessCompliance | 12 Feb 2015

A Computer Weekly buyer's guide to enterprise app stores and self-service IT

Computer Weekly assesses how businesses can go about setting up an enterprise app store and integrating it with IT service management in this 11-page buyer's guide.E-Handbook

Universal apps in the enterprise

Windows 10 offers a new application platform, called universal apps. Should businesses consider using universal apps for new applicationsPhoto Story

Aeris and Tech Mahindra to launch carrier IoT platform

M2M technology provider Aeris has linked up with services supplier Tech Mahindra to target mobile carriers that want to develop their IoT businessInternet of things | 03 Feb 2015

Cloud maturity: AWS leads but Microsoft almost doubles cloud revenue

Amazon Web services has grown its lead over rival public cloud providers, while Microsoft experienced 96% year-on-year growthCloud computing | 02 Feb 2015

Your digital projects are doomed to failure, warns Cisco

At Cisco Live! In Milan, Cisco set out the challenges of going digital, with many projects doomed to fail unless businesses embrace ‘Fast IT’Digital strategy | 27 Jan 2015

Google to launch Android Pay

Google is expected to launch a payments application programming interface at its I/O conference in MayMobile payments | 27 Feb 2015

TSB is investing in bank branches, not closing them

TSB is countering the industry trend of branch closures in the light of increased digital services by opening 30 new branchesDigital banking | 27 Feb 2015

John Chen pushes BES12 as Android for Work platform

BlackBerry may be heading for the breakthrough it needs under the leadership of CEO John Chen with a new Google tie-upMobile | 26 Feb 2015

Barclays bank launches Twitter payments for customers

Barclays bank enables consumers to make payments using their Twitter name, using the bank's Pingit mobile banking appBanking IT | 25 Feb 2015

Google ups the ante in mobile wallet battle with Apple and Samsung

Google is working with US telcos to boost its mobile wallet amid the fierce challenge from Apple Pay and SamsungMobile payments | 25 Feb 2015

London’s Air Ambulance swaps A-Z maps for mobile apps

London’s Air Ambulance has halved emergency dispatch times through an incident information and routing app from MubalooMobile apps | 24 Feb 2015

Tesco Bank launches mobile app enhancement

Tesco Bank has set its sights on growing its current account business with its latest mobile software upgradeMobile banking | 19 Feb 2015

Gartner: CIOs boost spending on sci-fi technologies

CIOs in the UK and Ireland are expected to increase spending by 1.4% in 2015, fuelled by the economic recoveryIT budgets | 16 Feb 2015

Barclays to have iPad branches

Barclays community bankers will create bank branches on iPads to give customers a branch-like experience wherever they areDigital banking | 10 Feb 2015

Universal apps in the enterprise

Windows 10 offers a new application platform, called universal apps. Should businesses consider using universal apps for new applicationsPhoto Story

Ordnance Survey announces open data innovation project

Ordnance Survey marked International Open Data Day by announcing plans to launch an open data digital mapOpen data | 23 Feb 2015

Travel Corporation finds data fast track with Informatica Cloud MDM

The Travel Corporation has chosen Informatica Cloud to migrate on-premise systems and data into Salesforce.comCase study

Yahoo chooses Splunk’s Hunk to do Hadoop analytics

Yahoo is using Splunk’s Hunk tool to do analytics on Hadoop and NoSQL data storesNews | 17 Feb 2015

MarkLogic introduces bi-temporality with eye to regulated industries

NoSQL database supplier MarkLogic adds feature which allows organisations to look at data as it has been at different points in timedatabase technology | 09 Feb 2015

Computer Weekly European User Awards 2015 open for entries

Find out how to enter Computer Weekly’s third annual European User AwardsEuropean User Awards | 09 Feb 2015

Teradata reports tepid growth alongside big data investments

Data warehousing company Teradata has reported revenue of $2.732bn for 2014, an increase of 1% on 2013News | 05 Feb 2015

Heinz puts SAP Hana in the cloud to boost global efficiency

Food producer Heinz deploys SAP Hana on Virtustream’s xStream platform-as-a-service (PaaS) infrastructure to boost efficiencyDatabase software | 04 Feb 2015

SAP unveils S/4Hana as 'biggest launch in 23 years'

SAP launches what CEO Bill McDermott calls “our biggest launch in 23 years, if not in the entire history of the company”, SAP S/4Hanaenterprise software | 03 Feb 2015

Case study: Hedge fund AHL Man Group uses MongoDB to feed quants with data

Hedge fund AHL Man Group replaces disparate relational databases with a single data platform built on NoSQL database MongoDBcase study | 21 Jan 2015

SAP’s Cohen on 2014 results: Europe strong north and south

SAP’s Emea president Franck Cohen optimistic about the supplier’s growth prospects in southern and northern EuropeIT suppliers | 20 Jan 2015

Mobile apps bring benefits and problems for enterprises in Poland

Mobile business applications are gaining importance in Poland as broadband coverage expands and smartphone and tablet use increasesFeature

Customer experience is big differentiator for organisations

It has become hard for firms to stand out from the crowd in pricing, products or services. Now customer experience is the big differentiatorFeature

Amey awards $87m IT services contract

Engineering company Amey outsources application development and management to CSC as part of seven-year contractIT outsourcing | 24 Feb 2015

ARM unleashes internet of things potential with starter kit

Chip-maker ARM has collaborated with IBM to launch the mbed IoT Starter Kit, pitched at SMEs and application developersInternet of things | 24 Feb 2015

Sainsbury’s latest retailer to commit to banking with branches planned

Sainsbury’s plans to open bank branches in some stores as it expands further into financial servicesretail banking | 23 Feb 2015

NHS data service SUS to be more flexible after transition from BT

The Secondary Use Service NHS database will offer “a more agile system that can respond better to NHS needs”, according to the HSCICNews | 20 Feb 2015

Big data to unlock value from the industrial internet of things

The industrial internet of things (IIoT) is changing the way we live and work, and extracting maximum value requires a big data approachOpinion

Enterprise IT faces upheaval to move to cloud-first computing

IT departments should prepare to change working practices to support cloud-based computingAnalysis | 18 Feb 2015

Travel Corporation finds data fast track with Informatica Cloud MDM

The Travel Corporation has chosen Informatica Cloud to migrate on-premise systems and data into Salesforce.comCase study

Yahoo chooses Splunk’s Hunk to do Hadoop analytics

Yahoo is using Splunk’s Hunk tool to do analytics on Hadoop and NoSQL data storesNews | 17 Feb 2015

Cloud and the need for microservices

Cloud holds the promise to change the way IT supports the business by using hybrid private/public cloud servicesFeature

Hervé Falciani: HSBC’s IT unable to provide sufficient audit oversight

HSBC’s IT systems were unable to give auditors sufficient oversight to identify tax avoidance in its Swiss private banking businessCompliance | 12 Feb 2015

Interview: Omnifone chief engineer Phil Sant builds code Lego-style

Phil Sant, co-founder and chief engineer at music streaming platform Omnifone, believes software developers need to take Lego approachCIO interview | 20 Jan 2015

User groups defend licensing, but should Oracle rethink remuneration?

Two Oracle user groups have defended Oracle's licensing policy following open letter by Campaign for Clear LicensingNews | 09 Jan 2015

How AWS remains resilient and enterprise focused

Eight years ago no one had heard of Amazon Web Services. Today it is at the forefront of enterprise computingInterview | 19 Dec 2014

Why Azure failed: Procedural failure amplifies Azure bug

Microsoft has admitted procedural failure process in deploying updates led to last month’s catastrophic downtime of Azure storageNews | 18 Dec 2014

The state of mobile back end as a service

Common mobile application services are increasingly being hosted on central back-end servers – but what does that mean for the enterprise?Enterprise mobility

Balancing agility and efficiency: Open architecture and platforms in government

Increased flexibility in delivery models must be balanced with the architectural discipline to re-use, share, and consume common componentsOpinion

Time for DevOps to get out of the weeds

Software and service providers face a battle to deliver new products, features and capabilities faster than everOpinion

Exploring new business models for digital public service delivery

Many public sector organisations appear overwhelmed by the breadth and depth of the changes in public service delivery that they faceOpinion

Ordnance Survey announces open data innovation project

Ordnance Survey marked International Open Data Day by announcing plans to launch an open data digital mapOpen data | 23 Feb 2015

DWP starts national Universal Credit IT rollout

The next phase of the national IT rollout for the controversial Universal Credit programme has startedGovernment IT | 16 Feb 2015

What is government as a platform and how do we achieve it?

There are lots of discussion going on at the moment about digital “platforms”, and the impact they might have on UK public servicesOpinion

The more IT changes, the more technology issues remain the same

In the early 2000s Nigel Beighton was CTO at Lastminute.com. Yet, 15 years on, he says the technology issues he faced then have changed littleExecutive briefing | 09 Feb 2015

Universal apps in the enterprise

Windows 10 offers a new application platform, called universal apps. Should businesses consider using universal apps for new applicationsPhoto Story

Microsoft working on fix for IE bug that exposes user credentials

Microsoft is working on a fix for a serious vulnerability in IE11 that could be exploited to reveal the login credentials of usersCyber security | 04 Feb 2015

Aeris and Tech Mahindra to launch carrier IoT platform

M2M technology provider Aeris has linked up with services supplier Tech Mahindra to target mobile carriers that want to develop their IoT businessInternet of things | 03 Feb 2015

Windows 10 in the enterprise

In this week's Computer Weekly, Microsoft has released more details of the forthcoming Windows 10 release – we look at what it means for enterprise IT. The UK government has set out its vision for an EU digital economy – we examine the issues. And our latest buyer's guide covers data science. Read the issue now.E-Zine

CIO interview: Phil Pavitt, global CIO, Specsavers

Phil Pavitt, the new global CIO of Specsavers, has fixed his sights on helping the high-street optician take a great IT leap forwardinterview | 27 Jan 2015

AstraZeneca deploys Box to all its 51,000 staff to boost collaboration

Multinational biopharma business AstraZeneca has chosen to deploy Box cloud-based collaboration to all its 51,000 employeesCollaboration | 27 Jan 2015

Cloud and the need for microservices

Cloud holds the promise to change the way IT supports the business by using hybrid private/public cloud servicesFeature

Enterprise IT faces upheaval to move to cloud-first computing

IT departments should prepare to change working practices to support cloud-based computingAnalysis | 18 Feb 2015

Hervé Falciani: HSBC’s IT unable to provide sufficient audit oversight

HSBC’s IT systems were unable to give auditors sufficient oversight to identify tax avoidance in its Swiss private banking businessCompliance | 12 Feb 2015

Open APIs in banking move forward with official call for evidence

The UK government asks interested parties their thoughts on opening up application programming interfaces (APIs) to increase competitionBanking IT | 03 Feb 2015

Cloud maturity: AWS leads but Microsoft almost doubles cloud revenue

Amazon Web services has grown its lead over rival public cloud providers, while Microsoft experienced 96% year-on-year growthCloud computing | 02 Feb 2015

AstraZeneca deploys Box to all its 51,000 staff to boost collaboration

Multinational biopharma business AstraZeneca has chosen to deploy Box cloud-based collaboration to all its 51,000 employeesCollaboration | 27 Jan 2015

Windows 10: Microsoft at the crossroads

Windows is at a crossroad. Microsoft needs to convince businesses and third-party app developers to adopt Windows 10Analysis | 22 Jan 2015

Windows 10: Microsoft gets serious on upgrades

Microsoft will offer users of Windows 7, 8, 8.1, Windows Phone a free upgrade to Windows 10. Plus there is a hologram versionPhoto Story

User groups defend licensing, but should Oracle rethink remuneration?

Two Oracle user groups have defended Oracle's licensing policy following open letter by Campaign for Clear LicensingNews | 09 Jan 2015

Forrester: IT maintenance saps budget as tech spending increases

Technology spending is set to rise modestly, but the majority of IT spending will still go on maintaining existing systemsNews | 08 Jan 2015

Mobile apps bring benefits and problems for enterprises in Poland

Mobile business applications are gaining importance in Poland as broadband coverage expands and smartphone and tablet use increasesFeature

Customer experience is big differentiator for organisations

It has become hard for firms to stand out from the crowd in pricing, products or services. Now customer experience is the big differentiatorFeature

London’s Air Ambulance swaps A-Z maps for mobile apps

London’s Air Ambulance has halved emergency dispatch times through an incident information and routing app from MubalooMobile apps | 24 Feb 2015

Schuh deploys public Wi-Fi and mobile stock checking in-store

Shoe retailer schuh selects cloud Wi-Fi provider Purple WiFi to offer in-store access for customers and staffwireless networks | 23 Feb 2015

NHS data service SUS to be more flexible after transition from BT

The Secondary Use Service NHS database will offer “a more agile system that can respond better to NHS needs”, according to the HSCICNews | 20 Feb 2015

Big data to unlock value from the industrial internet of things

The industrial internet of things (IIoT) is changing the way we live and work, and extracting maximum value requires a big data approachOpinion

Travel Corporation finds data fast track with Informatica Cloud MDM

The Travel Corporation has chosen Informatica Cloud to migrate on-premise systems and data into Salesforce.comCase study

Yahoo chooses Splunk’s Hunk to do Hadoop analytics

Yahoo is using Splunk’s Hunk tool to do analytics on Hadoop and NoSQL data storesNews | 17 Feb 2015

SAP Hybris launches a 'contextualised' marketing platform

SAP introduces marketing system that brings customer data into one place for “contextual marketing”enterprise software | 11 Feb 2015

MarkLogic introduces bi-temporality with eye to regulated industries

NoSQL database supplier MarkLogic adds feature which allows organisations to look at data as it has been at different points in timedatabase technology | 09 Feb 2015

Finnish hosting provider differentiates itself through hybrid cloud offering

Finland-based Innofactor wanted to expand its hosting business but also needed a clear way to differentiate itself from its competitorsCase study | 26 Feb 2015

Dell adds Nutanix-powered XC630 and XC730 hyperconverged systems

Dell targets range of use cases with XC630 and XC730 Nutanix-powered server/storage nodesStorage | 25 Feb 2015

Ordnance Survey announces open data innovation project

Ordnance Survey marked International Open Data Day by announcing plans to launch an open data digital mapOpen data | 23 Feb 2015

How to combat VM sprawl

VMs are easy to create, but when unmanaged they proliferate around your infrastructure. Here, we explain VM sprawl and how to combat itFeature

Windows 10 in the enterprise

In this week's Computer Weekly, Microsoft has released more details of the forthcoming Windows 10 release – we look at what it means for enterprise IT. The UK government has set out its vision for an EU digital economy – we examine the issues. And our latest buyer's guide covers data science. Read the issue now.E-Zine

Your digital projects are doomed to failure, warns Cisco

At Cisco Live! In Milan, Cisco set out the challenges of going digital, with many projects doomed to fail unless businesses embrace ‘Fast IT’Digital strategy | 27 Jan 2015

A closer look at Google Container Engine

In just 12 months, Docker has transformed from a simple open-source container management project into a powerful platformSoftware development

Making the most of AWS’s reserved instances

What makes the CIO choose a cloud service? Is it the reliability of the service being offered, or the range of products?Feature

Virtual server backup catches up with virtualisation in Poland

Server virtualisation has swept Poland, but businesses are still catching up to the reality that backup requires a different approachVirtual backup

Thin provisioning – hypervisor vs array

Thin provisioning can be done at the storage array or virtualisation hypervisor. We look at the pros and cons of each – or bothThin provisioning

CIO interview: Sean Harley, group IT director, Top Right Group

Sean Harley is an IT leader who likes to get stuck in – and he has plenty to get stuck into, having transformed IT at publishing firm Top Right GroupInterview | 27 Feb 2015

London’s Air Ambulance swaps A-Z maps for mobile apps

London’s Air Ambulance has halved emergency dispatch times through an incident information and routing app from MubalooMobile apps | 24 Feb 2015

BlackBerry 10.3.1 review: Access Android apps and Blend

BlackBerry has finally released version 10.3.1 of its mobile operating system, which gives access to the Amazon Android app storeMobile OS | 20 Feb 2015

Engineering firm Smiths Group to embark on landmark SDN project

Engineering and technology firm Smiths Group renews AT&T contract ahead of major network refresh, and plans to put SDN at the heart of its projectNetworking | 10 Feb 2015

Heinz puts SAP Hana in the cloud to boost global efficiency

Food producer Heinz deploys SAP Hana on Virtustream’s xStream platform-as-a-service (PaaS) infrastructure to boost efficiencyDatabase software | 04 Feb 2015

Darknet technologies have legitimate security uses, says researcher

Darket technologies have legitimate security applications for business, says security investigatorinternet security | 02 Feb 2015

AstraZeneca deploys Box to all its 51,000 staff to boost collaboration

Multinational biopharma business AstraZeneca has chosen to deploy Box cloud-based collaboration to all its 51,000 employeesCollaboration | 27 Jan 2015

Your digital projects are doomed to failure, warns Cisco

At Cisco Live! In Milan, Cisco set out the challenges of going digital, with many projects doomed to fail unless businesses embrace ‘Fast IT’Digital strategy | 27 Jan 2015

Supplier relationship management lessons from the car industry

IT can learn a lot from the car industry, which has transformed supplier relationship managementAnalysis | 15 Jan 2015

Facebook targets corporate collaboration market

Facebook is piloting a smartphone and web app for enabling people to communicate and collaborate at workSocial media | 15 Jan 2015

To partition or not to partition Oracle

Oracle licence contracts are unclear on soft partitioning so CIOs need to get to the licence negotiation table to extract the best dealAnalysis | 25 Feb 2015

Ordnance Survey announces open data innovation project

Ordnance Survey marked International Open Data Day by announcing plans to launch an open data digital mapOpen data | 23 Feb 2015

Your digital projects are doomed to failure, warns Cisco

At Cisco Live! In Milan, Cisco set out the challenges of going digital, with many projects doomed to fail unless businesses embrace ‘Fast IT’Digital strategy | 27 Jan 2015

Why we need cyber war games

In this week’s Computer Weekly, the UK and US are starting a cyber war on each other – all in the name of testing each other’s defences. We look at why the cyber war games are needed. We examine what IT managers can learn from the car industry to improve supplier relationship management. And we find out why innovation should be top of the IT agenda in 2015. Read the issue now.E-Zine

Oracle will lose out unless it changes its software licensing

In an open letter, Campaign for Clear Licensing highlights the risk to Oracle’s future earnings due to aggressive licensingAnalysis | 07 Jan 2015

Time for DevOps to get out of the weeds

Software and service providers face a battle to deliver new products, features and capabilities faster than everOpinion

Case study: North Wales Fire and Rescue Service secures email for public sector collaboration

The North Wales Fire and Rescue Service (NWFRS) has secured its information exchange with Egress Switch encryptioncase study | 19 Nov 2014

Oracle licensing tip: To support or not to support?

Oracle licensing tip: Show that you’re in control to avoid audits

Oracle licensing tip: Understand your estate

Mobile apps bring benefits and problems for enterprises in Poland

Mobile business applications are gaining importance in Poland as broadband coverage expands and smartphone and tablet use increasesFeature

Customer experience is big differentiator for organisations

It has become hard for firms to stand out from the crowd in pricing, products or services. Now customer experience is the big differentiatorFeature

Digital cheque processing could prove fatal blow to hundreds of bank branches

Banks have reneged on their promise to keep bank branches open, blaming changing consumer habits and digital technologyAnalysis | 24 Feb 2015

Sainsbury’s latest retailer to commit to banking with branches planned

Sainsbury’s plans to open bank branches in some stores as it expands further into financial servicesretail banking | 23 Feb 2015

A Computer Weekly buyer's guide to enterprise app stores and self-service IT

Computer Weekly assesses how businesses can go about setting up an enterprise app store and integrating it with IT service management in this 11-page buyer's guide.E-Handbook

Barclays to have iPad branches

Barclays community bankers will create bank branches on iPads to give customers a branch-like experience wherever they areDigital banking | 10 Feb 2015

MarkLogic introduces bi-temporality with eye to regulated industries

NoSQL database supplier MarkLogic adds feature which allows organisations to look at data as it has been at different points in timedatabase technology | 09 Feb 2015

SAP unveils S/4Hana as 'biggest launch in 23 years'

SAP launches what CEO Bill McDermott calls “our biggest launch in 23 years, if not in the entire history of the company”, SAP S/4Hanaenterprise software | 03 Feb 2015

Post Office CIO would talk to any subpostmaster about IT problems, promises CEO

The CEO of the Post Office defended the organisation’s support for users of its accounting system in a select committee inquiry into alleged problemsNews | 03 Feb 2015

Paym sends £26m in payments

More than 1.8 million people have registered to make payments to people using only their mobile phone numberMobile payments | 03 Feb 2015

CIO interview: Sean Harley, group IT director, Top Right Group

Sean Harley is an IT leader who likes to get stuck in – and he has plenty to get stuck into, having transformed IT at publishing firm Top Right GroupInterview | 27 Feb 2015

IT needs to reassess the meaning of compliance for cloud

IT departments need to reassess the technology they deliver because users are circumventing corporate ITEnterprise IT | 26 Feb 2015

Finnish hosting provider differentiates itself through hybrid cloud offering

Finland-based Innofactor wanted to expand its hosting business but also needed a clear way to differentiate itself from its competitorsCase study | 26 Feb 2015

Customer experience is big differentiator for organisations

It has become hard for firms to stand out from the crowd in pricing, products or services. Now customer experience is the big differentiatorFeature

ARM unleashes internet of things potential with starter kit

Chip-maker ARM has collaborated with IBM to launch the mbed IoT Starter Kit, pitched at SMEs and application developersInternet of things | 24 Feb 2015

UK businesses' IT services better off in India than the cloud

UK businesses have yet to be convinced of the benefits of cloud computing but continue to outsource IT, says a global survey from KPMGIT outsourcing | 23 Feb 2015

Schuh deploys public Wi-Fi and mobile stock checking in-store

Shoe retailer schuh selects cloud Wi-Fi provider Purple WiFi to offer in-store access for customers and staffwireless networks | 23 Feb 2015

Banks take the fight to the web giants

In this week's Computer Weekly, with internet giants like Google, Apple and Facebook offering banking services, Santander is leading the fightback by launching a cloud storage service; but can it win? Our latest buyer's guide looks at cloud-optimised IT. And we examine how the economic trends will affect CIOs this year. Read the issue now.E-Zine

How to achieve optimum performance in a hybrid cloud

As hybrid cloud systems become increasingly popular, we look at how to implement them and the advantages they can offerFeature

Businesses opt for Amazon Web Services public cloud

More than half of all business public cloud deployments use Amazon Web Services (AWS), but Microsoft Azure is gaining market shareCloud computing | 20 Feb 2015

Mobile apps bring benefits and problems for enterprises in Poland

Mobile business applications are gaining importance in Poland as broadband coverage expands and smartphone and tablet use increasesFeature

Customer experience is big differentiator for organisations

It has become hard for firms to stand out from the crowd in pricing, products or services. Now customer experience is the big differentiatorFeature

Schuh deploys public Wi-Fi and mobile stock checking in-store

Shoe retailer schuh selects cloud Wi-Fi provider Purple WiFi to offer in-store access for customers and staffwireless networks | 23 Feb 2015

Travel Corporation finds data fast track with Informatica Cloud MDM

The Travel Corporation has chosen Informatica Cloud to migrate on-premise systems and data into Salesforce.comCase study

SAP Hybris launches a 'contextualised' marketing platform

SAP introduces marketing system that brings customer data into one place for “contextual marketing”enterprise software | 11 Feb 2015

Heinz puts SAP Hana in the cloud to boost global efficiency

Food producer Heinz deploys SAP Hana on Virtustream’s xStream platform-as-a-service (PaaS) infrastructure to boost efficiencyDatabase software | 04 Feb 2015

SAP unveils S/4Hana as 'biggest launch in 23 years'

SAP launches what CEO Bill McDermott calls “our biggest launch in 23 years, if not in the entire history of the company”, SAP S/4Hanaenterprise software | 03 Feb 2015

AstraZeneca deploys Box to all its 51,000 staff to boost collaboration

Multinational biopharma business AstraZeneca has chosen to deploy Box cloud-based collaboration to all its 51,000 employeesCollaboration | 27 Jan 2015

CIO interview: Sarah Flannigan leads change at the National Trust

National Trust CIO’s IT strategy is a £40m transformation that represents the biggest change project in the charity's historyinterview | 20 Jan 2015

Mobile shopping matures, but retailers must link up dispatch

Mobile shopping matures, but retailers need to rethink logisticsRetail IT | 14 Jan 2015

Mobile apps bring benefits and problems for enterprises in Poland

Mobile business applications are gaining importance in Poland as broadband coverage expands and smartphone and tablet use increasesFeature

Customer experience is big differentiator for organisations

It has become hard for firms to stand out from the crowd in pricing, products or services. Now customer experience is the big differentiatorFeature

Amey awards $87m IT services contract

Engineering company Amey outsources application development and management to CSC as part of seven-year contractIT outsourcing | 24 Feb 2015

Infosys acquires Panaya for automation

Infosys continues its move to non-linear business models through the acquisition of US automation software maker Panaya for $200mNews | 16 Feb 2015

Engineering firm Smiths Group to embark on landmark SDN project

Engineering and technology firm Smiths Group renews AT&T contract ahead of major network refresh, and plans to put SDN at the heart of its projectNetworking | 10 Feb 2015

Universal apps in the enterprise

Windows 10 offers a new application platform, called universal apps. Should businesses consider using universal apps for new applicationsPhoto Story

Heinz puts SAP Hana in the cloud to boost global efficiency

Food producer Heinz deploys SAP Hana on Virtustream’s xStream platform-as-a-service (PaaS) infrastructure to boost efficiencyDatabase software | 04 Feb 2015

SAP unveils S/4Hana as 'biggest launch in 23 years'

SAP launches what CEO Bill McDermott calls “our biggest launch in 23 years, if not in the entire history of the company”, SAP S/4Hanaenterprise software | 03 Feb 2015

What are the options for electronic patient records in the NHS after NPfIT?

Many hospitals lack comprehensive electronic patient record (EPR) systems. What are the options now, in the wake of the NPfIT disaster?Analysis

SAP’s Cohen on 2014 results: Europe strong north and south

SAP’s Emea president Franck Cohen optimistic about the supplier’s growth prospects in southern and northern EuropeIT suppliers | 20 Jan 2015

Mobile apps bring benefits and problems for enterprises in Poland

Mobile business applications are gaining importance in Poland as broadband coverage expands and smartphone and tablet use increasesFeature

Amey awards $87m IT services contract

Engineering company Amey outsources application development and management to CSC as part of seven-year contractIT outsourcing | 24 Feb 2015

SAP unveils S/4Hana as 'biggest launch in 23 years'

SAP launches what CEO Bill McDermott calls “our biggest launch in 23 years, if not in the entire history of the company”, SAP S/4Hanaenterprise software | 03 Feb 2015

AstraZeneca deploys Box to all its 51,000 staff to boost collaboration

Multinational biopharma business AstraZeneca has chosen to deploy Box cloud-based collaboration to all its 51,000 employeesCollaboration | 27 Jan 2015

SAP’s Cohen on 2014 results: Europe strong north and south

SAP’s Emea president Franck Cohen optimistic about the supplier’s growth prospects in southern and northern EuropeIT suppliers | 20 Jan 2015

SAP’s 2014 preliminary cloud revenue grows by 45% to €1.1bn

SAP’s preliminary 2014 financial results indicate total revenue of €17.58bn, of which €1.1bn was cloud subscriptions and supportNews | 13 Jan 2015

Getting expense management right

This analyst paper from Quocirca looks at the benefits that every organisation – whether it is incurring expenses, dealing with the claims process, or processing, reporting or analysing the financial impact on an organisation – should be looking to get from a travel and expenses management system.E-Handbook

European HR Realities

This survey of more than 200 organisations by analyst group Elearnity assesses the HR trends, drivers and challenges facing companies in Europe. It shows the top technology priorities for HR technology are quality analytics, quality HR systems, adopting next generation HR technology, and business systems integration.E-Handbook

The 2020 Workforce – building a strategic workforce for the future

This research from Oxford Economics looks at the changing nature of the workforce over the next five years.E-Handbook

Enterprise mobility is now all about applications

2014 was an excellent year for mobile applications, with many businesses investing in apps to improve mobilityNews | 05 Jan 2015