Enterprise software

Microsoft ditches Android after four-month fling

Microsoft pulls the plug on its short-lived Nokia X Android devices as it prepares to make 18,000 employees redundantNews | 18 Jul 2014

Microsoft makes severe job cuts - 18,000 to go

Microsoft is cutting 18,000 jobs next year with Nokia bearing the brunt of the company’s strategyNews | 17 Jul 2014

Microsoft tells Labour not to mandate a single open standard for documents

Microsoft has told the Labour Party not to mandate a single standard for open documentsNews | 15 Jul 2014

Developers call for Microsoft to bring back Visual Basic

As Microsoft forges ahead with mobile and cloud-first strategy, developers are venting their frustration over Visual Basic supportSoftware development | 15 Jul 2014

What IT challenges would an independent Scotland face?

If Scotland votes ‘Yes’ for independence in September, what are the costs and challenges of building new government IT systems?Scottish independence | 04 Jul 2014

Red Hat grows enterprise subscriptions

Red Hat grew its subscription revenue by 18% year-on-year to $372 million for the first quarter ending 31 May 2014Enterprise software | 20 Jun 2014

Apple adds home and health access to iOS 8

Apple has unveiled what will be coming up in future iPhone and iPad releases at its Worldwide Developer Conference in San FranciscoNews | 03 Jun 2014

Computer Weekly European User Awards for Enterprise Software: Shortlist 2014

See who made the shortlist for the Computer Weekly European User Awards for Enterprise Software 2014News | 02 Jun 2014

Queen Mary University to offer networking crash course for ICT students

Queen Mary University of London to pilot a four-day network training and certification courseIT training | 02 Jun 2014

Windows Vista trumps XP in fourth quarter malware infections, report reveals

The last quarter of 2013 saw a dramatic rise in malware infections of computers running Microsoft Windows, a report showsNews | 13 May 2014

Software asset management is key to datacentre planning

An ordered approach to managing software and hardware assets is essential to maximising your datacentreasset management

Microsoft makes severe job cuts - 18,000 to go

Microsoft is cutting 18,000 jobs next year with Nokia bearing the brunt of the company’s strategyNews | 17 Jul 2014

Microsoft tells Labour not to mandate a single open standard for documents

Microsoft has told the Labour Party not to mandate a single standard for open documentsNews | 15 Jul 2014

Soundwave tunes to MongoDB to track music consumption on mobile

Irish startup Soundwave is using NoSQL database MongoDB to help it track what people are listening to on mobile devicesCase study

Preparing web-scale IT infrastructure

Oracle trumpets 25% cloud revenue growth in Q4

Oracle’s fourth-quarter 2014 results show 25% growth in cloud revenues to $322m and total annual revenue of $38.3bn, up 3% year-on-yearResults | 20 Jun 2014

Red Hat grows enterprise subscriptions

Red Hat grew its subscription revenue by 18% year-on-year to $372 million for the first quarter ending 31 May 2014Enterprise software | 20 Jun 2014

The Met Office turns to open source

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out why the Met Office turned to an open source database to replace Oracle at the UK weather forecasting service. We take an in-depth look at Microsoft’s SQL Server 2014 release. And we analyse the revolutionary potential of cloud computing. Read the issue now.E-Zine

Boards need to get behind application security, says Owasp

CISOs are becoming more concerned about web application security, but there is still a long way to go, says Owaspapplication security | 13 Jun 2014

OpenStack storage: Cinder and Swift explained

OpenStack is a rising star in private cloud infrastructures. But what about OpenStack storage? We run the rule over OpenStack Cinder and SwiftFeature

How will Microsoft respond to Apple/IBM partnership?

IBM’s partnership with Apple changes the game for enterprise mobility. The proverbial elephant is back in the room and now Microsoft needs to reactAnalysis | 22 Jul 2014

Microsoft ditches Android after four-month fling

Microsoft pulls the plug on its short-lived Nokia X Android devices as it prepares to make 18,000 employees redundantNews | 18 Jul 2014

Microsoft makes severe job cuts - 18,000 to go

Microsoft is cutting 18,000 jobs next year with Nokia bearing the brunt of the company’s strategyNews | 17 Jul 2014

Microsoft tells Labour not to mandate a single open standard for documents

Microsoft has told the Labour Party not to mandate a single standard for open documentsNews | 15 Jul 2014

Developers call for Microsoft to bring back Visual Basic

As Microsoft forges ahead with mobile and cloud-first strategy, developers are venting their frustration over Visual Basic supportSoftware development | 15 Jul 2014

Big Apple revolution: How to manage Macs in the enterprise

Apple’s products were once niche devices. Now, following a consumer-led initiative, they are widely used across the enterpriseFeature

Satya Nadella to flatten Microsoft and reverse device strategy

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has sent out a memo to all 100,000 employees, in preparation for what is likely to be a major reorganisationNews | 11 Jul 2014

PC sales bounce bank as XP drives hardware refresh

Desktop and laptop upgrades, driven by the migration away from Windows XP, has bolstered PC sales in EuropeNews | 10 Jul 2014

Software asset management can drive down licensing costs

With suppliers pulling the audit card, IT needs to get licence key in order. But strong software asset management (SAM) offers more than just licence complianceAsset management | 09 Jul 2014

Tablet sales to slow in 2014, says Gartner

Gartner findings show that sales of tablets are set to slow in 2014 as uptake moves into the late adopters phase in mature marketsMobile technology | 07 Jul 2014

Microsoft ditches Android after four-month fling

Microsoft pulls the plug on its short-lived Nokia X Android devices as it prepares to make 18,000 employees redundantNews | 18 Jul 2014

IBM grows security and mobile businesses, but services decline

Following its ground-breaking alliance with Apple, IBM has reported major growth in its security and mobile businessesNews | 18 Jul 2014

Microsoft makes severe job cuts - 18,000 to go

Microsoft is cutting 18,000 jobs next year with Nokia bearing the brunt of the company’s strategyNews | 17 Jul 2014

IBM partners with Apple to deliver enterprise services for iOS

IBM has given Apple a major boost in the enterprise, through a partnership that will see it provide services and software for iOSAnalysis | 16 Jul 2014

Developers call for Microsoft to bring back Visual Basic

As Microsoft forges ahead with mobile and cloud-first strategy, developers are venting their frustration over Visual Basic supportSoftware development | 15 Jul 2014

A guide to smart home automation

Unless it is a new build, the challenge in creating a smart home is that technology must work irrespective of the age of the propertyFeature

Satya Nadella to flatten Microsoft and reverse device strategy

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has sent out a memo to all 100,000 employees, in preparation for what is likely to be a major reorganisationNews | 11 Jul 2014

PC sales bounce bank as XP drives hardware refresh

Desktop and laptop upgrades, driven by the migration away from Windows XP, has bolstered PC sales in EuropeNews | 10 Jul 2014

Interview with Martin Vesper, CEO, digitalSTROM on smart home technology

Martin Vesper, CEO of digitalSTROM has kitted out his home with smart technology, allowing him to control lighting and electrical appliancesVideo

M&S suffers sales decline due to website glitch

Marks & Spencer’s e-commerce revenues drop 8.1% because of a glitch in the company's newly launched web platformNews | 08 Jul 2014

Morisson Utility Services fills in holes faster with ETADirect

Morrison Utility Services is digging and filling in holes in the road more efficiently by using cloud-based mobile workforce management tool ETADirect from TOA TechnologiesCase study

Visa extends reach of V.me digital wallet

Visa has announced that it will expand its V.me digital wallet into eight new regions by the end of 2014E-commerce | 18 Jul 2014

BBC 4G broadcast research wins support of Huawei and EE

BBC Research and Development has teamed up with Huawei and EE to explore the role of 4G mobile networking in the future of broadcastingNews | 18 Jul 2014

Microsoft ditches Android after four-month fling

Microsoft pulls the plug on its short-lived Nokia X Android devices as it prepares to make 18,000 employees redundantNews | 18 Jul 2014

Microsoft makes severe job cuts - 18,000 to go

Microsoft is cutting 18,000 jobs next year with Nokia bearing the brunt of the company’s strategyNews | 17 Jul 2014

Drivers ready for connected cars, says Telefónica report

Telefónica’s second annual Connected Car Industry report uncovers rising awareness of in-car connectivity among users, and says connected services are starting to influence buying decisionsInternet of things | 17 Jul 2014

Apple and IBM pair up to tackle enterprise mobility

IT giants Apple and IBM have entered a partnership to develop business applications to focus on improving enterprise mobilityNews | 16 Jul 2014

IBM partners with Apple to deliver enterprise services for iOS

IBM has given Apple a major boost in the enterprise, through a partnership that will see it provide services and software for iOSAnalysis | 16 Jul 2014

Orange opens up to app developers and startups with Apigee

Orange picks Apigee’s digital API platform to help developers and startups create services by levering data already held by the telcoApp development | 15 Jul 2014

CW500 IN THE CITY - Jason Scott-Taggart

Jason Scott-Taggart, head of IT service management at Worldpay looks at how Barclays met the challenge of implementing technologies to support mobility and flexible working.E-Handbook

NAO reveals Home Office spent £347m on failed ICW programme

The Home Office spent £347m closing its Immigration Case Work programme, which was supposed to replace legacy databasesGovernment IT | 22 Jul 2014

Software asset management is key to datacentre planning

An ordered approach to managing software and hardware assets is essential to maximising your datacentreasset management

Microsoft makes severe job cuts - 18,000 to go

Microsoft is cutting 18,000 jobs next year with Nokia bearing the brunt of the company’s strategyNews | 17 Jul 2014

SAP Q2 2014: steady growth for cloud and Hana

SAP’s second quarter 2014 results indicate steady growth for its cloud business and HanaFinancial results | 17 Jul 2014

Vocalink system drives rise in current account switching

The seven-day current account switching regime introduced last year has driven a 16% rise in the number of people doing so in the first half of this yearNews | 16 Jul 2014

Bank branches being used more despite online services surge

Customers' use of bank branches is increasing in parallel with the surging take-up of online banking services, according to researchNews | 14 Jul 2014

Musings on data centres – volume 2

Analyst Clive Longbottom discusses the key issues in managing and designing datacentres, in this series of 12 articles.E-Handbook

MicroStrategy World 2014: Saylor announces AWS partnership and demos Usher

MicroStrategy unveils partnership with Amazon Web Services and a beta programme for Usher password replacement technologyIT suppliers | 08 Jul 2014

What IT challenges would an independent Scotland face?

If Scotland votes ‘Yes’ for independence in September, what are the costs and challenges of building new government IT systems?Scottish independence | 04 Jul 2014

Gartner: Now is a good time to buy IT

Pricing pressure has led to buyers getting a better deal from IT suppliers, according to Gartner analystsAnalysis | 01 Jul 2014

Open Group technical document: IT Specialist Certification Accreditation Policy

Clearly “book learning” is a critical first step to becoming effective at anything. But the effectiveness, potential, and the degree and value of contribution rise to a new level as relevant skills and experience are gained in a topical area. It is clearly important to “know” a subject, but it is more valuable to have applied that knowledge. It is for this reason that The Open Group IT Specialist Certification (ITSC) program is based on an assessment of people skills, technical skills, and experience, not just tests of knowledge.E-Handbook

NAO reveals Home Office spent £347m on failed ICW programme

The Home Office spent £347m closing its Immigration Case Work programme, which was supposed to replace legacy databasesGovernment IT | 22 Jul 2014

JLT monitors user service experience with NetEvidence Highlight

Jardine Lloyd Thompson is using using NetEvidence’s Highlight SaaS monitoring tool to check datacentre service levels and ensure that users can access applicationsCase Study | 22 Jul 2014

Morisson Utility Services fills in holes faster with ETADirect

Morrison Utility Services is digging and filling in holes in the road more efficiently by using cloud-based mobile workforce management tool ETADirect from TOA TechnologiesCase study

Electronic document management – a paperless cure for the NHS?

Will the NHS meet the 2018 deadline to go paperless? Or is it more likely that the NHS will just have less paper than it did in 2013?analysis | 21 Jul 2014

Lessons from Apollo 11: Is IT ready to go mission-critical?

IT has changed radically since 1969 when Nasa's computers helped Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins fly Apollo 11 to the moonstrategic IT | 21 Jul 2014

IBM grows security and mobile businesses, but services decline

Following its ground-breaking alliance with Apple, IBM has reported major growth in its security and mobile businessesNews | 18 Jul 2014

IFS reports 13% increase in first half software licence revenue

IFS, the Sweden-based ERP company has reported half-year licence revenue growth of 13%Financial results | 17 Jul 2014

Microsoft makes severe job cuts - 18,000 to go

Microsoft is cutting 18,000 jobs next year with Nokia bearing the brunt of the company’s strategyNews | 17 Jul 2014

SAP Q2 2014: steady growth for cloud and Hana

SAP’s second quarter 2014 results indicate steady growth for its cloud business and HanaFinancial results | 17 Jul 2014

IBM grows security and mobile businesses, but services decline

Following its ground-breaking alliance with Apple, IBM has reported major growth in its security and mobile businessesNews | 18 Jul 2014

Microsoft makes severe job cuts - 18,000 to go

Microsoft is cutting 18,000 jobs next year with Nokia bearing the brunt of the company’s strategyNews | 17 Jul 2014

Orange opens up to app developers and startups with Apigee

Orange picks Apigee’s digital API platform to help developers and startups create services by levering data already held by the telcoApp development | 15 Jul 2014

A guide to smart home automation

Unless it is a new build, the challenge in creating a smart home is that technology must work irrespective of the age of the propertyFeature

Interview with Martin Vesper, CEO, digitalSTROM on smart home technology

Martin Vesper, CEO of digitalSTROM has kitted out his home with smart technology, allowing him to control lighting and electrical appliancesVideo

What IT challenges would an independent Scotland face?

If Scotland votes ‘Yes’ for independence in September, what are the costs and challenges of building new government IT systems?Scottish independence | 04 Jul 2014

Betting on World Cup success

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to gambling site Betfair about the IT challenges of preparing for the football World Cup. We examine the strategy of cloud software pioneer Salesforce.com as it grows its role in the IT department. And we explain erasure coding – an emerging method for protecting storage hardware. Read the issue now.E-Zine

Automating workloads to improve business efficiency

In the age of the customer, more and more pressure is being put on workload automation. We look at where workload automation is heading.Feature

Sapphire 2014: SAP CEO McDermott declares war on ‘complexity’ and sets Fiori free

Bill McDermott, SAP CEO, devoted his opening keynote at Sapphire 2014 to declaring war on business process “complexity”Sapphire 2014 | 03 Jun 2014

Computer Weekly European User Awards for Enterprise Software: Shortlist 2014

See who made the shortlist for the Computer Weekly European User Awards for Enterprise Software 2014News | 02 Jun 2014

JLT monitors user service experience with NetEvidence Highlight

Jardine Lloyd Thompson is using using NetEvidence’s Highlight SaaS monitoring tool to check datacentre service levels and ensure that users can access applicationsCase Study | 22 Jul 2014

John Lewis IT operations team uses Splunk to target web bugs

The IT operations team at retailer John Lewis has used Splunk’s business intelligence tools to improve website performance and identify problem areasNews | 18 Jul 2014

Microsoft makes severe job cuts - 18,000 to go

Microsoft is cutting 18,000 jobs next year with Nokia bearing the brunt of the company’s strategyNews | 17 Jul 2014

Why businesses need brilliant social media

Social media is tturning out to be arguably the biggest disruptive challenge business has to facesocial media

IBM partners with Apple to deliver enterprise services for iOS

IBM has given Apple a major boost in the enterprise, through a partnership that will see it provide services and software for iOSAnalysis | 16 Jul 2014

Diageo puts ServiceNow fizz in IT service desk

Diageo has gone live with an implementation of ServiceNow to automate IT services as part of a global transformationHelpdesk software | 15 Jul 2014

CW500 IN THE CITY - Jason Scott-Taggart

Jason Scott-Taggart, head of IT service management at Worldpay looks at how Barclays met the challenge of implementing technologies to support mobility and flexible working.E-Handbook

A guide to smart home automation

Unless it is a new build, the challenge in creating a smart home is that technology must work irrespective of the age of the propertyFeature

Where is the long-term political vision for digital public services?

As digital starts to appear in manifesto discussions, this is our chance to demand a higher quality of vision from our political leadersOpinion

Interview with Martin Vesper, CEO, digitalSTROM on smart home technology

Martin Vesper, CEO of digitalSTROM has kitted out his home with smart technology, allowing him to control lighting and electrical appliancesVideo

Open Group technical document: IT Specialist Certification Accreditation Policy

Clearly “book learning” is a critical first step to becoming effective at anything. But the effectiveness, potential, and the degree and value of contribution rise to a new level as relevant skills and experience are gained in a topical area. It is clearly important to “know” a subject, but it is more valuable to have applied that knowledge. It is for this reason that The Open Group IT Specialist Certification (ITSC) program is based on an assessment of people skills, technical skills, and experience, not just tests of knowledge.E-Handbook

How will Microsoft respond to Apple/IBM partnership?

IBM’s partnership with Apple changes the game for enterprise mobility. The proverbial elephant is back in the room and now Microsoft needs to reactAnalysis | 22 Jul 2014

Microsoft makes severe job cuts - 18,000 to go

Microsoft is cutting 18,000 jobs next year with Nokia bearing the brunt of the company’s strategyNews | 17 Jul 2014

IBM partners with Apple to deliver enterprise services for iOS

IBM has given Apple a major boost in the enterprise, through a partnership that will see it provide services and software for iOSAnalysis | 16 Jul 2014

Interview with Martin Vesper, CEO, digitalSTROM on smart home technology

Martin Vesper, CEO of digitalSTROM has kitted out his home with smart technology, allowing him to control lighting and electrical appliancesVideo

What IT challenges would an independent Scotland face?

If Scotland votes ‘Yes’ for independence in September, what are the costs and challenges of building new government IT systems?Scottish independence | 04 Jul 2014

Net-a-Porter integrates testing and development

Online fashion retailer Net-a-Porter has integrated software testing and development to support agile methodologiesNews | 30 Jun 2014

Co-ordinating IT to align with business processes

Traditionally, when a business wanted to automate a process, it would turn to the IT department, which would work on a formal specificationFeature

IFDS integrates UK and India service centres

International Financial Data Services has implemented software to balance workloads across UK and Indian delivery centresNews | 17 Jun 2014

The new world of automation

Business process automation addresses the pace of change in the market by removing human entities wherever possible.Feature

John Lewis IT operations team uses Splunk to target web bugs

The IT operations team at retailer John Lewis has used Splunk’s business intelligence tools to improve website performance and identify problem areasNews | 18 Jul 2014

IFS reports 13% increase in first half software licence revenue

IFS, the Sweden-based ERP company has reported half-year licence revenue growth of 13%Financial results | 17 Jul 2014

Microsoft makes severe job cuts - 18,000 to go

Microsoft is cutting 18,000 jobs next year with Nokia bearing the brunt of the company’s strategyNews | 17 Jul 2014

SAP Q2 2014: steady growth for cloud and Hana

SAP’s second quarter 2014 results indicate steady growth for its cloud business and HanaFinancial results | 17 Jul 2014

Imperial College and KPMG join forces with £20m business analytics centre

KPMG and Imperial College London have combined to create a £20m ‘KPMG Centre for Advanced Business Analytics’analytics centre | 15 Jul 2014

Brazil's World Cup humiliation softened by Twitter success

Despite not winning the World Cup, host nation Brazil can take solace in the fact its team was the most Tweeted aboutdata analytics | 15 Jul 2014

Orange opens up to app developers and startups with Apigee

Orange picks Apigee’s digital API platform to help developers and startups create services by levering data already held by the telcoApp development | 15 Jul 2014

Case Study: Frontline builds contact centre business on Callmedia

Customer service and call handling specialist Frontline relies on Azzurri’s Callmedia contact centre platform to provide first-line support to customersCase Study | 15 Jul 2014

Data mining evolves in the era of new data science

As more and more firms look to analyse ever larger datasets, so data mining technology is becoming increasingly critical to data scientistsFeature

SAP helps Germany lift the World Cup

Germany-based software company SAP played its part in the national football team's victory over Argentina in the World Cup final in BrazilEnterprise software | 14 Jul 2014

JLT monitors user service experience with NetEvidence Highlight

Jardine Lloyd Thompson is using using NetEvidence’s Highlight SaaS monitoring tool to check datacentre service levels and ensure that users can access applicationsCase Study | 22 Jul 2014

Software asset management is key to datacentre planning

An ordered approach to managing software and hardware assets is essential to maximising your datacentreasset management

Microsoft makes severe job cuts - 18,000 to go

Microsoft is cutting 18,000 jobs next year with Nokia bearing the brunt of the company’s strategyNews | 17 Jul 2014

Open-E aims Jupiter DSS software defined storage at enterprise SAN

Open-E adds ZFS functions and scalability to take its DSS storage to the enterprise at a claimed 25% of the cost of storage array productsNews | 10 Jul 2014

What IT challenges would an independent Scotland face?

If Scotland votes ‘Yes’ for independence in September, what are the costs and challenges of building new government IT systems?Scottish independence | 04 Jul 2014

Oracle develops private cloud engineered system

Oracle is going head to head with HP, IBM and Cisco with the introduction of a converged infrastructure applianceCloud computing | 25 Jun 2014

Computer Weekly European User Awards for Enterprise Software: Shortlist 2014

See who made the shortlist for the Computer Weekly European User Awards for Enterprise Software 2014News | 02 Jun 2014

CW500: IT infrastructure for data protection

The infrastructure to protect data is a thorny issue especially in an age where data is being proliferated throughout an organisation.Feature

Swale Heating emulates head office in national expansion

SE England based Swale Heating emulated its head office IT set-up in the Midlands when it expanded through a major contractNews | 21 May 2014

Preparing web-scale IT infrastructure

Organisations should look to emulate the best practices of web giants Facebook, Google, eBay and Amazon to support scalable ITNews analysis | 14 May 2014

Microsoft makes severe job cuts - 18,000 to go

Microsoft is cutting 18,000 jobs next year with Nokia bearing the brunt of the company’s strategyNews | 17 Jul 2014

Why businesses need brilliant social media

Social media is tturning out to be arguably the biggest disruptive challenge business has to facesocial media

Microsoft tells Labour not to mandate a single open standard for documents

Microsoft has told the Labour Party not to mandate a single standard for open documentsNews | 15 Jul 2014

Case Study: Frontline builds contact centre business on Callmedia

Customer service and call handling specialist Frontline relies on Azzurri’s Callmedia contact centre platform to provide first-line support to customersCase Study | 15 Jul 2014

Google I/O: Extending Google's enterprise reach

At its annual developer conference last month, Google extended its enterprise portfolio boosting its security, storage and MDM productsAnalysis | 09 Jul 2014

Huddle eases collaborative critical path for engineering firm WSP

Engineering consultancy WSP chooses Huddle to allow its engineers and architects to share project data securely and collaborate, regardless of locationcollaboration | 08 Jul 2014

Pennine NHS Trust prepares for major digital patient initiative

The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is planning to digitise 100 million paper-based patient recordsHealthcare IT | 07 Jul 2014

What IT challenges would an independent Scotland face?

If Scotland votes ‘Yes’ for independence in September, what are the costs and challenges of building new government IT systems?Scottish independence | 04 Jul 2014

NHS Stockport CCG joins Huddle to combine health and social care

The NHS Stockport Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is using Huddle cloud collaboration software to deliver more joined up health and social careCloud collaboration | 04 Jul 2014

Interview: Remote monitoring will revolutionise long-term care

Electronics equipment maker Philips has partnered with Salesforce to develop a platform to support internet-connected healthcare devicesIT for healthcare | 27 Jun 2014

Software asset management is key to datacentre planning

An ordered approach to managing software and hardware assets is essential to maximising your datacentreasset management

Microsoft makes severe job cuts - 18,000 to go

Microsoft is cutting 18,000 jobs next year with Nokia bearing the brunt of the company’s strategyNews | 17 Jul 2014

Microsoft tells Labour not to mandate a single open standard for documents

Microsoft has told the Labour Party not to mandate a single standard for open documentsNews | 15 Jul 2014

Software asset management can drive down licensing costs

With suppliers pulling the audit card, IT needs to get licence key in order. But strong software asset management (SAM) offers more than just licence complianceAsset management | 09 Jul 2014

NHS trusts in Microsoft’s sights for licence shortfall

Microsoft auditors are expected to target NHS trusts for using unlicensed softwaresoftware licensing | 04 Jul 2014

What IT challenges would an independent Scotland face?

If Scotland votes ‘Yes’ for independence in September, what are the costs and challenges of building new government IT systems?Scottish independence | 04 Jul 2014

Cloud app logins reused in piracy scam

Software piracy will remain prevalent even though more applications are delivered as a service, according to the BSAIT security | 25 Jun 2014

CIOs unaware of application usage

CIOs grossly underestimate the proportion of installed applications that are not being used in their organisationsNews | 25 Jun 2014

How the FBI is using technology to put customers first

Businesses and public sector organisations are under pressure to use technology to put the needs of customers firstNews | 10 Jun 2014

Engineering firm fined for using unlicensed Autodesk software

Project Options has been fined £16,000 by the Business Software Alliance, following an online tip-offNews | 10 Jun 2014

Microsoft makes severe job cuts - 18,000 to go

Microsoft is cutting 18,000 jobs next year with Nokia bearing the brunt of the company’s strategyNews | 17 Jul 2014

SAP Q2 2014: steady growth for cloud and Hana

SAP’s second quarter 2014 results indicate steady growth for its cloud business and HanaFinancial results | 17 Jul 2014

Vocalink system drives rise in current account switching

The seven-day current account switching regime introduced last year has driven a 16% rise in the number of people doing so in the first half of this yearNews | 16 Jul 2014

CW500 IN THE CITY - Jason Scott-Taggart

Jason Scott-Taggart, head of IT service management at Worldpay looks at how Barclays met the challenge of implementing technologies to support mobility and flexible working.E-Handbook

London Stock Exchange harnesses Wipro global delivery for reconciliation platform

The London Stock Exchange has teamed up with Indian IT services company Wipro to make its UnaVista reconciliation platform available globally in a pay-as-you-go modelreconciliation platform | 09 Jul 2014

What IT challenges would an independent Scotland face?

If Scotland votes ‘Yes’ for independence in September, what are the costs and challenges of building new government IT systems?Scottish independence | 04 Jul 2014

Can HP target supercomputer market with Apollo servers and HPC-as-a-service?

As HPC moves beyond labs into mainstream enterprise IT, HP has beefed up its HPC portfolio and is targeting supercomputer buildersAnalysis | 25 Jun 2014

Unilever puts SAP at the captain’s table

Consumer goods company Unilever works hand in glove with SAP in “speeding up its growth”, according to senior executives at the two firmsCase study

Don’t let bean counters determine your cloud strategy, says Bank of England CIO

John Finch, the CIO of the Bank of England, warns users to be wary of financial promises made by cloud providerscloud computing | 18 Jun 2014

Travel group Expedia aims to predict your holiday plans

Travel group Expedia is developing technology that will predict the needs of its customers before they call about their travel plansinterview | 16 Jun 2014

JLT monitors user service experience with NetEvidence Highlight

Jardine Lloyd Thompson is using using NetEvidence’s Highlight SaaS monitoring tool to check datacentre service levels and ensure that users can access applicationsCase Study | 22 Jul 2014

VMware opens cloud datacentre in London for European IaaS customers

VMware launches its second UK datacentre to provide vCloud Hybrid Services for enterprises that want data their in EuropeNews | 22 Jul 2014

How will Microsoft respond to Apple/IBM partnership?

IBM’s partnership with Apple changes the game for enterprise mobility. The proverbial elephant is back in the room and now Microsoft needs to reactAnalysis | 22 Jul 2014

Morisson Utility Services fills in holes faster with ETADirect

Morrison Utility Services is digging and filling in holes in the road more efficiently by using cloud-based mobile workforce management tool ETADirect from TOA TechnologiesCase study

Time to get serious about endpoint security

In this week’s Computer Weekly, with billions of devices joining corporate networks every year, our latest buyer’s guide looks at endpoint security. IBM and Apple have announced plans to work together on corporate mobility – we analyse what the deal means for IT leaders. And we take an in-depth look at in-memory databases. Read the issue now.E-Zine

IFS reports 13% increase in first half software licence revenue

IFS, the Sweden-based ERP company has reported half-year licence revenue growth of 13%Financial results | 17 Jul 2014

Microsoft makes severe job cuts - 18,000 to go

Microsoft is cutting 18,000 jobs next year with Nokia bearing the brunt of the company’s strategyNews | 17 Jul 2014

SAP Q2 2014: steady growth for cloud and Hana

SAP’s second quarter 2014 results indicate steady growth for its cloud business and HanaFinancial results | 17 Jul 2014

IBM partners with Apple to deliver enterprise services for iOS

IBM has given Apple a major boost in the enterprise, through a partnership that will see it provide services and software for iOSAnalysis | 16 Jul 2014

Microsoft and Cisco work together on cloud and datacentre

Cisco has entered a three-year sales collaboration with Microsoft to deliver enterprise cloud and datacentre servicesNews | 16 Jul 2014

Microsoft makes severe job cuts - 18,000 to go

Microsoft is cutting 18,000 jobs next year with Nokia bearing the brunt of the company’s strategyNews | 17 Jul 2014

SAP Q2 2014: steady growth for cloud and Hana

SAP’s second quarter 2014 results indicate steady growth for its cloud business and HanaFinancial results | 17 Jul 2014

Why businesses need brilliant social media

Social media is tturning out to be arguably the biggest disruptive challenge business has to facesocial media

Orange opens up to app developers and startups with Apigee

Orange picks Apigee’s digital API platform to help developers and startups create services by levering data already held by the telcoApp development | 15 Jul 2014

Case Study: Frontline builds contact centre business on Callmedia

Customer service and call handling specialist Frontline relies on Azzurri’s Callmedia contact centre platform to provide first-line support to customersCase Study | 15 Jul 2014

M&S suffers sales decline due to website glitch

Marks & Spencer’s e-commerce revenues drop 8.1% because of a glitch in the company's newly launched web platformNews | 08 Jul 2014

Case Study: Marston's Telecoms taps Blue Coat Wi-Fi manager

Marston’s Telecoms, the in-house ISP of pub and brewery chain Marston’s, rolls out Blue Coat PacketShaper appliances to take control of its onsite Wi-Fi networks and cut bandwidth costsCase Study | 02 Jul 2014

CW500: JC Mighty, head of audience development, Mail Online

In this CW500 video, JC Mighty, head of audience development, Mail Online, discusses digital customer engagement and how organisations should embrace the digital era to improve customer experience.Video

CW500: Mike Harvard, director, Ember Services

In this CW500 video, Mike Harvard, director, Ember Services, discusses digital customer engagement and how organisations should embrace the digital era to improve customer experience.Video

CW500: Hugo Pinto, digital and social media consultant

In this CW500 video, Hugo Pinto, digital and social media consultant, discusses digital customer engagement and how organisations should embrace the digital era to improve customer experience.Video

Software asset management is key to datacentre planning

An ordered approach to managing software and hardware assets is essential to maximising your datacentreasset management

IFS reports 13% increase in first half software licence revenue

IFS, the Sweden-based ERP company has reported half-year licence revenue growth of 13%Financial results | 17 Jul 2014

Microsoft makes severe job cuts - 18,000 to go

Microsoft is cutting 18,000 jobs next year with Nokia bearing the brunt of the company’s strategyNews | 17 Jul 2014

SAP Q2 2014: steady growth for cloud and Hana

SAP’s second quarter 2014 results indicate steady growth for its cloud business and HanaFinancial results | 17 Jul 2014

London Stock Exchange harnesses Wipro global delivery for reconciliation platform

The London Stock Exchange has teamed up with Indian IT services company Wipro to make its UnaVista reconciliation platform available globally in a pay-as-you-go modelreconciliation platform | 09 Jul 2014

What IT challenges would an independent Scotland face?

If Scotland votes ‘Yes’ for independence in September, what are the costs and challenges of building new government IT systems?Scottish independence | 04 Jul 2014

Blender maker adds ServiceNow ITSM to business mix

Blender maker Vitamix has rolled out its ServiceNow IT service management (ITSM) beyond the improvement of its IT operation by automating tasks across the business.IT service management | 03 Jul 2014

Case Study: Marston's Telecoms taps Blue Coat Wi-Fi manager

Marston’s Telecoms, the in-house ISP of pub and brewery chain Marston’s, rolls out Blue Coat PacketShaper appliances to take control of its onsite Wi-Fi networks and cut bandwidth costsCase Study | 02 Jul 2014

Roadchef exits IBM Global Services for direct supplier relationships

Motorway services firm Roadchef ended an outsourcing deal with IBM Global Services when its IT was up for refresh and moved to SAPIT outsourcing | 27 Jun 2014

Put digital strategy in command, says Eni CIO Gianluigi Castelli

Gianluigi Castelli, CIO of Italian oil giant Eni, puts cloud computing in its place and looks to 'cognitive computing' as a wave of the futureCIO Interview

Time to get serious about endpoint security

In this week’s Computer Weekly, with billions of devices joining corporate networks every year, our latest buyer’s guide looks at endpoint security. IBM and Apple have announced plans to work together on corporate mobility – we analyse what the deal means for IT leaders. And we take an in-depth look at in-memory databases. Read the issue now.E-Zine

Microsoft makes severe job cuts - 18,000 to go

Microsoft is cutting 18,000 jobs next year with Nokia bearing the brunt of the company’s strategyNews | 17 Jul 2014

SAP Q2 2014: steady growth for cloud and Hana

SAP’s second quarter 2014 results indicate steady growth for its cloud business and HanaFinancial results | 17 Jul 2014

Why businesses need brilliant social media

Social media is tturning out to be arguably the biggest disruptive challenge business has to facesocial media

Diageo puts ServiceNow fizz in IT service desk

Diageo has gone live with an implementation of ServiceNow to automate IT services as part of a global transformationHelpdesk software | 15 Jul 2014

Time for an upgrade? Why you should buy IT now

In this week’s Computer Weekly, as competitive pressures and new technologies drive down IT prices, we find out why now is a great time to buy IT. We examine why going digital means a different approach to IT management. And we hear the latest best practices for improving your customer engagement with IT. Read the issue now.E-Zine

Network Rail outsources automated rostering system roll-out to Capgemini

Capgemini is to implement a new rostering system for Network Rail that will automate the management and rostering of signalling and maintenance staff to improve train punctuality and infrastructure reliabilityoutsourcing | 11 Jul 2014

What IT challenges would an independent Scotland face?

If Scotland votes ‘Yes’ for independence in September, what are the costs and challenges of building new government IT systems?Scottish independence | 04 Jul 2014

Blender maker adds ServiceNow ITSM to business mix

Blender maker Vitamix has rolled out its ServiceNow IT service management (ITSM) beyond the improvement of its IT operation by automating tasks across the business.IT service management | 03 Jul 2014

Unilever puts SAP at the captain’s table

Consumer goods company Unilever works hand in glove with SAP in “speeding up its growth”, according to senior executives at the two firmsCase study