Insurance companies should continue investing in IT systems if they want to remain profitable during a possible recession this year, experts have advised.
NHS Scotland is making savings of £2.9m a year by implementing a single set of business processes and sharing management software across 22 health boards.
A meeting to discuss electronic health records (EHRs) has been set up by the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) organisation in association with the BCS. The event will take place in Oxford on 9 April 2008.
Bill Gates, who steps down as full-time chairman of Microsoft in July this year, told an Institute of Director audience that "we should wish other parts of commerce were as competitive as software".
UK building services contractor Haden Young has implemented workforce management software to eliminate manual time sheets and ensure the accuracy of payrolls of all site-based employees.
Jaguar and Land Rover are to invest £2m in a virtual reality facility. It will use high-definition digital projection technology to create 3D images of exterior and interior vehicle designs to speed up production.
The European Central Bank (ECB) is preparing the technology requirements for a share clearing and settlement system that will allow sharetrading across Europe.
London-based chocolate manufacturer Rococo Chocolates has boosted company growth and sales in the past four years by eliminating a bottleneck in accessing company data by switching to web-based business management software.