May 2014

May 15, 2014 15 May'14
Forget B2B and B2C... X2X robot device omnichannel ecommerce is next

NetSuite SuiteWorld 2014 is staged this week in sweltering San Jose temperatures approaching 40 degrees C. But despite the early heat wave, the focus here has been one of product updates and ... Continue Reading
May 15, 2014 15 May'14
Yahoo buys Snapchat rival Blink

Yahoo has acquired Snapchat rival Blink, but will shut down the app to use its developers to boost Yahoo's mobile presence Continue Reading
May 15, 2014 15 May'14
Talk Talk grows business data

Phone operator Talk Talk reports revenue from business data grew 38%, thanks to a number of major enterprise contracts Continue Reading

May 15, 2014 15 May'14
Microsoft funds datacentre and cloud energy efficiency research projects

Microsoft has awarded $160,000 to four university projects focusing on cloud and datacentre energy efficiency Continue Reading
May 15, 2014 15 May'14
Cisco Q3 results not as bad as feared

Cisco reports year-on-year declines in both sales and profits for its third quarter, but the fall is not as bad as predicted Continue Reading
May 15, 2014 15 May'14
Business needs to shift budget to relevant security, says Verizon

Businesses need to invest in blocking the real threats most likely to hit them, says Verizon's Eddie Schwartz Continue Reading
May 15, 2014 15 May'14
Google hit with take-down requests after European privacy ruling

Google is receiving requests to remove links after the European Court of Justice supported the right to be forgotten in a landmark ruling Continue Reading
May 15, 2014 15 May'14
Oxford University gets 330TB of Panasas clustered NAS/HPC storage

Oxford University gets Panasas ActivStor 14 clustered NAS as HPC storage for high-performance processing Continue Reading
May 15, 2014 15 May'14
Air Transport Industry Insights 2014

This report from SITA looks at the impact of business intelligence on airlines and airports. Continue Reading
May 15, 2014 15 May'14
CW500: Chris Carey, independent consultant and former global insight director at Universal Music

In this CW500 video, Chris Carey, independent consultant and former global insight director at Universal Music, talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about delivering better customer engagement in an increasingly digital world. Continue Reading

May 15, 2014 15 May'14
Straight to the Top. CIO Leadership in a Mobile, Social, and Cloud-based World

There is a growing trend to emphasise the business skills of CIOs, but in-depth knowledge of technology is still necessary for CIOs to succeeed, writes Gregory S. Smith, in this extract from his book, Straight to the top. Continue Reading
May 14, 2014 14 May'14
Distributed power generation – Is it right for your datacentre energy strategy?

As datacentre complexity grows, enterprises seek greener ways to power them. But is distributed generation right for all? Continue Reading
May 14, 2014 14 May'14
Object storage: An architecture for the petabyte era?

Object storage offers massively scalablility for unstructured data.. But can it break out of the niche it is in? Continue Reading
May 14, 2014 14 May'14
Google Maps gives small Indian retailers a mobile face

Google is offering small Indian traders technology to enable them to set up virtual stores through Indoor Google Maps Continue Reading
May 14, 2014 14 May'14
Keeping your corporate data in sync

For collaboration to thrive, the appropriate tools need to be in place, and perhaps the most important is data synchronisation Continue Reading
May 14, 2014 14 May'14
Using cloud for test and development environments? Avoid this costly mistake

Using cloud services for apps testing or software development is a common practice because of cloud's scalability and cost savings. But some users are not yielding the cost benefit. Why? Continue Reading
May 14, 2014 14 May'14
Xoserve outsources legacy application replacement

UK Gas distribution company Xoserve has outsourced its legacy application replacement project to Indian IT services supplier Wipro, in a seven year deal Continue Reading
May 14, 2014 14 May'14
Tech Mahindra heading to top tier

Indian IT services company Tech Mahindra has reported over $3bn sales for its latest financial year and increased its profits by over 38%. Continue Reading
May 14, 2014 14 May'14
NetSuite SuiteCloud Developers: abandon the Microsoft Windows desktop metaphor

NetSuite SuiteCloud Developers: abandon the Microsoft Windows desktop metaphor Continue Reading
May 14, 2014 14 May'14
CIO Interview: Chris Birch, IT Director, News UK

Chris Birch, News UK's IT director talks about how the company adopted a cloud-first strategy to support business innovation Continue Reading