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• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  Criminal Courts Review Commission findings in Post Office computer case raise further enquiries

  The Criminal Courts Review Commission forensic examination of the IT system at the centre of a legal case against the Post Office has raised further questions

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  SAP Q1 2018: Cloud revenue breaks €1bn, 400 more S/4 customers

  SAP’s overall first-quarter revenue was flat, but cloud revenue and profitability were up, while its S/4 Hana customer base stands at 8,300

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  How application container technology is helping YMCA open up access to education

  Youth charity YMCA is in the midst of a push to reduce its reliance on paper-based education aids, with the help of Droplet Computing’s application container technology

• April 23, 2018 23 Apr'18

  Next generation of SCADA industrial controls will protect against cyber attack

  Oil, energy and chemical companies are rethinking how to control big manufacturing plants, replacing expensive control technology with cheaper, more secure systems, taking their cue from biology

• April 20, 2018 20 Apr'18

  Alibaba to set up digital hub in Thailand

  Chinese e-commerce and technology giant Alibaba is expanding its Southeast Asian footprint with a new digital hub east of Bangkok that is expected to boost Thailand’s digital credentials

• April 18, 2018 18 Apr'18

  Australian supermarket chain hit by IT outage

  Thirty-minute glitch knocked out checkout systems at half of Woolworths’ stores in Australia

• April 17, 2018 17 Apr'18

  Nginx debuts in Australia amid growing demand for microservices

  The supplier of an open-source application platform is counting on the growing usage of microservices in the perennial search for agility and responsiveness among enterprises

• April 17, 2018 17 Apr'18

  Norway’s tax administration combats economic crime through IT

  Authority has updated its IT system to step up the fight against tax evasion

• April 16, 2018 16 Apr'18

  Investments in skills, infrastructure and SMEs needed to help UK data economy hit new heights

  The UK data economy may struggle to reach its full growth potential between now and 2025 unless action is taken, suggests research commissioned by datacentre operator Digital Realty

• April 12, 2018 12 Apr'18

  PepsiCo hires robots to interview job candidates

  The food and drinks multinational is using artificial intelligence software, known as Robot Vera, to phone and interview candidates as it seeks to fill vacancies for factory, sales workers and drivers in Russia

• April 12, 2018 12 Apr'18

  IaaS emerges as fastest-growing sector of the global public cloud market

  Gartner's public cloud spending forecast suggests enterprise demand for IaaS and SaaS deployments will continue to intensify between now and 2021

• April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18

  Australia needs to plug innovation gap

  Being at the crossroads of technological change, Australia should decide if it wants to be a producer of cutting-edge applications or be contented with just being a user of technology

• April 10, 2018 10 Apr'18

  SAP bids to modernise indirect licensing with new pricing model

  SAP has announced a new pricing model for indirect licensing scenarios that has been welcomed by user groups, who are still pressing for reassurance that they won’t pay more

• April 09, 2018 09 Apr'18

  Microsoft teams up with Japan’s JRCS on mixed reality

  Software giant Microsoft has partnered with a Japanese supplier of maritime systems to test the use of HoloLens headsets for training and maintenance work

• April 06, 2018 06 Apr'18

  Why Lufthansa went back to the drawing board with its HR IT project

  Aviation group says it is confident of landing a company-wide IT project following a sometimes turbulent journey