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July 21, 2016
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IT outsourcing falls steeply in second quarter but IT as a service sees strong growth
Sales of IT as a service growth in Europe helped offset a huge fall in the total value of traditional IT and business process outsourcing contracts
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July 20, 2016
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SAP Q2 2016: cloud revenue edges forward, 3,700 S/4 Hana customers
Second-quarter results show 3% growth in cloud revenue to reach 14% of the €5.2bn revenue total, as operating profit jumps 10%
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July 20, 2016
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Insurance firm frees itself from legacy shackles
Insurance intermediary is moving its IT infrastructure into the cloud in a 12-month project that also sees it update its end-user computing technologies
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July 20, 2016
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Jul'16
BT broadband users hit by UK-wide outage
Telecommunications giant incurs the wrath of BT broadband users after thousands struggle to get online, following power outage at third-party datacentre provider
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July 18, 2016
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Oracle targets cloud sales at Asia Pacific’s mid-sized firms
Software giant aims to hire 1,000 professionals to drive mid-market growth in Apac region
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July 15, 2016
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Jul'16
Chef bangs the drum for greater diversity in DevOps teams
More diversity in DevOps teams could expand the total addressable market for the products and services they create, says Chef
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July 14, 2016
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Chef CTO urges action to prevent DevOps staff burnout
Chef CTO Adam Jacob has called on enterprises to cultivate a supportive working culture to protect DevOps staff from burnout
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July 14, 2016
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Jul'16
Trio of English universities pilot data analytics course
Cranfield University, the University of Central Lancashire and the University of Leeds trial one-day course with support from Tableau
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July 14, 2016
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DevOps skills shortages hit enterprise digital transformation efforts
Enterprises face challenges when recruiting and retaining experienced DevOps practitioners as demand for agile experts soars
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July 13, 2016
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Investigatory Powers Bill: rushed through under cover of Brexit
The government should delay the Investigatory Powers Bill to allow time for proper scrutiny following the political chaos that has engulfed Britain after the Brexit vote
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July 12, 2016
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Inforum 2016: Travis Perkins commits to Infor for cloud transformation
Construction industry company Travis Perkins strikes a deal with Infor to use its CloudSuite enterprise software to build better customer relationships and improve employee productivity
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July 08, 2016
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Irish data challenge could cost businesses billions, claims Facebook
Facebook and Irish business groups say a legal challenge to Standard Contractual Clauses, used to permit data transfers between Europe and the UK, could cut 1% from Europe's GDP if it succeeds
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July 08, 2016
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New Jersey turns to technology to keep offenders out of jail
New Jersey is developing criminal justice applications that will save offenders from spending years in jail before their cases are heard
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July 07, 2016
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Amazon.com CTO cautions enterprises against underestimating value of test and development
Speaking at the AWS Summit in London, Amazon.com CTO hits out at legacy suppliers and urges enterprises to get experimental to protect themselves against competitive threats
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July 07, 2016
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Jul'16
Saudi Telecom Company leads nation’s transformation agenda
Saudi Telecom Company and its technology partners support the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s drive into digital public services
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July 06, 2016
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Jul'16
Case study: Inside JP Morgan's Glasgow developer centre
JP Morgan chief development officer Stephen Flaherty heads a team of developers in Glasgow, one of the bank's strategic hubs
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June 29, 2016
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Lauri Love using illness as a shield against extradition, claims prosecution
Prosecution lawyer questions whether activist Lauri Love is not fit enough to stand trial in the US over hacking charges,as expert witnesses warn that US prisons are ill-equipped for people with mental health problems.
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June 28, 2016
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MongoDB offers cloud overflow scaling with Atlas database as service
MongoDB has announced its entry into cloud computing with a database as a service, dubbed Atlas, at its annual developer conference in New York City
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June 28, 2016
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Facebook data case raises US national security issues
Dublin court case on the legality of Facebook’s data transfers to the US raises issues that affect US national security, claims US Department of Justice
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June 28, 2016
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Jun'16
Lauri Love suicide risk if extradited to US over hacking allegations
Westminster Magistrates’ Court hears evidence from medical experts that alleged hacker Lauri Love is at risk of suicide if extradited to the US
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June 24, 2016
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UK IT community rocked but keeping calm in face of Brexit
The UK IT sector reacts with alarm, tempered by a calm pragmatism, to the British Referendum verdict to leave the European Union. Reporting by the Computer Weekly team
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June 21, 2016
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Amazon cloud crash forced Australian enterprises to take heads out of sand
Enterprises in Australia need to rethink their cloud backup strategies following the recent AWS outage in Sydney
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June 16, 2016
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Jun'16
Wimbledon deploys smartphone app to engage fans
The Wimbledon tennis championships previously used digital tech to engage fans unable to attend matches – but has switched focus to fans in the grounds for 2016
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June 15, 2016
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Gulf Air tinkers with Oracle suite and explores hybrid cloud models
Bahraini airline Gulf Air is looking to make productivity gains across its enterprise resource planning system
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June 15, 2016
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Only quarter of banks have company-wide digital strategy
Almost all banks are doing some kind of digital transformation, but they are missing out on the full benefits due to a lack of focus on end-to-end change, according to research
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June 15, 2016
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Salesforce gears up for e-commerce with Demandware deal
CRM and cloud platform software company Salesforce is set to acquire Demandware -- taking its cloud-commerce software offering with it
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June 14, 2016
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GE unveils the industrial internet operating system
The GE Predix platform is now positioned as an operating system to run industrial machines more efficiently
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June 13, 2016
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Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26bn
Microsoft is taking over LinkedIn, with boosts to its Dynamics and Office 365 businesses expected
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June 08, 2016
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Poor tech choices damage productivity and cut income
Mid-sized businesses are less efficient and are losing money because they give staff the wrong computing devices to do their jobs
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June 07, 2016
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Unlicensed software rife among Asean computer users, says BSA
The Asean region has the highest levels of unlicensed software use, according to the 2016 Global Software Survey from the Business Software Alliance (BSA)
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June 07, 2016
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Swedish bank Sparbanken Syd expands IT outsourcing to trading
Swedish bank Sparbanken Syd outsources the IT that runs its trading business to Finland's Tieto supplier, to cut costs and improve the quality of its services
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June 06, 2016
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Rio 2016 Olympics passes final IT test
IT services firm Atos completes its 200,000 hours of testing the IT systems for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics
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June 06, 2016
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‘Considerable risk’ if Post Office replaced Horizon system, says chairman
Post Office chairman Tim Parker says there would be ‘considerable risk’ associated with changing its Horizon computer system
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June 02, 2016
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Cloudera users put pattern recognition at heart of new business ventures
Cloudera users Barclays, BT, Sky Betting & Gaming and Markerstudy are finding new business development opportunities through the use of the Hadoop ecosystem
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June 01, 2016
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MPs’ private emails are routinely accessed by GCHQ
Computer Weekly investigation reveals the extent of interception of MPs’ and peers’ email communications and data
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May 31, 2016
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Natural Resources Wales adopts Unit4 ERP in digital transformation drive
The Welsh government’s environmental protection body is using Unit4 enterprise resource planning, from Trustmarque, as part of a digital transformation programme
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May 27, 2016
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Bristol Water outsources IT as business model transforms
Bristol Water outsources IT to Wipro to support it through a period of transformation to its operating model
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May 26, 2016
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Santander uses blockchain for international payments
Bank is using blockchain to underpin its latest app, which enables customers to make international payments 24 hours a day, which clear the next day
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May 26, 2016
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Healthtech brand Qardio adopts NetSuite OneWorld
Qardio, a brand offering health technology devices, wanted an ERP system to deal with billing, accounting and taxes in different regions of the world
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May 26, 2016
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Salesforce to run more of its services from the AWS public cloud
Cloud CRM giant Salesforce names Amazon Web Services as preferred public cloud provider, as it sets out plans to expand use of its infrastructure-as-a-service offerings
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May 26, 2016
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European cloud buyers unmoved by low prices, suggests 451 Research
451 Research’s latest Cloud Price Index investigates link between low-cost cloud services and provider market share
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May 25, 2016
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Atos hits Rio 2016 Olympics IT milestone
The IT underpinning the 2016 Olympics in Rio enters a critical phase as one of its essential event management systems starts to work
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May 24, 2016
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Australia’s government commits to fintech innovation and blockchain
Australia’s latest government budget included commitment to the financial technology revolution, but what developments are already afoot?
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May 24, 2016
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Benelux CIO interview: Stefaan Motte, Materialise
CIO of Belgian 3D printing company explains how selling software to competitors is good for a fledgling industry
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May 24, 2016
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TVOne deploys NetSuite ERP to utilise data analytics
Audio visual hardware producer TVOne chooses NetSuite’s ERP application to help handle and interpret its new and historic data
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May 24, 2016
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The emergence of the Creative CIO
A new kind of transformational and strategic CIO has started to appear, willing to harness disruption techniques and add value to the organisation
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May 23, 2016
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CIO Interview: Grant Hodgkinson, Mimecast
CIO and vice-president of digital operations at the email security expert explains the importance of electronic communication in the modern business environment
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May 23, 2016
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Middle East CIOs put ambitious IT projects on hold as cheap oil hurts business
A lack of business confidence leads some organisations in the Middle East to delay or abandon ambitious IT projects that may not show an immediate return
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May 23, 2016
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Singapore retailer shifts IT infrastructure to the cloud
Challenger is moving its IT infrastructure to the cloud to enable it to respond better to business growth
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May 20, 2016
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Allo, allo: Google I/O unveils Microsoft-like feature set
Google appears to be following Microsoft with new features to Android, including add-ons that look similar to rivals Skype, OneNote, HoloLens
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May 19, 2016
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ING Turkey uses digital technology to improve services and grow customer base
Turkish bank uses business process management technology to offer financial services through 1,500 grocery stores, technology outlets and post offices
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May 19, 2016
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SuiteWorld 2016: Focusing on customer experience dragged us away from the call centre, says Aspect
Aspect Software adopts NetSuite OneWorld to cope with consumer-led business transformation
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May 18, 2016
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Sapphire 16: SAP’s McDermott stresses customer empathy as Microsoft pact declared
Microsoft’s Nadella says companies have ‘an existential need to bring our best together’
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May 13, 2016
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European IT buyers prioritise BI and data management over ERP and CRM
Data warehousing and business intelligence top dogs in the UK, finds 2016 TechTarget IT spending priorities survey
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May 11, 2016
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Salesforce turns to AWS for internet of things cloud test support
Cloud CRM giant is reportedly using the AWS public cloud to give it the capacity it needs to cope with the internet of things data deluge
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May 10, 2016
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Nordea Bank launches crowdfunding platform in Finland
The Nordic financial services group offers a technology bringing together investors and startup businesses
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May 10, 2016
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Tel Aviv: A smart city where community engagement is the measure of success
Israel’s capital is using the latest technologies as a way of placing the needs of local citizens at the heart of regional government
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May 09, 2016
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SAP users lack clarity on cloud portfolio
The UK and Ireland SAP user group has found a majority of members to be using the supplier’s cloud portfolio, but many are unconvinced by its business value
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May 05, 2016
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Romanian companies look to attract programmers
Romanian organisations are training software developers internally after having problems recruiting people with the right skills and experience through the labour market
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May 05, 2016
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Visa chooses Singapore for its first innovation centre in Asia
Visa opens its first innovation centre outside of the US to work with partners and customers to develop payment technology for the Southeast Asian market
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May 03, 2016
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EMC World 2016: Tucci and Dell vaunt datacentre modernisation
EMC World 2016 kicks off in Las Vegas, with the supplier vaunting datacentre modernisation, based on software-defined storage, cloud, flash and scale out architecture
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April 29, 2016
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Tech-savvy Asean populations shake up enterprise IT, says AIA CTO
A young, urban and tech-savvy population in the Asean region has forced enterprises to rethink their IT strategies
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April 26, 2016
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GE launches Predix-power application for the industrial internet
GE’s digital division is now a fully fledged software business with the introduction of an asset performance management system
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April 22, 2016
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Nordic corporations open their doors to tech startups
Traditional Nordic corporations are starting to take advantage of the vibrant startup community in the region, and they are changing the way they think
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April 21, 2016
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Singapore online grocer RedMart uses cloud ERP to drive growth
Online retailer RedMart turned to cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) when its existing system struggled to keep up with business growth
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April 20, 2016
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DevOps advocates bust myths around use of agile software development in enterprise
Continuous software delivery experts set out why enterprises could be missing out by shunning DevOps
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April 20, 2016
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SAP's financials point to boom in cloud and Hana
SAP is steadily growing its cloud business, but on-premise software licensing and support remain the cash cows
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April 19, 2016
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IBM financials squeezed but cloud, mobile, security and analytics show growth
Cloud, security, mobility and analytics are the future for IBM as revenue drops for 16th quarter
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April 19, 2016
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La Poste delivers internet of services
The French postal system is taking existing services and adding a digital dimension to support a new business model
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April 19, 2016
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Singapore SME makes HR analytics affordable for other small companies
A small supplier in Singapore is offering other SMEs a SAS-based HR software shared service
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April 19, 2016
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How BI can improve healthcare in Asean
The Asean region is developing fast and lifestyles are changing, but healthcare services are not keeping pace and the sector will be stretched
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April 19, 2016
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Potential for sales bonanza as Oracle accelerates into cloud
The supplier's shift to cloud means now could be a good time to starting accepting calls from Oracle sales reps
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April 18, 2016
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Teradata Universe 2016: MPP architecture recast as ‘Intelliflex’
Teradata announces a re-architecting of its “massively parallel processing” data warehouse, the expansion of managed cloud service to Europe, and availability of its database on AWS
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April 15, 2016
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Capgemini to build 100-strong team of blockchain specialists
The IT services firm is building a team of 100 blockchain experts as banks start to consider the technology as the future of financial services
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April 14, 2016
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IBM and Oracle fortunes hit by rapid growth of PaaS, Gartner claims
Gartner’s application infrastructure market tracker reveals how PaaS growth is shaking up the supplier landscape
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April 14, 2016
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Government surveillance under fire across Europe
UK and US government surveillance programmes are facing criticism from the courts, MPs and data protection regulators
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April 13, 2016
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Hadoop Summit 2016: Data in motion governs Hortonworks roadmap
Hadoop distributor Hortonworks uses Hadoop Summit 2016 in Dublin to announce alliances and product developments to support data in motion focus
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April 12, 2016
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Enterprises that shun cloud comprise a business threat, says 451 Research
Hosted IT reaches a tipping point as analyst house 451 Research claims that enterprises shunning cloud technology constitute a risky proposition
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April 12, 2016
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Want to adopt Blockchain? Better start playing, says panel
A panel of financial services experts discussed adoption of blockchain technologies at the Innovate Finance 2016 Summit
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April 12, 2016
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UK poised to lead global fintech sector, says Tech City chair Eileen Burbidge
Tech City chair and venture capital expert says the UK is in a position to become a world leader in financial services and sheds light on how cloud can provide failing firms with a stay of execution
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April 11, 2016
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Activist Lauri Love faces order to disclose encryption keys
The UK’s National Crime Agency takes an unusual legal step to force a former university student accused of hacking to disclose encryption keys
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April 08, 2016
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CIOs lack faith in IT’s ability to meet digital demands of business
VCE research suggests IT departments lack confidence in their ability to meet the digital demands of their organisation
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April 07, 2016
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Gateshead NHS Trust uses data visualisation to boost performance
Trust is using the Medway BI system provided by System C to enhance clinical, operational and financial performance
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April 07, 2016
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Cargotec saves €2m by moving HR systems to the cloud
Cargo handling equipment manufacturer Cargotech reduces the cost of managing its 11,000 employees by moving HR systems to the cloud
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April 07, 2016
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How an IT department in a portacabin supports UK’s biggest critical infrastructure project
The man in charge of the IT supporting the UK's largest critical infrastructure project – the redevelopment of London Bridge station – tells Computer Weekly about life in a portacabin
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April 06, 2016
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Large global companies still manage supply chain with phone, fax and email
Digital supply chain management is still five years off for almost half of the west’s global firms
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April 06, 2016
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Apr'16
Atom banking app goes live
Digital-only bank makes app available to iPhone and iPad users, with Android version to follow soon
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April 04, 2016
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Digital Single Market: European Commission warned not to over-regulate online platforms
Ministers from 11 EU member states warn European Commission off over-regulating use of online platforms during the creation of the Digital Single Market
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March 31, 2016
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Aeroflot puts IBM analytics on board to personalise customer targeting
Russian airline Aeroflot has turned to IBM analytics technologies, including BigInsights and SPSS, to improve customer targeting
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March 31, 2016
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Fintech axe to fall on a third of banking jobs over next 10 years
More than a third of jobs at European banks will disappear over the next decade as the adoption of fintech-based services grows
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March 30, 2016
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Hackers to probe engine control units amid emissions scandal
ICCT hires computer whizz-kids to find out who else besides Volkswagen uses ‘defeat devices’ in cars
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March 30, 2016
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San Francisco data analytics early-stage firms point to third-wave BI
California start-up and early-stage data analytics companies are positing technologies that point beyond second-generation business intelligence, such as Qlik and Tableau
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March 23, 2016
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Danish utility NRGi goes offshore for IT platform transformation
Danish utilty NRGi has outsourced its IT to Indian services supplier Wipro as it attempts to transform its operations amid increased competition
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March 21, 2016
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Britain to pay billions for monster internet surveillance network
New questions raised about Britain’s snoopers’ charter after Denmark abandons its own UK-style surveillance programme for a second time
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March 17, 2016
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CIO interview: Mogens Kristensen, Sydbank
Danish bank’s IT head explains the advantages of sharing some IT systems with other banks
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March 17, 2016
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TechUK calls for closer ties between cloud and communications providers
Technology association TechUK outlines measures to encourage greater adoption of cloud computing in the UK - starting with greater connectivity
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March 16, 2016
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Rolls-Royce cloud HR project will pay for itself in two years
HR IT director Mark Judd explains how engineering and aerospace firm swapped ageing ERP and spreadsheets for a company-wide core HR system
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March 16, 2016
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Oracle Q3 2016: cloud revenue grows, US currency strength takes toll
SaaS and PaaS combined contributed $583m in third quarter, up 57% in US dollar terms, while IaaS was down 2% in dollars to $152m
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March 15, 2016
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Automated financial advice service causes RBS job losses
RBS announces job cuts as it invests in automated services designed to give online financial advice
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March 14, 2016
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New UK law will criminalise failure to hack on demand
MPs have been given only two weeks to read 1,200 pages of documents which disclose new powers to require technology companies to install secret surveillance capabilities in software, computer equipment or networks