News
Business applications
-
May 27, 2016
27
May'16
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
-
May 26, 2016
26
May'16
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
-
May 26, 2016
26
May'16
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
-
May 26, 2016
26
May'16
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
-
May 26, 2016
26
May'16
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
-
May 25, 2016
25
May'16
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
-
May 24, 2016
24
May'16
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?
-
May 24, 2016
24
May'16
Benelux CIO interview: Stefaan Motte, Materialise
CIO of Belgian 3D printing company explains how selling software to competitors is good for a fledgling industry
-
May 24, 2016
24
May'16
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
-
May 24, 2016
24
May'16
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
-
May 23, 2016
23
May'16
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
-
May 23, 2016
23
May'16
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
-
May 23, 2016
23
May'16
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
-
May 20, 2016
20
May'16
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
-
May 19, 2016
19
May'16
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
-
May 19, 2016
19
May'16
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
-
May 18, 2016
18
May'16
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’
-
May 13, 2016
13
May'16
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
-
May 11, 2016
11
May'16
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
-
May 10, 2016
10
May'16
Nordea Bank launches crowdfunding platform in Finland
The Nordic financial services group offers a technology bringing together investors and startup businesses
-
May 10, 2016
10
May'16
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
-
May 09, 2016
09
May'16
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
-
May 05, 2016
05
May'16
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
-
May 05, 2016
05
May'16
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
-
May 03, 2016
03
May'16
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
-
April 29, 2016
29
Apr'16
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
-
April 26, 2016
26
Apr'16
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
-
April 22, 2016
22
Apr'16
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
-
April 21, 2016
21
Apr'16
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
-
April 20, 2016
20
Apr'16
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
-
April 20, 2016
20
Apr'16
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
-
April 19, 2016
19
Apr'16
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
-
April 19, 2016
19
Apr'16
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
-
April 19, 2016
19
Apr'16
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
-
April 19, 2016
19
Apr'16
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
-
April 19, 2016
19
Apr'16
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
-
April 18, 2016
18
Apr'16
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
-
April 15, 2016
15
Apr'16
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
-
April 14, 2016
14
Apr'16
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
-
April 14, 2016
14
Apr'16
Government surveillance under fire across Europe
UK and US government surveillance programmes are facing criticism from the courts, MPs and data protection regulators
-
April 13, 2016
13
Apr'16
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
-
April 12, 2016
12
Apr'16
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
-
April 12, 2016
12
Apr'16
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
-
April 12, 2016
12
Apr'16
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
-
April 11, 2016
11
Apr'16
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
-
April 08, 2016
08
Apr'16
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
-
April 07, 2016
07
Apr'16
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
-
April 07, 2016
07
Apr'16
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
-
April 07, 2016
07
Apr'16
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
-
April 06, 2016
06
Apr'16
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
-
April 06, 2016
06
Apr'16
Atom banking app goes live
Digital-only bank makes app available to iPhone and iPad users, with Android version to follow soon
-
April 04, 2016
04
Apr'16
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
-
March 31, 2016
31
Mar'16
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
-
March 31, 2016
31
Mar'16
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
-
March 30, 2016
30
Mar'16
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
-
March 30, 2016
30
Mar'16
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
-
March 23, 2016
23
Mar'16
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
-
March 21, 2016
21
Mar'16
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
-
March 17, 2016
17
Mar'16
CIO interview: Mogens Kristensen, Sydbank
Danish bank’s IT head explains the advantages of sharing some IT systems with other banks
-
March 17, 2016
17
Mar'16
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
-
March 16, 2016
16
Mar'16
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
-
March 16, 2016
16
Mar'16
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
-
March 15, 2016
15
Mar'16
Automated financial advice service causes RBS job losses
RBS announces job cuts as it invests in automated services designed to give online financial advice
-
March 14, 2016
14
Mar'16
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
-
March 14, 2016
14
Mar'16
CIO Interview: Janne Suuriniemi, Finland’s National Police Board
Finland’s National Police Board CIO overhauls a major IT transformation in mid-flight. He tells Computer Weekly about the challenges and his answers to them
-
March 11, 2016
11
Mar'16
Payments regulator makes progress in introducing competition
UK payments regulator has slashed the time it takes for finance firms to join and use real-time payments system
-
March 11, 2016
11
Mar'16
The Christie speeds up SPC charts to improve clinical processes
Cancer specialist NHS trust implements statistical process control chart creation tool in data visualisation software Tableau to improve processes and save money
-
March 08, 2016
08
Mar'16
RWE chief executive points to SAP billing system as cause of npower losses
Npower has announced a radical restructuring plan, shedding 2,400 jobs on the back of losses of €137m. Its parent company’s CEO identified an SAP billing system as the source of the UK unit’s woes
-
March 08, 2016
08
Mar'16
Gartner warns IT leaders about the perils of using private platform as a service
Industry watcher Gartner warns IT leaders pursuing a private platform-as-a-service (PaaS) strategy to build cloud apps could be in for disappointment
-
March 04, 2016
04
Mar'16
Meg Whitman uses Q1 results to argue the case against Dell/EMC
HPE posts its first financial results following the split of the business
-
March 01, 2016
01
Mar'16
Australia’s fintech community will target China
The Australian government is injecting money into the country’s financial technology community to help firms break into lucrative Asian markets
-
March 01, 2016
01
Mar'16
Cern uses AppDynamics to improve application performance
The home of the Large Hadron Collider has deployed AppDynamics’ APM tool to improve the speed and efficiency of application monitoring
-
February 26, 2016
26
Feb'16
Israeli high-tech startups seek UK funding
Israeli high-tech startup companies visit London in search of venture capital and angel investors
-
February 23, 2016
23
Feb'16
Outsourcer MSXI puts Microsoft cloud in driving seat
Business process outsourcer MSXI has replaced Salesforce with a Microsoft business applications stack to support its car dealership business
-
February 19, 2016
19
Feb'16
Vision Direct rewrites enterprise applications using Mendix cloud-based platform
Eyecare company has used the Mendix application platform as a service to create new apps to support the business
-
February 18, 2016
18
Feb'16
UK Sport and CGI team up to boost Olympics and Paralympic hopes
UK Sport has teamed up with IT services firm CGI in a data analytics programme to improve the performance of British athletes in the Olympics and Paralympics
-
February 18, 2016
18
Feb'16
Two-thirds of UK firms plan to take their IT estate all-in on cloud, research claims
According to the Cloud Industry Forum's latest cloud adoption research, UK firms are steadily coming round to the charms of running their IT off-premise
-
February 17, 2016
17
Feb'16
Interview: Digital Marketplace director Tony Singleton on why he is leaving G-Cloud
With the government’s Digital Marketplace now a bona fide source of £1bn of public sector IT spend, Computer Weekly asks its programme director why he is moving on to pastures new
-
February 16, 2016
16
Feb'16
Mobile apps could put an end to ‘hated’ staff appraisals
Josh Bersin, founder of Bersin by Deloitte, reveals the top HR technology trends for 2016
-
February 12, 2016
12
Feb'16
CIO interview: Ismo Platan, SSAB
Retiring CIO of Swedish steel company tells Computer Weekly about the progress made in merging two Nordic steel firms and looks at the biggest hurdles that lie ahead
-
February 10, 2016
10
Feb'16
Insurance giant RSA announces another outsourcing deal
Insurance company RSA has penned its second major outsourcing contract in a week as it extends a BPO contract with Accenture
-
February 10, 2016
10
Feb'16
Cloud computing in Belgium: a grey picture
Organisations in Belgium and Luxembourg are turning to the cloud for their IT, but there are striking differences in the level of take-up within the region
-
February 10, 2016
10
Feb'16
AstraZeneca IT insourcing exceeds expectation
The man heading up AstraZeneca’s project to insource its IT updates Computer Weekly on progress and explains the early benefits being reaped
-
February 09, 2016
09
Feb'16
Invest in people or risk ‘digital culture shock’, says Accenture
Marc Carrel-Billiard, Accenture’s global director of technology R&D, tells Computer Weekly that companies must invest in people if they want to benefit from innovative technology
-
February 09, 2016
09
Feb'16
Executive interview: Oracle's cloud chief on why suites win
As Oracle ramps up its new cloud offering, we speak to Shawn Price, senior vice-president for cloud, about the company’s plans
-
February 08, 2016
08
Feb'16
EC awards first cloud contracts to Accenture, Atos, BT and IBM
The European Commission has revealed details of the suppliers that have secured a place on the three Lots making up its Cloud I framework
-
February 08, 2016
08
Feb'16
Barnsley uses SAPUI5 apps to help housing field staff work smarter
Council IT staff work alongside Bluefin Solutions in agile project to digitise maintenance work carried out on social housing estates
-
February 08, 2016
08
Feb'16
Post Office faces group litigation over Horizon IT as subpostmasters fund class action
Subpostmasters who claim to have been wrongly convicted of fraud take the Post Office to court after getting the funds for a group action
-
February 04, 2016
04
Feb'16
Gartner says $16.9bn BI market in last stage shift from IT to business
Gartner says the global BI and analytics market is set to hit $16.9bn in sales in 2016, as buying shifts from IT to business in organisations
-
February 03, 2016
03
Feb'16
Accenture revs up Six Nations analytics programme with rugby stalwarts and VR
Rugby experts Nick Mallett, Ben Kay and David Flatman join the data analysts for the 2016 championship, and virtual reality will play a part
-
February 02, 2016
02
Feb'16
Oracle fleshes out UK cloud strategy with Slough expansion
Oracle launches UK-based platform as a service (PaaS) – but can it deliver value for money compared with Azure and AWS?
-
February 02, 2016
02
Feb'16
University moves library management to Capita cloud
University of Lincoln puts its library management system into a cloud hosted by Capita to improve student experiences
-
February 01, 2016
01
Feb'16
Oracle to build cloud datacentre in Abu Dhabi
Move seen as acknowledgement that local presence is required for increased cloud growth
-
February 01, 2016
01
Feb'16
Microsoft Office 365 is beating Google Apps in enterprise adoption – Gartner research
Gartner’s take on the use of cloud email tools within the enterprise shows that Microsoft Office 365 is leading the way
-
January 27, 2016
27
Jan'16
Defra minister Rory Stewart plugs data analytics at IEA launch
Reading University’s £13m Institute for Environmental Analytics launches with demonstrator projects in train, and three new partners
-
January 27, 2016
27
Jan'16
Gartner advises CDOs on how to overcome resistance from IT
Gartner estimates that 90% of large organisations globally will have chief data officers by 2019. It advises a canny political game
-
January 26, 2016
26
Jan'16
Challenger finance firms will kill only those banks that fail to evolve
It’s not doom and gloom for the UK’s traditional banks – as long as they can learn from fintech and transform themselves
-
January 26, 2016
26
Jan'16
Wal-Mart to make huge data and analytics investment in India
Retail giant Wal-Mart is investing heavily in its IT development centre in Bangalore, turning the city into its most important centre outside the US
-
January 22, 2016
22
Jan'16
SAP doubles cloud revenues to €2.3bn in 2015 financial year
SAP saw its cloud revenues nearly double to €2.3bn and 11% of its overall revenue of €20.8bn for the 2015 financial year
-
January 21, 2016
21
Jan'16
Broadgroup: Colocation providers must act on competitive threat posed by AWS
Datacentre analyst house uses annual finance forum to coach colocation sector on how to respond to AWS and its public cloud