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August 04, 2014 04 Aug'14
Why digitisation transforms supplier relationships

As the economy moves forward, CEOs are looking for the next wave of innovation to fuel growth. But are IT service providers ready?
August 04, 2014 04 Aug'14
Welsh police to develop mobile app for witness statements

Two Welsh police forces are to develop a mobile application that will allow officers to record and send witness statements while on the beat
August 01, 2014 01 Aug'14
Sepa grace period comes to end

Deadline for Eurozone to be able to make and take payments using Sepa formats has been reached
July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14
Smart meters, digital channels and CRM are top priorities for British Gas

Smart meters, digital channels and reducing customer complaints by implanting a new CRM system are top of the agenda for British Gas over the coming year.

July 30, 2014 30 Jul'14
Migration pains cause businesses to buy custom support for Windows XP OS

Although Windows XP support ended on 8 April 2014, some large businesses are still running the Microsoft operating system (OS)
July 30, 2014 30 Jul'14
East Kent Services deploys Citrix virtual desktop

East Kent Services has issued Citrix mobile workspace technology to organisations to reduce operational cost and increase collaboration
July 30, 2014 30 Jul'14
Lack of coding skills may lead to skills shortage in Europe

European Commission urges people to learn coding, warning that a lack of coding skills could see Europe facing skills shortage by 2020
July 30, 2014 30 Jul'14
Service providers must rethink how they approach digital transformation

Service providers are ill-equipped to support the growing demand from businesses for digital transformation projects.
July 28, 2014 28 Jul'14
Royal Free Hospital digitises legacy patient medical records

Royal Free teaching hospital in London has digitised 750,000 legacy case notes which contain patient medical records
July 28, 2014 28 Jul'14
Oracle in-memory option creates licensing pain and audit risk

A former Oracle employee has highlighted a major issue in the way the new Oracle Database 12c Release 12.1.0.2 is licensed

July 25, 2014 25 Jul'14
Bank of America: When software relationships turn sour

Tibco has filed a lawsuit alleging the Merrill Lynch division of Bank of America illegally used $300m of its software for a major IT project
July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14
Gartner: Businesses set to standardise supply chain systems

Businesses are expected to standardise on integrated supply chain systems to improve the visibility of their business processes
July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14
Citrix SaaS revenue rises 12% while overall revenue grows 7% YoY

Citrix has reported a 7% revenue increase in its second quarter of fiscal year 2014 . But it reported double-digit revenue growth in SaaS
July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14
London’s Orchard and Fig join Docker

San Francisco firm Docker has acquired London-based Orchard Labs and its orchestration tool Fig
July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14
VMware Q2 revenue up 17% as investor pushes for spin-off from EMC

VMware has reported a 17% year-on-year revenue growth to $1.46bn for the second quarter of 2014
July 22, 2014 22 Jul'14
Infosys takes the wheel in Daimler European datacentre deal

Daimler has signed a multi-year agreement with Infosys to run its datacentre operations in Europe
July 22, 2014 22 Jul'14
Microsoft forges more open-source partnerships for added cloud interoperability

Microsoft has forged additional partnerships with open-source communities OpenNebula and Packer.io
July 22, 2014 22 Jul'14
NAO reveals Home Office spent £347m on failed ICW programme

The Home Office spent £347m closing its Immigration Case Work programme, which was supposed to replace legacy databases
July 22, 2014 22 Jul'14
JLT monitors user service experience with NetEvidence Highlight

Jardine Lloyd Thompson is using using NetEvidence’s Highlight SaaS monitoring tool to check datacentre service levels and ensure that users can access applications
July 21, 2014 21 Jul'14
Electronic document management – a paperless cure for the NHS?

Will the NHS meet the 2018 deadline to go paperless? Or is it more likely that the NHS will just have less paper than it did in 2013?
July 21, 2014 21 Jul'14
Lessons from Apollo 11: Is IT ready to go mission-critical?

IT has changed radically since 1969 when Nasa's computers helped Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins fly Apollo 11 to the moon
July 18, 2014 18 Jul'14
IBM grows security and mobile businesses, but services decline

Following its ground-breaking alliance with Apple, IBM has reported major growth in its security and mobile businesses
July 17, 2014 17 Jul'14
IFS reports 13% increase in first half software licence revenue

IFS, the Sweden-based ERP company has reported half-year licence revenue growth of 13%
July 17, 2014 17 Jul'14
Microsoft makes severe job cuts - 18,000 to go

Microsoft is cutting 18,000 jobs next year with Nokia bearing the brunt of the company’s strategy
July 17, 2014 17 Jul'14
SAP Q2 2014: steady growth for cloud and Hana

SAP’s second quarter 2014 results indicate steady growth for its cloud business and Hana
July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14
Apple and IBM pair up to tackle enterprise mobility

IT giants Apple and IBM have entered a partnership to develop business applications to focus on improving enterprise mobility
July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14
Microsoft and Cisco work together on cloud and datacentre

Cisco has entered a three-year sales collaboration with Microsoft to deliver enterprise cloud and datacentre services
July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14
Imperial College and KPMG join forces with £20m business analytics centre

KPMG and Imperial College London have combined to create a £20m ‘KPMG Centre for Advanced Business Analytics’
July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14
Why Rackspace is betting on managed cloud amid doubts over future

Rackspace has relaunched its public cloud services as managed cloud to differentiate its costly services from cloud heavyweights. Will the move help?
July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14
Diageo puts ServiceNow fizz in IT service desk

Diageo has gone live with an implementation of ServiceNow to automate IT services as part of a global transformation
July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14
The billion-customer challenge of ITC CIO VVR Babu

ITC CIO VVR Babu explains the challenges for a business that targets over one billion consumers with its goods
July 14, 2014 14 Jul'14
Bank branches being used more despite online services surge

Customers' use of bank branches is increasing in parallel with the surging take-up of online banking services, according to research
July 14, 2014 14 Jul'14
SAP helps Germany lift the World Cup

Germany-based software company SAP played its part in the national football team's victory over Argentina in the World Cup final in Brazil
July 11, 2014 11 Jul'14
Microsoft backs cloud rival Google’s open-source Kubernetes project

Microsoft has joined rival Google to support the Kubernetes open-source project on its Azure platform
July 11, 2014 11 Jul'14
Network Rail outsources automated rostering system roll-out to Capgemini

Capgemini is to implement a new rostering system for Network Rail that will automate the management and rostering of signalling and maintenance staff to improve train punctuality and infrastructure reliability
July 11, 2014 11 Jul'14
AWS targets mobile with Amazon Cognito, analytics and SDK

AWS has expanded its capabilities for mobile developers with Amazon Cognito, Amazon Mobile Analytics and a unified mobile software development kit (SDK)
July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14
Google Ventures expands with $100m to fund ‘most disruptive’ startups in Europe

Google is launching an expanded venture fund for Europe, with £58m to support and invest in next-gen European startups
July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14
Retailers need chief algorithm officers to make e-commerce pay

Michael Ross, chief scientific officer at eCommera, an ecommerce software and services company, calls for chief algorithm officers
July 09, 2014 09 Jul'14
Google I/O: Extending Google's enterprise reach

At its annual developer conference last month, Google extended its enterprise portfolio boosting its security, storage and MDM products
July 09, 2014 09 Jul'14
London Stock Exchange harnesses Wipro global delivery for reconciliation platform

The London Stock Exchange has teamed up with Indian IT services company Wipro to make its UnaVista reconciliation platform available globally in a pay-as-you-go model
July 09, 2014 09 Jul'14
Software asset management can drive down licensing costs

With suppliers pulling the audit card, IT needs to get licence key in order. But strong software asset management (SAM) offers more than just licence compliance
July 08, 2014 08 Jul'14
CIO interview: Bill Peters, head of IT, Caterham Formula 1 Group

Bill Peters, head of IT at Caterham, talks about the challenges of delivering IT to scientists, engineers and F1 drivers
July 08, 2014 08 Jul'14
Huddle eases collaborative critical path for engineering firm WSP

Engineering consultancy WSP chooses Huddle to allow its engineers and architects to share project data securely and collaborate, regardless of location
July 08, 2014 08 Jul'14
Airbus deploys modular datacentre strategy to boost HPC capacity

The aircraft manufacturer has deployed HP's performance optimised datacentres (PODs) to increase its high performance compute capabilities for its engineers
July 08, 2014 08 Jul'14
M&S suffers sales decline due to website glitch

Marks & Spencer’s e-commerce revenues drop 8.1% because of a glitch in the company's newly launched web platform
July 08, 2014 08 Jul'14
Dunnhumby heads to Oracle cloud for back-office standardisation

Data science company Dunnhumby has launched a project to globalise its back-office business processes using Oracle Fusion cloud
July 07, 2014 07 Jul'14
Pennine NHS Trust prepares for major digital patient initiative

The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is planning to digitise 100 million paper-based patient records
July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14
NHS trusts in Microsoft’s sights for licence shortfall

Microsoft auditors are expected to target NHS trusts for using unlicensed software
July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14
What IT challenges would an independent Scotland face?

If Scotland votes ‘Yes’ for independence in September, what are the costs and challenges of building new government IT systems?
July 02, 2014 02 Jul'14
Case Study: Marston's Telecoms taps Blue Coat Wi-Fi manager

Marston’s Telecoms, the in-house ISP of pub and brewery chain Marston’s, rolls out Blue Coat PacketShaper appliances to take control of its onsite Wi-Fi networks and cut bandwidth costs
July 01, 2014 01 Jul'14
Just Eat opens Bristol centre to boost native app development

Just Eat is setting up a development centre in Bristol to build native mobile apps and support its back-end e-commerce systems
July 01, 2014 01 Jul'14
Gartner: Now is a good time to buy IT

Pricing pressure has led to buyers getting a better deal from IT suppliers, according to Gartner analysts
June 30, 2014 30 Jun'14
HP set to settle with shareholders over lost Autonomy billions

HP is close to settling the legal dispute filed by shareholders over the acquisition of British software company Autonomy
June 30, 2014 30 Jun'14
Hybrid cloud powers business strategy for Notonthehighstreet.com

Notonthehighstreet.com deploys a hybrid cloud and DevOps strategy to grow, innovate and respond to business needs quickly
June 30, 2014 30 Jun'14
Net-a-Porter integrates testing and development

Online fashion retailer Net-a-Porter has integrated software testing and development to support agile methodologies
June 27, 2014 27 Jun'14
Roadchef exits IBM Global Services for direct supplier relationships

Motorway services firm Roadchef ended an outsourcing deal with IBM Global Services when its IT was up for refresh and moved to SAP
June 27, 2014 27 Jun'14
Interview: Remote monitoring will revolutionise long-term care

Electronics equipment maker Philips has partnered with Salesforce to develop a platform to support internet-connected healthcare devices
June 25, 2014 25 Jun'14
Cloud app logins reused in piracy scam

Software piracy will remain prevalent even though more applications are delivered as a service, according to the BSA
June 25, 2014 25 Jun'14
Oracle develops private cloud engineered system

Oracle is going head to head with HP, IBM and Cisco with the introduction of a converged infrastructure appliance
June 25, 2014 25 Jun'14
CIOs unaware of application usage

CIOs grossly underestimate the proportion of installed applications that are not being used in their organisations
June 23, 2014 23 Jun'14
Oracle set to boost retail business with $5bn Micros acquisition

Oracle is expected to acquire internet-enabled point-of sale-specialist Micros
June 23, 2014 23 Jun'14
CW500: Digital customer engagement

The CW500 Club event in June blew away the myths around digital customer engagement
June 20, 2014 20 Jun'14
Centrica's datacentre move to HP still not complete after three and a half years

Centrica is yet to transfer its entire datacentre operations to HP despite signing a contract with the supplier in 2010
June 20, 2014 20 Jun'14
Energy companies prepare for data sharing

The government and several utilities are working on developing systems that automate access to customer billing data
June 20, 2014 20 Jun'14
Oracle trumpets 25% cloud revenue growth in Q4

Oracle’s fourth-quarter 2014 results show 25% growth in cloud revenues to $322m and total annual revenue of $38.3bn, up 3% year-on-year
June 19, 2014 19 Jun'14
BBC sets up expert group of cloud controllers

The BBC has set up a central group of IT, security and user communities to manage its purchase and use of cloud computing
June 19, 2014 19 Jun'14
BlackBerry makes small profit in light of internal shakeups

BlackBerry has achieved a net profit of $23m with revenue of $966m in three months from May until the end of March 2014
June 18, 2014 18 Jun'14
CIO interview: Mark Bramwell, head of IT, Wellcome Trust

The world’s largest medical charity is shifting its technology focus to improving ways of working
June 18, 2014 18 Jun'14
Lush cleans up on data with QlikView

Cosmetics retailer Lush has reduced wastage and made its shops more profitable through using QlikView business intelligence software
June 18, 2014 18 Jun'14
Don’t let bean counters determine your cloud strategy, says Bank of England CIO

John Finch, the CIO of the Bank of England, warns users to be wary of financial promises made by cloud providers
June 18, 2014 18 Jun'14
Use of geographical information systems increases

Remote management and analytics overlaid with geospatial data is being used to manage real-world networks
June 18, 2014 18 Jun'14
Case study: How eBay uses its own OpenStack private cloud

eBay runs one of its most crucial workloads – its website – on an OpenStack private cloud platform developed by itself
June 18, 2014 18 Jun'14
Interview: John Swainson, president of Dell Software

Dell Software president John Swainson's aims to make Dell Software a $5bn business
June 18, 2014 18 Jun'14
Coca-Cola bottler seeks to put mission-critical systems on the cloud

Coca Cola bottling company is moving the company’s mission-critical workloads, including ERP systems on to the cloud
June 17, 2014 17 Jun'14
Kemp Little lawyers offer tips for public cloud journey

Cloud CIOs need to have a “sense check” while planning their public cloud strategies, say technology lawyers
June 16, 2014 16 Jun'14
Travel group Expedia aims to predict your holiday plans

Travel group Expedia is developing technology that will predict the needs of its customers before they call about their travel plans
June 12, 2014 12 Jun'14
Blackberry promises re-focus on enterprise

Until the release of the Blackberry Z10 the company’s main focus had been providing enterprise security
June 12, 2014 12 Jun'14
HSBC makes executives responsible for application consolidation

In the next few weeks, senior executives at HSBC globally will have KPIs to reduce the number of applications they run
June 12, 2014 12 Jun'14
$39bn worldwide shift to SAP cloud, HCL research reveals

Nearly $40bn of SAP installed software will move to the cloud in the next two years, suggests research from IT services firm HCL Technologies
June 12, 2014 12 Jun'14
CIO Interview: Betfair's Michael Bischoff on making IT ready for Fifa World Cup

Michael Bischoff, the CIO of bookmaker Betfair, talks about the challenges in readying the IT for Fifa World Cup betting
June 12, 2014 12 Jun'14
Can Salesforce.com re-engineer business IT?

With 1.5 million developers and a new focus on industry solutions, is Salesforce.com a business platform?
June 12, 2014 12 Jun'14
80% of UK CIOs cite significant gap between business needs and IT delivery

80% of IT decision-makers in the UK feel there is a significant gap between business needs and IT delivery – the highest in Europe
June 11, 2014 11 Jun'14
Adoption of cloud-based communications grows

Improving economic conditions and exposure to technology is driving the uptake of cloud-based communications applications
June 11, 2014 11 Jun'14
Tesco Bank launches current account on off-the-shelf platform

Tesco has launched a current account four years after implementing its core banking platform
June 11, 2014 11 Jun'14
Larry Ellison lifts the lid on Oracle's in-memory database

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has taken the wrappers off the company’s in-memory database, trumpeting its 'real-time' performance capability.
June 11, 2014 11 Jun'14
EE drives mobile phone deals with CRM software implementation

Mobile phone operator Everything Everywhere claims a 400% increase in phone deals after rolling out customer relationship management software
June 10, 2014 10 Jun'14
How the FBI is using technology to put customers first

Businesses and public sector organisations are under pressure to use technology to put the needs of customers first
June 10, 2014 10 Jun'14
HP launches new products for software-defined datacentres

HP has launched networking, HPC, storage and converged infrastructure products
June 10, 2014 10 Jun'14
Engineering firm fined for using unlicensed Autodesk software

Project Options has been fined £16,000 by the Business Software Alliance, following an online tip-off
June 09, 2014 09 Jun'14
Home Secretary Theresa May unveils datacentre in Maidenhead

Home Secretary Theresa May has opened a multi-million-pound extended datacentre, owned by UK cloud firm iomart
June 06, 2014 06 Jun'14
Microsoft could be the biggest SaaS player, says FBR analyst

Microsoft could be the biggest SaaS player in the world in two years, says FBR analyst, backing CEO’s vision for Office 365
June 06, 2014 06 Jun'14
CIO interview: Sheridan Hindle co-operates to replicate IT benefits

Few IT heads can say that, among their responsibilities, they manage a top-level domain. But Midcounties' Sheridan Hindle can
June 05, 2014 05 Jun'14
UK airports lead move to cloud services

UK airports are at the vanguard of using cloud to develop innovative services, says Gatwick CIO.
June 05, 2014 05 Jun'14
MPs accuse MPA of disguising Universal Credit in a “veil of secrecy”

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has accused the Major Projects Authority (MPA) of disguising the troubled Universal Credit programme in a “veil of secrecy” by not providing a rating on its current status
June 05, 2014 05 Jun'14
Decision-makers rely on intuition over analytics

Business leaders are more likely to trust their intuition than rely on business intelligence dashboards
June 04, 2014 04 Jun'14
Sapphire 2014: Plattner restates radical, in-memory computing future

SAP's Hasso Plattner restates his case that enterprise applications face a radical future, based on in-memory computing
June 04, 2014 04 Jun'14
VMware CTO hits back at AWS tool to manage virtual machines

VMware CTO Chris Wolf warns users against being fooled by tools disguised as hybrid cloud management as AWS launches administration portal
June 03, 2014 03 Jun'14
Sapphire 2014: SAP CEO McDermott declares war on ‘complexity’ and sets Fiori free

Bill McDermott, SAP CEO, devoted his opening keynote at Sapphire 2014 to declaring war on business process “complexity”
June 03, 2014 03 Jun'14
High availability strategy key to saving costs, says Sungard AS

The cost of IT downtime is extremely high for businesses – but must all systems and applications be highly available all the time?
June 02, 2014 02 Jun'14
Computer Weekly European User Awards for Enterprise Software: Shortlist 2014

See who made the shortlist for the Computer Weekly European User Awards for Enterprise Software 2014