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June 18, 2012 18 Jun'12
Asian scientists call for government action on supercomputers

Scientists in India, China, Japan, Korea and India have called on their governments to collaborate on supercomputer technology
June 14, 2012 14 Jun'12
Microsoft pushes Azure as cloud infrastructure on demand

Microsoft is now offering Azure as on-demand cloud infrastructure, supporting both Windows and Linux workloads
June 14, 2012 14 Jun'12
Beware what you ask of big data – you might just get the answer

One of the perils inherent in big data projects is not knowing what to do with the results
June 13, 2012 13 Jun'12
The cloud will move supercomputers into the mainstream

Cloud computing will move supercomputers out of the research labs into mainstream business, says Amazon

June 13, 2012 13 Jun'12
BAE assesses off-the-shelf application lifecycle management

BAE Maritime Systems is assessing new tools from Serena Software to support mission-critical software development
June 13, 2012 13 Jun'12
South Lanarkshire moves to IBM XIV disk storage platform

South Lanarkshire council has invested in an IBM XIV disk storage platform as part of its move to virtualisation.
June 13, 2012 13 Jun'12
O’Neill consolidates IT applications to grow profits

Retail chain O’Neill Europe has undergone a major IT consolidation to cut costs and use information more efficiently in a difficult trading market
June 12, 2012 12 Jun'12
IT must use cloud to improve business processes

The cloud will grow exponentially in business and CIOs must use it to enable business processes and make companies more agile
June 11, 2012 11 Jun'12
Gartner: Client server returns for mobile apps

Gartner expects CIOs to shift software development towards mobile development by 2015, with an emphasis on HTML 5.0
June 08, 2012 08 Jun'12
MobileIron ramps up mobile device management

MobileIron is providing a suite of tools to secure and provision Android and iOS devices in the enterprise

June 06, 2012 06 Jun'12
UK falling behind in cloud adoption, study shows

In spite of all the hype in the industry around cloud computing, UK IT decision-makers are not prepared to put applications in the cloud
June 06, 2012 06 Jun'12
HP eyes EMC’s storage market

HP has released a StoreOnce data deduplication back-up system, which it claims can ingest data at 100TB per hour – three times faster than EMC’s recently launched Data Domain 990
May 31, 2012 31 May'12
Met Office says open source is ‘backbone of our operations’

Open source has become critical to the operations of the Met Office with Linux used in the organisation for a decade.
May 31, 2012 31 May'12
William Grant & Sons opens datacentre for ERP consolidation

Distiller William Grant & Sons opens a UK datacentre to consolidate its global ERP operation
May 30, 2012 30 May'12
Inadequate financial reporting holds firms back

Businesses admit difficulties in controlling data quality when reporting financial results as finance executives complain of stress as a result
May 28, 2012 28 May'12
Premier Foods chooses Google Apps for remote collaboration

Premier Foods is using Google Apps to improve collaboration and help it reduce costs and restore profitable growth
May 28, 2012 28 May'12
Police shared service supports forces miles apart

Cheshire and Northamptonshire Police are linking back-office systems after identifying each other as at similar points in their IT development
May 24, 2012 24 May'12
One question to clinch a software deal with Angel Trains

Angel Trains asked shortlisted software suppliers one question, which resulted in a deal to take a suite of software from Oracle
May 24, 2012 24 May'12
Hewlett-Packard to cut 27,000 jobs

HP is to cut 27,000 jobs, or 8% of its workforce, as part of a plan to achieve annual savings of up to $3.5bn by the end of fiscal year 2014
May 23, 2012 23 May'12
Amey uses SAP HR system to manage 11,000 people

Developed by SAP specialist Epi-use, SAP HR is being used to power a human resources shared service at construction firm Amey
May 23, 2012 23 May'12
What are the challenges for the NHS IT strategy?

As the NHS publishes its Information Strategy Computer Weekly examines the challenges and the relevance of a central IT agenda now the structure is devolved to local commissioning groups
May 23, 2012 23 May'12
SAP to expand cloud offerings with acquisition of Ariba

SAP strikes $4.3bn deal to acquire cloud-based business commerce network, Ariba
May 22, 2012 22 May'12
Salesforce.com has no ERP offering in the pipeline

Cloud provider Salesforce.com claims to have no current plans to move into the enterprise resource planning space currently occupied by incumbents SAP and Oracle
May 22, 2012 22 May'12
EMC claims cloud not ready for enterprise back-up

As EMC launches a number of back-up products, the division’s president says cloud back-up faces a lot of challenges.
May 21, 2012 21 May'12
Global software piracy increasing rapidly, study shows

Global software piracy is increasing rapidly in the absence of any effective deterrence, a survey has revealed.
May 21, 2012 21 May'12
CloudStore 2 launched ahead of supplier accreditation

The second iteration of the government’s CloudStore has gone live ahead of suppliers from the first framework having been accredited to sell products on the first G-Cloud framework.
May 21, 2012 21 May'12
Interview: Giles Wilmore on the NHS Information Strategy

Giles Wilmore,owner of the Department of Health’s information strategy, discusses plans for a health portal and IT standards post-NPfIT.
May 17, 2012 17 May'12
NYSE Euronext brings capital markets cloud to Basildon

NYSE Technologies is making its Capital Markets Community Platform available in Europe
May 15, 2012 15 May'12
SAP pushes mobile enterprise apps at Sapphire

New apps from SAP include travel expenses, CRM, safety investigation and healthcare
May 14, 2012 14 May'12
Enterprises putting HR in the cloud

Global businesses are moving the management of workforce relations into the cloud to eliminate siloed working through a single HR system across regions.
May 11, 2012 11 May'12
Adobe Muse offers websites without code

The software helps users build websites without them having to know HTML
May 03, 2012 03 May'12
Microsoft hikes volume licensing prices by up to 33%

UK organisations buying Microsoft volume licensing will see up to 33.5% price hikes from July as the firm attempts to harmonise European prices.
May 03, 2012 03 May'12
What is the top priority for IT execs in 2012, and why?

Why, given a choice of 14 IT concerns, including cloud computing, did application performance management (APM) come out on top?
May 03, 2012 03 May'12
Infostrada teams up with Roambi, mobile sports analytics at Olympics

Dutch media sports information provider Infostrada has teamed up with mobile BI company Roambi to create an iPhone and iPad app for the Olympics. It will predict medal counts.
May 01, 2012 01 May'12
Interview: Oracle president Mark Hurd

Eighteen months after leaving HP in controversial circumstances, Mark Hurd discusses what cloud, mobile and big data mean to Oracle
May 01, 2012 01 May'12
Network company Enterasys offers BYOD network management

Network company Enterasys is to provide network management for bring your own device (BYOD) deployments
May 01, 2012 01 May'12
Gartner: Businesses forge on with middleware despite downturn

CIOs continue with application infrastructure and middleware technologies to prepare for hybrid clouds despite economic conditions
April 27, 2012 27 Apr'12
Oracle Secure Cloud to launch in the summer, says Mark Hurd

Oracle will release its Oracle Secure Cloud offering in an official launch this summer, according to company president Mark Hurd.
April 27, 2012 27 Apr'12
Amazon results demonstrate commitment to cloud

Amazon's AWS cloud business made $500m in sales in the first quarter of 2012, comprising 3.79% of Amazon's Q1 business
April 26, 2012 26 Apr'12
Train firm replaces bespoke software off-the-shelf

Angel Trains is preparing itself for massive changes to the rail industry by replacing bespoke applications with Oracle software.
April 25, 2012 25 Apr'12
SAP reports double-digit growth

SAP has continued where it left off last year with an 11% increase in sales in the first three months of 2012.
April 24, 2012 24 Apr'12
IT suppliers struggle to meet customers' cloud expectations

IT suppliers are struggling to transform their business models to meet customers' expectations of cloud
April 20, 2012 20 Apr'12
CIO interview: Matt Peers, Deloitte

“I love the consumerisation of IT,” says Matt Peers, CIO of Deloitte, where mobility is the company’s main IT priority.
April 19, 2012 19 Apr'12
Banks and SAP collaborate on cloud platform

Citibank and the Royal Bank of Scotland are working with SAP to develop a cloud platform businesses can link their systems to directly
April 19, 2012 19 Apr'12
Supercomputers will reach 'exascale' speeds within decade

Supercomputers will be powerful enough to simulate the human brain within seven years, says founder of Top500 list.
April 19, 2012 19 Apr'12
Amazon launches software marketplace on AWS

Amazon claims its new online store will make it easy for customers to find, compare, and start using cloud software.
April 19, 2012 19 Apr'12
Learning more than one programming language can boost salary by £10,000

Knowing multiple programming languages, such as Java, C and C#, can get you noticed faster in the IT jobs market.
April 18, 2012 18 Apr'12
Government unaware how much it pays for e-mail services

Government departments do not know how much they are spending on e-mail services, according to research by Computer Weekly.
April 18, 2012 18 Apr'12
Tesco ramps up digital investment

Tesco is ramping up its online division in the UK, as part of its plan to invest £1bn following disappointing sales in Britain.
April 17, 2012 17 Apr'12
Supercomputers: Q&A guide

Hans Werner Meuer, co-founder of the Top 500 supercomputer list, discusses the latest trends in high performance computing.
April 16, 2012 16 Apr'12
Gartner: CEOs want to use IT to boost business growth

Gartner's CEO study shows businesses leaders favour CRM as the tool to grow the business, but fail to think radically
April 16, 2012 16 Apr'12
Betfair opens up to software developers

Online gambling firm Betfair is inviting software developers to build apps that work with its betting exchange through a cloud-based development environment known as App Cloud.
April 13, 2012 13 Apr'12
Financial companies leading race to digitisation

Financial companies are embracing digitisation faster than other sectors of the economy, says Booz&Co.
April 13, 2012 13 Apr'12
Two more councils join CapacityGRID

Dacorum and North Warwickshire Borough Councils have joined a shared service which provides transactional services to councils.
April 13, 2012 13 Apr'12
Gordon Frazer leaves Microsoft UK for China

Microsoft managing director Gordon Frazer is moving to China as the new chief operating officer for Microsoft GCR.
April 12, 2012 12 Apr'12
IBM rejoins the pre-integrated IT systems party

IBM is the latest mega-supplier to jump on the pre-integrated hardware and software IT system bandwagon.
April 11, 2012 11 Apr'12
SAP takes on Oracle in database war

SAP is making Sybase its core relational database technology in a move towards challenging Oracle's dominant market position
April 11, 2012 11 Apr'12
Mining company AngloGold Ashanti hosts global ERP in UK

Gold mining company AngloGold Ashanti is moving to a single global SAP ERP system, based in the UK and managed by Fujitsu
April 05, 2012 05 Apr'12
Gartner: $44bn less spending on IT in 2012

Gartner has revised down its IT spending forecast by $44.4bn due to global currency issues, but still expects spending to increase
April 04, 2012 04 Apr'12
Microsoft improves virtual desktops but drops inventory software

Microsoft is expanding its desktop virtualisation product family with software that retains user preferences as they switch between devices
April 04, 2012 04 Apr'12
Atos completes first live software rehearsal for London 2012 Olympics

Atos has completed the first live rehearsal of IT, communications, media, sports and security systems for the London 2012 Olympics
April 03, 2012 03 Apr'12
HMRC awards IE6 upgrade contract to SME and saves £50m

HMRC has cut the cost of an IT project by nearly £50m after awarding the contract to a start-up, rather than a traditional systems integrator
April 02, 2012 02 Apr'12
Knight Frank selects Virgin Media Business network for switch to fat clients

Property consultant deploys faster WAN to avoid Citrix server farm upgrade and improve unified communications
April 02, 2012 02 Apr'12
Gartner: Business intelligence still highest priority for CIOs

Analytics and business intelligence is the number one technology priority for CIOs in 2012, according to analyst firm Gartner
March 30, 2012 30 Mar'12
Biggest upgrade to PAYE system to go live in April

The biggest upgrade to the UK's PAYE system since the 1950s goes live within two weeks.
March 29, 2012 29 Mar'12
Danone uses SAP to reduce carbon footprint

Heath food maker Danone has used SAP to reduce its carbon footprint by 22%.
March 28, 2012 28 Mar'12
Cabinet Office negotiates £75m saving on Oracle deal

The Cabinet Office has signed a deal with Oracle to save £75m by 2015 across central government, the emergency services and the NHS
March 27, 2012 27 Mar'12
Retail and insurance lead two-speed IT spending

More IT-based businesses are starting with greater investment in IT after the slowdown, but with lopsided demand as businesses increase spending at different rates
March 27, 2012 27 Mar'12
Global SaaS spend to reach $14.5bn in 2012

Global software-as-a-service sales are forecast to reach $14.5bn (£9bn) in 2012, rising to $22.1bn by 2015
March 26, 2012 26 Mar'12
Southampton University upgrades supercomputer for high performance computing research

Southampton University is leading a consortium in creating a Centre of Innovation for the Application of High Performance Computing
March 26, 2012 26 Mar'12
BSA fines Coverteam UK £6,000 for unlicensed Microsoft and Adobe software

The BSA has fined power conversion company Converteam UK £6,000 for using unlicensed copies of Microsoft and Adobe software
March 23, 2012 23 Mar'12
Information management: lessons from the public sector

Freeform Dynamics identifies the lessons organisations can learn from the public sector's approach to information management
March 21, 2012 21 Mar'12
'Big data' wades into mainstream

“Big data” is gathering interest beyond high-tech companies. But there is much confusion, a lack of governance and a skills shortage that won’t go away soon.
March 19, 2012 19 Mar'12
Case Study: US Xpress deploys hybrid big data with Informatica

US Xpress is using a suite of data tools and integration products from Informatica to boost its fleet management
March 15, 2012 15 Mar'12
Sky goes nearshore for agile CRM development

Sky has outsourced the development and support of its customer relationship management systems and operations.
March 14, 2012 14 Mar'12
Gartner: Rethink organisation structure to boost business

Businesses must radically rethink how they organise staff and collaborate if they want to make big improvements, according to analyst Gartner
March 13, 2012 13 Mar'12
Enterprise software procurement done right can save companies millions

Software procurement is frequently poorly conducted, argues consultant Andy Hayler. Intelligent software evaluation processes and savvy contract management can pay huge dividends, he says.
March 08, 2012 08 Mar'12
Buckinghamshire County Council cuts ICT support time by 50%

Buckinghamshire County Council has implemented a self-service desk management system in a move it expects will cut ICT call support by 50%
March 07, 2012 07 Mar'12
Government’s shared services strategy failing, says NAO

The government’s £1.4bn shared services centres have failed to achieve value for money, according to a report from the National Audit Office (NAO)
March 06, 2012 06 Mar'12
SAP boosts ByDesign ecosystem to support small business customisation

SAP is rolling out a partner programme for its ByDesign cloud-based product, to simplify implementation in SMEs
March 06, 2012 06 Mar'12
UK businesses lead the world in flexible working

Rising property prices and childcare costs are pressing UK organisations to introduce flexible working policies more than in any other country
March 06, 2012 06 Mar'12
CW500: Getting to grips with big data

Experts from Standard Life, Deloitte and Intelligent Business Strategies share some useful tips for CIOs on understanding big data
March 05, 2012 05 Mar'12
Justice ministry aims for £100m saving on £14m annual ERP costs

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) spends £14m per year running its ERP systems, but hopes for major savings through shared services.
March 02, 2012 02 Mar'12
Universities investing in back-office IT systems

Increased competition and the need to cut costs are driving universities to replace archaic processes in the back office with software that automates key processes.
February 28, 2012 28 Feb'12
Investment in IT critical to recovery, say business leaders

Business leaders say that investment in IT is critical to promote economic recovery, according to a KPMG survey.
February 27, 2012 27 Feb'12
SAP reacts to BYOD trend with management tool

SAP has highlighted its ability to help customers meet the bring your own device (BYOD) challenges
February 27, 2012 27 Feb'12
Salesforce.com revenues jump almost 40%

Software-as-a-service supplier Salesforce.com has reported strong growth in the final quarter of its latest financial year.
February 24, 2012 24 Feb'12
Case Study: Eat deploys BI to take on Olympic challenge

Rene Batsford, Eat's head of IT, talks about how business intelligence software will help manage staff and supplies during the Olympics.
February 23, 2012 23 Feb'12
CIO priorities 2012: Chris Price, CIO, West Midlands Police

Chris Price, CIO of West Midlands Police, talks about his IT challenges for 2012.
February 23, 2012 23 Feb'12
SAP puts SuccessFactors at heart of cloud plan

SAP has unveiled plans to make SuccessFactors its core cloud-based HR product, which will integrate with the core ERP product family
February 23, 2012 23 Feb'12
Cloud software: benchmark your organisation

Benchmark your organisation's use of cloud software and services against your peers.
February 23, 2012 23 Feb'12
Predictive analytics used to cut costs in oil sector

Predictive analytics is being used in the oil and gas industry to better manage asset maintenance on capital equipment. And a more enterprisewide adoption of the technology is predicted.
February 23, 2012 23 Feb'12
HP reports 44% decline in quarterly profit

Hewlett-Packard has reported a 44% decline in earnings mainly because of poor sales of PCs, printers and enterprise equipment.
February 22, 2012 22 Feb'12
Dell fails to impress despite record financial year

Dell has claimed its most successful financial year ever, but failed to impress investors by missing fourth quarter profit expectations.
February 21, 2012 21 Feb'12
How will the CloudStore impact government IT?

The CloudStore could signal a new model for procuring IT, making it easier for the public sector to do business with SMEs and breaking up the traditional supplier monopoly.
February 21, 2012 21 Feb'12
Forrester: rethink your CRM strategy

The way people now buy products and services is eroding traditional approaches to customer relationship management
February 20, 2012 20 Feb'12
CIO priorities 2012: Ali Jaffri, ICT manager, Gallions Housing

Ali Jaffri, ICT manager at Gallions Housing, talks about the challenges of 2012.
February 19, 2012 19 Feb'12
Government launches CloudStore and names G-Cloud suppliers

The government has launched its CloudStore, a catalogue of 1,700 cloud-based, pre-approved IT services now available for the public sector to buy.
February 14, 2012 14 Feb'12
Software industry fails to plug security holes, says Secunia

Vulnerabilities are still rising despite industry investments in security, says Secunia
February 14, 2012 14 Feb'12
CIO priorities 2012: Paul Coby, CIO of John Lewis

Paul Coby, CIO of high street retailer John Lewis, talks about the challenges he faces in 2012.