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November 17, 2009 17 Nov'09
IBM launches cloud-based business analytics service

IBM has announced a cloud-based business analytics service to challenge more established cloud computing players such as Amazon, Google and Microsoft.
November 17, 2009 17 Nov'09
How to migrate to Windows 7

With 177 million copies of Windows 7 expected to be shipped by the end of 2010, according to UDC, businesses need a migration plan.
November 17, 2009 17 Nov'09
Dell to launch Android-based Mini 3 smartphone

PC maker Dell has announced that it is to enter the smartphone market in late November with the launch of its first device in China.
November 16, 2009 16 Nov'09
Irish VMware users get a tax boost

The Irish government is giving businesses a tax incentive to buy energy-efficient virtualisation technology.

Irish businesses purchasing...

November 16, 2009 16 Nov'09
ISPs criticise government plans to store all comms data

Internet service providers (ISPs) are unhappy with the government's plans to require them to store records of all e‑mail, social networking and web traffic.

The...
November 16, 2009 16 Nov'09
Power failure at HBOS disrupts banking services

A power failure disrupted branch computer systems at Halifax and Bank of Scotland and left customers unable to access cash point machines and online banking...
November 13, 2009 13 Nov'09
IT challenge ahead as BA and Iberia merge

The IT departments at British Airways and Iberia have some hard work ahead of them after the two airlines announced they are to merge.
November 13, 2009 13 Nov'09
Windows 8 is on its way

Microsoft Windows 8 operating system is in the planning stage.
November 12, 2009 12 Nov'09
Microsoft insists Windows 7 is not Mac OS X copycat

A UK Microsoft manager has been corrected by the company for saying the design of Windows 7 was borrowed from Mac OS X.
November 12, 2009 12 Nov'09
Microsoft partners with Wolfram Alpha to boost Bing search

Microsoft is to introduce enhancements to its Bing search engine, including some that rely on "Google killer" mathematical modelling tool

November 12, 2009 12 Nov'09
Microsoft announces cloud partnership in Taiwan

Microsoft is to collaborate with Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on software applications and cloud services for end-user devices.
November 10, 2009 10 Nov'09
Armed forces charity SSVC deploys Astaro security

Armed forces charity Services, Sound and Vision Corporation has deployed an appliance-based system to secure its networks around the world.
November 10, 2009 10 Nov'09
Princes cracks SAP compliance challenge with su53

Regulatory compliance can be overwhelming for IT departments torn between outsourcing and in-house management, but there is a middle way, according to...
November 10, 2009 10 Nov'09
Oracle to oppose EU objections to Sun acquisition

European regulators have issued an official objection to Oracle's $7.4bn acquisition of Sun Microsystems, moving another step closer to blocking the deal.
November 09, 2009 09 Nov'09
TechEd 2009: Microsoft's Exchange Server 2010 available

Microsoft has announced the worldwide availability of its Exchange Server 2010 at its TechEd 2009 conference in Germany.
November 09, 2009 09 Nov'09
SaaS market growth defies recession

The recession has not dampened growth in the software as a service (SaaS) market, which has seen a 17.7% increase in global revenues this year.
November 06, 2009 06 Nov'09
Marks & Spencer to kick off major SAP roll-out

Marks & Spencer will start implementing SAP software in its core systems next year following successful implementation in other parts of the company.
November 05, 2009 05 Nov'09
Intel could face US federal anti-trust investigation, say legal experts

Intel could be facing a US federal investigation as the number of legal complaints against the chipmaker's business practices begin to mount up.
November 05, 2009 05 Nov'09
NetSuite's Sage campaign a success

Cloud computing specialist NetSuite said its campaign to target rival Sage appears to be having some impact after announcing customer wins.

The...
November 05, 2009 05 Nov'09
Video: Google launches cloud-based search service for retailers

Google has launched a cloud-based search service to enable retailers to add customised search facilities to their websites.
November 04, 2009 04 Nov'09
Prevx offers free security to online businesses

Security firm Prevx is giving free protection to customers of organisations that do business online.
November 04, 2009 04 Nov'09
Sun and its customers could face more delays to Oracle acquisition

Costly delays to European Commission approval of Oracle's proposed $7.4bn acquisition of Sun Microsystems look set to continue.
November 04, 2009 04 Nov'09
Cisco partners with EMC to take on HP and IBM

Cisco Systems has formed an alliance with EMC to combine computing equipment and services. The move is aimed at challenging market leaders Hewlett-Packard...
November 04, 2009 04 Nov'09
HP tackles $35bn converged IT market

Hewlett-Packard is to launch a set of products and services, which it claims will help firms achieve better insight into their business, faster application development and greater flexibility in responding to market changes.
November 03, 2009 03 Nov'09
Microsoft slashes cost of cloud computing

Microsoft is cutting the subscription costs for its on-demand application portfolio by 30% to less than £7 per user per month.

Microsoft...
November 03, 2009 03 Nov'09
Video: Spending on private cloud to take off, says Gartner

Businesses will begin investing in their own secure private cloud networks over the next three to five years while they wait for the public cloud to mature,...
November 03, 2009 03 Nov'09
Banking sale of the century will be straightforward IT project

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Lloyds TSB have announced plans to sell...
November 03, 2009 03 Nov'09
Steve Ballmer pessimistic about IT spending

Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer thinks corporations' IT spending will not return to pre-recession levels.
November 03, 2009 03 Nov'09
MPs condemn C-Nomis criminal database project

MPs have condemned a major IT project for tracking offenders through the criminal justice system as a £513m shambles.
November 02, 2009 02 Nov'09
Banks begin processing Sepa direct debits

The pan-european, cross-border payments system, known as the single European payments area (Sepa), began processing direct debits from 2nd of November.
November 02, 2009 02 Nov'09
SAP users delay software upgrades

Many UK users of SAP enterprise software are concerned about the cost and time taken to upgrade their systems, a survey has revealed.
October 30, 2009 30 Oct'09
Window 7 users struggle to boot up

Windows 7 owners are having problems installing their new operating system, especially over Vista, according to comments on Microsoft's support site.
October 29, 2009 29 Oct'09
Oracle thinks global, but what about UK users?

For most US IT companies bent on expansion overseas, the first port of call is typically the UK where at least the locals speak (almost) the same language as they do in San Francisco. That was the case when Oracle first set up shop in the UK in the ...
October 29, 2009 29 Oct'09
Yahoo and Microsoft ask for more time to finalise partnership deal

Yahoo and Microsoft have extended the deadline to finalise their search and advertising deal, announced in July.
October 29, 2009 29 Oct'09
Apple App Store hits 100,000 apps

Apple has now approved more than 100,000 applications for sale on its software catalogue App Store.
October 29, 2009 29 Oct'09
US Department of Defense backs open source software

The US Department of Defense has backed the use of more open source software to boost its software development capability.
October 28, 2009 28 Oct'09
Tesco bank opens contact centre in Newcastle

Retail giant Tesco is to open a contact centre for its finance operations that will employ 1,000 people.
October 28, 2009 28 Oct'09
SAP Q3 revenues down 11%

Enterprise management software firm SAP has reported third quarter income of €435m, an 11% drop compared with the same period the year before.
October 27, 2009 27 Oct'09
Gizmodo tricked into serving scareware-laced adverts

Internet users are being urged to inspect their computers after technology and gadget blog Gizmodo delivered...
October 27, 2009 27 Oct'09
Defra defends Accenture over “flawed” £350m IT system

Top civil servants have defended Accenture after it helped to deliver a "fundamentally flawed" £350m IT system to pay EU subsidies to farmers. Helen...
October 26, 2009 26 Oct'09
Barclays systems crash

Customers of Barclays Bank were unable to use some services this morning as a result of an unidentified system problem.
October 23, 2009 23 Oct'09
Microsoft profits drop 18%

Microsoft's profits have fallen 18% while revenues took a 14% dive in the past year, but the software giant is very pleased with its performance.
October 23, 2009 23 Oct'09
Cloud could improve data security

Security is widely seen as an inhibitor to enterprise adoption of cloud computing.
October 23, 2009 23 Oct'09
BMC tackles virtual server sprawl with Tideway

BMC has acquired UK IT management tools firm Tideway as it builds its strategy to support IT management for cloud computing.
October 23, 2009 23 Oct'09
EMC sees storage grow despite economic climate

EMC has reported third-quarter 2009 consolidated revenue of $3.52 billion, exceeding the previous company outlook of 4% to 5% sequential revenue growth. However third-quarter consolidated revenue declined 5%, compared with the same period the year ...
October 23, 2009 23 Oct'09
Open source developers oppose Oracle's MySQL acquisition

Prominent open source software developers have joined forces with those opposed to Oracle assuming control of MySQL if Oracle's proposed $7.4bn acquisition of Sun Microsystems goes ahead.
October 23, 2009 23 Oct'09
Man jailed for selling pirated software on eBay

A US court has sentenced a man to three years in jail for selling more than $1m worth of pirated software on eBay.
October 22, 2009 22 Oct'09
Dragons give a boost to UK software entrepreneurs

The UK has a thriving software industry with start-ups, niche suppliers and global players all producing software for UK and international users, says...
October 22, 2009 22 Oct'09
VMware cautious about economic recovery despite profits plummeting

Virtualisation lynchpin VMware has become the latest IT vendor to voice cautious optimism about the economic recovery as more small scale projects get clearance.
October 22, 2009 22 Oct'09
Google announces search deal with Twitter

Google has announced a search deal with Twitter, which will see updates on Twitter appearing in Google search results.
October 21, 2009 21 Oct'09
Windows 7 is finally here

Windows 7 is finally here and Microsoft is hoping businesses will buy it from day one.
October 21, 2009 21 Oct'09
Israel carves a niche in IT security

IT security, risk, governance, continuity and compliance technologies are fast becoming some of Israel's top exports.

Analysing and...
October 21, 2009 21 Oct'09
Eye monitoring software watches as you window shop

UK researchers have developed software that monitors shoppers' eye movements to see what grabs their attention.

The software, developed at the...
October 21, 2009 21 Oct'09
Council supports learning with banking technology

Oxfordshire County Council is securing and managing online access to educational resources for over 100,000 people with technology originally used by...
October 21, 2009 21 Oct'09
UK software industry ripe for investment, says Holway

The UK software industry is an ideal sector for investment.

According to a report into the UK market by TechMarketView, the top 50 home-grown...
October 21, 2009 21 Oct'09
Citrix changes XenDesktop licensing after user pressure

Citrix has reacted to criticisms from IT departments of the user-based licensing of its XenDesktop 4 product and introduced more flexibility into its payment options.
October 21, 2009 21 Oct'09
Download Visual Studio 2010 to start building Win 7 apps

Microsoft has released a beta version of Visual Studio 2010 and the next version of its .net framework for building web services applications in Windows.

Available...
October 21, 2009 21 Oct'09
Could new IT system revolutionise air travel?

Researchers are developing an airport operations system which they say could improve the customer experience at airports and cut carbon emissions.

They...
October 20, 2009 20 Oct'09
Microsoft Office 2010 beta available in November

Microsoft is expected to release a beta version of Office 2010 next month, according to news site Cnet.
October 20, 2009 20 Oct'09
Majority of businesses will upgrade to Windows 7, research finds

Almost two-thirds of users plan to upgrade to Windows 7 according to a survey of 1,500 IT managers conducted by research house ITIC for Sunbelt Software.
October 20, 2009 20 Oct'09
iPhones and Macs boost Apple's fourth quarter performance

Apple has posted better than expected results with strong sales of both iPhones and Macs.
October 20, 2009 20 Oct'09
Video: Google ad campaign aims to poach Microsoft Office users

From Monday search engine firm Google will launch a global advertising campaign to wean businesses off Microsoft and onto Google Apps.
October 20, 2009 20 Oct'09
Harris Farm adopts ERP to get into groceries

The CIO of Sydney grocery chain Harris Farm Markets explains why has adopted Microsoft Dynamics and vSphere 4 to help it offer a broader range of grocery items, after deciding strong financial management was more important than industry-specific ...
October 19, 2009 19 Oct'09
Microsoft Security Essentials gets 1.5 million downloads in first week

More than 1.5 million Windows users downloaded Microsoft's free anti-virus and anti-malware tool, Security Essentials in the week after it was released, the software firm has claimed.
October 19, 2009 19 Oct'09
Google Apps ad campaign goes global

Google is to expand a mass-market advertising campaign for its cloud-based office software services beyond the US today.
October 19, 2009 19 Oct'09
YouTube monetises a billion videos a week

Three years after Google bought YouTube it’s now monetising one billion of the 7 billion videos viewed each week.
October 16, 2009 16 Oct'09
Wolfram Alpha opens API to developers

The self named ‘Computational Knowledge Engine’ Walfram Alpha is to open-up its Application Programming Interface (API) to third-party developers.
October 16, 2009 16 Oct'09
Open source gains popularity as IT budgets shrink

Computer Weekly, in association with ResearchNow Business, surveyed 500 users to find out how likely they are to deploy open source software in their...
October 16, 2009 16 Oct'09
Majority of businesses will adopt Internet Explorer 8+

Computer Weekly, in association with ResearchNow Business, surveyed 500 users to discover which web browser they use at work and at home. Over...
October 16, 2009 16 Oct'09
IBM defies recession as profits rise

IBM has continued to defy the recession by posting a double-digit rise in profits largely on the back of software and services.

The third-quarter...
October 16, 2009 16 Oct'09
Israeli firms deliver cutting-edge security

IT security, risk, governance, continuity and compliance technologies are fast becoming some of Israel's top exports.

Analysing and...
October 15, 2009 15 Oct'09
CIOs rain on Google’s cloud

Google received a sceptical reception from CIOs for its cloud computing services at the National Computing Centre's annual conference.

Robert...
October 15, 2009 15 Oct'09
Windows 7: Most apps will run if you tweak them

Changebase, which provides tools to help businesses migrate applications, has found that 95% of application compatibility issues with Windows 7 can be fixed.
October 15, 2009 15 Oct'09
Computer Weekly IT Opinion Panel: Businesses not planning to upgrade to Windows 7

Computer Weekly, in association with ResearchNow Business, has surveyed 500 users as part of the Computer Weekly IT Panel, to assess their views on Windows 7.
October 15, 2009 15 Oct'09
Oracle Fusion Apps could save millions in integration, say analysts

Oracle has showcased a new line of software to be released next year as a key part of the enterprise software company's strategy to win business from rival SAP.
October 15, 2009 15 Oct'09
Oracle OpenWorld: next-generation Fusion and Arnold Schwarzenegger

Oracle OpenWorld closed on Wednesday with CEO Larry Ellison lifting the covers of the firm's next-generation Fusion applications, but finding the show...
October 14, 2009 14 Oct'09
Storage Expo: Lloyds-TSB tackles rising storage costs after HBOS merger

Lloyds Banking Group Wholesale Markets Treasury and Trading, a division of Lloyds Banking Group, is reviewing the software applications in use...
October 14, 2009 14 Oct'09
Storage Expo: Businesses say cloud computing is a risk too far

Businesses are turning away from storing their critical data in the cloud, due to concerns over security, government regulations, and the risks of doing...
October 14, 2009 14 Oct'09
Anti-upgrade demonstration at Storage Expo

Visitor’s to Storage Expo were greeted by a “demonstration” outside London’s Olympia station, organised by Symantec, in a bid to convince users that they do not need to upgrade storage hardware.
October 14, 2009 14 Oct'09
Windows 7 on Nokia Booklet 3G from AT&T

US telco AT&T yesterday launched the Windows 7-based Nokia Booklet 3G through Best Buy outlets for $299.99 on a two year connection plan.
October 14, 2009 14 Oct'09
Oracle OpenWorld: Customers can benefit from cloud, says Benioff

Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff took his cloud computing message to Oracle's customers at OpenWorld yesterday, arguing that there was no reason why there...
October 13, 2009 13 Oct'09
Bolton Wanderers finds security in the cloud

Bolton Wanderers FC has moved its web security into the cloud with software-as-a-service provider Scansafe to eliminate maintenance and software updates.
October 13, 2009 13 Oct'09
Oracle OpenWorld: Oracle wants to 'sell cars, not bits of cars'

Oracle wants to sell you cars, not bits of cars. That was the theme of a remarkably low-key presentation by Oracle presidents Safra Catz and Charles Phillips...
October 13, 2009 13 Oct'09
John Lewis aims for single view of customers

Retailer John Lewis is integrating its in-store and web order systems to create a single view of customers to help it cross-sell products.

The...
October 13, 2009 13 Oct'09
Sage enters top end of mid market

Sage enters top end of mid market. Sage has entered the upper mid market with an ERP product that is designed to appeal to customers that are begining...
October 13, 2009 13 Oct'09
Oracle adds tools for Java, SOA and Web 2.0

Oracle plans to improve its Java development tools, by providing integrated and pluggable tools for Java, service oriented architecture and Web 2.0 application development.
October 13, 2009 13 Oct'09
Firms brace for record Patch Tuesday Microsoft security update

Microsoft is set to release a record Patch Tuesday monthly security update for its software today, with 13 patches aimed at fixing 34 vulnerabilities.

The...
October 12, 2009 12 Oct'09
Sun Customers have nothing to fear from Oracle says McNealy

Sun chairman Scott McNealy opened the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco with a rallying cry to his customers that there was nothing to fear from...
October 12, 2009 12 Oct'09
Banks must bolster security to help prevent ID fraud

Consumer security software is failing to safeguard users of online banking from security theft, says security firm Prevx.
October 12, 2009 12 Oct'09
Rentokil deploys Google Apps to 35,000

Rentokil Initial has become one of the largest user of Google Apps, rolling out the cloud-based office suite to 35,000 users globally.
October 12, 2009 12 Oct'09
Jail terms needed to curb ID fraud, says Stonewood

Businesses will not invest in personal data protection until there are more tangible consequences such as heavy fines or jail sentences, says security firm...
October 10, 2009 10 Oct'09
Open source: Free apps for Windows 7

With the availability of Windows 7, IT users can expect the usual round of application upgrades from commercial software providers - with their associated costs.
October 09, 2009 09 Oct'09
MS Researcher reveals 128-bit OS plans on LinkedIn

A Microsoft Researcher has accidentally revealed some of the plans Microsoft has for Windows 8 and 9, in his LinkedIn profile.
October 08, 2009 08 Oct'09
FBI nets 100 in Operation Phish Phry

Police and FBI agents yesterday charged nearly 100 people in the US and Egypt as part of Operation Phish Phry, one the largest cyber fraud phishing cases to date.
October 08, 2009 08 Oct'09
Pirates steal software worth £1bn via P2P networks

Software pirates illegally shared $1bn worth of software on BitTorrent P2P networks in the first half of 2009, says the Business Software Alliance (BSA).
October 08, 2009 08 Oct'09
Unilever calls on NetWisdom to fix SAN headaches

Unilever has cut the cost of managing its storage area network after deploying storage area network storage optimisation tools.

The consumer goods...
October 08, 2009 08 Oct'09
Supermarkets back supply chain standard to save £1bn

Supermarkets and big brand suppliers are backing a proposal to bring a product data standard to the UK which could save £1bn in supply chain costs over five years.
October 08, 2009 08 Oct'09
Obama pins technology gongs on Adobe and IBM

Adobe Systems and IBM were among the companies whose staff were given America's top science and technology awards in Washington last night.
October 07, 2009 07 Oct'09
EC allows Microsoft to ship Windows 7 with Internet Explorer

Microsoft has made a breakthrough with the European Commission over its ability to ship Internet Explorer with the Windows operating system.

The Commission...
October 07, 2009 07 Oct'09
Sainsburys technology personalises vouchers

Supermarket chain J Sainsburys plans to roll out technology to offer customers personally-tailored discount vouchers when they check-in their shopping.