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• September 25, 2013 25 Sep'13

  Oracle OpenWorld 2013: Oracle customers continue to invest in big data

  Airbus, Thomson Reuters and the New York Stock Exchange have all implemented Oracle's big data products to improve their businesses

• September 23, 2013 23 Sep'13

  Poor connectivity and battery life hamper mobile working

  A study conducted by Vanson Bourne for HP finds almost two-thirds of mobile workers are unable to work effectively due to connectivity issues

• September 19, 2013 19 Sep'13

  Software licences drive Oracle revenue, but hardware takes a hit

  A drop in hardware sales dragged down Oracle’s revenue in its Q1 financial results, but software revenue increased

• September 18, 2013 18 Sep'13

  Most businesses suffer major technology failure over 12 months

  79% of businesses had a technology failure in the past year, costing £6.9m, according to a survey of IT professionals and business line heads

• September 18, 2013 18 Sep'13

  BMW gears up IT resilience with private cloud infrastructure

  After testing and validating its own private cloud services, BMW's IT team is ready to use it in production

• September 18, 2013 18 Sep'13

  MPs brand NHS National Programme for IT a 'fiasco' as posthumous costs rise

  The now-axed NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) is still incurring significant costs following the failure of the government IT project

• September 16, 2013 16 Sep'13

  British Army’s manpower planning saves £770m through SAS BI

  The British Army's headquarters is using SAS to analyse and more efficiently allocate manpower and resources

• September 13, 2013 13 Sep'13

  After virtualising IT estate, Jaguar Land Rover now eyes cloud computing

  Jaguar Land Rover's IT team takes its newly virtualised infrastructure to the next stage of IT evolution by adopting cloud-based services

• September 13, 2013 13 Sep'13

  Businesses hit digital roadblock due to paper processes

  A survey of business and IT leaders has found that paper-based processes are creating inefficiencies

• September 11, 2013 11 Sep'13

  £480bn of government revenue depends on "risky" legacy IT

  Almost £480bn of the UK government’s revenues are dependent on legacy IT systems that “could present a very significant risk”

• September 10, 2013 10 Sep'13

  Barclays reception IT system falls over globally

  Barclays' reception administration system has been down for almost two days, with no sign of when it is set to get fixed

• September 09, 2013 09 Sep'13

  Executive interview: Andrew Brem, Connected Homes, British Gas

  British Gas is digitising energy. Andrew Brem speaks to Computer Weekly about the internet connected home

• September 04, 2013 04 Sep'13

  Diageo to change how it manages APIs to support digital strategy

  Diageo is contemplating introducing a lightweight middleware layer to better manage the APIs that govern the software services it uses

• August 30, 2013 30 Aug'13

  How networks and data win Formula One races for Mercedes AMG Petronas

  Tata Communications joins the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One team to bring speedy connectivity worthy of its cars

• August 28, 2013 28 Aug'13

  eHarmony finds MongoDB the perfect match for data store

  Online dating site eHarmony has used open source NoSQL database MongoDB for its data store, to speed up delivery of matches between users

• August 23, 2013 23 Aug'13

  SAP user groups welcome 'partial termination' licensing changes

  SAP customers can now partially terminate licenses and will not be required to pay maintenance on unused licenses

• August 16, 2013 16 Aug'13

  UCAS adopts public cloud to process university admissions

  Ten days before the A-level results, UCAS adopted a public cloud infrastructure to scale up its IT and to make admission process efficient

• August 02, 2013 02 Aug'13

  Taylor Wimpey builds cloud forecasting process with Anaplan

  Homebuilder Taylor Wimpy teams up with Anaplan to ditch its old Excel suite and head for the cloud

• July 26, 2013 26 Jul'13

  Hailo taxi app maker drops Sage for NetSuite OneWorld

  Taxi cab app maker Hailocab has switched from Sage Line:50 to NetSuite OneWorld, in a bid to speed up accounts reconciliation

• July 26, 2013 26 Jul'13

  Aintree NHS saves £1m a year with electronic patient records

  Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust replaces paper medical records with an electronic system to save £1m per year

• July 19, 2013 19 Jul'13

  Michelin creates fuel efficiency service with Accenture

  Tyre maker Michelin has begun a major project to create a business division focused on providing IT solutions for logistics

• July 18, 2013 18 Jul'13

  Case Study: Johnson Matthey consolidates Active Directory with Dell

  Chemicals manufacturer Johnson Matthey uses tools from Dell to simplify a complex, multinational Active Directory infrastructure

• July 15, 2013 15 Jul'13

  Lower uptake of cloud, ICT limiting medium-sized enterprises' productivity: CEBR

  Medium-sized enterprises in the UK lagging behind large businesses in terms of productivity, because of lower adoption of ICT and cloud

• July 11, 2013 11 Jul'13

  OpenCorporates makes company data public

  Company data is being made available as part of an initiative to place more government data in the public domain

• July 10, 2013 10 Jul'13

  Head of Universal Credit denies IT problems

  Howard Shiplee tells the work and pensions select committee all is well, denying reports of the failing IT system behind Universal Credit

• July 08, 2013 08 Jul'13

  Post Office Horizon system investigation reveals concerns

  Investigation into the allegedly faulty accounting system used by sub-postmasters has revealed serious concerns

• July 08, 2013 08 Jul'13

  Davenport: Travel industry data pioneer has lost way but can be saved

  Tom Davenport sees the travel industry as a data pioneer that has lost its way, but can be redeemed

• July 05, 2013 05 Jul'13

  Case study: Toyota fleet management system gathers global fork-lift truck data remotely

  Toyota Material Handling Europe develops operational data management system that monitors and controls fork-lift trucks globally

• July 04, 2013 04 Jul'13

  CIO interview: Pete Marsden, CIO, Asos.com

  As online fashion retailer Asos.com continues to expand, its IT strategy is focused on new international locations and keeping up with web retail

• July 03, 2013 03 Jul'13

  Ocado delivers with in-house software development

  Online grocery retailer Ocado built its own software for its own business – and now it delivers for Morrisons

• July 02, 2013 02 Jul'13

  NHS IT to embrace open source

  A new report from NHS England promises open source will be at the heart of the plans to digitise the health service

• June 28, 2013 28 Jun'13

  CIO interview: Paul Clarke, director of technology, Ocado

  Paul Clarke is responsible for the technology strategy at online grocer Ocado, where IT is used in every aspect of the business

• June 28, 2013 28 Jun'13

  Datacentres must be tuned to the application in the mobile-cloud era: Cisco

  Cloud, big data and mobile applications are challenging the traditional datacentre infrastructure, says Cisco

• June 25, 2013 25 Jun'13

  Oracle offers enterprise software on Azure and Hyper-V

  Microsoft and Oracle form an alliance to enable Oracle software to run on Hyper-V and Windows Azure infrastructure

• June 20, 2013 20 Jun'13

  Camden Council goes BYOD with Accellion

  Camden adopts a bring your own device (BYOD) strategy to save money, improve security and bring their IT systems into the modern era

• June 19, 2013 19 Jun'13

  HR technology booming as businesses turn to the cloud

  Over the next 18 months, 60% of companies plan to roll out HR technology solutions, says analyst group Bersin by Deloitte.

• June 18, 2013 18 Jun'13

  Investigation into Post Office accounting system to drill down on strongest cases

  The investigation into the Post Office’s allegedly faulty accounting system will focus on a select few of the 47 claims

• June 14, 2013 14 Jun'13

  Microsoft puts Office Mobile on iPhone

  iPhone users can now use Microsoft’s Office Mobile product which is available as a free download from the AppStore

• June 11, 2013 11 Jun'13

  Lloyds customer complaints plummet after automating manual processes

  Lloyds is claiming dramatic improvements in the quality of its customer service after automating manual banking processes

• June 10, 2013 10 Jun'13

  Telefonica Digital forms security group Eleven Paths

  The business division of mobile operator Telefonica launches Eleven Paths, an independent company working on security issues in the workplace

• June 06, 2013 06 Jun'13

  SAP buys e-commerce company Hybris to move into CRM market

  SAP is moving into the CRM market with its purchase of Hybris, a Swiss customer relationship management (CRM) supplier

• June 06, 2013 06 Jun'13

  Sports performance data analytics fuels Opta’s business expansion

  Football performance data could play a role in clubs’ scouting efforts, and even in footballer market evaluation, according to OptaSports Data

• May 30, 2013 30 May'13

  Argos uses GIS to support multichannel strategy

  Argos deploys a location analytics tool to support multichannel strategy to wind down some leases and focus on online and click and collect

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  ARI uses HANA to power self-service BI for fleet management

  ARI, the leasing and fleet management business, has used SAP HANA to boost business intelligence (BI) and predictive analytics

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  CERN uses ITIL to rethink facilities management

  CERN, the particle physics laboratory, is using IT service management to support operations outside the IT function

• May 24, 2013 24 May'13

  Eurovision Song Contest app built and delivered via Google's cloud platform

  Service providers Scalr and Grandcentrix used Google Compute Engine to build the app for the second largest television event

• May 22, 2013 22 May'13

  McLaren uses high-speed data analytics to gain Formula 1 edge

  The McLaren Group uses high-speed data analytics as it seeks a competitive edge for its Formula 1 racing team engineers

• May 22, 2013 22 May'13

  Tesco uses big data to cut cooling costs by up to €20m

  Tesco is aiming to save over €20m a year by using sophisticated analytical technology to ensure its chillers work at optimum temperature

• May 21, 2013 21 May'13

  Microsoft and Janet deal brings cloud to millions of academics

  Microsoft and the UK’s research and education network deal gives academic institutions access to Office 365 and millions of students fast and secure access to Windows Azure cloud

• May 10, 2013 10 May'13

  Case Study: Brent Council cuts costs with mobile tech

  Brent Council implements mobile technology to cut costs and involve more staff in the future running of the organisation