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• November 09, 2012 09 Nov'12

  German retailer Otto invests in neural software to net future sales

  German retail giant Otto improves demand forecasting with neural network technology from Blue Yonder, a predictive analytics start-up

• October 30, 2012 30 Oct'12

  Teradata brings big data into the SQL family

  Teradata addresses the issue of combining unstructured, semi-structured and traditional row-and-column data warehousing in a single architecture.

• October 29, 2012 29 Oct'12

  Cheshire Constabulary polices network with SolarWinds

  Police force in Cheshire uses SolarWinds’ infrastructure monitoring tools to keep its IT out of trouble

• October 09, 2012 09 Oct'12

  Telefónica launches business to sell mobile data

  O2 parent company Telefónica is to offer user data from customer's mobile phones to organisations who want to analyse customer activity

• October 04, 2012 04 Oct'12

  Meg Whitman unveils HP turnaround plan

  HP CEO Meg Whitman has unveiled a five-year plan for the troubled enterprise, admitting the turnaround would take longer than expected

• September 05, 2012 05 Sep'12

  Digital technologies to spark major shake-up of IT suppliers, says report

  CIOs have been urged to rethink their partnerships with strategic suppliers as the industry goes through its most disruptive period since the dot com crash

• August 28, 2012 28 Aug'12

  Villa Plus implements IBM business analytics software

  Holiday company Villa Plus is using IBM business analytics software to support its advertising campaigns as it increases its number of properties by 40%

• July 23, 2012 23 Jul'12

  Heads of business bank on IT to boost business

  Top-level business managers regard IT as a competitive advantage, according to Gartner

• July 10, 2012 10 Jul'12

  Retailers without multichannel risk losing business

  Retailers without a multichannel offering could start haemorrhaging cash as customers' expectations change, according to research

• June 21, 2012 21 Jun'12

  The future of Autonomy – one year on

  Recent moves to subsume Autonomy into HP have lent increasing irony to the name. Nearly a year after the £7.1bn acquisition, we examine Autonomy's future

• June 21, 2012 21 Jun'12

  Banks break with in-house software in move to commercial systems

  Increased regulation, reduced profits and customer demands are driving banks to replace home-grown software with off-the-shelf alternatives

• May 25, 2012 25 May'12

  SAS: High-performance analytics frees data scientists to model faster

  High-performance analytics on "big data" could aid European companies as they struggle to make headway in the recession, say senior SAS executives. All sectors are turning to big data, they claim.

• May 10, 2012 10 May'12

  Cyber attackers increasingly targeting applications, research shows

  Web and mobile applications are the new frontiers in the war against cyber attack, according to an HP cyber security risks report

• May 01, 2012 01 May'12

  Open Data Center Alliance focuses on big data collaboration

  The Open Data Center Alliance, a group of 12 major IT users, is collaborating with industry on big data architectures

• April 20, 2012 20 Apr'12

  BBC wants to build a cultural API

  With over 80 years of cultural information in its archive, the BBC is looking at making programme metadata available

• April 19, 2012 19 Apr'12

  IT staff lack understanding to succeed with big data

  IT professionals lack the skills to truly understand the big data opportunity for business and government

• April 02, 2012 02 Apr'12

  UK business fears impact of new EU data protection framework

  More than half of senior UK IT managers in large enterprises believe the proposed new EU data protection framework will cost their business more money, a survey has revealed

• 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 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 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 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

  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

• 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.

• January 25, 2012 25 Jan'12

  UK IT budgets under pressure in 2012

  UK IT budgets will remain flat in 2012, a worldwide survey of more than 2,500 IT professionals has revealed.

• January 17, 2012 17 Jan'12

  Oracle integrates data management with Sun servers

  Oracle is tackling the challenge of data management by providing pre-integrated systems based on Sun hardware.

• January 12, 2012 12 Jan'12

  Oracle study shows data demands drive new data centre installations

  Research from Oracle across 10 regions has found that an organisation's growth in data is becoming a boardroom issue.

• January 10, 2012 10 Jan'12

  Almost a third of BI projects fail to deliver on business objectives

  Fewer than 30% of business intelligence projects meet the objectives of the business, according to research from analyst Gartner.

• January 06, 2012 06 Jan'12

  Why CIOs must get a handle on their data woes

  Businesses are only making use of 5% of the data they collect, according to Forrester Research.

• December 13, 2011 13 Dec'11

  CIOs believe cloud, SaaS, consumerisation and mobility increase risk

  Business models such as cloud computing and trends such as the consumerisation of IT, social media and mobility are exposing performance blind spots in IT management, a CIO survey has revealed.

• December 08, 2011 08 Dec'11

  UKtech50: Meet Mike Lynch, the most influential person in UK IT

  Mike Lynch, voted as the most influential person in UK IT, doesn’t like to think about challenges, but about opportunities.

• December 05, 2011 05 Dec'11

  'Big data' technologies emerge to battle large, complex data sets

  ‘Big data’ technologies that allow the storage, management and analysis of big data are on stream: NoSQL, Hadoop, MapReduce. Mark Whitehorn explains the reasons for their emergence and how they work.

• December 05, 2011 05 Dec'11

  SAP buys SaaS firm SuccessFactors in $3.4bn deal

  Enterprise software company SAP announces a $3.4bn deal to acquire software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider SuccessFactors.

• November 30, 2011 30 Nov'11

  Shell enterprise MDM foundation proof of concept disturbs rulebook

  Shell has laid a foundation for enterprise master data management, choosing SAP MDM over Microsoft. The major lesson was that IT can build an enterprise MDM system to which the business will come.

• November 14, 2011 14 Nov'11

  CIO Interview: IT should drive company innovation, says SAP's Oliver Bussmann

  Driving innovation has become one of the key roles of the chief information officer, says Oliver Bussmann, CIO at business software maker SAP.

• October 26, 2011 26 Oct'11

  How Unilever took control of its software

  Unilever has automated the processes it uses to manage its software globally through a service which has saved millions of pounds, reduced the complexity of its software portfolio and improved security.

• August 05, 2011 05 Aug'11

  Is your BI safe in the hands of ERP vendors?

  ERP vendors are pitching integration as supreme for BI. But can these ERP vendors hit the ball out of the park?

• July 13, 2011 13 Jul'11

  Vendor evaluation criteria: Is your ERP vendor good with BI?

  If your business is big on ERP, you may want to consider these vendor evaluation criteria when adopting a business intelligence solution.

• July 06, 2011 06 Jul'11

  Business intelligence tool to be deployed at Tata AIG Life

  One of India’s largest private sector insurers, Tata AIG Life plan to deploy a business intelligence tool. Learn what it wants from the new BI tool.

• July 06, 2011 06 Jul'11

  5 cloud BI considerations for a successful rollout

  Migrating an end-to-end business intelligence (BI) solution to the cloud can be complicated. Consider these five points for successful cloud BI migration.

• May 26, 2011 26 May'11

  Data warehouse and business intelligence projects fail to meet companies' requirements

  Over half of businesses gave their business intelligence and data warehouse projects a rating of "average" when asked how well they met business objectives.

• May 23, 2011 23 May'11

  SharePoint BI tool deployment underway at Lowe Lintas

  For Lowe Lintas, BI module of Microsoft SharePoint has been a pleasant discovery. With SharePoint BI, Lowe hopes to maximize profits and save costs. Find out more.

• May 19, 2011 19 May'11

  Open source business intelligence: The next big thing?

  Open source business intelligence gains credence as more companies adopt BI and large vendors partner with open source players in an evolving BI ecosystem.

• April 11, 2011 11 Apr'11

  Manageability issues impede adoption of virtualisation

  Virtual infrastructure management challenges are hindering the adoption of virtualisation within businesses, according to research.

• April 06, 2011 06 Apr'11

  Indian BI technology market to grow by 16% in 2011: Gartner

  The Indian BI technology market in 2011 will see a 16% growth over 2010. Read more about the latest BI technology market trends in this Gartner forecast.

• March 31, 2011 31 Mar'11

  SMB IT spending seeing significant growth

  Small and medium businesses (SMBs) are increasing IT budgets and recruiting more IT skills

• March 23, 2011 23 Mar'11

  SAP combines GRC and BI in new platform

  SAP has launched a new governance, risk and compliance platform that combines and integrates existing GRC and business intelligence technologies.

• February 22, 2011 22 Feb'11

  SAP BW aids enterprise-wide data management, reporting at Essar Steel

  SAP BW helps Essar Steel form a common platform to stage and integrate data from all systems and present users with a one-stop solution to their data needs.

• January 13, 2011 13 Jan'11

  What can businesses learn about real-time monitoring from the BP oil spill?

  The full report on the BP oil-well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico has been released, revealing that its real-time data monitoring systems need to be improved.

• January 10, 2011 10 Jan'11

  Poor communication to blame for business intelligence failure, says Gartner

  Between 70% to 80% of corporate business intelligence projects fail, according to research by analyst firm Gartner.