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Business process management (BPM)

• January 22, 2015 22 Jan'15

  Case study: Antwerp port boosts profits with activity-based management software

  How the Antwerp Port Authority has improved its business processes with SAS software

• December 17, 2014 17 Dec'14

  Cabinet Office begins procurement for next stage of Gov.uk Verify

  The Cabinet Office has submitted a tender notice for a £150m three-year framework for the provision of identity assurance services

• December 08, 2014 08 Dec'14

  M&S turns to predictive analytics to keep shelves stocked over Christmas

  Marks & Spencer is using predictive analytics to keep shelves stocked with mince pies and turkeys over Christmas.

• November 27, 2014 27 Nov'14

  CIO interview: Jon Rudoe, digital and technology director, Sainsbury’s

  While supermarkets all over the UK are facing challenging times ahead of them, Sainsbury's is taking its technology and innovation into its own hands by developing digital products for its customers.

• November 04, 2014 04 Nov'14

  Airbus interview: research, innovation and the future of aviation

  IT plays a substantial role in creating the aircraft of the future, with research and innovation at the core of the Airbus business strategy

• October 31, 2014 31 Oct'14

  Ipswich hospital improves healthcare service with Esri data visualisation

  Health pilots location-based technology that delivers data visualisation

• October 30, 2014 30 Oct'14

  Problems surface as first users attempt to use Gov.uk Verify

  Problems have surfaced as users try to use Gov.uk Verify to prove their identities

• October 20, 2014 20 Oct'14

  Disney spreads the magic through wearable technology

  The Walt Disney Company is using wearable technology to improve customer experience and engage with visitors

• October 16, 2014 16 Oct'14

  Comic Relief’s digital challenge: talent, data and the No Make-Up Selfie

  Social media campaigns such as the No Make-Up Selfie and the Ice Bucket Challenge threaten charities such as Comic Relief with their digital reach

• September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14

  Clarks shoes steps into digital

  Shoe manufacturer Clarks is replacing its legacy e-commerce sites with a global cloud-based system next month

• September 12, 2014 12 Sep'14

  Retailers need to adopt ‘fail fast’ attitude to technology

  Retailers experimenting with digital technologies must take a “fail fast” approach so they can deliver new innovations quickly

• September 11, 2014 11 Sep'14

  Boots to roll out real-time stock visibility in coming weeks

  Health and beauty retailer, Alliance Boots, is about to roll out real-time stock visibility to its stores and customers using SAP Hana

• September 09, 2014 09 Sep'14

  EY seeks tech startups to address challenges of right to be forgotten

  Professional services firm Ernst & Young is looking for startups to find technology solutions to the ‘right to be forgotten’ regulation

• September 04, 2014 04 Sep'14

  Ordnance Survey to release open data on green spaces

  The Ordnance Survey is to release information and statistics on green space in England and Wales as open data

• August 08, 2014 08 Aug'14

  Why John Linwood is not to blame for BBC’s failed technology project

  Former BBC CTO has won his case for unfair dismissal over the failed £100m DMI project, but what lessons can be learned?

• 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

• 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

• May 30, 2014 30 May'14

  IT supplier insolvencies fall for first time as economy recovers

  Technology companies have reached a turning point as insolvencies fall for the first time in 2014

• January 29, 2014 29 Jan'14

  Case study: Scottish Fire and Rescue advances national BI strategy with QlikView

  The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is using QlikView business intelligence software to bring together its data streams for external reporting and operational intelligence

• December 06, 2013 06 Dec'13

  Nokia Solutions Networks HR rejects best of breed for best of platform

  Nokia Solutions and Networks has chosen a ‘best of platform’ approach for its global HR programme in the wake of a reduction in staff from around 80,000 to 50,000, consequent to a restructure in 2011

• December 05, 2013 05 Dec'13

  700,000 benefit claimants miss out on Universal Credit deadline

  The secretary for work and pensions has admitted the Universal Credit benefit scheme will miss its 2017 deadline

• November 21, 2013 21 Nov'13

  Pegasystems CEO Alan Trefler plans his next move for the $500m software company

  Alan Trefler discusses his plans for Pegasystems, the BPM and CRM specialist that has grown into a $500m a year company

• October 31, 2013 31 Oct'13

  Companies are not taking advantage of data analytics, research says

  Research by Bersin by Deloitte shows that 86% of businesses have yet to progress beyond using their HR data to generate basic reports

• October 22, 2013 22 Oct'13

  Case study: Pumps maker Hayward Tyler’s restructure sharpened ERP business focus

  When a restructure arrives half way through an ERP upgrade, it could be a threat to the IT programme. But Hayward Tyler saw it as a chance to ensure business goals were at the heart of its Epicor project.

• 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

• 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 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

• 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

• 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 01, 2013 01 May'13

  British Army data quality programme tackles ‘whole army’ concept

  The British Army’s data quality programme faces a challenge with moves to unify regular and territorial soldiers into one force

• April 30, 2013 30 Apr'13

  Tesco uses supply chain analytics to save £100m a year

  Understanding return on capital employed was a driving force behind an analytics programme which saves Tesco £100m in supply chain costs

• April 29, 2013 29 Apr'13

  Case study: Telefonica Ireland uses business intelligence to reduce churn

  O2 Ireland, part of Telefonica, has been using Teradata’s data warehousing and Cognos BI to stop customers leaving and entice them with location-based offers

• February 11, 2013 11 Feb'13

  Gartner: analytics will be more transparent, real-time and automated

  Analyst firm Gartner has identified three trends for analytics and BI: transparency, real-time and automation

• February 01, 2013 01 Feb'13

  Don’t make big data stand alone, warns Gartner

  Gartner cautions organisations against treating big data as unique and criticises business intelligence suppliers for failing to exploit mobility

• January 25, 2013 25 Jan'13

  Ferrari swerves SAP, adopts Infor LN to meet Chinese demand

  Italian sports car maker Ferrari has turned to Infor ERP technology to respond to Chinese and Middle Eastern customer demand

• January 11, 2013 11 Jan'13

  SAP puts Business Suite on HANA, joins transactional to analytical

  SAP has announced that its Business Suite software now runs on the HANA in-memory database

• 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

• 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.