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March 10, 2014
10
Mar'14
Case study: BG Group turns to cloud HR to reach staff in multiple countries
Gas exploration and production company replaces SAP HR technology with Oracle Fusion in the cloud.
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February 25, 2014
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Feb'14
Flexibility and integration drove NatWest Microsoft Dynamics migration
NatWest Business Banking selected Microsoft Dynamics CRM when it realised it needed full CRM capability
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February 24, 2014
24
Feb'14
Case study: Virtualised storage adds value to Denmark's tunnel vision
State construction firm Femern selects DataCore system to help speed up Fehmarnbelt undersea odyssey and keep the sharks at bay
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February 21, 2014
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Feb'14
Executive interview: Microsoft targets the non-professional developers
The developer community is changing. There are far more people programming now, says Microsoft's Tim O'Brien
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February 18, 2014
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Feb'14
HP knew of Autonomy hardware sales tactics
New evidence suggests HP was aware of Autonomy’s accounting practices months before publicly condemning the company
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February 11, 2014
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Feb'14
Schneider accreditation aims to boost green datacentre skills
Datacentre supplier offers free vendor-neutral courses and certification through its online Energy University
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February 07, 2014
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Feb'14
Amazon nets lion’s share of $10bn public cloud market
AWS continues its unassailable domination of the sector, despite recent moves by Google, IBM and Microsoft
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February 07, 2014
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Feb'14
Met Police releases ‘Total Technology’ IT strategy
The Metropolitan Police Service has released a three to four-year plan on how to transform the use of technology in the organisation
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February 04, 2014
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Feb'14
Satya Nadella replaces Steve Ballmer as Microsoft CEO
Microsoft has named Satya Nadella as CEO almost six months after former incumbent Steve Ballmer announced his retirement
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January 31, 2014
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Jan'14
WIll open source save the datacentre industry?
IT rivals stand cheek-by-jowl to praise Facebook’s Open Compute Project, but is the love-in a Damascene conversion or just damage limitation?
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January 29, 2014
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Jan'14
Microsoft joins Open Compute Project
Redmond giant makes server specs public in bid to influence future datacentre design
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January 28, 2014
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Jan'14
BBC failed to get "sufficient grip” over failed DMI project, says NAO
The National Audit Office has slammed the BBC over its failed Digital Media Initiative (DMI), project saying the broadcaster was “too optimistic” and the BBC executive “did not have sufficient grip of the programme"
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January 22, 2014
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Jan'14
HB Fuller sticks with HR in the cloud
Cloud based HR system gives adhesives maker the ability to manage its global workforce
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January 20, 2014
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Jan'14
IBM to open London datacentre as part of $1.2bn global cloud push
New facility first in UK to be based on IBM SoftLayer cloud architecture
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January 16, 2014
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Jan'14
HCL and CSC partner to modernise applications
Indian IT services firm HCL and US competitor CSC are working together to win business in the application modernisation and cloud migration segments of the application outsourcing sector
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January 06, 2014
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Jan'14
Is cloud computing almost too good to be true for banks?
The cloud’s most obvious benefits will enable banks to keep up with technology changes while reducing costs
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December 31, 2013
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Dec'13
CW500 Club in 2013
Computer Weekly's CW500 Club attracts the top IT leaders in the UK to talk to their peers about the topical challenges they face
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December 20, 2013
20
Dec'13
UK citizen wins legal round against Facebook over Prism leaks
A British citizen has applied for a judgement against Facebook in a case that will test the right of tech firms to give UK personal data to the NSA.
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December 06, 2013
06
Dec'13
Firm works with Google maps to provide fleet management software
Greater Anglia rail company will roll out a taxi booking app in 2014 developed by fleet management software provider TDispatch and powered by Google Maps
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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
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December 05, 2013
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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
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December 05, 2013
05
Dec'13
UK citizen sues Microsoft over Prism private data leak to NSA
A court action brought in the UK will test Microsoft's legal right to disclose private data on UK citizens to US intelligence services
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December 03, 2013
03
Dec'13
Microsoft invests in Ireland datacentre
Microsoft is expanding its Dublin datacentre with a €170m investment
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December 03, 2013
03
Dec'13
Scabal moves to the cloud for storage flexibility
Clothing manufacturer Scabal is moving its entire IT infrastructure to Interoute’s cloud for flexibie storage
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November 29, 2013
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Nov'13
IT budgets to rise by 3% in 2014 as companies step up spending on mobile
IT spending will increase by 3% in 2014, up from 1.8% last year. But shadow IT spending will add another 40% to technology budgets
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November 20, 2013
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Nov'13
Case study: McGraw-Hill Education mobilises with Salesforce
The educational resources provider utilises Salesforce to develop a mobile app and get its sales reps selling more on campus
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November 13, 2013
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Nov'13
AWS re: Invent 2013 kicks off in Las Vegas
Amazon Web Services' annual conference opens with product announcements to the 8,000 strong crowd during the keynote
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November 13, 2013
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Nov'13
Poundland chooses Microsoft Office 365 as it overhauls IT infrastructure
Poundland is implementing Microsoft Office 365 to enable staff to collaborate and communicate more efficiently.
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October 25, 2013
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Oct'13
HP and Diageo take different paths to cloud-based HR
HP and Diageo took very different approaches when they deployed cloud-based human resources (HR) software from Workday
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October 22, 2013
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Oct'13
BT signs multimillion HR technology contract with Oracle
The project, one of the largest contracts signed so far for Oracle’s Fusion technology, is strategically important both to Oracle and BT
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October 16, 2013
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Oct'13
Case study: Richard Branson's Virgin Management moves to IaaS platform
Virgin Management, a subsidiary of Virgin Group, has migrated its IT to a cloud-based IaaS platform for BYOD capabilities and savings
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October 15, 2013
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Oct'13
Siemens Enterprise Communications rebrands as Unify
The communications company will rebrand in time to launch its latest unified communications solution, code-named Project Ansible
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October 14, 2013
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Oct'13
VMworld 2013: Hertz deploys thin clients using VMware across Europe
Car rental firm Hertz is using VMware to virtualise 4,000 PCs across its European operations
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September 30, 2013
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Sep'13
Charity uses cloud HR system to keep track of staff working in danger zones
It took a disaster in Haiti to demonstrate to charity World Vision why it needed better HR systems
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September 30, 2013
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Sep'13
Cloud computing drives infrastructure upgrade at service provider
IT services company Ardenta has implemented F5 network security to upgrade its infrastructure and offer cloud services
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September 26, 2013
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Sep'13
Oracle OpenWorld 2013: Tesco takes a multi-channel approach to customer experience
Tesco has been using an array of Oracle technology, including its customer experience (CX) portfolio to turn the company in a multi-channel retailer
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September 25, 2013
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Sep'13
Google to rethink resilient networking following dual failure
In spite of running a dual redundant network, Google's Gmail system has had a major failure.
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September 19, 2013
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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
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September 18, 2013
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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
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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
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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
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August 19, 2013
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Aug'13
Interview: Martin Russell, head of IT services, Just Eat
Just Eat's head of IT services, Martin Russell speaks to Computer Weekly about his experiences of switching to Google
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August 16, 2013
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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
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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
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August 01, 2013
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Aug'13
Microsoft concedes to BSkyB over SkyDrive trademark
The tech giant admits defeat and will be forced to rename its cloud storage service after losing a court battle in the UK
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July 31, 2013
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Jul'13
Office 365 now available on Android
Following the release of Office Mobile for iPhone, Microsoft has launched Office Mobile for Android
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July 26, 2013
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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
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July 18, 2013
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Jul'13
Hidden cost of cloud computing is CIOs’ biggest concern
A study into attitudes and concerns relating to cloud computing has revealed that 80% of CIOs are concerned about its hidden costs
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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
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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