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Cloud computing software
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April 13, 2012
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Apr'12
Financial companies leading race to digitisation
Financial companies are embracing digitisation faster than other sectors of the economy, says Booz&Co.
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April 13, 2012
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Apr'12
Google makes sales worth $1.2bn in UK
Google reported sales in the UK worth $1.15bn, which was 11% of its total.
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April 12, 2012
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Apr'12
Amazon offers pay-per-use search for cloud applications
Amazon has introduced CloudSearch to integrate search functionality into cloud applications.
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April 11, 2012
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Apr'12
Government CIOs and IT suppliers 'hiding behind a comfort blanket'
Outgoing G-Cloud director Chris Chant has slammed those in government IT who are resisting change in the way IT is procured and managed.
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April 05, 2012
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Apr'12
All major government departments in talks with Browsium
Browsium – the start-up which helped HMRC slash IE6 upgrade costs by £50m – is in talks with all major government departments.
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April 03, 2012
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Apr'12
How the cloud found Mitchells & Butlers
The cloud was found to be a good fit for hospitality company Mitchells & Butlers after it approached IT providers with a set of outcomes
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April 02, 2012
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Apr'12
Gartner's five cloud computing trends to watch
Businesses must keep a close eye on cloud IT services to avoid wasting money and missing out on business opportunities, says Gartner
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March 29, 2012
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Mar'12
Cloud computing seen as key to business success
Financial decision makers believe that cloud computing will be important to the success of their businesses over the next couple of years
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March 29, 2012
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Mar'12
Cloud based IT perfect fit for events business Melville
Exhibition and events service provider Melville is moving its systems into the cloud to take advantage of the on demand cloud computing.
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March 26, 2012
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Mar'12
Executives using public cloud to dodge IT rules
Three-quarters of senior executives think the public cloud is a way to get the IT they need without having to adhere to IT policy, according to research
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March 16, 2012
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Mar'12
Microsoft cuts the price of Azure and Office 365
Microsoft has cut the price of Windows Azure by 12%, and Office 365 by 20%, as competition in the cloud computing market increases
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March 13, 2012
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Mar'12
GlaxoSmithKline adopts digital service in the cloud
Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is standardising how it engages online with consumers and healthcare professionals through a cloud-based platform.
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March 12, 2012
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Mar'12
Mitchells & Butlers offers customers free Wi-Fi
Hospitality company Mitchells & Butlers is offering customers free Wi-Fi as part its roll-out of private cloud infrastructure
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March 09, 2012
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Mar'12
Schools in Northern Ireland get their own education cloud
IT service providers are to provide more than 1,000 schools in Northern Ireland wth their own education cloud
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March 02, 2012
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Mar'12
G-Cloud project completes its first CloudStore purchase
A Department for Transport agency has become the first government department to purchase a service through the new CloudStore online catalogue using the G-Cloud framework.
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March 01, 2012
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Mar'12
RSA 2012: Trustworthy Internet Movement launched
The trustworthiness of the internet is at risk, Philippe Courtot, chief executive officer at Qualys, warned attendees of RSA Conference 2012.
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February 29, 2012
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Feb'12
RSA 2012: RSA takes market-leader position seriously, says Heiser
RSA takes its market-leader position seriously to pull together the IT security industry, says Tom Heiser, president of RSA.
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February 29, 2012
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Feb'12
Microsoft Azure cloud outage hits customers globally
Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform has experienced an outage, hitting organisations across the world including the UK government CloudStore.
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February 28, 2012
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Feb'12
RSA 2012: RSA issues security industry call to arms
Security supplier RSA urges the security industry to collaborate to win the war against cyber threats to information security
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February 28, 2012
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Feb'12
Investment in IT critical to recovery, say business leaders
Business leaders say that investment in IT is critical to promote economic recovery, according to a KPMG survey.
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February 27, 2012
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Feb'12
Salesforce.com revenues jump almost 40%
Software-as-a-service supplier Salesforce.com has reported strong growth in the final quarter of its latest financial year.
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February 24, 2012
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Feb'12
White House unveils a 'bill of rights' for web users
The White House has unveiled a bill of rights for web users, calling for stronger privacy protections to ensure the internet remains "an engine for innovation and economic growth".
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February 23, 2012
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Feb'12
Cloud software: benchmark your organisation
Benchmark your organisation's use of cloud software and services against your peers.
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February 20, 2012
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Feb'12
Case study: An SME migrates to Microsoft Office 365
Events and hospitality firm iLuka has moved its IT into the cloud to improve security and saved thousands of pounds in Microsoft licensing in the process.
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February 19, 2012
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Feb'12
Government launches CloudStore and names G-Cloud suppliers
The government has launched its CloudStore, a catalogue of 1,700 cloud-based, pre-approved IT services now available for the public sector to buy.
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February 17, 2012
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Feb'12
CIO priorities 2012: Richard Hall, business advisor
As an advisor to a company that specialises in restructuring and turning struggling businesses around, Richard Hall gets to see a of a lot of IT departments. He is an expert in helping businesses make their IT operations more cost-effective.
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February 16, 2012
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Feb'12
Barclays private cloud underpins Pingit mobile banking app
Barclays bank has launched an app called Pingit that will enable mobile phone users to make free payments to other UK mobile users directly.
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February 15, 2012
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Feb'12
CIO priorities 2012: Dave Glanville, IT manager, St Christopher's Fellowship
Dave Glanville, IT manager at charity St Christopher's Fellowship, talks about the IT challenges of 2012.
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February 13, 2012
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Feb'12
IT professionals prioritise Windows 7 upgrade, but cloud takes a back seat
Windows 7 upgrade will drive virtualisation but businesses are slow to take up cloud computing
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February 10, 2012
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Feb'12
Google launches cloud storage service Drive to rival Apple iCloud
Google is launching a cloud storage service called Drive to rival Dropbox and Apple’s iCloud
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January 31, 2012
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Jan'12
Website launched to monitor cloud computing suppliers
A website has been launched that will monitor the performance of specialist cloud computing suppliers and compare them against traditional IT suppliers.
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January 27, 2012
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Jan'12
Neelie Kroes calls for speedy EU uptake of cloud computing
The European Commission has called on public authorities, industry, cloud buyers and suppliers to come together in a cloud partnership.
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January 25, 2012
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Jan'12
Facebook worth billions to UK economy, study reveals
Facebook contributes £2.2bn to UK GDP each year and supports 35,200 UK jobs, according to a study by Deloitte on the benefits of free Facebook pages used by businesses to promote trade.
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January 18, 2012
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Jan'12
Case Study: Zaha Hadid Architects opt for private cloud
London-based international architecture and design practice Zaha Hadid Architects has deployed a private cloud infrastructure to cut IT costs and improve delivery and availability of applications.
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January 11, 2012
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Jan'12
Cloud solves IT innovation and maintenance imbalance
CIOs can rebalance the scenario of spending 80% of their budget on maintenance and 20% on innovation if they harness cloud computing.
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January 11, 2012
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Jan'12
Spanish bank adopts Google enterprise cloud apps
One of Spain’s largest banks, BBVA, is switching its 110,000 staff to Google's cloud-based enterprise software
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January 10, 2012
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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.
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January 06, 2012
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Jan'12
Ramnit worm steals 45,000 Facebook passwords
A computer worm has begun targeting Facebook accounts and has stolen at least 45,000 login credentials from users, say security researchers.
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January 04, 2012
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Jan'12
What’s in store for IT in 2012?
The global economy is creating an atmosphere of uncertainty in the IT sector, but what can we expect in 2012?
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January 03, 2012
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Jan'12
Warwickshire County Council's move to the cloud
Warwickshire County Council CIO Tonino Ciuffini talks about why moving to an on-demand services model is the best way for councils to slash costs.
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December 23, 2011
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Dec'11
Top 10 business software stories of 2011
Businesses and software suppliers are adopting new models, strategies and technologies in an increasingly cloud-based IT world.
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December 13, 2011
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Dec'11
CIO interview: Denise McDonagh, director of Home Office IT
Denise McDonagh has countless real-life examples of why the traditional approach to government IT is not working.
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December 13, 2011
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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.
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December 13, 2011
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Dec'11
Microsoft updates Windows Azure cloud platform
Microsoft has released new features of its Windows Azure cloud development platform, including open source capabilities and simplified billing and management.
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December 13, 2011
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Dec'11
ICO calls for rethink on location privacy
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has called for an industry rethink on location privacy to avert future consumer backlash.
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December 12, 2011
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Dec'11
Cloud leaves many firewalls wanting – but could automation prove the silver bullet?
Most companies rely on firewalls, but the IT landscape is changing and so must approaches to security. Is there a silver bullet?
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December 06, 2011
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Dec'11
Office365 fails BAE's legal team
BAE's experience of Office365 highlights the gulf between what the industry is trying to sell and the reality of big business.
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December 05, 2011
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Dec'11
Does SAP’s acquisition of SuccessFactors make sense?
SAP is to acquire human capital management software-as-a-service (SaaS) supplier SuccessFactors, but appears to be paying a hefty premium.
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December 05, 2011
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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.
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December 02, 2011
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Dec'11
Spending on IT projects to drop in Europe in 2012
European businesses and public sector organisations will significantly cut their IT project spending in 2012 following a spending surge in 2011.
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November 25, 2011
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Nov'11
G-Cloud goes agile for IT procurement
The Cabinet Office has found it so difficult to find a fair way to manage suppliers through the G-Cloud programme that it has cut back its scope and plans to develop in agile-style iterations.
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November 24, 2011
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Nov'11
SAP extends Business Suite 7 maintenance: What is the real reason?
SAP has extended maintenance for Business Suite 7 from 2016 to 2020, supposedly to give customers predictability and remove the burden of upgrades.
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November 23, 2011
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Nov'11
Tor secret net service turns to Amazon cloud for bandwidth
The Tor Project that maintains a secret layer of the internet is turning to Amazon EC2 cloud service for additional bandwidth for people who want to route their online communication anonymously.
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November 17, 2011
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Nov'11
IT security not always part of cloud decision, says IDC
Cloud adoption is outstripping security concerns, says Eric Domage, programme manager for IDC in Europe.
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November 09, 2011
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Nov'11
Accenture announces managed private cloud service for SAP applications
Accenture has announced a service to enable SAP ERP and NetWeaver Business Warehouse customers to migrate easily to lower-cost, managed private cloud infrastructure.
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November 08, 2011
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Nov'11
Case study: Smiths turns to cloud to boost workforce talent
Smiths Group, the £5bn engineering conglomerate, is aiming to raise the skill levels of its workforce and cut millions of pounds a year from its human resources (HR) costs by rolling out a cloud-based HR service.
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November 03, 2011
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Nov'11
War in the clouds - the big software firms fight back
After the best part of a decade in which the business applications establishment came under assault from the enfants terrible in the cloud, the big guys are hitting back.
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November 03, 2011
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Nov'11
Data protection regulators will increase focus on HR systems
Protecting the confidentiality of personal data and employee records will become a major challenge for enterprises and IT suppliers.
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November 03, 2011
03
Nov'11
HR systems integration is a costly problem
Enterprises are wasting millions trying to integrate human resources (HR) systems that are not designed to communicate with each other, according to HR managers.
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November 01, 2011
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Nov'11
Companies neglect security considerations in rush to adopt cloud and social networking
Businesses are neglecting their ability to defend against cyber threats as they rush to adopt new technologies to enable social networking and cloud computing, a study shows.
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November 01, 2011
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Nov'11
Wikipedia provides social model for good internet governance, says founder
The greatest threat to cyberspace is not cyber criminals, but misguided and over-reaching government policy, according to Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales.
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November 01, 2011
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Nov'11
Oxfam calls for collaboration on enabled internet transformation
Oxfam has called on government, non-government and academic organisations to work together to use technology to help alleviate poverty and hunger.
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October 28, 2011
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Oct'11
US Tennis Association cuts costs running Citrix XenApp in Amazon cloud
The US Tennis Association (USTA) is reducing disaster recovery, hosting, helpdesk and licencing costs after choosing to run its Citrix XenApp environment in Amazon's Web Services (AWS) cloud.
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October 27, 2011
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Oct'11
Cloud computing will become the government’s 'common infrastructure', says Francis Maude
Cloud computing will become the primary platform for government to cut IT costs by £460m per year, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has said. The comments follow the publication of the government's four sub-strategies of its recently released ...
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October 04, 2011
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Oct'11
CW500: Andy Beale, technology director, Guardian News & Media
In this CW500 Club video, Andy Beale talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick to share his practical advice on how to move to the cloud.