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Collaboration software and productivity software
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September 23, 2019
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Sep'19
Basic data and skills needed to fix UK social care
Foundations need to be in place to save the social care system from collapse, and NHSX needs to step up to the task, according to a Doteveryone report
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September 20, 2019
20
Sep'19
Cross-government collaboration is key to overcoming legacy IT issues
Senior civil servants highlight some of the challenges with legacy IT systems and what can be done to overcome them
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September 18, 2019
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Sep'19
Amadeus opens systems to kick-start innovation-driven ecosystem
By opening its systems, travel software company Amadeus is hoping to foster ecosystem-wide innovation in the travel industry
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August 21, 2019
21
Aug'19
Warwickshire county council deploys Microsoft cloud productivity suite
Teams, Office 365 and other cloud-based tools are being rolled out to give council staff greater flexibility
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August 15, 2019
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Aug'19
Google vs Microsoft: Digging into the public cloud email market duopoly
The public cloud email sector is a veritable two-horse race, with Microsoft and Google being the ones to beat, but it is unlikely ever to become a “winner takes all” market, says Gartner
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July 30, 2019
30
Jul'19
Why CIOs should focus on trimming their internal email footprint
Better internal collaboration should be part of a CIO’s digitisation arsenal. But there is resistance to change, especially as email is so dominant
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July 24, 2019
24
Jul'19
UK CIOs bottom of digital workflow league
Leading CIOs shift from tech to leadership focus, but a new survey from ServiceNow has found that UK CIOs have not increased workflow budget
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July 23, 2019
23
Jul'19
Use Windows 7 end of life to update desktop productivity
The end of support for Windows 7 should be seen as the end of an era for traditional desktop IT. So what does 21st century desktop productivity look like?
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July 22, 2019
22
Jul'19
Morgan Stanley uses Box to power new Digital Vault
Bank has integrated the Box collaboration platform to provide a new, secure document-sharing service for its customers
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June 26, 2019
26
Jun'19
NHS Wales provides 100,000 staff with Microsoft 365
Cloud-based suite will help Welsh healthcare service drive digitisation initiatives and support greater collaboration and video-based consultations
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June 13, 2019
13
Jun'19
How IT helps the National Theatre to stage productions
It may seem like it’s all last-minute, but theatre production is a process and IT can make day-to-day operations go smoothly
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May 31, 2019
31
May'19
The FA signs Google Cloud to support cloud-based push to make football more inclusive
The Football Association is on a mission to up female participation in the sport and make it more accessible to a larger number of fans, and it is teaming up with Google Cloud to achieve its goals
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April 23, 2019
23
Apr'19
Casual collaboration comms pose security risk, survey shows
UK employees have a worryingly casual attitude to workplace communications, underling the need for employers to take steps to counter related cyber attack vulnerabilities
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April 04, 2019
04
Apr'19
Post Office to appeal judgment from first Horizon trial
The Post Office will appeal against some of the judgments from the first trial concerning the Horizon computer system used by subpostmasters
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April 01, 2019
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Apr'19
How Australia’s Curtin University is transforming the digital classroom
The Perth-based institution has been using collaborative learning spaces to better engage students and bring its classes to the world
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March 29, 2019
29
Mar'19
Middle East countries accelerate quantum computing research
Gulf countries must invest in quantum computing research to ensure they continue to to remain digital pioneers
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March 12, 2019
12
Mar'19
Despite failings, exec appetite for secure collaboration growing
Top business decision makers are more reckless than ever with company data, but the appetite for secure collaboration tools is growing, survey reveals
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February 25, 2019
25
Feb'19
Australia, Singapore say hello to 5G
Singtel and its Australian subsidiary Optus have made one of the first 5G video calls in the Asia-Pacific region
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February 20, 2019
20
Feb'19
How the immersive VR film Tree was created
New Reality Company worked across games development and video effects to bring about a virtual reality immersive experience
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February 13, 2019
13
Feb'19
NHS must use email by default, says health secretary Matt Hancock
Secretary of state for health and social care criticises NHS staff who insist on only sending letters to patients, and says modern, secure communications will save lives
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January 28, 2019
28
Jan'19
Brexit won’t curb IT spending
Analyst Gartner expects organisations to carry on buying more IT to support digitisation initiatives
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December 18, 2018
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Dec'18
Defra unveils green government tech vision
Printing reams of paper and travelling to meetings are among the areas targeted in the new, green ICT makeover
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December 12, 2018
12
Dec'18
High-flying clouds: AWS bucks traditional business growth trends with help from the enterprise
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud juggernaut continues to go from strength to strength from quarter to quarter, but what is fuelling its non-traditional revenue growth trends?
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November 28, 2018
28
Nov'18
CIO interview: Stephen Docherty on NHS data sharing
The Cambridge Analytica scandal raised awareness about privacy. Stephen Docherty, CIO of South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, explains why
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November 27, 2018
27
Nov'18
High Court trial over Horizon computer system completes witness cross-examinations
The High Court trial in which subpostmasters are suing the Post Office has reached an important stage
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November 05, 2018
05
Nov'18
Robots deliver savings for Dutch postal service PostNL
Dutch delivery company PostNL is reaping huge efficiency savings by using robotic technology to automate time-consuming administrative tasks
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October 23, 2018
23
Oct'18
Software suites will dominate the business applications market
Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd contends that having a common user interface and the ability to support data flows across a business are key capabilities that will spur the dominance of software suites over time
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October 08, 2018
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Oct'18
Geospatial Commission pumps £5m into unlocking value of location data
Commission wants to unlock the value of location data held by its partners through the use of emerging technologies
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October 08, 2018
08
Oct'18
Google Safety Center goes live in the UK
Google says its commitment to transparency is as strong as ever as its new Safety Center goes live in the UK to help keep businesses and consumers safe online
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October 04, 2018
04
Oct'18
Digital Catapult launches Ethics Framework for AI and machine learning
Innovation centre hopes to foster responsible and ethical development of artificial intelligence and machine learning systems
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September 27, 2018
27
Sep'18
Best supply chain firms are masters of data and automation
Europe’s best supply chains are making the most out of e-commerce, customer insights and robotic process automation, according to Gartner
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August 30, 2018
30
Aug'18
Voice set to project into workplace, predicts Gartner report
AI-powered voice recognition is set to become part of the office environment within two years, according to Gartner
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August 28, 2018
28
Aug'18
Amnesty International creates human rights digital archive
Digital preservation platform from Preservica will protect digital records of significant historical importance to Amnesty and its supporters
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August 21, 2018
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Aug'18
CIO interview: Celia Pronto, chief customer and digital officer, Casual Dining Group
Casual Dining Group’s chief customer and digital officer, Celia Pronto, is overhauling technology, consolidating IT and improving collaboration across its 300 restaurants
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August 17, 2018
17
Aug'18
Office 365 outage: Sign-in issues blight users across Europe and the US
Microsoft claims to have resolved a “subscription activation” issue that left Office 365 users unable to access its services yesterday
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August 15, 2018
15
Aug'18
Australian enterprises warming up to DevOps
The burgeoning DevOps culture in Australia has attracted new market players and led major banks and telcos to embrace the movement to get development and operations teams working in unison
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August 15, 2018
15
Aug'18
The National Archives deploys Egress to support FoI requests
Egress Secure Workspace is being used by the Advisory Council for The National Archives, who require a collaboration environment to assess FoI requests
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July 26, 2018
26
Jul'18
Fix culture to make digital a success
Businesses with well-honed processes will often find it hard to adapt to new, digital transformation initiatives, according to Gartner report
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July 24, 2018
24
Jul'18
Ramp up security to mitigate Office 365 attacks
Public clouds tend to be more secure, but Office 365 has become a major target for attacks, which means internal IT security needs tightening
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July 20, 2018
20
Jul'18
Cloud sales stoke Microsoft’s strong growth
Microsoft says cloud-based Office products made a huge contribution to sales growth
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July 18, 2018
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Jul'18
Walmart and Microsoft partner to boost digital in retail
US retail giant Walmart has signed a five-year partnership with Microsoft, with the aim of speeding up its digital transformation
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July 13, 2018
13
Jul'18
Microsoft warns if an email is being sent out of office hours
When Blackberry introduced mobile email, it made everyone permanently connected to work. Now, Microsoft wants to curb this
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July 11, 2018
11
Jul'18
Oracle’s deal with Chile should go global
UK Oracle users may eventually see the ripple effect of a court ruling in a country almost 7,500 miles away
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June 26, 2018
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Jun'18
Liberty Global picks Cisco to transform customer service ops
Virgin Media parent enlists Cisco in a bid to transform its customer service experience across Europe
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June 25, 2018
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Jun'18
Apple rejects claim of iPhone brute force hack
Apple has rejected claims by a security researcher that he was able to bypass the iPhone defences against brute force passcode hacks
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June 21, 2018
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Jun'18
HR projects are leading company moves to digital tech, say business leaders
Business leaders say their human resource IT programmes are leading the way to the wider deployment of digital and cloud technology across their organisations
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June 20, 2018
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Jun'18
Chief data officers go to summer school
Authors of the “Chief data officer’s playbook”, Caroline Carruthers and Peter Jackson, are running a summer school, supported by data governance software supplier Collibra
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May 31, 2018
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May'18
Retail sector flagged as slow to adopt cloud technologies in Bitglass research
The fourth annual Bitglass cloud adoption survey reveals enterprise appetite for off-premise technologies is continuing to rise, but some industries are moving more slowly than others
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May 29, 2018
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May'18
Save the Children International uses Microsoft Azure to bolster cross-border charity work
Graham Kent, director of IT shared services at Save the Children International, talks about using Microsoft Azure to boost cross-border collaboration between the charity’s member organisations and present a more united front to the world
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May 17, 2018
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May'18
Case study: British Airways’ global B2B sales gathered under Salesforce cloud
British Airways has gathered its international business-to-business sales under Salesforce Sales Cloud to bust silos