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Database software

• January 14, 2014 14 Jan'14

  IT spending priorities survey shows UK European data management lead

  IT professionals in UK organisations are more intent on spending on data management in 2014 than their counterparts in Germany and France

• January 09, 2014 09 Jan'14

  UK bank IT systems "a long way from being robust"

  A senior Bank of England official said UK bank IT systems a very long way from being robust, while giving evidence at Westminster Committee

• December 30, 2013 30 Dec'13

  Top 10 supplier profiles 2013

  Are you thinking of doing business with an IT technology supplier? Check out our independent profiles of the leading technology companies.

• December 27, 2013 27 Dec'13

  Business applications under stress, finds Freeform Dynamics survey

  Business applications are coming under increased performance pressure as organisations evolve remote working practices in step with the demands of a modern economy

• December 27, 2013 27 Dec'13

  Top 10 financial services IT stories of 2013

  2013 has been the first year for a while when businesses have talked about growth. While the finance sector remains ultra-cautious there are investments being made in technology as customers demand new ways of interacting with banks

• December 23, 2013 23 Dec'13

  Top 10 business applications stories of 2013

  Innovation at Ferrari, DMG Media, BAE Systems, and others; while SAP and Oracle stake strategic claims to cloud and high-speed analytics

• December 17, 2013 17 Dec'13

  CUP deploys SAP IS-Media to underpin global reorganisation

  Cambridge University Press is reorganising globally to support its digital strategy, using SAP IS-Media

• December 13, 2013 13 Dec'13

  CIO interview: Joan Miller director of Parliamentary ICT

  Parliamentary ICT director Joan Miller talks about how Parliament should use technology and the challenges of the digital world

• December 12, 2013 12 Dec'13

  CIO Interview, David Southern, CIO WWF UK

  UK CIO of the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF), David Southern, describes a technology refresh at its Woking HQ

• December 12, 2013 12 Dec'13

  SAP system leaves Npower customer accounts in disarray

  The energy firm admits to poor customer service after issues from transferring to a new SAP system, just weeks after announcing it would cut almost 1,500 jobs and take on a new outsourcing contract to save on customer service costs

• December 10, 2013 10 Dec'13

  Australian police to deploy tech used by US spy agency

  The Australian Federal Police plans to introduce technology used by a US spy agency to collect emails and other information transmitted by computer

• December 06, 2013 06 Dec'13

  FCA investigation into RBS crash last year not complete as new IT crisis hits

  The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has yet to complete an investigation into a massive IT failure at the Royal Bank of Scotland last year

• 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

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  How endemic is IT underinvestment in UK retail banking?

  The Royal Bank of Scotland has failed to invest properly in its IT system, but it is not alone

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  SAP user group: Innovation agenda clear but for long haul

  Philip Adams, of the UK & Ireland SAP user group, speaks to Computer Weekly about SAP’s promotion of Hana, cloud and mobile