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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 24, 2013
24
Sep'13
Oracle OpenWorld 2013: Oracle launches database as a service
Oracle continues to extend its cloud offering at OpenWorld 2013 by launching its database as a service (DaaS) offering
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September 24, 2013
24
Sep'13
Oracle OpenWorld 2013: Oracle is serious about the cloud as it launches ten services
Oracle launches 10 cloud services, as well as a cloud marketplace, to prove its commitment to the cloud
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September 23, 2013
23
Sep'13
Oracle Open World 2013: Oracle launches in-memory database search
Oracle has launched an in-memory version of its database which promises 100-times faster query processing.
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September 23, 2013
23
Sep'13
Oracle OpenWorld 2013: Incorporating big data lends competitive edge, says Intel
Only 15% of firms are fully exploiting big data, Doug Fisher, general manager of software and services at Intel, told Oracle OpenWorld 2013
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September 23, 2013
23
Sep'13
DECC names IT suppliers for smart meter project
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced the IT suppliers that will provide the technology to underpin smart meters
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September 23, 2013
23
Sep'13
Oracle OpenWorld 2013 European update: Oracle extends cloud
Oracle is continuing to drive forward its cloud operations in Europe
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September 23, 2013
23
Sep'13
Two-thirds of CIOs have big data on agenda
Big data has not gone beyond the planning stage for over 92% of CIOs according to research from Gartner
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September 20, 2013
20
Sep'13
Data analytics at MoD could save money and lives, says report
Applying big data analytics at the MoD could save money and lives, says a report by the Royal United Services Institute
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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 18, 2013
18
Sep'13
MPs brand NHS National Programme for IT a 'fiasco' as posthumous costs rise
The now-axed NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) is still incurring significant costs following the failure of the government IT project
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September 10, 2013
10
Sep'13
Barclays reception IT system falls over globally
Barclays' reception administration system has been down for almost two days, with no sign of when it is set to get fixed
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September 03, 2013
03
Sep'13
Rubber and plastics converter Miers chooses Business One on Hana
LJA Miers, a family-run company that turns rubber and plastic into gaskets and seals, has chosen SAP’s Business One, running on the supplier’s in-memory database Hana, to re-cast its business
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August 28, 2013
28
Aug'13
eHarmony finds MongoDB the perfect match for data store
Online dating site eHarmony has used open source NoSQL database MongoDB for its data store, to speed up delivery of matches between users
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August 27, 2013
27
Aug'13
Case study: Seadrill migrates in-house datacentre to virtual private cloud in six months
Offshore drilling company Seadrill moved its in-house datacentre in Norway to HP's virtual private cloud infrastructure in the UK in six months
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August 05, 2013
05
Aug'13
Case study: Comparethemarket.com migrates from Microsoft SQL Server to MongoDB
ComparetheMarket.com is migrating from Microsoft SQL Server to MongoDB as its business grows, slashing cycle time of idea to production
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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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July 26, 2013
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Jul'13
Newport Council predicts £500,000 five-year savings from ‘Save time, go online’ scheme
Newport City Council sees cost savings and customer service improvements with its online services programme
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July 25, 2013
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Jul'13
Banks speeding recruitment to get best talent
Some banks are taking advantage of the slow recruitment processes of competitors to get the best IT professionals in the market.
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July 19, 2013
19
Jul'13
Remote access a priority for latest Oracle patch update
The vulnerabilities that allow for remote unauthenticated access should be a priority for administrators applying the latest Oracle Critical Patch Update
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July 09, 2013
09
Jul'13
CERN rolls out Oracle IT management
CERN is using Oracle enterprise IT management software to monitor and manage its Oracle applications, middleware, databases and hardware
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July 08, 2013
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Jul'13
Davenport: Travel industry data pioneer has lost way but can be saved
Tom Davenport sees the travel industry as a data pioneer that has lost its way, but can be redeemed
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July 05, 2013
05
Jul'13
Time is running out to make business systems Sepa compliant
Only 2.5% of direct debit payments and 45% of credit transfers are compliant with the Sepa standard required by February, says Experian
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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
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July 04, 2013
04
Jul'13
Buyer beware: Millions lost from rip-off software licences
Software buyers are vulnerable to exploitation due to the demise of traditional user groups combined with aggressive sales targets
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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
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June 28, 2013
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Jun'13
HMRC gets £200m in digital services investment
HMRC's digital services to receive £200m of government investment, in a move expected to save £51m year on administrative costs
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June 28, 2013
28
Jun'13
CIO interview: Paul Clarke, director of technology, Ocado
Paul Clarke is responsible for the technology strategy at online grocer Ocado, where IT is used in every aspect of the business
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June 26, 2013
26
Jun'13
Proprietary software a trap, says Hadoop founder Doug Cutting
Hadoop founder Doug Cutting believes enterprises have woken to the benefits of open source software, but says Europe is behind with adoption
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June 26, 2013
26
Jun'13
Computer Weekly European User Awards for Enterprise Software: Winners
The winners of the Computer Weekly European User Awards for Enterprise Software have been announced. See who made the top spots
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June 25, 2013
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Jun'13
Oracle offers enterprise software on Azure and Hyper-V
Microsoft and Oracle form an alliance to enable Oracle software to run on Hyper-V and Windows Azure infrastructure
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June 25, 2013
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Jun'13
TechEd Europe 2013: Microsoft releases preview version of Windows Server 2012 R2
Microsoft has released the preview software for Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2 and SQL Server 2014 at TechEd Europe 2013
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June 25, 2013
25
Jun'13
Teradata executives discuss big data, in-memory computing and data science
Stephen Brobst and Martin Willcox offer insight into Teradata’s world view as big data gains momentum
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June 25, 2013
25
Jun'13
Reiss sees online sales increase after implementing Capture+ address finder
Reiss chose Capture+ for its online check-out address finder and saw an increase in sales and delivery rates following its implementation
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June 25, 2013
25
Jun'13
Silicon Valley ‘forgets the rest of the world exists'
San Francisco entrepreneur claims Silicon Valley forgets it is building products for the whole world, not just tech geeks in the Bay Area
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June 24, 2013
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Jun'13
Barclays changes terms and conditions to harness big data
Barclays Bank is to use customer data to innovate around customer services and provide insights to business customers
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June 21, 2013
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Jun'13
Oracle’s 2013 revenue flat, operating profitability up
Oracle’s end of fiscal year 2013 revenues of $37bn were flat compared with 2012, but the supplier indicated a record operating margin of 47%
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June 11, 2013
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Jun'13
Daimler moving IT in-house
Daimler is planning to make savings of €150m a year by bringing IT services in-house and expanding its IT operations in India and Turkey
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June 07, 2013
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Jun'13
IBM and 10Gen collaborate on database standard for enterprise mobile
IBM and 10Gen are to work together on a database development standard for mobile enterprise applications
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June 07, 2013
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Jun'13
Ceva Logistics builds solid relationship offshore
Ceva Logistics made a quick decision to outsource IT to India in 2008 and had its first offshore IT staff up and running in weeks
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June 05, 2013
05
Jun'13
Dell bets on Oracle alliance and converged infrastructure
Dell has expanded its strategic alliance with Oracle for a new x86 infrastructure product and launched converged infrastructure products.
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June 05, 2013
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Jun'13
Irish Life migrates mainframe workload onto Windows
Insurer Irish Life has migrated 97% of its mainframe workload onto a Windows server environment to save costs and support expansion
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June 04, 2013
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Jun'13
Warner Brothers tracks films to screens with FileMaker
Every country in Europe has a George Clooney. Warner Brothers needs to know who the local dubbing actors are in each of 52 territories
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May 29, 2013
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May'13
SAP leaders bang the drum for Hana as a platform
SAP executives are positioning the supplier’s in-memory database as a pivotal technology, not just an end in itself
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May 23, 2013
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May'13
Interview: Government CTO Liam Maxwell
Government CTO Liam Maxwell has driven Whitehall’s IT agenda for years, previously as deputy government CIO and director of ICT futures
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May 17, 2013
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May'13
Sapphire 2013: Plattner, Sikka hail HANA growth beyond SAP
In-memory database platform HANA is growing beyond SAP, with 431 startups building on it, Hasso Plattner and Vishal Sikka said at Sapphire 2013
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May 16, 2013
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May'13
IBM to support Thames Water's big data strategy
Thames Water has earmarked investments in big data analytics as part of its next five-year investment programme, with IBM contracted to support it.
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May 16, 2013
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May'13
CSC returns to profitability
Beleaguered software firm CSC has returned to profitability in its full year results, posting operating profits of $900m (£600m) compared with losses of $1.36bn for the previous year 2011-12.
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May 15, 2013
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May'13
Sapphire 2013: Business Suite on HANA goes to general availability
Jim Hagemann Snabe, co-CEO of SAP, has announced the general availability of HANA on its Business Suite ERP software at Sapphire 2013 in Orlando
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May 14, 2013
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May'13
Sapphire 2013: SAP declares for cloud expansion, on back of Hana
SAP has announced a widening of the cloud delivery of its enterprise technologies
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May 08, 2013
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May'13
Sainsbury’s outsources banking following £248m deal with Lloyds
Sainsbury's Bank is embarking on a project to move its customers off the systems of Lloyds Banking Group
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May 08, 2013
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May'13
SAP introduces HANA to cloud at ‘petabyte scale’
SAP has announced an enterprise cloud service, based on its in-memory database appliance, HANA
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May 08, 2013
08
May'13
Investors sue HP for $1bn over Autonomy deal
HP investors have launched a class action lawsuit over the company’s botched acquisition of UK software firm Autonomy for $11.7bn in 2011
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April 30, 2013
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Apr'13
Progress made on Lloyds Bank's Project Verde segregation
Lloyds Banking Group has reported good progress in its project to enable the systems for the new standalone TSB bank which will be sold off when complete
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April 11, 2013
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Apr'13
Cambridge University Hospitals signs £137m deal with HP
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) has signed a £137m deal with HP for its eHospital Program
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April 10, 2013
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Apr'13
How to make the most of corporate data
IT departments focus on structured data but miss the needs of almost half their employees, says CEB managing director Andrew Horne
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April 05, 2013
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Apr'13
British Library archives the web
The British Library is to archive 4.8 million UK websites and one billion web pages, following statutory changes to copyright legislation
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April 04, 2013
04
Apr'13
Bank legacy systems will remain until CIO life expectancy increases
CIOs at banks lack the job security required to transform IT through the replacement of legacy systems that have been in place for decades
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March 28, 2013
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Mar'13
Patients and doctors must push for a paperless NHS, says Intellect report
IT trade body Intellect says patients and doctors must undergo cultural change to realise government's ambition of a paperless NHS by 2018
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March 28, 2013
28
Mar'13
Government must address digital divide, says NAO
Despite the public appetite for greater digital public services, government must start putting its plans into action to address the ‘digital divide’, according to a National Audit Office report.
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March 27, 2013
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Mar'13
NoSQL database firms step up attack on relational in UK and Europe
NoSQL suppliers DataStax, CouchBase and 10Gen seek to expand on European territory, sensing a weakening of the relational model
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March 26, 2013
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Mar'13
Southern Water contracts TCS for transformation
Southern Water is transforming customer service and revenue management through IT services from Tata Consultancy Services
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March 14, 2013
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Mar'13
IDA services put on ice for Universal Credit delivery
The DWP's Universal Credit programme is unlikely to use identity assurance services
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March 13, 2013
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Mar'13
Software suppliers have local authorities over a barrel, says CIO
Local authorities are faced with a choice of either forking out for costly software licence upgrades or keeping staff, says Geoff Connell, CIO
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March 07, 2013
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Mar'13
Hardware fault causes more RBS service outages
RBS and NatWest customers experienced disruptions to online and telephone banking services after hardware fault.
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March 07, 2013
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Mar'13
MP adamant Universal Credit IT suppliers told to down tools
Universal Credit IT contractors have been told to down tools, says Stephen Timms, Labour MP for East Ham
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March 06, 2013
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Mar'13
"Universal credit contractors told to down tools," claim MPs
"Universal credit contractors told to down tools," claim MPs
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February 20, 2013
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Feb'13
Accenture consortium bags EC Visa system deal
Accenture is leading a consortium of suppliers to maintain the IT system integrating national border controls across Europe
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February 19, 2013
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Feb'13
Are universities ready for influx of overseas students?
If Indian students take up David Cameron’s open invitation to study in the UK, universities will need to ensure their visa processing systems are adequate
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February 18, 2013
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Feb'13
Pitchford to head-up Universal Credit programme
David Pitchford, executive director of Major Projects Authority heads up the Universal Credit at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
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February 14, 2013
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Feb'13
Southwest One outsourcing achieves 10% of target savings
Somerset council's Southwest One outsourcing venture achieved just 10% of the savings initially targeted half way through the programme
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February 12, 2013
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Feb'13
Beware of Oracle's Fusion Application plans
Businesses are avoiding Oracle’s Fusion strategy according to research from Forrester. CIOs should be wary of the supplier's long-term plans.
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February 06, 2013
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Feb'13
NHS databases must be improved, urges report
NHS information systems must be improved to prevent malpractice, a report has urged
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January 31, 2013
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Jan'13
SAP certifies Dell datacentre systems to run Hana
SAP has certified Dell datacentre products – including servers, storage and networking systems – for running Hana as a pre-integrated system
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January 24, 2013
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Jan'13
Chris Chant calls for government IT heads to step down
Outspoken former government IT reformer Chris Chant has called for the resignation of the Cabinet Office's Stephen Kelly and Bill Crothers
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January 23, 2013
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Jan'13
European bank IT investment lags US and Asia-Pacific equivalents
Banks in Asia-Pacific and North America will increase their IT spending significantly more than those in Europe
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January 22, 2013
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Jan'13
Defra plans £80m agile CAP system
The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is planning a single integrated £80m Common Agricultural Policy system
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January 18, 2013
18
Jan'13
G-Cloud powers Huddle’s public sector sales growth
Cloud collaboration firm Huddle saw its public sector sales double to 30% of all revenues this year due to uptake generated through the CloudStore
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January 18, 2013
18
Jan'13
European bank IT transformations optimistic or unrealistic
IT transformation projects at European banks exceed budgets because early success stories lead to additional scope
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January 17, 2013
17
Jan'13
Betting site YouWin speeds response times with MongoDB database
Bookmaker WinUnited has deployed a MongoDB open source non-relational database from 10gen to help it better update betting odds in real time
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January 16, 2013
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Jan'13
Oracle adds on-premise IaaS to its private cloud portfolio
Oracle IaaS allows customers to use cloud features such as capacity on demand within the security and control of its in-house datacentre
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January 14, 2013
14
Jan'13
G-Cloud procurement launches latest tendering process
Government has launched the next iteration of the G-Cloud procurement process, with the framework expected to go live at the end of March
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January 14, 2013
14
Jan'13
Post Office announces amnesty for Horizon evidence
The Post Office is calling for evidence from people who have used the Horizon IT system which some have blamed for accounting discrepancies
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January 08, 2013
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Jan'13
Are software audits good for your health?
The Business Software Alliance's claim that 90% of all audit letters sent in 2012 were the result of tips from whistle-blowers is a wake-up call to CIOs
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January 07, 2013
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Jan'13
Parliamentary commission calls for electrified banking ring fence
A parliamentary report on plans to separate retail and investment banking calls for legislation to prevent breaches of the ring fence
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January 03, 2013
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Jan'13
Government targets £600m savings through shared services
The government aims to save £600m per year through its Next Generation Shared Services Strategic Plan
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January 02, 2013
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Jan'13
IT problems cause Lloyds ATM outage, again
Lloyds customers were unable to withdraw money from cash machines and complete debit card transactions on New Year’s eve, as the banking group was once again beset with IT problems.
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December 31, 2012
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Dec'12
Top 10 retail IT stories of 2012
Retailers have had another rocky year with more high street closures piling up, while online spend continued to enjoy double digit growth. As consumer spending remained stagnant, companies looked to their digital channels to bolster sales.
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December 28, 2012
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Dec'12
Hospitals to implement child protection database to log children who visit A&E
The Department of Health is introducing a £9m child protection information system to log children who visit A&E in hospitals
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December 17, 2012
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Dec'12
Bank IT should play earlier compliance role, says think tank
Financial services organisations could streamline regulatory compliance by involving IT in the process earlier, according to think tank JWG-IT
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December 14, 2012
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Dec'12
There is more to IT than BYOD
CIOs should stop worrying about BYOD according to analyst Gartner. Instead they should focus on technology transformation.
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December 11, 2012
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Dec'12
Housing group GreenSquare cuts costs with GIS tool
Housing group GreenSquare has improved efficiency and cut costs by using a geographical information system (GIS)
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December 05, 2012
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Dec'12
HMRC admits RTI budget overrun
HMRC has run over budget with its Real Time Information (RTI) system, the PAYE system crucial to the roll-out of Universal Credit next year
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December 05, 2012
05
Dec'12
Unilever prepares for global HANA roll-out
Consumer goods giant Unilever is looking at how it can optimise its global operations using SAP’s HANA in-memory database
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December 04, 2012
04
Dec'12
VocaLink uses Precise to keep Oracle and Java optimal
Payment processor VocaLink is using Precise application performance management tools to make faster payments run smoothly
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December 03, 2012
03
Dec'12
HMRC slammed for 'undue complacency' on RTI systems
Report labels HMRC “unduly complacent” about the roll-out of the Real Time Information (RTI) system crucial to the Universal Credit programme
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December 03, 2012
03
Dec'12
Open Data Institute receives first £750,000 investment
The Open Data Institute (ODI), which opens this week, has received its first investment of $750,000
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November 30, 2012
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Nov'12
The Ministry of Defence signs software deal with IBM
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a deal with IBM to provide greater insight into the management of its £22.5bn property portfolio.
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November 29, 2012
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Nov'12
British Film Institute to launch version of the iPlayer
The British Film Institute (BFI) is to launch its own version of the BBC's iPlayer in digitisation plans to give millions access to its film archive