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Database software
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March 07, 2013
07
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
07
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 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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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
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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 17, 2013
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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 14, 2013
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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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December 05, 2012
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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 03, 2012
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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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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
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November 14, 2012
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Nov'12
NHS reiterates commitment to digitise patient records by 2015
The Department of Health has reiterated its commitment to get all patient records online by 2015
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November 08, 2012
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Nov'12
Capgemini reduces consultancy charges
Capgemini has lowered pricing in its consulting and local professional services businesses, according to its latest quarter results.
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November 06, 2012
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Nov'12
EDF blames system upgrade for customer complaint failures
EDF blames a system upgrade for failing to handle customer complaints to standard, but says it will resolve the issue by the end of the year
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November 02, 2012
02
Nov'12
RBS pays customers extra £50m for IT failure
The IT failure that struck Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in June will cost more than expected as customers are paid an extra £50m compensation
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October 31, 2012
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Oct'12
Government dips toe in water for single ERP
The government is to test the feasibility of moving to a single enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform across Whitehall
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October 30, 2012
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Oct'12
Teradata brings big data into the SQL family
Teradata addresses the issue of combining unstructured, semi-structured and traditional row-and-column data warehousing in a single architecture.
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October 08, 2012
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Oct'12
How French Connection automated stock replenishment to cut costs
Fashion retailer French Connection cut costs by deploying a stock replenishment automation system
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October 05, 2012
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Oct'12
Payment errors could undermine Sepa advantages
European firms might lose billions of Euros through payment errors when the Single European Payments Area comes into force in 2014
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September 19, 2012
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Sep'12
Government spends £638m on universal credit IT, says minister Mark Hoban
Government has spent £638m on universal credit IT, with £441m going on design and development, employment minister Mark Hoban reveals
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September 17, 2012
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Sep'12
E.ON outsources applications to Capgemini
Utility giant E.ON has outsourced application services to Capgemini as part of a five-year restructure of its IT services in a deal worth about €50m
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September 17, 2012
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Sep'12
DWP hits back at criticism over Universal Credit IT systems
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has hit back at calls to delay its flagship Universal Credit scheme because of IT concerns
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September 11, 2012
11
Sep'12
Allianz signs deal for customer database technology
Insurance company Allianz has signed a deal for a database system it expects will create millions in sales by creating a single customer view (SCV)
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August 20, 2012
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Aug'12
More than 1,000 school application details leaked on the internet
Personal information about more than 1,000 children has been published on the UK Independent Schools Guide website after an alleged cyber attack
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August 09, 2012
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Aug'12
NHS sees £100m reduction in exposure to CSC contracts
The Department for Health’s financial exposure to its contracts with troubled supplier CSC have decreased by £100m in just three months.
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July 31, 2012
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Jul'12
Interview: Denise McDonagh, government G-cloud director
Denise McDonagh talks about the challenges of the G-cloud programme and how the government is reducing dependence on large outsourcers.
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June 21, 2012
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Jun'12
Banks break with in-house software in move to commercial systems
Increased regulation, reduced profits and customer demands are driving banks to replace home-grown software with off-the-shelf alternatives
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June 19, 2012
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Jun'12
Oracle reports strong profit growth
Oracle reported an 8% increase in profits on a 1% increase in sales for the fourth quarter of its 2012 financial year
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June 18, 2012
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Jun'12
Asian scientists call for government action on supercomputers
Scientists in India, China, Japan, Korea and India have called on their governments to collaborate on supercomputer technology
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June 06, 2012
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Jun'12
HP eyes EMC’s storage market
HP has released a StoreOnce data deduplication back-up system, which it claims can ingest data at 100TB per hour – three times faster than EMC’s recently launched Data Domain 990
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June 01, 2012
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Jun'12
Microsoft softens July licence blow
Microsoft has lowered the price hike planned for July, but businesses still face paying up to 25% more for their software.
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May 31, 2012
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May'12
William Grant & Sons opens datacentre for ERP consolidation
Distiller William Grant & Sons opens a UK datacentre to consolidate its global ERP operation
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May 23, 2012
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May'12
Overrun in big IT projects leads to one in three failures
One-third of big IT projects are likely to get derailed after they have been running for two years, according to research.
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May 10, 2012
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May'12
Troubled RPA systems to be replaced by 2015
The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is to roll out a new payments system for the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) by 2015
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May 03, 2012
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May'12
European copyright ruling good for IT innovation, say lawyers
The top European court's ruling on copyright is good news for innovation, say lawyers
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May 01, 2012
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May'12
Open Data Center Alliance focuses on big data collaboration
The Open Data Center Alliance, a group of 12 major IT users, is collaborating with industry on big data architectures
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April 27, 2012
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Apr'12
Amazon results demonstrate commitment to cloud
Amazon's AWS cloud business made $500m in sales in the first quarter of 2012, comprising 3.79% of Amazon's Q1 business
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April 25, 2012
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Apr'12
SAP reports double-digit growth
SAP has continued where it left off last year with an 11% increase in sales in the first three months of 2012.
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April 20, 2012
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Apr'12
BBC wants to build a cultural API
With over 80 years of cultural information in its archive, the BBC is looking at making programme metadata available
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April 19, 2012
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Apr'12
IT staff lack understanding to succeed with big data
IT professionals lack the skills to truly understand the big data opportunity for business and government
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March 19, 2012
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Mar'12
Case Study: US Xpress deploys hybrid big data with Informatica
US Xpress is using a suite of data tools and integration products from Informatica to boost its fleet management
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February 10, 2012
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Feb'12
Government takes on proprietary software lobby in open standards battle
The government wants to push through open standards against vested interests keen to maintain the dominance of proprietary systems.
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January 30, 2012
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Jan'12
Oracle and SAP worst for government ERP cost differences
Oracle and SAP have been singled out as having the most inconsistent prices for ERP systems across government departments.
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January 17, 2012
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Jan'12
Oracle integrates data management with Sun servers
Oracle is tackling the challenge of data management by providing pre-integrated systems based on Sun hardware.
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January 11, 2012
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Jan'12
European river managers delve into new knowledge management system
The UK’s Environment Agency has procured a semantic wiki based knowledge management (KM) system to aid river restoration across Europe.
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January 06, 2012
06
Jan'12
Why CIOs must get a handle on their data woes
Businesses are only making use of 5% of the data they collect, according to Forrester Research.
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December 08, 2011
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Dec'11
UKtech50: Meet Mike Lynch, the most influential person in UK IT
Mike Lynch, voted as the most influential person in UK IT, doesn’t like to think about challenges, but about opportunities.