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Enterprise software
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January 27, 2017
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Jan'17
Post Office facing group litigation over Horizon computer system after watershed decision
The group action against the Post Office that alleges sub-postmasters have been wrongly punished for accounting errors gets a green light from the High Court of Justice
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January 26, 2017
26
Jan'17
Mixed feelings on Australian enterprise app market
The enterprise mobile app development market is attracting big money despite a lack of corporate appetite
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January 26, 2017
26
Jan'17
Human-centric technologies will dominate next three years
Accenture says businesses will develop technology and services to match human behaviour in the next few years
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January 23, 2017
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Jan'17
Singapore and Indonesia stand out for IT spend in Apac banking sector
Singapore is the top spender on IT for banking of all developed economies in the Apac region, while Indonesia has the fastest growth rate in IT spending
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January 19, 2017
19
Jan'17
Southampton FC signs up to cloud-based e-commerce
The cloud-based system by Advanced supports fan engagement and is able to handle peaks in traffic on Southampton FC’s website
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January 19, 2017
19
Jan'17
HPE buys hyper-converged pioneer Simplivity for $650m
Hardware giant pays out for hyper-converged market number two, and says it will keep existing Simplivity products, moving them all to its ProLiant servers by the end of 2017
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January 18, 2017
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Jan'17
Nutanix, Simplivity and Pivot3 lead hyper-converged pack: Forrester
Forrester rates 12 hyper-converged infrastructure providers according to products, company strategy and market presence, with Nutanix, Simplivity and Pivot3 coming out on top-line
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January 17, 2017
17
Jan'17
Blockchain can cut investment bank infrastructure costs by 30%
Investment banks can make huge cuts to their IT infrastructure costs through blockchain, according to analysis
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January 17, 2017
17
Jan'17
HSBC appoints technology advisers to keep pace with IT changes
Bank hopes to gain knowledge about technologies such as artificial intelligence and biometric security through its new technology advisory board
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January 17, 2017
17
Jan'17
Aldo uses Salesforce to drive ‘customer delight’
Luxury retailer is using Salesforce to drive engagement, a seamless experience and customer loyalty
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January 13, 2017
13
Jan'17
Davos: Technology poses new risks to jobs, economies and society
Politicians and business leaders will discuss the risks posed by technology to jobs, political stability and cyber security at the World Economic Forum in Davos
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January 12, 2017
12
Jan'17
Lloyds Bank digital banking problems an industry warning
Lloyds Bank’s digital banking problems still unresolved after a second day
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January 11, 2017
11
Jan'17
McKinsey finds hard work to do in Big Data Revisited report
The McKinsey Global Institute has revisited its path-breaking 2011 big data report, finding a new salience for machine learning, and most companies under-capitalising their data
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January 09, 2017
09
Jan'17
UKCloud cuts cloud storage pricing for public sector customers and sticks boot into US rivals
Public sector-focused cloud provider claims latest round of price cuts means its services are cheaper to use than some of its US counterparts
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January 06, 2017
06
Jan'17
Half of the younger generation still prefer a traditional checkout
The use of technology in retailers is increasing, but despite growing omni-channel adoption, many young people still prefer a traditional checkout
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January 05, 2017
05
Jan'17
HMV changes its IT tune to cut maintenance spend on legacy on-premise systems
The high street music retailer has embarked on a sizeable digital transformation project to cut costs and boost the agility of its business operations
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January 05, 2017
05
Jan'17
Robots replace staff at Japanese insurance firm
Japanese insurance company Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance replaces 34 members of its claims assessment team with IBM Watson
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January 04, 2017
04
Jan'17
Pernod Ricard toasts better demand forecasting with Infor
Drinks company Pernod Ricard, known for its Absolut, Malibu and Jameson tipples, has improved demand forecast accuracy with Infor software
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January 04, 2017
04
Jan'17
Customer-first approach will make 2017 a challenge for Dutch CIOs
CIOs in the Netherlands could see their strategies lead to thousands of jobs being cut as businesses automate
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December 30, 2016
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Dec'16
Top 10 virtualisation and storage stories of 2016
Flash storage has held onto the headlines in 2016, but hyper-converged infrastructure, containerisation, software-defined storage and VMware’s plans for the hybrid cloud are rising themes
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December 29, 2016
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Dec'16
Top 10 desktop, tablet, smartphone and mobile device stories of 2016
2016 was the year Microsoft pushed out a major Windows update, Linux celebrated its 25th anniversary and female personae took over AI
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December 21, 2016
21
Dec'16
How Shazam handles its data reserves
Chris Kammermann, senior infrastructure engineer at Shazam, explains how adopting the Splunk platform has helped the firm deal with legacy systems and data analysis
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December 20, 2016
20
Dec'16
Digital Realty sets sights on loosening Equinix’s grip on global colocation market
Digital Realty's managing director for Europe, Middle East and Africa sets out how the business is drawing on its recent datacentre acquisitions to take Equinix on in 2017
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December 16, 2016
16
Dec'16
Amadeus turns to NoSQL to answer complex travel questions
Travel software and services company Amadeus has employed a NoSQL database technology to help travellers find answers to complex travel queries
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December 14, 2016
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Dec'16
Swedish Cider company upgrades to cloud ERP to keep up with growth
Apple-based product manufacturer moves to an industry-specific ERP system in the cloud
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December 13, 2016
13
Dec'16
Metro Bank moves IT infrastructure to cloud
Metro Bank moves its IT infrastructure to a private Rackspace cloud platform, which will allow it to keep up with the latest technologies and reduce costs
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December 09, 2016
09
Dec'16
IT Priorities 2017: Nordic organisations to spend more on cloud services
The adoption of cloud computing in its many guises will be a top priority in the Nordic region in 2017
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December 07, 2016
07
Dec'16
The United Arab Emirates enterprise IT trends for 2017
The UAE is already a leader in areas such as smart city developments, and 2017 looks set to see organisations in the country increase its adoption of other transformational IT
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December 07, 2016
07
Dec'16
UKtech50 interview: ARM Holdings CEO Simon Segars
The UKtech50 most influential person in UK IT 2016, ARM Holdings CEO Simon Segars, shares his thoughts on the consequences of Brexit, access to skills and the importance of security in a world full of connected devices
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December 07, 2016
07
Dec'16
40 firms to trial IBM Watson cognitive computing for cyber security
Forty companies sign up to apply IBM’s Watson cognitive computing systems to cyber security, but threat intelligence experts caution against total reliance on such systems
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December 05, 2016
05
Dec'16
Top 10 ANZ enterprise IT stories of 2016
Here is a rundown of Computer Weekly’s most popular ANZ enterprise IT articles for 2016
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December 01, 2016
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Dec'16
AWS CEO hails "changing of the guard" in enterprise IT on the back of cloud growth
AWS CEO Andy Jassy hits out at “old guard” enterprise IT suppliers, while talking up his company’s ability to out-sell and out-innovate them
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November 30, 2016
30
Nov'16
Mastercard uses artificial intelligence for transaction approval
Mastercard is using artificial intelligence to reduce the number of transactions that are wrongly declined, while maintaining security
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November 30, 2016
30
Nov'16
BP to go all-in on public cloud to cut datacentre upkeep costs
Oil giant BP uses first day of AWS Re:Invent to outline how it is cushioning itself against falling oil prices by using cloud to cut costs
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November 29, 2016
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Nov'16
Group litigation against Post Office in Horizon system dispute prepares for next stage
Postmasters’ legal case against the Post Office claims that computer system is to blame for losses, not false accounting or theft
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November 25, 2016
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Nov'16
Boots SAP centre of expertise helps take back control
Walgreens Boots Alliance has built an SAP centre of expertise to take back control of the strategic direction of its IT organisation from its previously outsourced structure
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November 25, 2016
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Nov'16
CBRE: Cloud drives Q3 demand for colocation space in Frankfurt and London
CBRE’s third-quarter datacentre market tracker highlights soaring demand for colocation capacity in Frankfurt and London, as cloud providers court European enterprises
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November 24, 2016
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Nov'16
How InterContinental Hotels connects with real-time marketing
InterContinental Hotel Group’s European marketing manager, Charlie Aspey, tells Computer Weekly how the firm has deployed dynamic email marketing across all its hotel brands
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November 24, 2016
24
Nov'16
CIO Interview: Jim Fowler, GE
Imagine if your boss was a CEO pioneering a digital revolution in a company over 120 years old, connecting industrial machines to the internet
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November 23, 2016
23
Nov'16
Case study: How the RAC is digitising roadside assistance
The RAC, an organisation steeped in tradition, is on a modernisation drive. We look at how Microsoft Azure is helping it digitise older cars
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November 23, 2016
23
Nov'16
Nationwide breaks norm and opens branch because of technology
Nationwide Building Society is bringing a bank branch back to Glastonbury to try out new technology on customers
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November 23, 2016
23
Nov'16
Axa offers on-demand insurance via mobile app
Insurance company launches app that offers quick and easy insurance cover for individual items owned by customers
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November 23, 2016
23
Nov'16
Budget busters: Three ways for CIOs to fund digital initiatives
The business wants IT to innovate, but CIOs find their budgets are frozen. Who you gonna call?
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November 22, 2016
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Nov'16
Middle East bank to launch AI for customer support
Middle East bank Emirates NBD is piloting artificial intelligence to automate customer services
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November 22, 2016
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Nov'16
Alleged hacker Lauri Love’s ‘life will be destroyed’ under Trump regime
Supporters fear for activist Lauri Love if his extradition to face hacking charges to the US goes ahead
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November 21, 2016
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Nov'16
Foot Locker to roll out ‘best fit’ recruitment software after productivity hike
Sports retailer to adopt online software to identify best job candidates after its use led to double-digit rise in team performance in US stores
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November 17, 2016
17
Nov'16
Telenor IoT strategy required core software change
Norwegian telco is expanding its internet of things business, which packages all the components its customers require to offer IoT-based services
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November 17, 2016
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Nov'16
Dutch bank ING to spend millions ‘disrupting’ its own business
Dutch bank ING used digital technology to reinvent itself following the financial crash, and is about to reinvent itself again, says its global CTO, Brendan Donovan
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November 17, 2016
17
Nov'16
Lending platform pioneer Zopa aims to become a UK bank
Zopa, the company that pioneered the peer-to-peer lending sector with its tech platform, looks to add more disruption to the retail banking market
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November 16, 2016
16
Nov'16
UK almost bottom of OECD pile for ICT investment
The UK ranks low in terms of how much it invests in the ICT infrastructure as a proportion of GDP