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Enterprise software
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April 22, 2015
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Apr'15
Why self-service and automation will power mass adoption of BI
Tibco’s analytics head, Brian Gentile, believes business intelligence needs to adapt for mass-market adoption
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April 22, 2015
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Apr'15
Zurich Insurance turns to augmented reality to train 10,000 managers
The £74bn turnover company aims to harness the capabilities of augmented reality to train 10,000 employees in 170 countries
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April 21, 2015
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Apr'15
SAP core banking platform will ease Deutsche Bank split following strategic retail review
Deutsche Bank plans a major IT project as strategic review advises spinning off its retail operations – but its SAP platform will ease the split
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April 20, 2015
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Apr'15
Post Office failed to investigate account shortfalls before legal action, report claims
Post Office too quick to take legal action against subpostmasters, finds independent report
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April 20, 2015
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Apr'15
Interview: The software processes behind Hailo's success
In the past, a traditional enterprise application would have been developed as a monolithic piece of software
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April 17, 2015
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Apr'15
Accenture chosen to run NHS email service
The NHS email service is to be provided by Accenture, after the IT services firm was announced as the preferred bidder by HSCIC
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April 17, 2015
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Apr'15
Equinix opens new Slough datacentre to answer CIO cloud demands
Equinix's UK MD explains why its chosen to increase its datacentre footprint once more in Slough
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April 16, 2015
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Apr'15
Solihull Council's datacentre plans slammed by G-Cloud champions
Solihull Council is building a new datacentre with 10-20 years of capacity, much to the chagrin of industry watchers
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April 16, 2015
16
Apr'15
Pure e-commerce approach does not work for every retailer
Retailers can no longer be successful with an e-commerce approach alone, according to NYU professor of marketing Scott Galloway
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April 16, 2015
16
Apr'15
Retailers should think of consumers as “omni-customers”, says OVS Spa
Retailers should refocus their strategy to treat consumers as “omni-customers”, according to the director of e-commerce for Italian brand OVS Spa
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April 15, 2015
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Apr'15
NCR promises 40% annual savings with thin-client cash machines
NCR has developed smart thin client cash machines to replacing ageing Windows XP-based ATMs
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April 14, 2015
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Apr'15
Security risk potential linked to young, mobile users
A study conducted by wireless supplier Aruba Networks has identified a distinct cohort of high-risk, security-agnostic workers
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April 14, 2015
14
Apr'15
Lintel bank steers clear of traditional bank IT development
Lintel Bank applies for a UK banking licence and plans to join a growing number of new banks taking on the high street incumbents
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April 10, 2015
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Apr'15
AWS promises to lower skills barrier to machine learning for developers
AWS wants to make it easier for developers to use data stored in its cloud for machine learning purposes
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April 09, 2015
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Apr'15
CIO interview: Fernando Birman, head of the digital office, Solvay
After years of IT work to support major M&A activity, global chemicals company Solvay is focusing on innovation to drive internal efficiency
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April 09, 2015
09
Apr'15
InfoVista buys Ipanema to boost application performance offer
Network management supplier InfoVista buys application and network performance firm Ipanema to realise software-defined WAN ambitions
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April 09, 2015
09
Apr'15
Strong dollar may shift server upgrades off-premise
The strong US dollar will influence how CIOs spend their 2015 IT budgets. Server price hikes may drive spending to the cloud
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April 08, 2015
08
Apr'15
Exit checks system for UK borders finally goes live
The Home Office launches a system for making exit checks of travellers at UK borders, following the scrapped e-Borders programme
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April 08, 2015
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Apr'15
CIO interview: Bruna Pellicci, global head of IT, Ashurst
Global law firm Ashurst is rolling out a new IT strategy based on single platforms worldwide for its core business areas
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April 02, 2015
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Apr'15
Foods manufacturer ConAgra expects to save $5m a year with data analytics
Food manufacturer ConAgra Foods is using data analytics technology to improve how it makes decisions about hiring and deploying its workforce
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March 31, 2015
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Mar'15
Brecon Beacons National Park soups up staff comms with Unify
Brecon Beacons National Park Authority deploys Unify’s OpenScape voice technology to keep remote staff and home workers in touch
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March 31, 2015
31
Mar'15
Interoute bags private equity funding to support datacentre growth
Cloud services giant plans to use private equity funding to support its M&A activity and push ahead with its datacentre growth plans
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March 31, 2015
31
Mar'15
Microsoft adds ODF 1.2 to Office 365 to adhere to government demands
Microsoft will roll out the ability export documents in open document format (ODF) in Office 365, regardless of original file format, to adhere to government policy
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March 31, 2015
31
Mar'15
IT is more important than marketing for banks
IT spending will grow at the expense of other areas such as marketing as optimism in financial services increases
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March 30, 2015
30
Mar'15
Rural payments service failed GDS assessment but still went live
The troubled rural payments digital service failed its most recent assessment by the Government Digital Service, but was still launched to farmers
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March 30, 2015
30
Mar'15
Sky Italia looks to the cloud for better customer experience
Sky Italia “remakes” its customer acquisition, customer service and change order management processes using cloud
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March 30, 2015
30
Mar'15
KPMG teams up with Microsoft to boost enterprise cloud adoption
Advisory firm to draw on Microsoft technologies to deliver cloud-based data analytics, and business transformation services to clients
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March 27, 2015
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Mar'15
NHS announces £78m technology fund for health and social care providers
The NHS will give £78m integrated digital care funding to health and social care providers in 2015 to help them invest in technology
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March 27, 2015
27
Mar'15
National Police ICT Company operational after four years of wrangling
The national Police ICT Company is operational and aims to save £465m a year – nearly four years after Theresa May proposed its creation
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March 27, 2015
27
Mar'15
Talk Talk moves HR systems to cloud
Managers now have accurate information on their workforce numbers, salary and overtime costs
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March 27, 2015
27
Mar'15
Nordics' Glenna research cloud project underway
Researchers in the Nordics will soon enjoy a new cloud infrastructure from which to share systems and resources
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March 27, 2015
27
Mar'15
Retiring MP aims to uncover truth of alleged Post Office computer system problems
Retiring MP James Arbuthnot is determined to get to the bottom of problems with the Post Office system that led to subpostmasters being blamed for account shortfalls
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March 26, 2015
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Mar'15
Samsung targets business with Microsoft tools integration
Samsung has pre-installed Microsoft OneNote, OneDrive, and Skype on the new Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge, as it expands into business
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March 25, 2015
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Mar'15
Santander launches ISA mobile app
Spanish banking giant Santander launches a mobile app to help consumers navigate the ISA market
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March 25, 2015
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Mar'15
Monitise no longer up for sale
Mobile banking software company Monitise to continue as an independent company rather than seek to be taken over
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March 24, 2015
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Mar'15
HP Helion Rack looks to speed up enterprise private cloud adoption
HP wants to take the heavy lifting out of moving to the private cloud by offering enterprises pre-configured and tested infrastructure packages
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March 24, 2015
24
Mar'15
Dutch bank ING puts HR services in the cloud
Finance company ING is using cloud-based software from ServiceNow to deliver HR services to its 25,000 staff in the Netherlands
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March 24, 2015
24
Mar'15
Talon upgrades MobileFast for web and Windows file sync and share
Enterprise file sync and share provider Talon Storage adds web browser and Windows workstation access to MobileFast
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March 24, 2015
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Mar'15
Swarovski opts for cloud HR to move function to strategic level
Swarovski’s move to cloud HR system demonstrates its desire to move HR from an operational function to a strategic level
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March 24, 2015
24
Mar'15
MPs seek reassurance over Post Office mediation scheme
Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) select committee seeks reassurances over the Post Office mediation scheme
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March 23, 2015
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Mar'15
IT priorities 2015 – IT budgets on the rise as economy recovers
Almost three-quarters of IT managers in the UK expect their IT budgets to increase or stay the same in 2015
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March 23, 2015
23
Mar'15
Microsoft's Nano Server: What to expect from this leaner, meaner Windows Server
With Microsoft reportedly set to announce a stripped-back version of Windows Server, what can IT leaders expect to see?
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March 23, 2015
23
Mar'15
Sabadell to migrate TSB IT to proprietary banking platform with £450m sweetener
Spanish bank Sabadell will move TSB IT systems to its own in-house core banking platform
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March 20, 2015
20
Mar'15
What went wrong with Defra's rural payments system?
A £154m system to process payments to farmers has been forced to resort to paper forms. What went wrong – and is this a digital disaster?
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March 19, 2015
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Mar'15
Holland & Barrett outsources data handling to ITC Infotech
IT services firm ITC Infotech manages customer data for health food business to help it glean business value from the information
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March 19, 2015
19
Mar'15
Current account comparison from Gocompare announced in Budget 2015
The government used the Budget to announce changes in the banking sector that will increase consumer and business choice
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March 18, 2015
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Mar'15
Ford drives connected car journey with Microsoft Azure
The Microsoft Azure cloud will be used to power Ford's new software delivery and vehicle monitoring service
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March 18, 2015
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Mar'15
Satya Nadella: Every business will be a software business
Digitisation may the buzzword business leaders are trying to grasp, but Microsoft has begun its journey to build a digitisation product portfolio
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March 17, 2015
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Mar'15
Microsoft warns of fake SSL certificate for Windows Live
Microsoft has warned that a fake security certificate has been issued for the Windows Live domain that could be abused by attackers
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March 13, 2015
13
Mar'15
Lookout bets on big data analytics to secure enterprise mobiles
Mobile security SaaS provider Lookout is betting on its cloud-based big data analytics capability to attract enterprise customers