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• September 29, 2014 29 Sep'14

  Case study: Deutsche Post DHL develops software contract templates to reduce costs

  Deutsche Post DHL has created contract templates to manage software costs. Computer Weekly speaks to the people leading the initiative

• September 25, 2014 25 Sep'14

  Oracle releases OpenStack Support for Oracle Linux and Oracle VM

  Oracle has made its Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux distribution generally available to support customers

• September 25, 2014 25 Sep'14

  Bash bug could be bigger threat than Heartbleed

  A bug in the Bash command prompt software used by many Unix computers could be a greater threat than Heartbleed.

• September 24, 2014 24 Sep'14

  Lloyds creates online appointment booking in attempt to save branches

  Lloyds Bank has introduced a system which allows customers to book in-branch appointments online

• September 22, 2014 22 Sep'14

  Conficker infections an indictment of IT security, says CWG

  Conficker worm infections reflect the “sad state of affairs of IT security”, says the Conficker Working Group

• September 19, 2014 19 Sep'14

  SAP acquires Concur to build cloud-based expense management

  SAP has agreed to acquire online travel and expense management SaaS provider Concur Technologies for $8bn

• September 18, 2014 18 Sep'14

  Customer loyalty biggest challenge for banks

  Banks have cited customer loyalty as their main concern, according to a survey by financial services firm Temenos

• September 17, 2014 17 Sep'14

  KPMG: IoT, 3D printing and healthcare IT to have most impact

  Internet of things (IoT), 3D printing and biotech or healthcare IT are among the IT trends that will change the way people work and live

• September 16, 2014 16 Sep'14

  TfL contactless payments go live

  TfL’s contactless card payment scheme goes live today, enabling customers to pay for London transport on contactless bank cards

• September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14

  Salesforce issues advice on avoiding Dyreza attack

  Salesforce has issued a set of guidelines on tightening security after a number of its customers were targeted by the Dyreza email virus

• September 15, 2014 15 Sep'14

  Clarks shoes steps into digital

  Shoe manufacturer Clarks is replacing its legacy e-commerce sites with a global cloud-based system next month

• September 12, 2014 12 Sep'14

  Claims against Post Office IT system approach completion

  Investigation into sub-postmaster claims against the Post Office over problems with its Horizon accounting system coming to an end

• September 10, 2014 10 Sep'14

  Accenture: 48% of UK survey respondents fail to find big data talent

  An Accenture survey has found that nearly half of UK respondents are struggling to find enough skilled data management professional

• September 10, 2014 10 Sep'14

  Fresh questions raised over Post Office IT system's role in fraud cases

  A leaked report has revealed more details about the role of the Horizon accounting system in sub-postmaster fraud cases

• September 09, 2014 09 Sep'14

  Virtual backup appliance pros and cons

  Computer Weekly examines virtual backup appliances that run backup and restore from a virtual machine

• September 08, 2014 08 Sep'14

  BP spends £2m developing apps to train business leaders

  BP is scrapping online courses in favour of apps and portals that can deliver bite-sized information and training when it's needed

• September 05, 2014 05 Sep'14

  Barclays bank launches biometric authentication

  Barclays bank plans to launch biometric readers that read users' finger veins to authenticate customers

• September 03, 2014 03 Sep'14

  Morgan Motor Company swaps Sage for integrated IFS

  Morgan Motor Company is replacing its Sage 500 accounting system with IFS Applications

• September 03, 2014 03 Sep'14

  How Sony Music used Google cloud for One Direction’s 1D-Day event

  Sony Music and its digital agency AIS London adopted Google Cloud Platform services to handle One Direction's day event

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  Tesco to reduce IT spend in a bid to cut costs

  Supermarket giant Tesco has announced that it will be cutting costs from its IT budget to save money

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  Ocado’s technology under fire, causing share price to fall

  Ocado’s IT has come under fire in a financial analyst's report that claims the market has over-valued the retailer's automation technology

• August 28, 2014 28 Aug'14

  Former bank chief launches financial trading app

  A trading social network on Apple’s App Store hopes to attract more than 100,000 consumer traders as members by the end of 2014

• August 28, 2014 28 Aug'14

  Spanish bank spends €500m on contactless ATMs

  CaixaBank has commissioned Fujitsu to build 8,500 ATMs that will be contactless

• August 28, 2014 28 Aug'14

  Surface Pro 3: An enterprise IT review

  The latest version of Microsoft's Surface Pro tablet is the company's most compelling alternative to Apple. But how does it fit into corporate IT?

• August 28, 2014 28 Aug'14

  Microsoft re-releases security bulletin MS14-045

  Microsoft has re-released a software security update that was withdrawn because it put some computers in endless reboot loops

• August 21, 2014 21 Aug'14

  Load balancing supports Kent County Council's VDI project

  Kent County Council picks Kemp Technologies load balancers to support a deployment of VMware Horizon View and Workspace across its estate

• August 21, 2014 21 Aug'14

  Heartbleed bug linked to US hospital group hack

  A security firm has linked the Community Health Systems data breach to the Heartbleed bug

• August 19, 2014 19 Aug'14

  Bayern Munich teams up with SAP to hit sporting and commercial goals

  FC Bayern Munich and SAP today cemented a sports analytics and enterprise software partnership at the club’s Allianz Arena

• August 19, 2014 19 Aug'14

  FT turns to cloud to manage advertising bookings

  Business newspaper replaces 20-year-old ad-booking system with a cloud-based service

• August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14

  CIO interview: Dave Ubachs, CIO, Staples Europe

  Staples is undertaking major IT projects in Europe that will see e-commerce improvements and back-end consolidation in 16 countries

• August 13, 2014 13 Aug'14

  Home Office pours £3.8m into shared service for biometric cards

  The Home Office has awarded a £3.8m contract to Thales for a service to support the production of Biometric Residence Permit cards

• August 08, 2014 08 Aug'14

  Government breaks grip of IT oligopoly

  Figures for public sector software and IT services investments reveal a dwindling share for IT giants, but can the oligopoly be removed?

• August 07, 2014 07 Aug'14

  Sacked BBC CTO wins unfair dismissal case

  Former BBC chief technology officer John Linwood has won his case for unfair dismissal against the broadcaster

• August 06, 2014 06 Aug'14

  George Osborne launches fintech innovation programme

  Chancellor George Osborne launches a programme designed to put the UK at the forefront of financial technology (fintech) innovation

• August 05, 2014 05 Aug'14

  AstraZeneca rolls out IT self service using ServiceNow

  Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has rolled out ServiceNow self service IT to 51,500 staff globally in four months

• August 04, 2014 04 Aug'14

  Why digitisation transforms supplier relationships

  As the economy moves forward, CEOs are looking for the next wave of innovation to fuel growth. But are IT service providers ready?

• August 04, 2014 04 Aug'14

  Contactless payments continue to rise

  Contactless transactions have increased by 189% since May 2013, according to Visa Europe.

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  Bitcoin mining firm CoinTerra signs multi-megawatt datacentre deal

  CoinTerra, the firm that provides the hardware and software that power the bitcoin blockchain ecosystem, signs a multi-megawatt datacentre deal

• July 30, 2014 30 Jul'14

  Lack of coding skills may lead to skills shortage in Europe

  European Commission urges people to learn coding, warning that a lack of coding skills could see Europe facing skills shortage by 2020

• July 28, 2014 28 Jul'14

  Oracle in-memory option creates licensing pain and audit risk

  A former Oracle employee has highlighted a major issue in the way the new Oracle Database 12c Release 12.1.0.2 is licensed

• July 25, 2014 25 Jul'14

  AWS feels the pressure of cloud competition

  AWS became the gold standard of public cloud. But are price wars, hybrid cloud and increased competition denting its growth?

• July 25, 2014 25 Jul'14

  Bank of America: When software relationships turn sour

  Tibco has filed a lawsuit alleging the Merrill Lynch division of Bank of America illegally used $300m of its software for a major IT project

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  Citrix SaaS revenue rises 12% while overall revenue grows 7% YoY

  Citrix has reported a 7% revenue increase in its second quarter of fiscal year 2014 . But it reported double-digit revenue growth in SaaS

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  CIO interview: Rorie Devine, CTO, Hailo

  A technology overhaul is taking place behind the scenes at cab-hailing smartphone app Hailo as the company extends its international reach

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  Microsoft attacks UK government decision to adopt ODF for document formats

  Microsoft has questioned the merits of the UK government’s decision to adopt ODF - but meeting minutes show OOXML was given due consideration

• July 22, 2014 22 Jul'14

  NAO reveals Home Office spent £347m on failed ICW programme

  The Home Office spent £347m closing its Immigration Case Work programme, which was supposed to replace legacy databases

• July 18, 2014 18 Jul'14

  BBC 4G broadcast research wins support of Huawei and EE

  BBC Research and Development has teamed up with Huawei and EE to explore the role of 4G mobile networking in the future of broadcasting

• July 18, 2014 18 Jul'14

  Microsoft ditches Android after four-month fling

  Microsoft pulls the plug on its short-lived Nokia X Android devices as it prepares to make 18,000 employees redundant

• July 17, 2014 17 Jul'14

  IFS reports 13% increase in first half software licence revenue

  IFS, the Sweden-based ERP company has reported half-year licence revenue growth of 13%

• July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14

  IBM partners with Apple to deliver enterprise services for iOS

  IBM has given Apple a major boost in the enterprise, through a partnership that will see it provide services and software for iOS