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Europe and Middle East information technology (IT)

• May 03, 2011 03 May'11

  Cloud computing: How to avoid a network bottleneck

  Cloud computing can put a huge load on a business's network. Organisations need to ensure network access from the user's browser on the local area network (LAN), to a cloud-based datacentre across on the public internet are fit for purpose.

• April 01, 2011 01 Apr'11

  CSC to acquire troubled NHS supplier iSoft

  IT services giant CSC has agreed to acquire troubled healthcare software firm iSoft after the latter suspended shares and put itself up for sale last week.

• March 28, 2011 28 Mar'11

  Businesses spend over £600k a week on data security abroad

  Companies are spending up to £624,000 a week to secure their most sensitive business data abroad, a study has revealed.

• February 11, 2011 11 Feb'11

  Case study: Salvatore Ferragamo steps into the future with SAP

  Italian shoe and other luxury goods maker Salvatore Ferragamo is standardising on SAP ...

• January 31, 2011 31 Jan'11

  Public sector outsourcing grows in the UK as commercial deals fall again

  Public sector contracts accounted for 77% of the total outsourcing spending in the UK in 2010, according to the latest report from consultancy TPI.

• September 24, 2007 24 Sep'07

  Stock exchanges face IT challenge to prove ‘best execution’ under Mifid

  In less than two months Europe's stock exchange technology will be put to the test when the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid) brings new requirements for investment firms, including banks, insurers and hedge funds, to protect ...