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January 11, 2012
11
Jan'12
Cloud solves IT innovation and maintenance imbalance
CIOs can rebalance the scenario of spending 80% of their budget on maintenance and 20% on innovation if they harness cloud computing.
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January 09, 2012
09
Jan'12
Stratfor hacking puts UK, US, Nato officials at risk
A breach of web servers at US-based global intelligence firm Stratfor over Christmas has put hundreds of UK, US and NATO officials at risk, a cyber-security expert has revealed.
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December 29, 2011
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Dec'11
Top 10 premium content articles of 2011
Sign up to Computer Weekly's research library to download the top 10 research reports from 2011.
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December 21, 2011
21
Dec'11
Government lacks skills to deliver ICT strategy, says NAO
The government lacks the technical skills to deliver on aspects of its ICT strategy, the National Audit Office has found.
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December 13, 2011
13
Dec'11
CIO interview: Denise McDonagh, director of Home Office IT
Denise McDonagh has countless real-life examples of why the traditional approach to government IT is not working.
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December 13, 2011
13
Dec'11
Microsoft updates Windows Azure cloud platform
Microsoft has released new features of its Windows Azure cloud development platform, including open source capabilities and simplified billing and management.
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December 13, 2011
13
Dec'11
CIO interview: Marcus East on leaving Comic Relief for Apple
As Comic Relief’s IT leader moves on to join Apple, he talks about the charity’s technology strategy and the jobs market for IT leaders.
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December 12, 2011
12
Dec'11
Infosys to transform Syngenta IT in outsourcing deal
Indian IT services firm Infosys is now the first port of call for all IT-enabled business transformations at agribusiness Syngenta.
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December 07, 2011
07
Dec'11
CIO interview: Julian Burnett, chief technology officer, Sainsbury’s
On plans for IT project delivery at Sainsbury’s, as well as the move to a multichannel set-up, outsourcing, innovation and skills development.
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December 02, 2011
02
Dec'11
Spending on IT projects to drop in Europe in 2012
European businesses and public sector organisations will significantly cut their IT project spending in 2012 following a spending surge in 2011.
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November 30, 2011
30
Nov'11
Essex County Council invests £15m in IT to cut costs
Essex County Council is pumping £15m into an IT infrastructure upgrade expected to create efficiency savings of £7m per year, says CIO David Wilde.
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November 30, 2011
30
Nov'11
Shell enterprise MDM foundation proof of concept disturbs rulebook
Shell has laid a foundation for enterprise master data management, choosing SAP MDM over Microsoft. The major lesson was that IT can build an enterprise MDM system to which the business will come.
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November 25, 2011
25
Nov'11
G-Cloud goes agile for IT procurement
The Cabinet Office has found it so difficult to find a fair way to manage suppliers through the G-Cloud programme that it has cut back its scope and plans to develop in agile-style iterations.
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November 24, 2011
24
Nov'11
How Experian is retro-fitting its datacentre to boost efficiency
Experian's Fairham House datacentre in Nottingham uses blade servers, virtualisation and cold aisle containment to improve energy efficiency.
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November 14, 2011
14
Nov'11
IBM builds a city-wide cloud computing platform for Sunderland City Council
IBM builds a cloud computing platform for Sunderland City Council. which the council hopes will reduce operational costs by £1.4m annually over the next five years.
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November 04, 2011
04
Nov'11
Newham Borough Council slashes IT costs by £2m
The London Borough of Newham (LBN) has cut annual IT costs by £2m through moving to a shared services model, encouraging citizens to self-serve and renegotiating contracts with its main technology partners.
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November 03, 2011
03
Nov'11
Data protection regulators will increase focus on HR systems
Protecting the confidentiality of personal data and employee records will become a major challenge for enterprises and IT suppliers.
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November 03, 2011
03
Nov'11
HR systems integration is a costly problem
Enterprises are wasting millions trying to integrate human resources (HR) systems that are not designed to communicate with each other, according to HR managers.
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November 03, 2011
03
Nov'11
How achievable is the government’s move to the cloud?
After a long period of uncertainty around the government's G-Cloud initiative, including spurious claims it had been scrapped, the strategy has been placed firmly back in the spotlight as central to the public sector IT cost-saving agenda. Computer ...
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October 14, 2011
14
Oct'11
CIO interview: Gerry Pennell, CIO, London 2012 Olympics
With less than 10 months to go, London 2012 CIO Gerry Pennell is fully focused on the task of delivering a project that simply cannot miss its deadline.
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April 20, 2011
20
Apr'11
Infosec 2011: Policy is only way to deal with social media, say security professionals
The best and only way organisations can deal with the use of social media is through robust policies and user aware campaigns
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April 08, 2011
08
Apr'11
CIOs must think about ACT, says IT advisor
CIOs should abandon the concept of Information Technology and start thinking about Applied Competitive Technology.
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March 08, 2011
08
Mar'11
Exclusive: Free software guru Richard Stallman on government IT and why he hates the cloud
The founding father of the free software movement tells Computer Weekly why government just doesn't "get it"
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March 04, 2011
04
Mar'11
South Wales police plod on with secret ASBO database
South Wales Police is developing a covert national database that will record and store reports of anti-social behaviour, Computer Weekly has learned
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March 03, 2011
03
Mar'11
Too little, too late says Commons report on scientific advice
Government must ensure that requirements for security clearance do not deter academics from providing scientific advice to government on cyber attacks, says...
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January 28, 2011
28
Jan'11
Analysis: can Sage break the mould with its SaaS for SMEs?
Sage finally looks set to develop its web strategy, having launched SageOne, a software-as-a-service application for small businesses. But is the move too little and too late for a company seen by many as stuck in its ways?
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December 15, 2010
15
Dec'10
£500m framework agreement centralises local government software purchasing
The government is setting up a framework agreement worth £500m on behalf of local government, in one of the first examples of software for local councils being bought centrally.
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November 29, 2010
29
Nov'10
Q&A: SAP co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe on SAP strategy
Jim Hagemann Snabe was appointed co-chief executive at enterprise software maker SAP in February. Computer Weekly quizzed him at the recent UK SAP user group conference
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November 22, 2010
22
Nov'10
Analysis: UK companies fail to plug biggest data leaks – the insider threat
Most companies know they have information that is vital to their survival and that could damage the company if it fell into the wrong hands, but insider data theft is rife in the UK, a survey has revealed.
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October 25, 2010
25
Oct'10
Deloitte reveals top 50 fastest growing IT firms
Consultancy Deloitte has released its latest annual ranking of the fastest growing technology companies in the UK. The Technology Fast 50, as it is...
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October 20, 2010
20
Oct'10
SAP prepares for cloud service
SAP has unveiled its strategy for cloud computing, virtualisation and real-time analytics.
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October 01, 2010
01
Oct'10
DoH seeks patient self-monitoring IT to aid NHS savings
Technology that enables patients to monitor their own conditions could help the NHS meet part of its £20bn cost-savings programme, said the Department of Health's CIO.
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September 30, 2010
30
Sep'10
$1m worth of bugs in average app, study finds
The average software application has more than $1m of trouble buried inside it, and government apps are the worst, says a software quality analyst.
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September 24, 2010
24
Sep'10
Oracle targets chip makers and specialised software producers
Oracle is not done with acquisitions, and will look to makers of computer chips and industry-specific software next, says chief executive Larry Ellision.
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September 22, 2010
22
Sep'10
Microsoft lock-in stalls Bristol council's open source strategy
Bristol City Council has been forced to ditch a major tranche of its open systems strategy because it is locked in to using Microsoft software and standards.
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September 13, 2010
13
Sep'10
Data modeling tools: How do you evaluate and select the right tool
While buying data modeling tools, it is very important to evaluate niche offerings and select the right tool based on various factors—a how-to.
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August 31, 2010
31
Aug'10
Data modeling solution evaluation criteria for your organization
A check list to select a data modeling solution which can efficiently access, represent and modify existing data.
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August 23, 2010
23
Aug'10
Oracle unveils virtualisation strategy for enterprise apps
Oracle has unveiled its desktop to server virtualisation strategy which it has positioned as a more rounded suite compared with the market leading VMWare.
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July 30, 2010
30
Jul'10
Millions download suspicious Android wallpaper
Up to 4.6 million users of the Android smartphone operating system have downloaded a suspicious wallpaper app that collects and transmits user data to a site in China
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July 27, 2010
27
Jul'10
Bayer signs five-year deal for global SAP system
Pharmaceuticals company Bayer has signed a five-year global enterprise agreement with SAP to support the company's IT strategy to standardise globally on...
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July 08, 2010
08
Jul'10
UK business needs multi-channel software strategy, says SAP
SAP's strategy of focusing on multiple types of delivery supports the needs of UK business, says Tim Noble, managing director of SAP UK & Ireland.
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June 28, 2010
28
Jun'10
Cabinet Office seeks opinions on transparency and open data
The Cabinet Office says it wants the public to have a say on which data sets it releases, as part of its new "commitment to transparency".
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June 11, 2010
11
Jun'10
Elsevier buys semantic search firm
Elsevier, Computer Weekly's parent company, has bought assets from US-based semantic technology and knowledge discovery software firm Collexis Holdings for an undisclosed sum.
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April 14, 2010
14
Apr'10
Three steps to successful CRM
To make a success of customer relationship management (CRM) systems CIOs need a clear strategy which builds on the corporate strategy and maps onto future...
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April 08, 2010
08
Apr'10
Putting ERP in the cloud
Companies such as Salesforce.com have made it possible to put customer relationship management (CRM) systems in the cloud, but
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March 15, 2010
15
Mar'10
Pfizer adopts MS OneNote for web collaboration
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has built its Enterprise 2.0 strategy to roll out web collaboration tools internally on the Microsoft OneNote tool that ships...
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February 17, 2010
17
Feb'10
Video: Salesforce.com runs beta of Chatter collaboration
A select few businesses have been trialling the beta of Salesforce.com's Chatter application, which links enterprise collaboration with cloud computing and social networking.
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January 05, 2010
05
Jan'10
Tories to invite public opinion in online consultation
The Conservative Party is planning to offer a prize of £1m to a software developer who can create a web platform to engage the public in the policy-making...
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December 03, 2009
03
Dec'09
Indian companies are top importers of IT workers
Seven out of the top ten importers of IT workers to the UK in 2008 are Indian companies according to data obtained by the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (Apsco) under the Freedom of Information Act.
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November 25, 2009
25
Nov'09
Technology at the heart of London Stock Exchange strategy
Technology featured high on the agenda as the London Stock Exchange outlined...
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July 02, 2009
02
Jul'09
Oracle Fusion 11g will 'simplify enterprise computing', says president
Oracle's latest Fusion Middleware 11g is a key part of Oracle's strategy to help organisation solve complex integration problems, says Oracle president Charles Phillips.
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January 27, 2009
27
Jan'09
IT departments will be extinct in two years
The IT department will not disappear by 2013 after all, but actually two years earlier because of the recession, says the head of software...
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January 15, 2009
15
Jan'09
Government plans personal data sharing scheme
The government is planning to allow Whitehall and the wider public sector to more easily share personal data across organisations.
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November 05, 2008
05
Nov'08
M&S profits fall but IT investment will continue
Marks and Spencer reported a fall in profits yesterday, but said investment in IT would continue.
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October 02, 2008
02
Oct'08
Santander’s Partenon to pay-off amid consolidation
Banco Santander has put IT at the heart of its acquisition strategy and is in a strong position as the turmoil in financial services serves up bargain acquisitions.
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July 21, 2008
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Jul'08
BBC appoints new iPlayer boss
The BBC has appointed Erik Huggers as its new director of Future Media and Technology division, which includes the iPlayer.
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May 16, 2008
16
May'08
NHS IT scheme now four years behind schedule
Plans for the NHS's national IT scheme are feasible - but the main software is running four years behind, and may not be fully rolled out until 2015, according to a report published today by the National Audit Office.
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February 13, 2008
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Feb'08
How Plus Markets is using sophisticated IT to compete with the London Stock Exchange
Plus Markets has placed IT at the heart of its strategy to compete with the London Stock Exchange's main market for buyers and sellers of shares.
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January 23, 2008
23
Jan'08
Cisco Networkers 2008: next-gen network strategy unveiled
Cisco plans to embed software to deliver advanced voice and video functions within its network hardware to meet a growing demand for next-generation network technology
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January 16, 2008
16
Jan'08
Oracle to acquire BEA Systems
Oracle announced it is to acquire BEA Systems for £4.3bn, to bolster its service oriented architecture strategy.
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January 07, 2008
07
Jan'08
Government ignored key advice on 'avoidable contact', says Socitm
The government is ignoring important advice regarding its national indicator on cutting "avoidable contact", according to the Society of Information Technology Management (Socitm).
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November 19, 2007
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Nov'07
100Gbps over copper is possible, study shows
Engineers at Penn State university are trying to run 100Gbps data rates over Cat 7 copper cables. If successful, this would allow copper cables to handle data rates reserved for fibre-optic links.
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November 13, 2007
13
Nov'07
Technology brings longer hours but corporate lawyers like it
In-house corporate lawyers say technology brings information overload and longer working hours, but more job satisfaction.
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October 05, 2007
05
Oct'07
Tradelect platform pays dividends
The London Stock Exchange provides a lesson in how to generate growth and drive innovation on the back of a business-focused technology strategy
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September 13, 2007
13
Sep'07
Nortel targets virtualisation
Nortel plans to push deeper into the datacentre market next year with a new product strategy that stresses virtualisation and reliability.
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August 24, 2007
24
Aug'07
TJX sales and share price rise despite data loss
TJX, the US retailer responsible for the biggest loss of customer data so far, saw customers and investors shrug off the potential damage as sales and share price hit record levels.
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August 10, 2007
10
Aug'07
Rolls-Royce standardises SAP for production gains
Rolls-Royce has completed the homogenisation of SAP systems as part of its strategy to standardise its systems and increase manufacturing capacity through flexibility.
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August 07, 2007
07
Aug'07
Oracle defends acquisition strategy
At a meeting earlier today, Oracle president, Charles Phillips, defended his the company's acquisition strategy, saying Oracle was now providing global suport and internationalisation for the products it bought.
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July 25, 2007
25
Jul'07
SaaS: Tricks and traps of uploading data in bulk
The dark side of SaaS is losing control over your data. Learn how to stay in control while uploading data in bulk in this new report from Info-Tech Research.
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July 16, 2007
16
Jul'07
Coreix opens carbon-offset data centre
Coreix says it is operating the UK's first carbon-neutral data centre, after signing a 20-year agreement with the World Land Trust.
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June 18, 2007
18
Jun'07
Volkswagen gives IT staff bigger say in ERP system
Volkswagen aims to boost car production worldwide by embarking on an IT strategy that will give its IT staff a greater say in how itsenterprise resource planning systems should be run and used by the business.
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May 31, 2007
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May'07
SAP appoints CTO
SAP has appointed Vishal Sikka as chief technology officer (CTO), to lead technology and architecture strategy across the firm’s product portfolio.
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May 24, 2007
24
May'07
Data retrieval strategies: Retrieving email and database archives overview
This overview focuses on the considerations involved in email and database archives with an emphasis on retention and search to meet legal discovery requirements.
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April 23, 2007
23
Apr'07
Prince's Trust challenges the IT crowd
The Prince's Trust Technology Leadership Group has launched two fundraising challenges aimed at people working in IT. Money raised from the challenges, in Namibia and Borneo, will provide help to some of the UK's most disadvantaged young people.
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April 02, 2007
02
Apr'07
No cash for intelligence system
A key police intelligence sharing system is likely to be scrapped because of budgetary constraints, the head of the agency in charge of police IT strategy has warned.
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December 12, 2006
12
Dec'06
SAP targets smaller users with hosted ERP service
SAP is to extend its service oriented architecture strategy during 2007, with a suite of ERP products designed for small and medium sized companies.
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November 21, 2006
21
Nov'06
Free data analysis from Attune Systems
Enterprise-class file virtualisation solutions provider Attune Systems is offering a free infrastructure and data usage assessment to qualified potential customers.
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November 21, 2006
21
Nov'06
GPs want opt-in on patient records
More than half of GPs in England would be unlikely to upload clinical data onto a national clinical record unless the patient specifically consented to it, according to the latest Medix survey of GPs.
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November 17, 2006
17
Nov'06
Spread the word on Fusion, Oracle users urged
The UK Oracle User Group has backed Oracle’s plans to link together its ERP applications under the Fusion middleware strategy, but admitted it should have done more to raise awareness about the scheme.
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August 10, 2006
10
Aug'06
IBM to acquire FileNet for £880m
IBM is acquiring content management company FileNet for $1.6bn (£880m) to enhance its information-on-demand product strategy.
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July 18, 2006
18
Jul'06
Charity saves £2.5m with e-procurement
Britain’s biggest charity, Cancer Research UK, has saved more than £2.5m in a year by adopting an e-procurement strategy using online auctions.
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June 13, 2006
13
Jun'06
Microsoft tackles the data overload with search tools
Microsoft has unveiled its enterprise search strategy to UK IT directors, bringing together desktop, intranet and web searching.
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June 01, 2006
01
Jun'06
Microsoft forges on with virtualisation strategy
Microsoft is fast tracking virtualisation, making improvements to its hypervisor-based and System Centre Virtual Machine Manager systems as well as acquiring a company that specialises in application virtualisation solutions.
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May 26, 2006
26
May'06
Toys R Us moves to new web strategy despite Amazon opposition
Toys R Us is moving ahead with a new online sales strategy despite Amazon.com trying to scupper its plans.
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April 10, 2006
10
Apr'06
Nortel plans product cull
Nortel Networks is planning to pull out of a number of networking markets in a strategy it hopes will see its to return to profitability.
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March 08, 2006
08
Mar'06
Decreased cost the main driver for IT virtualisation
The ability to reduce costs is the main factor companies consider when implementing a virtualisation strategy, according to a report by IT virtualisation specialist C&C Technology Consulting.
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March 02, 2006
02
Mar'06
IT professionals still have much to learn about virtualisation
A survey by virtualisation specialist C&C Technology Consulting has found that just over a third of companies have only an average knowledge of virtualisation and that just under half are actually using the technology to their advantage.
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February 07, 2006
07
Feb'06
Bush proposes £38bn IT budget
The US administration has proposed a $64.3bn (£38bn) IT budget for next year, with the slight increase on this year mainly going to homeland security.
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February 03, 2006
03
Feb'06
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January 16, 2006
16
Jan'06
Oracle to buy 360Commerce to expand retail offering
Oracle is acquiring 360Commerce as part of its ongoing strategy to broaden its retail software portfolio through acquisition.
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January 13, 2006
13
Jan'06
Storage giant buys infrastructure firm
EMC Corporation has acquired Internosis, a North American-based IT services firm that specialises in IT strategy
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November 07, 2005
07
Nov'05
Fusion strategy 'will not mean complete change'
Oracle has begun fleshing out its roadmap for Fusion, its strategy and architecture for integrating its enterprise software and database portfolio.
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October 31, 2005
31
Oct'05
Oracle users focus on middleware strategy
Oracle's Project Fusion middleware strategy will be a major focus at the UK Oracle User Group Conference in Birmingham this week.
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October 17, 2005
17
Oct'05
Citrix reveals software virtualisation strategy
Citrix revealed its virtualisation strategy at the iForum user conference in Las Vegas in mid-October, with the announcement of Project Constellation.
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October 17, 2005
17
Oct'05
Ease of data use key to Saga analytics roll-out
Over-50s group Saga has begun using predictive analytics software to develop a cross-campaign strategy for its direct marketing campaigns.
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September 26, 2005
26
Sep'05
Oracle chief pledges support for users after buying spree
Larry Ellison used the giant Oracle OpenWorld user show in San Francisco last week to lay out his company's strategy to integrate all the products it has acquired during a 12 month buying spree.
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September 26, 2005
26
Sep'05
Oracle sets out Project Fusion strategy to bring enterprise applications together
New architecture and 'hot pluggable' middleware unveiled at Oracle OpenWorld
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September 13, 2005
13
Sep'05
Adobe adds workflow features to e-forms management software
Adobe has fleshed out its electronic forms strategy with the latest version of its Livecycle server platform, adding support for workflow management.
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September 05, 2005
05
Sep'05
IBM to acquire DWL to improve data integration
IBM is to acquire DWL to improve its Information on Demand data services strategy.
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June 17, 2005
17
Jun'05
Information strategy slashes storage costs at GM
Car giant General Motors reduced its worldwide information storage costs by 20% during 2004 by using EMC software, systems and services.