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IT architecture
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October 19, 2017
19
Oct'17
Post Office computer system legal case reaches important procedural juncture
Sub-postmasters group action against the Post Office reaches an important milestone
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October 18, 2017
18
Oct'17
Cloud service spending almost matches traditional IT outsourcing
Traditional outsourcing spending has plummeted in the latest three-month period, but spending on cloud-based IT services is going some way to filling the void
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October 18, 2017
18
Oct'17
UK businesses losing half a million pounds per cancelled digital project
UK businesses are losing almost £500,000 pounds for every cancelled digital project, with a lack of the right skills a major contributing factor
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October 17, 2017
17
Oct'17
CIO interview: Peder Sjölander, Swedish Pensions Agency
The CIO of the Swedish Pensions Agency tells Computer Weekly about the organisation's DevOps journey
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October 16, 2017
16
Oct'17
How technology is transforming healthcare delivery in Gulf region
IT will transform the healthcare sector in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries over the coming years
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October 13, 2017
13
Oct'17
WEF gets to grips with risks posed by transformative technologies
World Economic Forum is bringing technology, insurance and government sectors together to better understand the risks posed by technology failures
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October 12, 2017
12
Oct'17
UK bank Standard Chartered opens IT service centre in Bangalore
Bank is expanding its operation in India, which provides business services to its operations globally
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October 10, 2017
10
Oct'17
Dubai Airport Freezone Authority gets smart to attract investment
Dubai's airport freezone is investing in the latest technologies to make the trading area more attractive to customers and investors
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October 10, 2017
10
Oct'17
Abu Dhabi transport department uses drones to improve traffic flows
Data collected by live video stream from drones is analysed at control centre to help alleviate traffic jams and other issues
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October 10, 2017
10
Oct'17
Consumers' personalised banking needs are not being met
Banks are failing to give customers the personal services they crave, leaving the door open to tech-savvy competitors
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October 04, 2017
04
Oct'17
What is the future of Windows Server?
At its annual Ignite event, Microsoft presented a number of features that give an insight into its strategy
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October 04, 2017
04
Oct'17
Artificial brains are no-brainers for business, but societal challenges inevitable
The benefits of artificial intelligence to businesses are already being reaped by early adopters.
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October 04, 2017
04
Oct'17
Global IT spending to hit $3.7tn next year, says Gartner
IT spending is taking on a different shape as organisations embark on, and accelerate, digital transformation projects
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October 04, 2017
04
Oct'17
Manufacturers face skills and internal collaboration hurdles to digital transformation
Skills shortage is biggest challenge to digital strategies of 40% of senior IT decision-makers in North America and Western Europe, survey shows
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October 04, 2017
04
Oct'17
Russia’s state-owned bank backs blockchain
Vneshekonombank puts its weight behind blockchain technology as the country’s public sector looks on
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October 03, 2017
03
Oct'17
CIOs moving to revenue-generating roles
Gartner survey shows changing role for CIOs to cover revenue generation and deriving value from data, and spending less time on traditional IT delivery
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October 02, 2017
02
Oct'17
Hard Brexit would see UK tech exports fall by £1.7bn
UK manufacturers including those in the technology sector will lose billions of pounds of export revenue if the government completes a hard Brexit
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September 29, 2017
29
Sep'17
Finnish tax administration strengthens cyber security capabilities
Tax administration steps up cyber security initiatives as more of its services are delivered digitally
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September 27, 2017
27
Sep'17
Talent shortage keeps Nordic IT companies focused on job satisfaction
Nordic companies are aiming to win the race for scarce IT professionals through improving the workplace and concentrating on employees’ job satisfaction levels
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September 27, 2017
27
Sep'17
UK-EU talks have failed to raise confidence of IT leaders
IT decision-makers are no more confident about how Brexit will affect them despite this year’s general election and talks between the EU and the UK
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September 26, 2017
26
Sep'17
Tips to bridge the gap between DevOps and legacy IT
DevOps is key to successful digital transformation programmes. But IT leaders need to work out how their legacy systems fit in
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September 26, 2017
26
Sep'17
Tech sector advisory network expands to Spain
The 5,000-strong Global Tech Advocates network of IT industry experts that supports technology companies is expanding its service to Spain
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September 25, 2017
25
Sep'17
Amazon launches Middle East region
Amazon opens its latest delivery hub in Bahrain to serve customers in the Middle East
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September 22, 2017
22
Sep'17
Uber fails to get licence to operate in London renewed
Transport for London has rejected Uber's application for its licence renewal, citing a lack of corporate responsibility as the reason
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September 22, 2017
22
Sep'17
European banks getting rid of human interaction in retail services
Traditional banks know they need to modernise IT to retain market share, but replacing legacy systems is like defusing a bomb
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September 21, 2017
21
Sep'17
Enterprise SDN adoption rapidly approaching tipping point, claims report
A study commissioned by networking solutions supplier Riverbed claims that legacy networks are causing problems for businesses trying to undergo digital transformation, and more decision makers are considering SDN as a result
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September 21, 2017
21
Sep'17
Cern calls on industry to collaborate on its datacentre challenges
Particle accelerator lab has set out a plan, inviting the industry to help it develop next-generation IT to support science
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September 20, 2017
20
Sep'17
CIO interview: John Mountain, Starling Bank
Starling Bank’s CIO tells Computer Weekly about life at a bank that is challenging traditional IT thinking
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September 20, 2017
20
Sep'17
Finnish government eyes €1bn savings through digitisation
Finland’s public sector aims to save €1bn by 2029 as a result of digitising public services
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September 20, 2017
20
Sep'17
Why businesses should tackle the digital workplace
IT chiefs should make implementing the digital workplace core to their company’s digitisation strategy, says analyst Gartner
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September 20, 2017
20
Sep'17
Blockchain tests delivering results and IBM seen as leader
Businesses that have invested in trials of blockchain technology will repeat their investments
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September 18, 2017
18
Sep'17
UAE banks share information to combat cyber threats
Banks in the United Arab Emirates will share information on cyber attacks through a platform instigated by the country’s banking federation
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September 15, 2017
15
Sep'17
VMworld 2017: How to change the face of legacy
If change is the only constant, the IT industry is the 21st century engine of change, relentlessly grinding out more features at a faster rate
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September 13, 2017
13
Sep'17
CBI calls for transitional deal with EU on data
The CBI is warning of the risks to UK businesses of no deal with the European Union on data exchange when Brexit arrives
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September 12, 2017
12
Sep'17
Businesses that overlook ROI analysis are missing cost savings
Organisations have more chance of meeting their cost saving expectations following cloud migrations if they carry out ROI analysis before
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September 12, 2017
12
Sep'17
VMworld 2017: VMware updates software legacy
VMware is beginning to recognise there is life beyond the hypervisor as it announces VMware HCX, which will provide interoperability between private and public cloud
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September 12, 2017
12
Sep'17
Riak NoSQL snapped up by Bet365
Betting firm Bet365 aims to give away enterprise version of Riak NoSQL to the open source community and continue the development of the product
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September 07, 2017
07
Sep'17
Thousands of Deutsche Bank employees will be replaced by robots
The CEO of Deutsche Bank said a "big number of staff will eventually be replaced by robots” as it looks towards artificial intelligence technology
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September 07, 2017
07
Sep'17
Barclays Bank ahead of schedule in ring-fencing project
Barclays Bank is set to meet the government’s ring-fencing legislation well before the deadline
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September 06, 2017
06
Sep'17
Developers won't ask bosses for help
Software developers are turning to YouTube to find out how to solve technical problems, rather than asking for help from colleagues
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September 05, 2017
05
Sep'17
Middle East CIO interview: Rajiv Prasad, Xpandretail
IT head at customer analytics provider Xpandretail says the CIO role is increasingly important as businesses digitise, but warns that CIOs must be given the human resources they need
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September 05, 2017
05
Sep'17
Met Police IT strategy: CCTV footage shared through Box
The Met Police digital policing strategy is taking shape under CIO Angus McCallum, and will use Box for sharing documents and CCTV footage
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September 04, 2017
04
Sep'17
AWS eyes Australian government growth
Amazon Web Services is eyeing the Australian public sector for growth, with increased budgets and IT disasters in the past pushing government organisations towards the public cloud
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August 30, 2017
30
Aug'17
HCL expands global network with Swedish delivery centre
HCL has opened another delivery centre in the Nordic region, this time in Gothenburg, Sweden
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August 30, 2017
30
Aug'17
Challenger bank Fidor reaches 200,000 customers
Fintech trailblazer Fidor now has more than 200,000 people using its banking services, but its CEO believes the fintech environment is getting tougher
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August 30, 2017
30
Aug'17
Canadian University Dubai upgrades network with Dell EMC
Dubai-based university upgrades its network infrastructure to support more students
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August 29, 2017
29
Aug'17
Saudi Telecom Company creates cloud computing giant
The IT joint venture in Saudi Arabia will drive the digitisation of government services
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August 23, 2017
23
Aug'17
UAE telco Du pushes SaaS adoption in Middle East
The Middle East looks set to see strong growth in software as a service and IT departments need to take a different approach
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August 22, 2017
22
Aug'17
How AT&T embraced the telecoms technology transition
AT&T’s CIO of network and shared services, Sorabh Saxena, discusses how to reskill telecoms engineers and exploit open standards as the operator embraces the future of networking services provision
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August 18, 2017
18
Aug'17
Benelux organisations must ensure IT staff are content or else risk exodus
Organisations in the Benelux region could face IT staff leaving in large numbers if they don't remain attractive to employees
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August 18, 2017
18
Aug'17
Contactless payments through mobile phones no longer a novelty
The amount of contactless payments made through mobile devices increased by 336% compared with 2016, according to figures from Worldpay
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August 17, 2017
17
Aug'17
Barclays ring-fencing project means downtime for customers
Many Barclays services will be unavailable this weekend as part of the bank's project to separate retail and investment operations
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August 16, 2017
16
Aug'17
A decade of IT change since banking meltdown
With 10 years passing since Northern Rock had to be bailed out by the government, we look at how banking IT has changed since the financial crisis
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August 16, 2017
16
Aug'17
Nordic IT professionals content in current roles
Most Nordic IT professionals are happy at their current employer, receiving competitive training and pay packages
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August 16, 2017
16
Aug'17
GDPR drives cloud firm’s Cloudian S3 object storage deployment
Interoute deployed Cloudian Hyperstore because it believes customers want object storage to help gain compliance with the forthcoming European GDPR regulations
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August 15, 2017
15
Aug'17
Middle East salary survey reveals major challenges to close IT skills gap
Organisations in the Middle East are not offering IT staff enough training and don’t employ enough women in IT
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August 15, 2017
15
Aug'17
How HPE is climbing the supercomputer league to reach exascale performance
Hewlett Packard Enterprise recently joined a project to develop exascale computing for the US Department of Energy. We assess the implications
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August 14, 2017
14
Aug'17
Middle East insurance broker migrates backup to the cloud
Middle East finance firm is increasingly moving to the cloud as the business grows
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August 14, 2017
14
Aug'17
Nordic CIO interview: Anna Eriksson, Swedish National Land Survey
Swedish land registry’s CIO tells Computer Weekly about the organisation’s approach to digital transformation
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August 11, 2017
11
Aug'17
HSBC uses IBM to automate the processing of 100 million document pages
In another instance of banks adopting automation to lower costs and drive productivity, HSBC uses IBM analytics technology to cut down on its paper trail
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August 10, 2017
10
Aug'17
CIO interview: Daniel Gebler, chief technology officer, Picnic
The Netherlands has the highest supermarket density in the world, yet a technology company has been able to gain market share from the established order
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August 08, 2017
08
Aug'17
Best-in-class IT departments deliver a digital advantage
World-class IT departments are able to run systems more efficiently and deliver projects on time that have measurable business value
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July 26, 2017
26
Jul'17
Nordic digitisation brings unwanted consequence of heightened cyber security risks
The Nordic region is becoming highly connected – which has not gone unnoticed by cyber criminals
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July 26, 2017
26
Jul'17
Relational databases relatively poor at running digital transformation projects
Digital projects aren’t living up to expectations, with many only delivering incremental improvements to the status quo, survey reveals
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July 25, 2017
25
Jul'17
CIF gears up to target public sector cloud
Cloud Industry Forum wants to help the UK government achieve its digital strategy, but working with government is still a big challenge for many providers
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July 25, 2017
25
Jul'17
Nordea deploys AI to speed up customer service
Nordea is reaping the rewards of its fintech investments through its latest project to use artificial intelligence to support customers
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July 24, 2017
24
Jul'17
UAE hotel upgrades wireless network and internet connectivity
Beach resort completes major project to revamp its wireless infrastructure with TP-Link technologies
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July 24, 2017
24
Jul'17
What are Amazon Web Services’ Nordic plans?
Amazon Web Services' head in the Nordic tells Computer Weekly about the region's increasing demand and use of the cloud
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July 21, 2017
21
Jul'17
Azure propels Microsoft intelligent cloud earnings
Microsoft's hybrid approach to cloud computing is starting to pay dividends, as the company's Q4 2017 financial results show
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July 21, 2017
21
Jul'17
CIO interview: Marc Roberts, CTO, HiyaCar
The CTO at a company that is disrupting the car rental sector tells Computer Weekly about some of his major projects
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July 20, 2017
20
Jul'17
TSB to introduce iris scan authentication in September 2017
TSB customers will soon be able to access their mobile bank accounts through iris scanning, which is regarded as the most secure biometric authentication available
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July 19, 2017
19
Jul'17
London Stock Exchange uses IBM blockchain technology
The London Stock Exchange is testing out IBM's blockchain technology in a platform to help SME operations become more transparent
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July 19, 2017
19
Jul'17
Dubai Health Authority unveils smart medical check initiative
Dubai’s health authority takes aim at government bodies with a mobile consultation booth initiative
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July 18, 2017
18
Jul'17
Stamford Bridge to offer stadium connectivity in partnership with Ericsson
Ericsson has begun its partnership with Chelsea to offer home fans a “seamless” connected experience
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July 18, 2017
18
Jul'17
Traditional outsourcing boosts overall spending in first half of 2017
Spending on traditional IT services contracts by Emea organisations increases in the first six months of 2017
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July 17, 2017
17
Jul'17
Norway’s Railway Directorate moves fully to the cloud
Norway’s railway regulator is following the government’s advice and moving IT into the cloud
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July 13, 2017
13
Jul'17
HPE and CSC merger wins confidence of Zurich
Zurich Insurance has demonstrated confidence in CSC's merger with HPE through a contract extension
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July 13, 2017
13
Jul'17
Digital drives enterprise software spending
CIOs embarking on a digital transformation will need to re-architect their IT platforms to support the transition to event-driven business models
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July 11, 2017
11
Jul'17
Political uncertainty is holding back digital transformation plans, say CIOs
UK businesses are investing in IT to help them deal with changes that could be around the corner amid geo-political uncertainty
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July 10, 2017
10
Jul'17
Experian admits mobile and online issues after system upgrade
Some customers of credit referencing company are having problems accessing a service they pay for following an IT upgrade and large customer migration to a new system
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July 10, 2017
10
Jul'17
Nordic CIO interview: Ann Hellenius, City of Stockholm
Stockholm’s CIO is relishing the challenge of trying to make the Swedish capital the smartest city in the world
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July 10, 2017
10
Jul'17
Vodafone Qatar pushes IoT adoption in Middle East
Vodafone Qatar is harnessing a network of partners to support organisations in the Middle East with their internet of things strategies
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July 06, 2017
06
Jul'17
Young people without workplace skills fear competition from robots
Young people are worried they will not have the skills necessary to set themselves apart from robots when leaving education
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July 05, 2017
05
Jul'17
Atos targets universities and research centres with quantum computing simulator
Atos has made a quantum computing simulator available for sale so that organisations can test out the algorithms of the future
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July 05, 2017
05
Jul'17
Experian upgrade causes glitches in service
Credit scoring company recently upgraded its systems and introduced a new mobile app that caused temporary issues for some customers
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July 05, 2017
05
Jul'17
Sweden trials blockchain for land registry management
Swedish land registry is trying out blockchain as a means of proving ownership
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July 04, 2017
04
Jul'17
How machine learning is changing IT service management
BMC looks like it is eyeing up CA in a deal to power its digital strategy. We assess the changes in IT service management
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July 03, 2017
03
Jul'17
Dutch bank cuts compliance data retrieval from weeks to hours
Rabobank has moved from tape libraries and robotic arms to a platform-based storage and retrieval system to help it comply with regulations
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June 28, 2017
28
Jun'17
DVLA aims to slash IT costs by moving to public cloud and open standards
Agency’s IT strategy for 2019/20 will see a concerted move to deprecate legacy systems, deploy applications in the cloud and develop in-house IT
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June 27, 2017
27
Jun'17
French aeronautics and aerospace manufacturer optimises datacentres
High-tech manufacturer outsources datacentre management to support its digital transformation
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June 26, 2017
26
Jun'17
Dubai-based logistics company automates backup through cloud
Cloud backup and storage automation are key to supporting expansion at Middle East logistics company, CWT-SML
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June 26, 2017
26
Jun'17
Middle East retailers urged to embrace e-commerce platforms
E-commerce in the Middle East makes up a tiny proportion of the region's GDP, but this will change as Amazon stokes the market
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June 22, 2017
22
Jun'17
Most SAP users plan to stick with older ERP due to costly Hana migration
Survey finds many SAP users are considering augmenting their existing enterprise resource planning with cloud applications rather than go to S/4 Hana
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June 22, 2017
22
Jun'17
IT glitch brings rail ticket machines down in the UK
A failure related to a single software and systems supplier meant thousands of commuters in the UK were unable to buy tickets
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June 20, 2017
20
Jun'17
Nordic CIO interview: René Engman, Viking Line
Viking Line CIO tells Computer Weekly about his strategy for meeting the upcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation
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June 19, 2017
19
Jun'17
Hovis boosts job applications after HR tech roll-out
Baker and flour miller expects a quick payback from HR technology project
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June 14, 2017
14
Jun'17
SAP users look to software suppliers to help with fast-approaching GDPR
An SAP UK and Ireland user group survey has found user organisations crying out for help as GDPR approaches, with cloud delivery a special concern
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June 14, 2017
14
Jun'17
Cloud service maturity up in the Nordics
Nordic businesses are increasing their use of the cloud, but more work is needed to make investments support business strategies
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June 13, 2017
13
Jun'17
Nordic CIO interview: Juha Penttilä, Valio
CIO at Finnish dairy company is trying to make its IT department proactive rather than just fixing problems
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June 09, 2017
09
Jun'17
The Barcode Warehouse deploys ServiceNow to streamline managed services
Customisation of cloud-based tool has enabled ruggedised mobile devices company to streamline its business processes