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IT services and outsourcing

November 21, 2018 21 Nov'18
Post Office held back information about Horizon IT system errors

Post Office director admits to Horizon errors and not sharing details with subpostmaster network
November 21, 2018 21 Nov'18
NetApp and Pure show strong results on flash storage and cloud

NetApp records healthy year-on-year revenue increase with flash showing out well, while Pure Storage sees incredible earnings for its flash products over 12 months
November 20, 2018 20 Nov'18
Police challenged over refusal to disclose files on WikiLeaks staff

Lawyers will challenge the Metropolitan Police Service today to confirm or deny whether it holds correspondence with US law enforcement about three WikiLeaks staff – including two UK citizens – in a freedom of information tribunal
November 20, 2018 20 Nov'18
Survey: Data very fragmented, and that’s a worry for most

Cohesity-sponsored survey finds most organisations store multiple copies of secondary data and worry about the cost and the effect on their competitiveness

November 20, 2018 20 Nov'18
How Singapore Airlines is flying the digital skies

Top Asian carrier Singapore Airlines has been building a digital foundation to fend off potential disruption, but it is not just the IT team that is leading the charge
November 19, 2018 19 Nov'18
Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management turn to Workday to complete merger

Standard Life Aberdeen, created in August 2017 when two of Scotland’s largest financial services companies merged, is transferring 3,000 former Standard Life staff to Aberdeen Asset Management’s Workday HR system as it integrates the two businesses
November 19, 2018 19 Nov'18
Pure Storage makes big hybrid push with Cloud Data Services

Flash storage pioneer makes a big deal of its object storage architecture as it launches Pure capacity in the AWS cloud, plus replication to the cloud for on-premise hardware
November 15, 2018 15 Nov'18
The Gym Group flexes its muscles with data analytics

No-frills fitness company The Gym Group is using analytics technology to find insights from its financial, HR and membership data, as it limbers up for rapid expansion in the UK
November 14, 2018 14 Nov'18
Non-invasive, AI-powered cardiac test spreads through NHS with help of government funding

A cardiac test powered by artificial intelligence has the potential to save the UK’s health service hundreds of pounds per heart patient
November 14, 2018 14 Nov'18
Rubrik adds Oracle, NoSQL and SAP Hana data protection

Scale-out backup appliance maker has already ticked most physical and virtual support boxes and is now filling out the details with enterprise application support

November 14, 2018 14 Nov'18
NetSuite finds sweet spot in Asia

With a fast-growing economy and government programmes to drive digital transformation, Asia is proving to be fertile ground for the cloud ERP pioneer
November 12, 2018 12 Nov'18
Singapore’s Redmart finds speed and agility with cloud ERP

Online grocer has slashed the time it takes to close the books from more than a week to just three days with Oracle’s cloud-based financial application
November 12, 2018 12 Nov'18
Agfa’s move to cloud HR paves the way for healthcare IT spin-off

Agfa-Gevaert is moving HR systems from 40 countries into the cloud as the company prepares to turn its health IT operations into a standalone business
November 09, 2018 09 Nov'18
Businesses can no longer neglect IT if they want to remain competitive

Businesses lack IT leaders with the skills and resources needed to promote innovation and change in the context of technological upheaval
November 08, 2018 08 Nov'18
Australia needs better cloud and data management capabilities

Use of cloud services is soaring in Australia, but a lack of cloud management skills is holding back enterprises from reaping the full benefits of the technology
November 08, 2018 08 Nov'18
Plymouth’s Derriford Hospital has capacity to spare after HSCN upgrade

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust is unleashing the potential of digital for health after fixing up its internet connectivity with an upgrade to the new Health and Social Care Network
November 08, 2018 08 Nov'18
Dominic Raab: UK AI sector will get boost from EU exit ‘done right’

Brexit secretary tells Tech Nation audience that leaving the EU could create opportunities for the UK technology sector
November 07, 2018 07 Nov'18
APAC enterprises, analysts weigh in on IBM-Red Hat deal

Mega-deal could accelerate adoption of open source software and extend the reach of OpenStack and OpenShift across the region
November 06, 2018 06 Nov'18
VMware readies green blockchain

VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger says the power used for blockchain computation will cause an environmental crisis
November 05, 2018 05 Nov'18
Accelerator for female-led ‘social tech’ startups opens in London

We in Social Tech will support the growth of 60 businesses over the next 18 months through bespoke business consultancy packages
November 05, 2018 05 Nov'18
Deutsche Bank to create cloud-based digital cheque processing system

German banking giant Deutsche Bank will replace manual and paper-intensive cheque processing methods with an automated system in the cloud
November 02, 2018 02 Nov'18
PoliceTech report looks at how startups can work with UK police

A new report looking at how startups can penetrate the policing market has been released, but there are still a number of practical and ethical challenges facing SMEs moving into the space
November 02, 2018 02 Nov'18
Jlab 2019 to focus on experiential shopping

Each year, John Lewis hosts a number of retail startups intent on using technology to transform the industry. Next year they will be aiming to change the customer experience in-store
November 02, 2018 02 Nov'18
BT makes progress with Global Services restructuring

Telco sets out plan to get its troubled Global Services business unit fighting fit
November 01, 2018 01 Nov'18
Robotic delivery service hits the streets of Milton Keynes

Following extensive testing and a limited commercial roll-out in campus enterprise environments, Estonian robotics firm Starship Technologies is launching a direct-to-consumer robot delivery service in Milton Keynes
November 01, 2018 01 Nov'18
How Bahrain plans to become a regional fintech hub

Bahrain is a small island with big plans for its financial technology industry
October 31, 2018 31 Oct'18
Triumph Motorcycles kick-starts changes with high-tech HR

The Leicestershire-based motorcycle company is deploying IT systems to give customers and its own staff a ‘premium brand experience’
October 31, 2018 31 Oct'18
IoT R&D projects missed out on £10m of government funding

A series of delays and disruption caused chiefly by changes in project ownership meant the government’s IoT UK Research and Innovation Programme failed to use a quarter of its allocated budget between 2015 and 2018
October 31, 2018 31 Oct'18
AWS urges enterprises to embrace their heritage when facing down disruption from startups

At this year's AWS Transformation Day, the cloud giant's enterprise strategist, Miriam McLemore, talked about why enterprises should be looking to embrace their heritage and legacy when moving to the cloud
October 30, 2018 30 Oct'18
AWS retains cloud market leader status in Q3, as Microsoft and Google post gains

AWS retains its title as the world's biggest cloud provider, but the position is not going unchallenged by the likes Microsoft and Google, Synergy Research Group's third quarter market analysis shows
October 30, 2018 30 Oct'18
Traditional financial services firms face extinction within 12 years

A large number of large banks could disappear within 12 years unless they change business models and economics
October 30, 2018 30 Oct'18
How Avanade keeps pace with Microsoft and the market

Systems integrator Avanade has had to adapt to Microsoft’s evolution into an “ecosystem platform” that includes open-source software
October 29, 2018 29 Oct'18
Finnish city Espoo trials artificial intelligence for community support

The authorities for Finnish city Espoo are testing out AI technology to help them target services at the residents who need them most
October 29, 2018 29 Oct'18
Philips looks to artificial intelligence to train its workforce

Healthcare company is looking to AI, chatbots and learning playlists to help staff learn new skills more quickly as it adapts changing business priorities
October 25, 2018 25 Oct'18
Consumer rights champion Which? begins digital journey

Consumer rights organisation has always had a subscription business, but is now transforming into a digital one through cloud computing
October 25, 2018 25 Oct'18
Firms will use AI to automate HR processes within two years

Companies are gearing up to automate HR processes with artificial intelligence and machine learning, while at the same time battling with outdated IT systems
October 25, 2018 25 Oct'18
Nordic banks target SME customers with fintech services

Traditional Nordic banks are slimming down workforces as they turn increasingly to technology-based service delivery, and some are linking up with small fintech companies to deliver online products.
October 24, 2018 24 Oct'18
Oracle bullish on growth in ASEAN

Enterprise technology juggernaut Oracle claims traction in cloud applications and growing interest in its cloud-based autonomous database service in Southeast Asia
October 24, 2018 24 Oct'18
UK unicorn creation goes unrivalled in Europe

The UK's regional cities are creating more billion-dollar tech startups than many European capitals, with the UK as a whole creating more unicorns since 2016 than France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands
October 24, 2018 24 Oct'18
SMEs use fintech in fight against online giants, but fears remain

Online SMEs are turning to financial technology to help them make payment processes easy for customers as they try to compete with online giants
October 23, 2018 23 Oct'18
CIOs and the cloud: The future of European enterprise software

European organisations are moving to the cloud rapidly, but trepidation remains in concerning certain aspects, such as security
October 22, 2018 22 Oct'18
Government to invest an extra £215m in UK innovation centres

The extra funding will be given to the Catapult network of innovation centres, focusing on digital, medicines discovery, future cities and transport systems
October 22, 2018 22 Oct'18
Identity and access management is becoming a vital business concern

Many companies are struggling to provide secure access to the high number of applications and systems in use by their employees
October 19, 2018 19 Oct'18
Chinese insurance giant extends cloud service to other sectors

Ping An is opening up its cloud service to more sectors, including real estate and automotive, in its efforts to become a technology company
October 18, 2018 18 Oct'18
Dubai Health Authority unveils virtual health app for GP consultations

Health authority adopts new technology as part of the Dubai Future Accelerators initiative
October 18, 2018 18 Oct'18
'Sealed cloud' promises better data security

TÜV SÜD’s Singapore Sealed Cloud does not grant administrators access to data, reducing the possibility of hackers breaking into databases using compromised administrator credentials
October 17, 2018 17 Oct'18
UCaaS supports British Medical Journal’s cloud-first ambitions

With a growing global business and a CIO intent on doing everything in the cloud, the British Medical Journal turned to unified communications-as-a-service provider RingCentral to make its comms infrastructure fit for the cloud era
October 16, 2018 16 Oct'18
APAC security spending tipped to reach new highs

Security services will be the largest and fastest-growing slice of the overall security pie in the Asia-Pacific region
October 16, 2018 16 Oct'18
There is more to fintech than meets the eye

Financial technology goes way beyond the flashy apps facing consumers and into the depths of the back office
October 16, 2018 16 Oct'18
Hammerspace launches with hybrid cloud-era NAS virtualisation

Startup Hammerspace launches from five-year stealth to make NAS files available anywhere, on-prem and in cloud, with technology that splits metadata and payload for lightweight virtualisation