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• June 10, 2015 10 Jun'15

  Nationwide quick off the mark with Apple Watch banking app

  Nationwide claims to be the first high street finance firm to offer an Apple Watch app

• June 05, 2015 05 Jun'15

  Potential Apple Pay security weakness revealed

  Fraudsters could gain access to personal details of Apple Pay users, research reveals

• June 03, 2015 03 Jun'15

  Sourcing must adapt to digital business goals, says Gartner

  Businesses need to change their sourcing strategies if they are to keep pace with the digital revolution, says analyst organisation Gartner

• May 29, 2015 29 May'15

  Data classification key to IP protection, says Titus

  Data classification can help organisations get more value out of encryption and data loss prevention systems

• May 29, 2015 29 May'15

  A tale of two boxes: Choosing between Box and Dropbox

  Box and Dropbox are in the content and collaboration business, but the two cloud services have taken very different approaches

• May 29, 2015 29 May'15

  Top six enterprise IT priorities in the Nordics

  The future of enterprise IT looks bright in the Nordic region, with growing focus on datacentre investments, national cloud and automatisation

• May 22, 2015 22 May'15

  Researchers raise privacy concerns about Bluetooth Low Energy devices

  Researchers have raised privacy concerns about a growing number of devices using Bluetooth Low Energy technology

• May 21, 2015 21 May'15

  Canonical's Mark Shuttleworth talks about space, drones and smartphones

  Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, strives towards the vision of a converged handheld device

• May 20, 2015 20 May'15

  IT system related to subpostmaster prosecutions under review by CCRC

  The Criminal Cases Review Commission receives 20 applications from subpostmasters related to prosecutions for account shortfalls

• May 20, 2015 20 May'15

  BT and BDUK failed to make costs transparent, says report

  A major report on BDUK commissioned by DCMS identifies a number of failures around the transparency of the scheme’s costs

• May 19, 2015 19 May'15

  Canonical offers SaaS pricing for on-site VMs and storage

  Open source supplier Canonical has introduced software as a service pricing for on-premise storage in a move that could change the way traditional software is licensed

• May 18, 2015 18 May'15

  Executive interview: Google's big data journey

  A programming concept developed in 1958 inspired the seminal Google whitepaper that introduced the world to MapReduce

• May 18, 2015 18 May'15

  Barclays adds extra security through domain name switch

  Barclays Bank and Barclaycard are moving away from using .com and .co.uk domain names in a move that will add extra security for customers

• May 15, 2015 15 May'15

  Fire services to keep Airwave Tetra radios until 2020

  The Department for Communities and Local Government approves a major extension of the fire services' Firelink Tetra network to the end of 2019

• May 14, 2015 14 May'15

  Digital age a turning point for policing, says commissioner Leppard

  Policing in the digital age will face a turning point in the next two years, according to City of London Police commissioner Adrian Leppard

• May 12, 2015 12 May'15

  Global banking IT group completes standardised IT architecture

  The Banking Industry Architecture Network (Bian) has announced its standardised global IT architecture for banks

• May 11, 2015 11 May'15

  Santander launches 'Boris bike' app

  Santander has released an app that allows people to book a 'Boris bike' via their mobile phone

• May 11, 2015 11 May'15

  PSNGB rebrands to drive information sharing across PSN

  PSNGB, the trade association set up to promote the Public Services Network, rebrands itself as Innopsis and says its work is far from over

• May 11, 2015 11 May'15

  Wearable technology to transform laggards in insurance industry

  Wearable and other smart technologies set to transform the insurance industry in the next three to five years

• May 08, 2015 08 May'15

  The IoT industry needs to do more to secure data, says Beecham Research

  There are key areas where the industry supporting the internet of things (IoT) needs to provide better security, according to Beecham Research

• May 06, 2015 06 May'15

  EU revamp of payment services draws nearer

  The EU cannot afford to continue with costly payment services if it wants to be globally competitive, says MEP

• April 30, 2015 30 Apr'15

  IoT benefits and privacy not mutually exclusive, says industry expert

  It is possible to mitigate the privacy and security risks of the internet of things (IoT) without losing its benefits, according to an industry expert

• April 30, 2015 30 Apr'15

  Windows 10: Why you should work around PC price hike

  IT departments planning a PC refresh to tie in with Windows 10 can expect to pay more due to the strong US dollar

• April 29, 2015 29 Apr'15

  Criminal Courts Review Commission set to review subpostmasters' claims of wrongful prosecution

  The Criminal Courts Review Commission (CCRC) reviews subpostmasters' claims of wrongful prosecution by the Post Office due to IT problems

• April 29, 2015 29 Apr'15

  Time to embrace a new level of IAM, says Martin Kuppinger

  A new level of identity and access management is at hand, yet many businesses still rely on usernames and passwords

• April 27, 2015 27 Apr'15

  Captive IT centre boosts competitiveness at Danske Bank in Denmark

  In 2014, Denmark's Danske Bank announced plans for its own captive centre in Bangalore and is now finalising the move to in-house IT delivery

• April 24, 2015 24 Apr'15

  Poor customer engagement at banks opens door to competitors

  Customer experience levels at banks have failed to improve for the second year in a row and customers are more likely than ever to leave their bank

• April 24, 2015 24 Apr'15

  Changing IT trends power banking in Norway

  Norway's banking system is undergoing a seismic shift in technology as the country aims for a fully digitised society

• April 23, 2015 23 Apr'15

  Gartner: Enterprises opt for open-source and cloud middleware alternatives

  Gartner has reported a bigger focus on subscription-based licensing and open-source platforms in the middleware market

• April 22, 2015 22 Apr'15

  Why self-service and automation will power mass adoption of BI

  Tibco’s analytics head, Brian Gentile, believes business intelligence needs to adapt for mass-market adoption

• April 22, 2015 22 Apr'15

  Destructive cyber attacks making security a business concern, says Microsoft

  Destructive cyber attacks are driving a fundamental shift in the information security market, according to Microsoft

• April 21, 2015 21 Apr'15

  SAP core banking platform will ease Deutsche Bank split following strategic retail review

  Deutsche Bank plans a major IT project as strategic review advises spinning off its retail operations – but its SAP platform will ease the split

• April 20, 2015 20 Apr'15

  ISG blames UK general election for fall in outsourcing value

  A lull in UK outsourcing activity in the run-up to the election caused a 25% drop in spending across the Emea region in Q1 2015, claims ISG

• April 20, 2015 20 Apr'15

  Interview: The software processes behind Hailo's success

  In the past, a traditional enterprise application would have been developed as a monolithic piece of software

• April 14, 2015 14 Apr'15

  Lintel bank steers clear of traditional bank IT development

  Lintel Bank applies for a UK banking licence and plans to join a growing number of new banks taking on the high street incumbents

• April 14, 2015 14 Apr'15

  Rio Tinto to put IT systems in the cloud

  Mining giant Rio Tinto is moving IT systems into the public cloud as part of a transformation agreement with Accenture

• April 09, 2015 09 Apr'15

  Strong dollar may shift server upgrades off-premise

  The strong US dollar will influence how CIOs spend their 2015 IT budgets. Server price hikes may drive spending to the cloud

• April 02, 2015 02 Apr'15

  Foods manufacturer ConAgra expects to save $5m a year with data analytics

  Food manufacturer ConAgra Foods is using data analytics technology to improve how it makes decisions about hiring and deploying its workforce

• April 01, 2015 01 Apr'15

  'Bored' RBS investment chairman Rory Cullinan resigns after daughter's Snapchat message goes public

  Royal Bank of Scotland’s investment bank chairman Rory Cullinan leaves after a Snapchat message to his daughter appeared in Instagram

• March 31, 2015 31 Mar'15

  Microsoft adds ODF 1.2 to Office 365 to adhere to government demands

  Microsoft will roll out the ability export documents in open document format (ODF) in Office 365, regardless of original file format, to adhere to government policy

• March 31, 2015 31 Mar'15

  AWS gets EU approval for data replication outside of Europe

  The European Union Data Protection Authorities has approved Amazon Web Services’ Data Processing Agreement

• March 31, 2015 31 Mar'15

  Vodafone adds banking capability to mobile wallet

  Mobile operator Vodafone is enabling its customers to add banking functionality to their Vodafone Wallets

• March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15

  Talk Talk moves HR systems to cloud

  Managers now have accurate information on their workforce numbers, salary and overtime costs

• March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15

  Nordics' Glenna research cloud project underway

  Researchers in the Nordics will soon enjoy a new cloud infrastructure from which to share systems and resources

• March 25, 2015 25 Mar'15

  Santander launches ISA mobile app

  Spanish banking giant Santander launches a mobile app to help consumers navigate the ISA market

• March 25, 2015 25 Mar'15

  Monitise no longer up for sale

  Mobile banking software company Monitise to continue as an independent company rather than seek to be taken over

• March 24, 2015 24 Mar'15

  Dutch bank ING puts HR services in the cloud

  Finance company ING is using cloud-based software from ServiceNow to deliver HR services to its 25,000 staff in the Netherlands

• March 24, 2015 24 Mar'15

  MPs seek reassurance over Post Office mediation scheme

  Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) select committee seeks reassurances over the Post Office mediation scheme

• March 23, 2015 23 Mar'15

  Sabadell to migrate TSB IT to proprietary banking platform with £450m sweetener

  Spanish bank Sabadell will move TSB IT systems to its own in-house core banking platform

• March 20, 2015 20 Mar'15

  Home devices threaten enterprise data security, warn researchers

  Poor or lacking security on ADSL routers and other devices used by teleworkers a threat to global enterprise information security