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June 05, 2014
05
Jun'14
UK airports lead move to cloud services
UK airports are at the vanguard of using cloud to develop innovative services, says Gatwick CIO.
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June 04, 2014
04
Jun'14
Sapphire 2014: Plattner restates radical, in-memory computing future
SAP's Hasso Plattner restates his case that enterprise applications face a radical future, based on in-memory computing
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June 03, 2014
03
Jun'14
Sapphire 2014: SAP CEO McDermott declares war on ‘complexity’ and sets Fiori free
Bill McDermott, SAP CEO, devoted his opening keynote at Sapphire 2014 to declaring war on business process “complexity”
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May 30, 2014
30
May'14
IT supplier insolvencies fall for first time as economy recovers
Technology companies have reached a turning point as insolvencies fall for the first time in 2014
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May 28, 2014
28
May'14
NHS shared services aims to end paper invoicing
NHS Shared Business Services hopes to eradicate paper invoicing by implementing an e-invoicing system that will be free for suppliers to use
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May 23, 2014
23
May'14
Business Objects use increases among SAP users, but Hana uptake low
More UK and Ireland SAP customers are using Business Objects now than even two years ago, but only 15% are using Hana
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May 20, 2014
20
May'14
Shell thinks technology first in preparation for internet of everything
Shell is reshaping its business to think technology first as it uses the internet of everything to change its business processes
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May 19, 2014
19
May'14
IT headcount lags behind growth in digital strategies
There is a huge gap in technology staffing for e-commerce operations, according to a new report from analyst Forrester
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May 15, 2014
15
May'14
Justifying the business case to update Oracle eBusiness Suite
To justify the upgrade cost needed to move to Oracle eBusiness Suite Release 12, IT departments need consider how the implementation can deliver value.
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May 13, 2014
13
May'14
New NHS e-Referral Service to use agile and open technologies
The new National Health Service outpatient appointment booking system will use agile and open technologies, the NHS has said.
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May 08, 2014
08
May'14
CIO interview: Robert Teagle, European IT director, Starbucks Coffee
Robert Teagle leads IT across the 30 markets that Starbucks owns and operates in Europe, the Middle East and Africa
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May 07, 2014
07
May'14
UK helping US military build intelligence software for drone targeting
The UK has been helping the US military build software to share intelligence for weapons such as drones for the past 14 years
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May 02, 2014
02
May'14
City University London launches data science and cyber security courses
City University London will this year begin its first post-graduate courses in data science and cybersecurity.
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April 30, 2014
30
Apr'14
Oracle updates Solaris, but is its server strategy sound?
Oracle has released a beta versdion of Solaris 11.2. But does Solaris and the Sparc server platform have a future?
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April 30, 2014
30
Apr'14
SDL turns to cloud HR to join up businesses in 40 countries
The technology is central to the company’s strategy to integrate formerly autonomous businesses in 38 countries into a single operation
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April 29, 2014
29
Apr'14
Case study: How big data powers the eBay customer journey
With 50TB of machine-generated data produced daily and the need to process 100PB of data, eBay has an astronomic data challenge
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April 28, 2014
28
Apr'14
Gartner: CIOs spend more on BI as business growth returns
The return to business growth is driving IT spending among UK and Irish CIOs, according to Gartner's 2014 CIO Agenda survey
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April 16, 2014
16
Apr'14
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has his Trustworthy Computing moment
In 2002, Microsoft chief Bill Gates sent out the Trustworthy Computing memo to staff. Microsoft’s new CEO, Satya Nadella, had his Trustworthy Computing moment this week.
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April 15, 2014
15
Apr'14
EU data privacy authorities approve Microsoft Azure, Office 365 cloud services
The European Union's data privacy authorities have given approval to Microsoft's cloud services including Windows Azure and Office 365
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April 14, 2014
14
Apr'14
Are retailers using data analytics to their advantage?
Computer Weekly looks at the challenges the retail sector faces in taking advantage of data analysis
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April 08, 2014
08
Apr'14
Workday sees opportunity for cloud financial management in Europe
Workday plans to push cloud finance and accounting services to enterprise in Europe, but observers say its background in HR technology may prove an obstacle
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April 07, 2014
07
Apr'14
CIO interview: Leandro Balbinot, global CIO, HJ Heinz
Food giant HJ Heinz is gearing up to expand its international presence with a technology modernisation programme encompassing 23 countries
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March 26, 2014
26
Mar'14
CRM critical to digital transformation in India
Indian businesses integrate customer relationship management (CRM) investments with digital initiatives as customer interaction expands rapidly
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March 24, 2014
24
Mar'14
Grant Thornton spends £3m in move to cloud HR services
Financial advisory firm invests in cloud talent management as it gears up to expand its operations in the UK
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March 24, 2014
24
Mar'14
Analysis: Care.data – where next?
Following the public debate surrounding the NHS Care.data plan, it was unsurprising the topic dominated the UK’s largest health IT event
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March 20, 2014
20
Mar'14
Mine machine data to boost business value
Businesses risk losing their competitive edge if they are unable to drill down into the information captured by machine-generated data
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March 18, 2014
18
Mar'14
Oracle pushes Exadata servers aggressively against IBM PureSystems
IDC’s latest market share data for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), has shown that Oracle is beginning to grow its server business
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March 17, 2014
17
Mar'14
Committee report calls for “presumption of openness” with public data
The government should have a “presumption of openness” when it comes to public data, the Commons Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) said
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March 14, 2014
14
Mar'14
Red Bull ramps up network for 2014 F1 championship
An extended relationship with AT&T will support RedBull Infiniti Racing on and off the track as it prepares its 2014 championship bid
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March 13, 2014
13
Mar'14
British Gas uses SAS analytics to reach customers
British Gas, one of the UK’s energy suppliers, is to use SAS analytics to improve marketing efficiency
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March 06, 2014
06
Mar'14
Thames Water pilots smart analytics with Accenture
Thames Water is six months into an 18 month pilot with Accenture Smart Grid to pilot real time monitoring to deliver an improved service
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March 05, 2014
05
Mar'14
Channel 4 CTO Bob Harris leaves to set up consultancy firm
Channel 4 chief technology officer Bob Harris is leaving the broadcaster at the end of March to set up his own consultancy business
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February 27, 2014
27
Feb'14
HP Autonomy unveils healthcare analytics system for textual data
HP has unveiled a new healthcare analytics product to enable medical staff to interrogate text and data in relational databases
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January 29, 2014
29
Jan'14
Case study: Scottish Fire and Rescue advances national BI strategy with QlikView
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is using QlikView business intelligence software to bring together its data streams for external reporting and operational intelligence
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January 27, 2014
27
Jan'14
Teradata launches analytics product as SAP BW replacement
Teradata has released an analytics product for SAP ERP, as a full-blown alternative to SAP BW
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January 22, 2014
22
Jan'14
HB Fuller sticks with HR in the cloud
Cloud based HR system gives adhesives maker the ability to manage its global workforce
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January 13, 2014
13
Jan'14
Big data salary increases present cost pressure for Indian CIOs
As pressure mounts on CIOs to drive business growth through customer acquisition big data skills, which come at a premium, will put pressure on budgets.
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January 10, 2014
10
Jan'14
More than 1,100 DWP workers disciplined over benefits snooping
More than 1,100 employees at the Department for Work and Pensions have received official warnings since 2008 for prying into benefits records
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December 31, 2013
31
Dec'13
CW500 Club in 2013
Computer Weekly's CW500 Club attracts the top IT leaders in the UK to talk to their peers about the topical challenges they face
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December 17, 2013
17
Dec'13
NHS clinical research body uses QlikView to forward open data
The clinical research delivery arm of the NHS is developing an open data platform using QlikView
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December 09, 2013
09
Dec'13
Case study: London Borough of Islington’s smart working journey
The London Borough of Islington is using technology to ensure its staff are as productive as possible travelling along a ‘smart working journey’
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December 06, 2013
06
Dec'13
Nokia Solutions Networks HR rejects best of breed for best of platform
Nokia Solutions and Networks has chosen a ‘best of platform’ approach for its global HR programme in the wake of a reduction in staff from around 80,000 to 50,000, consequent to a restructure in 2011
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December 05, 2013
05
Dec'13
700,000 benefit claimants miss out on Universal Credit deadline
The secretary for work and pensions has admitted the Universal Credit benefit scheme will miss its 2017 deadline
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December 03, 2013
03
Dec'13
Tech spend to increase in 2014 as executives explore big data
Over three-quarters of chief financial officers plan to increase technology investments in 2014
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November 29, 2013
29
Nov'13
Mobile business intelligence adoption slows, BARC BI survey finds
Mobile BI adoption is slowing and much vaunted social media analytics are little deployed, according to the latest BARC BI global survey
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November 29, 2013
29
Nov'13
IT budgets to rise by 3% in 2014 as companies step up spending on mobile
IT spending will increase by 3% in 2014, up from 1.8% last year. But shadow IT spending will add another 40% to technology budgets
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November 22, 2013
22
Nov'13
Jaguar Land Rover builds data sharing infrastructure
Jaguar Landrover (JLR) has used a proposed data sharing standard to improve car development within its product lifecycle management (PLM) system.
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November 21, 2013
21
Nov'13
Pegasystems CEO Alan Trefler plans his next move for the $500m software company
Alan Trefler discusses his plans for Pegasystems, the BPM and CRM specialist that has grown into a $500m a year company
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November 20, 2013
20
Nov'13
Case study: McGraw-Hill Education mobilises with Salesforce
The educational resources provider utilises Salesforce to develop a mobile app and get its sales reps selling more on campus
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November 14, 2013
14
Nov'13
CIO interview: Paolo Cinelli, CIO, Ikea
Ikea's priority is to get closer to its customers using a multi-channel approach which combines digital and traditional methods