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Integration software and middleware

• September 10, 2015 10 Sep'15

  Cloudian boosts object storage HyperStore compliance features

  Distributed object storage software maker Cloudian upgrades HyperStore with added granularity of data protection features that can help meet compliance requirements

• August 11, 2015 11 Aug'15

  Use technology to improve NHS, say patients

  Almost 70% of the population believes technology should be used in the NHS to improve patient outcomes and efficiency, says Trustmarque

• July 23, 2015 23 Jul'15

  Software project will save Ford tens of millions a year in car repair bills

  Car maker Ford is rolling out sophisticated warranty software to 12,000 dealers worldwide in a project that is expected to bring rapid financial returns

• July 08, 2015 08 Jul'15

  BA opens up API on flight information

  British Airways offers an open application programming interface (API) for flight information to encourage developers to create value-added travel applications

• June 30, 2015 30 Jun'15

  Top suppliers as UK software and services market approaches £50bn

  The top five software and IT services firms in the UK are Capita, HP, IBM, Capgemini and Accenture, according to the latest figures from TechMarketView

• June 23, 2015 23 Jun'15

  Bet365: A company betting on its own technology innovations

  While many sites make great use of agile development, run on the cloud and are built on Java and JavaScript, Bet365 is doing IT its own way

• 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 15, 2015 15 May'15

  Rentokil opens up core IT systems to business

  The IT department at Rentokil Initial has delivered coding interfaces to its back-end ERP system to enable the business to create new applications

• 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

• January 09, 2015 09 Jan'15

  User groups defend licensing, but should Oracle rethink remuneration?

  Two Oracle user groups have defended Oracle's licensing policy following open letter by Campaign for Clear Licensing

• January 08, 2015 08 Jan'15

  Forrester: IT maintenance saps budget as tech spending increases

  Technology spending is set to rise modestly, but the majority of IT spending will still go on maintaining existing systems

• December 11, 2014 11 Dec'14

  IoT will drive a middleware boom

  Spending in middleware is expected to exceed $16.3bn, driven by a shift towards agile mobile application integration

• December 10, 2014 10 Dec'14

  Why MPs lost faith in the Post Office's IT investigation, but vowed to fight on

  A group of 140 MPs has removed its backing for a Post Office scheme to redress subpostmasters' grievances over alleged false accounting

• December 02, 2014 02 Dec'14

  HP is ‘coming back strong’, says CEO Meg Whitman

  At the HP Discover event in Barcelona, CEO Meg Whitman addressed the future for customers following HP's split into two businesses

• November 11, 2014 11 Nov'14

  Qantas puts Oracle ERP in the cloud with Tata Consultancy Services

  Airline Qantas signs IT outsourcing services firm TCS to upgrade its Oracle ERP platform and move it into the cloud

• November 04, 2014 04 Nov'14

  Airbus interview: research, innovation and the future of aviation

  IT plays a substantial role in creating the aircraft of the future, with research and innovation at the core of the Airbus business strategy

• October 10, 2014 10 Oct'14

  Fear and loathing could hold back UK internet of things, says KPMG report

  More than two-thirds of UK consumers fear growing number of interconnected devices make it too easy for things to go wrong

• October 10, 2014 10 Oct'14

  SAP teams up with Birst to offer cloud analytics on Hana

  SAP is working with cloud BI supplier Birst to provide “instant analytics in the cloud” on the Hana in-memory database platform

• August 13, 2014 13 Aug'14

  Home Office pours £3.8m into shared service for biometric cards

  The Home Office has awarded a £3.8m contract to Thales for a service to support the production of Biometric Residence Permit cards

• July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14

  IBM partners with Apple to deliver enterprise services for iOS

  IBM has given Apple a major boost in the enterprise, through a partnership that will see it provide services and software for iOS

• June 30, 2014 30 Jun'14

  Net-a-Porter integrates testing and development

  Online fashion retailer Net-a-Porter has integrated software testing and development to support agile methodologies

• June 17, 2014 17 Jun'14

  IFDS integrates UK and India service centres

  International Financial Data Services has implemented software to balance workloads across UK and Indian delivery centres

• March 20, 2014 20 Mar'14

  Application support and maintenance costs increase 29%

  The cost of supporting and maintaining applications is increasing every year for Global 2000 companies in the US and UK, according to a study of 300 CIOs

• March 14, 2014 14 Mar'14

  Interview: Charles Phillips, CEO, Infor

  Charles Phillips is at a critical point in his role at Infor. Over the past three years as CEO he has invested heavily in overhauling the company's enterprise software

• February 07, 2014 07 Feb'14

  Met Police releases ‘Total Technology’ IT strategy

  The Metropolitan Police Service has released a three to four-year plan on how to transform the use of technology in the organisation

• February 04, 2014 04 Feb'14

  Satya Nadella replaces Steve Ballmer as Microsoft CEO

  Microsoft has named Satya Nadella as CEO almost six months after former incumbent Steve Ballmer announced his retirement

• January 28, 2014 28 Jan'14

  BBC failed to get "sufficient grip” over failed DMI project, says NAO

  The National Audit Office has slammed the BBC over its failed Digital Media Initiative (DMI), project saying the broadcaster was “too optimistic” and the BBC executive “did not have sufficient grip of the programme"

• January 21, 2014 21 Jan'14

  Allianz deploys Rumba to provide secure mainframe administration

  Insurer Allianz UK has deployed Rumba terminal emulator software from MicroFocus to provide a mainframe-based policy admin system

• 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

• September 04, 2013 04 Sep'13

  Diageo to change how it manages APIs to support digital strategy

  Diageo is contemplating introducing a lightweight middleware layer to better manage the APIs that govern the software services it uses

• July 15, 2013 15 Jul'13

  Lower uptake of cloud, ICT limiting medium-sized enterprises' productivity: CEBR

  Medium-sized enterprises in the UK lagging behind large businesses in terms of productivity, because of lower adoption of ICT and cloud

• July 03, 2013 03 Jul'13

  Ocado delivers with in-house software development

  Online grocery retailer Ocado built its own software for its own business – and now it delivers for Morrisons

• June 13, 2013 13 Jun'13

  NPfIT legacy: NHS yet to spend £600m on CSC Lorenzo patient records

  The NHS has still to spend £600m on CSC's Lorenzo patient record system as a legacy of the defunct National Programme for IT (NPfIT)

• February 18, 2013 18 Feb'13

  Pitchford to head-up Universal Credit programme

  David Pitchford, executive director of Major Projects Authority heads up the Universal Credit at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

• January 08, 2013 08 Jan'13

  Are software audits good for your health?

  The Business Software Alliance's claim that 90% of all audit letters sent in 2012 were the result of tips from whistle-blowers is a wake-up call to CIOs

• January 07, 2013 07 Jan'13

  Parliamentary commission calls for electrified banking ring fence

  A parliamentary report on plans to separate retail and investment banking calls for legislation to prevent breaches of the ring fence

• December 27, 2012 27 Dec'12

  Top 10 financial services IT stories in 2012

  The industry that you expect to hit the IT headlines on a regular basis has not let us down in the last 12 months, despite continued tough market conditions.

• November 30, 2012 30 Nov'12

  G-Cloud success depends on champions and a change in attitude

  G-Cloud director Denise McDonagh has called for public sector champions to push forward adoption of the service.

• November 27, 2012 27 Nov'12

  Google pushes infrastructure-as-a-service into Europe

  Google is expanding its infrastructure as a service (IaaS) cloud computing platform into Europe and cutting storage prices by 20%

• November 14, 2012 14 Nov'12

  NHS reiterates commitment to digitise patient records by 2015

  The Department of Health has reiterated its commitment to get all patient records online by 2015

• October 08, 2012 08 Oct'12

  How French Connection automated stock replenishment to cut costs

  Fashion retailer French Connection cut costs by deploying a stock replenishment automation system

• September 19, 2012 19 Sep'12

  Government spends £638m on universal credit IT, says minister Mark Hoban

  Government has spent £638m on universal credit IT, with £441m going on design and development, employment minister Mark Hoban reveals

• September 17, 2012 17 Sep'12

  E.ON outsources applications to Capgemini

  Utility giant E.ON has outsourced application services to Capgemini as part of a five-year restructure of its IT services in a deal worth about €50m

• September 17, 2012 17 Sep'12

  DWP hits back at criticism over Universal Credit IT systems

  The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has hit back at calls to delay its flagship Universal Credit scheme because of IT concerns

• September 06, 2012 06 Sep'12

  FSA demands review of RBS software failure

  The Financial Services Authority (FSA) wants to know how banks plan to prevent a repeat of the Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) software glitch

• August 06, 2012 06 Aug'12

  Putting innovation on the outsourcing menu

  Cliff Saran investigates what happens when systems integrators are asked to innovate

• August 03, 2012 03 Aug'12

  Multiple automation technologies cause problems

  Almost all IT workers that use multiple automation technologies are having serious problems as a result of the need to process more jobs, according to a Forrester survey.

• August 03, 2012 03 Aug'12

  RBS computer problem costs £125m

  Royal Bank of Scotland will pay £125m in costs related to computer problems in June that meant customers could not access funds

• July 26, 2012 26 Jul'12

  Nationwide customers see payments taken out twice

  Payments made by customers of Nationwide were taken twice after human error at the bank duplicated the process

• July 24, 2012 24 Jul'12

  Nationwide hits major milestone in £1bn IT transformation

  Nationwide has reached a major milestone in its five-year technology transformation project with the roll-out of a mortgage system to its branches