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Integration software and middleware
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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.
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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%
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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August 06, 2012
06
Aug'12
Putting innovation on the outsourcing menu
Cliff Saran investigates what happens when systems integrators are asked to innovate
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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June 29, 2012
29
Jun'12
Key HMRC IT plans delayed due to spending freeze, says NAO
Key HMRC IT plans have been delayed because of the Cabinet Office’s moratorium on spending, the National Audit Office (NAO) says
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June 19, 2012
19
Jun'12
Oracle reports strong profit growth
Oracle reported an 8% increase in profits on a 1% increase in sales for the fourth quarter of its 2012 financial year
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June 13, 2012
13
Jun'12
O’Neill consolidates IT applications to grow profits
Retail chain O’Neill Europe has undergone a major IT consolidation to cut costs and use information more efficiently in a difficult trading market
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June 06, 2012
06
Jun'12
Microsoft publishes its response to government open standards consultation
Microsoft has become the first major IT supplier to publish its submission to the government's consultation on the use of open standards.
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May 11, 2012
11
May'12
Banks still handicapped by IT legacy
Research finds three-quarters of banks in Europe are using outdated core systems which are hindering their ability to grow
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April 04, 2012
04
Apr'12
South West police roll out £1.1m central data repository
Police forces in the South West of England are going live with a £1.1m data sharing system across the region
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March 19, 2012
19
Mar'12
Case Study: US Xpress deploys hybrid big data with Informatica
US Xpress is using a suite of data tools and integration products from Informatica to boost its fleet management
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February 24, 2012
24
Feb'12
Lloyds bank saves £2bn after HBOS IT integration
Lloyds Banking Group says the integration of its multiple brands has saved more than £2bn per year, with IT a major contributor.
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January 05, 2012
05
Jan'12
IBM buys Green Hat for cloud-based agile testing
IBM is acquiring cloud-based software testing company Green Hat to bolster its Rational product family.
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December 05, 2011
05
Dec'11
SAP buys SaaS firm SuccessFactors in $3.4bn deal
Enterprise software company SAP announces a $3.4bn deal to acquire software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider SuccessFactors.
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August 15, 2011
15
Aug'11
Government must change the way it stores citizens' personal data, calls the EHRC
The government must bring in changes to better protect personal information, calls the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
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August 02, 2011
02
Aug'11
Tesco signs eight-year deal to use Microsoft products and services
Tesco has signed a software licensing and services deal with Microsoft aimed at helping improve the retail giant's global productivity and international growth.
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July 28, 2011
28
Jul'11
ElasticStack delivers cloud with SAN-resilient storage on commodity hardware
Cloud platform provider ElasticStack has refined its software to deliver a cloud platform with resilient storage using low-cost commodity hardware...
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May 17, 2011
17
May'11
IBM qualification courses rolled out in Scottish universities
IBM has introduced qualification courses for its Power systems and System z mainframes throughout Scottish universities and colleges.
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March 31, 2011
31
Mar'11
SMB IT spending seeing significant growth
Small and medium businesses (SMBs) are increasing IT budgets and recruiting more IT skills
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March 31, 2011
31
Mar'11
Troops in danger as outdated systems at the MoD reach meltdown
Outdated IT systems at the The Ministry of Defence (MoD) are reaching meltdown, with the risk of seriously affecting troops' ability to carry out operations, a National Audit Office report has found.
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February 11, 2011
11
Feb'11
BMW's Aida project on song with DS's V6 PLM system
BMW has selected Dassault Systèmes' V6 product lifecycle management (PLM) software for its cars' future electrical, electronics, and embedded software (E/E)...
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January 21, 2011
21
Jan'11
Rackspace launches system administrator app
Rackspace has launched an app that allows a CIO or system administrator to dial up or take down servers and storage moment by moment.
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January 13, 2011
13
Jan'11
What can businesses learn about real-time monitoring from the BP oil spill?
The full report on the BP oil-well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico has been released, revealing that its real-time data monitoring systems need to be improved.
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January 11, 2011
11
Jan'11
Toptable.com selects Zeus Technology software for traffic management
Restaurant-booking site, Toptable.com, has chosen Zeus Technology's software-based traffic management application to manage its web traffic.
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January 05, 2011
05
Jan'11
BCS CEO David Clarke talks about the future of the IT industry
David Clarke, CEO of the chartered institute of computing the BCS, talks to Computer Weekly about being awarded an MBE, the future of the IT profession and tackling a membership revolt against his leadership last year.
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December 20, 2010
20
Dec'10
Government shelves FiReControl
The government’s costly and overrunning FiReControl project has been axed. FiReControl has been cancelled because of serious delays with the EADS contract (now Cassidian) which began in 2004 and cost £225m.
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February 10, 2009
10
Feb'09
Added critical data protection for SMBs
New technology aiming to solve small and medium size businesses’ perennial problems with protecting business critical data
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October 30, 2007
30
Oct'07
Riverbed posts profit, but stock slips
Riverbed reports higher sales, but its stock fell 25% on a poor rating from financial analysts.
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October 21, 2007
21
Oct'07
DreamWorks draws on storage for animation
DreamWorks' senior technologist says it takes a lot of emerging storage technologies to make an animation movie.
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October 14, 2007
14
Oct'07
VMware takes on data migration
VMware supports migrating data between disc arrays with Storage VMotion, changing the equation between server and storage virtualisation devices.
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October 04, 2007
04
Oct'07
Pillar announces support for 1 TB SATA drives
Pillar is one of the earliest to announce 1 TB SATA drives in an enterprise array. IBM's SVC becomes the first storage virtualization product certified with VMware.
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September 16, 2007
16
Sep'07
3PAR adds tiered storage management tool
The new version of the System Reporter management tool for 3PAR's high-end arrays now includes monitoring for tiered storage environments.
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August 28, 2007
28
Aug'07
Data archives overview
When a file is lost due to user error, or data is corrupted because of system problems, the affected data can be restored from a backup. An archive is different from a backup because the data may not be used for months, even years, but must be ...
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August 17, 2007
17
Aug'07
HDS, HP simplify high-end disk array pricing
Users of the new USP-V disk array from HDS and the XP24000 disk array from HP will now pay less for attaching external storage, as well as capacity.
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August 13, 2007
13
Aug'07
Data backup copies overview
How do you choose a storage copy technology? The best choices usually involve need and cost, vendor support, and technological compatibility/longevity.
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August 09, 2007
09
Aug'07
Buying Guide for NAS management software
Learn the key evaluation factors for purchasing NAS management software in this Buying Guide.
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August 09, 2007
09
Aug'07
NAS appliance purchase considerations
NAS appliances are frequently touted for bringing convenience and simplicity to network storage. Appliances include their own dedicated disks for storage and RAID, and most NAS appliances can be upgraded with more or larger disks for additional ...
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August 09, 2007
09
Aug'07
Sun adds virtual tape library to Thumper
Analysts say the combo of FalconStor's software, Solaris and Thumper is a good sign of integration from Sun after a disorganised year, but it's unclear if users will be convinced.
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August 08, 2007
08
Aug'07
NAS appliance specifications
NAS appliances are noted for their convenience, offering dedicated internal storage that is relatively straightforward to identify and manage. The biggest issue for NAS appliances is avoiding network bottlenecks and supporting expansion without ...
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August 07, 2007
07
Aug'07
Application-aware storage promises intelligence and automation
Storage professionals overbuy both performance and capacity in an effort to forestall potential storage problems. Tiered storage was one way to address this problem -- matching storage resources and costs with the value of data. Today, storage is ...
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July 31, 2007
31
Jul'07
Fixed-content data archiving products get a boost
Caringo, EMC and HDS spruce up their fixed-content data archiving products as buzz around compliance and legal discovery continues.