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Software licensing
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May 17, 2017
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May'17
London digital sector continues to grow faster than rest of UK
The gap between the number of digital tech firms in London and the rest of the UK is growing
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May 11, 2017
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May'17
New York Philharmonic puts Toscanini archive online for worldwide audience
The New York Philharmonic is digitally archiving millions of documents and making them available online
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May 09, 2017
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May'17
Brexit yet to dampen fintech recruitment in London
Fintechs are still recruiting in London as large banks start to make plans to move staff to EU countries
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May 05, 2017
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May'17
SAP goes after world’s largest brewing company in $600m licence dispute
Belgian brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev says it intends to defend “vigorously” against software licensing claims by SAP
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May 03, 2017
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May'17
SAP focuses on training young Arab graduates in Middle East
SAP has a raft of initiatives planned in the Middle East which includes a strategy to equip young people and entrepreneurs with the IT skills required as the region transforms.
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May 03, 2017
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May'17
Barclays Bank opens startup hub in London
Bank aims to support fintech firms in their early stages
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April 24, 2017
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Apr'17
Gulf Air refreshes storage and server farm hardware with Dell EMC
Airline completes major project to revamp its storage infrastructure with Dell EMC technologies
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April 24, 2017
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Apr'17
SAP board member talks Middle East investment
In an interview with Computer Weekly, SAP’s chief financial officer, Luka Mucic, talks up the significance of the UAE and wider Middle East region in terms of IT transformation
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April 19, 2017
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Apr'17
IBM sales and profits down, but future focus areas see growth
IBM experiences another fall in sales, but it continues to sell more in areas that will make up its future business
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April 19, 2017
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Apr'17
How Dutch university quickly connected thousands of students to new learning management system
Dutch university TU Delft is replacing its legacy learning management system after 17 years
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April 19, 2017
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Apr'17
How Oracle tackles licensing discrepancies
The recent publication of court filings from a licence dispute case shows a catalogue of 'damaging' techniques the supplier used following an audit
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April 11, 2017
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Apr'17
House of Fraser drops Oracle support to invest in multi-channel retail
IT departments need to cut costs to reinvest in new projects. House of Fraser has a multi-channel strategy and Oracle support wasn’t strategic
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March 19, 2017
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Mar'17
SAP to invest $200m in United Arab Emirates
European software maker plans investment to get near customers in the Middle East
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March 16, 2017
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Mar'17
Nordea goes beyond what is mandatory for PSD2
Nordic bank prepares for the introduction of the latest banking regulations through a platform that is open to third parties
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March 15, 2017
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Mar'17
National Theatre moves to Office 365
The National Theatre is increasingly using cloud technology, with the implementation of cloud-based productivity tools its latest move
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March 01, 2017
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Mar'17
Subscription-based air travel to hit Europe
Airline Surf Jet launches its membership-based service in Europe with cloud-based subscription management software at the core of the business
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February 27, 2017
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Feb'17
Santander bank to work with IBM developing mobile apps for staff
Santander bank wants to make its staff more productive through mobile apps, which it will create alongside IBM
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February 24, 2017
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Feb'17
Number of people hit by professional financial cyber attack grows after lull
Kaspersky Labs reports that the number of people hit by financial cyber attack grew in 2016 after falling in the previous two years
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February 21, 2017
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Feb'17
SAP users react with concern to SAP High Court victory over Diageo
SAP UK and Ireland User Group has reacted to the supplier’s High Court victory over Diageo in indirect licensing dispute
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February 17, 2017
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Feb'17
High Court rules for SAP, against Diageo in indirect licensing case
Judge rejects Diageo’s submission that SAP PI is a “gatekeeper” licence for gaining access to the SAP suite of applications and database
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February 01, 2017
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Feb'17
Cloud project success gives Aster appetite for more
The success of a cloud project at Aster Group gives the IT department the task of having to curb enthusiasm for the cloud
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January 23, 2017
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Jan'17
Singapore and Indonesia stand out for IT spend in Apac banking sector
Singapore is the top spender on IT for banking of all developed economies in the Apac region, while Indonesia has the fastest growth rate in IT spending
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January 23, 2017
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Jan'17
Schroders staff to complete daily tasks on mobile devices
The asset management company wants to make it easier for its staff to complete everyday tasks by linking mobile devices to enterprise systems
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January 11, 2017
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Jan'17
Building society uses SharePoint in the cloud for intranet
The Family Building Society moves intranet to SharePoint in its first major cloud project
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December 21, 2016
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Dec'16
Top 10 CW Middle East stories of 2016
Read the most popular articles about enterprise IT in the Middle East
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December 20, 2016
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Dec'16
Top 10 CW Nordics stories of 2016
Read the top 10 Nordic enterprise IT stories from Computer Weekly
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December 19, 2016
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Dec'16
Review of 2016: Top 10 CW Benelux articles
Here are the 10 most popular Benelux-focused Computer Weekly articles of 2016
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December 05, 2016
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Dec'16
Top 10 ANZ enterprise IT stories of 2016
Here is a rundown of Computer Weekly’s most popular ANZ enterprise IT articles for 2016
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December 05, 2016
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Dec'16
Top 10 Asean enterprise IT stories of 2016
The 10 most popular Asean articles of 2016
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November 29, 2016
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Nov'16
Finnair digitises core business processes via Apple and IBM
Finnair is working with IBM to bring user-friendly apps to its internal workforce
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November 28, 2016
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Nov'16
How to combat software auditors
Software audits can be a huge waste of time and resources for IT departments
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November 23, 2016
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Nov'16
Budget busters: Three ways for CIOs to fund digital initiatives
The business wants IT to innovate, but CIOs find their budgets are frozen. Who you gonna call?
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November 16, 2016
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Nov'16
UK almost bottom of OECD pile for ICT investment
The UK ranks low in terms of how much it invests in the ICT infrastructure as a proportion of GDP
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November 12, 2016
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Nov'16
Gulf Cooperation Council’s local companies eye regional shared services
Enterprises indigenous to the Gulf region are taking their first step into business and IT shared services through internal developments
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October 24, 2016
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Oct'16
Microsoft hikes UK enterprise software and cloud prices as pound tumbles
The software giant's policy of harmonising prices across Europe means charges go up from 1 January 2017
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September 22, 2016
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Sep'16
Which? calls for user compensation over Windows 10 upgrade issues
Consumer rights champion’s research shows 12% of Windows 10 users have downgraded to an older version of the software because of troublesome updates
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September 19, 2016
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Sep'16
Microsoft cuts Skype jobs in London
Microsoft is consolidating its Skype staff in London to one office and merging some roles, which could result in more than 200 job cuts
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September 08, 2016
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Bank IT spending to hit $241bn across four major global regions
IT spending across four major economic regions will increase by around 4% in 2016, but Europe is the least certain
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July 21, 2016
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Jul'16
IT outsourcing falls steeply in second quarter but IT as a service sees strong growth
Sales of IT as a service growth in Europe helped offset a huge fall in the total value of traditional IT and business process outsourcing contracts
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July 18, 2016
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Oracle targets cloud sales at Asia Pacific’s mid-sized firms
Software giant aims to hire 1,000 professionals to drive mid-market growth in Apac region
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July 13, 2016
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Jul'16
Cubic Transportation licenses TfL’s contactless payment system
Cubic Transportation plans to use London's payments system to develop contactless solutions for transport around the world
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July 08, 2016
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Jul'16
New Jersey turns to technology to keep offenders out of jail
New Jersey is developing criminal justice applications that will save offenders from spending years in jail before their cases are heard
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June 28, 2016
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Jun'16
Brexit: CIO strategy following currency and market turmoil
Industry watchers expect sterling’s position to remain weak against the US dollar, prompting speculation that US IT suppliers may increase prices
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June 15, 2016
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Jun'16
Gulf Air tinkers with Oracle suite and explores hybrid cloud models
Bahraini airline Gulf Air is looking to make productivity gains across its enterprise resource planning system
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June 07, 2016
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Jun'16
Unlicensed software rife among Asean computer users, says BSA
The Asean region has the highest levels of unlicensed software use, according to the 2016 Global Software Survey from the Business Software Alliance (BSA)
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June 01, 2016
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Jun'16
Microsoft sells 1,500 mobile patents to Xiaomi in licensing deal
Sale of mobile patent portfolio comes alongside software licensing agreement and may herald Xiaomi’s expansion into Europe and the US, say analysts
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May 26, 2016
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BSA warns of malware risk from unlicensed software
While piracy rates are declining, unauthorised software poses a big security risk, says the Business Software Alliance
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May 23, 2016
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May'16
Middle East CIOs put ambitious IT projects on hold as cheap oil hurts business
A lack of business confidence leads some organisations in the Middle East to delay or abandon ambitious IT projects that may not show an immediate return
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March 17, 2016
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Mar'16
CIO interview: Mogens Kristensen, Sydbank
Danish bank’s IT head explains the advantages of sharing some IT systems with other banks
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March 16, 2016
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Mar'16
Oracle Q3 2016: cloud revenue grows, US currency strength takes toll
SaaS and PaaS combined contributed $583m in third quarter, up 57% in US dollar terms, while IaaS was down 2% in dollars to $152m