Enterprise software
Enterprise software covers a wide range of vital IT management decisions, from operating systems to databases, from business applications to integration and middleware. Your software purchasing and development strategy is central to delivering successful IT systems, and we examine the products and trends that help IT managers make the right choices for their organisation.
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Conference Coverage
02 May 2025
SAP Sapphire 2025 news, trends and analysis
SAP showcases new business AI applications and continues to make the case for S/4HANA Cloud as the future of SaaS-based ERP innovation and digital transformation. Continue Reading
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News
02 May 2025
India’s Hexaware targets public sector business as it expands UK operation
Indian heritage IT services firm opens office in Canary Wharf and sets is sights on growing its UK public sector business Continue Reading
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News
05 Feb 2020
Darktrace signs to McLaren for 2020 F1 season
McLaren Racing has enlisted Darktrace to become its official artificial intelligence cyber security partner Continue Reading
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News
05 Feb 2020
Veeam pushes subscription licensing in cloud-centric ‘Act II’
Backup specialist wants to “win the cloud” as it pushes towards a cloud-focused vision that includes pay-for-what-you-use and multicloud after its acquisition last month Continue Reading
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News
05 Feb 2020
Finnish digital initiative to drive EU digital-based passenger services
Finnish-driven transport-as-a-service concept gets EU-wide appeal as a way of increasing customer satisfaction and reducing fuel consumption Continue Reading
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News
05 Feb 2020
Executive interview: Melissa Di Donato, CEO, SUSE
New CEO of the world’s largest independent open source company wants to make SUSE more innovative and help businesses to modernise traditional IT Continue Reading
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News
05 Feb 2020
Web app ubiquity gives cyber criminals new opportunities
The popularity and ubiquity of web-based apps such as Office 365 and Salesforce is a temptation too good to miss for cyber criminals Continue Reading
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News
05 Feb 2020
OVHcloud eyes Indian market in APAC expansion
French cloud infrastructure supplier OVHcloud is investing more in India over the next few quarters as part of its regional expansion plan Continue Reading
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News
04 Feb 2020
Australia’s NAB taps AI to create brand voice
Using Amazon’s artificial intelligence smarts, National Australia Bank has developed a unique brand voice that will greet customers who dial up its contact centre Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Feb 2020
Caribbean island hospital rebuilds after hurricane with DataCore
Hurricane Irma tore the roof off a server room and flooded IT hardware, but that was an opportunity to rebuild redundant IT using DataCore’s SANsymphony software-defined storage Continue Reading
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News
04 Feb 2020
SAP gives ECC users a five-year reprieve
Standard support is being extended to 2027, while SAP will continue to offer extended support until 2030, in a bid to get businesses to migrate to S/4 Hana Continue Reading
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News
04 Feb 2020
Google Cloud confirmed to be a $10bn revenue run rate business
Google parent Alphabet has separated out the contribution its cloud arm makes to its overall business for the first time in its fourth-quarter financial results Continue Reading
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News
04 Feb 2020
Social media targeting algorithms need regulation, says CDEI
The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation is recommending regulation of social media algorithms as part of a drive to make user targeting safe and ethical Continue Reading
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Podcast
04 Feb 2020
Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 45
In this week’s episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna are joined by investigations editor Bill Goodwin to delve deeper into the Travelex and related affairs, and to discuss public sector cloud trends, AI and the NHS, and the Hangar 51 startups accelerator programme Continue Reading
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News
04 Feb 2020
Record-breaking rise in global cloud infrastructure spend between Q3 and Q4
Synergy Research Group’s fourth-quarter look at the cloud infrastructure market reveals a huge jump in sequential spend since the third quarter Continue Reading
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E-Zine
04 Feb 2020
Ethics and the internet – how to build a web we can trust
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the steps being taken to ensure the future development of the web is ethical and open. We discuss the UK’s cyber security skills gap and ask what more the government should be doing. And we find out how cloud technology could help people stop smoking. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
03 Feb 2020
Australia’s Avalon Airport to provide self-service kiosks
Avalon Airport, located between Melbourne and Geelong in Victoria, is implementing self-service kiosks to improve passenger experience and operations Continue Reading
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03 Feb 2020
Bristol University uses Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to speed up smoking cessation drug discovery
Scientists from the University of Bristol used Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to speed up research into how nicotine causes addiction by binding to specific receptors in the brain. Continue Reading
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News
03 Feb 2020
SAP cloud revenue up, S/4HANA adoption still slow
Although SAP reported impressive revenue and cloud growth for 2019, it remains challenged to get the majority of its installed customer base onto S/4HANA. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
03 Feb 2020
Be Prepared For Infrastructure Change...
As I mentioned in my previous blog post, the time for digital transformation to happen has started to hit crunch time, and then some. I recently reported on an IT event in Central Londinium, an ... Continue Reading
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News
03 Feb 2020
Brexit messes up IT project plans
With no firm plans for a managed departure from the Europe Union, the UK’s IT spending is set to be curbed, and CIOs will need to start cutting costs as IT budgets decline Continue Reading
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News
03 Feb 2020
Government refuses request to pay legal costs for subpostmasters in Post Office case
The government has refused to pay the huge legal costs subpostmasters incurred in their battle with the government-owned Post Office, which they won Continue Reading
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Blog Post
03 Feb 2020
It's Not Just About Brexit, Superbowl And Footie Transfer Deadlines...
So, the past few days has seen some serious deadlines and finals come and go. And, no, we're not going to talk about the rugby (yet). In the world of IT, the "Brexit" of our industry, AKA "Digital ... Continue Reading
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News
03 Feb 2020
India’s 2020 budget to boost local tech sector
A flurry of investments in quantum computing, datacentres and broadband connectivity is expected to shore up India’s technology industry from this year Continue Reading
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Blog Post
01 Feb 2020
Open source licence series – Delphix: Rent vs buy, which fits your licencing cost model?
Open source grew, it proliferated… and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key means of development… but the issue of how open source software ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
31 Jan 2020
Open source licence series – Tidelift: Ethical source-available licenses challenge open source
Open source grew, it proliferated… and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key means of development… but the issue of how open source software ... Continue Reading
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Feature
31 Jan 2020
Alan Bates: The ‘details man’ the Post Office paid the price for ignoring
In 2003, subpostmaster Alan Bates had his contract terminated when he refused to comply with Post Office policy. A decade and a half later, against the odds, he took the Post Office to the High Court and won a multimillion-pound legal case Continue Reading
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News
31 Jan 2020
Davos: The clock is ticking on climate change but cyber crime and emerging technologies add to risks
Climate change, natural disasters, extreme weather and loss of biodiversity are the greatest risks we face. With cyber conflicts, state-sponsored hacking and internet fragmentation, doing nothing is not an option, says the World Economic Forum Continue Reading
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Blog Post
31 Jan 2020
Open source licence series – Puppet: consumption without collaboration equals consternation
Open source grew, it proliferated… and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key means of development… but the issue of how open source software ... Continue Reading
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News
31 Jan 2020
Australia’s Iconic Hotels taps cloud for speed and cost savings
The independent hotel operator in the Australian Capital Territory has saved IT manpower and costs by moving from an on-premise hospitality management system to a cloud-based application Continue Reading
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News
31 Jan 2020
Promotions for architects of IBM’s $34bn Red Hat deal
Former CEO of Red Hat and IBM’s cloud chief are now heading up Big Blue as it moves forward to a multicloud, hybrid computing future Continue Reading
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News
31 Jan 2020
AWS downplays risk of competitors threatening its public cloud dominance during Q4 results
Amazon Web Services posts fourth-quarter revenue of $9.95bn for the three months to 31 December 2019 as speculation persists about the rising threat from Microsoft Continue Reading
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News
30 Jan 2020
Microsoft earnings get a lift from Windows 7 extended security
Azure powers Microsoft’s Q2 2020 earnings, but the company is not only seeing a boost from Windows 365, but also extended Windows 7 support Continue Reading
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News
29 Jan 2020
Inside DXC Technology’s APAC playbook
DXC Technology’s CTO for Asia-Pacific talks up efforts to support the region’s enterprises that are in varying stages of digital transformation Continue Reading
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News
29 Jan 2020
Oracle customers complain of cloud coercion
In December, Oracle won its day in court – but a poll reveals a sales tactic based on audit threats combined with heavy cloud discounts Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Jan 2020
The future of enterprise application consumption: an adoption paradigm shift
This is a guest blogpost by Mark Armstrong, GM and GVP EMEA, Rimini Street. In the next 5-10 years I see three business and societal trends that will potentially lead to a radical shift in how we ... Continue Reading
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News
29 Jan 2020
AI is transforming the Nordic workplace – and it won’t stop there
Nordic startups are applying artificial intelligence to address workplace challenges, with HR and operations managers across the world watching Continue Reading
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News
29 Jan 2020
Government puts £140m NHS AI award in play to speed up advanced tech usage
Matt Hancock, secretary of state for health and social care, has launched a £140m competition for AI healthcare technology providers Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Jan 2020
Saudi smartness: AI hackers gather in the Kingdom
Quiz time: list your top 10 Artificial Intelligence (AI) world hubs? Possible answers: Silicon Valley (obviously), Bangalore & Bengaluru (same place), Shanghai and Shenzen (both big footprints ... Continue Reading
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News
28 Jan 2020
Fintechs fear deepfake fraud
New research reveals the majority of CISOs working in the financial services sector are increasingly concerned about the potential use of deepfakes Continue Reading
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News
28 Jan 2020
Met Police could deploy facial recognition against protesters
Live facial recognition will be rolled out operationally by the Met Police, but police monitoring group Netpol believes it will hamper people’s ability to exercise their rights to protest Continue Reading
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Podcast
28 Jan 2020
Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 44
In this week’s episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly and Brian McKenna are joined by Cliff Saran to discuss the end of support for Windows 7, the latest developments in IR35 in the private sector, Will Carling and AWS in respect of the Six Nations, data literacy, and IT at Davos Continue Reading
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News
28 Jan 2020
Subpostmaster prosecutions move closer to appeal
Prosecutions are a significant step closer to being sent to the Court of Appeal as Criminal Courts Review Commission forms a group of commissioners to review them Continue Reading
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Blog Post
28 Jan 2020
Fancy a bit of CausalNex?
Advanced analytics company QuantumBlack has released its racily-named CausalNex software product. This is the company’s second open source software development following its previous launch of ... Continue Reading
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E-Zine
28 Jan 2020
IT must play its part in tackling the climate crisis
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at this year’s World Economic Forum and find out how the IT sector is aiming to help tackle climate change. Our buyer’s guide assesses onsite, offsite and cloud-based disaster recovery. And IT contractors are up in arms about the government’s loan charge policy – we examine the issues. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
27 Jan 2020
Open source licence series - Rancher Labs: Why vendor ‘strip-mining’ is an opportunity, not a threat
Open source grew, it proliferated… and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key means of development... but the issue of how open source software ... Continue Reading
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News
27 Jan 2020
LV= rolls out smart speaker skill
General insurance firm says customers will receive answers to commonly asked questions by invoking the skill on Alexa or Google Home Assistant Continue Reading
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News
27 Jan 2020
Police sent information about potential Fujitsu staff perjury in subpostmaster prosecutions
The police have been asked to consider information from a High Court judge questioning evidence given by Fujitsu staff in criminal trials of Post Office subpostmasters Continue Reading
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Blog Post
27 Jan 2020
Open source licence series - Altus: open source is big business, get used to it
Open source grew, it proliferated… and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key means of development... but the issue of how open source software ... Continue Reading
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News
27 Jan 2020
Met Police to launch facial recognition operationally
Despite the continuing controversy around its use, the Metropolitan Police will be deploying live facial recognition across the capital Continue Reading
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Feature
24 Jan 2020
Last-mile delivery challenges in the age of omnichannel
The last-mile delivery problem is getting more difficult as customers demand lightning-speed product fulfillment. Here's hope. Continue Reading
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News
24 Jan 2020
UK firms lack skills to make AI work, employees claim
Research finds employees are concerned about being blamed for tech blunders, with those fears increasing resistance towards artificial intelligence technology Continue Reading
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News
24 Jan 2020
Cyber gangsters publish staff passwords following ‘Sodinokibi’ attack on car parts group Gedia
Sodinokibi hacking group steps up pressure on German automotive manufacturer by publishing information, including the CEO’s computer password and sensitive details of its IT systems, on the internet Continue Reading
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Tip
24 Jan 2020
6 candidate journey mapping secrets savvy recruiters know
A journey map can be a critical tool for uncovering what it takes to provide your candidates with great experiences. Here's advice on how to use it the right way. Continue Reading
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News
24 Jan 2020
SAP User Group launches Business One Academy
UK and Ireland SAP User Group sets up academy to provide training on SAP Business One, which is only available via resellers and in which there is a dearth of education for small businesses Continue Reading
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Blog Post
24 Jan 2020
Cash will survive beyond demise of plastic cards, says Deutsche Bank
Forget the end of cash, say goodbye to your platic bank card Continue Reading
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Blog Post
24 Jan 2020
Open source licence series - Instaclustr: Is open core a rotten deal?
Open source grew, it proliferated… and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key means of development... but the issue of how open source software ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
23 Jan 2020
Embracing the digital evolution approach in 2020 and beyond
This is a guest posted by by Marc Caltabiano, vice-president for ANZ at Mulesoft Companies across industries have been gearing up for digital transformation, which has become a buzzword in the tech ... Continue Reading
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Tip
23 Jan 2020
Critical tips for managing contingent workers
Contingent workers save companies both time and money, so it's important to manage them in a win-win way. Here is what HR teams and employers can do to make sure that happens. Continue Reading
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News
23 Jan 2020
Travelex hackers shut down German car parts company Gedia in massive ‘cyber attack’
Car parts manufacturer says cyber attack will have far-reaching consequences for its business, and it has put emergency plans in place to continue deliveries Continue Reading
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News
23 Jan 2020
How AWS is helping boost rugby fans’ engagement in the Guinness Six Nations championship
With the Six Nations rugby championship about to kick off, we find out how Amazon Web Services is helping to enhance the viewing experience for fans in 170 countries Continue Reading
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News
23 Jan 2020
Gartner: Over two-thirds of management tasks will be automated
Watch out pen-pushers – by 2024, many management tasks will be automated using artificial intelligence Continue Reading
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News
23 Jan 2020
Seven projects funded to explore CAV security
The winners of the Cyber Securities Feasibility Studies contest, exploring cyber security for self-driving cars, have been revealed Continue Reading
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Blog Post
23 Jan 2020
Open source licence series - WhiteSource: permissive is winning, but is there a hurt factor?
Open source grew, it proliferated… and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key means of development... but the issue of how open source software ... Continue Reading
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News
23 Jan 2020
Air New Zealand taps AI in airside operations
Air New Zealand has teamed up with Auckland Airport to test the use of computer vision to turn around its fleet faster Continue Reading
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News
23 Jan 2020
Data Literacy Project research finds UK workers putting off data work
Research from Qlik and Accenture finds a big majority of UK workers lack the data literacy skills and confidence to capture business value from data Continue Reading
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Answer
22 Jan 2020
What are some key SuccessFactors onboarding capabilities?
Onboarding is critical to employee experience and a company's reputation as a talent destination. Learn about SuccessFactors functionality to help improve this important process. Continue Reading
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Feature
22 Jan 2020
Spread of Kubernetes spurs backup and disaster recovery products
Growth of containerised applications brings with it the need to back up and provide disaster recovery. But what do you need to protect, and who provides the products? Continue Reading
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News
22 Jan 2020
Internal error left Microsoft customer service data exposed
Customer service and support records of nearly 250 million Microsoft customers left exposed after database misconfiguration Continue Reading
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Feature
22 Jan 2020
Driving adoption: Are high costs putting public cloud out of reach to non-profits?
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s insights into the sky-high cloud bills faced by some non-profit organisations prompts questions about whether the public cloud giants should do more to make their services more accessible to the third sector Continue Reading
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News
22 Jan 2020
Government should not be allowed to dismiss subpostmasters’ claims over Horizon IT scandal
Subpostmasters are stepping up their fight for justice after their huge court victory, with Westminister replacing the High Court as the battleground Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 Jan 2020
Open source licence series - Percona: is the battle won, or is this a different war?
Open source grew, it proliferated… and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key means of development... but the issue of how open source software ... Continue Reading
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News
22 Jan 2020
Big Blue finds green shoots in Red Hat mix
IBM’s latest quarterly filing shows early signs that enterprises are buying into its OpenShift and RHEL-powered cloud strategy Continue Reading
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News
22 Jan 2020
UK and EU AI communities will only be globally significant if they work as one
The European Union and the UK will be left behind in artificial intelligence research and development if they take separate paths after Brexit Continue Reading
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News
22 Jan 2020
Windows 7: The pieces are coming together for a PC rethink
As organisations migrate off the unsupported Microsoft Windows 7 operating system to Windows 10, CIOs must assess their hardware refresh strategy Continue Reading
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News
21 Jan 2020
Singapore updates model AI governance framework
Second edition of Singapore’s artificial intelligence governance framework includes new guidance, use cases and a self-assessment guide Continue Reading
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Podcast
21 Jan 2020
Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 43
In this week’s episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna talk about the loan charge review that is bearing down on IT contractors, the Tech Talent Charter, Windows 7, and combating loneliness among remote workers Continue Reading
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News
21 Jan 2020
High-street banks face disruption three weeks after Travelex hack
Foreign exchange services still disrupted, three weeks after Travelex received a $6m ransom demand from cyber gangsters Continue Reading
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News
21 Jan 2020
Will 5G turn Langkawi into world’s first smart island?
Malaysia telco TM is set to transform Malaysia’s Langkawi archipelago with a 5G testbed that will pave the way for 5G services across the country Continue Reading
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20 Jan 2020
Don’t become the next Travelex: Get ready for ransomware
With Travelex’s IT still in disarray and banks and travellers left without access to funds more than a week after it was hit by a ransomware attack, we ask what others can learn from the foreign exchange services company’s response to the incident. Continue Reading
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E-Zine
20 Jan 2020
How to avoid becoming the next Travelex
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at the lessons learned from the ransomware attack on Travelex and how other firms can avoid the same fate. As Microsoft ends support for Windows 7, we examine the issues for the many remaining users of the operating system. And healthcare CIOs explain the tech challenges facing the NHS. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Jan 2020
Why mobile recruiting is the future
Recruiters can use text recruiting to connect with great candidates. Here's a look at how mobile recruiting works, why it's important and what the future holds. Continue Reading
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News
20 Jan 2020
Spanish bank applies AI to staff training
CaixaBank uses artificial intelligence to help its staff find and access the most relevant training resources Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Jan 2020
Open source licence series - Perforce: it was NEVER about the money
Open source grew, it proliferated… and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key means of development... but the issue of how open source software ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
19 Jan 2020
Open source licence series - R3: The world needs audit licenses
Open source grew, it proliferated… and it became something that many previously proprietary-only software vendors embraced as a key means of development... but the issue of how open source software ... Continue Reading
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News
17 Jan 2020
App developers sue Facebook over ‘anti-competitive conduct’
Lawsuit is based on leaked internal Facebook documents obtained and published by Computer Weekly and NBC last year Continue Reading
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Blog Post
17 Jan 2020
Business AI needs to focus on psychology, not technology
There's no doubt now that AI works, and it can work very well indeed – as a technology, at least. And as one of our recent research projects reported, AI-based machine learning (ML) is increasingly ... Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Jan 2020
Do you use cloud storage for these use cases yet?
We look at the use cases most suited to a quick transition to the cloud: backup, archiving, disaster recovery, file storage and cloud bursting – cloud storage’s low-hanging fruit Continue Reading
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Blog Post
17 Jan 2020
MariaDB goes bigly on cloud-native smart apps
MariaDB Corporation is upping its cloud-native playbook. At the same time, MariaDB is aiming to up its approach to so-called ‘smart’ applications., so before we define the parameters at play here, ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
17 Jan 2020
Qualys offers GPS guidance for developers at the application security crossroads
All developers care deeply about application [development] security. Okay, that’s perhaps not always strictly true… let’s try again. All developers care deeply about application functionality and ... Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Jan 2020
Top 2020 HR trends: Employee and candidate experience, AI and more
In 2020, business and HR will need to use technology and lead with the employee and candidate experience top of mind. Here's what to know. Continue Reading
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News
16 Jan 2020
Lloyds Banking Group to create digital workplace with Microsoft
Bank is transforming how its staff work as part of a multibillion-pound digital transformation Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Jan 2020
Big storage meets cloud in the datacentre 'as-a-service' revolution
Cloud is mainstream but the datacentre’s here to stay. This has resulted in a trend towards as-a-service in the datacentre where big storage array makers and the cloud giants meet Continue Reading
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News
16 Jan 2020
CIO interview: Merck Healthcare’s Alessandro da Luca on supply chain automation era
The CIO of Merck Healthcare, Alessandro da Luca, talks about how his organisation has automated its supply chain using machine learning software from Aera Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Jan 2020
Windows 7: Don’t cry for me
It may have gone unnoticed with the January 14 end of support deadline for Windows 7, but Microsoft’s 10 year old OS, had one last Patch Tuesday update. And , surprise, surprise, this included a ... Continue Reading
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E-Zine
15 Jan 2020
CW APAC: Trend Watch – digital disruption
Adoption of new technologies is growing rapidly and transforming the business landscape. In this handbook, focused on digital disruption in the Asia-Pacific region, Computer Weekly looks at how business and IT leaders can implement a coherent and cohesive approach to digital transformation. Continue Reading
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News
15 Jan 2020
Lorca announces new cohort of 20 security scaleups
20 scaleups will focus their attention on automation, zero trust and supply chain security Continue Reading
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15 Jan 2020
How Aussie Broadband is improving service levels with automation
Australian telco Aussie Broadband has improved customer service though automation, even with a lean team and a growing subscriber base. Continue Reading
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15 Jan 2020
How APAC firms can unleash the power of creative disruption
Regional business leaders at the recent Leap Summit in Malaysia talked up the blueprint for creative disruption, which includes scaling up an idea and overcoming the distribution challenge, among other areas. Continue Reading
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News
15 Jan 2020
Last Windows 7 patch updates critical remote desktop flaw
It is no longer being supported with free updates, but Microsoft's final Patch Tuesday for Windows 7 fixes a major flaw in the 10-year-old operating system Continue Reading
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News
15 Jan 2020
Bristol University uses Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to speed up smoking cessation drug discovery
Scientists from the University of Bristol used Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to speed up research into how nicotine causes addiction by binding to specific receptors in the brain Continue Reading
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News
15 Jan 2020
AWS to request temporary halt to Microsoft’s work on $10bn JEDI cloud contract
Amazon to file temporary restraining order with the US federal court to prevent Microsoft undertaking any substantial work relating to its delivery of US government’s JEDI cloud contract Continue Reading