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BulletIBM throws a paddy
The World Community Grid will help tackle famine by developing a new form of rice  16 May 2008
Innovation
BulletNationwide upgrades ATM platform
The building society will roll out the new software across more than 2,500 cash machines  15 May 2008
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Software
BulletMicrosoft rejigs Small Business Server pricing
Bumps up SBS 2008 purchase price but says lower client access licence will save some firms money  14 May 2008
Transport
BulletVirgin Atlantic invests in IT to improve service
The airline is using an integrated system to boost upper-class service levels  25 Apr 2008
Transport
BulletVirgin changes platform to improve integration
The trains operator did not need the additional functionality involved in an SAP upgrade  17 Apr 2008
Retail
BulletBoots improves recruitment with online system
The chemist chain hopes to improve quality of workforce and save time with new platform  16 Apr 2008
Retail
BulletCoffee Republic offers free web access
The coffee chain hopes to attract more customers and increase advertising revenue with the new service  14 Apr 2008
Transport
BulletAirbus starts world's largest RFID project
The scheme will aim to reduce aircraft production and maintenance costs  11 Apr 2008
Transport
BulletGovernment trials mobile tickets
The first large-scale NFC trial using smartcard standard ITSO goes live in the next couple of weeks  10 Apr 2008
Software
BulletSymantec announces AppStream buyout
Acquisition opens new window into desktop virtualisation  10 Apr 2008
Retail
BulletGreggs in need of £600k finance software upgrade
High street bakery chain hopes to improve data accuracy and speed up reporting processes  10 Apr 2008
Strategy
BulletCompanies failing to test disaster recovery plans
Most organisations have a business continuity strategy - but will it work?  03 Apr 2008
Manufacturing
BulletContinental improves mobile data access
Car parts supplier cuts administration costs by enhancing data access for remote workers  03 Apr 2008
Ecommerce
BulletBusinesses ignoring the benefits of virtual worlds
Online environments will become increasingly important over the next five years, says Deloitte  02 Apr 2008
Software
BulletHP acquires e-discovery firm
Tower Software helps firms stave off litigation threats  01 Apr 2008
Transport
BulleteasyBus streamlines back office software
Coach operator hopes to manage its finances more efficiently with analysis system  31 Mar 2008
Retail
BulletBook distributor improves warehouse with voice technology
Littlehampton Book Services has improved picking accuracy to almost 100 per cent  31 Mar 2008
Transport
BulletProblems continue at Terminal Five
Glitches in luggage handling are yet to be corrected and flights are still being cancelled  28 Mar 2008
Retail
BulletBernard Matthews plans to consolidate processes
New system aims to improve visibility of food lifecycle processes  27 Mar 2008
Transport
BulletBuses and trains receive green light on driver monitor system
The environment-friendly system will help in the assessment of vehicles' carbon footprint  27 Mar 2008
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Retail
BulletBudgens starts biometrics trial
The retailer is using a fingerprinting system to avoid staff entering hours for each other  12 May 2008
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Transport
BulletAir transport industry set for e-ticketing deadline
There are no plans to postpone May deadline despite protests, says IATA  09 May 2008
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Retail
BulletWhitbread unifies card payment system
Owner of Costa Coffee and Premier Inn hopes to generate £1m savings from project  06 May 2008
Software
BulletAdobe profit up 52 per cent
Web design suite and Acrobat deliver increased first quarter revenue  19 Mar 2008
Software
BulletLawson buys Freeborders' product management division
Supplier acquires 79 fashion industry customers across the US, Europe and Asia  18 Mar 2008
Software
BulletRoyal Veterinary College analyses bird flu risks
Researchers are exploring the dangers of infectious diseases using risk analysis software  12 Mar 2008
Software
BulletSun completes $1bn MySQL acquisition
Takeover adds database management system to software giant's open source portfolio  27 Feb 2008
BulletDell buys messaging specialist for £79m
MessageOne deal adds email management capacity to Dell's software as a service package  13 Feb 2008
Strategy
BulletGMTV wakes up to the benefits of alert tools
The broadcaster is exploring new ways of communicating with its viewers  07 Feb 2008
Software
BulletSAS sales up 15 per cent
Business intelligence applications accounted for 29 per cent of 2007 sales  06 Feb 2008
Innovation
BulletNokia to buy software company
$153m (£77m) tender launched for Norwegian firm Trolltech  28 Jan 2008
Ecommerce
BulletButlins hopes to boosts online business
Holiday group's growth strategy needs increased focus on internet sales  18 Dec 2007
Software
BulletWater company upgrades its GIS
The UK's largest clean water supplier will have next-generation satellite systems by summer 2008  17 Dec 2007
Software
BulletBanking group automates back office
Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander consolidated IT to support higher capability  17 Dec 2007
Software
BulletSupport desk is unsatisfactory, say Oracle users
UK users express mixed opinions about Oracle products  06 Dec 2007
Software
BulletTechnology upgrade for first aid charity
SAP software will improve efficiency at St John's Ambulance Supplies  20 Nov 2007
Software
BulletElectrolux rethinks IT management
Using IT portfolio management software will improve resource allocation  01 Nov 2007
Software
BulletOracle's bid for BEA collapses
The $17-per-share offer may not be renewed, said the software giant  29 Oct 2007
Innovation
BulletMPs demand analysis of Galileo's benefits
Committee raises questions over value of the project  18 Oct 2007
Software
BulletBusiness intelligence set for a boom
Global market to double to £4bn in sales by 2012, says Datamonitor research  11 Oct 2007
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Floods
Strategy
BulletManaging risk is about people, process and technology
Computing’s web seminars on managing risk answered your questions to help make sure your company is not headed for disaster  14 May 2008
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Strategy
BulletShape up or ship out
In the third of our four-part guide to outsourcing, we look at the in-demand skills  15 May 2008
Alisdair Darling
Innovation
BulletIT startups need more cash
Investors challenge the government over knowledge-based economy plans  15 May 2008
Innovation
BulletIT startups need more cash
Investors challenge the government over knowledge-based economy plans  15 May 2008
Strategy
BulletSchool plan is to build, not demolish
Building Schools for the Future chief Tim Byles answers the critics of the controversial £45bn programme  15 May 2008
Nhs
BulletPolitics pushing NHS scheme
Early adopters felt under pressure as Connecting for Health pushed the project forward to meet targets  15 May 2008
Software
BulletIntranets should be easy as ABC
Corporate speak is a barrier for IT managers tasked with deciphering complex documents  15 May 2008
Strategy
BulletDamage limitation
A four-step guide on managing risk­ from identifying potential problems to implementing and reviewing processes  15 May 2008
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