Business software

Direct Line insures its future with HR in the cloud

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Insurer invests in new HR systems as part of divestment from state-owned RBS
13 May 2012

Young & Rubicam signs ‘record’ 25,000-seat cloud storage deal

Signpost on the south bank in London against a cloudy sky
Egnyte extends Y&R’s storage infrastructure to the cloud
11 May 2012

Microsoft releases critical security update

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Patches are released for Microsoft Office, Windows, .NET Framework and Silverlight
09 May 2012

Oracle loses its biggest Siebel implementation to SugarCRM

IBM dumps Siebel for open source alternative with cloud pedigree
02 May 2012

‘Stolen’ VMware source code to be released on Saturday

The source code dates back as far as 2003 and 2004
01 May 2012

Amazon S3 to exceed one trillion stored objects ‘within months’

Cloud services arm also launches online software store, AWS Marketplace, featuring Linux flavours and enterprise giants
22 Apr 2012

Microsoft reveals Windows 8 Enterprise mobility features

New features include bootable external USB stick to access corporate environment
19 Apr 2012

Opinion: Why Europeans are better at BI than Americans

IT leaders on this side of the Pond have nurtured a culture of user self-sufficiency, and are now reaping the benefits
19 Apr 2012

Crash Podcast: Cyber security concerns, SAP HANA and 4G

This week we discuss a former GCHQ CIO's concerns about UK cyber security, SAP's roadmap for real-time analytics tool HANA, and the potential arrival of 4G services to the UK this year
18 Apr 2012

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18 Apr 2012

Analysis: SAP gears up for a database push

The software giant plans to use its HANA in-memory database technology as the spearhead of an ambitious assault on the wider database market
18 Apr 2012

Essential guide to carbon and energy management

Green IT was all about reducing the carbon footprint of the datacentre, but now companies are using software to help reduce emissions and energy consumption across the whole company
17 Apr 2012

Autonomy’s private cloud passes 50 petabytes in size

Iron Mountain data archiving purchase helps Autonomy's private cloud to triple in size
10 Apr 2012

Lack of IT investment puts supply chains under strain

The parlous state of the EU’s economy has led many businesses to cut back on supply chain investment. But are such cost-saving measures are storing up trouble for the future?
02 Apr 2012

Post Office to re-procure its managed IT services

Separation from Royal Mail leads to IT overhaul
26 Mar 2012

National Air Traffic Services moves to virtualised desktop environment

The move will facilitate bring-your-own-device scheme and boost productivity
26 Mar 2012

Opinion: Why social analytics is a must for business

Firms that do not glean insights from social media data will be overtaken by those that do
21 Mar 2012

Opinion: Boosting collaboration within a distributed workforce

The latest office productivity offerings can break down the barriers to effective communications
20 Mar 2012

Early Office 365 adopters: what drove them and what have they learned?

IT leaders who have migrated to the Microsoft suite talk about the challenges they faced
20 Mar 2012

NHS body saves £20,000 in six months with knowledge management system

Eptica solution predicted to save Business Services Authority £121,000 in first full year.
19 Mar 2012

Microsoft addresses critical vulnerability in latest security update

Seven vulnerabilities are closed by the patch, including a critical flaw with Windows Remote Desktop Protocol
14 Mar 2012

Misys and Temenos £2bn merger collapses

All-cash offers from private equity firms led to collapse, says TechMarketView
12 Mar 2012

Microsoft releases Windows 8 consumer preview

Microsoft Windows president Steven Sinofsky made the announcement today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
29 Feb 2012

Researcher claims to have found further vulnerabilities in pcAnywhere

Symantec source code leak has led to a vulnerability affecting the latest patched version, claims security expert
24 Feb 2012