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Business software

Beware of inflexible ERP systems that 'set like concrete', says expert

ERP systems set like concrete
Clear Business Outcome CEO says ERP given a bad name by poor initial choices being made
23 May 2013

Amazon wins cloud clearance from US government

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Deal makes it easier for government agencies to use Amazon Web Services
21 May 2013

18 million university staff and students to benefit from Windows Azure

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Deal between Microsoft and Janet will also see Office 365 enabled for use at universities
21 May 2013

Analysis: IT overhaul drives down costs for rail firms

Cloud, open source and SME services providers have all played a part in enabling the Association of Train Operating Companies to slash operational costs
16 May 2013

Microsoft Surface Pro - Review

Computing gets its hands on the new Surface Pro, and asks whether this is the one-size-fits-all device enterprises have been waiting for
15 May 2013

Windows ‘Blue’ officially christened Windows 8.1

Free update will be available before Christmas, says Microsoft
15 May 2013

Crash Podcast: Ethical hacking, USB flash drives, consumerisation and Nokia

On this week's podcast we discuss ethical hacking, the death of the USB flash drive, Nokia's crashing feature-phone sales and the consumerisation of corporate IT
14 May 2013

Arqiva wins government contract to improve rural mobile connectivity

£150m tender awarded to Arqiva to improve mobile coverage for up to 60,000 premises
13 May 2013

Marketing hype risks creating big data cynicism, says McLaren CIO

Buzzword could hide true potential of big data, but bringing it to the attention of board level is positive, Stuart Birrell tells Computing
10 May 2013

SAP users wasting £19bn through lack of consolidation, says report

HCL research says savings of 25 per cent possible with wiser instance deployment
10 May 2013

Cloud-first policy adopted at Coca-Cola

Drinks bottler Coca-Cola Enterprises operates de facto cloud-first policy as it retires its SAP ERP suite – piece by piece
09 May 2013

Interview: Paul Woobey, CIO, Office for National Statistics

Woobey discusses big data, how Oracle Exadata has improved budgetary calculations tenfold, and why he won't use the cloud
08 May 2013

Retailers looking to cut Visa and other 'middlemen' out of the payments loop

Retailers want direct relationship with customers' banks in order to speed up payments and cut costs
08 May 2013

Dell buys cloud management software maker Enstratius

Company counts Amazon, VMware and Rackspace among its customers
07 May 2013

Case study: Why Sugar proved sweeter than Salesforce for EMIS

Phil Webb, CTO of medical software supplier EMIS, explains how three potential CRM suppliers were reduced to one
01 May 2013

Analysis: Why Hadoop is set to be the next big thing

Venture capital firms have invested over $1.2bn in Hadoop and big data start-ups. Why are they doing this and what innovations will this funding spur?
01 May 2013

FA hopes to score with new technology

Sooraj Shah hears how technology has helped the FA develop some of the best facilities in the world for players, coaches and supporters
30 Apr 2013

The face of Modern ERP

Dan Matthews, CTO of IFS, explains how enterprise software is stepping up to address mobile business
29 Apr 2013

Interview: Sarah Leslie, Iglo Foods CIO

Sarah Leslie, CIO of Iglo Foods Group - which operates the Birds Eye brand in the UK - explains why she feels confident in outsourcing her data centres to the cloud in the post-2e2 era
29 Apr 2013

Microsoft Surface Pro UK release set for May

Microsoft tablet will be available in 29 countries by the summer
24 Apr 2013

John Lewis passes £1bn web sales as it implements new web platform

IT director Paul Coby talks to Computing about John Lewis' latest IT developments
23 Apr 2013

Interview: WANdisco CEO David Richards

Richards tells Computing how firms get sucked into the Amazon cloud, and how he plans to replicate entire data centres over the WAN
19 Apr 2013

Opinion: has enterprise resource planning had its day?

ERP is all about horses for courses, and one size does not fit all. And in some organisations it is definitely not welcome or needed
18 Apr 2013

Where innovation is always on the menu: an interview with Pret a Manger's IT chief

Fast-growing food chain Pret a Manger prides itself on serving high-quality fresh produce with the minimum of fuss. But behind this simple concept lies a technology stack that is constantly evolving
18 Apr 2013