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05 Apr 2011

Air France-KLM streamlines booking system

New platform allows airline's IT staff to detect and fix problems with reservation system with new Progress Software implementation
10 Sep 2010

Part 1: 2010 trends in SOA and Application Development and Integration

Gartner's Paolo Malinverno
Gartner analyst Paolo Malinverno explores trends in SOA
29 Jun 2010

Ask the analyst – expert answers to your business IT questions

Computing has teamed with analyst firm Gartner to offer a new online service that gives readers the chanceo get expert answers to their business IT questions
20 Oct 2009

Play the long game for bigger savings

Making short-term cost cuts could mean paying a heavier price in the long term
10 Sep 2009

Tibco chief prepares for next era of enterprise IT

Tibco's chief executive, Vivek Ranadivé, believes firms are on the cusp of a new, more dynamic era of event-driven enterprise computing
22 Jul 2009

How IT management and good governance can ensure a successful SOA strategy

A panel of experts answer IT managers' questions on service-oriented architecture
19 Jun 2009

Five tips on implementing a new IT architecture

Architectures should be based on business capabilities
16 Jun 2009

Taking the horror out of SOA

Widely misunderstood and wilfully abused, the term “service-oriented architecture” fills many IT leaders with dread, but behind the monstrous hype are some frightfully sound principles. So how should organisations go about putting them into practice? Computing asked leading experts for their views
16 Jun 2009

Case study: Greenwich Borough Council and IT architecture

Council focuses on security and flexibility to satisfy needs of online public services
09 Jun 2009

Meeting ever-changing IT needs at Unicef

Charity Unicef UK has used proven technology to build an IT architecture that can respond quickly to changing fundraising requirements and scale easily to meet spikes in donations
09 Jun 2009

Back to the drawing board for IT architects?

With budgets under severe pressure, many IT leaders are having to re-evaluate their technology blueprints
02 Jun 2009

Podcast: The business case for SOA

Gartner analysts discuss the best way to approach service-oriented architecture
22 May 2009

UK firms lukewarm on ERP upgrades

CIOs in no hurry to enhance enterprise resource planning systems with SaaS, Web 2.0 and SOA
21 May 2009

Scottish Widows invests in integration

SOA software will support plans to improve IT efficiency
14 Apr 2009

Nordea banks on SOA to cut costs

Harmonising business processes and applications is saving million of euros at Nordea
27 Feb 2009

Standard Life puts IT centre stage in the downturn

Agile development, service-oriented architecture and IT standardisation are driving change at the insurance provider, says IT director Keith Young
24 Feb 2009

Slump strengthens the business case for SOA

In hard times, IT needs to deliver more for less. Service-oriented architecture can make that happen, says Alan Bowling
29 Jan 2009

Experian IT gears up for downturn

Experian IT chief John Finch tells Computing how a service-oriented approach to product development is helping the credit information firm better meet the demands of its clients
22 Jan 2009

New Look tailors SOA for growth

Fashion retailer adopts service-oriented architecture model to support expansion and generate savings
13 Jan 2009

Taking a service-oriented approach to integration

SOA may alleviate some integration issues, but metadata proliferation is a risk, writes Alistair McLeod
11 Dec 2008

IT overhaul is just the ticket for TheTrainline

Ticketing site to implement SOA and virtualisation
23 Oct 2008

Achieving software development success is all in the balance

To succeed in future, developers must blend tried and trusted techniques with cutting-edge methods, says Martin Atherton
21 Oct 2008

Gartner picks tech top 10 for 2009

Virtualisation tops the list
16 Oct 2008