Software

Doncaster Council awards £1.3m CRM deal to Lagan Technologies

Figures cut out of paper showing collaboration
Five-year contract aimed at improving council's services
22 Feb 2012

YouGov to save £100,000 a year after datacentre migration

The interior of a datacentre
Research firm uses Veeam to move from Berlin to London
21 Feb 2012

Report: Mobile projects bedevilled by overruns and failed apps

iPhone eco application
Number and value of projects set to increase massively but results likely to disappoint
21 Feb 2012

The High Court paves way for ISPs to block The Pirate Bay

Website owners 'encourage' infringement, says judge
20 Feb 2012

Microsoft cuts SQL Azure prices

Tech giant attempts to attract more customers to cloud-based platform
20 Feb 2012

Barclays develops internal app store

Retail bank aims to increase productivity by enabling staff to work and communicate via apps
17 Feb 2012

Aylesbury Council plans £1.5m ERP cloud deal

The council may extend the service to other councils in the area
17 Feb 2012

Intel delays Ivy Bridge processor

Follows low take-up of current Sandy Bridge chip
16 Feb 2012

London NHS trusts plan £400m patient administration system

The solution will cover a wide range of clinical modules
16 Feb 2012

Microsoft fixes critical bugs in Explorer and Windows

The bugs could allow hackers to remote-access users' machines if left unpatched
15 Feb 2012

National Grid Metering seeks new ERP system

The new system will support its Industrial and Commercial business
14 Feb 2012

Microsoft tightens rules for Office student discounts

Buyers will need to provide evidence of student or teacher status
13 Feb 2012

Google says bug bounties have made its products safer

The firm has paid out £260,000 in rewards to people who have found bugs in its web applications
10 Feb 2012

Full Office applications coming to ARM-based tablets this year, says Microsoft

Windows 8 on ARM aims to bring tablets to the masses
10 Feb 2012

Oracle to acquire SaaS vendor Taleo for £1.2bn

Deal mirrors recent acquisitions in the cloud space by rivals SAP and Salesforce
10 Feb 2012

Leicestershire and Nottingham councils award shared services deal to Velos-IT

The finance and HR deal is worth up to £20m
10 Feb 2012

Malware authors get social to improve cyber attacks

Cyber criminals are offering their products as SaaS, creating social networking and CRM around their tools, and using open-source techniques to further improve their malware
09 Feb 2012

Microsoft is mishandling Windows 8 embedded release, argues Intermec CTO

Arvin Danielson argues that enterprises could turn to Android as a result
09 Feb 2012

Banking specialists Misys and Temenos agree terms for merger

Merger could create one of world’s largest financial software companies
08 Feb 2012

Betfair boosts revenue with Oracle analytics

Real-time decision analytics tool helps online betting site maximise revenue by offering personalised content to users
08 Feb 2012

Oracle files for retrial in case against SAP

Copyright lawsuit dating back to 2007 set to rumble on
07 Feb 2012

BAE Systems selects Logica for six-year HR services contract

Logica to take over from Xchanging
06 Feb 2012

Apple releases large swathe of security patches

Products affected include OSX Lion and QuickTime
03 Feb 2012

IBM finalises Emptoris acquisition

Technology giant builds on Smarter Commerce initiative
02 Feb 2012