Software

British Waterways Scotland splashes out £2.3m to update its IT

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Scottish government body awards three-year contract to Amor Group
03 Jan 2012

European Banking Authority seeks new partner to service web site

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The EBA aims to safeguard the EU’s financial system
03 Jan 2012

Leaked Windows Phone roadmap reveals details of high-powered business device

Windows Phone 7 Mango on Android and IOS
High-end Apollo phone due for release in autumn
30 Dec 2011

Review of 2011: Is the Wintel axis starting to buckle under pressure from Apple, ARM and Google?

The Wintel desktop OS axis is being buffeted by Apple, ARM and Google - will it go into a tailspin?
30 Dec 2011

Security researcher recommends ditching Oracle Java platform

Security expert claims the platform's vulnerabilities outweigh its utility
23 Dec 2011

Yuletide Backbytes

Starring love-starved geeks, the His Holiness the Pope and a masochistic Indian
22 Dec 2011

Hillingdon Council adopts Google Apps in bid to save £3m

Council will migrate 3,500 staff from Microsoft Outlook to Google Apps
21 Dec 2011

Environment Agency to spend £48m on mapping, modelling and data services

As part of a £1bn contract that will last for four years
20 Dec 2011

IBM acquires Emptoris to boost Smarter Commerce initiative

Product will meet specific needs of chief procurement officers
16 Dec 2011

BAE Systems kicks off business transformation programme

The defence contractor has selected Infor for ERP and BI, and Camwood for managed application certification
15 Dec 2011

Open data push is essential for growth, says Deloitte report

However, the government must be aware of accountability and privacy issues associated with this
13 Dec 2011

Azul Systems launches Java platform monitoring tool

JHiccup tool checks whether application code or Java runtime is the cause of application performance problems
13 Dec 2011

Atos creates 50 "high value" IT jobs in Scotland

New jobs will be supported by £1m Highlands and Islands Enterprise grant
12 Dec 2011

HP turns to open source community to keep WebOS going

Software acquired in 2010 for £770m will now be released for free, in another departure from previous CEO Apotheker's strategy
12 Dec 2011

Aviva rolls out PlayBooks to on-site surveyors

A bespoke application records on-site risk information which feeds directly into a database
12 Dec 2011

QA Apprenticeships says 85 per cent of its schemes lead to full-time employment

With help from key industry players, QA Apprenticeships courses can be tailored to plug the skills gap
12 Dec 2011

Sainsbury’s web site struggles to cope with Christmas demand

Some 58 per cent of the site's visitors could not load Christmas page earlier this month
12 Dec 2011

John Lewis selects ServiceNow to transform IT management

Four thousand head office IT users can access self-service portal
08 Dec 2011

Rackspace CTO: Oracle and SAP are starting to panic

John Engates argues that the software giants are in dire need of a clear public cloud roadmap
08 Dec 2011

DWP to trial 1,000 open-source desktops

The move comes in the wake of the government's recent drive to increase open source adoption across Whitehall
07 Dec 2011

Microsoft opens the curtains on Windows 8 app store

Aims to be first truly business-friendly app store
07 Dec 2011

Microsoft releases Exchange Server 2010 SP2

SP2 includes a number of upgrades and bug fixes
06 Dec 2011

SAP bolsters cloud portfolio with SuccessFactors acquisition

The deal is worth about £2.1bn
05 Dec 2011

John Lewis bags Transversal for improved online search

Transversal will provide John Lewis with data on customer questions
05 Dec 2011