The growing use of virtualisation has really helped many organisations. Not only have the average utilisation rates of servers and storage improved, but the use of applications and other software packaged ready for installation – ...
Tags: servers, storage, applications, software, virtual machines, virtual images
The cloud played a pivotal role in separating insurance group Direct Line from parent company the Royal Bank of Scotland(RBS)to launch on the stock market. Direct Line had less than 6 months to re-engineer its HR process to prepare for an ...
Tags: Cloud HR, share offering, RBS, Peoplesoft system
Contents HR lags behind in consumerisation of IT Useability a driving force behind HR technology Big data can be a powerful HR tool Read more on SaaS HR Read about cloud-based HR implementations Read more on big data in HR Businesses must ...
Tags: unfair SaaS HR contracts, HR technology Big data, SaaS-based HR, Otter
Insurance company NFU Mutual is to automate its paper-based claims handling using business process management tools from Tibco. The multimillion pound project will help the rural insurer streamline its claims-management processes across ...
Tags: NFU Mutual, Insurance company, Tibco, ActiveMatrix BPM software
British Gas chief information officer(CIO)David Cooper likes to keep things low-key.But the scale of his multimillion-pound technology transformation,and the impact his team's work has on customer spending,makes his one of the ...
Tags: British Gas, 26 IT workstreams, CRM, UK
VMworld Europe 2012 has kicked off in Barcelona,with 11,000 attendees expected to descend on the Fira Gran Via over the next four days. VMware's annual European event was opened with keynotes from VMware senior executives giving an ...
VMware is launching a suite of products to help IT executives manage workspace apps on consumers' mobile devices – including Apple iPhones – securely. This will help enterprises regain control of IT amid growing ...
Tags: mobile devices, Apple iPhones, securely, consumerisation
Citrix has bought the privately-held cloud-based service desk technology provider Beetil,to expand its capabilities of its cloud-based support product line,Citrix GoToAssist. This acquisition will integrate an IT service desk solution to ...
Tags: Citrix, Beetil, cloud capabilities, remote support
Inchcape Shipping Services(ISS)is implementing a cloud-based HR system to manage its 3,700 disparate global staff,after basing its choice of supplier on 10 key questions. ISS is now in the process of implementing a ...
Tags: HR IT system, Ten killer questions, Inchcape Shipping Services
Cancer charity Macmillan had to overcome user resistance when it upgraded its IT service management (ITSM) technology, after the organisation outgrew its existing technology and processes. The organisation eventually overcame user ...
John Ryan declared that BBVA's new Flagship branch has installed a sophisticated multimedia signage system in Madrid, its key highlight being a 63-foot exterior LED. LED, kiosks and media walls installation at the BBVA Flagship ...
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Indian outsourcer Infosys Tuesday unveiled a package of services and technologies that aim to help companies deploying hybrid clouds. Fragmentation of enterprise workloads across technologies and services running on both private clouds ...
Tags: Infosys, self-service cloud hub, outsourcer, cloud system, Indian
International utility, National Grid has selected email delivery and strategy specialist, Striata to provide email billing and transactional email services NEW YORK, NY, July 29, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- International utility, National ...
Tags: email billing services, transactional email services, Email software
Close your eyes and think of the cloud.Odds are Amazon quickly comes to mind--for good reason.By some estimates,Amazon Web Services holds 70 percent of the IaaS(infrastructure as a service)market,providing compute,storage,and networking ...
Tags: IaaS provider, HP, Microsoft, Google, Amazon
Imperial College London is moving its IT service management(ITSM)into the cloud after it grew out of its eight-year-old system. The project will be monitored and,if it proves as successful as expected,the college could move more IT to the ...
Tags: ITSM, Cloud, Imperial College