When Andy Haywood says he is extremely busy, it is probably not an exaggeration. Eight months after joining the Co-operative Business Group (CBG) as group chief information officer (CIO), he is leading a full-scale IT transformation ...
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A hotel chain in the UK has taken CounterACT network access control for its systems from Forecast for endpoint compliance to PCI requirements Travelodge, a UK budget hotel company, has selected ForeScout CounterACT NAC-as-a-Service ...
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The Co-operative bank has agreed to buy 632 Lloyds TSB and Cheltenham and Gloucester branches along with the millions of customers attached to them. The takeover will see the Co-operative eventually use a separated version of Lloyds ...
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Sourcefire announced today it has strengthened and expanded its FirePOWER appliance family, providing users with the unmatched ability to protect against sophisticated malware, advanced persistent threats (APTs) and targeted attacks. One ...
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IBM has launched a new set of incentives and aids to help its service partners make better use of the company’s cloud services and products. IBM’s managed service provider (MSP) partners can now get financing, marketing ...
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eHosting DataFort has been selected to host and manage DMCC Tradeflow, the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre’s (DMCC) online trade enabling platform, which enhances commodity trade flows and offers a central registry of ownership for ...
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Q-Re, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qatar Insurance Company (QIC), has awarded a contract to Xuber for delivery of its International Reinsurance and Insurance System (Iris) to help streamline its operational efficiency. Selected after a ...
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Hosting giant Rackspace saw profits grow 55% to $48.3m (pound 31m) in the first six months of this year. Total revenue for the first half of the year was $620m, a 30% jump on the first half of 2011. “At the halfway point in the ...
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More than 75% of multinational companies in Europe are either evaluating or planning the roll-out of unified communications-as-a-service (UCaaS), according to research released today. The study, carried out by Orange Business Services and ...
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Westcon today announced that it has been signed as a distributor for VSS Monitoring in the Middle East. VSS Monitoring is a leader in brokering traffic for performance and security tools on dynamic networks deployed by enterprises, ...
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IT services provider Civica has secured multiple contracts with 22 UK schools to provide digital learning services. Implemented by Civica's education division, the learning environments use Civica's CloudBase learning platform and Virtual ...
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East Sussex County Council(ESCC)and Surrey County Council(SCC)have issued a joint tender worth up to 60m euros for the development of existing SAP systems. The tender,found in the Official Journal of the European Union,states that the ...
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East Sussex County Council (ESCC) and Surrey County Council (SCC) have issued a joint tender worth up to £60m for the development of existing SAP systems. The tender, found in the Official Journal of the European Union, states that ...
Tags: ESCC, SCC, SAP systems, GPA
The University of Cumbria is looking for a supplier to provide a new managed IT infrastructure service in a six-year deal. In the Official Journal of the European Union tender, the university notes that the contract will be worth between ...
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In an exclusive interaction,Ravishankar,CEO&Co-Founder,Nevales Networks speaks about the company's value proposition as the defacto managed service provider for SMBs in India.The Indian company is sure about the success of ...
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