Dell customers have given a mixed reception to its recent privatisation deal, causing some to re-evaluate their future relationship with the vendor. Dell became a private company in October as part of a $25 billion buyout deal, after a ...
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ChemChina Petrochemical's Jinan branch held an ERP evaluation meeting on Nov 15 with the company's CIO, other leaders, ERP personnel, key users, IBM consultants and KPMG supervisors. At the meeting, IBM consultants reviewed ERP operations ...
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Merck and LG Display have entered into discussion regarding the possibilty to jointly develop a printing method for the production of organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays, according The Korean Times. “Merck is working ...
The majority of today’s CIOs see value in mobilising enterprise applications and in deploying mobile-related innovations such as GPS features, location-based services (LBS), mobile payments and QR codes. Many also say their ...
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Mobile technology is increasing the complexity, usage and costs of mainframe applications, according to 350 international CIOs. A survey conducted by Compuware research shows that companies are subsequently finding it more difficult to ...
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Eighty per cent of employees are potentially putting their companies at risk through use of unauthorised Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications on corporate networks. The extent of so-called "shadow IT" is revealed in a study for ...
AURA, a global provider of AuraPortal Business Process Management (BPM) software, has announced that it has been presented with the "Best BPM Vendor" award in the first edition of the BPM Eastern Europe Summit 2013. AuraPortal has been ...
Transport for London (TfL) has overseen a rise of more than 500 per cent in its employees' use of mobile phones and tablets under its bring your own device (BYOD) scheme over the past three years. Official figures obtained under the ...
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The UK's biggest companies are not considering cyber risks in their decision making, according to a new survey from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The survey, dubbed the cyber governance health check, was sent by the ...
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An Accenture survey of 252 CIOs and 405 CMOs shows that, despite IT’s years of work toward business alignment, it remains far removed from marketing. Apparently, more IT executives care about the IT-marketing relationship than ...
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Sophos has released results of a study which shows some alarming findings on senior management’s knowledge of security procedures in SMBs. Risk of an Uncertain Security Strategy, conducted by Ponemon Institute and Sophos, ...
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Oil giant BP is currently having a “big internal debate” about how it can lock down personal computers without losing out on flexibility for employees, as a direct result of the increasing threat of cyber attacks. Outgoing CIO ...
Congressional lawmakers held hearings this week to determine what, if any, changes can be made to U.S. government surveillance programs, with Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) calling for increased transparency into federal data collection ...
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Denmark-based Sirius International Aviation Insurance (SIAI) goes live with FlexSure providing a solid platform for future growth with Solvency II compliance SIAI is a branch of Sirius International, Stockholm which itself is a part of ...
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Guidewire Software, Inc. (GWRE), a provider of Property/Casualty (P/C) insurance software products, announced that AIG Japan is in the process of implementing Guidewire PolicyCenter as its new underwriting and policy administration solution ...
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