Southwark Council is upgrading all IT that supports the delivery of council services, with the biggest IT changes in over a decade planned. The London local authority has outsourced the upgrade and management of the IT to Capita for 10 ...
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This year will see over a quarter of a trillion dollars spent on IT outsourcing globally, but Western European organisations are holding back investments in the uncertain economy, according to the latest research from Gartner. The analyst ...
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Changes to Twitter's upcoming API release are aimed at restricting consumer-focused client applications in favor of business-oriented ones, according to the company's blog on Thursday. Version 1.1 of Twitter's API (application programming ...
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Business Technology Solutions (BizTech), a leading IT Services firm and Oracle Platinum Partner announced that it has entered into a merger agreement with Accel Services Inc. a complimentary business services provider working to support ...
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With Oracle now in a self-imposed "quiet period" prior to its next quarterly earnings release, it's not likely the company will make any major announcements until its OpenWorld conference, which kicks off at the end of September. Given ...
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On June 22, Peter Hurth of Concurrency, Inc. will present an educational program titled "SharePoint Process Revolution" to share with Milwaukee-area IT and business managers how the integration of Microsoft's SharePoint enterprise content ...
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Bring your own device (BYOD) programmes have provided the most radical shift in the economics of client computing for business since PCs invaded the workplace, according to research conducted by Gartner. BYOD is an alternative strategy ...
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Fujitsu has unveiled its Fujitsu Personal Cloud concept, which it says is designed to make “substantial savings” in comparison to other managed workplace systems. Fujitsu is using its Global Cloud Platform to enable an ...
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Microsoft's $1.2 billion acquisition of Yammer has been finalized, less than a month after the companies announced the cash deal. Yammer will become part of Microsoft's Office Division, which is led by its president, Kurt DelBene. Yammer ...
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Yammer is adding functionality to its cloud-based enterprise social networking (ESN) software that lets organizations gauge the types of emotions expressed in employee posts. The new capability will be provided via an integration with ...
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Fruit of the Loom, one of the largest manufacturers and marketers of underwear, intimate apparel, casual wear, athletic apparel, athletic uniforms, and sporting goods, To optimize business processes and integrate multiple acquisitions into ...
The MENA region is sufficiently lacking mobility policies and strategies, especially small and medium sized businesses, according to Sam Alkharrat, Managing Director, MENA, SAP. Speaking exclusively at Sapphire Now, Madrid, Alkharrat ...
Rohit Ghai, VP of Products, EMC IIG, presented the opening keynote on day two of the EMC Momentum conference in Vienna this morning, claiming that the transformation of business was the company’s toughest objective yet, calling it ...
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Halcyon Software, the global leader in systems management software, has announced the immediate availability of Authority Swapper 10.0, the latest version of the access control tool for the IBM i. The solution allows IT managers to grant ...
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Aruba Networks today announced a new wireless LAN platform built to tackle to influx of mobile applications. According to ABI Research, over 9 billion Wi-Fi enabled devices have been shipped since 2009, and Gartner predicts mobile ...
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