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IDC Has Released Its Predictions for The IT Industry in 2014

Dec 12, 2013

IDC has released its predictions for the IT industry in 2014, and said it believes that Middle East spending will exceed $32 billion in the coming year. It predicts that the region will make a 7.3 percent year-on-year growth, one of the ...

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The National Audit Office Described The Government's Welfare Reforms

Sep 6, 2013

The National Audit Office, the spending watchdog, has described the government's welfare reforms as "overambitious" and hindered by the "limited functionality" of IT systems. It follows Department for Work and Pensions announcing further ...

Tags: Computer Products, software

IT Jobs Market Is Continuing to Bounce Back in Certain Areas

May 21, 2013

Data from IT employment firm CWJobs.co.uk shows the IT jobs market is continuing to bounce back in certain areas, with vacancy levels now only 15 per cent below Q1 2008, when the global recession struck. While the electronics side of the ...

Tags: Computer Products, economy

Technology Leaders Must Swap Control for Influence in a New Digital Age

May 15, 2013

Technology leaders must swap control for influence in a new Digital Age, according to researchers More than one in five CIOs believe that their direct control over technology has diminished since the start of the recession, according to ...

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Sainsbury's Bank Will Outsource Its Entire Banking IT Platform

May 9, 2013

Sainsbury's Bank, the 50/50 joint venture between the supermarket chain and Lloyds Bank, will outsource its entire banking IT platform when Sainsbury's takes complete control of the financial services organisation. Further reading ...

Tags: Sainsbury, IT, Computer Products

Salesforce.com Is Taking Steps to Combine Its Acquisitions in Social Media Monitoring

Apr 25, 2013

Salesforce.com is taking steps to combine its acquisitions in social media monitoring and social advertising with its core CRM (customer relationship management) software through a new product called Social.com. The new product, which was ...

Tags: Computer Products, webservice

Testing and Development Skills Are Likely to See The Greatest Pay Rises

Feb 6, 2013

People with management, testing and development skills are likely to see the greatest pay rises this year, according to a report. The latest Global Salary Survey, by specialist recruitment consultancy Robert Walters, was confident hiring ...

Tags: niche skills, Hot tech, commerce skills

The Government Has Made a Good Start in Reducing Spend on IT

Jan 25, 2013

The National Audit Office (NAO) has found that the government has made a good start in reducing spend on IT, but that it still needs to work on delivering IT solutions that reform public services and the way they operate. Government ...

Tags: National Audit Office, IT, IT solutions

The Government Has Made a Good Start in Reducing Spend on IT

Jan 24, 2013

The National Audit Office (NAO) has found that the government has made a good start in reducing spend on IT, but that it still needs to work on delivering IT solutions that reform public services and the way they operate. Government ...

Tags: National Audit Office, IT, IT solutions

A Government Digital Showcase Event Took Place in Westminster

Jan 24, 2013

The coalition wants to set a standard for digital delivery of public services that other governments around the world will aspire to. That's what Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude told the audience at Sprint 13, a government ...

Tags: UK, digital delivery, public services

Gartner Predicts That Worldwide IT Spending Will Reach EURO2.28tn This Year

Jan 7, 2013

CBR rounds up expert comments on Gartner's new prediction that Worldwide IT spending will reach EURO2.28tn this year. Evanna Kearins, director of Jaspersoft, told CBR "Even though we still find ourselves in a hugely volatile economy ...

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SAP and a Financial Analyst Are at Loggerheads Over

Dec 31, 2012

IDG News Service - SAP and a financial analyst are at loggerheads over a recent report by the analyst, which said that a handful of customers had received substantial discounts on their software maintenance renewals. "We recently spent ...

Tags: SA, software maintenance renewals, software, company news

The Government Expects to Slash Its Software Licence&Maintenance Bill with Microsoft&SAP

Dec 28, 2012

The government expects to slash its software licence and maintenance bill with Microsoft and SAP by up to£150m by 2015,via a framework renegotiation. Under the deal the public sector will avoid recent Microsoft's licence fee ...

Tags: government, software licence

Utility Companies in Western Europe Will Spend $10.5bn on IT This Year

Dec 25, 2012

Utility companies in Western Europe will spend $10.5bn on IT this year, of which over 62% will be invested in IT services. IDC Energy Insights expects IT spending by utility companies in the region to exceed $13bn in 2016, after average ...

Tags: Western Europe, Utility Companies, IT services, IDC Energy Insights

The G-Cloud Looks Set to Become The Future Model for The Way Government Buys Its IT

Dec 24, 2012

The G-Cloud looks set to become the future model for the way government buys its IT – with a new framework in the pipeline that will include secure email services for the NHS – and calls for it to become a blueprint for all new ...

Tags: G-Cloud ramps, secure email services, user device services

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