MoD fighting cost overruns with in-house project management
The Ministry of Defence overspent by £3.3 billion last year, and turned to project management software to help control its costs.
View ArticleLondon Stock Exchange delays Linux launch after live test
The London Stock Exchange has postponed the launch of its Linux-based IT system for cash markets, after a third live test was completed with customers over the weekend.
View ArticleTraders concerned over network capacity of Linux system
The London Stock Exchange has formally acknowledged it needs to do more to scale its IT infrastructure before launching a new Linux platform on its cash markets.
View ArticleForrester: Sourcing departments fear control loss with SaaS
Businesses' traditional sourcing departments fear a loss of control of software-as-a-service systems, Forrester analysts have warned ahead of a major conference next week.
View ArticleBP ignored safety software advice, investigators find
BP ignored the advice of safety critical software in an attempt to save time before the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill, according to a presentation slide prepared by US investigators.
View ArticleSAP-Oracle feud could hurt business, customers say
Prolonging the battle between SAP and Oracle, following last week's £820 million damages award, could hurt enterprise software users and change the support landscape.
View ArticleSAP in another exec reshuffle
Three SAP vice presidents and a head of services are leaving the company, as part of a major management reshuffle, it is understood.
View ArticleOfficial report: BP oil spill IT systems lacked key alarms
BP's monitoring IT systems on the failed Deepwater Horizon oil rig relied too heavily on engineers following complex data for long periods of time, instead of providing automatic warning alerts.
View ArticleVisa beefs up fraud detection technology
Visa is targeting better fraud detection, through investments in modelling software.
View ArticleVodafone slams Egypt president Mubarak over text ‘hijacking’
Vodafone has accused Egypts embattled president, Hosni Mubarak, of effectively hijacking its network to send propaganda.
View ArticleGovernment signs up to European cyber security plan
The UK is set to sign up to a European Union cyber security plan, as ministers warned that more needed to be done to tackle the growing threats.
View ArticleLondon Stock Exchange: What really went wrong
The London Stock Exchange has made a U-turn on the system requirements placed on data vendors such as Thomson Reuters, Interactive Data and Bloomberg, after three weeks of problems since the launch of...
View ArticleSeven in 10 businesses worried about managing cloud
Seventy one percent of businesses are concerned about managing cloud computing, according to a survey.
View ArticleIT security regulations ‘totally out of date’
The legal framework in which businesses operate their IT and data security is "totally outdated" and dates "from the 20th Century, while attempting to tackle problems in the 21st", according to a panel...
View ArticleIDC: Technology consumerisation is overhauling the IT role
The consumerisation of technology in the workplace, whereby users bring in their own devices and even sign up to their own choice of cloud systems, is drastically changing the role of the IT department.
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