Enterprise software
Eight reasons to dump your old ERP that your CEO will get
Some compelling business reasons why you should get the budget for a new enterprise architecture
Old outdated ERP drags the business down. Here are eight good excuses from Paul Turner, senior director at NetSuite, to explain to business-line peers why the business needs to invest in a replacement more...
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CIO Profile: P&G's Dave Ubachs on supplier management and mergers
Global integration projects require epic scale supplier relationships
Dave Ubachs deals with the world's biggest suppliers on a global scale. For many, he is their number one customer. more...
CIO Profile: P&G's Dave Ubachs on providing global solutions
P&G’s UK CIO and shared services chief Dave Ubachs talks about the information difference a CIO can make
Ubachs and his CIO peers across the P&G empire got there through a corporate-wide understanding that CIOs needed to be central to the challenges the organisation faces more...
CIOs need to put an end to Bring Your Own Collaboration
The fine line between freeing up file-sharing tools and a free-for-all has to be drawn
The Megaupload investigation illustrates how prevalent unmonitored file-sharing is within the corporate environment, exposing businesses to illegal activity within their own walls more...
JD Williams CIO rises to the multi-channel challenge
The extended economic slump is driving retailers to redraw their clicks to bricks ratios
Economic pressures, a confidence in online payments and increasing adoption of smart mobile devices has shifted retailers perspectives on sales channels more...
CIO Profile: Newham Council's Geoff Connell on the borough's 2012 transformation
Making the most of the Olympic Games and beyond
The veteran IT boss of one of the most disadvantaged boroughs in London is positive that its fortunes are on an uptick more...
Why enterprise software will never be the same
SaaS, social networking and key acquisitions changed the landscape in 2011
A series of significant events took place in the enterprise software market, that will have a lasting impact on the industry in years to come. Here's a look at some of the biggest turning points more...
Happy New Year for the CIO on a tight budget
Why SaaS has at last become a big-league pound-stretcher
Christine Hodgson of Capgemini on why SaaS will be the answer to CIO's 2012 New Year's budget resolutions more...
A source of much relief for charity CIO Marcus East
Open source software helps Comic Relief make more of public's donations
Comic Relief CIO Marcus East explains the benefits of open source software for keeping administration costs down to make the most of public donations more...
CIO Profile: TfL's Steve Townsend plans for the Olympics - and beyond
All change for London 2012
Steve Townsend has the enviable task of making sure the capital's transport network is able to cope with the constant shifting patterns of commuter flows more...
Enterprise software news
Oracle asks for retrial against SAP in TomorrowNow case
A federal judge last year lowered the award to Oracle by $1 billion
A federal judge last year lowered the award to Oracle by $1 billion more...
Unilever signs SAP usage expansion
ERP key to its rapidly evolving supply chain management
ERP key to its rapidly evolving supply chain management more...
Infor challenges SAP and Oracle by revamping support offerings
The new Xtreme support offerings come in three tiers
The new Xtreme support offerings come in three tiers more...
Cisco to simplify collaboration products
The initiative will touch products such as WebEx, Quad, Jabber IM and Tandberg
The initiative will touch products such as WebEx, Quad, Jabber IM and Tandberg more...
SAP to deliver core ERP on HANA in-memory database
More ammunition for SAP drive to migrate applications customers from Oracle's database
SAP plans to roll out support for the ERP module within its flagship Business Suite product family on the HANA in-memory database platform in the fourth quarter of this year, according to executive board member and technology chief Vishal Sikka. more...
SAP confident of crossing £17bn revenue mark
The company said it had double-digit software revenue growth in all regions in 2011
SAP has said it has exceeded its guidance for revenue and profit in 2011, its best year in its 40-year history, and was positioned to exceed its revenue target of €20 billion (£16.7 billion) in 2015. more...
Asda in £500m investment for high tech depots and stores
UK's second largest supermarket targets faster supply chain and new jobs
Asda is set to create 5,000 jobs and invest £500 million this year, as part of a programme to open stores and overhaul distribution centres with IT-driven 'cross docking' capabilities. more...
Microsoft income dips
Revenue rose in the second fiscal quarter, while its profits dipped
Microsoft revenue rose in the second fiscal quarter, while its profits dipped. more...
SAP acquires Datango software to increase training
Enterprise Apps giant to add multilingual online help to products
SAP has acquired software from Datango that will allow it to add multilingual online help and training materials to enterprise software applications. more...
Symantec buys out cloud archive provider LiveOffice
E-discovery and compliance technology vendor adds to Symantec portfolio
Symantec has acquired LiveOffice, a provider of cloud-based data archiving and storage, for $115 million (£75 million), the companies announced. more...
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