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Atos heads up £25m networking contract with Ministry of Defence

Atos has won a bid to lead a team of companies that includes Vega, Finmeccanica and Information Services Group to become the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) defence communications networks services (DCNS) strategic partner. read more »

Barclays tackles complex regulatory environment with Splunk

Barclays banking group’s security division is using Splunk, a big data technology tool, to help it comply with an increasingly complex regulatory environment and is also looking to roll out the technology across a number of other business units. read more »

Flybe unconvinced by benefits of SAP HANA, opts for QlikView

European airline Flybe is unconvinced by the benefits of SAP’s in- memory analytics tool, HANA, and has instead deployed the QlikView Business Discovery platform for its revenue management and business analytics. read more »

Automotive manufacturer turns to Rimini Street for support

UCI International, a leading US manufacturer in the automotive aftermarket, has decided to use Rimini Street to support its Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) applications in a bid to save a substantial amount in annual support fees. read more »

NAO: Governments £20bn efficiency and reform savings target is ambitious

The National Audit Office (NAO) has said that the Efficiency and Reform Group’s (ERG) target to cut costs by £20 billion between 2014-2015 is ‘ambitious’, and that it needs to work with government departments to assess whether risks to services are ‘crystallising’ because of the efficiency drive. read more »

New technology roll-out puts almost 700 Morrisons jobs at risk

As part of its latest technology drive to improve operations and create efficiencies, supermarket chain Morrisons has revealed that the new roll-out of new cash handling technology will put almost 700 jobs at risk. read more »

Queens University Belfast signs Infosys to test cyber security IP

Queen’s University Belfast, one of the government’s sponsored centres of excellence in cyber security research, has signed a new partnership with Infosys to help it better develop intellectual property (IP) and products that can be used in real-life business scenarios. read more »

Government reveals board members expected to drive open standards

The Cabinet Office has revealed a board of ten members that will be expected to identify and drive the open standards that are intended to promote a cheaper and easier way of buying and using IT in government. read more »

Emirates signs multi-million pound deal with IFS to manage engine overhaul facility

Emirates airline has selected IFS Applications 8 to manage its new engine overhaul facility in Dubai, in a deal that is worth in excess of $6 million (£3.9 million). read more »

SAP User Group: We want 1,000 members using product improvement programme

The UK & Ireland SAP User Group (SAPUG) is urging its members to sign up to its recently improved SAP Customer Connection programme after a number of changes to simplify the registration process. read more »

MoD needs new air movements software with extreme urgency

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has issued an accelerated tender for new air movements software on the grounds of ‘extreme urgency’ and has only given suppliers ten days to bid for the contract. read more »

Sky cannot be specific about time frames to get Yahoo! email platform working

Sky has told its customers that are still experiencing problems with their email, seven days after the company went live with Yahoo! mail after migrating away from Gmail, that it ‘cannot be specific’ about when all services will be back up and running. read more »

GOV.UK beats Raspberry Pi in race for prestigious design award

The government’s recently launched single domain website, GOV.UK, has beaten fourteen other nominees to win the digital category in the prestigious Designs of the Year competition. read more »

Loss and theft of mobile devices costs BBC over £750,000 in three years

A freedom of information request has revealed that the BBC has spent over £750,000 on lost or stolen laptops, mobile phones and tablets in just three years. read more »

Jobs report: 71% of IT pros dont know how to get skilled in cloud

Research carried out by online IT recruitment specialists CWJobs.co.uk has found that although IT professionals see the benefit of pursuing a career in cloud, almost three quarters (71 percent) have no idea how to get skilled up in it. read more »

Sky customers still with email problems 6 days after move from Gmail to Yahoo!

Sky customers are still experiencing problems with their email, six days after the company went live with Yahoo!’s email platform, having migrated away from Gmail. read more »

Report: IT jobs still in high demand, but skills in short supply

The Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s (REC) latest jobs report indicates that although IT & Computing permanent jobs are still experiencing strong demand when compared to other sectors, there is troubling skills shortage in the market. read more »

Sky customers furious after troubled email migration from Gmail to Yahoo!

Sky customers are furious after the company’s migration away from Gmail to Yahoo! for its email platform, which has left users without access to the email and facing severe delays. read more »

Boris Johnson helps inject £22m into start-up scene

Fund manager and investor MMC Ventures has won a competitive tender to launch the MMC London Fund, wFund manager and investor MMC Ventures has won a competitive tender to launch the MMC London Fund, which will see £22 million ploughed into London based start-ups. hich will see £22 million ploughed into London based start-ups. read more »

British library and partners launch project to store UK web content

Six libraries in the UK, including the British Library in London, will start collecting, preserving and providing long term access to the nation’s digital output – including blogs, e-books and the entire UK web domain. read more »

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