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Standard Life targets £350m efficiency gain with IT

Standard Life has raised its cost cutting targets by nearly half to £350 million by 2012, as it reported strong progress on a technology and process overhaul.

Intel offers developers cash to build its app store

Intel is using cash incentives to lure mobile software developers to its AppUp Centre application store, hoping to spur the development of new applications for netbooks with Atom microprocessors inside.

Oracle to merge Java virtual machines in two years

Oracle's plan to merge the Sun HotSpot Java Virtual Machine with the JRockit JVM is still evolving, but a single JVM based on both technologies is expected in 18 months to two years, an Oracle representative said during a Webcast.

Citi: How we cut £900m from technology costs

Citi: How we cut £900m from technology costs

Citi has eliminated $1.42 billion (£904 million) from technology and communications costs over eighteen months, through dramatic changes to servers and storage, better system integration and processes, and the elimination of legacy software.

Toyota Prius software glitch forces global recall

Toyota Prius software glitch forces global recall

Toyota plans to recall around 400,000 of its Prius hybrid cars to replace software that controls the anti-lock braking system (ABS), the auto maker said today (9 February).

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Home Office targets £50m saving through shared services

Home Office targets £50m saving through shared services

The Home Office has said it will cut between £40 million and £50 million from back office costs, after completing a shared services programme based on Oracle software.

BSkyB agreements failed to protect EDS from its own salesman

BSkyB agreements failed to protect EDS from its own salesman

Weak wording in EDS’ agreements with broadcaster BSkyB left the IT supplier entirely unprotected from statements it made in a sales pitch, according to legal experts.

Apple tablet popular with developers

Application developers are eager to start building software for Apple's expected tablet, according to a new survey from Appcelerator, a maker of developer tools.

Socitm: Council IT at ‘breaking point’

Socitm: Council IT at ‘breaking point’

Councils are at “breaking point” as they attempt to fund cutting-edge technology changes on much smaller budgets, according to the industry body representing local government IT managers.

NHS Choices website costs more than £27m a year

The Department of Health (DH) has revealed that it spent £27.9m on developing and running the NHS Choices website during 2008 to 2009.

Recession has driven improved IT and process management

Recession has driven improved IT and process management

Businesses claim to have improved their management processes and the way in which IT supports them, more than a year after the recession began to bite hard.

Nokia unveils Symbian 4

Nokia has turned in its proposal for the user interface in Symbian 4, with the goal of developing an interface that can compete with the iPhone and Google's Android OS.

IT departments still slashing costs, says NCC

IT departments still slashing costs, says NCC

Eighty one percent of IT departments made cost cuts over the last 12 months, according to a study from the National Computing Centre (NCC).

IT spending downturn is over - Forrester

IT spending downturn is over - Forrester

Businesses and the public sector will begin to spend more money on technology this year, according to analyst house Forrester.

Microsoft to offer search engine optimisation in ASP.Net

Microsoft is set to offer capabilities for SEO (search engine optimisation) for the ASP.Net 4 Web development platform, a Microsoft official said this week.

HP extends cloud offering as customers slash spending

HP extends cloud offering as customers slash spending

HP has said it will focus on providing software to help companies cut costs as they deploy ‘internal cloud’ computing or cloud services.

Performance problems delay Visual Studio 2010 release

Microsoft is postponing the planned 22 March, 2010 launch date of Visual Studio 2010 by a few weeks, because of performance issues, according to a Microsoft executive.

Microsoft admits it stole code from Twitter rival

Microsoft has suspended its Juku service in China after admitting it stole code from Plurk, a leading rival to Twitter rival in Asia.

IBM's Jazz and Lotus Connections get Mainsoft link

Mainsoft is looking to link business executives into the software development process by integrating the IBM Rational Team Concert collaborative environment and IBM's Lotus Connections collaboration platform.

Symantec brings storage management to Amazon cloud

Symantec is teaming up with Amazon to offer a range of enterprise-class storage management products.

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