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Gartner predicts IT resources to move off site

A new set of predictions by Gartner reports that by 2012, 20 per cent of businesses will not own any IT assets, neither end user nor data centre.

British Airways IT worker charged for 'terrorism plot'

British Airways IT worker charged for 'terrorism plot'

A British Airways software developer planned to carry out terrorist attacks by taking advantage of a walkout by airline staff, a court heard today.

Job prospects boosted by Microsoft, Cisco and CompTIA training

IT professionals with certain IT certifications could make bank compared to counterparts, according to a study of 17,000 high tech workers conducted by Dice Learning.

IT spending 'not on the rebound'

The "vast majority" of IT budgets will not grow this year, said analyst house Ovum.

Procter and Gamble to let employees use own laptops

Procter & Gamble (P&G), which is ranked 20th on the Fortune 500 list, can afford to buy its employees laptops. But it is instead letting several hundred of its workers use their own laptops as part of a workplace experiment.

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BP refines £4.7bn operational efficiency plan

BP refines £4.7bn operational efficiency plan

Oil giant BP is aiming to remove a total of $7 billion (£4.7 billion) from annual operational costs, aided by a huge overhaul of IT, processes and project management.

IT staff put on leave in school web cam spying case

Two IT employees of the suburban Philadelphia school district accused of spying on students by activating the cameras on their school-issued laptops have been placed on administrative leave.

Analysts ‘especially nervous’ on weak UK IT spending

This year will see a two percent decline in UK software and services spending, in “real terms”, analysts have warned.

Sybase puts SAP apps on iPhone, Windows Mobile

Sybase and SAP released the long-awaited first fruits of the mobile partnership they announced about a year ago.

Microsoft offers free upgrade deal for Office 2010

Microsoft's CFO confirmed today that the company will offer a free upgrade to the upcoming Office 2010 suite starting this month.

Amazon Web Services CTO touts cloud for enterprise

Companies with customer-facing Web systems should adopt cloud services immediately, Werner Vogels said

Sky wins another £70m payment from HP

Sky wins another £70m payment from HP

HP has been ordered to make a further interim payment of £70 million to broadcaster BSkyB, over a failed EDS software implementation.

Premier Foods ‘improving processes’ with SAP ERP

Premier Foods ‘improving processes’ with SAP ERP

Premier Foods is improving business processes and cutting costs, it said, with a new SAP enterprise resource planning system.

Kraft to slash £430m costs a year with Cadbury integration

Kraft to slash £430m costs a year with Cadbury integration

Kraft is targeting the removal of $675 million (£430 million) worth of costs annually, as it faces a mammoth SAP integration task following its £11.5 billion acquisition of Cadbury.

Barclays completes Lehman system integration

Barclays completes Lehman system integration

Barclays has completed the integration of collapsed bank Lehman Brothers’ North American operations.

Socitm slams government IT strategy

Socitm slams government IT strategy

The industry body for local government IT managers has lambasted Whitehall's new IT strategy, accusing the government of focusing on cutting costs instead of improving services.

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.

HP Trim records management integrates with SharePoint

Hewlett-Packard has updated its records management software so it can now capture for legal posterity Microsoft SharePoint files and even entire SharePoint workspaces, the company announced.

Norwegian government study rejects Microsoft file format

Microsoft's XML-based office document format, OOXML, does not meet the requirements for governmental use, according to a new report published by the Norwegian Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (DIFI).

London Stock Exchange appoints new CIO

London Stock Exchange appoints new CIO

The London Stock Exchange has appointed Antoine Shagoury as chief information officer.

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