<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Computerworld UK&apos;s Enterprise Application Roundup</title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com</link><description>Latest from Computerworld UK web site</description><copyright>Copyright 2010 IDG Communications Ltd</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Swiss Re renews BPO until 2020]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21448</link><description><![CDATA[Swiss Re has renewed a business process outsourcing deal with CSC until 2020.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:52:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lloyds readies new system architecture]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-organisation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21438</link><description><![CDATA[Lloyds Banking Group has said it is readying a new system architecture, as it <a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-organisation/news/index.cfm?newsid=20019" title="rationalises" target="_blank">rationalises</a> existing technology following the acquisition of HBOS two years ago.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:27:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-organisation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[VMforce will let you build any Java application]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21437</link><description><![CDATA[The VMforce cloud platform in development by VMware and Salesforce.com will be most useful for customers with existing Salesforce deployments, but can technically be used to build any Java application, a VMware official says.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:38:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft plays second fiddle to VMware in virtualisation market]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21426</link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft rarely finds itself in second place, but Microsoft's head of server virtualisation says he doesn't mind playing catch-up to VMware in the hypervisor market.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:11:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shell hits &pound;2.3bn savings with process standardisation]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-organisation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21393</link><description><![CDATA[Royal Dutch Shell has made $3.5 billion (&pound;2.3bn) savings through an <a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/infrastructure/applications/news/index.cfm?newsid=18669" title="accelerated business overhaul" target="_blank">accelerated business overhaul</a>, driven by process standardisation, operational simplification and job cuts.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:54:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-organisation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SAP users criticise 'slow' Business ByDesign introduction]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21356</link><description><![CDATA[SAP users have criticised the "<a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/software-service/news/index.cfm?newsid=20314" title="slow" target="_blank">slow</a>" introduction of software as a service offerings by the vendor.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:01:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Britvic moves to hosted applications]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/internet/software-service/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21349</link><description><![CDATA[Britvic has signed a deal with Atos Origin to move to hosted applications.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:52:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/internet/software-service/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BP casts doubt on main safety system]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/security/disaster-recovery/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21334</link><description><![CDATA[BP has cast doubt on the ability of its key safety system to stop future accidents.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:58:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/security/disaster-recovery/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Apps for Government launched]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/compliance/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21331</link><description><![CDATA[The cloud-based productivity apps feature enhanced security and are being pitched as cost-savers.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:15:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/compliance/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roberto Cavalli follows the cloud trend with Google]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-organisation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21326</link><description><![CDATA[Designer fashion house Roberto Cavalli has decided to standardises its email systems by moving to the Google cloud.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:13:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-organisation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[XML pioneer backs Erlang and Clojure for multicore processing]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/development/software/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21307</link><description><![CDATA[Rather than using threads, functional programming presents the superior approach for developers who must program for newfangled multicore processors, XML co-inventor Tim Bray stressed at a technical conference on Friday.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:40:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/development/software/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Java now supports Terabyte-sized apps]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21248</link><description><![CDATA[The new version of the Terracotta distributed Java caching software is able, for the first time, to aggregate more than a terabyte of pooled memory for a single application and its data, the company announced this week.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:38:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avaya builds call centre software with Nortel technology]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/sme/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21232</link><description><![CDATA[Avaya is overhauling its contact center software with features designed to boost productivity and also to demonstrate that the company is brimming with innovation it hopes will attract new customers, and keep those it acquired along with Nortel's enterprise division.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:20:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/sme/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SAP wins EC approval for Sybase deal]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21225</link><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/sap.cfm">SAP </a>has won European Commission approval for its acquisition of Sybase.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:50:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rural Payments Agency 'must learn' from &pound;350m IT disaster]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21217</link><description><![CDATA[The Rural Payments Agency has been told it must learn from a <a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?newsid=17080" title="highly flawed" target="_blank">highly flawed</a> and "rushed" &pound;350 million farmer subsidies system implementation.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:23:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HMRC system delay creates seven million more unresolved tax cases]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21209</link><description><![CDATA[HM Revenue and Customs has seven million new unresolved tax cases to process from the last year, directly as a result of a delayed system overhaul.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:25:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fluke rebrands its app performance product range]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/infrastructure/applications/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21198</link><description><![CDATA[Fluke Network Systems has created a new company to better target the application performance market (APM) with what a company exec calls an "enterprise intelligence" strategy.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:40:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/infrastructure/applications/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[London Stock Exchange CTO leaves during move to Linux]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/open-source-business/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21160</link><description><![CDATA[The London Stock Exchange, which is currently in the process of moving its trading platforms to Linux, has lost its chief technology officer, Robin Paine.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:16:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/open-source-business/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft partners get free access to cloud tools]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21143</link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft is giving its partners tools that could help drive more business to its cloud-based services.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:20:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NHS scraps huge Microsoft licensing deal]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21141</link><description><![CDATA[The NHS has axed a <a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/services-sourcing/news/index.cfm?newsid=3990" title="huge licensing deal" target="_blank">huge licensing deal</a> with Microsoft, originally estimated as being worth &pound;500 million.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:10:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft fixes critical Windows and Office bugs]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/operating-systems/windows/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21103</link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft today patched five vulnerabilities in Windows and Office, including a bug hackers have been exploiting for almost a month.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:54:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/operating-systems/windows/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft to open online CRM app store]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/sme/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21098</link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft plans to take a cue from rival CRM (customer relationship management) vendor Salesforce.com with the upcoming release of CRM 2011, by adding a marketplace site where partners can sell complementary applications.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:20:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/sme/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Third-party software bugs surge in 2010]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21089</link><description><![CDATA[A surge in third-party software vulnerabilities accounted for the bulk of a ballooning bug count in the first half of 2010, said Danish security firm Secunia today.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Azure cloud platform appliance released]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21080</link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft has released a version of its Windows Azure cloud platform as an appliance, the company announced at its Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) being held this week in Washington DC.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:11:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawson Software and Carl Icahn in talks]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21073</link><description><![CDATA[There's still no public word of what may come of billionaire investor Carl Icahn's stake in ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendor Lawson Software.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:44:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[McLaren tunes up for Silverstone with SAP PLM]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21060</link><description><![CDATA[The McLaren Formula 1 team is using SAP product lifecycle management and business intelligence analytics to help it tune its cars with precision and judge the fastest route round the Silverstone circuit, ahead of this Sunday's British Grand Prix.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:16:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[VMware still nowhere with client hypervisor]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21054</link><description><![CDATA[Nearly two years after promising a client hypervisor, VMware has yet to deliver.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SAP: We will push all useful data to mobile devices]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/mobile-wireless/apps-rfid/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21049</link><description><![CDATA[SAP has vowed to make all data from its systems that would be useful on the move available on mobile devices.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:03:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/mobile-wireless/apps-rfid/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Websense data loss prevention tool goes on free trial]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21030</link><description><![CDATA[Websense is announcing that it's making its data loss prevention (DLP) suite free for 30 days under a "DLP for Download" programme.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oracle: Business Intelligence 11g the 'most integrated' with whole IT stack]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/business-intelligence/analytics/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21012</link><description><![CDATA[Oracle has launched the new version of its Business Intelligence suite, promising it is the "most integrated" and scalable version of the product so far.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/business-intelligence/analytics/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=21012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Travis Perkins IT vital in &pound;25m merger savings]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-organisation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20991</link><description><![CDATA[Travis Perkins is targeting IT to drive an important part of cost savings after announcing it will acquire BSS Group, a specialist distributor of heating and plumbing supplies, for &pound;558 million.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-organisation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SAP extends Sybase bid as it waits for EU approval]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20972</link><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/sap.cfm">SAP </a>has extended its $5.8 billion bid for Sybase while it awaits approval under European merger regulations.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:05:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BAA plans &pound;121m IT investment at Heathrow Airport]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-organisation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20969</link><description><![CDATA[BAA will invest &pound;121 million overhauling IT at Heathrow Airport over the next three years.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:37:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-organisation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Northgate apology for misleading promotional mailings about rival Open Text]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20966</link><description><![CDATA[Northgate Information Systems has apologised for sending customers of rival supplier Open Text misleading mailings about their support packages.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:16:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Magic brings ERP to mobile devices]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20943</link><description><![CDATA[Magic Software has launched new software for CIOs wanting to access their ERP applications around the clock.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:40:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miguel de Icaza says users are scared of installing software on Windows]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/operating-systems/windows/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20915</link><description><![CDATA[Open source icon Miguel de Icaza says Microsoft's plan to build an App Store for Windows won't solve a larger problem faced by Microsoft: "Everyone is scared of installing applications on Windows."]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:20:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/operating-systems/windows/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HMRC freezes IT spending]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20899</link><description><![CDATA[HM Revenue & Customs is not allowing any cash to be spent on "routine improvements" to its IT systems, according to a report by the National Audit Office.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:13:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SAP abused ERP market dominance, Versata tells European Commission]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/legislation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20897</link><description><![CDATA[Versata Software lodged a complaint against SAP with the European Commission on Tuesday, claiming that the vendor illegally blocked it from selling its pricing software to SAP customers.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:22:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/legislation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oracle datacentre manager shows latency analytics]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/servers-data-centre/network-os/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20882</link><description><![CDATA[Heat maps can reveal, though not always explain, systems latency, an Oracle engineer argues]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/servers-data-centre/network-os/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lloyds trialling client financial checking system]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20881</link><description><![CDATA[Lloyds Banking Group is trialling software that extracts and standardises financial data from potential clients, in order to give it access to recent information on which it can better judge lending.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:16:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A third of IT managers in fight with board for higher budgets]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-organisation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20870</link><description><![CDATA[A third of IT managers in the UK are trying to convince their organisation's directors to invest more in technology, following a tough year of budget cuts in many firms.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:39:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-organisation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red Hat launches updated JBoss Enterprise Portal]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20844</link><description><![CDATA[Red Hat releases version 5.0 of its JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BP robot accident seriously hampers oil spill containment]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/infrastructure/hardware/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20831</link><description><![CDATA[A high-tech effort by BP, to slow the <a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-organisation/news/index.cfm?newsid=20481&pn=1" title="oil gushing from its ruptured wellhead" target="_blank">oil gushing from its ruptured wellhead</a>, led to a large accident yesterday that forced the company to remove a vital containment cap for 10 hours.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:12:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/infrastructure/hardware/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gmail users suffer as hosted email service goes down]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20825</link><description><![CDATA[A "significant" portion of Gmail users experienced long inbound and outbound delivery delays for several hours on Tuesday, and the affected included organisations that use the email service for workplace communications through the hosted Google Apps suite.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:10:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dixons standardises e-commerce platform]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/online/e-business/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20823</link><description><![CDATA[DSG International, owner of the Currys and PC World store chains, has standardised its UK and French operations on a single e-commerce platform.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:34:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/online/e-business/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NHS IT supplier's former directors in court]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20818</link><description><![CDATA[Four ex-directors at NHS IT supplier iSoft have <a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/compliance/news/index.cfm?newsid=18208" title="denied" target="_blank">denied</a> misleading the stock market about the company's performance.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:26:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Socitm: Ministers need to trust councils to deliver Budget efficiencies]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20817</link><description><![CDATA[The government should trust local councils to make their own decisions on IT-led efficiencies.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:09:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IBM debuts Financial Markets Industry Framework software package]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20813</link><description><![CDATA[IBM unveiled a new package of pre-integrated software applications, called the Financial Markets Industry Framework, configured for the financial services market.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tibco buys Proginet managed file transfer vendor]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/sme/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20812</link><description><![CDATA[Middleware vendor Tibco is buying Proginet, maker of MFT (managed file transfer) software, for roughly $23 million, the companies announced Tuesday. The transaction is expected to close later this year.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/sme/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Salesforce.com Chatter social networking client comes out of beta]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-organisation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20809</link><description><![CDATA[Salesforce.com's Chatter social collaboration platform became generally available, with the vendor hoping to spur adoption beyond sales workers to entire enterprises via a low-cost licensing option.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:45:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-organisation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Barclays focuses on forecasting and reporting with analytics system]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/business-intelligence/analytics/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20779</link><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-organisation/news/index.cfm?newsid=20096" title="Barclays" target="_blank">Barclays</a> is using business intelligence and analytical software from supplier SAS to improve how it calculates its capital.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:22:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/business-intelligence/analytics/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metropolitan Police extends IT support contract]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20775</link><description><![CDATA[The <a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?newsid=20304" title="Metropolitan Police" target="_blank">Metropolitan Police</a> has extended an IT support deal with Capgemini, for three years from 2012, as part of attempts to cut &pound;43 million from costs in the period.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:57:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DoJ accuses Oracle of defrauding US Government]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/legislation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20774</link><description><![CDATA[The involvement of the US Department of Justice in a whistleblower case against Oracle, alleging that it overcharged government customers, significantly raises the legal stakes for the company.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/legislation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft patch knocks over SharePoint servers]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20747</link><description><![CDATA[Admins report that a new Microsoft patch is causing SharePoint servers to fall over - and getting them back up isn't easy]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:38:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compuware pushes out new project management system]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20726</link><description><![CDATA[Compuware has upgraded its Changepoint software]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:24:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft shows internal "YouTube" podcast network]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-organisation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20736</link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft exploits SharePoint to support internal podcasting network.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:20:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-organisation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NHS electronic care records of almost no benefit to patients, says official report]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20722</link><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?newsid=20669" title="NHS summary care records" target="_blank">NHS summary care records</a> are delivering "only modest benefits" after billions of pounds have been spent creating them, according to the damning conclusions of a government-commissioned report.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IBM buys Coremetrics web analytics company]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/sme/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20705</link><description><![CDATA[IBM will purchase Coremetrics, a provider of web analytics software, the company announced. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. IBM will add Coremetrics into its portfolio of business analytics software and services.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:14:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/sme/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oracle E-Business Suite 11 users urged to upgrade]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/infrastructure/applications/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20690</link><description><![CDATA[Oracle is hoping to make a big splash with its upcoming Fusion Applications launch, but in the meantime has the perennial and less glitzy task of persuading users to upgrade from older releases of E-Business Suite.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:40:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/infrastructure/applications/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BCS testing group celebrates 21st birthday at conference]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/software-quality-testing/test-management/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20661</link><description><![CDATA[The BCS Specialist Group in Software Testing (SIGiST) is celebrating its 21st birthday this month.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:44:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/software-quality-testing/test-management/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SAP UK & Ireland User Group to influence BusinessObjects charter]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/business-intelligence/analytics/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20649</link><description><![CDATA[BusinessObjects users in the UK and Ireland are being invited to play an influential role in the development of the software by <a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/usergroups/?CMP=ILC-comfoot" title="joining" target="_blank">joining</a> the SAP user group.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:42:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/business-intelligence/analytics/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HP updates enterprise IT management tools]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-department/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20639</link><description><![CDATA[Updated versions of HP Service Manager and HP Configuration Management System aim to help enterprise IT departments handle incidents more quickly and operate more efficiently.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-department/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evizone releases cloud email and document management for business]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/security/data-control/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20641</link><description><![CDATA[Evizone has released a new communication and document management service for businesses that need to batten down their security hatches.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:45:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/security/data-control/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft releases Office for Mac updates]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20622</link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft released a couple of Office 2004 and 2008 updates and confirmed a few new technical details about the upcoming 2011 suite upgrade.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:40:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft launches Expression Studio 4]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/development/web/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20602</link><description><![CDATA[However, the application design toolset will not support the Google-backed VP8 video codec.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/development/web/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cisco Quad takes on Facebook with social networking for the enterprise]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20605</link><description><![CDATA[Cisco Systems is looking to take popular social networking tools and tricks and bend and meld them into a platform that's focused on business.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:50:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HP pays BSkyB &pound;318m in final settlement of CRM lawsuit]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20593</link><description><![CDATA[HP has agreed to pay BSkyB a total of &pound;318 million to settle a <a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?newsId=19161" title="high profile lawsuit" target="_blank">high profile lawsuit</a> over a failed CRM implementation by EDS ten years ago. It has dropped plans for an appeal.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:24:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Azure and Windows Phone 7 focus of TechEd]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20585</link><description><![CDATA[Industry watchers are looking for Microsoft to sustain the buzz around Windows Phone 7 at its annual TechEd conference this week, as well as share details about its cloud computing strategy in general and Azure cloud services in particular.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oracle finally to release Fusion Applications]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20586</link><description><![CDATA[Oracle's upcoming OpenWorld conference is set to broadly feature its long-awaited Fusion Applications, according to newly released agenda information for the show, which is scheduled for September 19-23 in San Francisco.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coalition's NHS IT policy marred by confusion as key system goes live]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20554</link><description><![CDATA[CSC has delivered a key patient system at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust, but confusion is rife as to what it means for the new government's NHS IT policy.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:20:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[JP Morgan in record &pound;33m FSA fine after system change]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/legislation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20547</link><description><![CDATA[The <a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/legislation/news/index.cfm?newsId=20045" title="Financial Services Authority" target="_blank">Financial Services Authority</a> has issued JP Morgan Securities with a record &pound;33.32 million fine, after the firm failed to separate its own money from that of clients for over seven years.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:45:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/legislation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RBS axes IT jobs]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/careers-hr/people-management/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20531</link><description><![CDATA[The Royal Bank of Scotland has announced 500 new job cuts in its wealth management division over the next three years, including IT staff.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:13:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/careers-hr/people-management/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawson Software for sale?]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20488</link><description><![CDATA[Billionaire Carl Icahn's stake in Lawson Software could lead to a sale of the ERP vendor to larger rivals, a move that would take the already significant consolidation of the market to a new level.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 12:18:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BP oil spill 'slows' but serious IT failures come to surface]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-organisation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20481</link><description><![CDATA[An internal investigation at BP has revealed serious IT failures played a part in the <a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-organisation/news/index.cfm?newsId=20172" title="devastating Deepwater Horizon oil spill" target="_blank">devastating Deepwater Horizon oil spill</a> in the Gulf of Mexico.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 10:28:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-organisation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burberry SAP rollout near completion]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20452</link><description><![CDATA[Burberry has said it is nearing the end of a <a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?newsId=17641" title="business-wide SAP rollout" target="_blank">business-wide SAP rollout</a>, aimed at slashing costs and improving stock tracking.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 14:35:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oracle buys up marekting automation vendor assets]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/sme/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20443</link><description><![CDATA[Oracle has acquired the intellectual property assets of Market2Lead, maker of marketing automation and demand-generation software, for an undisclosed sum.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/sme/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Firefox lags behind Internet Explorer in business uptake]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/infrastructure/applications/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20437</link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft's Internet Explorer continues to dominate corporate browser use more so than it does private use, with its nearest rival, Mozilla's Firefox, lagging far behind with one in seven businesses opting for it, according to data collected by Internet-based security service Zscaler.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/infrastructure/applications/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Salesforce.com CEO: Microsoft is a 'patent troll']]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/open-source-business/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20422</link><description><![CDATA[Salesforce.com chairman and CEO Marc Benioff declined to comment on the patent lawsuit brought against his company by Microsoft, but that didn't stop him from calling his rival names.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 12:18:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/open-source-business/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Codeplex project cracks open Outlook data files]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/applications/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20417</link><description><![CDATA[The open source projects provide developer tools and can enable migrations.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/applications/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marks & Spencer completes first phase of three-year SAP rollout]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20416</link><description><![CDATA[Marks & Spencer has completed the first part of a <a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?newsId=17458" title="major SAP rollout" target="_blank">major SAP rollout</a> across its UK operations.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 11:53:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pfizer spends &pound;144m on Wyeth system integration -- in three months]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-organisation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20409</link><description><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has spent $208 million (&pound;144 million) primarily on system integration and consulting in just three months, in order to integrate new acquisition Wyeth.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 08:14:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-organisation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft releases BizTalk Server 2010 beta]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20393</link><description><![CDATA[The products provide speed, scalability, and high availability for Web applications and simplify the development of composite applications]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Linux trading system to save London Stock Exchange &pound;10m a year]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/open-source-business/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20382</link><description><![CDATA[The London Stock Exchange has said its new <a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/networking/messaging/news/index.cfm?newsId=18641" title="open source-based trading system" target="_blank">open source-based trading system</a> will save it at least &pound;10 million annually, as well as driving new business.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 08:08:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/open-source-business/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vodafone dialling up to &pound;2bn savings with system standardisation]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-organisation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20345</link><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/careers-hr/people-management/news/index.cfm?newsId=19270" title="Vodafone" target="_blank">Vodafone</a> has said a system standardisation programme will play a key role in delivering it with &pound;2 billion worth of savings by 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-organisation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CA World: BT cuts costs of deploying applications]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20321</link><description><![CDATA[BT has lowered the costs of deploying new applications, with a user authentication tool.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clegg: &pound;7bn worth of 'outrageous' databases will be scrapped]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20330</link><description><![CDATA[Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg today confirmed that over &pound;7 billion worth of government databases will be scrapped in an attempt to reverse what he called an encroachment on civil liberties.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 12:28:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HP revenues hit &pound;22bn]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20324</link><description><![CDATA[HP reported solid results for its second quarter as strong growth in PC and x86 server sales helped offset what analysts called a "lacklustre" quarter for its services business.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 10:22:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SAP co-CEOs promise to build customer trust, proclaim new tech frontier]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/infrastructure/applications/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20323</link><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/sap.cfm">SAP</a>'s co-CEOs pushed two central messages during a keynote address Tuesday at the Sapphire conference running simultaneously in Frankfurt and Orlando.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 07:38:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/infrastructure/applications/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[British firm wins substantial damages over problematic software]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20301</link><description><![CDATA[A London hotel has won &pound;111,000 in damages from supplier Red Sky IT Hounslow, in a case that could have strong implications for UK software licensing terms as well as sales pitches.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 10:10:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SAP: We're paying a fair price for Sybase]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20313</link><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/sap.cfm">SAP </a>co-CEO Bill McDermott insisted that he was paying a fair price for the<a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/infrastructure/applications/in-depth/index.cfm?articleId=3329"> acquisition</a> of mobile and database technology vendor Sybase, during a press conference at the Sapphire show yesterday.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 07:37:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deutsche Bank: BPM initiative 'was wise' to get early management buy-in]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-organisation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20310</link><description><![CDATA[The heads of an extensive business process management project at Deutsche Bank have said they were "wise" to have ensured executive support for their project from its initiation.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-organisation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sapphire: SAP developing in-memory database appliances]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20306</link><description><![CDATA[SAP is planning to work with partners to develop new hardware appliances that employ its in-memory database technology, potentially serving as a rival to Oracle's Exadata data-processing platform.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 15:56:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Citrix XenApp to be available the cloud]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/internet/applications/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20291</link><description><![CDATA[Citrix and Amazon are teaming up to put Citrix's application delivery software into the cloud, letting enterprises stream apps to users from Amazon's datacentres.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 09:07:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/internet/applications/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BT rolls out its own 'Facebook' for staff]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/development/web/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20272</link><description><![CDATA[BT plans to roll out an internal social networking site to its 100,000 employees, having developed the site based on early versions of the new Microsoft Sharepoint 2010 system.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 00:01:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/development/web/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deutsche Bank in &pound;400,000 fine for system breach]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/legislation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20289</link><description><![CDATA[A US regulator has fined Deutsche Bank $575,000 (&pound;394,000) for disabling a crucial system that was needed to block incomplete trading orders.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 14:07:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/legislation/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft hits back at Google over Apps sales pitch]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20260</link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft has gone on the counterattack against Google, saying that its rival's online applications don't cut it as supplements to Microsoft Office.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 13:20:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Office 2010 head into cloud]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20264</link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft has launched the newest versions of its Microsoft Office and Microsoft SharePoint software packages, with a strong focus on the cloud.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/enterprise/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft claims Office 2010 'easiest version to use' for businesses]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/desktop/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20249</link><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/storage/microsoft.cfm">Microsoft </a>has claimed Office 2010, is "easily the most innovative and easy to use" version of the software, with "easy" transfer for users from previous releases.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 08:45:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/desktop/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SAP puts its money on mobile with $5.8 bn Sybase acquisition]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20255</link><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/sap.cfm">SAP </a>is buying Sybase for US$5.8 billion (&pound;3.9 billion) in a deal which emphasises the improtance of mobile business applications for the future.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 08:34:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/supplier-relations/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Software piracy on the rise, says Business Software Alliance]]></title><link>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/compliance/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20236</link><description><![CDATA[Expanding PC sales in emerging market is increasing the rate of software piracy, according to a recent study by industry watchers.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 13:20:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/compliance/news/index.cfm?RSS&amp;newsid=20236</guid></item></channel></rss>

