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Rosalie Marshall, Computing, Tuesday 26 August 2008 at 12:42:00

Indian services provider will acquire SAP consultant Axon for £407.1 million

Indian services provider Infosys will acquire British SAP consultant Axon for £407.1 million ($753). The acquisition is the largest that has ever been made by an Indian IT company overseas....

Janie Davies, Computing, Tuesday 26 August 2008 at 12:41:00

IT systems used to support Beijing 2008 to be modified for the Paralympic Games next month

Beijing 2008's IT systems are to be modified for the Paralympic Games less than two weeks after the end of the Olympic Games....

Janie Davies, Computing, Tuesday 26 August 2008 at 12:38:00

Skills shortage pushes up salaries for support and technical staff

Mid-level support and technical staff have enjoyed the highest pay rises in the IT sector over the last year, as their median salary jumped 13 per cent to £24,177....

Janie Davies, Computing, Friday 22 August 2008 at 10:00:00

A Home Office contractor has lost a memory stick containing data on all UK prisoners

All UK prisoners have become victims of information security failure, after a Home Office contractor lost their details while moving a memory stick between computers on Monday....

Janie Davies, Computing, Thursday 21 August 2008 at 16:14:00

The British Computer Society will conduct an independent review of NHS IT policy

The Conservative Party will us the findings of a review into NHS IT policy to help establish its future policy framework, according to the Shadow Minister for Health....

Martin Courtney, Computing, Thursday 21 August 2008 at 14:42:00

SaaS specialist benefits from the implementation of cost cutting measures at larger organisations

Software as a service (SaaS) specialist Salesforce.com reported record second quarter revenue of $263m (£141m), up 49 per cent on the same period last year....

Parliamentary reporter, Computing, Thursday 21 August 2008 at 10:43:00

Better public sector data sharing would provide all the necessary information, says think tank

The government is being urged to scrap the expensive 10-yearly paper-based census and rely instead on locally-collated information from increased data sharing....

Ambrose McNevin, Computing, Thursday 21 August 2008 at 10:43:00

Comedian in turn bags $10m to promote software

Microsoft has signed US comedian Jerry Seinfeld as it attempts to rebrand itself as cool. Traditionally cast as dull and decidedly uncool by rival Apple, Microsoft recently hired a new...

Angelica Mari, Computing, Thursday 21 August 2008 at 09:36:00

Transport for London cuts its ties with the TranSys consortium and begins plans for its replacement

The fallout from Transport for London’s (TfL’s) decision to end its contract with the IT consortium supporting the Oyster smartcard system has just begun....

Ambrose McNevin, Computing, Thursday 21 August 2008 at 09:34:00

Privacy fears over directive that will allow organisations to view emails, texts and web use

Last week’s consultation paper on communications data retention from the Home Office drew criticism over the number of government and public sector bodies that will have access to data on...

Angelica Mari and Ambrose McNevin, Computing, Thursday 21 August 2008 at 09:32:00

Business confidence is down - but global IT spending continues to increase

IT budgets are being refocused as businesses are forced to face new economic realities and pressure mounts to use IT to cut costs and streamline processes....

Angelica Mari, Computing, Thursday 21 August 2008 at 09:27:00

Onboard web service due to arrive in 2007 is behind schedule

The rollout of Virgin Trains’ onboard Wi-Fi internet access is suffering operational issues and the service is still undergoing trials a year after it was due to go live....

Computing, Thursday 21 August 2008 at 06:30:00

Councils across Northern Ireland are being encouraged to join an open-source software movement

The Northern Ireland Department of the Environment has advised the province’s 26 councils to join the Local Authority Customer Relationship Management (LA CRM) partnership, which develops its system collaboratively with...

Martin Courtney, Computing, Thursday 21 August 2008 at 06:15:00

Bath, Bristol, Leeds and Edinburgh universities are all given funds for IT research projects

HP has announced it will pour funds into IT research projects at the universities of Bath, Bristol, Leeds and Edinburgh to identify technologies that will revolutionise the computing industry in...

Martin Courtney, Computing, Thursday 21 August 2008 at 06:00:00

Analysts predict that European IT services firms will soon be eclipsed by cheaper Indian rivals

Systems integrator Logica attributed a 16 per cent year-on-year increase in revenue for the first half of 2008 to healthy spending by European energy, utility and public sector customers, whose...

Mark Samuels, Computing, Thursday 21 August 2008 at 06:00:00

Mark Samuels bids farewell to Computing and looks back at eight years of columns on everything from e-commerce to charity shops

And now, the end is near; and so I face my final column. After eight years at the good ship Computing, I am sailing for pastures new....

Kenny Kamal, Computing, Thursday 21 August 2008 at 05:45:00

BCS view: Wireless services are the way forward to cope with increasing demand for bandwidth

In parallel with the credit crunch, a different dilemma is emerging which affects businesses and consumers alike ­ – the so-called “broadband crunch�....

David Way, Computing, Thursday 21 August 2008 at 05:45:00

Training young people has benefits for employers as well as instilling staff loyalty and motivation, says David Way

As pupils across the country receive their GCSE exam results this week, employers need to recognise the benefits of offering apprenticeships to some of these young people....

Computing, Computing, Thursday 21 August 2008 at 05:15:00

Technology cannot be immune to the wider problems of the business world

You can be a contrary bunch at times, you hardy IT professionals. According to the latest research, your confidence in the current business environment is at an all-time low ­-...

Phil Muncaster and Janie Davies, Computing, Wednesday 20 August 2008 at 17:06:00

Initial UK reactions to ruling that gives open source copyright protection are positive

The open-source community celebrated last week when the US Court of Appeals found that users failing to abide by the terms of open-source licences could be found guilty of copyright...