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IT departments must use agile programming properly to reap the benefits

IT departments are failing to reap the benefits of agile programming because they are not using it in the way it was intended, it was claimed today. Continue reading

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Salesforce.com debuts cloud database in competition with Oracle

Salesforce.com, the enterprise cloud computing firm, has introduced a database-as-a-service (DbaaS) product, Database.com at its annual conference, Dreamforce, in San Francisco. Continue reading

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SaaS adoption creates downtime risk, says NCC Group

Growing adoption of Software as a Service (SaaS) to perform mission-critical finance functions is creating risk of costly downtime, says the NCC Group. Continue reading

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Gartner predicts expansive – but expensive – future for SharePoint apps

Business applications on Microsoft’s SharePoint could become as popular as the iPhone apps within five years, Gartner predicts. Continue reading

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UK firms offered funding to develop space technology

The Technology Strategy Board and the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) are looking to stimulate R&D activity in the space industry through £2m… Continue reading

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Government reaffirms that IT mega-deals are dead

Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has promised to end the era of huge public sector IT deals Continue reading

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What is the future for traditional loyalty card schemes?

Consumers are now better informed than ever, thanks to the richness of information available on the internet. People can find out all sorts of information on products from social media sites, news groups, blogs and the like, along with online reviews, … Continue reading

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Ten trends you cannot ignore

Vice-president of Nucleus Research, Rebecca Wetteman, counts down 10 issues which should be top of the IT agenda. Continue reading

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Caxton and Malvern villages first with 1,000 votes for BT fibre exchanges

Caxton in Cambridgeshire and Malvern in Worcestershire are the first villages to register more than 1,000 votes in BT’s Race to Infinity competition to find… Continue reading

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Unified Comms for the smaller business

Bob Tarzey from Quocirca looks at how smaller businesses can benefit from deploying unified communications Continue reading

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