Enterprise software
Enterprise software covers a wide range of vital IT management decisions, from operating systems to databases, from business applications to integration and middleware. Your software purchasing and development strategy is central to delivering successful IT systems, and we examine the products and trends that help IT managers make the right choices for their organisation.
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News
21 Nov 2024
Networks lagging in compute tech evolution, says HPE
As AI brings about unprecedented transformation, leading network firm plots course to offer viable infrastructure for businesses to gain competitive edge Continue Reading
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Feature
21 Nov 2024
Post Office Horizon IT scandal inquiry: Three years of shocking revelations
Nearly three years of shocking revelations from the Post Office Horizon scandal inquiry Continue Reading
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News
02 Aug 2018
NetApp AI storage packages OnTap all-flash FAS A800, Nvidia
NetApp follows Pure Storage's lead, adds Nvidia GPUs to its all-flash arrays to build a storage product designed for data scientists and others dabbling in artificial intelligence. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
02 Aug 2018
Drone accidentally announced in Argos catalogue
Technology companies are always coming up with increasingly elaborate ways to announce their new products. But when drone manufacturer decided to postpone the press event where it would announce ... Continue Reading
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News
01 Aug 2018
Google to build third datacentre in Singapore
The facility will increase Google’s datacentre investments in the city-state to $850m, and follows the launch of Southeast Asia’s first Google Cloud Platform region in 2017 Continue Reading
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Blog Post
01 Aug 2018
Tableau widens developer play -- what is a writeback extension?
It’s always a funny thing with enterprise technology firms, isn’t it? A company that you imagine to be laser focused on upper-tier ‘presentation layer’ technologies hits you with a message set ... Continue Reading
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News
01 Aug 2018
AWS revenue growth slows as competition in the global IaaS market heats up
Gartner's latest look at the global infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market shines a light on how the great and good of the public cloud supplier community are fairing Continue Reading
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Blog Post
01 Aug 2018
What to expect from Pluralsight LIVE 2018
A new event for the Computer Weekly Developer Network, but one with what appears to be oodles of developer, programmer and data engineering morsels is Pluralsight Live 2018. For those that need a ... Continue Reading
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News
01 Aug 2018
Apple breaks Q3 records, while losing market share to Huawei
Apple has posted a record-breaking quarter, but its smartphones are not selling as fast. Huawei is now the second largest smartphone maker Continue Reading
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News
01 Aug 2018
What machine learning practitioners can learn from data warehousing
Cloudera’s head of emerging business shares lessons that machine learning practitioners can learn from their cousins in data warehousing Continue Reading
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Tip
31 Jul 2018
How Apple DEP works and why it's important
Apple's DEP was the groundbreaking template for the future of endpoint provisioning. The program helps businesses and educators simplify enrollment and management. Continue Reading
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News
31 Jul 2018
UK fintech investment exceeds US and China
Financial technology investments in the UK have surpassed those made in the US and China Continue Reading
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News
31 Jul 2018
Intelligent automation spending to hit $232bn by 2025
Technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotic process automation and machine learning could help traditional enterprises gain ground on digital-first giants Continue Reading
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Blog Post
31 Jul 2018
DevOps must be Database-Driven, welcome to DDDevOps
DevOps is DevOps, but at the same time, DevOps is only DevOps if it’s Database-Driven DevOps (or DDDevOps, if you will). Contemporary approaches to software application development do of course ... Continue Reading
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News
31 Jul 2018
Utilita Energy supplier uses cloud to rapidly scale IT service desk
Energy provider Utilita Energy puts its IT service management in the cloud to support its rapid growth Continue Reading
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News
31 Jul 2018
Court RPA or get sidelined
Robotic process automation (RPA) is helping businesses go through digital transformation. Time for IT to play catch-up Continue Reading
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31 Jul 2018
IPsoft’s digital worker is part of a shift in human productivity
IPsoft used its annual user summit to allow customers to update themselves on the career of its cognitive digital agent Amelia. Continue Reading
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E-Zine
31 Jul 2018
How Estonia took a digital lead
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at one of the world’s most digitally advanced nations, Estonia, and ask what the UK government can learn from this small Baltic state. We talk to Airbus about how aircraft manufacturers are prioritising cyber security. And we examine how AI and robots will augment – not replace – human productivity. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
31 Jul 2018
Briton ran pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign that helped Trump deny Russian links
A British IT manager and former hacker from Darlington ran a disinformation campaign that duped former US intelligence agents and provided Donald Trump with manufactured “evidence” to deny that Russia interfered with the US election Continue Reading
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News
31 Jul 2018
3 Hong Kong gears up for 5G with “epic” transformation
The Hong Kong telco is putting in an advanced technical architecture that will streamline and automate internal processes and IT as it prepares for the 5G era Continue Reading
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Tip
30 Jul 2018
For ERP ROI, pay attention to these 12 business processes
ERP consultant Jeff Carr explains how digitally transforming processes such as inventory and sales management, product development and forecasting can speed up the payback from ERP. Continue Reading
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News
30 Jul 2018
M&S aims to give 1,000 employees data skills
Luxury supermarket Marks and Spencer has partnered with Decoded to create a programme aimed at teaching its employees data skills Continue Reading
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News
30 Jul 2018
Government to fund six connected vehicle simulation projects
The government has announced the winners of an R&D contest for connected vehicle simulation and modelling capabilities Continue Reading
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News
30 Jul 2018
IBM and CLS to work on blockchain app store
IBM and foreign exchange settlement provider CLS are using their complimentary expertise to create an app store for finance firms using distributed ledger technology Continue Reading
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News
30 Jul 2018
Dubai disputes court and Smart Dubai partner to apply blockchain
Organisations in Dubai are working on developing the principal of blockchain-based courts Continue Reading
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News
30 Jul 2018
How F1 and others are moving beyond descriptive analytics
Formula 1 and Merck Sharp & Dohme are using data analytics to better understand user behaviour and predict the future Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Jul 2018
Progress VP: how to shine a light on dark data
There’s a lot of data out there and it comes in various different forms. TechTarget defines dark data is digital information that is not being used. Magical analyst Gartner Inc. describes dark data ... Continue Reading
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Feature
27 Jul 2018
Interview: Dame Stephanie ‘Steve’ Shirley: 'Scared silly' by Brexit
Renowned entrepreneur and philanthropist Steve Shirley talks robots teaching children, and why Brexit has her “scared silly” Continue Reading
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Blog Post
27 Jul 2018
Five things to consider when joining Open Banking revolution
Open Banking has arrived and will gather pace over the coming tears, but what should organisations consider when they join the revolution Continue Reading
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News
27 Jul 2018
IT meltdown pushes TSB into loss
Bank is feeling the effects of its recent IT problems, reporting a loss of more than £100m for the first six months of 2018 Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Jul 2018
Renewed push for Business One could boost SAP SMB strategy
SAP has strived to dispel a reputation for pricey, hard to deploy ERP with aggressive marketing and products for small businesses. How's it going, and where does S/4HANA fit in? Continue Reading
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Blog Post
26 Jul 2018
Kuri curries favour but Bosch favours Currys
Bosch has forced startup firm Mayfield Robotics to cancel the release of Kuri, a home robot that was all set to patrol your house and rob your dog of its last shreds of dignity. Could it be that ... Continue Reading
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News
26 Jul 2018
Fix culture to make digital a success
Businesses with well-honed processes will often find it hard to adapt to new, digital transformation initiatives, according to Gartner report Continue Reading
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News
26 Jul 2018
Google brings machine learning data processing to IoT edge environments
Google is expanding its internet of things data processing offering by extending the ability for enterprises to carry out machine learning tasks in edge environments Continue Reading
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News
25 Jul 2018
Google Cloud gaining ground in APAC
The cloud supplier claims substantial growth in Asia-Pacific, and is upping the ante on partnerships and infrastructure investments across the region Continue Reading
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News
25 Jul 2018
ERP applications are under cyber attack, research confirms
ERP applications are increasingly being targeted by cyber criminals, hacktivists and nation-state actors, a report reveals Continue Reading
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Feature
25 Jul 2018
Future tech cannot be ‘defined by a particular population’, says CA executive
As new technologies are developed, companies could take the opportunity to hire more diversely to ensure offerings cater to a wider demographic Continue Reading
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News
25 Jul 2018
Apache OpenWhisk users urged to patch
IBM has patched vulnerabilities in its Cloud Functions service that is based on Apache OpenWhisk in response to vulnerability disclosures, and all other users are urged to do the same Continue Reading
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News
25 Jul 2018
Stagecoach trials full-size driverless bus
Bus operator Stagecoach is testing out a full-size autonomous bus in its own depots, with future potential for use on passenger routes Continue Reading
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Blog Post
25 Jul 2018
Transparency in AI: Rainbird CEO on what developers need to know
This is a guest post written for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Ben Taylor in his capacity as CEO of Rainbird. Rainbird is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform that can model ... Continue Reading
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News
24 Jul 2018
Google wants to ease hybrid cloud woes
Cloud supplier Google claims its Cloud Service Platform will alleviate complexities in managing microservices in a hybrid IT environment Continue Reading
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News
24 Jul 2018
Ramp up security to mitigate Office 365 attacks
Public clouds tend to be more secure, but Office 365 has become a major target for attacks, which means internal IT security needs tightening Continue Reading
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Opinion
24 Jul 2018
Intellectual property in an AI world
The controversial European Copyright Directive has gone back to the drawing board, but it raises important questions about the use of artificial intelligence in protecting individual rights Continue Reading
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News
24 Jul 2018
Capital markets firms to ramp up public cloud spending
Companies in the investment sector are increasingly using the public cloud to improve access to business-critical data Continue Reading
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News
24 Jul 2018
Nordnet drops AI assistant while SEB deepens collaboration
One Nordic bank decides to stop using cognitive agent Amelia to focus on other AI technologies, but another widens the use of the software Continue Reading
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Blog Post
24 Jul 2018
Testing needs to be cross-platform, honest
Software quality company SmartBear has reached the 12.5 iteration release of its TestComplete tool. This release features new Xamarin.Forms and Electron support - so that’s good for cross-platform ... Continue Reading
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24 Jul 2018
Oracle’s deal with Chile should go global
UK Oracle users may eventually see the ripple effect of a court ruling in a country almost 7,500 miles away. Continue Reading
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24 Jul 2018
How artificial intelligence is fuelling engine maintenance innovation at Rolls-Royce
The engine maker has established an innovation centre to enable the company to deliver analytics and artificial intelligence-powered services to airlines using Rolls-Royce engines. Continue Reading
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E-Zine
24 Jul 2018
Building intelligent aircraft engines with AI and analytics
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to UK manufacturer Rolls-Royce about using artificial intelligence, sensor technology and data analytics to build intelligent aircraft engines. Our latest buyer’s guide examines the next generation of desktop IT. And we ask whether a court ruling in Chile could lead to a worldwide change in Oracle’s software licensing practices. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
23 Jul 2018
Commerzbank creates Hadoop-based platform for business-critical insights
German bank creates an entire new department to build and support a platform to provide business-critical insights Continue Reading
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News
23 Jul 2018
IBM results leave Watson thinking
Artificial intelligence is at the heart of IBM's long-term strategy, yet its cognitive solutions business experienced a slight decline. Oh dear, Watson Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Jul 2018
Has collaboration software wrought perilous communication overload?
A new generation of collaborative software, such as Slack and Microsoft Teams, could prove a knowledge management boon. But does it have a dark side of communication overload? Continue Reading
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Blog Post
23 Jul 2018
The Data Transfer Project musters new troops
Facebook, Twitter, Google and Microsoft have joined an open source initiative designed to help users transfer data across multiple online platforms services without facing privacy issues. ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
23 Jul 2018
The rooky road to [rapid application] debugging
Rapid Application Development (RAD) gets its own acronym, so why doesn’t [rapid application] debugging? Tel Aviv and Palo Alto headquartered Rookout thinks it should. The company’s rapid production ... Continue Reading
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Podcast
20 Jul 2018
At OpenText Enterprise World, security and AI take center stage
OpenText unveiled its new application, OT2, at OpenText Enterprise World 2018, while also touting the importance of security. That and more are discussed on the latest episode of the Pipeline podcast. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Jul 2018
Compuware unifies an Agile ‘DevOps toolchain’ across the mainframe
Compuware has been busy. Along with its usual weekly basket of supermarket essentials, the firm has announced a product acquisition, unveiled enhancements to its automated unit testing tool Topaz ... Continue Reading
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News
20 Jul 2018
Brussels aims to become an insurtech hub
Belgian capital is calling on startups as it eyes up the huge opportunities in the insurance technology sector Continue Reading
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Opinion
20 Jul 2018
Why #techmatters – the challenge for everyone in the UK tech community
The UK technology sector faces unprecedented challenges – and opportunities – but we must never lose sight of the fact that it exists to make people’s lives better Continue Reading
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News
20 Jul 2018
Cisco and UCL to open AI research unit in $100m digital economy boost
Cisco has extended its ongoing Country Digital Acceleration programme in the UK with a further $100m investment, part of which will go towards a new AI research centre Continue Reading
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News
20 Jul 2018
Cloud sales stoke Microsoft’s strong growth
Microsoft says cloud-based Office products made a huge contribution to sales growth Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Jul 2018
New blockchain network to ease pan-Asian trade
Singapore-based Global eTrade Services (Gets) has launched an open trade blockchain (OTB) network to boost cross-border trade between China and the rest of Asia. Aligned with China’s Belt Road ... Continue Reading
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News
19 Jul 2018
SAP Q2 2018: Cloud revenue shows momentum, 600 more S/4 customers
SAP’s second-quarter results show cloud revenue now at one-fifth of total, indicating momentum. S/4 Hana customers now number 8,900 Continue Reading
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News
19 Jul 2018
How Splunk is ‘splunking’ data for APAC enterprises
Splunk’s regional vice-president talks up the company’s business strategy and how its customers are using big data analytics in security and IT operations Continue Reading
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News
18 Jul 2018
Salesforce's Marc Benioff calls for a national privacy law
After Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff's call for a national data privacy law, Salesforce's chief privacy officer responds to questions about the Salesforce privacy stance. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jul 2018
Walmart and Microsoft partner to boost digital in retail
US retail giant Walmart has signed a five-year partnership with Microsoft, with the aim of speeding up its digital transformation Continue Reading
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Blog Post
17 Jul 2018
A conference room for the future
In some ways, the recent completion of Plantronics’ $2 billion purchase of Polycom was more surprising for the amount paid than the fact that this is basically an audio headset supplier taking over ... Continue Reading
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News
17 Jul 2018
Saudi Arabia entices UK fintechs to its shores
Saudi Arabia is offering fintechs from other countries the opportunity to access its large internal market Continue Reading
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News
17 Jul 2018
Expect jobs equilibrium if government sticks with AI plan
If the government keeps to its artificial intelligence sector deal, the number of new jobs created through the use of AI and automation will balance the job losses Continue Reading
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E-Zine
17 Jul 2018
How container technology is evolving
In this week’s Computer Weekly, as adoption of containers grows rapidly, we look at the choices and potential benefits of the technology. We examine the efforts being made to secure internet of things devices and ask if legislation is needed. And we assess how the government’s latest Brexit plans will affect the UK tech sector. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
16 Jul 2018
Rio Tinto transports iron ore with autonomous train
The 280km journey in Western Australia was made under Rio Tinto’s autonomous train programme aimed at improving the productivity and safety of workers Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Jul 2018
Data protection for containers: Why and how to do Docker backup
Containers such as those from Docker are agile, lightweight and can be short-lived, but they and their data often need to be protected. We look at the key options available Continue Reading
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News
16 Jul 2018
Canada raises banner of AI to boost tech industry
Toronto has gone big for artificial intelligence, aiming to draw in international talent and boost its IT industry Continue Reading
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News
16 Jul 2018
ITPS expands datacentre to support Azure Stack and HPC
Datacentre company ITPS expands its County Durham facility to meet client needs for high performance computing and security Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Jul 2018
When was 28% of tech startups considering leaving London ever good news?
It might not be fake Brexit news but it is outrageous spin. Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Jul 2018
Streamline infrastructure management through robotic automation
Robotic automation is changing the infrastructure management game, helping IT departments make fewer mistakes and boost their productivity Continue Reading
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News
13 Jul 2018
Microsoft warns if an email is being sent out of office hours
When Blackberry introduced mobile email, it made everyone permanently connected to work. Now, Microsoft wants to curb this Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 Jul 2018
GitHub Enterprise 2.14 is ‘open goodness’ behind an enterprise firewall
GitHub Enterprise 2.14 has arrived this week. This latest version of the web-based code repository and version control system also of course now features collaborative functions, options for bug ... Continue Reading
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News
13 Jul 2018
How Singapore’s MyRepublic hones its IT chops
MyRepublic’s CIO shares how the company’s IT strategy has enabled the internet service provider to spread its wings into new markets Continue Reading
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News
13 Jul 2018
Windows 7 migration powers PC uptick
PC sales in the enterprise have increased as businesses roll out Windows 10 before Microsoft ends support for Windows 7 Continue Reading
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Feature
13 Jul 2018
Guinness World Records bets on Office 365 and AWS to boost business expansion
Rob Howe, director of IT at Guinness World Records, opens up about how cloud is supporting the organisation’s ongoing push to diversify its business Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Jul 2018
On-premises, hosted most popular S/4HANA deployment options
The pure cloud -- SaaS -- version of SAP's newest ERP, S/4HANA Cloud, lacks some of the same features of the on-premises version. But there are other reasons to keep S/4 close. Continue Reading
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News
12 Jul 2018
Executive interview: Bill Ruh, CDO of GE
With a new CEO in the driving seat, we speak to GE’s head of digital, Bill Ruh, about how the company has refined its digital strategy Continue Reading
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News
12 Jul 2018
Broadcom acquires enterprise business with CA Technologies deal
Broadcom buys into the enterprise software infrastructure arena, announcing $19bn acquisition of CA Technologies Continue Reading
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News
12 Jul 2018
Three-quarters of consumers have interacted with artificial intelligence
Capgemini survey finds 55% of people prefer a mix of AI and humans when they interact with organisations Continue Reading
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E-Zine
12 Jul 2018
CW Middle East: Can Saudi Arabia build the Silicon Valley of the Middle East?
In April this year, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman visited Silicon Valley in the US to meet tech giants such as Apple and Amazon in its efforts to fast-forward the kingdom’s technology capabilities. Read about its lofty ambitions. Also in this issue, read how demand for skilled IT professionals is increasing rapidly in the Middle East, which is facing a talent crunch. Meanwhile, Gulf Cooperation Council smart city initiatives are gathering momentum. Continue Reading
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News
12 Jul 2018
Indonesia leads ASEAN region in AI adoption
The sprawling archipelago of more than 260 million people is becoming a hotbed for adoption of artificial intelligence, led by digital native companies such as Go-Jek and Kaskus Continue Reading
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Blog Post
12 Jul 2018
The sacking of a robot revealed the need for robot probation periods
Businesses need to give robots a probabtion period for different roles andd must be prepared to bring out the P45 Continue Reading
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News
12 Jul 2018
Siemens and Alibaba Cloud eye Chinese IoT market
The two bigwigs will develop industrial internet of things offerings for China’s manufacturing industries that are being digitised through various state-led initiatives Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Jul 2018
S/4HANA public cloud version can get lost in cloud confusion
The 'true' public cloud is the streamlined SaaS version of on-premises S/4. But private cloud options are often conflated with public cloud, making it hard to keep them straight. Continue Reading
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News
11 Jul 2018
Russian startup event more international than ever
This year’s Startup Village in Moscow was attended by more international companies and investors than ever before Continue Reading
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News
11 Jul 2018
Oracle’s deal with Chile should go global
UK Oracle users may eventually see the ripple effect of a court ruling in a country almost 7,500 miles away Continue Reading
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News
11 Jul 2018
UK fintech industry fears Brexit-induced talent squeeze
London’s financial technology community warns of problems ahead as the reality of the UK leaving the EU unfolds Continue Reading
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Opinion
11 Jul 2018
Mind your drone business
Amazon is just the tip of the iceberg – companies are pouring hundreds of millions into the development of commercial drones Continue Reading
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News
11 Jul 2018
DevOps gathers pace in APAC
Large enterprises such as DBS Bank have been shaking up their software development practices to fend off disruption from more nimble rivals Continue Reading
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News
10 Jul 2018
Chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov tells Tableau users human intelligence still has role to play
Garry Kasparov, a former world chess champion, tells Tableau’s European conference that artificial intelligence is a positive force that will stoke, not choke, human creativity Continue Reading
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E-Zine
10 Jul 2018
Tackling the digital identity problem
In this week’s Computer Weekly, as UK government attempts to create a digital identity standard flounder, we examine progress on establishing the online ID system the digital economy needs. Barclays Bank talks about its move to DevOps and public cloud with Amazon Web Services. And we find out how using AI and chatbots could help improve IT service management. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
10 Jul 2018
Acquia CTO defines ‘decoupled’ Drupal
Many open source enthusiasts (practitioners, paragons, partisans, preachers and protagonists) will have heard of Drupal. For those that haven’t, Drupal is an open source content management ... Continue Reading
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News
10 Jul 2018
Singapore to build speech recognition system to speed up emergency response
Emergency responders in the city-state could be able to react more quickly in future with the help of the world’s first mixed-lingual speech recognition engine, to be developed at a new artificial intelligence speech lab Continue Reading
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News
10 Jul 2018
Analysts question Australia government’s IBM deal
Industry analysts and experts have called the wisdom of the A$1bn IBM IT deal into question, with one claiming that the federal government should have used a range of suppliers instead Continue Reading
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News
09 Jul 2018
Holiday Extras uses machine learning and artificial intelligence for personalisation
Travel firm Holiday Extras has introduced machine learning and artificial intelligence into its smartphone app to give users a more personalised experience Continue Reading
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News
09 Jul 2018
We need to take ‘black box’ out of AI to increase diversity, says panel
Many users of artificially intelligent systems have no understanding of what they do, making diverse and ethical development of these systems increasingly important Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Jul 2018
Indico Enso opens open route to ‘transfer learning’ AI data
With its focus on AI software for unstructured content, Boston-based Indico has now come forward with a new open source project focused on simplifying the use of transfer learning with natural ... Continue Reading