Martin Courtney, , Monday 13 July 2009 at 22:22:00A substantial restructure at soft drink supplier Nichols -­ purveyor of Vimto- ­led the company to update its software to Sage 1000 to replace its in-houseapplication. This resulted in the streamlining of

Angelica Mari, , Thursday 16 July 2009 at 07:45:00Visa says contactless payment cards will soon conquer the coffee shop, beforetaking over the rest of the high streetTwo years ago this month, Barclaycard announced the launch of OnePulse, acombined credit and

Martin Courtney, , Thursday 16 July 2009 at 12:55:00Chip maker expects upturn in seasonal CPU demand but is still cagey aboutcorporate spendingChip maker Intel saw revenue for its latest financial quarter dip $1.4bn(£850m) to $8bn (£4.9bn) compared with the same

Dave Bailey, , Thursday 16 July 2009 at 15:49:00Microsoft's Azure plaftorm strengthens the appeal of cloud computing, but ITleaders will still have concernsTo date, cloud computing services have garnered more column inches thanbusiness customers. Enterprise buyers continue to harbour doubts

Computing, , Thursday 16 July 2009 at 07:45:00Forget Chrome OS, don't worry about Azure - Microsoft and Google really wantto win over your mindEverybody loves a good head-to-head battle -­ Ali vs Frazier, David vsGoliath, Brown vs Blair -­ all

Computing, , Thursday 16 July 2009 at 02:30:00Martin Taylor is the converged network manager at the Royal HorticulturalSociety, where he as worked since 200What was your first job and how did you get into IT? My interest in desktop publishing

Simon Wayne, , Thursday 16 July 2009 at 01:45:00The smarter a firm is at exploiting its data, the more likely it is tosurvive the downturn, says Simon WayneWith profits declining and stocks and shares falling, it is becomingincreasingly difficult to

Colin Ashurst, , Thursday 16 July 2009 at 01:45:00Risk management requires an understanding of where projects fit in theinvestment portfolioWhole libraries have been written about managing risk on IT projects.Unfortunately, these tend to focus too much on the technology aspects

Martin Courtney, , Thursday 16 July 2009 at 01:45:00The government has helped to spend the UK IT industry out of financialtrouble in the past, but is too strapped for cash to do so this timeThe party is over, the money

Dave Bailey, , Friday 17 July 2009 at 10:20:00Travel firm Kuoni's new e-commerce platform enables it to offer more holidaybargainsThe gloomy economy has done little to dampen Britons' enthusiasm for sun andsand, according to tour operator Kuoni Travel. The financial

Dave Bailey, , Friday 17 July 2009 at 13:35:00Office 2010 to ride the wave towards more flexible workingOne of the more significant announcements coming out of Microsoft's recentWorldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in New Orleans was the unveiling of the newfeatures

Bryan Glick, , Thursday 16 July 2009 at 16:57:00But global decline in mobile phone sector means company grew market shareNokia's sales slumped by 25 per cent year on year during the mobile phonemaker's second financial quarter, while operating profit fell

Bryan Glick, , Friday 17 July 2009 at 14:35:00Indian supplier benefits from "semblance of stability" in key financialservices marketsTata Consultancy Services (TCS) has managed to maintain double-digit growthin first quarter revenue and profit - ahead of some of its key

Computing staff, , Friday 17 July 2009 at 14:55:00Two more weeks to submit your entries for the UK's most prestigious ITawards, brought to you by Computing and the BCSThe deadline has been extended for entries to the all-new UK IT

Tom Young, , Friday 17 July 2009 at 15:39:00Datasets made available online as part of drive to provide public data on theinternetThe on its web site aspart of a drive to open up government information.The move is a response to

Tom Young, , Friday 17 July 2009 at 10:46:00Taxpayers lost £24m due to cancellation of phase two of Scope programmeThe second phase of a government intelligence sharing system was scrappedbecause of problems with the un-named commercial supplier for the scheme,costing

Dave Bailey, , Friday 17 July 2009 at 10:23:00Sixty-two per cent say yes, but US Department of Justice still holding offuntil Java licensing issues resolvedSun Microsystems shareholders have formally approved Oracle's takeover bid ata special meeting, with 62 per cent

Bryan Glick, , Friday 17 July 2009 at 09:54:00Chief executive sees three per cent revenue increase as no mean feat giventhe downturnGoogle has reported a modest three per cent rise in second-quarter revenue,but an 18 per cent year-on-year increase in

Tom Young, , Friday 17 July 2009 at 09:59:00Efficiency schemes deliver profit rise despite widespread drop in salesIBM hassecond-quarter net profit of $3.1bn (£1.9bn), 12 per cent up on the $2.8bn(£1.7bn) earned in the same period last year.The better-than-expected results

Parliamentary reporter, , Friday 17 July 2009 at 16:13:00Commons and Lords committee questions restrospective nature of clause thatopens up seven years of tax demandsThe joint Lords and Commons Human Rights Committee has waded in to supportfreelance IT contractors hit by