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The software that can save you big bucks? You've already got it

How ERP can clobber CO2 and cut costs to boot...

Revealed: The apps you'll have on your phone in 2012
Find out what you'll be packing - and the applications your company needs to prepare for

Tags: gartner, mobile phone, app store, iphone

Trojan bank fraud gang sentenced
First conviction for UK's specialist cybercrime unit

Tags: police central e-crime unit, pceu, malware

UK ID cards rollout hit by delay as launch date revealed
Target for Greater Manchester cards is missed

Tags: public sector, biometrics, id cards

£500,000 fine coming for businesses that lose data?
Watchdog gets teeth - but only after more than 700 data breaches

Tags: ico, information commissioner's office, data loss, data breach

Telegraph CIO on the rocky road to going Google
"You have got to have your seatbelt on" says IT chief - but it's worth it

Tags: salesforce.com, google apps, cloud computing, telegraph media group

Whose IT budget has been hit the hardest?
The winners and losers in tech spending revealed

Tags: budget growth

Phishers set their sights on corporate accounts
News in brief: Beware the money mules and malware

Tags: fbi, criminal, phishing

Microsoft to Office Accounting: Your number's up
News in brief: Redmond calls time on accounting product

Tags: online software, microsoft, office accounting

How to pay for your Amazon purchases with a feisty mango
PayPhrase service goes live

Tags: payphrase, amazon

Parking in the West End goes contactless
Wave and pay on trial with Westminster City Council

Tags: westminster council, parking, wave and pay, contactless payment

How will you use Google Wave? Recruiting, decision-making, dealing with complaints
Wave's co-creator on why businesses are already eyeing Google's collaboration platform

Tags: sap, web 2.0, google, web apps

Barclays CIO finds a new home with SAP
Don Trotta swaps banking for ERP

Tags: don trotta, barclays cio

Vista jilted for Windows 7 midway through upgrades
Business warming to Redmond's latest OS

Tags: windows 7, operating systems, microsoft, windows vista

2010: When IT budgets start to grow again
But CIOs should ask the CFO for more money now, before all that ageing hardware fails

Tags: it spending, it budgets, equipment failures

Windows 7 will be business standard by next year
XP is yesterday's news

Tags: operating system, corporate desktop, windows 7

Virtualisation: How to get real benefits from your virtual investment
Cutting the connection between the hardware and operating system can bring big benefits - but beware the pitfalls

Tags: gartner, hypervisor, servers, virtualisation

CIOs waste energy and budget as one in six servers go unused
Tech teams told 'do the housekeeping' as servers now cost more to power than to buy

Tags: electricity, carbon footprint, it budgets, server utilisation

Revealed: The anatomy of an internet scam
Scareware networks are bad for your PC - and your pocket

Tags: phishing, scareware, scam

Tax-refund phishing scams hit an all-time high
HMRC warns users to avoid getting duped by fake cashback offers

Tags: email, tax, hmrc

Windows 7: The five things you need to be thinking about now
Even if you aren't planning to migrate just yet...

Tags: migration issues, windows 7

Telecoms worker? You're in demand. Techie? Not so much
Job market research reveals spike in telecoms vacancies

Tags: telecoms, monster, jobs

Online banking fraud rockets as fraudsters get smarter
Criminals are "never going to shut up shop", warns banking industry body

Tags: verified by visa, credit cards, banking, fraud

Amazon offers to be man in the middle for mobile payments
Shoppers can now pay with Amazon whoever they buy with

Tags: mobile payments, amazon

iPhones unshackled, IT wages revealed and outsourcing explained
Stories of the month - September 2009

Tags: graduates, software, peter cochrane, stories of the month

'New tech? Not for me': CIOs running scared in the recession
Wait and see is the downturn motto for IT chiefs

Tags: purchase, budget, cio, fujitsu

Where to make the biggest bucks working in IT
Which sectors are best for your pay packet?

Tags: finance, retail, public sector, salaries

Former MySQL boss joins Benchmark Capital
From open source database guru to resident entrepreneur

Tags: marten mickos, benchmark capital, mysql

Online fraudsters enlist Trojans to run off with your money
And fake balance means you won't even know

Tags: online, banking, trojans, fraud

Google's $10m change-the-world prize: 16 themes chosen
Socially-conscious tax, anyone?

Tags: project 10^100, competition, prize, google

Tech skills: UK Plc told to get its hands dirty and help students
Universities and government need a helping hand...

Tags: stem, students, graduates, skills

Scammers pose as banks in live chat hack
Fraudsters latest attempt to phish for info

Tags: phishing, live chat, banks, scam

Why malware writers are turning to open source
Fraudsters collaborating on software to steal bank details

Tags: rsa, trojan, security

Faster Payments: All your web banking are belong to us
Real-time transactions gobble up online and phone banking

Tags: banking, standing orders, transactions, bank

London Stock Exchange picks MillenniumIT as TradElect replacement
$30m deal will see intellectual property and tech know-how "fully within the company" says LSE tech chief

Tags: tradelect, london stock exchange, millenniumit

Dell settles fraud case with $4m
PC maker forced to make contracts clearer

Tags: pc, new york, dell

Hackers target fake ads to steal IDs
The rise of scareware

Tags: ads, malware, hackers

Bupa in rude health with new CIO
FT tech chief joins healthcare company

Tags: specsavers, healthcare, bupa, cio

Intuit snaps up start-up Mint.com in $170m deal
Finance company gets out its wallet

Tags: finance, intuit, mint.com

Credit card hacker pleads guilty to fraud worth millions
TJX fraudster forfeits $2.7m

Tags: hacker

Want to boost your pay packet? Get yourself a bigger employer
Why it pays to go corporate if you're a tech worker...

Tags: smes, techies, skills, salary

How the fastest-growing companies see their CIOs differently
From seniority to keeping the lights on

Tags: innovation, cio, strategy

Yahoo! goes after iPhone users with Flickr and finance apps
"We have prioritised which devices have the most interactive users"

Tags: blackberry, iphone

Third of techies check their work email every day on holiday
Poll: Have a break, email the boss...

Tags: job, information, work, holiday

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Nick Beecham and Belinda Doshi
No more tax breaks for offshoring?
Financial services firms must prepare now for 2010 legal changes

Tim Ferguson
On a new Voyager, tackling fraud and the intellectual challenge
Interview: Nationwide IT director, Peter Stafford

Nick Heath
David Lister on smart grids and why he left RBS
Interview: National Grid CIO

Andy Jones
Why banks will push ahead with offshoring
Comment: Even if they don't want to

Catherine Stagg-Macey
Legacy IT holding back insurers
Comment: Economic crisis means finance giants must step lively

Julian Goldsmith
The City fund manager with no IT department
Q&A: How asset management is embracing the cloud...

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