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Spanish bank BBVA adopts Google Apps
11 January 2012Web giant wins contract to provide 110,000 employees with hosted productivity and collaboration apps
SAP's SuccessFactors acquisition wins analyst approval
05 December 2011Application giant's $3.4 billion purchase of cloud-based "business execution" software vendor seen as good move in both SaaS and HR functionality
AIB and Oracle settle dispute over failed application
28 November 2011Having sued Oracle for €84 million over failed Flexcube deployment, Irish bank has reached out of court settlement
Tesco trialling augmented reality technology
17 November 2011Retail giant is testing technology that allows shoppers to view 3D images of products before buying, both in store and online
General Motors considering Google Apps – report
07 November 2011The quintessential corporation is reported to have signed an agreement with Google over hosted apps, but has yet to make a decision
UK banks struck by IT outages
07 November 2011HSBC, First Direct, RBS and NatWest have all suffered service outages due to IT glitches in recent days
Jaguar recalls 17,500 cars due to software glitch
25 October 2011A problem with engine managmement control software meant drivers had to turn off the ignition to disengage cruise control
Oracle gets third hosted CRM with $1.5bn RightNow buy
24 October 2011RightNow's on demand customer service application will sit alongside CRM On Demand and Fusion CRM in the cloud
SAP grows profit 140%
14 October 2011German application vendor pushes operating income up to €1.8 billion during latest quarter
IT migration delays to cost Tesco Bank £40 million
05 October 2011Retail giant's finance division is to slow down migration to new IT systems following earlier glitches, pushing up costs and delaying product
IT upgrade triggers profit warning for SuperGroup
05 October 2011Clothes maker downgrades predicted profit by £6m after warehouse management system upgrade causes stock shipment backlog
NICE buys UK's Fizzback for customer analytics
19 September 2011Israeli technology provider NICE Systems to boost 'customer experience management' portfolio with $80m acquisition
Yahoo! CEO fired over the phone
07 September 2011Web company axes CEO Carol Bartz after she failed to stem share value decline after two years at the helm
SAP's $1.3bn fine for Oracle infringement slashed
02 September 2011Judge rules that penalty for SAP subsidiary stealing intellectual property from arch rival was "grossly excessive"
Sage gazumped on MYOB bid
22 August 2011UK accounting software supplier loses out to private equity firm in bid for Australian rival MYOB
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