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Spanish bank BBVA adopts Google Apps

 11 January 2012

Web giant wins contract to provide 110,000 employees with hosted productivity and collaboration apps

SAP's SuccessFactors acquisition wins analyst approval

 05 December 2011

Application 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 2011

Having sued Oracle for €84 million over failed Flexcube deployment, Irish bank has reached out of court settlement

Tesco trialling augmented reality technology

 17 November 2011

Retail 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 2011

The 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 2011

HSBC, 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 2011

A 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 2011

RightNow's on demand customer service application will sit alongside CRM On Demand and Fusion CRM in the cloud

SAP grows profit 140%

 14 October 2011

German application vendor pushes operating income up to €1.8 billion during latest quarter

IT migration delays to cost Tesco Bank £40 million

 05 October 2011

Retail 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 2011

Clothes 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 2011

Israeli technology provider NICE Systems to boost 'customer experience management' portfolio with $80m acquisition

Yahoo! CEO fired over the phone

 07 September 2011

Web 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 2011

Judge rules that penalty for SAP subsidiary stealing intellectual property from arch rival was "grossly excessive"

Sage gazumped on MYOB bid

 22 August 2011

UK accounting software supplier loses out to private equity firm in bid for Australian rival MYOB

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