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Numerous studies have shown that mixed gender teams are more creative, effective and competitive. And yet, overall the IT sector remains a male-dominated domain.  In a world where even at Google only a fifth of the management positions are held by a woman, the Women’s IT Network believes that there is a definite need for action. WIN brings together women who hold positions of responsibility in digital business to encourage everyone who wants to be a part of the action at the top. After all, the IT sector itself is desperately…

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Microsoft hopes verification will strengthen Azure’s enterprise appeal. Microsoft claims its Azure service is the first major public cloud to adopt a new global international privacy standard. The  ISO/IEC 27018 standard establishes a uniform approach around the world for protecting personal data in the cloud. It was developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Redmond’s cloud has now been independently verified as meeting the standard’s code of practice by the British Standards Institute, and it will hope its adoption of the standard makes its public cloud a more attractive proposition to enterprise…

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Telenor banka, together with Asseco SEE, showcased its heretofore work and announced future innovations at the prestigious international conference FinovateEurope. The presented innovation will enable Telenor banka’s customers to get customized offers by two industries in one place – telecommunications and banking. The complex IT solution, whose demo version was showcased, is an example of a fully automated and personalized online offer of purchase loans for smart devices, customized to the customers’ need in real time. This innovation will be an update of the existing offer of interest-free loans for purchasing devices from…

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SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA (SAP S/4HANA), the next-generation business suite to help customers run simple. SAP S/4HANA is a new product fully built on the advanced in-memory platform, SAP HANA and is designed on the most modern design principles with the SAP Fiori user experience (UX) for mobile devices. SAP S/4HANA brings unprecedented innovations and simplifications to customers, combined with more than 40 years of experience across industries, in a completely reimagined business suite only possible with SAP HANA. SAP S/4HANA will offer…

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Dell and FireHost have announced plans to partner in order to boost the security of private cloud services. Announced on Wednesday, Dell and the UK-based secure cloud services firm say that the collaboration will result in the delivery of secure, fully managed private cloud services with a direct focus on companies becoming compliant with today’s security standards. Specifically, FireHost and Dell Services will focus on security and compliance-driven corporate requirement which is becoming crucial as the risk of cyberattacks increases. While FireHost focuses on secure cloud environment development, Dell’s Cloud…

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By Jack Wallen January 30, 2015  Google has reached a deal with WePay to bring the Google Wallet payment option to online retailers and in-app purchases. Jack Wallen delivers his take on this transaction. I would love to use Google Wallet. Unfortunately, it’s rather challenging to find shops, restaurants, and services that support any form of digital pay where I live. They have the technology, they just haven’t enabled said technology (for either Google Wallet or Apple Pay). This issue has been a major stumbling block for Google to gain…

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Co-CEO Mark Hurd insists database giant is a cloud contender Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd has insisted his firm is at the forefront of the cloud business, following criticism the company arrived too late to the virtualisation game. The database giant has been talking up its burgeoning cloud division since OpenWorld 2014 in September, and in an interview with CNBC yesterday Hurd claimed Oracle was focused on growth. He said: “We’re one of the few cloud companies, we’re not only getting bigger, but our growth rate is actually accelerating at the same time. “Make no…

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