Increasing investment in consolidating applications is a growing trend among businesses, according to software giant HP.This is being driven by rationalisation following recent high levels of mergers and acquisition activity, wiht organisations looking to consolidate both hardware and applications. HP cites itself as an example of this trend."[Through mergers and acquisitions] we inherited a lot of applications and we needed to bring some of them to end of life. It gets rid of redundancies," said Mark Sarbiewski, vice-president of application solutions at HP, told Computerworld UK at <a href="http://h41112.www4.hp.com/events/software-universe-2010/">HP Software Universe</a> in Barcelona."A few years ago, we had 7,000 applications. We went on a big rationalisation strategy - we have 2,000 now and I think we can get to 1,200."It is not just M&A that is driving the application rationalisation. Michael Garrett, director of professional services UK and Ireland at HP, said that businesses are also updating their application platform, which indicates that organisations are no longer just looking at making cost savings.
UK businesses are offering pay rises to key IT staff who threaten to go join competitors, IT recruitment agency Harvey Nash has revealed.
Dynamic power variation is a new phenomenon that is severely affecting the efficiency of datacentres, according to APC.
O2 has launched a six-month pilot of location-based mobile marketing, in partnership with Placecast.
Companies spend around 10.2 percent of their budget for external IT services on cloud computing, according to a new Gartner survey.
Forrester has warned businesses to carefully consider the benefits of developing an app before succumbing to "application hype".
Most IT executives are still unconvinced about tapping into a public cloud when they surpass their own infrastructure's capacity, a survey has found.
Analyst house Forrester has identified five key issues that IT buyers need to consider before purchasing Microsoft products and upgrades after the company's recent pricing and licensing changes.
HP has announced internally that 934 jobs will be axed in the UK by October.
Thirty-five percent of companies believe that their organisation's sensitive information has been given to competitors, according to a new survey.
Computer giant <a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/storage/dell.cfm">Dell</a> said it has halved negative sentiment about its brand through the proactive use of social media.
The "vast majority" of IT budgets will not grow this year, said analyst house Ovum.
Members of Unite union have voted to accept Fujitsu's proposals tabled by mediation service Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS).
Unite union members at Fujitsu have called off a strike due on Friday as talks take place to solve the UK's first ever national IT workers' strike.
The union described the move as a "conciliatory gesture" to allow breathing space for further discussions, on pay, redundancies and pensions, at the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS).
Fujitsu workers lobbied parliament today to highlight their ongoing dispute over jobs and pay today.
