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Big Data to drive spending on management information systems to US$9.3bn by end of 2018

Banks will increase their spending on management information systems (MIS) to improve analytics.

Step change in digital technology investment predicted for 2014

A step change in digital technology investment is predicted this year after Virgin Media Business found that more than half of all companies in Britain are planning to increase their budget for IT.

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Capgemini Nederland B.V. has signed a new contract until January 2019 with HEMA, a leading Dutch merchandise retailer, for delivering IT-services. Under the new contract extension Capgemini will be the preferred partner of HEMA.

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APM Group, the Cloud Industry Forum’s (CIF) independent certification partner, has announced that Your IT Works, a provider of bespoke cloud solutions, has successfully certified against the CIF Code of Practice for the second year running.

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Silver Peak has collaborated with VMware to offer its virtual WAN optimisation software to support deployments on VMware vCloud Hybrid Service. Silver Peak accelerates data transfers to the cloud and provides an on-going LAN-like experience for cloud-hosted applications, enabling VMware vCloud Hybrid Service users to more quickly and easily transition to a public cloud or hybrid cloud environment.

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Virtustream has acquired privately held ViewTrust Technology, Inc. (ViewTrust), an advanced security and compliance technology firm specialising in enterprise risk, cyber security and compliance solutions for government and enterprise customers worldwide. The acquisition closed on February 4th 2013. ViewTrust is headquartered in Falls Church, VA. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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Big Data to drive spending on management information systems to US$9.3bn by end of 2018

Step change in digital technology investment predicted for 2014

Capgemini and HEMA extend IT Services contract for five years

Your IT Works successfully re-certifies against the CIF Code of Practice

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