Stories by Derek du Preez

The British Army has saved some £20 million at its headquarters by using business intelligence tools to reduce data errors, integrate disparate sources of data and efficiently allocate manpower.

Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, Margaret Hodge, has questioned why the BBC's chief technology officer, John Linwood, has been the only person suspended over a failed £98 million digital project, claiming that more than one BBC manager was to blame.

Carlsberg, one of the world's leading brewery groups, has selected Accenture to consolidate its SAP systems across its European operations into one single platform.

The Economist Intelligence Unit has found a strong relationship between the growth of corporate earnings and companies’ use of data in strategic planning, with high growth companies performing better at analysis and use data for decision making.

The UK Government has announced the appointment of six ‘private sector experts’ as crown representatives to work alongside departments to squeeze further savings from suppliers.

BT’s head of global security practice, Jill Knesek, has said the telco is ‘overly conservative’ and ‘struggling’ with the proliferation of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) and cloud trends within the enterprise because of compliancy fears.

European airline Flybe is unconvinced by the benefits of SAP’s in- memory analytics tool, HANA, and has instead deployed the QlikView Business Discovery platform for its revenue management and business analytics.

As part of its latest technology drive to improve operations and create efficiencies, supermarket chain Morrisons has revealed that the new roll-out of new cash handling technology will put almost 700 jobs at risk.

Vodafone’s global head of ERP, Ignacio Garcia, has revealed the telecom giant’s plans to expand its use SAP's HANA following a successful initial project, but did warn of a skills challenge when using the new technology.