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• The business end of IT

  Keeping the customer front and centre has been at the heart of Foxtel’s IT strategy since the early days, says CIO Robyn Elliott.

• Carlsberg plans Euro-wide consolidation of SAP systems with Accenture

  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.

• 4 steps to decoding data analytics

  Data analytics is often hailed as the best method to gain the intelligence – using fact-based conclusions and quantifiable insights – that is required to make better business decisions.
  

• U.S. doctors don't believe patients need full access to health records

  A survey of physicians in eight countries found that U.S. doctors in particular do not believe patients should have full access to their electronic health records.

• Report: Hewlett-Packard has suitors for Autonomy, EDS divisions

  A number of parties have expressed interest in buying Hewlett-Packard's Autonomy software business as well as its EDS services arm, according to a Wall Street Journal report published Wednesday.

• Cloud consultancy Cloud Sherpas makes pair of acquisitions

  Cloud Sherpas is continuing its string of acquisitions of boutique consulting firms for cloud services, with the purchase of Innoveer Solutions and Navigis. Terms of the deals, which were announced Tuesday, were not disclosed.

• Microsoft, Accenture joint venture Avanade sued over alleged ERP project failure

  A half-million lines of custom code wasn't enough to produce a viable Dynamics AX ERP (enterprise resource planning) system for point-of-sale and RFID products distributor ScanSource, according to a lawsuit it has filed against Avanade, the joint venture between Microsoft and Accenture.

• Technologies to watch 2013: The cloud will make BYOD a non-issue - eventually

  Coolness, according to technology experts, is at the heart of one of the biggest problems facing business IT today - the rapid influx of consumer mobile devices into the enterprise.

• BBVA moves to real-time banking

  BBVA Compass, the U.S. subsidiary of the Madrid-based Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria banking group, is modernizing its core IT banking infrastructure, making it one of the first banks in the U.S. to offer real-time processing for its customers.

• NYC corporate partnership seeks fresh financial tech

  A partnership of New York City businesses has put out a call for innovative financial technologies.

• Telehealth can reduce deaths by 45%, study shows

  Using remote monitoring technology to keep tabs on patients' blood sugar and cardiopulmonary disease can reduce the risk of patient mortality by up to 45%, according to a U.K. Department of Health study.

• Software vendor says partnership with SAP led to stolen trade secrets

  Former SAP partner Wellogix is accusing the vendor of stealing its trade secrets and swindling it out of lucrative software projects, according to a lawsuit Wellogix filed last week in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

• Looking for work? Here's a job fair touting tech openings in India

  U.S. companies have been hiring workers from India for years, especially graduates of U.S. universities.

• Accenture launches private-cloud service for SAP customers

  SAP customers seeking to move from traditional deployments to a private cloud architecture have a new option from Accenture, the companies announced Wednesday during the Sapphire conference in Madrid.

• Can you trust one outsourcing provider to manage the rest?

  Even as CIOs continue to pursue the multi-provider model for outsourcing IT, the question remains as to how to do it successfully: amassing the necessary vendor management skills needed, avoiding vendor finger pointing, and achieving intended results.