Wednesday 10th December, 2014

OpenText Corporation, a global leader in Enterprise Information Management (EIM), has announced an agreement to acquire Actuate Corporation - The BIRT Company™, a leader in personalised analytics and insights.

Tuesday 9th December, 2014

After meeting last week for the second time, the Euro Retail Payments Board (ERPB), a multi-stakeholder group chaired by the European Central Bank (ECB), has decided to step up work on the topics of instant payments in euro, and person-to-person mobile payments and contactless payments.

Monday 8th December

Single Face to Industry (SFTI), a joint initiative in the Swedish public sector is recommending use of the PEPPOL infrastructure for e-procurement. It will enable the exchange of electronic messages between large groups of suppliers and contracting authorities in Sweden.

Friday 5th December, 2014

Lincolnshire County Council is about to start on a procurement exercise for the provision of libraries after social enterprise Greenwich Leisure Limited’s (GLL) bid was accepted.

Thursday 4th December 2014

Islington Council is on track to reduce its core finance costs by 40 per cent, amounting to £3 million, supported by its implementation of Collaborative Planning - a budgeting and forecasting solution.