Direct Line insures its future with new HR system in the cloud

Royal Bank of Scotland was ordered to divest the Direct Line business in 2010, in the wake of the £45bn state bailout to prevent the bank's collapse while the 2008-09 financial crisis.

New HR system for its 16,000-strong workforce

Martin told Computing that creating a new HR system for its 16,000-strong workforce, based in the UK, Italy and Germany, has been the priority for the group in advance of the divestment process, which needs to be completed by the end of 2014.

"It's cheaper, however it's like comparing apples and pears. The real advantage is the regular updates from Workday, versus the cost of upgrading from, say Oracle, PeopleSoft or SAP," he said.

The UK IT Awards 2012 now open for entries

With the UK IT Awards 2012 now open for entries, one of last year's winners, Egress Software, talks about the event and what the achievement has meant for the business

Join us for this Computing web seminar, in which the Head of BI at the Co-operative Group Nick Colebourn will be explaining just how he reigned in the Group's sprawling database estate and how significant savings were realised and data quality improved as a result.

The first Computing Summit

Computing is pleased to announce the first Computing Summit, looking at how organisations can harness value and insight from big data. This one-day conference will provide practical insight into discovering and exploiting the value of unstructured data for improved business decision making, long term growth and competitive advantage.