Shifting supply chains to become driven by IT means businesses can standardise their processes and become less likely to run out of stock, says Dominic Regan, EMEA director of supply chain applications at Oracle.

Cloud providers do not give companies enough insight into performance and customer demand, according to Compuware.

A study says that 30 percent of internal social networks will be viewed as essential as email and telephones are today. Gartner research suggests that enterprise social networking software has several advantages over traditional collaboration when it comes to group organisation and social filtering.

A think tank report warns IT managers and CIOs about complacency with new IT practices like BYOD, or "bring your own device", mobile IT and social media.

Analyst house Gartner has given its full backing to mobile device management, saying it is essential for IT success.