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  • Have you been stiffed?

    11 June 1998: Last week at the UKCMG user conference in Torquay, IBM lifted the lid on some of the tough practices used by some software suppliers to squeeze more cash out of users. Karl...20 Jul 2006

  • Marathon man

    Computer Weekly's editor Karl Schneider ran the London marathon and raised £8,700 for charity. Here he retraces every blistering...03 May 2001

  • Campaign puts stiffing firmly on the agenda

    Two years after Computer Weekly launched its campaign to stamp out the practice of stiffing, Karl Schneider looks back at what...17 May 2000

  • Computer Weekly marks the end of an era as a new one begins

    The first issue of Computer Weekly magazine in 1966 marked the start of an era in the UK IT industry - the first ever weekly technology publication. Our final edition of the print magazine marks th...15 Apr 2011

  • Computer Weekly welcomes new editor

    This week Hooman Bassirian takes over the helm of Computer Weekly. Bassirian is no stranger to Computer Weekly, having worked as news editor on the newspaper from 1998 to 2000, and he brings with h...21 Jul 2003

  • Where do you keep your data?

    The onset of Internet-enabled applications has made data storage a big issue for IT managers. In this special report we examine what the options are for your business. Store and deliver Storage net...12 Feb 2003

  • Has the IT sector peaked?

    The question of how much steam is left in the IT revolution will be the theme of the IT debate of the year on 30 September at London's National Liberal Club. The concern-tinged but fun debate, orga...15 Aug 2003

  • Brightest female IT student sought

    A major initiative to encourage more women to take up careers in IT and redress the male domination of the profession will be run this summer. The A-Star Awards, now in its third year, will identif...23 Jun 2003

  • Hickson quits CBI for island life

    Nigel Hickson, currently head of e-business at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), on secondment from the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI), is to become the e-commerce adviser to the g...24 May 2001

  • Mainframes best for e-business

    Firms need to rediscover traditional mainframe-based disciplines to make e-business work effectively, according to members of the UKCMG user group. In a debate at last week's UKCMG conference in Ed...10 May 2001

  • Computer Weekly resists gag

    The Housing Corporation has issued legal threats against Computer Weekly in an attempt to prevent us revealing further details of problems with its IT provision. Following publication of an article...04 Feb 2003

  • Byte Night raises another £300,000 for child support

    The IT industry may be in the doldrums but the success of last week's Byte Night sleep-out which raised about £300,000 shows that its commitment to charity remains high. The IT minister Stephen Tim...25 Sep 2002

  • Run the marathon with Computer Weekly

    22 April 2001 may seem a long way off, but not if you are thinking of running the London marathon. For those that want to run the race, our friends at NCH Action for Children have nine places to gi...15 Nov 2000

  • If you missed it-vision live, put yourself in the picture now

    Friday 28 June saw the very first edition of it-vision, the free, live webcast for the IT industry produced by gbtv in association with Computer Weekly. If you didn't manage to see it, don't worry;...03 Jul 2002

  • Stiffing alive and kicking

    Antony Savvas Software licence stiffing will be a focus of the discussion at UKCMG, with users confirming the practice is still alive and well. UKCMG chief executive officer Geoff Petherick said, "...26 Apr 2000

  • E-commerce tops CMG

    Cliff Saran Computer Weekly is sponsoring the UK CMG's annual conference from 9-12 May in York. Speakers include representatives from Asda, discussing offshore development management; the Inland Re...22 Mar 2000

  • City ITers discuss the issues over free beer

    IT professionals rubbed shoulders with City gents at our recent Thirst Thursday on 5 September, writes Nathalie Towner. The Lamb Tavern, as with all City of London pubs, stops serving at 10pm, so p...19 Sep 2002

  • Improving communication will raise the IT director's profile

    Boosting the perception of IT directors and their departments was a key aspect of the presentations at the IT Directors' Forum on the Aurora last week. Karl Schneider and John Riley report IT depar...21 Jun 2000

  • Prudential teaches staff to tackle security threat

    Prudential Assurance is to launch a drive to persuade its staff to change their approach to IT security. The company, which already has security awareness programmes in place, said it wants to chan...18 Apr 2002

  • UK IT industry: 'We have a bright future'

    Users, consultants and suppliers gather to debate whether IT is an industry with untapped potential which is still in its infancy, or if it has already run out of momentum Corporate IT users are sp...06 Oct 2003