http://www.computerweekly.comen-gbSat, 03 May 2008 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/03/230534/political-pressure-on-nhs-trusts-to-use-immature-database.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/03/230534/political-pressure-on-nhs-trusts-to-use-immature-database.htmThe first NHS trusts to upload medical details to a national database as part of the £12.4bn National Programme for IT (NPfIT) were pressured for political reasons to push ahead quickly despite the immaturity of the technology, an independent report is set to reveal.Sat, 03 May 2008 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/03/230551/connecting-for-health-faces-criticism-over-national-it-programme.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/03/230551/connecting-for-health-faces-criticism-over-national-it-programme.htmConnecting for Health, which runs much of the NHS's £12.4bn National Programme for IT , is expected to come under strong criticism in a report commissioned by the government into the progress of online health records.Sat, 03 May 2008 09:00:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/30/230501/ec-approves-oracles-acquisition-of-bea-systems.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/30/230501/ec-approves-oracles-acquisition-of-bea-systems.htmOracle's £4.25bn acquisition of BEA Systems has been approved by the European Commission (EC).Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:29:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/25/230456/will-sun-rise-higher-after-mysql-deal.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/25/230456/will-sun-rise-higher-after-mysql-deal.htmSun Microsystems hopes its purchase of the MySQL open-source database will be a key step towards positioning it as the pivotal infrastructure player in a burgeoning online world.Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:00:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/24/230427/recession-could-force-uk-software-firms-out-of-business.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/24/230427/recession-could-force-uk-software-firms-out-of-business.htmThe UK computer software market is moving towards recession and one in five companies could disappear, according to analyst Plimsoll.Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:00:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/21/230372/network-rail-maps-assets-to-ease-roadwork-disruption.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/21/230372/network-rail-maps-assets-to-ease-roadwork-disruption.htmNetwork Rail has mapped its assets on the National Street Gazetteer to help cut road work disruption.Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:20:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/16/230315/hammonds-uses-automated-document-platform-to-produce-home-information-packs.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/16/230315/hammonds-uses-automated-document-platform-to-produce-home-information-packs.htmConveyancing firm Hammonds Direct has deployed an automated system for producing home information packs.Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:20:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/03/20/229947/businesses-must-keep-back-door-locked-to-hackers.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/03/20/229947/businesses-must-keep-back-door-locked-to-hackers.htmOnce the focus of IT security was the network and its perimeter: stop hackers and viruses getting onto your network and you will secure your business. But over the last couple of years, businesses have begun to realise they left the back door open.Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:00:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/03/20/229945/prisoner-database-riddled-with-errors.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/03/20/229945/prisoner-database-riddled-with-errors.htmPrison Service staff are trying to correct errors in a database covering more than 80,000 prisoners after it emerged that thousands of records were wrong,...Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:36:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/03/13/229838/cut-the-content-management-complexity.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/03/13/229838/cut-the-content-management-complexity.htmHow difficult can content management be? Companies can spend hundreds of thousands of pounds buying enterprise content management (ECM) systems only to find they are unable to make full use of the product. John Powell, chief executive office of open source ECM provider Alfresco, believes there is a better way...Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:45:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/03/11/229793/how-to-slash-data-management-and-integration-costs.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/03/11/229793/how-to-slash-data-management-and-integration-costs.htmAnalyst Gartner has recommended key cost-cutting tactics in data management and integration to help prepare firms for an economic downturn. Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:18:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/03/10/229784/conference-to-cover-benefits-of-configuration-management-databases.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/03/10/229784/conference-to-cover-benefits-of-configuration-management-databases.htmThe organisers of this year's CMDB and CMS conference - the BCS's Configuration Management Specialist Group and IT Service Management Forum (itSMF) - are looking for presentations by experts in this field as well as suppliers and practitioners. The conference, entitled the Powerhouse of Service Management, is jointly run by the BCS and the itSMF, and will be held 8 July and 9 July at Olympia in London.Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:04:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/03/10/229774/it-news-round-up-podcast-for-10-march-national-id-card-scheme-faces-new-criticism.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/03/10/229774/it-news-round-up-podcast-for-10-march-national-id-card-scheme-faces-new-criticism.htmWeekly IT news round-up podcast for 10 March 2008. Stories this week include fresh criticism of the UK national identity database / ID card scheme from the Crosby report and other sources, and BAA's rejection of RFID technology in favour of barcodes for baggage tracking.Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:25:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/02/26/229539/hot-skills-mysql.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/02/26/229539/hot-skills-mysql.htm Sun's agreement to purchase MySQL AB will consolidate commercial use of the open source originated database, although MySQL was already doing pretty well on its own. Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:48:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/02/14/229410/british-museum-collection-goes-online.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/02/14/229410/british-museum-collection-goes-online.htmThe British Museum is making its entire collection available on the web with one of the world's biggest museum online collection databases. Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:00:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/01/24/229079/blog-city-uses-open-source-mysql.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/01/24/229079/blog-city-uses-open-source-mysql.htmLike many organisations, Blog-City relies heavily on its database for its daily business. But interestingly, Blog-City has chosen to underpin its business with the free and open source database MySQL, which is entirely community supported.Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:18:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/01/22/229033/oracle-repositions-itself-as-a-business-systems-provider.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/01/22/229033/oracle-repositions-itself-as-a-business-systems-provider.htmA key plank of Oracle's strategy for growth over the next few years is to reposition itself as a strategic partner rather than simply remain a technology supplier in key enterprise accounts.Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:25:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/01/16/228949/sun-buys-mysql-for-500m.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/01/16/228949/sun-buys-mysql-for-500m.htmSun has acquired the open source database MySQL for £500m, in a bid to establish a foothold in the database market and offer users open source database tools to compliment its growing family of open source products.Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:06:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/01/03/228709/hot-skills-db-9.5.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/01/03/228709/hot-skills-db-9.5.htmIBM's DB2 is a relational database management system (RDBMS), widely used in enterprises.Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:28:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/12/18/228605/hot-skills-postgresql-offers-opportunities-in-many-languages.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/12/18/228605/hot-skills-postgresql-offers-opportunities-in-many-languages.htm What is it? PostgreSQL is an open source object-relational database management package. It is one of the pillars of Sun Microsystems' alternative to...Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT