http://www.computerweekly.comen-gbFri, 09 May 2008 14:55:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230629/update-lack-of-software-testing-to-blame-for-terminal-5-fiasco-ba-executive-tells-mps.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/09/230629/update-lack-of-software-testing-to-blame-for-terminal-5-fiasco-ba-executive-tells-mps.htmA lack of IT testing contributed to the disastrous opening of Heathrow's Terminal 5, British Airways' chief executive, Willie Walsh, told MPs last week. Fri, 09 May 2008 14:55:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230602/lack-of-software-testing-to-blame-for-terminal-5-fiasco-ba-executive-tells-mps.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/08/230602/lack-of-software-testing-to-blame-for-terminal-5-fiasco-ba-executive-tells-mps.htmA lack of IT testing led in part to the disastrous opening of Heathrow's Terminal 5, British Airways' chief executive, Willie Walsh, told MPs this week. Thu, 08 May 2008 12:36:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/07/230581/npfit-back-to-choice-of-suppliers-for-nhs-trusts.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/07/230581/npfit-back-to-choice-of-suppliers-for-nhs-trusts.htmThe NHS's National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has taken a different direction with NHS trusts being given a choice of a range of systems from various suppliers - which they were able to do before the advent of the NPfIT in 2002. Wed, 07 May 2008 14:17:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/07/230575/transforming-nhs-services-requires-flexible-evolution-bcs-delegates-say.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/07/230575/transforming-nhs-services-requires-flexible-evolution-bcs-delegates-say.htm"There is no point in informatics trying to enable a change in one direction when budgets are encouraging maintenance of the status quo," said Sheila Bullas, secretary of the BCS's Health Informatics Forum, at a recent BCS leadership debate on transforming health services. Wed, 07 May 2008 12:06:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/06/230562/can-you-really-get-itil-out-of-the-box.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/06/230562/can-you-really-get-itil-out-of-the-box.htmYou don’t have to be skeptic of the ITIL implementation promises.Tue, 06 May 2008 14:48:00 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/2008/05/01/230532/it-jobs-in-jeopardy-as-royal-bank-of-scotland-integrates-abn-amro.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/01/230532/it-jobs-in-jeopardy-as-royal-bank-of-scotland-integrates-abn-amro.htmIT job cuts are inevitable as the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) integrates its wholesale banking division and the UK operations of ABN Amro which it acquired last year, say industry analysts.Thu, 01 May 2008 17:00:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/30/230494/npfit-contract-talks-resume-after-fujitsu-makes-revised-offer.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/30/230494/npfit-contract-talks-resume-after-fujitsu-makes-revised-offer.htmHealth officials and Fujitsu have returned to the negotiating table after talks had stalled over a renegotiation of parts of the supplier's £896m contract for installing Cerner's Millennium systems in the south of England.Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:00:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/30/230490/web3d-fad-or-future.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/30/230490/web3d-fad-or-future.htmThe truth goes through three stages. First, it's ridiculed, next violently opposed, then finally accepted as self-evident. No...Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:02:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/29/230483/spearheading-growth-with-it-frank-bandura-financial-director-of-carluccios.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/29/230483/spearheading-growth-with-it-frank-bandura-financial-director-of-carluccios.htmSquid ink pasta is one of the glories of Italian cuisine, with a subtle and delicate flavour that is entirely its own. But it is also jet black in colour, and this is sometimes a bridge too far for restaurant customers, even the sophisticated urbanites who frequent the rapidly growing Carluccio's chain of restaurants-delicatessens.Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:24:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/28/230462/uk-firms-move-away-from-rip-and-replace-software-strategies-survey-finds.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/28/230462/uk-firms-move-away-from-rip-and-replace-software-strategies-survey-finds.htmMore than half of UK companies have abandoned the rip-and-replace approach to software buying and are exploring alternative ways to modernise their systems in the face of the credit crunch, according to an industry survey. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:50:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/24/230437/it-project-management-blogs-computerweekly.com-it-blog-awards-08.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/24/230437/it-project-management-blogs-computerweekly.com-it-blog-awards-08.htmHelp us to identify the best IT blogs in the UK by nominating your favourites in the IT Project Management category.Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:49:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/24/230414/hc2008-learning-lessons-from-the-national-programme-for-it.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/24/230414/hc2008-learning-lessons-from-the-national-programme-for-it.htmMatthew Swindells, the health service's departing chief information officer, cracked a joke that went down well at the HC2008 annual healthcare IT conference at Harrogate last week. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:47:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/22/230376/teradata-launches-entry-level-data-warehouse.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/22/230376/teradata-launches-entry-level-data-warehouse.htmTeradata, a provider of enterprise data warehouse appliances, has introduced an entry-level data warehouse, designed for lower-cost installations. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:05:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/21/230362/supercomputers-help-exeter-reach-for-the-stars.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/21/230362/supercomputers-help-exeter-reach-for-the-stars.htmAre we alone in the universe? Could life exist on other planets? Questions like these have inspired countless science fiction stories, but at the University of Exeter's Astrophysics department, these queries are at the forefront of research. The department is using a range of supercomputers coupled with its own bespoke open source software to study how stars and planets are formed. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:15:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/18/230347/nokia-sees-operating-margins-slump.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/18/230347/nokia-sees-operating-margins-slump.htmNokia posted a big sales and net profit increase for the first quarter, but saw its operating margins fall. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:55:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/18/230346/infosecurity-2008-developing-infosecurity-career-paths.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/18/230346/infosecurity-2008-developing-infosecurity-career-paths.htmToday more young professionals are choosing information security as a first career, bringing a post-graduate degree but little experience, writes John Colley, managing director EMEA of the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, (ISC)2. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:55:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/17/230319/podcast-microsoft-coo-kevin-turner-on-how-to-get-a-high-paying-management-job-in-it.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/17/230319/podcast-microsoft-coo-kevin-turner-on-how-to-get-a-high-paying-management-job-in-it.htmMicrosoft hired Kevin Turner to be its Chief Operating Officer and offered him base salary of $570,000 (£285,000) per year and a $7m (£3.5m) up-front payment in 2005. Kevin Turner, previously CIO at Wal-Mart, gives his top tips in six minutes on how IT staff can make the progression to managers and earn the big bucks. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/16/230300/security-systems-must-embrace-social-networking.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/16/230300/security-systems-must-embrace-social-networking.htm Social networking is building an entirely new type of world that will require a major change in the way business organisations tackle information security,...Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/15/230294/id-cards-in-depth.htmhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/04/15/230294/id-cards-in-depth.htmPrime Minister Gordon Brown has reiterated the government's determination to press ahead with plans for ID cards at a cost of £5.4bn over 10 years, despite concerns over a series of data losses by government departments. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:00:00 GMT