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Computer Weekly Journalists and News Beats

Got a lead on a news story? Let Computer Weekly's reporters know.

Each member of the team covers a range of news topics or 'beats', as listed below, and you can contact them by email.

You can also send press releases and leads direct to our main newsdesk for both the magazine and website by emailing cwnews@rbi.co.uk.

Tony Collins

Executive Editor: Tony Collins
tony.collins@rbi.co.uk

 

Karl Flinders - background

Deputy News Editor: Karl Flinders
karl.flinders@rbi.co.uk

  • Banking and Finance, business services
  • Insurance
  • Outsourcing
  • SOA and related technology
  • Software development  
  • Accenture strategy 
  • Oracle strategy
  • Downtime

 

Warwick Ashford

Chief Reporter: Warwick Ashford
warwick.ashford@rbi.co.uk

  • Security & Security Products
  • Business Continuity & Disaster recovery
  • Law, compliance and regulation
  • Consultancies: E&Y, PWC, Deloitte
  • Microsoft strategy
  • Symantec strategy
  • Fujitsu strategy
  • HP/EDS strategy
  • SAP strategy
  • Google strategy
  • Yahoo strategy
  • Podcasts

 

Ian Grant

Senior Reporter: Ian Grant
ian.grant@rbi.co.uk

  • Manufacturing & Engineering, Utilities, Pharmaceuticals
  • Computer Crime
  • SMEs
  • Networks and Telecoms
  • Mobile gadgets and devices
  • Supply chain technology, including RFID and ERP
  • Storage
  • BT strategy
  • Cisco strategy
  • Vodafone, 02, RIM strategy

Rebecca Thomson

Reporter: Rebecca Thomson
rebecca.thomson@rbi.co.uk

  • Retail, Wholesale and Distribution
  • Local & Central Government, Health, Education
  • Skills, Training, Employment, HR
  • Transport
  • Media and leisure
  • Desktop
  • Database Technology
  • Web 2.0, Social Networking and Knowledge management
  • Dell, Toshiba, Lenovo strategy
  • CSC strategy
  • Capgemini strategy
  • Microsoft desktop strategy
  • Logica strategy
  • Methodologies: PrinceII, ITIL, Cobit, etc
  • Best Places to Work
  • My Take

 

Cliff Saran

Managing Editor (Technology): Cliff Saran
cliff.saran@rbi.co.uk

  • Non-profit and charities
  • Oversee all technology coverage
  • Server based technology, including virtualisation, databases, hardware and middleware
  • Software Applications
  • Business Intelligence
  • User groups
  • IBM strategy
  • Intel/AMD strategy
  • Sun strategy
  • CA strategy
  • Gadgets
  • Radar
  • Cliff Saran's blog: Fear, uncertainty and doubt

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