April 2008

April 01, 2008 01 Apr'08
Poor interviewers fail to attract talent

Employers with bad interviewing skills need to improve if they are to successfully attract talented applicants in a competitive job market, a recruitment firm says. Continue Reading
April 01, 2008 01 Apr'08
Rising living standards could curb IT skills immigration

Improving living standards in countries such as India could make it harder to tempt foreign IT workers to the UK, a new report has warned. Continue Reading
April 01, 2008 01 Apr'08
ID cards scrapped in favour of RFID implants for infants

The government is to scrap its controversial £30 voluntary ID card system in favour of having every child born in the UK implanted at birth with a free radio frequency-based (RFID) identity marker. Continue Reading

April 01, 2008 01 Apr'08
Golden oldies save corporate’s time

European appliance manufacturer Lecofuz has reduced the time taken to complete customer requests by replacing its IT systems with analogue telephones and mini blackboards. Continue Reading
April 01, 2008 01 Apr'08
Senior executive to leave NHS IT programme

Richard Jeavons, senior responsible owner for service implementation in the NHS’s £12.4bn National Programme for IT [NPfIT], is leaving for a different health service job. He is the latest in a ... Continue Reading
April 01, 2008 01 Apr'08
Republican shocked at the modern generation

Many young people are going to have sex. Continue Reading
April 01, 2008 01 Apr'08
Thus returns to Thresher

Retailer Thresher is to extend its contract with telco Thus to run the communications services for its 1,800 licence sites and head office. Continue Reading
April 01, 2008 01 Apr'08
Senior executive Richard Jeavons quits NHS IT programme

Richard Jeavons, senior responsible owner for service implementation in the NHS's £12.4bn National Programme for IT (NPfIT) is leaving for a different health service job. Continue Reading
April 01, 2008 01 Apr'08
Government rental database to turn spare rooms into lets

The government is planning a £3m programme to combat the housing shortage by opening up unused rooms in properties across the country for rental. It will... Continue Reading
April 01, 2008 01 Apr'08
Manufacturing process to cut hardware costs

Researchers at Nagaoka University of Technology have invented a circuit board process which will drastically reduce the cost of manufacturing hardware. Continue Reading

April 01, 2008 01 Apr'08
Multimedia a growing must-have for mobile devices

Users demanding devices that can be personalised and offer voice, messaging, social networking and multimedia Continue Reading
April 01, 2008 01 Apr'08
Credit crunch will prevent increase in IT spending, warns Confederation of British Industry

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has said the slowdown in the financial services sector means there will be no increase in spending on IT this finacial year. Continue Reading
April 01, 2008 01 Apr'08
Poisson d'avril! - April's Fool's day - who is going to catch you out?

April Fool's day, which story on ComputerWeekly has been written to catch you out? Continue Reading
April 01, 2008 01 Apr'08
Videoconferencing gaining attraction among EU firms

Organisations increasingly using videoconferencing as a tool of communication to reduce costs and travel time, according to Frost & Sullivan. Continue Reading
April 01, 2008 01 Apr'08
Spot the Editor - take part in our new competition

Win the latest Microsoft Xbox 360 Elite worth £250 in our new competition. Continue Reading
April 01, 2008 01 Apr'08
Towards another dotcom boom?

At the University of Southampton's School of Electronics & Computer Science, we have just witnessed a major increase in computer science undergraduate numbers. In fact, our recent intake of 94 undergraduates, which is 20% higher than last year, is ... Continue Reading
April 01, 2008 01 Apr'08
Videos: Find out more about Microsoft's latest product launches

Watch our videos below to see ComputerWeekly's exclusive coverage of the UK launch of Microsofts Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 at the ICC in Birmingham. Continue Reading
April 01, 2008 01 Apr'08
Online exams should clear ITIL version 3 backlog

In response to massive demand, the British Computer Society has introduced online IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) version 3 examinations. Continue Reading
April 01, 2008 01 Apr'08
Second Life's role in usability testing

Usability testing is an expensive process. But what if virtual worlds could make it faster and easier? Ian Yates goes all 3D on us to explain the idea. Continue Reading
April 01, 2008 01 Apr'08
Massive lawsuit to "take back Unix," impose retrospective license fees on all users of Unix

APRIL FOOL: The originators of Unix have filed a massive intellectual property lawsuit, throwing into doubts the legality of every Unix variant, even Linux. Continue Reading

An introduction to intelligent document processing for CIOs

With IDP, enterprises can bring documents into automation workflows, which can help reduce document processing time and save on ...

Why CIOs need to establish an automation CoE

With organizations continuing to automate business processes across several departments at a rapid pace, it's time they consider ...

Is your company's IT governance strategy cloud ready?

As companies prepare to migrate to the cloud, they need to review their IT governance strategy before making any decisions to ...

SearchSecurity

Why SASE should be viewed as an evolution, not revolution

The hype around secure access service edge (SASE) is palpable. But by taking a step back, security leaders can align an emerging ...

The 5 principles of zero-trust security

Zero trust is a journey, not a destination. Ensure your corporate network is safe from internal and external threats by ...

Iranian hackers pose as far-right group to threaten U.S. voters

The FBI said Russia and Iran have obtained voter information, and Iranian hackers have also been sending threatening emails to ...

SearchNetworking

The power and plights of female network engineers

Impostor syndrome burdens female network engineers, due to discrimination, as well as a lack of representation and education. But...

Bye-bye ISR, hello Catalyst 8000 for Cisco SD-WAN

The new Catalyst 8300 Series of routers replace ISRs that customers said were ill-equipped to run the Cisco SD-WAN. Cisco also ...

Juniper's 128 acquisition needed to improve SD-WAN

Juniper Networks plans to 'enhance' its Contrail SD-WAN through the acquisition of 128 Technology. 128 has a more advanced SD-WAN...

SearchDataCenter

IBM cloud revenues climb as hardware continues to decline

IBM cloud revenues continue to increase as hardware sales drop, sharpening the company's strategy to focus on hybrid cloud.

Figure out the differences of asset management vs. CMDB

There is no shortage of software options for change management tools. Operational goals can help IT teams decide if ITAM or CMDB ...

IBM partners with HBCUs to promote quantum computing

IBM is partnering with a group of historically Black colleges and universities to set up a quantum computing center in hopes of ...

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Growing enterprise benefits of augmented data management

Gartner predicts plenty of growth in the booming augmented data management market, which helps data professionals focus on ...

MongoDB Atlas now enables multi-cloud database clusters

Multi-cloud data portability comes to MongoDB Atlas with a new capability that will enable users to run a database application ...

How AI data privacy can help your enterprise

Enterprises benefit in many ways from AI data privacy tools that reduce the need for manual efforts from data professionals. Read...