July 2009

Apollo 11: 40 years on, where is software engineering today?

The Apollo 11 lunar landing would have been impossible had it not been for software engineering.  Continue Reading

Apollo 11: The story of the moon landing in video

Television was limited at the time of the launch but these original videos show J F Kennedy announcing his intentions through to the successful press conference.  Continue Reading

What is the Puppet configuration management tool, and how does it work?

Puppet is an open source alternative to commercial IT configuration management tools. In this column, one of Puppet's founders discusses how the tool can be useful in the data center.  Continue Reading

Government spent £10m to monitor internet comms

The government spent more than £10m last year for communications companies to store details of phone calls, e-mails and internet searches. This...  Continue Reading

Azure and cash give Microsoft breathing space

For the first time since 1982, the year that IBM launched its first personal computer, Microsoft's domination of the computing landscape is under pressure.

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Clouds against blue skies

Cloud computing is over head. No longer just on the horizon, exciting analysts and marketing people, but a looming presence.  Continue Reading

Microsoft "thanks" in short supply

Windows 7 was made available this week with massive discounts if customers pre order them, but they could soon run out.  Continue Reading

BT brings Indian jobs home, but Lloyds TSB doesn’t

BT is cutting 4,000 contract call centre jobs in India and bringing some of the work back to the UK. In contrast, Lloyds TSB is continuing to cut its UK workforce while its staff in India remain out of the firing line.  Continue Reading

Nokia calls bottom of handset market

Nokia today reported improvements in quarterly sales and profits, but rival Sony Ericsson lost money again as trading conditions and margins failed to improve.  Continue Reading

YouTube will be profitible soon, says Google

YouTube will be profitable in the near future, says Google, which acquired the loss-making video sharing site in 2006 for $1.65bn.  Continue Reading

IBM raises 2009 earnings forecast by 5%

IBM's cost cutting measures that have included controversial job cuts have enabled the firm to post strong second quarter results.  Continue Reading

Google Q2 profits up 18% following cost-cutting

Google has reported net income of $1.48bn for the second quarter of 2009, an 18% increase compared with the same period the year before.  Continue Reading

London to Paris - double our sponsorship!

Please forgive the off-topic post. Next week I will set out on the 400 miles ride from Hampshire up to London, then back to Paris via Portsmouth/St Malo. I'm part of a team cycling in aid of Action ...  Continue Reading

Will sharing IT save UK building societies?

Building societies could compete more effectively with banks and other larger competitors by sharing IT services.

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Top seven data loss issues

Eighteen months on from the HMRC data loss scandal - where contractors lost the details of 25 million Britons - Stephen Pritchard investigates why there is little evidence that the rate of privacy breaches is falling.  Continue Reading

Security information management comes of age

Tracking through a security information management (SIM) console is not new, but increased security awareness and a need to comply with payment card standards have renewed interest in the technology in recent years.  Continue Reading

Video: IT-CMF: a new tool to help CIOs demonstrate the business value of IT

Calculating the return on investment (ROI) of any IT project is not just a buzz phrase as a mantra in IT management circles.  Continue Reading