September 2009

Six types of IT project failure

Six types of IT project failure - Techrepublic, Michael Krigsman - Intent Failure - When the project doesn't bring enough added value or capability to beat down the obstacles inherent throughout ...  Continue Reading

Don't scrap the NPfIT?

Martyn Thomas, who's visiting professor of software engineering at Oxford University Computing Laboratory, takes issue with my comment that too much has been spent on the NPfIT to scrap it. He ...  Continue Reading

BT Health PR chief exits

From PR Week today: "BT Health [PR] chief Nicola Rossi exits to join the National Pharmacy Association "Nicola Rossi is to join the National Pharmacy Association as director of communications later ...  Continue Reading

Attracting and Retaining the Jobs of the Future

Whether or not EURIM does publish an agreed update, I very much hope that candidates from all parties will pillage the discussion material for points they can use to help themselves get elected and ...  Continue Reading

Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer takes a pay cut

Steve Ballmer is due in the UK next week as part of the Windows 7 launch programme but he might not be spending as much on souvenirs after having a 5.5%...

School saves £17,000 a year on IT

A school in Swindon has saved £17,000 a year after deploying a systems management appliance which allows it to control and update its suite of 600 PCs and...

Downtime for ComputerWeekly.com's registration, sign up, log in and my account areas

Downtime for ComputerWeekly.com's registration and log in area  Continue Reading

Death by a thousand Cuts

Crossrail, Treasury, Cuts, Gordon Brown, Projects  Continue Reading

HP revives plans to combine PC and printer businesses

Hewlett-Packard is planning to combine its printer and personal computer businesses into one unit, according to the Wall Street Journal.  Continue Reading

ITU identity standards could end multiple passwords

Multiple passwords to access computer networks and services may soon be a thing of the past.

Two new standards to enhance identity and...

Online advertising overtakes TV for the first time

Online advertising has overtaken TV advertising for the first time, growing 4.6% to £1.75bn in the first half of 2009, according to a report.

The...

Microsoft wins $388m patent verdict reversal

A federal court has reversed an earlier ruling that Microsoft's product activation technology infringed on another company's patent.  Continue Reading

US web users say no to online tracking by advertisers

Two thirds of US internet users object to online tracking by advertisers, a joint study by the universities of Pennsylvania and California, Berkeley has...

Smart Trojans used to ransack bank accounts

Cybercriminals are using smart Trojans to steal huge sums of money from online bank accounts without being detected  Continue Reading

Using OpenDNS in the enterprise

Michael Cobb reviews how OpenDNS can be used by major enterprises to filter content on the Web and fight phishing attacks.  Continue Reading

Storage roundup: Mimecast helps Salvation Army, StorMagic boosts channel network and more

Mimecast helps Salvation Army with email; StorMagic boosts channel; SaaS supplier gets 3PAR; NetApp SnapMirror compression; 3PAR and Exanet partner; BakBone embraces disk.  Continue Reading

Oxford Archaeology CIO not buying dedupe hype; finds open storage more valuable technology

Oxford Archaeology CIO Chris Puttick talks about why he believes data deduplication is an over-hyped technology, and why open storage is the most valuable technology in storage.  Continue Reading