November 2012

November 13, 2012 13 Nov'12
Symantec: Half of enterprise data is stored outside the datacentre

As mobile computing and cloud services go mainstream, only 50% of an organisation's information is in its own datacentre, says Symantec Continue Reading
November 13, 2012 13 Nov'12
Seven firms chosen to provide government's Identity Assurance service

Seven firms have been chosen to provide the Identity Assurance service required for applicants to the new Universal Credit welfare scheme Continue Reading
November 13, 2012 13 Nov'12
DWP Announces First Identity Assurance Providers

The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) has announced the first seven Identity Providers (IDPs) who will be eligible to provide consumer-facing services within the government's new Identity ... Continue Reading

November 13, 2012 13 Nov'12
Universal Credit on-track - and thanks to agile, says discharged IT boss

Universal Credit is not turning into a car crash, the programme's discharged boss has told Computer Weekly.Speaking out after he and other managers were moved off the unfinished project, Steve ... Continue Reading
November 13, 2012 13 Nov'12
UK government to continue to outsource services as its kicks off second half

Often when suppliers are called into the Cabinet Office it means bad news. According to this article, Paul Pindar who is CEO of back office service provider Capita, had a nice experience when he ... Continue Reading
November 13, 2012 13 Nov'12
CW500: Inside the government's CloudStore

The government's cloud store means an end to the big four to five-year IT projects of the past, says the CloudStore lead of the G-Cloud programme Continue Reading
November 13, 2012 13 Nov'12
Interview: Stafford Murray, head of performance analysis, English Institute of Sport

Stafford Murray and his team’s data analytics efforts at London 2012 helped deliver success for Team GB. How did they do it? Continue Reading
November 13, 2012 13 Nov'12
What value can analytics provide BPO?

I recently wrote a feature about how BPO was changing and one of the factors that is making BPO more valuable is the ability to mine and analyses the massive volumes of data collected. Businesses ... Continue Reading
November 13, 2012 13 Nov'12
CW500: The legal risks of migrating to the cloud

Experts from the public and private sectors discuss the legal challenges of moving to the cloud Continue Reading
November 13, 2012 13 Nov'12
Even Indian IT firms feel the economic pinch - sign of how hard things are?

Nasscom, the association represents India's IT services industry, has had to reign in its software and services sales growth expectations this year as a result of European and US customers holding ... Continue Reading

November 13, 2012 13 Nov'12
SAP TechEd Madrid: SAP chiefs urge businesses to go digital

SAP is urging businesses to rethink core business values to become more consumer-centric using mobile, social, cloud and BI Continue Reading
November 13, 2012 13 Nov'12
Citizen puts EE in its place - it might be better to wait for 4G

There has been endless coverage of EE and its 4G roll out hitting the UK, but who can blame us? It seems to have taken forever for the UK to get on the 4G train and it is exciting that it is now ... Continue Reading
November 13, 2012 13 Nov'12
NHS set to challenge ICO fine

An NHS trust is to challenge a monetary penalty notice issued by the Information Commissioner's Office in a case that could set an important precedent Continue Reading
November 13, 2012 13 Nov'12
MPs quiz Google over UK tax avoidance

The Public Accounts Select Committee asks Google northern Europe vice-president Matt Brittin to explain why Google pays so little UK tax Continue Reading
November 13, 2012 13 Nov'12
Many UK firms underestimate cost of data breaches, study finds

Many UK organisations are still failing to understand the implications and costs of data breaches, a study has revealed Continue Reading
November 13, 2012 13 Nov'12
Windows head Steven Sinofsky leaves Microsoft

Steven Sinofsky, the head of Microsoft's Windows division, has left – with immediate effect – only three weeks after the launch of Windows 8 Continue Reading
November 13, 2012 13 Nov'12
Broadband: from speed through bandwidth rationing to active traffic management to quality of service

Then there is the interplay between the various management (alias queuing) systems used to ration the capacity of the physical (copper, fire or wireless) channels over which traffic flows. Here we ... Continue Reading
November 13, 2012 13 Nov'12
What to expect from SAP Sapphire Madrid

German efficiency meets Spanish flair and iconoclasm. That may the impression that SAP is going for by hosting its Sapphire NOW and TechEd 2012 conference in Madrid. Continue Reading
November 13, 2012 13 Nov'12
Stories That Move Mountains: Improve your presentation skills

Learn how to make your presentation stand out from the crowd and make 'death by slide presentation' a thing of the past with this book extract especially written for IT professionals. Continue Reading
November 13, 2012 13 Nov'12
Mobile Security Strategies

This exclusive report for Computer Weekly members explains the security risks and challenges of using mobile devices in the enterprise. Continue Reading