February 2014

• February 16, 2014 16 Feb'14

  Custom Software Spend - Accountants

  Accountancy firms commit £80 per employee on customised software. By organisation size the outlay is greater for smaller concerns. Indeed those values also exceed the corresponding UK norms.  Continue Reading

• February 16, 2014 16 Feb'14

  Yet another contents list

  For the past decade the real enemy of security practitioners has not been the hackers and malware that threaten our systems but the numerous best practices, compliance demands and audit actions ...  Continue Reading

• February 14, 2014 14 Feb'14

  The Year of Code: Steps to teaching children

  Getting excited about IT is not an option for children as it is part and parcel of their life. Getting excited about understanding how to contribute to it wisely and use it well is what needs to be ...  Continue Reading

• February 14, 2014 14 Feb'14

  The thefts from Tesco customers help illustrate the uselessness of Data Breach Notification

  The EU is pressing ahead with a new Data Protection Directive and "Regulation", both fine-tuning approaches designed for the age of mainframes - as relevant to the privacy of the users of today as ...  Continue Reading

• February 14, 2014 14 Feb'14

  Interview: The systems supremo helping Sochi run smoothly

  Marta Sanfeliu, chief integration officer for Winter Olympics IT supplier Atos, helps ensure it's all smooth running for the IT at Sochi  Continue Reading

• February 14, 2014 14 Feb'14

  Computer Weekly Special Report: Fujitsu

  This 11 page special report updated for 2014 gives you the facts on Fujitsu its strategy, products and services and financial performance.  Continue Reading

• February 14, 2014 14 Feb'14

  CW Buyer's Guide To Finance and Insurance

  In this 11-page buyer’s guide, Computer Weekly looks at mitigating the risks of data breaches with liability insurance; the variety of ways to finance your organisation’s technology platforms in a world of rapid change; and funding software ...  Continue Reading

• February 14, 2014 14 Feb'14

  Barbie runs Linux

  The latest iteration of the Barbe doll merchandise range sees everybody's favourite blonde girl step into a new role as a software application developer.  Continue Reading

• February 14, 2014 14 Feb'14

  Well-defined mobile strategies needed for business growth

  Businesses with ambition to grow must have a formalised and well-defined mobile strategy  Continue Reading

• February 14, 2014 14 Feb'14

  Coding for kids is great - but where do digital skills come from in the meantime?

  There has been a lot of discussion lately on the topic of teaching school children how to code. Some controversy has ensued - as ever - around some of the initiatives, but there is little ...  Continue Reading

• February 14, 2014 14 Feb'14

  Actian's industrialised exoskeleton for Hadoop

  So how much reality is there in stories suggesting that many organisations have made significant Hadoop investments, but most projects are still experimental?  Continue Reading

• February 14, 2014 14 Feb'14

  Birmingham City University revamps IT backhaul

  The University works with Logicalis to overhaul its IT infrastructure, from designing two new datacentres to rolling out new wired and wireless networks  Continue Reading

• February 14, 2014 14 Feb'14

  Security Think Tank: Balancing cloud risk and reward

  Hybrid cloud environments provide the most flexibility, but how can businesses decide when public or private cloud is more appropriate?  Continue Reading

• February 14, 2014 14 Feb'14

  Are you making these 3 mistakes with your technical recruitment?

  In December Dice.com published a special edition of their Hiring Survey that outlined the employment picture according to nearly 900 technical hiring managers and recruiters. The results it reveals ...  Continue Reading

• February 14, 2014 14 Feb'14

  Besotted gamer bids for Darwin Award

  An obsessed gamer (as if there were any other kind) in Kansas very nearly put himself the running for a Darwin Award for those who remove themselves from the gene pool in a silly way.He risked his ...  Continue Reading

• February 14, 2014 14 Feb'14

  BBC starts search for suppliers to replace £2bn Atos outsourcing deal

  The BBC is moving away from its single-supplier outsourcing deal to a multi-sourced 'tower' approach for its technology services  Continue Reading

• February 14, 2014 14 Feb'14

  Smartphone sales decline in mature markets

  Smartphone sales slowed significantly in developed markets in 2013, according to research firm Gartner  Continue Reading

• February 14, 2014 14 Feb'14

  Top banking botnets study victims' behaviour, Dell report reveals

  Five of the top eight banking Trojans capture snapshots of victims’ behaviour, profiling their online interactions, Dell research reveals  Continue Reading

• February 14, 2014 14 Feb'14

  Cloud not all doom and gloom for IT jobs market

  Like any major technological advancement the use of cloud computing will drastically change the employment landscape. In this guest blog post Kalyan Kumar, chief technologist at Indian IT services ...  Continue Reading

• February 14, 2014 14 Feb'14

  Androids may cry over spilt coffee

  Walk into any coffee shop today and you will be surrounded by mustached hipsters, sipping their extra shot lattés and tapping away on their tablet of choice. Coffee cup (Photo credit: ...  Continue Reading