March 2014

• March 29, 2014 29 Mar'14

  A Digital Strategy for Britain: let market forces replace crapband with a world class mesh.

  Is the poor user experience because they are on cheap, unbundled and overloaded crapband, delivering well below the claimed performance? Is it because they are on an elderly and slow PC. Or is it ...  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  Is Windows-everywhere a serious option for the modern business?

  Let’s get real says Dale Vile, Research Director & CEO, of analyst group Freeform Dynamics.  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  Flash hits the motherboard with memory channel storage

  Memory channel storage puts flash storage into the DIMM slots on servers, offering unprecedented speed of access to hot data. Who’s making it and what are the pros and cons?  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  Learning not to play down your own abilities: My experience of a female coding club

  This week I attended Women Who Code's first London meet up which was organised for females wanting to learn web development (Ruby, HTML and CSS).  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  Gartner: Tablet market heads towards saturation

  Gartner has predicted a slowdown in the uptake of tablets, which has been cannibalising PC sales for the last few years  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  The business case for next-generation hotspots

  Next-generation hotspot (NGH) is an emerging technology set to redefine how our devices interact with wireless networks  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  How to manage the tension between agility and discipline in IT

  Agility requires a new level of discipline that is redefining IT project management  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  BlackBerry posts massive loss, but turnaround remains on-track

  BlackBerry has posted revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 of approximately $976 million, down 64% from $2.7 billion in the same quarter of fiscal 2013.  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  Get with the (Parliamentary) programming

  News reaches Downtime that Code Club‎, a volunteer network that runs after-school groups to teach programming to kids, dropped by Westminster this week to try to pass on some scripting skills to ...  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  All companies can help fight cybercrime, says Microsoft

  All companies have a role to play in helping to fight cybercrime, says Microsoft  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  Nationwide transforms to hybrid HR

  Nationwide combines cloud and on-premise HR technology in three-year transformation programme.  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  It’s no longer a man’s world: The IT girls of the 21st century

  Getting students involved in practical projects is essential in making computing more accessible to girls, says expert from Apps For Good  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  Can the mainframe remain relevant in the cloud and mobile era?

  IBM mainframes run more than 1.1m transactions per second, yet the mainframe has remained largely unfashionable. We investigate  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  Mind the gender gap: Why being a woman in IT motivates me to be successful

  One of the main reasons that I got into computer science is influence from my father - he has previously been a programmer and inspired me to take up the subject at college and then at University.  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  Last Bletchley code-breaker dies

  Captain Raymond "Jerry" Roberts, one of the last surviving Bletchley Park code-breakers, has died  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  Claire’s Accessories uses mobile to connect with younger customers

  Claire’s Accessories uses mobile to engage, interact and become closer to its younger customers  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  Google throws down cloud gauntlet with massive price cuts

  Automatic discounts for sustained use bring true utility computing a step closer and could help Google close the gap on Amazon Web Services  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  M&S uses social media to make customers happy and drive sales

  Marks and Spencer has been using social media to engage with its customers and has seen a significant increase in sales from its marketing campaigns  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  Insolvencies at IT firms continue to rise

  Information and communication companies are still suffering from rising levels of insolvencies, according to new data  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  2013 Salary-Survey: Exclusive download for ComputerWeekly members

  The results of TechTarget's IT Salary and Careers Survey chart the compensation, job satisfaction, career paths and project priorities of 1,700 IT professionals, including hundreds of CIOs.  Continue Reading