Computer Weekly Editors Blog
August 2013
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Timing is everything in Steve Ballmer's departure - why Microsoft needs a new vision
- Editor in chief 27 Aug 2013 -
Does it matter if government buys IT from SMEs or big multinationals?
- Editor in chief 20 Aug 2013 -
BlackBerry crumbles: the lessons for the IT industry
- Editor in chief 14 Aug 2013
The biggest disappointment in Steve Ballmer's announcement that he is to retire as Microsoft CEO came from the absence of a suitable accompanying video.How we would have loved to see Ballmer ...
Does it actually matter whether government buys its IT from small suppliers or big multinationals? The Cabinet Office seems to think so - it has increased the target for IT spending through SMEs to ...
It was the least surprising news of the year. BlackBerry is up for sale, the Canadian mobile phone company finally admitting to the inevitability that everyone else recognised ages ago, with a ...
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Unhappy Universal Credit staff point to continuing IT problems
- Editor in chief 06 Aug 2013 -
When will politicians end their 'public sector bad - private sector good' mantra?
- Editor in chief 01 Aug 2013
So, what's really going on with the Universal Credit IT programme?If you trust journalistic warning bells - and believe the saying that there's no smoke without fire - then there has to be ...
Will we ever kill once and for all the idea that the private sector can do anything the public sector can do, but do it better and cheaper?We're in a strange spiral at the moment where the ...