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Public Sector IT

Exploring the challenges involved in large-scale IT projects in the public sector.

January 2012

Cosy cloud coterie snuggles into top nob govIT jobs
Mark Ballard 27 Jan 2012

Mmmmmits snug at the top. Especially for Julian David, IBM's top UK salesman, who was picked last week to be the next Director General of Intellect, the ICT oligopoly's trade association.It's only ...

Hope shines through crack in lid of open standards coffin
Mark Ballard 12 Jan 2012

Woah there, cowboy. The UK hasn't broken its open standards pledge quite yet.

Microsoft hustled UK retreat on open standards, says leaked report
Mark Ballard 06 Jan 2012

The British government withdrew its open standards policy after lobbying from Microsoft, it has been revealed in a sensitive Cabinet Office brief obtained by Computer Weekly.

SearchCIO

Texas power outage flags need to revisit business continuity

Freezing conditions that caused Texas power outages affected businesses well beyond the state's borders, prompting a need for ...

4 ways to measure digital experience to drive tech optimization

As organizations adopt more technologies to strengthen business processes, it's important they factor in the ways they can ...

Calculating cloud migration costs: What CIOs need to consider

As CIOs make the move to the cloud, they first must ensure they have the budget to do so. Here, we're diving into the ...

SearchSecurity

6 ways to prevent cybersecurity burnout

Consider investing in training for new employees, offering mentoring and setting goals, automating where possible and more to ...

Risk & Repeat: Inside the SolarWinds Senate hearing

This week's Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on SolarWinds tackled the attribution case against Russian state-sponsored ...

Vastaamo breach, bankruptcy indicate troubling trend

The blackmailing of patients directly, as well as the resulting bankruptcy of Vastaamo Psychotherapy Centre, could single a shift...

SearchNetworking

5 steps to conduct network penetration testing

Enterprises that want to ensure competent network security strategies should look at how they can implement penetration testing, ...

5 benefits of Wi-Fi 6 for enterprise networks

In a perfect world, Wi-Fi 6 could introduce several benefits to business networks. But real-world conditions could curb the ...

Get started with network penetration testing for beginners

Authentication, patching and configuration are among the most common vulnerabilities found through network penetration testing. ...

SearchDataCenter

CRAC design upgrades simplify HVAC maintenance

CRAC/CRAH hardware updates make data center cooling more efficient. And these new systems are easier for admins to maintain and ...

IBM leans on Red Hat to adapt Power servers for hybrid cloud

New Red Hat tools and integrated system offerings allow IBM Power users to run workloads across multiple cloud environments.

Private cloud certificates to build up your tech skills

Private cloud deployments require a variety of skills to run smoothly on any infrastructure. Expand your technical knowledge with...

SearchDataManagement

Open source database migration guide: How to transition

Open source database transitions have been on the rise as they prove to be worthy competitors to commercial database options, but...

DataStax Astra serverless DBaaS optimizes deployments

DataStax is changing how its DBaaS works, providing a way for users to more easily scale both up and own and only pay for the ...

AWS Data Exchange and the third-party cloud data marketplace

The general manager of the AWS Data Exchange data feed service details what the cloud data marketplace is all about and where ...