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Public Sector IT

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

October 2017

Can politics hamper large technology projects?
Lis Evenstad 20 Oct 2017

Politics, rightly or wrongly, has an impact on government technology projects. It’s an inevitable part of having a democracy and political prowess can be used to drive transformation, but can it ...

IR35 reforms: Why the war of words between HMRC and IT contractors needs addressing
Caroline Donnelly - Datacentre Editor 09 Oct 2017

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) appears to have a very different view of how the IR35 tax avoidance reforms are affecting the public sector compared to many of the IT contractors Computer Weekly ...

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Customer engagement strategies that heed power of social media

Executives from Legendary Entertainment and Microsoft explain how their customer engagement strategies rely on the power of ...

ISSA International Conference 2018: Implement DoD-level security

The ISSA International 2018 Conference offers solutions for complicated privacy risks, and consultant Jeffrey Man counsels execs ...

How secure-by-design ITSM processes can be a business differentiator

Secure ITSM procedures are essential to digital organizations' data protection processes. They can also be a bottom line boon, ...

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Zero-day jQuery plugin vulnerability exploited for 3 years

A zero-day in jQuery File Upload could affect thousands of projects because the jQuery plugin vulnerability has existed for eight...

Facebook hack the work of spammers, not foreign adversary

News roundup: The Facebook hack was the work of spammers, according to The Wall Street Journal. Plus, 35 million voter records ...

GreyEnergy threat group detected attacking high-value targets

Researchers claim a new threat group called GreyEnergy is the successor to BlackEnergy, but experts are unsure if the evidence ...

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VMware faces strong challengers in cloud systems management

VMware topped IDC's latest vendor ranking in the cloud systems management market. But the analyst firm said the market is too ...

How SD-WAN services could improve application metrics

In this roundup of network blogs, industry insiders dissect SD-WAN's role in application metrics, the future of 5G growth and the...

Comcast gigabit service ready in 39 states

Comcast gigabit cable is now available to 58 million homes and businesses in 39 states. Comcast completed the rollout as AT&T and...

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A look at fundamental Linux sed commands

The Linux stream editor is a useful way to run scripts in the data center. With these command examples, you can start to build ...

Minimize downtime during a data center upgrade

End users don't want their productivity interrupted by IT maintenance. With the right technology, testing and planning, you can ...

Navigate data center management software selection

Software evaluation can be a lengthy process, especially with both open source and commercial options. Functionality and support ...

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11 features to look for in data quality management tools

As the need for quality data has increased, so have the capabilities of data quality tools. Learn how collaboration, data lineage...

How data lineage tools boost data governance policies

Enterprises can bolster data governance efforts by tracking how and when changes are made to data. Expert David Loshin offers ...

MarkLogic Data Hub Service aims to ease cloud use of NoSQL DBMS

MarkLogic rolled out a cloud-service version of its NoSQL database management system, a move designed to make the technology more...