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• Swap code for prose to win Write IT prize

  The BCS is asking anybody interested in IT to put fingers to keyboard as part of a short story competition to mark its half-centenary and celebrate the impact of computers on society.  Continue Reading

• Downtime: Free-falling laptops get protection they deserve

  The wacky world of IT  Continue Reading

• Business Focus: the IT spend of industry sectors

  Business Focus is a regular Computer Weekly feature providing at-a-glance statistics and commentary on spending priorities and trends in particular industry sectors. Catch up with the latest stats here  Continue Reading

• The ROI of server consolidation

  It might be a quick route to lowering your TCO, but server consolidation comes in various forms --and IT managers need to know the pros and cons before choosing a consolidation path.  Continue Reading

• Downtime: Your place in the sun is just a matter of chance

  Your place in the sun is just a matter of chance  Continue Reading

• Mobile IT systems drive big savings for Caerphilly road maintenance

  Smart projects: Council speeds up repairs with GPS and data links to Tablet PCs  Continue Reading

• Communication narrows IT divide

  The latest Computer Weekly survey of the UK's IT leaders reveals their growing optimism that communication between IT and the business is improving  Continue Reading

• Video clip firm sticks with tape storage

  Received wisdom has it that there is a headling drive to disk-based storage. Wrong, says Thought Equity Motion who is serving up half a petabyte of video clips to its customers using tape drives  Continue Reading

• Sponsors sought for IT charity ball

  The organisers of this year's Intellect ICT Charity Ball are looking for four more companies to join Xerox, EDS, Cable & Wireless and Symantec as sponsors of the event, which is supported by Computer Weekly and the Information Technologists Company.  Continue Reading

• Mobile data services development trends in 2007

  Darrell Jordan-Smith takes a look at new data services architectures and development tools emerging in 2007 and the ongoing development efforts of the Java Community and others.  Continue Reading

• Defending mobile devices from viruses, spyware and malware

  The nature of threat vectors facing mobile devices, challenges and struggles related to keeping mobile devices secure and strategies  Continue Reading

• Downtime 20 March

  The wacky world of IT  Continue Reading

• HSBC bridges the Windows divide

  HSBC is taking advantage of the recent collaboration agreement between Microsoft and Novell to simplify its global IT infrastructure and to reduce costs  Continue Reading

• ISCSI vs. FC performance: A closer look at storage

  Think that FC is faster than iSCSI? Vice versa? Storage expert Tony Asaro explains why the real answer may surprise you.  Continue Reading

• Colossus is star attraction for computing museum

  A working round-screened air traffic control station and a reborn 1980s ICL 2900 workhorse mainframe are among the attractions lined up for the new National Museum of Computing, which is being set up this year.  Continue Reading

• Is Vista the last monolithic release?

  The complexity of operating systems has analysts predicting the end of major releases, with a move towards regular, more modular deployments  Continue Reading

• Next move: How do I move into management?

  How do I move into management?  Continue Reading

• Get your enterprise on the grid

  Grid computing is entering the corporate radar, providing enterprises with a low-cost way of optimising resources for greater business efficiency.  Continue Reading

• Climb, walk, dance or run, charity events are jolly fun

  Last year, IT professionals donated hundreds of thousands of pounds in cash and time to help the disadvantaged in society. In 2007, Computer Weekly will continue its support for a wide range of charitable activities  Continue Reading

• Your shout: Shared services, ID cards, modernisation

  Readers' views on the week's news  Continue Reading

• Reduce your IT energy footprint

  Despite perceptions about the high procurement costs of energy-efficient IT equipment, adopting a green IT strategy can provide substantial savings  Continue Reading

• Fujitsu exec says SAS may take years to hit your array

  Fujitsu's product development VP talks about the development of SAS, why Fujitsu won't be competing with Hitachi's 1 TB drive and the Star-Trek-like future of disks.  Continue Reading

• E-crime policing now part of everyday police work

  Changing of the e-crime guard: Following the closure of the National High-Tech Crime Unit, policing e-crime is set to become part and parcel of everyday police work, with the focus on prevention  Continue Reading

• Datacentre power technologies rise to the challenge of the blade servers

  Uninterruptible power supplies are crucial for the blade age  Continue Reading

• Mainframe clones ready for take-off

  PSI's partitioning architecture allows users to combine IBM z/OS and Linux workloads on one machine. IBM has reached for its writs, but potential users are keen  Continue Reading

• Should I take business or IT qualifications?

  Expert advice for reader's career problems  Continue Reading

• EqualLogic CEO says IPO on the way

  EqualLogic's CEO talks about the company's plans to go public, its intent to add 10 GigE to its products and why he thinks not all iSCSI products are created equal.  Continue Reading

• PatchLink offers solid flaw management

  PatchLink Update 6.3 is a solid solution to the enterprise patch management problem and demonstrates its true power in a Windows environment.  Continue Reading

• Green is cash in the bank

  There has been plenty of talk recently about the need to appreciate the environmental impact of what we do in our day to day lives.  Continue Reading

• Environmental issues climb the IT agenda

  With processing requirements and energy costs on the rise, environmental issues are beginning to climb the IT agenda.  Continue Reading

• Why don't we have clustered FC block storage?

  Is it odd that the industry has made such serious strides toward incorporating clustering concepts in both file-based storage and IP -based storage, but not Fibre Channel storage?  Continue Reading

• Mobile computing in 2006 -- A look back

  Craig Mathias looks at last year's key developments in mobile computing and wireless communications.  Continue Reading

• Top 10 mobile tips of 2006

  Review of the popular mobile technical tips of 2006 from our stable of mobile experts; Lisa Phifer, Craig Mathias, Daniel Taylor, Kevin Beaver and Robbie Harrell.  Continue Reading

• President sets out challenges for IT in 50th anniversary year of the BCS

  As the BCS begins its 50th anniversary year, members have been told that new approaches will be required from the IT community to meet a range of global and national challenges.  Continue Reading

• Can I make the leap into IT management?

  Expert advice for readers' career problems  Continue Reading

• Hot technologies for 2007

  "Storage" magazine's editors reviewed technology developments, product introductions and storage standards to come up with this short list of must-have technologies for 2007.  Continue Reading

• Lifeboat system team takes the laurels at the BCS awards

  The Grosvenor House Hotel on London's Park Lane hosted the BCS' biggest-ever annual awards ceremony last Thursday  Continue Reading

• Storage Decisions Session Downloads: Architecture Track (LV 2006)

  More than 70% of the attendees of Storage Decisions say they are setting up or evaluating a tiered storage architecture. Featured in this track are Tiered Storage School sessions along with other sessions that can help any manager set up or ...  Continue Reading

• BCS Awards: Looking forward

  Next year's awards will form a central part of the BCS's golden jubilee celebrations  Continue Reading

• BCS Awards: RNLI nets win on the move

  RNLI and Active Web Solutions scoop BCS Mobile Award for Sea Safety system  Continue Reading

• Opening the door to interoperability

  Should open source developers feel uneasy about the recent deal struck by Microsoft and Novell to make their operating systems work with each other?  Continue Reading

• Infrastructure security: Remote access DMZ

  An excerpt from Chapter 7: Infrastructure security from "How to Cheat at Managing Information Security," by Mark Osborne.  Continue Reading

• Do you run a green machine?

  The IT industry has only recently embarked upon the learning curve of green computing. Helen Beckett looks at what suppliers and users are doing to help meet the green challenge  Continue Reading

• Storage Decisions Session Downloads (NYC 2006)

  Take a look at the sessions that floored at the Storage Decisions conference in New York City, September 27-29, 2006.  Continue Reading

• The BCS IT Awards: Who won and how

  Click on the links to find out who emerged triumphant at the British Computer Society's BCS IT Professional Awards.  Continue Reading

• DPM's diary: 12 December 2006

  Weekly round up of events at Bodcaster City Council  Continue Reading

• Best Places winner sends IT team back to school

  Property services firm Telereal is building strong cultural links inside and outside the company after winning a Computer Weekly Best Places to Work in IT award.  Continue Reading

• Business turns VoIP talk into action

  Computer Weekly's survey of IT leaders reveals that adoption of voice over IP and tablet PCs is gathering pace as CIOs seek more adaptable technologies  Continue Reading

• Blogs give readers the inside story

  Computer Weekly's three new blogs from leading IT commentators and practitioners offer IT professionals an interactive and informative forum  Continue Reading

• IT organisations gear up for milestone year in 2007

  This year Computer Weekly and the National Computing Centre celebrated their 40th anniversaries, and the Parliamentary IT Committee marked its 25th year.  Continue Reading

• How do I get a project management role?

  Expert advice for readers' career problems  Continue Reading

• Inside track from Computer Weekly bloggers

  Computer Weekly has launched three new blogs to bring readers incisive comment and views from leading commentators and IT practitioners.  Continue Reading

• Discarded hard drives can be dangerous

  A treasure trove of sensitive information can end up in the wrong hands if old hard drives aren't properly disposed of, one security expert warns.  Continue Reading

• Linux drives a mainframe revival

  Linux may not be everyone’s idea of a mainframe operating system, but for a growing number of large and medium-sized businesses the synergy between Linux and big iron is the solution to a significant problem.  Continue Reading

• Alliance & Leicester banks on IT to level playing field with bigger rivals

  After a flurry of high-profile contract signings, Alliance & Leicester has told Computer Weekly it has now embarked on a period of IT-driven transformation to strengthen its ability to roll out new online services and technologies to customers in ...  Continue Reading

• Test of getting the measure of IT

  Computer Weekly’s survey of IT leaders underlines that demonstrating the value of IT holds the key to fruitful relations between IT and the board  Continue Reading

• UK's top IT leaders to judge awards

  A wide range of IT industry leaders will judge Computer Weekly’s Best Places to Work in IT Awards.  Continue Reading

• Security on the open source road

  A growing number of suppliers are developing identity management, anti-virus and firewall security products to better support open source systems  Continue Reading

• Production databases find a home on IP SANs

  Dow Chemical will be cutting costs with a NetApp system; AirClic goes with EqualLogic's newest SAS array after evaluating both NetApp and EMC.  Continue Reading

• DPM's Diary 31 October 2006

  Weekly round up of events at Bogcaster City Council  Continue Reading

• Council makes 82% power saving with virtual servers

  The London Borough of Hillingdon is on course to cut its power requirements for legacy servers by 82% after using virtualisation software to consolidate 40 servers onto three.  Continue Reading

• Journey to the future

  Over the past 40 years computers have transformed social and business life, despite remaining pretty unintelligent. Now the challenge is to get them thinking for themselves, writes Cliff Saran  Continue Reading

• Download Advanced Storage Guide Chapter 1: Storage components (PDF)

  A printable version of our Advanced Storage All-In-One Guide. Download Chapter 1: Storage components in .pdf format now.  Continue Reading

• Last call for IT volunteering awards

  Do you know someone who has volunteered their time and IT skills to help a charity or their local community? If so, you only have a short time left to nominate them for the 2006 IT Volunteer Awards, organised by IT4Communities.  Continue Reading

• NHS IT watch

  Richard Holway, a respected market analyst, has written a forceful critique of media coverage of the NHS's £12.4bn National Programme for IT.  Continue Reading

• What storage managers are buying and why, page 4

  What storage managers are buying and why  Continue Reading

• NHS IT project should not be at the expense of patients or of the media's independence

  The media must remain free to hold the NHS IT project accountable for its shortfalls  Continue Reading

• Police reveal IT strategy

  The new national police IT strategy published last month set out how IT will be developed to support standardised processes for collecting and managing intelligence across police forces in England and Wales.  Continue Reading

• Nokia E62 thin mobile productivity device

  In this product review, John Shepler weighs in on Nokia's new E62 mobile device for Cingular Wireless.  Continue Reading

• Do you work in a winning IT department?

  Is your IT department a shining beacon of workplace best practice in the high-pressure world of IT?  Continue Reading

• Does IT matter? Yes, but don't stick your neck out, says Carr

  The debate on whether IT can make a difference to business was back with a bang in the UK last week when Nicholas Carr, author of "Does IT Matter?", came to London  Continue Reading

• Your shout: Age concern, women in IT

  Computer Weekly readers have their say  Continue Reading

• How to avoid datacentre downtime

  A supposedly "bullet-proof" IT infrastructure will always be vulnerable to electrical and mechanical problems. So it is important for IT directors to start talking to building services people.  Continue Reading

• Top IT directors get a pizza the action to aid young homeless

  Domino's Pizza IT director Jane Kimberlin and her IT team distributed pizzas to hungry IT leaders at last week's annual Byte Night charity sleep-out on London's Embankment.  Continue Reading

• Putting on PDA encryption at the Ritz

  The Ritz hotel is issuing its staff with encrypted personal digital assistants to protect confidential information if devices are lost or stolen.  Continue Reading

• Cisco expands server-aggregation technology

  Cisco Systems has announced new products for its Service Oriented Network Architecture-based datacentre framework.  Continue Reading

• Your shout: reward individuality, overqualified job seeker, Dell laptops

  Have your say at computerweekly.com  Continue Reading

• How grid power pays off for HSBC

  Grid technology has broken out of the scientific and academic communities' labs and entered the enterprise.  Continue Reading

• NetApp operations chief talks growth

  Tom Georgens, executive vice president and general manager at NetApp -- also rumoured to be in the running as next CEO -- discusses what's driving its growth.  Continue Reading

• DPM's diary: 26 September 2006

  Weekly round up of events at Bodcaster City Council  Continue Reading

• IT4C awards to recognise success of IT volunteers

  IT4Communities, which was set up in 2002 to help IT professionals offer their skills to local charities and community projects, has launched its inaugural awards for IT volunteering.  Continue Reading

• Hybrids give sluggish PCs the boot

  Suppliers are combining flash memory with traditional hard discs to create hybrid drives with data transfer rates suitable for high-performance software  Continue Reading

• Server virtualisation ‘causing datacentre complexity crisis’

  At its annual user conference, Opsware has revealed a strategy for managing complex virtual server environments.  Continue Reading

• University of Tasmania not devilled by server and storage options

  Advanced Linux server and storage solutions are driving chemistry and climate modelling studies within the University of Tasmania (UTAS).  Continue Reading

• Planning for converged networks

  Within the next few years, it is estimated that 75% of phone calls will be made over an IP network.  Continue Reading

• Prioritising desktop patches

  Patching every month -- or sometimes more often -- can be a headache. Try killing the pain with a well-ordered plan. This checklist provides guidelines for prioritising patches.  Continue Reading

• Montecito helps HP brings added Integrity to server line

  As part of a bid to drive down the cost of business critical computing for customers HP has refreshed its entire line of Integrity servers, basing the range on the latest Intel Montecito processors.  Continue Reading

• Storage upstarts are tipping the vendor scales

  The big storage vendors are always trying to steal a piece of each other's pie. But some small tech upstarts might play big parts in determining who comes out on top.  Continue Reading

• Harness the power of home users

  Multimedia: The next generation of workers are more multimedia savvy than most businesses, and firms need to think about how to use this to their advantage  Continue Reading

• Dell quick to deploy new Intel chips in servers

  Intel has unveiled eight new dual-core Xeon 7100 series processors that will see use in servers from companies such as Dell, which has announced that it will deploy the chips in a new product line.  Continue Reading

• Disc storage market meeting demands of expanding datacentres

  As the data needs of organisations increases, the disc storage market industry is responding to these needs says market research firm IDC.  Continue Reading

• Gartner paints optimistic picture of server arena

  Worldwide server shipments for the second quarter of 2006 increased 12.8% over the same quarter last year, while worldwide server revenue for the same period climbed 2.5%, according to Gartner.  Continue Reading

• Blade servers star in new IBM server range

  IBM has unveiled a range of servers that it says will provide industry-leading price performance in blade, desk side, and rack-mounted systems.  Continue Reading

• Enterprises see benefit of blades in server arena

  The third version of the Wave Server Study by TheInfoPro (TIP) has found that blade servers are finally gaining acceptance in the enterprise computing environment.  Continue Reading

• Volume server market props up industry as virtualisation effect takes hold

  According to IDC’s latest Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, volume server revenue is continuing to represent the only growth segment for the server market overall.  Continue Reading

• Ofcom eases broadband supplier switch

  Telecoms regulator Ofcom has proposed changes to make it easier for users to transfer between broadband service providers.  Continue Reading

• DPM's diary: 15 August 2006

  Weekly round up of events at Bodcaster City Council.  Continue Reading

• Next move: Is fast-track course the right way into IT?

  Expert advice for readers' career problems  Continue Reading

• Twenty-five years of the PC

  IBM changed the world 25 years ago when it launched the first personal computer - the IBM 5150.  Continue Reading

• IT bosses preparing for Byte Night

  About 250 senior IT professionals will take part in the annual Byte Night charity sleep-out on London’s Embankment on 22 September in an effort to raise £300,000 to combat child homelessness.  Continue Reading