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Case study: Nokia rethinks HR with web portal
Mobile phone manufacturer Nokia has reduced its HR costs by between 20% to 30% after rolling out a web-based HR portal for its 60,000 employees. Continue Reading
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UKtech50: Honouring the most influential people in UK IT
Computer Weekly has announced the final listing for the second annual UKtech50, the definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT - the CIOs, industry executives, public servants and business leaders driving the creation of a high-tech ... Continue Reading
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UKtech50 2011: Vote now!
Voting has begun to find out who is the most influential person in the UK IT community. Continue Reading
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CIO interview: Tony Prestedge, COO, Nationwide
Tony Prestedge took over as COO at Nationwide in 2010, mid-way through a five-year transformation project. He tells Karl Flinders how the company is transforming its business through a £1bn investment in technology, how the IT department changed ... Continue Reading
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CIO interview: Martin Davies, head of technology at Bet365
The success story of £5.4bn-per-year online gambling company Bet365 is nothing to do with luck and everything to do with technology. Continue Reading
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The consumerisation of IT: it’s a trickle, not a tide, but you still need to be ready
If media headlines and supplier claims are to be believed, organisations today are faced with an unstoppable tide of many different types of personal device connected to the corporate network Continue Reading
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The top five SME security challenges
Best practice in IT security and compliance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is often seen as a "grudge purchase", but SMEs face the same threat as larger organisations - just without their budgets. Continue Reading
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Social Media Awards 2011: Vote now!
Computer Weekly's search for the best use of social media in IT is back for its fourth year, in association with IBM, and we want you vote for the best uses of social media in UK IT. Fill out the form below and submit your vote. Continue Reading
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How the financial services sector uses big data analytics to predict client behaviour
The financial services sector has gone through unprecedented change in the last few years. Customers are expecting a more personalised service from their banks. Regulators have reacted to the credit crunch with significant changes to regulation with... Continue Reading
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IT and marketing: working together for business success
The IT department builds things that scale and last, while marketing wants the next big thing - and needed it yesterday. How can heads of technology work effectively with marketing? Cliff Saran investigates Continue Reading
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What is big data and how can it be used to gain competitive advantage?
Cliff Saran discovers how big data can deliver big business benefits without excessive IT investment Continue Reading
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Case study: How a small business can benefit from SaaS
Professional beauty products distributor SweetSquared considers using Microsoft Office 365 alongside browser-based SaaS. Continue Reading
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The cloud computing revolution
Hewlett-Packard has become the latest supplier of many to sound the death knell on the IT department. Continue Reading
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CRM strategies for SMBs
Keeping your customers happy is job number one. With CRM software, luckily, that job becomes a lot easier. Here we present our top five CRM tips for SMBs. Continue Reading
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Open source strategies for SMBs
One way to make the most of a tight budget is to invest in open source technologies. Not only are they generally more secure than most off-the-shelf proprietary products, they're usually free too. Here we present our top five open source tips for ... Continue Reading
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Open communications vs. closed communications
Open communications are key to making the inevitable multimodal, multi-supplier communication environment work, so why aren't more suppliers providing open-source systems? Continue Reading
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Backup reporting expands to add capacity planning
Aptare adds capacity planning for primary data storage to its product line, joining Symantec in recent attempts to broaden the appeal of reporting software. Continue Reading
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VoIP models and services: Complete guide
With clear, concise explanations of existing VoIP business models and deployment methodologies, this guide will enable you to weigh the pros and cons of each based on your needs. Continue Reading
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Does compliance make encryption always necessary?
Many organisations look to encryption to protect sensitive data. Yet hundreds of millions of people who use the Internet also use encryption, yet most of them don't even know it. Continue Reading
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Data migration product specifications
Part of the Tiered Storage Buying guide focusing on product specifications for data migration tools. Continue Reading
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IBM chief engineer talks green storage
IBM engineer Clod Barrera discusses the growing energy crisis in storage, the need for better power efficiency metrics and the future for "green" products. Continue Reading
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ISCSI TCP/IP TOE card specifications
Key specifications for a cross-section of popular iSCSI TOE cards. Continue Reading
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Inside MSRC: Windows Vista security update explained
Microsoft's Christopher Budd details the first Windows Vista security updates. Continue Reading
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When disaster recovery and data classification collide
Attendees at a disaster recovery seminar discussed the complex application dependencies when disaster recovery and data classification combine. Continue Reading
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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
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RFID dispute: Vendors still hostile toward full disclosure
Many vendors still believe that security by obscurity is still the best policy and make it a priority to silence vulnerability researchers. Continue Reading
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Questions fly as EMC Retrospect fades
All signs point to the end of life for EMC's Retrospect backup software for small businesses. Sources say the company cannot support an SMB software channel. Continue Reading
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New security vendors take on sophisticated attackers
IT Security vendors are developing technologies that show promise in preventing unknown attacks and protecting machines with zero-day vulnerabilities. Continue Reading
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WiMax clearing path to mainstream
A number of industry moves have made WiMax almost ready for the mainstream. But there's good news and bad news to consider before making the move. Continue Reading
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Top storage tips 2006
What's on the minds of storage techies. What's hot, what's not, what works, what doesn't work. These expert tips cover the storage issues that take top honours when it comes to disaster recovery, NAS, SAN, backup and storage management. Continue Reading
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Review: Prevx1 not ready for prime time
Prevx1 will require significant improvement in management and detection capabilities before it can be considered a serious contender for enterprise deployments. Continue Reading
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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
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Recordless email: magical or menacing?
A new startup promises recordless email. Is this a stroke of genius that will reward the company with billions of Internet bucks, or is it the end of the world as we know it? Continue Reading
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What storage managers are buying and why, page 4
What storage managers are buying and why Continue Reading
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School district expels outsourced backup, enrolls CDP
Revere School District dumps tape and outsourced backup, and deploys SonicWall's continuous data protection product. Continue Reading
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ZERT rekindles third-party patching debate
This week in Security Blog Log: IT security pros express more reservations about third-party patching, including the CEO of a company that released one a few months ago. Continue Reading
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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
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Security blog log: Fear and loathing in MS06-040's wake
This week, security bloggers wonder if some of the MS06-040 warnings have gone too far. Meanwhile, Symantec uses its blog to warn about the timed release of exploits. Continue Reading
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Akonix A-Series offers complex, best-of-breed IM security
Product review: Information Security magazine's Sandra Kay Miller says The Akonix A-Series instant messaging security appliances works well but needs better documentation. Continue Reading
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Are smaller companies storage-stupid?
Storage guru Jon Toigo questions the buying process of storage in SMBs . Continue Reading
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Inside MSRC: Debunking Excel exploits
Microsoft's Christopher Budd puts the magnifying glass to Microsoft's July bulletinsand says one alleged Excel exploit isn't what it seems. Continue Reading
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SMB finds the perfect host
When All3Media, a medium-sized TV programming producer, inherited an inflexible communications system, it turned to a more appealing, hosted alternative. Continue Reading
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Questions that need to be answered on NHS IT plan
Four years ago the government announced to a grateful NHS a national IT programme that would become the world's largest civil computer scheme. Continue Reading
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Lenovo goes for gold with SMBs
When Shelley Rudman unexpectedly won a silver medal for her valiant efforts in the skeleton at this year’s Winter Olympics, the world knew she’d gained her unprecedented achievement for the UK in a matter of seconds. In fact, the world expected to ... Continue Reading
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Be careful you don't get more than you pay for with VoIP
Implementing VoIP is attractive for all companies in particular SMBs. However, there are issues to address that may cost you more than what you save Continue Reading
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Riding the wave of change
CIOs can thrive as pace of change quickens, argues Des Lee Continue Reading
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Learning Guide: Low-cost storage
Resources on low-cost networking, iSCSI, SATA and IP storage Continue Reading
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Financing the future
Don't get a headache working out the best ways to pay for hardware and software. Danny Bradbury offers a user-friendly guide to... Continue Reading
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IP everything, essentially
What are the fundamental deliverables of IP networks? How can you use IP networks to gain financial benefits in addition to... Continue Reading
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The basis of profitability
Not so long ago, you didn't have much choice - your IT and communications requirements were acquired, implemented and maintained... Continue Reading
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The gift of CRM
For Red Letter Days, a provider of gift experiences for corporates and consumers, a CRM system was essential to give it market... Continue Reading
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Management matters
Cath Everett finds out how you stay on top of networking. What are the management issues related to your telecoms and networks... Continue Reading
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Director's cut: Learning to spot winning technologies
Faced with a stream of new technologies it is vital that IT directors keep abreast of the latest developments and are aware of... Continue Reading
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Scale 21 conference will reveal key to IT success
The results of the largest ever survey of IT professionals and entrepreneurs are to be announced at the Building Britain's... Continue Reading
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A real union in a virtual world?
Amazon faces the biggest unionisation drive the dotcom sector has ever seen. Mike Arrowsmith reports Continue Reading
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The VPN dilemma
With traditional networks choking on data, Liz Biddlecombe investigates the pros and cons of managing a VPN yourself or... Continue Reading
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Computer Weekly's evidence to the Public Accounts Committee
We write to the Public Accounts Committee in relation to its consideration of the Chinook's FADEC computerised engine control... Continue Reading
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Pathway and the Post Office: the lessons learned
The infamous 1996-1999 Pathway project aimed to computerise the nation’s post offices and tackle benefit fraud. But 18 months... Continue Reading
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How to scour the world when outsourcing
Thanks to Y2K compliance programmes, it is now perfectly acceptable for a firm to consider moving all or part of its systems development and support... Continue Reading -
RAF Justice: casting doubt on pilot error
Almost a year ago Computer Weekly published its 140-page RAF Justice report on the Internet. It revealed evidence of a cover-up... Continue Reading
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Lifting the lid on secret stiffing techniques
One of the UK's most experienced IT negotiators lifts the lid on some of the sharp practices used by software suppliers to get... Continue Reading
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Can Hercules lift Hitachi?
>Hitachi has been losing its position in the mainframe market for the past couple of years. But it aims to fight back in 2001... Continue Reading
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Tesco target of 300 online shops within one year Continue Reading
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White Paper: Software solutions for effective network power management
Uncertain power conditions can wreak havoc on small businesses, however, there are ways to limit the risk of computer data loss Continue Reading