In Depth

In Depth

IT operations management and IT support

• Sprint moves to packet-switch network

  Sprint is to change its entire circuit-switched telephone network to packet technology in an attempt to keep up with customer...  Continue Reading

• Is intrusion prevention better than cure?

  Bob Walder, director of independent network security testing specialist the NSS Group, assesses the benefits and limitations of...  Continue Reading

• Competition: Win an Apple G4 Powerbook

  Has your company has used its IP network in an innovative, quirky or unusual way? Computer Weekly has teamed up with managed IP...  Continue Reading

• B2B services offer travel information to all

  An online interface into the Galileo airline reservation system promises to open up flight information to a raft of new travel...  Continue Reading

• How effective are gigabit intrusion detection systems?

  In the first of a series of articles looking at the strengths and weaknesses of network technologies, Bob Walder, director of...  Continue Reading

• Ways into the Web services arena (2)

  Butler Group examines the importance of Sun ONE to the development of Web services.  Continue Reading

• What to do when ISP spells trouble

  With Europe's biggest data network provider KPNQwest in administration and struggling from day to day, we look at what you need...  Continue Reading

• Networking: Strip back to the bare bones

  Before you go investing in your network, take a long hard look at what you have already got. In this special report we look at...  Continue Reading

• Are you really prepared for an ISP collapse?

  The crisis gripping global telecoms giant WorldCom and the slow death of Europe's biggest data network provider KPNQwest is...  Continue Reading

• Special Report: Networks

  In last month's networks special report, we looked at how IT managers could optimise network efficiency yet keep cost down and...  Continue Reading

• IT lessons: Teachers get science news via SMS

  A new text message service is helping science teachers keep up with new discoveries, writes Ross Bentley  Continue Reading

• Link connects IT to Post Office for universal bank

  The Link cash machine network is to connect its IT systems to thousands of Post Office branches in preparation for the...  Continue Reading

• Survey shows rise in councils' Internet contacts with voters

  The range of Internet services provided by local authorities is on the rise, according to the latest survey from the Society of...  Continue Reading

• Pitfalls of e-government: a joined-up approach is needed

  The Government has pledged £1bn to create public sector e-services, but if its eagerness to invest is not properly targeted we...  Continue Reading