In Depth

In Depth

IT risk management

• Project management for all

  How do you create a common language and approach across a myriad of projects? Manchester City Council has embarked on an ambitious project to do just that. Helen Beckett gets to grips with the Manchester Method  Continue Reading

• Banks tread warily over two-factor security

  Trading off customer convenience against security, banks are reluctant to follow the lead of Alliance & Leicester and implement two-factor authentication  Continue Reading

• Staffordshire Moorlands uses intranet-based app to comply with priority targets

  Smart projects: E-pro application helps council track progress towards compliance  Continue Reading

• Your shout: data management, VPN security, SOA and recycling

  Have your say at computerweekly.com  Continue Reading

• Society lends its support as global web experts head for Edinburgh

  The British Computer Society is to be one of the main sponsors of this year's World Wide Web Conference (WWW2006), which is coming to the UK for the first time.  Continue Reading

• The effective response to computer crime

  Despite large amounts spent on system security and the scale and cost of IT-related crime, many businesses still do not have an incident response plan in place.  Continue Reading

• E-crime prosecutions set to get easier, say experts

  Denial of service attacks and other crimes will be easier to prosecute in future, according to Charlotte Walker-Osborn, organiser of the recent BCS ISSG legal day, where she spoke about IT fraud.  Continue Reading

• How virtualising applications can protect computers from their installed software

  Installing some applications that run under Windows is like wiping a toffee apple on a suede jacket: try as you might, you can never get rid of the sticky mess.  Continue Reading

• The easy way to save your desktop data

  Software products for automating back-up can help overcome the difficulty of persuading end-users to copy their work to back-up media and keep it somewhere safe.  Continue Reading

• Communications for SMBs

  Why should mobile communications systems be so complicated and seemingly oriented towards large organisations?  Continue Reading

• Shopping for holistic enterprise systems

  Users are benefiting as enterprise software firms bolster their offerings by acquiring specialist suppliers. The goal is better business information and integration  Continue Reading

• Do-it-yourself converged voice and data network cuts telephone bill for Kent Police

  Case study: The managed service option proved too costly when one force needed a comms upgrade.  Continue Reading

• Security the priority for mobile workforce

  Putting in place an organisation-wide mobility strategy will rise up the IT department agenda in 2006 and this, I am afraid, will cause pain.  Continue Reading

• SMB Focus: The power of now

  Don't wait till the pressure is on to do your contingency planning. A little time spent now could save a lot of trouble later, says Helen Beckett  Continue Reading

• SMB Focus: Make sure it is business as usual

  Small and medium-sized businesses must take action to protect their data, networks and key staff to ensure they can cope with any eventuality. Helen Beckett investigates the key issues.  Continue Reading