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Operating systems software

• Key ingredients for a successful API recipe

  We look at how application programming interfaces can provide connectivity to drive internal and external business processes  Continue Reading

• Finland brings cryostats and other cool things to quantum computing

  Not only is Finland the clear leader in refrigeration technology for quantum computers, but it also leads in fundamental research into the underlying quantum information theory  Continue Reading

• Patching: Balancing technical requirements with business considerations

  With an increasing reliance on subscription models alongside the regular patching of software, updates have become an essential part of modern business practices. However, care needs to be taken to ensure the optimum patching process is implemented  Continue Reading

• Chromebooks and G Suite: a good working alternative

  We look at Chromebooks as collaboration clients, both in Google-oriented and mixed-platform environments  Continue Reading

• Why the browser is the computer

  When he was CEO of Sun Microsystems, Scott McNealy once said that the network is the computer. Today, users spend most of their time in a browser  Continue Reading

• Inside the distros: A year in Linux development

  Linux will turn 30 in three years. We look at how far the major Linux distributions – or distros – have come over the past year and what they might be able to bring in the future  Continue Reading

• Future of the server operating system

  We look at the evolution of the server operating system, and how the next generation is moving into the cloud  Continue Reading

• [email protected]: How UK home brew gave computing to the masses

  From batch processing to the graphical user interface, from desktop PCs to smartphones, from luggables to wearables, computing has come a long way since Computer Weekly was first published in 1966. We look at some of the personal computers that ...  Continue Reading

• [email protected]: From ICL to ITIL

  Standardisation helps industries to grow. Here in the UK, a number of highly influential standards emerged that have become building blocks for the modern computer industry  Continue Reading

• Workplace IT services in flux: wherever, whenever, whatever

  Enterprise computing is in upheaval as the emphasis shifts towards automation and user-device provision.  Continue Reading

• Windows XP end of support: What to do next

  CIOs may not wish to carry on running a 12-year-old desktop OS, but thousands of incompatible applications leave many with no choice  Continue Reading

• How to secure Macs in the enterprise

  Apple computers are becoming increasingly used in the enterprise - we look at how to securely introduce Macs in the corporate network  Continue Reading

• Blade servers: How to decide on Unix or Linux

  If you’re contemplating Unix or Linux for your blade server, or a migration from one to the other, in this guide you will find everything you need to make up your mind. Useful Unix and Linux command lines also included.  Continue Reading

• 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

• Meeting the technology and business challenges of managing mobile workers

  Mobile devices have become a standard part of today's multinational organisations - most companies would struggle to operate without them. According to researcher IDC, 35% of the workforce will be mobile by 2013.  Continue Reading

• Stereoscopic 3D animation: Shrek and How to train your dragon

  Already cutting a fiery swath through the box office, DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon provides an object lesson in just how far stereoscopic 3D animated films have progressed.  Continue Reading

• Download free text to PDF converter: Zilla TXT To PDF Converter

  The Zilla TXT To PDF Converter converts PDFs to Word, RTF, Text, HTML, BMP, JPG, TIF, GIF, PNG and SWF.  Continue Reading

• Point of Sale (POS) software - Essential Guide

  Point of Sale (POS) software, also known as electronic Point of Sale (ePOS), is an essential application for retail or hospitality businesses because it manages checkout operations and is what the customer sees when they make a transaction.  Continue Reading

• The best software for small businesses (SMEs) - Essential Guide

  The best software for small businesses is software designed to help them to run their operations better, cut costs and replace paper processes. The most popular software packages include accounts, office productivity, email and communications, but ...  Continue Reading

• Hot skills: Microsoft Exchange

  What is it? Long experience has taught Microsoft customers to regard any new release as a beta until the first service pack (SP1) arrives.  Continue Reading

• Facing up to security perils of outbound traffic

  What about the threat from within and, more specifically, the security issues that arise from outbound traffic risks?  Continue Reading

• Challenges of remote desktop management

  Late May and early June was not a fun time for Adobe, or its users. Suddenly, news began hitting the wires that a vulnerability...  Continue Reading

• Legacy systems continue to have a place in the enterprise

  Despite the IT industry's efforts to improve the standard of operating systems used in the enterprise, a significant number of users choose to stick with...  Continue Reading

• Chinook helicopter disaster - computer software failure or pilot error?

  Chinook helicopter crash: was it computer software failure or a cause we'll never know? This article gives the background to the Chinook helicopter disaster with links to all the relevant articles published by ComputerWeekly and other useful web ...  Continue Reading

• Power and control: a history of the operating system

  Operating systems are something we take for granted, but they have not always been a feature of computing. In the early days, they did not exist at all....

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• Moving closer to the internet as an operating system

  The internet is arguably evolving as an operating system in its own right, with IP, HTML, SMTP and other underlying protocols combining with online application frameworks such as SOAP, web services, Ajax, Ruby on Rails and mash-ups. Added to this ...  Continue Reading

• How to select the right IP PBX

  Selecting the right IP PBX system for your company can be complicated. Here are some important things to consider when purchasing an IP PBX.  Continue Reading

• VPN security: testing, troubleshooting and deploying

  In this section of our network access learning guide, learn how to test VPN security, troubleshoot VPN flaws and vulnerabilities as well as learn about VPN alternatives.  Continue Reading

• Internet Explorer security settings and controls

  Managing Internet Explorer security is a complicated job. You need to be aware of all of the latest IE flaws and threats as well as how to prevent hackers from using these flaws to hack your Windows network. Read about how you can keep IE secure in ...  Continue Reading

• Data migration product specifications

  Part of the Tiered Storage Buying guide focusing on product specifications for data migration tools.  Continue Reading

• Prevent network hacks with secure Web browsing

  Hackers can penetrate your network in almost unlimited ways these days, and that includes through your Web browser. Learn how to improve Web browser security and keep these hackers out of your network.  Continue Reading

• Big Microsoft Vista concerns for Big Pharma

  The second installment of an ongoing series examining the challenges of deploying Windows Vista and the considerations that go into the decision to roll out the new OS.  Continue Reading

• Admins run into trouble with Microsoft updates

  A DNS service failure and an ongoing WSUS glitch are among this month's frustrations as IT administrators try to deploy the latest security patches from Microsoft.  Continue Reading

• Inside MSRC: Windows Vista security update explained

  Microsoft's Christopher Budd details the first Windows Vista security updates.  Continue Reading

• The biggest sources of unstructured data in the enterprise

  There are actually many sources of unstructured data, which accounts for much of the data growth that we've seen in the enterprise.  Continue Reading

• IT pros eye Windows Server 2003 SP2 with caution

  Despite its security and stability enhancements, IT pros say they are in no rush to deploy Windows Server 2003 SP2  Continue Reading

• Web 2.0 tools of the trade

  As Web 2.0 technologies become more popular, IT professionals are answering questions from business units on how it can be used.  Continue Reading

• Measuring Vista's true security muscle will take time

  Researchers are digging through the Windows Vista code right now, and when they find flaws we'll hear about it. But it's the ones we don't hear about that should keep us up at night.  Continue Reading

• Inside MSRC: Microsoft updates WSUSSCAN issue

  Christopher Budd of the Microsoft Security Response Center is urging customers to deploy the latest versions of the Systems Management Server Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates or Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer to receive all the current ...  Continue Reading

• Adobe Reader flaws spook security experts

  Security experts sound the alarm over Adobe Reader flaws that could be exploited for cross-site scripting attacks and other mayhem.  Continue Reading

• Top Web security tips of 2006

  Check out the top five Web security tips of 2006 to get advice on securing Internet Explorer, ISA Server and Radius and a set of tools designed to secure the Web browsing experience.  Continue Reading

• Mobile Platforms: Palm OS -- not the best for the multitasker

  A team of experts weigh the good and bad of each mobile platform to help you choose the one that's right for your company.  Continue Reading

• 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

• Security Blog Log: Dissecting Firefox 2.0

  This week, bloggers examine the security features of Firefox 2.0 and come away with mixed reviews. Does it fare better than Internet Explorer 7?  Continue Reading

• Inside MSRC: Time to rethink security workarounds

  Christopher Budd of the Microsoft Security Response Center recommends implementing one of several security workarounds to ensure a secure infrastructure until this month's most important Windows update can be installed.  Continue Reading

• 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

• Thwarting IM management challenges

  Product review: Information Security magazine's Sandra Kay Miller says Symantec's IM Manager 8.0 has limited public network features, but offers excellent reporting  Continue Reading

• Automated provisioning quiz answers

  the key questions answered  Continue Reading

• 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

• IT outsourcing smoothies out SMBs communication and messaging headaches

  With disparate locations and huge mail overheads, fast growing Innocent Drinks had to think quickly to solve potential data availability problems.  Continue Reading

• Is Linux a viable alternative to Windows?

  There has been a lot of noise both from the desktop Linux camp and from Microsoft trying to rebut everything the Linux brigade says. So should you be considering Linux as an alternative to Microsoft on the desktop?  Continue Reading

• Outlook flaw 'a risk to all users'

  A bug in Microsoft Outlook Express could allow hackers to take control of a machine even when its user does not use the e-mail program.  Continue Reading

• B&Q boosts efficiency and cuts costs by replacing e-mail with workflow software

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• Storage 911: How to troubleshoot your storage

  Our emergency guide takes you through the steps you can take to prevent disaster, and then, more importantly, offers an organized list of usual suspects, from the complex to the deceptively simple.  Continue Reading

• How can I improve standard documents?

  SME strategy special: Expert advice on desktop office productivity applications  Continue Reading

• Thought for the day: Flights of fancy

  The Windows versus Linux debacle continues to escalate into a heady mix of emotion, mud-slinging and complexity  Continue Reading

• Use more than one operating system to limit the impact of malicious code attacks

  In enterprise computing, a diverse operating system environment is more resistant to infection. Enterprises hit by SQL Slammer...  Continue Reading

• The real cost of switching to Linux

  After years of experimentation with Linux in the enterprise, customers, analysts and suppliers are starting to agree on where...  Continue Reading

• Could self-healing software be the IT director's way of cutting support costs?

  Difficulties lie behind the supplier hype for self-managing systems.  Continue Reading

• Thought for the day: Flights of fancy

  Launch a Java-based office suite? Simon Moores questions the sanity of any company that would consider doing so, even if it is...  Continue Reading

• Easy guide to purchasing PCs

  Desktop procurement has traditionally been a headache for IT managers - but a few simple tricks will save you trouble in the long...  Continue Reading

• Insurance lacks pulling power

  Insurance companies need to give their e-initiatives a radical makeover as their present inward focus is driving customers away  Continue Reading

• Growing pains

  Five e-commerce companies tell E-Business Review how they overcame initial teething problems  Continue Reading

• Growing pains of dotcom start ups

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• Spring has sprung for Spring

  Spring Group has moved its business environment on-line with the development of a fully integrated web operating system.  Continue Reading

• AS/400: the host with the most?

  Question: which IBM server range can run applications written for Windows NT and 2000, Novell NetWare, Aix and OS/2 as well as...  Continue Reading

• Cross-platform integration

  Corba is implemented in hundreds of operating systems and networking products, writes Nick Langley  Continue Reading

• Going mobile: the next step to pervasive computing

  Nick Langley measures the gap between hype and reality as mobile computing takes us into the pervasive era  Continue Reading

• Imagine there's no Bill Gates...

  Chaos theory tells us that the flutter of a butterfly wing in Brazil can alter the weather on the other side of the globe. So...  Continue Reading

• The mainframe is dead, long live the mainframe

  The first year of the new millennium has not turned out as expected for IBM's System 390 operation. Sales were down on a...  Continue Reading

• What does the future hold for WAP?

  By adding basic web surfing capabilities to an otherwise conventional cellular phone, the Wireless Application Protocol brings...  Continue Reading

• How to foil the spammers

  Spam or unsolicited bulk mail costs businesses in the UK millions every year. Nevertheless, there are ways to minimise what gets...  Continue Reading

• Understanding web technology

  You don’t need to be a genius to understand web technology, it’s simply a matter of understanding a few basic concepts  Continue Reading

• Keeping contacts

  Contact management devices are increasingly important for anyone concerned with maintaining external contacts and not simply for...  Continue Reading