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Operating systems software

• Is the Microsoft public sector deal good value for Britain?

  As the Office of Government Commerce updates its software purchasing deal with Microsoft, we look at the implications and the measures of success  Continue Reading

• Competition: Play our F1 racing game and win a Silverstone driving experience!

  To celebrate the 2009 F1 season ComputerWeekly.com ran a competition to win the chance to drive an F1 car around Silverstone. The competition's now closed but you can still play our F1 racing game for fun.  Continue Reading

• Video: Apple Mac - 25 years of innovation

  It has been 25 years since Apple launched the Mac, with its groundbreaking $1.5m Superbowl ad. It has been through its dark year, and is now looking at a bright future. But how did it get here and where is it going next?  Continue Reading

• Open source: a different approach to developing software

  It seems like a bit of a mystery how open source software ever sees the light of day. The idea of a large number of people working for glory and the greater good rather than recompense seems too idealistic to be true.  Continue Reading

• Hot skills: Silverlight

  What is it? Microsoft's Silverlight is a .Net-based plug-in for creating rich internet applications (RIAs).  Continue Reading

• Driving business innovation through collaboration

  Collaboration is no longer “nice to have.” In a tightening economic environment, collaboration is becoming a competitive necessity, with technology playing a key role in delivering it.  Continue Reading

• Networks enable innovation

  Innovation is key to survival in any economic downturn, but for many small and medium businesses (SMBs) it is often one of the first casualties.  Continue Reading

• FastScale thinks thin to manage virtual server images

  It's difficult to read anything these days on what's happening in the world of ITC without tripping on a virtual this and a virtual that. Indeed, Quocirca...  Continue Reading

• Hot skills: C#

  What is it? The October 2008 quarterly report by Salary Services Limited (SSL) found that C# and .net were holding their own against a background of...  Continue Reading

• Hot skills: Java

  What is it? "The number of technologies listed here can appear overwhelming. Keep in mind that you will not need to use them all," says Sun's overview...  Continue Reading

• Competition: The email that got away - tell us your story to win a MacBook Air or Asus Eee PC 901

  Enter our competition in association with Mimecast to win a Macbook Air or Asus Eee PC 901 by telling us about 'the email that got away'.  Continue Reading

• Hot skills: Postpath

  What is it? At the end of August Cisco Systems announced it was acquiring PostPath, which provides a Linux-based replacement to Microsoft Exchange.  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

• nGenera offers business project SaaS

  A Texas-based start-up company called nGenera is unlikely to mean much to most UK IT directors. But many will have...  Continue Reading

• Market developments in green IT

  Green IT has been a popular discussion in IT circles this year, and it may once have been a nice-to-have on the...  Continue Reading