In Depth

In Depth

Information technology (IT) in Turkey

• Facebook’s privacy game – how Zuckerberg backtracked on promises to protect personal data

  Facebook promised its users privacy then quietly abandoned its promises in pursuit of profits. Now it faces antitrust regulation  Continue Reading

• GDPR: An overview of the latest data protection legislation

  The forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will have wide-ranging implications for every organisation that processes personal data. This comprehensive overview tells you what you need to know  Continue Reading

• CW@50: A history of IT outsourcing

  Computer Weekly looks at where and when IT outsourcing was invented and considers the changes the sector has gone through since  Continue Reading

• European omni-channels: Hype or reality?

  Organisations in Europe are adapting to demands for omni-channel services from consumers across the continent  Continue Reading

• Europe fires starting gun for dash to GDPR compliance

  A last dash for compliance with the general data protection regulation (GDPR) has begun across Europe and, despite the two-year warning, some organisations will fall short and for UK firms Brexit is no excuse  Continue Reading

• What the EU’s cyber security bill means for UK industry

  Coming European legislation on network and information security could have cost and organisational implications for a range of UK companies  Continue Reading

• Take-up of cloud storage in Europe affected by privacy issues

  The cloud storage narrative has been heavily US-biased, with take-up of cloud in Europe modified by concerns over privacy and responses to Safe Harbour’s nullification  Continue Reading

• Interview: James Bamford on surveillance, Snowden and technology companies

  Investigative journalist and documentary maker James Bamford was among the first to uncover the secrets of the US National Security Agency and its global surveillance  Continue Reading

• Flash storage set to dominate Europe's datacentres by 2020

  A rapid shift among European enterprises towards all-flash storage could be a surprise positive outcome from the economic woes that have afflicted the continent  Continue Reading

• EU Data Protection Regulation: What the EC legislation means for cloud providers

  With the European Commission's data protection rules set to drop before 2016, take a look at what the changes mean for the cloud and datacentre community  Continue Reading

• Computer Weekly European User Awards 2015: Best Networking Project winner

  Construction company Osborne needs reliable connectivity on its building sites, which are often remote. This year's Networking Project of the Year goes to Osborne for the way it overcame the challenges of achieving this  Continue Reading

• IT services procurement: Could G-Cloud be the answer Europe is looking for?

  With European public sector organisations looking to overhaul how they buy IT, some are wondering if the UK's G-Cloud model could be the answer they are looking for  Continue Reading

• Keeping European datacentres safe from cyber attacks

  European datacentre operators must take a proactive approach to preventing cyber attacks as hackers increasingly target their facilities  Continue Reading

• NetSuite SuiteAcademy opens cloud doors in Europe

  NetSuite's SuiteAcademy programme is teaching students cloud computing skills to prepare them better for the workforce  Continue Reading

• Software-defined networking in Europe: The state of play

  What stage of the evolution of software-defined networking are we really at, and when will the hype turn to reality?  Continue Reading

• Cloud boosts demand for datacentres in Poland and eastern Europe

  The datacentre market in both central and eastern Europe and Poland has recorded double–digit growth  Continue Reading

• Big data storage: Analytics takes small first steps in Turkey

  Etiya’s Somemto social media management project makes pioneering steps in big data with a Hadoop cluster on an Oracle Big Data Appliance.  Continue Reading

• Virtual machine data backup strategies in Turkey

  Turkish organisations explain how they combine virtual machine backup with traditional backup, replication and snapshots as part of their data protection strategy  Continue Reading

• Disaster recovery in Turkey: Some businesses shine but many lag

  Overall disaster recovery readiness is poor in Turkey and the Middle East, but some businesses buck that trend  Continue Reading

• Flash storage gains a foothold in Turkey

  Turkish businesses see the benefits of flash storage for high performance apps, but some think the big suppliers dominate  Continue Reading

• Opportunities and threats to cloud storage adoption in Turkey

  Turkish organisations are taking up cloud storage and other services, but adoption is tempered by concerns over privacy, latency, lack of internet provision and regulatory issues  Continue Reading

• Manufacturing execution system captures factory floor data at Cummins

  Operators provide vital MES data for manufacturing processes as global engine maker Cummins standardises manufacturing execution system  Continue Reading

• Télécoms Sans Frontières: The three-minute heroes

  It began as a simple idea. In the early 1990s Jean-François Cazenave, founding president of Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF), saw that people displaced by humanitarian crises...  Continue Reading

• DPM's diary: 7 August 2007

  Catch up with events from Bogcaster Council  Continue Reading

• DPM’s diary: 8 August 2006

  Weekly roundup of events at Bogcaster City Council  Continue Reading

• Portsmouth shows bus times in real time

  Portsmouth's Online Real Time Traveller Portal project, designed to encourage the use of public transport by displaying in real...  Continue Reading

• Thought for the day: It could be you

  Don't let the phishers get their hooks into you, says Simon Moores  Continue Reading

• Consolidation is key to future for Network Associates

  Computer security specialist Network Associates bought intrusion protection companies Entercept and IntruVert earlier this year....  Continue Reading

• Thought for the day: A waste of time - and money

  It's staggering how much of our working day is taken up with reading and writing e-mails, says Simon Moores, but he admits he's...  Continue Reading

• Tech talk:A ray of hope for the IT industry

  Christmas is upon us but the IT turkey has the dimensions of a quail, plum pickings are a thing of the past and this year's toast...  Continue Reading

• Outsourcing: Dirty tricks and hidden agendas

  Outsourcing deals can become dangerous territory for the unwary IT manager. Here Nick Huber outlines some of the hazards that can...  Continue Reading