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• Do not delay, EU data protection changes on the way

  Three or four years is plenty of time to get ready for the new data protection framework in Europe, but the clock is ticking  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

• Cisco everywoman in Technology Awards: The winners’ stories

  The winners of the everywoman in Technology Awards 2012 have been announced. Find out why they won  Continue Reading

• F5: The last vendor standing in file virtualisation?

  Since 2005 file virtualisation has gone from emerging technology to a field with one active vendor. What has caused the demise of file virtualisation and why does F5 persist with it?  Continue Reading

• India Inc guns for SIEM tools as maturity, viability drive growth

  SIEM tool adoption in India is rising, spurred by growth in maturity of both SIEMs and organizations. We take a broad status check of the Indian SIEM space.  Continue Reading

• Enterprise flash: Three implementation options for virtualisation

  Enterprise flash now comes in a variety of form factors aimed at speeding I/O beyond what’s possible with spinning disk in server and desktop virtualisation scenarios.  Continue Reading

• Bringing back the romance of engineering: Technician Council unveils framework

  The Technician Council has unveiled a framework for employers which aims to recreate the romance that once surrounded engineering  Continue Reading

• IT service assurance in a hybrid cloud environment

  CIOs need to ensure they can continue to provide the same levels of service in a mixed environment of cloud and legacy IT  Continue Reading

• Buyer's Guide: Disclosing security breaches in SMEs

  Protecting regulated data is a big enough headache for many small businesses – now they also need to think about disclosure  Continue Reading

• Infosecurity: The changing landscape

  The role of the chief information security officer (CISO) must adapt as businesses rethink IT security  Continue Reading

• CIOs sold on flexible working benefits – so what is holding it up?

  Flexible working offers business benefits and allows employees to improve their work/life balance – but will managers accept it?  Continue Reading

• What businesses should learn from Web 2.0

  Today’s Web 2.0 leaders – Google, Amazon, Salesforce.com et al – are the best place to look for important new IT management activities and practices.  Continue Reading

• CW500: Everything you need to know about big data in 15 minutes

  Harvey Lewis, research director for Deloitte Analytics, discusses the big trends in big data.  Continue Reading

• Buyer's Guide: How to get private cloud right

  There are a lot of misperceptions about what it takes to get your private cloud investments right and drive adoption by your developers  Continue Reading

• Bank of India’s 2FA with mutual authentication goes beyond OTPs

  Indian BFSI major Bank of India chose mutual authentication when it required a two factor authentication (2FA) solution. There’s been no looking back.  Continue Reading

• Unified storage goes mainstream

  Unified storage has gone mainstream, with full protocol support from the top five vendors. We survey the options available, including single platforms and NAS gateways.  Continue Reading

• SMB backup products embrace virtual/physical and cloud environments

  Product survey: Midrange and SMB backup products bring enterprise features with ease of use and embrace virtualised environments, cloud as a target and improved deduplication.  Continue Reading

• How to make your network green

  Make sure your network and datacentre run efficiently as part of a green networking strategy  Continue Reading

• Can a private cloud drive energy efficiency in datacentres?

  As more and more companies virtualise datacentres, we ask if stepping into a private cloud would really mean greater energy efficiency.  Continue Reading

• The issues organisations must consider in migrating to private cloud

  Companies that attempt to move to cloud without sufficient planning will fare badly and could endanger their data and reputation  Continue Reading

• Hero MotoCorp’s IT spending methodology examined

  IT spending is a process requiring tremendous planning at Hero MotoCorp. Learn how India’s largest 2-wheeler manufacturer spends its IT budget from its CIO.  Continue Reading

• Interview: Oke Okaro, general manager and global head of mobile at Bloomberg

  Bloomberg's mobile chief talks to Computer Weekly about the challenges of mobile apps development and the prospects for Windows 8.  Continue Reading

• Cloud data quality, integration open new vistas for managing data

  Find out what opportunities the cloud could open up for data quality and integration. Advantages: scalability, reduced admin and costs. ETL, as a data quality sweet spot, lends itself to the cloud.  Continue Reading

• Virtual machine storage optimisation methods explained

  Virtual machine storage for virtual desktops and servers has to deal with heavy and random I/O patterns. We survey the key methods of optimising storage for virtual machines.  Continue Reading

• Buyer's Guide: How to upgrade to IPv6

  IPv6 is an increasingly hot topic in the networking industry. We examine the issues for older hardware support.  Continue Reading

• Buyer's Guide: Forrester reveals the value of IPv6 to the enterprise

  IPv6 can support a new set of customers and offers the opportunity to generate revenue from digital services  Continue Reading

• IT priorities in the downturn

  IT leaders talk to Computer Weekly about how their IT priorities have been shaped by the downturn  Continue Reading

• BI reporting tool gives Iffco Tokio a headstart

  BI reporting tools are quickly taking over from Excel. Explore how Iffco Tokio, the general insurance major in India, benefited with BI reporting.  Continue Reading

• Nutanix, Tintri pioneer new forms of virtual machine storage

  Nutanix and Tintri pioneer new forms of virtual machine storage that aim to deal with large amounts of random I/O with flash, spinning disk and innovative architectures.  Continue Reading

• Arup Chatterjee

  SearchSecurity.in CISO Power List 2012 Profile: Arup Chatterjee, CISO, WNS Global Services.  Continue Reading

• Burgess Cooper

  SearchSecurity.in CISO Power List 2012 Profile: Burgess Cooper, CISO, Vodafone India.  Continue Reading

• Shobitha Hariharan

  SearchSecurity.in CISO Power List 2012 Profile: Shobitha Hariharan, CISO, Shoppers Stop.  Continue Reading

• Faraz Ahmed

  SearchSecurity.in CISO Power List 2012 Profile: Faraz Ahmed, CISO, Reliance Life.  Continue Reading

• Agnelo D'Souza

  SearchSecurity.in CISO Power List 2012 Profile: Agnelo D‘Souza, CISO, Kotak Mahindra Bank.  Continue Reading

• Sunil Varkey

  SearchSeacurity.in CISO Power List 2012 Profile: Sunil Varkey, CISO, Idea Cellular.  Continue Reading

• Sunil Dhaka

  SearchSecurity.in CISO Power List 2012, Profile: Sunil Dhaka, CISO, ICICI Bank.  Continue Reading

• Vishal Salvi

  SearchSecurity.in CISO Power List 2012, Profile: Vishal Salvi, CISO, HDFC Bank.  Continue Reading

• Subrahmanya Gupta Boda

  SearchSecurity.in CISO Power List, 2012: Profile: Subrahmanya Gupta Boda, CISO, GMR Group.  Continue Reading

• Adapa Raja Vijay Kumar

  SearchSecurity.in CISO Power List 2012 Profile: Adapa Raja Vijay Kumar, VP & Global Information Security Leader, Genpact.  Continue Reading

• Manish Dave

  SearchSecurity.in CISO Power List: Profile: Manish Dave, CISO, Essar Group.  Continue Reading

• Satish Das

  SearchSecurity.in CISO Power List: Profile: Satish Das, CSO and VP (ERM – Enterprise Risk Management), Cognizant.  Continue Reading

• Sameer Ratolikar

  SearchSecurity.in CISO Power List 2012: Profile for Sameer Ratolikar, CISO, Bank of India.  Continue Reading

• Nabankur Sen

  SearchSecurity.in CISO Power List 2012: Profile: Nabankur Sen, CISO, Axis Bank.  Continue Reading

• Pankaj Agrawal

  SearchSecurity.in CISO Power List 2012 Profile: Pankaj Agrawal, CISO & Head of Technology Governance, Aircel  Continue Reading

• Buyer's Guide: Tips for small companies on IPv6 migration

  There is no rush to switch from IPv4 to IPv6, but there is no harm in being prepared for IPv6. We look at the practical issues for SMEs.  Continue Reading

• Backup appliance product survey: Which one is right for your business?

  We look at the backup appliance market, examining products from six vendors and highlighting key features that can help you choose the one for your SMB or branch office.  Continue Reading

• Snapshots from nullcon Tritiya Day 2

  A quick look at what happened during nullcon 2012.  Continue Reading

• How to formulate an effective smartphone security policy

  The mobile revolution offers new ways of working, but what are the challenges and how can they be overcome?  Continue Reading

• nullcon Tritiya’s infosec conference: Day 1 walkthrough

  Join us, as we take a look at the third installment of annual information security conference nullcon 2012.  Continue Reading

• BYOD policy gives London university users network access flexibility

  A London university has undergone a network infrastructure upgrade to make way for a BYOD policy, offering staff and students more network access flexibility and capabilities.  Continue Reading

• Buyer's Guide: How to prepare your organisation for IPv6

  The switch to IPv6 – on 6 June – shows just how imminent the transition from IPv4 to IPv6 is. Is your organisation ready?  Continue Reading

• How smart is the Smart Metering Implementation Programme?

  The Smart Grid will allow people to manage energy consumption with smart meters, but carries all the risks of a large government IT project.  Continue Reading

• SaaS BI technology comes of age

  SaaS BI and its benefits explained: it can improve scalability and reduce administration costs; it offers capabilities in data warehousing, ETL and analytics; it can be secured. What’s not to like?  Continue Reading

• Airtel’s DLP technology rollout makes data egress a thing of the past

  Airtel’s DLP technology implementation, India’s largest, went live in December 2010. Join us in exploring its inner workings, even as it is poised for bigger things.  Continue Reading

• Midrange SAN vendors boost solid-state and drive options

  With desktop and server virtualisation driving the market, midrange SAN vendors boost solid-state and spinning-disk options to bring enterprise-like performance.  Continue Reading

• Disk backup deduplication vendors boost performance and features

  In a fast-maturing market space, disk-based backup deduplication vendors have boosted performance, upped deduplication efficiency and improved integration with backup software products.  Continue Reading

• SAN monitoring products boosted by virtualisation

  SAN monitoring is more necessary than ever with the demands of server virtualisation. We survey the market, from hardware products to Software as a Service offerings.  Continue Reading

• Forrester: The next wave of virtualisation

  Virtualisation is evolving. IT departments now have a raft of products to deploy within their infrastructure, optimised for virtualisation.  Continue Reading

• Cisco Live Europe 2012 Coverage

  If you didn’t have a chance to make it out to the London ExCeL Centre, for Cisco Live Europe, read our coverage of the conference.  Continue Reading

• Computer Weekly / TechTarget IT priorities survey 2012

  Learn which IT priorities are at the top of UK IT managers lists for 2012. Coverage from across our network includes cloud, budget cuts, networking, security, disaster recovery and more.  Continue Reading

• Re-skilling through the Open University to get into IT

  Ian Kelly, a 34-year-old IT specialist, is preparing to take the next step in his career, and turned to the Open University to improve his skills.  Continue Reading

• When X.509 security certificates fail, servers break

  Why are X.509 certificates causing computers to stop dead?  Continue Reading

• In-memory database technology gains ground, but challenges remain

  In-memory database technology improves specific application performance notably. But challenges need to be met before in-memory database becomes the norm.  Continue Reading

• Hybrid cloud storage product roundup

  Read this survey of hybrid cloud products that combine access to remote storage with local resources that mitigate cloud issues such as latency.  Continue Reading

• Buyer's Guide: What next for virtualisation?

  You’d be forgiven for thinking that virtualisation is a done deal, but research shows its uptake is still not moving at the speed many would like.  Continue Reading

• Microsoft: Is computing more trustworthy 10 years on?

  Microsoft is marking the 10th anniversary of its Trustworthy Computing group (TwC), but has any significant progress been made since 15 January 2002 when Microsoft chairman Bill Gates sent an email memo to all employees, identifying trustworthy ...  Continue Reading

• Forrester: How consumerisation drives innovation

  The “consumerisation of IT is a threat to the status quo and a risk to the security of the firm. Forrester's Ted Schadler. looks at the business benefits.  Continue Reading

• Balance security and productivity in consumerisation policy

  The consumerisation of IT and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) programmes have become headline-grabbing issues, but in the rush to be seen to be doing something about it, organisations risk compromising security, warns Rob Bamforth.  Continue Reading

• Essar’s virtual desktop infrastructure strategy for optimal security

  The move to virtual desktop infrastructure at Essar enabled robust security and data protection amidst a liberal BYOD policy. Here’s how Essar deployed VDI.  Continue Reading

• Sway the board: How to build a business case for data management plans

  The more rigorous the business case is for a data management project, the more business value it will deliver. Consultant Andy Hayler outlines the fundamentals.  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Top five issues in taking a structured approach to security in the cloud

  Last week, experts discussed the need to focus on the basics of security in the cloud. Here, the security think tank expert panel covers a structured approach to cloud computing security.  Continue Reading

• Buyer's guide to IT consumerisation: Rewriting the rulebook

  Desktop computing is no longer about IT providing a set of tools for employees. Consumer technology has advanced, and staff are more tech-savvy.  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: What is the most important nut for infosec to crack in 2012?

  What is the most important nut for infosec to crack in 2012?  Continue Reading

• Laptop data protection is a mixed bag of bespoke and product add-ons

  Product survey: Laptop data protection products range from those engineered for laptops to those that are bolted on to existing backup applications.  Continue Reading

• The corporatisation of higher education IT

  A generation that has grown up with technology at its fingertips is forcing universities to look at technology in a different way.  Continue Reading

• Security Think Tank: Managing security in the cloud

  With cloud computing, as with data breaches, it is a question of “when” not “if”, so what practical steps can information security professionals take to manage security compliance in the cloud?  Continue Reading

• SOA middleware platform gets Tata Motors closer to customers

  Cordys SOA middleware platform enables Tata Motors to better engage with customers through Web services. Here’s how the company implemented SOA middleware.  Continue Reading

• Key account management strategy at Tata Motors gets enhanced IT edge

  Indian auto major Tata Motors’ key account management strategy relies significantly on IT. We examine its key account management portal project in-depth.  Continue Reading

• Opinion: Firms can’t or won’t address social networking security risks

  It's a common refrain: Even companies that are aware of social networking security risks don't do anything about them.  Continue Reading

• Alternatives to passwords: Replacing the ubiquitous authenticator

  As the relative security of passwords falters, are they destined for obscurity?  Continue Reading

• 2011's top 10 tips on data centre, cloud and server virtualisation

  A collection of top 10 expert tips on data centres, cloud computing, server virtualisation and VDI for IT professionals to recap the technology highlights and how-tos of 2011.  Continue Reading

• Roundtable: Modern data integration best practices to be more agile

  Our roundtable of experts considers the question of how modern organisations should best think about and approach agile data integration programmes.  Continue Reading

• M&M’s BI project with SAP BW facilitates 360-degree view of the group

  Through SAP BW, Mahindra & Mahindra aims for a common IT platform for all the processes of the BI project. Read on to find out how SAP BW made the difference.  Continue Reading

• WAN optimisation fits the bill for disaster recovery

  WAN optimisation can overcome bandwidth limitations on disaster recovery data transfers by managing application traffic, reworking protocols and using caching technologies.  Continue Reading

• Top five virtualisation case studies of 2011

  Our recap of 2011's most popular case studies shows how other IT users conducted their virtualisation projects and all about their challenges and the efficiencies they achieved.  Continue Reading

• Interview: From Apollo Mission to agility manifesto

  One of the 17 original authors of the agile manifesto was Jim Highsmith who, after a previous tenure at NASA, now works as an executive consultant at ThoughtWorks.  Continue Reading

• The virtual storage appliance: Its evolution and outlook vs the array

  The virtual storage appliance: Where it came from, how it cuts costs with commodity hard drives and prospects for storage in the hypervisor vs the traditional array.  Continue Reading

• Buyer's guide: Outsourcing trends in 2012

  In 2012, smaller outsourcing deals will mean changing suppliers more often, but higher margins for outsourcers.  Continue Reading

• Disaster recovery audit, maintenance and continuous improvement

  Drawing up strategies for disaster recovery audit, maintenance and continuous improvement are the key final stages in the development of a disaster recovery programme.  Continue Reading

• Object-based storage allows users to tame ballooning data stores

  Object-based storage boots out hierarchical file systems for a flat-file layout, tames massive files stores and overcomes RAID’s inadequacies.  Continue Reading

• Capita: the story of where UK public sector outsourcing began

  Capita is a business process outsourcing (BPO) firm focusing heavily on the UK public sector market. With annual revenues over £2.7bn, it has become a lynch pin in public sector outsourcing.  Continue Reading

• Data scientists set to move center stage in BI world

  A data scientist is the next go-to person for analytics. But firms will first look to analytics as a service to benefit from skills of data scientists.  Continue Reading

• UKtech50: Meet the 50 most influential people in UK IT

  Computer Weekly has announced the final listing for the second annual UKtech50, the definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT.  Continue Reading

• Flatter, faster, more manageable networks

  As companies rely ever more on IT for enabling their business operations, networks have become the vital plumbing  Continue Reading

• BYOD security: Where does India Inc stand?

  With the proliferation of smart devices, BYOD security is a major concern for enterprises today. Find out how the leaders are coping with BYOD security.  Continue Reading

• What are the outsourcing options for the SME?

  The pace of change of technology can cause the small and medium enterprise (SME) critical issues which outsourcing can only address with carefully researched decisions.  Continue Reading

• Aircel’s SAP business intelligence strategy to transform marketing

  Deployment of SAP business intelligence right at the outset helped Aircel reap multiple benefits from SAP BI at operational as well as analytical levels.  Continue Reading

• The Social Media Awards 2011: Winners and photos

  Computer Weekly's search for the best use of social media in IT is finally over after hundreds of nominations and thousands of votes we now have the winners and the Social Media Champion - Kate Craig-Wood, of cloud computing firm Memset.  Continue Reading

• Case study: Nokia rethinks HR with web portal

  Mobile phone manufacturer Nokia has reduced its HR costs by between 20% to 30% after rolling out a web-based HR portal for its 60,000 employees.  Continue Reading

• Information security superheroes: are we overlooking the obvious?

  In these dark days of professional, organised cyber crime and state-sponsored cyber espionage, the world of business is looking for a cyber superhero to save the day. But in the quest for a cyber superhero, business is failing, Lois Lane-like, to ...  Continue Reading