In Depth

In Depth

• Where the money is

  The financial services market has suffered many blows of late, but modernisation and cost-saving requirements are driving IT...  Continue Reading

• Buyers can boost packaged software quality

  Buggy applications hamstring businesses that depend on reliable software. Although vendors apologise, their customers continue to...  Continue Reading

• Is the decline in IT spending perception or reality?

  Companies are still making Information Technology (IT) investments--they are just much more prudent about where they spend  Continue Reading

• How IT governance can help stop scandal

  Recent publicity over accounting failures emphasise the need for timely, accurate and complete information. While effective IT...  Continue Reading

• Pakistan offers all-in deals to entice UK investors

  There is little, it seems, that the Pakistan government will not do to win a share of the billion-pound international outsourcing...  Continue Reading

• Outsourcing: Location, location, location

  As big companies increasingly commit to outsourcing, it becomes difficult to settle on a country. Andy Favell discusses the pros...  Continue Reading

• Computer graduates still enjoy above-average pay

  IT graduates enjoy higher levels of employment better rates of pay and more career opportunities than the general graduate...  Continue Reading

• Next move: Coding or network security?

  I have recently acquired my A+ certification (PC technician) and I would like to go on to the next level. Some people advise me...  Continue Reading

• Time to train

  IT training companies are having a tough time, and ambitious ITers could turn the situation to their advantage, writes Roisin...  Continue Reading

• Prepare for the inevitable

  Handheld devices are going to become ubiquitous, replacing laptop computers and mobile phones. IT managers need to start...  Continue Reading

• No false starts for IT

  With a potential one billion people watching, 27 venues to cover and an estimated nine million printouts for the 17th...  Continue Reading

• Windows .net adds meat to Microsoft security skeleton

  Driven by a need to reduce the chance of another Code Red or Nimda, release candidate 1 of Windows.net promises to flesh out...  Continue Reading

• Tech talk:Super PDA could replace the PC

  One day you could have the functions of all your electronic devices on a single handheld.  Continue Reading

• Microsoft readies application server strategy

  With the release of Windows .net later this year, Microsoft plans to offer users a platform for building Web services by...  Continue Reading

• Getting wired:Making a noise about Beep

  Rather than shoehorning HTTP into inappropriate roles, wise developers are using Beep.  Continue Reading

• Four hot technologies

  Butler Group examines the business case for Grid Computing, Citrix's portal strategy, web collaborative computing plus a new...  Continue Reading

• The power of four

  The recent formation of UnitedLinux has caused some confusion in the industry on a number of levels.  Continue Reading

• The Government stakes its future on technology

  The Government is pinning the success of its landmark £93bn cash injection into public services firmly on the successful adoption...  Continue Reading

• Nats chief attacks reporting of controllers' safety concerns

  In a remarkable attack on the press the head of National Air Traffic Services has condemned revelations about controllers' air...  Continue Reading

• The future of IT: What's on the horizon?

  Between San Francisco and San Jose along Highway 101 is Silicon Valley - widely regarded as the beating heart of the world IT...  Continue Reading

• The shape of things to come

  Adam Brate's latest book, Technomanifestos, is a study of the pioneers of the information age, their motives and visions. Ross...  Continue Reading

• IT personality of the year

  Systems administrator Paddy Tyrer of Sentinel Housing Group has been named Computer Weekly's IT personality of the year, writes...  Continue Reading

• Thirsty ITers enjoy beer at Blackfriars

  The promise of free drink and good company had ITers flocking to a London pub to enjoy another Thirst Thursday on 4 July, writes...  Continue Reading

• Next Move: Project management qualification

  I am a 39-year-old VB/SQL developer who has been out of work for almost a year. Prior to this I had been a team leader and my...  Continue Reading

• Hot skills: Managing directories

  Directories are integral to network management and e-business, writes Nick Langley.  Continue Reading

• Time to update your e-mail database

  The draft Directive on Data Protection and Electronic Communications approved recently by the European Parliament is on course to...  Continue Reading

• Rotherham joins forces with BT

  Rotherham Borough Council has enlisted the assistance of BT to help it to meet the Government's targets for electronic service...  Continue Reading

• Learn to do things the Japanese way

  As the EC looks for IT workers to build links with Japan, Ross Bentley talks to a man who is already there  Continue Reading

• DfES puts Disability Group magazine in online centres

  The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) is backing a new online version of the BCS Disability Group's magazine by...  Continue Reading

• Stem the flood of IT waste

  Failed projects mean squandered resources and investment, even if parts of the work undertaken can be re-used. Karl Cushing hears...  Continue Reading

• Gold in Amazon's box of tricks

  The e-commerce pioneer is constantly trying new ways to tempt us to buy more online.  Continue Reading

• The new knowledge management landscape

  The goals of knowledge management have not changed, but the software infrastructure that makes these initiatives work is now in...  Continue Reading

• Instant benefits

  Once the domain of Internet buffs and teenagers, instant messaging has moved into the mainstream and is now being considered by...  Continue Reading

• Microsoft .net as an application server

  The next version of Windows promises to offer a viable alternative to Java-based application servers. Can Microsoft succeed?  Continue Reading

• Latest Liberty Alliance specs allow users to log on once and shop securely

  The Liberty Alliance Project has finally unveiled the technical specifications that will allow Web users to log in once and shop...  Continue Reading

• Is Linux ready for the data centre?

  With big-ticket vendors like Oracle and Dell now supporting Linux, the open source system has its sights firmly set on the data...  Continue Reading

• The state of the Linux nation

  Linux has come a long way from its home-grown roots to the extent that many people now proclaim it the saviour of computing. But...  Continue Reading

• Getting the most from your retail supply chain

  What does optimisation mean in the retail supply chain?  Continue Reading

• Networks: Fast mover

  The London Internet Exchange Point was forced into early adoption of 10 Gigabit Ethernet. Karl Cushing reports.  Continue Reading

• Surrey Police adopts e-learning

  Web-based training tools underpin a plan to help police workers develop new skills, writes Karl Cushing  Continue Reading

• NHS managers want change but see risk in centralising IT

  The Government's ambitious plan to overhaul NHS IT may be the largest technology project ever seen in the UK but the question of...  Continue Reading

• Convergence: Signs are good but take-up is slow

  An exclusive survey of Computer Weekly readers shows that work needs to be done to convince business of the benefits of...  Continue Reading

• To the network and beyond

  The networking industry has been tremendously innovative in the past 30 years, and it is promising even more sophisticated...  Continue Reading

• Nothing ventured, nothing gained

  A successful corporate venture can generate extra revenue for the business and encourage innovation. Julia Vowler examines the...  Continue Reading

• Why use a mentor?

  Many IT workers wanting to climb the corporate ladder are discovering the benefits of having a professional mentor. Nathalie...  Continue Reading

• Career Move: Should I pay for software training?

  I have worked in IT since the 1970s, installing and supporting mainframes, PCs and networks, generally in a contract position....  Continue Reading

• Overseas ITers jet into UK to forge foreign trade links

  IT departments could find themselves acting as ambassadors for the UK under a new scheme to raise the country's profile abroad...  Continue Reading

• Forum wants your views on e-learning

  Views on career development and online learning are being sought by the new BCS Education and Training Forum to guide its work...  Continue Reading

• Caught in the act

  Death threats posted on a musician's Web site put his tour of the UK in jeopardy but thanks to the efforts of independent...  Continue Reading

• Computer scrawl

  Microsoft is shipping its tablet PC operating system in the fourth quarter of this year. But will anyone care? Danny Bradbury...  Continue Reading

• P2P finds business applications

  Peer-to-peer computing has moved beyond music file swapping to offering business users a secure environment for collaboration and...  Continue Reading

• How would-be leaders get it wrong

  Computer Weekly columnist and top management guru David Taylor lays bare the five key errors that can undermine a manager's route...  Continue Reading

• Why whistle-blowing is good for business

  Establishing internal procedures for employees to report unethical behaviour could prevent firms facing revelations like those...  Continue Reading

• Online holiday booking boom lifts e-business prospects

  The travel industry is proving that the dotcom collapse was not the end of e-business for retailers. As Daniel Thomas discovered,...  Continue Reading

• The benchmarks don't work

  There are few things more pitiful than having to listen to a vendor whining about how benchmarks are "fixed" then to hear the...  Continue Reading

• Software that will run on 64-bit Itanium 2

  A number of major hardware suppliers are working on Itanium 2 versions of their products, which promise to boost application...  Continue Reading

• Blade servers: On the cutting edge

  Blade servers offer a space-saving, lower-cost alternative to rack-mounted systems. So where's the catch? There isn't one.  Continue Reading

• Will wireless deliver ROI?

  Companies in the UK have been reluctant to adopt wireless technologies, fearing that the risks outweigh the benefits. But, as...  Continue Reading

• How to use legacy code for e-business

  E-business does not necessarily mean you will have to chuck out your old AS400 apps. Lindsay Nicolle finds out how you can...  Continue Reading

• Storage: EMC shared

  You don't have to be Einstein to realise that interoperability is the way forward for storage products, and market leader EMC is...  Continue Reading

• Get IT onto the euro case now

  UK firms will save money in the long run if they start planning IT changes now for the UK's entry into the European single...  Continue Reading

• Business is slow to see the advantages of Web services

  Suppliers may try to talk up a storm, but few companies are showing a real interest in using Web services to communicate with...  Continue Reading

• Durham budgets for Web savings

  Durham Council budget managers are using a new Web tool to get the data they need, writes Karl Cushing.  Continue Reading

• Training trauma

  A number of ITers feel their employers are letting them down when it comes to providing career development and training, and the...  Continue Reading

• Career clinic: consult the experts

  How can businesses be expected to keep pace with technological developments when the state-of-the-art IT in which they make...  Continue Reading

• Scottish ITer keeps the World Cup's lines open

  The party is over and the curtain has come down on the World Cup for another four years. ITer Scott Davidson is coming home along...  Continue Reading

• Learn the lessons of tax site suspension

  IT security lessons can and should be learnt from the Inland Revenue's recent suspension of the electronic filing of tax returns,...  Continue Reading

• Lessons of the World Cup Web peaks

  Distracted office workers eager to get the latest World Cup news have created more activity over the Internet than there was on...  Continue Reading

• Microsoft's licence to bill

  Microsoft's Software Assurance licensing scheme has been the cause of much complaint in the past few months. Danny Bradbury...  Continue Reading

• If you missed it-vision live, put yourself in the picture now

  Friday 28 June saw the very first edition of it-vision, the free, live webcast for the IT industry produced by gbtv in...  Continue Reading

• A new model for security

  Can a recent agreement between Computer Associates and Ernst & Young bring a strengthened top-down approach to security for many...  Continue Reading

• HP guns for Web services management prize

  HP has outlined its plans to realign its HP OpenView management tool towards a services-oriented infrastructure software...  Continue Reading

• Microsoft: Raising PC security to a higher level

  Microsoft is developing a secure PC environment that can be used to secure multi-million pound transactions without the need for...  Continue Reading

• iSeries update: Rochester keeps its promises

  With the news that it is about to ship the i890, a new mainframe-class iSeries machine, IBM's Rochester division has kept the...  Continue Reading

• The organic IT infrastructure revolution

  In 1987, Forrester coined the term "Client/Server" to describe a massive shift in how firms would deploy technology. Now, in...  Continue Reading

• Convergence

  The integration of voice and data has been a long time coming but now the evidence is that it is finally here. There are...  Continue Reading

• Intrusion detection

  Network managers and consultants are beginning to realise that products such as firewalls at the perimeter do not provide total...  Continue Reading

• Web filtering

  The legal and logistical implications of employees surfing the Web in company time for unrelated work issues have finally hit...  Continue Reading

• High prices and low demand stall mobile Internet

  The massive fees paid by mobile service providers for 3G licences are holding back the roll-out of high-speed mobile data...  Continue Reading

• Worldwide bank settlement system finally gets live test

  One of the biggest IT projects in five years, the Continuous Linked Settlement system, which cuts the time banks take to settle...  Continue Reading

• Justice IT next in line for shake-up

  In the wake of its NHS IT initiative the Government has now turned its attention to the criminal justice system, which has...  Continue Reading

• Holidaymakers take plunge into Internet booking pool

  UK holidaymakers are adopting a more self-service approach to travel and are increasingly turning to the Internet to book their...  Continue Reading

• Using technology to buy a home: Smart moves

  Moving house may be among the most stressful life events, but one estate agent group is using technology to halve the time it...  Continue Reading

• Pay-as-you-go computing

  Think of on-demand computing and you might think of application service providers or grid computing. But there is a new contender...  Continue Reading

• Set your own pace

  As suppliers try to lock users into ever more restrictive service and upgrade contracts, Julia Vowler talks to IT chiefs trying...  Continue Reading

• Strategy clinic: Readers' replies

  Do you disagree with expert opinion, or have you some new ideas of your own? This week readers add their suggestions to the...  Continue Reading

• Employment tribunals: using your last resort

  If you feel you have been unfairly treated at work, and have exhausted all the internal grievance procedures, there is still the...  Continue Reading

• Next Move: Should I refresh my skills?

  I have recently been made redundant after 12 years with a large telecoms company, where I progressed from software development...  Continue Reading

• Northern ITers get in on a bumper sporting weekend

  Last weekend was a bumper weekend for domestic sport, with England and Ireland in action in the World Cup, Tim Henman battling it...  Continue Reading

• Expense fiddlers and paper pilferers beware

  A recent survey by online recruitment site Fish4jobs.co.uk found that 78% of office workers have taken home stationery from work...  Continue Reading

• Coal Authority scoops the BCS Management Award

  A project which turned a paperchase into a computer-based system has won the UK Coal Authority the BCS Management Award for 2002,...  Continue Reading

• Google answers the future

  Search engine Google is continuing to innovate, with ideas borrowed from open source.  Continue Reading

• Sun gives away its newest application server free to all software developers

  Sun Microsystems is giving away its latest application server to try to attract more developers and customers, writes Eric Doyle.  Continue Reading

• Microsoft's competitors give cool reception to Palladium strategy

  Microsoft's Palladium security system has sparked concern among some competitors in the operating system market, as well as with...  Continue Reading

• 5 minute interview: Greg Scorziello, BI-Tech Solutions

  Greg Scorziello, CEO, BI-Tech Solutions, speaks  Continue Reading

• Database wars threaten XML standards

  XML is working its way deeper into the enterprise, but the database wars between IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle could lead to...  Continue Reading

• Options for virus scanning of SMTP

  Since SMTP traffic is a key source of virus infection, it's vital to scan your network to pinpoint any potential hazards.  Continue Reading

• Sun strips price tag off application server

  Sun Microsystems is to give away a basic version of its Sun ONE Application Server, in an effort to broaden the customer base for...  Continue Reading

• Career management: Win that pay rise!

  A little planning can pay big dividends when it comes to negotiating a pay rise. Discover the practical steps you can take to...  Continue Reading

• Career management: How to get headhunted

  Looking for a top job? Why not let the top job look for you? CW360.com examines what you can do to attract the interest of...  Continue Reading