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  • June 04, 2009 04 Jun'09

    Chinook crash: critical internal memo on software flaws

    Computer Weekly is publishing, in full for the first time, an MoD memo that is the clearest evidence yet that software problems made the helicopter unsafe to fly at the time of the accident.

  • April 15, 2009 15 Apr'09

    UBS to cut thousands of jobs

    Swiss bank UBS will cut about 10,000 jobs to save up to £2.3bn by the end of next year with more highly skilled IT workers to flood onto a finance sector...

  • April 09, 2009 09 Apr'09

    PtW server test

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  • April 07, 2009 07 Apr'09

    Spend on NHS NPfIT of £5.1bn exceeds initial budget

    Taxpayer spending so far on the NHS’s National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has risen to £5.1bn, which is more than the scheme’s original total lifecycle cost.

  • December 08, 2008 08 Dec'08

    Tens of thousands of IT jobs at risk in global finance sector

    The investment banking industry will see thousands of job cuts as mergers are completed and companies prepare for a slowdown in business.

  • December 04, 2008 04 Dec'08

    How the Mytob virus caused havoc in the NHS

    The Mytob virus has been removed from 5,000 PCs at

  • November 28, 2008 28 Nov'08

    Three Peaks Challenge 2009

  • November 18, 2008 18 Nov'08

    Union calls for return of 4,000 offshored jobs

    Lloyds TSB Group Union will use the bank's extraordinary general meeting today to encourage shareholders to support the return of 4,000 jobs...

  • September 01, 2008 01 Sep'08

    Fujitsu seeking £700m over NHS IT contract termination

    Fujitsu is reported to be seeking £700m from the Department of Health after its £1bn contract as a local service provider

  • August 21, 2008 21 Aug'08

    Microsoft and Novell expand Windows/Linux integration deal

    Microsoft and Novell are extending their interoperability agreement to tie Windows closer to Novell's SUSE Linux in the enterprise.

  • July 31, 2008 31 Jul'08

    Minister hails Fujitsu’s leaving NPfIT as sign of strength

    The termination of Fujitsu's...

  • June 17, 2008 17 Jun'08

    Fujitsu quit NHS project as terms were unaffordable, MPs told

    Fujitsu Services withdrew from talks to re-negotiate...

  • June 16, 2008 16 Jun'08

    Gary McKinnon broke into 73,000 US government computers, Lords told

    Self confessed British hacker Gary McKinnon, who is fighting extradition to the US, broke into more than 73,000 US government computers, including those of the US Army, Navy and Nasa, and deleted critical data, the House of Lords heard today.

  • June 02, 2008 02 Jun'08

    Chinook ZD576: exclusive picture

    This photo of Chinook ZD576 is the copyright of Robin Crorie who has given kind permission for it to be used by Computer Weekly in connection with our Campaign...

  • May 27, 2008 27 May'08

    New doubts raised on Chinook crash ruling

    A former senior officer who helped write rules for RAF accident inquiries has spoken publicly for the first time about his concerns over the cause of a controversial Chinook helicopter crash 14 years ago.

  • January 23, 2008 23 Jan'08

    Network managers: master project management to get better salaries

    Network technicians will need to learn project manager skills if corporate rollouts of wider and more advanced networks are to be successful, according to attendees at the Cisco Networkers 2008 this week.

  • January 22, 2008 22 Jan'08

    Fujitsu may quit NHS National Programme for IT

    The board of an NHS trust has learned of a "significant" risk of ­Fujitsu ending its £900m contract to supply and implement hospital systems across southern England as part of the National Programme for IT.

  • January 08, 2008 08 Jan'08

    Social networking for business pros

    Social networking sites have created a venue for socialising, but is this venue a good locale for business users to network and generate new business leads?

  • December 11, 2007 11 Dec'07

    San adoption cuts costs and power

    Advanced storage driving datacentre area and energy consumption reduction

  • November 26, 2007 26 Nov'07

    Ofcom fines broadband provider

    Ofcom has fined broadband provider Prodigy £30,000 for failing to comply with requirements to provide information on how it allows customers to switch broadband provider.

  • November 16, 2007 16 Nov'07

    Redundancy tracker

  • November 14, 2007 14 Nov'07

    Home Office awards £650m e-Borders contract

    The Home Office has awarded its £650m eBorders contract to a consortium led by Raytheon Systems.

  • November 06, 2007 06 Nov'07

    Non-unified communications can cost millions

    Fragmented communications are costing companies millions of dollars by disrupting workflow and business processes, a new study has revealed.

  • November 06, 2007 06 Nov'07

    Adaptec reports losses

    Adaptec's revenue was down year over year, as well as sequentially; DataDirect says the InfiniBand business is booming.

  • November 06, 2007 06 Nov'07

    CommVault revenues spike after update of Simpana backup app

    CommVault attributes a spike in sales to the integration of features such as archiving, replication and search into its backup products.

  • November 01, 2007 01 Nov'07

    ISCSI storage gets performance makeover

    Suppliers, including Ibrix, Mellanox, Alacritech and EqualLogic, are offering juiced-up new iSCSI configurations, while 3PAR, CipherMax and NeoScale boost data security products.

  • October 30, 2007 30 Oct'07

    EMC's Tucci vows to keep up with new features

    EMC CEO says storage giant is widening its technology net to match innovations of smaller competitors.

  • October 29, 2007 29 Oct'07

    Unified communications platform gets SMB twist

    While unified communications has eluded the SMB market, Siemens has released an all-in-one UC appliance specifically for the SMB.

  • October 28, 2007 28 Oct'07

    Advanced data storage final exam

    Are you up to date on advanced data storage technologies? Take our final exam and evaluate your knowledge of advanced data storage. This final exam isn't for the weak.

  • October 28, 2007 28 Oct'07

    NetApp releases $3K iSCSI SAN

    NetApp pushes further down-market with the release of the S300, the latest SMB iSCSI SAN in its StoreVault line.

  • October 28, 2007 28 Oct'07

    Suncorp GM: Second Life trumps videoconferencing

    Suncorp's Gavin Keeley believes the casual atmosphere of Second Life makes for better meetings. Have your say on his opinions inside this story!

  • October 23, 2007 23 Oct'07

    Product Roundup: ISCSI

    Here's a look at some of the vendors and products that make up the iSCSI market.

  • October 21, 2007 21 Oct'07

    Tackling the backup and recovery challenges of tomorrow

    Your data backup and data recovery challenges never stop changing. In this videocast, an EMC executive and a storage analyst discuss the new approaches you'll need to solve tomorrow's backup and recovery challenges.

  • October 21, 2007 21 Oct'07

    VoIP certification credentials

    Many certifications touch on voice over IP topics tangentially, but numerous credentials now focus a fairly substantial portion of their coverage on this subject matter. In this certification survey, we take a look at available certifications, ...

  • October 21, 2007 21 Oct'07

    Intellectual property lawsuits dog storage industry

    The proliferation of patent litigation among data storage companies could stifle technological innovation and drive up costs to the user.

  • October 14, 2007 14 Oct'07

    VMware takes on data migration

    VMware supports migrating data between disc arrays with Storage VMotion, changing the equation between server and storage virtualisation devices.

  • October 09, 2007 09 Oct'07

    Switch upgrades and replacements

    In this chapter of our guide to SAN expansion best practices, you'll learn about the physical limitations of switches, how to architect the switching infrastructure and how to find opportunities to deploy ISCSI.

  • October 05, 2007 05 Oct'07

    Podcast: the true cost of IT security

    In this interview, Cliff Saran speaks to Martin Sadler, director of HP's Trusted Systems Lab, about how much should we be expected to spend and how much security is enough. Hackers are getting smarter and Martin believes newly trained IT ...

  • October 04, 2007 04 Oct'07

    Pillar announces support for 1 TB SATA drives

    Pillar is one of the earliest to announce 1 TB SATA drives in an enterprise array. IBM's SVC becomes the first storage virtualization product certified with VMware.

  • October 02, 2007 02 Oct'07

    Web 2.0 strategies for SMBs

    Web 2.0 technologies are catching on at companies of all sizes. Find out how to make them work for your SMB with SearchSMB.com's top five Web 2.0 tips.

  • October 01, 2007 01 Oct'07

    UK will lead £13m study on electronic ID

    The UK is to spearhead a £13m pilot project covering 13 European countries to test the interoperability of several electronic identity verification systems. This may eventually give citizens and businesses access to e-government services across the ...

  • September 26, 2007 26 Sep'07

    Microsoft releases Windows Server 2008 RC0

    Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate 0 (RC0) is now available for customer review.

  • September 24, 2007 24 Sep'07

    Stock exchanges face IT challenge to prove ‘best execution’ under Mifid

    In less than two months Europe's stock exchange technology will be put to the test when the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid) brings new requirements for investment firms, including banks, insurers and hedge funds, to protect ...

  • September 24, 2007 24 Sep'07

    PCI council adds Pin security to remit

    The PCI Security Standards Council has added Pin Entry Device (PED) security technology to its payments industry testing portfolio to streamline standardisation.