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  • January 06, 2011 06 Jan'11

    CES 2011: Steve Ballmer heralds new era of technology

    Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer highlighted that the next version of Windows will be the first to run on ARM processors in his keynote address at the opening of the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

  • January 05, 2011 05 Jan'11

    CES 2011: Top five tablets

    With almost 100 tablets expected to be launched at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, 2011 is set to be the year of the tablet device. Computer Weekly rounds up the latest tablet announcements from CES 2011.

  • January 05, 2011 05 Jan'11

    TPI and Compass come together

    The US owner of sourcing consultancy TPI has acquired Compass Management Consulting, to increase the transformational services it can offer.

  • January 05, 2011 05 Jan'11

    BCS CEO David Clarke talks about the future of the IT industry

    David Clarke, CEO of the chartered institute of computing the BCS, talks to Computer Weekly about being awarded an MBE, the future of the IT profession and tackling a membership revolt against his leadership last year.

  • January 04, 2011 04 Jan'11

    CES 2011: Tablets expected to dominate Vegas show

    Tablet-style computers are expected to dominate the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show that kicks off in Las Vegas on Thursday. About...

  • January 04, 2011 04 Jan'11

    2010 review: Top 10 IT skills and careers stories

    In Computer Weekly's review of the best of the IT year in 2010, here we look back on the top 10 IT skills stories of the year.

  • January 04, 2011 04 Jan'11

    BCS’ CEO David Clarke awarded an MBE

    David Clarke, CEO of BCS, the chartered institute for IT, has been awarded an MBE in the Queen's New Year's Honours list for services to the industry.

  • December 22, 2010 22 Dec'10

    FTC clears £5bn Intel acquisition of McAfee

    The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the US has approved Intel's $7.7bn (£5bn) acquisition of security software giant, McAfee.

  • December 20, 2010 20 Dec'10

    Government shelves FiReControl

    The government’s costly and overrunning FiReControl project has been axed. FiReControl has been cancelled because of serious delays with the EADS contract (now Cassidian) which began in 2004 and cost £225m.

  • December 20, 2010 20 Dec'10

    FireControl project could be axed before Christmas

    The government's controversial FireControl project could be flagged for review today. The Fire Brigade's Union (FBU) said it was expecting an announcement from fire minister Bob Neil later today, in which it hopes the project designed to reduce the ...

  • December 09, 2010 09 Dec'10

    Server refresh cycles may get longer

    Having seen the evidence, some enterprise IT shops may experiment with holding onto servers for longer than in the past, Gartner analysts said.

  • December 01, 2010 01 Dec'10

    Phishing attack on Facebook leverages iframes

    Popular social networking site, Facebook being used for phishing attacks and open redirects, claims Websense Security Labs.

  • November 23, 2010 23 Nov'10

    Martha Lane Fox calls for ‘revolution’ in online government services

    Digital champion Martha Lane Fox has published a report calling for a centralised government internet address to replace 750 websites. In a review...

  • November 01, 2010 01 Nov'10

    UKtech50: The most influential people in UK IT

    Computer Weekly can today announce the first ever list of the 50 most influential people in UK IT.

  • October 28, 2010 28 Oct'10

    ISCSI replacing Fibre Channel as dominant storage network technology

    ISCSI is well on its way to replacing Fibre Channel as the de facto technology for SANs.

  • October 18, 2010 18 Oct'10

    ISCSI storage gets performance makeover

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

  • October 07, 2010 07 Oct'10

    Patent-holder Intellectual Ventures files IP complaint against Motorola Mobility

    RBI + third parties Approved Intellectual Ventures has demanded a jury trial after Motorola Mobility failed to reach an agreement on a licence to use hardware and software in its mobile phones. Google announced plans to buy the Motorola handset ...

  • October 04, 2010 04 Oct'10

    A CIOs guide to Microsoft negotiations

    Survivors -- and some winners -- of Microsoft software license negotiations share their cautionary tales.

  • September 20, 2010 20 Sep'10

    Computer Weekly donates 44-year archive to National Museum of Computing

    Computer Weekly was the world's first weekly computer publication, established in 1966, and the 104-volume archive represents a unique record of the history and achievements of the UK IT industry.

  • August 27, 2010 27 Aug'10

    Don't buy cloud computing hype: Business model will evaporate

    Cloud computing will not solve the data center industry's problems. Thanks to compliance issues, cloud computing will never get off the ground for commercially viable companies, and cloud providers will evaporate.

  • August 25, 2010 25 Aug'10

    Brocade gets into the HBA business

    Analysts predict the move will result in price improvements for users and suppliers, and reduce the number of SAN vendors involved in a deployment.

  • August 11, 2010 11 Aug'10

    The six roles that drive successful business process transformation

    CIOs must change how they approach BPM

  • July 30, 2010 30 Jul'10

    Could FiReControl be the next IT project to go?

    The government has spent the last couple of months casting a critical eye over large-scale IT projects, and it's looking increasingly likely that FiReControl could be next to be hit.

  • July 28, 2010 28 Jul'10

    Pacnet, Pacific Fibre, to light up cable competition

    Pacnet and Pacfic Fibre will team to construct a new trans-pacific cable, which will operate at 5.1 terabits per second.

  • July 21, 2010 21 Jul'10

    Why the ACCC thinks carrier Ethernet is important

    The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has indicated it may include Ethernet services in its list of Domestic Transmission Capacity Services. Richard Chirgwin analyses the implications of the move.

  • July 21, 2010 21 Jul'10

    Using 3G as a backup WAN

    3G data services are often advanced as a cheap way to provide a disaster recovery service for your WAN. But experts say you need to do more than just cut from one link to another to create a functional connection.

  • July 14, 2010 14 Jul'10

    Government scraps £80m Microsoft licensing deal with NHS

    The government has scrapped the long-running NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) enterprise agreement (EA) software licensing deal with Microsoft after deciding there was no business case or budget to renew it.

  • July 12, 2010 12 Jul'10

    NHS National Programme for IT set for major changes

    The controversial £12bn NHS IT project looks set for an overhaul as a result of a major reorganisation of the health service

  • June 21, 2010 21 Jun'10

    Telstra/NBN FAQ

    Richard Chirgwin analyses the proposed deal between the federal government and Telstra, explaining how it will work, what it will mean for your broadband connection and the impact on competition.

  • June 18, 2010 18 Jun'10

    PRIMER: WiFi sniffers

    Learn about WiFi sniffers, how they operate, how they can help to manage your WLANs and why Google is far from alone in its use of the technology.

  • June 16, 2010 16 Jun'10

    Google Maps allows users to see which homes are for sale

    Google Maps users will be able to search for listings from estate agents and property websites directly on the maps from today.

  • June 08, 2010 08 Jun'10

    BSkyB and HP/EDS settle on £318m in damages

    HP has agreed to pay BSkyB £318m in damages six months after a UK court ruled that HP-owned EDS had misrepresented its capabilities in delivering a CRM system.

  • May 26, 2010 26 May'10

    Royal Mail postpones Horizon roll-out after outages

    A pilot of the new Horizon Online system at Royal Mail has been scaled back after connectivity problems and outages.

  • May 20, 2010 20 May'10

    Hacker McKinnon to stay in UK, for now

    Self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon will stay in the UK for the foreseeable future following home secretary Theresa May's decision to adjourn a judicial review of his case due next week.

  • May 11, 2010 11 May'10

    Challenges of SIP trunking for telecom managers and network admins

    The challenges of SIP trunking for network administrators include interoperability and compression issues, service availability, security, SIP trunking architectures, lack of fax services, E-911 support and SIP trunk monitoring tools.

  • April 23, 2010 23 Apr'10

    Small storage devices a hit at big hotel

    Riverbed working to optimise iSCSI performance over wide area networks, to boost storage systems’ performance in cloud computing rigs.