Opinion
Opinion
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Thought for the day:The speed of state spending
Hard-hitting IT commentator Simon Moores gives his personal take on a hot issue of the day.By the time you read this column, I'll... Continue Reading
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Opinion: Winning the Linux gamble
I'm an equal opportunity employer. Really I am. I'm prepared to consider Linux as a serious operating alternative to anything... Continue Reading
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The confusion over Web services
Web services are at risk of being overlooked because of misdirected marketing efforts. Continue Reading
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New online services standards will alleviate businesses' security fears
The Web services framework, by its nature, increases the ability of software to be exposed to the Web. As confidential... Continue Reading
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Your office could be anywhere
Increased mobility and demands for greater security will be network managers' major headaches in future Continue Reading
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Palladium: prison or protector?
Like it or not, there is little chance you will escape Microsoft's latest security initiative. Continue Reading
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XML: the next generation
Some of the W3C's work on XML will have a direct impact on the way we use the Web. Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:Don't trash Microsoft Office just yet
Research wizard Peet Morris gives his personal take on the hot issue of the day.One issue that is being missed in the hullabaloo... Continue Reading
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Sans are not just for the big players
The amount of data generated by businesses will increase massively in the next three years. New storage area network offerings... Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:Bring back people
Hard-hitting IT columnist Simon Moores gives his personal take on the hot issue of the day.Are we deceiving ourselves over... Continue Reading
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Extend Whitehall blunder controls
Recommendations to prevent another ILA debacle should be extended across the entire public sector. Continue Reading
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Getting Wired: The ever-expanding empire of XML
The W3C making XML its central focus reflects broader trends in corporate computing Continue Reading
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Security for free: Don't let staff download files
Turn off some browser settings and change the supplier's defaults Continue Reading
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Inside track: Gear up for best business practice
The argument for outsourcing appears to have evaporated, so focus instead on best sourcing. Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:It's good to talk . . . if you can
Hard-hitting IT columnist Simon Moores gives his personal take on the hot issue of the day.It's a secret, you know, the new BT... Continue Reading
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Child's play?
Caroline Bassett looks at how Sonia Livingstone's book Young People and New Media opens up the subject of how children interact... Continue Reading
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Thought for the Day:Time for a standardised Web
Research wizard Peet Morris gives his personal take on the hot issue of the day. Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:The take-away economy
Hard-hitting IT columnist Simon Moores gives his personal take on the hot issue of the day.Don't even mention WorldCom - the... Continue Reading
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Comment: A blast from the past
To my surprise, I found an old industry stalwart is not only still alive but forging ahead with new and relevant products. Continue Reading
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Challenges for today's CIO: Outsourcing
If you see outsourcing as the key to cutting your costs, you are likely to be disappointed sooner rather than later. That's not... Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:Not enough grey on top?
Outsourcing and communications expert Martyn Hart looks at a hot issue of the day.Look at my picture and you will see that I'm... Continue Reading
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Westminster must follow Islamabad
With Pakistan's cut-price development move, it is time Whitehall took a more progressive approach Continue Reading
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Will you sink or swim in a sea of e-mail?
Archiving and storing e-mails uses up valuable resources, and with e-mail use set to spiral businesses need to plan and implement... Continue Reading
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Help to bridge the digital divide
With the UK set to have 12 million over-65s by 2021, government e-envoy Andrew Pinder believes we must work together to ensure... Continue Reading
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Is your company ready to upgrade its ERP?
Should you splash out £10m on Web-based alternatives for your enterprise resource planning system or settle for a £5m upgrade? Continue Reading
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Intrusion detection systems are overhyped and underdelivered
Hardly a day goes by when IT security - or more to the point, an IT security scare of some description - doesn't make the... Continue Reading
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Technology for travelling light
Like most business travellers, I have two little baggies. One holds much the same as it did two decades ago: toothbrush, razor,... Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:Government's woolly Web policy
Incisive columnist and IT expert Colin Beveridge looks at a hot issue of the day.I take my hat off to Paul Wey and I hope that he... Continue Reading
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Microsoft and Liberty Alliance are hijacked on the road to Damascus
The time has come for the industry to take security and availability seriously. So says Microsoft "visionary" Bill Gates. Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:Mobile phones - good servants, bad masters
Hard-hitting IT commentator Dr Simon Moores gives his personal take on the hot issue of the day.Even the most advanced technology... Continue Reading
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Behind Closed Doors: What the Dickens does your budget look like?
Are you an Oliver Twist or a Fagin? Neither approach is effective for getting your company to stump up the cash, and worse, it... Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:Beware Trojan Horses, stick with plastic giraffes
Hard-hitting IT commentator Dr Simon Moores gives his personal take on the hot issue of the day.Trend Micro is giving away... Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:Spanners in the procurement works
Outsourcing and communications expert Martyn Hart looks at a hot issue of the day.I've been speaking at a few conferences about... Continue Reading
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Users quail in the face of Microsoft
With no one prepared to stand up to new software charges, it is time to meekly learn our lessons Continue Reading
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Thought for the day: Silverstream lining for Novell?
Hard-hitting IT commentator Dr Simon Moores gives his personal take on the hot issue of the day.It was more of a whisper than a... Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:Fear or freedom?
Hard-hitting IT commentator Dr Simon Moores gives his personal take on the hot issues of the day."Why," asked Jeremy Paxman,... Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:RIP our freedoms
Hard-hitting IT commentator Dr Simon Moores gives his personal take on the hot issue of the day.Two years ago I gave a speech at... Continue Reading
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Don't bury your head in the sand
The bankruptcy of Europe's largest data network provider offers a wake up call to all IT managers Continue Reading
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Don't be afraid of IT - just do it
Accountants and financial directors are often still wary of IT, however they are the ones who should be deciding how it should be... Continue Reading
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Keep cool over interactivity
Web site forums, baskets and SMS messages must be grounded in economic viability Continue Reading
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IBM tries on a utility hat
Suppliers have been moving to sell IT as a utility like the water, electricity or telephone services. IBM has built up its hosted... Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:Technology needs ethics
Incisive columnist and IT expert Colin Beveridge looks at a hot issue of the day.I don't like the way that my television set has... Continue Reading
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Don't just sit there
Do something that will benefit both your team and the company Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:Dead CEOs Society
Hard-hitting IT commentator Dr Simon Moores gives his personal take on the hot issue of the day.I was just talking to a friend of... Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:Dragging our heels on spam
Hard-hitting IT commentator Dr Simon Moores gives his personal take on the hot issue of the day.As expected, the European... Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:Ten golden rules for outsourcing
Outsourcing and communications expert Martyn Hart looks at a hot issue of the day.As chairman of the National Outsourcing... Continue Reading
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Next move: How do I get back into IT?
I am 48 and have not worked in IT since I was made redundant in 1992. Continue Reading
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Foreign language skills open IT career options
The British are bottom of the European league table when it comes to speaking a foreign language, and with the Government... Continue Reading
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Overseas postings look good on CV
The days of the gin-and-tonic-quaffing ex-pat stationed indefinitely on some far-flung shore may be numbered, as companies... Continue Reading
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Opinion:Brand new opportunities for business
To maximise your brand value you must shift your focus from being supplier-driven to being market-driven. Customers remember and... Continue Reading
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Blair must act to stop an injustice
Should the MoD reject the Lords' findings on the Chinook crash, its conflict of interest will be clear. Continue Reading
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What is the W3C doing now?
Last week I suggested the W3C may be losing its way, but it is still doing some good work Continue Reading
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No tears shed for this downturn
Consolidation is on everyone's minds - whether they are banks, car manufacturers or, indeed, management consultants. Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:Taxing issues for e-government
Hard-hitting IT commentator Dr Simon Moores gives his personal take on the hot issue of the day.I've been sitting here for ages... Continue Reading
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Thought for the Day:Happy with your lot?
Outsourcing and communications expert Martyn Hart looks at a hot issue of the day.Remember Leon? He was the IT director I wrote... Continue Reading
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Behind Closed Doors:Land of hope and IT glory?
Jubilee or no jubilee, UK computing cannot afford to look backwards. In terms of innovation and competition, we lost our place at... Continue Reading
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Barclays pay cuts - cute or callous?
What are we to make of the news that Barclays Bank is slashing contractors' rates by 20% in an effort to cut costs across its IT... Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:Delivering on the roadmap
Research expert Tim Jennings looks at a hot issue of the day.Now that HP's acquisition of (sorry, merger with!) Compaq is really... Continue Reading
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Beware proprietary data formats
To let someone encrypt your data and not give you the key is silly, but you do it every day Continue Reading
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Will W3C bow to the royalty?
As Tim Berners-Lee defends royalty-free standards, the W3C seems to be losing its way. Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:Brush up your broadband
Peter Scargill, national IT chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses, takes issue with BT's broadband outlook.Ben... Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:Up close and personal
Communications and outsourcing expert Martyn Hart looks at a hot issue of the day.When I was called in to help sort out a project... Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:Skills crisis? Pull the other one
Incisive columnist and IT expert Colin Beveridge looks at a hot issue of the day.Later this week representatives from industry... Continue Reading
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Who watches the watchers?
The Civil Aviation Authority must come clean about how it has policed Nats' computer systems Continue Reading
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It is time to learn to trust your computer
Computers are already ubiquitous, but we have not yet developed an unquestioning instinct to rely on them as we do other 20th... Continue Reading
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Time to end the digital divide
To compete in today's markets companies must cross the divide between the PC haves and have-nots Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:'Tis the season to be jollied
Incisive columnist and IT expert Colin Beveridge looks at a hot issue of the day.Our political masters have been getting rather... Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:What Donald Sutherland can do for IT
Incisive columnist and IT expert Colin Beveridge looks at a hot issue of the day.Donald Sutherland is a great actor and his 1994... Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:NASA needs you
Incisive columnist and IT expert Colin Beveridge looks at a hot issue of the day.My wife is adamant that certain clothes,... Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:Three-speed outsourcing
Outsourcing and communications expert Martyn Hart looks at a hot issue of the day.How long does it take to negotiate an... Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:Outsourcing savings fund new IT
Outsourcing and communications expert Martyn Hart looks at a hot issue of the day.I see that the latest Ovum Holway report has... Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:Public sector enemy number one?
Hard-hitting IT commentator Dr Simon Moores gives his personal take on the hot issue of the day."Internet threat to 800,000 in... Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:The power of paper
Communications and outsourcing expert Martyn Hart looks at a hot issue of the day.We are forever being told that paper is on the... Continue Reading
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Suppliers must heed smartcard warning
Four years ago, Computer Weekly ran an article assessing the limited success of the Mondex electronic cash card trial in Swindon.... Continue Reading
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Get the tax back on your R&D
There are significant tax breaks for companies carrying out research and development, says John Cooney of accountancy firm Smith... Continue Reading
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Microsoft defeat would be a travesty
We are now coming to the end of the dissenting US states' attempt to achieve a travesty of justice in the last round of the... Continue Reading
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Nurture mainframe skills
At a recent conference in Las Vegas run by Afcom, a 3,000-strong international association of datacentre managers, president Len... Continue Reading
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Thought for the day: The great escape
Incisive columnist and IT expert Colin Beveridge looks at a hot issue of the day.I need your help. I'm forming an escape... Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:Hard times for enterprise ambitions
Hard-hitting IT commentator Dr Simon Moores gives his personal take on the hot issue of the day.Well, the marriage of... Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:Face the enemy
Communications and outsourcing expert Martyn Hart looks at a hot issue of the day.Terrible news readers, I've been banned from... Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:Ask not for whom the bell tolls
Hard-hitting IT commentator Simon Moores gives his personal take on the hot issue of the day.The stock market needed a boost and... Continue Reading
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Selling Blackpool to the Arabs in a spam desert storm
Sitting in my hotel room in sunny Riyadh, channel hopping between Arab-language TV stations, I was startled to see our very own... Continue Reading
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None of us are fooled by PFI
The Government says private finance initiatives transfer risk, but they ultimately carry a high price Continue Reading
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Don't be in such a hurry to buy the dream
It is all to easy be seduced by the hype surrounding new solutions - look before you leap. Continue Reading
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Is technology a cure-all or a cog?
Investment in technology is a waste of money so as long as organisations expect it to deliver "magical" solutions when what we... Continue Reading
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Web services: reinventing extranets
Web services will allow the extranet idea of creating secure business links to progress and realise its true potential Continue Reading
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Can you deliver continuity?
IT has a crucial role in preparing the business for disaster recovery Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:One more excuse for separation
Hard-hitting IT commentator Dr Simon Moores gives his personal take on the hot issue of the day."E-business is the game!" blares... Continue Reading
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Thought for the Day:Old Moores' Almanack
Hard-hitting IT commentator Dr Simon Moores gives his personal take on the hot issue of the day.The wonderful thing about being... Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:The end of history or the end of trust?
Hard-hitting IT commentator Dr Simon Moores gives his personal take on the hot issue of the day.When Francis Fukuyama wrote The... Continue Reading
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Cracks are showing in land registry system
The National Land Information Service (NLIS) has been a trailblazing e-government project. Continue Reading
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A lack of accountability
After three months, the High Court battle between National Air Traffic Services (Nats) and its supplier EDS over the computer... Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:Journey to the centre of the business
Communications and outsourcing expert Martyn Hart looks at a hot issue of the day. Continue Reading
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Thought for the Day: Don't let systems go Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Incisive columnist and IT expert Colin Beveridge looks at a hot issue of the day.I haven't seen the new London production of... Continue Reading
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Project money could grow tenfold
While the public appears to accept a higher level of investment in the NHS as necessary, we should be sure that any such... Continue Reading
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Time to outsource data storage
Storage service providers could be the answer to your all data management prayers Continue Reading
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Don't let suppliers and civil servants grab NHS windfall
Gordon Brown's budget announcement of a 1% rise in National Insurance contributions to pay for improvements in the NHS has been... Continue Reading
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Don't rush to rewrite law until existing Acts have been tested
Campaign: Continuing the cybercrime debate, an IT law specialist argues that UK legislation, provided it is properly applied,... Continue Reading
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A new model for brand management
In a wired world, your reputation can be destroyed in hours. It's time for a new approach. Continue Reading
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Does your service make the grade?
Internet operations provision, from co-location to full outsourcing, is an area of IT services that's crying out for service... Continue Reading