Opinion

Opinion

Networking and communication

• Your shout: Gut feeling can end in a costly recruitment error

  Computer weekly readers have their say  Continue Reading

• What’s in a name? A lot if it’s on an e-mail

  High Court decision is a sign of the times  Continue Reading

• Your shout: IT strategic importance, Vista, compliance

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• It’s not size, but how it is used that matters

  As suppliers introduce different sizes of hardware and pile functionality into ever smaller devices, are they meeting user demands, or simply creating the next gimmick?, asks Clive Longbottom  Continue Reading

• A real tool against terror?

  Industry has doubts over Data Retention Directive  Continue Reading

• Voice over IP special report: Voice gets louder

  Data has been the belle of the corporate IT ball for long enough. Now voice is getting the attention and users need to look at which form of VoIP is going to best suit the needs of their business  Continue Reading

• Your shout: Responsible RFID, patchy patches

  Computer Weekly readers have their say  Continue Reading

• Secure measures

  Network security is a daily challenge as hacking and viruses proliferate. Cliff Saran reviews some approaches to keeping the bad guys at bay  Continue Reading

• Common sense at the Revenue

  The decision by HM Revenue and Customs to postpone the introduction of an online tax collection system for 12 months represents a welcome dose of common sense.  Continue Reading

• Users need to clear the short-term hurdles in pursuit of the long-term RFID dream

  For fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) retailers, an enterprise-wide investment in radio frequency identification technology based on case and pallet tagging will not generate enough revenue to significantly add to the bottom line.  Continue Reading

• A little knowledge is a dangerous thing as end-users add mobile devices to the system

  Encryption could address threat to data security of consumer storage products, says Alan Lawson  Continue Reading

• Microsoft beefs up collaboration software

  The Office Communicator messaging tool is the latest component in Microsoft's increasingly integrated strategy for collaboration, but does it deliver?, asks Christopher Harris-Jones  Continue Reading

• Isolating infections to protect IT systems

  With threats to the corporate network on the increase, security is one of the biggest service disrupters facing systems administrators and network managers. IT managers frequently experience concerns regarding security levels, such as those around ...  Continue Reading

• Early adopters may gain IP telephony edge

  With 75% of the world’s voice traffic predicted to be IP-based by 2007, most firms need to decide not whether to make the move, but when it would be most beneficial  Continue Reading

• Infrared meets speed and security needs

  Bluetooth and its ilk may be making the news, but there is an alternative, and in the battle for wireless networks the...  Continue Reading