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Was that it? Business as usual for fintechs after Brexit vote
Following the Brexit vote, Fintech Times editor Bird Lovegod describes how financial services IT startups are getting on with business as usual Continue Reading
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Turn consumer technology into practical business innovation
Many organisations are missing out on the opportunities for innovating presented by everyday consumer technology Continue Reading
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Consumer Rights Act will boost trust in digital content
New law presents a huge opportunity for the growth in sales of online movies, music downloads, e-books, apps and software Continue Reading
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Driving digital productivity in the UK
There is a need for British businesses to improve their adoption of digital technologies Continue Reading
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When DevOps isn't enough, try NoOps
Letting developers loose to create, test and deploy new code without operations might streamline processes, but it's not without its risks Continue Reading
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Microsoft SharePoint: Why are we still hearing so much about adoption issues?
The SharePoint business system is too important to be left to IT; the whole business need to embrace it so it's more than just shelfware Continue Reading
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Patent trolls must not be allowed to encroach on Europe
So-called patent trolls may soon come under attack in the US as part of government-backed efforts against abusive intellectual property litigation Continue Reading
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What is government as a platform and how do we achieve it?
There are lots of discussion going on at the moment about digital “platforms”, and the impact they might have on UK public services Continue Reading
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US technology companies facing growing UK pressure over internet spying
Tension is growing between the UK and US over Prism spying Continue Reading
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Time for DevOps to get out of the weeds
Software and service providers face a battle to deliver new products, features and capabilities faster than ever Continue Reading
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Government must be a platform entrepreneur to deliver 'digital 2.0'
The government needs to start with a clear policy and architecture for digital 2.0 Continue Reading
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The digital CIO: ‘Fear of Google’ and the ethics of digital business
Could the big digital players be using their dominance by exerting unfair competition? Continue Reading
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Balancing user desires with business needs
With users increasingly taking IT decisions into their own hands, businesses need to try harder to keep up Continue Reading
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Why businesses need brilliant social media
Social media is tturning out to be arguably the biggest disruptive challenge business has to face Continue Reading
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Where is the long-term political vision for digital public services?
As digital starts to appear in manifesto discussions, this is our chance to demand a higher quality of vision from our political leaders Continue Reading
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The digital CIO: Regaining the technology high ground – one blog post at a time
IT leaders should use blogging and social media to raise their profile and build influence in their organisations Continue Reading
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Opinion: Enterprise Networks – Where do IT pros see challenges?
The challenges placed on IT grow more demanding each day Continue Reading
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Not in Kansas any more
PA Consulting's Alastair McAulay looks at the commercial potential of smart watches, Google Glass and the latest smartphones Continue Reading
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UKGovCamp 2014 - discussions on delivering digital government
UKGovCamp is an event with growing importance to the public sector digital scene - this year's event took place last week in London Continue Reading
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How to create a Local Government Digital Service
Why we need to create a 'Local Government Digital Service' to oversee the standardisation and improvement of all things digital in councils Continue Reading
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Cloud supplier lock-in – our experience
Always ask before entering into any agreement, “How do I get my data out in the future if I need or want to?" Continue Reading
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User acceptance testing needs real training, not just a short course
In spite of its importance, user acceptance testing (UAT) is often chaotic, problematic and ineffective Continue Reading
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Breaking the medieval software market in local government
The financial challenges facing local government have never been greater and we need innovation and new ways of delivering public services Continue Reading
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Mind the digital gap - a strategy for accessibility
There still exists a digital gap and it is vital to understand the ways in which digital exclusion might be remedied in the future Continue Reading
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Moving on from a culture of collaboration by email
The time has come to think seriously about enterprise social networking (ESN) and consider its role within wider enterprise collaboration strategy. Continue Reading
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Hacking open data on development aid
Using open data to analyse information about international aid shows the benefits - and the limitations - of the ICT for development field Continue Reading
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UK courts show the way on piracy
The UK courts are taking the right approach to online piracy, says John Moffat, senior attorney at Avidity IP Continue Reading
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Top tips for avoiding fraud on the internet
The Serious Organised Crime Agency estimates that online fraud costs internet users £3.5bn per year. Follow these 12 tips on how it can be avoided. Continue Reading
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A touch of SaaS: Feeling the benefits for mobility
As internet connections get faster and devices get smaller and more portable, we have seen a sea-change in the definition of a “mobile” workforce. Continue Reading
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Is time running out for internet domains?
The world’s political leaders are taking an unusually intent interest in the technical system of Internet domains’ naming and numbering (the DNS). Continue Reading
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Let the taxman pay your software development costs
On the back of government consultation, tax relief for companies involved in development activity is set to become even more generous and software development companies should ensure that they are taking advantage of this valuable relief, writes ... Continue Reading
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Security zone: Extending compliance to the cloud
Most security and compliance mandates were simply not designed with cloud environments in mind – an unfortunate state of affairs as a huge amount of our data is about to go "cloudwards". Continue Reading
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Software engineering, but not as we know it
With the further developments of the Chartered Information Technology Professional status, or CITP, BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, encourages us to reconsider our understanding of our profession, writes Jon G Hall. Continue Reading
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Review: WikiLeaks - Inside Julian Assange's war on secrecy
The one enduring thing Wikileaks has taught us is that the internet works, if you know what you are doing. Continue Reading
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Don’t let techno-babble cloud your judgement
Robert Morgan believes businesses must fully understand what cloud computing actually is and what it means to them as 2011 inevitable brings with it a new wave of cloud hype in the outsourcing sector. Continue Reading
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Youngsters driving the cloud to tipping point, says Rangaswami
Cloud has reached tipping point in enterprise and the younger generation of employees are driving it. JP Rangaswami, chief scientist at Salesforce.com, talks... Continue Reading
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Opinion: Plugging the gaps in the government's broadband strategy
The government has outlined its vision for Britain's superfast broadband service. Chris Conder, who has first-hand experience of community networks, has... Continue Reading
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Security Zone: Cloud computing puts the spotlight on security architecture
Security is still regularly cited as a blocker to the adoption of cloud services, or other shared services, or anything being delivered "as a service". Assurance... Continue Reading
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Federated SOA – seven steps to success
Organisations embarking on large-scale, company-wide service-oriented architecture initiatives should consider a federated approach to minimise costs and risks, while balancing flexibility at a local and organisation level, Continue Reading
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Will Cloud Computing lead to several own goals?
The new Premiership football season is well under way and every manager is hoping his star talent and ‘squad strength’ will see his team through the late autumn sun to the dark cloudy evenings of winter. Continue Reading
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Interview: How Firefox won its market share
Chris Hoffmann, Director of Engineering and Special Projects at the Mozilla Foundation, speaks to Cliff Saran about winning the hearts and minds of internet users and developers. Continue Reading
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Making the cloud real
Despite the hype and the surveys that show client disinterest in cloud computing, it has the potential to deliver a significant part of the future of...
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Are we blind to the dangers lurking in the cloud?
The cloud - the combination of Software as a Service (SaaS) and the increasing use made by business of the public (web-based) IT infrastructure out there - is being heralded as the key way organisations can reduce investment in running their own ... Continue Reading
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How to implement an SOA governance strategy
A key factor for successfully introducing and operating a service oriented architecture (SOA) is governance of the architecture's components, such as services and processes… Continue Reading
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Opinion: Defining moments in web history
Glyn Moody was Computer Weekly’s first web columnist. Here he recounts the key events in the webs 20 year history. Continue Reading
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Businesses should not be afraid of social networking
Many businesses have already realised the benefits of Web 2.0 technologies such as blogs and wikis and are now looking to strengthen their communications...
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Defining cloud computing
Four key behaviours indicate whether an infrastructure can be defined as cloud computing
Defining cloud computing
Cloud computing is a deployment...
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Universities must adopt Web 2.0
Web 2.0 university systems are helping to change the way education is delivered, writes Steven Hipwell is an IT Officer at Birmingham City University. Universities...
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Web 2.0 and business blogs: ComputerWeekly.com IT Blog Awards 08
Help us to identify the best IT blogs in the UK by voting for your favourite in the Web 2.0 and Business category. Continue Reading
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ComputerWeekly.com IT blog awards 08
Computer Weekly has launched a search for the best UK IT blogs, with its first ever IT blog awards. Continue Reading
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Traditional application development processes doom web projects to failure
It is no secret that web projects fail, but it is lesser known that traditional application development approaches are the single biggest factor in this failure. Why? And what straightforward steps can be taken to reduce time to market, increase ... Continue Reading
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Effective integration does not require the latest technology
Whether it is SOA, BPM, or EDI, solving integration challenges is more about rigorous business management than the latest technology. Continue Reading
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Make sure SOA truly starts with service
The SOA lable is not an automatic seal of quality Continue Reading
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SOA can light up manufacturing IT
IT directors can help simplify the diversity of manufacturing systems in the business by implementing an efficient SOA platform, says Colin Masson Continue Reading
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SOA as a catalyst for better IT governance
Effective framework helps deliver business value Continue Reading
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Web 2.0 offers a better place to stay
It is the latest label that online software service suppliers are keen to deck themselves out in, but what exactly is Web 2.0 and what can it do for business?, asks Neil Ward-Dutton Continue Reading
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So SOA will make life simple... but for who?
The demands of service oriented architecture Continue Reading
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Web access is in the balance
When Tim Berners-Lee gave the world a simple way to share documents over the internet in a common format, he demonstrated the true power of standards. Continue Reading
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Have we been here before?
A lot has been written about the positive aspects of service oriented architecture (SOA). This has led to a fashion that requires every self-respecting IT department to be seen with at least one SOA project underway. Continue Reading
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Getting more than integration from SOA
More than merely linked web services, SOA has the potential to enable IT and the business to talk and collaborate using a common language Continue Reading
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Building an SOA without the hype
One cannot help but notice the buzz around the concept of the service oriented architecture (SOA). With so much industry talk on the topic, it is a wonder how users ever managed before. Continue Reading
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Capitalising on the opportunities of SOA
Service oriented architecture (SOA): An SOA can help IT become more responsive to business needs, but confusion about the approach means some fail to realise its potential. Continue Reading
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IT will be key to pensions reform
The Turner Review of pensions poses a challenge not just for the government, but for IT as well. A New Pension Settlement for the Twenty-First Century is a hefty tome, which proposes policy options to provide decent old age pensions for all and ... Continue Reading
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Web application development continues to evolve as the Ajax approach catches on
Google put the Ajax development method on the map with the launch of its Google Mail service, and now there are more than 50 websites taking a similar approach to online applications. Continue Reading
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The network's missing link moves closer
With "application oriented networking", Cisco aims to improve performance through closer interaction between the network and the applications that run on it. Continue Reading
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Your shout: SOA shivers, men only, the real offshore objective
Computer Weekly readers have their say Continue Reading
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Web services and SOA enable organisations to simplify exploitation of the mainframe
The arrival of web services has reduced terrors of mainframe deployment, says Andy Gutteridge Continue Reading
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Proactivity breeds predictability and the chance for better business opportunities
Firms should blend service- and event-driven architectures, says Chris Phillips Continue Reading
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Don't let the supplier agenda dictate the future of business process management
Products must reflect real issues, not suppliers' business goals Continue Reading
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Web services: The universal glue
Truly effective interoperability is the big promise held out by web services, but that will only be delivered through a holistic... Continue Reading
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Are web services the answer to integrating mobile devices into corporate systems?
Web services could provide a cost-effective way of distributing corporate data. Continue Reading
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Web apps need standards
Integration and open standards empower web services, says Mike Lucas. Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:The good, the bad and the ugly
Simon Moores asks why the quality of Government Web sites fails to match up to the standards of their commercial counterparts. Continue Reading
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Web services put spotlight on IT
Your IT department is about to become the public face of your business - are you ready? Continue Reading
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Web futures at your service
Introducing Web services will be worth the effort, once early hurdles have been crossed. Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:The real world of Web services
Hard-hitting IT columnist Simon Moores gives his personal take on the hot issue of the day.Web services are, as we know, a... Continue Reading
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Web services get real
Web services are a set of common IT standards wrapped around a business application that allow it to interact with any other... Continue Reading
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Thought for the day:Protect and survive Web services
Iain Franklin gives his personal take on the hot issue of the day.Believe it or not, we have been talking about Web services... 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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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: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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Keep cool over interactivity
Web site forums, baskets and SMS messages must be grounded in economic viability 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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Microsoft: Windows will dominate Webservices, Sun executive warns
Sun Microsystems' chief strategy officer, Jonathan Schwartz, has appeared in court to give evidence in the remedy phase of... Continue Reading
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Microsoft .net made visible
Easy-to-use Web services developer tools could shape the future of the business Internet Continue Reading
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Web services: the case for
Web services have arrived to help make your business become more agile and flexible, as well as helping to reduce costs. Continue Reading
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Web services: the case against
Web services: the latest and greatest invention from the IT industry to form the backbone of application components an ocean of... Continue Reading
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Interoperability is key to Web services
Can the problem of interoperability be addressed to make Web services work for business? Users and suppliers have united to form... Continue Reading
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The way ahead with Web services
The huge price of duplicating the IT services that every company needs can no longer be sustained. Web services will allow... Continue Reading
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Dawn of the next Web battle
Microsoft is turning its big Visual Studio .net gun on Sun's Java in a bid to maintain its domination of the software developer's... Continue Reading
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E-commerce: Vision on-line
E-commerce is a mixed bag for customers and until a common platform is created the potential of Web services won't be realised Continue Reading
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The Internet's not just the Web - and don't you forget it
Too many people have forgotten about the Internet. In fact, too many people who work for Internet-based companies don't seem to... Continue Reading
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The future lies in integration
Without integration to back-end legacy systems, your whizzy Web front-end will fail to deliver. Julia Vowler reports Continue Reading
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Web content: getting the fundamentals right
Toby PostonContent, as the old Web cliche says, is king. This message seems to have got through to most Web site proprietors now.
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Get prepared for Web-enabled euro e-business
Roger AnnettOpinion
Companies entering the e-commerce fray are salivating at the prospect of EuroLand's 300 million consumers using...
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Don't expect B2B to cover your organisation in glory
Promoting a fancy e-business Web interface is little more than putting lipstick on the pig. Continue Reading
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Developing Web commerce skills
I am a 24-year-old analyst programmer with two years' experience developing business applications. My main skills are C and Unix. I am currently... Continue Reading -
Bloated Web sites frustrate even the unmetered Net user
Free (unmetered) Internet use is sweeping the UK. And while it's changing the way people use the Net, I don't think it will affect the backlash against bloated... Continue Reading