Opinion

Opinion

• Software as a service can breed dependency so choose suppliers with care

  SaaS is not utility computing: it matters who delivers it and how  Continue Reading

• Security Zone: The ISO/IEC 38500 IT Governance Standard

  IT governance means different things to different folks, yet it is generally understood to require alignment with best practice standards and methodologies. However, it can be really hard to see the wood for the trees due to the multiple frameworks,...  Continue Reading

• Mac vs PC: Which should I buy?

  Which is better – Macs or PCs? Computer Weekly content editor Faisal Alani gives his opinion on their respective advantages and disadvantages  Continue Reading

• Six reasons why the NHS National Programme For IT failed

  Like many men, I don't go to the doctor very often. The last time I did, I was with my GP for 25 minutes: five minutes discussing my symptoms and 20 minutes helping her to understand how to use her new computer system to record my symptoms, her ...  Continue Reading

• Action is the deal on Naked Leader's blog

  The Deal is the latest blog to launch on ComputerWeekly.com - and one with a twist. David Taylor, author of The Naked Leader, said, "My blog won't be about discussion and debate, but about action."  Continue Reading

• NHS IT - A personal view

  The media last week was full of comment on the "problems" at the NHS IT project as Accenture ducked out. Yet again, the comment portrayed the project as a "disaster" - indeed “yet another public sector IT disaster”.  Continue Reading

• How to win the jobs game

  Many readers have been disappointed by recruitment agents. All the more reason to develop the relationship  Continue Reading

• Your shout: Security and skills

  Have your say at computerweekly.com  Continue Reading

• Seeing the big picture

  Information security is about securely bringing together the organisation's two most important assets - information and people.  Continue Reading

• SMBs' real risk of being online

  Stuart King CISSP, is responsible for online security and risk assessment for the Reed Elsevier Group.  Continue Reading

• Demand more from agencies: fine tune the recruitment process and reap the rewards

  Users must be proactive in ensuring that recommended candidates are suitable  Continue Reading

• Who watches the watchers?

  The Civil Aviation Authority must come clean about how it has policed Nats' computer systems  Continue Reading

• A day in the life

  Frances Sharpe, general manager for the UK arm of ASP Network Commerce, spends a gruelling week jet setting around the USA. She...  Continue Reading

• Solution: Internet misuse at work

  Like the technology, Internet abuse appears to have proliferated in recent years. There are, however, two ways to tackle this...  Continue Reading

• Opening Windows: the threat from Open Source

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