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Cambridge University turns to computer games to unlock secrets of the universe

Cambridge University is turning to technology developed for computer gaming to help it solve some of the fundamental problems of science Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Web surfers keen to compromise own privacy, study finds

Web users voluntarily compromise their own privacy by typing more personal information into online forms than is needed, a study has found Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

The 100th anniversary of the birth of Alan Turing

Alan Turning (1912-1954) was the genius mathematician who cracked the German World War 2 Enigma Code. He is also the father of computing. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Halliburton CIO Ken Braud on strategy and innovation

CIO Ken Braud talked to delegates at the Orange Business Live customer event in Rome, and it was clear he has plenty on his plate. Continue Reading

The 25 most influential women in UK IT - the Computer Weekly event

Computer Weekly is recognising the most influential women in IT - join us at a special event on 12 July to celebrate the role models for the UK's high-tech economy. Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Ethiopian government blocks Tor Network online anonymity

The Ethiopian government is blocking access to the Tor Network that enables online anonymity, according to Reporters Without Borders Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Data Protection Masterclass: Global Privacy

This presentation from international law firm, Morrison and Foerster offers guidance to companies attempting to navigate privacy regulations in multiple jurisdictions. Continue Reading

The cloud will move supercomputers into the mainstream

Cloud computing will move supercomputers out of the research labs into mainstream business, says Amazon Continue Reading

Shop Direct deploys software to automate business processes

Online shopping giant Shop Direct has deployed software to automate business processes without eating into the IT department’s busy timetable Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

2012: Will this be the year TPM finally comes of age?

Will 2012 be the year that TPM finally delivers on its potential to provide a hardware-based "root of trust" for enterprise information security? Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Apple faces £1.43m fine in Australian 4G iPad case

Apple has agreed to pay a £1.43m fine for misleading Australians about the 4G capacity of its latest iPad in a case brought by the national consumer watchdog Continue Reading

Predictive Analytics Q&A

In this Q&A interview by TDWI, analyst Fern Halper from Hurwitz & Associates discusses the major trends in predictive analytics. Continue Reading

Top 10 tips for IPv6 security

Many organisations are being misled about the complexities surrounding IPv6 security, according to security firm Stonesoft Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Majority of UK websites fail to comply with cookie law

Most UK websites are not yet compliant with the newly enforced cookie law, a study has revealed Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Data protection: Preparing for new EU regulations

This June edition of IT in Europe explores the new EU data protection regulation, which has just come into play and is due to affect every organisation in Europe. Learn how the regulation will affect you, the fines you may face, and how to avoid them. Plus European cases studies, channel news and much more! Continue Reading

Former MI5 boss loses laptop

The former boss of the UK's MI5 security service has caused a security scare by losing her laptop at Heathrow. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

CIO interview: Lukas Oberhuber, CTO, Simply Business

Lukas Oberhuber is CTO at Simply Business, where he is making IT at the insurance company more agile to meet business demands Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Video: ICO publishes new guidance on cookie law

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has published new guidance on cookie law and revealed the organisations it has approached on the issue Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Organisational design for analytics function needs governance

Scant are the absolute rules for the organizational design of the analytics function. It can be outsourced or in-house; sit within a business unit or run from the centre. But it needs governance. Continue Reading

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• Lindsay Clark

Is HP too big to fail?

What on earth is going on at HP? After three years riven by changes in CEO (three times) and in strategy (lost count), the company seems to barely know what it is or where it is heading. This month ... Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Amey uses SAP HR system to manage 11,000 people

Developed by SAP specialist Epi-use, SAP HR is being used to power a human resources shared service at construction firm Amey Continue Reading

Tucci: FusionIO ‘darn right foolish’ for Flash attitude

EMC’s CEO hits back at FusionIO as the war of words continues between the two companies Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Global software piracy increasing rapidly, study shows

Global software piracy is increasing rapidly in the absence of any effective deterrence, a survey has revealed. Continue Reading

Your last chance to influence government open standards

After the controversy of the early meetings in the government's consultation on open standards, we're now down to the last few weeks of what is a hugely important process. After a slow start, the ... Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Mobile threats demand focus on data protection, says Websense

Business needs to focus on data protection as cyber criminals turn to mobile malware, says Websense. Continue Reading

How to improve your communication with your boss

Learn how to communicate more effectively with your boss in this guide from Dr Brian Sutton and Dr Robina Chatham. Continue Reading

HyperCITY’s retail store management system: Profit with promotions

HyperCITY services a million customers selling them about 40,000 products. Know how one of India’s largest hypermarket chains accomplishes this. Continue Reading

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• Staff Writer, SearchCIO.IN

The Pirate Bay is latest site to be hit by DDoS attack

The Pirate Bay has become the latest high-profile website to be hit by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

CIO interview: Cathryn Riley, CIO, Aviva

It's been a tough time for Aviva with CEO Andrew Moss forced to step down in a shareholder revolt. But for CIO Cathryn Riley, it’s business as usual. Continue Reading

Huawei wins managed services contract for O2 network

Chinese telecoms firm Huawei is hired by O2 parent Telefónica to plan and maintain its mobile network in the UK Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Court stops Dutch party sharing Pirate Bay links

A court in The Hague has ordered a political party in the Netherlands to stop publicising ways to get around blocks to Swedish file-sharing site, The Pirate Bay Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Cyber attackers increasingly targeting applications, research shows

Web and mobile applications are the new frontiers in the war against cyber attack, according to an HP cyber security risks report Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Government snooping plans unveiled

The Queen's Speech has revealed that the government still plans to make it easier for security and police services to spy on e-mails, phone calls and internet activity Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Why the public sector is turning to multi-sourcing

Sarah Burnett explains why the public sector is moving from single sourcing to multi-sourcing, in an age of austerity. Continue Reading

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• Sarah Burnett, NelsonHall

European copyright ruling good for IT innovation, say lawyers

The top European court's ruling on copyright is good news for innovation, say lawyers Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

A 4G tour in London

Trefor Davies, chief technology officer at Timico, is on O2's 4G trial in London. How fast is 4G really? Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

US to legislate to protect Facebook passwords from employers

The US is planning legislation that will protect Facebook passwords from prying employers Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

CW Special report on Capita

Packed with graphs and diagrams, the report is essential reading for any organisation working with, or thinking of working with Capita. Continue Reading

Unlocking growth potential in emerging markets

Emerging markets offer huge potential for technology companies to expand. This report from Grant Thornton assess the opportunities in a range of emerging markets. Continue Reading

Half of UK networks vulnerable to APTs

Many UK corporate networks are vulnerable to advanced persistent threats (APTs), a survey has revealed. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

CIO interview: David Bulman, chief information officer, Virgin Atlantic

Six months after joining Virgin Atlantic as CIO, David Bulman is leading a transformation at the airline with mobile technology at its heart. Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

Infosec 2012: Unscrubbed hard drives a threat to business, says ICO

Unscrubbed hard drives on computers that are decommissioned and sold on represent a significant risk to business Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

India Inc's IT priorities in 2012-13 -- E&Y

Explore India Inc’s top five IT spending priorities of 2012-13. Also view the slideshow of key data points of this Ernst & Young-CIO Klub survey. Continue Reading

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• SearchCIO.IN Staff Writer

IT spending outlook of India Inc to be cautiously optimistic - E&Y

Explore India Inc’s top five IT spending priorities of 2012-13. Also view the slideshow of key data points of this Ernst & Young-CIO Klub survey. Continue Reading

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• SearchCIO.IN Staff Writer

Open standards are about the business model, not the technology

Software companies, abuzz with lobbyists and patent lawyers over government open standards, are similar to the record industry 10 years ago. Continue Reading

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• Mark Thompson, Exeter Business School and DIGITLab

Supercomputers will reach 'exascale' speeds within decade

Supercomputers will be powerful enough to simulate the human brain within seven years, says founder of Top500 list. Continue Reading

Government unaware how much it pays for e-mail services

Government departments do not know how much they are spending on e-mail services, according to research by Computer Weekly. Continue Reading

Test drive: SQL Server 2012

Tim Anderson looks at the enterprise features in Microsoft's latest relational database management server. Continue Reading

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• Tim Anderson

The big returns from big data

Organisations can earn an incremental ROI of 241 percent by using big data technology to examine large and complex data sets, according to this report from Nucleus Research. Continue Reading

How technology, media and telecoms companies can win the confidence of investors

Deloitte looks at the impact leadership has on company performance in the techonology media and telecoms sectors. Continue Reading

Transforming IT at HM Revenue & Customs - Phil Pavitt, CIO for HMRC

HMRC CIO Phil Pavitt talked to the CW500 club about IT transformation. These are his slides with a report of his talk. Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin & Faisal Alani

Business analytics skills shortage provokes companies to cast net wide

Organisations face lack of business analytics skills. Smart companies cast the net wide for the broadest pools of talent, help analysts learn from each other and work to ensure they realize potential. Continue Reading

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• Lindsay Clark

CIO interview: David Jones, CIO, Crown Prosecution Service

CPS CIO David Jones is leading a comprehensive technology revamp to modernise operations across the entire criminal justice system. Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

Bodycote simplifies Microsoft licensing to save £411k

Thermal processing plant operator Bodycote has reduced the complexity of its Microsoft environment through an enterprise agreement, saving over £400,000 Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Facebook counter sues Yahoo in escalating patent war

Facebook is counter suing Yahoo in an escalating patent battle between the rival social networking firms Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Euro crisis: Key questions CEOs and CIOs should ask each other

With a potential economic crisis looming in the Eurozone, Gartner offers a checklist of questions that CIOs and CEOs should ask each other. Continue Reading

Transforming IT at HM Revenue & Customs

HMRC CIO, Phil Pavitt, gives the key facts around HM Revenue and Customs’ IT change programme in this PowerPoint presentation for Computer Weekly's 500 Club. Continue Reading

UK business fears impact of new EU data protection framework

More than half of senior UK IT managers in large enterprises believe the proposed new EU data protection framework will cost their business more money, a survey has revealed Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

IT service management: The only way is ethics

It is now very common for professional bodies and membership organisations to have codes of ethics and standards of conduct. Continue Reading

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• Matthew Burrows

Eight UK universities awarded excellence in cyber security research status

The first eight UK universities have been awarded 'Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research' status Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

The next wave of digitisation: setting your direction, building your capabilities

Companies need to make significant investments in digital skills and technologies if they are to meet the needs of their customers, Booz&Co argues in this report. Continue Reading

Fighting Economic Crime in the Financial Services sector

PwC examines the impact of Cybercrime on the financial services industry. Continue Reading

Danone uses SAP to reduce carbon footprint

Heath food maker Danone has used SAP to reduce its carbon footprint by 22%. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Government to IT suppliers: Does it hurt yet?

When I was a schoolboy, there was a popular if rather sado-masochistic playground game called Chinese burns. This involved grasping your opponent's wrist with both hands, and twisting their skin in ... Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Retail and insurance lead two-speed IT spending

More IT-based businesses are starting with greater investment in IT after the slowdown, but with lopsided demand as businesses increase spending at different rates Continue Reading

Warwickshire-based company to revamp data protection following breach

A Warwickshire-based company has committed to taking action to protect personal data, following a breach of the Data Protection Act Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Zornes: Master data governance will fuse MDM to BPM

Master data governance tools are emerging to aid the orchestration of MDM and BPM, according to MDM expert Aaron Zornes. “Big data” is a distraction from the business basics of MDM, he says. Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna, Enterprise Applications Editor

BSA fines Coverteam UK £6,000 for unlicensed Microsoft and Adobe software

The BSA has fined power conversion company Converteam UK £6,000 for using unlicensed copies of Microsoft and Adobe software Continue Reading

Department for Work and Pensions outsources IT for universal credit welfare to India

The government is outsourcing IT development for the universal credit welfare programme to India despite promises to keep data projects in the UK Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Information management: lessons from the public sector

Freeform Dynamics identifies the lessons organisations can learn from the public sector's approach to information management Continue Reading

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• Martha Bennett, Forrester Research Inc.

Business leaders agenda 2012

This report from KPMG identifies business priorities across a wide range of geographies and industries, and assesses the economic outlook. Continue Reading

Birkbeck College consolidates servers to cut PUE rating to 1.3

Birkbeck College has consolidated four equipment rooms into one £700,000 datacentre with a PUE rating of just 1.3 Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

CIO interview: Rob Pringle, global IT director, Gazprom

Rob Pringle, director of global IT at Gazprom Marketing and Trading, reveals the secret of rolling out IT quickly Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Capgemini takes on Rolls Royce service integration role

Rolls Royce has awarded Capgemini a contract to manage its new multi-sourced strategy as it moves away from sourcing everything from HP. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

UK hacktivist cases should spur business to action, says lawyer

The last of four alleged UK members of hacktivist group LulzSec has appeared in Westminster magistrates court in London Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

SourceForge takes down Anonymous operating system

The open-source collaboration website SourceForge has taken down an Ubuntu Linux OS project purportedly affiliated with online hactivist group Anonymous, after a review by security experts Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

BBC cyber attacks highlight difficulty of attribution

The BBC has said it is was targeted by cyber attacks following a campaign by Iran against its Persian service, but stopped short of accusing Tehran of ordering the cyber attacks Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Interview: Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude on open data

Francis Maude, Cabinet Office minister, talks to Computer Weekly about the importance of open data to the UK economy. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Gartner: Rethink organisation structure to boost business

Businesses must radically rethink how they organise staff and collaborate if they want to make big improvements, according to analyst Gartner Continue Reading

How to make your network green

Make sure your network and datacentre run efficiently as part of a green networking strategy Continue Reading

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• Antony Savvas

Enterprise software procurement done right can save companies millions

Software procurement is frequently poorly conducted, argues consultant Andy Hayler. Intelligent software evaluation processes and savvy contract management can pay huge dividends, he says. Continue Reading

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• Andy Hayler, Information Difference

Hackers expose weak security on Digital Playground porn site

A hacking group claims to have stolen the details of more than 70,000 users of the Digital Playground porn site Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

BMC Mainframe Survey 2011

Over a thousand large mainfram users took part in this survey and it reveals some telling plans across the IT sector for the coming year. Continue Reading

IT as a driver of M&A success

This report from Ernst & Young examines why IT considerations are not given adequate attention in the due diligence prior to mergers and acquisitions. Continue Reading

Systems integrators 'charge more in paperwork than SMEs do in delivery’

A systems integrator asked for more money from the government for an IT product proposal than an SME was able to deliver the actual service for. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

John Lewis prioritises IT investment above profit

John Lewis made significant technology investments in 2011, pushing profits down 3.8% to £353.8m Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Government’s shared services strategy failing, says NAO

The government’s £1.4bn shared services centres have failed to achieve value for money, according to a report from the National Audit Office (NAO) Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

FBI informer Hector Xavier Monsegur aids in arrest of LulzSec hackers

Authorities in the US, UK and Republic of Ireland have arrested seven suspected members of hacktivist group LulzSec, including Hector Xavier Monsegur, who helped investigators Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

CW500: Getting to grips with big data

Experts from Standard Life, Deloitte and Intelligent Business Strategies share some useful tips for CIOs on understanding big data Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

NHS trusts to be freed from CSC contract commitments

The Department of Health has proposed a deal with CSC to release trusts in the National Programme for IT from their contractual obligations to use software from the troubled supplier. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Rogue IT manager jailed for two years after £123k procurement scam

A rogue IT procurement manager has been jailed for two years after he colluded with two IT suppliers to defraud grocer Nisa Today out of £123,000 Continue Reading

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• Alex Scroxton, Security Editor

Opinion: Is big data just big hype?

If the deluge of headlines and vendor marketing materials is anything to go by, big data is the next big thing. So how much is there really to all this big data talk? Continue Reading

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• Martha Bennett, Forrester Research Inc.

Somerset Council to bring Southwest One services back in house

Somerset County Council is seeking to bring key services back in house from Southwest One , the troubled joint-venture it created with IBM in 2007. Continue Reading

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• Mark Ballard

Loving it when an identity plan comes together

To quote a phrase that was mightily popular in the 1980s: I love it when a plan comes together. In this case, it's not even my plan, but it's one I've found myself writing about often over the past ... Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

The mindset of the chief information officer

This study evaluates the leadership role that chief information officers perform in helping their organisations achieve their commercial goals. Continue Reading

RSA 2012: IT security experts urge enterprises to ban smartphone BYOD schemes

Enterprises should ban employees from using their own smartphones for work, a panel of IT security practitioners told the RSA Conference 2012 Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Finding a home for Flash

Vendor consolidation is a fact of economic life. The bigger a company is, the more it can push economies of scale. The cloud is threatening to accelerate this consolidation significantly. IT and storage are not commodities today, but that may not always be the case. If the cloud takes off, processing and storage could become a service, delivered to the customer from giant remote processing and disk farms. It is surely only a matter of time before bandwidth and security are up to the task. Continue Reading

IT departments risk losing responsibility for IT security

IT security professionals can no longer take it for granted that IT security will continue as part of the IT function Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Social media to support business continuity

Three-quarters of organisations will use social media as part of their business continuity management (BCM) strategies by 2015 with communication during crises a key component of its role. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Post Office reveals plans for identity assurance services

The Post Office is tendering for hardware and software which will enable it to be a provider of the government's Identity Assurance (IDA) services.    Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget