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Video: Microsoft 7 supports Dutch courts' mobile hearings

ICTRO, which provides IT support to the Dutch court system, is using communications technology to hold hearings remotely in the Netherlands.
Video: No desk, no office - Microsoft experiments with future of work

Microsoft is using its Dutch headquarters as part of a radical experiment that the company believes could demonstrate the future of the workplace.

Risk management in information technology

Get advice on creating a strategy for mitigating information security risk from expert Nick Frost of the Information Security Forum.
Employee retaining measures for your IT organization

In an interview with SearchCIO.in, Radhakrishna Pillai, the CIO of SRL Religare, shares strategies to reduce attrition and put employee retaining mechanisms in place. Join Pillai as he elaborates on the strategies that he employs in his company.
Video: Microsoft fights revenue decline as cloud shift hardens

In an exclusive interview with Computer Weekly, Microsoft Europe chairman Jan Mühlfeit responds to tough questions
Video: iPad review - Fills the void or just avoid?

If Apple gets the iPad right, it will have stolen a march once again. Google may have caught up with the iPhone and look to do so in other markets, but the iPad represents something completely different that could change the way we use computers.
Community-based defence is key to IT security, says head of Microsoft's Security Response Center

No software supplier can solve the problem of security alone, says Mike Reavey, director at the Microsoft Security Response Center
CW500: Corporate use of social media

Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick talked to blogger and social media adviser Mark Kobayashi-Hillary about the corporate use of social media.
CW500: How can social networking be an integral part of a company’s IT strategy?

Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick talked to BT chief scientist JP Rangaswami, formerly global CIO at Dresdner Kleinwort and CIO of BT Global Services.
CW500: How IT leaders can make best use of LinkedIn?

Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick talked to Ariel Eckstein, managing director of LinkedIn’s European hiring solutions division.
Microsoft researchers take aim at the latency problem, among others

As Microsoft took the wraps off two dozen research and development projects at an open day at its Cambridge UK research lab it revealed two things: the amount of information in the world is growing exponentially, and the world’s capacity to absorb, store and use it productively is approaching a limit.
Video: How green will my server farm be?

CIOs can expect their energy use to become much more visible to company boards and governments, especially as they build vast data centres to host cloud applications.
Video: World Cup software leader talks to Computer Weekly

The man in charge of the event management software that will underpin the 2010 World Cup tournament talks to Computer Weekly.
City University's Andrew Tuson on helping IT leaders to develop their skills and experience

The IT department is changing as the use of outsourcing and external providers grows, and the traditional IT career routes are disappearing. Similarly, the skills required of a CIO are evolving as technology changes.
CW500 Interview: David Chan on the changing role of the IT leader

The IT department is changing as the use of outsourcing and external providers grows, and the traditional IT career routes are disappearing.
Data Protection Act compliance: Effective data protection?

Recently, a lot of attention has been paid to the Data Protection Act, but how useful is it, really? In this interview, Paul Simmonds, member of the board of management of the Jericho Forum, discusses why the DPA is capable of keeping data safe.
Video: Samsung Wave video review

Samsung Wave is the latest smart phone from Samsung. It launches in the UK and worldwide in May using Samsung's operating system called Bada.
News review: iPhone, iPad delays, promoted tweets and the general election

In this week's review of the IT sector's most interesting news, Hermione Way looks at Opera on the iPhone, iPad delays, Twitter's move to offer promoted Tweets and the forthcoming general election.
Video: British Gas CIO Dave Bickerton discusses massive IT transformation

British Gas is underpinning its business strategy with massive IT transformation as the firm sets out to turn its bad fortunes around and become the most trusted energy supplier in the UK.
News review: Budget, CERN and the iPad

Hermione Way looks over the last week's top tech news, including Budget tax breaks for video gaming, the latest events at the Large Hadron Collider, and, of course, the iPad, in ComputerWeekly.com's light-hearted news round-up video.
Jericho Forum: Self-assessment guide

In part one of this interview, Jericho Forum board members Bob West and Paul Simmonds discuss the new self-assessment guide that the forum recently released and how it can help enterprises keep security vendors in check.
Jericho Forum: Cloud computing

In part two of the interview, Bob West and Paul Simmonds, Jericho Forum board members, discuss the the threats that cloud computing present to the enterprise, and how to mitigate them.
Video: Apple iPad review

Computer Weekly has managed to get its hands on an Apple iPad before its UK release and we've put together a review of all the fantastic new features.
Interview: Government CIO John Suffolk talks about G-cloud

Government CIO John Suffolk is leading the G-cloud programme, and in this exclusive video interview, he talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about the plans.
Video: They shall not pass - this bill!

More than 100 demonstrators protested outside parliament yesterday against the passage of the Digital Economy Bill, adding support to more 12,000 who have writen to their MPs to voice their unhappiness'.
Video: Industry collaboration is key to secure cloud computing, says RSA president Art Coviello

RSA, the security division of EMC, has unveiled a hardware-based proof of concept for a trusted cloud infrastructure, which proves the cloud can be made secure, says RSA president Art Coviello.
News review: Apple vs HTC

This week Hermione looks at how Apple are trying to sue Htc... and Nokia... and anyone else that tries to make a mobile phone, the Orange and T-mobile merger and exactly how clean is your desk?
Video: A framework for delivering green IT

Paul Lidbetter from the Innovation Value Institute (IVI) talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about the IVI’s framework for sustainable IT, and the benefits for IT leaders.
Video: Delivering business value through green IT

Sheila Upton talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about the challenges for CIOs in delivering a sustainable IT strategy.
News review: Vote by text, BBC Siemens and the Yahoo Twitter partnership

This week Hermione looks at a recent survey that said teenagers would be interested in politics if they were allowed to vote in the General Elections by text message, the problems the BBC are having with Siemens and the newly formed Yahoo-Twitter partnership.
CIO interview: Innovation the key for IT

Speaking at an OpenSoho event, Mark O'Neill, CIO at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, advised business leaders on how to foster and encourage innovation, and highlighted its importance during an economic downturn.
News review: HTC Desire, Windows Phone 7 series and IT Barbie

This week we look at the HTC Desire as it looks to take back Apple's stranglehold on the smartphone market, Windows Phone 7 series that has taken a completely different look at mobile operating systems and computer engineer Barbie, the new female role model.
Video: Logica CEO Andy Green on the IT challenges for 2010

Logica’s chief executive Andy Green talked to delegates at Intellect’s annual Regent Conference earlier this month about tackling key IT challenges such as economic recovery, cloud computing, green IT, security and the skills needed to support the growth of the UK IT community.
Security pros need to be more proactive and business oriented, says BT Global services security head

Ray Stanton, head of business continuity, security and governance at BT Global Services believes information security professionals far too readily assume the role of victim.
Video: How the Brits invented packet switching and made the internet possible

It is one of the quirks of science that the same idea can arise simultaneously in different places. Who gets the subsequent credit often depends on who shouts loudest.
News review: Google Buzz, Arabic robot and Valentines

This week Hermione looks at the privacy issues facing Google Buzz, the world's first Arabic speaking robot and how IT workers fair in the romance stakes.
Video: Time to embrace (and prepare for) the shift to the Cloud

In this interview Philippe Courtot, founder and CEO of on-demand IT security risk and compliance management company Qualys, discusses the emergence of the cloud as a disruptive, but positive technology.
News review: What is the iPad?

The Computer Weekly news round-up video is brought to you - with its tongue in its cheek - by Hermione Way. This week looking at what exactly is the iPad? How are HP going to pay BSkyB £200m? and what's happening with the Orange/T-Mobile merger?
Video: Sony X series laptop review

The Sony X series has a love it / hate it tag. It's jaw dropping beauty is enough for some but others point to the fact that it's over-priced compared to other laptops in the same price range. I will put the £1,000 - £1,300 price tag to one side for the moment and come back to it in the verdict.
Unsung heroes of IT: The story of Bill Tutte and Tommy Flowers

Official secrecy has almost certainly stopped Bill Tutte and Tommy Flowers from receiving due recognition as pioneers of the modern computer.
Video news review: Apple iPad, Johnny Depp death hoax and MoD secrets on Facebook

The Computer Weekly news round-up video is brought to you - with its tongue in its cheek - by Hermione Way
Video: Interview with James Woudhuysen on managing innovation

In this video, Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick asks James Woudhuysen about the challenges faced by CIOs in managing innovation.
Video: Interview with Peter Cochrane on challenges for IT leaders in 2010

In this video, Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick talks to Peter Cochrane about the challenges in 2010 for IT leaders looking to satisfy needs of their customers, people and company.
Video news review: Apple iSlate and Google vs China

The Computer Weekly news round-up video is brought to you - with its tongue in its cheek - by Hermione Way and includes the Apple iSlate and Google vs China.
Video: What does progress mean to you?

We asked top IT professionals what progress means to them.
Video: Computer Geekly - CES, Iranian president's website hacked, IMDB ban

Tongue-in-cheek news round-up video with Hermione Way. This week: CES, MJ fans hack Iranian president's site, more on China's online antics
Video: Computer Geekly Weekly - The biggest stories of the year in tech

Computer Geekly weekly video with Hermione Way. This episode looks at the top stories in technology in 2009, including Windows 7 launch, Gary McKinnon's extradition to the USA and the release of Google Chrome.
Video: Is Facebook Connect good for business?

Ethan Beard, Facebook's head of developer network, discusses Facebook Connect and why its good for business.
Video: Google, Twitter and the real time web at Le Web

What does one of the real time web's leading thinkers Chris Brogan, president of New Marketing Labs, think about the latest developments at Twitter, Goggle and Jack Dorsey's new micro mobile payments service Square?
Video: Google Goggles and Real-time search in Computer Geekly News Roundup

Welcome to this week's Computer Geekly Weekly IT news round-up video. This week's stories include details about Google's Real-time search results, Twitter embraces its developer community by opening up its API allowing revenue to platform partners, Google Goggles and Alistair Darling's budget cut.
Video: Dell explains why social media works

Dell's senior manager of corporate affairs Richard Binhammer talks to ComputerWeekly about using social media in business.
Stars of Le Web tell us what is the next big thing in the real time web

We herded together the great and the good of the web industry at Le Web in Paris this week and asked them this really important question: what will be the biggest development in the real time web in 2010?
Video interview: Nikolay Grebennikov on Linux server security

Security for Linux servers is a key element of security firm Kaspersky Lab's strategy to become one of the biggest suppliers to the corporate IT security market by 2014.
Video interview: Eugene Kaspersky on 2010 cyber threats

Cybercriminals have laid the foundations for a highly organised, resourced, funded and collaborative underground economy, which has moved into top gear in 2009.
Video interview: Don Tapscott beyond Wikinomics

Wikinomics became the number one management book for 2007 Don Tapscott's latest book, Grown-up Digital", is now available. Cliff Saran meets up with him to discuss the internet generation.
Video: Palm Pre vs the iPhone - The big debate

Content editor Faisal Alani, got his hands on a Palm Pre (officially released on 16 October) to play with and, on the whole, was quite impressed. It's been out for a while now but I'm sure you'll appreciate the time he took to perfect his video!! His review follows beneath.
CW500 Club video - IBM's Robin Riordan discusses the evolving role of the CIO

Robin Riordan, Executive Partner and Practice Area Leader for Strategy and Change, IBM, discusses the evolving role of the CIO with the CW500 club.
Project Failure - causes, risks and liabilities

Computer Weekly and specialist technology insurer Hiscox, conducted a peer-to-peer roundtable event on the 24th November, to discuss why project failures happen, what to do if the worst occurs and how to prepare for it and what to look out for to avoid future disputes.
Video: The IT Blog Awards 2009 highlights!

This was the second year that ComputerWeekly.com has run its IT blog awards and this year's event proved to be bigger and better than last year's.
Video: ComputerWeekly Geekly IT News Round up - 30 November

Welcome to this week's Computer Geekly Weekly IT news round-up video. This video picks the must know tech stories from the past week with a twist.
Joel Snyder outlines UTM integration challenges

In this video, Joel Snyder of Opus One reviews how unified threat management products integrate with host-based protection and network access control devices.
Video: Computer Geekly Weekly IT News roundup

This is the first ever Computer Geekly Weekly IT news roundup video where TechFluff's Hermione Way picks the best articles from the past week and with a tongue-in-cheek twist.
Video: Polycom Telepresence - Transport Anywhere, Anytime

Renowned leadership expert and best-selling author Dr. Stephen R. Covey addressed an audience of leading CIOs at the CIO 100 Symposium in August through a new model for telepresence-enabled lecture services.
The trade-offs of unified threat management

Opus One's Joel Snyder reveals a key drawback of UTM.
Video: Cronto banking - secure bank transfers using your mobile

Internet banking is growing at a phenomenal rate bringing with it the growth of internet fraud. Cronto banking believe they have devised a system that will make transfers secure with the use of mobile phones.
Video: Emotion AI- changing the face of expression in animation

Emotion AI has developed a system that can change expression in a matter of moments at minimal cost.
Video: Magnifye - the strongest permanent magnets in the world

Magnifye is developing the technology to produce the strongest permanent magnets in the world with a one-inch magnet able to lift a lorry.
Video: The RatPlug - uploads/downloads pics and video while you sleep

Upload pics and videos to Facebook and the internet wirelessly without the need for a PC.
Unified threat management vs. intrusion prevention systems

In this video, Joel Snyder of Opus One talks about how unified threat management stacks up against an intrusion prevention system. Snyder reveals the best options for both midmarket organizations and larger enterprises.
Web application firewall: Protection against most security vulnerabilities?

Hugh Thompson, founder and chief security strategist at People Security, reviews why WAFs alone are not strong enough to tackle today's Web application threats.
Video: When the enterprise architect meets the business

Gartner recommends that enterprise architects ensure their IT strategy fits in with the needs of the business.
Video: The security risks of poor quality code - Stuart Okin, managing director of Comsec

Clean code has less bugs and less expose to hackers. If businesses can reduce coding errors they can effectively improve IT security.
The value of an intrusion prevention system against a Web attack

Yes, an IPS only protects against known attacks, but a little protection goes a long way. Joel Snyder of Opus One takes a few minutes to talk about the true value of intrusion prevention systems.
Video: I'm an iPhone and I'm an N97

The main pluses are that the Apple iPhone is cool, good user interface, great apps and iTunes while the Nokia N97 has a full qwerty keyboard, 32GB hard disk (expandable to 48GB), great battery life (you can remove the battery) and a 5 megapixel camera.
The real reasons behind data backup disk failure

Hugh Thompson, chief security strategist and founder of the consultancy People Security, tells a funny story about how one secretary's innocent mistake was the reason behind a series of suspicious 'media error' messages.
VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Navigating to the Moon and back - Apollo 11 programmer describes the challenges

Pat Norris was among the programmers who worked on the Apollo 11 mission that sent Neil Amstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins to the Moon. He tells Computer Weekly what really happened.
Video: IT-CMF: a new tool to help CIOs demonstrate the business value of IT

Calculating the return on investment (ROI) of any IT project is not just a buzz phrase as a mantra in IT management circles.
Social networks and spear phishing attacks

Are your employees giving up valuable corporate information on social networking sites? Graham Cluley, senior consultant at Sophos Inc., explains how hackers can use data commonly found on LinkedIn to carry out effective spear phishing attacks.
Video: British Airways CIO Paul Coby discusses T5 and recession-busting technology

The airline business has faced a difficult couple of years. First, rising fuel prices have reduced profits, and then the financial crisis hit revenues as passengers opted not to fly.
Video: What makes a company one of the best places to work in IT in the UK?

Two winners at the Computer Weekly Best Places to Work in IT awards, IDIS and Network Rail detail some of the ways they provide a working environment IT professionals appreciate.
New SQL injection attacks and defense

Lenny Zeltser, security consulting leader at Savvis Inc., explains how some are using SQL injection to actually embed new content, particularly HTML code.
Video: How to run a global IT operation

Brian Franz oversees IT operations at Diageo, the international drinks company, and believes that an IT operation needs to combine the economies of scale and efficiencies of a single system with the flexibility to allows local business units to use the right technology for them.
Video: CIOs could do more to align IT with business

Forrester principal analyst Bobby Cameron believes that CIOs are too focused on measures of IT efficiency and performance, and pay too little attention to the results technology can bring to the organisation.
Video: See the 1.4 second journey of a card payment

See the 1.4 second journey of a card payment slowed to two minutes. If you don't think technology touches all of our lives every day then watch this video.
Video: What risks do IT directors face when outsourcing and using cloud computing?

Jon Fell, Partner at law firm Pinsent Masons, discusses outsourcing and cloud computing in the current climate as well what legal challenges IT directors face when assessing the risk.
Video: Mobile workforce management with Addison Lee and Cognito

Addison Lee is London's leading minicab company with over 2,200 premium minicabs operating around the clock, 365 days a year. The revolutionary allocation software was developed by Addison Lee and with the support of Cognito’s mobile integration solution has enabled Addison Lee to nearly halve customer booking times whilst dispatching the nearest car from anywhere in central London.
Video: Infosec 2009 - David Blunkett, MP, discusses cybersecurity

David Blunkett, MP and former Home Secretary, discusses the role of the security industry in cybersecurity and how its critical that process is tackled as well, paying particular attention to training and education.
Video: Interview with Steve Palmer, Head of ICT at Hillingdon Council

Steve Palmer, head of ICT at the London Borough of Hillingdon , discusses the changing role of the CIO in the public sector.
Video: Infosec 2009 - How do you manage mobile security?

Michael Brown, director of product management at Blackberry Security, discusses managing mobile security.
Video: Infosec 2009 - First impressions of the year's biggest Information Security event

Infosec 2009 moved venue to Earls Court from Olympia. Organisers Reed Exhibitions said the bigger venue saw visitor numbers up by 10% on the first two days of 2009, compared with 2008.
Video: Bitchbuzz founder discusses role of women in IT

Cate Sevilla, founder of bitchbuzz.com, discusses the thorny issue of why more women don't work in IT.
Video: Tips on developing iPhone Apps

How do you go about developing iPhone apps?
Video: TechCrunch on the economic climate for tech start-ups

What is the economic climate like for tech start-ups? Are investors still investing?
Video: The Future of Mobile Government IT

ComputerWeekly.com talks to James Woudhuysen, Professor of Forecasting and Innovation at De Montford University in Leicester, about the future of Mobile Government IT at the GovNet Mobile Government Conference 09 in London.
How Web 2.0 and IT collaboration can benefit your business

ComputerWeekly recently hosted a roundtable discussion on the benefits of Web 2.0 and IT collaboration, Harnessing Global Business Intellect via Web 2.0, in association with BT.
Video: CW500 club interview with Catalina McGregor of the Cabinet Office

Catalina McGregor, Founder and Chair of the Cabinet Office CIO/CTO Council Green ICT Delivery Group, discusses Green IT issues and government policy with James Garner at the latest ComputerWeekly 500 club meeting.
Video: Looking at Safari 4

A first look at Safari 4's new features.
Video: A day in the life of a mobile business worker

Follow our online editor as he road tests the Sony Vaio TT laptop in a day of mobile business working.
Database security best practices: Video with David Litchfield

David Litchfield, managing director at NGSSoftware Ltd., reviews three of the most common mistakes that database administrators are making.
Video: Social Robots in action

Can robots co-exist with humans? The answer is not at the moment, but that day is edging closer as robots using met the public at the Science Museum in London this week.