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Virtualisation is the technology that is having the most positive effect on businesses as IT heads meet the challenge of doing the same for less Continue Reading

September 12, 2012 12Sep2012 News

Salford City Council offers cloud service to local businesses

Salford City Council is to offer private cloud service to local businesses through a partnership with ANS Group Continue Reading

September 11, 2012 11Sep2012 News

Liverpool FC moves to the cloud with Amazon Web Services

Liverpool FC has migrated its website to a public cloud using Amazon Web Services Continue Reading

September 11, 2012 11Sep2012 News

Skills shortage means no unemployment in IT security, says (ISC)2

Zero unemployment in IT security shows a huge shortage of skills in the profession, says Hord Tipton, executive director of (ISC)2 Continue Reading

September 11, 2012 11Sep2012 News

Ten killer questions for choosing an HR IT system

Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) chose a cloud-based HR system, to manage its 3,700 disparate global staff, on the basis of 10 killer questions Continue Reading

September 11, 2012 11Sep2012 News

Allianz signs deal for customer database technology

Insurance company Allianz has signed a deal for a database system it expects will create millions in sales by creating a single customer view (SCV) Continue Reading

September 11, 2012 11Sep2012 News

Cabinet Office blacklists Fujitsu from government IT contract tenders

The Cabinet Office has banned Fujitsu and another IT supplier from tendering for public sector IT contracts as they constitute too high a risk Continue Reading

September 11, 2012 11Sep2012 News

Gartner: Prepare for context-aware security

Cloud computing, IT consumerisation and the evolving threat landscape are forcing IT departments to rethink security Continue Reading

September 11, 2012 11Sep2012 News

How to get the most from storage within budget

In this buyer’s guide, we assess the changing storage landscape and how the various technologies can be implemented to maximum effect Continue Reading

September 11, 2012 11Sep2012 News

HTML5 and the journey to the modern web

In this article, Gartner argues that IT departments need to start thinking about HTML5 sooner rather than later. Continue Reading

September 11, 2012 11Sep2012 News

Computer Weekly Supplier Directory

Computer Weekly’s Supplier Directory gives you the key facts on the top IT suppliers, including financials, indepent in-depth profiles, and videos. Continue Reading

September 11, 2012 11Sep2012 News

The ROI of Social CRM

Nucleus assesses the benefits of adding social capabilities to CRM deployments. Continue Reading

September 10, 2012 10Sep2012 News

Bank of England hires 145 IT staff for Prudential Regulatory Authority

The Bank of England is to hire 145 IT staff for its new financial services regulatory body, the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) Continue Reading

September 10, 2012 10Sep2012 News

Alcatel-Lucent creates chief operating officer role

The COO job will be taken by its current CFO Paul Tufano as Alcatel-Lucent tries to turn around its fortunes Continue Reading

September 10, 2012 10Sep2012 In Depth

HDFC Bank’s ISO 27004-compliant security metrics a boost toward GRC

An ISO/IEC 27004-compliant metrics program is a rarity in the Indian infosec circuit. Indian BFSI major HDFC Bank’s ISMS has been there, done that Continue Reading

September 10, 2012 10Sep2012 Tip

Implement a data integration solution in six easy steps

This is the first installment of a two-part series expert-advice on data integration solution deployment. Continue Reading

September 09, 2012 09Sep2012 Photo Story

Suriya Prakash on Botnets and Tor

September 09, 2012 09Sep2012 Photo Story

Ajin Abraham on Xenotix Exploitation Framework

September 09, 2012 09Sep2012 Photo Story

Nikhil Kulkarni - detailed analysis of credit card frauds

September 09, 2012 09Sep2012 Photo Story

Divyanshu on Andriod exploitation

September 09, 2012 09Sep2012 Photo Story

Spot the cop at Defcon Bangalore

September 09, 2012 09Sep2012 Photo Story

p2p sharing by Akash Kumar Goel

September 09, 2012 09Sep2012 Photo Story

Pwning the Hackers by Himanshu Sharma

September 09, 2012 09Sep2012 Photo Story

DEF-CON Bangalore (DC9180) Meet Live

September 09, 2012 09Sep2012 Photo Story

Session 2: Cylesh Gadi and Kalyan Sundaram

September 09, 2012 09Sep2012 Photo Story

Session 1 - Chief guest Anand Prahlad

September 09, 2012 09Sep2012 Photo Story

The venue

September 09, 2012 09Sep2012 Photo Story

DEF-CON Bangalore (DC9180) Meet Live

Get a front row view of the action-packed goings on at DEFCON Bangalore 2012 in this Live photo feature. Continue Reading

September 07, 2012 07Sep2012 News

Interview: Channel 4 CIO on the IT behind the broadcasting of the Paralympic Games

The Paralympic Games was the largest live broadcast undertaking for Channel 4, and gave the IT team an equally complex project Continue Reading

September 07, 2012 07Sep2012 News

UK cookie law compliance mixed, study finds

Three months after the enforcement of the cookie law, only 12% of UK websites have prominent privacy notices and robust cookie controls, a study shows Continue Reading

September 07, 2012 07Sep2012 Photo Story

BYOD: Five hot tablets entering the work place

Following the launch of the Kindle Fire HD, Computer Weekly looks at the top five tablets staff will want to bring into the workplace Continue Reading

September 07, 2012 07Sep2012 Photo Story

Amazon's Kindle Fire HD

September 07, 2012 07Sep2012 Photo Story

Next generation Apple products

September 07, 2012 07Sep2012 Photo Story

Google Nexus 7

September 07, 2012 07Sep2012 Photo Story

Microsoft's Surface tablet

September 07, 2012 07Sep2012 Photo Story

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1

September 07, 2012 07Sep2012 Tip

How centralised storage and server-based computing help IT face BYOD

Study shows that UK and EU IT pros are still scared of BYOD. But IT can overcome these BYOD fears. Here's how. Continue Reading

September 06, 2012 06Sep2012 Blog Post

Everybody lost in NHS IT disaster

A degree of ironic congratulation is due to the Department of Health (DoH) and Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude for finally extricating the NHS from its disastrous contract with CSC. The ... Continue Reading

September 06, 2012 06Sep2012 News

Interview: Dave Scammell, CEO of Sohonet

We speak to the head of Sohonet, a service provider built for the film and media industry in the centre of London Continue Reading

September 06, 2012 06Sep2012 News

FSA demands review of RBS software failure

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) wants to know how banks plan to prevent a repeat of the Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) software glitch Continue Reading

September 06, 2012 06Sep2012 Photo Story

Voltas improves profitability with BI technology

Voltas implemented BI technology and benefited five divisions with better reporting and data analytics. Find out how it was done. Continue Reading

September 06, 2012 06Sep2012 Photo Story

Voltas improves profitability with BI technology

September 06, 2012 06Sep2012 Photo Story

Voltas' EM&RBG protects profitability with BI solution

September 06, 2012 06Sep2012 Photo Story

BI tool helps improve debt recovery at Voltas UPBG

September 06, 2012 06Sep2012 Photo Story

Voltas achieves HR optimization with BI implementation

September 06, 2012 06Sep2012 Photo Story

Voltas EMD exploits SAP BI for project visibility

September 06, 2012 06Sep2012 Photo Story

SAP BO improves profitability at Voltas M&CE

September 05, 2012 05Sep2012 News

Digital technologies to spark major shake-up of IT suppliers, says report

CIOs have been urged to rethink their partnerships with strategic suppliers as the industry goes through its most disruptive period since the dot com crash Continue Reading

September 05, 2012 05Sep2012 In Depth

Setting up a botnet is easier than you think

Acquiring, installing, configuring and using a powerful data-stealing banking Trojan toolkit is not as difficult as it sounds Continue Reading

September 05, 2012 05Sep2012 News

Irish environment department goes green with Polycom

Around 900 government workers will be able to use the unified communications system for video and content sharing Continue Reading

September 05, 2012 05Sep2012 News

FBI denies link to leaked Apple device codes

The FBI says there is no evidence that Anonymous gained access to 12 million identity codes for Apple devices by hacking an FBI agent's laptop Continue Reading

September 04, 2012 04Sep2012 E-Zine

Why organizations are turning to hybrid data centre fabrics with Fibre Channel

This month's issue of IT in Europe focuses on two of today's key aspects of data center management: energy efficiency and storage networking. Read now to learn why PUE can be an inefficient measurement factor. We also explore the changing ... Continue Reading

September 04, 2012 04Sep2012 News

NHS claws back £1bn as CSC negotiations come to an end

The Department of Health claws back £1bn from CSC as negotiations with the troubled supplier come to an end. Continue Reading

September 04, 2012 04Sep2012 News

Students back to school for new e-skills ICT curriculum today

Students return to the e-skills Behind the Screen programme, as schools fill the gap left by government scrapping the national ICT curriculum Continue Reading