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2013 Stories
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March 18, 2013
18Mar2013
Photo Story
P&G 1st year poster competition at ITMB event
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March 18, 2013
18Mar2013
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The winner of the ‘Run CA for a day’ at ITMB event
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March 18, 2013
18Mar2013
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Team logo competition at ITMB event
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March 18, 2013
18Mar2013
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IT Management for Business (ITMB) degree students demonstrate their ideas to employers
CA Technologies hosted an ITMB student event in association with eSkills, at Ditton Park in Datchet. See all the pictures here. Continue Reading
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March 18, 2013
18Mar2013
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Students arrive in the morning to the ITMB event
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March 18, 2013
18Mar2013
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Employers speak with the students at ITMB event
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March 18, 2013
18Mar2013
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2nd and final year joint competition winners at ITMB event
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March 18, 2013
18Mar2013
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Ditton Manor in Datchet for ITMB South event
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March 18, 2013
18Mar2013
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Time to meet employers between sessions at the ITMB event
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March 18, 2013
18Mar2013
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P&G poster competition winners at ITMB event
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March 18, 2013
18Mar2013
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Students meet with vice president and general manager of CA Technologies at ITMB event
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March 18, 2013
18Mar2013
News
Calculating Cloud ROI : From the Customer Perspective
This white paper lays out a framework to help IT and business decision makers calculate the return on investment of cloud services. Continue Reading
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March 18, 2013
18Mar2013
News
FM, IT and Data Centres
Are Facilities and IT data centre managers implacable enemies, or is it a case of different work priorities, asks analyst Clive Longbottom. Continue Reading
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March 18, 2013
18Mar2013
News
CW Buyer's Guide: Green Computing
Computer Weekly looks at technologies that can help your datacentre become cost and energy efficient in this 11 page Buyer's Guide. Continue Reading
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March 18, 2013
18Mar2013
News
IT education in Scandinavia
Learn how Scandinavian educators are capitalising on IT advances to help children learn in this Computer Weekly report. Continue Reading
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March 18, 2013
18Mar2013
News
Underexposed risks of public Wi-Fi hotspots
This article in our Royal Holloway Information Security series assess the hidden security risks of public Wi-Fi hotspots. Continue Reading
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March 18, 2013
18Mar2013
News
Microsoft announces new office 365 offerings
Analyst group, Nucleus Research assesses Microsoft's plans to update to its Office 365 cloud services, including enhanced social capabilities with SharePoint and Yammer. Continue Reading
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March 17, 2013
17Mar2013
News
Human error most likely cause of datacentre downtime, finds study
Human error such as inadvertently adjusting the temperature or pulling power cords from an asset are biggest causes of datacentre downtime Continue Reading
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March 15, 2013
15Mar2013
News
AstraZeneca appoints new CIO David Smoley
Pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca has appointment David Smoley as chief information officer Continue Reading
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March 15, 2013
15Mar2013
News
Accenture delivers rapid reporting for Six Nations
In sponsoring the Six Nations Rugby tournament, Accenture has shown how rapid prototyping can be applied to building enterprise reports Continue Reading
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March 15, 2013
15Mar2013
Opinion
The Great Deverticalisation - part 3: New skills and structures in the public sector
Why do we persist in running vertically integrated organisations when standardising many of these processes would free us up to do things so much better, and more cheaply? Continue Reading
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March 15, 2013
15Mar2013
News
Government mandates 'preference' for open source
The government has, for the first time, mandated a preference for using open source for future developments Continue Reading
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March 15, 2013
15Mar2013
News
Samsung launches Galaxy S4 with improved software and Knox security
Samsung's latest smartphone, the Galaxy S4 – which was released in New York – aims to boost software and Android OS security Continue Reading
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March 14, 2013
14Mar2013
News
CIO Interview: Matthew Oakeley, global IT head of Schroders
Matthew Oakeley talks to Karl Flinders about his role as global IT head at investment management company Schroders Continue Reading
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March 13, 2013
13Mar2013
News
John Lewis drops virtual mirror project as part of ‘fail fast at innovation' strategy
John Lewis has canned its virtual mirror project as part of the company’s approach to ‘failing fast at innovation’ Continue Reading
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March 13, 2013
13Mar2013
News
US authorities investigate hack of Michelle Obama and other high-profile people
US authorities are investigating hackers who allegedly stole financial information belonging to US first lady Michelle Obama Continue Reading
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March 12, 2013
12Mar2013
News
O2: ‘We have not lost a single customer to EE’
O2’s head of enterprise says no customers have been drawn to EE's 4G and expects a challenge to entice them even after all operators launch Continue Reading
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March 12, 2013
12Mar2013
Photo Story
Westminster School – Team: AirPi
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March 12, 2013
12Mar2013
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Roedean School – Team: RoeRaspberries
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March 12, 2013
12Mar2013
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East Sheen Primary – Team: Pen-Pi
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March 12, 2013
12Mar2013
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The Richard Pate School – Team: The Richard Pate School
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March 12, 2013
12Mar2013
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How are schools using the Raspberry Pi?
PA Consulting Group challenged schools, universities and inventors to use the Raspberry Pi to make the world a better place. See some of the entries. Continue Reading
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March 12, 2013
12Mar2013
Photo Story
Highgate School – Team: Syntax Error
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March 12, 2013
12Mar2013
Photo Story
Dalriada School – Team: Untitled1.rbt
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March 12, 2013
12Mar2013
News
Warwickshire Council adopts Gmail
Warwickshire County Council is to complete a full Gmail roll-out across its 4,500 users next month, in a move that will deliver £250,000 in savings Continue Reading
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March 12, 2013
12Mar2013
News
The Deloitte Consumer Review: A more secure customer
This report from Deloitte assesses the impact of cybercrime on consumers and offers advice to businesses on how to respond. Continue Reading
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March 12, 2013
12Mar2013
News
CW Buyer's Guide: Big Data Infrastructure
Computer Weekly looks at the mindset and technology infrastructure businesses need to analyse big data. Continue Reading
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March 12, 2013
12Mar2013
News
Journey 2016: Enterprise without boundaries
This report from Atos assess how major trends including the birth of the total data economy, a cashless society, social and shared innovation will start to reshape business and society by 2016. Continue Reading
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March 12, 2013
12Mar2013
News
Information security trends
This report from CompTIA, based on original research, assesses the current trends in information security. Continue Reading
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March 12, 2013
12Mar2013
News
Best practices for integrating your contact centre with salesforce.com
Analyst group, Nucleus Research explores how companies can use technologies such as Genesys Connect to deliver more value from their service cloud investment Continue Reading
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March 11, 2013
11Mar2013
News
Majestic Wine swaps Microsoft for Intershop in ecommerce refresh
Majestic Wine is revamping its website with an InterShop 7 ecommerce engine, which replaces a legacy Microsoft Commerce Server system. Continue Reading
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March 11, 2013
11Mar2013
News
Phishing emails sent in pairs to lend authenticity, says training company
Phishing emails are now being deployed in pairs to create the illusion of authenticity, says security awareness training company PhishMe Continue Reading
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March 11, 2013
11Mar2013
News
Microsoft releases four critical security updates
Microsoft is to release four “critical” patches in its monthly Patch Tuesday security update, according to the advance notice. Continue Reading
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March 11, 2013
11Mar2013
News
Territorial Army on the hunt for information assurance professionals
TA to recruit IT security professionals into the Royal Signals to strengthen cyber operations Continue Reading
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March 11, 2013
11Mar2013
News
Hilary Reynolds latest universal credit programme director to move
Universal credit programme director Hilary Reynolds has moved off after just four months, the latest senior figure to leave the programme Continue Reading
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March 11, 2013
11Mar2013
News
AstraZeneca opts for co-operation after IBM falls out
AstraZeneca has changed its approach to outsourcing to encourage co-operation with suppliers after its deal with IBM failed to deliver Continue Reading
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March 08, 2013
08Mar2013
Blog Post
The vultures circle over Universal Credit IT
The vultures are circling over the IT behind the government's Universal Credit (UC) programme. Computer Weekly has catalogued the gradual drip-feed of concerns and rumours around the highest ... Continue Reading
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March 08, 2013
08Mar2013
News
Midlands health trust trials BlackBerry 10 OS on PlayBook with Z10 roll-out
The Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust tests the Blackberry 10 operating system (OS) for a mobile fleet deployment Continue Reading
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March 07, 2013
07Mar2013
In Depth
Wired vs wireless in the enterprise
What are the pros and cons of wired and wireless connectivity, and what does the future hold for the corporate environment? Continue Reading
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March 07, 2013
07Mar2013
News
Hardware fault causes more RBS service outages
RBS and NatWest customers experienced disruptions to online and telephone banking services after hardware fault. Continue Reading
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March 07, 2013
07Mar2013
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MP adamant Universal Credit IT suppliers told to down tools
Universal Credit IT contractors have been told to down tools, says Stephen Timms, Labour MP for East Ham Continue Reading
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March 06, 2013
06Mar2013
News
Businesses and IT suppliers to collaborate on big data
Businesses are to collaborate to work out how to exploit the rapidly growing volume of data generated by social media, mobile devices and the internet of things. Continue Reading
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March 06, 2013
06Mar2013
News
KFC brings free Wi-Fi to customers
KFC teams with The Cloud to give customers free internet connectivity. Continue Reading
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March 06, 2013
06Mar2013
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"Universal credit contractors told to down tools," claim MPs
"Universal credit contractors told to down tools," claim MPs Continue Reading
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March 06, 2013
06Mar2013
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Case study: Birmingham NEC boosts Wi-Fi network
Birmingham NEC has deployed Xirrus technology to bring high-bandwidth wireless connectivity to visitors and staff Continue Reading
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March 06, 2013
06Mar2013
News
What is RSA's build, buy, partner strategy?
Computer Weekly takes a closer look at RSA's build, buy, partner strategy Continue Reading
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March 06, 2013
06Mar2013
News
Iceland prepares to lure Silicon Valley IT giants to build datacentres
Despite having the facilities to build a green datacentre, big firms such as Apple, Facebook and Google have not opted for a base in Iceland Continue Reading
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March 06, 2013
06Mar2013
News
Technology industry at the cross-roads: Transforming quote-to-cash operations
This report from PwC, highlights the urgency for technology companies to reinvent their existing operating models to meet the fast-changing buying process. Continue Reading
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March 05, 2013
05Mar2013
E-Zine
The security risk sweeping Europe
Never have we been so open about the information we share online, without so little concern for our privacy. Social media can be a threat to a company, not just to what information an employee chooses to disclose, but because social media sites ... Continue Reading
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March 05, 2013
05Mar2013
News
Businesses must fundamentally change or 'die'
Firms need to embrace technological change or face being left behind, according to executives from Amazon and Salesforce Continue Reading
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March 05, 2013
05Mar2013
News
Are CIOs losing relevance or will they just change their spots?
The CIO is an evolving role and changes in technology and budgets, mean it is shifting more towards governance Continue Reading
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March 05, 2013
05Mar2013
News
Enterprise Security Architecture – an outsourcer's view
Alan Jenkins, chief security officer of outsourcing specialist, T Systems, explains the company's approach to enterprise security architecture. Continue Reading
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March 05, 2013
05Mar2013
News
Smartself-service – a guide for buyers
Analysts Rob Bamforth and Clive Longbottom offer a checklist for assessing suppliers for smart-self service projects. Continue Reading
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March 05, 2013
05Mar2013
News
Sleeping Android: the danger of dormant permissions
This article in our Royal Holloway Information Security Thesis series explains how weaknesses in the Android platform could leave users open to exploitation or abuse. Continue Reading
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March 05, 2013
05Mar2013
News
Enterprise Security Architecture
Mark Brown, Director for Advisory Risk & Information Security at Ernst & Young offers advice to security leaders on developing a robust Enterprise Security Architecture. Continue Reading
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March 05, 2013
05Mar2013
News
Security the future: Keeping up with the business
Gareth Lindahl-Wise, group information security manager at British American Tobacco, explains the company's approach to enterprise security architecture. Continue Reading
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March 04, 2013
04Mar2013
News
Logicalis saves 2e2's UK managed services arm
Logicalis has taken over the European business of defunct IT services supplier 2e2, which went bust in January 2013, owing millions to creditors Continue Reading
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March 04, 2013
04Mar2013
In Depth
How to tackle big data from a security point of view
Before leaping into big data, companies must be clear what they are trying to achieve, otherwise their investment will be wasted Continue Reading
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March 04, 2013
04Mar2013
Photo Story
Get a Trusted Certificate
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March 04, 2013
04Mar2013
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Configure an SSL Certificate
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March 04, 2013
04Mar2013
Photo Story
Get an Apple push notification service certificate
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March 04, 2013
04Mar2013
Photo Story
Enter company information
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March 04, 2013
04Mar2013
Photo Story
Set up your OS X Server
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March 04, 2013
04Mar2013
Photo Story
Create a new Open Directory domain
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March 04, 2013
04Mar2013
Photo Story
Configuring Mac OS X Server for the first time
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March 04, 2013
04Mar2013
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Connect to your OS X Server
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March 04, 2013
04Mar2013
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Create a Directory Administrator
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March 04, 2013
04Mar2013
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Setting up Open Directory
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March 04, 2013
04Mar2013
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How to configure Mac OS X Server
How to secure Mac OS X Server using global password policies and data loss prevention Continue Reading
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March 04, 2013
04Mar2013
Photo Story
Using Terminal application during start-up process
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March 01, 2013
01Mar2013
News
Verne Global expands green datacentre footprint in Iceland
Verne Global has selected Colt's UK-made modular datacentres to expand its Icelandic facility Continue Reading
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February 28, 2013
28Feb2013
News
UK teams up with Estonia to develop digital public services
The UK government has signed an agreement with Estonia to work together on developing digital public services Continue Reading
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February 28, 2013
28Feb2013
News
RSA 2013: Suppliers need to prepare for new security vulnerability handling standards
Software makers and online service providers need to prepare for two ISO standards on vulnerability handling processes due by the end of 2013 Continue Reading
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February 27, 2013
27Feb2013
News
350,000 different types of spam SMS messages were targeted at mobile users in 2012
350,000 different variants of unsolicited spam SMS messages were accounted for in 2012, with 53,000 variants logged for December alone Continue Reading
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February 27, 2013
27Feb2013
In Depth
Horror stories of women in tech: The worst advice I’ve ever received
Women share experiences of being told to think like a male, keep your head down, and to not even bother with a career in tech. Continue Reading
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February 27, 2013
27Feb2013
In Depth
How to manage the risk of the human factor in database administration
Fail to manage the risk of the human factor in database administration and you court disaster. DBAs, like air traffic controllers: work in pairs? Continue Reading
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February 27, 2013
27Feb2013
News
Health records should be protected like bank details, says BCS
The BCS and NHS say people should protect their online medical records in the same way they look after their bank details Continue Reading
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February 27, 2013
27Feb2013
Photo Story
MWC and NFC
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February 27, 2013
27Feb2013
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Mobile World Congress 2013
Computer Weekly headed to Barcelona for Mobile World Congress, the world's largest gathering of mobile-minded folk Continue Reading
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February 27, 2013
27Feb2013
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Until next year...
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February 27, 2013
27Feb2013
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MWC 2013
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February 27, 2013
27Feb2013
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Getting bigger every year
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February 27, 2013
27Feb2013
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New home for MWC
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February 27, 2013
27Feb2013
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Exhibitors attend in their thousands
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February 27, 2013
27Feb2013
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Intel steps up Android chipset efforts
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February 27, 2013
27Feb2013
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Conference line up
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February 27, 2013
27Feb2013
News
Booking.com embraces mobile apps
Head of mobile marketing for Booking.com talks about mobile strategy and accumulating more than 10 million downloads in less than two years Continue Reading
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February 27, 2013
27Feb2013
News
ISPs in the US join forces to serve “six strikes” to illegal downloaders
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the US are leading a campaign to target piracy using a “six strike” warning system Continue Reading
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February 26, 2013
26Feb2013
News
Fifth of all IT services firms could disappear by 2014, says Gartner
Up to 20 of the world’s top 100 IT service providers could disappear by 2014 because of the tough economic conditions, says Gartner Continue Reading
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February 26, 2013
26Feb2013
Photo Story
Hands on with the HP Slate 7