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2013 Stories
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February 05, 2013
05Feb2013
In Depth
How to effectively manage datacentre temperature and humidity
A datacentre is a complex facility with different cooling equipment and power systems. Here's how to monitor its temperature and humidity Continue Reading
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February 04, 2013
04Feb2013
News
Reed jobs site chooses SAP Business ByDesign
Reed.co.uk recruitment agency has chosen cloud-based SAP Business ByDesign as part of an overhaul of its business applications strategy Continue Reading
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February 04, 2013
04Feb2013
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Step 5: laptop settings
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February 04, 2013
04Feb2013
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Lenovo X1 Carbon
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February 04, 2013
04Feb2013
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Five steps to turn Windows 8 into Windows 7
Windows 8 ships with new PCs, but many people prefer the old user interface. Here is a guide to getting it back. Continue Reading
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February 04, 2013
04Feb2013
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Step 4: Create a Trigger
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February 04, 2013
04Feb2013
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Step 1: Download Classic Start 8
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February 04, 2013
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Step 3: Create an Action
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February 04, 2013
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Step 2: Run Task Scheduler
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February 04, 2013
04Feb2013
In Depth
How 3D printing impacts manufacturing
With the ability to create on-demand specialist tools, any initial investment in 3D printing technology could quickly pay for itself. Continue Reading
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February 04, 2013
04Feb2013
News
Twitter resets a quarter of a million accounts after hacker attack
Twitter has reset the passwords of 250,000 accounts after detecting and shutting down a hacker attack last week. Continue Reading
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February 01, 2013
01Feb2013
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Images from the Bett Show 2013
Find out what took place at the education show Bett this year. Continue Reading
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February 01, 2013
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Word Wall demonstrates at the Bett Show 2013
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February 01, 2013
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Crowds flock to hear Brian Cox at the Bett show 2013
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February 01, 2013
01Feb2013
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The Bett show 2013
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February 01, 2013
01Feb2013
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Scandinavian experiences and perspectives on ICT
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February 01, 2013
01Feb2013
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Maths-Whizz mascot at Bett Show 2013
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February 01, 2013
01Feb2013
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Over 200 exhibitors at Bett Show 2013
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February 01, 2013
01Feb2013
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Thousands flock to Excel for Bett Show 2013
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February 01, 2013
01Feb2013
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Cippenham Primary School test Purple Mash at Bett Show 2013
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February 01, 2013
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Bett Show 2013 delegate sprays paints OCR wall
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February 01, 2013
01Feb2013
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Integrex offers a helping hand at Bett Show 2013
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February 01, 2013
01Feb2013
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Zu3D’s giraffe at the Bett Show 2013
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February 01, 2013
01Feb2013
News
Don’t make big data stand alone, warns Gartner
Gartner cautions organisations against treating big data as unique and criticises business intelligence suppliers for failing to exploit mobility Continue Reading
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February 01, 2013
01Feb2013
News
Computer Weekly User Awards
The deadline for the Computer Weekly European User Awards for Networking has been extended to 8th February. Get the recognition you deserve! Continue Reading
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January 31, 2013
31Jan2013
News
Digital app developer skills take centre stage in corporate IT
Digital information design skills, including building business apps, have assumed new importance in corporate IT over the past year Continue Reading
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January 31, 2013
31Jan2013
News
Capacity management most underestimated cloud problem
Capacity management is the most underestimated problem of cloud computing, says Morgan Stanley strategy director Evangelos Kotsovinos Continue Reading
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January 31, 2013
31Jan2013
News
EasyJet lifts off with Azure seat bookings
The Azure cloud has allowed Easyjet to enable web site and mobile users to check seat availability Continue Reading
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January 31, 2013
31Jan2013
News
Case study: Menzies Aviation upgrades in-house datacentre
Menzies Aviation has updated its three internal datacentres with new servers, storage and cooling products rather than invest in cloud computing Continue Reading
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January 30, 2013
30Jan2013
Opinion
The great deverticalisation – part 1: the street
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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January 30, 2013
30Jan2013
News
Computer science to be part of English Baccalaureate
Computer science will be included in the new English Baccalaureate as one of the options for science study Continue Reading
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January 30, 2013
30Jan2013
News
Amazon sales soar in 2012
Amazon sales rose 27% to $61bn (£39bn) in its 2012 results and 22% in its 2012 fourth quarter revenues to $21.27bn, compared with 2011 Continue Reading
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January 29, 2013
29Jan2013
News
Windsor and Maidenhead council migrates services to cloud
Windsor and Maidenhead borough council will migrate critical services such as childcare, benefits and transport services to the cloud by 2014 Continue Reading
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January 28, 2013
28Jan2013
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Enterprises bringing data back in-house for more flexibility, shows study
European enterprises are improving their internal datacentres and storing data in-house rather than on the external cloud Continue Reading
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January 28, 2013
28Jan2013
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Travel service provider Concur builds datacentres in Europe to support growth
Integrated travel and expenses service provider, Concur Technologies, has built colocation datacentres to cater to European customers Continue Reading
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January 28, 2013
28Jan2013
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Why has NAC, like DLP, failed to take off?
Why are organisations not investing in systems that are designed to keep malicious actors out of their networks? Continue Reading
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January 28, 2013
28Jan2013
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Top buying criteria for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
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January 28, 2013
28Jan2013
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Barriers to rolling out Network Access Control (NAC)
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January 28, 2013
28Jan2013
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IT Security Purchasing Intentions 2013 - Europe
TechTarget surveyed 250+ IT pros about security media purchasing in Europe. Continue Reading
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January 28, 2013
28Jan2013
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How widely used is Network Access Control (NAC)?
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January 28, 2013
28Jan2013
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Security spending grows, but take-up of security management tools is slow
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January 28, 2013
28Jan2013
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Barriers to deploying Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
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January 28, 2013
28Jan2013
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Rolling out Data Leakage Prevention (DLP)
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January 28, 2013
28Jan2013
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Why organisations don’t use Data Leakage Prevention (DLP)
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January 28, 2013
28Jan2013
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Take-up of Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) technology
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January 28, 2013
28Jan2013
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Top buying criteria for Network Access Control (NAC)
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January 28, 2013
28Jan2013
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Top buying criteria for Data Leakage Protection (DLP)
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January 28, 2013
28Jan2013
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How widely is Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) used?
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January 28, 2013
28Jan2013
News
Procter & Gamble appoints new UK CIO as predecessor moves to Ipsos
Consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble has appointed a new UK CIO following the departure last month of previous incumbent, Dave Ubachs Continue Reading
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January 28, 2013
28Jan2013
News
Negotiating cloud contracts
This research, drawing on interviews with cloud computing providers, users and others, examines how cloud contracts are negotiated Continue Reading
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January 28, 2013
28Jan2013
News
Top 10 Project Management Trends for 2013
A global panel of experts identify the top 10 trends in project management in 2013 Continue Reading
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January 28, 2013
28Jan2013
News
IT Services Purchase Intentions 2013
This survey of over 130 European IT professionals from Computer Weekly and TechTarget examines company's buying plans for IT services in 2013. Continue Reading
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January 28, 2013
28Jan2013
News
CW Buyer's Guide: Asset Management
Computer Weekly looks at how IT asset lifecycle management can help CIOs manage their organisation's technology assets. Continue Reading
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January 28, 2013
28Jan2013
News
CW Special Report on Microsoft
This 12 page special report updated for 2012 gives you the facts on Microsoft, its strategy, products and services and financial performance. Continue Reading
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January 28, 2013
28Jan2013
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Business Continuity: Availability, recovery and archive
Analysts Clive Longbottom and Bob Tarzey offer a 7 step approach to creating a business continuity and disaster recovery strategy. Continue Reading
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January 25, 2013
25Jan2013
News
Ferrari swerves SAP, adopts Infor LN to meet Chinese demand
Italian sports car maker Ferrari has turned to Infor ERP technology to respond to Chinese and Middle Eastern customer demand Continue Reading
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January 25, 2013
25Jan2013
News
Encryption is safe bet, says SafeNet
Encryption is the only thing that can give peace of mind to CIOs and CISOs, says Dave Hansen, president and CEO of security firm SafeNet Continue Reading
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January 24, 2013
24Jan2013
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Quarter of UK IT executives plan expansion of IT operations this year
Hiring Index report reveals IT directors and CIOs plan to expand their teams or fill vacated positions as they arise Continue Reading
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January 24, 2013
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Download: The human face of big data
Jonathan Harris makes projects that reimagine how humans relate to technology and to each other. Continue Reading
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January 24, 2013
24Jan2013
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Nokia bounces back in Q4
Nokia returned to profit in the fourth quarter of 2012, reporting profit of €439m and sales of over €8bn Continue Reading
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January 24, 2013
24Jan2013
In Depth
Online gambling sector bets on business intelligence
Online gambling and gaming industries crave structured business data. Volumes can be huge and they need to react to customer behaviour Continue Reading
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January 24, 2013
24Jan2013
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ICO hits Sony with £250,000 data breach penalty
The Information Commissioner’s office (ICO) has fined Sony Computer Entertainment Europe £250,000 for breaching the Data Protection Act Continue Reading
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January 23, 2013
23Jan2013
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Monitoring sea life at Ningaloo Reef
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January 23, 2013
23Jan2013
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Secrets in discarded data from heart attack patients
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January 23, 2013
23Jan2013
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Author A.J. Jacobs declares his love for self-tracking
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January 23, 2013
23Jan2013
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Gordon Bell records his life in gigabytes
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January 23, 2013
23Jan2013
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Overcoming macular degeneration
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January 23, 2013
23Jan2013
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Day and night in Time Square
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January 23, 2013
23Jan2013
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Data transparency has led to mass movements on a scale never seen before
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January 23, 2013
23Jan2013
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The human face of Big Data
Former Time, Life and national Geographic photographer Rick Smolan visualises and navigates the world of Big Data. Continue Reading
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January 23, 2013
23Jan2013
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Radar stations record decades of data on bats, birds, and insects.
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January 23, 2013
23Jan2013
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Shwetak Patel demos visual feedback of power wastage
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January 23, 2013
23Jan2013
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A map of facebook friendships reveals a picture of the world
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January 23, 2013
23Jan2013
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Monitoring sea life at Ningaloo Reef
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January 23, 2013
23Jan2013
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Download: IT salary survey 2012
TechTarget’s annual IT Salary Survey delves into executive and staff salary trends, pay by industry and the factors that contribute to job satisfaction. Continue Reading
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January 23, 2013
23Jan2013
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European bank IT investment lags US and Asia-Pacific equivalents
Banks in Asia-Pacific and North America will increase their IT spending significantly more than those in Europe Continue Reading
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January 22, 2013
22Jan2013
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Defra plans £80m agile CAP system
The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is planning a single integrated £80m Common Agricultural Policy system Continue Reading
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January 22, 2013
22Jan2013
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Businesses wasting billions storing unnecessary data
CIOs are urged to rethink their backup strategies following warnings that companies are wasting billions on unnecessary storage Continue Reading
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January 22, 2013
22Jan2013
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National Rail Enquiries puts web services on the public cloud
National Rail Enquiries is migrating applications that power its home page, online journey planner service and real-time service updates on to AWS cloud Continue Reading
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January 22, 2013
22Jan2013
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BYOD: People pay for devices to use for work
Over half of employees buy their own devices for work use, according to new report from mobile device management specialist Good Technology Continue Reading
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January 22, 2013
22Jan2013
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Why has DLP never taken off?
Why is data loss prevention (DLP) technology not being adopted if it provides the very protection most businesses need? Continue Reading
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January 22, 2013
22Jan2013
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The Human Face of Big Data: Data Driven
Software engineers are transforming the daily lives of hundreds of millions of people for good and for ill, writes Jonathan Harris. Continue Reading
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January 22, 2013
22Jan2013
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The Human Face of Big Data: Pulse of the Planet
Big Data is about to radically transform our understanding of the planet, writes entrepreneur and commentator, Esther Dyson. Continue Reading
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January 22, 2013
22Jan2013
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An Introduction to Quantum Lifecycle Management
This report from The Open Group introduces QLM, explains why it is necessary and how its development and acceptance will be assured. Continue Reading
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January 21, 2013
21Jan2013
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GDS must not become an outlier, warns Martha Lane Fox
The Government Digital Service (GDS) must not remain an outlier to the way the public sector delivers online services, says Martha Lane Fox Continue Reading
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January 21, 2013
21Jan2013
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UK citizens unwilling to embrace big data
The public sector could improve services by imitating the private sector’s use of big data, but citizens are overwhelmingly against the idea Continue Reading
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January 21, 2013
21Jan2013
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Interview: Alan Clark, chairman, OpenStack Foundation
Alan Clark, chairman of the board of the OpenStack Foundation, talks to Computer Weekly about the future of cloud and the role of open source Continue Reading
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January 21, 2013
21Jan2013
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ZTE predicts major losses for 2012
Delayed projects and shrinking sales saw net profits plummet 240% at Chinese telecoms company ZTE in 2012 Continue Reading
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January 21, 2013
21Jan2013
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UK will be 33,300 short of IT workers by 2050, finds research
The UK will be short of 33,300 IT workers in 2050 as a result of a skills shortage, an ageing workforce and a restrictive migration policy Continue Reading
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January 21, 2013
21Jan2013
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Jericho Forum: Data Protection
Data protection needs to provide stronger, more flexible protection mechanisms around the data itself, the Jericho Forum/Open Group argues in this report. Continue Reading
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January 18, 2013
18Jan2013
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G-Cloud powers Huddle’s public sector sales growth
Cloud collaboration firm Huddle saw its public sector sales double to 30% of all revenues this year due to uptake generated through the CloudStore Continue Reading
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January 18, 2013
18Jan2013
In Depth
GE uses big data to power machine services business
GE, one of the UK's largest manufacturers, is using big data analytics with data generated from machine sensors to predict maintenance needs Continue Reading
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January 18, 2013
18Jan2013
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Security visualisation
This article is guideline of how to generate a visual representation of a given dataset and use in the evaluation of known security vulnerabilities Continue Reading
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January 18, 2013
18Jan2013
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IT Project Management: Guide to estimating timescales and resources.
Learn how to estimate the effort and timescales required for IT projects with this extract from Project management for IT-related projects. Continue Reading
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January 18, 2013
18Jan2013
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2012-2013 IT Budget Benchmark
This in-depth research from business advisory group CEB assesses IT spending plans in 2013 based on a survey of 180 large international businesses. Continue Reading
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January 18, 2013
18Jan2013
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Business Continuity Management Systems
Brush-up you knowledge of the practical aspects of business continuity management with this book extract. Continue Reading
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January 18, 2013
18Jan2013
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Gartner: Best practices for I&O for cloud-readiness
Gartner analysts explain how Infrastructure and Operations (I&O) teams can best prepare for the cloud. Continue Reading
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January 18, 2013
18Jan2013
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Cloud Software Spending Survey 2012
Download this exclusive report from Kew Associates and Computer Weekly to learn how businesses plan to invest in cloud software between 2012 and 2017. Continue Reading
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January 17, 2013
17Jan2013
News
Met Police to equip officers with 30,000 mobile devices
The Metropolitan Police wants to roll out 30,000 mobile and tablet devices to officers this year to give better information on the beat Continue Reading
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January 17, 2013
17Jan2013
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Enado – controlling your environment