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November 12, 2013 12Nov2013 News

Mass surveillance a bad idea, says Information Commissioner Christopher Graham

Information Commissioner Christopher Graham says issues of national security must not overshadow concerns of legitimate public interest Continue Reading

November 12, 2013 12Nov2013 News

Gartner Symposium: GE Capital reassesses supplier strategy

Financial services business GE Capital, is rethink its strategy for selecting strategic suppliers, in a bid to boost innovation within IT Continue Reading

November 12, 2013 12Nov2013 News

Web surveillance not a good idea, says Info Commissioner

Information Commissioner Christopher Graham says issues of national security cannot be allowed to overshadow concerns of legitimate public interest Continue Reading

November 12, 2013 12Nov2013 News

Executing Your Strategy 1: Ideation

Ideation is based on the concept that life asks three fundamental questions Continue Reading

November 12, 2013 12Nov2013 News

CW Special Report on Dell

This 11 page special report, independently written by Computer Weekly, gives you the facts on Dell, its strategy in 2013, products and services and financial performance. Continue Reading

November 12, 2013 12Nov2013 News

Big Data analytics: Adoption and employment trends

The report identifies current and future adoption rates for big data by type and size of organisation in the UK Continue Reading

November 12, 2013 12Nov2013 News

Global profiles of the fraudster

Computers, rather than conmen, are set to be the future face of fraud, as criminals turn to robotics in an effort to avoid detection, this report from KPMG reveals. Continue Reading

November 12, 2013 12Nov2013 News

Personal skills for professional success: influencing

Mastering influencing skills opens doors for your career by improving not just the ways in which you interact with important groups of people, but also by increasing your self-confidence in your ability to communicate persuasively. Continue Reading

November 11, 2013 11Nov2013 News

Fear of cloud servers fading fast among UK firms

Research shows traditionally risk-averse UK firms are being persuaded by the benefits of co-location, with more than 20% of servers now outsourced Continue Reading

November 11, 2013 11Nov2013 E-Zine

Software testing and code quality

In this week’s Computer Weekly, our latest buyer’s guide looks at software testing and code quality, and examines how to test effectively when using agile development. We find out about the latest techniques to defeat SQL injection attacks – a ... Continue Reading

November 11, 2013 11Nov2013 In Depth

Why agile development races ahead of traditional testing

Traditional testing practices optimise large, centralised testing but struggle to support the rapid delivery of agile development. Continue Reading

November 11, 2013 11Nov2013 News

Technology Industry Survey 2014

From CTOs to software developers, architects to entrepreneurs, this report captures the opinions of people at the forefront of shaping our industry. Continue Reading

November 11, 2013 11Nov2013 News

A CW buyer’s guide to Human Capital Management

Computer Weekly looks at what steps the industry has taken to improve talent management; bridging the gap between the cost savings promised by cloud technologies and the value they deliver; and how to recruit expertise in emerging technologies. Continue Reading

November 11, 2013 11Nov2013 News

WAN Speak Musings – Volume III

Analysts Clive Longbottom and Bob Tarzey discuss all things network related in this series of 11 short business focused articles. Continue Reading

November 11, 2013 11Nov2013 News

Executing your strategy 2: Nature

This is the second of six part guide which explains the key steps of the Strategic Execution Framework, developed by the Stanford Advanced Management Programme, to help organisations stay focused on innovation, increase performance, manage change ... Continue Reading

November 11, 2013 11Nov2013 News

Data on the Balance Sheet

This report from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr), discusses the economic arguments for placing 'data' as an asset on the company balance sheet. Continue Reading

November 11, 2013 11Nov2013 News

CW Buyers Guide: Cloud Storage

Computer Weekly looks at the variety of cloud storage options for the enterprise, their benefits and the potential security risks and opportunity costs they present. Continue Reading

November 11, 2013 11Nov2013 News

Digital identities and the open business

Analysts Bob Tarzey and Rob Bamforth explain the business drivers that encouraging companies to invest in Identity and access management (IAM) despite tight budgets. Continue Reading

November 11, 2013 11Nov2013 News

Microsoft Dynamics CRM For Government

Analyst group, Nucleus research assesses the business benefits achieved by government organisations deploying Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Continue Reading

November 11, 2013 11Nov2013 News

How to build an effective User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Team

Learn how to build an effective User Acceptance Testing (UAT) team with this extract from User Acceptance Testing, a step by step guide. Continue Reading

November 11, 2013 11Nov2013 News

The trust advantage: How to win at big data

Without consumer trust, most of the trillions of dollars of social and economic value promised from big data will go to waste, this report from The Boston Consulting Group reveals. Continue Reading

November 11, 2013 11Nov2013 News

Hands-on Oracle Application Express security

This book extract demonstrates how Oracle Application Express (APEX) can be vulnerable to SQL injection, using sample code. Continue Reading

November 11, 2013 11Nov2013 News

The Deloitte CIO Survey 2013

This study from Deloitte gives the latest trends in IT spending, technology and business priorities and CIOs' career aspirations Continue Reading

November 08, 2013 08Nov2013 News

NSA and GCHQ mass surveillance violates EU law, study finds

Mass internet surveillance by US and UK intelligence agencies violates European law, according to a study by two academics Continue Reading

November 07, 2013 07Nov2013 News

UK intelligence heads defend mass surveillance operations

Heads of the UK’s intelligence services insist all they do in term of mass surveillance is strictly within the confines of UK law Continue Reading

November 07, 2013 07Nov2013 News

'Extraordinarily poor' Universal Credit project needs clear IT stategy, say MPs

MPs say the Department for Work and Pensions must set out a clear IT strategy for Universal Credit and state how much money will be written off Continue Reading

November 07, 2013 07Nov2013 News

Luxury brands can avoid social media, says former Aston Martin director

Luxury brands do not need to jump onto social media sites to as part of their marketing and IT strategy Continue Reading

November 06, 2013 06Nov2013 News

Intellect relaunches as TechUK and targets 500,000 new UK IT jobs

The UK’s technology trade association, formerly known as Intellect, has relaunched as TechUK, unveiling plans to create over 500,000 jobs by 2020 Continue Reading

November 06, 2013 06Nov2013 News

IT spending up as companies invest in digital technology

Businesses are stepping up their spending on IT as they invest in strategic digital technologies, a CIO survey by Deloitte reveals Continue Reading

November 06, 2013 06Nov2013 Blog Post

Universal Credit - now the role of IT suppliers must come under scrutiny

It is increasingly likely the government will have to write-off most, if not all, of the £303m spent so far on developing IT to support Universal Credit. Multiple sources told Computer Weekly that ... Continue Reading

November 06, 2013 06Nov2013 News

School gets Nimble hybrid flash and Barracuda hybrid cloud backup

Berkshire private college has revamped data protection with Nimble hybrid flash storage and Barracuda hybrid cloud backup Continue Reading

November 06, 2013 06Nov2013 News

McDonald's to engage with tech-savvy customers in restaurants

McDonald’s is engaging with customers by implementing interactive technologies in its restaurants Continue Reading

November 05, 2013 05Nov2013 News

Business-defined storage will help reconnect businesses with IT, says Forrester

Business-defined storage and datacentres will make IT more business-centric, according to Forrester Continue Reading

November 05, 2013 05Nov2013 Photo Story

Dry-pre action fire suppression in fire planning

November 05, 2013 05Nov2013 Photo Story

Data centre temperature and humidity

November 05, 2013 05Nov2013 Photo Story

Disaster recovery and fire protection

November 05, 2013 05Nov2013 Photo Story

Tips for data centre fire planning

November 05, 2013 05Nov2013 Photo Story

How to build a data centre fire protection plan

Avoid a bonfire in your data centre with these tips on how to create a data centre fire protection plan. Continue Reading

November 05, 2013 05Nov2013 Photo Story

Water versus gas based fire suppression

November 05, 2013 05Nov2013 News

Nationwide to carry out mortgage consultations by video

Nationwide Building Society will enable mortgage consultants to meet customers via high-definition video links using Cisco technology Continue Reading

November 04, 2013 04Nov2013 E-Zine

Barcelona toasts the cream of VMworld

Another year and another Best of VMworld Europe User Awards. TechTarget hosted the awards, which took place during VMworld Europe for a fourth year. This year the ceremony took place in sunny Barcelona. In this month’s issue of CW Europe, read the ... Continue Reading

November 04, 2013 04Nov2013 News

Crown Hosting Service to save £530m from government IT bill by 2018

Government Digital Service to establish new Crown Hosting Service to consolidate hosting across Whitehall, saving £530m per year by 2018 Continue Reading

November 04, 2013 04Nov2013 E-Zine

Windows Server 2012 R2 reviewed

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at the latest release of Microsoft’s market-leading Windows Server 2012 software, and assess its new features for improved cloud, virtualisation and device management. We visit Chinese networking giant Huawei ... Continue Reading

November 04, 2013 04Nov2013 News

Co-operative Bank’s future dependent on £500m IT investment

Co-operative Bank has set aside £500m for four stage IT transformation as it attempts to stabilise after investors contribute to a £1.5bn rescue Continue Reading

November 04, 2013 04Nov2013 News

John Chen agrees to steer BlackBerry survival strategy

CEO Thorsten Heins resigns from BlackBerry board as the ailing firm gets a $1bn cash injection from Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd Continue Reading

November 04, 2013 04Nov2013 News

DWP ministers to decide whether to scrap all of the £300m Universal Credit IT

Ministers at the DWP are to decide this month whether to scrap all of the £300m Universal Credit IT systems and start again from scratch Continue Reading

November 04, 2013 04Nov2013 Photo Story

Sanger Institute datacentre and employee lounge

November 04, 2013 04Nov2013 Photo Story

Inside the labs at the Sanger Institute

November 04, 2013 04Nov2013 Photo Story

Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute builds DDN big data cluster

November 04, 2013 04Nov2013 Photo Story

Sanger Institute’s SFA10K has 22.5PB of data on Lustre

November 04, 2013 04Nov2013 Photo Story

Big data tackles disease

November 04, 2013 04Nov2013 Photo Story

Wellcome Trust maps big data genetics with DDN HPC storage

The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute has invested in DDN SFA10K HPC storage to support petabytes of big data generated by genetic mapping and research into diseases such as malaria Continue Reading

November 01, 2013 01Nov2013 News

Case study: How CERN scientists collaborate with Vidyo

The European Nuclear Research centre moved from an internally developed video conferencing system to embrace SVC technology from Vidyo Continue Reading

November 01, 2013 01Nov2013 News

DWP refused to release Universal Credit IT review to MPs

DWP has refused to provide MPs with a copy of a review of the IT for the troubled Universal Credit project by programme chief Howard Shiplee Continue Reading

October 31, 2013 31Oct2013 News

Companies are not taking advantage of data analytics, research says

Research by Bersin by Deloitte shows that 86% of businesses have yet to progress beyond using their HR data to generate basic reports Continue Reading

October 31, 2013 31Oct2013 News

BDUK seeks new CEO

The top job within the division with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport charged with rolling out broadband across the UK is up for grabs Continue Reading

October 31, 2013 31Oct2013 News

Government calls for more data scientists in the UK

The government is calling on industry and academia to help produce more data scientists in the UK Continue Reading

October 31, 2013 31Oct2013 News

Software licensing: SAP terms and conditions are not above European law

The district court of Hamburg has ruled against SAP over its case against a German second-user software reseller Continue Reading

October 30, 2013 30Oct2013 News

Identity assurance system moves into beta test phase

The Government Digital Service has started testing of a key system to support plans for citizens to securely prove their identity when accessing online public services Continue Reading

October 30, 2013 30Oct2013 News

Former Lord Justice of Appeal Hooper joins Post Office Horizon investigation

The Post Office's Horizon accounting IT inquiry appoints former Lord Justice of Appeal Anthony Hooper to chair mediation stage Continue Reading

October 29, 2013 29Oct2013 News

Analysis: RSA says security needs to change, but what does that mean?

RSA executive chairman Art Coviello has issued a call to action to the security industry to improve technology and collaboration Continue Reading

October 29, 2013 29Oct2013 News

Most businesses need to transform IT security, says RSA

No modern network or IT system can withstand the onslaught of a skilled adversary, given focus and time, says Amit Yoran, general manager of RSA Continue Reading

October 29, 2013 29Oct2013 News

Emulex ExpressLane and CrossLink boost HBAs for flash and Hadoop

Storage card maker Emulex has added QoS prioritisation for flash storage and leveraged RDMA via Fibre Channel to increase server performance in clustered operations such as Hadoop Continue Reading

October 29, 2013 29Oct2013 News

Study finds cloud computing the most valued enterprise IT skill

Cloud computing overtakes virtualisation, security, BI, database and project management as the most valued enterprise IT skill Continue Reading

October 28, 2013 28Oct2013 News

CIO Interview: Ann-Marie Rafferty, head of IT, Access, on partnership models

Ann-Marie Rafferty, who heads up IT for the partnership between Serco and Glasgow council, discusses strategic frameworks Continue Reading

October 28, 2013 28Oct2013 News

Loughborough University implements 400 virtual desktops

Loughborough University has cut maintenance costs and enabled a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) scheme for academics with virtual desktops. Continue Reading

October 28, 2013 28Oct2013 News

Six tips to help you negotiate the best deal with your datacentre provider

Your willingness to negotiate can make a big difference to the deal you get, says Anthony Day, associate at law firm DLA Piper Continue Reading

October 28, 2013 28Oct2013 News

End in sight for sub-postmaster claims against Post Office's Horizon accounting system

Sub-postmasters' claims of errors made by the Horizon accounting system could be completed in three months Continue Reading

October 28, 2013 28Oct2013 In Depth

Financing IT purchases

There are a number of ways a new IT platform can be acquired but choosing the right method for your business is key. Continue Reading

October 28, 2013 28Oct2013 E-Zine

Innovation in banking

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to several leading European banks to find out how they are using disruptive technologies to build a closer rapport with customers. We ask whether the release of Windows Server 2012 R2 means Microsoft is now ... Continue Reading

October 28, 2013 28Oct2013 News

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