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2014 Stories
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February 12, 2014
12Feb2014
Opinion
Living with Google Glass – not quite useful enough to overcome the dork-factor
Businesses will use Google Glass first, says Simon Dring after spending a few days living with the technology. Continue Reading
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February 12, 2014
12Feb2014
News
Dynamic businesses use the network as the CEO
Yammer co-founder and CTO, Adam Pisoni, believes businesses need to reassess how they are organised Continue Reading
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February 12, 2014
12Feb2014
News
BT sues NHS Scotland for £20m over SWAN project
After losing its bid for the Scottish Wide Area Network project, the telecoms giant is suing the NHS National Services Scotland Continue Reading
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February 11, 2014
11Feb2014
News
Schneider accreditation aims to boost green datacentre skills
Datacentre supplier offers free vendor-neutral courses and certification through its online Energy University Continue Reading
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February 11, 2014
11Feb2014
In Depth
Troubleshooting datacentre management issues
Gaining better control of the datacentre has to be a high priority to ensure high levels of performance and availability Continue Reading
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February 11, 2014
11Feb2014
News
Virgin Atlantic trials Google Glass for Upper Class
The airline is piloting Google Glass with its staff at Heathrow to try and improve customer service Continue Reading
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February 11, 2014
11Feb2014
News
Atlantis joins the software-defined storage fray with USX
Atlantis ILIO USX software-defined storage allows customers to virtualise commodity to create flash, hybrid and hyperscale storage Continue Reading
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February 11, 2014
11Feb2014
News
Poundland founder launches Poundshop online website
The co-founder of the bargain store Poundland is to launch a Poundshop online store Continue Reading
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February 11, 2014
11Feb2014
News
Head of BBM becomes latest BlackBerry casualty
Andrew Bocking is leaving the ailing mobile manufacturer as BlackBerry Messenger is integrated into the enterprise business Continue Reading
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February 11, 2014
11Feb2014
News
Why IT outsourcing is increasingly blamed for IT failures at banks
Are the IT problems at UK banks caused by outsourcing or the use of decades-old mainframe technology – or is it a combination of the two? Continue Reading
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February 11, 2014
11Feb2014
News
Rights groups call on White House to open privacy review
A coalition of 25 rights groups is calling for a 90-day US government review of big data and the future of privacy to be opened up to the public Continue Reading
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February 11, 2014
11Feb2014
News
CIOs lack confidence in government to deliver NHS IT innovation
CIOs in the healthcare sector are not confident in the government’s ability to deliver IT innovation in the NHS. Continue Reading
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February 11, 2014
11Feb2014
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ComputerWeekly's quick fire Data Protection/Security quiz
5 questions on data protection/security in the new age. Continue Reading
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February 11, 2014
11Feb2014
News
UK among targets of 'Mask' advanced cyber espionage campaign
The UK has been hit more than 100 times in an advanced global cyber espionage campaign that has gone undetected for more than five years Continue Reading
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February 10, 2014
10Feb2014
E-Zine
Microsoft’s new CEO and his plans for the future
In this week’s Computer Weekly, Microsoft has announced only its third-ever CEO, Satya Nadella – we examine the software giant’s future as its new leader takes over from Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates. The BBC wasted £100m on its failed Digital Media ... Continue Reading
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February 10, 2014
10Feb2014
Photo Story
What Ethernet speeds are you currently using in your datacentres
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February 10, 2014
10Feb2014
Photo Story
Which of these approaches are you adopting to consolidate your datacentres
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February 10, 2014
10Feb2014
Photo Story
Which of these networking initiatives will your company implement in 2014
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February 10, 2014
10Feb2014
Photo Story
Which of these security initiatives will your company implement in 2014
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February 10, 2014
10Feb2014
Photo Story
IT Priorities Europe 2014 - networking
We pick out the headline graphs from our annual IT Priorities survey, showing what networking technologies are the most important to businesses in Europe Continue Reading
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February 10, 2014
10Feb2014
Photo Story
Highest profile projects for 2014
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February 10, 2014
10Feb2014
Photo Story
Enterprise tablets driven by Bay Trail Atom chip
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February 10, 2014
10Feb2014
Photo Story
Best enterprise tablet: Windows 8.1 Pro takes on Android and iOS
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February 10, 2014
10Feb2014
Photo Story
Enterprise tablets: Dell Venue Pro
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February 10, 2014
10Feb2014
Photo Story
Enterprise tablet: Lenovo ThinkPad 8
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February 10, 2014
10Feb2014
Photo Story
Enterprise tablets: HP ElitePad 900
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February 10, 2014
10Feb2014
Photo Story
Enterprise tablets: Dual boot Android and Windows 8.1
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February 10, 2014
10Feb2014
Photo Story
Tablet suitability for the enterprise
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February 10, 2014
10Feb2014
Photo Story
The best tablet for the job
Windows 8 devices offer enterprise-grade computing but, as Android tablets exploit consumer appeal, other specifications will matter too. Continue Reading
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February 10, 2014
10Feb2014
News
Barclays bank leaks thousands of customer records
Regulators investigate Barclays after a whistleblower claims the bank leaked 27,000 customer records Continue Reading
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February 07, 2014
07Feb2014
News
Amazon nets lion’s share of $10bn public cloud market
AWS continues its unassailable domination of the sector, despite recent moves by Google, IBM and Microsoft Continue Reading
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February 07, 2014
07Feb2014
News
Met Police releases ‘Total Technology’ IT strategy
The Metropolitan Police Service has released a three to four-year plan on how to transform the use of technology in the organisation Continue Reading
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February 06, 2014
06Feb2014
Blog Post
The question that matters on Universal Credit: Do you believe Iain Duncan Smith?
Do you believe Iain Duncan Smith?This is becoming a key question in the progress of the troubled Universal Credit welfare reform programme. The secretary of state for work and pensions has staked ... Continue Reading
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February 06, 2014
06Feb2014
News
Large internet companies could win insurance customers
Almost a quarter of consumers would consider large internet companies – such as Google and Amazon – as possible insurance providers. Continue Reading
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February 06, 2014
06Feb2014
News
Gartner figures show PC market in continued decline
The PC market continued to decline in the UK according to the latest shipment figures from Gartner, although Lenovo continued to make gains Continue Reading
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February 06, 2014
06Feb2014
News
UK critical infrastructure at risk of cyber attack, says IET report
UK critical national infrastructure is at risk of cyber attack, says a report by consultancy Atkins for the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Continue Reading
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February 06, 2014
06Feb2014
News
B&Q owner Kingfisher dumps Raid rebuilds and saves 40% on disk with X-IO
Kingfisher puts X-IO drives behind IBM SVC storage virtualisation to save 40% disk costs and dispenses with Raid rebuilds in £120,000 project Continue Reading
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February 05, 2014
05Feb2014
News
Bank of England publishes Waking Shark II cyber security exercise results
Bank of England publishes the results of its Waking Shark II security exercise, which tested financial institutions' contingency plans for cyber attack Continue Reading
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February 05, 2014
05Feb2014
News
The BBC DMI project - what went wrong?
The BBC and its former CTO have engaged in tit-for-tat allegations over its failed £100m digital media project. But who was right? Continue Reading
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February 04, 2014
04Feb2014
E-Zine
IT budgets bounce back from recession
In this issue of CW Europe find out how businesses across the region plan to use their IT budgets throughout 2014. Continue Reading
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February 04, 2014
04Feb2014
News
Satya Nadella replaces Steve Ballmer as Microsoft CEO
Microsoft has named Satya Nadella as CEO almost six months after former incumbent Steve Ballmer announced his retirement Continue Reading
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February 04, 2014
04Feb2014
In Depth
Create a mobile policy employees can trust
With Gartner predicting a fifth of all enterprise BYOD projects would fail by 2016, we look at how businesses can embrace mobility successfully Continue Reading
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February 04, 2014
04Feb2014
Photo Story
Lack of control and reliability top the list in cloud storage concerns
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February 04, 2014
04Feb2014
Photo Story
DR and VM backup top storage projects, but what about mobile backup?
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February 04, 2014
04Feb2014
Photo Story
Survey: Virtualisation the engine for key storage projects
Server virtualisation drives key storage projects for European and UK IT departments, with disaster recovery and virtual server backup high on to-do lists Continue Reading
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February 04, 2014
04Feb2014
Photo Story
Fewer surprises in backup as virtualisation drives DR and VM data protection
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February 04, 2014
04Feb2014
Photo Story
Some surprises as cloud tops hot primary storage projects for 2014
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February 04, 2014
04Feb2014
Photo Story
Big data projects in the pipeline, but what effect on storage?
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February 04, 2014
04Feb2014
News
NHS site malicious redirects are a warning to developers
A coding error that redirected NHS website visitors to malicious content should be a warning to developers, say security experts Continue Reading
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February 04, 2014
04Feb2014
News
BBC DMI row continues as Linwood defends “working technology”
Former BBC CTO John Linwood was scrutinised by a public accounts committee yesterday during a hearing about the failed BBC Digital Media Initiative Continue Reading
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February 03, 2014
03Feb2014
News
EE and Three sign ‘passive’ network share deal for rural UK
The two providers will not be sharing spectrum or antennae as in previous deals, but will work together on the backhaul to bring 4G services to rural areas Continue Reading
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February 03, 2014
03Feb2014
Photo Story
The new TfL website adapts to the device being used
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February 03, 2014
03Feb2014
Photo Story
TfL: Cardboard smartphone and pencil used for prototype
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February 03, 2014
03Feb2014
Photo Story
TfL's head of online Phil Young: integrated services
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February 03, 2014
03Feb2014
Photo Story
TfL site renders as a single column on an iPhone
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February 03, 2014
03Feb2014
Photo Story
A preview of the new TfL HTML5 website
Transport for London is getting ready to launch a complete refresh of its website, optimised for mobile access from tablets and smartphones. Continue Reading
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February 03, 2014
03Feb2014
Photo Story
TfL's nearby feature running on a desktop browser
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February 03, 2014
03Feb2014
E-Zine
Rural broadband roll-out row
In this week’s Computer Weekly, a small Lancashire village is at the centre of a row over rural broadband – we examine the complex arguments on both sides of an issue that goes to the heart of criticisms of the UK’s roll-out plan. The move to cloud ... Continue Reading
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February 03, 2014
03Feb2014
In Depth
The future of the tablet computer in the enterprise
Tablets come in all manner of profiles and on a variety of platforms – but which will shape up as the workplace favourite of the future? Continue Reading
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January 31, 2014
31Jan2014
News
WIll open source save the datacentre industry?
IT rivals stand cheek-by-jowl to praise Facebook’s Open Compute Project, but is the love-in a Damascene conversion or just damage limitation? Continue Reading
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January 31, 2014
31Jan2014
News
Hackers access Yahoo Mail with stolen passwords
Yahoo has revealed that hackers have tried to access some Yahoo Mail accounts with stolen passwords Continue Reading
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January 31, 2014
31Jan2014
News
Amazon shares fall despite strong Q4 results
Amazon reported record revenues of $25.6bn in the fourth quarter of 2013, up 20% on the previous year, but below analyst expectations Continue Reading
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January 30, 2014
30Jan2014
News
Lenovo buys Google’s Motorola Mobility in $3bn deal
Google has announced the sale of its Motorola Mobility unit to Chinese computer maker Lenovo in a $3bn deal Continue Reading
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January 30, 2014
30Jan2014
News
EMC brings Hadoop into ViPR upgrade and unifies SRM modules
EMC launches version 1.1 of its software-defined storage/big data platform ViPR by building in Hadoop analytics capability Continue Reading
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January 29, 2014
29Jan2014
News
BBC CTO John Linwood defends role in failed £100m digital project
Former BBC CTO John Linwood defends his role in the failed £100m DMI project, citing changing business requirements as a key factor Continue Reading
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January 29, 2014
29Jan2014
News
Cyber security quest strong in UK, says Isaca
There is a strong interest in cyber security in the UK, says Rob Stroud, international president-elect for Isaca Continue Reading
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January 29, 2014
29Jan2014
News
Microsoft joins Open Compute Project
Redmond giant makes server specs public in bid to influence future datacentre design Continue Reading
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January 29, 2014
29Jan2014
News
Barclays job cuts to hit IT VPs
Barclays is planning to cut hundreds of jobs in its UK investment banking operation with more jobs expected to go overseas Continue Reading
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January 29, 2014
29Jan2014
News
Case study: Scottish Fire and Rescue advances national BI strategy with QlikView
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is using QlikView business intelligence software to bring together its data streams for external reporting and operational intelligence Continue Reading
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January 29, 2014
29Jan2014
News
UK government courts Brazilian technology companies
The British Consulate in São Paulo has launched a competition to help 10 Brazilian technology firms generate business in the UK Continue Reading
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January 28, 2014
28Jan2014
News
BBC failed to get "sufficient grip” over failed DMI project, says NAO
The National Audit Office has slammed the BBC over its failed Digital Media Initiative (DMI), project saying the broadcaster was “too optimistic” and the BBC executive “did not have sufficient grip of the programme" Continue Reading
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January 27, 2014
27Jan2014
E-Zine
Tablets in the workplace
In this week’s Computer Weekly, our latest buyer’s guide examines the rise of tablets in the workplace, and the options for how to fit them in to the corporate IT environment. After the latest RBS crash, we look at the risks to the UK banking system... Continue Reading
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January 27, 2014
27Jan2014
News
Teradata launches analytics product as SAP BW replacement
Teradata has released an analytics product for SAP ERP, as a full-blown alternative to SAP BW Continue Reading
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January 24, 2014
24Jan2014
News
BBC CTO John Linwood sacked over failed £100m digital project
Former BBC chief technology officer John Linwood has been sacked over the broadcaster’s failed £100m Digital Media Initiative Continue Reading
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January 24, 2014
24Jan2014
News
BT pledges extra £50m to commercial broadband roll-out
The telecoms giant promises to bring a further 400,000 premises onto its fibre network across 30 cities Continue Reading
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January 24, 2014
24Jan2014
News
DWP refuses to release value for money reports on Universal Credit IT suppliers
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) refuses to publish details about Universal Credit IT suppliers' performance Continue Reading
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January 24, 2014
24Jan2014
News
Cloud to drive Cisco Indian mid-market growth in 2014
Cisco aims for growth in India by targeting the rising mid-market as 65% of India’s currently under-served mid-market firms plan to get more from their networks Continue Reading
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January 24, 2014
24Jan2014
News
Samsung profits fall in Q4 2013
Electronics firm Samsung sees profits fall 11% quarter on quarter – the first decline it has seen in two years Continue Reading
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January 24, 2014
24Jan2014
Photo Story
40 years ago: Sun Alliance deploys disc-based database
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January 24, 2014
24Jan2014
Photo Story
The shape of public telephony automation
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January 24, 2014
24Jan2014
Photo Story
Automotive telemetry data is nothing new
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January 24, 2014
24Jan2014
Photo Story
Classified Ads January 1974
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January 24, 2014
24Jan2014
Photo Story
Programmer Notes from 40 years ago
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January 24, 2014
24Jan2014
Photo Story
UK Software Industry group loses more members
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January 24, 2014
24Jan2014
Photo Story
IT didn't matter 40 years ago
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January 24, 2014
24Jan2014
Photo Story
Multi-tenant IT circa 1974
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January 24, 2014
24Jan2014
Photo Story
Computer conferences running in 1974
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January 24, 2014
24Jan2014
Photo Story
IT job adverts from January 1974
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January 24, 2014
24Jan2014
Photo Story
40 years ago today: Computer Weekly January 24 1974
The National Museum of Computing has a full copy of every print edition of Computer Weekly since our first in September 1966, and is now digitising the archive. Continue Reading
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January 23, 2014
23Jan2014
News
New Snapchat security measure easily by-passed, says researcher
A new Snapchat security measure to verify users are human is easily by-passed, says researcher Continue Reading
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January 23, 2014
23Jan2014
News
US startup aims to turn tables on hackers
US startup Shape Security is turning the tables against hackers by using one of their own techniques against them Continue Reading
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January 22, 2014
22Jan2014
News
HB Fuller sticks with HR in the cloud
Cloud based HR system gives adhesives maker the ability to manage its global workforce Continue Reading
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January 22, 2014
22Jan2014
News
CIO interview: The challenge of delivering IT in a refugee camp
The United Nations (UN) looks after 58 million refugees. Naginder Kaur Dhanoa, CIO of the UN High Commission for Refugees speaks about the challenges Continue Reading
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January 22, 2014
22Jan2014
News
CERT-UK to drive international cyber security collaboration
The UK’s new national computer emergency response team (CERT-UK) is set to drive international cyber security collaboration once it becomes operational Continue Reading
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January 21, 2014
21Jan2014
Photo Story
UK drives adoption of public and hybrid cloud
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January 21, 2014
21Jan2014
Photo Story
Spending on cloud increases
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January 21, 2014
21Jan2014
Photo Story
Growth of Saas
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January 21, 2014
21Jan2014
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Data security and SLAs are top concerns
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January 21, 2014
21Jan2014
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Confidence in buying external cloud services grows
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January 21, 2014
21Jan2014
Photo Story
UK cloud computing priorities 2014
Research from Computer Weekly and TechTarget shows UK businesses are the most committed to cloud in Europe Continue Reading