IT architecture
IT architecture sets the ground rules and framework for a successful IT strategy, and IT and enterprise architects have become increasingly important contributors to the IT management function. We examine the best practices and open standards required to develop and manage an effective IT architecture.
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News
27 Nov 2023
Nominations open for Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2024
Computer Weekly is looking for nominations for its 2024 Innovation Awards to honour digital transformation initiatives that have transformed organisations in six industries Continue Reading
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E-Zine
13 Oct 2023
CW EMEA: Prepare for AI explosion
In this month’s CW EMEA, we look at generative artificial intelligence, which Accenture claims is the next big thing in enterprise IT. The IT services giant says GenAI will transform 40% of all working hours – and it is putting its money where its mouth is with plans to invest $3bn in AI and create 40,000 AI-focused roles. Part of the huge investment has already been assigned to the creation of an AI and generative AI lab in Brussels focused on the public sector in Europe. We also look at a Deutsche Telekom-led consortium’s demo of multi-supplier non-real-time RAN optimisation, how last month’s Ryder Cup tested out technology to improve how fans digitally consume the event, and find out how Zurich Insurance has cut the time it takes to complete development of ServiceNow applications. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
02 Apr 2012
Fighting Economic Crime in the Financial Services sector
PwC examines the impact of Cybercrime on the financial services industry. Continue Reading
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News
26 Mar 2012
Zornes: Master data governance will fuse MDM to BPM
Master data governance tools are emerging to aid the orchestration of MDM and BPM, according to MDM expert Aaron Zornes. “Big data” is a distraction from the business basics of MDM, he says. Continue Reading
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News
13 Mar 2012
BMC Mainframe Survey 2011
Over a thousand large mainfram users took part in this survey and it reveals some telling plans across the IT sector for the coming year. Continue Reading
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News
07 Mar 2012
John Lewis prioritises IT investment above profit
John Lewis made significant technology investments in 2011, pushing profits down 3.8% to £353.8m Continue Reading
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News
07 Mar 2012
Government’s shared services strategy failing, says NAO
The government’s £1.4bn shared services centres have failed to achieve value for money, according to a report from the National Audit Office (NAO) Continue Reading
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News
06 Mar 2012
CW500: Getting to grips with big data
Experts from Standard Life, Deloitte and Intelligent Business Strategies share some useful tips for CIOs on understanding big data Continue Reading
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News
24 Feb 2012
Lloyds bank saves £2bn after HBOS IT integration
Lloyds Banking Group says the integration of its multiple brands has saved more than £2bn per year, with IT a major contributor. Continue Reading
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News
21 Feb 2012
The Banking Industry Architecture Network and TOGAF
This paper from the Open Group reveals how banks can benefit from combining complementary industry frameworks on enterprise architecture. Continue Reading
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News
08 Feb 2012
CIO interview: Rob Fraser, IT director, Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury’s IT chief talks about why in-house IT works better than outsourcing and how to double revenue without doubling IT spend. Continue Reading
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News
07 Feb 2012
More than half of government projects behind schedule
More than half of major government projects are behind schedule, according to the head of Whitehall's Major Projects Authority. Continue Reading
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News
03 Feb 2012
St. Helens and Knowsley NHS trust signs £1.3m storage deal
St. Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a £1.3m deal with EMC as part of its five-year plan to overhaul its storage infrastructure. Continue Reading
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News
02 Feb 2012
Buyer's Guide: CRM
This nine-page Buyer's Guide to customer relationship management (CRM) is essential reading for CIOs and senior IT professionals. Continue Reading
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News
31 Jan 2012
SOA Reference Architecture
Download the Open Group Service-Oriented Architecture reference architecture. Continue Reading
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News
13 Jan 2012
The capability approach to enterprise architecture
A capability-led approach to enterprise architecture provides the rigour and structure for companies to ‘do EA properly’ and deliver real -value. Continue Reading
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News
11 Jan 2012
Cloud solves IT innovation and maintenance imbalance
CIOs can rebalance the scenario of spending 80% of their budget on maintenance and 20% on innovation if they harness cloud computing. Continue Reading
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News
06 Jan 2012
Learning Computing: Why object orientated programming works.
This article explains why object orientated programming is currently the most effective style of programming we have. Continue Reading
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News
14 Dec 2011
IPV6 Transition – Why the rush ?
This report from Ovum warns that enterprises need to plan to move to the IPv6 internet addressing system even if they have IPv4 addresses available. Continue Reading
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News
14 Dec 2011
How open data creates new opportunities for the UK
The use of open data could be a critical factor in determining the success or failure of the UK’s growth agenda this report from the business advisory firm Deloitte reveals. Continue Reading
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News
14 Dec 2011
Collaboration in the Cloud: everything to everyone, or too good to be true?
IT decision-makers are already looking to the cloud to support new IT delivery models - such as software-as-a-service (SaaS), platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS). Continue Reading
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News
13 Dec 2011
Special report on EMC
This 8-page special report from Computer Weekly, packed with graphs and diagrams, is essential reading for anyone considering EMC as a supplier. Continue Reading
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News
13 Dec 2011
Do CIOs have more clarity about cloud computing?
This research shows that while there is still a lack of clarity and a reluctance to fully commit to the cloud, CIOs accept it offers benefits. Continue Reading
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News
12 Dec 2011
CIO IT Budget Benchmark 2011–2012
The IT Budget Benchmarking Survey assesses IT spending, staffing, and outsourcing levels from more than 175 organisations. Continue Reading
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News
12 Dec 2011
Do CIOs have more clarity about cloud computing?
This research shows that while there is still a lack of clarity and a reluctance to fully commit to the cloud, CIOs accept it offers benefits. Continue Reading
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Photo Story
08 Dec 2011
The UKtech50: The top 20
Following on from our successful afternoon yesterday, where we unveiled the most influential people within the UK IT industry, ComputerWeekly brings you the lowdown on the top 20. Continue Reading
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News
02 Dec 2011
IPV6 Transition – Why the rush ?
This report from Ovum warns that enterprises need to plan to move to the IPv6 internet addressing system even if they have IPv4 addresses available. Continue Reading
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Feature
02 Dec 2011
IT matters again
This report from Deloitte argues that businesses are again investing in IT to help them compete with rivals despite the downturn. Continue Reading
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E-Zine
01 Dec 2011
Object storage: An elementary approach to file structure
Object-based storage dispenses with the hierarchical file system, so there are no nested subfolders. Instead, it uses an indexed flatfile structure in which each object is given a unique ID. Each object acts as a container for end users’ files, and indexes are often held in RAM, making them very fast to access. Continue Reading
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News
30 Nov 2011
Essex County Council invests £15m in IT to cut costs
Essex County Council is pumping £15m into an IT infrastructure upgrade expected to create efficiency savings of £7m per year, says CIO David Wilde. Continue Reading
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News
30 Nov 2011
Shell enterprise MDM foundation proof of concept disturbs rulebook
Shell has laid a foundation for enterprise master data management, choosing SAP MDM over Microsoft. The major lesson was that IT can build an enterprise MDM system to which the business will come. Continue Reading
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Feature
30 Nov 2011
Case study: Nokia rethinks HR with web portal
Mobile phone manufacturer Nokia has reduced its HR costs by between 20% to 30% after rolling out a web-based HR portal for its 60,000 employees. Continue Reading
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News
24 Nov 2011
How Experian is retro-fitting its datacentre to boost efficiency
Experian's Fairham House datacentre in Nottingham uses blade servers, virtualisation and cold aisle containment to improve energy efficiency. Continue Reading
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News
23 Nov 2011
The reality behind the hype: Government cloud computing
This article from Gartner offers advice to public sector organisations thinking of deploying cloud computing and assess the progress made by governments in their use of the cloud. Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Nov 2011
How to embed innovation in the corporate culture
This paper from Kurt Salmon identifies the common inhibitors to innovation and how to overcome them, and sets out some important principles that can help. Continue Reading
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News
14 Nov 2011
Rethinking Managed Print Services (MPS)
This paper looks at the reasons why organisations operating a heterogeneous print environment should consider an independent MPS provider. Continue Reading
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News
11 Nov 2011
The market landscape for print security
This report is gives an overview of the security risks of the print environment , the market landscape, best practices for a print security strategy. Continue Reading
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Feature
01 Nov 2011
Application - aware networking emerges but has far to go
Application awareness is emerging on firewalls and WAN optimization devices,but efforts fall short of a network-wide strategy,especially at Layers 2 and 3. Continue Reading
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E-Zine
01 Nov 2011
Adopting an application-centric architecture
Enterprise networking has shifted from focusing on infrastructure to concentrating on the delivery of the applications that help users do their jobs. Uncover how networking professionals view applications and how their jobs have changed as a result of a network-centric view. Continue Reading
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News
14 Oct 2011
CIO interview: Gerry Pennell, CIO, London 2012 Olympics
With less than 10 months to go, London 2012 CIO Gerry Pennell is fully focused on the task of delivering a project that simply cannot miss its deadline. Continue Reading
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E-Zine
01 Aug 2011
Virtual infrastructure: Don't skip the small stuff
As more European companies turn to virtualisation to enhance their environments, it is important for them to generate a solid IT roadmap and focus on key areas such as architectural governance, technical design, and how virtualisation fits in with current and future business processes. Most important, they must anticipate disasters and avoid unwanted roadblocks such as vendor lock-in and dried-up funds. Continue Reading
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News
20 Apr 2011
Infosec 2011: Policy is only way to deal with social media, say security professionals
The best and only way organisations can deal with the use of social media is through robust policies and user aware campaigns Continue Reading
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Tip
01 Apr 2011
5 data mining techniques for optimal results
Faulty data mining makes seeking of decisive information akin to finding a needle in a haystack. Here are some tips to tweak your data mining exercises. Continue Reading
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News
08 Mar 2011
Exclusive: Free software guru Richard Stallman on government IT and why he hates the cloud
The founding father of the free software movement tells Computer Weekly why government just doesn't "get it" Continue Reading
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Blog Post
19 Jan 2011
Indemnities in IT Contracts - What is the "standard" position?
Imagine the scene in one of the deals I was doing recently. It was a long negotiation on an IT deal which was nearing its conclusion and I was acting for the IT customer. One of the last issues to ... Continue Reading
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Feature
07 Jan 2011
Collaboration in the Cloud: everything to everyone, or too good to be true?
IT decision-makers are already looking to the cloud to support new IT delivery models - such as software-as-a-service (SaaS), platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS). Continue Reading
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News
25 Jul 2007
SaaS: Tricks and traps of uploading data in bulk
The dark side of SaaS is losing control over your data. Learn how to stay in control while uploading data in bulk in this new report from Info-Tech Research. Continue Reading
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News
24 May 2007
Data retrieval strategies: Retrieving email and database archives overview
This overview focuses on the considerations involved in email and database archives with an emphasis on retention and search to meet legal discovery requirements. Continue Reading
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Feature
25 Apr 2005
Lead from the top
The starting line for effective data security is at board level, writes John Kavanagh in this review of current thinking and... Continue Reading
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Opinion
25 Apr 2005
Seeing the big picture
Information security is about securely bringing together the organisation's two most important assets - information and people. Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Mar 2005
Healthcare system designer explains HIPAA pitfalls
Kate Borten is president of The Marblehead Group Inc., has more than 20 years of experience designing, implementing and integrating healthcare information systems and is author of HIPAA Security Made Simple. This Q&A focuses on how she believes hospitals are meeting HIPAA's security guidelines.
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