IT security

Government Gateway due to launch today

Ministers were today (25 January) hoping to officially launch the Government Gateway, the middleware project that will allow... Continue Reading

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• James Rogers

The VPN dilemma

With traditional networks choking on data, Liz Biddlecombe investigates the pros and cons of managing a VPN yourself or... Continue Reading

Chinook: a breach of natural justice

MPs slam MoD over 1994 crash whitewash. Software, not pilot error, could have killed 29 Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Computer Weekly's evidence to the Public Accounts Committee

We write to the Public Accounts Committee in relation to its consideration of the Chinook's FADEC computerised engine control... Continue Reading

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• Computer Weekly Staff

Solution: Internet misuse at work

Like the technology, Internet abuse appears to have proliferated in recent years. There are, however, two ways to tackle this... Continue Reading

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• Paul Grant

MoD kept RAF chief in the dark

New evidence shows that the air chief marshal who blamed the pilots for the Chinook crash on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994 was not given potentially vital information related to the helicopter's safety-critical software Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Tackling Internet misuse at work

Like the technology, Internet abuse appears to have proliferated in recent years. There are, however, two ways to tackle this... Continue Reading

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• Paul Grant

Pathway and the Post Office: the lessons learned

The infamous 1996-1999 Pathway project aimed to computerise the nation’s post offices and tackle benefit fraud. But 18 months... Continue Reading

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• Computer Weekly Staff

How to scour the world when outsourcing

Thanks to Y2K compliance programmes, it is now perfectly acceptable for a firm to consider moving all or part of its systems development and support... Continue Reading

MoD slated for unresolved Chinook testing issues

BCS member Andrew Rivers has raised a series of questions with his local MP about the computer systems on board the Chinook helicopter which crashed over the Mull of Kintyre in 1994, killing 29 security officers and four crew Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Lifting the lid on secret stiffing techniques

One of the UK's most experienced IT negotiators lifts the lid on some of the sharp practices used by software suppliers to get... Continue Reading

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• Karl Schneider

MoD did not tell the whole truth on Chinook software

Letters from software experts to Computer Weekly show the Ministry of Defence omitted to mention it sanctioned the very testing... Continue Reading

Leaked RAF memo scathing of safety software evaluation

Computer Weekly's Tony Collins uncovers evidence that the MoD has consistently undermined the authority of its software assessors... Continue Reading

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• Computer Weekly's Tony Collins

January-February

Tesco target of 300 online shops within one year Continue Reading

Chinook software probe due

MPs are next week expected to investigate the air-worthiness of the engine control software on the type of Chinook helicopter involved in the crash Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

NAO report puts software at the heart of Chinook debate

Tony Collins

Government auditors will report tomorrow (Friday) that defence staff put into operational service a fleet of Chinook...

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• Tony Collins

Was Y2K a costly non-event?

Many expected catastrophe. In reality, the industry coped well and is now in good shape for the future, writes Bill Goodwin Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

White Paper: Software solutions for effective network power management

Uncertain power conditions can wreak havoc on small businesses, however, there are ways to limit the risk of computer data loss Continue Reading

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