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Opinion

• Securing the hypervisor: expert tips

  There are many potential security issues with the various components of a virtualised infrastructure, and nowhere is this more of a concern than with the hypervisor platforms that host virtual systems and application instances  Continue Reading

• The Great Deverticalisation - part 3: New skills and structures in the public sector

  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

• The Great Deverticalisation - part 2: The power of open

  The public sector has the opportunity, through the power of 'open', to take the lead in creating organisations for the future success of UK plc  Continue Reading

• 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

• Security Think Tank: You can’t protect what you don’t know you’ve got

  IP theft: who should be tackling it and how?  Continue Reading

• The socially intelligent project manager

  IQ alone is not enough to determine project success. Good project managers also require social intelligence  Continue Reading

• Customer relationship management vs business relationship management

  Business relationship management (BRM) and customer relationship management (CRM) are different, yet must work hand-in-hand  Continue Reading

• How to survive a data breach

  Six practical tips on how to prepare for and survive a data breach  Continue Reading

• EU court legalises second-hand software

  In a landmark decision, the European Union Court of Justice ruled that the reselling of used software licences is legal.  Continue Reading

• The history of the next-generation firewall

  Security expert Rik Ferguson explains how next-generation firewalls were developed and what protection they provide businesses.  Continue Reading

• Tackling the challenges of the next-generation firewall

  Security expert Brian Honan shares top tips on installing and maintaining a next-generation firewall  Continue Reading

• Tech companies facing mounting IP challenges

  The recent flurry of patent buying and selling activity in the global tech sector illustrates dramatic changes in the way some of the biggest technology companies are approaching their intellectual property (IP)  Continue Reading

• Why the public sector is turning to multi-sourcing

  Sarah Burnett explains why the public sector is moving from single sourcing to multi-sourcing, in an age of austerity.  Continue Reading

• Open standards are about the business model, not the technology

  Software companies, abuzz with lobbyists and patent lawyers over government open standards, are similar to the record industry 10 years ago.  Continue Reading

• What will training look like in the workplace of the future?

  Kevin Young (pictured), head of SkillSoft EMEA, explains the impact of technology on education  Continue Reading

• IT service management: The only way is ethics

  It is now very common for professional bodies and membership organisations to have codes of ethics and standards of conduct.  Continue Reading

• Opinion: Is big data just big hype?

  If the deluge of headlines and vendor marketing materials is anything to go by, big data is the next big thing. So how much is there really to all this big data talk?  Continue Reading

• The problem with Open Data

  Although clearly a good thing in theory, Open Data risks increasing the digital divide and social inequality unless approached right.  Continue Reading

• Five ways to improve your IT project management

  Project management and the IT industry go together like jam and toast. But not all project management is good project management.  Continue Reading

• Bridging the information gap

  The pace at which modern business tends to move has resulted in a situation where centralised decision-making struggles to keep up.  Continue Reading

• The importance of mutual understanding: A faster track to business alignment and satisfied users

  The benefits of a service-centric approach to IT tend to come back to IT in numerous ways - users are happier, the business functions more effectively, and in return IT tends to receive both more funding and freedom to develop, writes Andrew Buss, ...  Continue Reading

• What are the opportunities mCommerce offers?

  Throughout 2010, a flurry of announcements from players in the mobile value chain placed the spotlight squarely on the potential of the mCommerce market and highlighted it as a valuable revenue driver in a tough and competitive economic environment,...  Continue Reading

• Seven steps to successful negotiation for IT buyers

  Nigel Owen of training consultancy Huthwaite International provides some key tips for benefiting both seller and buyer when negotiating a sale or purchase.  Continue Reading

• Software as a service can breed dependency so choose suppliers with care

  SaaS is not utility computing: it matters who delivers it and how  Continue Reading

• Security Zone: The ISO/IEC 38500 IT Governance Standard

  IT governance means different things to different folks, yet it is generally understood to require alignment with best practice standards and methodologies. However, it can be really hard to see the wood for the trees due to the multiple frameworks,...  Continue Reading

• Mac vs PC: Which should I buy?

  Which is better – Macs or PCs? Computer Weekly content editor Faisal Alani gives his opinion on their respective advantages and disadvantages  Continue Reading

• Six reasons why the NHS National Programme For IT failed

  Like many men, I don't go to the doctor very often. The last time I did, I was with my GP for 25 minutes: five minutes discussing my symptoms and 20 minutes helping her to understand how to use her new computer system to record my symptoms, her ...  Continue Reading

• Action is the deal on Naked Leader's blog

  The Deal is the latest blog to launch on ComputerWeekly.com - and one with a twist. David Taylor, author of The Naked Leader, said, "My blog won't be about discussion and debate, but about action."  Continue Reading

• NHS IT - A personal view

  The media last week was full of comment on the "problems" at the NHS IT project as Accenture ducked out. Yet again, the comment portrayed the project as a "disaster" - indeed “yet another public sector IT disaster”.  Continue Reading

• How to win the jobs game

  Many readers have been disappointed by recruitment agents. All the more reason to develop the relationship  Continue Reading

• Your shout: Security and skills

  Have your say at computerweekly.com  Continue Reading

• Seeing the big picture

  Information security is about securely bringing together the organisation's two most important assets - information and people.  Continue Reading

• SMBs' real risk of being online

  Stuart King CISSP, is responsible for online security and risk assessment for the Reed Elsevier Group.  Continue Reading

• Demand more from agencies: fine tune the recruitment process and reap the rewards

  Users must be proactive in ensuring that recommended candidates are suitable  Continue Reading

• Who watches the watchers?

  The Civil Aviation Authority must come clean about how it has policed Nats' computer systems  Continue Reading

• A day in the life

  Frances Sharpe, general manager for the UK arm of ASP Network Commerce, spends a gruelling week jet setting around the USA. She...  Continue Reading

• 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

• Opening Windows: the threat from Open Source

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