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• XML Security Learning Guide

  Securing XML is an essential element in keeping Web services secure. This SearchSecurity.com Learning Guide is a compilation of resources that review different types of XML security standards and approaches for keeping your XML Web services secure.  Continue Reading

• Case study: A valuable solution

  A new telephony and call centre solution from Inter-Tel has transformed the way that e.surv Chartered Surveyors is able to work.  Continue Reading

• Storage Word Search: Summer IT fun

  How about some summer storage fun? Try out SearchStorage.com's Word Search game. See if you can find the 15 terms listed.  Continue Reading

• UK IT leaders plan a night under the stars for charity

  About 250 senior IT professionals will take part in the annual Byte Night charity sleep-out on London’s Embankment on 22 September in an effort to raise £300,000 to combat child homelessness.  Continue Reading

• SMB finds the perfect host

  When All3Media, a medium-sized TV programming producer, inherited an inflexible communications system, it turned to a more appealing, hosted alternative.  Continue Reading

• Questions that need to be answered on NHS IT plan

  Four years ago the government announced to a grateful NHS a national IT programme that would become the world's largest civil computer scheme.  Continue Reading

• Lenovo goes for gold with SMBs

  When Shelley Rudman unexpectedly won a silver medal for her valiant efforts in the skeleton at this year’s Winter Olympics, the world knew she’d gained her unprecedented achievement for the UK in a matter of seconds. In fact, the world expected to ...  Continue Reading

• Industry chiefs to declare war on for-profit cyber criminals

  IT industry leaders reaffirm the importance of security to a digital economy beset by money-driven cyber criminals.  Continue Reading

• Be careful you don't get more than you pay for with VoIP

  Implementing VoIP is attractive for all companies in particular SMBs. However, there are issues to address that may cost you more than what you save  Continue Reading

• Voicing concerns on Skype

  Skype has blazed a trail in the Voice over IP arena; its popularity hasn’t gone unnoticed by the hacker community however  Continue Reading

• IT professionals set for annual charity sleep-out

  Senior IT professionals are gearing up to on London's Embankment near Tower Bridge on Friday 23 September 2005. The aim is to raise more than £250,000 for disadvantaged children.  Continue Reading

• VoIP and IPT are hot tickets for the IT industry

  Voice over IP (VoIP) and IP telephony (IPT) are the hot tickets in the current IT industry. In the space of two weeks in late May and June 2005, two major European trade shows — VON 2005 and VoIP for Business —have each exhibited a welter of ...  Continue Reading

• Lost at sea: securing the channel

  As attacks seem to proliferate almost unabated, it’s worrying to think that of the three interested parties in the security technology market — the technology makers, the technology sellers and the technology users—not everyone shares a common view ...  Continue Reading

• Riding the wave of change

  CIOs can thrive as pace of change quickens, argues Des Lee  Continue Reading

• Business continuity keeps companies running

  As we speak, it appears that disruption to IT services by the London bombings was minimised due to effective and realistic business continuity strategies. Sally Flood sees how you construct them.  Continue Reading

• Business continuity: Keep on running

  Too many plans for business continuity do not reflect the true risks. Sally Flood looks at risk assessment and the creation a realistic strategy.  Continue Reading

• Phishing for the missing piece of the CardSystems puzzle

  A banking insider examines the ties between customized phishing attacks this spring and the CardSystems breach announced soon after. Don't miss his revelations on how they're linked and what the phishers really needed.  Continue Reading

• Cisco in talks to acquire EMC?

  Summary: Word has it Cisco is considering a $43 billion acquisition of EMC. With all the storage mergers going on, is this possible?  Continue Reading

• How to survive a data breach

  When Colin Crook offers advice on how companies should deal a security breach, he speaks from experience. He was CTO of Citicorp [now Citigroup, parent company of Citibank] 10 years ago when a hacker penetrated the company's network.

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• B&Q boosts efficiency and cuts costs by replacing e-mail with workflow software

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• Storage 911: How to troubleshoot your storage

  Our emergency guide takes you through the steps you can take to prevent disaster, and then, more importantly, offers an organized list of usual suspects, from the complex to the deceptively simple.  Continue Reading

• Controlling IT waste and redundancy through recentralization

  A typical decentralized organization has many different departments such as accounting, HR, and manufacturing—all are defining and building IT infrastructures to support applications. In a decentralized environment, there is a structure in ...  Continue Reading

• Learning Guide: Low-cost storage

  Resources on low-cost networking, iSCSI, SATA and IP storage  Continue Reading

• 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

• The acceptable rules of the mobile game

  Mobile networks allow you to connect to your network from almost anywhere by the appropriate methodology. Yet that may also mean...  Continue Reading

• Managed services: Looking to the long term

  IT directors looking for an easy way to manage increasing volumes of data by buying more hardware could be storing up problems...  Continue Reading

• 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 ...  Continue Reading

• Winning the cyber arms race in the classroom

  In the struggle for cybersecurity, Lenny Zeltser's most important weapons are the classroom and the pen.

  For the past few years he has taught part-time at the SANS Institute, creating a course on how to analyze malicious software...  Continue Reading

• Whisky galore with IP

  Chivas can toast future success thanks to a cost-effective IP data network  Continue Reading

• Financing the future

  Don't get a headache working out the best ways to pay for hardware and software. Danny Bradbury offers a user-friendly guide to...  Continue Reading

• Grid gobbledygook hits storage

  Fearful as always of missing the boat, storage vendors are jumping on the grid bandwagon, unveiling visions that are about as useful today as a chocolate teapot.  Continue Reading

• IP everything, essentially

  What are the fundamental deliverables of IP networks? How can you use IP networks to gain financial benefits in addition to...  Continue Reading

• The basis of profitability

  Not so long ago, you didn't have much choice - your IT and communications requirements were acquired, implemented and maintained...  Continue Reading

• The gift of CRM

  For Red Letter Days, a provider of gift experiences for corporates and consumers, a CRM system was essential to give it market...  Continue Reading

• Management matters

  Cath Everett finds out how you stay on top of networking. What are the management issues related to your telecoms and networks...  Continue Reading

• Storage Management Survival School: Lesson five

  In this session, Jamie Gruener examines the steps you should consider in designing a tiered storage model, what the pitfalls are and the overall benefits.  Continue Reading

• Undercover operations

  Computer crime is on the rise, but collecting admissible evidence is a tricky business. Helen Beckett gets expert advice on what...  Continue Reading

• Is the national programme for NHS IT set to be 'the biggest gamble in the world'?

  The private concerns of clinicians and IT professionals about the national programme are not being addressed, despite the front...  Continue Reading

• Achieving the goal of CIO

  What exactly does a chief information officer do?Paul Burfitt, global CIO at AstraZeneca, analysed the various aspects of his job...  Continue Reading

• Thought for the day: Flights of fancy

  The Windows versus Linux debacle continues to escalate into a heady mix of emotion, mud-slinging and complexity  Continue Reading

• On the right side of the law

  What are the legal and regulatory issues that could affect the running of your company? What are the ramifications of the Data...  Continue Reading

• Learning Guide: SAN-based backups

  Some of the best advice on the ins and outs of SAN-based backups  Continue Reading

• How to secure a wireless Lan

  Stuart Okin and Ian Hellen at Microsoft UK give their opinion on how different forms of data encryption can protect wireless Lan...  Continue Reading

• IT directors foresee technology revolution continuing in comms

  There are those who hold that the IT revolution has petered out with no more breakthroughs to come. But IT directors attending...  Continue Reading

• Fujitsu won £800m Post Office contract after misrepresenting itself, says lawyer

  High Court claim by ex-employee makes damning accusations  Continue Reading

• Thought for the day: Flights of fancy

  Launch a Java-based office suite? Simon Moores questions the sanity of any company that would consider doing so, even if it is...  Continue Reading

• What's in an IT name?

  What exactly does a chief information officer do?Paul Burfitt, global CIO at AstraZeneca, analysed the various aspects of his job...  Continue Reading

• Essential contacts

  The security arena is like every other aspect of the IT industry, suppliers and special interest groups come and go. However,...  Continue Reading

• Director's cut: Learning to spot winning technologies

  Faced with a stream of new technologies it is vital that IT directors keep abreast of the latest developments and are aware of...  Continue Reading

• The Heat is on

  Since the 1960s, Moore's Law has described the progress of the IT industry but overheating could slow down the pace of change  Continue Reading

• Lessons to be learned from Chinook tragedy

  Since 1997, Computer Weekly has studied the IT-related lessons from the crash of Chinook helicopter ZD576 on the Mull of Kintyre...  Continue Reading

• Scale 21 conference will reveal key to IT success

  The results of the largest ever survey of IT professionals and entrepreneurs are to be announced at the Building Britain's...  Continue Reading

• Top Chinook test pilot reveals unease over engine software

  A campaign by Computer Weekly and Channel Four News has sought to show that a computer problem not pilot error could have led to...  Continue Reading

• Insurance lacks pulling power

  Insurance companies need to give their e-initiatives a radical makeover as their present inward focus is driving customers away  Continue Reading

• What's in a name?

  As soon as you hear an analyst, consultant, academic or supplier pontificating to an audience of Brits about CIOs, you know...  Continue Reading

• CBI warns on cybercrime

  A new survey warns that UK e-commerce is being stifled by rising crime and consumer caution about buying goods on the Internet  Continue Reading

• Managing the service for business

  The development of technology continues at a breathtaking pace. The intensity of competition in the e-business world dictates...  Continue Reading

• Taxing times for global issues

  International traders have always had to overcome a complex array of tariffs and local tax laws. But with the advent of...  Continue Reading

• Government picks pathfinder councils

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• Government makes grants to council IT schemes

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• Chinook probe: MPs join Lords

  In an extraordinary move, the House of Commons' most powerful committee is to seek the help of the House of Lords as part of its...  Continue Reading

• The language of the AS/400

  RPG has been the mainstay of ERP applications, but it can also be used for e-business, writes Nick Langley  Continue Reading

• Firms warned to monitor service as Cisco cuts staff

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• Government funds online access to bridge digital divide

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• Growing pains

  Five e-commerce companies tell E-Business Review how they overcame initial teething problems  Continue Reading

• Feeling the pinch

  The Internet age is not over just because a few dotcoms have run into difficulty, says Martin Butler, who believes that the...  Continue Reading

• Why PKI?

  Public Key Infrastructure could revolutionise the way companies do business online - if only anyone would use it, says Danny...  Continue Reading

• Words' worth

  The online retail sector is growing apace and WHSmith.co.uk is finding its place in the lead. Nathalie Towner looks at the story...  Continue Reading

• Window of the world

  Going online means going global. So why do so many companies give their website less consideration than other areas of the...  Continue Reading

• Web site for black music hits the right note

  Glen Yearwood hit the right note when he launched darkerthanblue.com, a site devoted to black music  Continue Reading

• When all is safely gathered in

  Portals are a great way to gather all of your company's services into one easily accessible place. Danny Bradbury takes a look at...  Continue Reading

• Leaked MoD notice reveals new Chinook system hazard

  The MoD has claimed that the problems with the Chinook's Fadec software were minor faults. Yet a leaked MoD notice warns of a...  Continue Reading

• Think before you link

  Laws governing the Net remain a grey area, even for such issues as deep linking, while discrimination laws also apply to the Web  Continue Reading

• Growing pains of dotcom start ups

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• Grpup-buying sites prove unpopular

  Group buying sites seemed like a good idea, but failed to attract much attention. Sun and Microsoft's sites, on the other hand,...  Continue Reading

• Finding the right Web recipe

  Take two companies with the necessary ingredients. How do you make them gel? Stir in a project manager  Continue Reading

• Silicon Valley looks East

  "Cross border sourcing" is gaining in popularity in the US where an expanding skills vacuum has led Silicon Valley businesses to...  Continue Reading

• Spring has sprung for Spring

  Spring Group has moved its business environment on-line with the development of a fully integrated web operating system.  Continue Reading

• The 3 flavours of 2001

  Before the end of the year, three new technologies will emerge triumphant. Sanjay Manandhar reports.  Continue Reading

• IT directors: build bridges or be swept away

  Old-style IT directors are doomed, says Chris Rawson at Lloyd's of London. Rod Sweet reports  Continue Reading

• A big blueprint for e-business

  Companies have been making mistakes with their e-business strategies since the whole brouhaha over online commerce started. But...  Continue Reading

• The world is enough

  As a global business, IT offers managers and directors many opportunities to work abroad and, as Julia Vowler finds out, these...  Continue Reading

• Towards an inclusive future

  Leeds City Council is fighting social exclusion using customer service centres. Paul Donovan reports  Continue Reading

• Delivering digital streaming in the Real world

  While the fortunes of streaming media firm Real Networks have been in decline, the company is not taking it lying down, writes...  Continue Reading

• Not-very-mobile-commerce

  Mobile commerce is a dream coming true, say the telcos. Well they would, wouldn't they? Simon Quicke reports  Continue Reading

• Sema suffers sharp share drop

  
  
  A 10% fall in the share price of software and services company Sema has raised questions about the company's financial stability.

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• A real union in a virtual world?

  Amazon faces the biggest unionisation drive the dotcom sector has ever seen. Mike Arrowsmith reports  Continue Reading

• 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 response sends "wrong signal" to software industry

  
  
  

  As defence secretary Geoff Hoon rubbished the Public Accounts Committee report into the 1994 Chinook disaster, an MP at the centre of the case...

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• 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

• Chinook report slams flawed MoD procurement methods

  Public Accounts Committee report into fatal crash of a Chinook Mk2 helicopter focused on a report by independent contractor EDS-Scicon, which was hired to assess the Chinook’s Fadec engine control system  Continue Reading

• A thoroughly modern e-apprenticeship

  Jane Dudman explains how young people in Newham have the chance to be apprentices in a scheme to lessen the blow of the IT skills...  Continue Reading

• Independent inquiry into Chinook crash

  
  
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  An independent inquiry into the Chinook helicopter crash in 1994 is likely to be launched by the House of Lords. It will...

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• 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

• 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

• 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

• Tags take on the barcode

  Radio frequency tags could be the technology that kills off the barcode. Bill Goodwin explains how they work and what is holding...  Continue Reading