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Can you get the measure of the strange, virtual world of datacentre scale-out and scale-up?
Server vendors are changing the way they look at datacentre resources...
Posted by Clive Longbottom | November 24, 2011, 8:04 AM PST
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Peter Cochrane's Blog: Why I'm trying to take to the cloud
But what's to stop my plan crashing back to Earth?
Posted by Peter Cochrane | November 24, 2011, 5:58 AM PST
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Startup secrets that big business needs to know
What UK plc could learn from entrepreneurs...
Posted by Nick Heath | November 23, 2011, 7:31 AM PST
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What do you really like about being an IT contractor?
Steve Ranger's Notebook: The rise of the freelance nation...
Posted by Steve Ranger | November 23, 2011, 3:13 AM PST
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Is Amazon building a Kindle phone? The case against
Amazon isn't that daft...
Posted by Jo Best | November 22, 2011, 5:17 AM PST
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Is Amazon building a Kindle phone? The case for
Amazon should build a smartphone - so geeks will hate it...
Posted by Steve Ranger | November 22, 2011, 5:17 AM PST
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Ten leadership lessons from the Steve Jobs school of management
What Walter Isaacson's biography of Apple's co-founder can teach about doing business the right way...
Posted by Natasha Lomas | November 18, 2011, 5:01 AM PST
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Why cloud computing will kill programming - and make us all developers
Steve Ranger's Notebook: Will the Lego app-building phenomenon make us all the CIOs of tomorrow?
Posted by Steve Ranger | November 17, 2011, 8:35 AM PST
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Staff on Facebook and Twitter? Five things you need to know to avoid a social media lawsuit
Legal Eye: Tap into social media but minimise the liabilities...
Posted by Kate Hodgkiss | November 17, 2011, 7:45 AM PST
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Apple Talk: Steve Jobs' Flash of insight gives him the final word
Apple's talismanic leader is still making a mark...
Posted by Seb Janacek | November 16, 2011, 8:38 AM PST
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Peter Cochrane's Blog: A really bad technology day
Laptop: check. Smartphone: check. So what could possibly go wrong?
Posted by Peter Cochrane | November 15, 2011, 9:08 AM PST
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Hadoop: Cheat Sheet
An elephant-themed, open-source way to tackle big data...
Posted by Jo Best | November 15, 2011, 8:22 AM PST
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Inside Nationwide's £1bn mega-transformation programme
Lessons from one of the UK's biggest infrastructure projects...
Posted by Natasha Lomas | November 15, 2011, 2:03 AM PST
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When the juggling CIO and the stilt-walking CEO meet the rise of the cloud
Steve Ranger's Notebook: How the cloud is helping to remake executive roles...
Posted by Steve Ranger | November 14, 2011, 7:41 AM PST
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Is Apple hardware and software really ready for business? CIOs speak out
iPhones and iPads are top of the pile for consumers but enterprises may take a different view...
Posted by Mark Samuels | November 14, 2011, 4:08 AM PST
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Tech City, one year on: Have the promises been kept?
How work has progressed on building a startup scene to rival Silicon Valley...
Posted by Jo Best | November 10, 2011, 8:00 AM PST
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Make yourself indispensable: 10 tech skills you need to remain employable
From virtualisation to social media...
Posted by Shelley Portet | November 10, 2011, 7:32 AM PST
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The digital natives are restless: How Gen Y employees will rip up the CIO job description
Expect new ways of working and of measuring staff value...
Posted by Nick Kirkland | November 10, 2011, 3:04 AM PST
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Tapping into Twitter: Five tips for CIOs looking to harvest social data
Time to exploit online conversations and unstructured social data...
Posted by Mark Samuels | November 9, 2011, 8:16 AM PST
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Need a new CIO? Why firms are opting to try before they buy
Headhunter's notebook: Plentiful CIO candidates and restructuring are changing the rules...
Posted by Tim Cook | November 9, 2011, 3:12 AM PST
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Windows Server 2012: Cheat Sheet
Get the lowdown on the latest version of Microsoft's server operating system.
Posted by Nick Heath | October 29, 2012, 3:22 AM PDT | Latest comment by Elliyeti
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Hybrid mobile apps: the future of app development?
Hybrid apps may be the norm, not the exception, within a few years as companies try to cut the cost of app deployment across multiple platforms.
Posted by Nick Heath | February 5, 2013, 1:22 AM PST | Latest comment by JTepoorten@...
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Big data skills: Should data scientist be your next job?
A look at how IT workers can prepare to meet business demand for big data analytics skills.
Posted by Nick Heath | December 11, 2012, 7:35 AM PST | Latest comment by pawintx@...
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Ten business trends for 2013 - and four ways they affect you
The ratchet of change just went 'click' and is the new stable, the new economy, and there is no going back, and what is in store is even more radical.
Posted by Peter Cochrane | January 16, 2013, 1:11 AM PST | Latest comment by peter@...
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Windows 8 Cheat Sheet
UPDATED: Windows 8 will be with us soon, here's what you need to know about the most radical redesign since Windows 95.
Posted by Nick Heath | October 24, 2012, 2:00 AM PDT | Latest comment by Eric Hall
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Bye bye MacBook, hello iPad: Why I'm taking the tablet
Many people are still undecided about whether they could use Apple's tablet instead of a notebook. There's no doubt in Seb Janacek's mind.
Posted by Seb Janacek | May 16, 2012, 1:35 AM PDT | Latest comment by Vulpinemac
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iPhone now as secure as BlackBerry, say tech chiefs
IT leaders and industry experts believe that Apple now roughly matches RIM on mobile security, removing BlackBerry's last remaining advantage over the iPhone in enterprise.
Posted by Nick Heath | September 18, 2012, 3:39 AM PDT | Latest comment by AllanMarcus
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Agile development: Five ways it can trip you up
Agile software development is often praised for helping combat scope creep and late projects. But making the transition to agile delivery is fraught with potential pitfalls. Here are five to look...
Posted by Nick Heath | September 6, 2012, 8:10 AM PDT | Latest comment by jeffarmstrong
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Outsourcing's five cast-iron rules: Break them at your peril
How do you get the best from outsourcing contracts without them getting the better of you? One CIO who has worked on both sides of the outsourcing divide offers his key tips.
Posted by Mark Samuels | September 27, 2012, 2:01 AM PDT | Latest comment by NickNielsen
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Ten leadership lessons from the Steve Jobs school of management
What Walter Isaacson's biography of Apple's co-founder can teach about doing business the right way...
Posted by Natasha Lomas | November 18, 2011, 5:01 AM PST
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Microsoft Surface: Cheat Sheet
Updated: Microsoft's new tablets - all you need to know.
Posted by Steve Ranger | October 25, 2012, 1:15 AM PDT | Latest comment by HAL 9000
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Enterprise software: Win over the staff and you'll win over the business
Enterprise software needs to be as easy and enjoyable to use as consumer offerings if it is to appeal to today's workforce, according to a panel debate at the London Web Summit.
Posted by Nick Heath | March 4, 2013, 3:14 AM PST | Latest comment by Software_AG
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How bogus resumes raise questions about Indian outsourcing skills
Without tough measures by employers, the volume of dodgy job applications could hit confidence in India's outsourcing workforce.
Posted by Saritha Rai | September 11, 2012, 3:31 AM PDT | Latest comment by GoHomeVisa
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CIOs told: Keep BYOA at bay with a corporate app store
CIOs faced with staff buying apps and online services without running it past the IT department are being advised to build corporate app stores to tempt staff back into using sanctioned software.
Posted by Nick Heath | March 8, 2013, 2:22 AM PST | Latest comment by mckinnej
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Cloud computing: What does it really mean for IT jobs?
As adoption of cloud computing services takes off, some argue demand for certain IT jobs will all but disappear.
Posted by Nick Heath | August 8, 2012, 6:30 AM PDT | Latest comment by Tony Hopkinson
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Why every executive is a tech executive now
Executives across an organisation need to embrace and understand technologies - from cloud to software-defined networks - if they want to stay ahead of the game.
Posted by Sam Shead | February 20, 2013, 6:36 AM PST | Latest comment by mhbowman@...
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Revealed: The jobs that will be wiped out by cloud computing
As businesses switch to cloud computing demand for some traditional IT roles will plummet - but new, different jobs will be created instead.
Posted by Nick Heath | May 29, 2012, 5:08 AM PDT | Latest comment by Bonnie Wolfe
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Windows Phone 8: Cheat Sheet
Getting Windows Phone 8 right is vital for Microsoft's credibility in the smartphone world. Here's what you need to know about Microsoft's next mobile operating system.
Posted by Steve Ranger | October 16, 2012, 9:36 AM PDT | Latest comment by DaveSlash
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How in-memory computing is helping Unilever to maxmise profits
Consumer goods giant Unilever on how the in-memory computing platform SAP Hana will boost its bottom line.
Posted by Nick Heath | December 5, 2012, 9:20 PM PST
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Mobile malware: Cheat Sheet
Should you be worried about mobile malware? Here's what you need to know and some tips on how to protect yourself from getting infected.
Posted by Nick Heath | November 7, 2012, 1:45 PM PST | Latest comment by Andrew Huttle
