European Technology
Our team working out London will keep you up to date with all the big technology news from the UK and mainland Europe - and what it means for you.
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Peter Cochrane's Blog: Beyond 3D Printed Guns
Don't let the excitement around 3D printed guns obscure the reality about 3D printing which can be a great force for good.
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Demand for SQL and C# skills fuels UK job surge
The number of permanent IT jobs on the market in the UK in the first quarter of 2013 increased for the fourth year in a row.
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Why bother building a business case for BYOD? You'll (have to) do it anyway
Bring your own device is an issue for nearly all organisations, but few are trying to justify it using standard metrics anymore.
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IT projects: Why you need to fail more often
Projects that fail are not necessarily a bad thing. They can end up changing attitudes to experimentation and management, and ultimately improve efficiency.
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IT departments: Compete with consumer cloud apps or risk a security breach
Companies faced with staff sourcing their own cloud apps and services to use in their job are not addressing the risk by simply banning staff-sourced IT.
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BYOD becomes standard - but it's going to hit you in the pocket
Bring your own device will soon become mandatory for many staff, but bosses will expect staff to pay for their own hardware to use at work.
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Outsourcing wobbles: Blip or something more telling?
The latest stats might suggest all is not well with outsourcing, but the expert view tells a different story.
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Are developers really skilled up for the cloud?
Writing code for cloud-hosted apps is requiring developers to demonstrate new skills that some CIOs doubt exist in sufficient quantities in their teams.
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Hunting down the mainframe unicorn
Mainframes are still an essential part of the enterprise computing infrastructure, but staff with the skills can be hard to find - here's how one company solved the puzzle.
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When IT is from Mars, and the business is from Venus
IT and rest of the organisation are still at loggerheads says an analyst who feels more like a psychologist trying to get the two to talk.
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Company boards? Must try harder - you're just not digital enough
Despite all the senior-level chatter about the importance of digital-business initiatives, only a tiny minority of firms have put executives on the board who have any digital knowhow.
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We are hiring, say tech companies - but the government hasn't done much to help
UK tech companies are aiming to add staff this year, even if they feel that government job-creation policies haven't done much to assist.
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OK, so stick with Windows XP: But how big a risk do you run?
Some organisations intend to keep using Windows XP even in the post-apocalyptic world after Microsoft ends support in 12 months. It's a calculated risk and one they should weigh up carefully.
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Most social projects are doomed: Five ways to help them succeed
If you're trying to set up a social collaboration initiative, the odds on succeeding are heavily stacked against you - but certain measures can help improve your chances.
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The Cern tech that helped track down the God particle
European research lab Cern today announced a landmark discovery for physics. TechRepublic explores the technology used in the hunt for the Higgs Boson particle.
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'Along the way things don't always go right': Tips on turning the cloud dream into reality
BP CIO Dana Deasy on the potential pitfalls that businesses need to be aware of before adopting cloud services.
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Am I a man or a machine? My role in the hunt for AI
How taking part in a Turing Test to find the first thinking computer made Nick Heath realise he is more like a machine than he thought.
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4G: What does it mean for business?
As mobile operators worldwide roll out 4G networks that promise speeds several times faster than 3G TechRepublic looks at the potential benefits of 4G for business and what firms should know before getting on board.
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2012 Olympics and tech: What will remain once the cheering stops?
Once the Olympic juggernaut has rolled out of London, people expect its biggest tech legacy to lie in comms infrastructure. But London 2012 may leave behind a more subtle change.
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2012 Olympics: What will be the broadband legacy?
Miles of fibre have been laid for the London 2012 Games - but questions remain as to how the UK will benefit from the Olympic network investment.
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A new front opens in my war on spam
Spam seems to be in danger of being overtaken by multiple subscriptions to feeds I've never heard of.
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Big data: Two truths and five myths
Along with the hype, the concept of big data comes with its own collection of misconceptions and half-truths that one CTO is keen to dispel.
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Can Europe's unemployed help plug the IT skills shortfall?
A new scheme has been announced designed to lower Europe's unemployment and plug a reported IT skills gap.
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Can iPads in the office save you money? Politicians think so.
More evidence is emerging that deploying tablets can cut costs, this time in the form of the results of a trial by the UK parliament.
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Businesses in Europe continue to hold back on datacentre spending
Server shipments in Europe have declined every quarter for almost two years as businesses continue to defer datacentre spending, according to figures from analyst house Gartner
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BYOD becomes standard - but it's going to hit you in the pocket
Bring your own device will soon become mandatory for many staff, but bosses will expect staff to pay for their own hardware to use at work.
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BYOD: Haven't got a policy? Maybe it's time you did
Most organisations still don't have a strategy for dealing with the demands of bring your own device - but pressure to have one continues to build.
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'Cell phones kill bees' stories create buzz but the internet pays the price
Beware sensational tech and science headlines and blog-based claims that are counterintuitive or outrageous - they exact a high toll in internet credibility.
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Cern: Cloud computing joins hunt for origins of the universe
Swiss research lab Cern explains how cloud computing could help tackle the petabytes of data generated by the Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator.