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Cloud: Cheaper and safer? Not necessarily
Any steps towards the cloud need to be carefully measured, because there's no guarantee it will turn out to be the best option.
Posted by Toby Wolpe | March 4, 2013, 3:25 AM PST | Latest comment by philswift
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Will end of XP support spark rash SaaS and Office 365 decisions?
When some firms realise how little time remains until Microsoft pulls the plug on XP support next year, they could cut corners with software as a service and end up making some unwise decisions.
Posted by Toby Wolpe | February 26, 2013, 4:13 AM PST | Latest comment by jelabarre
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Is outsourcing bad for your IT security?
More than half of data thefts investigated by an IT security firm last year were at firms that outsourced a major part of their IT.
Posted by Nick Heath | February 15, 2013, 7:12 AM PST | Latest comment by joyceeevanoso
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How Hadoop is helping King.com ask the right questions
The social gaming firm on how the big data platform is helping it ask smarter questions by removing some of the guesswork from analytics.
Posted by Nick Heath | February 14, 2013, 7:18 AM PST
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End of XP support: Why so many CIOs are still not ready
With Microsoft's cut-off date for support for XP just over a year away, a worryingly large number of IT leaders seem to be unprepared.
Posted by Toby Wolpe | February 8, 2013, 8:58 AM PST | Latest comment by HAL 9000
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What the next evolution of enterprise IT means for your job
Businesses use of technology is changing and that has a knock on effect on career prospects for IT workers.
Posted by Bob Tarzey | February 6, 2013, 3:39 AM PST | Latest comment by mike-022
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Setting up a cloud? eBay reveals the five key steps
In creating a private cloud to give flexibility to developers and the business, eBay learned lessons that should apply to any organisation grappling with similar changes.
Posted by Toby Wolpe | February 5, 2013, 4:50 AM PST
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How PA cleared the big data hurdle at the London Olympics
The Press Association's director of technical architecture on how its IT systems coped with the challenge of supplying coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Posted by Nick Heath | January 30, 2013, 8:59 AM PST
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European businesses chose in-house IT over public cloud
European businesses are increasingly turning to in-house IT provision and private cloud rather than public cloud services, a survey finds.
Posted by Nick Heath | January 29, 2013, 5:07 AM PST | Latest comment by Tony Hopkinson
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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.
Posted by Peter Cochrane | January 21, 2013, 6:41 AM PST | Latest comment by peter@...
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Offshoring has fuelled IT skills crisis, say UK firms
The practice of offshoring entry-level IT roles is leaving firms unable to find experienced staff to fill more senior positions, according to a forum of major UK businesses.
Posted by Nick Heath | January 15, 2013, 2:54 AM PST | Latest comment by jkameleon@...
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Soviet-era thinking clanks back into life in Western tech
Those who believe encouraging mediocrity in industry died along with USSR tractor factories should think again - you don't have to look far from home to find modern-day examples in the West.
Posted by Peter Cochrane | November 23, 2012, 1:16 AM PST | Latest comment by Tony Hopkinson
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SAP's strategy: Cutting complexity, boosting cloud and big data
SAP sets out a vision of making its software easy to use and pain free to buy, while adding cloud and big data. But is it giving its customers what they want?
Posted by Nick Heath | November 20, 2012, 4:29 AM PST
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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.
Posted by Nick Heath | November 14, 2012, 6:38 AM PST | Latest comment by Tony Hopkinson
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Mobile data in the cloud? Not me - it's just too patchy
All our strides with the technology to put mobile data in the cloud are still being tripped up by some obvious failings.
Posted by Peter Cochrane | November 13, 2012, 7:21 AM PST | Latest comment by Deadly Ernest
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What employers want from developers? Agile, agile, agile
Employers' appetite for agile development skills is rising faster than demand for any other skill.
Posted by Nick Heath | November 9, 2012, 4:27 AM PST | Latest comment by Shriram Pore
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Is it time for your digital detox?
Hotels are offering packages aimed at giving guests a break from their gadgets
Posted by Steve Ranger | November 7, 2012, 12:25 PM PST | Latest comment by GSG
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Apple shake-up: Why Cook has dished Ive a bigger role
The most intriguing move in Apple's management changes adds software to hardware guru Jonathan Ive's design brief. But whether Apple CEO Tim Cook has chosen wisely will only become clear with iOS...
Posted by Seb Janacek | November 2, 2012, 3:55 AM PDT
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Hacker or user? How to tell friend from foe
With so many staff and customers operating outside the conventional firewall, firms are rethinking their controls and security - which is where the identity perimeter comes in.
Posted by Bob Tarzey | November 1, 2012, 7:46 AM PDT | Latest comment by robo_dev
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Are these the dev skills you'll need to survive in the cloud?
As businesses use increasing numbers of cloud and mobile apps, here are some of the skills developers could need to stay relevant to the business of tomorrow.
Posted by Nick Heath | October 18, 2012, 4:17 AM PDT | Latest comment by solana
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10 coolest uses for the Raspberry Pi
As the $40 Raspberry Pi computer ships we round up the 10 projects to try on your new Pi.
Posted by Nick Heath | April 23, 2012, 4:13 AM PDT | Latest comment by draalinx
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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.
Posted by Steve Ranger | April 24, 2013, 1:50 AM PDT | Latest comment by Tony Hopkinson
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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.
Posted by Toby Wolpe | April 26, 2013, 1:55 AM PDT | Latest comment by BlueCollarCritic
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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.
Posted by Steve Ranger | May 2, 2013, 3:49 AM PDT | Latest comment by HAL 9000
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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.
Posted by Toby Wolpe | May 8, 2013, 5:23 AM PDT | Latest comment by the-dream
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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.
Posted by Steve Ranger | April 23, 2013, 10:58 AM PDT | Latest comment by Imprecator
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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.
Posted by Toby Wolpe | April 10, 2013, 6:00 AM PDT | Latest comment by NickNielsen
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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.
Posted by Toby Wolpe | April 25, 2013, 2:29 AM PDT | Latest comment by qazolat
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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.
Posted by Steve Ranger | May 15, 2013, 5:15 AM PDT | Latest comment by HypnoToad72
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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.
Posted by Nick Heath | May 3, 2013, 3:33 AM PDT
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Cloud project risks: Five questions the board should ask before saying yes
In a period when individual departments are just going out and buying software services - with or without IT's blessing - international risk association ISACA thinks it's time the board kept all...
Posted by Toby Wolpe | May 10, 2013, 6:48 AM PDT
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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.
Posted by Toby Wolpe | April 17, 2013, 7:32 AM PDT
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Ban social media as a distraction? No, it boosts productivity
Any manager who thinks staff should be banned from using social media at work is seriously misguided and could be doing grave damage to the business.
Posted by Toby Wolpe | March 27, 2013, 9:55 AM PDT | Latest comment by dasha_g
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Build your own OS using the Raspberry Pi
A course teaching Raspberry Pi owners how to build a simple operating system has been released free online.
Posted by Nick Heath | September 3, 2012, 7:42 AM PDT
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Raspberry Pi: Five ways business can use it
The $40 Linux computer is a tempting replacement for expensive, high-end machines in a number of business tasks.
Posted by Nick Heath | May 9, 2012, 6:58 AM PDT | Latest comment by NZJester
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RepRap: The 3D printer that's heading for your home
Once the preserve of large companies, 3D printing is now heading for the home. The founder of the open source 3D printer project RepRap tells TechRepublic about the coming revolution in home...
Posted by Nick Heath | March 7, 2012, 12:10 PM PST | Latest comment by michaellashinsky@...
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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.
Posted by Sam Shead | April 15, 2013, 8:03 AM PDT | Latest comment by Deadly Ernest
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Sloppy code: Why it's not (always) the developer's fault
With programmers complaining that managers are forcing them to push unsatisfactory code out the door, TechRepublic looks at whether developers are getting a raw deal.
Posted by Nick Heath | September 3, 2012, 8:26 AM PDT | Latest comment by MyopicOne
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IT job cuts: Is the end finally in sight?
A poll of IT chiefs' views on hiring and budgets picks out a whiff of change in the jobs climate.
Posted by Toby Wolpe | March 12, 2013, 5:44 AM PDT | Latest comment by n.gurr@...
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Cloud skills: IT teams' lack of know-how is derailing deployments
Many IT departments just don't have the architecture and infrastructure skills in-house to cope with cloud deployments.
Posted by Toby Wolpe | March 21, 2013, 3:48 AM PDT | Latest comment by CharlieSpencer_Palmetto
