Dave Bailey is enterprise editor for Computing. Dave has worked in this role since August 2008. Previously he worked for IT Week, which he joined in April 2000 as a labs analyst, most recently in the role of network editor.
Before moving into technology journalism, Dave spent five years in biochemistry research at University College London, specialising in prion diseases such as BSE, CJD and Alzheimers. He has a BSc in applied chemistry from Huddersfield Polytechnic, an MSc in IT from Leicester Polytechnic and a doctorate in X-ray crystallography from Birkbeck College.


SANS Institute says security professionals and hackers both to profit from 'kicking the tyres' on IE9 17 Mar 2010

Medium- and lower-risk flaws are being used more by hackers to penetrate enterprise networks, due to firms taking longer to patch them 16 Mar 2010

Ed Balls slashes school ICT delivery and e-learning budget 16 Mar 2010

A look at the important decisions and necessary steps required before a mainframe migration 15 Mar 2010

Transport for London invites software specialists to look after its east London traffic control system 15 Mar 2010

Manifesto mistakenly compares next-generation fibre speeds with Digital Britain's universal service commitment 12 Mar 2010

"Better legislation later, rather than hurried legislation," says Chartered Institute for IT 11 Mar 2010

But the services provider sees marginal drop in revenues for 2009 11 Mar 2010

A recent proposal by Ofcom and a ruling by the Court of Appeal may hinder the progress of Digital Britain 10 Mar 2010

Some of the first wave of UK adopters met in London recently to air their views on Microsoft’s cloud computing platform. Dave Bailey listened in 10 Mar 2010
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