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Analysis

Cyber Security MSc courses are needed in the UK, but not this one

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De Montfort University and Deloitte seem more interested in quantity rather than quality
23 May 2013

Analysis: IT overhaul drives down costs for rail firms

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Cloud, open source and SME services providers have all played a part in enabling the Association of Train Operating Companies to slash operational costs
16 May 2013

Microsoft Surface Pro - Review

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Computing gets its hands on the new Surface Pro, and asks whether this is the one-size-fits-all device enterprises have been waiting for
15 May 2013

Research: first steps with big data

Getting a pilot study up and running requires the support of those who may not understand what big data is all about. John Leonard and Danny Palmer take a look at the issues
15 May 2013

Analysis: has EE really made ‘good progress’ with 4G?

While some might argue EE has squandered its headstart in the UK’s fledgling 4G market, others point to more general barriers to uptake
13 May 2013

What does ‘The Instagram Act’ mean for online image copyright?

The government says it’s much-needed legislation, but critics argue it allows wholesale theft of copyrighted material. Danny Palmer examines the implications of the The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act
03 May 2013

Research: the autonomous data centre is far from dead

Despite rumours of its imminent demise, all the signs are that the company-owned data centre is part of a hybrid computing future
02 May 2013

Case study: Why Sugar proved sweeter than Salesforce for EMIS

Phil Webb, CTO of medical software supplier EMIS, explains how three potential CRM suppliers were reduced to one
01 May 2013

Analysis: Why Hadoop is set to be the next big thing

Venture capital firms have invested over $1.2bn in Hadoop and big data start-ups. Why are they doing this and what innovations will this funding spur?
01 May 2013

Analysis: Super-SAVA or super spy?

China has forged ahead with Source Address Validation Architecture technology in its IPv6 internet backbone. But will it prevent abuses or is it just another attack on internet privacy?
01 May 2013

Forget the watch – the smart money is on Google Glass

Is the smart watch – no more than a rumour for most hardware companies – an original idea, or simply a terrified response to the AR-equipped Google Glass project?
01 May 2013

Betting on QlikView pays off for Paddy Power

BI manager Conor McMenamin tells Danny Palmer how Qlikview’s business discovery platform has helped the bookmaker take advantage of real-time data
18 Apr 2013

NHS changes could spell the end for big outsourced health contracts

Sooraj Shah investigates what the potential of an “irreversible privatisation” of the NHS could mean for IT
18 Apr 2013

Analysis: educating the ‘digital citizens’ of tomorrow

Computing invited a panel of education experts to give their views on how best to equip young people for tomorrow’s digital economy. Peter Gothard listened in
17 Apr 2013

Research: businesses adapt ERP to tackle diverse demands

Organisations are plugging in secondary systems to increase agility and local control
17 Apr 2013

Analysis: Has BlackBerry run out of juice?

Discouraging financials and a lack of customer success stories seems to suggest the Canadian mobile firm’s BlackBerry 10 gamble may be its last. Peter Gothard asks: what has BlackBerry done wrong, and is it too late to change it?
16 Apr 2013

Windows RT: living on borrowed time?

When Windows RT shipped, a sceptical IT industry opted to steer clear – with good reason. Now, the question is when will Microsoft kill it
16 Apr 2013

The big squeeze hits resellers

Resellers are being squeezed on all fronts – software, services and especially hardware. But the best-run companies are changing to meet these new challenges
16 Apr 2013

Nokia Entertainment: Why we went Mongo

Nokia tells Computing about the pros and cons of NoSQL database MongoDB
11 Apr 2013

Rugby tries out data analytics

Danny Palmer talks to IBM, Opta and the RFU about their use of data analytics to track every detail at the recent Six Nations rugby tournament
03 Apr 2013

Green light for National Grid’s cloud move

UK IT Industry Awards winner Kevin Green talks to Danny Palmer about the National Grid’s ongoing project to migrate its datacentres to the cloud
03 Apr 2013

Analysis: does PC performance affect productivity?

Do slow PCs also slow the minds and reduce the performance of office workers? Or would a little reduction in speed be beneficial?
03 Apr 2013

Research: data quality and the Little Red Hen syndrome

Data in UK enterprises is neither managed nor measured, finds a Computing survey
02 Apr 2013

Analysis: Upstarts challenge the mobile duopoly

Canonical and Mozilla’s mobile OSs made waves at MWC, but can they generate more than a ripple of interest among enterprise smartphone users
02 Apr 2013