Analysis

Cyber espionage: the stakes are raised

Casino chips resting on declining stock figures
Is it just a matter of time before a major company is brought down?
22 Feb 2011

Making cities smarter with technology

Guangzhou in China
How the likes of IBM and Oracle are helping municipal authorities around the world to "optimise their infrastructure"
22 Feb 2011

Education and experience: is there an ideal mix for becoming a CIO?

graduates
Computing talks to IT leaders and educators about the best way to becoming a CIO
18 Feb 2011

University of Salford aims for shared student services with £5.7m datacentre upgrade

University to fund datacentre expansion by sharing infrastructure with other academic institutions
17 Feb 2011

Nokia/Microsoft deal: a tale of two reactions

While shareholders and investors are less than pleased, analysts and developers a broadly supportive
15 Feb 2011

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh digitises data on three million plant and herb specimens

Optical character recognition technology is being used to provide a public database of information
11 Feb 2011

Technology barometer: Glimmers of optimism brighten job prospects

As IT spending stabilises, vendors are looking to invest more in staff
09 Feb 2011

Barclays banks on master data management

Head of data quality and profiling Saul Judah explains how the bank went about implementing MDM
07 Feb 2011

DWP aims to avoid software disasters with agile development

Better collaboration between development teams, clients and end users can increase chances of project success
03 Feb 2011

New technology: risk or opportunity?

Rapid technological change seen as a significant source of risk by 20 per cent of European tech companies, survey finds
02 Feb 2011

Has new government CIO bitten off more than he can chew?

As Joe Harley embarks on his new role as joint government/DWP CIO, Computing takes a look at the challenges in store for him in this era of austerity
01 Feb 2011

IT chiefs wake up to the benefits of master data management

But getting the board's backing and the necessary expertise can be a struggle
31 Jan 2011

Facilities management giant adopts unified communications

Mature technology and price competition persuade OCS to sign £5m managed contract with Azzurri
28 Jan 2011

Mobile datacentre pushes Team Lotus up the grid

Portable Dell servers process real-time performance data from Formula 1 cars for trackside mechanics
27 Jan 2011

Why are so many companies buying into security?

Well, because it's a 'hot area' according to Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at security vendor Sophos
24 Jan 2011

Mixed messages on CaaS uptake

Communications-as-a-service offers benefits for smaller companies, but familiar corporate doubts around reliability and security remain
18 Jan 2011

NHS systems may not be fit for information revolution

BMA says government cuts and legacy systems will undermine support for online patient records and information sharing
13 Jan 2011

Security firms team up to fight a common enemy

While it may not quite be a case of “one for all, and all for one”, collaboration between security firms has certainly increased in recent months
13 Jan 2011

Microsoft chances its ARM

Support for ARM-based chips will help Windows gain a bigger share of the smartphone and tablet market, but will it come too late to really hurt the competition?
11 Jan 2011

Cisco IPTV screens to boost Millennium Stadium profits

Exclusive digital content and advertising shown on video over IP system to tempt rugby fans out of Cardiff pubs in 2011
06 Jan 2011

Dublin University favours remote control

LogMeIn to the Rescue for IT helpdesk serving 15,000 staff and students
23 Dec 2010

The top five security stories of 2010

The cyber threat continued to evolve throughout 2010 but what were the most significant stories of the year?
22 Dec 2010

IPv4 - IPv6 migration: What should you do?

In this video, industry experts discuss what IT leaders should do and when around the IPv6 migration issue
21 Dec 2010

Bring-your-own technology: the legal perspective

IT law firm Taylor Wessing discusses the legal implications of letting employees bring their own devices to work
21 Dec 2010