Desktop & client
Telegraph CIO Paul Cheesbrough explains the paper's digital reinvention
Turning a new page at the Telegraph
In the last few weeks it has been the most talked about newspaper in the country, the investigation into MP expenses claims by the Telegraph has renewed the role of newspapers and news providers more...
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British Airways CIO Paul Coby reveals lessons from Terminal 5 disaster
Flying lessons
Heathrow Terminal 5 had a disastrous and highly publicised opening, but British Airways CIO Paul Coby says that even the toughest experiences can be instructive more...
Microsoft CIO Tony Scott on life on the vendor side
Risk manager
Microsoft CIO Tony Scott believes he is well positioned to take the danger out of the software giant’s future more...
Tunde Coker is investing in Africa
Tunde Coker, former IT chief at the Ministry of Justice, is leaving the UK to head up IT at a Nigerian bank. He talks about the move and life in Lagos
The New Year is all about new beginnings and for Tunde Coker,- former director of corporate IT at the Ministry- of Justice, this New Year is about a -return to the place he can rightly- call home. more...
Smart CIOs can still create cost savings
Watching the bottom line
Despite the recession, some software vendors have actually raised prices, but smart CIOs can still create cost savings more...
Nottingham Building Society IT modernization has built strong foundations
Building society invests in IT and prospers in difficult times for the financial sector
Jack Cutts, divisional head of IT at the Nottingham Building Society, explains how he modernised the IT infrastructure at the regional financial services provider more...
Mike Altendorf: Notes, your time is up
Lotus Notes was a tremendous platform for management and collaboration, but as social networking goes corporate, collaboration is changing, says Mike Altendorf
Lotus Notes was a tremendous platform for management and collaboration, but as social networking goes corporate, collaboration is changing, says Mike Altendorf more...
Bill Watkins: The last words on personal storage
Spin City
Just before being ousted as Seagate CEO Bill Watkins in a typically outspoken interview with CIO UK, spoke about the future of personal storage and data security more...
Bring your own... laptop
Self-provisioning might scare risk-averse IT managers but letting staff choose their own technology has its benefits
Self-provisioning might scare risk-averse IT managers but letting staff choose their own technology has its benefits more...
Tania Howarth, CIO Birds Eye Iglo explains how IT had to start afresh
Tania Howarth built the Birds Eye Iglo IT infrastructure from scratch after it sailed away from parent Unilever. She recalls the journey
Tania Howarth built the Birds Eye Iglo IT infrastructure from scratch after it sailed away from parent Unilever. She recalls the journey more...
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Google upgrade Apps
Improvements to template sharing and search.
Google Apps users will now be able to share templates together. The new feature is one of the updates that Google has made to its online applications product. more...
Microsoft defend European Windows 7 costs
But company won't explain price differential
Microsoft claims it is not ripping off its customers in Europe by charging more for European versions Windows 7 than for those produced for the US market. more...
IBM win restraining order on former exec
Ruling reverses permission to work at Dell without constraints
IBM has won a restraining order that limits the duties of its former merger-and-acquisition chief in his new post at rival company Dell. more...
PC shipments showing signs of recovery, Gartner says
Worldwide PC shipments will grow by 10.3% in 2010
The PC market is showing signs of recovery, with the freefall of PC shipments skidding to a halt thanks to competitive PC prices and a continued interest in netbooks, Gartner said on Thursday. more...
Symantec culls user data to spot unsafe programs
Repuation AV to beat the bad guys.
Symantec is to use the 'wisdom of the crowds' and introduce reputation-based security in the next version of its Norton Antivirus 2010 product. more...
Testers give Security Essentials a thumbs up
But rivals take pot shots.
An independent testing company has given a positive reaction to Microsoft's free security software after it passed a preliminary anti-virus exam with flying colours. more...
Windows 7 RC downloads to end in August
Users can still install RC after this date
Microsoft will stop web users downloading Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) on August 15. more...
Microsoft Security Essentials coming next week
Beta of free antivirus software on the way
Microsoft's free antivirus software will be made available as a public beta next Tuesday for Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 more...
Men are less security savvy than women
47% use same online passwords
When it comes to online security, men are less savvy than women says PC Tools. more...
Microsoft Windows 7 to XP downgrade plan a 'mess', says Gartner
Windows XP only available for six months
Gartner has slammed Microsoft's plans to let PC manufacturers sell machines running Windows XP for six months after Windows 7 is released on October 22. more...
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