Talking outsourcing

Comment and opinion on the latest in outsourcing and offshoring by Mark Kobayashi-Hillary

Cost becomes king again for outsourcing

10 Oct 2008I was at the office of the analyst Datamonitor in London yesterday. The plan was to go and meet Peter Ryan, the...

The big picture

Business and IT insights from research and analyst firm Quocirca

Learning from the credit crunch to avoid a broadband crunch

10 Oct 2008While it might be the most pressing issue de jour , the financial system isn’t the only area where government needs to...

BusinessGreen blog

The Week in Green: How to avoid the "Starberks syndrome"

09 Oct 2008The whole capitalist system is teetering on the brink, Gordon Brown's recall of Peter "Mandy" Mandelson represents the last throw of the...

From the newsdesk

The newsdesk's views on the latest in business IT, by our reporting staff

Confusion reigns over government IT responsibility

09 Oct 2008Let's take a waltz through central government. It's great to see IT issues being taken seriously in Whitehall – or not....

Letters to the editor

Your opinions on the latest IT stories in Computing, the IT newspaper

We must get IT figures right

09 Oct 2008Computing reported recently on the Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP’s) ambitious plans for yet another child maintenance payment system ( IT...

Hack cartoons

A light-hearted look at the latest IT news, by Computing cartoonist Matt Buck

City in pressing need of skilled IT matchmakers

09 Oct 2008Market turmoil is expected to result in IT budgets in the financial services industry taking a hammering. But many of those under...

Leaders and opinion

Our weekly editorial leader article is published here - what do you think of our views on the latest news?

Whitehall and Web 2.0 make an odd couple

09 Oct 2008Watching the government grappling with the concept of social media is the online equivalent of dads dancing at a wedding an embarrassment...

Security Watchdog

Sniffing out IT security issues

Banging the same old security drum

08 Oct 2008Some of the advice on offer at security events is interesting, thought-provoking, pertinent and pretty useful for those working in the IT...

BackBytes

An irreverent and offbeat look at the lighter side of technology

It's a jungle out there

07 Oct 2008We have been covering radical career moves into and out of IT and are delighted to include John Wyatt, now head of...

The industry view

IT industry issues from Intellect, the UK's technology trade association

Why the ‘e’ in e-Crime?

02 Oct 2008This week the Home Office announced the creation of the new Police Central e-crime Unit (PCeU). The PCeU promises to tackle cyber...

The Editor's diary

Computing editor Bryan Glick on the issues facing UK IT leaders and the latest in internet and business technology

The buzzword battleground

29 Sep 2008If ever you have wondered what the latest industry buzzword means, here’s Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison to “We’ve redefined ‘cloud computing’...

Get the inside track

IT management insights from Sandra Smith, head of informations systems at Toshiba UK

How a changing working climate can help us enjoy the sunshine – maybe next summer

26 Sep 2008Well, it wasn’t much of a summer in the end - it seems hard to believe that the nights are already drawing...

The analyst view

Forrester Research experts discuss the latest trends

Paying by results can reduce costs

25 Sep 2008Many enterprises turn to external service providers for application-related services. Forrester Research surveys show that between one- fifth and one-third of large...

Mainstream matters

Insights and intelligence from analyst Freeform Dynamics on the here and now of IT

Prudent planning is key to harnessing the cloud

25 Sep 2008IT and the business of IT is changing. It is likely to be changing for a long time to come....

Business alignment

CIO Alastair Behenna charts his experiences of bridging the IT-business divide

A load of IT Jabberwocky

16 Sep 2008There may be a quasi-scientific explanation behind a key handicap to successful IT/business integration. I, along with many of my compatriots in...

Employment matters

IT skills and employment issues from Peter Skyte, national officer of the trade union Amicus

Long working hours and unpaid overtime - check your contract

29 Aug 2008Earlier this year I wrote about the five million people doing an average of more than seven hours overtime every week for...

Innovation in IT

Innovation and entrepreneurialism in IT, from investment advisor Ariadne Capital

Entrepreneur country - a manifesto

14 Aug 2008We That Leaders are those people who create trust in society and their businesses, and that trust is efficient....

IT Week Labs

BlackBerry Bold - iPhone killer?

07 Aug 2008Research in Motion (RIM) came into the IT Week offices today to show off its latest model, the BlackBerry Bold....

Information security

Independent analysis from Richard Hackworth, KPMG consultant and former IT security chief

Errors not acceptable if government databases take off

30 May 2008A few years ago I made a flight from London City airport to Geneva. We were all sitting on the plane waiting...

Technology leadership

Comment and opinion from user group CIO Connect

It's good to talk

27 May 2008As the imperative for business and IT to effectively merge under the same banner becomes ever more pressing, so does the need...

WiMax: Threat or opportunity?

We examine the merits of WiMax and its benefits relative to other wireless technologies in our latest video 13 Oct 2008

Learning from the credit crunch to avoid a broadband crunch

While it might be the most pressing issue de jour , the financial system isn’t the only area where government needs to... 10 Oct 2008

How careerism can warp IT procurement

Many working in IT put their career interests before those of their employer when weighing up purchasing options 10 Oct 2008

The definitive guide to software development

Five key trends and five best practice tips to help you improve your programming capabilities 09 Oct 2008

Computing podcast - IT implications of the banking crisis, and the FSA clamps down on IT security

We discuss the effect of shotgun mergers and acquisitions on financial services IT staff, and examine the industry regulator's plan to fine directors for information security breaches 09 Oct 2008