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CA’s App Development “Wind Tunnel”
Testing software components on a simulated network is the only way to deliver good software, says CA's Shridhar Mittal
LeWeb 2012: How To Provide Support To The Government’s Super-Site
Cloud-based customer support is the future, says Matt Price, VP at Zendesk
Prepare For Power Struggles In The Data Centre
Low energy servers, and high voltage outages. It all add up to an industry power play, says Peter Judge
Le Web 2012: Where Are The Brits?
UK start-ups were all but absent from Le Web, highlighting how far the US is ahead, says Tom Brewster
Let’s Celebrate Tech Success!
The world is full of successful IT projects. Let's give them the recognition they deserve, says Peter Judge
Microsoft Surface Tablet Could Anger Partners
Microsoft has designed both hardware and software for its Surface tablet - which will irk its partners, warns Robert J Mullins
BBC And Guardian’s .Crazy gTLD Gambles
For two news outlets with plenty of financial troubles, BBC and the Guardian are taking big risks with their gTLD applications, Tom Brewster argues
IT Life: From TV To IT
From acting in EastEnders, Linda Davidson moved to a role reconciling people and technology
PCeU Chief: We’re Punching Above Our Weight
The head of the PCeU says the unit is doing a lot with not much funding. Does she want more?
Microsoft: Windows Azure IaaS Is Not For New Apps
Azure may have an infrastructure option, but it's not pitching against Amazon Web Services, says Microsoft's Michael Newberry
Data Centre Efficiency – There Is No Magic Measure
Measures of data centre efficiency will be unfair because there is no definition of useful work, says Liam Newcombe
Apple Gets Loyalty By Making Upgrades Easy
Users will follow apple for its easy-to-understand upgrade path, says Wayne Rash
LeWeb Brings Startup Culture To London: Loïc Le Meur
French entrepreneur Le Meur discusses LeWeb, his startup Seesmic, and the price of Facebook shares
IT Life: Cisco CTO Wants To Train Britain Up
Cisco's Ian Foddering loves Maggie Philbin, hates email, and wants to fix the skills crisis by getting kids excited about tech
LinkedIn: Keep Calm And Keep Connecting
LinkedIn may be a boring place with no secrets, but those passwords are important, says Peter Judge
Flame Is More Than Just FUD
Ignore the sceptics. The Flame worm is significant for what is says as much as what it does, argues Tom Brewster
Cloud: Money Saver Or Money Maker?
Organisations’ move to the cloud is to save money. Mark Young asks, why not focus on making it instead?
Can Data Centres Really Go Off Grid?
Data centre makers want to operate independently of the power grid. That would mean cloud services that close down at night, says Peter Judge
The Met: We Must Do Better In War On Cyber Crime
Commander Allan Gibson says fresh data sharing initiatives will help the Met get better at fighting cyber fraud
Security Myth Burns With A Brilliant Flame
Like its predecessors, espionage malware Flame has upped the stakes in the security market with its advanced surveillance capabilities, says Eric Doyle
Is Meg Whitman Failing, Or Is HP Just Too Big?
HP has not done well with CEOs from outside. Maybe Meg Whitman should make way for a CEO from the inside, says Chris Preimesberger
EMC’s Great Balancing Act
Can EMC make risky flash plays and avoid a public cloud backlash without shooting themselves in the foot? Tom Brewster asks the company's top brass
Certification: Could It Nail Cloud Security?
Google is certifying its Apps to ISO27001. While that may sound boring, without certification, you might as well play Russian Roulette with a nailgun, says Peter Judge
IT Life: Four Decades Of Computing
We chat to IT veteran Ian Fergus about Bill Gates, Amazon, the Internet of the future, and free burgers
Google Wins Patent Fight – But It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over
In the Oracle v Google legal tussle Judge William Alsup has become The Decider in what could become a landmark case in software intellectual property, says Chris Preimesberger
Open Source Won The Mobile Platform Wars
Open source has won on mobile devices, because it makes for better software, says Funambol's Fabrizio Capobianco
Does Greenpeace Even Get Tech?
It is important to make IT greener, but we need a better watchdog than Greenpeace, says Peter Judge
EMC World: Gelsinger Says Facebook’s Open Compute Isn’t Reliable Enough
Facebook's Open Compute Project isn't reliable enough for critical storage, says EMC's Pat Gelsinger. Or is it just too open?
Don’t Write Off HP And Yahoo Just Yet
With the right direction, both HP and Yahoo can turn their fortunes around says Chris Preimesberger