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Ex-ARM CEO joins board of new public body aimed at boosting digital economy

Warren East, the ex-CEO of ARM Holdings, has announced that he will be joining a new public body aimed at boosting innovation in the UK’s digital economy as a non-executive director. read more »

Million pound start-up competition launched to create next £100m company

The winner will be based in London and must have turnover of less than £1 million per year read more »

Ethernet celebrates 40th anniversary

Last year Ethernet technology sales are said to have exceeded those of all other WAN technologies combined read more »

BskyB finalises £49 million fibre deal with Virgin Media Business

The core of the network will be in place by the end of 2013 read more »

esure deploys Cordys platform to interface with Ministry of Justice

The platform is being used to improve claims handling procures and cost control of third party claims read more »

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Cloudian connects with Citrix for easier cloud rollouts

Cloudian is integrating its platform with Citrix's CloudPortal Business Manager as it aims to make it easier to roll out and manage storage as a service. read more »

Java developer says he built, launched basic open source office suite in 30 days

The suite is meant to eventually compete with Google Docs, its developer said read more »

French police end missing persons searches, suggest using Facebook instead

A century-old administrative procedure has been made obsolete by the Internet, according to the Ministry of the Interior read more »

Google engineer bashes Microsoft's handling of security researchers, discloses Windows zero-day

Microsoft confirms probe of vulnerability hackers could use to gain additional privileges on targeted PCs read more »

Amazon Kindle Fire HD tablets to go on sale in 170 countries on June 13

The launch will help Amazon.com pull away from Google in the tablet race, according to an analyst read more »

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Tech hotshots: The rise of the dataviz expert

As analytics become more ingrained in corporations, data visualizers are the new go-to experts in demand -- but do they work for IT or give IT its marching orders? read more »

IT on the fly: The art of quickly building, then dismantling

These CIOs know how to set up IT operations quickly. Here's what you can learn from people who work on the fly. read more »

The Grill: NFL CIO uses analytics to improve player safety

This CIO is bringing analytics to the gridiron to improve player safety. read more »

How to prevent IT department overload

IT's new concern: The personal cloud

Part 2 of your journey to virtualisation

Explore how you can improve your servers, storage and networks by developing your infrastructure.

Microsoft Surface tablet

A look at the latest news, features, slideshows and blogs on Microsoft's Windows 8 tablet.

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Windows 8

The latest on the new Windows next-generation operating system.

ComputerworldUK Poll

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Slideshows: IT professionals' common LinkedIn mistakes

I have no desire to pay for the privilege of helping the BBC to destroy the open web, and possibly harming open source along the way

Featured Comments

Nice to have more alternatives than the usual Microsoft Office but, LibreOffice have a long road to beat Office.LibreOffice 4.0 - Six new features coming to open source suite

One weakness of the current CloudStore is that it is difficult to benchmark compare prices given the different metrics each vendor prices by.G-Cloud iii – Is the framework getting any better?

For Microsoft to "suppress" it's HP paid study claiming a savings of €40 million if Munich stayed with them is an insult to the intelligence of an orangutangMicrosoft refuses to release study challenging Munich Linux success

Pity Ofcom can't be persuaded to take the same view. They confirmed to me in November 2011: "Despite its popularity, broadband is not regarded as an essential service."Internet connection crucial to everyday life, German federal court rules

Big surprise, Microsoft/HP study finds it's cheaper to use their product. The freedom gained by moving away from Microsoft is priceless.Microsoft refuses to release study challenging Munich Linux success

Don't the Microsoft boneheads realise that by not releasing the results of the study, they only lend credence and validity to the very point they're trying to refute?Microsoft refuses to release study challenging Munich Linux success

Blogs

EU Vote on Clinical Trials Data - Please Contact MEPs Now

I've written a few times about open data in the context of clinical trials - the information that must be provided when new drugs seek approval. As I noted, there is a growing movement to make such basic safety data...read more »

Reading Shakespeare: the Next Act of Open Data

As readers of this blog will have noticed, much of the most innovative work in the field of openness is taking place in open data. One of the largest stores of data is held by government, and the argument for...read more »

Approaching the cyberwar precipice

Can governments resolve the uncertainties quickly enough?read more »

The Spreadsheet and BYOD anarchy

Rekindling the revolutionary fervour of ITread more »

Why We Need Open Source: Three Cautionary Tales

Open Enterprise mostly writes about "obvious" applications of open source - situations where money can be saved, or control regained, by shifting from proprietary to open code. That battle is more or less won: free software is widely recognised as...read more »

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