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Forrester View: Security & risk

Forrester View: Security & risk

Forrester Research analysts comment on issues critical to security and risk professionals.

Latest post: What did we learn from the Cyber Shockwave?

On 16 February the US Bipartisan Policy Centre hosted a mock cyber attack called Cyber Shockwave.

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HART of outsourcing

HART of outsourcing

Martyn Hart, chairman of the National Outsourcing Association, looks at the lessons to be learnt from the IT and business news

Latest post: Labour’s deathbed deal on NHS IT

And so the NHS IT saga continues. According to BBC reports, and the resulting media storm, Labour plans to push through what amounts to a ‘deathbed deal’ before the general election, committing a new government to many years more tussling with the fated National Programme for IT.

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Open Enterprise

Open Enterprise

Glyn Moody's look at all levels of the enterprise open source stack. The blog will look at the organisations that are embracing open source, old and new alike (start-ups welcome), and the communities of users and developers that have formed around them (or not, as the case may be).

Latest post: A Class Act from the European Parliament

One of the most dispiriting aspects of the ACTA saga is that practically everything has been conducted behind closed doors. What we know is largely from leaks and a few, costive hints from officials when they deign to let us little people peak behind the curtain for a millisecond or two.

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SI and tech insights

SI and tech insights

Analysis, insight and opinion from consultants at Accenture, one of the world's leading systems integrators

Latest post: Rolling your own crypto

I have been advising clients for many years on the use of cryptography to protect sensitive information. From keeping highly sensitive personal data secure to ensuring the integrity of financial transactions, cryptography plays a vital and central role as part of an overall solution to these problems.

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Beyond the perimeter

Beyond the perimeter

Amrit Williams is chief technology officer of enterprise systems and security management company BigFix. His previous job was a research director in the Information Security and Risk Research Practice at Gartner, where he covered audit and compliance, vulnerability and threat management, network security, security information and event management, risk management, and secure application development.

Latest post: The broken windows economics of IT security

To economists, the term “Broken Windows” refers to the question that if a shopkeeper pays a glazier to repair a broken window at his store, does this deliver an economic benefit to society?

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IT governance: The Kapteyn’s view

IT governance: The Kapteyn’s view

Arno Kapteyn is Management Consultant in the IT domain. He is a leading expert in the field of IT Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) and how to integrate them with IT Security and IT Service Management.

Latest post: Information: If it doesn’t make you stronger, it might kill you

I was reading John Thorps Blog entry “Getting Information Management Right” and read that Gartner predicts that the amount of Enterprise Data will grow by 650 percent in the next 5 years.

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The final front tier of SOA

The final front tier of SOA

Dharmesh Mistry has supported financial services organisations with technology and management expertise for over 20 years. Dharmesh is currently the acting CTO of edge IPK focusing on developing and launching an Open Presentation Platform built on a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).

Latest post: Mobile Wars 2: What's the payback in mobile?

The business brainstorming session has come up with its latest, greatest idea: an iPhone app that lets customers interact with the business.

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Burton Blogs: Executive Advisory

Burton Blogs: Executive Advisory

The Executive Advisory blog keep you up to date with the mutually dependent, relationships that IT and the business have with each other and how to make changes that utilise each other's progress

Latest post: Too much automation, not enough insight -- the redefinition of BI

I am working on my presentations for Burton Group's Catalyst conference "Forging Ahead: Navigating the New Normal" in Prague April 19-22.

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Editor's blog

Editor's blog

Editor Mike Simons' take on the news with the occasional wry insight thrown in for good measure.

Latest post: NHS IT how much is the government paying to keep suppliers sweet?

There is something obscene about the political manoeuvring around NHS IT and, amidst the weasel words, opportunism and dissembling, some important questions are not being asked.

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Forrester view: IT infrastructure & operations

Forrester view: IT infrastructure & operations

Forrester Research analysts comment on issues critical to infrastructure and operations professionals.

Latest post: Farewell Sun, nice month for Larry Ellison

Now that the dust has settled on the Oracle acquisition of Sun Microsystems, I have to say a bittersweet farewell to the first global tech firm I crossed paths with as a young intern.

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Enterprise OS: How hard can it be?

Enterprise OS: How hard can it be?

Written by staff at Sirius Corporation, the Open Source services group, this blog seeks to dispel any FUD around the use of Open Source software in the Enterprise and provide perspectives on business, economics, politics, philosophy and the environment.

Latest post: Saving Becta: a great new open source venture

This post follows swiftly on from last week's blog in which I touted BECTA's demise. Things in edu-world after this weekend are looking much worse if you believe Ed Balls the Labour Secretary of State for Education and Michael Gove the Shadow Secretary.

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Forrester View: Application development & programme management

Forrester View: Application development & programme management

Forrester Research analysts comment on issues critical to application development and programme management professionals

Latest post: What’s in your test estimation framework

I've been working quite closely with fellow analysts Dave West and Mary Gerush surrounding project estimation.

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Socitm blog

Socitm blog

A blog by members of the Society for IT management's presidential and management teams. Socitm is the leading professional association for public sector ICT management.

Latest post: Socitm's year ahead

Well, once again it's time to 'ring out the old' and 'bring in the new'. This seems to be coming round more quickly each year - scary! However, as is the custom I have been reflecting on the last year at Socitm, and it has been quite a journey - although I suspect, to keep the metaphor going, that we are only about half way through this particular roller coaster ride ......

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Tech_sceptic

Tech_sceptic

Hype busting thoughts from the Editor in Chief of CIO magazine.

Latest post: Bigger, broader deals likely to follow Orange and T-Mobile

Big as it is, the news that Orange and T-Mobile plan to merge UK operations is likely to be looked back on as merely a catalyst for much more significant combinations in the mobile telco space.

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MicroChick

MicroChick

Siobhan decided that the world would be far better off if she stuck to writing about technology, rather than trying to fix it as she can't even work a toaster without a touch of fire. When she's not cursing her computer, Siobhan can often be found racing around conference halls. Her philosophy degree has helped her to ponder the future of technology and its place in the business world.

Latest post: Use open source? Then you're a pirate!

There's a fantastic little story in the Guardian today that says a US lobby group is trying to get the US government to consider open source as the equivalent to piracy.

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The IT triangle

The IT triangle

Russell Dyas is one of the managers of EduGeek.net, the leading website for IT Support staff in education. He has worked in the education sector since leaving school and has gained a reputation as a leading public commentator on ICT Support in education.

Latest post: Disaster recovery: so basic, so difficult

I had the fortune (or the misfortune) to test my Disaster Recovery plan the other week. Luckily we only needed to do a partial server recovery and not a full server recovery.

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Doing it right

Doing it right

Robbie Hughes founded health IT firm Ascensus in 2005 after working in IT with medical firms in the City of London. He has extensive experience in IP systems, advanced databases, VoIP systems, Software development, process and workflow design as well as an intimate knowledge of the healthcare sector.

Latest post: Health records, privacy and personal responsibility

There has been a lot in the press over the last week about the Summary Care Record (SCR) question and how groups of London GPs are helping patients opt out.

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