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The realities of IT management: ZDNet special report

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Staff) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:06:02 +0000

ZDNet UK looks at some of the technologies and organisational challenges that hold the greatest potential for improved efficiency and cost reduction

Ten failures that went down in IT history

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Jack Wallen) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:42:02 +0000

Good ideas gone wrong or misguided from the outset? All that matters is that they ended in disaster, says Jack Wallen

Just how safe is storage in the cloud?

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Toby Wolpe) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:15:01 +0000

Experts address the issue of confidence in the cloud for important data storage

Ten tips for software licensing in a virtual world

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Manek Dubash) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:13:01 +0000

Virtualisation can cut costs, but only if you can avoid a number of software licensing pitfalls, says Manek Dubash

Open-source tools wrest control of personal data

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Cath Everett) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:08:02 +0000

Adriana Lukas explains how the open-source Mine project will help people regain control of data held about them on the web

How to ensure collaboration really works

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Cath Everett) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:07:02 +0000

Collaboration projects too often end in tears because of a failure to address a number of key issues

Six factors to weigh up for virtualisation projects

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Cath Everett) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:03:01 +0000

Diving into virtualisation without preparing properly is risky, so here is a checklist to help projects go smoothly

Four steps for sharpening up data management

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Cath Everett) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:02:02 +0000

The scale of the task stops many firms imposing order on their data, but a few simple steps could help start the process

Dialogue Box 7.7: A first look at USB 3.0

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Charles McLellan and Rupert Goodwins) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:42:01 +0000

Rupert and Charles get their hands on the first shipping USB 3.0 product, a 1TB external drive from Buffalo Technology

Ten reasons Ubuntu 9.10 will be an enterprise hit

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Jack Wallen) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:12:01 +0000

The Ubuntu 9.10 operating system, also known as Karmic Koala, has many features businesses will like, says Jack Wallen

Tough choices for supercomputing's legacy apps

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Andrew Jones) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:44:01 +0000

The prospect of hundreds of petaflops and exascale computing raises tricky issues for legacy apps, says Andrew Jones

Goodbye, GeoCities: It's the end of an era

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Bruce Lawson) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:40:02 +0000

Yahoo's decision to close its once-powerful GeoCities hosting service says much about the web, says Bruce Lawson

Schmidt: Proprietary code is more securely written

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Tom Espiner) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:43:02 +0000

Ex-White House adviser Howard Schmidt says the open-source community needs to catch up when it comes to securing code

Schmidt: Users need more browser control

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Tom Espiner) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:57:01 +0000

As Web 2.0 apps become more prevalent, users need more control of how their browser interacts with operating systems, says Howard Schmidt

Tech events that are shaping Microsoft's future

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Toby Wolpe) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:21:01 +0000

Microsoft's Bob Kelly talks about a remarkable quarter: one that has certainly been eventful, though not always for the right reasons

Dialogue Box 7.6: Inside the ultimate desktop PC

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Charles McLellan and Rupert Goodwins) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:36:02 +0000

Who says desktops are dull? Rupert and Charles poke and prod one of the most powerful consumer PCs around, and draw some lessons for enterprise IT

What Google Analytics cannot tell you

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Darren Guarnaccia) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:28:01 +0000

Google's free web analysis tool may have a lot going for it, but it is worth knowing its limits, says Darren Guarnaccia

Data-access speeds under the spotlight

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Toby Wolpe) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:14:01 +0000

Organisations want fast access to valuable data, but are they getting it?

Assessing the enterprise future of solid-state storage

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Toby Wolpe) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:16:02 +0000

Four experts assess the likelihood of viable enterprise solid-state disks

Dialogue Box 7.5: Showtime for storage

editorial@zdnet.co.uk (Charles McLellan and Rupert Goodwins) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:14:01 +0000

Computers of all kinds, from client to cloud, need access to stored data. Rupert and Charles head to Olympia to find out what's hot at Storage Expo