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Diagram of a Data Object model.

If only enterprise IT worked like my iPad ... or at least my car

Opinion Architects and biz chiefs still not talking
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China to Apple: 'Apology accepted – but watch your step'

Mission accomplished, attack dogs called off
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How the iPad ruined the lives of IT architects

The problem of defining solution availability in 2013
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Opinion

Spaghetti function

Software designers: Lose your inhibitions, embrace complexity

Opinion One of the most persistent reasons quoted for software project failures is the gap between Business and IT – the lack of common understanding, clear communication and shared culture between those that commission solutions and those that design and deliver them. The discipline of Systems Thinking can narrow the gap by envisaging businesses as complex modular systems providing and consuming services – a universal model easily understood by both business experts and IT practitioners.
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Why hacking and platforms are the future of NHS IT

Opinion Apart from those who have a commercial vested interest does anyone still believe in large top-down centrally architected IT solutions? Public sector IT in the UK is littered with expensive white elephants, and it sometimes seems as if the only beneficiaries are the large IT contractors, who can threaten significant job losses or other problems if the government fails to continue the cycle of dependency.
Diagram of a Data Object model.
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If only enterprise IT worked like my iPad ... or at least my car

Opinion Do you remember when computers were hard to use?

News

Security damn well IS a dirty word, actually

Sysadmin blog Wash your mouth out with TLS 1.2
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Time to put 'Big Data' on a forced diet

There ain't nothing cheap about big storage
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Cisco El Reg TelePresence

Whatever happened to telepresence? From $2.5m deals to free iPad apps

Feature It's the tech that made Microsoft feel the love for open standards
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Rackspace: Why we're designing our own cloud servers

Exclusive Just what will it take to compete with Amazon and Google
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Googlification of Britain: Forget 'IT worker', we're all just 'digital' now

Brit public sector 'must be imbued by culture of web generation'
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The young 'uns try a few more pierogi

Attention, CIOs: Stop outsourcing or YOU will never retire

Youth must have its fling, says biz forum chief
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These mobile devices just aren't going away. What'll we do, Trevor?

Mobile Device Management (MDM) has become an important sector of the IT industry, but is also something of a moving target.
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Oz Bank share price dives after reveal of IBM/Oracle plan

Is it feasible that investors are belatedly learning that a technology refresh might involve spending huge amounts of money on risky projects?
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IT chiefs choose Choose-YOD over full fat BYOD for now

Insight EMEA boss Stuart Fenton says BYOD is failing to set the world alight: but a half-fat version is gaining some traction within enterprises.