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Insight Enterprises EMEA president Fenton quits

Longest handover in channel history as successor sought
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Amazon: Hard luck Microsoft, AWS will always be cheaper

We're in the driving seat and the only way is down
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Google's teeny UK tax bill 'just not right', thunders senior MP

Hodge on Schmidt: Aiding the economy and paying corp tax is NOT an 'either/or'
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Opinion

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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

Apple iPad with Retina Display

How the iPad ruined the lives of IT architects

The problem of defining solution availability in 2013
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Hi-tech horses racing: how to stay Happy down in the Valley

Reg hack takes a punt on tech at Hong Kong’s iconic racecourse

Tim Cook eats necessary crow, apologizes to China

Comment State media: Apple 'greedy' and 'incomparably arrogant'
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Jobs' first boss Nolan Bushnell: 'Steve was difficult but valuable'

'To most potential employers, he'd just seem like a jerk in bad clothing.'
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Dell directors foresee unremitting brutality in PC market

PC-led business as appealing as cold sick to Mickey D and the gang
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Illustration of Screwpole's situational management.

Revealed: Vendors’ worst sales fluff

Reg readers often show little love for analysts, labelling them over-priced prognosticators with tenuous ties to reality.
Rather dirty PC interior
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Are the PCs all getting a bit old at your office? You're not alone

Business PC refresh cycles are set to stretch even further, according to IDC analysis - heaping more strain on vendors and channel partners.
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British spooks chum up with IT-related biz to battle cyber threats

The UK government has launched a scheme designed to promote greater information sharing on cyber threats between businesses and government.