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US Smart Grid projects failing on security

27 January 2012

Report reveals that around a third of US Smart Grid projects that have received Department of Energy funding did not meet security requirements

Serco to cut around 500 jobs in the UK

27 January 2012

Services giant plans to streamline its management structure and consolidate its own back-office functions

Govt ignored calls for IT supplier probe, say MPs

26 January 2012

Public Administration Select Committee disappointed that the government did not act on its recommendation to investigate alleged "oligopoly" of IT suppliers

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A taxonomy of CIOs

Assessing the various interpretations of the role and responsibilities of the chief information officer

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Highlights

The Cloud & Virtualization

Cloud computing – still gathering

Cloud computing did not see a landslide of adoption in 2011, but concrete examples of cloud in action are now abundant

Data Centre & IT Infrastructure

Data centre power still under pressure

Demand for data centre capacity was tempered by economic circumstances in 2011, but power management remains the hot topic

Information Management

IT's focus shifts to data management

There are signs that data management is eclipsing applications as the IT department’s primary focus

Information Management

Who controls 'smart' data?

The UK’s coming smart meter roll-out will set the precedent on how much control individuals have over data collected by ‘smart’ systems

Management & Skills

Out of their hands

Analysts are predicting that technology trends will further dimiinsh the CIO's control over IT procurement

Comms & Networking

Handling mobility

Both IT departments and the hardware industry will continue to struggle with the smartphone and tablet revolution in 2012

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