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December 2007


December 2007
Data centre mythbusting, protecting against floods, SaaS meets SOA. Management report: Eco-responsibilty in IT
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November 2007


November 2007
Contactless payment systems, data centre co-location, systems management & virtualisation. Research report: Maximising IT's potential
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October 2007


October 2007
Serious business in virtual worlds, agile development at Standard Life, VMware profile, NHS Direct Q&A
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September 2007


September 2007
The UK IT jobs market, processor-level virtualisation, innovation in the airline industry
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August 2007


August 2007
The insider security threat, video conferencing, Effective IT Awards winners report
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July 2007


July 2007
Agile ERP, financial service innovation, Storage, Business Briefing: XML integration, Management Report: The Future of the Data Centre 2007, Research Report: Virtualisation
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June 2007


June 2007
New licensing models, search and BI, Capgemini's global strategy, Q&A: British Energy
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May 2007


May 2007
Dynamic pricing, business process management, content management, Q&A: Reuters
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April 2007


April 2007
Cyber assault, managed print services, fixed-mobile convergence, Management Report: Business Intelligence 2007
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March 2007


March 2007
SOA design pitfalls, virtualisation and the operating systems, Business Briefing: Enterprise 2.0
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February 2007

OPERATING SYSTEMS
SCO’s downhill slide
Defiant to the last: SCO has a battle on its hands if it is to overcome its current hurdles.

By Hannah Prevett

FINANCIAL RESULTS
Mixed response
January was a bumper month of reporting for the giants of IT, but the news was not all good.
By Pete Swabey

INSIDER
Running late
Is Daylight Saving Time the new Y2K?

By Pete Swabey

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
No love lost
The logistics of applying patches in a cross-cultural landscape.
By Hannah Prevett

GREEN IT
Green mud sticks
Microsoft is caught on the hop by environmentalists.
By Hannah Prevett


February 2007
Out of India, the life and times of the relational database, The Effective IT 2007 Summit
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BUSINESS APPLICATIONS
Oracle on a roll
Oracle delivers major upgrades to its enterprise application suites
By Gareth Morgan

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
Revolutionary TV
The arrival of IPTV is causing a stir amongst the enterprise networking vendors.
By Pete Swabey

GREEN IT
Junk strategies
Business leaders cannot rely on technology vendors to solve environmental dilemmas, says Information Age editorial director, Andrew Lawrence.
By Hannah Prevett

IT INDUSTRY
Month in review: February 2007
February's news reviewed.
By Hannah Prevett

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Business Objects targets mid-market.
The money's in the middle.

By Pete Swabey

SECURITY
Biometric ignorance
The UK Government seems to be confused over the value of iris recognition.
By Pete Swabey

January 2007

SYSTEMS
Dell’s potholed road to recovery
An attempt at reinvention.

By Pete Swabey

INSIDER
Virtual banking
Second Life savings.

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OPEN SOURCE
A new dawn for Java
Putting Java into the hands of the open source community will breathe new life into the programming language.
By Jason Wright

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
Intelligence as a service
Business Objects' acquisition of nSite takes it deeper into the SaaS realm.

By Pete Swabey


January 2007
Advanced analytics, green IT, the state of security, The Effective IT 2007 Report
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E-LEARNING
Driving tests
The AA automates call centre training.
By Pete Swabey

ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE
HP Software develops a sixth sense
But can it make it to the top?

By Pete Swabey

MOBILE SECURITY
Mobile security threat at all time high
Mobile devices now represent a security risk akin to that of a corporate laptop.
By Pete Swabey

IT SPENDING
IT spending forecasts slashed
Increased 'run the business' costs means little left for innovation in IT, says Gartner.
By Pete Swabey

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Hard decisions...
BI is stepping out of the shadows and very much into the driving seat of business.
By Pete Swabey

ENTERPRISE SEARCH
Uncertain seekers
Delegates at Information Age’s latest roundtable debate were still assessing the potential of enterprise search technology.
By Pete Swabey

INDUSTRY LEADERS
Team players
The expensive hobby sweeping Silicon Valley.
By Pete Swabey

SECURITY
Throw away the keys
The implementation of RIPA Part III provisions will allow police to demand businesses hand over encryption keys. Can they be trusted?

By Pete Swabey

ANALYTICS
On demand experience
From roads to rails to supermarkets – the on-demand economy is set to take hold, says Information Age editorial director, Andrew Lawrence.
By Hannah Prevett

BUSINESS CONTINUITY
Unsatisfactory homework
Simulation finds home working is no panacea for avian flu.
By Pete Swabey

INSIDER
The power of facts
Business intelligence from the Fifties.

By Pete Swabey

INSIDER
Expensive business
Who's fiddling your expense accounts?

By Pete Swabey

BUSINESS CONTINUITY
Link Interchange Network
The UK’s banks depend on the reliability of the Link Interchange Network. Alan Gilmour, its head of service delivery, describes how it ensures 100% uptime.
By Pete Swabey

INSIDER
The shape of things to come
Analysts peer into the future.

By Pete Swabey

FINANCIAL RESULTS
Balanced reporting?
The UK's technology companies show their financial shortcomings.

By Pete Swabey

GREEN IT
Right on?
The IT industry has to offer more than hype if green computing is going to have a substantive impact.
By Hannah Prevett

IT INDUSTRY
Month in review: January 2007
January's news reviewed.
By Hannah Prevett

December 2006

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
The power to decide
Reporting needs to have less to do with IT and more to do with the business.
By Pete Swabey

January 2008


January 2008
The Effective IT 2008 Report: The technologies and services behind today's most dramatic business success stories. Plus: Management Report - IT for the M Business
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February 2008


February 2008
Living without an IT director, alternative biometrics, WiMax. Research report: Data governance
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March 2008


March 2008
IT opportunity and threat in the new Chinese economy, thin provisioning, the Effective IT 2008 Summit
By Information Age

April 2008


April 2008
Corporate social networking, securing virtual environments, an interview with HP's enterprise chief Ann Livermore
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May 2008


May 2008
The coming energy drought, women in IT. Research report: Information orchestration. Business briefing: Shadow data systems. Management report: Future of Software 2008
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June 2008


June 2008
Offshore innovation, Green IT in action, storage deduplication. Management report: Business Intelligence 08. Research Report: The value of IT
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July 2008


July 2008
The evolution of the CIO, Agile development, enterprise content management. Management Report: The Future of the Data Centre 2008
By Information Age

August 2008


August 2008
Desktop virtualisation, unified communications, cultrual dimensions in offshore outsourcing.
By Information Age

September 2008


September 2008
Mobile security, human capital management, Bank of America. Research Report: Virtual encounters
By Information Age

October 2008

Back issues

Information Age, August 2008 - Desktop virtualisation, unified communications, cultrual dimensions in offshore outsourcing.

Information Age, July 2008 - The evolution of the CIO, Agile development, enterprise content management. Management Report: The Future of the Data Centre 2008

Information Age, June 2008 - Offshore innovation, Green IT in action, storage deduplication. Management report: Business Intelligence 08. Research Report: The value of IT

Information Age, May 2008 - The coming energy drought, women in IT. Research report: Information orchestration. Business briefing: Shadow data systems. Management report: Future of Software 2008

Information Age, April 2008 - Corporate social networking, securing virtual environments, an interview with HP's enterprise chief Ann Livermore

Information Age, March 2008 - IT opportunity and threat in the new Chinese economy, thin provisioning, the Effective IT 2008 Summit

Information Age, February 2008 - Living without an IT director, alternative biometrics, WiMax. Research report: Data governance

Information Age, January 2008 - The Effective IT 2008 Report: The technologies and services behind today's most dramatic business success stories. Plus: Management Report - IT for the M Business

Information Age, December 2007 - Data centre mythbusting, protecting against floods, SaaS meets SOA. Management report: Eco-responsibilty in IT

Information Age, November 2007 - Contactless payment systems, data centre co-location, systems management & virtualisation. Research report: Maximising IT's potential

Information Age, October 2007 - Serious business in virtual worlds, agile development at Standard Life, VMware profile, NHS Direct Q&A

Information Age, August 2007 - The insider security threat, video conferencing, Effective IT Awards winners report

Information Age, June 2007 - New licensing models, search and BI, Capgemini's global strategy, Q&A: British Energy

Information Age, July 2007 - Agile ERP, financial service innovation, Storage, Business Briefing: XML integration, Management Report: The Future of the Data Centre 2007, Research Report: Virtualisation

Information Age, May 2007 - Dynamic pricing, business process management, content management, Q&A: Reuters

Information Age, April 2007 - Cyber assault, managed print services, fixed-mobile convergence, Management Report: Business Intelligence 2007

Information Age, March 2007 - SOA design pitfalls, virtualisation and the operating systems, Business Briefing: Enterprise 2.0

Information Age, February 2007 - Out of India, the life and times of the relational database, The Effective IT 2007 Summit

Information Age, January 2007 - Advanced analytics, green IT, the state of security, The Effective IT 2007 Report