The economics of the cloud in action
Profile: Bryan Glick
Compare and contrast the following excerpts from Computer Weekly news stories in the past few days:
27 November: Google is expanding its infrastructure-as-a-service cloud computing platform into Europe and 
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HP vs Autonomy – a high-stakes game with a big loser
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Congratulations to HP for creating a global flood of words about its increasingly controversial purchase of British software company Autonomy last year.
The accusations of "questionable accounting and business practices" that led to 0 Comments
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Tax transparency will be a growing issue for government IT suppliers
Profile: Bryan Glick
Considering the amount of taxpayers' cash that goes to IT suppliers - some £16bn per year at latest estimates - it was inevitable that the big multinational systems integrators that dominate Whitehall IT would come under scrutiny over their tax payments.
The vultures have been circling...
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Universal Credit – the last failure of the old IT regime, or a boost for the new?
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There are two things that often signal a major government IT project on the brink of disaster. First, streams of leaks appear suggesting little problems here and rather bigger problems there; and second, the relevant Whitehall press office tells journalists it is not going to provide a "running...
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We need more visionary IT leaders
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When IT leaders explain their reasons for not moving to a new technology, it is almost always due to immediate or short-term perceived problems.
Should you move to the cloud? Security is a concern. Should you overhaul your information security? Ooh, too risky, what if we get hit by...
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The government’s open standards policy is bold, important and very carefully written
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The government has finally released its policy for open standards in IT - after an 0 Comments
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