Technology

News, opinion pieces and case studies aimed at helping members keep up to date with new technologies.

  • Too many cookies spoil the broth... New

    22 May 2012 (IT faculty premium content:

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    New regulations on the use of online tracking technologies are suddenly upon us. Calum Murray asks, are your website procedures ready?

  • HMRC supports smartphones to capture accounting data New

    22 May 2012 (IT faculty premium content:

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    HMRC has been supporting software developers wishing to produce smartphone apps for small businesses.

  • How to grow the cloud New

    22 May 2012 (IT faculty premium content:

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    Cloud computing may be an almost ever-present buzzword but many companies have yet to try it seriously.

  • The future is now

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    Technology is a perpetual revolution, but three key trends are shaping the next decade for business, says Dr Frank Shaw – especially mid-market companies nimble enough to adapt.

  • New top-level domains go on sale

    04 Apr 2012 (IT faculty premium content:

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    The body that administers website addresses has opened for applications for the latest generation of top-level domains.

  • Keep ahead in the cloud

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    Virtual systems offer major benefits for organisational IT. They minimise the risk of hardware failure, make IT resources available more flexibly and help you manage costs. Here Dick Price explains how to manage the risks.

  • Open data: what, why, how?

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    They are the buzzwords of the moment but what does open data mean and how can businesses use it? Dr Rufus Pollock outlined its benefits at the IT Faculty’s annual lecture.

  • Get the most from social networking

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    There’s a certain amount of peer pressure about the social web: if you’re not using it, you are told you’re missing out and should rush to be involved.

  • Social media continues to reign surpreme

    25 Nov 2011 (IT faculty premium content:

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    Analyst Nielsen (www.nielsen.com) has produced a report showing how important social media has become to any business that deals directly with consumers.

  • It is time to re-imagine IT

    25 Nov 2011 (IT faculty premium content:

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    The modern IT leader is in an environment which is characterised by mass collaboration and the consumerisation of IT. If they are to succeed in this environment, IT leaders need to re-imagine their roles and lead from the front.

  • New technologies to transform SMEs

    25 Nov 2011 (IT faculty premium content:

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    Technologies such as tablets, social media and cloud computing could transform small and medium enterprises (SMEs) within the next year.

  • Smartphone data security a growing problem

    25 Nov 2011 (IT faculty premium content:

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    Only 9% of people have security software on their smartphones. That’s according to research from the Carphone Warehouse, which undertook a survey of smartphone security for the launch of Mobile Security Week, back in September.

  • Microsoft commits to multi-platform Skype

    25 Nov 2011 (IT faculty premium content:

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    When Microsoft announced that it was to buy mobile communications software Skype, there was a sharp intake of breath, as people wondered what this would mean for what had, till then, been a multiplatform application.

  • IT Governance - wishin' and hopin': it's not enough

    22 Dec 2010

    Are you losing faith in the ability of technology to bring value to your business?

  • Putting Linux on the desktop

    28 Jul 2009

    If you are currently reviewing your IT setup and wondering what to do about operating systems, maybe it is time to add Linux into the mix.

  • Microsoft Office 2010 versus Google Apps

    22 Dec 2010

    It's collaboration that matters

  • A guide to the social media landscape

    26 Mar 2010 (IT faculty premium content:

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    If you want to bush up on your understanding of social media, this resource might be for you

  • Bluetooth 4.0 is on its way

    30 Mar 2010 (IT faculty premium content:

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    While we are all still using Bluetooth 2.0 devices and waiting for Bluetooth 3.0 devices to surface, the core specifications for Bluetooth 4.0 have been revealed

  • Say hello to the year of the cloud

    23 Feb 2010 (IT faculty premium content:

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    A survey suggests that by 2011 half of the UK's SMEs will be operating in the cloud

  • Using LinkedIn Effectively

    19 Nov 2010

    Build new business relationships and generate business opportunities through the social business networking site, Linkedin. Sandra Vogel tells you how to get started.

  • Wi-Fi direct

    25 Nov 2009 (IT faculty premium content:

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    Wi-Fi is about to become more versatile and could challenge the long term existence of Bluetooth

  • Top 10 strategic technologies for 2010

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    Top 10 strategic technologies and trends for 2010

  • Android Q&A

    22 Dec 2010

    Let’s dig a bit deeper.

  • Desktop virtualisation lessons from early adopters

    30 Oct 2009 (IT faculty premium content:

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    Desktop virtualisation is increasingly attractive, but it is early days, and the lessons learned by others can be useful

  • The rise of the private cloud

    30 Oct 2009 (IT faculty premium content:

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    The cloud is capturing corporate imagination. But could the private cloud be the future?

  • This message will self destruct in ten seconds

    30 Sep 2009 (IT faculty premium content:

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    New technology allows messages to disappear after a pre-defined time

  • A moving experience

    22 Dec 2010

    How does technology help to make the process of moving home more efficient and painless?

  • Twitter and the business

    22 Dec 2010

    Twitter has seen a huge rise over the last six months or so. So what's it all about?

  • Windows 7 to allow alternative web browsers

    20 Aug 2009 (IT faculty premium content:

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    The new version of Windows will give Europeans the opportunity to install alternative web browsers

  • What's in the cloud today?

    28 Jul 2009 (IT faculty premium content:

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    What's in the cloud today?

  • The Open Cloud Manifesto

    28 Apr 2009 (IT faculty premium content:

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    Cloud computing

  • Windows XP support has ended

    28 Apr 2009 (IT faculty premium content:

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    Windows XP support has ended

  • 4G trials in Swindon

    24 Feb 2009

    If you are not yet a user of 3G mobile data communications then you are way behind the times. 3G networks allow data download speeds of up to 7.2Mbps depending on what the mobile network actually offers at any one location, and if you are a heavy mobile email user higher download speeds are arguably better than lower ones. This is most likely to be the case if your mobile data requirements include downloading lots of large files such as email attachments.

  • Windows XP gets another reprieve

    11 Feb 2009

    According to reports at the BBC and other websites Microsoft has again extended availability of its XP operating system.