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About Nick Heath
Nick Heath is chief reporter for TechRepublic UK. He writes about the technology that IT-decision makers need to know about, and the latest happenings in the European tech scene.
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Businesses caught out by the complexity of cloud
February 7, 2013 3:05am PST
Business and IT executives say higher than expected implementation costs is the number one challenge when buying cloud services.
7 Latest comment by Tony Hopkinson
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Hybrid mobile apps: the future of app development?
February 5, 2013 1:22am PST
Hybrid apps may be the norm, not the exception, within a few years as companies try to cut the cost of app deployment across multiple platforms.
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The secret to low-cost IT? Offload whatever you can
February 4, 2013 3:05am PST
How easyJet keeps IT costs down while still delivering innovations
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How cloud platforms are letting business get experimental
January 31, 2013 11:48am PST
Public cloud platforms are providing a cost-effective way for companies to experiment with new business ideas.
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How PA cleared the big data hurdle at the London Olympics
January 30, 2013 8:59am PST
The Press Association's director of technical architecture on how its IT systems coped with the challenge of supplying coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
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European businesses chose in-house IT over public cloud
January 29, 2013 5:07am PST
European businesses are increasingly turning to in-house IT provision and private cloud rather than public cloud services, a survey finds.
2 Latest comment by Tony Hopkinson
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Stop doing what the vendors tell you, CIOs told
January 17, 2013 3:08am PST
Corporate IT strategies are too often bland rehashes of what's come before, says Gartner after surveying more than 2,000 CIOs on their plans for the coming year.
5 Latest comment by Tony Hopkinson
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Training, not outsourcing, is key to success say CIOs
January 16, 2013 6:43am PST
IT leaders who focus on training and retaining staff are generally more successful than those buying in talent from outsourcers, a global survey of more than 2,000 CIOs finds.
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Offshoring has fuelled IT skills crisis, say UK firms
January 15, 2013 2:54am PST
The practice of offshoring entry-level IT roles is leaving firms unable to find experienced staff to fill more senior positions, according to a forum of major UK businesses.
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Work begins on bringing pioneering 1940's computer back to life
January 9, 2013 5:56am PST
Work has started on rebuilding the EDSAC, the UK's first fully operational general-purpose computer, more than 60 years after it was first switched on.
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Apple and Android tablets to make enterprise land grab this year
January 4, 2013 4:46am PST
Growth in sales of Android and Apple tablets to business will significantly outstrip that of Wintel PCs and tablets this year, according to a new report.
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Survey: Cloud developers prefer Amazon EC2 platform
December 19, 2012 7:51am PST
Nick Heath reports on the results of the recent Global Cloud Developer Online Survey.
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Why today's CIOs may no longer be up to the job
December 18, 2012 5:20am PST
As CIOs are asked to take a more strategic role in businesses fresh talent may be needed to take over from IT leaders stuck in an "order taker" mentality.
12 Latest comment by Tony Hopkinson
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Automation will force inhouse IT staff to retrain
December 12, 2012 4:24am PST
IT staff will need to prepare for disruption as automation of IT management processes picks up according to the author of a new report.
13 Latest comment by Charles Bundy
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Big data skills: Should data scientist be your next job?
December 11, 2012 7:35am PST
A look at how IT workers can prepare to meet business demand for big data analytics skills.
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Tech workers back need for more women in IT but oppose quotas
December 10, 2012 7:51am PST
UK IT workers argue the industry needs to address its gender imbalance but say positive discrimination is not the answer.
84 Latest comment by Deadly Ernest
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How in-memory computing is helping Unilever to maxmise profits
December 5, 2012 9:20pm PST
Consumer goods giant Unilever on how the in-memory computing platform SAP Hana will boost its bottom line.
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Social media to tear down traditional business power structures
December 3, 2012 4:06am PST
A report by analyst house Gartner predicts that over the next 10 years social media will help dissolve top-down hierarchies inside businesses, leading to more meritocratic organisations.
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Raspberry Pi: Inside the Pi factory
November 30, 2012 11:49am PST
A look at how Raspberry Pi boards are put together at a factory in the UK
9 Latest comment by HAL 9000
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SAP's strategy: Cutting complexity, boosting cloud and big data
November 20, 2012 4:29am PST
SAP sets out a vision of making its software easy to use and pain free to buy, while adding cloud and big data. But is it giving its customers what they want?
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