Stephen Pritchard

In-depth The risks to businesses from older OS and software installations are well known, but businesses still aren't budging

In-depth Apple is widely tipped to move into home automation. Will WWDC see an Apple house of the future?

In-depth Tablet users are more likely to turn to Wi-Fi than 4G on the road, research shows. But this could benefit enterprise users

In-depth Organisations that gather information on individuals may now have to delete it too, following an EU Court of Justice ruling

In-depth Apprenticeship scheme gains industry support, but long-term questions remain about science and technology teaching

In-depth Will new top level domains, including .London, bring order or chaos to the net?

In-depth CapGemini suggests financial services firms could be among the big beneficiaries of big data. If they learn to use it

In-depth Support for Windows XP has now ended. Businesses need to look seriously at migrating their remaining systems

In-depth Start-ups' technology can give a firm a competitive edge. Does this mean companies should fund new ventures themselves?

In-depth Governments alone cannot solve the IT security challenge. The IT industry, and business community need to take action too.

In-depth The £42m Turing Institute is a step forward for IT research in the UK, but it needs to succeed on its own merits.

In-depth What are businesses making of an invention many CIOs dismissed as a gimmick?

In-depth A lack of public awareness is one reason the Government has delayed the NHS Care.data programme by six months.

In-depth Companies are struggling to design software that works well in a mobile-centric world. Fixing this means going back to basics.

In-depth Town centres have been losing out to retail parks for years. But a move towards smart IT could revive city centre retailing.

In-depth Could cyber crime be even more damaging than floods to the country's key industries? A Government summit suggests they might.

In-depth Chinese PC maker follows up purchase of IBM's x86 server division with a deal to take Motorola off Google's hands.

In-depth The search giant's acquisition of Nest shows the growing importance of smart buildings.

In-depth Wearable computing generated a buzz at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. Business use might not be far behind.

In-depth IT Pro's contributing editor Stephen Pritchard looks forward to 2014, and predicts that automation will come to the fore.

In-depth The sums IT departments devote to running systems, rather than investing in new tech, remains stubbornly high.

In-depth The joke is, on the internet, no-one knows you're a dog. In fact, weak identity remains one of IT's core security problems.

In-depth The bank's response to its IT failure this week could be a valuable lesson in the importance of IT crisis management and BC planning.

In-depth The EC has mapped broadband coverage across the continent. Unsurprisingly Scandinavia and the Benelux does well, but so does much of the UK.