Stephen Pritchard
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Another week, another tablet
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth Inside the Enterprise: Not to be outdone by Microsoft's Surface launch, Google has now announced an own-brand tablet. Is it good to have more choice?
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Microsoft’s tablets scratch the Surface
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth Inside the Enterprise: Business users may be attracted to Surface, but it is more likely to oust Android than kill the iPad.
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Brands, websites, and ICANN's $185,000
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth Inside the Enterprise: Businesses are being encouraged to pay a six-figure sum to apply for the new top-level internet domains. But social media may make web addresses less relevant.
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Oracle in the clouds
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth Inside the enterprise: Big guns taking the cloud seriously is good for larger businesses.
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Celebrating tape's Diamond Jubilee
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth Inside The Enterprise: Magnetic tape is 60 this year, but has the cloud put it in retirement already?
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HP: it's all about the software, stupid
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth The hardware giant is to restructure again, at the cost of 27,000 jobs. But it is the vendor's software strategy that is now being questioned.
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UK regulator shuts down Angry Birds scam
By Stephen Pritchard published
News Victims of fake apps will have £15 charge refunded by PhonepayPlus.
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Mobile payments to oust cash and cards
By Stephen Pritchard published
News Microchip and mobile payments will take over by 2020, consultants predict.
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Could the UK ever build a Facebook?
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth Inside the enterprise: Building a $100bn tech company is a tall order. But the UK could still boost its technology industry, argues one expert.
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CIOs in the dark over bandwidth
By Stephen Pritchard published
News More than two-thirds of IT departments fail to understand applications' demands on the network.
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Macs and Android under malware threat
By Stephen Pritchard published
News McAfee's Threats Report suggests there could soon be 100 million malware samples in the wild, with non-Windows platforms accounting for much of the growth.
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Bring you own device: the $600 question
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth Inside the enterprise: A recent Cisco report claims bring your own device is gaining support from IT departments. But how much are staff willing to invest in personal technology?
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Is BT the key to broadband Britain?
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth Inside the Enterprise: BT's revenues might be down but its hold on the broadband market is stronger than ever.
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There's more to IP than taming pirates
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth Inside the Enterprise: Content and software piracy attracts the most publicity, but a new campaign aims to bolster intellectual property's role in the European economy.
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Business of IT: Building a case for BYOD
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth The consumerisation of IT is upon us and business and technology decision makers must now decide whether they are for or against BYOD. Stephen Pritchard considers the options.
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Google, and that 5GB free storage
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth Inside the enterprise: The search giant has officially announced its cloud storage offering. Is this good for business, or another security risk?
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4G edges closer
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth Inside the enterprise: The UK has been slow to deploy the latest mobile broadband technology, but the latest trials show it should not be far off.
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Intel: security inside
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth Inside the enterprise: Intel has announced new chips that integrate security and data protection functions. Will this solve one of IT's bigger headaches?
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Big data: analytics' pot of gold
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth Inside the Enterprise: Can analytics boost the economy, and is IT ready to provide the resources to do so?
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Eurocrats versus the cyber criminals
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth Inside the enterprise: The European Commission is setting up a cyber-crime centre and proposing minimum jail terms for hackers. Are the authorities now getting serious?
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HP restructures... again
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth Inside the enterprise: This time, HP will merge its PC and printing divisions. Has the world's largest technology company found the right strategy this time?
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News analysis: Budget 2012
By Stephen Pritchard published
News A boost to broadband is welcome, but has IT lost out to other industries in the Budget?
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Businesses must tackle "data mountain"
By Stephen Pritchard published
News Big data is both a threat and an opportunity to enterprise, says Big Blue.
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