Stephen Pritchard
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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.
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.
Oracle in the clouds
By Stephen Pritchard published
In-depth Inside the enterprise: Big guns taking the cloud seriously is good for larger businesses.
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?
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.
UK regulator shuts down Angry Birds scam
By Stephen Pritchard published
News Victims of fake apps will have £15 charge refunded by PhonepayPlus.
Mobile payments to oust cash and cards
By Stephen Pritchard published
News Microchip and mobile payments will take over by 2020, consultants predict.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
Businesses must tackle "data mountain"
By Stephen Pritchard published
News Big data is both a threat and an opportunity to enterprise, says Big Blue.
BT unveils next tranche of fibre roll out
By Stephen Pritchard published
News Telco extends fibre to cabinet and fibre to premises coverage.
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