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Keri Allan interviews Simon Westfi eld and Rob Jones of AutoRestore


Geoff Evelyn tackles the


SharePoint ‘T’ word – training


Teach your children, says Shirley


Redpath – they are our IT future


The green grid will help save time and money says David Bicknell


Government steps up IT project governance as austerity bites


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Vice-Presidents Ralph Miller co-opted Council Member Professor Simon Rogerson David Williams


Chair of Council Professor Simon Rogerson


Treasurer Geoff Blackwell


Chief Executive Vanessa Hymas


Members of Council Geoff Blackwell Schmidt Chintu


Francis Kwadade-Cudjoe


Terry Jobson co-opted Philip Turnbull


David Williams co-opted


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Engaging women in IT: There’s still a long way to go says Shirley Redpath


To outsource or not to outsource: David Bicknell looks at some key developments


Working abroad: Keri Allan tells you everything you need to know


BYOD: Smart working with peer- to-peer support, by John Bancroft


Data mining for good: First do no harm, says Duncan Ross


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Contributing Editors Keri Allan, John Bancroft, David Bicknell, Rachel Burnett, Allan Dyer, Geoff Evelyn, Shirley Redpath, Simon Rogerson, Duncan Ross, Steve Wallis


Contributing Editors Keri Allan, John Bancroft, David Bicknell, Rachel Burnett, Allan Dyer, Shirley Redpath, Dr Daniel Remenyi, Simon Rogerson, Steve Wallis


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