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On the cover
BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL GAME
It’s Europe’s most popular sport, watched by millions of people – but few consider the complex ICT environment required to support it. UEFA’s head of ICT, Daniel Marion, takes us inside the technology that supports the beautiful game
Innovation
A BATTLE TO REMEMBER
The gloves are off as some of IT’s biggest players fight to convert companies to in-memory computing
Storage
THE BACKUP PLAN
The growing range of cloud backup and recovery options is allowing those in the know to craft cost-effective solutions
Network
UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
Information Age examines how CIOs can reap the benefits of the personal cloud era while protecting the network too
Security
BUGS IN THE HUMAN HARDWARE
Vendors say their tools can beat hackers, but can anyamount of technology address the inherent vulnerabilities in people?
News Flash
Rounding up the top industry news and trends of the past month
Deployment Watch
A look at some of the latest deployments throughout the UK
CIO Spotlight
Macmillan’s Stephen Devlin leads a digital transformation
On The Case
Ashridge Business School turns to flash-optimised storage
In The Boardroom
VMware’s COO champions the software-defined data centre
Analyst Eye
Gartner’s Steve Prentice on the digital industrial economy
Product Corner
The hugely belated Office for iPad grabs product of the month
Column
Richard Lee encourages big-data adopters to change their culture