Facebook's $5 billion initial public offering could give the social network a market capitalisation akin to Silicon Valley's two other giants

As the commercialisation of IT continues, SoHoBlue’s Nick Morse looks at ways to improve security instead of banning devices altogether

As global leaders look to international aid to support the developing world, SOFTtribe’s Herman Chinery-Hesse, argues that aid actually damages technology and innovation by local businesses

Scott Thompson is a technologist, but Yahoo's problems are existential. What is the point of Yahoo in a post-portal age? asks Peter Judge

As the year winds to a close, Susan Chadwick, of Edge Testing Solutions explores the minefield that is risk-based software testing and rates her top glitches for 2011

Twenty years on, ITIL best practice is still widely used and implmented. Philip Lieberman explores the pitfalls that may lead to failure and offers ways to prevent it

Bill Gates may be considering a return to Microsoft - there are many reasons he shouldn't, says Nicholas Kolakowski

Microsoft's newly unveiled online shop in Windows 8 will challenge established stores as the market leader, says Nicholas Kolakowski

Radical bets on mobile strategy by Research In Motion and Microsoft could alter the 2012 smartphone scene, says Nicholas Kolakowski

The biggest cause of failed IT projects could be the expectation of failure, says Thomas Coles of MSM Software