Useful links

The links below are places where you can keep up with things that are happening in the information technology world, today and in the future.

IT media/press sources

Business Week – www.businessweek.com/technology
Useful site for weekly business news about technology

The Economist – www.economist.com
The leading source of international business and world affairs, weekly

The Financial Times – www.ft.com
Business news from around the world, daily

Hemscott – www.hemscott.com
UK-based financial site for listed companies

The New York Times (technology section) – www.nytimes.com
Daily technology news from around the world

Out-Law – www.out-law.com
Free legal news and guidance on IT and e-commerce. A surprisingly comprehensive site given that it comes from a law firm

Line 56 – www.line56.com
Worthy source of US-based e-business news, daily

The Wall Street Journal (technology section) – www.wsj.com
Daily technology news from around the world – mostly about US listed companies

Wired – www.wired.com
The Net’s leading chronicle of how technology affects our lives, culture and work

IT user groups and advisory services

www.aiim.org.uk
International group that trains and educates people in document and information management

Useful Blogs

Silicon Valley – www.siliconvalleywatcher.com
On-the-mark blog about developments in Silicon Valley

Extreme Tech – www.extremetech.com
News, reviews, commentary and how-to on the latest hard-core technology

Slashdot – www.slashdot.org
Blog about technology, especially product releases and patches

Techdirt – www.techdirt.com
Easily digestible tech news

Analyst companies

AMR Research – www.amrresearch.com
Forrester Research – www.forrester.com
Gartner – www.gartner.com
Global leader in IT analysis

Infonetics Research – www.infonetics.com

Industry initiatives

Effective IT – www.effectiveIT.com
An annual programme focusing on IT strategy, established over four years.