Computer Weekly

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Computer Weekly
Editor	Myles Hewitt
Categories	Computer magazine
Frequency	Weekly
First Issue	September 1966
Company	Reed Business Information
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Website	www.computerweekly.com
ISSN	0010-4787

ComputerWeekly is a computer magazine/newspaper published in the UK by Reed Business Information. It is available for purchase in some magazine outlets (for the current price of £3.05, in January 2007), but usually obtainable for free for companies in the IT sector by signing a free subscription form.

Topics covered include everything from outsourcing to computer hacking, salaries and prospects, storage problems, career moves, and a pink section giving a current (when the magazine is published) list of available IT jobs.

ComputerWeekly has also regularly been involved in IT-related campaigns, - such as, the costs of the NHS computer system, websites for disabled people and the Chinook crash on Mull of Kintyre. Computer Weekly has won the UK Periodical Publishers Association "Campaign of the Year" Award four times in the last five years (for the most recent see [1]), and highlights this on its front cover with the strap: "Campaigning Magazine Of The Year". Tony Collins is their courageous investigative reporter.

Lighter moments are covered by the 'Letters' section, where IT people give opinions on the IT industry, and "DownTime", a humorous look at all things IT. This is printed on the back page of the magazine.

The back page also features a 4" x 2" box cartoon of Dilbert, and "DPM's Diary" - apparently written by a Data Processing Manager, called C P Bound, whose aim in life is to work as little as possible, whilst making sure he isn't fired, retired or forced to replace the computer systems during the featured week.