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CW@60: Information management in a world of ‘too much to know’

Information management goes back several centuries – long before what we now call information technology. For Computer Weekly journalist Brian McKenna, it's a perfect parallel for contextualising modern techniques

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Information management goes back several centuries – long before what we now call information technology.

For Computer Weekly journalist Brian McKenna, it's a perfect parallel for contextualising modern techniques

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Information management goes back several centuries – long before what we now call information technology. For Computer Weekly journalist Brian McKenna, it's a perfect parallel for contextualising modern techniques

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