Business automation, robotics and business process management
With technology now available that incorporates robotics process automation and other automation technologies, companies can achieve greater efficiency, adapt to changing business needs and reduce human error. Read the latest news and tips about business process management and automating business processes, including how to demonstrate a strong return on investment when integrating enterprise automation tools into company operations.
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Feature
03 Mar 2023
5 big digital transformation trends in 2023
The threat of a recession coupled with the ongoing need for transformation and growth means CIOs must make force multiplying investments in 2023. Here are five strategies. Continue Reading
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Feature
10 Jan 2023
What is low-code? A guide to enterprise low-code app development
Learn how low-code concepts and practices code can help enterprise developers be more efficient, create valuable apps more quickly and contribute to broader business initiatives. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Ukraine CERT leaders touch down in London for talks
The UK’s NCSC has been hosting Ukrainian cyber security leaders for a round of bilateral talks on improving resilience Continue Reading
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Tip
18 Jan 2023
The future of field service management and trends for 2023
Contactless, cashless and self-service abilities mark the new standards for field service. The future of field service brings flexibility and convenience for workers and customers. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Bitzlato cryptocurrency exchange founder arrested, charged
Russian national Anatoly Legkodymov is accused of using Bitzlato to process more than $700 million in illicit cryptocurrency transactions, including ransomware payments. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Gartner IT spending trends, PPI data show mixed economic bag
Gartner's global IT spending forecast reflects diverging economic trends as does U.S. inflation data, which shows a drop in professional services costs and an uptick for storage. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
HPE expands Alletra with focused storage servers
HPE released new storage servers for container and software-defined storage with the Alletra 4000. The new servers bring high compute with new Intel CPUs in a denser package. Continue Reading
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Tip
18 Jan 2023
Project portfolio risk management: Learn the key tenets
Project portfolio risk management is a holistic approach to managing project risk. Learn about its benefits and what can get in the way of success. Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Jan 2023
The 7 critical backup strategy best practices to keep data safe
This comprehensive guide explains backup basics, the issues affecting risk and the seven critical backup strategies you need to keep data safe. Continue Reading
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Tip
18 Jan 2023
HR shared services models benefit employee experiences
In the new reality of hybrid and remote workforces, shared services organizations smooth work processes, increase collaboration, and improve employee engagement and productivity. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Microsoft and Salesforce step up smart store retail tech
The tech giants are quickly evolving their technologies aimed at the brick and mortar commerce market, with new software for smart store analytics, CX and retail associates. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Microsoft layoff signals shift from rapid hiring to caution
Microsoft's layoff of 10,000 workers follows a similar tech industry pattern: rapid employment growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by a relatively modest cutback. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
LastPass faces mounting criticism over recent breach
LastPass disclosed a breach last month in which a threat actor stole personal customer information, including billing addresses and encrypted website login details. Continue Reading
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Tip
18 Jan 2023
Top 10 ICS cybersecurity threats and challenges
Industrial control systems are subject to both unique and common cybersecurity threats and challenges. Learn about the top ones here and how to mitigate them. Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Jan 2023
Enterprises consider NaaS adoption for business agility
As enterprises accelerate toward digitization of their complete IT stack, NaaS -- which can lower costs, increase QoS and improve business agility -- has become a viable option. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
18 Jan 2023
How to build a cyber-resilience culture in the enterprise
Discover how organizations can build a culture of cyber resilience by reducing risk, limiting damage, having a disaster recovery plan and assuming a cyber attack is coming. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
NYC's controversial AI bias audit law gets new hearing
New York City's new automated employment decision tool law, designed to root out AI bias in hiring, is having trouble getting off the ground. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Dell's next-generation PowerEdge servers target AI inferencing
Dell has delivered versions of its PowerEdge servers using Intel's 4th Gen Xeon Scalable processors and AMD's EPYC chips. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Yorkshire Water taps Connexin for smart water delivery framework
Leading north of England water provider reveals partners for its advanced customer metering programme to reduce leakage, improve services and help customers save money on their bills Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
David Anderson KC to review UK surveillance laws
Home Office commissions independent review of the Investigatory Powers Act, known as the snoopers’ charter. It will include a review of bulk datasets and government access to internet connection records held by phone and internet companies Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Intechnica embraces fresh owner and Version 1 makes double swoop
Consolidation in the channel continues at pace with three deals being announced within the past 24 hours Continue Reading
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Tutorial
18 Jan 2023
Map physical GPUs to VMs with this GPU passthrough guide
Learn how to set up GPU passthrough -- a useful technique to support graphically intensive apps and machine learning models -- with a step-by-step tutorial for VMware environments. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Oracle and CBI: companies cautious, selective in 2023 IT, business investment
Oracle and the CBI are seeing much the same picture of cautious technology investment of UK businesses in 2023, in the context of long Covid and the energy price inflation crisis Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
IT chiefs raise concerns over cost-of-living crisis
Organisations are looking to cut costs while still innovating with IT, and CIOs and CTOs are worried how staff will cope Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Jan 2023
Service providers explore 2023 technology trends
The uncertain economy influences the technology developments service providers expect to see in 2023, with customers likely to optimize and integrate existing assets. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Uptime Institute predicts slower pace of public cloud migrations in 2023
Datacentre resiliency think tank Uptime Institute claims cost pressures and unmet expectations around cloud benefits may lead some enterprises to pause or slow down their migration plans this year Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Jan 2023
Developing an emergency communications plan: A template for business continuity professionals
Communicating details in a crisis is a vital part of BC and resilience planning. Follow the steps below and the associated template to prepare an emergency communication plan. Continue Reading
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Tip
18 Jan 2023
3 software developer goals that are top of mind in 2023
Like many people, software professionals have their own goals in mind for 2023, including a focus on project management, software accessibility and data structure decisions. Continue Reading
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Tip
18 Jan 2023
IaaS vs. PaaS options on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform
Looking to shift your organization's workloads to the cloud? Understand the advantages and disadvantages of IaaS and PaaS options on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Nokia, Telefónica successfully test 25G PON technology in Spain
Noting ever-increasing consumer bandwidth demands and the need to support applications such as the metaverse, operator announces demo of new FTTH technology to offer new business services on same network as home connectivity Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Ukraine cyber teams responded to more than 2,000 attacks in 2022
The Ukrainian authorities responded to more than 2,000 major cyber incidents during 2022, and are blocking thousands more potential attacks every day Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Advisory board goal for Post Office scandal victims to be returned to rightful financial position
The board set up to monitor the compensation scheme for Post Office scandal victims agrees goal of returning them to the financial position they would be in had the scandal never happened Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Canon extends Business Centre network
Print player cuts the ribbon on two centres established with platinum partners to increase services for customers Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
US hyperscale datacentre operator completes first phase of nuclear-powered server farm campus
US-based Cumulus Data has completed the powered shell infrastructure of its datacentre campus, which will be directly fed nuclear power from a neighbouring plant Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
How Aruba is tapping opportunities in networking
Aruba is planning to expand its product portfolio, make deeper inroads into datacentres and drive adoption of network as a service, among other efforts to tap opportunities in the networking market Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Gartner: CIOs will struggle to retain and attract IT talent
While the latest spending forecast from Gartner shows continued growth in enterprise IT spending, how budgets are invested is set to change Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Optical lights up nascent space communications applications market
Research highlights potential of what it calls “exciting and rapidly developing” global market for optical communications terminals driven by NGSO broadband constellations Continue Reading
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Blog Post
18 Jan 2023
Aerospike spearheads real-time data search, connects Elasticsearch
Aerospike is a real-time data platform company. In an era when real-time data streaming companies are fond of giving away promo t-shirts emblazoned with phrases like - Is Batch Dead? - (spoiler ... Continue Reading
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Tip
18 Jan 2023
16 top business process management tools for 2023
BPM tools are evolving rapidly as vendors add intelligent automation tools, cloud-based functionality and user-friendly features. Read about products from 16 top BPMS providers. Continue Reading
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Tip
18 Jan 2023
Data backup failure: Top 5 causes and tips for prevention
What can you do to prevent data backup failure? Learn how using the 3-2-1 rule, turning to cloud backup and following other practical steps can help protect your data. Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Jan 2023
The best enterprise data storage products of 2022
Backup, cloud, disk and storage system vendors vied for top honors in the TechTarget Storage Products of the Year competition. Find out which won gold, silver and bronze. Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Jan 2023
How is cryptocurrency valued?
Because cryptocurrency is not regulated, several factors affect its value, including demand, utility, competition and mining. Continue Reading
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News
17 Jan 2023
CircleCI incident adds to SecOps toil
SaaS CI/CD vendor CircleCI urged customers to rotate all secrets data, the latest of several security breaches weighing on SecOps pros charged with responding. Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Jan 2023
Overrated and underrated trends in analytics
Strong data governance frameworks are seemingly always underrated, while new data architectures such as data mesh and the promise of automated machine learning might be overrated. Continue Reading
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Tip
17 Jan 2023
State of data privacy laws in 2023
Concern about how personal data is processed and stored is leading to the passage of new regulations that govern how companies handle consumer data. Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Jan 2023
Data-centric developer responsibilities evolve in 2022
Enterprise Strategy Group Analyst Stephen Catanzano discusses how data-centric developer responsibilities are evolving as technological advancements enable more data use. Continue Reading
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Opinion
17 Jan 2023
2023 predictions for cloud, as a service and cost optimization
Given the highly uncertain state of the economy, this should be the year that brings an end to dinosaur thinking about enterprise IT and costs. Continue Reading
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News
17 Jan 2023
Orange juices JDE expansion with SD-WAN
Telco’s Business Services division selected by global coffee company to secure end-to-end connectivity offerings for more than 120 locations worldwide Continue Reading
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News
17 Jan 2023
Benelux CIO interview: Richard Ventre, SHV Holdings
In his role at Netherlands-based SHV Holdings, Richard Ventre is tackling the challenge of enabling a diverse set of digital transformations across a range of industries Continue Reading
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Blog Post
17 Jan 2023
Making renewables safer: How safety technology is powering the clean energy transition
In this guest post, Wendy McMillan, sector chief executive for safety, at Halma, outlines how safety technology is powering the clean energy transition. We are undergoing the largest energy ... Continue Reading
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News
17 Jan 2023
Southern Cross switches on third 400GbE transpacific link
Specialist international capacity provider and optical network technology provider announce commercial availability of ultra-high throughput along 15,840km network Continue Reading
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Tip
17 Jan 2023
Rust vs. Go: A microservices-based language face-off
Rust and Go both offer language features geared toward microservices-based development, but their relative capabilities make them a better fit for some scenarios than others. Continue Reading
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News
17 Jan 2023
Claim IR35 reform repeal and U-turn cost the government ‘nothing’ called into question
After responding to a question about the cost of the government’s repeal of the IR35 reforms and its subsequent U-turn on the decision, the financial secretary has come under fire for claiming no additional costs were incurred by its flip-flopping Continue Reading
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News
17 Jan 2023
Cloudflare urged to clamp down on pirates, counterfeiters
A whitepaper produced by brand protection specialist Corsearch calls on Cloudflare to do more to stop online content piracy and sales of counterfeit goods Continue Reading
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News
17 Jan 2023
Connectivity critical for UK entrepreneurs
Research from BT Business reveals three-quarters of British entrepreneurs feel they couldn’t run a business without reliable broadband and mobile connectivity Continue Reading
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News
17 Jan 2023
Experts rate programming languages for beginners in 2023
Python and JavaScript are two standouts for novices, according to developer experts. But fledgling coders should diversify their toolbox with newer languages too. Continue Reading
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News
17 Jan 2023
UK fintech payments unicorn cuts back as Covid-19 boost wears off
Payments infrastructure firm Paddle downsizes as Covid-19-generated business boost runs out of steam Continue Reading
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News
17 Jan 2023
Vectra stepping up partner enablement
The detection and response specialist has been focusing on channel recruitment and is now moving into the next stage of enabling those partners to increase growth Continue Reading
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News
17 Jan 2023
Microsoft fixes SSRF vulnerabilities found in Azure services
Orca Security, which discovered the Azure flaws, warned enterprises to be aware of SSRF attacks, which can result in a threat actor accessing or modifying sensitive data. Continue Reading
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Tip
17 Jan 2023
The benefits of network asset management software
Network asset management software helps network teams keep track of network devices and software, ensuring timely upgrades, accurate inventory and updated documentation. Continue Reading
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News
17 Jan 2023
Exclusion of datacentres from government-backed energy bill discount scheme 'no cause for alarm'
A government-backed scheme to provide power-hungry businesses with discounts on their energy bills does not include datacentres, but industry watchers claim that's not necessarily a bad thing Continue Reading
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News
17 Jan 2023
Crest throws support behind CyberUp CMA reform campaign
Cyber accreditation association Crest International has lent its support to the CyberUp campaign for reform to the Computer Misuse Act of 1990 Continue Reading
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News
17 Jan 2023
Fintech makes job cuts to workforce amid falling demand
Peer-to-peer lender cuts 14% of its workforce amid a rise in interest rates limiting the popularity of lending services Continue Reading
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News
17 Jan 2023
Royal Mail promises ‘workarounds’ to restore services after ransomware attack
Royal Mail CEO Simon Thompson apologises to customers whose businesses are being disrupted by a ransomware attack and promises a ‘workaround’ will be in place in the near future Continue Reading
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News
17 Jan 2023
Entain and McLaren F1 aim to help women return to STEM careers
To help more women return to the STEM sector after a career break, Entain and McLaren F1 have launched a programme of work, coaching and networking Continue Reading
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News
17 Jan 2023
StarHub to undertake major network transformation
Singapore telco StarHub is deploying a hybrid cloud architecture that will enable it to launch sovereign cloud services, among other capabilities Continue Reading
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News
17 Jan 2023
UK businesses urged to move away from ISDN in 2023
Research warns that as analogue switch-off approaches, only 15% of SMEs and 20% of large businesses have plans in place to migrate to an alternative technology Continue Reading
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News
17 Jan 2023
Tech skills shortage still a problem for employers
Many organisations have struggled to find tech talent over the past year, leading them to consider alternative ways to attract skilled workers Continue Reading
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News
17 Jan 2023
GTPL Broadband modernises network with Alepo AAA transformation
Leading Indian operator enhances infrastructure with authentication, authorisation and accounting solution to expand data offerings through plans based on speed, validity and fair usage policy Continue Reading
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E-Zine
17 Jan 2023
How PepsiCo works with tech startups to drive growth
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to food and drinks giant PepsiCo about how it works with tech startups to drive growth and digital transformation. Our latest buyer’s guide examines the key elements of a composable business. And with all the chatter about ChatGPT, we look at the implications of generative AI. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
16 Jan 2023
How India is driving the use of open government data
India’s Open Government Data platform has paved the way for new applications and services, but concerns around data quality and privacy remain Continue Reading
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News
16 Jan 2023
Judge dismisses Chris Hadnagy lawsuit against DEF CON
DEF CON said it wasn't the only infosec conference to receive code-of-conduct complaints about Chris Hadnagy, claiming Black Hat USA removed him from its review board. Continue Reading
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News
16 Jan 2023
Channel roundup: Who’s gone where?
Some household names, including IBM and RM, were among those recruiting fresh talent in the past week Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Jan 2023
Qlik-Talend proposed acquisition indicates marriage broker role for private equity?
The acquisition of France-based data integration supplier Talend by Sweden-founded data visualisation firm Qlik has to be interesting at an intra-European market level. Non-US IT suppliers are thin ... Continue Reading
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16 Jan 2023
Making enterprise apps composable by default
Gartner presents its composable business index to help IT leaders assess and advance the agility of their applications. Continue Reading
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16 Jan 2023
A passion for innovation
Food and drinks giant PepsiCo actively seeks out innovative tech startups. David Schwartz is vice-president of a programme it runs to find creative ways to use their products to benefit the business. Continue Reading
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News
16 Jan 2023
Cash use rises for first time in 13 years as cost of living increases
The number of cash withdrawals increased last year, for the first time in 13 years, but remains below the pre-Covid-19 figure Continue Reading
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News
16 Jan 2023
December slowdown undermined Q4
The past few weeks of the year had an impact on the performance of distributors across Western Europe Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Jan 2023
The channel is key to plugging cyber skills gap
If there is going to be one theme that continues from year to year, it is the desire by customers to work with channel partners to help solve security problems Continue Reading
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News
16 Jan 2023
IT budgets under pressure due to poor economic outlook
IT leaders in European organisations are facing a shortfall in their IT budgets this year, but the situation is expected to improve after 2024 Continue Reading
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News
16 Jan 2023
The Security Interviews: Protecting your digital self
Our digital self – the virtual presence of who we are online – has a pervasive influence in the real world. People make judgements based on these digital depictions, so what can be done to ensure positive representation? Continue Reading
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News
16 Jan 2023
SES and Du boost 5G enterprise comms with first satellite backhaul network
Pervasive connectivity delivered via satellite accommodates Middle East telco’s 5G backhaul requirements over remote areas across the region Continue Reading
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16 Jan 2023
Microsoft 365 banned in German schools over privacy concerns
German schools cannot legally use Microsoft Office 365 over lack of clarity about how data is collected, shared and used, as well as the potential for unlawful transfer of European citizens’ personal data to the US Continue Reading
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16 Jan 2023
MI6 chief’s hacked emails attacked MI5 and betrayed British spy operations in China
Former UK spy boss Richard Dearlove leaked names of MI6 secret agent recruiters in China to back an aggressive right-wing US campaign against tech company Huawei. His emails were hacked and then leaked – probably by Russian intelligence Continue Reading
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News
16 Jan 2023
IR35 reforms: Contractors cite tax avoidance legislation as ‘biggest concern’ in 2023
Contractors have cited the IR35 reforms as being their biggest concern in 2023, ahead of the cost-of-living crisis and the government’s planned tax rises Continue Reading
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News
16 Jan 2023
CIO interview: Matt Grest, Very Group
The Covid-19 pandemic changed many things, including an increase in remote working – so how is the Very Group approaching the workplace and talent post-Covid? Continue Reading
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E-Zine
16 Jan 2023
CW EMEA: Protecting the privacy of schoolchildren
In this month’s CW EMEA, we look at how schools in Germany have stopped using Microsoft Office 365 over lack of clarity over how data is collected, shared and used. We also delve into how former UK spy boss Richard Dearlove leaked names of MI6 secret agent recruiters in China to back an aggressive right-wing US campaign against tech company Huawei. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Jan 2023
Armo goes CNCF sandbox, wider platform offering emerges
Armo is cybersecurity company. The company developed an end-to-end open source Kubernetes security platform known as Kubescape. Kubescape has now been accepted by the Cloud Native Computing ... Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Jan 2023
How to design enterprise applications that are composable by default
Gartner presents a composable business index to help IT leaders assess and advance the agility of their applications Continue Reading
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News
15 Jan 2023
Thai enterprises spend more on software amid growing digitalisation
The majority of software spending in Thailand during the first half of 2022 went into applications followed by infrastructure software and development tools, according to IDC Continue Reading
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News
14 Jan 2023
Experts concerned over silence around government obligation to review UK surveillance laws
The government is required to review the UK’s surveillance law, the Investigatory Powers Act, but experts say they are in the dark about its plans. The National Crime Agency’s operation Venetic has highlighted the need for urgent reforms Continue Reading
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News
13 Jan 2023
Ellison-founded sailing league SailGP plumps for Oracle NetSuite to expand
SailGP, a sailing racing league co-founded by Oracle chairman and CTO Larry Ellison, has picked Oracle NetSuite to expand its business Continue Reading
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News
13 Jan 2023
Government given until autumn 2023 to create technology roadmap to support net-zero strategy
Review into the government’s progress in hitting its 2050 net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goal highlights need for more action on the technology front Continue Reading
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News
13 Jan 2023
Cabinet Office looks to expand public data sharing for digital ID
Cabinet Office seeks feedback on proposed legislation to enhance data sharing across the public sector, in support of the UK government’s ambition to have a single sign-on identity-check system for all public services Continue Reading
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News
13 Jan 2023
Thirdera and Aptum use acquisition to bolster reach and skills
Firms go into M&A market to support ambitions, with both deals having implications for the UK channel Continue Reading
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News
13 Jan 2023
Unionised contract workers who train Google’s AI win pay rise
Google contract workers employed at artificial intelligence training supplier RaterLabs have secured their first-ever pay rise, following collective demands that Google fulfil its own commitment to pay its extended workforce a minimum of $15 an hour Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 Jan 2023
AI 2023 and beyond
Artificial intelligence (AI) is set to become part of the boardroom agenda as organisations look at how they can shave off more from operational costs and work out how they can grow the business ... Continue Reading
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News
13 Jan 2023
LockBit cartel suspected of Royal Mail cyber attack
The still-developing cyber incident at Royal Mail may be the work of the infamous LockBit ransomware operation Continue Reading
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News
13 Jan 2023
Tech firms add to private 5G offer, but ABI warns of no mass take-off in 2023
Even as comms tech providers announce partnership to extend technical capability of private 5G platform, analyst warns private 5G will not yet take off in 2023, even if outdoor use cases drive private cellular in general Continue Reading
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News
13 Jan 2023
BBC assures UK Parliament that digital transformation plans are on track
UK Parliamentary accounts watchdog probes British Broadcasting Corporation senior management regarding plans to reconstruct organisation to be fit for purpose in modern media industry and satisfy multiplatform needs of licence fee payers Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 Jan 2023
Rapid API report: The ‘surge’ towards monetisation
APIs are everywhere. As we know, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) - the ‘glue’ bond that works to connect applications to applications… and application components to services, ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 Jan 2023
Alibaba: Generative AI among top tech trends in 2023
Alibaba’s research arm Damo Academy has recently published a list of top trends that are likely to shape the technology landscape this year. Chief among them is the rise of generative AI, which ... Continue Reading