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16 PowerShell commands for network troubleshooting

These 16 Windows PowerShell cmdlets, including Get-NetIPAddress and Test-Connection, help network administrators troubleshoot their network environments. Continue Reading

Breaking Down the Cost of Cloud Computing in 2023

Using a cloud computing infrastructure can offer financial savings for companies. Here's what you need to know about cloud computing costs, and how it might affect your business. Continue Reading

Data Summit majors on ethics in data use, demonstrates diversity

The Data Lab’s Data Summit majored on the ethical use of data, and featured Scottish government minister Tom Arthur, science broadcaster Hannah Fry, and Nasa chief science data officer Kevin Murphy Continue Reading

Elon Musk begins mass Twitter layoffs via email

New Twitter owner Elon Musk has begun the process of cutting the company’s workforce in half, but is already facing a legal backlash for allegedly violating US labour laws Continue Reading

Microsoft: Nation-state cyber attacks became increasingly destructive in 2022

The willingness of nation-state actors to conduct destructive cyber attacks is a source of grave concern, as Microsoft’s latest annual Digital Defence Report lays bare Continue Reading

Troubleshoot wireless network connection problems in 10 steps

When troubleshooting wireless network issues, several scenarios can emerge. But valuable end-user insights can help network administrators root out problems. Continue Reading

Softcat shines light on customer spending priorities

Security tops the list of areas where users will invest in the next 12 months Continue Reading

UK government approach to space industry lacks coherence and investment

As satellite broadband industry rockets, report from Commons Science and Technology Committee criticises government’s failures in key technical areas and continues to question value to taxpayer of OneWeb joint venture Continue Reading

Docker interview questions for developers

Get a handle on these Docker interview questions to get a leg up on your next job, and a successful career using containers in your day-to-day activities. Continue Reading

Three million empty seats: What can we do about the cyber skills shortage?

Companies should look for candidates with the right skills potential, rather than insist they tick a hundred different security skills boxes Continue Reading

Networks division stars as SES shows solid Q3 2022

Global satellite operator continues to benefit from its pivot away from video and to business connectivity, reporting a positive third quarter but continued revenue decline for its video business Continue Reading

MicroScope: Elevate security to minimise risk

Security remains a major concern for customers and a continuing area of growth for the channel – so what can managed service providers do to help out? Also read about expectations for the last quarter of 2022 and how partnerships are key to digital transformation Continue Reading

Crown Hosting Data Centres secures £250m government colocation deal

Cabinet Office joint venture with Ark Data Centres secures a second term providing colocation services to the government Continue Reading

Powering strong partnerships for successful digital transformation

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Virgin Media O2 claims strong strategic and operational progress in Q3

UK comms provider publishes third-quarter results highlighting accelerated Ebitda growth since merger of mobile telco and cable operator Continue Reading

Data Lab bolsters business execs data course in time with Data Summit

Course focuses on the leadership skills needed to design, resource and implement a data strategy that will enable organisational change Continue Reading

Security Think Tank: Ransomware and CISOs’ balancing act

Ransomware has the potential to cause irreversible business damage, so CISOs should consider not only protection but also response and recovery Continue Reading

Justice transparency: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

We speak to The National Archives about how it is using semantic data to make court and tribunal judgments searchable Continue Reading

Aiven expands in APAC, builds new capabilities

Managed service provider of open source databases and data platforms Aiven grew its business in Asia-Pacific by over 100% over the past year, and is now building new capabilities in data warehouses and other areas Continue Reading

How Wi-Fi 6, WWAN and 5G make all-wireless offices possible

Wireless technology has evolved extensively in recent years to support end-user demands and the possibility of wireless-first network connectivity for business offices. Continue Reading

Ransomware on the rise, hitting schools and healthcare

October ransomware disclosures and public reports tracked by TechTarget Editorial increased from previous months, with notable attacks on education and healthcare organizations. Continue Reading

New ServiceNow apps automate organizational productivity

ServiceNow rolled out applications for the Now Platform that assists IT shops with organizational productivity planning and building flexible hybrid work environments. Continue Reading

Why companies should be sustainable and how IT can help

Pressure is mounting for the business sector to address its environmental footprint and become more sustainable. Here's a look the key drivers and how technology can help. Continue Reading

May the fourth be with you: entering the final quarter with cautious optimism

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Can MSPs get cyber security ‘right’ for SMEs?

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New EU, U.S. privacy framework sets clear data transfer rules

President Joe Biden signed an executive order on a long-awaited European Union-U.S. Data Privacy Framework last month, giving companies legal clarity for data transfers. Continue Reading

Pega CTO: Ethical AI for developers demands transparency

Pegasystems CTO Don Schuerman believes the cure for AI's ethical issues lies in broad data inputs, being sensitive to biases and algorithms that make explainable decisions. Continue Reading

Momento accelerates databases with serverless data caching

The startup has built a new platform that lets organizations more easily scale and accelerate database queries in the cloud without adding more infrastructure. Continue Reading

Qlik launches new cloud-based data integration platform

The new integration platform as a service joins data preparation and cataloging capabilities in one place, enabling organizations ready their data in real time for analysis. Continue Reading

Election campaigns recognize need for analytics in politics

Candidates are now using data to build profiles of potential voters and target their outreach in much the same way enterprises use BI tools to personalize marketing efforts. Continue Reading

Currency issues affect Insight EMEA performance

Q3 numbers show further signs that the business is pivoting towards a software and services driven business Continue Reading

Common architecture patterns: The environmental impacts

In this guest post, Chris Darvill, vice president of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) solutions engineering at cloud-native API platform provider Kong, on how to make the move from monolith to ... Continue Reading

Microsoft pledges $100m in new IT support for Ukraine

Microsoft will continue to offer free-of-charge technology support to Ukraine for the foreseeable future Continue Reading

Capital One study cites ML anomaly detection as top use case

The bank itself is making ML a key part of its digital transformation strategy, deploying the technology to locate aberrations, detect fraud and support marketing. Continue Reading

Confirmation bias led Post Office to prosecute subpostmasters without investigation, inquiry told

Former Post Office tech leader tells public inquiry that confirmation bias led to hundreds of subpostmasters being prosecuted for financial crimes without proper investigation Continue Reading

All rise, Open Source Law, Policy & Practice

Technology needs law. Equally and perhaps more so, the legal industry needs to understand what is changing around information technology. Alongside the need to move off of paper-based statute books ... Continue Reading

Aerospike Cloud advances real-time database service

The database vendor has steadily advanced its core database technology in 2022 with JSON and Trino support and is now building out a new database-as-a-service platform. Continue Reading

BT sees fibre and 5G advances in H1

After ‘building and connecting like fury’, UK incumbent telco claims to be remaining on the front foot in current turbulent times and nears nine million mark in fibre deployment Continue Reading

The Security Interviews: Building trust online

Consumer reviews website Trustpilot has built and scaled its IT security team and is now turning to agile methods and DevSecOps to further enhance its cyber capabilities Continue Reading

8 key characteristics of cloud computing

Companies rely on the cloud for modern app development. Learn the key features that differentiate cloud computing from traditional, on-premises IT architectures. Continue Reading

Automated threats biggest source of cyber risk for retailers

Threat actors targeting retailers during the coming holiday season are increasingly turning to automated forms of cyber attack, according to a report Continue Reading

More women in tech will bridge the skills gap and bolster growth

Large global technology firms will reach nearly 33% overall female representation in their workforces in 2022. Growth is slow, but heading in the right direction Continue Reading

Russia risks shortage of PCs and software

Russian consumers and businesses could face a shortage of IT equipment including PCs and software Continue Reading

All NHS staff should have basic AI training, says report

A report by the NHS AI Lab and Health Education England calls for all health and care staff to receive training in artificial intelligence as the technology will be increasingly adopted in healthcare practice Continue Reading

Global coalition reaffirms commitment to fight ransomware

Representatives of 36 countries, as well as the EU, attended the second International Counter Ransomware Initiative Summit in Washington DC Continue Reading

UK and Japan join forces on digital government

Countries sign memorandum of cooperation to share ideas and strategies on digital government initiatives Continue Reading

IT recruitment: The hiring game

Diana Tomova graduated from the University of Essex with European Studies and modern languages in 2018. She now works as a system admin at Defra and is also embarking on a degree in Computer ... Continue Reading

Retail’s robotics reboot

Walmart and Amazon are among the retailers acquiring warehouse robotics firms, during a period of significant innovation in this space Continue Reading

Business workflows: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast

How ServiceNow is being used to drive business processes across IT and other business areas Continue Reading

Why technology change is slow at larger firms

Firms that commit to a single cloud provider and a lack of investment in improving developer productivity can drive up costs and slow down the pace of change, technology leaders say Continue Reading

Fewer CIOs have a seat on the board but we still need technology leaders

This democratisation of technology still needs a leader, but it’s a healthy sign that discussion of tech has become part of business as usual at board level Continue Reading

Almost 70% of businesses held back by talent shortage

Digital leaders in the UK have growing concerns about attracting and retaining talent, with many saying a lack of talent is standing in the way of change Continue Reading

U.S. Treasury: Ransomware attacks increased in 2021

A new report from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network showed an increase in businesses reporting ransomware attacks in the second half of 2021. Continue Reading

The Metaverse Standards Forum: What you need to know

Creating an open and inclusive metaverse will require the development and adoption of interoperability standards. That's the tall order of the Metaverse Standards Forum. Continue Reading

Alation set to advance data intelligence with new $123M

The data intelligence vendor, which aims to help enterprises organize data with data catalog technology, sees fundraising success and market demand for its platform. Continue Reading

Trilio Continuous Restore aimed at faster recovery time

Trilio's 3.0 upgrade for its TrilioVault for Kubernetes includes general availability of Continuous Restore and added support for Red Hat OpenShift. Continue Reading

Twilio delivers API-driven customer engagement platform

Twilio's new customer engagement platform merges Flex customer service and messaging with the Segment customer data platform. Continue Reading

Cisco rolls out fresh partner specialisations

Focus is on providing the channel with the opportunity to provide the support customers are searching for Continue Reading

Microsoft claims summer heatwave led to no excess water use by its datacentres

Software giant stokes scandal with befuddling statements about water use, despite eco-transparency pledge Continue Reading

Cynet, Palo Alto and Noname Security enhance partner support

Vendors Cynet, Palo Alto and Noname Security are using programmes and training to keep momentum going across their respective channel bases Continue Reading

Fresh crop of IT automation tools targets platform engineers

As enterprise IT shifts from full-stack DevOps to platform engineering, IT automation tools reinvented for the Kubernetes era can reduce toil for operators. Continue Reading

Shadow digital secretary outlines Labour’s tech priorities

Labour’s digital and technology plans focus on reining in the power of the tech giants, boosting connectivity across the UK, and improving online safety Continue Reading

Dropbox code compromised in phishing attack

Cloud storage service says malicious actors successfully accessed some of its code within GitHub, but insists customer data is secure Continue Reading

UK spent £6.4m on secret cyber package for Ukraine

Westminster has revealed for the first time the existence of a previously top-secret security programme that has been helping Ukraine fend off Russian cyber attacks Continue Reading

SCC sets out £300m M&A war chest

Channel player makes it clear that it is going to be dipping into the acquisition market in the next few years Continue Reading

Metaverse vs. multiverse vs. omniverse: Key differences

Virtual realities are coming to a computer interface near you. Will you be joining a metaverse, multiverse or an enterprise-oriented version of the omniverse? Continue Reading

Kusto Query Language primer for IT administrators

Administrators who use Microsoft cloud services, such as Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft 365, can learn how to pull information from those products with KQL queries. Continue Reading

Gig economy vs. creator economy: What's the difference?

With digital platforms and work flexibility, people are finding new ways to earn money. Two types of economies -- gig and creator -- offer alternative ways to make an income. Continue Reading

9 steps for wireless network planning and design

Wireless network planning may appear daunting. But IT teams can tackle this task in nine key phases, which include capacity, redundancy and site surveys. Continue Reading

OpenSSL vulnerabilities ‘not as bad as feared’

As previously trailed, OpenSSL patched two buffer overflow vulnerabilities, neither of them as impactful as had been feared Continue Reading

What to expect from Workday Rising 2022 

Hardy toughened souls (capable of braving the cold) as they are, the Computer Weekly Developer Network team is headed to Stockholm, Sweden, for Workday Rising Europe 2022. The event runs from ... Continue Reading

Can crypto recover from the crash of 2022?

What does the crypto wipeout of 2022 mean for an increasingly turbulent economy and can crypto bounce back in the months and years ahead? Crucially, how will regulators react? Continue Reading

Alibaba Cloud debuts cloud-powered laptop

Alibaba Cloud launches a cloud-powered laptop that will enable mobile workers to crunch compute-intensive workloads without the need for more powerful machines Continue Reading

Security Think Tank: Know your networks, know your suppliers

To combat the ransomware scourge, we must work harder to monitor and learn from the increasingly complex threat environment, keep a closer eye on supply chains, and share our insights Continue Reading

Truespeed invests £22m into South-West full-fibre roll-out

With the addition of 12 new areas to its gigabit broadband network, Bath-based UK altnet expands full-fibre network access to parts of home city and regions of South Gloucestershire and North Somerset Continue Reading

Tech to drive collaboration and fend off recession at UK medium firms

Report from Virgin Media O2 Business finds almost half of medium-sized businesses want more IT support to help drive their business ambition and with such firms’ employees only spending a quarter of their time in the office, cutting-edge tech is needed to help them collaborate and work smarter Continue Reading

Game of ‘hardball’ in Horizon negotiations left subpostmasters exposed to tragedy

‘Hardball’ negotiations between the government, the Post Office and ICL meant subpostmasters were ignored and thrown into a tragedy that could have been averted Continue Reading

How Prostate Cancer UK built its own message bus

The cancer charity received funding ring-fenced for modernising its data management – the funds were spent on a solutions architect and an ETL process Continue Reading

9 common cryptocurrency scams in 2023

Some of the latest scams involve rug pulls, Ponzi schemes and phishing. Continue Reading

OpenSSL vulnerabilities get high-priority patches

The OpenSSL Project released version 3.0.7 Tuesday to address a pair of high-severity buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the widely used cryptography library. Continue Reading

Sustainable software needs more tools, corporate buy-in

Several tools can help developers build sustainable software, but it won't make a dent in carbon emissions without organizational support and better monitoring tools. Continue Reading

Security AI shifts left into DevSecOps

DevSecOps vendors such as GitLab and Palo Alto's Prisma Cloud embrace security AI throughout the software development lifecycle, as IT trust in AI grows. Continue Reading

What's the difference between WFM and WFO?

WFM and WFO systems can automate employee schedules. However, WFO platforms include contact center features, such as call recording, to improve agent performance. Continue Reading

Equalum CDC Connect embeds change data capture and streaming

The CDC technology vendor expanded the reach of its real-time data integration platform that provides event data streaming to keep data moving to where it's needed. Continue Reading

Promises, potential pitfalls of software-enabled flash

An open source project is aiming to upend how storage architecture runs, but for developers to see potential gains, they'll have to invest in both hardware and software. Continue Reading

Veritas Alta brings enterprise backup management to cloud

Veritas Alta looks to bring the full suite of Veritas Technologies backup products into the cloud with SaaS purchasing options and a new suite of management tools. Continue Reading

AnsibleFest 2022: Automation across distributed environments

IT environments are more distributed than ever, making infrastructure management increasingly challenging. Ansible's automation capabilities can help IT ops handle the complexity. Continue Reading

Highgate IT Solutions makes four-day week permanent

After a six-month trial, the results are in and the benefits of working a four-day week are clear for Highgate IT Solutions Continue Reading

HPE updates ProLiant servers bundled with GreenLake license

HPE added another software and service option with the new ProLiant servers featuring GreenLake, improved security software and Nextpoint services. Continue Reading

Logitech MX Master 3S for business & MX Keys combo (Gen 2)

Logitech makes quite good kit. In fairness, Logitech makes really pretty good desktop accessories – and it also makes gamepads, joysticks, speakers, headphones, trackballs, scanners and a whole ... Continue Reading

Cellebrite sees silver lining in the NetSuite cloud

It’s only natural that companies invest in business software solutions to bring about growth in their organisation. But in times of uncertainty, the narrative is around doing more with less, how to increase productivity and efficiency through automation, and how to get better control of supply chains. We see how one company is doing just that Continue Reading

Where do business continuity plans fit in a ransomware attack?

Recovery isn't the only priority when ransomware hits. Careful planning, training and coordination among IT teams are critical to maintain business continuity during an attack. Continue Reading

Four interviewing techniques to evaluate a tech hire

Looking for the right tech hire for your team? These four interviewing techniques will help you gauge a candidate's skills and strengths to contribute to your team. Continue Reading

Does data need to come from a single source of truth?

This is a guest blogpost by Steve Neat, General Manager, EMEA, at Alation For a long time, the overall objective of any data transformation has been to get all of an organisation’s data into one ... Continue Reading

NetApp launches BlueXP as single console across on-prem and cloud

BlueXP gives customers monitoring and control over all NetApp storage on-site and in multiple clouds. Meanwhile, its Ontap OS has added S3 object storage access Continue Reading

5G for WWAN interest grows as enterprises go wireless-first

As interest in wireless-first WAN connectivity increases, network pros might want to consider using 5G to enable WWAN links. Continue Reading

API series - SnapLogic: An engineer's view of the API universe

These thoughts on API management form part of the Computer Weekly Developer Network’s API series and come from Kamakshi Narayan in her role as director of product management at SnapLogic - the ... Continue Reading

Competition remains a major MSP concern

The latest MSP survey from Datto shows that fear of rivals has continued to be a market theme Continue Reading

Report reveals ‘clear gaps’ in UK’s broadband safety net

Latest update on progress of broadband roll-out guarantees from April to September 2022 shows worrying signs that as the cost-of-living crisis rolls on, swathes of the UK population could be priced out of gaining acceptable broadband Continue Reading

Cisco Networking Academy offers rookie cybersecurity classes

Cisco's cybersecurity track equips students for entry-level positions, including cybersecurity technician, junior cybersecurity analyst, and tier 1 help desk support role. Continue Reading