Enterprise software
Enterprise software covers a wide range of vital IT management decisions, from operating systems to databases, from business applications to integration and middleware. Your software purchasing and development strategy is central to delivering successful IT systems, and we examine the products and trends that help IT managers make the right choices for their organisation.
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Feature
04 Nov 2024
Coffee badging explained: Why businesses are cracking down
Companies are enforcing return-to-office mandates, and employees aren't thrilled. Boosting morale with perks and flexibility can ease the transition. Continue Reading
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News
04 Nov 2024
Government’s £600,000 offer to Horizon scandal victims was 'political'
The Post Office was blindsided by the previous government’s decision to offer £600,000 to all subpostmasters wrongly convicted of financial crimes as a result of Horizon failures Continue Reading
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News
25 Oct 2018
Nordic banks target SME customers with fintech services
Traditional Nordic banks are slimming down workforces as they turn increasingly to technology-based service delivery, and some are linking up with small fintech companies to deliver online products. Continue Reading
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News
25 Oct 2018
Becrypt security platform helps ease cloud adoption
Becrypt’s secure operating system is driving a new service aimed at helping organisations reduce cost and increase agility in using cloud-based services and online applications Continue Reading
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News
24 Oct 2018
Oracle bullish on growth in ASEAN
Enterprise technology juggernaut Oracle claims traction in cloud applications and growing interest in its cloud-based autonomous database service in Southeast Asia Continue Reading
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News
24 Oct 2018
FedEx's Oracle hybrid cloud only a bridge to all-SaaS ERP
A logistics heavyweight is in year three of a five-year plan to consolidate PeopleSoft and SAP systems on Oracle ERP Cloud and Analytics Cloud and absorb corporate acquisitions. Continue Reading
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News
24 Oct 2018
Autonomous taxi trials underway in Dubai
Dubai’s transport authority has started road testing the region’s first autonomous taxi, designed in partnership with Dubai Silicon Oasis and DG World Continue Reading
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News
24 Oct 2018
CTO interview: Proving new technology at Bloomberg
We speak to Shawn Edwards, global chief technology officer at Bloomberg, about identifying and nurturing great ideas Continue Reading
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Blog Post
24 Oct 2018
Google has got serious about Enterprise IT
Google has made a complete about-face on the enterprise. It took so long that if you were watching all the time you probably didn’t notice it, but it has turned through 180 degrees. Thinking back ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
24 Oct 2018
SAP TechEd Barcelona: the developer view
German softwarehaus SAP held its annual European TechEd technical conference in Barcelona this week. So was it technical? Yes, any keynote with command line code presentations surely ranks as ... Continue Reading
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News
24 Oct 2018
Oracle Open World 2018: CEO Mark Hurd says SAP ERP customers will defect
Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd opined at Open World that SAP ECC6 customers will defect, in some measure, to Oracle in preference to S/4 Hana Continue Reading
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Blog Post
24 Oct 2018
SAP developer lead: how we win hearts & minds
Afternoon sessions at this year's SAP TechEd Europe 2018 in Barcelona opened up the opportunity to speak to Thomas Grassl, SAP’s global head for developer and community relations. The Computer ... Continue Reading
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News
23 Oct 2018
HP ties up with Singapore university on Industry 4.0
The personal computing and printer giant has opened a research facility at Nanyang Technological University to advance digital manufacturing technologies Continue Reading
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News
23 Oct 2018
Interview: Steve Grobman, McAfee CTO shares his views on some burning security questions
Cyber security technology innovator and veteran Steve Grobman shares his views on adversarial artificial intelligence, post-quantum cryptography and security for next-gen tech Continue Reading
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News
23 Oct 2018
Igneous enhances unstructured data management product
Specialist Igneous allows customers to backup and archive, search, manage, move and handle large sets of unstructured files that mainstream NAS can find difficult to handle Continue Reading
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Blog Post
23 Oct 2018
Blockchain not the best technology for every use considered, says Australian government report
Australian government report finds that there is a better technology than blockchain for every use considered in its report Continue Reading
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Blog Post
23 Oct 2018
Cloud Foundry’s growth highlights open source success and the cracks in commercial licensing
Open source has crested the hill of enterprise acceptance. There's no longer the fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) that there was around open source a few years ago, plus it's often a lot easier ... Continue Reading
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News
23 Oct 2018
CIOs and the cloud: The future of European enterprise software
European organisations are moving to the cloud rapidly, but trepidation remains in concerning certain aspects, such as security Continue Reading
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News
23 Oct 2018
Software suites will dominate the business applications market
Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd contends that having a common user interface and the ability to support data flows across a business are key capabilities that will spur the dominance of software suites over time Continue Reading
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23 Oct 2018
Transform business with microservices and containers
In the first part of our buyer’s guide to cloud-native architectures, we look at how DevOps and microservice-based technology have advanced IT architectures. Continue Reading
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E-Zine
23 Oct 2018
Where next for digital identity?
In this week’s Computer Weekly, as the UK government hands its digital identity service, Gov.uk Verify, to the private sector, we examine the history and prospects for the troubled system. Our latest buyer’s guide looks at cloud-native architecture. And we compare the flash storage capabilities of the leading cloud providers, AWS, Azure and Google. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
23 Oct 2018
OpenWorld18: Ellison declares seek and destroy mission for database
At OpenWorld 2018 in San Francisco, Oracle founder and CTO Larry Ellison led on the putative resilience of the supplier’s “autonomous” database to cyber security threats Continue Reading
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News
22 Oct 2018
Government to invest an extra £215m in UK innovation centres
The extra funding will be given to the Catapult network of innovation centres, focusing on digital, medicines discovery, future cities and transport systems Continue Reading
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Opinion
22 Oct 2018
Want a 200% pay rise? If you do, let the robots do all the work
One of the newest Nobel economists has a theory, and if it's correct we'll all be in for a huge salary increase when the robots take over Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 Oct 2018
All Things Migration
So, in recent blogs I've talked about all things migration-wise; Windows migration issues and the testing thereof, migrating to the cloud, even migrating the cloud back to OnPrem, from OnPrem to ... Continue Reading
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News
22 Oct 2018
Cab firm to map 250,000 miles of London roads for CAVs
Cab operator Addison Lee has teamed up with CAV software specialist Oxbotica to start preparing the streets of London for self-driving cars Continue Reading
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Feature
22 Oct 2018
Transform business with microservices and containers
We look at how DevOps and microservice-based technology have advanced IT architectures Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 Oct 2018
Puppet pulls strings on new DevOps tools
Open source software configuration management company Puppet used its colourfully named Puppetize Live event in San Francisco this month to detail a new product designed to help measure their ... Continue Reading
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Feature
19 Oct 2018
A new era of collaboration for the NHS
Great Ormond Street Hospital's new research and innovation unit, Drive, marks a significant shift towards greater collaboration between NHS organisations and third-party industry partners Continue Reading
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Blog Post
19 Oct 2018
Citus Data donates 1% equity to non-profit PostgreSQL orgs
There’s open source and there’s open source. There’s genuine free and open source software (FOSS) and then there’s largely locked down proprietary non-dynamic library open source that is generally ... Continue Reading
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Tip
19 Oct 2018
How to manage cookie privacy in the enterprise
Cookies can make life easier for users by preventing them from having to re-enter passwords and preferences on websites, but they also carry some legitimate privacy concerns. Continue Reading
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News
19 Oct 2018
Zeppelin uses Splunk for pre-emptive maintenance
German construction equipment rental firm Zeppelin has been using Splunk to predict when its machinery will need maintenance before it breaks down Continue Reading
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News
19 Oct 2018
Russians using less cash after accelerated use of electronic payments
Russians are increasingly using electronic payments rather than cash, a recent study by Sberbank has found Continue Reading
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News
19 Oct 2018
Why CIOs need to find ways to manage the old and the new
In IT, nothing is ever reinvented and nothing ever really goes away. We investigate how IT departments can remain agile while managing legacy assets Continue Reading
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News
19 Oct 2018
McAfee combining threat intel with AI
Simulations show that threat intelligence and artificial intelligence is a powerful combination, according to McAfee’s technology head Continue Reading
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News
19 Oct 2018
Postal delivery robots trialled in Norway
The Norwegian postal service is testing out the value and viability of robots delivering mail to homes and businesses Continue Reading
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News
19 Oct 2018
Chinese insurance giant extends cloud service to other sectors
Ping An is opening up its cloud service to more sectors, including real estate and automotive, in its efforts to become a technology company Continue Reading
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News
18 Oct 2018
Amazon to open Manchester R&D centre and create 1,000 skilled jobs
Online retail giant will open a new office in Manchester and expand others to house 1,000 new skilled research and development employees in the UK Continue Reading
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News
18 Oct 2018
SAP Q3 2018: Cloud revenue up 39%
SAP’s Q3 2018 results show cloud revenue now at 22% of total and indicate momentum. S/4 Hana customers number 9,500 Continue Reading
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News
18 Oct 2018
Dubai Health Authority unveils virtual health app for GP consultations
Health authority adopts new technology as part of the Dubai Future Accelerators initiative Continue Reading
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E-Zine
18 Oct 2018
CW ANZ: Taming the data beast
Software-defined storage (SDS), which promises greater transparency and control over data, is an increasingly important tool in the enterprise technology armoury. In this issue of CW ANZ, we look at how Australian enterprises are turning to SDS to improve data management and direct data to different tiers of storage or to applications. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Oct 2018
Google Cloud CTO Brian Stevens on using open source for competitive advantage in the public cloud
Google Cloud CTO Brian Stevens on how the enterprise cloud conversation is changing, and why not all supplier declarations about supporting open source technologies are quite what they seem Continue Reading
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News
18 Oct 2018
MoJ to go all-in on public cloud as infrastructure modernisation push gathers pace
The Ministry of Justice claims modernising, retiring and migrating its legacy IT systems to the public cloud will help it accrue long-term savings of around 60% on hosting costs Continue Reading
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E-Zine
18 Oct 2018
CW ASEAN: Unlock flash opportunities
Traditional disks can no longer keep up with the needs of modern enterprises, which now rely more on business-critical software to digest heaps of corporate and customer data to make quick business decisions. In this issue of CW ASEAN, we take a look at how enterprises are taking to all-flash array storage, the factors to consider when laying out a flash storage strategy, and what enterprises need to do to lay the foundation necessary for getting the most out of the technology. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
18 Oct 2018
Best of VMworld Europe 2018 Awards nominations now open until 26 October
Read the criteria for the Best of VMworld Europe User Awards and find out how to submit your nomination Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Oct 2018
Experts laud SAP Analytics Cloud but question market position
The platform may be solid for predictive analytics, financial planning and other tasks of business analysts. But why use it instead of SAP BusinessObjects or a third-party BI tool? Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Oct 2018
Digital transformation makes team players of suppliers – caveat emptor
C-level executives organising digital transformation programmes prefer their suppliers to work as a single team. But it is not all plain sailing Continue Reading
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Blog Post
17 Oct 2018
Back to school with SUSE
We used to say: if you’re a developer, then you’re a full stack software application developer. Then we moved on to say: all developers are essentially mobile developers because all applications ... Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Oct 2018
Software requirements for international aid go beyond cloud and apps
Aid workers in extreme situations don’t always have stable access to the software they need over the cloud. Find out how they work around this Continue Reading
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Blog Post
17 Oct 2018
Dialling into the Huawei Mate20
Whether you can pronounce the company’s name or not, it’s for sure that Huawei (say: wah-way) has become a significant presence in the smartphone market today. Now with corporate ambitions to ... Continue Reading
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News
17 Oct 2018
Contactless payments surpass Chip and PIN in UK shops
Contactless card payments now account for more spending in UK stores than Chip and PIN Continue Reading
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News
17 Oct 2018
Microsoft signs pledge to assist people with dyslexia
Tech giant Microsoft has signed the Made by Diversity pledge to help more people with dyslexia use technology as part of their education Continue Reading
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News
16 Oct 2018
E-shelter secures planning permission for mega-datacentre campus in Dagenham
Colocation provider E-shelter has its plans approved to build a 60MW datacentre campus in Dagenham, East London Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Oct 2018
GlaxoSmithKline R&D CDO on combining Hadoop and Docker to boost drug discovery efforts
Mark Ramsey, chief digital officer of research and development at GSK, describes how banking on big data, containers and on-premise technologies is speeding up the company’s efforts to uncover new drugs and improve the hit rate of its clinical trials Continue Reading
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News
16 Oct 2018
Carrefour kicks off blockchain food traceability drive
Using blockchain to capture data, shoppers will be able to use their smartphones to see exactly where a product on the supermarket shelf came from Continue Reading
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News
16 Oct 2018
There is more to fintech than meets the eye
Financial technology goes way beyond the flashy apps facing consumers and into the depths of the back office Continue Reading
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News
16 Oct 2018
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies, aged 65
Computer programmer who helped propel Microsoft to become one of the world’s largest businesses will be remembered for his generosity Continue Reading
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16 Oct 2018
Blockchain delivers value with food sourcing system
Blockchain systems for food and drink are proving their value with tuna fishing, fresh food supply, and ecologically sound food sourcing. Continue Reading
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E-Zine
16 Oct 2018
Drilling into AI at Shell
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how oil giant Shell is using artificial intelligence and machine learning to boost workforce safety and productivity. We analyse the attempted Russian cyber attack revealed by the Dutch government. And we look at how blockchain is being used in the food and drink industry to improve supply chain management. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
16 Oct 2018
Zero-trust security model gaining traction
The zero-trust model of security is finally gaining traction as security professionals tap into new tools and executive buy-in to support this approach in an effort to improve security posture and practices Continue Reading
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News
16 Oct 2018
Hortonworks CTO weighs in on Cloudera merger
Besides marrying technologies from Hortonworks and Cloudera, the two companies could also come up with new product components after their merger is sealed Continue Reading
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News
15 Oct 2018
Microsoft staff allegedly pen open letter urging firm to drop bid for US government cloud deal
Letter calls on software giant to bow out of the race for a controversial, 10-year cloud contract with the US Department of Defense Continue Reading
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News
15 Oct 2018
Should you pay or should you go for free open source software?
Open source software is free, but many businesses are happy to pay for support. This model tends not to scale well, however, making wider deployment expensive. We weigh up the options Continue Reading
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News
15 Oct 2018
Good data governance is good business
Organisations are failing to understand the importance of getting their data relationship with customers right and seeing the business opportunities that it enables, an industry analyst warns Continue Reading
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Feature
15 Oct 2018
Chromebooks and G Suite: a good working alternative
We look at Chromebooks as collaboration clients, both in Google-oriented and mixed-platform environments Continue Reading
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News
15 Oct 2018
Big expectations, huge presence: Gitex 2018 opens
Artificial intelligence, blockchain, 5G, robotics, and virtual and augmented reality are all in the spotlight at Gitex Technology Week 2018 in Dubai Continue Reading
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News
15 Oct 2018
Atos and Google open London-based digital innovation centre to boost enterprise adoption of AI
Atos and Google follow up the news of their global joint push to increase enterprise use of artificial intelligence and cloud technologies by opening London-based innovation centre Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Oct 2018
7 ways to ensure a successful cloud ERP implementation
Understand why everything from documenting business processes to managing shadow IT can make or break your ERP implementation. Here's what you should know. Continue Reading
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News
12 Oct 2018
ASOS launches voice shopping on Google Assistant
Online fashion brand introduces voice shopping service to help customers navigate its thousands of products more easily Continue Reading
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Blog Post
12 Oct 2018
The fintech interview: Part 4 Akoni
Finetch Akoni brings corporate treasury capabilities to the SME sector with Google functionality the Holy Grail Continue Reading
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News
12 Oct 2018
AI is no silver bullet for cyber security
A security expert has called for businesses to manage the risks of adopting new technologies and improve their cyber hygiene, rather than see artificial intelligence as a panacea for their security woes Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Oct 2018
Data dominance the prize in Salesforce ERP integration moves
Following the MuleSoft acquisition in March, the Dreamforce conference reinforces the cloud CRM leader's ambition to become the front end to enterprise data. Continue Reading
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News
11 Oct 2018
AirAsia on becoming a data-first business by taking flight in Google Cloud
AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes on how Google cloud is underpinning its efforts to become a digital-first business where collaboration is king Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Oct 2018
Voice commerce rides on the backs of little smart speakers
The use of voice assistants and smart speakers continues to rise, but now companies are looking for ways to apply voice commercially in B2B and B2C sales. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 Oct 2018
Algorithm gets cancelled
Amazon has had to rein in the artificial intelligence it was using to help vet job applicants after picking up on its male chauvinist tendencies. As is the case with its human bigot counterparts, ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 Oct 2018
A Cure For IT Paranoia And A Dig In The US Ribs
Last week's IP Expo at EXCEL wasn't all bad news; we escaped the first night into proper London, to a brewery disguised as a pig restaurant and then, naturally, to a (posh) curry house. Well, it is ... Continue Reading
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News
11 Oct 2018
Highways England demonstrates connected cars in Kent
Connected cars are being demonstrated on roads in Kent as part of a project to improve safety and improve traffic flows Continue Reading
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News
11 Oct 2018
Robots in the workplace supported by 81% of business chiefs
Robotic process automation continues to be taken up by more organisations – but despite proven benefits, those that already use it are struggling to scale it up Continue Reading
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News
11 Oct 2018
MEPs urge Facebook to roll out election fraud prevention measures
Facebook is coming under pressure from European lawmakers to do more to prevent its user data from being misappropriated during elections Continue Reading
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E-Zine
11 Oct 2018
CW Middle East: Middle East warms to humanoid robots
Countries in the Middle East are warming to humanoid robotics, robotic process automation and artificial intelligence as these technologies become widely accepted globally. Also in this issue, read why Saudi Arabia has called on London’s fintechs to set up in the country with the promise of government support, and find out how the Gulf Warehousing Company has introduced cloud-based technology to replace paper processes used by its HR department. Continue Reading
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News
11 Oct 2018
Dropping commercial open source lowers PaaS costs at Fidelity
Investment company Fidelity has created an on-premise PaaS for its in-house developer teams using the open source Cloud Foundry platform Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 Oct 2018
Is Indian tech sector a threat or opportunity to UK’s fintech sector?
India is an opportunity and a threat when it comes to any tech focused sector and the UK government wants to ensure it is a friend in Fintech. Continue Reading
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Feature
10 Oct 2018
4 ways CHROs and their teams can bust through the HR AI hype
The AI washing of technology is real, and it's confusing tech buying teams across companies, including those looking for AI in HR. Here's how to get past that hype. Continue Reading
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News
10 Oct 2018
Volkswagen truck group’s journey to a subscription-based business model
VW’s truck business adopted a startup mentality to open a subscription-based business aimed at owners of truck fleets Continue Reading
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News
10 Oct 2018
SAP Customer Experience Live 2018: SAP steps up C/4 Hana efforts
SAP has used its Customer Experience Live conference in Barcelona to flesh out its C/4 Hana offer Continue Reading
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News
10 Oct 2018
Businesses must get ready for a multi-cloud strategy
The debate about what is the right enterprise IT architecture has moved beyond private, public and hybrid clouds to the need to run multiple clouds Continue Reading
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Blog Post
10 Oct 2018
Taming the flow monster in real-time payments
This is a guest post by Bhupendra Warathe, chief information officer for corporate and institutional Banking, information technology and operations at Standard Chartered Bank As the world adopts ... Continue Reading
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News
10 Oct 2018
Singapore extends reach of digital ID system with cloud
GovTech is using AWS to host a developer platform that enables government agencies and businesses to develop services that build on the upcoming National Digital Identity system Continue Reading
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News
10 Oct 2018
Huawei Connect 2018: Huawei tackles barriers to effective AI
At its annual customer and technology event, Huawei chairman Eric Xu set out 10 key challenges facing AI, and revealed how the networking supplier’s strategy will help to address these Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Oct 2018
Spiceworks puts 'personalisation factor' into IT procurement
Technology marketplace company Spiceworks has detailed how it thinks new Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities can be used to drive a 'new personalisation factor' at the connection point ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Oct 2018
Plankers: why midnight 00:00 is a dumb deadline
How many times have you heard people tell you that ‘deadline for submissions is midnight on Tuesday’ (or insert weekday of your choice)..? Sysadmin guru and technology commentator extraordinaire ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Oct 2018
Appian: 50 percent of software “ends in failure”
Low-code application development company Appian has conducted its Future of Work survey through IDG. Before looking at the ‘findings’, let’s remember the three cynical forewarnings that should ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Oct 2018
Spiceworks AI-automates the network inventory, in a free app
Technology 'marketplace' and collaboration platform company Spiceworks held its annual developer, customer, partner and related tech-practitioner conference this month in the Texan capital city of ... Continue Reading
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News
09 Oct 2018
Project xCloud: Microsoft draws on Azure for device-agnostic gaming push
Microsoft has revealed details of how its global Azure datacentre footprint will play a pivotal role in helping realise its ambitions to provide a low-latency, device-agnostic user experience to the worldwide gaming community Continue Reading
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News
09 Oct 2018
Blockchain adoption hotting up in Australia
The emerging technology is being tested in several industries in a country aspiring to be a global leader in blockchain development Continue Reading
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09 Oct 2018
Filling the blockchain chasm
Blockchain as a term is becoming common language, but there is a long way to go before it will mean anything to the performance of most organisations Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Oct 2018
IT professionals losing faith in direction IT is going at banks
Banking IT professional speaks out against worrying software development methods used in the UK Continue Reading
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News
09 Oct 2018
Huawei Connect 2018: China on the hunt for AI talent
At Huawei Connect 2018 in Shanghai, Huawei shared insights into how the developing artificial intelligence industry is changing the face of IT talent development in Asia-Pacific Continue Reading
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News
09 Oct 2018
Windows 10 update pulled after file losses
Microsoft has been forced to stop the October 2018 release of Windows 10 because users have complained it deletes files Continue Reading
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News
09 Oct 2018
Grab signs up for Azure, nabs investment from Microsoft
Ride-hailing, delivery and mobile payments firm will use slew of Azure services to improve operations and customer experience Continue Reading
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News
08 Oct 2018
Ctera to enhance multi-cloud after $30m funding boost
Ctera does “NAS replacement” on object storage in the cloud, but wants its customer on-premises hardware to be smarter to allow tiering of data to multiple private and public clouds Continue Reading