Internet technology
Internet technology has transformed businesses and public services, and as a result has also revolutionised the IT department. Web trends such as e-commerce, social media, Web 2.0 and cloud computing are essential elements of any successful IT strategy. We follow the latest developments and help IT managers choose the right products for their organisation.
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News
07 Jun 2024
European data chief prepares bid to get UK to join EU digital single market
Data initiative Gaia-X is trying to plug the UK into a planned digital European single market, as the EU seeks to extend the reach of vast and controversial data laws over global supply chains Continue Reading
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News
20 Dec 2023
Top 10 Benelux stories of 2023
The Benelux region is researching some of the latest digital technologies of the future with efforts to ensure the region keeps pace in quantum computing and artificial intelligence Continue Reading
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News
17 Sep 2021
JP Morgan launch of UK digital bank expected next week
JP Morgan will launch its UK digital retain bank next week, and continental Europe will be next if it’s a success Continue Reading
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Blog Post
17 Sep 2021
What to expect from UiPath Forward IV
It was all the way back in 2019 that we last posed the question... and asked what we could expect from a UiPath Forward conference. Back then, we spoke about who or what UiPath is… and we even ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Sep 2021
Digital retail: how to optimise success
GUEST BLOG: In this contributed blog post, Greg Ouillon, CTO, New Relic, talks about digital retail and how it has shifted during the pandemic. The last year has certainly changed the high street ... Continue Reading
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News
16 Sep 2021
BT gifts small businesses £7.5m in street advertising as Street Hub 2.0 units go live
Local businesses in Kensington and Chelsea are given the chance to advertise for free via digital screens in Street Hub 2.0 units while research reveals over 60% of small firms say local advertising will boost awareness of their business Continue Reading
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News
15 Sep 2021
Volkswagen supports Arm-based software-defined car standard
Car manufacturer's software business supports industry initiative to develop a standard platform and open-source reference implementation Continue Reading
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E-Zine
14 Sep 2021
Is 3D printing about to hit the mainstream?
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out about the emerging consumer services using 3D printing and ask if the technology is about to go mainstream. Our latest buyer’s guide looks at the importance of sustainable datacentres. And we analyse the risks of increasing contactless card spending limits and whether tech could help. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
13 Sep 2021
The digital road ahead: National Highways puts technology in the driving seat
We speak to National Highways about its multi-year plan to tech-enable the management and operations of our motorways Continue Reading
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News
09 Sep 2021
Latest Microsoft zero-day being actively exploited
New Microsoft zero-day CVE-2021-40444 affects multiple versions of Windows and is probably being exploited through convincing phishing attacks Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Sep 2021
Sumo Logic tightens strapping with ServiceNow
Sumo Logic can’t get through a press statement without using the term ‘continuous intelligence’, but that’s okay… every firm is allowed some form of core descriptor and it does explain what the ... Continue Reading
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News
07 Sep 2021
ICO in bid to end cookie pop-ups
Outgoing information commissioner Elizabeth Denham will call on her equivalents across the G7 group of countries to collaborate on an overhaul of cookie consent pop-ups Continue Reading
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News
07 Sep 2021
Banking anti-fraud scheme blocks 65% more fraud
Scheme designed to protect vulnerable people against banking fraud has been expanded to include online scams Continue Reading
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News
06 Sep 2021
NetApp and AWS launch fully managed Ontap cloud file storage
But hybrid cloud still limited, according to NetApp. Until containerisation is widespread, applications tend to be built for the cloud or work better in the datacentre Continue Reading
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Blog Post
06 Sep 2021
AWS DevOps Guru offers transcendental remediation
Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), is, just in case you hadn’t noticed, a big company. As such, it can pretty much name its products however it likes… and Amazon DevOps Guru is a case in point. Not ... Continue Reading
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News
02 Sep 2021
How high can the contactless card limit go without two-factor authentication?
The spending limit for contactless cards has reached an eyebrow-raising triple-digit figure – £100 – raising questions about the need for user authentication Continue Reading
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News
02 Sep 2021
WhatsApp fined €225m over GDPR breaches
Irish data protection watchdog has issued one of the largest GDPR fines to date against Facebook-owned WhatsApp Continue Reading
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Feature
02 Sep 2021
Five key questions to ask about storage-as-a-service and consumption models
We look at important questions to ask providers of consumption-based storage procurement services, such as base costs and burst, usage measurement and upgrade paths Continue Reading
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News
02 Sep 2021
Twitter tests auto-block feature for accounts at risk of abuse
Latest Twitter feature automatically blocks abusive users, and is intended to help victims regain control of their experience on the platform Continue Reading
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News
01 Sep 2021
Tech sector spends nearly €100m a year lobbying the EU
Study on technology firms’ lobbying efforts in the European Union shows the sector spends more than any other in trying to influence policies and legislation Continue Reading
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Blog Post
01 Sep 2021
The hyper agility stack - OutSystems (part #2): The road to augmented development
In a world of ever-fast-changing cloud-based applications, a modern approach to application development is needed, argues vice president for platform strategy at OutSystems Miguel Lopes - this is a ... Continue Reading
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News
31 Aug 2021
Submarine cable network nears 500 companies over 1.3 million km
New interactive map of sub-sea connectivity industry shows how providers are enhancing the user experience with new cables, landing stations, and upgraded search and select functionalities Continue Reading
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Blog Post
31 Aug 2021
The quest for hyper-agility — OutSystems (part #1): A brief history of composable software
In a world of ever-fast-changing cloud-based applications, an augmented approach to application development is needed, argues vice president for platform strategy at OutSystems Miguel Lopes — this ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
31 Aug 2021
AtomicJar, nuclear integration testing just got jammy
AtomicJar is a startup on a mission to make integration testing easier for developers across the software development lifecycle. The organisation aims to serve the Testcontainers community, build ... Continue Reading
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News
31 Aug 2021
Singtel counts on telco edge to crack enterprise 5G market
Singtel is counting on its investments in its multi-access edge compute platform to stand out in the enterprise market for 5G services Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Aug 2021
Boots leading drive for ‘professionalisation of IT’ in retail
Boots becomes member of the BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, as CIO Rich Corbridge accelerates drive for the ‘professionalisation of IT’ Continue Reading
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Blog Post
26 Aug 2021
New Relic opens wider on open source observability
Known for its observability technology, New Relic this year joined the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Governing Board as a platinum member. It was a natural biological organic fit, say ... Continue Reading
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E-Zine
26 Aug 2021
CW Nordics: Klarna alumni energise Stockholm’s startup scene
Klarna, established in 2005, has not only grown into a well-known Swedish fintech brand, but former staff have gone on to create some of the Nordic region's new startup ventures that are currently riding a wave of growth. Find out more about the so-called ‘Klarna academy’. Also read in this issue why growing tech companies in Stockholm say the city's startup environment needs to diversify more. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
25 Aug 2021
Kong Konnect on Red Hat OpenShift ups API (K)onnectivity
APIs are everything. Actually, they’re not, they’re just really important in the context of modern cloud applications, services and distributed networks that rely upon the interconnectivity and ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
24 Aug 2021
TIBCO CTO: Beyond APIs, IT stack composability is the sum of many parts
The Computer Weekly Developer Network has been in pieces. Not literally, emotionally or figuratively as such, but in terms of our approach to ingesting and analysing the state of the technology ... Continue Reading
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News
24 Aug 2021
How Zendesk is gearing up for growth in APAC
Zendesk has its eye on Japan and the enterprise segment while building up its partner ecosystem to grow its business in the Asia-Pacific region Continue Reading
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News
23 Aug 2021
Veeam survey: Big cloud impact on backup and disaster recovery
Backup specialist finds cloud eclipses on-site compute for all workloads while DR makes big strides in the cloud despite concerns about complexity and security Continue Reading
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News
20 Aug 2021
Facebook vows to replenish more water than it consumes across its global operations by 2030
Social networking giant is following in Microsoft’s footprints by setting itself a goal of becoming a water-positive entity by 2030 Continue Reading
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News
19 Aug 2021
Challenger banks make reputational gains in business banking
The business banking sector is a big target for digital challengers and some are already building good reputations in the market Continue Reading
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News
17 Aug 2021
What will be the bank branch balance in the digital age?
Will the traditional banks be permanently disadvantaged by the need to retain bank branches or could they turn it to their advantage? Continue Reading
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News
16 Aug 2021
NAB partners AWS, global banks on open finance
Australia’s NAB teams up with three other banks and AWS to run an open global finance challenge that will see participating teams prototype new digital banking services Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Aug 2021
Linode: developers like cloud, but worry about CSP ‘values’
Linode is not afraid to be a bit different, or so it appears. The firm takes an open stance on sensitive issues and even uses a quirky company descriptor. Those not familiar with the Philly ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 Aug 2021
Why Confluent Kubernetes is a data-in-motion play
Open source is all about data, obviously… but we’ve seen these last few months really amplify the notion of data-in-motion. It wasn’t so long ago that Confluent for Kubernetes arrived, a platform ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 Aug 2021
Yellowfin cans (embeds) contextual analytics BI for developers
Clearly big tuna fans, Yellowfin is an analytics vendor that combines action-based dashboards, automated discovery and what it likes to call ‘data storytelling’, which is presumably some form of ... Continue Reading
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News
11 Aug 2021
Global fintech investments reach new heights
The global financial technology industry is emerging from the pandemic-triggered slowdown with record levels of investment to fuel further growth Continue Reading
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News
10 Aug 2021
Banks could be blocked from closing branches through FCA legislation
UK financial services regulator the Financial Conduct Authority considers legislation that could block some bank branch closures to ensure citizens have easy access to cash Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Aug 2021
The control plane has landed
The era of control planes has started. That’s what Upbound, the company behind the open source Crossplane project (now donated to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) in full) thinks. Why ... Continue Reading
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News
06 Aug 2021
Apple unveils plans to scan US iPhones for child sex abuse images
Apple will introduce child sexual abuse material detection for US users later this year, but some experts are worried that the technology could be repurposed to scan phones for other kinds of content Continue Reading
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News
05 Aug 2021
Around 75% of minority tech employees don’t feel a sense of belonging at work
Research by Capgemini found just over three-quarters of global tech employees who are women or ethnic minorities don’t feel a sense of belonging at work Continue Reading
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News
05 Aug 2021
Unit4 doubles down on APAC business
Supplier of mid-market ERP systems Unit4 is investing in a research and development centre in Jakarta as part of efforts to win market share from established players Continue Reading
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News
04 Aug 2021
M&S launches initiative to hire software engineers
Supermarket and department store M&S has launched an initiative designed to help it find software engineering talent Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Aug 2021
Disaster recovery for SMEs: Five key areas to consider
We look at key disaster recovery considerations for SMEs, including why backup is not enough, how to create a disaster recovery plan, best-practice DR testing and DR as a service Continue Reading
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E-Zine
03 Aug 2021
The fears and benefits of virtualising reality
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the mingling of virtual and physical worlds and find positive applications and worrisome implications from augmented reality. We find out how to run a virtual hackathon during the pandemic – pizza still included. And we look at how to improve performance of your private cloud. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
29 Jul 2021
Investigatory Powers Tribunal finds UK spy agencies unlawfully collected personal data
Campaign groups Privacy International and Liberty are gearing up to bring further legal action after a court found that UK spy agencies unlawfully collected phone and internet records Continue Reading
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Blog Post
28 Jul 2021
From incubation-to-graduation: CNCF ‘graduates’ Linkerd service mesh
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) tells us that it’s on a mission. That mission is to build not just cloud-native software, that part should be obvious, right? Its self-stated mission is ... Continue Reading
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News
27 Jul 2021
Gaming could reduce the gamble for users of online finance
Financial gaming platform designed to educate the increasing number of amateur traders Continue Reading
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News
27 Jul 2021
TikTok sets up cyber security hub in Dublin
Dublin-based cyber centre will oversee the security of TikTok’s users across Europe Continue Reading
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Blog Post
26 Jul 2021
The ephemeral composable stack - Synology: Data's 'move' to distributed intelligence
Composable IT is increasingly being discussed across the industry, but the adoption and implementation at enterprise level can be challenging even for the best. This is a guest post for the ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
25 Jul 2021
The ephemeral composable stack - YourBase: It depends on dependencies
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Yves Junqueira in his position as CEO at YourBase – a software testing acceleration platform that automates the test ... Continue Reading
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News
22 Jul 2021
Plans to address legal but harmful content ‘threaten free speech’
House of Lords report criticises the government’s forthcoming Online Safety Bill for imposing duty of care on tech platforms to deal with ‘legal but harmful’ content, which it says threatens freedom of expression online Continue Reading
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Feature
22 Jul 2021
New thinking and systems required to tackle online fraud in retail
Online fraud is a growing problem for retail, but are merchants doing enough to update systems and how should they change their actions to address it? Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 Jul 2021
The ephemeral composable stack - IFS: Move over monoliths, microservices ahead
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Antony Bourne in his role as SVP Industries at IFS -- IFS develops and delivers enterprise software for companies around ... Continue Reading
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News
20 Jul 2021
Nordic banks join forces to compete with fintechs
Collaboration will be key for traditional Nordic banks to retain business amid intense competition from tech companies Continue Reading
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20 Jul 2021
Video commerce and livestreaming make waves in retail
The growth in e-commerce during the pandemic is well documented, but the fragmented retail environment has also helped video commerce and livestreaming rise to prominence Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Jul 2021
The ephemeral composable stack - Hadean: Alignment to a common abstraction
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Aidan Hobson Sayers, technical director at Hadean. Hadean was founded in 2015 with a mission to democratise supercomputing ... Continue Reading
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Feature
19 Jul 2021
Storage-as-a-service: Consumption models from the big six
We look at the big six storage makers’ consumption model offers, which allow customers to pay for on-prem hardware and cloud storage capacity on a pay-per-use basis, within limits Continue Reading
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News
19 Jul 2021
Privacy Shield: One year on and companies are still grappling for answers
Activist lawyer Max Schrems and Eduardo Ustaran, partner at Hogan Lovells, look for common ground in a problem with no easy answers Continue Reading
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Blog Post
19 Jul 2021
The ephemeral composable stack - Couchbase: all board the unified control plane
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written in full by Rahul Pradhan in his role as senior director for product and engineering in the cloud division at Couchbase. ... Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Jul 2021
Briefing: Cloud storage performance metrics
We look at some of the key storage performance metrics that determine what your applications will get from cloud storage, plus cloud essentials that are beyond simple measurement Continue Reading
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News
15 Jul 2021
UK government publishes skills-focused anti-disinformation plan
Online Media Literacy Strategy aims to train teachers and care-givers in understanding disinformation so they can help others in safely navigating the internet Continue Reading
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News
15 Jul 2021
Fintech sector continues to attract investment as Revolut hits $33bn valuation
Revolut has become the most valuable financial technology firm in the UK after its latest round of investment, with plans for a ‘superapp’ Continue Reading
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Feature
15 Jul 2021
APAC datacentres gear up for the future
Datacentre operators in the Asia-Pacific region are dabbling in advanced power and cooling solutions, along with machine learning and edge computing, to keep pace with growing demand for their services Continue Reading
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Blog Post
15 Jul 2021
The ephemeral stack - commercetools: Why GraphQL is the 'glue' for composability
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Kelly Goetsch in his role as chief product officer at commercetools -- a cloud-based headless commerce platform that ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
14 Jul 2021
The ephemeral stack - Coralogix: First composable thinking, THEN composable tech
This post is written by Ariel Assaraf in his capacity as CEO at Coralogix -- a stateful streaming analytics platform that produces real-time insights and long-term trend analysis with no reliance ... Continue Reading
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News
13 Jul 2021
UK fintech investments recovering from lost year
Fintech investments have bounced back in the first half of this year after a Covid-19-hit 2020 Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 Jul 2021
The composable stack - Veritas: Building an ephemeral-persistent balance
This is a guest post by Anthony Cusimano in his role as solutions evangelist at Veritas Technologies -- a company known for its work in cloud storage, backup & recovery services, data ... Continue Reading
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E-Zine
13 Jul 2021
Driving intelligence – behind the scenes of Volkswagen’s in-car software
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we go behind the scenes of Volkswagen’s in-car software R&D centre. The UK’s largest supercomputer has gone live in Cambridge – we find out how it will transform healthcare research. And we talk to DWP’s digital chief about the restructuring of its IT capabilities. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Jul 2021
Brands opt for headless e-commerce vs. traditional commerce
For large enterprises, headless commerce breaks down websites into user-friendly modules marketers can update. SMBs can also use it, paired with WordPress and other simple tools. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
12 Jul 2021
What’s your contingency plan for when ‘online’ stops working?
Last week I had the misfortune to spend just over an hour and a half listening to a crackly loop of recorded announcements. They were remarkably dull, even before I’d heard them several dozen ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
12 Jul 2021
The ephemeral stack - LGN: Composable datacentres for ‘edge’ AI
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Daniel Warner in his capacity as CEO and co-founder of LGN -- a company known as a developer of artificial perception ... Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Jul 2021
Tech and new experiences tackling trouble at t’mall
UK shopping centres are under pressure, but new concepts, tech-infused spaces, and fresh approaches to consumer engagement are revitalising the sector Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 Jul 2021
The composable ephemeral stack - Polymath: Blockchains in the ether
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Adam Dossa in his role as chief technology officer at Polymath -- the company is known for its technology that provides a ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Jul 2021
The ephemeral composable stack - Infor: The composition complexity conundrum
There’s that strange moment when you walk into an enterprise technology ‘show floor’ after the breakfast, keynotes, handshakes (hand sanitiser application) and the point where you grab a free ... Continue Reading
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Opinion
08 Jul 2021
Why identity is the central problem for the future of the internet
As debate rages over who has the right to control user identities online, is the concept of decentralised identity about to have its day? Continue Reading
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E-Zine
08 Jul 2021
CW Middle East: Pandemic speeds up edtech revolution in Gulf
One of the lessons the Covid-19 pandemic has taught governments across the world is that education providers can still teach when their premises are inaccessible. Read how organisations in the Gulf region’s education sector have been quick to adopt the latest education technology, known as edtech, to help in this endeavour. Also read in this issue how Indian IT services company TCS is bringing together universities, businesses, tech startups and government to work on sustainability challenges. Continue Reading
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News
07 Jul 2021
Flexify brings virtualisation layer to multi-cloud storage
Cloud storage virtualisation provider allows application access via S3 API calls to a single destination while capacity can be in numerous clouds with migration between them Continue Reading
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News
06 Jul 2021
Google Cloud ties up with AI Singapore on skills training
Google Cloud is working with Singapore’s national AI programme to build up the country’s talent pool in machine learning and AI Continue Reading
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News
06 Jul 2021
Ocado sees 19.8% increase in retail business revenue
Online retailer’s half-year results show a significant increase in revenue for its retail business, with numbers reaching £1.2bn Continue Reading
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News
06 Jul 2021
Bank of England searches for new CIO amid once-in-a-generation project
The Bank of England is recruiting a head of IT during a period of major change in its core IT system Continue Reading
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News
06 Jul 2021
Nordic fintech could lead the world
Will the Nordics become the fintech and open banking innovation capital of the world? Continue Reading
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Blog Post
05 Jul 2021
The ephemeral composable stack - Cloudinary: Modularity with opinionated clarity
The is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Doron Sherman in his capacity as VP of developer relations at Cloudinary. Cloudinary is known for its cloud-based image and ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
02 Jul 2021
The composable ephemeral stack - Colt: The mission to transmission 2.0
The global technology stack is moving towards a more universally composable interconnected multi-layered (and multi-tenant) architecture where hybrid-multi-poly cloud resources are coalesced into ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
02 Jul 2021
The ephemeral composable stack - HashiCorp: The fine line between independence & chaos
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Guy Sayar in his capacity as field CTO for EMEA region at HashiCorp -- the company is known for its modular DevOps ... Continue Reading
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News
01 Jul 2021
Nordic mobile wallets to merge onto single tech platform
Plans underway to merge the mobile wallets of various Nordic banks into a single public cloud-based technology platform Continue Reading
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News
01 Jul 2021
SAP claims ‘huge momentum’ for Rise in APAC
A top SAP executive claims the region is leading the way in the ‘Rise with SAP’ cloud transformation programme which has been bolstered with modular cloud enterprise resource planning offerings Continue Reading
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News
30 Jun 2021
LinkedIn denies exposure of 700 million user records is a data breach
Data relating to 700 million users of the LinkedIn networking platform has appeared for sale, but the firm says it is the victim of data scraping, not a security breach Continue Reading
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Feature
30 Jun 2021
Lakehouse concept aims to merge data lake and data warehouse
Data lakes are big, amorphous and difficult to access, while data warehouses are costly and aimed at structured data. The data lakehouse aims at analytics in an age of unstructured data Continue Reading
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News
29 Jun 2021
E-commerce giant Shopify upgrades Liquid, dev tools
Buoyed by the pandemic e-commerce boom, Shopify rolls out upgrades for no-code, low-code and pro-code offerings for its web platform -- and rewrites APIs to make stores faster. Continue Reading
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News
29 Jun 2021
Bank branches will be a thing of the past in five years, say bankers
Traditional bank branches are likely to disappear from the high street in the next five years, but banking ecosystems will ensure customer service levels are high, say bankers Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Jun 2021
Claranet cloud lead: Sharper developer tools needed for edge compute
We all know where the edge is, it’s that peripheral zone of data existence somewhere near the outer reaches of the western spiral arm of the galaxy in the Internet of Things (IoT). Given that we ... Continue Reading
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News
28 Jun 2021
Zopa Bank to make profit in its first year
Bank set up by peer-to-peer lending fintech firm expected to make a profit in its first year Continue Reading
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Blog Post
28 Jun 2021
The ephemeral composable stack - Civo: Combatting container complexity
Civo (pronounced see-vo, not chi-vo) is a cloud native service provider known for its work with Kubernetes. The company thinks that around half of what it would identify as cloud developers are ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
25 Jun 2021
The ephemeral composable stack - Copado: Orchestrating cloud-connected DevOps
Copado might sound like some type of tropical fruit drink, but it is in fact a DevOps specialist organisation that embraces cloud-native computing for what it calls a ‘true multi-cloud DevOps’ ... Continue Reading
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News
25 Jun 2021
CMA to probe Amazon and Google over fake reviews
The CMA has opened an investigation into Amazon and Google over possible breaches of consumer protection law Continue Reading
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Blog Post
25 Jun 2021
The dangers of binary arguments in a complex and relative digital world
In his 1983 book, Modern times: a history of the world from the 1920s to the year 2000, historian Paul Johnson claims the modern world started on 29 May 1919, when astronomers studying a solar ... Continue Reading
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News
25 Jun 2021
Brighton tourists charged thousands of pounds for fairground ride after Worldpay glitch
Tourists at a Brighton attraction were overcharged by thousands of pounds due to a glitch at payment processor Worldpay Continue Reading