Mobile apps and software
Mobile apps and app stores have introduced a new way of developing and distributing software that opens up opportunities for corporate IT strategies. IT managers need to understand the relative merits of products such as Android, iOS, WebOS and Blackberry - and in particular the most popular enterprise mobile software, Blackberry Exchange Server (BES). We follow the latest developments in this fast-moving mobile apps and software sector.
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News
20 Dec 2024
Railway connectivity on track to break $1bn revenue mark
Research finds spending on Future Railway Mobile Communication System based on 5G and LTE networks will gain speed over the next three years, with Asia being the engine of growth Continue Reading
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News
19 Dec 2024
Nokia and e& UAE claim world first in end-to-end network slicing for premium apps
Intent-based network slicing solution allows leading MENA operator to enhance user experiences for premium services such as enterprise applications Continue Reading
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News
01 Nov 2019
Banks let customers down with mixed approaches to security
Treasury Committee report recommends new measures to tackle financial fraud Continue Reading
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Blog Post
01 Nov 2019
CI/CD series - Sumo Logic: the pipelines provide continuous data – are you using it?
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network in our Continuous Integration (CI) & Continuous Delivery (CD) series. This contribution is written by Mark Pidgeon, vice president ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
01 Nov 2019
CI/CD series - Qualys: Continuous deployment & security – how to avoid blockages
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network in our Continuous Integration (CI) & Continuous Delivery (CD) series. This contribution is written by Marco Rottigni, chief ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
31 Oct 2019
CI/CD series - Veracode: up the code pipeline without going down the rabbit hole
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network in our Continuous Integration (CI) & Continuous Delivery (CD) series. This contribution is written by Paul Farrington in his ... Continue Reading
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News
31 Oct 2019
BT network investments dig into half-year profits
The need for speed, and the need to lay down and connect high-speed broadband and fibre, has put a break on the financial performance of BT over the first six months of its fiscal year Continue Reading
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News
31 Oct 2019
Global smartphone market grows for first time in two years
Range of market stimuli align to see global smartphone shipments growing 1% in the third quarter of 2019, bucking two years of declines Continue Reading
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News
31 Oct 2019
Apple finds good fit in wearables and services in fourth quarter
Consumer electronics giant sees marked pivot from products to services in quarterly results Continue Reading
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Blog Post
31 Oct 2019
CI/CD series - GitLab: everyone deserves to deploy at high velocity
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network in our Continuous Integration (CI) & Continuous Delivery (CD) series. This contribution is written by Jason Lenny, director of ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
30 Oct 2019
CI/CD series - Perforce: polishing the production pipeline
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network in our Continuous Integration (CI) & Continuous Delivery (CD) series. This contribution is written by Ido Benmoshe, VP of product ... Continue Reading
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News
29 Oct 2019
Reykjavik: An IT ecosystem beyond the ice
Iceland is a small island between Europe and the US, and that is one of several reasons why it is attracting tech startups to its capital Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Oct 2019
Pegasystems lays down the do's & don'ts of RPA
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Francis Carden is his capacity as vice president for digital automation and robotics at Pegasystems -- the company is known ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Oct 2019
Nice on RPA for EAI: inside out & beyond
Product Director for Nice advanced process automation solutions Itay Reiner spoke to the Computer Weekly Developer Network to discuss how Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is used to aid Enterprise ... Continue Reading
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News
28 Oct 2019
5G projected to bring $1.4tn to global economy over next decade
Survey from Huawei and STL Partners calculates that 5G mobile technologies are set to create an extra $1.4tn in gross domestic product for worldwide economies over the next decade Continue Reading
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Blog Post
25 Oct 2019
Abbyy Timeline: digging into process intelligence
The Computer Weekly Developer Network team engulfed itself in process intelligence at Abbyy Content IQ this season at a session delivered by Ryan Raiker, senior product marketing manager and Alex ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
24 Oct 2019
Big Lemon: How developers are helping change student energy consumption
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer network written by Owen Richards, co-founder and head developer of Big Lemon. Big Lemon is a software development agency based in South Wales. ... Continue Reading
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News
24 Oct 2019
How Singtel and Dell are approaching digital transformation
Singtel employees are learning to create their own robotic process automation-powered bots while Dell has speeded up application development from months to weeks Continue Reading
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News
23 Oct 2019
Take responsibility for cyber security basics, urges NCSC CEO
At the launch of its third annual review, NCSC head Ciaran Martin appealed for individuals and businesses to address the fundamentals of cyber security hygiene to help lighten the load Continue Reading
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News
22 Oct 2019
Banks move to contain impact of Samsung biometric flaw
NatWest and Nationwide have moved to lock down their mobile banking apps after Samsung warned of a biometric security flaw on its Galaxy and Note S10 devices Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 Oct 2019
CI/CD series: What drives continuum in software?
Software used to shut down. Users would boot up applications and wrangle about with their various functions until they had completed the tasks, computations or analyses that they wanted -- and then ... Continue Reading
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News
21 Oct 2019
Edge computing, 5G spur mobile mixed reality market
Research identifies 5G networks and edge computing as two key emerging technologies that will accelerate the development of mixed reality from 2020 Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Oct 2019
How retailers are using social to reach Gen Z and beyond
The younger generation of shoppers are all using social media, so how are retailers using influencers to reach these potential customers and their spending power? Continue Reading
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News
18 Oct 2019
Home Office Brexit app finally available for iPhone
A mobile app to help EU citizens apply for Settled and Pre-Settled Status after Brexit is finally available for Apple iPhone devices, but only on newer generations Continue Reading
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News
18 Oct 2019
Huge rise in rogue banking apps driving fraud attacks
Fraud perpetrated through fake mobile apps purporting to be from legitimate banks has seen a statistically significant spike, says RSA Continue Reading
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News
17 Oct 2019
Three hit by network outage
Telco blames “technical difficulties” for outage that has taken down voice, text and data services Continue Reading
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News
17 Oct 2019
Singapore kicks off first steps in 5G roll-out
Singapore’s telco regulator will award 5G spectrum to mobile operators by the middle of next year, culminating in the deployment of two nationwide 5G networks by the end of 2022 Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Oct 2019
Ripple invests in Swedish open source start-up Towo Labs
Towo Labs, a Swedish startup aimed at simplifying ‘crypto self-custody’, has announced an investment from Xpring, Ripple’s developer initiative. Xpring is described as an initiative by Ripple that ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Oct 2019
Appian & UiPath connect neurons on robotic workforce tools
Low-code software company Appian has announced the availability of the Appian Robotic Workforce Manager for UiPath, the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) specialist. The software optimises ... Continue Reading
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News
16 Oct 2019
Zopa continues in its mission to apply a Netflix user experience to banking
Zopa has made a credit scoring tool available as it continues to expand the portfolio of products it offers beyond loans. Continue Reading
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News
15 Oct 2019
Huawei: Fresh mindset needed to speed up 5G development
It may already enjoy pricing and technological advantages, but Huawei is calling on 5G industry to collaborate more, especially with regard to regulatory policy Continue Reading
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News
15 Oct 2019
Attackers hunt iPhone jailbreakers in click fraud campaign
Research by Cisco’s Talos threat intel unit has identified a new click fraud campaign targeting people looking to jailbreak their iPhone devices Continue Reading
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News
14 Oct 2019
Digital and innovation apprentices to start NatWest programme
NatWest is kicking off a tech apprentice programme, with its digital innovation hub set to play a key role Continue Reading
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News
14 Oct 2019
French and German banks end talks on challenger bank sale
After months of negotiations, BPCE's proposed sale of Fidor Bank to OLB has fallen through Continue Reading
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Blog Post
10 Oct 2019
Cloudinary image leader: developing the 'next' JPEG
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Dr Jon Sneyers, senior image researcher at Cloudinary. Cloudinary is a SaaS technology company headquartered in Santa ... Continue Reading
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News
09 Oct 2019
HETT 2019: Digital literacy gap will never be fully closed, says panel
The increasing use of digital technology in healthcare means it is important for people to be digitally literate to take part, but the digital literacy gap will always be there, says an expert panel Continue Reading
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Blog Post
08 Oct 2019
Women in code series: Cécile Tran
The Computer Weekly Developer Network and Open Source Insider team want to talk code and coding. But more than that, we want to talk coding across the diversity spectrum… so let’s get the tough ... Continue Reading
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News
07 Oct 2019
Southeast Asia’s internet economy hits $100bn milestone
The digital economy in Southeast Asia grew 39% this year but the growth momentum can only be sustained if talent gaps are filled Continue Reading
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News
04 Oct 2019
Government planning for ‘undeliverable’ ESN
The government has agreed to all of the Public Accounts Committee’s findings in its investigation into the Emergency Services Network, but there is still a chance the programme could collapse Continue Reading
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Feature
02 Oct 2019
Disabled consumers left logged out of retail’s digital revolution
Retailers are being urged to make their digital assets more accessible to disabled consumers, not just for moral and social reasons, but because of the commercial opportunity Continue Reading
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News
01 Oct 2019
Citrix looks to grow APAC footprint with the intelligent workspace
Citrix is looking to expand its footprint in Asia-Pacific – particularly in Japan, where firms are starting to warm up to flexible work arrangements Continue Reading
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Blog Post
01 Oct 2019
Sumo Logic: continuous digital ecommerce needs continuous intelligence
Self-styled ‘continuous intelligence’ company Sumo Logic has detailed news of ‘digital omnichannel ecommerce’ agency Vaimo now has adopting its technology to provide security analytics for its ... Continue Reading
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News
01 Oct 2019
Healthcare and technology have cultural similarities, says NHSX CEO
Common factors in healthcare and technology could help bring about a shift in attitudes, says Matthew Gould Continue Reading
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News
01 Oct 2019
Interview: James Smith, director of digital, Nationwide Building Society
James Smith says heading up the digital unit at Nationwide Building Society is the best job in the business Continue Reading
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Blog Post
30 Sep 2019
What to expect from UiPath Forward III 2019
The Computer Weekly Developer Network (CWDN) team is off to Las Vegas for UiPath FORWARD III 2019 to gorge on all things RPA. Robotic Process Automation (RPA)… or sometimes intelligent Robotic ... Continue Reading
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News
27 Sep 2019
Mayor launches guidance on building access to increase mobile coverage
London mayor Sadiq Khan has launched a new standard agreement for commercial landlords and public property owners to make it easier to access rooftops to install 5G Continue Reading
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Blog Post
23 Sep 2019
Women in code series: Cornelia Davis
The Computer Weekly Developer Network and Open Source Insider team want to talk code and coding. But more than that, we want to talk coding across the diversity spectrum… so let’s get the tough ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
23 Sep 2019
Infor process mining partnership goes ‘one deeper’ into digital
As a term, digital transformation is too woolly, too high-level, too broad and too vague. Yes, we know that it denotes the move to cloud platforms, the move to mobile-first technologies, the move ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Sep 2019
Dynatrace: cloud is complex & convoluted, is AI the antidote?
There’s an old saying in corporate communications: when there’s no news, do a press survey. That’s mostly true and the Computer Weekly Developer Network is notorious for our disdain of contrived ... Continue Reading
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E-Zine
19 Sep 2019
CW APAC: Buyer’s guide to human capital management
In this buyer’s guide, focused on human capital management (HCM) in the Asia-Pacific region, we look at the advantages of HCM software in recruitment, the importance of listening to staff and the considerations that should be made when using work algorithms. Continue Reading
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News
18 Sep 2019
Singapore Airlines extends use of VMware Workspace One
Singapore’s national carrier is extending the use of Workspace One to more users in a move to enable its workforce to stay productive while on the go Continue Reading
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Blog Post
18 Sep 2019
Code One showcases Oracle developer tools & platform
Oracle used the Code One section of its Oracle Open World 2019 conference to detail some of the more developer-centric elements of its total platform. Code One derives its name from JavaOne, the ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
17 Sep 2019
RPA series – Blue Prism: RPA has an interconnectivity X-factor
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Jon Theuerkauf, chief customer officer at Blue Prism - and this story forms part of a series of posts on CWDN that dig into ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
17 Sep 2019
RPA series: Enate - why initial RPA projects fail… & how to succeed
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Kit Cox, CEO at Enate – and this story forms part of a series of posts on CWDN that dig into the fast-growing topic of ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
17 Sep 2019
Oracle Open World: Autonomy, Acceleration, Assistants & Applications
Oracle used its Oracle Open World 2019 conference to produce its customary barrage of product announcements. Amidst this volley of customer wins, platform enhancements, application enrichments and ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
17 Sep 2019
RPA series: Digital Workforce - does RPA integration beat APIs?
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Niko Lehtonen, head of training at Digital Workforce – and this story forms part of a series of posts on CWDN that dig into ... Continue Reading
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News
17 Sep 2019
US lawmakers demand internal Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon documents in antitrust probe
US lawmakers have given big tech companies a deadline to disclose a wide range of documents as the House Judiciary Committee’s bipartisan investigation into competition gathers pace Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Sep 2019
RPA series: Appian - creating an integrated robotic workforce with RPA
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Sathya Srinivasan, principal solutions architect at Appian -- and this story forms part of a series of posts on CWDN that ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
13 Sep 2019
RPA series: IFS - Up, up and RPAway!
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Bob De Caux, director of AI and RPA at IFS. IFS is known for its industrial cloud software deployments with a specific ... Continue Reading
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News
13 Sep 2019
Fintech lender increases loan limit as customer demand accelerates
Small business lender Esme Loans has increased its loan limit to quarter of a million pounds as businesses are drawn to its simple and fast digital platform Continue Reading
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Blog Post
12 Sep 2019
RPA series: ABBYY - RPA shortcomings in automating content-centric processes
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Bill Galusha in his role as director of product marketing for RPA & Data Capture at ABBYY. ABBYY specialises ... Continue Reading
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News
12 Sep 2019
Less than quarter of fintechs prepared for no-deal Brexit
A survey reveals that less than a quarter of UK fintech companies have their businesses prepared for the UK's exit from the EU Continue Reading
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News
12 Sep 2019
5G takes off at Gatwick Airport
Vodafone’s 5G network goes live in airport’s South Terminal Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 Sep 2019
Women in code series: Ayelet Laub
The Computer Weekly Developer Network (CWDN) and Open Source Insider team want to talk code and coding. But more than that, we want to talk coding across the diversity spectrum… so let’s get the ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 Sep 2019
RPA series: delaware - the road to 'smarter' RPA
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Simon Harbour, UK Technology Lead, delaware. The company... delaware consulting works to create ERP and ICT solutions ... Continue Reading
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Opinion
11 Sep 2019
Regulators globally are shaping up to rein in Facebook
We need to move fast and fix Facebook, before it breaks us Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Sep 2019
The emergence of the shopping centre-as-a-service model
Shopping centres have been morphing into wider entertainment, leisure and hospitality venues for some time, but their role is set to evolve yet further Continue Reading
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Blog Post
10 Sep 2019
RPA series: IPsoft - RPA isn’t successful in silos
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Joe Michael in his role as head of pre-sales for UK at IPsoft. IPsoft the company is an Artificial Intelligence specialist ... Continue Reading
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News
10 Sep 2019
Inside NatWest Ventures
NatWest Ventures is helping NatWest bank to remain relevant to its SME businesses customer community through digital innovation Continue Reading
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Blog Post
05 Sep 2019
What to expect from Spiceworks Spiceworld 2019
This is the fifth year the Computer Weekly Developer Network team has previewed Spiceworks SpiceWorld, the Texan tech gathering designed to connect IT buyers, sellers and other assorted industry ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
05 Sep 2019
Indian Democratic Design: a new mantra for developers
Everybody has one book in them, or so the saying goes. We also know that many tech industry CEOs will at some stage in their career lay down a tome of some note. Bill Gates famously wrote The Road ... Continue Reading
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News
05 Sep 2019
Digital challenger banks in UK to triple customer base
Digital challenger banks are increasing their amount of customers fast, but face major challenges if they are to make serious in-roads into the banking sector Continue Reading
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Blog Post
04 Sep 2019
Freshworks Freshsuccess: a software tool for the ‘customer-for-life’ vision
Customer engagement software company Freshworks Inc. has used its Refresh 19 conference and exhibition in Las Vegas this month to announce Freshsuccess. That was Freshworks Freshsuccess at Refresh, ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
04 Sep 2019
Rubrik tech lead: the dawn of GraphQL
This is a guest post written for the Computer Weekly Developer Network by Rebecca Fitzhugh in her role as principal technologist at Rubrik. Fitzhugh writes from here... One exciting change that has ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
04 Sep 2019
Freshworks Refresh 19: keynote notes, quotes & anecdotes
Customer engagement software company Freshworks Inc. hosted its Refresh 19 conference and exhibition in Las Vegas this month... and the Computer Weekly Developer Network team was there to drink it ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
04 Sep 2019
What is confidential computing?
The recent Open Source Summit was held in the balmy climes of San Diego and, among the news emanating from the event itself, the Computer Weekly Open Source Insider team were made aware of ... Continue Reading
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News
04 Sep 2019
Danish MobilePay app moves away from mainframe
Danske Bank’s popular mobile payment app moves from mainframe to open source DataStax Enterprise built on Apache Cassandra Continue Reading
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Feature
03 Sep 2019
Samsung KX gives consumers and retailers a glimpse of the future
Samsung puts its Galaxy range, the internet of things and community events at the heart of its new central London consumer space – but don’t call it a store... Continue Reading
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News
02 Sep 2019
Nordic greentech attracts investment
The Nordic region is seeing digital innovation across a diverse range of sectors and, not surprisingly, a region known for its green credentials also has a burgeoning green technology (greentech) sector Continue Reading
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Blog Post
28 Aug 2019
Siren intelligence software offers five ‘elements’ of extended AI
The latest version of Siren’s ‘investigative intelligence’ technology includes five new artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities: entity resolution, deep learning-based predictive analytics and ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
28 Aug 2019
The ‘opportunity divide’ in the tech job disconnect
Additional news tabled at this year’s Pluralsight LIVE 2019 saw the company’s philanthropically-driven ‘social enterprise’ division Pluralsight One now partnering with the US national workforce ... Continue Reading
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Feature
28 Aug 2019
From cleaners to architects – lessons learnt by a serial entrepreneur
After the emotional sale of her first company, Alex Depledge, co-founder of and CEO of Resi, explains the lessons she has learnt and what she will and will not do again Continue Reading
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Feature
28 Aug 2019
Building a 5G city: Bristol’s valuable lessons for the UK’s digital future
West of England Combined Authority is taking part in DCMS’s 5G Testbeds and Trials programme, exploring applications for tourism and entertainment. We find out how it is applying its learnings to life in Bristol and Bath Continue Reading
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Blog Post
27 Aug 2019
Women in code series: Pooja Mistry, IBM developer advocate
The Computer Weekly Developer Network and Open Source Insider team want to talk code and coding. But more than that, we want to talk coding across the diversity spectrum… so let’s get the tough ... Continue Reading
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News
22 Aug 2019
Macquarie to supply Apple mobile devices to Australian businesses
Australian telco will initially focus on delivering core Apple products and business apps to mid-sized enterprises in Australia Continue Reading
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News
21 Aug 2019
UK banks outage caused by problem at US payment service provider
UK consumers were unable to access some banking services due to a hardware failure at a US payments provider Continue Reading
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News
20 Aug 2019
Huawei to US: Ban violates free market principles
Huawei has hit back at the US government’s latest moves to restrict its activities Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Aug 2019
Huawei risks drowning as HarmonyOS heads for open waters
Earlier in August, Huawei announced it was launching its own open-source operating system, named HarmonyOS, which may replace Google’s Android on its devices, writes Promon head of development, Jan ... Continue Reading
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News
19 Aug 2019
US extends temporary stay on Huawei ban
American network operators given extra wiggle room to wean themselves off Huawei’s hardware Continue Reading
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News
14 Aug 2019
Publicly accessible biometric database highlights key failings
The discovery of a publicly accessible database of biometric information highlights failings by the supplier, the need for supply chain security, and the challenges of using biometric data Continue Reading
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Feature
13 Aug 2019
What 5G applications will transform your business?
The UK’s mobile network operators have started work on their 5G roll-outs, but what applications are most likely to gain enterprise traction for the new standard? Continue Reading
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News
12 Aug 2019
Over 40% of UK shoppers want store-specific stock information
Shoppers want to use mobile or the web to see availability of items in stores near them in a growing trend towards convenience shopping Continue Reading
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Blog Post
12 Aug 2019
In-memory for continuous (& simpler) deep learning Part 2
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Nikita Ivanov, CTO and co-founder of GridGain Systems. GridGain specialises in software and services for big data systems ... Continue Reading
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News
09 Aug 2019
Huawei mobile IoT OS ready to plug Android gap
Huawei is positioning its microkernel-based, distributed HarmonyOS mobile operating system as a true competitor to both Android and iOS Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 Aug 2019
Skyroam Solis X ‘smartspot’ portable hotspot
Now that we have Wi-Fi at home and at work, good options for global cellular roaming and (for times when neither of those are accessible) we also have Wi-Fi portable hotspots too. One would imagine ... Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Aug 2019
APAC buyer’s guide to human capital management software
More Asia-Pacific organisations are turning to HCM software to recruit, engage and retain a new breed of employees who increasingly expect personalised services from HR teams Continue Reading
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Podcast
06 Aug 2019
Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – episode 27
In this week’s episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload, Brian McKenna and Caroline Donnelly are joined by Alex Scroxton to weigh up the tech credentials of Boris Johnson’s new cabinet, Huawei’s half-year results, LinkedIn’s cloud migration plans and smart cities Continue Reading
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Blog Post
05 Aug 2019
Women in code series: Allison Wilbur, Sauce Labs
The Computer Weekly Developer Network (CWDN) and Open Source Insider team want to talk code and coding. But more than that, we want to talk coding across the diversity spectrum… so let’s get the ... Continue Reading
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News
05 Aug 2019
Nordic banks move into wearable payment technology
Payment by watch or watch strap is now an option for customers of two banks in Sweden Continue Reading
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Feature
01 Aug 2019
Top 3 emerging mobile app development trends for 2019
These three emerging mobile app development strategies could change the way apps are developed in the future. Discover which of these methods is right for your organization. Continue Reading
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News
31 Jul 2019
Police Scotland awards National Network contract to BT
Police Scotland is embarking on a £3.9m network project as part of its wider digital transformation strategy Continue Reading
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News
31 Jul 2019
5G mobile networks transformative for health and social care, says TechUK
A new report produced by TechUK and the Liverpool 5G testbed shows how 5G can be used effectively in the NHS, and offers recommendations to government Continue Reading