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CW Developer Network
The ephemeral composable stack - Hadean: Alignment to a common abstraction
20 Jul 2021This 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 ...
CW Developer Network
The ephemeral composable stack - Couchbase: all board the unified control plane
19 Jul 2021This 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. ...
When IT Meets Politics
Levelling up Digital Skills and Jobs in the Post-Lockdown Economy
Winsafe Ltd 18 Jul 2021The two most urgent recommendations (with added detail) are to prevent IR35 abuse and fraud (against independent contractors more than by them) and the planned Home Office reversion to paper based ...
GUEST BLOG: In this contributed blog post, Julie Perkins, digital workplace director at Lloyds Banking Group, and an everywoman in tech awards 2021 judge, talks about how day to day actions are ...
When IT Meets Politics
The Changing UK Cyberpolicing and Cyberskills scene - an update
Winsafe Ltd 16 Jul 2021The Covid Lockdown unleashed a torrent of employment and skills related fraud, as criminals seize the opportunity to loot the new programmes , as they did to the Individual Learning Accounts after ...
Eyes on APAC
The people factor: ensuring the right balance of tech and talent
TechTarget 16 Jul 2021This is a guest post by Ryan Meyer, APAC managing director of General Assembly Businesses of all kinds and sizes have embraced the notion of digital transformation, especially as the global ...
Write side up - by Freeform Dynamics
Throwback Thursday: from virtual desktops to Chromebooks and the work-anywhere web
Freeform Dynamics 15 Jul 2021How has desktop virtualisation evolved since 2009, when we reported that “virtualisation is here,” but that it was still “early days for mainstream adoption” on the desktop? As our contribution to ...
Quocirca Insights
Smart Buildings and IoT: Supporting a safe return to the office
Quocirca 15 Jul 2021Quocirca’s Smart Buildings and IoT Study analyses how IoT-enabled smart buildings are presenting new opportunities for managed service providers (MSPs) in the post-pandemic workplace. As more ...
I’ve been making a bit of noise in this bloggy column of mine now about sassy SASE for some time, but it seems I’m not the only one (other than Gartner wot coined the concept). The world of ...
It was going to happen sooner or later. While many regarded Chromebooks as devices merely fit for less intensive computing tasks, they have shown Microsoft and the PC industry a different approach ...
CW Developer Network
The ephemeral stack - commercetools: Why GraphQL is the 'glue' for composability
15 Jul 2021This 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 ...
CW Developer Network
The ephemeral stack - Coralogix: First composable thinking, THEN composable tech
14 Jul 2021This 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 ...
CW Developer Network
The composable stack - Veritas: Building an ephemeral-persistent balance
13 Jul 2021This 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 ...
Write side up - by Freeform Dynamics
What’s your contingency plan for when ‘online’ stops working?
Freeform Dynamics 12 Jul 2021Last 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 ...
Computer Weekly Editors Blog
UK government set to unveil next steps in digital identity market plan
Editor in chief 12 Jul 2021The next phase of the UK government’s plan to support a market of certified, interoperable digital identity providers is set to kick into gear, with digital infrastructure minister Matt Warman due ...
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 ...
CW Developer Network
The composable ephemeral stack - Polymath: Blockchains in the ether
11 Jul 2021This 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 ...
CW Developer Network
The ephemeral composable stack - Infor: The composition complexity conundrum
09 Jul 2021There’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 ...
When IT Meets Politics
How do we win back digital adolescents recruited to the Dark Side during lockdown?
Winsafe Ltd 08 Jul 2021The Hacker Forum is one of the most welcoming, friendly and attractive "support" group for those stuck in their bedrooms, isolated from friends and school during lockdown and bored with home-learning.
Quocirca Insights
How zero-trust security can bolster Managed Print Services (MPS) offerings
Quocirca 08 Jul 2021MPS providers must build expertise to address the zero-trust requirements of their customers. This means offering and implementing a multi-layered security proposition to protect printing across ...
The whole WFH/ WFA (Work From Home/Anywhere) initiative that was somewhat enforced on the world’s working population as a result of the “P” word, has largely been well received, but a new survey ...
Data Matters
Is it time football teams rebranded as technology businesses?
Senior Analyst, Business Applications 08 Jul 2021This is a guest blogpost by James Petter, VP International, Pure Storage. All eyes at this year’s UEFA European Football Championship have been on the performances of the players and managers. The ...
CW Developer Network
The ephemeral stack - Abbyy: From composable datasets to composable mindsets
08 Jul 2021This is a guest piece written for the Computer Weekly Developer Network by Bruce Orcutt in his role as senior vice president of Product Marketing at ABBYY -- a company known for its foundations in ...
The past week has seen many businesses complaining that the NHS Covid-19 contact tracing app has started sending out too many self-isolate alerts, leaving them short of staff. It’s the new jury ...
Write side up - by Freeform Dynamics
Zoning in on better storage performance and capacity
Freeform Dynamics 07 Jul 2021The fundamentals of data storage are undergoing a significant evolution, and many – if not most – IT administrators won’t even have noticed yet. Called zoned storage, it’s a shift away from host ...
Data Matters
Businesses need to show data science isn’t dull, it can be fun and rewarding
Senior Analyst, Business Applications 06 Jul 2021This is a guest blogpost by Libby Duane Adams, chief advocacy officer at Alteryx. In today’s business environment, data is key to success. With over 2.5 quintillion bytes of data created each day, ...
CW Developer Network
The ephemeral stack - DataStax: Compose yourself with serverless data.
06 Jul 2021This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Patrick McFadin, in his role as vice president for developer relations at DataStax. McFadin’s original title for this piece ...
Networks Generation
Cloud - Infrastructure - Security - SASE - Discuss!
Broadband Testing 05 Jul 2021Over the past 12 months, I’ve regularly talked about sassy SASE in this blog. But I’m not the only one. A recent Netevents interactive debate had several vendors debating SASE as part of a general ...
GUEST BLOG: In this contributed blog post, Lyn Grobler, CIO, Howden Group Holdings and an everywoman in tech awards 2021 judge, talks about some of the ways CIOs and tech leaders can create a ...
CW Developer Network
The ephemeral composable stack - Cloudinary: Modularity with opinionated clarity
05 Jul 2021The 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 ...
CW Developer Network
The composable ephemeral stack - Colt: The mission to transmission 2.0
02 Jul 2021The 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 ...
Data Matters
Why and how RPA differentiation must advance beyond hype
Senior Analyst, Business Applications 02 Jul 2021This is a guest blogpost by Jason Kingdon, chairman and CEO, Blue Prism Robotic Process Automation’s potential to transform the way we work means every technology vendor under the sun is now ...
Networks Generation
Clouds Seemingly Don’t Get In The Way Of Satellites
Broadband Testing 02 Jul 2021Had a fascinating chat the other day with a company I really should have spoken to decades ago, but such is life. SES is probably a company wot you think you don’t know, but – for example – anyone ...
CW Developer Network
The ephemeral composable stack - HashiCorp: The fine line between independence & chaos
02 Jul 2021This 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 ...
In this edition of Tech in APAC, we begin with Australia, where we had the chance to interview the chief data officer of Macquarie Bank who shared some interesting insights on how the bank is ...
The aim on Monday is to explore how the online wild west of gaming seemingly escalates young gamers from downloading simple cheat codes to launching full-scale DDoS attacks and even being involved ...
While – if one of the most peculiar songs of the 21st century is to be believed – there are upwards of nine million bicycles in Beijing alone, Reuters reports that there are just 27,000 Pepper ...
In my last blog, I spoke about the need to get immediate access to network behaviour patterns, in order to detect anomalies. An extension of that need is the ability to make instant use of that ...
Cliff Saran's Enterprise blog
Windows 11: Do we need another operating system
Managing Editor 30 Jun 2021One can see the reason why Microsoft saw a need to update Windows 10. Apple has been updating MacOS and has now moved its hardware away from the Intel x86 processor family to focus on its M1 ...
Computer Weekly Editors Blog
Clashing agendas, by David Freud - review: How Universal Credit got there in the end
Editor in chief 30 Jun 2021It was nearly 10 years ago, in October 2011, when Computer Weekly first reported on concerns about the IT project behind Universal Credit. That was five months before the new Coalition government’s ...
Time – they say – is of the essence (if not vanilla) but never more than in network detection and response (NDR) scenarios. The problem with many products aimed at detecting network anomalies and ...
It’s blue, but actually, it’s not blue… it’s Emerald Green and that’s how the finish is supposed to look. Quite how Huawei’s colour stylists work to come up with its product finish details is tough ...
When IT Meets Politics
Your opportunity to influence UK Post Lockdown Recovery Plans
Winsafe Ltd 29 Jun 2021I therefore expect the skills recommendations to reflect those contained in my draft submission to the BEIS Select Committee enquiry , probably extended to cover the issues that have emerged , for ...
Data Matters
The era of continuous actionable intelligence
Senior Analyst, Business Applications 29 Jun 2021This is a guest blogpost by Seamus Keating, CEO KX The frontiers of data management technologies are being extended as organisations across every industry sector seek to extract greater insights ...
CW Developer Network
Claranet cloud lead: Sharper developer tools needed for edge compute
29 Jun 2021We 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 ...
CW Developer Network
The ephemeral composable stack - Civo: Combatting container complexity
28 Jun 2021Civo (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 ...
CW Developer Network
The ephemeral composable stack - Copado: Orchestrating cloud-connected DevOps
25 Jun 2021Copado 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’ ...
CW Developer Network
The ephemeral composable stack - MuleSoft: Reusable APIs are the key
25 Jun 2021This is a guest post written by Paul Crerand, field CTO, EMEA at MuleSoft - it's full title is: Why reusable APIs are key to success with composable IT. Crerand writes as follows. Over the last ...
Computer Weekly Editors Blog
The dangers of binary arguments in a complex and relative digital world
Editor in chief 25 Jun 2021In 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 ...
Open Source Insider
The ephemeral composable stack - Grafana: dashing aboard for a clearer view
24 Jun 2021Grafana Labs specialises in what it calls ‘open and composable’ operational dashboards. That’s dashboards for viewing virtualized compute stack metrics, logs and traces - not dashboards in any ...