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Auto-tech series - Civo: Why 'open' accessibility is critical for Machine Learning success
24 Apr 2023This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Josh Mesout, CIO at Civo - the company is known for its Kubernetes platform, its Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) technologies ...
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Auto-tech series - Amplitude: Automation with low code & no code tools
23 Apr 2023This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Chetna Mahajan in her capacity as chief digital & information officer at Amplitude - the company is known for its ...
GUEST POST: In this contributed blog post, Hannah Bernard, Head of Business Banking, Barclays, explains how the firm's entrepreneurs’ network, Eagle Labs, plans to use the Digital Growth Grant to ...
Write side up - by Freeform Dynamics
The key to future IT success is a switch to managing services, not systems
Freeform Dynamics 21 Apr 2023For most of the history of commercial IT, system design has focused on meeting the availability, response time and security requirements of individual workloads. But technology and expectations ...
Data Matters
Overcoming the ESG data challenge for the common good
Senior Analyst, Business Applications 20 Apr 2023This is a guest blogpost by Greg Hanson, VP of EMEA and LATAM, Informatica Compliance with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) regulations is a necessity in today’s world. ESG policies are ...
Data Matters
The evolution of the modern data leader: what the future holds
Senior Analyst, Business Applications 20 Apr 2023This is a guest blogpost by Cindi Howson, Chief Data Strategy Officer at ThoughtSpot. It’s no secret that data lies at the heart of the modern organisation – and data leaders are the pulse. As data ...
Write side up - by Freeform Dynamics
Are tech vendors pulling their weight on fixing fragmented IT?
Freeform Dynamics 20 Apr 2023Many organisations have silo’d data and fragmented IT systems, but how much of this is due to the actions of IT vendors? Do vendors too often chase a quick buck, selling point solutions that don’t ...
Looking at the personality traits and drivers associated with different management styles and executive leadership, a head of IT or CIO will often fall into a number of categories that generally ...
The ThinkPad X13s is Lenovo’s first notebook PC powered by an ARM chip. Weighing just 1.06 kg, it uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 SC8280XP Processor (3.00 GHz), offers integrated graphics ...
It’s time to think about Kubernetes. It’s time… because this month sees the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) host Kubecon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2023 from April 18-21 2023 in Amsterdam. ...
The (mostly) post-pandemic period of normality we have all been hoping for is underway in the enterprise technology conference space. We say mostly because a) we now have to deal with the combined ...
CW Developer Network
Auto-tech series - Lacework: More automation + more code = more vulnerable
14 Apr 2023This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Ryan Sheldrake in his capacity as Field CTO at Lacework - a company known for its cloud security automation technology. ...
This is a guest post written for Computer Weekly Open Source Insider written by Barrett Chambers in his capability as director for solutions engineering at open source database specialist company ...
CW Developer Network
Auto-tech series - Pure Storage: The data automation imperative for developers
13 Apr 2023This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written in full by Fred Lherault, field CTO, EMEA & Emerging Markets, Pure Storage - a company known for its all-Flash data ...
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Krishna Narayanaswarmy in his role as CTO and co-founder at Netskope - a company known for its cybersecurity technology ...
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Shubh Sinha, co-founder and CEO, Integral - a company known for its Certifications-as-a-Service technology that uses ...
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Auto-tech series - Mobica: The minimum (continous) trio for automation
07 Apr 2023This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Arkadiusz Tulodziecki in his capacity as head of DevOps and cloud centre of excellence and chief engineer, Mobica, a ...
CW Developer Network
Auto-tech series - Cockroach Labs: IaC shifts the path for (automation-driven) data availability
06 Apr 2023This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Rob Reid in his position as technical evangelist for Cockroach Labs, maker of the enterprise-grade distributed SQL ...
Chinese tech giant Huawei has recently upgraded its OpenLab innovation facility in Singapore to drive the development of industry specific applications such as smart classrooms and horizontal ...
CW Developer Network
Auto-tech series - SoftwareAG: Practical steps for developers integrating generative AI
05 Apr 2023This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Subhash Ramachandran in his role as senior vice president for product management at Software AG. Reminding us that ...
CW Developer Network
Auto-tech series - Cohesity: How diverse threads of automation tighten the data fabric
04 Apr 2023This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written in full by Mark Molyneux in his position as EMEA CTO for Cohesity - a firm known for its data management platform ...
Write side up - by Freeform Dynamics
Digital identity: the many images of you
Freeform Dynamics 03 Apr 2023More and more of the topics we deal with at Freeform Dynamics now also relate to digital identity. That’s no surprise, of course – digital identity is vital in this online age. We have multiple ...
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Tejas Gadhia of Zoho. Based in Austin, Texas, Gadhia has held various roles over the yeats spanning sales engineering, ...
This is a guest post by Sascha Giese, SolarWinds Head Geek Highly sought-after skilled workers are increasingly expecting to have the flexibility of hybrid and remote work environments while still ...
IFS used its 2023 media tour programme this year to showcase the charitable work it carries out through the organisation’s own IFS Foundation. Deep in the rural and remote areas of Sri Lanka, IFS ...
In this guest post, Sander De Haas, landscape restoration and innovation expert at grassroots non-governmental organisation Justdiggit, details the role technology is playing in its work to ...
CW Developer Network
Auto-tech series - EdgeVerve: Shattering systemically sluggish software silos
27 Mar 2023This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Sateesh Seetharamiah is the CEO of Edge Platforms, EdgeVerve Systems Limited. Seetharamiah writes in full below as follows… ...
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Auto-tech series: Akamai - Common pitfalls for automation-assisted development
24 Mar 2023This is a guest post for the ComputerWeekly Developer Network automation series written in full by Tim Vereecke in his role as principal web performance architect at Akamai Technologies - the ...
When IT Meets Politics
Acquiring the skills necessary to implement the UK Cybersecurity Strategy
Winsafe Ltd 24 Mar 2023The skills plan for meeting the needs of the world greatest Financial Services and Fin Tech Hub outside North America is therefore at heart of the work of the advisory group.
Data Matters
The business case for customer success investment is built on 360° data
Senior Analyst, Business Applications 24 Mar 2023This is a guest blogpost by Jean de Villiers, Chief Customer Officer, and Michelle MacCarthy, Global Head of Customer Success, Unit4 Customer Success (CS) is a programmatic approach to delighting ...
Write side up - by Freeform Dynamics
Trust: easy to lose, hard to recover
Freeform Dynamics 23 Mar 2023Here are just a few of the topics that my fellow Freeformers and I have enjoyed researching and writing about in recent years: network security, SD-WAN, digital identity, smart wallets, digital ...
The prospect of paid menopause leave is something that has been frequently discussed in the news this year, with Labour claiming if it wins the next election it will require large firms to have ...
Like all new shiny new things, generative AI offers mere mortals a brief chance to impress friends, colleagues, line managers and customers, with Da Vinci levels of creativity and intelligence. ...
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Matt Spitz, in his capacity as VP of Engineering at Vanta - the company helps companies scale security practices and ...
When IT Meets Politics
Preventing Crime not meeting Political Targets - A review of the MPS Turnaround Plan
Winsafe Ltd 20 Mar 2023Respond by the end of March if you live or work in London and believe that the primary objective of policing is the prevention of time not the meeting of targets as proxies for delivering political ...
CW Developer Network
Auto-tech series: HashiCorp - Automation & the multiverse of machine madness
20 Mar 2023Continuing this series of technology platform analyses examining the universe of automation tools and services now being brought to bear across every transept of the software application ...
Networks Generation
Half A Rack In Half A Day: Building A Private Cloud
Broadband Testing 20 Mar 2023Having entered my 39th (gulp!) year in IT, it’s fair to say I’ve had to endure more than my fair share of IT hype and BS. Many are the times at live events I’ve done a tally chart on the number of ...
Computer Weekly Editors Blog
UK government's 'tech superpower' ambitions must be matched by realism and collaboration
Editor in chief 17 Mar 2023Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt went for it in a big way in his Budget speech this week. Fewer than 400 words were spoken, barely three minutes completed, before we got to cross off the ...
CW Developer Network
Auto-tech series: Nutanix – How cloud automation creates silver linings
16 Mar 2023This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Rob Tribe in his capacity as VP for systems engineering EMEA at Nutanix. As an enterprise cloud organisation with a ...
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Auto-tech series: Sysdig - Automation for developers, move (securely) faster
15 Mar 2023This is a guest piece for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Anna Belak in her capacity as director of thought leadership at Sysdig - the company is known for its technology that ...
It’s rare to attend an enterprise technology vendor conference that offers the chance to actually touch a product, but that’s what Inspect-A-Gadget found at NTT Upgrade. As the North American leg ...
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Auto-tech series: Coralogix - Automating data discovery for modern observability
14 Mar 2023This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Chris Cooney in his capacity as a developer evangelist for Coralogix - the company is known for its technology that maps ...
Anyone who has dabbled with asking friends and contacts for a VPN recommendation will have probably received a few suggestions. One of those suggestions is to opt for one of the free VPNs. This is ...
GUEST BLOG: In this contributed blog post, Louise Read, founder of SaaS MRKTING, talks about the more positive side of current tech industry layoffs. May you be cursed with interesting times. So ...
GUEST BLOG: In this contributed blog post, Kris Lovejoy, global security and resilience practice leader at Kyndryl talks about the skillsets needed for a career in security. As a business leader ...
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Auto-tech series: Pegasystems: Runnable skeletons, how developers can use generative AI
13 Mar 2023This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Peter van der Putten in his role as head of the AI Lab at Pegasystems and also as assistant professor, AI, Leiden ...
This is a guest post written by Rachel Berry in her role as technical product specialist at eG Innovations, a company known for its cloud-based application performance and IT-infrastructure ...
Imagine a highly connected world where information travels at the speed of light, where people can conduct business transactions and work wherever they want. This is the opportunity presented to ...
In this guest post, Karsten Smet, CEO at distribution company ACI Group, examines the parallels between the demise of the UK's home-grown cloud providers and the challenges facing the country's ...
The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) has a membership base, obviously, but joining this cross-industry organisation hosted at the Linux Foundation isn’t just a question of signing up for a ...