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IT architecture
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July 20, 2021
20
Jul'21
Volvo: Our friends in software
We speak to Volvo’s head of software platform about the company’s strategy to build a software-defined car
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July 14, 2021
14
Jul'21
Windows 365: Microsoft unveils the era of the cloud PC
Expanding its cloud offerings, Microsoft has simplified Azure Virtual Desktops with a new way to access Windows on any device
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July 14, 2021
14
Jul'21
More than half of European IT outsourcing spending will soon be on cloud services
Cloud services will soon be the largest part of the IT services market in Europe, as enterprises invest in them as part of their Covid-19 recovery strategies
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July 08, 2021
08
Jul'21
How GSK Consumer Healthcare builds out its platform business
GSK Consumer Healthcare’s products are sold through retailers and chemist shops, and it is now connecting directly with consumers through APIs
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July 07, 2021
07
Jul'21
Former Bank of England CIO joins Co-op Group as CTO
Rob Elsey joins the Co-op Group at a time when the organisation is undergoing major digital transformation
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July 06, 2021
06
Jul'21
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
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June 28, 2021
28
Jun'21
Gartner: IaaS growth boosted during pandemic
Many organisations have had to expand their use of public cloud services during the global crisis
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June 25, 2021
25
Jun'21
France TV repatriates backup and archive from public cloud
France Télévisions Publicité couldn’t always get to critical data, so decided to repatriate backup and archiving from the cloud to on-site locations, with help from a managed service
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June 22, 2021
22
Jun'21
NHSX policy document focuses on patients and data sharing
Patient privacy and data and code reuse are three of the pillars outlined in the NHSX’s new data strategy for sharing patient data
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June 21, 2021
21
Jun'21
Opera house shuns cloud for Nutanix and Rubrik hyper-converged infrastructure
The Royal Opera House considered moving all its infrastructure to the cloud, but a hybrid setup with Nutanix and Rubrik hyper-converged infrastructure came in 35% cheaper
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June 01, 2021
01
Jun'21
Why a cloud operating model matters
Successful cloud adoption requires organisations to go beyond tools and techniques to map out a cloud operating model, says consulting firm Contino
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May 27, 2021
27
May'21
How supply chain digitisation is paving the way to gene therapy
Big pharma has been on the frontline to vaccinate the world against Covid-19. Digitising supply chains sets them up to personalise patient care
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May 26, 2021
26
May'21
Nordic CIO interview: Tommi Tuovila, Neste
Former Olympian talks to Computer Weekly about the challenges facing CIOs in a rapidly changing world
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May 25, 2021
25
May'21
Think 2021: AI and automation dominate IBM’s growth strategy
Think 2021 was an opportunity for IBM to showcase its progress in a vision for hybrid cloud operations and artificial intelligence
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May 19, 2021
19
May'21
Edging closer to composable business
Covid-19 forced organisations to try radical new things. Building apps from pre-built functions is one that Mulesoft believes has longevity
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May 13, 2021
13
May'21
Portworx gets container-native array management for Pure hardware
Container storage player Portworx builds in container-native functionality to allow discovery, provisioning and management from inside Kubernetes cluster, but only on Pure arrays so far
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May 11, 2021
11
May'21
How OAG has adapted data services for return to airline travel
Covid-19 led to radical changes across the travel sector. Despite lower passenger flows, global travel data provider OAG reworked its data offerings to prepare for a return to normal
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May 11, 2021
11
May'21
Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack has grave consequences
The ramifications of a major ransomware attack against a US fuel pipeline operator could spread far and wide
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May 05, 2021
05
May'21
Dysfunctional cyber, network teams disrupt digital transformation
Despite shared goals, combative and dysfunctional relationships within specialist tech teams are putting digital transformation projects at risk, according to a report
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April 27, 2021
27
Apr'21
UK supermarkets to trial age estimation tech for alcohol purchases
Biometric age estimation technology developed by Yoti to be tested in UK supermarkets for alcohol purchases as part of government-led digital identities initiative
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April 23, 2021
23
Apr'21
Intel quarterly results reveal tactics to address ARM in the datacentre
The chipmaker aims to make use of standard chip libraries and offer its customers different ways to package and optimise Intel silicon
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April 22, 2021
22
Apr'21
Met Office prepares for 1.5 million processor, 60 petaflop supercomputer
Azure, Cray supercomputers and Epyc core are the key ingredients inside weather forecasting service’s latest development to improve data
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April 19, 2021
19
Apr'21
Google and Siemens combine forces to address AI at the industrial edge
The partnership shows how the public cloud giants are branching out into specialist application areas to different industry sectors
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April 14, 2021
14
Apr'21
AET gets Ctera to smooth hybrid cloud access to big files
Remote locations with unreliable WAN connections needed to share large files, which was a real headache until US engineering firm got Ctera edge filers with Azure cloud as a tier
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April 12, 2021
12
Apr'21
Nvidia targets datacentre memory bottleneck
The graphics processing unit (GPU) chipmaker has introduced its first datacentre chip, named after computer pioneer, Grace Hopper
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April 09, 2021
09
Apr'21
IT leaders get the green light to spend on digitisation
According to Gartner, the pandemic has pushed IT to the top of the business agenda, and long-term IT integration is key to success
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March 29, 2021
29
Mar'21
UK courts face evidence ‘black hole’ over police EncroChat mass hacking
French investigators have refused to disclose how they downloaded millions of messages from a supposedly secure cryptophone network used by organised criminals – leaving UK courts to grapple with a forensic ‘black hole’ of evidence
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March 25, 2021
25
Mar'21
Interview: Paul Douglas, Scottish Water
Building an enterprise architecture involves balancing near- and mid-term goals with longer-term business objective, cost and technical challenges, says Paul Douglas, lead enterprise architect at Scottish Water
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March 23, 2021
23
Mar'21
Laying the groundwork on quantum roadmap
IBM has plans to develop a 1,000-plus qubit quantum computer system within two years. We look at how it is preparing software developers
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March 22, 2021
22
Mar'21
Unionised drivers call on Microsoft to suspend Uber’s Face API licences
Unionised private hire drivers in the UK are calling for Microsoft to suspend Uber’s licences to use its Face API technology after claims the ride-hailing firm’s ID-checking system has led to drivers losing their jobs and having licences revoked
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March 22, 2021
22
Mar'21
CIO interview: Juliette Atkinson, IT director, Bradford University
Bradford University’s IT director took a different route than most to get into IT leadership
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March 18, 2021
18
Mar'21
Survey: Backup failures hit a high as pandemic working hits home
Veeam survey finds distributed working plus operations that span on-prem and the cloud the background to high numbers of failures in backup and restore, with 40% of SLAs not met
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March 16, 2021
16
Mar'21
Banks still lack tech skills at the top
Banks have made progress in adding IT knowledge in their boardrooms, but they need more as digital transformation accelerates
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March 02, 2021
02
Mar'21
Goldman Sachs CEO comments highlight need for home working balance
The remote working revolution has been prominent in the banking sector and organisations have a balancing act to perform once the pandemic passes
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March 02, 2021
02
Mar'21
FINN completes Covid-delayed migration to the cloud
Norwegian online advertising marketplace completes cloud migration in a single night after months of delay due to the pandemic
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March 01, 2021
01
Mar'21
Covid accelerates Bradford University remote working project
Pandemic injected fuel into university’s existing project to introduce remote working
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February 24, 2021
24
Feb'21
Businesses forced to ask IT service providers for help during pandemic
IT service providers have been approached by long-time enterprise customers asking for price cuts due to the impact of the pandemic
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February 23, 2021
23
Feb'21
Poor data leads to IT squabbles and work stress
Covid-19 has boosted IT in business, but IT workers feel they are overworked and are often in conflict with colleagues. Can better data help?
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February 11, 2021
11
Feb'21
HPE on the ISS: In space, no one can hear your CPU fans
In The Martian, Matt Damon is stranded on Mars, and his comms link is so slow that it takes almost an hour to have a conversation. Now HPE is going into orbit
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February 03, 2021
03
Feb'21
CIO interview: Deryck Mitchelson, director of digital, NHS Scotland
We speak to NHS Scotland’s head of digital about the IT to help ease the pressure on the health service, which has intensified during the Covid-19 pandemic
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February 02, 2021
02
Feb'21
Liverpool City Council upgrades to cloud-based contact centre
An 8x8 integrated cloud PaaS contact centre with voice, team chat and meetings support is helping to drive the council’s digital agenda
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January 22, 2021
22
Jan'21
Where is Intel going to place its next strategic bet?
Intel is getting a new CEO and the company is on a mission to move beyond the x86, a processor architecture that it has defined and dominated
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January 20, 2021
20
Jan'21
Architect slashes 20% off storage costs with Nasuni NAS gateway
LA-based Jerde Partnership replaced on-premise storage and backup with Nasuni hybrid cloud NAS gateways to provide seamless access across timezones to project files
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January 15, 2021
15
Jan'21
150,000 records accidentally wiped from police systems
Home Office claims data wiped from national police systems only relates to people who have never been convicted of a crime or had further police action taken against them following an arrest
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January 07, 2021
07
Jan'21
Robust member administration system indispensable for Dutch Coeliac Society
Organisation had to find a dedicated member administration system to support existing members, new members and countless volunteers
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December 30, 2020
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Dec'20
Top 10 Benelux IT stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Benelux IT stories of 2020
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December 24, 2020
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Dec'20
Top 10 Middle East stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Middle East stories of 2020
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December 23, 2020
23
Dec'20
Top 10 cloud storage stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 cloud storage stories of 2020
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December 21, 2020
21
Dec'20
Top 10 enterprise IT in the Nordics stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Nordic enterprise IT stories of 2020
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December 21, 2020
21
Dec'20
Top 10 container storage stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 container storage stories for 2020, when providing persistent Kubernetes storage, backup and disaster recovery became a key challenge for many organisations