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Half of UK workforce lacks essential digital skills for work
A ‘hidden middle’ of more than 17 million people do not have the abilities needed to participate and contribute to the digital world in life and at work, study says
Conti ransomware syndicate behind attack on Irish health service
More details continue to emerge of the significant ransomware attack on Ireland’s HSE
IR35 reforms: Government gifted roadmap to umbrella regulation
Rebecca Seeley Harris, a former senior policy adviser to the Office of Tax Simplification, has joined forces with Offpayroll.org founder James Poyser to pen a draft policy to help the government fast-track its umbrella market regulation plans
The right tech choices for hybrid workers
Various studies give a mixed reaction to businesses returning to office work, but what is apparent is that support for remote working will continue
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Latest News
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AWS to expand re/Start cloud skills programme across the UK
Hot on the heels of Amazon’s pledge to create 10,000 jobs across the UK in 2021, its cloud division is planning to expand the geographical coverage of its long-standing skills builder programme
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Half of UK workforce lacks essential digital skills for work
A ‘hidden middle’ of more than 17 million people do not have the abilities needed to participate and contribute to the digital world in life and at work, study says
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Conti ransomware syndicate behind attack on Irish health service
More details continue to emerge of the significant ransomware attack on Ireland’s HSE
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AT&T to focus on fibre, 5G after WarnerMedia-Discovery merger
Media mega-deal presents leading US operator with opportunity to unlock value and be one of the best capitalised broadband companies
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Andy Burnham launches Manchester digital inclusion drive
Greater Manchester mayor announces plan to support under-25s, over-75s and disabled people to get online
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EE boosts mobile coverage across London’s rail network
As the UK embarks on the great indoor reopening and workers start returning to the office, BT’s mobile division beefs up mobile network capability along capital’s main commuter rail routes
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In Depth
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Container-native storage: A definition, and what to ask suppliers
We look at container-native storage – aka cloud-native storage – what defines it, and its benefits as a way of bringing persistent Kubernetes storage to containerised applications
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The right tech choices for hybrid workers
Various studies give a mixed reaction to businesses returning to office work, but what is apparent is that support for remote working will continue
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Computational storage: What is it? Why now, what for, who from?
Computational storage is an emerging architecture category, in which compute is put near storage to address I/O bottlenecks resulting from large volumes of data
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E-Handbook | May 2021
APAC 2021 Salary Survey Results
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E-Zine | May 2021
CW Benelux: Netherlands university launches centre of expertise in applied AI
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E-Zine | May 2021
Chip supply shortages are hitting hard
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E-Handbook | May 2021
Infographic: 5 ways backup can protect against ransomware
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E-Zine | May 2021
How KFC put digital on the menu
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Blogs
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Snyk sneaks up on sinful snippets, acquires FossID - Open Source Insider
London-originated but Boston-headquartered cloud native application security company Snyk has acquired FossID, a software composition analysis tool that scans code for open source licenses and ... Continue Reading
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Of cats and clouds: a lifetime TCO question- Write side up - by Freeform Dynamics
For better or worse, we are a cat household. Various moggies have come and gone over the years. These have mainly originated from shelters or people trying to offload excess kittens arising from ... Continue Reading
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UiPath turns tables on tabulation with Tableau - CW Developer Network
Every company wants to be more than a specialist niche technology focus these days i.e. hyperconvegence specialists now want to be known as platform and software suite-level companies, Enterprise ... Continue Reading
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A desktop strategy for post pandemic return to work- Cliff Saran's Enterprise blog
Most surveys Computer Weekly receive on remote working during the pandemic assume everyone will be running an office laptop at home. Crouching over a laptop on the kitchen table, or sitting on a ... Continue Reading
Opinion
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Why new EU rules around AI are vital to sector’s development
Shawn Tan, CEO of global AI ecosystem builder Skymind, explains why the European Union’s new rules on artificial intelligence are a good thing
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Transparency essential in ‘government by algorithm’
The public sector is increasingly allowing algorithms to make vital decisions that affect people’s lives – but how do we know those algorithms work or what they do?
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Digital bootcamps could change how we think about IT skills
The government’s digital bootcamps initiative could help begin to shift the way we think about the roles of technology professionals
Videos
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UKtech50 2021: Panel 2- Making innovation count
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UKtech50 2021: Panel 1 - Digital leadership
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UKtech50 2021: Bev White, CEO Harvey Nash Group
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UKtech50 2021: Alison Davis, CIO, Natural History Museum
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UKtech50 2021: Ash Jokhoo, CDIO, Virgin Atlantic
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UKtech50 2021: Belinda Finch, CIO, Three