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Shell joins LF Energy in open source power networks push

Open source community LF Energy is continuing to go from strength-to-strength as its push to transform the way power networks operate gathers pace
SMEs in Europe ready to invest in real-time payment capabilities

Small and medium-sized enterprises are losing business because of the time it takes to receive payments, with many considering API-based services to address the problem
Message scanning should be dropped from Online Safety Bill

Automatic scanning of messaging services for illegal content could lead to one billion false alarms each day in Europe
JPMorgan’s UK digital bank app outage locks customers out

App-based Chase Bank suffered tech outage that left customers unable to access its services
Equinix to open new datacentre in Indonesia

Equinix’s new facility in Indonesia follows a slew of datacentre builds that have been sprouting up in Jakarta to cater to the country’s growing digital economy
India telcos chart revenue growth with cloud and OTT services

Telcos in India are eyeing new revenue streams from cloud and content services, but whether they can successfully monetise the offerings remains to be seen

Clickwork and labour exploitation in the digital economy

Often ignored or assumed to be work conducted by machines rather than people, Computer Weekly explores the hidden human impact of the ‘clickwork’ that underpins the global digital economy
Air gaps for backup and how they help against ransomware

The air gap is a basic of backups and storage. We look at what’s meant by an air gap, the rise of the logical air gap, and its place in the fight against ransomware
Hybrid working: Preventing damage to company culture

The hybrid working model is still a work in progress, and most employers are at an early stage in learning and finding their way towards achieving its benefits

Diminishing returns- Cliff Saran's Enterprise blog

Many moons ago, the tech sector would gel around a big product launch, like the next version of Windows. But in the era of over-the-air (OTA) continuous updates, especially on smartphones, there is ... Continue Reading
Why electric vehicles are the next big step for developers working in sustainability- Green Tech

In this guest post, Rollo Home, head of product at national mapping agency Ordnance Survey, sets out the opportunities for software developers to get more actively involved in sustainability ... Continue Reading
Confluent: Current 2022 - live report day #2: no going back to 'batch'- CW Developer Network

Hosted by Confluent, Current 2022 is billed as the ‘next generation of Kafka Summit’ and the Computer Weekly Developer Network team is in Austin, Texas for the showdown. As an aide memoir, ... Continue Reading
IT and sustainability: The 21st century paradox?- Eyes on APAC

This is a guest post by Han Chon, managing director for ASEAN at Nutanix There has been much discussion around how technology can be used to accelerate sustainability efforts, from green IT to ... Continue Reading

Three ways that APIs can fail

It’s all very well having an API strategy, but software teams need to be ready for when things start going wrong
Use site reliability engineering to address cloud instability

How do you prepare for a worst-case scenario, when the public cloud hosting critical components of your IT infrastructure fails?
Everything you wanted to know about the metaverse

Possession may be nine-tenths of the law, but the unique qualities of digital assets mean they do not easily fit into the age-old legal concept of ownership