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A datacentre perspective on the IT industry's recruitment woes
The datacentre industry is in the midst of a well-documented skills crisis, caused by a mix of sector-specific challenges and some more generalised ones
How to bolster IAM strategies using automation
Identity and access management processes and technologies play an important role in security strategies, but organisations and IT professionals need to ensure these strategies are robust enough to deal with new threats
HMRC defends IR35 guidance against "woeful" IPSE jibes
HMRC promises there are more preparatory materials in the pipeline to help the private sector prepare for the April 2020 IR35 rules, after IPSE brands its current guidance "woeful"
How IT departments can upskill in the new economy
There is a skills crisis. Traditionally, IT has outsourced to fill the skills gap, but in the gig economy, there are new approaches to sourcing technical skills
CIO Trends #9: Middle East
Find out how Saudi Arabia is using blockchain to enable consumers to use their faces to withdraw money from cash machines. Also, read how the UAE's Etihad Airways is working to use AI to help it better engage with staff and benefit from their knowledge and ideas.
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Three more identity providers to withdraw from Gov.uk Verify
Three of the five companies supporting the government's troubled digital identity scheme are pulling out, raising further questions over the viability of the £175m programme
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Travel company Clarity bakes ThoughtSpot into analytic tool
Travel management company Clarity has turned to ThoughtSpot to create an analytics tool for clients as well as for internal use
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GoCo Group plots large-scale Microsoft Azure migration in 2020
GoCo Group technology director Kieron Nolan explains the firm’s plans to migrate most of its price comparison platforms to the Microsoft Azure cloud in 2020
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Majority of organisations struggling with cloud security
The majority of organisations find securing the cloud difficult and more than a quarter feel the shared security responsibility model is unclear, according to a survey of information security professionals
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Kaspersky eyes enterprise business, opens APAC transparency hub
The security firm wants to engage with enterprises and use its newly launched Malaysian Transparency Centre to burnish its credentials
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Human rights group challenges police over counter-terrorism power
Bringing into question the effectiveness of terror laws, a report by human rights group Cage highlights poor conviction rates and the discriminatory application of police powers at the border
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In Depth
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French national research centre insources with Rubrik backup
France’s national research organisation wanted to insource IT back from Atos and built its private cloud on VMware across two locations with Rubrik appliances for backup
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Medtech startup Andiamo uses AI and 3D printing to make orthotic manufacturing more efficient
Shortcomings in the traditional manufacturing process for orthotics mean patients can end up waiting a long time for the devices they need, but medtech startup Andiamo claims to have found a remedy
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How to unlock the true value of data
With a robust data architecture in place, a firm’s data science team can turn raw data into business insight
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E-Handbook | August 2019
Inside Nordic startup hubs
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Dutch IoT value still not understood
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E-Zine | August 2019
CW Nordics: Copenhagen woos tech startups
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Why use Robotic Process Automation?
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Who will win the world’s biggest cloud contract?
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Blogs
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Gigging for robots- Cliff Saran's Enterprise blog
A few months ago Automation Anywhere began collaborating with freelance software developer recruitment platform, Toptal, on robotic process automation in the human workforce. The concept is called ... Continue Reading
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DevOps needs more perspective and humility- Write side up - by Freeform Dynamics
DevOps started as a grass-roots movement led by practitioners. The motives were pure, and focused simply on finding better ways of doing things for the good of everyone involved in software ... Continue Reading
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UK businesses at risk due to PSD2 security standard myths re-emerging- Fintech makes the world go around
UK businesses could put themselves at risk because of myths surrounding the PSD2 security standard Continue Reading
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Densify: hey, you, get off of your (wasted) cloud- CW Developer Network
CRM is, of course, Customer Relationship Management... apart from when it's not. Some days, CRM is CRM (as above)... but, increasingly, CRM is also Cloud Resource Management. This is a software ... Continue Reading
Opinion
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Data architecture and security must evolve in parallel
How can infosec pros and data architects work together to support business goals and achieve a good level of cyber security?
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Data architects should be key allies of infosec pros
How can infosec pros and data architects work together to support business goals and achieve a good level of cyber security?
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Storage: How ‘tail latency’ impacts customer applications
Henry He of Virtual Instruments looks at tail latency, the small percentage of storage I/O that could be causing big and costly problems for business applications
Videos
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CW500 Interview: Jonathan Midgley discusses artificial intelligence (AI)
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CW500 Interview: Daniel Hulme discusses artificial intelligence (AI)
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Inside MyRepublic’s digital transformation journey
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CW500 Interview: Mattie Yeta, sustainability lead, Defra
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CW500 Interview: Nadine Thomson, digital technology consultant and advisor, News UK
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CW500 Interview: Roger Taylor, chair of the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
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