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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
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
Girls now account for more than 20% of computing GCSE entries
This year has seen an increase in female students choosing computing at both A-Level and GCSE - and they are outperforming boys
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Latest News
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Security pros reiterate warning against encryption backdoors
The majority of security professionals believe countries with government-mandated encryption backdoors are more susceptible to nation-state cyber attacks
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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
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A helping hand from the Nordics in the eye of the GDPR storm
Nordic IT companies are well suited to supporting enterprises in their data protection projects, even though openness is more natural to them
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Student Loans Company appoints chief information officer
Stephen Campbell will be leading a complex transformation programme and handling problems including high staff turnover
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NHSX aims for mental health services transformation
Digital unit of the NHS has started a discovery process focused on children and young people
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5G testbed brings Li-Fi broadband to Orkney
A number of homes on the remote island of Graemsay in the Orkneys are testing so-called Li-Fi technology as a broadband delivery mechanism
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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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CW Nordics: Copenhagen woos tech startups
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Why use Robotic Process Automation?
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Blogs
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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
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Top four considerations when securing the multi-cloud environment- Eyes on APAC
This is a guest post by Stephen Dane, managing director for cyber security at Cisco Asia-Pacific, Japan and Greater China We live in a multi-cloud world. A world where a multitude of offerings from ... 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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