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AWS expands datacentre hardware recycling programme to Dublin

The public cloud giant is expanding its reverse logistics programme to Ireland, as part of its ongoing net-zero push
Half of UK tech workers planning to leave role, finds Harvey Nash

A large number of people in the UK, and globally, are looking to switch tech roles, according to research by Harvey Nash
European Commission commits €865m funding for 5G, fibre networks

Latest part of the Connecting Europe Facility sees huge investment to bring about fast, secure digital wireless and wired connectivity across EU member states
Post Office currently believes it took £36m from subpostmasters

The Post Office wrongly blamed subpostmasters for unexplained account shortfalls and made them cover losses out of their own pockets - then banked the money itself
WBA OpenRoaming boosts digital inclusion across Australia

Wireless connectivity trade body deploys OpenRoaming services to remote and marginalised Australian communities through community Wi-Fi project encompassing healthcare, education, secure communications and economic development
Nokia, Centranet trial brings 50G PON to rural Oklahoma

US electrical cooperative claims first in demonstrating a 50Gbps fibre internet connection for a tribal nation, closing digital divide for rural and Indigenous communities

The future of collaboration in virtuality

The internet has introduced a host of applications to enable increasingly sophisticated collaboration across distances. Email catapulted economies into near real-time cooperation of teams, but new technologies promise to unleash immersive ...
Global file systems: A single view of on-premise and cloud data

Global file systems aggregate data into a single hybrid cloud from multiple locations using object storage with access that satisfies traditional application needs, like file locking
Azure storage: Key options in Microsoft cloud storage

We survey the key cloud storage options available from Microsoft Azure, which include Files, Blob, Elastic SAN, Managed Disk and NetApp files, for a range of use cases

Civo details FlexCore plug-&-play private (public-ish) cloud- Open Source Insider

Open source cloud computing platform and company Civo recently delivered a new private cloud service. But so what, right? Well, yes, but FlexCore (as the service is called) is said to be built on a ... Continue Reading
What to expect from UiPath Forward & TechEd 2024- CW Developer Network

Enterprise automation and AI company UiPath takes its annual user symposium back to Las Vegas this month and we’ll be drilling into the news stream to work out the next phase in accelerated ... Continue Reading
Red Hat eyes smarter cloud-native AI ahead- Open Source Insider

Normally a more backroom, back-office, base layer, kernel-centric organisation in our eyes (if not in the view of 99.9% of software application development professionals), Red Hat has put an ... Continue Reading
Trusting the Cybercab with software quality- Cliff Saran's Enterprise blog

“We expect software to work perfectly,” the CEO of Dyntatrace, Rick McConnell proclaimed at the opening of the company’s European Innovate event in Amsterdam. This should not be an aspiration, but ... Continue Reading

Is diversity even more under threat in tech?

The promotion of diversity in tech is going backwards - and it's a terrible moment for that to happen. Here's why diversity is even more important than it's ever been
Robust cloud IAM should align to zero-trust principles

The Security Think Tank considers best practices in identity and access management and how can they be deployed to enable IT departments to combat cyber-attacks, phishing attacks and ransomware.
Rise of the cyber clones: When seeing isn’t believing

It is frighteningly easy to clone someone else's identity using readily-available artificial intelligence tools