Cliff Saran's Enterprise blog

January 2013

Virtual Modelling: A new IT optimisation tool
Cliff Saran - Managing Editor 21 Jan 2013

Can a trial and error approach to project work in project management? Robert Saxby, a consulting director at business technology consultancy ImprovIT, explains how it can.

Software licence audits: Confidence in Your Choices
Cliff Saran - Managing Editor 17 Jan 2013

Over the last few weeks Computer Weekly has written about software licensing and how suppliers are demanding IT departments run costly software audits. At the same time, we have started looking at ...

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How to deal with the lack of chatbot standards

A lack of standards around chatbot development has created a situation in which enterprises are building and rebuilding bots. But...

RPA journey: Schneider Electric's global plan taps Blue Prism, UiPath

Schneider Electric, a multinational energy management company, has embarked on a robotic process automation journey, establishing...

Blurring the lines between RPA platforms and APIs

RPA is quickly making itself known in the automation market, but the real game changer is utilizing the technology in an API-rich...

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CISO challenges include building credibility within the business

No matter what comes at them in terms of cybersecurity issues, the main CISO challenge comes down to building credibility as a ...

2020 election security to face same vulnerabilities as in 2016

Confidence in the security of the 2020 election spanned the gamut, depending on who you asked at DEF CON's Voting Village, with ...

DevOps security checklist requires proper integration

There are a lot of moving parts to adding security into a DevOps environment. Using application testing DevOps security tools are...

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VMware acquisition of Veriflow to bolster vRealize platform

The VMware acquisition of Veriflow is expected to help vRealize users determine the integrity of a network design before it goes ...

Top enterprise network challenges include agility, product hype

Product hype and network agility are some of the primary network challenges for modern enterprises, according to networking ...

Cloud-native deployment isn't for every application

In this roundup of networking blogs, analysts evaluate cloud-native deployments, the increasing value of Wi-Fi and the emergence ...

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How to get out of a bad colocation contract

Renegotiation, legal action and cancellation are all options if your colocation service agreement isn't up to par. But each ...

5 steps to include on your software update checklist

Training, testing and automation are all essential components to software updates. Implementing these concepts makes version ...

Cray exascale computer to modernize aging nuclear weapon stockpile

The U.S. is buying an exascale system from Cray Inc., its third from the company which is now being acquired by HPE. The $600 ...

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DigitalOcean Managed Databases add MySQL, Redis support

Expanding its database management system offerings, cloud computing vendor DigitalOcean added Managed Databases support for MySQL...

Enterprise data marketplace aims to ease self-service chaos

Self-service data preparation can duplicate work and slow down analytics. One possible fix: an internal marketplace where users ...

AWS Lake Formation goes GA, as cloud data lake market grows

First released in late 2018, AWS Lake Formation is now generally available and it could be the force that helps to accelerate ...