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The challenge of metadata at the edge
- Managing Editor 14 Jan 2020 -
Intel delay: Update an old Windows 7 PC, or buy AMD
- Managing Editor 11 Dec 2019 -
Intel delays means Windows 7 support deadline needs extending
- Managing Editor 28 Nov 2019
Nelson Petracek, chief technology officer at Tibco says that one of the issues in deploying and managing edge computing devices is how will the device metadata be managed and governed. Such ...
The shortage of Intel processors is having a knock-on effect on IT’s ability to upgrade whatever legacy Windows 7 PCs still remain in the organisation onto new Windows 10 hardware. At the time of ...
In the last few days Hewlett Packard Inc and Dell have posted results, in which their respective chief financial officers have spoken about the issues their businesses face with the supply of Intel ...
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Calling tech leaders: Should you stay or should you go?
- Managing Editor 12 Nov 2019 -
Time to unplug PowerPoint
- Managing Editor 28 Oct 2019 -
Software development spires and foundations
- Managing Editor 14 Oct 2019 -
Programmes and projects in an age of data applications
- Managing Editor 02 Oct 2019 -
To be strategic, IT companies must align with business strategy
- Managing Editor 20 Sep 2019 -
There is nothing new in IT
- Managing Editor 13 Sep 2019 -
Gigging for robots
- Managing Editor 23 Aug 2019
During Gartner’s recent Symposium event in Barcelona, CIOs heard the latest thinking from the analyst firm about where it sees the role of IT leader heading. Each year, CIOs head to the Symposium ...
Can a corporate piece of software change the culture of an organisation. It happened in 1983 when Mitch Kapor developed Lotus 1-2-3 for the IBM PC, the PC’s first killer application. Aldus ...
CCS Insight has predicted that by 2023, psychometric testing of software developers will become commonplace. The analyst firm believes that ethical psychometric testing will appear more regularly ...
During the Future Decoded conference in London, Microsoft discussed a paradigm shift in application development. But it was not setting out its plans for a new software developer’s kit, programming ...
Last year, Singapore Airlines (SIA) announced a strategic relationship with the Chinese cloud giant, Alibaba. The term “strategic” is often bounced around the IT industry and usually means the ...
Once a new technology becomes mainstream the industry needs to find a new thing to sell its customers. It’s been this way since the time IBM provided big metal boxes with integrated software and ...
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 ...
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IBM floats another cloud strategy
- Managing Editor 15 Aug 2019 -
Use Windows 7 end of support to reboot desktop IT
- Managing Editor 29 Jul 2019 -
Apollo 11: The human factor in autonomous systems
- Managing Editor 15 Jul 2019 -
How to be an IT rock star
- Managing Editor 09 Jul 2019 -
Why database admins should embrace automation
- Managing Editor 25 Jun 2019
Gartner's latest magic quadrant report on cloud infrastructure puts IBM in the bottom left quadrant, as a niche player, alongside Oracle and Alibaba. IBM is hoping the £34bn it has spent on buying ...
What does a modern desktop look like? For the last few decades since the desktop PC established its place in offices, the role of desktop IT has been to provide end-users with access to corporate ...
“Once you put someone in orbit, it is a lot harder to fix it if something goes wrong,” says Paul Kostek, a senior Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) member and senior systems ...
The recent spate of band reunions and Glastonbury illustrates the longevity of rock music. But the software industry seems to be stuck on finding the next big thing. Who would ever describe Windows ...
There are certain functions in database administration, that are good candidates for automation. These are the nuts and bolts of the job - like how to partition the storage, what happens if a disk ...