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Recent Posts
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The logic of software defined
- Managing Editor 03 Aug 2021 -
The Workday/Amazon saga raises serious questions on HCM
- Managing Editor 29 Jul 2021 -
Moving beyond Freedom Day has IT implications
- Managing Editor 20 Jul 2021
A recent conversation with Microsoft revealed a number of questions about where desktop IT could be heading. Logically, it makes sense for Microsoft to use the power of its public cloud to stream ...
It is too early to say definitively why Amazon decided to stop using Workday, but it is a topic worth a closer look. In 2017 Amazon began to deploy Workday Human Capital Management (HCM). Workday ...
Even though the Delta variant continues to rise in the UK, the Government has stuck to its plans to remove Covid-19 restrictions. In effect, it has passed on responsibility for keeping people safe ...
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A PC in the cloud
- Managing Editor 15 Jul 2021 -
Windows 11: Do we need another operating system
- Managing Editor 30 Jun 2021 -
Mobile operating systems: It's not about VHS versus Betamax
- Managing Editor 16 Jun 2021 -
Do the right thing
- Managing Editor 03 Jun 2021 -
An opportunity to redesign computer architectures
- Managing Editor 01 Jun 2021 -
Data's role in economic recovery
- Managing Editor 19 May 2021 -
A desktop strategy for post pandemic return to work
- Managing Editor 11 May 2021
It was going to happen sooner or later. While many regarded Chromebooks as devices merely fit for less intensive computing tasks, they have shown Microsoft and the PC industry a different approach ...
One can see the reason why Microsoft saw a need to update Windows 10. Apple has been updating MacOS and has now moved its hardware away from the Intel x86 processor family to focus on its M1 ...
In the 1970s two rival video tape formats battled out for the hearts and minds of consumers. Movies were distributed on either VHS or Betamax. Eventually, VHS won. But today who uses video tapes? ...
A recent study has put a spotlight on a worrying trend in software development. Open source project maintainers are not being paid for their work. Or, if they do get paid, on average, they can ...
Over the last 70 years business computers have evolved a standard model of computing based around a central processing unit (CPU), main memory (RAM) and data storage. In effect, data is fetched ...
The economy is slowly opening up. Red is red. Green is green and as for amber...that’s red, at least as far as the latest government travel guidance is concerned. Data is going to be absolutely ...
Most surveys Computer Weekly receive on remote working during the pandemic assume everyone will be running an office laptop at home. Crouching over a laptop on the kitchen table, or sitting on a ...
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Helping staff to work in a hybrid mode
- Managing Editor 06 May 2021 -
Apply brain power to automation
- Managing Editor 13 Apr 2021 -
API Daze
- Managing Editor 06 Apr 2021 -
Avoiding architectural blank cheques
- Managing Editor 22 Mar 2021 -
What the Net can learn from car culture
- Managing Editor 12 Mar 2021
A recent survey of 50 of the UK’s biggest firms conducted by the BBC, has reported that 24 have no plans to have staff return to their offices. Many workers do not feel compelled to return to the ...
With the economy opening up, business leaders are looking at how quickly things can start returning to normal. What does normal look like? Numerous studies have shown that over the last year, ...
Earlier this week, the US Supreme Court ruled that Google did not infringe Oracle copyright on the Java SE API (application programming edition). The fact the US Supreme Court has digested a load ...
Every five to 10 years there is a monumental shift in IT architecture. In the early 2000s, enterprises began seeing the benefits of virtualising physical servers. Cloud computing offered enterprise ...
In an open letter celebrating the birthday of the web Tim Berners-Lee and co-author, Rosemary Leith have called for better connectivity for young people in order to build a better post Covid world. ...