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Microservices

• November 23, 2022 23 Nov'22

  How Photobox keeps site reliability in the picture

  Photobox’s site reliability head discusses how the photo book and personalised gifts site manages a complex microservices architecture

• November 16, 2022 16 Nov'22

  Applying blockchain, Kafka and MongoDB in green energy trading

  Energy trading platform Powerledger has leveraged the power of blockchain, Kafka and MongoDB to make its mark in renewable energy trading in Australia

• November 15, 2022 15 Nov'22

  A modern approach to enterprise software development

  Overworked IT departments need a better way to deliver digitally enabled products and services at the speed the business requires

• November 03, 2022 03 Nov'22

  Russia risks shortage of PCs and software

  Russian consumers and businesses could face a shortage of IT equipment including PCs and software

• October 04, 2022 04 Oct'22

  Red Hat CEO on OpenShift roadmap, competitive play

  Red Hat’s newly minted CEO Matt Hicks talks up OpenShift’s roadmap, the competition with VMware and opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region

• September 30, 2022 30 Sep'22

  How Endowus is leveraging Kafka and microservices

  The Singapore-based financial technology company built a distributed microservices architecture to ensure its investment platform remains resilient at all times

• August 31, 2022 31 Aug'22

  VMware CEO: Broadcom acquisition is on track

  Raghu Raghuram claims VMware customers are getting more comfortable with the Broadcom acquisition while employees are ‘more or less focused’ on the job at hand

• August 30, 2022 30 Aug'22

  VMware beefs up Tanzu portfolio, adds OpenShift support

  The Tanzu Application Platform will include support for Red Hat OpenShift, air-gapped installations and other capabilities to improve developer productivity and code security

• August 05, 2022 05 Aug'22

  Inside Bukalapak’s cloud strategy

  Indonesian e-commerce unicorn Bukalapak’s multicloud strategy, underpinned by the use of microservices and DevOps, has enabled it to meet the diverse needs of its users while addressing business requirements

• August 02, 2022 02 Aug'22

  VMware CEO defends Broadcom deal

  Raghu Raghuram is confident that Broadcom will invest in growing VMware through a broad portfolio of assets that will serve its entire customer base, not just its biggest customers

• July 29, 2022 29 Jul'22

  How TCS is supporting Australia’s electricity market settlement

  Tata Consultancy Services worked with the Australian Energy Market Operator to build a new system that speeds up electricity market settlement

• July 22, 2022 22 Jul'22

  Forrester: European cloud adoption accelerates

  The rise in public cloud usage across the UK and EU will speed up new cloud-specific regulations

• May 18, 2022 18 May'22

  Adoption of cloud-native architectures on the rise

  An increasing number of organisations are deploying Kubernetes to support digitisation initiatives, with service mesh also gaining in popularity

• May 18, 2022 18 May'22

  Portworx adds anti-ransomware to PX-Backup for Kubernetes

  Pure’s Kubernetes storage and data protection platform adds object locking to combat ransomware

• April 20, 2022 20 Apr'22

  How PropertyGuru is approaching technology integration

  Property tech firm PropertyGuru has invested in capabilities such as DevOps and authentication that can be applied across different platforms that it has acquired over time

• April 13, 2022 13 Apr'22

  Executive interview: How Audi provides developer self-service

  Audi is transforming IT in line with digitisation across the VW Group. We look at how Audi’s IT architecture is supporting developers

• April 07, 2022 07 Apr'22

  AirAsia taps Google Cloud to bolster its super-app

  AirAsia is setting up a cloud centre of excellence with Google Cloud to shore up its super-app and build capabilities in site reliability engineering and machine learning operations

• March 30, 2022 30 Mar'22

  Why integration and automation are two sides of the same coin

  Workato’s regional leader explains why integration and automation are intertwined and how the company is addressing the Asia-Pacific market

• February 22, 2022 22 Feb'22

  Gartner: Public sector must target disjointed IT strategy

  The pandemic showed how quickly public sector IT can deliver technology to support essential services – now it is time to fix scalability

• February 01, 2022 01 Feb'22

  Dutch software engineers join campaign for research funding

  Software researchers from all over Europe are sounding the alarm: to maintain a strong international competitive position, more financial resources must be committed to software research

• January 26, 2022 26 Jan'22

  IBM fourth-quarter results show hybrid refocus

  Big Blue continues its journey to rebuild its business around hybrid cloud platforms, software infrastructure and consulting services

• January 19, 2022 19 Jan'22

  IT teams blind to Kubernetes observability

  The complex nature of modern cloud environments makes it exceedingly difficult for IT admins to monitor IT infrastructure and systems effectively

• December 23, 2021 23 Dec'21

  Top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2021

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2021

• December 21, 2021 21 Dec'21

  Top 10 software development stories of 2021

  Business recovery is leading to more emphasis on software projects. Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 software development stories for 2021

• December 20, 2021 20 Dec'21

  Tokopedia ups ante on observability capabilities

  Indonesian e-commerce giant Tokopedia has consolidated its observability capabilities on a single cloud-based platform, enabling it to improve customer service and identify infrastructure issues

• December 15, 2021 15 Dec'21

  AIB signs up to z15-powered transformation

  Irish bank has continued its investment in IBM z-series hardware and the Red Hat software portfolio to help it achieve its digital transformation goals

• November 24, 2021 24 Nov'21

  IT Priorities 2022: Software development

  As organisations rebuild after the Covid-19 pandemic, strategic software projects will help them become more effective

• November 05, 2021 05 Nov'21

  Inside Krungsri Bank’s open API journey

  Thailand’s Krungsri Bank has been harnessing open application programming interfaces to enable its partners to build new services in a strategy that has won over customers from rival banks

• September 29, 2021 29 Sep'21

  Blue Prism deal adds RPA to Tibco software product range

  Robotic process automation provides another piece of the jigsaw in Tibco’s drive to be a data company

• September 14, 2021 14 Sep'21

  Renault set to test out Google supply chain digital twin

  Digital twin simulation of supply chain draws in disparate data sources to deliver efficiencies and prevent disruptions

• August 18, 2021 18 Aug'21

  How Australia’s Octopus Deploy is simplifying DevOps

  Brisbane-based startup Octopus Deploy recently secured $172.5m in venture funding to advance its goal of simplifying software deployments for DevOps teams

• July 27, 2021 27 Jul'21

  Running a virtual hackathon

  DWP Digital recently organised a virtual hackathon. We find out how it went, and the key takeaways

• July 08, 2021 08 Jul'21

  How GSK Consumer Healthcare builds out its platform business

  GSK Consumer Healthcare’s products are sold through retailers and chemist shops, and it is now connecting directly with consumers through APIs

• June 23, 2021 23 Jun'21

  How containerisation helps VW develop car software

  Volkswagen’s R&D centre is working with Red Hat to use containerisation to improve how it develops and tests software for the control systems in cars

• June 18, 2021 18 Jun'21

  Vast Data will offer containerised storage software, but not yet

  Vast Data sticking to its plan to provide no-tier “universal storage” via QLC flash and a 3D Xpoint read/write buffer that uses a containerised control plane

• May 27, 2021 27 May'21

  Build 2021: Microsoft targets multicloud developers

  Company has previewed new capabilities to Azure application services, giving developers greater freedom of where to deploy workloads

• May 19, 2021 19 May'21

  Edging closer to composable business

  Covid-19 forced organisations to try radical new things. Building apps from pre-built functions is one that Mulesoft believes has longevity

• May 13, 2021 13 May'21

  Portworx gets container-native array management for Pure hardware

  Container storage player Portworx builds in container-native functionality to allow discovery, provisioning and management from inside Kubernetes cluster, but only on Pure arrays so far

• May 05, 2021 05 May'21

  Executive interview: Juergen Mueller on SAP’s tech strategy

  SAP CTO Juergen Mueller offers a glimpse into the company’s thinking around delivering business applications as microservices, among other areas and updates in its technology strategy

• April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21

  Scality launches Artesca container-native object storage

  Object storage specialist gets on a burgeoning container object storage market with Artesca, which runs from Kubernetes to provide persistent storage for containerised applications

• April 07, 2021 07 Apr'21

  VMware to ease hybrid cloud deployments

  VMware is combining VMware Cloud Foundation and its Tanzu portfolio into a single software stack to simplify hybrid and multicloud deployment and management

• April 06, 2021 06 Apr'21

  Bank BJB Syariah taps DevOps

  Indonesia’s Bank Jabar Banten Syariah is adopting DevOps and microservices to speed up delivery of applications

• March 29, 2021 29 Mar'21

  CW Innovation Awards: How DBS is transforming credit processes

  DBS Bank’s credit architecture programme has digitised and reimagined credit processes through a unified platform that has improved the productivity and efficiency of its credit teams

• March 25, 2021 25 Mar'21

  Interview: Paul Douglas, Scottish Water

  Building an enterprise architecture involves balancing near- and mid-term goals with longer-term business objective, cost and technical challenges, says Paul Douglas, lead enterprise architect at Scottish Water

• March 09, 2021 09 Mar'21

  DevOps pros get salary boost in spite of Covid squeeze

  Although many businesses have tightened spending, digitisation is driving up salaries among DevOps professionals

• March 05, 2021 05 Mar'21

  APAC leads in open source adoption

  APAC organisations are using open source software to modernise their infrastructure and develop containerised applications, though security concerns linger on

• March 03, 2021 03 Mar'21

  IBM eyes hybrid cloud opportunity in ASEAN

  The hybrid cloud message is resonating among Southeast Asian enterprises that are looking to modernise their applications and systems, says IBM’s general manager for the region

• February 18, 2021 18 Feb'21

  Why technology leaders must drive post-Covid agenda

  IT has shown its worth during the pandemic and in 2021, Accenture believes business leaders will need to apply IT more strategically

• February 17, 2021 17 Feb'21

  How software developers can make more dough

  There are subtle differences across Europe in developer salaries, depending on experience and demand for front-end, full-stack or front-end roles

• January 25, 2021 25 Jan'21

  Inside Grab’s DevOps practices

  A senior software engineer at Grab offers a peek into the DevOps practices at one of Southeast Asia’s technology unicorns