Podcasts
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Podcast: Ransomware and what data storage can do about it
We talk to NetApp’s Chris McKean about ransomware attacks and the role of data storage in protecting against them
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Podcast: Storage functionality in Kubernetes 1.31
We talk to Sergey Pronin of Percona about new storage functionality in Kubernetes 1.31, including volume attribute class and changes to persistent volumes, as well as other long-term fixes
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Securing data in GCP: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
We speak to Google’s director of product management for confidential computing about ensuring the protection of data in use
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Podcast: Sustainable data storage and how to achieve it
We talk to NetApp’s Grant Caley about data storage energy needs and how they can be reduced by use of QLC flash, efficient datacentre hardware and putting data on the right media
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Accessibility: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
CIO, Suleyman Gokyigit discusses his experiences of using screen readers to support blind and visually impaired users navigate websites and apps
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Podcast: Storage for AI needs scale, hybrid cloud and multiple integrations
We talk to NetApp’s Grant Caley about AI and data storage, the need for scale, performance and hybrid cloud, and to move, copy and clone data for wrangling for inference runs
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No cyber barriers: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
We speak to Sharp Europe’s data protection and information security officer about how to balance cybersecurity with the needs of the business
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Podcast: AI and its impact on data storage
We talk to Shawn Rosemarin, vice-president for R&D at Pure Storage, about the requirements of AI workloads, and what data storage needs to cope with AI
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Making tech changes: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
We speak to the CIO of law firm, Kingsley Napley about effective change management to support successful digital transformation
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Podcast: 32TB HDDs by 2029, but how much bigger can they get?
We talk to Rainer Kaese of Toshiba about the roadmap for conventional magnetic recording on hard disk drives, the roadmap to 32TB, and what it would take to get to 100TB or 200TB
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AWS & GenAI: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
We speak to Francessca Vasquez, vice president, professional services and GenAI Innovation Center for Amazon Web Services
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Podcast: How to prepare your data for digital transformation
We talk to Chris Gorton, EMEA managing director at Syniti, about how to prepare data for digital transformation
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Weak Gen AI use cases: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
We speak to Gartner’s Leinar Ramos about his latest research, “When Not to Use GenAI”
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Surviving IT failures: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
We speak to Junade Ali, author of How to Protect yourself from Killer Computers
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Podcast: What is distributed cloud storage and what are its benefits?
We talk to Enrico Signoretti of Cubbit about how distributed cloud allows customers to control their data in hybrid and multicloud storage and the workloads the company targets
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Cloud Native Computing: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
We speak to Priyanka Sharma, the executive director of the Cloud Native Computing Forum about having blind faith in tech innovation
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Podcast: Immutable storage essential against ransomware, but...
...not all immutable storage is created equal. That’s the message from Paul Speciale of Scality, who looks at immutable storage, its variants and what’s needed to secure data
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Podcast: What is the impact of AI on storage and compliance?
Start now looking at artificial intelligence compliance. That’s the advice of Mathieu Gorge of Vigitrust, who says AI governance is still immature but firms should recognise the limits and still act
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Podcast: What are snapshots? Can they replace backup?
We talk to Shawn Meyers, field CTO at Tintri, who defines snapshots, why they are no substitute for backups, and the effect on recovery of snapshot granularity
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Podcast: Storage and compliance outlook for 2024
Interesting times ahead in 2024 as we talk to Mathieu Gorge, CEO of Vigitrust, about updates to EU regs, PCI, NIST, post-Brexit divergence and 60 national elections across the globe
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Walmart’s enterprise software: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
We speak to Walmart’s David Glick about the build/buy debate and how the retailer works with large language models
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Gartner’s CIO agenda: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
We speak to Gartner’s Tina Nunno at the analyst firm’s annual conference in Barcelona about IT management challenges
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Learning from Google: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
We speak to the CEO of Glean about learning on the job and artificial intelligence democratisation
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Podcast: ‘Data first’ a key principle of digital transformation
Chris Gorton of Syniti says organisations should put data first during digital transformation projects, and that means getting data quality, access rights and governance right
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Digital service: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
We speak to Harmeen Mehta, chief digital innovation officer at BT, about service management in digital transformation
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Podcast: AI threats mean backup and security must work as one
Malicious use of artificial intellience against scattered data stores means data protection and security must go hand-in-hand. That’s the view of Gaidar Magdanurov, chief success officer at Acronis
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Unconventional career: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
Cyber security expert Junade Ali, talks about his non-academic route to a PhD. He was recently elected as a fellow of the IET
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Podcast: File synchronisation benefits and use cases
If you’ve got the bandwidth and you need to share files or even synchronise virtual desktops, file synchronisation is worth a look. That’s the view of Peer Software CEO Jimmy Tan
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Podcast: HDDs have a long life ahead in certain workloads
Spinning disk hard drives are far from dead, and with data volumes set to explode, there are use cases that suit them well. That’s the view of Rainer Kaese of Toshiba in this podcast
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Podcast: Sizing data storage for AI/ML workloads
Artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads come with I/O profiles of different shapes and sizes. We talk to Curtis Anderson of Panasas about how best to procure and size storage for them
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AI cyber monitoring: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this podcast, Darktrace’s Max Heinemeyer discusses the good – and the bad – to come out of artificial intelligence in IT security
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Podcast: Cloud security, compliance and data classification
The rise of cloud has led to a proliferation of enterprise data and a rise in risk. We talk to Vigitrust CEO Mathieu Gorge about how to ensure compliance in a multicloud world
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Podcast: Containers, Kubernetes, data protection and compliance
Containers offer benefits to application deployment, but they proliferate, so tracking them for compliance purposes can be a challenge. We talk to Mathieu Gorge, CEO of Vigitrust
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Podcast: Storage, backup, AI and data classification at RSA 2023
Much discussion at RSA 2023 about artificial intelligence, the risks to data protection, storage and compliance, plus risk and data classification, especially its impacts on access and data management
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Code experiments: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
We speak to GoDaddy CTO Charles Beadnall about how to prove an IT project works as intended
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The first 100 days: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
We speak to the global IT director of Travelex about retraining and how new CIOs should avoid the temptation to copy and paste their IT strategy
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Podcast: No more hard disks in five years, says Pure
We talk to Shawn Rosemarin of Pure Storage, who argues there will be no more hard drive sales in five years because energy costs and capacity needs can only be fulfilled by flash
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Podcast: Ransomware, data protection and compliance
Ransomware is a huge and ever-present threat, but there are ways to avoid it and to mitigate its effects. We get key practical steps from Mathieu Gorge, CEO of Vigitrust
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Beyond Web 2.0: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
Like others who have developed technology that powers the internet, David Holtzman, chief strategist at decentralised cyber security network Naoris Protocol, has an unusual background
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Next-gen AI: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
Mark Raskino, co-author of When Machines Become Customers, discusses machine-to-machine commerce
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Podcast: Cloud storage, data protection and compliance
The lure of cloud storage hides its drawback, namely that you can lose control of it from a compliance perspective. We talk to Mathieu Gorge, CEO of Vigitrust, about how to tame it
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Everywoman in Tech, datacentre heat reuse – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
The team talks about disclosure regarding diversity and inclusion programmes, datacentre heat reuse in swimming pools, and NetSuite supporting business transformation at Guinness World Records
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IT sustainability: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
We speak to Gartner’s Annette Zimmerman about the circular economy and IT sustainability
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Observability: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
William Hill’s Stephen Wild discusses how the betting website reduces the revenue impact of IT glitches
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Podcast: Why DBaaS and what problems does it solve?
We talk to Tobias Ternström of Nutanix about how the enterprise landscape has seen thousands of databases from multiple vendors mushroom and how database as a service can help manage that complexity
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Procurement AI: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
We speak to BT’s procurement chief about the role of artificial intelligence and how conversational AI will improve workflows
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Podcast: 2023 compliance and storage outlook
Geopolitical instability casts its shadow as organisations must think about cyber attacks, data location and what to do if things change quickly. We talk to Mathieu Gorge, CEO of Vigitrust
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Video messaging: A Computer Weekly Downtime upload podcast
We speak to Vimeo’s chief product officer about asynchronous video comms
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Enterprise open source: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
We speak to Spotify’s open source tech lead, Per Ploug, on supplier relationship management in open source
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Tech sector lay-offs in the round – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
The team talks about tech sector job losses in the round, with possible bright spots for corporate IT and contractors, and data and hybrid working strategies at the Very Group
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Building teams: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this podcast, Eric Muntz, former CTO at Mailchimp, discusses diversity of thinking and ethnic diversity in IT engineering teams
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IT architecture: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
Rajesh Naidu, chief architect and head of data management at Expedia, discusses how the role of IT architect is evolving
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AWS mutes trash talk at Re:Invent – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
The team chats through the AWS Re:Invent conference, as well as an initiative for getting young women into cyber security, and how SAP Build travelled from Vegas to SAP users in Birmingham
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Inflation-busting IT: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this podcast, Gartner’s Stewart Buchanan discusses how to fund digital technology initiatives
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Justice transparency: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
We speak to The National Archives about how it is using semantic data to make court and tribunal judgments searchable
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Business workflows: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
How ServiceNow is being used to drive business processes across IT and other business areas
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Coding at bet365: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this podcast, Alan Reed, head of sports development at bet365, discusses the technical and business challenges of scalability
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Top 50 women in UK tech, IR35 Truss fiasco – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
The team reflects on the announcement of the Most Influential Women in UK Technology 2022, the IR35 reforms being scrapped, then not, and Dreamforce & Oracle Cloud World in the US
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Work in the metaverse: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this special edition of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, we speak to Wipro CTO Subha Tatavarti about the business metaverse
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Developer wellbeing: A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload special with Capital One bank’s CTO, Brad Miller
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Koch’s networking: Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
Matt Hoag, CTO of Koch Business Solutions, discusses networking as a service
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Datacentres and energy, top women in tech – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
We discuss the run-in to the announcement of the Most Influential Women in UK Technology 2022 list, the datacentre market and the energy crisis, and the Alliance for Data Science Professionals
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Energy crisis IT impact: Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this special edition of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Gartner analyst Tiny Haynes discusses datacentre energy management.
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Does quantum matter? A Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this special edition of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Ilyas Khan, CEO of Quantinuum, discusses the quantum computing revolution
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Podcast: Storage the key bottleneck for AI processing
We talk to Panasas about the need for storage that can cope with delivering high volumes of small files for artificial intelligence with the throughput and latency needed to service costly GPUs
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James Hatch, BAE Systems: Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
We speak to the chief digital officer at BAE Systems’ Digital Intelligence business about the challenges of “digital” in high-trust organisations
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State of open source: Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this special edition of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, OpenUK’s Amanda Brock speaks to Cliff Saran about open source challenges
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Maybe 5G isn’t better: Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In October 1945, Arthur C Clarke wrote a paper, published in Wireless World magazine in the UK, discussing a global communications network
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Podcast: How storage AIOps is revolutionising hybrid cloud ops
We talk to Tintri about storage and AIOps, which is the application of AI and machine learning-based software to monitor storage infrastructure to be able to detect patterns and predict failure, the need to upgrade, and so on
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Podcast: Storage at the edge – impact and opportunities
We talk to Tobias Flitsch of Nebulon about the rise of edge computing and how that will drive demand for more storage that needs to be secure and resilient and centrally manageable
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Green IT, nominate top tech women – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna discuss the CW IT sustainability think-tank, the launch of the Most Influential Women in UK Technology 2022 list, and Lambeth Council in the cloud
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Bloomberg CTO interview: Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this special edition of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Bloomberg CTO Shawn Edwards discusses real-time data and open source
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Green desktop IT: Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this special edition of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Gartner’s Annette Zimmerman discusses desktop IT’s circular economy
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Podcast: The legacy and modern apps that drive object storage
We talk to object (and file) storage vendor Scality about the ways the application and development environment is changing and how that is driving object storage
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Podcast: SaaS data protection vulnerability and how to manage it
We talk to backup and data management supplier Cohesity about the added vulnerabilities of software-as-a-service data in a hybrid cloud environment and how best to manage multiple data sources
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Podcast: How to get truly portable Kubernetes storage
We talk to NetApp CTO Grant Caley about what is needed from storage to really deliver in a world of Kubernetes containerisation and microservices portability in hybrid cloud working
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Podcast: War, geo-political risk, data storage and compliance
We talk to Mathieu Gorge, CEO of Vigitrust, about impacts on compliance and data storage from instability in geo-political events, such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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Metaverse, women in software – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
Cliff Saran joins Clare and Brian, in Caroline’s absence, to discuss the metaverse, Windows 11, the Makers Women in Software Power List, and how CIOs do technology in 2022
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Energy crisis impact on datacentre market – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
Podcast team discusses the energy crisis by way of the Sungard AS UK collapse, data analytics-powered wind turbines, and CW survey showing big increase in flexible working for IT professionals
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Pure says unstructured data needs storage scale and performance
Podcast: Pure Storage says huge growth of unstructured data and its diversity means storage has to be able to scale with it and offer performance to gain insights
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Ukraine: Cyber warfare and IT industry boycott of Russia – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
Alex Scroxton joins the team to discuss the cyber war dimension of the conflict arising from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the IT industry’s response to Putin’s war
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Log4Shell, Ukraine and umbrella firm cyber attacks – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
Alex Scroxton joins the team to discuss the Log4j vulnerability and Russian pressure on Ukraine. Also discussed are cyber attacks on umbrella companies, neuro-diversity and junk in space
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Podcast: 2022 compliance preview – GDPR goes global
We talk to Mathieu Gorge, CEO of VigiTrust, about what’s looming in compliance, with regulations based on the principles of the General Data Protection Regulation plus the concept of cyber accountability
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COP26 reflections, tech sector reacts to Sunak on skills – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna reflect on datacentres and climate change, the tech sector’s reaction to government IT skills investment, and the Post Office scandal story
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COP26: IT and climate change – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this episode, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna are joined by Ryan Priest to discuss IT’s role in combating climate change, on the eve of COP26, as well as YouTube’s temporary expulsion of Novara Media from its platform
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Top women in UK tech, AI on puffin island – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this episode, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna discuss CW’s annual programme to choose the most influential women in UK tech, as well as Newham Sparks, and puffin-counting AI
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak listens to UK tech – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this episode of the CW Downtime Upload, CW editor in chief Bryan Glick joins the podcast team to discuss his interview with Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak at a Treasury Connect conference
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Computing exams, AI, water and datacentres – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this episode of the CW Downtime Upload, Clare McDonald, Brian McKenna and Caroline Donnelly discuss the recent A-level and GCSE computing results, AI appropriacy and datacentre water consumption
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DWP IR35 bill, women in tech – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna speak about the DWP’s IR35 tax bill, the Most Influential Women in UK Technology, and company culture
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CyberUK, bees and datacentres, Red Cross digital mapping – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly and Brian McKenna are joined by Alex Scroxton, security editor, to discuss CyberUK, bees and datacentres, and the British Red Cross’ use of digital mapping to combat Covid-19
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Uber drivers’ resistance and the gig economy – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly and Brian McKenna are joined by Sebastian Klovig Skelton to discuss the legal campaign by Uber drivers for the right to be recognised as workers
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Hybrid working, diversity progress – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna discuss hybrid working, progress in diversity and data in healthcare
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Post Office Horizon and the subpostmasters’ justice fight – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Karl Flinders joins Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald, and Brian McKenna to discuss the Post Office Horizon system that brought havoc to the lives of subpostmasters and subpostmistresses
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Disinformation and the US DNC emails leak controversy – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, the team are joined by Bill Goodwin to discuss the role of disinformation in the 2016 Democratic National Committee emails leak
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HMRC IT PAC rebuke, neurodiversity in focus – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna discuss the recent Public Accounts Committee report into HMRC IT, neurodiversity, and Gaurav Dhillon as a Silicon Valley CEO
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Parler v AWS, digital schooling, ambulance data – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna discuss the purgation of Parler, the traumas of digital schooling and the South Central Ambulance Service’s use of data to support their operations during the Covid-19 pandemic
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The channel in the pandemic, datacentres for investors – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Simon Quicke joins Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna to discuss how the IT channel has fared in the pandemic, how datacentres have evolved as investment assets, STEM education for children, and data strategy at Guide Dogs
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The case of Julian Assange as he faces US extradition bid – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Bill Goodwin, investigations editor, joins Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna to discuss the case of Julian Assange, whose recent extradition hearing at the Old Bailey Bill reported on
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Death of tech startups in pandemic. Bolstering diversity – Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast
In this episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Caroline Donnelly, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna discuss the collapse of UK tech startups in the wake of the pandemic, driving diversity, and SAP’s ‘5 & 5 by 25’ procurement pledge
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Podcast: Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Covid-19 and storage
We look at how organisations can use Cybersecurity Awareness Month as an opportunity to revisit their handling of data and compliance, especially with changes brought by Covid-19 and home working
Photo Stories
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Windows 11: A first look
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Important LGBTQ+ figures who shaped tech’s history
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UKtech50 2021 – The most influential people in UK IT
Videos
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Diversity in tech 2023: Bev White, Nash Squared
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Suki Fuller, most influential woman in UK tech 2023, winner’s speech
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Diversity in tech 2022: Explaining employee resource groups
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Diversity in tech 2022: Mehdi Mobayen-Rahni, Tyl by NatWest
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Diversity in tech 2022: Kerensa Jennings, BT
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Diversity in tech 2022: Joel Gujral, Myndup