Collaboration software and productivity software
Collaboration software and productivity software go increasingly hand-in-hand as IT managers look to make better use of information and document sharing across their organisations. For many companies, Microsoft Office is already a standard tool for personal productivity, but tools such as social media, workflow and business process management (BPM) are important aspects of any collaboration software strategy. We look at the latest trends.
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News
29 Nov 2023
AI to drive Zoom to new levels in 2024
Collaboration and communications company’s GenAI technology to be cornerstone of hybrid workspace where technology aligns with real user needs Continue Reading
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E-Zine
28 Nov 2023
Datacentres or green belt? Why the UK has to choose
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we examine the minefield around datacentre planning permission across the UK, after government blocked a major development next to the M25 motorway. The metaverse is making inroads into the indus-trial world – is this the real future for the technology? And we analyse the trends changing the application software market. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
07 Aug 2019
What to expect from Freshworks Refresh 19
The Computer Weekly Developer Network team is a big fan of smoky casinos, 1-cent slot machines, cloud-based CRM software platforms, intelligent workflow automation technology and basketball legend ... Continue Reading
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News
30 Jul 2019
Why CIOs should focus on trimming their internal email footprint
Better internal collaboration should be part of a CIO’s digitisation arsenal. But there is resistance to change, especially as email is so dominant Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Jul 2019
Use Windows 7 end of support to reboot desktop IT
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 ... Continue Reading
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News
24 Jul 2019
UK CIOs bottom of digital workflow league
Leading CIOs shift from tech to leadership focus, but a new survey from ServiceNow has found that UK CIOs have not increased workflow budget Continue Reading
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News
23 Jul 2019
Use Windows 7 end of life to update desktop productivity
The end of support for Windows 7 should be seen as the end of an era for traditional desktop IT. So what does 21st century desktop productivity look like? Continue Reading
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News
22 Jul 2019
Morgan Stanley uses Box to power new Digital Vault
Bank has integrated the Box collaboration platform to provide a new, secure document-sharing service for its customers Continue Reading
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16 Jul 2019
Choose tools to prevent communication overload
Social media platforms can improve collaboration, but organisations need to be careful not to swamp staff with messages Continue Reading
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E-Zine
16 Jul 2019
Computer Weekly – 16 July 2019: Reaping the benefits of digital transformation at Defra
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we check out the digital transformation at Defra, and see how the government department is preparing for Brexit. The new technology chief for the NHS explains how he’s going to bring the health service into the digital age. And we examine how to make a success of enterprise social media platforms. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Feature
15 Jul 2019
Choose tools to prevent communication overload
Social media platforms can improve collaboration, but organisations need to be careful not to swamp staff with messages Continue Reading
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E-Zine
09 Jul 2019
Steering a voyage to the cloud at Maersk
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we find out how the world’s largest shipping company, Maersk, is steering a course to public cloud. We analyse SAP’s latest attempts to ease customers’ software licensing concerns. And we hear how one London borough, Hackney, is taking a lead in transforming digital government across the capital. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
04 Jul 2019
Is AIOps on the up and up?
Business process services company Wipro and technology consulting firm Moogsoft has snuggled up in bed, by which of course we mean formed a partnership. Moogsoft’s developer credentials stem from ... Continue Reading
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02 Jul 2019
The changing face of enterprise collaboration
Enterprises are turning to social platforms to optimise communication among their workforces. Computer Weekly looks at some examples Continue Reading
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Feature
01 Jul 2019
Rise of the machines: How AI is changing unified communications
Artificial intelligence is now moving into live UC environments at scale. We look at the impact it will have and what lies ahead Continue Reading
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Feature
01 Jul 2019
The changing face of enterprise collaboration
Enterprises are turning to social platforms to optimise communication among their workforces. Computer Weekly looks at some examples Continue Reading
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Feature
28 Jun 2019
Exploring UCaaS: The main benefits for enterprises
Getting unified communications-as-a-service right can mean more agility, higher productivity, and cost control Continue Reading
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News
26 Jun 2019
NHS Wales provides 100,000 staff with Microsoft 365
Cloud-based suite will help Welsh healthcare service drive digitisation initiatives and support greater collaboration and video-based consultations Continue Reading
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News
13 Jun 2019
How IT helps the National Theatre to stage productions
It may seem like it’s all last-minute, but theatre production is a process and IT can make day-to-day operations go smoothly Continue Reading
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Opinion
05 Jun 2019
Collaboration between local public services and industry is key to innovation
The launch of the new London Office for Technology and Innovation is an opportunity to examine how industry and government can work together better to improve local innovation Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Jun 2019
Cutting employees some Slack: The rise of messaging apps in retail
Slack’s 2019 stock market debut raises the profile of enterprise collaboration software, but what options do retailers have in this space and how are they using the technology? Continue Reading
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News
31 May 2019
The FA signs Google Cloud to support cloud-based push to make football more inclusive
The Football Association is on a mission to up female participation in the sport and make it more accessible to a larger number of fans, and it is teaming up with Google Cloud to achieve its goals Continue Reading
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Blog Post
30 Apr 2019
Plandek co-CEO: 5 areas for Agile team self-improvement
In his role co-CEO of big data analytics company Plandek, Charlie Ponsonby guest writes for the Computer Weekly Developer Network to examine how teams can get more out of Agile development ... Continue Reading
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News
23 Apr 2019
Casual collaboration comms pose security risk, survey shows
UK employees have a worryingly casual attitude to workplace communications, underling the need for employers to take steps to counter related cyber attack vulnerabilities Continue Reading
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Blog Post
18 Apr 2019
Banking and finance bigwigs yank climate change chord
It has been a week of activism and a call for action, with the Extinction Rebellion, causing major disruptions in London. But alongside grass roots demonstrations, there appears to be a greater ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
16 Apr 2019
Deeper into DataOps: NetApp & PagerDuty
The Computer Weekly Developer Network decided to cover the emerging area of DataOps… and we were overloaded. After an initial couple of stories to define the term here and another exploring DataOps ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
12 Apr 2019
Deeper into DataOps: Altran, Moogsoft & Puppet
The Computer Weekly Developer Network decided to cover the emerging area of DataOps… and we were overloaded. After an initial couple of stories to define the term here and another exploring DataOps ... Continue Reading
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News
04 Apr 2019
Post Office to appeal judgment from first Horizon trial
The Post Office will appeal against some of the judgments from the first trial concerning the Horizon computer system used by subpostmasters Continue Reading
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News
01 Apr 2019
How Australia’s Curtin University is transforming the digital classroom
The Perth-based institution has been using collaborative learning spaces to better engage students and bring its classes to the world Continue Reading
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News
29 Mar 2019
Middle East countries accelerate quantum computing research
Gulf countries must invest in quantum computing research to ensure they continue to to remain digital pioneers Continue Reading
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News
12 Mar 2019
Despite failings, exec appetite for secure collaboration growing
Top business decision makers are more reckless than ever with company data, but the appetite for secure collaboration tools is growing, survey reveals Continue Reading
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News
25 Feb 2019
Australia, Singapore say hello to 5G
Singtel and its Australian subsidiary Optus have made one of the first 5G video calls in the Asia-Pacific region Continue Reading
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News
20 Feb 2019
How the immersive VR film Tree was created
New Reality Company worked across games development and video effects to bring about a virtual reality immersive experience Continue Reading
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Blog Post
15 Feb 2019
NHS takes a small digital step into the 21st century - with bigger ones to come
Here is our quote of the week: “We spend £8m a year on paper. We spend £2m a year on envelopes. We can save lives, save staff time and cut costs by using an extraordinary piece of technology that ... Continue Reading
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News
13 Feb 2019
NHS must use email by default, says health secretary Matt Hancock
Secretary of state for health and social care criticises NHS staff who insist on only sending letters to patients, and says modern, secure communications will save lives Continue Reading
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Opinion
05 Feb 2019
New audiovisual connections enhance the learning experience
Being open and inclusive to individual sensory needs as well as diverse technology choices means adopting a flexible approach to AV infrastructure Continue Reading
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Opinion
30 Jan 2019
Audiovisual systems need more efficient integration and management
The spread of audiovisual systems for communication and collaboration needs to be supported in a similar manner to corporate IT, not facilities management Continue Reading
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News
28 Jan 2019
Brexit won’t curb IT spending
Analyst Gartner expects organisations to carry on buying more IT to support digitisation initiatives Continue Reading
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Opinion
07 Jan 2019
Visual collaboration needs more than just pixels and pointers
The merging of audio-visual and information technologies presents new opportunities for collaboration and data sharing Continue Reading
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News
18 Dec 2018
Defra unveils green government tech vision
Printing reams of paper and travelling to meetings are among the areas targeted in the new, green ICT makeover Continue Reading
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Feature
13 Dec 2018
Which is the best ECM application for your business?
Examine the top commercial and open source ECM software to help you determine which product is best for your organization. Continue Reading
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News
12 Dec 2018
High-flying clouds: AWS bucks traditional business growth trends with help from the enterprise
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud juggernaut continues to go from strength to strength from quarter to quarter, but what is fuelling its non-traditional revenue growth trends? Continue Reading
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News
28 Nov 2018
CIO interview: Stephen Docherty on NHS data sharing
The Cambridge Analytica scandal raised awareness about privacy. Stephen Docherty, CIO of South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, explains why Continue Reading
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News
27 Nov 2018
High Court trial over Horizon computer system completes witness cross-examinations
The High Court trial in which subpostmasters are suing the Post Office has reached an important stage Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Nov 2018
Five ways ECM software can benefit your organization
Think your business needs content management tools? Here are five use cases illustrating how ECM software addresses common compliance and management challenges that companies face. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
15 Nov 2018
Sri Lanka software body aims to position country as tech start-up hub
The privately run software industry body for Sri Lanka is SLASSCOM. Known in full as Sri Lanka Association of Software and Services Companies (SLASSCOM), this organisation is based in the country’s ... Continue Reading
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Feature
13 Nov 2018
Maximize collaboration with the right huddle room design
Huddle room design is an essential part of creating a good collaborative environment. Learn what equipment options are available for your collaboration spaces. Continue Reading
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Feature
05 Nov 2018
Content management tools address digital content challenges
With the digital content explosion and increasing mandates come the need to manage all those files. ECM tools do just that and more, ever evolving to meet changing business needs. Continue Reading
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News
05 Nov 2018
Robots deliver savings for Dutch postal service PostNL
Dutch delivery company PostNL is reaping huge efficiency savings by using robotic technology to automate time-consuming administrative tasks Continue Reading
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News
23 Oct 2018
Software suites will dominate the business applications market
Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd contends that having a common user interface and the ability to support data flows across a business are key capabilities that will spur the dominance of software suites over time Continue Reading
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Blog Post
21 Oct 2018
Puppet pulls strings on new DevOps tools
Open source software configuration management company Puppet used its colourfully named Puppetize Live event in San Francisco this month to detail a new product designed to help measure their ... Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Oct 2018
Software requirements for international aid go beyond cloud and apps
Aid workers in extreme situations don’t always have stable access to the software they need over the cloud. Find out how they work around this Continue Reading
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Feature
15 Oct 2018
Chromebooks and G Suite: a good working alternative
We look at Chromebooks as collaboration clients, both in Google-oriented and mixed-platform environments Continue Reading
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Feature
08 Oct 2018
Focus on content collaboration strategies
Content collaboration platforms can enable businesses to create an agile and modern digital workplace Continue Reading
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News
08 Oct 2018
Geospatial Commission pumps £5m into unlocking value of location data
Commission wants to unlock the value of location data held by its partners through the use of emerging technologies Continue Reading
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News
08 Oct 2018
Google Safety Center goes live in the UK
Google says its commitment to transparency is as strong as ever as its new Safety Center goes live in the UK to help keep businesses and consumers safe online Continue Reading
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News
04 Oct 2018
Digital Catapult launches Ethics Framework for AI and machine learning
Innovation centre hopes to foster responsible and ethical development of artificial intelligence and machine learning systems Continue Reading
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01 Oct 2018
Has collaboration software wrought perilous communication overload?
A new generation of collaborative software, such as Slack and Microsoft Teams, could prove a knowledge management boon. But does it have a dark side of communication overload? Continue Reading
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Podcast
28 Sep 2018
What HR must know about team collaboration best practices
Step away from Slack -- at least sometimes. That's the message from researchers who say always-on workers may not be helping companies innovate and compete. Continue Reading
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News
27 Sep 2018
Best supply chain firms are masters of data and automation
Europe’s best supply chains are making the most out of e-commerce, customer insights and robotic process automation, according to Gartner Continue Reading
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Blog Post
25 Sep 2018
Digitisation: The key to SMB success
Quocirca's Print 2025 Spotlight report Digitisation: the key to SMB success reveals that SMBs are accelerating their digitisation initiatives through the use of digital workflow services and ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
12 Sep 2018
When modern meetings don't work
Once upon a time, pretty much every meeting had a minute-taker – someone who kept notes, summarising who said what. These meeting minutes were circulated afterwards for comment and correction, and ... Continue Reading
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News
30 Aug 2018
Voice set to project into workplace, predicts Gartner report
AI-powered voice recognition is set to become part of the office environment within two years, according to Gartner Continue Reading
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Blog Post
29 Aug 2018
Pluralsight Live 2018: keynote noteworthies at #PluralsightLIVE
Enterprise technology learning platform company Pluralsight used its ‘Live’ 2018 user, partner and customer conference this month to detail a set of new products and host what is now its second ... Continue Reading
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News
28 Aug 2018
Amnesty International creates human rights digital archive
Digital preservation platform from Preservica will protect digital records of significant historical importance to Amnesty and its supporters Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 Aug 2018
Why conversational AI needs the gift of the Blarney
As every good competent and loquacious speaker knows, no true gift of the gab is ever reasonably achieved without first visiting the Irish city of Cork to kiss the Blarney Stone. But there’s more; ... Continue Reading
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News
21 Aug 2018
CIO interview: Celia Pronto, chief customer and digital officer, Casual Dining Group
Casual Dining Group’s chief customer and digital officer, Celia Pronto, is overhauling technology, consolidating IT and improving collaboration across its 300 restaurants Continue Reading
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News
17 Aug 2018
Office 365 outage: Sign-in issues blight users across Europe and the US
Microsoft claims to have resolved a “subscription activation” issue that left Office 365 users unable to access its services yesterday Continue Reading
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News
15 Aug 2018
Australian enterprises warming up to DevOps
The burgeoning DevOps culture in Australia has attracted new market players and led major banks and telcos to embrace the movement to get development and operations teams working in unison Continue Reading
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News
15 Aug 2018
The National Archives deploys Egress to support FoI requests
Egress Secure Workspace is being used by the Advisory Council for The National Archives, who require a collaboration environment to assess FoI requests Continue Reading
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News
26 Jul 2018
Fix culture to make digital a success
Businesses with well-honed processes will often find it hard to adapt to new, digital transformation initiatives, according to Gartner report Continue Reading
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News
24 Jul 2018
Ramp up security to mitigate Office 365 attacks
Public clouds tend to be more secure, but Office 365 has become a major target for attacks, which means internal IT security needs tightening Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Jul 2018
Has collaboration software wrought perilous communication overload?
A new generation of collaborative software, such as Slack and Microsoft Teams, could prove a knowledge management boon. But does it have a dark side of communication overload? Continue Reading
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News
20 Jul 2018
Cloud sales stoke Microsoft’s strong growth
Microsoft says cloud-based Office products made a huge contribution to sales growth Continue Reading
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News
18 Jul 2018
Walmart and Microsoft partner to boost digital in retail
US retail giant Walmart has signed a five-year partnership with Microsoft, with the aim of speeding up its digital transformation Continue Reading
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Blog Post
17 Jul 2018
A conference room for the future
In some ways, the recent completion of Plantronics’ $2 billion purchase of Polycom was more surprising for the amount paid than the fact that this is basically an audio headset supplier taking over ... Continue Reading
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News
13 Jul 2018
Microsoft warns if an email is being sent out of office hours
When Blackberry introduced mobile email, it made everyone permanently connected to work. Now, Microsoft wants to curb this Continue Reading
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News
11 Jul 2018
Oracle’s deal with Chile should go global
UK Oracle users may eventually see the ripple effect of a court ruling in a country almost 7,500 miles away Continue Reading
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Blog Post
04 Jul 2018
Workplace software as an occupational hazard
The US Department of Labor has updated its Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. Known as 2018 SOC, government agencies use the system to classify workers and, with a bit of ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
28 Jun 2018
Collaboration, communication and more effective meetings
The last visit to Unified Comms (UC) expo in London reinforced a view that this sector is slightly misnamed. The attempt a few years ago to tack ‘and collaboration’ (UC&C) onto the end seemed ... Continue Reading
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News
26 Jun 2018
Liberty Global picks Cisco to transform customer service ops
Virgin Media parent enlists Cisco in a bid to transform its customer service experience across Europe Continue Reading
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Blog Post
25 Jun 2018
Electric Cloud develops 'credit score' for application success
There’s applications and application delivery… and then there’s the arguably more upmarket notion of Adaptive Release Orchestration & Continuous Delivery (AROCD - not a real acronym). Placing ... Continue Reading
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News
25 Jun 2018
Apple rejects claim of iPhone brute force hack
Apple has rejected claims by a security researcher that he was able to bypass the iPhone defences against brute force passcode hacks Continue Reading
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News
21 Jun 2018
HR projects are leading company moves to digital tech, say business leaders
Business leaders say their human resource IT programmes are leading the way to the wider deployment of digital and cloud technology across their organisations Continue Reading
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News
20 Jun 2018
Chief data officers go to summer school
Authors of the “Chief data officer’s playbook”, Caroline Carruthers and Peter Jackson, are running a summer school, supported by data governance software supplier Collibra Continue Reading
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Blog Post
12 Jun 2018
Splunk adds AIOps talent, nabs VictorOps
Machine data log file analytics specialist Splunk has added an extra dose of incident management capability into its stack with the acquisition of VictorOps. The Colorado headquartered VictorOps ... Continue Reading
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News
31 May 2018
Retail sector flagged as slow to adopt cloud technologies in Bitglass research
The fourth annual Bitglass cloud adoption survey reveals enterprise appetite for off-premise technologies is continuing to rise, but some industries are moving more slowly than others Continue Reading
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News
29 May 2018
Save the Children International uses Microsoft Azure to bolster cross-border charity work
Graham Kent, director of IT shared services at Save the Children International, talks about using Microsoft Azure to boost cross-border collaboration between the charity’s member organisations and present a more united front to the world Continue Reading
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News
17 May 2018
Case study: British Airways’ global B2B sales gathered under Salesforce cloud
British Airways has gathered its international business-to-business sales under Salesforce Sales Cloud to bust silos Continue Reading
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News
11 May 2018
ServiceNow: Enterprises must rethink workplace communication as Generation Z enter workforce
Enterprises may find their tried and tested methods of communication fail to live up to expectations of digitally-savvy Generation Z members, warns ServiceNow Continue Reading
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News
10 May 2018
Citrix touts digital workspace app in services play
Software supplier Citrix’s cloud-based workspace app is part of its efforts to deliver integrated services that support the modern workplace Continue Reading
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News
01 May 2018
Facebook bolsters enterprise integration with Workplace tool
Facebook wants to embed its platform in the enterprise, and hopes to achieve this through integration with third-party services Continue Reading
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News
25 Apr 2018
Police forces use Motorola mobile apps to digitise frontline ops
The States of Jersey Police force plans to phase out inefficient paper-based activities with mobile applications, while other forces around the UK report improvements to their overall processes Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Apr 2018
How Australian enterprises are unifying business communications
Business leaders and experts in rolling out unified communications tools in Australia stress the importance of change management and employee consultation to avoid digital white elephants Continue Reading
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Feature
27 Mar 2018
ASEAN’s growing appetite for unified communications
Led by enterprises in Singapore and Malaysia, adoption of unified communications tools is expected to grow with the surge in demand for cloud-based and hosted offerings Continue Reading
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News
27 Mar 2018
Capgemini turns to tech startup to identify ‘most engaged’ teams
Technology and consulting services firm Capgemini is using technology from a startup company to poll its employees’ views and provide feedback from managers every week. It is discovering what it takes to create “engaged teams” Continue Reading
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News
06 Mar 2018
Security remains an afterthought in DevOps
Enterprises in Asia are lapping up DevOps but less than one-third have baked security processes into their developments Continue Reading
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Blog Post
27 Feb 2018
WCaaP - Web Conferencing As A Platform?
Interesting, timing wise, because a lot of conversations recently with vendors have revealed how much discontent there is with the classic web conferencing tools, such as WebEx and GoToMeeting. ... Continue Reading
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News
20 Feb 2018
NHS Digital plots Office 365 and NHSmail integration to boost collaboration in healthcare
NHS Digital outlines delivery timeline for integrating NHSmail with Microsoft Office 365, as it strives to improve collaboration between health and social care stakeholders Continue Reading
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News
05 Feb 2018
Salesforce buys Attic Labs, adding to Quip capabilities
Quip receives back-end capabilities with open source database after Salesforce purchase of Attic Labs. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
02 Feb 2018
Securing the guts of the Gits with GitLab
GitLab is expanding... but what is its position in the total source code repository management universe? Let's draw a couple of lines first with a nod to the SESYNC research support community for ... Continue Reading
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News
02 Feb 2018
Faster data is a safer bet for risk exposure
Betting platform service supplier FSB Technology (UK) has used GridGain’s in-memory database to support its existing PostgreSQL transactional system Continue Reading