Enterprise software
Enterprise software covers a wide range of vital IT management decisions, from operating systems to databases, from business applications to integration and middleware. Your software purchasing and development strategy is central to delivering successful IT systems, and we examine the products and trends that help IT managers make the right choices for their organisation.
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Feature
04 Nov 2024
Coffee badging explained: Why businesses are cracking down
Companies are enforcing return-to-office mandates, and employees aren't thrilled. Boosting morale with perks and flexibility can ease the transition. Continue Reading
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News
04 Nov 2024
Government’s £600,000 offer to Horizon scandal victims was 'political'
The Post Office was blindsided by the previous government’s decision to offer £600,000 to all subpostmasters wrongly convicted of financial crimes as a result of Horizon failures Continue Reading
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Opinion
23 May 2023
Gartner: Exploring the short- and mid-term implications of ChatGPT
ChatGPT and competitors such as Google’s Bard mark a significant shift in the market for data and analytics Continue Reading
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E-Zine
23 May 2023
How to secure your software supply chain
In this week’s Computer Weekly, our latest buyer’s guide looks at secure coding, and kicks off by examining the challenges of securing your software supply chain. Cyber law enforcement leaders are calling on firms to end the secrecy around ransomware attacks. And we find out how facial recognition technology is being adopted by retailers. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
22 May 2023
Dell bolsters Apex to ease multicloud deployments
In the biggest expansion of its Apex portfolio, Dell Technologies adds storage offerings and a trio of cloud platforms that integrate OpenShift, Azure and vSphere with Dell infrastructure Continue Reading
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Tip
22 May 2023
ERP and APS: What are the differences?
Manufacturing companies may find their ERP software isn't fulfilling their needs. Learn how APS can help with challenges like capacity planning and what-if scenarios. Continue Reading
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News
22 May 2023
Post Office scandal – cover-up a ‘dark chapter’ in government, corporate and legal history
Third phase of public inquiry into Horizon IT scandal reveals extent of Post Office and Fujitsu cover-up of software problems that went on to write ‘as dark a chapter in our governmental, corporate and legal history as can be imagined’ Continue Reading
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News
22 May 2023
Facebook owner Meta fined record €1.2 billion over EU-US data transfers
Decision could have implications for other companies using Standard Contractual Clauses to share data between Europe and the US Continue Reading
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News
22 May 2023
Worker-focused AI Bill introduced by backbench MP Mick Whitley
Using the 10-minute motion rule, backbench Labour MP Mick Whitley has introduced a worker-focused artificial intelligence (AI) bill to Parliament, which outlines a similar approach to AI being advocated by unions in the UK Continue Reading
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Definition
22 May 2023
core banking system
A core banking system is the software that banks use to manage their most critical processes, such as customer accounts, transactions and risk management. Continue Reading
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News
21 May 2023
AI-powered robot starts sorting Melbourne’s recyclables
Melbourne’s APR Kerbside has been using an AI-powered robot to pick up used Tetra Pak beverage cartons that can be turned into poly-coated boards Continue Reading
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Definition
19 May 2023
no op (no operation)
No op means 'no operation,' which is a computer instruction that specifies no operation but takes up a small amount of storage space. Continue Reading
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Definition
19 May 2023
presentation software
Presentation software, also known as graphics presentation applications or presentation graphics programs, is a category of software used to create content where information is often represented in a graphical or visual way. Continue Reading
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News
19 May 2023
IBM aims to enable multicloud infrastructure control with Hybrid Cloud Mesh
IT giant intros application-centric connectivity solution designed to allow business operations in a hybrid cloud environments to gain the ability to provide secured, dynamic access to workloads and services while maintaining granular visibility and control Continue Reading
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Blog Post
19 May 2023
A Full Monty for Python: KX open sources PyKX
KX is one of those companies. It’s one of those companies with 15 offices across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific with a fairly weighty installed base of users - largely in the financial ... Continue Reading
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Definition
19 May 2023
recruitment process outsourcing (RPO)
Recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) is when an employer turns the responsibility of finding potential job candidates over to a third-party service provider. Continue Reading
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News
19 May 2023
Navigating artificial intelligence: Red flags to watch out for
Lou Steinberg, founder of cyber security research lab CTM Insights, flags up the risks of the growing use of AI, and what organisations can do to tame the technology for good Continue Reading
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Definition
18 May 2023
Microsoft Office Delve
Microsoft Office Delve is a search engine and discovery tool for the Microsoft Office 365 productivity suite. Continue Reading
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Feature
18 May 2023
3 enterprise data management strategy tips
Data is a valuable asset for any company, but IT leaders need to avoid common pitfalls. Experts give advice on how to improve an enterprise data management strategy. Continue Reading
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News
18 May 2023
Eticas outlines approach to ‘adversarial’ algorithmic auditing
Algorithmic auditing firm Eticas speaks to Computer Weekly about its approach to ‘adversarial’ algorithmic auditing, including its strengths and limitations, and how the process works Continue Reading
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Blog Post
18 May 2023
Legacy IT: A technical debt field of dreams
In Field of Dreams, while walking in his cornfield, Kevin Costner’s character hears a whisper: “If you build it, he will come,” which, without giving the plot away, inspires him to build a baseball ... Continue Reading
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News
18 May 2023
Defra's tech review reveals legacy IT issues across government
The Public Accoubts Committee recently found that Defra has been unable to measure inefficiencies due to running legacy IT Continue Reading
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News
18 May 2023
Inside MLC Life Insurance’s cloud journey
The Australian insurer spent a fair amount of time addressing people-related challenges in its move to cloud, which has improved its security posture and reduced infrastructure spending, among other outcomes Continue Reading
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News
18 May 2023
PTC stitches the digital thread for tomorrow’s Industry 4.0 digital transformation
With the software-as-a-service genie well and truly out of the bottle, leading engineering design and manufacturing company outlines roadmap for next generation of digital transformation providing a more agile and collaborative environment of creativity Continue Reading
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News
17 May 2023
Home Office pushes for more police facial-recognition deployments
An independent report commissioned by the biometrics commissioner of England and Wales reveals that the UK policing minister is pushing for wider adoption of facial-recognition technology by police, and further criticises the government’s proposed changes to surveillance oversight Continue Reading
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News
17 May 2023
How Rolls-Royce uses citizen developers
The engineering company is using Microsoft Power Apps to democratise digitisation Continue Reading
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Blog Post
17 May 2023
SAP proliferates partner programme to 'keep the core clean'
SAP used its SAP Sapphire user conference this May to detail a wide-ranging partner proliferation programme that includes a number of key developmental technologies. Arguably foremost among its ... Continue Reading
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News
17 May 2023
Pentera ups ante in penetration testing
The Israeli startup, which expanded to the APAC region last year, scans for vulnerabilities and emulates cyber attacks through its automated security validation platform Continue Reading
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News
17 May 2023
Knowledge 2023: Ready for the exponential enterprise, says McDermott
ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott called for IT and ‘the business’ to finally come together in what he called the ‘exponential enterprise’ at the supplier’s Knowledge 2023 conference in Las Vegas Continue Reading
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Definition
16 May 2023
human resources (HR) generalist
A human resources generalist is an HR professional who handles the daily responsibilities of talent management, employee onboarding, and administering compensation and benefits plans for the human resources department. Continue Reading
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Podcast
16 May 2023
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 Continue Reading
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Tip
16 May 2023
Why sustainability improves recruitment, retention
Publicizing sustainability efforts can help a company with employee recruitment. Learn how sustainability is also affecting retention, as well as some best practices for HR leaders. Continue Reading
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E-Zine
16 May 2023
Microsoft and Google go into battle for enterprise AI
In this week’s Computer Weekly, as developments in generative AI accelerate, Microsoft and Google have each unveiled their plans around enterprise applications. Nobody doubts the importance of digital transformation – but experts say it won’t work without cultural change as well. And we examine the emerging practice of FinOps as part of cloud automation projects. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
16 May 2023
APAC digital leaders score wins in innovation awards
The region’s top industry innovators were recognised for their digital transformation efforts at the Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2023 Continue Reading
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News
16 May 2023
CW Innovation Awards: How Mondelez is driving innovation
The company behind Oreo biscuits is tapping low-code and no-code development, drones and blockchain, among other emerging technologies, to drive innovation and improve efficiency Continue Reading
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News
16 May 2023
CW Innovation Awards: Transdev Sydney Ferries taps 5G to improve public safety
Moving to a 5G network has significantly improved video quality and reduced the time needed to scour hours of footage, enabling the ferry operator to quickly investigate customer cases Continue Reading
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News
16 May 2023
CW Innovation Awards: How Singapore's DBS Bank is driving IT automation
DBS Bank’s Technology Marketplace portal has enabled the bank to speed up provisioning of infrastructure and applications through automation and improve developer productivity Continue Reading
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News
16 May 2023
CW Innovation Awards: SensorFlow reaps returns with re-architecture
Smart building management specialist SensorFlow re-architected its entire platform to reduce cost, complexity and implement a real-time business intelligence dashboard for its customers Continue Reading
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Feature
15 May 2023
Should your company start a spot bonus program?
A spot bonus program can positively affect employee experience as long as spot bonuses are delivered quickly yet sparingly. Learn some spot bonuses best practices. Continue Reading
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News
15 May 2023
CW Innovation Awards: How open source mapping is bringing clean water to Andhra Pradesh
The state government of Andhra Pradesh has digitised information on water supply pipelines and implemented a geographical information system to help deliver clean drinking water to rural communities Continue Reading
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Definition
15 May 2023
Microsoft Monitoring Agent (MMA)
Microsoft Monitoring Agent (MMA) is a service used to watch and report on application and system health on a Windows computer. Continue Reading
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Opinion
15 May 2023
Security Think Tank: To secure code effectively, verify at every step
Verification at every step is an important part of ensuring your code is secure, writes Petra Wenham Continue Reading
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15 May 2023
Culture eats technology in digital transformation
Digital transformation without culture change is an empty phrase, but get the balance right and you can reap rewards. Continue Reading
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News
15 May 2023
MS macro-blocking has forced cyber criminals to innovate
One year after Microsoft started blocking VBA and XL4 macros by default, the cyber criminal ecosystem has all but stopped exploiting macros in their attacks. They’re instead innovating at an unprecedented rate Continue Reading
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News
15 May 2023
Demand for access to talent driving UK IT outsourcing growth
Organisations in the UK are increasing the amount of IT work they outsource to enable them to access talent Continue Reading
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Feature
15 May 2023
How AI ethics is coming to the fore with generative AI
The hype around ChatGPT and other large language models is driving more interest in AI and putting ethical considerations surrounding their use to the fore Continue Reading
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News
15 May 2023
Post Office executive told to report false bill of health on controversial software
A 2010 Post Office internal review of the Horizon software was designed to ignore the system’s problems to reassure stakeholders amid questioning of its reliability Continue Reading
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Feature
15 May 2023
Automation: The key to FinOps success
Workload management and automation offers a way for FinOps teams to match supply to demand for cloud-based IT in an efficient way Continue Reading
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News
12 May 2023
IT Priorities 2023: Business automation intensifies as data governance returns
Business automation and a renewed focus on data governance to get more value from data have attracted more interest for UK enterprise software investment, says the TechTarget IT Priorities 2023 survey Continue Reading
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Blog Post
12 May 2023
To deliver true explainability ChatGPT needs graph technology
In a guest blogpost, Neo4j’s Alyson Welch explains why Large Language Model AI systems can’t move beyond non-trivial applications until they are properly curated. ChatGPT and other generative AIs ... Continue Reading
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News
12 May 2023
MEPs vote in raft of amendments to EU AI Act
The proposed amendments to the EU’s AI Act have garnered a mixed reception from both industry and civil society, with the former seeing it as too stringent and the latter as not stringent enough in many areas, despite positive progress in others Continue Reading
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Opinion
12 May 2023
What secure coding practices mean to modern cyber security
Joseph Foote of PA Consulting explores how we know the services we use most are protected, what we mean when we say 'secure coding practices', and what happens when secure coding practices are not followed? Continue Reading
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News
12 May 2023
BT unveils secure networking service for UK business customers
UK’s leading telco teams with US cyber security company to launch secure software-defined networking service for business customers available on a managed services basis Continue Reading
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News
12 May 2023
IT Priorities 2023: Budgeting for IT innovation
In spite of the economic slowdown, IT leaders are driving forward investments in IT Continue Reading
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News
12 May 2023
Post Office lawyer bragged how team ‘destroyed attack on the Horizon system’ and put woman in prison
A senior Post Office lawyer appeared gleeful in email about how his team helped prosecute a subpostmaster who was sent to prison Continue Reading
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Blog Post
12 May 2023
The value and limitations of ChatGPT for businesses
This is a guest blogpost by Paul Maker, Chief Technology Officer, Aiimi For years, AI capabilities have been used across many sectors, but often the promises and potential of the technology has not ... Continue Reading
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News
12 May 2023
Microsoft, Singtel debut Azure public MEC in Singapore
Azure public multi-access edge compute service will let enterprises deploy low-latency workloads and leverage public cloud services in edge locations Continue Reading
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News
11 May 2023
Webex and Google drive improved collaboration capabilities
Collaboration arm of networking giant reveals enhanced relationship with IT behemoth centred on creating faster synergy offering seamless way to connect through meetings and messaging and to improve automotive meeting experiences Continue Reading
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News
11 May 2023
Google AI targets programmer productivity
Google is opening up more capabilities in its generative AI model, with tools for peer programming and automatic code generation Continue Reading
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News
11 May 2023
Google Cloud and SAP in enterprise open data push
Long-time technology collaborators Google Cloud and SAP are embarking on a push to make it easier for enterprises to derive value from their data and put it to use in artificial intelligence and machine learning settings Continue Reading
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News
11 May 2023
Australia to shore up cyber and digital capabilities in Budget 2023
Australia is spending more than A$2bn to strengthen cyber resilience, improve digital government services and fuel AI adoption, among other areas, in its latest budget Continue Reading
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News
11 May 2023
AI outcry intensifies as EU readies regulation
Policymakers are battling to keep pace with AI developments, while experts warn of societal impact Continue Reading
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E-Zine
11 May 2023
CW EMEA: The future of work
In this month’s CW EMEA, we look at the future of work in Europe after the pandemic forced a change in entrenched human behaviour. For years, people talked about flexible working being the way forward, but scepticism within the management of large companies held it back. This all changed when Covid-19 began to spread out of control and governments and businesses quickly told people to work from home where possible. We also look at the increasing problem of IT failures in Dutch hospitals and how they are affecting patient care, highlighting the need to improve IT security in hospitals. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
11 May 2023
Fujitsu staff had ‘unrestricted and unauditable’ remote access to Post Office branch systems
Fujitsu engineers could make changes to Post Office branch accounts without anyone knowing Continue Reading
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News
10 May 2023
Secure Boot vulnerability causes Patch Tuesday headache for admins
Applying the fix for a security bypass zero-day affecting the Windows Secure Boot feature will be a long process that will drag into 2024, but for good reason, says Microsoft Continue Reading
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News
10 May 2023
Defra’s legacy IT unsupported and ill-equipped for digital services
A Public Accounts Committee report has found many applications are based on legacy IT and paper-basd systems, holding back digitisation Continue Reading
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News
09 May 2023
OVHcloud aims to bring Glacier-like cloud archive to Europe
OVHcloud makes Cold Archive GA with deep archive storage cheaper than AWS’s offer and all based on IBM 3592 tape hardware spread across four sites with Atempo backup Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 May 2023
Time to take control of AI?
At the start of May, Chegg, the US edutech firm, saw its share price crash after CEO Dan Rosensweig said during the company's Q1 2023 earnings call, that the company had been impacted by ChatGPT. ... Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 May 2023
Innovation, transformation, and the importance of embracing “ugly ideas”
This is a guest blogpost by Madalina Tanasie, Chief Technology Officer, Collibra Given the problems businesses face today, from supply chain issues to fears of an economic downturn, it is more ... Continue Reading
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Definition
09 May 2023
mutual exclusion (mutex)
In computer programming, a mutual exclusion (mutex) is a program object that prevents multiple threads from accessing the same shared resource simultaneously. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
09 May 2023
Auto-tech series - GitLab: Automation en route to faster software
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Fatima Sarah Khalid, developer evangelist, GitLab. Khalid writes in full as follows … Early in my career, I was a city ... Continue Reading
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News
09 May 2023
IT Priorities 2023: Collaboration technologies to benefit from future of work investment drive
Research finds that as businesses settle into hybrid work, UCaaS and other collaboration technologies are regarded by IT professionals as crucial tool for driving employee productivity and workflow optimisation Continue Reading
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News
08 May 2023
Chat control: EU lawyers warn plans to scan encrypted messages for child abuse may be unlawful
Leaked legal advice warns that European ‘chat control’ proposals to require tech companies to scan private and encrypted messages for child abuse are likely to breach EU law Continue Reading
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News
08 May 2023
How lab grown neurons could power the future of AI
Melbourne-based Cortical Labs’ lab grown neurons could speed up AI training in a more energy efficient way and its work has caught the eye of hyperscalers and Amazon’s CTO Continue Reading
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News
05 May 2023
Welsh Water turns on CPaaS tap for enhanced customer experiences
Not-for-profit water company deploys CPaaS-based video comms services to optimise operations, budget control and solve customer issues more quickly Continue Reading
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News
05 May 2023
Bing AI push rings in price change
Microsoft’s large investment in OpenAI has seen an expansion of AI in Bing. This appears to be reflected in new Bing API licensing Continue Reading
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Opinion
04 May 2023
The changing role of infrastructure and operations
I&O leaders will need to automate for efficiency, manage customer requirements, optimise cloud operations and explore new technologies to improve services and enable innovation Continue Reading
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Feature
04 May 2023
Icelandic researcher advocates for an overhaul of artificial intelligence
While technologies such as ChatGPT provide a glimpse of what may lay ahead, they are still a long way from real intelligence Continue Reading
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News
04 May 2023
CMA looks at competition in foundational AI
The Competition and Markets Authority is investigating consumer protection and market forces related to the use of emerging artificial intelligence models Continue Reading
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Tip
03 May 2023
CRM vs. CMS: How they differ and how to integrate them
CMSes and CRM systems serve different purposes, but together, they can help organizations improve customer data management as well as automate sales and marketing strategies. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
03 May 2023
Appian breaks bottlenecks on process mining insight
Developers love functions, businesspeople love insights. In fairness, developers do love insights too, but (on balance) they don’t hanker after them quite as fervently as businesspeople who not ... Continue Reading
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News
03 May 2023
US competition watchdog issues generative AI warning
Generative AI can be used to manipulate people into making harmful decisions, says US Federal Trade Commission in warning to firms building and using AI-powered tools Continue Reading
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News
03 May 2023
Artificial intelligence: Business leaders start to realise the risks
ChatGPT and other large language models can rewrite value, and business leaders now realise they need a plan Continue Reading
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Definition
02 May 2023
service-oriented architecture (SOA)
Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is a software development model that makes services reusable and lets them communicate across different platforms and languages to form new applications. Continue Reading
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02 May 2023
AI interview: Elke Schwarz, professor of political theory
Elke Schwarz speaks with Computer Weekly about the ethics of military artificial intelligence and the dangers of allowing governments and corporations to push forward without oversight or scrutiny Continue Reading
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E-Zine
02 May 2023
The ethics of military AI
In this week’s Computer Weekly, as the defence sector looks into using artificial intelligence to create autonomous weapons, we examine the risks and ethics of military AI. Amazon Web Services is under fire for not providing vital emissions data to customers – we investigate the issues. And we find out what IT security teams can learn from a year of cyber warfare in Ukraine. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
02 May 2023
IT Priorities 2023: Software development
Organisations are investing in technology-led business initiatives to tackle the economic slowdown Continue Reading
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News
02 May 2023
SAP eyes SMEs in Southeast Asia
SAP debuts the Grow with SAP programme in Southeast Asia to drive adoption of S/4 Hana Cloud among small and medium-sized enterprises Continue Reading
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Feature
01 May 2023
The role of AI as an everyday life assistant
We speak to the co-author of a book that explores the idea of artificial intelligence-powered automation that enables machines to become customers Continue Reading
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Podcast
28 Apr 2023
What adding a decision intelligence platform can do for ERP
Tom Oliver of AI vendor Faculty makes the case for decision intelligence technology as the solution to the data-silo problems of today's composable ERP. Continue Reading
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News
28 Apr 2023
More Post Office software-related convictions overturned takes total to 86
A total of 86 former subpostmasters wrongly prosecuted for financial crimes after computer errors showed phantom losses have had convictions overturned Continue Reading
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News
28 Apr 2023
Intel results reveal a push to address AI shortcomings
The chipmaker has been impacted by poor PC sales, but aims to drive adoption of its AI inferencing technology Continue Reading
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Feature
27 Apr 2023
How to use ChatGPT for customer service
Customer service teams can use ChatGPT to automate tasks, generate responses to customer inquiries, summarize email threads and power human-like chatbots. Continue Reading
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News
27 Apr 2023
Tenable opens playground for generative AI cyber tools
A set of generative AI cyber tools designed to help security researchers in reverse engineering, debugging and other areas of work have been made available for the community to experiment with Continue Reading
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News
27 Apr 2023
Microsoft fails to get CMA thumbs-up on Activision deal
The UK Competition and Markets Authority has decided that Microsoft‘s proposed $68.7bn acquisition of Activision would damage the cloud gaming market Continue Reading
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Tip
27 Apr 2023
7 3PL KPIs that can help you evaluate success
Supply chain leaders should look at some particular KPIs to determine whether their company's 3PL provider is meeting their needs. Learn the most helpful KPIs. Continue Reading
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News
27 Apr 2023
Zopa’s emotional journey to becoming a bank
Zopa Bank’s CEO sees no reason why the app-based bank should not be as big as the high street giants Continue Reading
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Blog Post
27 Apr 2023
Empathy with the Machine
The smart speaker revolution has meant people often thank their device or say “please”, when asking it to do something. Some also greet their device with a “Good Morning”, and perhaps a “Good ... Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Apr 2023
Benefits of employee recognition programs and ideas to try
Employee recognition programs can lead to happier workers, which helps companies overall. Learn some benefits of employee recognition programs as well as potential pitfalls. Continue Reading
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News
26 Apr 2023
UK taskforce set to drive generative AI safety and opportunities
The government has committed £100m to helping the UK develop and build out generative artificial intelligence capabilities Continue Reading
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News
26 Apr 2023
Cyber security and analytics propel jobs boost in Scotland’s tech sector
A tech industry survey from ScotlandIS indicates the country’s tech sector is set to grow, with cyber security as the hottest domain Continue Reading
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Definition
25 Apr 2023
glyph
In information technology, a glyph -- from a Greek word meaning carving -- is a graphic symbol that provides the appearance or form for a character. Continue Reading