IT services and outsourcing
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News
16 Sep 2024
Olam Agri to deploy S/4Hana on AWS
Olam Agri is enhancing its global supply chain by deploying SAP’s S/4Hana ERP suite on AWS, leveraging AI to streamline operations and mitigate risks Continue Reading
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12 Sep 2024
Mphasis expands UK roots with leap into quantum computing
Indian heritage software development services supplier opens London hub to help customers integrate the latest technologies into their business plans Continue Reading
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News
27 Apr 2021
UK supermarkets to trial age estimation tech for alcohol purchases
Biometric age estimation technology developed by Yoti to be tested in UK supermarkets for alcohol purchases as part of government-led digital identities initiative Continue Reading
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News
27 Apr 2021
Scality launches Artesca container-native object storage
Object storage specialist gets on a burgeoning container object storage market with Artesca, which runs from Kubernetes to provide persistent storage for containerised applications Continue Reading
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News
27 Apr 2021
Wipro and Google Cloud deepen partnership
Wipro earns application development specialisation from Google Cloud following an earlier move to migrate SAP workloads to Google Cloud Platform Continue Reading
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E-Zine
27 Apr 2021
Justice at last in Post Office IT scandal
In this week’s Computer Weekly, 12 years after we broke the story, victims of the Post Office IT scandal finally have their criminal convictions overturned. We take a virtual tour of a Microsoft datacentre and meet a server called ‘Mega-Godzilla Beast’. And we find out how technology is transforming Nationwide Building Society. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
26 Apr 2021
How Toffs is seizing Asia’s CDN market
Toffs Technologies is eyeing second- and third-tier cities in Asia as it bolsters its infrastructure and experiments with the use of home networks as content delivery networks Continue Reading
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News
21 Apr 2021
How AWS is supporting Asia’s battle with Covid-19
Public sector organisations and startups across the region have been tapping AWS cloud services to speed up and enable a range of pandemic-related initiatives Continue Reading
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News
20 Apr 2021
Microsoft to open Malaysia cloud region
Microsoft’s new cloud region located in the Greater Kuala Lumpur area is part of a broader move to expand its footprint in the Asia-Pacific region Continue Reading
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News
20 Apr 2021
Drax partners with Solace to manage biomass supply chain
Event-based IT architecture helps energy provider optimise its biomass supply chain and drive greater efficiencies, but questions remain about the fundamental sustainability of biomass as an alternative to coal Continue Reading
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News
20 Apr 2021
Banco Santander moving more than 200 servers to cloud per day
Banco Santander has migrated about 60% of its IT infrastructure to the cloud and is reaping the benefits Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Apr 2021
The DX Moment Is Still Around The Corner For Many – If That Corner Is Still There…
Among the many conversations I have with vendors and end users themselves – via various online events – one of the most common buzz phrases of the past few years that still recurs more than it ... Continue Reading
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News
20 Apr 2021
Transatlantic relationship strengthens Sweden’s startup sustainability
Nordic startup network is taking lessons from Canada in getting women into the IT industry Continue Reading
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News
19 Apr 2021
UK fintech investment hits new heights as government announces increased support
The UK fintech sector saw high levels of investment in the first quarter of this year, with increased support from the government Continue Reading
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News
19 Apr 2021
Informatica streamlines APAC operations amid growing cloud business
Informatica has consolidated its operations in four key Asia-Pacific markets in a move that will enable it to better meet the demand for cloud-based data management software Continue Reading
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Opinion
16 Apr 2021
The Secret IR Insider’s Diary – from Sunburst to DarkSide
From dealing with SolarWinds fallout to ransomware attacks, it’s been a busy few weeks for the Secret IR Insider, but they've picked up some new tricks along the way Continue Reading
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News
15 Apr 2021
Dutch accuse UK of ‘damaging confidence’ by disclosing details of EncroChat police collaboration
The Dutch Public Prosecution Service claims Britain has damaged confidence by disclosing details of an international investigation into the EncroChat encrypted phone network to the courts Continue Reading
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News
15 Apr 2021
In-sourcing IT in Wales has provided a positive change, says auditor
While savings have not been as great as expected, the decision to in-source IT in Welsh government has been a success, according to Audit Wales Continue Reading
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Blog Post
15 Apr 2021
Throwback Thursday: Private cloud in contexts old and new
What a difference a decade can make. When we looked at the world of private cloud almost a decade ago, it was a new idea to many people – so new, in fact, that we had to define it for them. In ... Continue Reading
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E-Zine
15 Apr 2021
CW Middle East: Qatari regulator launches platform to help combat money laundering
The Qatar Financial Markets Authority is using a digital platform to enable financial services professionals to assess their knowledge of anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism. Also in this issue, read how the Covid-19 pandemic has changed the IT spending patterns among enterprises in Saudi Arabia. Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Apr 2021
Cloud archiving: A perfect use case, but beware costs and egress issues
The advantages of cloud archiving are ease of use and being well-suited to potential latency issues, but IT teams need to be aware of costs and issues around moving data from and between clouds Continue Reading
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News
14 Apr 2021
AET gets Ctera to smooth hybrid cloud access to big files
Remote locations with unreliable WAN connections needed to share large files, which was a real headache until US engineering firm got Ctera edge filers with Azure cloud as a tier Continue Reading
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News
14 Apr 2021
Europe provides growth for TCS despite year floored by pandemic
Tata Consultancy Services grows its continental European business despite economic slowdown brought by Covid-19 restrictions Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Apr 2021
APAC buyer’s guide to HRM software
In this buyer’s guide, we look at the key considerations when choosing human resource management software to enable workforce resilience, flexibility and agility in the post-pandemic world Continue Reading
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News
13 Apr 2021
End of the road for Post Office IT system that destroyed lives
The Post Office has revealed the end to its controversial Horizon IT system which, through its errors and the Post Office's denial of them, caused huge suffering for hundreds of subpostmasters Continue Reading
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News
12 Apr 2021
Ctera KubeFiler to bring Kubernetes storage to its cloud gateways
KubeFiler uses the container storage interface to allow Kubernetes to access persistent storage as if it were from a local NAS device, and while keeping existing access profiles Continue Reading
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News
12 Apr 2021
Tencent Cloud opens Indonesia datacentre
Tencent’s Indonesian datacentre is expected to reduce network latency for local enterprises while providing backbone access for Indonesian and global internet service providers Continue Reading
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News
09 Apr 2021
Global demand for IT and business services highest ever for first quarter
Global demand for IT and business services began the year strongly, with a record first quarter Continue Reading
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News
09 Apr 2021
Loan Charge Group MPs demand IR35 shake-up to stop contractors becoming ‘zero-rights employees’
Inquiry by Loan Charge All-Party Parliamentary Group calls on government to tweak IR35 legislation during passage of next Finance Bill Continue Reading
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News
08 Apr 2021
Post Office Horizon contract extension is part of project to bring Fujitsu work in-house
The Post Office is to move work done by Fujitsu in-house when its outsourcing contract ends, and is already recruiting IT experts Continue Reading
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News
08 Apr 2021
IBM Cloud for Financial Services goes on general release
IBM Cloud’s push to provide sector-specific public cloud services to financial services firms enters a new phase Continue Reading
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News
08 Apr 2021
Inside Microsoft’s industry cloud strategy
Microsoft dives deeper into its industry cloud strategy and what it means for enterprises in the Asia-Pacific region Continue Reading
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News
07 Apr 2021
Deliveroo riders strike over pay and work conditions
Riders across the country are demanding fair pay, safety protections and basic workers’ rights pay on Deliveroo’s first day of trading as a public company Continue Reading
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News
07 Apr 2021
Post Office gives controversial Fujitsu contract another year
The Post Office's controversial contract with Fujitsu has been extended another year to help the organisation manage its exit Continue Reading
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News
07 Apr 2021
VMware to ease hybrid cloud deployments
VMware is combining VMware Cloud Foundation and its Tanzu portfolio into a single software stack to simplify hybrid and multicloud deployment and management Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Apr 2021
Where now for storage? Hitachi, IBM and Pure Storage
Part II: Storage supplier strategy in the cloud era: Hitachi, IBM and Pure Storage. We snapshot the big six hardware makers, as they take things to the cloud and as-a-service models Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Apr 2021
Where now for storage? Dell EMC, NetApp and HPE
Part I: Storage supplier strategy in the cloud era: Dell EMC, NetApp and HPE. We snapshot the big six hardware makers, as they take things to the cloud and as-a-service models Continue Reading
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News
05 Apr 2021
How Lenovo is tackling HCI workloads
Lenovo has teamed up with AMD to address mission-critical workloads such as in-memory databases as APAC organisations look beyond VDI in their hyperconverged infrastructure deployments Continue Reading
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News
01 Apr 2021
IR35 reforms: Loan charge and employers’ NI issues prompt calls for legislative revamp
As the government prepares to extend the IR35 reforms to the private sector, contracting stakeholders say it is high time the ‘flawed’ legislation was scrapped entirely Continue Reading
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News
01 Apr 2021
ASEAN enterprises face hurdles in digital transformation
Southeast Asian firms know what it takes to transform digitally, but they are not as adaptable as they would like to be, a survey has found Continue Reading
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News
31 Mar 2021
IR35 reforms: HMRC denies ‘squandering’ datasets that could rid umbrella sector of rogue players
Concerns grow about the number of IT contractors at risk of joining non-compliant umbrella firms ahead of the IR35 reforms taking hold in the private sector Continue Reading
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News
31 Mar 2021
Commerzbank picks Google for cloud migration
German bank expands its work with Google Cloud and plans to move 85% of applications to its platform Continue Reading
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News
31 Mar 2021
Australian firms slow to wean off the mainframe
Australian companies tend to have a wait-and-see mindset that is slowing down mainframe modernisation initiatives, says Accenture expert Continue Reading
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News
30 Mar 2021
IR35 reforms: Slow government progress on umbrella regulation exposes IT contractors to tax risks
With thousands of IT contractors set to start working through unregulated umbrella companies for the first time when the IR35 reforms take hold in the private sector, concerns are growing about the danger this could pose to their income and tax affairs in years to come Continue Reading
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E-Zine
30 Mar 2021
The ticking timebomb of IR35
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we reveal that IT contractors are seeking a multimillion-pound payout after confusion over the forthcoming IR35 tax reforms. Many firms are building data lakes to improve their analytics – we examine the storage implications. And we talk to the CIO at the London School of Economics. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
30 Mar 2021
Bitfrost subsea cable to boost APAC connectivity
A subsea cable system linking Southeast Asia and North America will be built by 2024 to meet the growing demand for bandwidth in the Asia-Pacific region Continue Reading
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Feature
30 Mar 2021
Data warehouse storage: Has cloud made on-premise obsolete?
There once was no alternative to building a data warehouse on-premise, but with cloud providers targeting analytics, building data warehouses on-site is looking obsolete Continue Reading
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News
29 Mar 2021
How Gulf SMEs are building digital resilience amid the pandemic
SMEs in the Gulf region have accelerated their digital transformations during the Covid-19 pandemic Continue Reading
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News
29 Mar 2021
How far has open banking come in Europe?
Open banking is a relatively new concept, having come into effect in Europe only in the last couple of years. So what is the state of play? Continue Reading
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News
29 Mar 2021
Backup survey: UK councils’ downtimes five times longer than average
Backup product supplier Veeam’s freedom of information request finds councils’ average downtime is seven hours and that backup and disaster recovery testing is not done frequently Continue Reading
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Feature
29 Mar 2021
Ecolabels and data sanitisation key to recycling and reusing IT assets
Ecolabels on hardware and data sanitisation of devices are key to recycling and reusing old IT equipment respectively, helping enterprises avoid unnecessary asset destruction and contributing to increasingly high levels of electronic waste globally Continue Reading
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News
29 Mar 2021
CW Innovation Awards: Recognising APAC’s top industry leaders
The region’s top industry innovators were recognised for their digital transformation efforts to tap new business opportunities, improve efficiencies and solve pressing issues Continue Reading
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News
29 Mar 2021
CW Innovation Awards: How DBS is transforming credit processes
DBS Bank’s credit architecture programme has digitised and reimagined credit processes through a unified platform that has improved the productivity and efficiency of its credit teams Continue Reading
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News
29 Mar 2021
CW Innovation Awards: Flybuys cranks up cloud for service efficiency
Australia’s biggest loyalty platform takes 12-month journey towards the cloud, slashing time to deliver customised offers to less than 45 minutes, among other outcomes Continue Reading
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News
29 Mar 2021
CW Innovation Awards: Bharat Petroleum refines operations with a digital nerve centre
Bharat Petroleum has developed a digital nerve centre powered by the internet of things and artificial intelligence technologies to monitor the journey of its products Continue Reading
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Feature
25 Mar 2021
The 3-2-1 backup rule: Has cloud made it obsolete?
The 3-2-1 backup rule was made for small-scale use in the pre-cloud era when tape still ruled. Is it relevant in the 2020s, or can we repurpose its fundamental principles? Continue Reading
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News
25 Mar 2021
China’s cloud infrastructure spending hits record growth
Public cloud infrastructure spending in China grew a record 62% in the last quarter of 2020 due to rapid economic recovery and focus on digital transformation Continue Reading
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25 Mar 2021
Bharti Airtel taps OpenStack to modernise telco network
India’s Bharti Airtel turns to OpenStack to ready its network for emerging technologies such as 5G and edge computing Continue Reading
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News
23 Mar 2021
NUHS taps RPA in Covid-19 swab tests
Singapore’s National University Health System deploys RPA bots to automate patient registration during Covid-19 swab tests as part of broader efforts to improve efficiency Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Mar 2021
Anti-money laundering technology must operate in a collaborative ecosystem
With new technologies making it easier for banks to spot money laundering activity, we look at why the problem persists at scale, finding that ecosystems and collaborative processes need to be built Continue Reading
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News
22 Mar 2021
Singtel and Optus partner AWS on telco edge
Singtel and Optus are supporting AWS Outposts in their telco edge platforms that will enable enterprises to use AWS services for on-premise 5G applications Continue Reading
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News
19 Mar 2021
AWS rolls out clean energy initiative in Singapore
62MW solar project expected to generate 80,000MWh of clean energy a year, enough to power more than 10,000 homes Continue Reading
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Opinion
18 Mar 2021
Tech sector is key to the success of Global Britain
The maturity of its technology sector puts the UK in a good position to reimagine its role on the international stage post-Covid Continue Reading
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News
18 Mar 2021
Reshaping the women-in-tech debate in Denmark, from the top down
Tech Nordic Advocates adopts a different approach to closing the gap between women and men in the Danish tech startup sector Continue Reading
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News
18 Mar 2021
Survey: Backup failures hit a high as pandemic working hits home
Veeam survey finds distributed working plus operations that span on-prem and the cloud the background to high numbers of failures in backup and restore, with 40% of SLAs not met Continue Reading
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News
17 Mar 2021
Nordic healthcare digitisation drives medtech growth
Nordic medtech is growing rapidly as the healthcare sector adopts technologies such as artificial intelligence and the internet of things Continue Reading
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News
16 Mar 2021
One-fifth of all UK tech investment went to just 10 scaleup firms in 2020
Annual Tech Nation report shows UK technology firms saw record levels of investment in 2020, but a significant proportion of it was concentrated in a small number of scaleup enterprises Continue Reading
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News
16 Mar 2021
Insurers unable to fill a quarter of tech roles
Insurance companies need to fill tech skills gaps if they are going to prosper in the age of insurtech Continue Reading
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E-Zine
16 Mar 2021
Containers play a key role in post-pandemic IT architectures
In this week’s Computer Weekly, our latest buyer’s guide examines the key role that container technology will play in post-pandemic IT architectures. The UK government is under fire for its opaque approach to gigabit broadband strategy. And we assess the storage options for the growing volumes of unstructured data. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
16 Mar 2021
ST Engineering teams up with Google Cloud
Singapore’s ST Engineering and Google Cloud will explore offering secure cloud services for organisations in regulated industries Continue Reading
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News
15 Mar 2021
IR35 private sector reforms: IPSE warns of UK contracting talent exodus unless start date delayed
Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed research into what contractors plan to do once the IR35 reforms come into play highlights growing risk of talent shortages Continue Reading
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Opinion
15 Mar 2021
Reimagining outsourcing after Covid-19
Covid-19 has changed how businesses interact with their suppliers. Here are five steps companies can take to manage their outsourcing ecosystem in the post-pandemic world Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Mar 2021
Interview: Uber driver Yaseen Aslam on his Supreme Court battle and what’s next for gig workers
Private hire driver and union organiser Yaseen Aslam speaks to Computer Weekly about his legal battle with Uber and what the UK Supreme Court ruling means to workers in the gig economy Continue Reading
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News
12 Mar 2021
UK technology business created every 30 minutes in 2020
New figures on UK business creation show surge in entrepreneurs setting up technology businesses during 2020, while the sector’s hiring efforts climb back to pre-pandemic levels Continue Reading
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Blog Post
11 Mar 2021
Remember when cloud was going to kill the IT channel?
Cloud computing is now so much part of our everyday lives that it’s hard to remember a time when this wasn’t the case. Less than a decade ago, our surveys were still throwing up results confirming ... Continue Reading
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Opinion
11 Mar 2021
Data-driven innovation needs trustworthy governance
The pandemic has given us a glimpse of what data-driven technology can do for society – and we cannot go back to the status quo Continue Reading
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E-Zine
11 Mar 2021
CW Europe: Nordic tech startups create blueprint for post-Covid working environment
Business can learn lessons from Nordic tech startups to prepare employees to return to the office after Covid restrictions end. Also read why Netherlands police need a training ‘roadmap’ to get them up to speed to tackle cyber crime. Continue Reading
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News
11 Mar 2021
APAC cloud spending up by over 38% in 2020
Public cloud infrastructure services made up the lion’s share of cloud spending last year as APAC organisations strive to modernise their IT infrastructure amid the pandemic, study finds Continue Reading
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News
10 Mar 2021
Met Police chooses Capgemini as strategic IT infrastructure services provider
Capgemini has a history of providing the force with day-to-day technology services, and will now deliver its infrastructure services under the Pegasus programme Continue Reading
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News
09 Mar 2021
Significant jump in number of hackers reporting vulnerabilities to companies
Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the number of hackers reporting security vulnerabilities and bugs to enterprises has increased by nearly two-thirds Continue Reading
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News
08 Mar 2021
Wipro makes its biggest acquisition ever with $1.45bn takeover
Indian IT services supplier Wipro makes biggest acquisition in its history as it bolsters consultancy offering Continue Reading
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News
08 Mar 2021
Google Cloud makes inroads in Southeast Asia
Number three public cloud supplier has made inroads into Southeast Asian enterprises such as Indonesia’s Salim Group and is assessing opportunities for new cloud regions Continue Reading
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News
04 Mar 2021
IR35 private sector reforms: HMRC under fire over ‘omission’ of employers’ NI from webinar guidance
HM Revenue & Customs confirms it has corrected a calculation error in a recent educational IR35 webinar that saw it fail to factor in employers’ NI in examples of how payments should be made between end-clients, agencies and PSCs post-April 2021 Continue Reading
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News
04 Mar 2021
Veritas looks beyond NetBackup for growth in ASEAN
Veritas has seen increased demand for its availability tools as it looks to address backup and recovery requirements from cloud, database and VMware workloads Continue Reading
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News
03 Mar 2021
Glitch signs collective bargaining agreement with unionised workers
US software startup’s ‘milestone’ agreement with employees focuses on job security and labour rights rather than salaries and benefits Continue Reading
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News
03 Mar 2021
SME backup: Card maker ditches tape-only for Nakivo 3-2-1 setup
IG Design Group gains a modern backup regime with data held on disk, in the cloud and long-term on tape in a move that has helped it to slash backup and restore times Continue Reading
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News
03 Mar 2021
IBM eyes hybrid cloud opportunity in ASEAN
The hybrid cloud message is resonating among Southeast Asian enterprises that are looking to modernise their applications and systems, says IBM’s general manager for the region Continue Reading
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News
02 Mar 2021
Reading Borough Council to overhaul IT infrastructure
Council and its children’s services partner award contracts worth £13.2m for shared IT infrastructure Continue Reading
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News
02 Mar 2021
FINN completes Covid-delayed migration to the cloud
Norwegian online advertising marketplace completes cloud migration in a single night after months of delay due to the pandemic Continue Reading
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News
02 Mar 2021
How SAP is riding the rising tide of cloud
SAP’s newly minted president for Asia-Pacific and Japan talks up the company’s cloud traction and what is being done to ease the transition to S/4 Hana Continue Reading
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Opinion
01 Mar 2021
Budget 2021: Putting tech at the core of the plan for growth
This week’s UK government Budget represents a great opportunity to place tech and digital as the cornerstone of UK economic growth after Brexit Continue Reading
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Feature
01 Mar 2021
The driving force behind the EU colocation market’s climate-neutral push
Colocation and hyperscale datacentre providers across Europe are under pressure from governments, regulators and the user community to curb carbon emissions Continue Reading
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News
26 Feb 2021
IR35 private sector reforms: Argos to offshore work of digital team in Milton Keynes to Mumbai
Retailer Argos confirms it has ‘identified opportunities’ to offshore tasks performed by its digital team, while its IR35 compliance strategy has seen the majority of contractors declared in-scope of the new rules, sources claim Continue Reading
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News
26 Feb 2021
It’s now or never for UK fintech, government told
The UK government faces a ‘now or never’ moment if it wants financial technology to play a central role in the economy for years to come Continue Reading
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News
26 Feb 2021
Nordic startups strive to fuel international e-commerce transformation
Nordic startups are developing technology for retailers that want to improve the customer experience when buying online Continue Reading
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E-Zine
25 Feb 2021
CW Nordics: Nordic startups aim to take the lead in pet tech advances
Nordic technology startups are looking to take pet tech mainstream following the acceleration of the industry during the coronavirus pandemic. Also in this issue, read how businesses can learn lessons from Nordic technology startups to prepare employees to return to the office after Covid-19 restrictions lift. Continue Reading
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News
25 Feb 2021
IR35 private sector reforms: What IT contractors need to know
Computer Weekly asks contracting experts to answer questions about PSC bans, compliant umbrella companies and challenging status determinations, with the latest IR35 reforms coming into place Continue Reading
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News
24 Feb 2021
Businesses forced to ask IT service providers for help during pandemic
IT service providers have been approached by long-time enterprise customers asking for price cuts due to the impact of the pandemic Continue Reading
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News
24 Feb 2021
Arcserve and StorageCraft merger aims for ‘single pane of glass’
Arcserve and StorageCraft bring a lot of similarities but enough differences for their backers to bet on with their merger, with unifying management between product sets the only priority currently stated Continue Reading
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News
24 Feb 2021
Veeam v11 adds continuous data protection and cloud archive
Backup specialist’s annual upgrade brings continuous data protection to offer better RPOs and RTOs than existing snapshot functionality and without impact on running processes Continue Reading
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News
23 Feb 2021
How GeoSpock is supercharging geospatial analytics
Company’s GeoSpock DB is aimed at optimising queries of large volumes of geospatial data with scale and speed Continue Reading
