IT architecture
IT architecture sets the ground rules and framework for a successful IT strategy, and IT and enterprise architects have become increasingly important contributors to the IT management function. We examine the best practices and open standards required to develop and manage an effective IT architecture.
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News
20 Feb 2025
How organisations can secure AI agents
Dan Karpati, Check Point Software’s vice-president of AI, discusses the unique challenges and potential ways to secure AI agents Continue Reading
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News
07 Jan 2025
How StarHub is tapping OpenShift in its cloud strategy
StarHub is harnessing Red Hat OpenShift to power its hybrid multi-cloud platform, balancing control over critical infrastructure with the scalability and flexibility of public cloud Continue Reading
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Feature
03 Oct 2022
Key ingredients for a successful API recipe
We look at how application programming interfaces can provide connectivity to drive internal and external business processes Continue Reading
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News
30 Sep 2022
How Endowus is leveraging Kafka and microservices
The Singapore-based financial technology company built a distributed microservices architecture to ensure its investment platform remains resilient at all times Continue Reading
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Feature
29 Sep 2022
Carbon copies: How to stop data retention from killing the planet
Our society has a serious digital hoarding problem, which is coming at a cost to the environment. But what can be done to address it? Continue Reading
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News
28 Sep 2022
Russia ready for complete switch to domestic IT infrastructure
In a bid to counter sanctions imposed following its invasion of Ukraine, the Russian government is implementing a policy of import substitution in the country’s domestic IT sector Continue Reading
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Blog Post
22 Sep 2022
Ofcom adapts to the changing face of communications
Earlier this year, Ofcom commissioned Analysys Mason to look at the digital value chain. It is this study that sets the scene for a more expansive role at the regulator, as Ofcom looks to stay ... Continue Reading
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Definition
14 Sep 2022
von Neumann bottleneck
The von Neumann bottleneck is a limitation on throughput caused by the standard personal computer architecture. Continue Reading
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News
12 Sep 2022
Lloyd’s of London is digitally transforming through the front door
Centuries-old financial services organisation is transforming its complex IT infrastructure through digital data Continue Reading
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E-Zine
09 Sep 2022
CW Europe: Why Russia could become the world’s biggest market for illegal IT
Faced with international sanctions and the departure of many global IT suppliers from Russia, companies there are seeking alternative, and sometimes illegal, routes to access IT products. Also read how new requirements are driving scientists and engineers in Europe back to the lab to start developing 6G technology. Continue Reading
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News
08 Sep 2022
The changing role of CIO in Sweden
New technologies and evolving business models are changing the missions of IT leaders around the world – and in most cases, the result is slightly different from one country to another Continue Reading
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Feature
02 Sep 2022
Cloud bursting: What it is and what it’s good for
We look at cloud bursting, which allows organisations to meet demand by bursting compute and storage to the cloud Continue Reading
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Feature
02 Sep 2022
Unstructured vs semi-structured data: Order from chaos
We look at alternatives to relational databases that have emerged to help bring some structure to unstructured data and gain valuable insight by making it semi-structured Continue Reading
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News
30 Aug 2022
NetApp storage goes GA for VMware Cloud on AWS
Move will bring up to 50% decrease in TCO for customers running VMware apps in the Amazon cloud, says NetApp. No date yet for extension of the service across other public clouds Continue Reading
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Feature
24 Aug 2022
Cloud storage TCO: Key pitfalls and how to avoid them
Cloud’s flexibility is part of the attraction, but it can also lead to costs that spiral. We look at key elements in cloud TCO and how to intelligently make use of the cloud Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Aug 2022
Bfloat16: What it is and how it impacts storage
Bfloat16 is an emerging way to handle very large numbers, developed by Google for its machine and neural learning and prediction. We look at what it means for IT and storage Continue Reading
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Feature
22 Aug 2022
Data classification: What it is and why you need it
To be compliant, to ensure data is optimally protected, that it is available, that it can be analysed and that it is stored most cost-effectively – these are reasons why data classification is vital to organisations Continue Reading
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News
15 Aug 2022
Lightbits offers NVMe-over-TCP at 5x less than NVMe-over-FC et al
Lightbits builds NVMe-overTCP SAN clusters for Linux servers with Intel cards that accelerate network processing to give millions of IOPS with storage for public and private clouds Continue Reading
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Podcast
05 Aug 2022
Podcast: How storage AIOps is revolutionising hybrid cloud ops
We talk to Tintri about storage and AIOps, which is the application of AI and machine learning-based software to monitor storage infrastructure to be able to detect patterns and predict failure, the need to upgrade, and so on Continue Reading
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News
03 Aug 2022
Understanding the metaverse
At this year’s South by Southwest in March, many events – not surprisingly – revolved around the metaverse. But what's happened since? Continue Reading
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Podcast
03 Aug 2022
Podcast: Storage at the edge – impact and opportunities
We talk to Tobias Flitsch of Nebulon about the rise of edge computing and how that will drive demand for more storage that needs to be secure and resilient and centrally manageable Continue Reading
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E-Zine
02 Aug 2022
How to create a datacentre capacity plan
In this week’s Computer Weekly, planning datacentre capacity is a growing challenge – we ask the experts for the latest best practice. Victims of the Post Office IT scandal explain why they think they were targeted for speaking out. And we look at the digital skills gap in retail and find out how employers can source talent. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Feature
29 Jul 2022
Unstructured data storage – on-prem vs cloud vs hybrid
We look at storage for unstructured data on-premise, in the cloud and across multiple locations. There are advantages to a hybrid approach, but there can be hidden costs, too Continue Reading
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News
28 Jul 2022
The verdict is Pure as Scottish prosecutor upgrades high-end storage
Scotland’s prosecution service saw disk drives in the dock every week with EMC legacy storage. Now it’s got Pure all-flash and has turned over an (Evergreen) new leaf Continue Reading
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News
26 Jul 2022
Secret court asked to quash a decade of MI5 surveillance warrants following ‘systemic breaches’
The culture at MI5 was to ‘prioritise’ missions ‘over everything else’, including compliance with safeguards designed to protect the public, the UK’s most secret court heard yesterday Continue Reading
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News
22 Jul 2022
Forrester: European cloud adoption accelerates
The rise in public cloud usage across the UK and EU will speed up new cloud-specific regulations Continue Reading
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News
21 Jul 2022
SSEN partners with Icebreaker One to break energy data silos
Better access to, and sharing of, energy data will help direct the installation of new electric vehicle charging points, as well as help network operators to better understand the electricity grid’s capacity for the introduction of more renewables Continue Reading
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News
20 Jul 2022
Barnet Council to bring work outsourced to Capita back in-house by 2026
London borough is bringing swathes of outsourced services back in-house next year, with more to follow by 2026 Continue Reading
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News
13 Jul 2022
NHS trust cuts costs and refresh cycle with Wasabi cloud storage
Imperial College NHS Trust expects to saves 30% in storage costs and cut back on five-year refresh headaches in a move that has seen backup and archive data move to the Wasabi cloud Continue Reading
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News
12 Jul 2022
Is time running out for legacy payments technology used by banks?
The company bringing Google-like processing to core banking for banks has added the same proposition in payments Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Jul 2022
Ransomware and backup: Overcoming the challenges
Ransomware attacks that exfiltrate data don’t nullify the value of backups to restore from, but the challenges – such as not restoring corrupted data – require careful planning Continue Reading
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News
11 Jul 2022
NetApp Ontap to be sole vSAN storage alternative in the cloud
NetApp Ontap storage will provide file access capacity to extend VMware data stores in AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google clouds as a cheaper alternative to VMware vSAN Continue Reading
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News
06 Jul 2022
Most APAC banks to spend more on cloud this year
More than nine in 10 banks across Asia-Pacific are increasing their cloud spending in 2022 after years of hesitation due to initial regulatory hurdles Continue Reading
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News
05 Jul 2022
Legacy UK customs system stops accepting registration requests
HMRC closes new applications to legacy customs system as its shutdown nears Continue Reading
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Feature
01 Jul 2022
File, block and object: Storage fundamentals in the cloud era
We look at the three basic ways that storage accesses data – via file, block and object – as well as the ways in which the rise of the cloud and distributed systems have brought changes to them Continue Reading
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News
28 Jun 2022
Digital Poverty Alliance unveils evidence review
Evidence review into the state of digital poverty in the UK sets out policy principles and recommendations, which will be used as the basis for a national action plan to eliminate the issue Continue Reading
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News
28 Jun 2022
Executive interview: Chris Conradi, chief digital officer, FSN Capital
Chris Conradi is taking his learnings at Google into the private equity industry at Norway’s FSN Capital Continue Reading
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News
24 Jun 2022
US cyber agency in fresh warning over Log4Shell risk to VMware
Many VMware Horizon and UAG servers remain defenceless against Log4Shell, and organisations continue to fall victim to the vulnerability Continue Reading
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News
24 Jun 2022
Weka scale-out NAS v4 goes beyond just AWS to go multicloud
Weka v4’s multicloud capability means the scale-out NAS file system can work across customer datacentres and public clouds that include AWS, Azure, GCP and Oracle Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Jun 2022
Global file systems: Hybrid cloud and follow-the-sun access
We look at global distributed file systems that put enterprise data under a single file access namespace so that enterprises and branch offices can get to data from anywhere Continue Reading
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Podcast
21 Jun 2022
Podcast: The legacy and modern apps that drive object storage
We talk to object (and file) storage vendor Scality about the ways the application and development environment is changing and how that is driving object storage Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Jun 2022
Data gravity: What is it and how to manage it
Data gravity can attract increasing amounts of data, and brings with it onerous management overheads. We look at how to mitigate data gravity in datacentre and cloud Continue Reading
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News
14 Jun 2022
CIO interview: Morten Holm Christiansen, Haldor Topsoe
There’s no point digitising if there is no benefit to the customer, says the Danish chemicals giant’s head of IT Continue Reading
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14 Jun 2022
How enterprises are shoring up supply chain resilience with data
Using data to gain better visibility over their supply chains and forge closer connections between disparate links is helping organisations respond to disruptions faster. Continue Reading
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Podcast
14 Jun 2022
Podcast: SaaS data protection vulnerability and how to manage it
We talk to backup and data management supplier Cohesity about the added vulnerabilities of software-as-a-service data in a hybrid cloud environment and how best to manage multiple data sources Continue Reading
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E-Zine
07 Jun 2022
Using technology to reinvent shopping
In this week’s Computer Weekly, after the pandemic led to a boom in e-commerce, we look at how retailers are turning to tech to revitalise their stores. We examine the issues around using algorithmic automation to manage employees. And we find out how data science is supporting drug discovery at Novartis. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Podcast
31 May 2022
Podcast: How to get truly portable Kubernetes storage
We talk to NetApp CTO Grant Caley about what is needed from storage to really deliver in a world of Kubernetes containerisation and microservices portability in hybrid cloud working Continue Reading
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News
23 May 2022
Reimagining the cities of the future in Finland
New ideas around new space: Helsinki not only imagines, but can see, the cities of the future Continue Reading
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News
20 May 2022
Third of organisations to outsource more IT amid talent shortage
Cutting costs is not the main reason for outsourcing IT in the UK, according to a major study Continue Reading
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News
19 May 2022
Red teaming will be standard in Dutch governmental organisations by 2025
The Dutch government wants to include the testing of the digital security of systems, processes and people – also known as red teaming – in all of its governmental organisations’ test planning and budgeting by 2025 at the latest Continue Reading
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Opinion
19 May 2022
Security Think Tank: Yes, zero trust can help you understand attack paths
The modern-day abundance of platforms, apps and IT tools presents malicious actors with a web of interconnection that is easily exploited to move rapidly through the network to compromise critical assets. Security teams need to understand these attack pathways better in order to fight back Continue Reading
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News
17 May 2022
Cato Networks beefs up SASE offer with Marseilles point of presence
Point of presence in South of France port city joins SASE provider’s global private network of more than 70 PoPs worldwide, extending converged security and networking to the region while expanding in-country resiliency across key territory Continue Reading
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News
17 May 2022
Video effects firm cuts costs by 20% and goes hybrid with Hammerspace
Jellyfish Pictures saves on rising power and office space costs, as well as Brexit difficulties, by using Hammerspace to allow access to large files from any geographic location Continue Reading
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News
17 May 2022
Hammerspace the ‘missing link’ for a cloud still lacking
The cloud can’t enable true multi-region working so Hammerspace helps make data visible globally and aggregate it as needed between locations with workflows set via customer policy Continue Reading
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17 May 2022
What will a quantum datacentre look like?
IBM has set out plans for hybrid supercomputing, with quantum and classical computing. This impacts both hardware installation and software Continue Reading
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News
11 May 2022
Pure to offer on-prem object storage as Snowflake data source
Pure Storage partnership with Snowflake will see the cloud data warehousing platform make use of on-prem FlashBlade fast file and object storage as a source for analytics data Continue Reading
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News
11 May 2022
GTT announces 400G upgrade of global IP network
New IP infrastructure designed to improve scalability and performance for enhanced internet services as IP traffic continues to increase, with initial phase of deployment expected to complete in the second half of 2023 Continue Reading
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News
10 May 2022
What will a quantum datacentre look like?
IBM has set out plans for hybrid supercomputing, with quantum and classical computing. This impacts both hardware installation and software Continue Reading
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News
09 May 2022
Tech Data enhances managed print offering
Distributor adds more depth to its OpenMPS cloud-based offering after getting partner feedback Continue Reading
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News
06 May 2022
IT infrastructure used to launch DDoS attack on Russian targets
Organisations could unwittingly be participating in hostile activity against the Russian government as compromised IT infrastructure is used without their knowledge to launch denial of service attacks Continue Reading
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News
04 May 2022
CIO interview: Loïc Giraud, global head of digital platform and product delivery, Novartis
Data is at the heart of life sciences – and for Novartis, that means investigating emerging technologies such as quantum computing and blockchain, as well as using analytics, artificial intelligence and automation Continue Reading
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News
29 Apr 2022
AWS grows as Amazon posts net loss
AWS continues to dominate the public cloud market but Amazon has seen its revenue squeezed Continue Reading
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News
27 Apr 2022
Government digital ignorance puts Dutch economy at risk
In this interview, Michiel Steltman, managing director of Digital Infrastructure Netherlands, tells Computer Weekly why the Dutch digital economy is at risk due to a lack of knowledge and understanding at government level Continue Reading
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Opinion
26 Apr 2022
Why it makes sense to use best-of-breed SaaS to power a business strategy
A hybrid multicloud model is playing an ever greater role as the IT platform of choice in driving a business-first strategy Continue Reading
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News
26 Apr 2022
Odense Robotics helps develop key export for Denmark
Robotics seen as a future export sector for Denmark as investment startups build their skills in public sector projects Continue Reading
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News
25 Apr 2022
C-suite regards adapting to remote working as key challenge
Senior management survey finds significant numbers noting remote working or flexi-working will be a long-term change for their business, with half seeing the switch to remote as one of their top three disruptions Continue Reading
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News
25 Apr 2022
Government appoints head of technology transfer unit
Government announces a CEO to lead its initiatives around commercialising its knowledge assets Continue Reading
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News
22 Apr 2022
UAE bolsters cyber security
The United Arab Emirates has successfully improved its security posture amid mounting cyber threats Continue Reading
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News
20 Apr 2022
How Veeam helped grocery chain Franprix escape its backup hell
French supermarket chain had backup windows that ran well into the next working day and restoring deleted files could take days. It chose Veeam in a contest with Cohesity Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Apr 2022
Refugee support group works with tech startup on reporting system
Computer Weekly speaks to a refugee support group about its ongoing collaboration with an academic tech startup to develop a digital human rights reporting system for refugees Continue Reading
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News
14 Apr 2022
Multi-ERP systems are on the menu for SAP implementations
Organisations using SAP may build future ERP systems from composable building blocks from multiple software providers Continue Reading
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News
13 Apr 2022
Executive interview: How Audi provides developer self-service
Audi is transforming IT in line with digitisation across the VW Group. We look at how Audi’s IT architecture is supporting developers Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Apr 2022
Enterprises shore up supply chain resilience with data
Using data to gain better visibility over their supply chains and forge closer connections between disparate links is helping organisations respond to disruptions faster Continue Reading
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E-Zine
12 Apr 2022
Disney combines digital, data and creativity to win advertising opportunities
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the executive vice-president for client and brand solutions at Disney Advertising Sales about how it is using data to subserve story-telling excellence. We delve into how rising energy costs negatively impacted the UK arm of Sungard Availability Services. And we look at the role of infrastructure as code in edge datacentres. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
11 Apr 2022
Border IT system fixed after 10-day outage
Post-Brexit border IT system failure fixed after going down at the start of April, allowing traders to once again file customs documents electronically rather than by hand Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Apr 2022
The role of infrastructure as code in edge datacentre computing
As datacentre computing is pushed to the edge of the organisation’s network, IT has to address the overheads associated with remote server management Continue Reading
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Feature
08 Apr 2022
Storage requirements for AI, ML and analytics in 2022
We look at what is needed for artificial intelligence and machine learning, and the pros and cons of block, file and object storage to store and access very large amounts of often unstructured data Continue Reading
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Opinion
08 Apr 2022
Why CIOs must prioritise system integration in 2022
System integration is a core part of operating enterprise systems. How can it be simplified? Continue Reading
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Podcast
07 Apr 2022
Pure says unstructured data needs storage scale and performance
Podcast: Pure Storage says huge growth of unstructured data and its diversity means storage has to be able to scale with it and offer performance to gain insights Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Apr 2022
Snapshots best practice: Five key things you need to know
We look at snapshots best practice, including the way they work, why they are not the same as backups, how to avoid heavy processing overheads and key user permissions tweaks Continue Reading
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News
05 Apr 2022
Structured decentralisation is the key to unlocking Nordic-level innovation
Finnish tech entrepreneurs will be taking the stage at the World Economic Forum to tell the world about the role of trust in Finnish startup success Continue Reading
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News
05 Apr 2022
Saudi Arabian ICT sector hits $32.1bn after strong pandemic response
The Saudi Arabian IT and communications sector is recovering strongly from the Covid-19 pandemic Continue Reading
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News
01 Apr 2022
Four moves to ‘checkmate’ critical assets thanks to lax cloud security
Malicious actors can compromise 94% of critical assets within four steps of the initial breach point, according to a report Continue Reading
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News
01 Apr 2022
AIS, ZTE, Qualcomm claim first for 5G NR-DC at 2.6GHz, 26GHz in Thailand
Thai operator teams with comms tech providers for a ‘milestone’ in enhancing the capabilities of 5G network and ecosystem, showcasing 5G New Radio Dual Connectivity in the field achieving 8.5Gbps peak downlink speed and 2.17Gbps peak uplink speed with a single mobile device Continue Reading
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News
23 Mar 2022
Private equity house spins SSE company out of McAfee Enterprise
The launch of Skyhigh Security completes division of McAfee Enterprise into separate businesses by Symphony Technology Group, which acquired the long-standing cyber security firm for $4bn in March 2021 Continue Reading
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News
22 Mar 2022
NetApp Cloud Insights gets AI monitoring and ransomware detection
Cloud Insights adds artificial intelligence-based continuous audit and monitoring of entire IT estate and generates impact assessments from performance events, plus anomaly alerting for ransomware Continue Reading
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News
22 Mar 2022
BMW Group adopts HPE GreenLake to improve data management
HPE GreenLake will enable the vehicle manufacturer to provide a unified cloud for data management Continue Reading
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News
22 Mar 2022
Details of Conti ransomware affiliate released
Information about a new Conti affiliate has been released by eSentire and BreakPoint Lab after a joint investigation into the group’s indicators of compromise Continue Reading
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News
21 Mar 2022
Siloed data holding back coordinated health responses
Digital health experts discuss the role of data in coordinating the NHS’s pandemic response and how managing privacy and governance issues are key to further success Continue Reading
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Feature
21 Mar 2022
Cloud ERP: Rise of the industry cloud
There is a new variable in the build or buy debate, and it’s all about the way cloud-based services connect internal and external business processes Continue Reading
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Opinion
18 Mar 2022
ERP: Join the dots faster with ready-made ecosystems
Pre-integrated IT has a long and honourable history, and it has a role to play in the mesh that makes up cloud-native enterprise systems Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Mar 2022
Storage suppliers put Kubernetes platforms centre stage
How to orchestrate the orchestrator? Storage suppliers’ Kubernetes management platforms aim to meet storage and data protection challenge in containerised application environments Continue Reading
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News
16 Mar 2022
Quantum launches ‘scale-out’ i6H rackmount tape library
Aimed at hyperscalers and enterprises, the LTO-9 system comes in a rackmount form factor that can be deployed anywhere in the datacentre as part of a common pool of storage Continue Reading
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News
16 Mar 2022
No end to UK bank branch closures as HSBC shuts 69 more
HSBC closes another 69 branches as customers continue to migrate to digital channels Continue Reading
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News
09 Mar 2022
Glide connects Proximity Edge 8 datacentre to Birmingham dark fibre ring
Second-city initiative with infrastructure and utilities business designed to bring increased diversity and additional low-latency connectivity options to edge colocation customers Continue Reading
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News
08 Mar 2022
Limelight gains large CDN scale with Edgecast acquisition
Leading CDN provider gains extra scale with strategic purchase, claiming to have created global leader in edge-enabled software services with diversified revenue across products, clients, geographies and channels Continue Reading
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E-Zine
08 Mar 2022
Using technology to protect human rights
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we investigate how technology is being used to tackle human rights abuses worldwide. We offer a step-by-step guide to disaster recovery in the cloud era. And we examine the vital, and successful, role of digital and data in the UK Covid-19 vaccine roll-out. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Feature
07 Mar 2022
Why post-pandemic reskilling must focus on mainframes
A major contributing factor to UK-wide skills shortages is the significant number of people who have left the workforce since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic Continue Reading
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Feature
01 Mar 2022
Software firm saves storage array costs with Nutanix hyper-converged
Banking SaaS provider Vialink needed more IOPS when its NetApp arrays slowed up, but Nutanix hyper-converged proved a better package than Pure Storage and Dell EMC, too Continue Reading
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E-Zine
01 Mar 2022
Post Office Horizon scandal enters public conscience – at last
In this week’s Computer Weekly, 13 years after Computer Weekly first reported on flaws in the Post Office IT system, a public inquiry finally allows victims to reveal the devastating impact on their lives. Enterprises are starting to evaluate the uses of 5G. And we look at how SMEs have turned to e-commerce after the pandemic. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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Feature
24 Feb 2022
Cloud storage cost challenges and how to tackle them
We look at cloud capacity procurement pitfalls, forecasting challenges, the danger of over-buying, supplier lock-in, deciphering billing and resizing capacity when projects finish Continue Reading
