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Digital Pollution: Cleaning Your Digital Footprint
As businesses strive to reduce their emissions, their digital services and processes are often forgotten. Taking a comprehensive approach to digital emissions is now a priority. 2020 will see a shift in how digital pollution is managed ...
Google Acquisition Of Looker Data Sciences Approved
Alphabet unit completes $2.6bn acquisition of Looker Data Sciences after approval from British competition watchdog
Automation Part 1: The Robots Are Coming
Is it hyperbole about the coming automation revolution? Are robots about to take our jobs? In this first feature, we bring some much-needed sanity to the debate. Which sectors are likely to be most affected? Should these people start l ...
Data Crunching: How IT can help your business to grow
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty Steps Down, Arvind Krishna To Take Over
Long serving CEO and chairman of Big Blue, Ginni Rometty, is to retire on 6 April, and will be replaced by cloud boss Arvind Krishna
Avast Closes Jumpshot Division After Privacy Row
Security firm Avast announces it is immediately winding down Jumpshot division and terminating data sharing with it, following privacy scandal
Azure: The Future for Your Datacentre?
With Microsoft switching off Windows Server 2008, there is a distinct push to adopt Azure. Is this a good move? Silicon UK asks leading tech specialist for their views to assess whether moving to Azure is inevitable.
Silicon in Focus: Florian Roth, Chief Information Officer: SAP SE
SAP is the market leader in enterprise application software, helping companies of all sizes and in all industries. 77% of the world’s transaction revenue touches an SAP system, helping more than 437,000 organizations to gain deep busin ...
British Passport Data Exposed On Unsecured AWS Bucket
Who is to blame? Unsecured Amazon Web Services S3 bucket held passport scans and other sensitive personal data, but the culprit has yet to be identified
The Promise of the Blockchain
The blockchain could become one of the most disruptive technologies ever created. However, with sluggish uptake, what is preventing the blockchain from fulfilling its promise, and how can enterprises leverage the blockchain to deliver ...
Where is Your Threat Perimeter?
As business transform into agile organizations, the traditional perimeters a company could defend against attack have expanded and become less well-defined. In an age where mobile devices, the cloud and the burgeoning IoT revolution, h ...
Safra Catz Confirmed As Oracle CEO After Mark Hurd Death
Larry Ellison confirms Safra Catz as the sole CEO of Oracle going forward, after the tragic death of fellow CEO Mark Hurd in October
Government Departments Admit Rise In Lost Laptops
FoI requests from Apricorn reveals soaring levels of missing laptops from government departments, with the Ministry Of Justice the chief culprit
Wearable Healthcare: Vital Signs for CTO Innovation
As the wearable technology sector continues to expand, CTOs considering their company's next innovation in this space should pay close attention to healthcare. With personalized health monitoring growing, wearable healthcare is set to ...
Giving With a Tap: Charity Technology in Action
The charity sector has been rapidly adopting new technologies to keep pace with how giving has changed. Today, charities and non-profit organizations are at the forefront of technical innovation.
Command and control – Google on its vision of the cloud, privacy, data and security
We spoke to Google’s Joe Valente about the tech giant’s vision of the cloud, privacy, data and security and its plan to put users in control
Machine Intelligence: The Value of Today’s AI
As the co-founder and CTO of Rainbird Technologies, Ben is the driving force behind the fusion of human expertise and automated decision-making. He holds degree in artificial intelligence from the University of Sussex, is a former Adob ...
Data Lakes and Big Data Analytics
As the quantities of data collected today by businesses grow exponentially, managing and then analyzing these vast datasets is now an essential skill all enterprises must master.
Big Data: Ecosystems and Infrastructure
As data proliferates, creating robust, integrated and secure infrastructures is essential for all businesses no matter their size. Understanding how a Big Data ecosystems evolve, ensures the value of data is always revealed.
Big Data: The Race for Talent
Data is now every business’s most precious commodity. Having a workforce that can manage this resource is an imperative for all enterprises. Bridging the Big Data skills gap is possible with clearly defined strategic planning
Google Cloud Next UK: Google Highlights European Data Protections
Largest Google Cloud event in Europe sees search engine giant commit to enhance European data protection with additional tools
Google Cloud Next UK: Google Touts Vodafone, John Lewis Deals
Google kicks off its largest Google Cloud event in Europe touting contracts with Vodafone, as well as the John Lewis Partnership
Making Sense of Big Data
Data is your business’s most precious commodity. Finding value and actionable insight in Big Data are vital components of all successful enterprises
Inside Knowledge: IoT Data Collection and Analysis
IoT can enable businesses to collect vast quantities of data. Analysing that information is critical to deliver the actionable insight enterprises need to ensure their IoT deployments meet their defined strategic planning.
Trust, Privacy, Ethics and AI
Paul Knight is a Partner at the national law firm Mills & Reeve. Knight specialises in issues of privacy, user data regulation, and its intersection with new technology.
The Business of IoT
Business and industry are being transformed, as IoT takes shape. In this new environment, IoT heralds a new era of intelligent connections every enterprise can embrace. The business of IoT is the creation of a new connected ecosystem e ...
Smart City: How IoT Creates Intelligent Built Environments
IoT coupled with 5G are the key foundations onto which the smart city will be built. From transport to personalised services, a data-rich environment is taking shape
Dell Boomi: Building Agile Integrated Data Ecosystems
Dell Boomi focuses on helping businesses including Sky, Dropbox and LinkedIn make sense of their mismatched IT applications and infrastructure, ensuring they work for the company rather than holding them back
Boom or Bust? Brexit and the Tech Sector
With Brexit fast approaching, how is the tech sector preparing for what could be seismic changes to the industry? How could Brexit impact tech businesses, and what does the future look like for technology companies moving forward?