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The latest insights into the business side of tech, from job developments to changing deployment strategies and beyond. We provide the business technology news you need to know, including future workforce changes, training and skills gaps, Innovations are transforming the way companies and their employees work, but is your company keeping up?
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22 May
Honor 20’s impressive specs fail to bolster Huawei’s reputation
It was always going to be an uphill struggle for Chinese tech giant Huawei’s offshoot Honor to launch its new camera-led Honor 20 phone range, but even high-fidelity 30x zoom couldn’t help the company see the elephant in the room.
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22 May
Flexible working the “new normal” as technology redefines the office
Flexible working practices such as flexitime and remote working are now standard in much of the working world thanks to the rise of connected technologies including cloud computing and teleconferencing.
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20 May
Job automation targeted in £5m reskilling project to “beat the bots”
An initiative in the UK’s West Midlands is aiming to protect the region’s workers from job automation by funding digital training for 1,900 people.
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17 May
Technology jobs among the fastest growing in the UK
Technology jobs dominate the top 10 fastest growing roles in the UK, according to data released today by job site Indeed.
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16 May
Wire by EY brings secure messaging to accounting
Accounting firm EY France has chosen encrypted messaging platform Wire to provide secure communications for its employees and trusted third parties.
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16 May
Pluralsight sets technology conference gender balance bar high
“Diversity drives innovation” has been the battle cry of many tech giants in recent years, and to a company they boast admirable inclusivity programmes.
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15 May
Digital transformation: Legacy IT for the past, present and future
Digital transformation is by no means an easy feat – according to Dell Technologies’ 2018 survey, 57% of global executives state that they struggle to keep up with the pace of digital change.
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14 May
Michael Dell on digital transformation: ‘Black Mirror tells us what not to do’
Verdict was exclusively invited to a round table with Michael Dell at Dell Technologies World earlier this month.
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10 May
Ten things we learnt at Dell Technologies World 2019
In an era when technology takes the blame for many of the world’s woes, Michael Dell made no apologies for being a technology optimist at Dell Technologies World, striding to centre stage to deliver his keynote to the strains of We Will Rock You.
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7 May
Should more companies be embracing gamification?
According to a recent report by Global Data, the video game industry could be worth $300bn by 2025, and with an estimated 150 million Americans now regularly playing video games, it now rivals film and music as a major entertainment source.
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2 May
Majority of tech workers would leave job for a better work-life balance
With the number of vacancies in the UK tech sector increasing by almost a quarter in 2018, companies must to work harder than ever to attract and retain much-needed talent.
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29 Apr
Europe is in danger of falling behind in cloud computing
Europe is struggling to keep up with the rest of the world when it comes to cloud computing, according to research from O’Reilly Media, with a shortage of data scientists holding back development in this area.
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26 Apr
IP protection vital to post-Brexit success – but companies have a lot to learn
Today is World IP Day, where the importance of intellectual property (IP) is highlighted – particularly in the tech industry.
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18 Apr
Employment growth figures are bad for business, but technology can help
The latest ONS figures are fantastic news for British employees, showing employment growth and wage rises that put workers in a strong position when it comes to raises and moves.
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18 Apr
Demystifying the cloud to transform your business
Cloud computing has been one of the most talked about business transformation terms of the past few years – and for good reason.
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17 Apr
Siemens names London most digitally ready city, despite Brexit
Despite the continued uncertainty caused by Brexit, London has been named the most “digitally ready” global city by Siemens.
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17 Apr
Data management vital to post-Brexit planning, businesses warned
As the Brexit uncertainty continues, businesses are faced with the challenge of post-Brexit planning without clarity about what lies ahead.
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16 Apr
The purpose-led business model: Do we really need to wait for millennials to be CEOs?
Fed up with hearing about what millennials want?
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12 Apr
Brexit delays are harming technology investments – and the long-term damage could be significant
The ongoing Brexit delays are generating considerable uncertainty for UK businesses, which is leading many to hold off on investing in technology while the future economic environment remains unclear.
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12 Apr
The bad habits that CIOs need to curb
With the reappearance of some sunshine, it’s about that time to undertake a spring clean.
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11 Apr
Retraining key to increasing number of women in tech industry
A lack of confidence in their qualifications and technical ability is a major barrier to women entering the technology industry.
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10 Apr
Modern IT management when drowning in a sea of devices
Never before have we had a workforce that consists of so many different types of people.
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8 Apr
Pinterest IPO valuation change shows caution following Lyft’s early struggles
Pinterest has set its price range at $15 to $17 a share in an updated IPO prospectus, estimating the startup’s value at between $10.6bn and $11.3bn, some way off of the $12.3bn valuation it received during a previous funding round.
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5 Apr
Labour productivity drops again: Post-Brexit work needs to be smarter, not harder
The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) release has found that UK labour productivity has dropped for the second consecutive quarter, raising concerns about the country’s ability to succeed post-Brexit.
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4 Apr
‘The Favourite’ could teach businesses some things about expense management in the digital age
A recent article in The Times in response to the current buzz around the critically acclaimed film The Favourite provides historical context to the film and considers the life of the eccentric queen and her extravagant tastes — the modern equivalent of £11,000 spent on hot chocolate and her donation of £2,250 to a ‘mad Spaniard’
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4 Apr
Government edtech strategy “has the power to transform our schools”
The UK government has released a new edtech strategy to use education technology to “reduce teacher workload, boost student outcomes and help level the playing field for those with special needs and disabilities”.
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2 Apr
London revealed as a hub for customer experience jobs
London has come out on top for senior customer experience job opportunities, research from customer insights technology company Feefo has found.
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1 Apr
UK customers could receive an automatic payout for bad broadband service
Broadband and landline customers in the UK could now be entitled to automatic compensation when things go wrong under new Ofcom rules.
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29 Mar
Yes, the Lyft IPO price is high – but the reason has little to do with the ride-hailing company
Today ride-hailing company Lyft will debut on the Nasdaq stock exchange following an IPO price at the very top of the expected range.
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27 Mar
56% of tech workers think they are underpaid
With the average salary for tech jobs in the UK currently at £62,500, compared to the UK’s average salary of £29,009, high wages have long been associated with the tech industry.