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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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21 May
A century-defining event: Surviving the future normal in Verdict Magazine Issue 3
Verdict Magazine Issue 3 is now out, and with the coronavirus redefining the world around us, it couldn’t be at a stranger time.
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20 May
Coronavirus case studies: How Food Drop is helping charities access unsold food
While the coronavirus has hit the bottom lines of many companies, it has also had an impact on some of those in the tech for good space, including London-based Food Drop.
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15 May
London job vacancies fell by 23% in the week before lockdown easing
Job vacancies in London dropped by 23% during the week ending 10 May.
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14 May
Coronavirus business recovery: Three data-driven steps
The uncertain and fast-changing nature of the Covid-19 pandemic is an uncomfortable rollercoaster ride for business leaders.
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12 May
Nine out of ten people want the option of working from home
Nine out of ten people want the option of working from home at least once a week after Covid-19 restrictions are lifted.
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11 May
Coronavirus case studies: How a tech partnership helped Radnor House School transition to remote learning
As part of lockdown measures, schools in the UK have been shut since 20 March, with the exception of children of key workers and vulnerable children.
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11 May
Why SD-WAN needs to be de-hyped
Software-defined networking in a wide area network, or SD-WAN, has become the new buzzword shaking up the industry as it promises optimised user experience and reduced cost.
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7 May
How Covid-19 and technology leaders have broadened the scope of CSR
The move toward greater corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been taking place for quite some time.
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5 May
London tech recruitment slumps 57% during pandemic
Recruitment for permanent technology roles has fallen by 57% in London during the coronavirus pandemic, according to recruitment firm talent.io.
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4 May
Phones for Patients: Thousands of phones donated to hospitals and care homes
Cybersecurity provider Bridgeway Security Solutions has launched a new initiative to provide hospital patients with access to phones to communicate with loved ones during the Covid-19 lockdown.
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29 Apr
Coronavirus case studies: How Popcorn Shed switched from wholesale to consumer
When Covid-19 forced businesses such as cinemas to close, it didn’t just impact those companies.
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27 Apr
Zoom partners with Otter.ai for live transcriptions
Video conferencing platform Zoom has partnered with speech-to-text transcription app Otter.ai to support live transcriptions of meetings.
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23 Apr
Coronavirus case studies: How Hotpod Yoga has moved its fitness classes online
It’s hard to overstate the impact the Covid-19 coronavirus has had on the fitness industry.
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20 Apr
Tips for scaling up VPNs to meet the remote working surge
The current Covid-19 pandemic is heralding a seismic shift in the way businesses work.
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17 Apr
“The mental health challenges are really significant”: How the switch to remote working is impacting wellbeing
When it comes to the future of work, the conversation over the past few years has been increasingly focused on a desire for greater flexibilty.
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15 Apr
Coronavirus layoffs expected by almost half of companies
Layoffs in response to the economic downturn caused by the Covid-19 coronavirus are either expected or have begun happening at 44% of companies, according to a survey conducted by Verdict.
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14 Apr
Coronavirus case studies: How AKQA is using radio to maintain company culture during lockdown
The sudden shift to mass working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic has raised a host of issues for businesses, but one of the more intangible is the very real damage it can have to company culture.
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10 Apr
The secret to unlocking employee productivity
So much has been written about UK productivity, and more often than not reports are negative.
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9 Apr
CTO Talk: Q&A with Telesoft’s Martin Rudd
Martin Rudd is the CTO of Telesoft, a UK-headquartered cybersecurity agency that specialises in protecting high volume traffic networks, such as those belonging to governments.
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8 Apr
How to place employees on furlough leave: The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
The coronavirus is affecting businesses right around the world.
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2 Apr
CTO Talk: Q&A with AppDynamics’ Kingsley Hughes-Morgan
Kingsley Hughes-Morgan is EMEA CTO of AppDynamics, an application performance monitoring company owned by Cisco.
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31 Mar
“Till-less” technology could help prevent spread of coronavirus in supermarkets
The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and ongoing lockdown measures that have been implemented in many countries have changed shopping habits.
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30 Mar
Two thirds of Verdict readers fear the coronavirus will hurt their business
The impact of the Covid-19 coronavirus on business operations is undoubtedly severe, but the true extent of it is still being realised.
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27 Mar
Coronavirus sees Slack use surge 25% in 16 days
Workplace instant messaging platform Slack has seen a surge in use as the coronavirus pandemic has forced around 20% of the world’s population into lockdown.
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26 Mar
Coronavirus case studies: How insurtech Zego is supporting delivery drivers
As the UK gets to grips with a lockdown to curb the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, delivery services are more important than ever, and insurtech startup Zego is playing a small but vital role.
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24 Mar
Fintech employees develop tool to support self-employed during coronavirus pandemic
Self isolating employees from the UK’s fintech sector have developed a tool to support self-employed workers during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.
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20 Mar
Coronavirus case studies: How Festicket is tackling the events industry impact
When it comes to industry fallout from the coronavirus, few are being hit harder than events, and for festival ticketing startup Festicket, it’s a very real challenge.
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19 Mar
Coronavirus hits Apple hardest out of big tech firms
Among the top tech firms worldwide, Apple has seen the biggest drop in terms of its leadership within the consumer electronics sector as a result of the Covid-19 coronavirus, according to research by GlobalData published today.
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19 Mar
CTO Talk: Q&A with SnapLogic’s Craig Stewart
Craig Stewart is the CTO of SnapLogic, a software company that provides Integration Platform as a Service tools for connecting cloud data sources, SaaS applications and on-premises business software applications.
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19 Mar
Coronavirus case studies: How open banking startup TrueLayer is responding to the pandemic
The Covid-19 coronavirus has caused widespread upheaval for businesses in the UK, and among those is fintech startup TrueLayer.