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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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3 Aug
Remote working is here to stay and it’s boosting productivity, study finds
The majority of employees believe remote working will continue once pandemic restrictions are lifted and say they are working more productively outside of the office, according to a report by property technology firm Equiem.
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31 Jul
Big Tech results for Q2/3: The good, the very good and the disappointing
Big Tech – Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google parent company Alphabet – all announced their latest financial results on Thursday, providing insight into how they have faired during the pandemic, and for the most part the news has been hugely positive.
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30 Jul
CTO Talk: Q&A with Exasol’s Mathias Golombek
Mathias Golombek is the CTO of Exasol, an analytics database management software company headquartered in Germany.
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28 Jul
Jolt launches tech skills bootcamp Switch in the UK
Digital business school Jolt has announced the UK launch of Switch, a bootcamp to equip participants with in-demand tech skills.
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27 Jul
Kerv created in £30m merger to take on Big Cloud
Three cloud firms have today announced that they have combined to form Kerv, in a £30m merger designed to challenge in cloud-centric managed services.
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24 Jul
Blind: Two thirds of professionals think remote working is damaging their mental health
Two thirds of employees think remote working is damaging their mental health, according to anonymous workplace app Blind.
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24 Jul
The tech verticals leading the UK tech sector’s pandemic response
According to the latest Tech Nation report, the UK tech sector has truly cemented itself as one of the world’s leading centres of innovation, employing over 2.9m people and attracting £10.1 bn in investment throughout 2019.
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24 Jul
Intel Q2 results: “Very strong quarter” marred by next-generation chip delays
Intel has reported its Q2 results, with above-expectations revenue and earnings-per-share.
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23 Jul
Slack files antitrust complaint against Microsoft Teams for “abusing market dominance”
Workplace messaging platform Slack has filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission against communication and collaboration platform Microsoft Teams, accusing it of anticompetitive practices.
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23 Jul
CTO Talk: Q&A with HCL Technologies’ Kalyan Kumar
Kalyan Kumar is the chief technology officer (CTO) and CVP of HCL Technologies, an Indian multinational IT services and consultancy company.
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21 Jul
Covid-19 highlights “crucial need” for digital infrastructure across the UK
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the “crucial need” for digital infrastructure across the UK, experts from the telecoms industry have told MPs.
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20 Jul
UK’s coronavirus test and trace fails GDPR requirement
The Department of Health has conceded that it launched the UK’s coronavirus test and trace programme without submitting a data protection impact assessment (DPIA) – a requirement under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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16 Jul
5G growth, startup funding and post-Covid success: Verdict Magazine Issue 4 is Out Now
Issue 4 of Verdict Magazine is out now, covering the latest and greatest developments in technology.
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13 Jul
Coronavirus spells a 7.3% slump in global IT spend for 2020, says Gartner
The economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic means global IT spending is projected to slump by 7.3% compared with 2019, according to research firm Gartner.
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8 Jul
Bump: Could a wearable device be the answer to workplace social distancing?
With numerous organisations rapidly adapting to the use of new technologies within and outside of the workplace, wearable devices could soon become a common sight in offices as a means of enforcing workplace social distancing.
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8 Jul
Arm CEO: “We now have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to design a new future”
While the past few months have been brutal, Simon Segars, CEO of semiconductor giant Arm, sees considerable opportunity to use the post-Covid chaos as an opportunity to create a better future supported by technology.
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2 Jul
Slerp launches table ordering app ahead of restaurants re-opening
Online food delivery platform Slerp has launched a new table ordering service, enabling customers to order direct to their table via their phone while dining at a restaurant.
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2 Jul
Lockdown is over, but so is the idea of business ‘normality’
With the government recently announcing the phased reopening of non-essential shops, pubs, and restaurants, it seems that the country is slowly reverting to a more recognisable business landscape.
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1 Jul
Google launches new tools to improve digital skills
Google has launched a host of online tools intended to help people and businesses “digitise and grow” through digital skills.
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29 Jun
London ranked as one of the best startup ecosystems
The London tech scene has been named as one of the best technology ecosystems in the world, according to Startup Genome.
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26 Jun
Ogury: How the adtech industry could change post-pandemic
As many businesses face financial difficulty, marketing and advertising spending has been scaled down – especially in the context of cancelled events and remote working.
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23 Jun
Cisco CSO: Judge the tech industry’s Covid-19 role in 18 months
The time to judge whether the tech industry played an appropriate role in Covid-19 will be in a year and a half, according to Cisco’s chief strategy officer Anuj Kapur.
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23 Jun
Two in five businesses ponder end to employee email communications
43% of UK businesses are considering replacing email as the main platform for employee communications once the lockdown lifts.
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22 Jun
Platform technology central to the construction industry post-Covid-19, survey finds
Platform technology will be central to the future of the construction industry after Covid-19, according to Procore Technologies.
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19 Jun
Furloughed workers look to tech reskilling, with job loss fears rampant
The majority of furloughed workers in the UK are worried that they will not have a job this time next year, causing many to look to technology skills to improve their future employment prospects.
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17 Jun
Tory MP: Government should invest £15bn in UK SMEs
A Conservative MP has called for the UK government to invest £15bn in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in exchange for shares.
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17 Jun
Why leaders also need to be lifelong learners
Becoming a successful business leader or CEO is no easy task.
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11 Jun
CTO Talk: Q&A with Dynatrace’s Bernd Greifeneder
Bernd Greifeneder is the CTO of Dynatrace, a US-headquartered firm that provides software intelligence to help enterprises manage their cloud environments and accelerate digital transformation.
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10 Jun
From roadie to CEO: CognitionX and CogX founder Charlie Muirhead on technology, networking and beyond
Ahead of this week’s CogX AI and technology-focused global leadership event, founder and CEO of CognitionX Charlie Muirhead talked to Verdict about the history of the knowledge networking platform and his aims for this year’s event, which has the theme “How do we get the next 10 years right?” Like many others, CogX 2020 is
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8 Jun
While job vacancies fall, UK internship opportunities rise by 30%
Job vacancies have continued to fall as lockdown measures in the UK have been eased, but there is hope for those applying for internships.