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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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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.
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18 Mar
IR35 postponed due to ongoing coronavirus outbreak
Amidst the coronavirus outbreak, the UK government has announced that it is delaying the introduction of new IR35 tax rules in the private sector by one year as part of efforts to protect the economy.
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18 Mar
How the coronavirus outbreak could change contact centres forever
The COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak has caused widespread disruption to many industries, but one of the less discussed is contact centres.
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17 Mar
Tech Nation: Digital tech growing six times faster than UK economy
The UK’s digital technology sector is experiencing growth six times higher than any other UK industry, according to Tech Nation.
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16 Mar
Microsoft Teams struggles as coronavirus brings remote working surge
Microsoft Teams appears to be struggling with the extra demand placed on the communication and collaboration platform by people working remotely during the coronavirus outbreak.
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16 Mar
Coronavirus recession will produce “new world” driven by technology: deVere CEO
A recession triggered by the COVID-19 coronavirus is now almost guaranteed, and will fundamentally change the way do business, placing a greater focus on technology than ever before.
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13 Mar
Companies offering free remote working tools to help with the coronavirus
As the number of COVID-19 cases around the world reaches 125000, businesses and educational institutes around the globe are rapidly putting strategies and tools in place to deal with an upsurge in remote working to delay the spread of coronavirus.
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12 Mar
CTO Talk: Q&A with SecurityScorecard’s Glen Pendley
Glen Pendley is the CTO of SecurityScorecard, a US information security company that rates the cybersecurity postures of corporate entities and presents them in its own proprietary dashboard.
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12 Mar
Coronavirus disruptions: How CIOs can prepare
Coronavirus has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation, with 83 new cases declared in the UK in the last 24 hours.
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11 Mar
“Employers have to recruit from a wider set”: How non-profit Generation is tackling the skills gap
The skills shortage facing the global tech industry is now widely known, with many employers voicing concerns over recruiting the talent necessary to grow their business.
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10 Mar
Informatica’s new CEO wants to double revenue in two years
Newly appointed Informatica CEO Amit Walia has ambitious plans for the enterprise cloud data management firm – to double its revenue during the “next couple of years”.
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10 Mar
Coronavirus: Remote working not an option for two thirds of employees
As the novel coronavirus continues to cause problems, growing numbers of British employees are embracing remote working.
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9 Mar
Many misconceptions around RPA still exist, survey reveals
Robotic Process Automation, or RPA, is regularly cited as a key enterprise technology, but according to a survey published today, there are serious misconceptions surrounding the technology.
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6 Mar
TechHub isolates over coronavirus as London startup community hit
TechHub London, a key co-working space that is home to hundreds of startups, has been forced to temporarily close due to the COVID-19 coronavirus.
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6 Mar
Inside Here East: What makes a successful tech hub?
Just a stone’s throw from London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is Here East. With 3800 people working and studying onsite, the 1.2 million square foot campus is home to an eclectic mix of organisations including BT Sport, University College London, luxury retailer MatchesFashion, charity Scope and Ford Mobility.
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5 Mar
CTO Talk: Q&A with Pure Storage’s Patrick Smith
Patrick Smith is CTO, EMEA of Pure Storage, a key player in the cloud and data storage space that was originally founded in 2009.
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4 Mar
‘Coronavirus detecting’ CCTV cameras considered for offices
CCTV cameras that have a built-in temperature sensor to detect employees coming to work with a fever are being considered by office managers in a bid to tackle the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.
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4 Mar
Using art as a lens into data lineage
In 1988, Sotheby’s sold a collection of 175 pottery cookie jars for $907,995.
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3 Mar
Apple subsidiary Claris enters low-code market with SMB-targeted Connect
Claris, a long-running subsidiary of Apple, has launched the much-anticipated Claris Connect, a low-code workflow automation platform targeting small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).