Rather than being driven by technology decisions, composable enterprise resource planning (ERP) offers a way to use technology to support your business outcomes. There isn’t an alternative, especially when the suppliers only offer rigid software-as-a-service (SaaS)-based options to modernise existing IT environments. At a time of such unpredictability, companies need IT systems that are agile […]

“My other computer is your computer”, “Sniff networks, not drugs”, “Hacking is not a crime”. Anybody who knows cyber security will have seen laptops adorned with such stickers and when you see one in the wild, you know you’re in the presence of a hacker. As an accidental cyber security journalist, this reporter often […]

The current global energy crisis, triggered by a mix of energy supply and transmission system constraints and generator maintenance challenges, has challenged digital infrastructure operators with energy price increases, increased electricity carbon emissions factors, and reduced energy security. As external events gyrate energy markets, governments and energy suppliers are taking an “all hands-on deck” […]

After nearly 50 years of membership, on 31 January 2020, the United Kingdom formally left the European Union (EU), some four years after the Brexit referendum. This extended period of regulatory harmony leaves the UK (for now) as the EU’s the most closely aligned “third country”, including from a cyber security perspective. This common history leaves plenty of […]

The past 12 months have seen the runners and riders of the cloud market rocked by economic uncertainty, which in some cases has led to some notably downbeat financial results being reported as enterprise users looked to scale back their cloud use for money-saving reasons. At the same time, the government’s cloud strategy has […]

Despite ongoing initiatives to give people the digital skills they need for both the workplace and modern living, there is still a significant skills shortage in UK tech. More young people may be looking to technology as a subject they want to pursue, but for those in the tech sector, projects have been put […]

If customers were demanding before the pandemic, the increased need for online shopping and digital retail during lockdowns has made them even harder to handle. The past year has seen firms which have never before considered being online taking to digital in a bid to change with the times. A drop-off in some types […]

What is surveillance capitalism? Surveillance capitalism is the monetization of data captured through monitoring people’s movements and behaviors online and in the physical world. Consumer surveillance is most commonly used for targeted marketing and advertising. The term surveillance capitalism was first introduced by John Bellamy Foster and Robert W. McChesney in July 2014, in Monthly […]

The UK tech sector will end the year leading Europe, retaining its position as the main challenger to the US and China. This is amidst a global backdrop of difficult economic conditions, according to figures from Dealroom for the Digital Economy Council, part of the Department for Culture, Media, Culture and Sport (DCMS). During […]

Challenger bank Atom has made a four-day working week permanent after a successful trial over the past year. In November 2021, the app-based bank introduced a four-day working week for its then 430 employees, with no change on salaries. This came after flexible working, introduced during the Covid-19 lockdown, proved a success. Now, the […]