Far from being a futuristic concept relegated to the realms of science fiction, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace is becoming more common. The benefits of using AI are often cited by reference to time and productivity savings. However, the challenges of implementing AI into HR practice and procedures should not […]

Jaded observers dismiss it as marketing, little more than an evocative buzzword to lure investors. The initiated say it is our shared digital future: a virtual world of abundant possibilities that exists in parallel to our physical world. Most find themselves in the middle – unsure, confused… or awaiting an explanation. Welcome to the […]

In-sourcing digital skills and capabilities is key to fulfilling the UK government’s latest digital strategy, but must be balanced with continued public and private sector collaboration, according to senior civil servants. Produced by the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) and published in June 2022, the digital strategy outlined the government’s three-year plan to transform […]

Network file system (NFS), server message block (SMB) and common internet file system (CIFS) are all file access storage protocols, used to access files on remote servers and storage servers (such as NAS storage) as if they were local files. They are not the file system, but they are protocols that operate at the […]

The government has signalled its intention to repeal the controversial IR35 tax avoidance reforms from April 2023, and the news has been warmly welcomed by the IT contractor community. Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng confirmed that the government is seeking to roll back the 2017 and 2021 changes made to the way the IR35 tax avoidance […]

The European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will be replaced in the UK with a data protection system that is simpler, according to UK digital secretary Michelle Donelan. But the IT industry fears the “headline-grabbing” proposal will cause uncertainty and, if implemented, do little to reduce red tape for companies operating across […]

When it comes to business information, chief information officers (CIOs) and chief data officers (CDOs) are tasked with bringing order to chaos. As firms gather ever more data, they face both commercial pressure to do more with the information they hold and increasing regulatory burdens for managing data, especially where it relates to customers. […]

By What is a non-interlaced display? A non-interlaced display is a screen display in which the lines are scanned progressively from the top to the bottom of the screen. In a non-interlaced display, there are several hundred horizontal lines in a frame (full screen). These lines are scanned from left to right and from top […]

The financial services industry is already well into its journey to open finance, with organisations in the sector open to collaboration. Open banking today is seeing customer banking data being shared by the industry through application programming interfaces (APIs), with customer permission, enabling businesses to offer tailored products. But open finance is the next […]

Three Spanish nationals have been extradited from Spain to France to face charges that they supplied EncroChat encrypted phones that were used by organised crime groups. French public prosecutors argue that the distributors were complicit in the activities of organised criminals who had used EncroChat mobile phones for drug sales and money laundering. A […]