The dominant themes of Computer Weekly’s top 10 stories on customer storage, backup and disaster recovery upgrades in 2022 are organisations that need more capacity, the ability to scale at will, flexibility and global access – and all at reduced cost in terms of energy and space. So it’s no surprise that the cloud […]

This has been the year that IT leaders emerged from the previous two years of Covid-19 restrictions with a renewed sense of purpose. IT helped organisations get through the lockdowns. With ongoing supply chain issues, the war in Ukraine, fuel price hikes and economic turmoil, business leaders are once again turning to IT for […]

What is a thyristor? A thyristor is a four-layer semiconductor device, consisting of alternating P-type and N-type materials (PNPN). A thyristor usually has three electrodes: an anode, a cathode and a gate, also known as a control electrode. The most common type of thyristor is the silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR). When the cathode is negatively charged […]

Steve Capper, CIO at engineering and construction specialist SNC-Lavalin, took an unusual route to the top. Now he’s reached the IT leadership pinnacle, he’s keen to create a lasting impact for the business and the new talent he’s bringing through in his own department. Capper began working for engineering and development giant Arup as […]

Employees and former employees of the UK business of Japanese cosmetics firm Shiseido who found their personal information had been exposed in a data breach are being asked to come forward to take part in a proposed group legal action against the company. The breach took place in the spring of 2022 and was […]

The intelligence officer who played a key role in the National Crime Agency (NCA)’s work on its Operation Venetic investigation into criminals using EncroChat encrypted phones had not given reliable evidence, defence lawyers claimed at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT). The court heard yesterday that NCA intelligence officer Emma Sweeting appeared to be confident […]

By Published: 16 Dec 2022 Net-zero is an imperative as customers, investors and (increasingly) regulators insist on it. Enterprises have rightly prioritised making the big changes around their energy mix and their own operations, however, scope 3 emissions (essentially supply chain emissions) are now getting the attention. For many organisations, these emissions can be […]

Jisc, the non-profit that supports the UK higher education and research community with shared digital infrastructure and services such as the Janet network, has announced that it will start blocking traffic originating from outside the UK from accessing the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) remote-access feature from 28 March 2023, to better protect its users […]

During the UK’s sweltering heatwave this summer, many people encountered an additional challenge to the stifling temperatures – problems accessing their emails, streaming services or items stored in the cloud. Google, Amazon and Oracle all experienced server outages as their cooling systems struggled in the record-breaking heat. In a year of floods, hurricanes, extreme […]

The siloed and insulated nature of how the tech sector approaches innovation is sidelining ethical considerations, it has been claimed, diminishing public trust in the idea that new technologies will benefit everyone. Speaking at TechUK’s sixth annual Digital Ethics Summit this month, panellists discussed the ethical development of new technologies, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), […]