River Island is a fashion brand that has been a staple on the UK’s high street since 1948 – even Paul Cooper, director of technology operations for the company, said his relationship with the retailer goes beyond starting at the business nine years ago. “I grew up in a town where there was a […]
Mary O’Callaghan is a charity sector pioneer. As director of technology engagement at the British Heart Foundation (BHF), she helps the organisation embrace data-led business transformation through what she describes as a new kind of digital leadership role. O’Callaghan manages three teams: business relationship managers who interface with different parts of the charity; training […]
What is wall time? Wall time, also called real-world time, clock time, wall-clock time or — more accurately — elapsed real time, is the amount of time that a program or process takes to run from start to finish as measured by a person. Wall time is important because how a computer measures time and […]
Although hedge fund manager Jim Chanos just a year ago predicted datacentres could be the next “Big Short“, the UK sector including colocation is still growing amid ongoing merger and acquisition (M&A) activity. “Equinix, Digital Realty, NTT, Telehouse – they all have gone through some sort of merger, acquisition, joint venture or partnership in […]
By Published: 20 Jun 2023 16:22 Mizuho Financial Group is running a nine-month trial of generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology in its operations to improve the development and maintenance of its systems. The trial, using generative AI technology from Fujitsu, begins this month and will run until the end of March next year. “Recognising […]
Over the past few months, ChatGPT has taken the professional world by storm. Its ability to answer almost any question and generate content has led people to use the artificial intelligence-powered chatbot for completing administrative tasks, writing long-form content like letters and essays, creating resumes, and much more. According to research from Korn Ferry, […]
The University of York is set to migrate its high-performance computing (HPC) workloads to EcoDataCenter’s renewably powered colocation facility in Falun, Sweden, in support of the higher education institution’s net-zero goals. With the university predicting a 300% increase in its data volumes over the coming years, it embarked on a search for a green-powered […]
Bill McDermott cuts an unusual figure among the gilded tech bros of Silicon Valley. As is well known, he comes from a working-class, New York Catholic background. First and foremost, he is a sales professional, who has spent his career in the business technology industry, but with a wider perspective on the global economy. […]
The Post Office will not oppose subpostmasters that come forward to appeal criminal convictions that were based on evidence from the error-prone Horizon computer system used in branches, according to its CEO. Speaking at a parliamentary Business and Trade department select committee hearing, Post Office CEO Nick Read,said he is frustrated by the lack […]
The general secretary of public sector trade union Unison has called on government to bring as many outsourced contracts as possible back in-house. Unison’s Christina McAnea called for the insourcing of services following the publication of a report in which the union said a future Labour government should bring all public sector contracts in-house, […]