By A barcode reader, also called a price scanner or point-of-sale ( POS ) scanner, is a hand-held or stationary input device used to capture and read information contained in a bar code . A barcode reader consists of a scanner , a decoder (either built-in or external), and a cable used to connect the […]
Use an Nvidia graphics card as a RAID controller – that’s the idea of SupremeRAID from US startup GRAID. For less than $4,000, it can control 32 NVMe SSDs and achieve read throughput of 110GBps and IOPS of 19 million. By comparison, Broadcom’s LSI MegaRAID card – the closest competitor – only supports four […]
The UK government stands accused of being “spineless” over its decision to cancel the planned repeal of the IR35 reforms in both the private and public sector from April 2023. As reported by Computer Weekly, new chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed in an emergency statement earlier today (17 October) that the planned repeal will no […]
Global spending on IT and businesses services over the past three months was lower than the same period last year as a result of economic concerns. Figures from tech research and advisory company ISG found that $23bn was spent during the third quarter of 2022 – 3% less than the corresponding period in 2021. […]
What is just-in-time manufacturing (JIT manufacturing)? Just-in-time manufacturing (JIT manufacturing) is a production model in which items are created to meet demand, not created in surplus or in advance of need. Organizations adopt the JIT approach to increase efficiency, reduce costs and speed up product delivery. To achieve these goals, however, they must eliminate the […]
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has confirmed that the planned repeal of the IR35 reforms in the public and private sector announced in last month’s controversial mini-budget will no longer happen in April 2023. The repeal, announced by his predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng on Friday 23 September, had been warmly welcomed by the contracting community, as the […]
China has prospered as businesses in the Western World tapped into its cheap labour market, but the Covid-19 pandemic, geopolitical tension and a shift towards national security has led to the US imposing strict restrictions on the export of US high-tech. In August, US president Joe Biden signed into law the Chips and Science Act […]
Many owners and operators of digital infrastructure have the attitude that using third-party suppliers – cloud and colocation services, IT equipment suppliers, IT hardware recyclers and energy suppliers – absolves them of attendant sustainability responsibilities. They believe the sustainability of an outsourced operation is the supplier’s responsibility. In today’s marketplace, this view is not […]
Application programming interfaces (APIs) have had their status upgraded from the domain of programming tool to the proverbial icing on the cake to top a digitisation business plan. APIs allow business leaders to enable workflows across organisational boundaries, connecting siloed business systems and providing a controlled way for external business partners to access data […]
Threat researchers at Kaspersky have warned of the risks associated with downloading third-party add-ons for other services, after uncovering a malicious version of a popular WhatsApp messenger mod known as YoWhatsApp. YoWhatsApp offers a number of features that are not available in WhatsApp, such as the ability to block calls from contacts or unsaved […]