Computer Weekly’s list of the Most Influential Women in UK Technology has been running since 2012 to make female role models in the UK’s technology sector more visible and accessible.In 2015, the Hall of Fame was introduced alongside the top 50 to recognise women who have made a lifetime contribution to the technology sector, as…
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Each year when Computer Weekly asks for nominations for its list of the most influential women in UK tech, the number of women considered grows. This year, more than 650 women were put forward for the top 50, Rising Stars and Hall of Fame, showing yet more growth from previous years – in 2017 when…
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Enterprises should only be able to digitally monitor and surveil employees with their explicit consent, according to a select committee report on the impacts of connected internet of things (IoT) technologies.Published 7 August 2023, the Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) Committee’s Connect tech: smart or sinister report concluded its year-long inquiry into the potential benefits…
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The Tackling the software skills crunch study from Freeform Dynamics recently found that a fifth of organisations consider their development tools, processes and methods not fit for purpose. A further 22% anticipate these will become problem areas going forward.The majority of the 50 senior IT leaders and managers surveyed for CIO WaterCooler employ software developers…
Replace the ordeal of hardware admin with the insight of the cloud – that’s the benefit promised to customers that deploy HPE’s Alletra MP storage arrays with HPE GreenLake. Alletra MP, launched in April, is based on a scale-out architecture of Proliant servers chassis and Aruba switches with nodes that can be compute only –…
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German SAP user group Deutschsprachige SAP-Anwendergruppe (DSAG) has expressed concerns over the software supplier’s latest news about product enhancements. The user group said SAP’s decision to make enhancements available to cloud customers only would have an immediate impact on existing on-premise customers. According to a transcript of SAP’s second-quarter 2023 results, posted on the Seeking…
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In July this year, the generative AI bandwagon stopped at another important station on its way to global domination when Microsoft added CoPilot, its AI assistant feature, to Microsoft 365. Copilot will join Office products such as Word, Excel and Teams, but will come at a significant cost, a $30 per month premium on top…
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Generative AI and large language models (LLMs) aren’t completely new technologies, but the world reached a greater awareness of their powers when OpenAI presented ChatGPT. Its surprisingly human-like capabilities fascinated the public but also brought concerns such as the dangers of misinformation, its potential for bias, and even the possibility of machines replacing people in…
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As regulatory scrutiny intensifies, organisations must prepare for closer monitoring of their sustainability practices. Navigating the expanding landscape of rules and regulations concerning Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 emissions poses a pressing challenge. Enterprises must ensure they have the necessary capabilities to report emissions as accurately as possible. Additionally, as environmental sustainability takes…
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Test data management (TDM) is a crucial practice for ensuring compliant data and providing uniformity to test data. In the same way testing environments and data models are continuously evolving, test data management practices require ongoing revision. The use of personal data in development and testing environments is a persistent concern for software engineering leaders…
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