Marc Francis spent the past few years of his life governed by a broken route planner. Time after time, the driver who until recently delivered for Parcelforce would be asked to go on harder and harder routes or given unfeasible routes on his shifts. And when the system broke, failed to bring up an address…
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The average cost of a data breach in the UK has soared to £3.58m from March 2023 to February 2024, up 5% compared with the previous 12-month period and reversing a declining trend, with financial services organisations seeing the costliest incidents, followed by professional services and technology, all averaging £5.4m and over. This data, contained…
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The way organisations store, manage and analyse data will always be a challenging issue given the constant assault of data on corporate IT systems. It’s as though IT teams are always playing catch-up. According to Veritas, the average company stores around 10PB (petabytes) of data – equating to around 23 billion files – 52% of…
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The UK tech sector continues to struggle with skills shortages, especially in emerging and high-priority areas such as cyber security and artificial intelligence (AI). One of the contributory factors is a lack of interest in computer science education in schools. Computer Weekly recently reported that low uptake of computing-related subjects at GCSE level is threatening…
Engaging young people with careers in STEM at the Goodwood Festival of Speed Read More »
It would seem that the adoption of cloud databases – those delivered via a cloud consumption model – is ramping up. Referred to as dbPaaS (database platform as a service) by analyst Gartner, the market for cloud databases is dominated by public cloud providers. Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, Google, Oracle and Alibaba are among…
Riding the cloud database wave Read More »
Derby City Council aims to save almost £12.5m a year in costs by rolling out artificial intelligence (AI) tools to its staff. The council, which covers the East Midlands city of some 264,000 people, has identified 261 tasks where officials believe AI can make improvements. Within that, the council is focusing on 54 areas where…
Derby City Council eyes £12.25m annual savings with AI and chatbot deployments Read More »
Kubernetes is 10! Mid-2024 sees the 10th birthday of the market-leading container orchestration platform. But, says Sergey Pronin, group products manager at Percona, which develops open source products for SQL and NoSQL databases, it wasn’t always in that position. Pronin recalls the early years when Kubernetes arrived in the market, pretty much locked into orchestration of…
Kubernetes at 10: From stateless also-ran to ‘platform to build platforms’ Read More »
Today, Apple announced a new HomePod mini color. Almost four years after its first release, Cupertino is revamping its midnight color with a tweak: It’s now made with 100% recycled mesh fabric. At just 3.3 inches tall, Apple says HomePod mini offers big sound in an impressively compact design.HomePod mini in midnight is available starting…
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Farming is one of the oldest industries in the world, with evidence of agriculture being found as far back as 21,000 BC. However, with an increasing population and environmental disruption through climate change, farming needs to find new solutions to improve food security. One way more food could be grown is through using data analysis…
Updating agriculture: Can data analysis save farming? Read More »
June 7, 2024 was the 70th anniversary of the death of Alan Turing, the father of modern computer science, whose wisdom still resonates in fields ranging from mathematics to biology. But I want to argue that in the age of ChatGPT, one aspect of his legacy—the famous Turing Test, also known as the ‘imitation game’,…
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