East London innovation and startup hub Plexal has partnered with the Cyber Security Agency (CSA) of Singapore – the Asian state’s equivalent to the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – and the National University of Singapore (NUS) to create a cross-border cyber security innovation programme. Dubbed CyberBoost, Plexal and its collaborators hope the initiative…
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For enterprises that want to extend their storage strategy, the public cloud is a place to start that can bring quick wins. After all, cloud technology is quick to deploy, needs little to no capital outlay, and can grow quickly with the business to store more data, especially unstructured data. Analyst Gartner predicts that enterprises…
Hybrid cloud storage vs on-premise: What data goes where? Read More »
The cloud holds a large – and growing – percentage of enterprise data. While much of this growth comes from unstructured information, such as documents and media files, enterprises also still depend on structured data, stored in databases. The global market for databases grew by 12.8% last year, according to analysts at Gartner, and…
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Today’s digital, on-demand age sees many organisations rely heavily on multiple cloud services for the day-to-day running of their operations. But the third-party nature of this functionality introduces additional security risks and, with bad actors ever-present to take advantage of porous network perimeters, cyber security professionals must ensure they are rigorous in safeguarding the enterprise.…
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While almost three-quarters (74%) of in-progress SAP S/4HANA implementation projects are being deployed on public clouds, analyst Gartner has urged IT leaders to avoid simply mirroring their on-premise setups in the cloud. Gartner’s Top practices for deploying SAP S/4HANA in the public cloud report identifies several benefits of public cloud deployments, including the ability to…
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Calculations in a spreadsheet-based planning model have demonstrated the skills crisis that could occur if IT leaders delay migrating from SAP Enterprise Core Components to the latest S/4Hana enterprise resource planning product. While mainstream support for ECC runs until 2027 and those customers who commit to a S/4Hana upgrade can purchase extended support, the model…
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Sophie Gallay, global data and client IT director at Etam, has been busy since joining the French retailer at the start of 2023. From establishing the foundations for data-led change to investigating the potential of artificial intelligence (AI), Gallay grabbed the opportunity to join a business exploring information and insight. “There was pretty much everything…
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SAP talked a lot about artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI at its annual Sapphire customer event in Orlando last week. But according to experts, the software giant was more discreet in addressing issues that remain central to the concerns of its longstanding users. At Sapphire, SAP was “firing on all cylinders”. Like many vendors…
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Closing out the last of the major PC-focused keynotes at Computex 2024 this evening, we have Intel. The long-reigning leader of the PC CPU market, Intel is in the middle of executing its plans to get back on track on both the manufacturing and chip design aspects of the business. Tonight’s keynote, being helmed by…
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Nestled in the sun-kissed hills of Provence, just north of Cannes and Antibes, is Sophia Antipolis, a renowned technology and science hub that is home to SAP subsidiary SAP Labs France. There are worse places to work. Surrounded by Aleppo pines and the odd palm, this modern building has been chosen to host the company’s…
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