The Covid-19 pandemic radically changed the way we worked across the UK in 2020. April 2020 saw almost half of the UK working from home, while there has been a 212 percent rise in job adverts that involve remote working. Many have welcomed the change to a better work-life balance, with some employees going so far as to claim they …
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As businesses continue on their digital transformation journey, they are met with a major roadblock: integration challenges. According to a new report from integration and API platform MuleSoft, IT teams spend more than a third of their time working on integration projects. Based on a poll of 800 CIOs and IT decision-makers, the report states that custom integrations cost large …
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Dramatic events like the Covid-19 pandemic and the widespread power outages in Texas in February 2021 highlight what many IT professionals already know; many businesses’ disaster recovery and business continuity plans are sorely lacking. Businesses need disaster recovery plans that will ensure they remain operational even in extreme situations when an entire region loses power or physical access to offices …
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Technology and security have been converging for some time now. What’s more, over recent times, both the scope and the speed of this convergence have been rapidly increasing. On the one hand, this opens up some really exciting opportunities. On the other hand, it raises some important privacy considerations. Here is a quick guide to what you need to know. …
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Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the IT services industry has continued to thrive through 2020 and into 2021. Even though many corporates have cut costs and stockpiled cash, IT spend has remained robust. The pandemic, and the ensuing changes to working practices, has thrown the spotlight on a company’s IT capabilities like never before and increased demand for solutions to the …
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For many sectors, unsurprisingly, there is a positive correlation with the housing market. When sales increase so too does demand for home improvements, home furnishings, new subscriptions and suppliers such as changing utility provider, upgrading home tech, conservatories and even more mundane things like new drain pipes, flagstones and grass seed amongst others. In fact research shows that almost a …
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The European Championship is one of the biggest tournaments in football, with tens of millions watching the finals on television and tens of thousands flocking to stadia to watch the action live. The last time the Euros were hosted in England back in 1996, nearly 80,000 fans packed into the old Wembley Stadium to watch Germany beat the Czech Republic …
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Many UK workers want to learn new digital skills, such as coding, and use them to advance their careers and help their organization in its digital transformation efforts. This is according to a report from low-code firm Mendix, based on a poll of 250 full-time workers, which states that almost three-quarters (72 percent) want to learn new digital skills, and …
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Covid-19 has accelerated the dominance of online customer engagement both in practice and in preference. Eerie scenes of empty high streets are the corollary of huge spikes in the number of people transferring much of their consumer behavior online. And this looks likely to be a shift that’s here to stay: for example, ForgeRock research showed that in the UK, …
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Much about contemporary culture plays up clashes between opposites. Examples ranging from the innocuous (coffee vs tea) to the contentions political and social debates, each has a role in how we perceive others. Going to extremes becomes all too easy. Meeting in the middle has its advantages. In the world of software, one such clash is around the cultures surrounding …
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