Cloud

Source is ComputerWeekly.com Cost is often the key factor when it comes to moving IT to the cloud. In practice, working out the cost of moving a workload or business process to the cloud is complex. And, just as with on-premise hardware, there is more to the total cost...

Source is ComputerWeekly.com Thames Water has confirmed that it wants to work collaboratively with datacentre operators with sites within its jurisdiction to explore the possibility of using “raw water” to cool their facilities. Thames Water serves homes and business in parts of London, Kent and Essex, as well as...

Source is ComputerWeekly.com Analysis and prediction are core to today’s IT as organisations embark on digital transformation, with use cases that range from speech recognition and pattern analysis in science, to use in fraud detection and security, to AIOps in IT and storage. As artificial intelligence and predictive methods...

Source is ComputerWeekly.com A global survey of 5,001 software professionals from GitLab has found that developers believe efficiency, higher-quality code and developer productivity are key drivers for DevOps adoption. GitLab’s sixth annual Global DevSecOps survey found that the developers polled continue to prioritise security and compliance, investment in toolchain...

Source is ComputerWeekly.com The next two years could see a rapid acceleration in the pace of cloud adoption by enterprises, according to research commissioned by datacentre network connectivity provider Colt. In the firm’s third annual Cloud adoption report, 500 senior IT and C-suite decision-makers from Europe and the Asia-Pacific...

Source is ComputerWeekly.com CIOs and IT directors working on any project that involves data in any way are always more likely to succeed when the organisation has a clear view of the data it holds. Increasingly, organisations are using data classification to track information based on its sensitivity and...

Source is ComputerWeekly.com There has been a boom of late in professional services and consultancy firms that have started building out their green transition capabilities to assist enterprises in achieving their IT sustainability goals. A quick look at some of their websites may showcase new teams and propositions being...

Source is ComputerWeekly.com It has become a truism that data is the driver for businesses. We have all heard the clichés about data becoming the new oil and how companies should be making the most of all the available data they have as it will lead to untold riches,...

Source is ComputerWeekly.com OVO Energy-backed technology platform Kaluza has revealed details of how it is using Google Cloud to underpin its push to become a carbon-negative entity by 2030. Kaluza’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform was born out of OVO Energy in 2019 and is supplied under licence to other energy...

Source is ComputerWeekly.com In 1987, the United Nations Brundtland Commission defined sustainability as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. It is doubtful that ICT will ever meet this criterion, as the use of energy to mine, process,...