Consumers own very little of the data they generate, and this feeds directly into the business models of many digital enterprises. But this landscape is being reshaped by legislation and
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It’s no secret the demand for data processing and storage is exploding. Even before AI, between 2010 and 2025, the amount we created and stored went from around 2 to
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Like millions of office colleagues, Randy Bresnik, Christina Koch, and Kjell Lindgren swapped a bunch of pictures of their pets in June 2024. Unlike most of us, they worked on
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When you think about the leading edge of manufacturing technology, you might imagine sites in the US and China. But there’s evidence that the UK is also a major player
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Remember SETI@Home? The Institute for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence was the custodian of gigabytes of radio telescope data (a lot back in 1999) collected from observatories around the world,
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You’d be forgiven for thinking virtual reality (VR) has gone the way of 3D TV, NFTs or Second Life, other technologies that had us talking during all-encompassing hype cycles but
Online search has changed in the ChatGPT era. Instead of using Google, workers can query AI as they would a colleague at the next desk and get the answer without
Colocation isn’t a new concept, but as we collectively move more workloads to the cloud and cost-saving becomes an even more important driver for doing so, it’s never been more
The pandemic upended a lot of things in the business world, but one thing it accelerated was remote access. More staff than ever before worked from home and systems and
The way businesses and their staff now engage with technology is forcing a profound shift in how we view the role of the CIO. We all use more technology in
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