I’ve had a number of client conversations recently where the enthusiasm and drive which has surrounded the adoption of agile methods of project delivery over the last few years has been overshadowed by a topic which used to come up a lot, but has recently been sidelined by the promises
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Buoyant bitcoin stirs crypto-bubble fears
British organisations could face fines of up to £17m, or 4% of global turnover, if they fail to take measures to prevent cyber-attacks that could result in major disruption to services such as transport, health or electricity networks. But the proposals, which are being considered as part of a government consultation
GDPR takes a step closer to UK law
CollabNet, VersionOne Merge for New Agile Dev Tools
In the world of DevOps and agile development, West has met East: South San Francisco DevOps solutions provider CollabNet and Atlanta-based agile software integrator VersionOne are now one business entity. Terms of the merger transaction announced Aug. 7 were not released. The newly combined company immediately claimed that it will offer the industry’s “most complete”
Brands Willing to Pay £75000 to Influencers
Brands and marketers working on influencer programmes are willing to pay up to and in excess of £75,000 to social media stars for just a single post mentioning the brand, according to Rakuten Marketing. Rakuten said the findings unveil the unprecedented value premium brand marketers now associate with celebrity influencers who
Opinion Managing your team’s skillsets in a robotic world
The CIO’s role is changing as the age of digital transformation takes effect. Historically, their role revolved around maintaining the software and systems that keep day-to-day operations running. Their responsibilities revolved around checks and balances as well as numerous tests to keep the essential technology functioning. To do this, they
Is GDPR the next Y2K Gravy Train?
A colleague of mine said recently in an article on GDPR that "a lot of the focus has been either on ‘the sky is falling in’ predictions about punitive/existential fines for breaches or on selling snake-oil products for ‘GDPR compliance'". He's not wrong! Remember the glory days of '99 when sharp suited,
Virgin America praised for cyber breach response
Virgin America has alerted employees and contractors to a potential data breach after its security monitoring systems identified unauthorised access to it corporate network. The airline said in a letter to staff that a cyber intrusion may have resulted in the exposure of the user credentials of some employees and contractors. Virgin America said it
