Fleur Doidge

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EuroStack : l’initiative qui veut donner une place à l’Europe dans le cloud | LeMagIT

6 days ago | lemagit.fr | Fleur Doidge

Un Airbus de la donnée et du cloud Dans sa vision, EuroStack pourrait être un Airbus du cloud et des données. « Avec Airbus, l’Europe a décidé de construire ses propres avions plutôt que de devenir un site de fabrication ou de maintenance pour Boeing, ce qui aurait été très facile à faire », compare Simon Hansford.
An action plan for net zero compatible with budget constraints

2 months ago | computerweekly.com | Fleur Doidge

Better news to come? Progress towards lower emissions continues under the surface of reports, commentators suggest. For example, bidirectional information flows between Lenovo, customers and suppliers are still developing, but ultimately, organisations will better quantify and reveal progress on emissions. Michael O’Hara, founder of not-for-profit support group Techies Go Green, is aware of economic pressures affecting organisational emissions reduction plans.
Are AI digital twins a match made in heaven?

Nov 25, 2024 | itpro.com | Fleur Doidge

Digital twins, detailed virtual recreations of existing places or machinery that can be used to identify inefficiencies or as a testbed for new services and approaches, may be the latest area where AI is making its impact felt. Savvy generative AI approaches can reduce the work of visualizing real-world dynamics in digital twin projects Ved Sen, head of innovation at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), tells ITPro.
Where next for private cloud networks?

Oct 24, 2024 | itpro.com | Fleur Doidge

However you define "private cloud" or segment the analysis, it's on the up. Although organizations are moving away from owning their own on premises infrastructure in their own data centers, they’re not guaranteed to choose the public cloud as they might have in the early cloud boom years. So says Terry Storrar, managing director at Leaseweb, who tells ITPro that the cloud market continues to diversify as firms seek more control over their data and oversight of their cloud costs.
Datacentre power purchase agreements: Are they the right way to lower emissions?

Oct 8, 2024 | computerweekly.com | Fleur Doidge

ByFleur DoidgePublished: 08 Oct 2024 Renewables-based electricity generation in the UK shot to 39TWh (terawatt-hours) in the first quarter of 2024, or 50.9% of the mix. This is the second highest ever, after the fourth quarter of 2023.
What the supply chain crisis taught us - and how businesses can prepare for the next one

Sep 2, 2024 | itpro.com | Fleur Doidge

With fresh constraints on the near to medium horizon on aspects of the supply chain from shipping to materials sourcing, the IT industry stands reminded of its vulnerability to global shocks. In recent years this has been especially apparent, with the lack of diversity in component suppliers and design alternatives laid bare amid the pandemic and wider economic downturns. Fred Lherault, field CTO, EMEA, at vendor Pure Storage, agrees.
What is a sovereign cloud?

Jun 24, 2024 | itpro.com | Fleur Doidge

With cloud sovereignty a hot-button topic, businesses might be thinking they too need to jump on the bandwagon. However, industry players tell ITPro that it's still very much a public-sector play. Often confused with data sovereignty, the sovereign cloud concept is more about the frameworks governments put in place to gain or maintain control over the national cloud environment.
Why hybrid cloud standardization is proving essential

Nov 23, 2023 | itpro.com | Fleur Doidge

While the distributed nature of hybrid cloud has long been its appeal, there is value in bringing one’s cloud assets together in a more organized way. The idea of standardizing a heterogeneous environment might sound like a contradiction in terms, but working to eliminate silos and supercharge interoperability to control cloud costs has now become essential.
How to empower employees to accelerate emissions reduction

Sep 14, 2023 | itpro.com | Fleur Doidge

Making net-zero goals directly relevant to each individual could be the most powerful tool for encouraging employees to take charge and help IT organizations and their industry reduce emissions faster.
Why arts graduates and creatives should consider an IT career

Aug 22, 2023 | itpro.com | Fleur Doidge

If you haven't got a computer science or engineering degree you could be forgiven for thinking that a solid IT career is not for you, yet IT also needs creative thinkers. People trained in music, writing, history, literature and drama have all carved out successful careers, even in quite technical roles. Rebecca Taylor, threat intelligence knowledge manager in the counter threat unit (CTU), has been at Secureworks for nine years after studying creative writing alongside psychology and business.