Esteban Prieto

Historically, the sustainability performance of IT equipment infrastructure has remained beyond the purview of the sustainability strategy. Even in enterprises with recognised sustainability credentials, very few environmental and sustainability reports speak to the utilisation of and work delivered per unit of energy consumed by the IT infrastructure. Furthermore, IT operations outsourced to colocation and … Leer más

This year saw Computer Weekly and Byline Times reveal an extraordinary secret campaign by right-wing Brexit supporters against the world’s leading science journal, Nature. The group, which had high-level connections in politics, business and intelligence, attempted to put Nature and its editor under surveillance and investigated by intelligence agencies for alleged “extreme Sinophile views”. … Leer más

While the conversation about the best way of regulating artificial intelligence (AI) has been bubbling for years, the release of generative AI (GenAI) models at the end of 2022 prompted more urgent discussion on the need to regulate throughout 2023. In the UK, Parliament launched a number of inquiries into various aspects of the … Leer más

The lack of diversity in the UK’s tech sector is an ongoing problem, and progress is slow. The reasons for this are many, with some people throughout the UK not even having access to the digital technologies which could allow them to progress into a tech career. The over-riding message for 2023 was not … Leer más

The rapid pace of digital transformation has increased operational efficiency and enhanced the customer experience – but it has also created a nightmare for CISOs.  From mobile devices scattered across the globe, laptops accessing sensitive data from coffee shop Wi-Fi, to a myriad of IoT devices, the exponential increase in endpoints has greatly expanded the … Leer más

As with 2022, Computer Weekly technology and ethics coverage continued with a focus on working conditions in the tech sector, looking, for example, at the experience of UK Apple workers attempting to unionise and the efforts of digital gig workers who train and maintain today’s much-hyped artificial intelligence (AI) systems. AI itself also took … Leer más

As businesses continue to grow online and rely further on digital capabilities, designing your organisation to be ‘secure by default’ is becoming more important than ever. Almost every credible source will tell you that the volume of cyber attacks is up this year. But this is not a new headline, and as technology and … Leer más

Nokia has extended its programme with private wireless partners to provide drone network benefits to industries in North America. The Nokia Drone Networks service uses public and private 4G/LTE and 5G network connectivity for the reliability and safety of Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations. Operated remotely for one-off or scheduled flights, the … Leer más