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European police are trawling online platforms for evidence of human trafficking after warning that crime groups are grooming Ukrainian refugees via websites and social media. Coordinated by Dutch police, the EMPACT joint action day saw law enforcers from 14 EU member states search 125 online platforms for evidence of criminality. Europol claimed 42 of these are suspected of being used by human traffickers looking to recruit vulnerable women from the war-torn country. A wide variety…

By Martin Yankov Cloud technologies have become a ubiquitous part of organizations’ IT strategies. Faster performance and enhanced scalability options—both horizontally and vertically—enable companies to better reach their customers and deliver value in shorter cycles. With rapidly changing business requirements, clouds enable better flexibility for organizations and save substantial effort and money. Service providers, such as VMware, are therefore able to respond quickly to changing needs, deliver value, innovate faster, and iterate more rapidly, leading…

When you think of the centre of the universe for technology, you probably think of Silicon Valley. But where is the equivalent HQ for data? The answer is that there isn’t one – yet. But London is embracing the challenge with an ambitious goal to become the heart of the burgeoning data economy, globally. The good news for London is that it is still early days for data; the full economic potential of the data…

Organizations have more data available today than ever before, and data architects, analysts, and data scientists are becoming prevalent in all business functions. Yet as companies fight for skilled analyst roles to utilize data to make better decisions, they often fall short in improving the data supply chain and resulting data quality. Without a solid data supply-chain management practices in place, data quality often suffers. Poor data quality is cited as the major reason initiatives…

For many years Sumair Dutta, Senior Director of Product Marketing at ServiceMax, has championed the role of field service leaders, particularly in asset-intensive industries where the manufacture and sale of equipment is merely the beginning of the customer lifecycle. Often, maintenance and service is the most lucrative offering. “Even among the best-known manufacturers, we often find that service leaders are responsible for up to 30% of business revenues, and the margins they deliver are two…

Organizations of all sizes and industries are placing software at the core of their business to stay competitive, and that means fostering high-performing software development teams who are able to ship code continuously as the product is honed to better serve the end user. At a time when organizations are experimenting or fully committing to an all-remote, all-in-office, or hybrid work culture, business leaders should be guided by the consequence on team performance in the…