Computer Weekly – 3 March 2015: Food giant acts fast on lean IT
Computer Weekly – 3 March 2015: Food giant acts fast on lean IT
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the CIO from food giant Iglo – owner of the Birds Eye brand – about how to work with outsourcers to keep IT lean and agile. We examine microservices, an important emerging trend in systems architecture that affects everything from software development to datacentre management and virtualisation. And we look into issues around hybrid cloud storage. Read the issue now.
Service provider partnerships key to delivering business benefits at Iglo
Sarah Leslie, CIO at Birds Eye manufacturer Iglo Foods Group, talks about the importance of external service provider partnerships to the firm’s IT.
How to deploy microservices for maximum benefit
A microservice architecture promotes developing and deploying applications composed of independent, autonomous, modular, self-contained units. This is fundamentally different from the way traditional, monolithic applications are designed, developed, deployed and managed.
Buyer’s guide to cloud-optimised IT – part two: Build in resilience to simplify workloads with hybrid cloud
Hybrid cloud storage has evolved in recent years to become a deployment methodology that blends on-premises storage infrastructure with public and hosted cloud services.
SME suppliers cry foul in row over Capita’s £2.45bn government deal
SME IT services suppliers have lost tens of millions of pounds in business after refusing to sign up to a controversial £2.45bn Cabinet Office agreement with services giant Capita for sourcing temporary staff across the public sector.
Digital cheque processing could prove fatal blow to bank branches
Banks have reneged on their promise to keep bank branches open, blaming changing consumer habits and digital technology.
Opinion: How to unlock the value of the industrial internet of things
The industrial internet of things promises to improve how organisations work, but a big-data approach is needed to deliver value, writes Accenture analytics expert Nick Millman.