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Apr 05, 2020

Sheffield firm WANdisco donates data software in search for Covid-19 vaccine

Are you doing coronavirus research using BigData or Cloud platforms? We have released free access to WANdisco's suite of cloud migration and big data tools, for every team involved in developing potential treatments and cures for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic. We encourage teams working big data processing tackling COVID-19 data, t...

Mar 25, 2020

WANdisco in Sheffield wins $1m contract

Live data firm WANdisco has won a contract worth $1m with a division of one of the world's largest media and telecommunications companies. WANdisco Fusion will be used to keep data in-sync across on-premise locations and the Microsoft Azure cloud to enable analytical and machine learning data use cases. The Sheffield-based business also s...

Feb 03, 2020

Born in the Cloud: What 2020 Holds for the Global Enterprises

Born in the Cloud: What 2020 Holds for the Global Enterprises As part of our Predictions Series 2020, WANdisco CEO David Richards shared his insights on the current trends in Cloud adoption, Blockchain, and Social Media regulation. Tectonic Shifts in Cloud Computing Technologies “Born in the Cloud” companies, such as Netflix and Airbnb, hav...

Jan 28, 2020

The problem with Big Tech is not tax, but the monopolies they hold

The problem with Big Tech is not tax, but the monopolies they hold Cast your mind back to the mid-Nineties. Even then, climate change was a very real, existential concern. Even then, we were told that major changes would be needed across industry and society alike if we were to stop global warming and prevent the melting of the polar ice caps. ...

Jan 08, 2020

Geek of the Week: David Richards, CEO of WANdisco

WANdisco makes data transfer secure and seamless by enabling enterprises to automate the movement of huge volumes of data to the cloud without any disruption of usual business operations. Any changes made to data sets on site are replicated within cloud environments consistently and at scale. The core of WANdisco’s intellectual property brin...

Jan 06, 2020

AiThority Interview with Paul Scott-Murphy, VP of Product Management, Big Data/Cloud at WANdisco

"There is no doubt that the Cloud is really one of the most fundamental shifts in information technology over the last decade, and it's going to continue to be a fundamental shift and driver behind a lot of the change that we are seeing." Tell us about your journey in technology and how you started at WANdisco? My childhood coincided with the...

Dec 26, 2019

Data and analytics in 2020: Industry predictions

There's no shortage of experts and opinions in the world of data and analytics. But the end of the year provides a nice forcing function to collect analyses and prognostications, then slice, dice and summarize them. This year, as you might expect, experts in the field had a lot to say about Big Data, AI, the cloud, skills shortages and more. Our ha...

Dec 19, 2019

99 (Extra!) AI Predictions For 2020

In 2020, the thousands of companies created before the cloud will look to join the party, ushering in a much bigger phase of cloud growth. The process will begin by shifting their data to the cloud, providing an optimal environment for artificial intelligence and machine learning applications ...

Dec 06, 2019

More Cloud, Private Blockchain and Social Media Regulation

There will be some surprises in 2020 that will emerge slowly but make an unmistakable impact within the worlds of the cloud and blockchain. Meanwhile, the drumbeat for social media regulation will get louder, causing online giants to make some meaningful changes. Look for a renewed uptick in cloud adoption. "Born in the cloud" companie...

Nov 07, 2019

Why the new California data privacy act is nothing to fear

Those of us who work in data privacy know that this New Year’s Day will look different from the rest. That’s because when the Champagne is put away and the confetti clears Jan. 1, the California Consumer Privacy Act will go into effect. Throughout the United States and across the globe, companies that do business with California are wringing the...