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How California built one of the world's biggest public-sector IT systems
Since 2005, YouTube has gone from launching its first website to serving up more than 100,000 years' worth of video content every day. During the same period, the State of California has gone from the idea of adopting a single ERP, HCM, and procurement platform to getting nearly all of its departments on board – although there are still a few stragglers.…
Europe's cloud challenge: Building an Airbus for the digital age
Feature More than half a century ago, a consortium of European aerospace businesses from the UK, France, Germany and Spain joined forces to take on America's Boeing. Fast forward to the 21st century and the countries are applying the same model needs to the world of cloud computing, giving the continent a fighting chance to reduce the digital domination of Big Tech.…
When the lights went out, and the shooting started, Y2K started to feel all too real
On Call Y2K Welcome to a special festive season edition of On Call, in which we share readers' stories of working on the 31st of December 1999 – the moment the tech world held its breath and hoped years of Year 2000 bug remediation efforts would work.…
Former IBM CEO Lou Gerstner passes, aged 83
IBM has announced the death of its former CEO Lou Gerstner, who passed away on Saturday, aged 83.…