Toby Wolpe, Author at TechRepublic

Toby Wolpe

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Toby Wolpe is a senior reporter at TechRepublic in London. He started in technology journalism when the Apple II was state of the art.

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Big Data

Photos: Did this SAP big data software really help Germany win the World Cup?

Behind the scenes, the managers who engineered Germany's triumphant campaign in the soccer World Cup finals in Brazil have apparently been analysing huge volumes of player data, processed by SAP's HANA in-memory computing technology.

Innovation

Photos: Who’s watching you? Farnborough 2014 drones and UAVs

Unmanned aerial vehicles lined up on parade at this year's Farnborough Airshow - and not all them fit the familiar drone profile.

CXO

Outsourcing jumps but why are deal sizes shrinking?

Just because more outsourcing contracts are being signed, it doesn't mean businesses are spending more again on outside providers.

Big Data

We should have predicted this: Big data plans scuppered by staff without analytics skills

Organisations are still some way from being able to exploit the data they're generating, hamstrung primarily by a lack of skills among ordinary staff.

CXO

Outsourcing: Why does the hostility persist as new deals emerge?

Signs that outsourcing activity is on the rise may do little to dispel the animosity it sometimes attracts.

CXO

Outsourcing: Coming in from the cold as the economy thaws?

Having fallen away, the number of outsourcing contracts signed is rising again - but organisations are renegotiating a lot of existing deals.

Big Data

Big data? Great – so long as you get the analysis right

Finance professionals believe in big data but are seriously concerned about inaccuracies in current data analytics.

CXO

Non-tech execs break IT’s grip on enterprise project purse strings

With the balance of power between IT and the business shifting, new research spells out some aspects of that change.

CXO

CMOs are elbowing out CIOs: But do they know their back ends from their front ends?

The increased clout of marketing leaders in IT purchasing, combined with their lack of awareness of the technology working in the background, could be exploited by vendors.

Cloud

Public cloud powers ahead – but the doubts linger

While spending on the public cloud is up, main uses remain rooted firmly in non-critical areas.

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Toby Wolpe

Photos: Did this SAP big data software really help Germany win the World Cup?

Photos: Who’s watching you? Farnborough 2014 drones and UAVs

Outsourcing jumps but why are deal sizes shrinking?

We should have predicted this: Big data plans scuppered by staff without analytics skills

Outsourcing: Why does the hostility persist as new deals emerge?

Outsourcing: Coming in from the cold as the economy thaws?

Big data? Great – so long as you get the analysis right

Non-tech execs break IT’s grip on enterprise project purse strings

CMOs are elbowing out CIOs: But do they know their back ends from their front ends?

Public cloud powers ahead – but the doubts linger

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