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Data Protection across the globe

by chris • 25th February 2022
Data Protection across the globe Author: Aaron Green LLB CIPD, Operations Manager. The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) came in to force across Europe on 25 May 2018 and was enshrined in UK Law under the Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018. This legislation created a buzz of activity across Europe as businesses rushed (often last [...]

How Bionics are changing people’s lives

by chris • 25th February 2022
How Bionics are changing people's lives Author: Aaron Green LLB CIPD, Operations Manager. Bionics was once the subject of sci-fi films and television programmes such as Robocop and the $1million man where human body parts were replaced with cybernetic implants. It all seemed far-fetched but now bionics are real and tangible.  Artificial limbs have been [...]

Why end user training is vital to reduce the risk of ransomware.

by chris • 15th February 2022
Why end user training is vital to reduce the risk of ransomware. Author: Aaron Green LLB CIPD, Operations Manager. Major companies, government departments and tech providers keep falling foul of hacking and ransomware attacks. Barely a week goes by without another news story of another victim of either state sponsored cyber terrorism or nefarious individual [...]

How technology is changing the way we pay for our shopping.

by chris • 3rd February 2022
How technology is changing the way we pay for our shopping. Author: Aaron Green LLB CIPD, Operations Manager. “Unexpected item in the bagging area”. This is the soundtrack of our 2000’s shopping experience where first- and second-generation self-scan checkouts struggled to achieve the aim of a fast, easy and hassle free checkout to our shopping.  [...]

Has Wordle started a backlash against app developer’s greed?

by chris • 21st January 2022
Has Wordle started a backlash against app developer’s greed? Author: Aaron Green LLB CIPD, Operations Manager. Wordle, the fun word guessing game, has a unique history. Developed by Josh Wardle in 2021 as a way for him and his partner to play word games, when released publicly, initially only attracted 90 players per day. Fast [...]

Is “automation” in technology new?

by chris • 7th January 2022
Is “automation” in technology new? Author: Aaron Green LLB CIPD, Operations Manager. Automation means using tools and machines to do the tasks that humans used to do and generally is perceived to be a modern revolution automating across all sectors including manufacturing, warehouse, distribution and technology. Even farming continues to be automated with John Deer [...]

The Drone Revolution

by chris • 3rd December 2021
The Drone Revolution Author: Aaron Green LLB CIPD, Operations Manager. The drone revolution is underway. Their use is increasing and impacting on all areas of society from personal, to commercial and military use.   The personal use of drones has enabled users to take high quality videos and images to capture the most important moments [...]

How technology is helping preserve our historical artefacts. 

by chris • 17th November 2021
How technology is helping preserve our historical artefacts. Author: Aaron Green LLB CIPD, Operations Manager. Our history is being damaged. The Smithsonian has listed a number of factors that are causing precious, irreplaceable historical artefacts to become damaged and destroyed including: Neglect – items being forgotten about in storage rooms Theft and vandalism Water damage [...]

Will Drones replace fireworks?

by chris • 2nd November 2021
Will Drones replace fireworks? Author: Aaron Green LLB CIPD, Operations Manager. Remember, remember, the 5th November. Gunpowder, treason and plot! It is a uniquely British sentiment to celebrate the attempted assassination of the King (King James I) but every year on 5th November since 1605 we gather around a bonfire, burn Guy (Fawkes) in effigy [...]

Why maintenance and monitoring is vital

by chris • 15th October 2021
Why maintenance and monitoring is vital Author: Aaron Green LLB CIPD, Operations Manager. How vital is a well-defined maintenance and monitoring programme? On 4 October social media imploded. Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp was down around the world for around 6 hours leading to the biggest downtime ever recorded by Downdetector at 10.6million reports of problems. [...]