Free AI training is a welcome move
It's encouraging to note that the UK government has now unveiled plans that will promote free AI training for workers across the UK.
AI - Nemesis is not a city in Iran.
The ramifications of Trump’s attacks on Iran will be widespread and last for years.
Editor's Comment
From Digital Ambition to Digital Accountability
Up the Workers!
Today's Guardian had a well-researched and interesting article by journalist Phineas Harper about the state of house building in this country, illustrated by a couple of high-profile cases that reveal the extent of ‘botched building work'.
EDITORS COMMENT:
SHARON MUNDAY, EDITOR, StORAGE MAGAZINE
Attacks persist on multiple fronts
If you ever wondered whether the variety and intensity of attacks faced by organisations might level off or even fall at some point, think again
Would you credit it?
by David Chadwick
The 15 Minute City
You may have seen reference to the 15 minute city, the designation or creation of urban zones that provide all of the facilities that human beings require to lead a pleasant and fulfilling life.
Calendar Moments
The LLM platform that started mainstream AI - ChatGPT - has just turned three.
Frank Gehry 1929-2025 - a visionary genius.
Some years ago I took a short holiday in Spain, taking the ferry down from Portsmouth to Bilbao and driving on from there to the East Coast of Spain.
The Digital Divide
by David Chadwick
EDITORS COMMENT:
SHARON MUNDAY, EDITOR, StORAGE MAGAZINE
AI-Washing and the Illusion of Innovation:
Cassie Harman, Chief Product Officer at Nitro, asks: Does AI genuinely make work easier, faster, and safer, especially in industries like finance, estate agencies, and healthcare, where PDFs remain the backbone of everyday business workflows?
Trust must be earned
Digital trust is a vital part of the backbone that runs through any organisation and keeps it safe.
Well Connected!
When you consider that delays and errors are costly on any construction site, any software developments that can speed the process up are especially valuable.
Comment
BY SHARON MUNDAY, EDITOR
Cutting Corners
It can be galling to see that the extra care that you have put into your designs and the planning that goes into ensuring that you have met all structural and safety requirements in your tenders is undermined when your competitors get the contract instead.
EDITORS COMMENT:
SHARON MUNDAY, EDITOR, StORAGE MAGAZINE
The Whole, Works
by David Chadwick
The bigger you are…
The reality that there is no organisation too powerful to become the victim of an attack is regularly reinforced by events.
Dumbing down or Facing Realism
The rain is pouring down, the delivery of roof timbers hasn’t materialised, and half the workforce has phoned in sick - a typical day’s scenario on the building site - and then you are called in to the site office to look at the week old chart that shows where you should have been by today, and what you need to do to get back on track - alongside the other team members working on the same project.
Gaping holes around compliance readiness
Significant gaps in CMMC 2.0 preparedness have been identified across defence industrial base.
DM Comment
BY SHARON MUNDAY, EDITOR
NHS cash injection can't quell attack fears
The NHS received a record cash investment in the UK Spending Review, with an additional 10% technology budget increase - but is that enough?
EDITOR'S COMMENT
SHARON MUNDAY, EDITOR, STORAGE MAGAZINE
A Balancing Act
by David Chadwick
Squeezed at both ends
Well, that didn't last long. When was the last time you heard 1.5 million new houses are going to be built by the new Government? That announcement was met with a pinch of salt, anyway, as it represented a 60% plus increase in housebuilding from previous years.
Creative Re-purposing.
By a curious co-incidence we have included two case studies in this issue which both address similar issues - the Rebuild or Refurbishment of older properties.
An Organic Entity
by David Chadwick
Welcome to My First Issue as Editor!
BY SHARON MUNDAY, EDITOR
Welcome to my first issue
BY SHARON MUNDAY, EDITOR
Dark web trading: from rocket launchers to animal parts
The Dark Web is a hidden marketplace for illegal goods and it's more accessible than might be imagined.
DM - COMMENT
Welcome to the March/April issue of Document Manager magazine, which I am saddened to tell you will be the last with me in the editor's hot-seat.
School's Far Out!
We seem to have moved on from the RAAC (Re-inforced autoclaved aerated concrete) scandal in schools, probably because the cost of dealing with it has been somewhat overshadowed by the financial woes of the Government and the struggle to replace the deficit that the Tories seem to have left behind.
All good things...
BY DAVID TYLER EDITOR
An Organic Entity
by David Chadwick
Comment
Welcome to the March eNewsletter from Storage magazine, wherein I'm delighted to announce that it's coming up to Storage Awards season again!
Comment
Welcome to the March eNewsletter from DM magazine, which includes a piece on what has been dubbed 'digital transformation fatigue'
What you see is what you got!
Quite apart from the Governments regulations that require visual proof that confirm all necessary compliances have been met and safety standards upheld, the use of reality capture, according to Trimble, is the final piece in the Trimble Connect jigsaw.
COMMENT
Welcome to the February eNewsletter from DM magazine, which includes a timely warning about new regulations that came into force in January
DM - Comment
Welcome to the first DM magazine of a new year, which includes a scintillating selection of opinion and thought leadership articles on a wide range of topics, so there's bound to be something in these pages to pique your interest.
Is AI going rogue?
by David Chadwick
Huffing and Puffing in a Force 9 Gale
AI or Donald Trump? Take your pick.
Everybody's talking - about AI
BY DAVID TYLER EDITOR
Comment
Welcome to our first eNewsletter for 2025 which includes some eye-opening research findings from Zerto, which suggests that 'backup-only' recovery solutions are failing around one-third of the time.
Anthropocene
Described as the new ecological epoch, the anthropocene, which described the impact of human beings on the planet, was actually voted down by the luminaries who have been pondering on a name for the period since, at least, the last 90 years or so.
Aye, Aye to AI
Is the speed of AI development leaving UK SMEs struggling to plug security gaps? That is the question posed by a new IT trends report.
Comment
Welcome to the first DM magazine eNewsletter of 2025, which includes some eye-opening research findings about just how workers really feel about AI.
Can security stay on the rails in 2025?
Remember the Wi-Fi hack at 19 UK railway stations in the latter part of last year and the alarm it caused? What further threats might it foreshadow in 2025?
DM - Comment
Our last issue of 2024 includes, as usual, a full breakdown of all the winners and runners-up from this year's DM Awards, which took place mid-November in London.
The big switch off
by David Chadwick
The Hammers 2024
It's always a manic couple of months leading up to our annual Construction Computing Awards - and this one, the 18th, has proved to be no exception.
COMMENT
The November eNewsletter from DM Magazine includes an interesting article looking at recent research into the psychology behind our attachment to paper - something that informs almost every DM and ECM implementation there has ever been!
COMMENT
Welcome to the November eNewsletter from Storage magazine, where our news items include a 'business win' announcement from an industry sector we rarely cover: defence.
DM Comment
The September/October issue of Document Manager includes not one but two industry interviews, which I think always make for an interesting read, as they can offer an insight into the minds of people from across the sector, and often spark ideas for future features.
Water, water, everywhere.............
You know the rest of the quote - from 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'.
COMMENT
Welcome to the October eNewsletter from Storage magazine, which includes a thought-provoking look at the role of the CIO in the modern enterprise
NIS2 directive comes into force
The deadline for Member States to transpose the NIS2 Directive into applicable national law hit home on 17 October.
Comment
Welcome to the October eNewsletter from Document Manager magazine, and one last reminder that time is rapidly running out for you to vote in this year's DM Awards!
The Grenfell Report
by David Chadwick
The recovery position
BY David Tyler EDITOR
Evolution of Digital Twins
It's fascinating to see how the Digital Twin concept has developed over the last decade or so, since the concept was first mooted by Bentley Systems.
COMMENT
Welcome to the September eNewsletter from Document Manager magazine, and a reminder to vote in this year's DM Awards!
COMMENT
Welcome to the September eNewsletter from Storage magazine, which includes some interesting research findings on backup and recovery
Quantum research hubs: the good and the disturbing
Five new quantum research hubs have been backed by more than £100 million of government funding in the hope that they will deliver breakthroughs in healthcare, cybersecurity and transport.
Comment
Welcome to the August eNewsletter from Storage magazine, which includes one of my favourite roundtable articles in a long time
Comment
Welcome to the August eNewsletter from Document Manager magazine, which includes some worrying research findings from PFU.
Compliance and the Building Safety Act
There is one area of growth in the Construction Industry that can either be a curse or a blessing. The increase in building regulations, including the latest Building Safety Act, adds an additional burden to those a contractor is facing - skilled labour shortages, rising costs, environmental pressures and so on.
DM - Comment
The July/August issue of Document Manager includes a wide variety of content from across the sector, covering topics as diverse as OCR, change management, the hidden costs of print, and a new compliance challenge for organisations in the form of the Digital Operational Resilience Act, or DORA.
Risk it for a diskette
BY David Tyler EDITOR
Round the houses
by David Chadwick
Comment
Welcome to the July eNewsletter from Storage magazine, which includes some thought-provoking research findings on immutable storage
Comment
Welcome to the July eNewsletter from Document Manager magazine - let's talk about successful project implementations!
Worrying train of thought
Why continuous security training should have a role to play in the long-term development of all
The Aftermath
Waking up to a not entirely unexpected announcement of a Labour Victory in the General Election gives me the opportunity to look positively ahead for the rest of the year.
Comment
Welcome to the June eNewsletter from Storage magazine, which comes hot on the heels of the 21st Storage Awards.
DM - Comment
The May/June issue of Document Manager has an even greater than usual focus on capture and scanning, coming as it does after the PFU (EMEA) Information Capture Conference which took place in Dubai in mid-May.
Indoor Navigation
RAAC (reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete) is a lightweight material that has been used in flat roofing, floors and walls since the 1950s - and, as one description puts it, it's aerated and bubbly, like an Aero chocolate bar.
And our 2024 winner are...
As we go to print with this issue the winners of the 2024 Network Computing Awards have just been unveiled at an awards ceremony in central London (timing is everything!).
Comment
Welcome to the June eNewsletter from Document Manager magazine, which includes an interesting checklist of 'best practices for Content Management'
Teaching old dogs new tricks
by David Chadwick
Getting experts round the table
BY DAVID TYLER EDITOR
So, What's next?
Round about the time Georg Nemetschek was thinking about using computers to advance his architectural dreams, I was writing my first software program in 2k of memory using machine code.
EC steps in to drive support for AI innovation
European start-ups and SMEs need all the help they can get to develop AI models, with more established and resource-rich organisations forging ahead
Comment
Welcome to the April eNewsletter from Storage magazine, in which we remind you to cast your votes in this year's Storage awards.
Comment
Welcome to the April eNewsletter from Document Manager magazine, which includes a fascinating view on 'content sentience'.
A Class of Your Own
With 19% of those employed in the construction industry set to retire in the next 5-10 years, you would have thought that the rising population in the UK would provide sufficient replacement fodder for the industry.
Nostalgia ain't what it used to be
by David Chadwick
Comment
Welcome to the March/April edition of Document Manager, which includes a wide selection of bylined opinion pieces that are sure to catch the eye.
Will AI accelerate the all-flash data centre?
BY DAVID TYLER EDITOR
Not In My Back Yard (Oops!) Habitat
You may have missed the report that 350,000 (sic) houses have been canned in the State of Voctoria, Australia, because of the discovery of several 'earless dragons' - previously thought to be extinct.
Gearing up to the task
A new taskforce is being set up by a number of leading accounting and security organisations in the UK, as cybersecurity threats hit unprecedented levels
Forecasting the future of networks
Welcome to our first issue of 2024, where we're taking a closer look at what this year will entail for the networking space with a range of predictions from industry experts.
The costs of sustainability
by David Chadwick
DM Comment
Our first DM of 2024 carries on to some extent where the last issue of 2023 left off - with much heated discussion around the topic of AI and how it is likely to influence information management.
Motivation is the name of the game
I was delighted to be able to use the submission from Dylan Baliski for the Vectorworks Student Design Competition as an example of the quality of work being shown by young architects on the verge of entering the profession.
Is non-compatibiity inevitable in the long run?
I can remember working for a Japanese printer manufacturer who wanted to expand into the small 'floppy' disk market - when 3 inch disks were viewing with 3.5 inch disks for supremacy.
Deal or no deal
A provisional agreement is paving the way for what would be a landmark deal on the use of artificial intelligence.
Predicting the (AI) future
BY David Tyler EDITOR