Charlotte Trueman
Staff Writer
Charlotte Trueman is a staff writer at Computerworld. She joined IDG in 2016 after graduating with a degree in English and American Literature from the University of Kent. Trueman covers collaboration, focusing on videoconferencing, productivity software, future of work and issues around diversity and inclusion in the tech sector.
UK data centers can’t handle the heat
Multiple UK-based cloud data centers suffered outages this week, as record temperatures hit the country.
IBM Red Hat names Matt Hicks as president and CEO
Having joined Red Hat as a developer in 2006, the former vice president of product and technologies has taken over the role from Paul Cormier.
STMicroelectronics and Global Foundries to build new chip plant in France
The new project will receive “significant financial support” from the French government, as president Macron seeks to increase foreign investments in the country.
Cisco announces plan to exit Russia and Belarus
After first suspending operations in March 2022, the networking company has formally announced it will be quitting Russia.
Cloudflare outage brings hundreds of sites, services temporarily offline
The Tuesday outage took just under two hours to fix, and follows similar disruption last week that caused network performance issues across India, Indonesia and Eastern Europe.
Atos announces major restructuring plans in wake of CEO exit
The France-based IT company is exploring a potential separation into two publicly listed companies in order to increase focus on their respective markets.
Intel to build $700M sustainability-focused R&D lab
The chipmaker has announced further investment in sustainable data center solutions, including deeper research into immersion cooling techniques.
Nokia launches SaaS services to tackle energy consumption and home device management
Nokia has launched two new software-as-a-service products to help customers improve their energy efficiency and manage smart devices.
Cohesity launches FortKnox to protect data from ransomware attacks
The data management vendor is adding strong data isolation and recovery capabilities with its latest software-as-a-service release, FortKnox.
Google Cloud launches Media CDN based on YouTube’s network
Google Cloud has launched a new content distribution network which combines YouTube’s global network infrastructure with developer tools and machine learning-powered analytics.
Cisco pushes for more recycling of its used gear
Cisco is launching two sustainability initiatives aimed at reusing or recycling all of its hardware that's at end-of-use.