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Best of the enterprise web My top seven What Google's API copyright win over Oracle means - Pundits and open sourcers are all over the place on this ruling. If you've seen another worthwhile take on this, please add to the comments - these issues aren't going anywhere.    Have We Taken Agile Too Far? - If by too far you mean slathering "agile" sauce on every project like mayonnaise, then yes. Sidenote: I liked the "working backwards"/planning contrast via Amazon, etc. 7 Security Tasks To Automate To Match Cybersecurity Threats - Some of these may err on the side of the obvious, but you cou...

Read later Audio version Summary: Is remote work and digital teamwork making us more or less productive? Unfortunately, the pandemic has broken the productivity statistics, so no one can say for sure. (© fizkes - Shutterstock) Digital teamwork tools have evolved rapidly over the past year as much of the world switched to distributed working. There's a lot more evolution still to come as vendors continue to release new capabilities. Just last week, Cisco promised new analytics for Webex users, while Slack's CEO the week before was talking up plans to add audio chats and video clips. But desp...

Matt Hancock is pushing to increase statutory sick pay from £98.85 a week in a bid to create a healthier nation, it has emerged. The Health Secretary wants to help workers take time off if they are ill after previously admitting he could not live on the current rate of sick pay, The Times reports.  He argued increasing pay would help boost the economy by keeping people healthy while speaking at a meeting of the government’s Covid-operations committee this week But the move is thought to be opposed by the Treasury, who are concerned about the cost to employers.  This time last year the Go...

Includes Jazz FM Voices documentary: “Women in Music” Special themed editions of regular programmes Featuring charities that champion and support women OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE Bauer Media While International Women’s Day takes place on 8th March, Jazz FM is presenting a week of programmes and content to celebrate the innovative women of jazz, soul and blues, and charities that are doing vital work in the UK. The weeklong season opens with Jazz FM Voices: “Women In Jazz”, hosted by journalist and broadcaster Lou Paley, which explores some of the women who played a pivotal role ...

Jobs market pain hits men more than women as unemployment grows However, school closures due to Covid-19 leave the biggest burden on working mothers 15 February 2021 • 4:05pm Women are more likely to work in the public sector, meaning they are more insulated from recessions - and, in the pandemic, in particularly high demand in healthcare jobs Credit: Simon Townsley  Britain stands out as a poor performer in the pandemic. Infection rates and death levels have been agonisingly high; and the economy took a bigger hit than most, shrinking by just shy of 10pc over 2020 as a whole. However, t...