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Three ways sustainability tech is helping businesses meet climate goals
Technology can play a significant role in helping businesses improve their performance, including when it comes to achieving sustainability goals. Better tech doesn’t necessarily come with a higher carbon footprint and in many cases, the most sophisticated solutions are those that can help a business to permanently clean up its act.
Station design: planning for the future - Future Rail
How is train station design evolving? Keri Allan speaks to architects involved in some of the biggest projects about the latest trends and priorities in train station design.
Eating up the ocean: wave devouring propulsion
A new form of wave devouring propulsion could power ships while helping to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the maritime industry. Keri Allan investigates.
Training grounds: keeping seafarers up to date
A 2023 report noted that over 80% of seafarers believe they need more training to deal with new technologies arriving in the maritime sector. Keri Allan explores what they need to know and the best way to teach them.
Window shopping: the latest in airport retail -
Retail and food and beverage operations at airports are some of the most productive areas for airports’ balance sheets. Keri Allan takes a look at some new projects in the space.
How can leaders support neurodiversity in tech?
Tech companies that want to improve productivity through a boost to their workforce’s skillsets, innovation, and profitability, should be looking at how they can better support neurodiversity within their workforce.
Do businesses have a Friday problem?
Almost every manager has anecdotal evidence of a drop off in productivity on Fridays, but is it actually a real problem that we need to solve?
A recent study from the Texas A&M School of Public Health looked into this perceived problem and suggested that office workers are, indeed, less productive at the end of the working week.
The Texas study used computer usage metrics including typing speed, errors, and mouse activity to monitor work patterns and found that this dropped significantly on F...
AI in software engineering – Six ways the profession is changing
The influence of AI in software engineering has had far reaching consequences for the enterprise, and it stands as a compelling example of a profession being revolutionized by new technology.
Is the Kubernetes security deficit widening?
Despite Kubernetes adoption soaring in recent years, users are concerned security strategies haven’t kept pace.
Aviation has a problem with gender equality
According to ICAO’s April survey on the status of licensed aviation personnel by gender, the number of women holding aviation positions was 4.9% in 2021. Keri Allan explores why this percentage is so low.
Resilient rail: safeguarding for wildfires in a changing climate
Keri Allan explores some of the different solutions being implemented to protect railways against the growing threat of wildfires.
MASS: navigating the autonomous waters
Autonomous shipping technology is evolving at a rapid rate. Keri Allan asks: will maritime autonomous surface ships ever become mainstream?
CASE STUDY: How Isavia’s historic K64 masterplan could change everything for Keflavík Airport
The new K64 masterplan will deliver a historic legacy for Keflavík International Airport, the local region and Iceland itself, enhancing the country’s reputation as a strategic location between Europe and the USA
Located 50km from capital city Reykjavik, Keflavík International is the largest airport in Iceland and functions as the gateway to the country. Its passenger numbers rose by 20-30% every year between 2015 and 2019; last year they reached 6 million and are expected to rise to 7.8 mill...
What does the future have in store for public cloud?
The public cloud may seem far less exciting than it once was when it burst onto the scene more than 20 years ago. Amazon Web Services (AWS) first kicked us into the cloud age in 2002 – with little competition but also barely any convincing use cases to attract businesses. Over time, though, services like EC2 and S3 began to live up to the hype, with competitors soon forming in the likes of Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform.
Businesses had previously been plagued with the burden of mai...