Martin Banks - author at diginomica

Martin Banks is a long-standing journalist, commentator and analyst covering IT and its impact on business since the very beginning of the PC revolution. Before that, he was covering the development of the semiconductor technologies and microprocessors that have made it all possible.

Articles by Martin Banks

Citizen Developer - your time has come! This article is sponsored by:

The idea of the Citizen Developer is often politely scoffed at and dismissed by software vendors and business users. But over at low-code developer, Mendix, the notion is gaining traction.

Is it time to get rid of CIOs? The rise of AI prompts organizational and hierarchical questions This article is sponsored by:

The generative generation calls for a re-think of traditional tech power structures. But what do we replace them with?

Iceland’s tech clustering – diversity, equity and doing what’s good for business and staff This article is sponsored by:

Part 2 of our look at what is emerging out of Iceland’s adoption of clustering tech startups looks at three examples from the more human side of business – personnel management and health care. In the process, it also takes a look at the island’s increasingly positive approach to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Iceland’s tech clustering – a volcanic focus on fintech This article is sponsored by:

First part of a look at some of the IT ideas and developments coming out of a country of 375,000 souls that readily claims to be 1,000 km from anywhere. By using the clustering model – getting like- minded and complementary businesses together – it is getting to punch well above its weight.

Onymos pitches a novel approach to cutting into 70% maintenance costs - and pokes open source in the eye in the process This article is sponsored by:

Onymos reckons it offers a way to cut back on the long-standing 'law’' that 70% of all IT budgets must be spent on maintaining existing applications, rather than innovating new ones.

How Moore’s Law helps Pure Storage offer users a 'Pure Pays' option This article is sponsored by:

Pure Storage’s commitment to solid state data storage technologies means that its customers can take advantage of new pricing options, where it becomes possible that the vendor may pay for some of the service costs. This is because of the way semiconductor chips go down in price and energy consumption, but up in capacity.

Observability is a hot topic, but Dynatrace shows it can be much more than seeing This article is sponsored by:

Rick McConnell, CEO of Dynatrace, on observability and beyond.

Developers rule the world! Intel's Pat Gelsinger on the new world order of AI and edge This article is sponsored by:

It's over two years since Gelsinger joined Intel to turn the company around. Here's how he's doing...

Giving Dell the edge in edge - new platform capabilities offer easier data migration capabilities This article is sponsored by:

With its existing track record in establishing large data centers, Dell now feels it is well-placed to offer help to those building out their edge capabilities, and has now come up with a platform to smooth the way

How Scottish independence has benefited Forestry and Land Scotland - at least from an IT perspective This article is sponsored by:

A spin-off of the UK Forestry Commission has improved the services it provides its trade customers, and started a major program of re-factoring and replacement of some 300 applications.

Trees and ferns Scottish forest view in front of Loch Lomond © IsabelPoulin - Canva.com

How Swiss Re goes about de-risking insurance company risk with TIBCO This article is sponsored by:

Using TIBCO tools as the underpinning, re-insurance specialist, Swiss Re, is looking to do as near-to-all the risk assessment heavy lifting for insurance companies in world where risk is changing fast. No wonder it is known as the 'company of a thousand professions’.

Avoiding Homo Stupidicus - federated design and AI could be an answer to more than nuclear fusion This article is sponsored by:

The UKAEA has given itself a 2040 target to get nuclear fusion energy at least to the state of being a real, workable prospect, and is now working with Intel, Dell and Cambridge University to develop the design environment that will be needed to make this dream a reality.

As application moving becomes an everyday occurrence, Hashicorp helps to abstract away the pain of lift-and-shift This article is sponsored by:

Moving applications onto different resources in different locations as the variable needs of cost and performance arise, is fast becoming a de facto standard operation for most businesses. Finding the tools to do it however – to manage the complexity and mask the pain – is a task which Hashicorp aims to address directly.