Colin Williams

Networking, Security CTO for Computacenter UK. Blog page

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@ComputacenterUK Yes, I was working at Compaq at the time

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Technology Community for Racial Equality (TC4RE), three years in. Such a good story. https://t.co/vBojIjTaDk

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The same but very (very) different.

I really enjoyed one of my customer discussions last week (they can go off on many tangents) and this one considered the world of today and the role of IT. My comment, quite a bold one, “now feels different”, and by d…https://t.co/sXQ8QDh0WQ

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Computacenter is a founding member of the Technology Community for Racial Equality. At TC4RE, we aim to transparently drive #Equality, transform ourselves and the organisations we work with, and support others in the ways we’re best equipped to.

And that…https://t.co/fURsDn0gRf

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Happy Windrush day 2023

This is a post that I have created with real pride because without the Windrush generation there would be no “me”. This year marks the 75th anniversary since the arrival of the MV Empire Windrush to Tilbury docks, which I can pro…https://t.co/GbdYqxApfm

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Infosec Europe 2023. Popping in for an hour or two. Nice to see its busy and back to pre pandemic attendance.

Time to be “inspired”

# #infosec https://t.co/gd3MjZSHJW

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Computacenter and Cisco customer security event "LIVE". Thursday 6th July at Sea Containers London.

I'm looking forward to this one because crazily it may be five years or more since my last presentation at one of our in person customer events. The new C…https://t.co/d5GjUo1nNr

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Thank you Cisco Security. Leaving Berlin now after a wonderful security partner advisory board. Fantastic discussion and hands on cooking (actually tasted very good). Cisco Security really has turned up the heat with the new strategy and announcements. https://t.co/YpNI9ySnmj

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@jpatel41 Cisco is truly on a roll right now

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Thank you CRN UK for inviting me to be on the judging panel for this years “Women & Diversity in Channel Awards”. This event has grown and grown and now has a level of resonance in the IT community and beyond that delivers immense value and recognition to…https://t.co/93wv3LZyEQ

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The Technology Community for Racial Equality (TC4RE) 2022 scholarship award was a brilliant activity to help a number of successful applicants to gain both a financial award, plus coaching and engagement with the TC4RE team to aid with personal and academ…https://t.co/JMaddUyJAB

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Remembering the passing of George Floyd. Thank you Technology Community for Racial Equality (TC4RE) for everything you do. #TC4RE https://t.co/Vop5nESV3c

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When your “purpose” is greater than “you”.

Let’s face it, this year has started in an “interesting” fashion. Whether its digital or paper based news, the UK and indeed the broader world could be viewed as quite a gloomy place at present. Macro-economic c…https://t.co/XYMZjV73Eq

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Goodbye RSA San Fran – day three round up

Its nearly time to depart a very impressive RSA San Fran security conference. Back to its busy, brilliant best. And my final summary ..

Information - There is no better source of up-to-date relevant, and in many…https://t.co/ICGM4KEbOS

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RSA San Fran 2023 - day two round up.

This year’s RSA security conference has signalled a return to normality. The attendee count feels similar to pre pandemic levels with notably more people “everywhere” than last year. It makes a massive different beca…https://t.co/bJ8pSCdydj

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RSA San Fran 2023 - First day round up.

The calm of Monday morning, soon changed materially as few became thousands and thousands of people when the event formally opened its doors. As expected at an RSA conference digital identity featured highly on the…https://t.co/qb7paeh4ie

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Cyber Security starts here - RSA San Fran 2023.

Every year for the last decade I have made my annual pilgrimage to San Francisco for the spectacular RSA security conference. It’s arguably one of the best IT vendor events in the world, regardless of tech…https://t.co/L1RXzLQXMM

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Yesterday, Sunday 2nd April was “World Autism Day”

One of the downsides of significant day at the weekend is the fact it misses the corporate social media boom and emphasis that LinkedIn and other platforms used within the working day deliver to amplify…https://t.co/sPmrHjzSbl

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@Stevehatherly Hahahaha. The fight was equally as captivating

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Generative AI. The shining light for security – “maybe, maybe not”.

It’s almost impossible to avoid the end of the stream of news, journals and discussions about the potential for generative AI as a result of the recent ChatGPT updates and announcements.…https://t.co/h9Lxg9ZZQt