Miya Knights
A 25-year veteran enterprise technology expert, Miya Knights applies her deep understanding of technology gained through her journalism career to both her role as a consultant and as director at Retail Technology Magazine, which she helped shape over the past 17 years. Miya was educated at Oxford University, earning a master’s degree in English, and has enjoyed a hugely varied career in leading roles such as a global technology research director at Planet Retail and a senior research analyst at IDC.
She has also co-authored two books on business technology: ‘Amazon: How the World's Most Relentless Retailer will Continue to Revolutionize Commerce’ and ‘Omnichannel Retail: How to Build Winning Stores in the Digital World’, the latter of which was shortlisted for the 2020 Business Book of the Year Award in the Sales & Marketing category.
Her role as a journalist has seen her write for many of the leading technology publishers in the UK such as ITPro, TechWeekEurope, CIO UK, Computer Weekly, and also a number of national newspapers including The Times, Independent, and Financial Times.
Latest articles by Miya Knights
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EU proposes €9bn broadband fund
By Miya Knights published
News The Commission submits new funding plans for high-speed broadband networks to European Parliament.
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PC market growth stutters again
By Miya Knights published
News Weak consumer demand and a cautious enterprise market contract third-quarter growth, according to IDC.
![Nokia](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HEk39QeVU2yo848BpJpoFo-320-80.jpg)
Nokia cuts losses, beats sales estimates
By Miya Knights published
News Nokia shares surge on results despite posting third quarter losses.
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ARM uncloaks energy-efficient chip design
By Miya Knights published
News ARM targets energy and efficiency with new chip and architecture for delivering high performance with extended battery life.
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Trojan targets Mac OS X Lion anti-malware
By Miya Knights published
News F-Secure finds a nasty piece of malware that disables Lion OS defences.
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IBM buys Platform Computing
By Miya Knights published
News Big Blue has acquired a company specialising in cluster and grid management software to accelerate product development, simulations and analytics.
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Six Degrees launches into UK market
By Miya Knights published
News New managed data services provider targets mid-market with datacentre, connectivity, voice and cloud offerings
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Vodafone linked to RIM buy
By Miya Knights published
News But BlackBerry maker’s stocks surge on more acquisition rumours.
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Hallmark upgrades data warehouse systems
By Miya Knights published
News Greetings card giant expands warehouse environment and marketing management capabilities.
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Cloud research isolates sensitive information
By Miya Knights published
News Researchers claim their new isolation technique is major cloud infosec breakthrough.
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TalkTalk moves to Salesforce
By Miya Knights published
News The ISP’s business division migrates from NetSuite to Salesforce.com’s Sales Cloud.
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Benetton deploys Meraki cloud-based wireless network
By Miya Knights published
News Meraki distributor highlights early adopter for UK launch.
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CIOs concerned about cloud sprawl
By Miya Knights published
News IT leaders are worried about the costs of unchecked cloud development.
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Parallels targets SMEs with IaaS automation offering
By Miya Knights published
News Consolidating service provider offerings with packaged cloud infrastructure management module.
![cloud services](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BKN5Jfoc2shbc54x4R2Fa3-320-80.jpg)
Nimbula tackles distributed clouds
By Miya Knights published
News Latest release aims to isolate complexity and simplify the management of multi-site clouds.
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IDC forecasts cloud-based security boost for mobile devices
By Miya Knights published
News SaaS-based device management and security market tipped for enterprise success, according to research.
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UK firms find virtualisation storage a step too far
By Miya Knights published
News Survey finds strong appetite for server virtualisation projects compared to storage ones.
![cloud computing](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BFDZbFhavG4cNsXobzWoGX-320-80.jpg)
Gartner says cloud hype reaching highest level yet
By Miya Knights published
News Analyst highlights private cloud as trend in emerging tech hype cycle.
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Oracle hiring 1,700 new employees
By Miya Knights published
News Recruitment drive will support growth across all lines of business in the EMEA region.
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Research highlights GPRS vulnerability
By Miya Knights published
News Data encryption exploit could enable hackers to snoop on mobile internet data.
![The Bing logo](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EUb2JrjykxbVz85NQANRCm-320-80.jpg)
More Brits browse with Bing
By Miya Knights published
News Microsoft's search engine overtakes Yahoo in UK popularity stakes, regaining number two spot.
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Lush escapes fine after data breach
By Miya Knights published
News Retailer signs undertaking as ICO warns retailers that online security must be a priority,
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Foreign Office launches text service
By Miya Knights published
News Trial aims to deliver alerts to users in a foreign country during an emergency.
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