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19 Mar 2024
What went wrong with Birmingham City Council’s Oracle Cloud implementation?
The council swapped out a heavily customised SAP ERP system for Oracle Cloud, but since going live in 2022, it has encountered numerous technical challenges, leading to spiralling costs.
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19 Mar 2024
Australia’s cyber security spending to grow 11.5% this year
By Aaron TanHighly publicised cyber attacks and growing regulatory obligations are keeping security and risk top of mind for Australian organisations this year, says Gartner
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18 Mar 2024
DDN adds more performance to AI storage offering
By Adam ArmstrongAt Nvidia's GTC conference this week, DDN introduced its highest performing AI storage while supporting nearly all of the GPU-as-a-service cloud providers.
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18 Mar 2024
Nvidia unveils new AI Blackwell chip, microservices and more
By Esther AjaoThe vendor launched a barrage of AI tech including faster chips in its new Blackwell infrastructure and new microservices that enable enterprises to create custom applications.
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18 Mar 2024
Cisco lays out security, observability plans for Splunk
By Beth PariseauCisco disclosed broad integration plans for its $28 billion acquisition of Splunk, now officially closed, that will encompass AI, security, observability and networking.
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18 Mar 2024
Exploitation activity increasing on Fortinet vulnerability
By Arielle WaldmanThe Shadowserver Foundation recently saw an increase in exploitation activity for CVE-2024-21762, two days after a proof-of-concept exploit was published.
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18 Mar 2024
GitOps users warned to patch 3 new Argo CD CVEs
By Beth PariseauThree recently identified vulnerabilities, one of them designated high severity, now have fixes following a lengthy disclosure process and disagreements about their real-world risk.
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18 Mar 2024
Spring Budget risks funding legally questionable police tech
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonOpen legal questions around how UK police are using facial recognition and cloud technology could undermine the £230m investment committed in the Spring Budget to “time and money-saving technology” for police
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18 Mar 2024
The Security Interviews: Alex Yampolskiy, SecurityScorecard
By Alex ScroxtonAlex Yampolskiy conceived the idea for risk management specialist SecurityScorecard after getting stung by a SaaS supplier that was being cavalier with its customer data. He tells his story to Computer Weekly
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18 Mar 2024
Cohesity: We won’t abandon NetBackup customers or force migration
By Yann SerraCEO promises no forced migration to Cohesity and not to abandon any NetBackup product while building new leadership in artificial intelligence and security around Cohesity Gaia
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18 Mar 2024
Budgets rise as IT decision-makers ramp up cyber security spending
By Cliff SaranFew IT leaders surveyed in the TechTarget/Enterprise Strategy Group 2024 Technology Spending Intentions study say they are spending less this year
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18 Mar 2024
Bytes shares FY update as it investigates Murphy departure
By Simon QuickeChannel player Bytes’s interim CEO talks of growth while the board shares reasons for the former leader’s exit
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18 Mar 2024
Juniper enhances programme with increased MSP support
By Simon QuickeNetworking vendor is hoping a strategy of providing AI-capable products and a supportive programme will enable partners to deliver more growth
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18 Mar 2024
Virgin Media O2 boosts mobile coverage in smart pole trial
By Joe O’HalloranUK operator claims successful innovation in trial using smart poles installed beside existing on-street broadband cabinets to accelerate mobile network roll-out across the UK by converting cabinets to mobile base stations
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18 Mar 2024
Employees more comfortable than bosses with GenAI, research shows
By Steve RangerWhile many workers are getting used to artificial intelligence, managers have concerns about the impact on jobs
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18 Mar 2024
CCS slammed over errors in G-Cloud 14 data protection documents
By Caroline DonnellyThe government’s procurement arm is under fire again, after prospective suppliers to the G-Cloud 14 framework raised complaints about CCS’s quality control procedures
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18 Mar 2024
Deep fake AI services on Telegram pose risk for elections
By Bill GoodwinDeep fake services advertised on Telegram and other platforms pose a risk to upcoming elections in Europe, Asia and the US
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18 Mar 2024
Vodafone gets down to business with growth plan
By Joe O’HalloranLeading operator closes sale of Italian division and reveals go-to-market plan with pivot towards enterprise communications and business-related internet of things services in strongest current markets
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18 Mar 2024
Liverpool to get AI hub for health and social care
By Lis EvenstadArtificial intelligence platform set to use NHS Integrated Care System Data to make better and decisions for patients in Liverpool, with a focus on mental health services
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18 Mar 2024
G7 nations sign deal to harness AI potential
By Lis EvenstadG7 nations will produce a joint report on how to increase artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, boost growth of the quantum sector and create an AI toolkit to inform policy-making
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18 Mar 2024
Government needs ‘realistic plan’ for adopting AI, says NAO
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonBenefits of artificial intelligence in public sector will only be realised if government ensures overall programme for adoption is supported by realistic plan to tackle range of longstanding barriers
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18 Mar 2024
Neos Networks beefs up C-suite to prep for new phase of accelerated growth
By Joe O’HalloranFollowing recent investments in its UK-wide high-capacity network, critical network infrastructure provider makes two C-level appointments aimed at making the company ready to embark on a new phase of accelerated growth
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18 Mar 2024
HUDs head automotive road safety initiatives
By Joe O’HalloranTech firm examines the impact of road safety initiatives on heads-up display adoption in automotive industry as it looks for solutions to driver distractions
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17 Mar 2024
UK’s AI ambitions pointless while cyber security is still neglected
By Alex ScroxtonThe UK’s AI ambitions may be at considerable risk without stronger cyber defences across the private and public sectors
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15 Mar 2024
Global McDonalds IT outage result of third-party error
By Alex ScroxtonAn IT outage that forced McDonald's to temporarily shutter thousands of restaurants has been blamed on a configuration error by a third-party supplier, but there is no suspicion of foul play
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15 Mar 2024
U.S. TikTok ban, data broker bills target data practices
By Makenzie HollandCongress is targeting companies' data practices through bills that limit data transfers and transactions to entities headquartered in countries of concern.
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15 Mar 2024
CISA software supply chain security form omits SBOMs
By Beth PariseauFederal suppliers now have a self-attestation deadline amid ongoing efforts to secure software supply chains. But SBOMs' spotlight is fading and big risks remain, experts said.
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15 Mar 2024
UK government calls on comms firms to limit installation of telegraph poles
By Joe O’HalloranAfter public demonstrations, minister urges communications industry to ‘do whatever it takes’ to share existing infrastructure to avoid ‘inappropriately or unnecessarily throwing up’ new telegraph poles
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15 Mar 2024
London Mayor’s Office reprimanded over data breach
By Alex ScroxtonThe London Mayor’s Office has been reprimanded by the ICO after an internal error exposed the data of people who had made complaints against the Metropolitan Police
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15 Mar 2024
Laminar security posture tech now part of Rubrik platform
By Tim McCarthyRubrik's acquisition of Laminar last year brings new data security posture management tools to its backup platform for better visibility of user identity and activity.
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15 Mar 2024
NHS to extend use of AI to cut waiting times and missed appointments
By Lis EvenstadFollowing a pilot of AI software predicting likely missed appointments at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, 10 further trusts will deploy the system
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15 Mar 2024
Government pumps £1.1bn into tech skills training
By Lis EvenstadGovernment funding will be used to allow more than 4,000 students to pursue PhDs in technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing and 6G
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15 Mar 2024
eSIM to accelerate IoT automotive, smart city programmes
By Joe O’HalloranResearch finds tech and market developments are accelerating eSIM adoption in IoT sectors such as automotive and smart cities, with the latter sector expected to witness highest demand for eSIM-enabled services
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15 Mar 2024
Channel leaders feeling positive
By Simon QuickeThe highest levels of optimism seen for five years among those driving the industry have been fuelled by growth in AI and other emerging technologies
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15 Mar 2024
Channel driving change for care givers
By Simon QuickeWhen the NHS and those responsible for looking after vulnerable people need help with their IT, the likes of CDW and Maintel are examples of the role partners can play
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15 Mar 2024
Coterie launches channel marketing academy
By Simon QuickeMarketing specialist introduces courses designed to help improve and develop marketing skills across the channel
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15 Mar 2024
Controversial Post Office Capture software was completely rewritten in 1994
By Karl FlindersMP demands that the Post Office put effort into fully explaining the development and use of error prone software used before Horizon in the 1990s
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15 Mar 2024
CityFibre lights up footprint expansion with Lit Fibre acquisition
By Joe O’HalloranUK’s leading independent fibre network provider enters agreement to acquire alternative fibre network operator and add up to third of a million premises to ready-for-service footprint
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14 Mar 2024
Oracle advances generative AI and HR into the unknown
By Patrick ThibodeauOracle's new generative AI tools for HR aim to reduce costs and help candidates self-select. But some users may remain hesitant to adopt the new tech.
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14 Mar 2024
Sisense targets hardcore developers with new toolkit
By Eric AvidonThe embedded BI specialist's latest update features a software development kit that enables developers to compose applications using prebuilt APIs, libraries and visualizations.
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14 Mar 2024
French datacentre operator to prototype using site's waste heat to generate renewable energy
By Caroline DonnellyData4 is partnering with the University of Paris-Saclay to experiment with reusing waste datacentre heat to grow algae for use in green energy generation
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14 Mar 2024
Questions raised over NHS deletion of thousands of emails during whistleblower tribunal
By Tommy GreeneNHS doctor Chris Day has won the right to challenge a tribunal ruling that found no procedural unfairness when an NHS trust deleted thousands of emails. The case that raises wider questions about the use of electronic evidence
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14 Mar 2024
RM outlines strategic growth plan
Education player puts tough 2023 into history books as it looks to improve business fortunes
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14 Mar 2024
S3 features unveiled as Amazon reflects on object storage past
By Tim McCarthyAmazon introduced new features to its storage platform that increase speed and container options during a webinar today. It also looked back at S3's launch 18 years ago.
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14 Mar 2024
Databricks partners with Mistral AI to aid GenAI development
By Eric AvidonThe data cloud vendor joins Microsoft and Snowflake in partnering with -- and investing in -- the startup to provide customers with access to Mistral's open source language models.
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14 Mar 2024
Home Office plans to give UK police forces auto-redaction technology
By Lis EvenstadThe department has funded a market review of redaction tools and aims to deliver AI-powered automated redaction tools to the police as quickly as possible
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14 Mar 2024
Fibre, FWA set the pace in fixed broadband growth
By Joe O’HalloranOECD research reveals that optical fibre and fixed wireless access are the two fastest growing fixed broadband technologies in countries that it covers, with their dynamism in stark contrast to the decline in DSL
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14 Mar 2024
FluidOne bolsters security position with SureCloud Cyber Services buy
By Simon QuickeFirm continues M&A activity in move to add more depth to security division with increased skills and penetration testing expertise
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14 Mar 2024
Passalacqua hotel claims exceptional guest connectivity with AI-driven Wi-Fi 7
By Joe O’HalloranPrestigious hotel on the shores of Lake Como to become one of the world’s first early adopters of Wi-Fi 7 to give not only high connectivity speeds, but also low latency and increased capacity
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14 Mar 2024
Channel struggling to unlock data insights
By Simon QuickeHigh volumes of information from various sources are underlining attempts to grow revenues, according to findings from Westcon-Comstor
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14 Mar 2024
Channel explainer: Why sustainability matters
By Simon QuickeWhy is it important to have a strong green story? Where do you start, and who is going to help you? This explainer tackles those questions
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14 Mar 2024
MPs will attempt to amend law on overturning Post Office scandal convictions
By Karl FlindersBusiness and trade select committee chair says the job is not done with legislation to overturn wrongful subpostmaster convictions and provide financial redress
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14 Mar 2024
Oracle adds generative AI tools to Fusion CX applications
By Don FluckingerThe new tools are among 50 generative AI features Oracle released for several Fusion applications, from CX to HR and supply chain.
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14 Mar 2024
Children of Post Office victims to hold Fujitsu boss to his word
By Karl FlindersThe children of victims of the Post Office scandal have formed a group that will hold Fujitsu’s European boss to his promise of support
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13 Mar 2024
Cerebras introduces next-gen AI chip for GenAI training
By Esther AjaoThe new accelerator is for training large AI models. It powers the startup's CS-3 supercomputer, which is designed to train models that are 10 times larger than GPT-4 and Gemini.
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13 Mar 2024
Zendesk to acquire AI customer service bot startup Ultimate
By Don FluckingerZendesk continues its acquisition spree with plans to buy partner Ultimate, making way for more straightforward integration of virtual agents.
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13 Mar 2024
EU AI Act sets global standard for managing AI
By Makenzie HollandThe EU AI Act will come into force in 2024, meaning that global enterprise businesses will need to take steps toward compliance.
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13 Mar 2024
Vast Data, Nvidia collaborate on new AI architecture
By Adam ArmstrongVast Data is adding its OS to Nvidia hardware, freeing up GPUs to focus solely on AI workloads -- a new architecture that could potentially speed up processing.
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13 Mar 2024
US authorities move a step closer to banning TikTok
By Alex ScroxtonLawmakers in Washington DC have moved a step closer to enacting a broad national ban on controversial video app TikTok in the US, with global ramifications
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13 Mar 2024
Researchers warn devs of vulnerabilities in ChatGPT plugins
By Beth PariseauOpenAI and two third-party providers fixed vulnerabilities in the experimental ChatGPT plugins framework, but Salt Security researchers caution devs that security risks persist.
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13 Mar 2024
BT, Broadpeak intro multicast tech to enhance network video streaming
By Joe O’HalloranUK’s leading network provider teams with content delivery network firm to enhance live video streaming quality and reliability using adaptive bit rate and multicast-assisted unicast delivery technology
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13 Mar 2024
Microsoft AI-powered cyber service to go live in April
By Alex ScroxtonAfter a year being previewed by beta customers, Microsoft’s much vaunted Copilot for Security service is about to go on general release, promising time savings and improved accuracy for hard-pressed security pros
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13 Mar 2024
British Library opens up over ransomware attack to help others
By Alex ScroxtonThe British Library has opted for full transparency after experiencing a devastating ransomware attack, publishing details of the intrusion, its response and the lessons it has learned
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13 Mar 2024
SEA-ME-WE 4 doubles undersea capacity with optical link
By Joe O’HalloranOptical communications technology provider Ciena doubles capacity of undersea cable links covering South/Southeast Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and Europe to 122Tbps
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13 Mar 2024
UK gets funding boost through EU Horizon chip initiative
By Cliff SaranSigning up to the Chips Joint Undertaking means the UK will receive up to £35m to support chip development
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13 Mar 2024
Dataiku intros GenAI cost monitoring tool: LLM Cost Guard
By Esther AjaoThe tool lets customers be provider-agnostic and can integrate with models from providers like OpenAI, AWS and Anthropic. It watches for overruns and differentiates between costs.
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13 Mar 2024
TotalEnergies upgrades OT network to increase safety, performance, cyber security
By Joe O’HalloranGlobal multi-energy company upgrades operational technology network on its North Sea oil and gas platforms with next-generation infrastructure to ensure efficient operation of critical infrastructure
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13 Mar 2024
VMware/Broadcom: Should you consider the Nutanix hypervisor?
By Cliff SaranNutanix’s latesting quarterly filing shows the company is benefiting from the fallout following Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware
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13 Mar 2024
Traveller experience takes off at Houston Airports with HPE Aruba mobility
By Joe O’HalloranOne of North America’s largest public airport systems modernises connectivity with Wi-Fi 6E and networking infrastructure to boost quality of passenger experience and contribute to sustainability goals
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13 Mar 2024
Channel urged to keep evolving sustainability position
By Simon QuickeWith the industry evolving, the emergence of AI and other energy-hungry technologies, the need to keep on top of strategies to reduce carbon emissions are essential
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13 Mar 2024
Unprecedented bill to exonerate hundreds of wrongly convicted Post Office workers arrives
By Karl FlindersUnprecedented legislation that will see hundreds of former subpostmaster convictions for fraud and theft overturned begins its journey through Parliament
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13 Mar 2024
Omnispace, MTN team to develop, deploy satellite IoT, 5G NTN services
By Joe O’HalloranAfrican space-based mobile communications industry gains higher orbit as continent’s largest mobile operator enters partnership with non-geostationary satellite constellation firm
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13 Mar 2024
AWS launches Builder Studio in Melbourne
By Stephen WithersThe Builder Studio will help customers and partners build prototype AI projects to validate and test their ideas before deployment
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12 Mar 2024
March Patch Tuesday fixes critical Hyper-V vulnerabilities
By Tom WalatMicrosoft also corrects a remote code execution flaw on Exchange Server and issues an advisory related to changes with an outdated file-scanning feature on the messaging platform.
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12 Mar 2024
Meta intros two GPU training clusters for Llama 3
By Esther AjaoThe Facebook parent company said the training clusters are part of its plans to grow its infrastructure and obtain 350,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs by the end of the year.
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12 Mar 2024
March Patch Tuesday throws up two critical Hyper-V flaws
By Alex ScroxtonTwo critical vulnerabilities in Windows Hyper-V stand out on an otherwise unremarkable Patch Tuesday
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12 Mar 2024
Snowflake boosting its commitment to AI, including GenAI
By Eric AvidonRecent moves, including the appointment of a new CEO and the formation of a new partnership, are representative of the vendor's heightened focus on artificial intelligence.
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12 Mar 2024
Sophos: Remote ransomware attacks on SMBs increasing
By Alexander CulafiAccording to new research from Sophos, small businesses are seeing a rise in threats such as remotely executed ransomware attacks, malvertising, driver abuse and more.
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12 Mar 2024
Cohere tackles some generative AI challenges with Command-R
By Esther AjaoThe startup's new large language model aims to address problems with factual accuracies in generative AI models. It also focuses on language problems, and cloud and API challenges.
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12 Mar 2024
Arista adds network change analysis to CloudVision
By Antone GonsalvesArista's CloudVision Universal Network Observability analyses network changes to assess their impact on applications and workloads, including those on virtualization platforms.
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12 Mar 2024
Openreach, Focus Group boost broadband focus in South West England
By Joe O’HalloranOpenreach claims major milestone inunderserved region’s digital transformation, while UK provider of essential business technology beefs up regional presence with key acquisition
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12 Mar 2024
Labour will use AI to grow the economy by 0.5%, says shadow tech secretary Peter Kyle
By Bill GoodwinThe Labour Party plans to promote the use of artificial intelligence in small businesses and across government to grow the economy, but transparency and building trust with the public will be key
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12 Mar 2024
Nationwide IT infrastructure poised to absorb Virgin Money
By Karl FlindersA Nationwide takeover of Virgin Money will be the biggest financial services acquisition since 2008, but what about the IT challenges and opportunities that go with it?
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12 Mar 2024
Swiss player Avallain gains UK foothold with TeacherMatic buy
By Simon QuickeAvallain responds to growing impact of artificial intelligence in education with acquisition of specialist firm in UK
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12 Mar 2024
LockBit attacks continue via ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws
By Arielle WaldmanCoalition is latest company to confirm LockBit activity against vulnerable ScreenConnect instances. But the insurer found significant differences between previous LockBit attacks.
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12 Mar 2024
Industry partnerships and data key to better public services
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonUsing public-private partnerships and improving the use of data are key to improving public services and the government’s ‘science and technology superpower’ ambitions, says digital secretary Michelle Donelan
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12 Mar 2024
Identity threats in the cyber battleground
By Simon QuickeA shift towards cyber criminals trying to access datacentres has underlined the need for the channel to help customers counter attacks
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12 Mar 2024
MinIO bolsters commercial storage with new console, firewall
By Adam ArmstrongMinIO's Enterprise Object Store is aimed squarely at enterprises and reflects how object storage has evolved over the years, one analyst said.
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12 Mar 2024
UK and German governments sign up to greater R&D collaboration
By Cliff SaranDeclaration aims to build on joint R&D efforts, as well as support artificial intelligence, quantum computing and clean tech
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12 Mar 2024
VergeIO's IOguardian protects VM data loss with syncing tech
By Tim McCarthyThe IOguardian capability for VergeIO's OS enables virtual machine replication and data syncing without the continuity lag common with disaster recovery software.
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12 Mar 2024
More DDoS attacks launched against APAC financial firms
By Aaron TanThe financial sector in Asia-Pacific saw more DDoS attacks in 2023, but no notable impact was reported, according to a report by Akamai and FS-ISAC
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12 Mar 2024
Hammerspace leverages smart metadata handling for AI/ML workloads
By Antony AdsheadSoftware-defined storage maker separates metadata from files to provide view-from-anywhere file system visibility. It has now leveraged that for AI/ML workloads in Hyperscale NAS
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12 Mar 2024
Current subpostmaster account shortfalls reveal extent of Post Office’s pre-2019 neglect
By Karl FlindersHundreds of current subpostmasters might have been hounded for money or prosecuted had the Post Office not been forced to change its ways in 2019
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12 Mar 2024
Digitally transforming government: MoJ and GDS on using mobile devices and GenAI to help people
By Caroline DonnellyDuring a fireside chat at the Tech Show London, GDS CEO Tom Read and the Ministry of Justice CDIO Gina Gill swapped stories on how their teams are using technology to improve the quality of life for citizens
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12 Mar 2024
Starlink launches constellation, improves comms latency
By Joe O’HalloranAfter launch of 23 craft for growing satellite constellation, Elon Musk-led US spacecraft manufacturer reveals steps taken to improve quality of experience and service
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11 Mar 2024
Elon Musk plans to take xAI chatbot Grok open source
By Esther AjaoThe move comes nearly two weeks after the Tesla owner filed a lawsuit against OpenAI. It also comes as more vendors are providing open source options for enterprise users.
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11 Mar 2024
AWS partner competency asks for GenAI tech, business skills
By John MooreThe cloud provider's generative AI certification takes months to complete, involves numerous technical and operational demands, and requires four detailed customer case studies.
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11 Mar 2024
CISA confirms compromise of its Ivanti systems
By Alexander CulafiCISA said that approximately one month ago, it identified 'activity indicating the exploitation of vulnerabilities in Ivanti products the agency uses.'
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11 Mar 2024
Birmingham City Council’s Oracle implementation explained: What went wrong?
By Cliff SaranThe council swapped out a heavily customised SAP ERP system for Oracle Cloud, but since it went live, it has had numerous technical challenges
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11 Mar 2024
Aryaka launches SASE as a service to cover channel options
By Simon QuickeNetworking player provides service that will give partners additional consumption model to put in front of customers
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11 Mar 2024
Aryaka advances network, security convergence with SASE as a service
By Joe O’HalloranCloud-based software-defined networking and security services provider claims to transform global secure networking with unified secure access service edge solution
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11 Mar 2024
Government not facing up to CNI cyber risks, committee warns
By Alex ScroxtonThe Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy has accused the government of burying its head in the sand over the cyber threat to UK critical infrastructure
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11 Mar 2024
Salesforce AI a work in progress for customers
By Antone GonsalvesWhile eager to embed AI in Salesforce software, customers acknowledge that planning, time and work are needed to make AI useful in the company's applications.