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Oracle Service adds Unity CDP integration to afford contact center agents a historical view of customer interactions and new features.

Study of 130 countries shows that by the end of Q4 2021, the number of global fixed broadband connections stood at more than a billion, with fixed broadband subscriber figures growing by 89%

In the wake of Microsoft setting out its first steps towards addressing the antitrust complaints directed at it by some European cloud providers, one complainant said the firm needs to go further by making more of its off-premise portfolio open source

The recent crash of TerraUSD, a stablecoin that is a type of cryptocurrency, could rouse further regulatory scrutiny.

Research around the annual MSP Day event indicates there are a lot of positives in the managed services world, but fears of security regulations are widespread

Critical problems in open source security require major increases in open source contributions from enterprises -- and not just in code, according to Cisco's head of open source.

The vendor's latest update includes increased connectivity to cloud data storage repositories and enhanced augmented intelligence features designed to increase speed-to-insight.

UK broadband roll-out gathers pace over the first three months of 2020, with ability to sign up for gigabit access open to 66% of households.

Channel player DCC Technology has yet to see the long-term impact of its largest acquisition and is already successfully navigating through challenging times

Cutting costs is not the main reason for outsourcing IT in the UK, according to a major study

Microsoft fixed a certificate mapping issue that caused server authentication failures on domain controllers for users that had installed the most recent Patch Tuesday updates

ResilientWorks security centre in Ebbw Vale provides an education hub for students and a testbed for industry

The actor behind an ongoing Chinese espionage campaign targeting Russian defence research bodies is taking advantage of the Ukraine war in their phishing lures

The government is giving the Financial Conduct Authority more powers to force banks to ensure cash withdrawal and deposit services are within easy reach of customers

England’s most successful football team installs high-capacity Wi-Fi and network analytics to drive ‘exceptional’ experiences for fans and more fluid operations for the club

At Rubrik Forward, the vendor company recast itself as a combined security and data protection company. It isn't the only vendor changing its approach.

Businesses are increasingly focused on their environmental sustainability efforts, as investors, customers and regulators drive sustainability prioritization.

DeadBolt ransomware is once again targeting QNAP's NAS devices, and the vendor is urging customers to patch immediately.

COVID-related lockdowns around China prevented Cisco from getting critical components, leading to a projected decline in revenue.

Administrators are grappling with four VMware vulnerabilities -- two older flaws that are under active exploitation and two new bugs that CISA believes will be exploited soon.

Kaspersky researchers tracked notable increases in password-stealing Trojans, RDP attacks and other cyberthreats against small businesses in various countries.

Veeam has seized an opportunity to make its products more secure amid the prevalence of cyber attacks. The vendor is also looking to expand its reach, potentially through acquisitions.

UK’s incumbent telco unveils charter to provide enterprise customers with springboard for growth by fuelling innovation through new investment in Division X unit, combining innovation and expertise with customer service and purpose-driven improvements

Microsoft 365 users can tap Rubrik to secure their backups in an air-gapped vault with multi-user authentication for security, but experts warn a more proactive approach is needed.

Telco claims game-changer in long-term partnership with technology retail chain in plans to reshape the business connectivity market with business services offered across all B2B sales channels and via retail referral programme

Distributors Exclusive Networks and Nuvias sign fresh vendors as they look to cover a greater number of emerging threats

Regional financial services leader chooses unified communications as a service offering for more agile, flexible and scalable communication to support both immediate needs and long-term growth

The hyperscaler is offering under-represented groups and those who might have missed out on further education a chance to learn valuable cloud skills and secure jobs in the industry

Speaking ahead of a speech at the Chatham House think tank, the UK’s attorney general has suggested defensive cyber attacks against hostile countries may be legally justifiable

The move to get involved with the Microsoft gold partner will add more cloud services depth

Cyber crime can pay significantly better than leading a FTSE 100 organisation, according to a report

The past three months have seen the rapid evolution of the very nature warfare to incorporate cyber attacks, Microsoft’s Brad Smith tells the audience at its Envision conference in London

Concerns about the spread of disinformation prompted DHS to create the Disinformation Governance Board, which was immediately met with criticism from Republican lawmakers.

The financial services company's prototype system based on CNCF's software supply chain security guidelines joins OpenSSF's $150 million open source standards campaign.

Smaller grassroots unions have criticised Deliveroo and GMB for making a “hollow” deal that will ultimately undermine workers’ self-organising efforts

The Dutch government wants to include the testing of the digital security of systems, processes and people – also known as red teaming – in all of its governmental organisations’ test planning and budgeting by 2025 at the latest

UK bank branches are being shuttered in large numbers as consumers choose online banking, with Lloyds Banking Group announcing more closures

Growing satellite broadband provider agreement expands availability of low Earth orbit connectivity for commercial shipping in bid to transform operational efficiency and support smarter shipping

Joint effort between chip firm and processor platform provider brings remote Wi-Fi management capabilities to IT administrators through AMD PRO technologies suite of enterprise technology offerings

Joint centre set up by the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore and a local university will facilitate security testing and train security evaluation talent

Apollo is out with updates for its namesake GraphQL platform, including a new router technology and a data federation update to help organizations connect to data sources.

The $620 million hack of developer Sky Mavis earlier this year is only the latest in a long line of cryptocurrency platform attacks conducted by North Korean nation-state actors.

Veeam expects its backup offerings that protect ‘strategic workloads’ such as Microsoft 365 and Salesforce to continue driving its growth momentum in the region

The new Firebase additions may not excite developers, but they do add some much-needed functionality to the platform.

Included in the vendor's product development plans are a new in-database query tool, stronger machine learning capabilities and enriched security and compliance features.

An increasing number of organisations are deploying Kubernetes to support digitisation initiatives, with service mesh also gaining in popularity

Poor security practices and misconfigured controls are allowing threat actors to compromise enterprise networks.

New Relic made its Kubernetes observability agent more efficient and added vulnerability management to its APM tool but is struggling financially as open source tools proliferate.

Cisco added automated testing for video conferences and a troubleshooting dashboard to the ThousandEyes internet intelligence platform.

At the first in-person VeeamON since 2019, Veeam reveals updates to its Backup & Replication and Microsoft 365 protection products. Backup for Salesforce is also on the horizon.

Mastercard is inviting banks and merchants to join a programme to set standards for biometric payments technology

Pure’s Kubernetes storage and data protection platform adds object locking to combat ransomware

As part of its regular programme of build updates, BT-owned broadband provision firm adds just under half a million homes and businesses, including both rural and urban areas, to its fibre network

UK-based cableco launches tech fund for new and existing medium business customers, as well as a free digital review to ensure businesses are set up for the future of hybrid working

Microsoft has confirmed its sustainability-focused suite of software-as-a-service (SaaS) tools is set to enter general availability from June 2022

The Google Cloud team is enlisting the help of non-profit training and education provider Generation UK to help more people from under-represented groups start out on a career in cloud

Veeam is looking to achieve an “outsized market leading position” by tapping its strengths in data protection and doubling down on innovation to help enterprises secure emerging workloads

North Korean nationals are looking to land jobs at U.S. and European companies to collect sensitive data that could help the reclusive government's military programs.

DataCore brings an enterprise-ready version of OpenEBS' Kubernetes storage management with DataCore Bolt, the company's first software release since acquiring MayaData.

The open source database services provider is out with a new integrated offering that provides automated capabilities for organizations to manage and optimize database operations.

Moises Luis Zagala Gonzalez, 55, faces up to five years in prison for each of the two charges connected to his alleged role in creating Thanos and Jigsaw ransomware.

In a repackaging of its primary data protection platform, Rubrik Security Cloud includes new features such as machine learning to better predict cyber attacks and recover faster.

Distributor Westcon-Comstor cuts the ribbon on Flex, with the aim of making it easier for a wider range of partners to offer subscription billing

The lead vendor behind the open source Apache Druid database raises new money to help grow its go-to-market efforts and build out new technology as it heads toward a possible IPO.

Research from Quocirca paints a picture of a customer base moving to the cloud over the next few years, as it reacts to hybrid working

Point of presence in South of France port city joins SASE provider’s global private network of more than 70 PoPs worldwide, extending converged security and networking to the region while expanding in-country resiliency across key territory

Allan Tate, executive chair of the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium, lays out the big idea of the 2022 conference and explains how the event itself reflects its relevance.

In the wake of major MENA provider buying 9% share, global operator claims satisfactory fiscal year with continued growth in both Europe and Africa

Victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal in Scotland raise further questions about Post Office and government conduct

Security association (ISC)² unveils ambitious UK training programme

Investment in companies that make technologies designed to help society more sustainable is on the rise across Europe, and in the UK, too

Jellyfish Pictures saves on rising power and office space costs, as well as Brexit difficulties, by using Hammerspace to allow access to large files from any geographic location

Work is ongoing by the Post Office to replace the controversial Horizon retail and accounting system used in nearly 12,000 branches

Australian CISOs are under pressure and feel the least prepared globally to deal with the consequences of a cyber attack, study finds

The cloud can’t enable true multi-region working so Hammerspace helps make data visible globally and aggregate it as needed between locations with workflows set via customer policy

5G-connected microbrewery located in the Tech Lab of leading Australian educational establishment, which forms part of Industry 4.0 research facility, uses comms tech provider’s 5G backhaul connectivity solution and digital twin technology to optimise brewing process

During its user conference, the vendor unveiled automated data storytelling capabilities, a new cloud version of its platform and more self-service data science tools.

Catalogic's CloudCasa software now includes backups for Azure Kubernetes Service along with other enterprise functionality such as role-based access control and multi-tenancy.

In this Q&A, Eastern Bank CX head Rich Dorfman discusses how the pandemic shifted approaches to tech, transformation, and measurement of customer and employee experience.

Initially discovered by Rapid7, the vulnerability poses a critical risk to enterprise networks and could allow attackers to gain remote access to Zyxel security products.

At SAP Sapphire 2022, the software company highlighted partnerships with consulting firms that emphasized their vertical market acumen; more IT channel news.

IXsystems brought performance and feature updates to TrueNAS and TrueNAS Scale in a major update that the vendor hopes will make it more attractive to the enterprise.

Microsoft is adding an objective and key result -- or OKR -- application to Viva, its employee experience platform. OKR is designed to improve business alignment.

Rise with SAP took a backseat to sustainability at SAP Sapphire 2022, which returned as a live event. There were no big products announcements, just a flurry of updates.

Juniper Research has predicted that CO2 emissions could be slashed if governments fully deploy smart traffic management systems

Babble is back on the acquisition trail as it looks to keep its expansive momentum going

The European Parliament has voted to expand Europol’s role, legalising its processing of bulk datasets containing personal information and endorsing research into predictive policing technologies

Distributor will partner public cloud giant in key markets as it looks to provide resellers with more choices

Analysts at the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit in London urged D&A leaders to unleash innovation as their organisations emerge from the shadow of the pandemic

Verizon Business and Visionable to open technology-led centre dedicated to accelerating the adoption of connected healthcare technologies for patient-centric care

In the next step of progression from being the pandemic’s breakout collaboration services leader, Zoom makes strategic buy to add advanced conversational AI and automation capabilities

Network and collaboration technology provider enters into partnership with IT giant to build the Webex Meetings PWA for all Chrome OS devices, and introduces collaboration services that support wellbeing

As ransomware becomes a bigger concern for container admins, updates to the Kasten backup and disaster recovery platform for Kubernetes take a proactive security stance.