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26 Apr 2024
Google delays third-party 'Cookiepocalyse' until at least 2025
By Don FluckingerGoogle has yet again delayed the depreciation of third-party cookies. Marketers and advertisers now have until 2025 to remediate their ad tech.
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26 Apr 2024
IBM offers storage hardware subscription program
By Adam ArmstrongIBM Storage Assurance offers a new subscription model centered around on-premises hardware, while FlashSystem 5300 introduces an entry-level all-flash array to the portfolio.
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26 Apr 2024
Microsoft, SAP add more AI to manufacturing, supply chain
By Jim O'DonnellAt the Hannover Messe industrial show, Microsoft debuted Fabric AI for OT and IT data, and the copilot template for factory operations; SAP unveiled AI capabilities for manufacturing.
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22 May 2023
Flawed EHR Contributes to $35M Budget Shortfall at VA Medical Center
By Hannah NelsonThe Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center director informed supervisors that the hospital would be forced to reduce its staff to compensate for budget shortfalls linked to the new EHR system.
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22 May 2023
NAO calls for clarity on government’s net-zero innovation spending plans
By Caroline DonnellyThe National Audit Office is calling on the government department responsible for overseeing the UK’s net-zero policy to clarify how the money set aside to support the endeavour will be spent
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22 May 2023
UK government announces tender for user services on emergency services network
By Joe O’HalloranNext phase in controversial mobile network for UK emergency services sees request for Mobile Services Supplier to provide radio access network infrastructure and related services in contract valued over £900m
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22 May 2023
Health IT Vendor Integrates Generative AI Tool into Epic EHR
By Hannah NelsonEpic EHR users can now participate in beta testing of generative AI features from health IT vendor Suki that aim to streamline EHR documentation.
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22 May 2023
New entrants, established players spur spike in UK gigabit broadband availability
By Joe O’HalloranUK comms regulator’s latest investigation of connectivity across the country finds that as of January 2023, gigabit broadband is now available to almost 22 million homes
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21 May 2023
AI-powered robot starts sorting Melbourne’s recyclables
By Stephen WithersMelbourne’s APR Kerbside has been using an AI-powered robot to pick up used Tetra Pak beverage cartons that can be turned into poly-coated boards
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19 May 2023
Early-stage companies pursue the practical at CIO event
By John MooreStartups in the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium's Innovation Showcase said their offerings tackle key enterprise IT concerns, from automating manual processes to cutting cloud costs.
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19 May 2023
Collaboration app Stormboard brings AI to virtual whiteboard
By Mary ReinesHarnessing advanced machine learning and natural language processing, online collaboration vendor Stormboard launches StormAI to help teams share and organize ideas faster.
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19 May 2023
Dish 'received confirmation' ransomware gang deleted stolen data
By Alexander CulafiA line in Dish Network's breach notification sent to affected employees this week suggested the satellite TV provider had paid a ransomware gang to delete stolen data.
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19 May 2023
Meta infrastructure focus key to AI and metaverse ambitions
By Esther AjaoThe company sees its new AI chip, data center and supercomputer as ways to develop a strong foundation for what it calls an immersive metaverse experience.
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19 May 2023
‘Dramatic’ shift in global broadband usage trends
By Joe O’HalloranQuarterly survey from network improvement services provider unearths broadband first: usage-based consumption on par with flat-rate use
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19 May 2023
Logicalis CEO: Sustainability efforts being accelerated
By Simon QuickeThe threats to the planet are mounting and efforts to reduce carbon are continuing at channel player Logicalis, with the firm taking a managed services approach to helping customers improve their positions
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19 May 2023
IBM aims to enable multicloud infrastructure control with Hybrid Cloud Mesh
By Joe O’HalloranIT giant intros application-centric connectivity solution designed to allow business operations in a hybrid cloud environments to gain the ability to provide secured, dynamic access to workloads and services while maintaining granular visibility and control
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19 May 2023
Spanish lawyers claim police hacking of EncroChat cryptophones breaches human rights law
By Bill GoodwinLawyers speaking at the Madrid Bar Association question the legality of a cryptophone hacking which has led to arrests of organised criminals in multiple countries
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19 May 2023
Effects on enterprises of OpenAI's ChatGPT for iOS
By Esther AjaoThe iOS app makes accessibility easier for enterprises already using the desktop version of the generative AI system. It may lead to new applications but also to security concerns.
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19 May 2023
CBRE predicts strong growth for European colocation firms in 2023, but suggests tough times ahead
By Caroline DonnellyCBRE's latest European colocation market tracker suggests 2023 will be a year of big growth for the sector, but suggests the slowdown in enterprise cloud spend might have a dampening impact on its prosperity in the years to come
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19 May 2023
National semiconductor strategy: Balancing skills, migration and security
By Cliff SaranThe UK government is putting £1bn into semiconductor research and design over the next 10 years to develop a robust chip sector
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19 May 2023
Provider Orgs Move Ahead with MEDITECH, eCW EHR Implementations
By Sarai RodriguezThree provider organizations have tapped MEDITECH and eClinicalWorks for EHR implementations aimed at improving patient engagement, reducing IT costs, and bettering care quality.
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19 May 2023
Mass job cuts planned for BT by 2030
By Joe O’HalloranUK telco ends a year in which it said it was clear that customers love full-fibre, as it continues to build and connect ‘like fury’ and sets out plan to rationalise business to hit profit targets for end of decade
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19 May 2023
Navigating artificial intelligence: Red flags to watch out for
By Pratima HarigunaniLou Steinberg, founder of cyber security research lab CTM Insights, flags up the risks of the growing use of AI, and what organisations can do to tame the technology for good
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19 May 2023
Senate Democrat Questions VA Secretary on Renegotiated EHR Contract
By Hannah NelsonAt a recent Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) pressed VA officials on the modified EHR contract and how VA plans to assess end-user satisfaction.
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19 May 2023
Campaigning former subpostmaster fears compensation for scandal victims will be delayed to 2025
By Karl FlindersThe man who exposed the Post Office scandal fears a long delay for victims due to compensation process being "bogged down by bureaucracy"
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19 May 2023
Citymesh deploys Nokia turnkey 5G-connected drone platform for emergency services
By Joe O’HalloranComms tech provider’s drone platform to offer secure 5G-connected drone services across Belgium, with remotely managed, real-time aerial data collection to allow emergency services to make informed responses
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18 May 2023
DDN launches all-QLC ExaScaler
By Adam ArmstrongThe all-QLC ExaScaler scale-out parallel file system from DDN slots in between performance and costs. It comes at a time when AI workloads are on the rise.
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18 May 2023
Federal regulators urge HR to perform AI bias audits
By Patrick ThibodeauThe EEOC's latest warning about AI bias in hiring might prompt employers to conduct AI audits, either done internally or with independent third parties.
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18 May 2023
SAP pushes business-grade AI, but customers aren't biting
By Jim O'DonnellBusiness-oriented AI headlined this week's SAP Sapphire, which includes new partnerships with vendors like Microsoft, but customers expressed only cursory interest.
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18 May 2023
Acronis adds EDR to endpoint security
By Nicole LaskowskiAcronis EDR uses Intel threat detection technology to uncover sophisticated attacks, such as fileless malware, but it also has to compete in a crowded market.
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18 May 2023
FTC warns businesses about biometric information use
By Makenzie HollandThe Federal Trade Commission said businesses will be held accountable for the way they use consumers' biometric information.
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18 May 2023
Gentex confirms data breach by Dunghill ransomware actors
By Arielle WaldmanThe Dunghill ransomware gang last month claimed responsibility for an attack against Gentex Corporation, which confirmed this week that it suffered a breach several months ago.
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18 May 2023
Ransomware top of mind for IT at Rubrik Forward
By Tim McCarthyIT leaders at Rubrik Forward 2023 describe the challenges facing their enterprises, both in preparing for ransomware and recovering from a cyber attack.
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18 May 2023
Confluent platform update targets streaming data quality
By Eric AvidonThe vendor unveiled a tool designed to address concerns about the quality of continuous data as well as a feature that enables secure continuous data sharing.
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18 May 2023
Eticas outlines approach to ‘adversarial’ algorithmic auditing
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonAlgorithmic auditing firm Eticas speaks to Computer Weekly about its approach to ‘adversarial’ algorithmic auditing, including its strengths and limitations, and how the process works
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18 May 2023
Zerto 10 deepens HPE integrations with backup vault hardware
By Tim McCarthyThe latest software update from Zerto adds support for a physical data backup vault server using HPE technology. The investment may mean sacrificing portability.
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18 May 2023
Veritas and Dynatrace using programmes to drive channel to cloud
By Simon QuickeVendors using training, certifications and incentives to reward those that line up behind their cloud priorities
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18 May 2023
Defra's tech review reveals legacy IT issues across government
By Cliff SaranThe Public Accoubts Committee recently found that Defra has been unable to measure inefficiencies due to running legacy IT
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18 May 2023
HPE and CCS sign memorandum of understanding to accelerate pace of public sector cloud migrations
By Caroline DonnellyTech giant signs memorandum of understanding with UK government’s procurement chiefs to help public sector organisations sustainably move to cloud
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18 May 2023
Inside MLC Life Insurance’s cloud journey
By Aaron TanThe Australian insurer spent a fair amount of time addressing people-related challenges in its move to cloud, which has improved its security posture and reduced infrastructure spending, among other outcomes
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18 May 2023
PTC stitches the digital thread for tomorrow’s Industry 4.0 digital transformation
By Joe O’HalloranWith the software-as-a-service genie well and truly out of the bottle, leading engineering design and manufacturing company outlines roadmap for next generation of digital transformation providing a more agile and collaborative environment of creativity
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17 May 2023
KeePass vulnerability enables master password theft
By Alexander CulafiKeePass developer Dominik Reichl said the vulnerability should be fixed in KeePass version 2.54, which is expected to release in July along with other security updates.
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17 May 2023
Florida immigration law creates problems for HR, economy
By Patrick ThibodeauA new Florida immigration law requires companies with 25-plus employees to use E-Verify to check work authorization status. Experts fear it could result in significant job losses.
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17 May 2023
ServiceNow taps Nvidia to add AI workflows to Now Platform
By Ed ScannellBuilding on its AI investments the past three years, ServiceNow partners with Nvidia to develop AI-based workflows for the Now Platform.
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17 May 2023
Channel widens supplier relationships to extend choice
By Simon QuickeIn the hunt for products at a good price, the procurement ecosystem has widened – but that has caused its own problems
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17 May 2023
Zoom takes on Anthropic's AI assistant for Contact Center
By Mary ReinesThe video and collaboration platform vendor has allied with OpenAI spinoff Anthropic and is integrating Anthropic's chatbot, Claude, for a decentralized approach to training AI.
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17 May 2023
IaaS revenues dip but bounce-back expected
By Simon QuickeA drop-off in revenues in the first quarter is a feature of a cyclical market and should not concern the channel too much
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17 May 2023
Rubrik makes ransomware a focus for its cloud backup SaaS
At Rubrik Forward, the data protection-turned-security vendor introduces user intelligence tools and adds support for additional data sources including AWS S3.
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17 May 2023
Home Office pushes for more police facial-recognition deployments
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonAn independent report commissioned by the biometrics commissioner of England and Wales reveals that the UK policing minister is pushing for wider adoption of facial-recognition technology by police, and further criticises the government’s proposed changes to surveillance oversight
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17 May 2023
How Rolls-Royce uses citizen developers
By Cliff SaranThe engineering company is using Microsoft Power Apps to democratise digitisation
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17 May 2023
CTO interview: Europe benefits from energy gains in AMD chips
By Pat BransAMD’s chief technology officer explains how the latest chip technology can help European organisations solve the energy puzzle facing IT departments
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17 May 2023
Altnets claim vital role in bringing competition to UK digital transformation
By Joe O’HalloranStudy by trade association for UK’s independent broadband suppliers shows further rapid progress in rolling out full-fibre networks, prompting calls to UK comms regulator to change national service pricing structures
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17 May 2023
Pentera ups ante in penetration testing
By Aaron TanThe Israeli startup, which expanded to the APAC region last year, scans for vulnerabilities and emulates cyber attacks through its automated security validation platform
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17 May 2023
EHR Documentation Time Dips After CMS E/M Coding Changes
By Hannah NelsonWhile EHR documentation time has decreased since CMS changed its E/M coding requirements in 2021, the degree of reduction is less than CMS estimated.
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17 May 2023
Knowledge 2023: Ready for the exponential enterprise, says McDermott
By Brian McKennaServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott called for IT and ‘the business’ to finally come together in what he called the ‘exponential enterprise’ at the supplier’s Knowledge 2023 conference in Las Vegas
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17 May 2023
CIO interview: Ravi Malick, Box
By Karl FlindersRavi Malick has always been a technologist at heart, and via political science, startups and consultancy, landed in his current role at Box
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17 May 2023
Connexin makes key step in fulfilling full-fibre build plan for 2023
By Joe O’HalloranIoT and digital Infrastructure specialist reveals onboarding of Tier 1 contractors to accelerate increasing full-fibre network expansion
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17 May 2023
Vodafone to axe 11,000 jobs in Europe after ‘not good enough’ financial year
By Joe O’HalloranAxe set to swing on Vodafone staff after fiscal year 2023 shows performance slowdown, with turnaround strategy to be based on customers, simplicity and growth
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16 May 2023
CIOs take on organizational adaptability, resilience
By John MooreCIOs and other tech executives are bracing their organizations to remain flexible in a period of unpredictable developments and bounce back when they take a punch.
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16 May 2023
SAP Business AI and sustainability dominate Sapphire
By Jim O'DonnellThe new SAP Business AI, which embeds AI into a number of SAP products, and new SAP sustainability products including its 'green ledger' highlighted the first day of SAP Sapphire.
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16 May 2023
Chinese APT exploits TP-Link router firmware via implant
By Alexander CulafiCheck Point Software Technologies said the malicious implant, which it attributed to Chinese APT "Camaro Dragon," was firmware agnostic and could be used against other vendors.
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16 May 2023
OpenAI CEO advocates for AI regulation
By Makenzie HollandTo mitigate harms caused by artificial intelligence, industry leaders including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said regulation will be necessary.
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16 May 2023
SONiC NOS faces challenges fitting in with mainstream
By Antone GonsalvesGartner estimates that fewer than 200 enterprises have SONiC in production, out of a potential data center market of 100,000. One startup describes the NOS as 'a mess' to deploy.
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16 May 2023
Executive interview: DNS designer David Holtzman discusses net security
By Cliff SaranHow is it possible for criminals to lure people onto fake websites? Holtzman says it’s because DNS is fundamentally insecure
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16 May 2023
Qlik completes purchase of Talend, boosts integration suite
By Eric AvidonWith the acquisition, the longtime analytics vendor adds a data fabric approach and improved data quality and governance prowess to its burgeoning data integration platform.
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16 May 2023
ServiceNow adds generative AI to Now Platform, ties to Azure
By Ed ScannellServiceNow launched two generative AI offerings, including a natural language search tool and a connection to Microsoft's Azure OpenAI, with further AI investments to follow.
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16 May 2023
Gartner highlights four trends shaping enterprise cloud, edge and datacentre investments
By Caroline DonnellyAnalyst lifts lid on how enterprise attitudes to cloud, datacentre and edge-related digital transformation projects are changing
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16 May 2023
Plexal launches Cyber Runway 3.0 accelerator programme
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe latest iteration of Plexal’s government-backed cyber security startup accelerator will run four work streams to boost startups at various stages of maturity and growth
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16 May 2023
NetApp to promise ransomware warranty payout
By Antony AdsheadNetApp will recover data hit by ransomware or pay a warranty, and has added entry-level SAN arrays and full access to all NetApp software across its hardware families
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16 May 2023
Micron 6500 Ion increases layers over 200, lowers price
By Adam ArmstrongMicron expanded its enterprise SSD portfolio with the 232-layer Micron 6500 Ion to lower costs and the Micron XTR, a new SLC, to increase overall performance.
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16 May 2023
Review Finds EHR Nudge Interventions Drive Care Quality Improvements
By Hannah NelsonThe most common EHR nudge intervention, changing choice default options, improved care quality in all reviewed studies.
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16 May 2023
No10 Innovation Fellowship Programme ramps up AI focus
By Lis EvenstadSecond round of the programme, run jointly by Number 10 and the Government Digital Service, focuses on AI and automation
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16 May 2023
Scality pushes anti-ransomware features in Artesca object storage
By Antony AdsheadObject storage specialist announces v2.0 of Artesca, with a heavy focus on functionality that can protect against ransomware such as object locking, sharding, backup to object etc
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16 May 2023
Scality hardens Artesca in 2.0, deepens Veeam connections
By Tim McCarthyArtesca 2.0, the latest update for Scality's object storage service, includes new security features, such as login MFA, and greater support for Veeam's data protection APIs.
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16 May 2023
SAP's new CX tools for retailers include generative AI assistant
By Mary ReinesThe vendor's new tools include Digital Assistant for better personalization, accelerators to use customer data to improve CX, and a platform to sell excess products on the market.
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16 May 2023
Imperial College London teams up with Intel and Lenovo for HPC push
By Caroline DonnellyImperial College London has joined forces with Lenovo and Intel to bolster its HPC capabilities for the benefit of its research teams
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16 May 2023
Coalition: Employee actions are driving cyber insurance claims
By Arielle WaldmanAfter analyzing cyber insurance claims data, Coalition determined that phishing escalated in 2022, ransomware dropped and timely patching remained a consistent problem.
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16 May 2023
UK renews tech and science deal with Japan
By Lis EvenstadDeal focuses on innovation and will see countries collaborate on networking and investment, joint R&D programmes, and exchange schemes
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16 May 2023
Interview: Rachel Phillips, vice-president UK&I, Okta
By Clare McDonaldHybrid working is the new normal for many, but while it offers many benefits, it has also introduced complications, explains Okta’s Rachel Phillips
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16 May 2023
Virgin Media O2’s Shared Rural Network roll-out reaches 50th site
By Joe O’HalloranAs part of its commitment to the £1bn programme designed to bring significant improvement to UK mobile coverage in non-metro areas, leading UK operator rolls out reliable 4G coverage across 50 rural sites in area covering almost 2,200km2
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16 May 2023
APAC digital leaders score wins in innovation awards
By Aaron TanThe region’s top industry innovators were recognised for their digital transformation efforts at the Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2023
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16 May 2023
CW Innovation Awards: How Mondelez is driving innovation
By Aaron TanThe company behind Oreo biscuits is tapping low-code and no-code development, drones and blockchain, among other emerging technologies, to drive innovation and improve efficiency
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16 May 2023
CW Innovation Awards: Transdev Sydney Ferries taps 5G to improve public safety
Moving to a 5G network has significantly improved video quality and reduced the time needed to scour hours of footage, enabling the ferry operator to quickly investigate customer cases
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16 May 2023
CW Innovation Awards: How Singapore's DBS Bank is driving IT automation
By Aaron TanDBS Bank’s Technology Marketplace portal has enabled the bank to speed up provisioning of infrastructure and applications through automation and improve developer productivity
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16 May 2023
CW Innovation Awards: Zuellig Pharma dispenses healthcare insights with data platform
The regional pharmaceutical giant’s business intelligence-as-a-service offering is touted to plug data gaps and has helped one pharmaceutical client improve customer loyalty
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16 May 2023
CW Innovation Awards: SensorFlow reaps returns with re-architecture
By Edwin YappSmart building management specialist SensorFlow re-architected its entire platform to reduce cost, complexity and implement a real-time business intelligence dashboard for its customers
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15 May 2023
SAP's next step for CRM? Industry-oriented CX
By Jim O'DonnellSAP has tightened its approach to CX, providing a composable architecture designed for specific industries that shifts away from competing with market leaders such as Salesforce.
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15 May 2023
Meta's AI Sandbox and generative AI in advertising
By Esther AjaoSandbox's AI capabilities for online advertisers indicate a potential advance in how AI tools can support advertising and search with fewer human interactions and less user data.
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15 May 2023
Partner ecosystem upbeat on market prospects, generative AI
By John MooreService providers express optimism despite the continuing economic uncertainty, looking to emerging technologies and services stalwarts such as cyber and cloud.
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15 May 2023
CW Innovation Awards: How open source mapping is bringing clean water to Andhra Pradesh
By Edwin YappThe state government of Andhra Pradesh has digitised information on water supply pipelines and implemented a geographical information system to help deliver clean drinking water to rural communities
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15 May 2023
ServiceNow looks to transform retail IoT and beyond with G2K acquisition
By Joe O’HalloranDigital workflow company to add AI-based smart IoT technology provider to its portfolio to enable businesses to use digital and in-store data with enterprise-grade business processes
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15 May 2023
Intelsat expands Hispasat partnership to boost in-flight connectivity
By Joe O’HalloranGlobal provider of broadband connectivity products and services for aviation inks deal with LATAM and European satellite operator
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15 May 2023
Big consultancies snapping up channel talent
By Simon QuickeEY and Accenture have each dipped into the mergers and acquisitions space to add more services and technical capabilities to their offerings
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15 May 2023
Alibaba Cloud signals ambitions to bolster global partner network
By Simon QuickeFirm uses channel event to outline the incentives and support it is offering as part of a push to widen its indirect base
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15 May 2023
DE-CIX teams with Connected Nation, Newby Ventures to close digital divide in US
By Joe O’HalloranStrategic partnership with non-profit organisations designed to enable operator of internet exchanges in smaller cities and rural areas to significantly improve regional online performance
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15 May 2023
Study Finds EHR Communication Methods Hinder Care Team Well-Being
By Hannah NelsonVirtual care team communication strategies that support rich communication could help address EHR communication challenges.
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15 May 2023
MS macro-blocking has forced cyber criminals to innovate
By Alex ScroxtonOne year after Microsoft started blocking VBA and XL4 macros by default, the cyber criminal ecosystem has all but stopped exploiting macros in their attacks. They’re instead innovating at an unprecedented rate
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15 May 2023
CrowdStrike warns of rise in VMware ESXi hypervisor attacks
By Arielle WaldmanAs enterprise adoption of virtualization technology increases, CrowdStrike has observed a rise in ransomware attacks on servers running VMware's ESXi bare-metal hypervisors.
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15 May 2023
Demand for access to talent driving UK IT outsourcing growth
By Karl FlindersOrganisations in the UK are increasing the amount of IT work they outsource to enable them to access talent
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15 May 2023
Post Office executive told to report false bill of health on controversial software
By Karl FlindersA 2010 Post Office internal review of the Horizon software was designed to ignore the system’s problems to reassure stakeholders amid questioning of its reliability
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15 May 2023
Online sales suffer as consumers hit shops for bargains
By Clare McDonaldWhile overall shopping figures saw year-on-year growth in April 2023, online sales took a hit as shoppers look for cheaper goods in stores
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15 May 2023
KLAS Report Demonstrates Value in Virtual, Self-Directed EHR Training
By Hannah NelsonKLAS found that self-directed, virtual EHR training sessions usually last less than an hour and can generate a significant ROI in terms of clinician time savings.
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15 May 2023
Consumers, operators and governments drive Fixed Wireless Access market
By Joe O’HalloranAnalyst predicts rosy future ahead for Fixed Wireless Access as 5G flourishes on a global basis, becoming a major source of revenue for operators globally over the next seven years