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31 Oct 2024
China-based APTs waged 5-year campaign on Sophos firewalls
By Alexander CulafiFor years, several advanced persistent threat groups tied to the Chinese government targeted Sophos firewall products with custom malware and zero-day exploits.
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31 Oct 2024
DWP appoints Helen Wylie as its new chief digital and information officer
By Bryan GlickWylie steps up from chief technology officer to replace her departing boss, Rich Corbridge, to take over one of the largest IT estates in Europe
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31 Oct 2024
Broadcom adds services to basic VMware subscriptions
By Tim McCarthyThese changes might be moot if Broadcom remains focused on its largest customers, according to one expert.
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06 Feb 2024
CIO interview: Stuart Birrell, chief data and information officer, EasyJet
By Bryan GlickThe short-haul airline fills an aircraft every 10 seconds through its e-commerce operation – all while transforming its booking systems and migrating its IT estate to the cloud
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06 Feb 2024
Post Office scandal: Phase four’s rogues’ gallery
By Karl FlindersPhase four of the public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon IT scandal revealed ‘a parade of liars, bullies, amnesiacs and arrogant individuals’ that made up the teams investigating and prosecuting subpostmasters
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06 Feb 2024
Dell encourages GenAI involvement with partner competency
By Simon QuickeOne of the features of the enhanced Partner programme was the launch of a process to validate those up to speed on the technology
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06 Feb 2024
Inside NetApp’s cloud and AI strategy
By Aaron TanNetApp’s senior executives talk up the company’s efforts to support AI initiatives and deliver first-party storage services on public cloud platforms
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06 Feb 2024
Revenue Cycle Management, AI Take Center Stage in 2024
By Jacqueline LaPointeAs CFOs expect profitability increases, revenue cycle management and tech investments become top priorities.
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06 Feb 2024
Amid Rise in Hypertension-Related Telehealth, Racial Gaps Persist
By Anuja VaidyaHypertension-related telehealth visits rose in 2020, remaining elevated after the pandemic’s peak, but use among Black adults remained lower than among other races.
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06 Feb 2024
Women with PCOS Are Almost 8.5 Times More Likely to Attempt Suicide
By Veronica SalibEven after adjusting for multiple factors, including psychiatric comorbid conditions, women with PCOS are at a significantly higher risk of attempted suicide.
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05 Feb 2024
Partners: Businesses enlist AI in business model reinvention
By John MooreIT services executives believe the most digitally advanced companies will embark on business model reinvention projects highlighting AI as a key technology for managing change.
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05 Feb 2024
AnyDesk hacked, details unclear
By Alexander CulafiOf the hack, AnyDesk said it found 'no evidence that any end-user devices have been affected.' But researchers said they saw AnyDesk customer credentials for sale on the dark web.
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05 Feb 2024
Cloudian HyperStore 8 unites file, object storage
By Tim McCarthyCloudian's latest release of HyperStore lets hybrid storage deployments seamlessly swap between file and object. Analysts speculate how it will compete in a crowded market.
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05 Feb 2024
Blackbaud blasted for failing to prevent customer breaches
By Alex ScroxtonA supply chain attack at software supplier Blackbaud in 2020 saw data on multiple UK organisations compromised. The US authorities are now taking steps to ensure it can’t happen again
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05 Feb 2024
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
By Simon QuickeIt's been a busy time on the personnel front, with movement across various levels of the channel, including Infinigate, Logicalis, Sabio, Assured Data Protection, Netskope, SolarWinds, Enreach and Epsilon Telecommunications
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05 Feb 2024
US sanctions Iranians behind CNI cyber attacks
By Alex ScroxtonUS government issues new sanctions against six Iranians suspected of being behind a series of cyber attacks targeting critical national infrastructure, notably water supply systems
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05 Feb 2024
Gigabit drives UK local authority connectivity priorities for 2024
By Joe O’HalloranResearch finds ultra-high speed broadband roll out remains top priority for local authority digital leaders, 5G continues to divide opinion, and apparent lack of focus on net-zero activities
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05 Feb 2024
HHS Launches 3 Public-Private Partnerships for Food Is Medicine Efforts
By Sara HeathThe partnerships with Instacart, the Rockefeller Foundation, and Feeding America will focus on research on and implementation of food is medicine programs nationwide.
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05 Feb 2024
UK quantum initiatives get funding boost
By Cliff SaranGovernment funds new initiatives to drive quantum computing opportunities across the public sector
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05 Feb 2024
RM looking to deliver trusted education relationship
By Simon QuickeRM keen to add more value to help improve the experiences for children in the classroom and those who are teaching them
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05 Feb 2024
What’s standing in the way of the UK being an AI superpower?
By Steve RangerArtificial intelligence (AI) could bring a big economic boost to the UK, says report, but there are still barriers to overcome
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05 Feb 2024
Is SAP on the rise?
By Marc Ambasna-JonesThis year represents a tipping point for SAP to convince cagey customers of the value of cloud enterprise resource planning
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05 Feb 2024
Ransomware Makes ECRI’s Top Health Tech Hazards List
By Jill McKeonThe threat of ransomware and the risks of third-party web analytics software on patient confidentiality were among ECRI’s top health tech hazards of 2024.
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05 Feb 2024
Machine Learning Tool Predicts Heart Failure Treatment Response
By Shania KennedyNew machine learning approach may help identify and predict diuretic responsiveness among patients with acute decompensated heart failure.
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05 Feb 2024
Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy Loss Tied to Higher Out-of-Pocket Costs
By Victoria BaileyOut-of-pocket costs increased by 700 percent for beneficiaries who experienced a temporary loss of their Medicare Part D low-income subsidy.
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05 Feb 2024
Gender-Affirming Care Access Laws Affect 38% of Trans Youth
By Sara HeathThere are gender-affirming care access restrictions in 23 states, which affects 38 percent of trans youth in the US.
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02 Feb 2024
Cloudflare discloses breach related to stolen Okta data
By Rob WrightCloudflare initially believed it contained an attempted cyberattack last October by a threat actor using an access token stolen in a breach of Okta's customer support system.
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02 Feb 2024
Own, Check point and TD Synnex offering programmes and support
By Simon QuickeThe latest examples of how vendors and distributors support channel growth illustrate the importance of incentives and rewards
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02 Feb 2024
‘People are now listening,' Post Office inquiry told as latest phase ends
By Karl FlindersThe latest phase of the public inquiry into the widest miscarriage of justice in modern UK history – the Post Office Horizon IT scandal – closes with a bang
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02 Feb 2024
AWS talks up Q4 increase in large customer wins as global market share drops
By Caroline DonnellyAmazon Web Services clocked up double-digit revenue growth during the final quarter of 2023, but analyst figures show the company is losing market share to Microsoft
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02 Feb 2024
Telehealth Availability at Mental Health Facilities Varies Across States
By Anuja VaidyaResearch shows that mental health facilities in certain states and counties reported low availability of telehealth services, implying widespread access disparities.
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02 Feb 2024
BT sees strong fibre uptake in third quarter
By Joe O’HalloranTelco’s trading update for nine months to 31 December 2023 shows a quarter of revenue and EBITDA growth while upgrading customers to full-fibre broadband and 5G networks, staying on track to achieve financial outlook for full year
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02 Feb 2024
AI impacting print market with shift to digital capture
By Simon QuickeShift towards scanning documents will have an impact on print volumes and the approach the channel needs to take with users
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02 Feb 2024
Meta ramps up GPUs to get ready for general intelligence
By Cliff SaranMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg anticipates that training and running AI systems requires 10x computer capacity each year
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02 Feb 2024
Preterm and Early-Term Birth Rates in the US Increased Since 2014
By Veronica SalibAn analysis of the births by gestational age indicated a shift toward shorter gestational age as the rates of preterm and early-term births increased since 2014.
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02 Feb 2024
Predictive Model Accurately Tracks Alzheimer's Disease Progression
By Shania KennedyThe DETree framework combines Alzheimer’s progression modeling with individual prediction to forecast how a patient’s disease may develop over time.
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02 Feb 2024
HCSC Announces $3.3B Cigna Medicare Business Acquisition
By Kelsey WaddillBarring regulatory or conditional challenges, the payer expects the acquisition to be finalized in early 2025.
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02 Feb 2024
Breaking Down the Cost of Sickle Cell Disease Gene Therapies
By Veronica SalibAs CMS attempts to navigate the astronomical costs of new sickle cell disease treatments, including gene therapy, it is critical to break down treatment costs.
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02 Feb 2024
Hospital Finances Approach Pre-Pandemic Levels
By Jacqueline LaPointe2023 was a much more promising year for hospitals as margins improved by more than 15% compared to the previous year, Kaufman Hall reports.
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02 Feb 2024
Patient Education Key as Home Medical Devices Pose Patient Safety Threat
By Sara HeathAt-home medical devices can be confusing to use, posing a potential patient safety hazard, but experts say patient education and user-centered design could help.
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01 Feb 2024
AI: House of Lords focuses on copyright and transparency
By Cliff SaranLarge language models promise to boost UK productivity, but the tech needs greater scrutiny and questions remain over intellectual property
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01 Feb 2024
TD Bank plans AIOps consolidation on Dynatrace SaaS
By Beth PariseauThe dream of zero-touch autoremediation remains alive for the bank as it prepares to go all in on Dynatrace SaaS for observability-driven IT automation.
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01 Feb 2024
New H-1B visa rule promises fairer play, but higher stakes
By Patrick ThibodeauA U.S. H-1B lottery rule change aims to reduce fraud by allowing only one lottery entry per candidate, potentially putting some beneficiaries in a strong position.
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01 Feb 2024
FASB rule could shake up, simplify software cost reporting
By Makenzie HollandStakeholders want a single rule for reporting software development costs in a simplified manner, which the Financial Accounting Standards Board is considering.
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01 Feb 2024
Critical infrastructure hacks raise alarms on Chinese threats
By Alexander CulafiFBI Director Christopher Wray and CISA Director Jen Easterly warned that China was targeting critical infrastructure for possible destructive attacks in the event of a conflict with the United States.
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01 Feb 2024
CISA deputy director touts progress, anti-ransomware efforts
By Alexander CulafiIn this Q&A, CISA Deputy Director Nitin Natarajan shares his thoughts on scaling up to meet high demand, the agency's new initiative to address ransomware and more.
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01 Feb 2024
Acumatica ERP to expand with Professional Services Edition
By Jim O'DonnellAt Acumatica Summit 2024, the cloud ERP vendor for SMBs unveiled a new Professional Services Edition and focused on delivering customer-centered AI capabilities.
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01 Feb 2024
Databricks acquisition of Einblick enhances GenAI portfolio
By Eric AvidonThe data lakehouse pioneer's latest purchase adds NLP capabilities to the generative AI features at the core of its new Data Intelligence Platform.
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01 Feb 2024
US government disrupts Chinese botnet containing hundreds of end-of-life Cisco and Netgear routers
By Caroline DonnellyThe US government has succeeded in halting a botnet comprised of hundreds of end-of-life routers that posed a threat to critical national infrastructure (CNI) organisations in multiple countries
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01 Feb 2024
HHS Final Rule to Solidify Access to OUD Medications via Telehealth
By Anuja VaidyaThe agency plans to make permanent pandemic-era flexibilities, including expanding telehealth access to medications for opioid use disorder.
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01 Feb 2024
Welsh workers’ AI experiences shaped by uneven power dynamics
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonWorkers in Wales are being negatively affected by the unregulated introduction of artificial intelligence into workplaces due to asymmetric power dynamics
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01 Feb 2024
McArthurGlen gets tailor-made connectivity and security for fashion outlets
By Joe O’HalloranCritical network infrastructure provider teams with bespoke network services company to deliver reliable and secure connectivity for McArthurGlen’s nine retail sites across the UK
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01 Feb 2024
UK ranks third in OECD Digital Government Index
By Lis EvenstadThe UK has dropped from overall second to third place in the international digital government survey, but fails to feature in the top 10 countries when it comes to having a data-driven public sector
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01 Feb 2024
Defra legacy IT: 180 applications refreshed, over 1,500 remain
By Cliff SaranThe Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has a 10-year plan to update technology. So far, 180 have been replaced or updated
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01 Feb 2024
NIS2 seen as a channel opportunity
By Simon QuickeWestcon-Comstor uncovers channel hopes that security compliance directive will spark user interest in products and services
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01 Feb 2024
UK government signs AI, science and innovation deals with Canada
By Lis EvenstadThe agreements will see the two countries collaborate on AI compute – a development component of artificial intelligence – and work together on technology innovations such as quantum and semiconductors
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01 Feb 2024
Hospital Outpatient Departments Preserve Care Access for Rural Patients
By Victoria BaileyRural populations receiving care at hospital outpatient departments tend to be dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid and have complex health conditions.
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01 Feb 2024
SME market trends supporting further MSP growth
By Simon QuickeThe CEO of Kaseya has shared his thoughts on the reasons why the year ahead will be a positive one for managed service providers
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01 Feb 2024
Government ‘dragging it out’ by refusing to share knowledge of Post Office trial ‘delaying tactic’
By Karl FlindersSubpostmasters will have to wait to find out if the government knew of the Post Office’s plan to derail group litigation order, by trying to push managing judge out
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01 Feb 2024
CDC Data Raises Concerns About Rising Syphilis Cases
By Veronica SalibA CDC analysis of STI data from 2022 prompts concerns about rising syphilis cases despite chlamydia cases stabilizing and gonorrhea cases declining over the past year.
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01 Feb 2024
Mislabeled Packaging Results in Recalled ADHD Medication
By Veronica SalibLast week, Azurity Pharmaceuticals issued a voluntary recall of Zenzedi, an ADHD and narcolepsy medication, due to mislabeled packaging.
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01 Feb 2024
Lawmakers Lobby for Payment and Policy Stability in Medicare Advantage
By Victoria BaileyThe group of senators called for payment and policy stability in Medicare Advantage in the wake of new marketing, competition, and prior authorization standards.
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31 Jan 2024
Astera Labs uses CXL to accelerate AI, expand memory
By Adam ArmstrongAstera Labs is using the CXL interface in its now longer Smart Cable Module to spread out energy consumption while enabling GPU clusters to meet growing AI demands.
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31 Jan 2024
Former Workday co-CEO takes helm at Eightfold
By Patrick ThibodeauFormer Workday co-CEO Chano Fernandez joins Eightfold AI in a similar role, advocating for unbiased, skills-based hiring and navigating new AI regulations.
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31 Jan 2024
Dynatrace adds price tier, data pipeline amid cost crunch
By Beth PariseauDynatrace looks to accommodate observability data growth more affordably, but enterprise IT pros have many emerging alternatives to tackle this growing problem.
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31 Jan 2024
Ivanti discloses new zero-day flaw, releases delayed patches
By Arielle WaldmanWhile Ivanti customers can start patching two previously disclosed vulnerabilities, they must also address two new flaws for the same product.
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31 Jan 2024
Rockset targets cost control with latest database update
By Eric AvidonThe real-time database specialist added new compute power optimization and workload autoscaling capabilities to help customers better control their cloud computing costs.
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31 Jan 2024
CMS Proposes 3.7% Increase in Medicare Advantage Plan Payments
By Victoria BaileyIn addition to an increase in Medicare Advantage plan payments, CMS proposed updates to the Part D risk adjustment model and star ratings.
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31 Jan 2024
Hitachi Vantara and Cisco roll out managed services offering
By Simon QuickeThe channel is getting its hands on the fruits of a tie-up that should make life easier for customers looking for a hybrid cloud service
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31 Jan 2024
Aviva signs 15-year contract with Indian IT giant
By Karl FlindersTata Consultancy Services continues to make large gains in the UK life insurance and pensions sector
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31 Jan 2024
ThoughtSpot update adds feedback loop to help train GenAI
By Eric AvidonThe vendor continues to focus on generative AI, updating its conversational interface with more in-depth analysis capabilities and adding new methods of improving LLM accuracy.
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31 Jan 2024
Midwich launches investment arm
By Simon QuickeAudiovisual equipment distributor looks to encourage innovation across the segment with private equity operation
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31 Jan 2024
VA Cuts Homelessness, SDOH by 55% with Housing First Model
By Sara HeathThe crux of VA’s housing first model was the addition of wraparound care and social services to address homelessness and other SDOH.
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31 Jan 2024
Vertex Non-Opioid Drug Is an Effective Pain Management Medication
By Veronica SalibVertex Pharmaceutical announced the positive results from a phase 3 clinical trial on VX-548, a non-opioid pain management drug, in a press announcement.
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31 Jan 2024
Singtel ropes in industry partners in datacentre push
By Aaron TanSingtel inks partnerships with Nvidia, Gulf Energy, Medco and others in its efforts to grow its datacentre business and support AI adoption in Singapore and Southeast Asia
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31 Jan 2024
Forrester: Curb your AI enthusiasm
By Cliff SaranOngoing supply issues with semiconductors mean IT departments may have to wait up to a year for the latest hardware
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31 Jan 2024
Microsoft results show benefits of AI on Azure
By Cliff SaranThe company’s cloud business posted revenue of $33bn, with new AI inferencing workloads driving up demand
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31 Jan 2024
Epic Study Finds Health Data Exchange Lowers Risk of Code Blue
By Hannah NelsonIn patients with a higher level of acuity in the ED, the presence of outside health data is linked to a 34 to 63 percent reduced risk of a code blue event, an Epic study found.
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31 Jan 2024
Datacentre operators face capacity planning challenges as AI use soars
By Caroline DonnellyA report by real estate consultancy JLL highlights the pressures datacentres operators are facing as they respond to the growing demand for artificial intelligence workloads
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31 Jan 2024
Seagate uses HAMR to hit 30TB in Exos hard drives
By Antony AdsheadHDD giant Seagate unveils 30TB Exos drives with higher areal density, aimed at hyperscaler customers, with products at 50TB promised for 2028 in its roadmap
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31 Jan 2024
How Affordability Challenges Reveal Care Disparities for ESI Members
By Kelsey WaddillAlthough some populations were more likely to utilize services like mental healthcare or preventive care, care disparities showed up in their affordability challenges.
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31 Jan 2024
Healthcare Administrative Spending Increased by 50%
By Jacqueline LaPointeStaffing shortages, security challenges, and increased time needed to conduct transactions are behind a significant rise in healthcare administrative spending, CAQH reports.
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31 Jan 2024
Insurance Broker Data Breach Impacts 1.5M Individuals
By Jill McKeonKeenan & Associates suffered a data breach in August 2023 that potentially exposed some client health information.
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31 Jan 2024
Safeguards Needed for Generative AI EHR Data Summarization
By Hannah NelsonA viewpoint published in JAMA notes that EHR data summarization LLMs could perpetuate bias, underscoring the need for FDA oversight.
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31 Jan 2024
Data-Focused Strategy May Hinder Generative AI Deployment in Healthcare
By Shania KennedyNew Deloitte survey suggests that healthcare leaders must focus on data, governance, consumers, and the workforce to successfully implement generative AI.
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31 Jan 2024
Lawmakers Call on HHS to Collaborate on Telehealth Access Policies
By Anuja VaidyaLawmakers from both sides of the aisle and Congressional branches are urging HHS to work with them to ensure that expanded access to telehealth is not curtailed.
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31 Jan 2024
Are Consumers Left Behind in Healthcare’s Generative AI Talks?
By Sara HeathWhile focus on data quality and regulatory compliance is high, the consumer perspective is missing from healthcare’s talks of generative AI.
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30 Jan 2024
Panzura CEO: Avoid tech that's shiny instead of performant
By Tim McCarthyDan Waldschmidt takes over as Panzura CEO after a year of refinement, aiming for a deliberate path to develop and introduce GenAI capabilities into its data management platform.
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30 Jan 2024
Female, Urban Providers More Likely to Shift to Telemental Health
By Anuja VaidyaOf the 13 percent of mental health specialists providing telehealth-only services in 2022, a higher proportion were female and worked in urban areas, per new research.
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30 Jan 2024
New Rise with SAP program targets barriers to cloud moves
By Jim O'DonnellThe Rise with SAP Migration and Modernization program includes cost incentives and services aimed at on-premises customers reluctant to move to S/4HANA Cloud.
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30 Jan 2024
Corvus: 2023 was a 'record-breaking' ransomware year
By Arielle WaldmanThe insurance company analyzed claims data and ransomware gangs' data leak sites, which suggests as many as 7,600 organizations across the globe were attacked in 2023.
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30 Jan 2024
GFT Technologies and NMi Group engaging in M&A
By Simon QuickeChannel consolidation continues with deals struck to add geographical coverage and market expertise
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30 Jan 2024
User groups give SAP’s 50% Rise incentive the thumbs up
By Cliff SaranSAP has changed tack, after the furore over its intention to make certain features available only to Rise customers on SAP Cloud
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30 Jan 2024
Quantum computing in 2024: What are the challenges?
By Cliff SaranResearch shows that while there has been a big reduction in quantum computing investment, governments have been ploughing in funding
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30 Jan 2024
TD Synnex, Westcon-Comstor and Infinigate expand portfolios
By Simon QuickeDistributors are making moves to ensure they have a mix of products and services that appeal to their channel partner bases
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30 Jan 2024
Oracle to fine-tune AI for the enterprise
By Stephen PritchardOracle AI developments aim to blend enterprise data and LLMs across its technology stack and SaaS portfolio
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30 Jan 2024
Juniper claims first AI-native networking platform
By Joe O’HalloranAIOps and virtual network assistant expanded with first integrated digital experience twinning and end-to-end insight across campus, branch and data centre infrastructures to drive more speed, scale and value
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30 Jan 2024
We need backup! Pennsylvania police data loss shows why
By Antony AdsheadPolice evidence systems data was lost during ‘routine maintenance’, with human error blamed – the case clearly illustrates why data protection can’t be left to chance
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30 Jan 2024
HYCU R-Cloud adds GenAI for SaaS data protection
By Tim McCarthyAnthropic's LLM Claude powers a new generative AI feature in HYCU's R-Cloud to automate code that can help deliver SaaS data protection capabilities using a console.
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30 Jan 2024
Sporting events drive 2023’s biggest daily spikes in European and US network traffic
By Joe O’HalloranAnalysis from leading internet exchange operator reveals 23% rise in global data traffic in 2023 to 59 exabytes, showing clear seasonal impact of gaming and video conferencing
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30 Jan 2024
How Simplyhealth is using Salesforce’s take on generative AI to boost email response times
By Steve RangerHealth and dental plan company is cutting response times to some common and recurring client queries – from 12 minutes to just one
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30 Jan 2024
Inside India’s supercomputing journey
By Pratima HarigunaniIndia is looking to shore up its supercomputing capabilities, but more needs to be done to realise its ambition of becoming a world leader in the field
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30 Jan 2024
Discontinued Treatment for GHD Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease
By Veronica SalibHuman growth hormone injections derived from cadaver pituitary glands were linked to non-contagious, transmittable Alzheimer’s disease in patients with GHD.