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03 May 2024
Microsoft, Google seek green card rule change
By Patrick ThibodeauTech firms struggle with green card sponsorships amid job cuts, but a proposed rule change, sought by the industry, could exempt certain tech jobs from labor market tests.
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03 May 2024
Adobe expands bug bounty programme to account for GenAI
By Alex ScroxtonAdobe has expanded the scope of its HackerOne-driven bug bounty scheme to incorporate flaws and risks arising from the development of generative artificial intelligence
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03 May 2024
Patch GitLab vuln without delay, users warned
By Alex ScroxtonThe addition of a serious vulnerability in the GitLab open source platform to CISA’s KEV catalogue prompts a flurry of concern
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13 Feb 2024
Hunter-killer malware volumes seen surging
By Alex ScroxtonLatest Picus Security report on malware tactics, techniques and procedures reveals an increasing focus on disabling security defences
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13 Feb 2024
Telia Lithuania offers businesses country-wide 800 Gbps service
By Joe O’HalloranLeading Baltic supplier of telecom services uses coherent optics to bring customers faster speeds, more capacity and greater service reliability
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13 Feb 2024
Ignition Technology and CMS Distribution add more security depth
By Simon QuickeDistributors add to portfolios, with vendor signings in network and mobile threat prevention areas
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13 Feb 2024
Distology gearing up for growth with leadership shuffle
By Simon QuickeSecurity distributor makes some internal moves to ensure it has the right people in place ahead of its fiscal year starting in April
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13 Feb 2024
Integration of AI, legacy IT opens partner opportunities
By John MooreCore in-house applications running on client-server systems and mainframes are candidates for a generative AI update, according to IT service provider executives.
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13 Feb 2024
B4RN brings gigabit fibre internet to Northern England
By Joe O’HalloranSpecialist in advanced broadband to rural homes, small villages, farms and dispersed settlements inks deal with AI-native networking company to future-proof communities and deliver equal access to digital services
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13 Feb 2024
Oracle cloud: Generating value with AI
By Marc Ambasna-JonesIs Oracle’s Fusion GenAI leap a bandwagon move or will it add real power to boost customer happiness?
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13 Feb 2024
DSIT pumps £100m into biotech projects
By Lis EvenstadThe funding will be given to six engineering biology mission hubs, aiming to pioneer new technologies and address global challenges
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13 Feb 2024
NHS England awards £1m for wireless tech trials
By Lis EvenstadThe funding is split between seven trusts, which will be running wireless technology pilots aimed at improving patient care and improving connectivity
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13 Feb 2024
What will result from Cohesity’s Veritas acquisition?
By Yann SerraThe $7bn backup giant will leverage huge assets in enterprise customer base, compliance and governance intelligence, AI, R&D, and Kubernetes backup and storage
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13 Feb 2024
Cisco delivers 800Gbps on Amitié transatlantic cable
By Joe O’HalloranLooking to enable rapid growth of cloud and artificial intelligence services, tech giant reveals transatlantic communications cable successfully transmits data at very high speed on 6,234km route from US to France
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13 Feb 2024
Lack of tech skills making hiring more competitive, says Morgan McKinley
By Clare McDonaldA lack of skilled workers is forcing hiring managers to use salary and benefits such as flexibility to compete for talent, according to research from global recruiter Morgan McKinley
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12 Feb 2024
Observe ties in Snowflake to slash observability costs
By Beth PariseauThe emerging competitor to Dynatrace, Datadog and Splunk shuns AIOps, and its approach to data management and price tag intrigued one experienced customer.
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12 Feb 2024
CISA warns Fortinet zero-day vulnerability under attack
By Arielle WaldmanCISA alerted federal agencies that a critical zero-day vulnerability in FortiOS is being actively exploited, though Fortinet has yet to confirm reports.
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12 Feb 2024
HPE's GreenLake for Block Storage goes GA
By Adam ArmstrongThe third version of HPE block storage on the Alletra MP brings higher capacity and performance as well as an easier way for customers to scale out as needs change.
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12 Feb 2024
Ericsson intros AI-powered premium 5G intent-based operations
By Joe O’HalloranLeading comms technology and service provider deploys artificial intelligence and automation use case libraries to simplify network operations by managing conflicting intents to meet desired business outcomes
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12 Feb 2024
Channel roundup: Who's gone where?
By Simon QuickePersonnel moves this week at TD Synnex, Apogee, Sharp NEC Display Solutions, Logpoint, and Concurrent Technologies
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12 Feb 2024
Channel can make money from generative AI
By Simon QuickeGenerative artificial intelligence has gone from hype to use cases to become a growing channel opportunity
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12 Feb 2024
Jersey Telecom, RoamsysNext claim IoT game changer
By Joe O’HalloranTelco teams with development partner to introduce internet of things certification manager and solve network congestion and performance issues caused by uncertified IoT devices
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12 Feb 2024
HHS, ONC Designate Additional QHINs for TEFCA Health Data Exchange
By Hannah NelsonAs QHINs, CommonWell Health Alliance and Kno2 can immediately begin supporting health data exchange under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA).
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12 Feb 2024
Businesses brace for FCC's ban on AI robocalls
By Makenzie HollandThe FCC's ban on AI-generated robocalls comes in response to growing concern about bad actors using AI to mimic someone's likeness and voice to spread misinformation.
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12 Feb 2024
US works to develop AI standards while California legislates
By Makenzie HollandCalifornia has proposed AI regulation as the U.S. works to develop AI standards by bringing together companies such as Apple, Amazon, Google and Microsoft.
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12 Feb 2024
More than 1,000 subpostmasters could have used second faulty Post Office system
By Karl FlindersMore than 1,000 subpostmasters could have used a previous faulty computer system in their branches as more people come forward with information following Post Office scandal TV drama
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12 Feb 2024
Virgin Media O2 switches on 2Gbps broadband, symmetrical speed options
By Joe O’HalloranXGS-PON technology-based Gig2 becomes first residential 2Gbps service from UK provider to go live for sale, designed to help power future technologies from AI to immersive and cloud gaming
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09 Feb 2024
DigitalOcean now offers daily backup capability for VMs
By Tim McCarthyThe latest feature for IaaS cloud provider DigitalOcean enables daily backups and faster recoveries, but enterprises still require more for mission-critical workloads.
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09 Feb 2024
The outlook for open source? Growing, but there are challenges
By Steve RangerWhile more companies are using open source technologies, not everyone may realise it
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09 Feb 2024
Amazon defends facial-recognition tech sale to FBI despite moratorium
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe FBI has confirmed it is using Amazon’s Rekognition image and video analysis software, but Amazon says it is ‘false’ to suggest this violates the company’s self-imposed moratorium on selling facial-recognition technology to US police
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09 Feb 2024
Distributors play key role in sustainability
By Simon QuickeGiven its position as a supplier of products and services, and its trusted relationship with vendors, disties are in a pivotal position
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09 Feb 2024
HSBC and Google Cloud partner up for climate tech startup growth push
By Caroline DonnellyBanking giant HSBC will work with Google Cloud-affiliated climate tech startups to help them access funding to support their future growth
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09 Feb 2024
MoD ethical hacking programme expands after initial success
By Alex ScroxtonThe Ministry of Defence has expanded the scope of its defensive security partnership with HackerOne
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09 Feb 2024
Cohesity pitches Veritas buy as channel positive
By Simon QuickeDeal will give combined channel base opportunity to sell more cloud, security and AI products
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09 Feb 2024
Digital experience becomes new boardroom metric
By Joe O’HalloranNetworking technology and services giant outlines new paradigm in experience economy, where next generation of chief digital officers demand unified understanding of every component of networked applications
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09 Feb 2024
Europe carves out niche in quantum computing
By Pat BransAs the US, China and Europe accelerate investment in quantum computing, Europe is beginning to develop its own unique position in the fledgling global ecosystem
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08 Feb 2024
Google turns Bard AI into Gemini, launches Gemini Advanced
By Esther AjaoThe tech giant gave Bard a new name and introduced users to Ultra 1.0 through a new mobile app. It revealed changes to Duet AI and Cloud.
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08 Feb 2024
Amazon weighs in on AI regulation
By Makenzie HollandAmazon supports a risk-based approach to artificial intelligence regulation, which means focusing on regulating harmful uses of AI.
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08 Feb 2024
NCC Group records the most ransomware victims ever in 2023
By Arielle WaldmanEnterprises faced an alarming number of ransomware attacks as gangs targeted supply chains and took advantage of zero-day vulnerabilities and organizations' patching struggles.
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08 Feb 2024
GenAI's job threat turns up in job ads, not layoffs
By Patrick ThibodeauAdoption of generative AI is akin to offshore outsourcing, where low-level tasks are shifted elsewhere. Instead of work going to India, it's now going to the machine.
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08 Feb 2024
Why open data is needed in the battle to address homelessness
By Cliff SaranCentrepoint needed to send FOIs to more than 300 local authorities in England to access required information
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08 Feb 2024
Average broadband use on pace to break terabyte barrier by 2030
By Joe O’HalloranBroadband consumption data shows record use of 641GB per subscriber in 2023, with leap to 1TB expected by end of decade
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08 Feb 2024
Ericsson, Qualcomm drive 5G Standalone benefits in UK, Finland
By Joe O’HalloranLeading comms tech provider and mobile platform provider reveal projects in key European territories showing differentiated connectivity enabled by network slicing on 5G core and radio access network technology
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08 Feb 2024
Microsoft in discussions with CISPE to remedy ‘unfair’ cloud software licensing practices
By Caroline DonnellySoftware giant Microsoft has opened discussions with a European cloud trade body that has previously raised a formal complaint against the firm over its ‘unfair software licensing practices’
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08 Feb 2024
Cohesity, Veritas combine as new data protection company
By Tim McCarthyCohesity is combining with Veritas' data protection business in a deal expected to close by the end of 2024. Cohesity CEO Sanjay Poonen will remain at the helm.
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08 Feb 2024
CIO interview: Sandy Venugopal, SentinelOne
By Cliff SaranWe speak to the former CIO of Uber and LinkedIn, current CIO of SentinelOne, about how artificial intelligence should be deployed in business
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08 Feb 2024
Executive alleged to be behind EncroChat encrypted phone network arrested
By Bill GoodwinA businessman allegedly behind EncroChat, an encrypted phone network that was used by organised crime groups, has been extradited from the Dominican Republic to France
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08 Feb 2024
Swedish CIO contributes best practices for ethical use of artificial intelligence
By Pat BransIT leaders are scrambling to keep up with AI technology, but many are losing sight of its ethical impact – and what CIOs need to do to ensure responsible use
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08 Feb 2024
IBM expands AWS marketplace programme to UK
By Simon QuickeIBM’s experiences running AWS offering in the US has given it the confidence to move to the next phase and introduce it to a number of European countries
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08 Feb 2024
University Hospital of Wales launches digital cardiology test requests
By Lis EvenstadThe Cardiff-based hospital is switching from a paper-based system to a digital service, which is integrated into the Welsh Clinical Portal
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08 Feb 2024
CityFibre wins five new Project Gigabit contracts
By Joe O’HalloranLeading UK independent full-fibre network provider gains added stake in UK government’s £5bn gigabit broadband programme, subsidising infrastructure roll-out to over 202,000 hard-to-reach homes and businesses across rural areas in UK’s southern counties and Midlands
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08 Feb 2024
Cisco taps Apple, Nvidia to achieve distance zero and propel collaboration in new workspace
By Joe O’HalloranNetworking and IT tech and services firm reveals solutions and partnerships with leading CE and processor manufacturer to support business in the new world of world where workspaces are being reimagined
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07 Feb 2024
Latest Cisco products show measured approach to AI
By Antone GonsalvesCisco has launched a SaaS product for applying policy controls to AI model-bound data and an Nvidia partnership to bolster Cisco UCS servers for AI at the edge and data centers.
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07 Feb 2024
CISA: Volt Typhoon had access to some U.S. targets for 5 years
By Arielle WaldmanA joint cybersecurity advisory expanded on the Volt Typhoon threat Wednesday, confirming attackers maintained prolonged persistent access to critical infrastructure targets.
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07 Feb 2024
NCSC warns CNI operators over ‘living-off-the-land’ attacks
By Alex ScroxtonMalicious, state-backed actors may well be lurking in the UK’s most critical networks right now, and their operators may not even know until it is too late, warn the NCSC and its partners
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07 Feb 2024
Email marketers feel Google, Yahoo DMARC policy change
By Don FluckingerAs marketers face changes to email authentication and third-party cookie deprecation, contact centers are a treasure trove of first-party data to drive multichannel campaigns.
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07 Feb 2024
Chainalysis: 2023 a 'watershed' year for ransomware
By Alexander CulafiChainalysis said ransomware payments ballooned to reach $1.1 billion in 2023, marking a complete reversal from the decline in ransomware payments seen the year prior.
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07 Feb 2024
Spectra Logic brings Glacier on premises for NetApp
By Adam ArmstrongNetApp StorageGrid customers can backup data in the cloud or on premises thanks to a new integration with Spectra Logic, a development one analyst described as advantageous.
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07 Feb 2024
GitOps vendor's close echoes wider funding, open-core woes
By Beth PariseauScore one for IT orgs that rely solely on upstream code, as Flux CD sails on. But Weaveworks' demise points to larger issues for vendor sustainability, especially in open source.
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07 Feb 2024
Dozens of surveillance companies are supplying spyware to governments, says Google
By Bill GoodwinGoogle’s Threat Analysis Group has identified 40 companies involved in selling and supplying security exploits and spyware services to governments
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07 Feb 2024
The challenges of open source in government
By Cliff SaranPublic sector bodies may find their policy decisions are stymied due to the inflexibility of the software they deploy. Is open source the answer?
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07 Feb 2024
BCS report shows lack of improvement in tech diversity
By Clare McDonaldResearch from BCS shows very slow progress when it comes to the number of women and people from under-represented groups in tech over the past five years
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07 Feb 2024
Government reaffirms commitment to hold off on AI laws
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe UK government reaffirming its commitment hold off on artificial intelligence legislation has been received positively by industry for balancing innovation and safety
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07 Feb 2024
Gamma picks up Coolwave to enhance global position
By Simon QuickeComms player will be in a stronger position when it comes to supporting international customers with SMS and voice services
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07 Feb 2024
Heath to become Dell’s UK channel lead
By Simon QuickeWith Rob Tomlin leaving the business, Dell has looked internally to find a replacement to drive the partner business forward
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07 Feb 2024
How Iranian cyber ops pivoted to target Israel after 7 October attacks
By Alex ScroxtonMicrosoft has shared new intelligence on how Iranian government-aligned threat actors have turned their fire on Israel over the past four months
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07 Feb 2024
Rigby Group moving towards ambitious zero emissions target
By Simon QuickeChannel player shares insight into its progress on reducing carbon across the group, which includes SCC
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07 Feb 2024
South Staffs Water faces group action over Clop ransomware attack
By Alex ScroxtonSouth Staffordshire Plc, the parent company of South Staffordshire and Cambridge Water, is facing legal action from customers whose data was compromised in a 2022 Clop ransomware attack
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07 Feb 2024
AI ID specialist Onfido in talks to be bought by Entrust
By Alex ScroxtonUK-based cyber unicorn Onfido agrees to enter talks to be acquired by Entrust
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07 Feb 2024
Verizon deploys 130,000 O-RAN capable radios in network
By Joe O’HalloranSecond big commitment to open radio access network technology from a major US operator within a couple of months indicates a ‘significant industry shift’ in momentum for open networking
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07 Feb 2024
Government funds two semiconductor centres
By Cliff SaranSo-called information knowledge centres in Bristol and Southampton are each receiving £11m
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06 Feb 2024
UK’s McPartland Cyber Review to probe trust in technology
By Alex ScroxtonThe UK government has launched a cyber security review that will investigate how best to give businesses the confidence they need to use new technologies
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06 Feb 2024
Dell looks for growth with partner programme enhancements
By Simon QuickeSupplier keen to use improved rewards and simplified processes to garner further channel growth
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06 Feb 2024
Google: Spyware vendors are driving zero-day exploitation
By Arielle WaldmanGoogle's Threat Analysis Group urged further government action against commercial surveillance vendors that let customers abuse spyware products with impunity.
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06 Feb 2024
Linux group announces Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance
By Alexander CulafiThe Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance aims to 'drive the advancement and adoption of post-quantum cryptography' and respond to security threats introduced by the emerging tech.
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06 Feb 2024
Meta will label AI-generated images on social platforms
By Esther AjaoThe social media giant's decision to label AI-generated content is a good first step, some observers say, but does not eradicate the problem of disinformation in an election year.
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06 Feb 2024
UK government responds to AI whitepaper consultation
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe UK government is considering introducing binding legal requirements for companies developing the most powerful AI systems, and has outlined a range of funding to realise the ambitions of its ‘pro-innovation’ framework for artificial intelligence
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06 Feb 2024
Inquiry to explore cyber risk to Sunak-Starmer showdown
By Alex ScroxtonThe UK’s Joint Committee on National Security Strategy is opening an inquiry into securing the democratic process ahead of the next general election
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06 Feb 2024
New Acceldata co-pilot targets efficiency, broader use
By Eric AvidonThe data observability specialist's new generative AI-powered capabilities are designed to help experts be more efficient as well as enable non-technical users to work with data.
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06 Feb 2024
UK and France push for international agreement on spyware
By Bill GoodwinThe UK and France are hosting diplomats, big tech companies and civil society groups, in a two-day conference in London targeting the proliferation of spyware tools and ‘hackers for hire’
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06 Feb 2024
Komprise adds disaster recovery with granular restorations
By Tim McCarthyThe Komprise Intelligent Data Management platform gains new DR capabilities that enable granular recovery of file and object resources through the existing user console.
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06 Feb 2024
Cisco unveils innovations for observability as it looks to future networking vision
By Joe O’HalloranNetworking and IT tech and services giant kicks off European flagship event with major enhancements to networking cloud vision, innovations in digital experience and user monitoring for cloud-native applications
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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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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
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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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
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