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21 May 2024
Ericsson, Tele2 shake it off with 5G in Sweden for Taylor Swift
By Joe O’HalloranSwedish operator and global comms tech provider claim to have revolutionised mobile experiences with 5G technology milestone for music megastar’s concerts at Friends Arena in Stockholm
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21 May 2024
Informatica adds AI assistant, GenAI development interface
By Eric AvidonThe longtime data management vendor's new capabilities simplify use of its platform, enabling non-technical users to work with its tools while making experts more efficient.
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21 May 2024
AST bolsters UK position with Symatrix buy
By Simon QuickeTie-up of Oracle specialists will provide operations on both sides of the Atlantic for expanding American business
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06 Sep 2023
French supreme court dismisses legal challenge to EncroChat cryptophone evidence
By Bill GoodwinDefence lawyers plan to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights after the French supreme court disallowed an appeal over the legality of EncroChat evidence
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06 Sep 2023
HubSpot unveils AI capabilities, releases Sales Hub tools
By Mary ReinesThe CRM vendor unveiled virtual assistants to automate customer service and project future sales, and released tools to centralize sales reps' daily tasks and prioritize leads.
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06 Sep 2023
Saudi Arabian fintech gets Mastercard boost
By Karl FlindersSaudi-based fintechs could soon benefit from Mastercard's extensive payments network
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06 Sep 2023
Business leaders anxious over tech disruption
By Cliff SaranAlthough there is significant investment in AI, the rate of change is a concern for many business leaders
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06 Sep 2023
InfluxData launches new database for self-managed users
By Eric AvidonThe time series database vendor completed the InfluxDB 3.0 product line with the release of InfluxDB Clustered, a version tailored for private cloud and on-premises deployments.
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06 Sep 2023
Nexfibre acquires Upp to expand gigabit network in East of England
By Joe O’HalloranJust weeks after officially switching on its network, full-fibre network provider nexfibre, in partnership with Virgin Media O2, is to acquire East of England fibre operator Upp to increase footprint by 175,000 premises
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06 Sep 2023
Public Health Messaging on RSV Needs Leg Up for Older Adults
By Sara HeathAround three-quarters were at least unsure about getting the RSV shot, prompting calls for better public health messaging.
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06 Sep 2023
German court unclear whether intercepted EncroChat cryptophone messages are legally admissible
By Bill GoodwinGermany’s Federal Constitutional Court is waiting to hear five complaints that could decide whether data from the hacked EncroChat phone network can be lawfully used in German courts, but situation remains unclear for now
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06 Sep 2023
Zoom releases its AI Companion and unveils new tools
By Mary ReinesThe video conferencing vendor released a virtual assistant to let users summarize meetings and draft messages, and new meeting tools for help before, during and after the call.
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06 Sep 2023
Meet the professional BEC op that targeted Microsoft 365 users for years
By Alex ScroxtonThe so-called W3LL cyber crime operation ran a phishing empire that has played a large role in compromising Microsoft 365 accounts for years. Its activities are now coming to light thanks to Group-IB researchers
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06 Sep 2023
Orange and Huawei seek platform opportunity in Saudi Arabia
By Joe O’HalloranBusiness services arm of leading operator and global communications technology provider cut key deals for internet of things, smart cities and cloud infrastructure in increasingly important part of EMEA region
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06 Sep 2023
Okta customers targeted in new wave of social engineering attacks
By Alex ScroxtonAuthentication specialist Okta has warned customers to be on alert for a campaign of social engineering attacks exploiting highly privileged users
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06 Sep 2023
TikTok opens Irish datacentre in push to safeguard European user data
By Caroline DonnellySocial media giant TikTok has completed the first of two datacentre builds it has under development in Ireland
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06 Sep 2023
CIO interview: Cynthia Stoddard, Adobe
By Mark SamuelsAdobe's IT chief is looking to build on its cloud migration with widespread adoption of AI, machine learning and robotic process automation – as well as low-code/no-code software development tools
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06 Sep 2023
Investment Firm Acquires Health IT Vendor NextGen Healthcare
By Hannah NelsonUpon completing the deal with software investment firm Thoma Bravo, NextGen Healthcare will be a privately held health IT company.
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06 Sep 2023
Produce Prescription Programs Boost Diet, Health Outcomes
By Sara HeathResearchers found patients in a produce prescription program ate more nutrient-rich foods, which may have bolstered their health outcomes.
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06 Sep 2023
Market mix supports further Midwich growth
By Simon QuickeAudiovisual specialist able to tap into growth areas as some verticals slow down their spending against a challenging economic backdrop
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05 Sep 2023
Ransomware attacks on education sector spike in August
By Arielle WaldmanWhile data breach notifications for MoveIt Transfer customers continued to rise, August also saw ransomware ramp up against schools and universities as classes resumed.
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05 Sep 2023
Colocation market ready to cash in on rising interest in enterprise AI
By Caroline DonnellyIT market watcher Omdia has tipped the colocation market to be one of the main beneficiaries of the growing demand for enterprise AI services
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05 Sep 2023
Zoom looks to transcend AI hype with Companion
By Joe O’HalloranCollaboration and comms technology firm makes further addition to comms platform to help improve collaboration and productivity through generative AI-powered assistant
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05 Sep 2023
Executive interview: ManageEngine president Rajesh Ganesan on the ‘three Ws’ of digital change
By Melisa OsoresToday's IT management model must assume that the workforce can operate from any workplace and use any workload with ease and security, as the security and service management software supplier explains
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05 Sep 2023
Researchers find flaw in Mend.io security platform
By Alex ScroxtonWithSecure’s research team uncovered an authentication flaw in an application security platform developed by Mend.io, which has now been fixed
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05 Sep 2023
Law firm Fieldfisher launches data breach management tool
By Alex ScroxtonUK and European data breach law specialist Fieldfisher has enlisted legal tech specialist Lawcadia to supply a 24-hour data breach notification assessment platform
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05 Sep 2023
Hacked Electoral Commission failed Cyber Essentials audit
By Alex ScroxtonThe Electoral Commission failed an NCSC Cyber Essentials audit on multiple counts at about the same time as cyber criminals breached its systems in 2021, it has emerged
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05 Sep 2023
Ryder Cup testbed to feature tech firsts in Rome
By Karl FlindersThis year’s Ryder Cup will test out technology to improve how fans digitally consume the event while reducing the workload on IT teams
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05 Sep 2023
Employees missing out on AI training and development
By Cliff SaranWhile businesses and employees see the benefit of artificial intelligence in the workplace, people are not being given the training they need
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05 Sep 2023
Government pumps £18.5m into autonomous vehicles
By Lis EvenstadGovernment’s funding is part of a £50m pot going to 30 different ‘cutting-edge’ manufacturing projects, with the aim of boosting green technology innovation
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05 Sep 2023
NCSC names ex-NCC man as new CTO
By Alex ScroxtonNew NCSC CTO Ollie Whitehouse joins from NCC Group, having also worked at BlackBerry and Symantec
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05 Sep 2023
Plymouth Uni spearheads research into wind farm cyber resilience
By Alex ScroxtonProject hosted at the University of Plymouth in Devon aims to develop cyber security measures to protect the UK’s increasingly important offshore wind farm assets
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05 Sep 2023
VMware builds vSAN Max, consolidates multicloud and online deployment
By Yann SerraVMware launches new iteration of vSAN Max with up to 8.6PB of independently scalable storage, NSX gets a “+” as it unifies networks and Ransomware Recovery ups efficiency
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05 Sep 2023
The National Television Awards uses Hyve Managed Hosting to support website voting system
By Caroline DonnellyFor the fourth year in a row, Hyve Managed Hosting has been the hosting provider of choice to the National Television Awards
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05 Sep 2023
London Stock Exchange plans blockchain-based market
By Karl FlindersThe London Stock Exchange plans to have a blockchain-based trading venue available in the next 12 months
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04 Sep 2023
Channel round-up: Who’s gone where?
By Simon QuickeIt’s been another busy week across the industry, with executives on the move, including an experienced channel marketing expert
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04 Sep 2023
TUC launches AI taskforce for workers’ rights and societal benefit
By Brian McKennaThe Trades Union Congress has launched what it calls an AI ‘taskforce’ to draft an AI and Employment Bill, aimed at safeguarding workers’ rights, early in 2024
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04 Sep 2023
CloudSmiths CEO looking for UK growth
By Simon QuickeFirm has a growing presence in the country, and is looking for further expansion using a strategy of forming channel partnerships
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04 Sep 2023
LockBit ransomware gang allegedly leaks MoD data after hit on supplier
By Alex ScroxtonThe UK government appears to have become entangled in a LockBit ransomware attack after data was leaked from a third-party supplier online
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04 Sep 2023
How startup Once.net and Cloudflare secured the 2023 Eurovision vote
By Alex ScroxtonWhen the Eurovision Song Contest introduced paid-for public voting from outside Europe in 2023, it faced new cyber challenges. Learn how Dutch startup Once.net and Cloudflare teamed up to secure and support the big night
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04 Sep 2023
Deutsche Telekom-led consortium demos multi-supplier non-real-time RAN optimisation
By Joe O’HalloranPartnership sees trail of non-real-time radio access network intelligent controller technology based on O-RAN specifications to bring intelligence and programmability to RAN by enabling third-party applications to manage and optimise radio resources
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01 Sep 2023
Zoom takes Notes to collaboration suite
By Joe O’HalloranCollaboration and comms technology firm unveils workspace technology to offer clean user experience that allows users to create agendas and notes while staying in core conferencing platform
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01 Sep 2023
Police Scotland five-year digital strategy approved
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonPolice Scotland’s new strategy outlines how the force will approach and invest in its digital transformation over the next five years, but notes its ability to achieve its ambitions is subject to the availability of funding
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01 Sep 2023
Dell shows AI is already generating an impact
By Simon QuickeVendor’s Q2 numbers show demand for AI servers, and executives talk up the future benefits on the PC front
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01 Sep 2023
IT experts issue new warnings over Online Safety Bill plans to weaken end-to-end encryption
By Bill GoodwinBCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, argues the government is seeking a technical fix to terrorism and child abuse without understanding the risks and implications
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01 Sep 2023
TDC taps Ericsson to launch first 5G Standalone network in Denmark
By Joe O’HalloranDanish operator switches on 5G Standalone network to offer consumers, enterprises and industries opportunities across self-driving cars, remote work, healthcare and mission-critical operations
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01 Sep 2023
Threat actors exploiting unpatched Juniper Networks devices
By Alex ScroxtonA series of vulnerabilities in Juniper Networks firewalls and switches appear to be being exploited in the wild to enable remote code execution, with thousands of devices thought to be exposed
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01 Sep 2023
Google Cloud eyes bigger market share with AI
By Aaron TanGoogle Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian is confident the company’s generative AI capabilities will enable it to grow faster than the market and narrow the gap with rivals
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01 Sep 2023
Pediatric Provider Taps MEDITECH Expanse EHR to Drive Interoperability
By Hannah NelsonThe MEDITECH Expanse EHR implementation will support interoperability of patient health data for care coordination across Bethany Children's Health Center.
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31 Aug 2023
Google Cloud Next enlists partner ecosystem for AI push
By John MooreGoogle Cloud Next rallied consultancies, systems integrators and other service provider partners to help customers effectively deploy generative AI in the enterprise.
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31 Aug 2023
Hiring remains competitive, despite cooling labor market
By Patrick ThibodeauThe labor market is seeing fewer quit rates than during the COVID-19 pandemic peak. The Conference Board's survey reveals a decline in hiring expectations among CHROs.
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31 Aug 2023
IFS snaps up industrial AI provider Falkonry
By Jim O'DonnellOn the heels of buying Poka, IFS has acquired industrial AI software company Falkonry to help manufacturers detect and resolve anomalies in processes.
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31 Aug 2023
Hitachi Energy-Google Cloud make energy data accessible
By Jim O'DonnellHitachi Energy Velocity Suite Power Prices is now available on Google Cloud Marketplace, enabling access to energy data that can help with power consumption.
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31 Aug 2023
Microsoft 365 Backup sign of SaaS dependence, complexity
By Tim McCarthyMicrosoft 365 Backup marks a first for a major SaaS provider as the SaaS market continues to explode and the backup market rethinks how to design its offerings.
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31 Aug 2023
Schumer's AI policy objectives prioritize innovation
By Makenzie HollandThe SAFE Innovation Framework proposed by Sen. Chuck Schumer names explainability, accountability and innovation as some of the top policy objectives for AI in the U.S.
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31 Aug 2023
Sandworm attacks Ukraine with Infamous Chisel malware
By Alex ScroxtonThe UK and its allies have attributed a novel malware campaign against Ukrainian state targets to the Russian intelligence-backed Sandworm APT
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31 Aug 2023
Embedded analytics a way for organizations to broaden BI use
By Eric AvidonBy delivering data to workers within their workflows in an easily digestible form, inserting BI into other applications is one way organizations can broaden the use of analytics.
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31 Aug 2023
8x8 releases conversational AI tools for the contact center
By Mary ReinesThe cloud-based UC vendor releases voice technology to enable CX workers to connect self-service and agent-assisted workflows and receive conversation context from voicebots.
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31 Aug 2023
Border Target Operating Model gives update on digital border plans
By Lis EvenstadThe model aims to make smarter use of data and technology at the border, including a digital gateway for users to provide data and apply for licences and authorisations
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31 Aug 2023
Ducktail social media marketing malware rears its head again
By Alex ScroxtonUse of the Ducktail infostealer, which first popped up in 2022 targeting Meta Business accounts, seems to be increasing
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31 Aug 2023
Vodafone begins volume deployment of OpenRAN across England and Wales
By Joe O’HalloranIn the largest deployment of the technology in the country, leading UK operator announces that it is replacing legacy technology with virtualised OpenRAN on 2,500 sites across Wales and South-West England
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31 Aug 2023
Scottish government readies cloud platform to aid public sector take-up of AWS and Microsoft Azure
By Caroline DonnellyDetails of a launch event for the Scottish government's push to encourage wider use of public cloud services by public sector organisations have emerged
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31 Aug 2023
Industrial gateways gain as global satellite IoT subscriber base gains higher orbit
By Joe O’HalloranStudies reveal growing importance of satellite platforms in propelling growth in uptake of IoT technology for which essential devices in industry are steadily growing in number
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31 Aug 2023
Centerprise extends Welsh commitment with Newport-based datacentre
By Simon QuickeCloud player Centerprise adds a second datacentre location in Wales as it continues to expand operations in the country
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31 Aug 2023
Thousands of Klarna staff access ChatGPT Enterprise
By Karl FlindersFintech unicorn Klarna has become an early adopter of the enterprise version of ChatGPT as it continues to focus on artificial intelligence
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31 Aug 2023
Home Office and MoD seeking new facial-recognition tech
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe UK’s Defence and Security Accelerator is running a ‘market exploration’ exercise on behalf of the Home Office to identify new facial-recognition capabilities for security and policing bodies in the UK
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31 Aug 2023
SES furthers Asian satellite broadband services reach with Telemor
By Joe O’HalloranSatellite operator’s medium-Earth orbit system chosen to enable mobile operator in Timor-Leste to deliver improved broadband services across the island country in Asia
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31 Aug 2023
Post Office to provide in-person identity checks for One Login
By Lis EvenstadPartnership between the Government Digital Service and the Post Office will see postmasters and staff provide face-to-face identity checks for those unable to use the One Login app or website
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31 Aug 2023
Teams unbundled in European economic community
By Cliff SaranFollowing the European Commission’s antitrust investigation, the tech giant will offer cheaper Office 365 and Microsoft 365 suites without Teams
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31 Aug 2023
Rural Hospitals Focus on Social Determinants of Health, Transportation
By Sara HeathOne hundred percent of the rural hospitals included in the study addressed transportation as a social determinant of health blocking patient care access.
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31 Aug 2023
Cisco expands customer experience services portfolio
By Joe O’HalloranLifecycle services technology launched to give businesses ability to align priorities with clear and measurable outcomes to ensure their technology investments support their business, technology and operational goals
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31 Aug 2023
GenAI outranks cloud as business IT strategic priority
By Brian McKennaEnterprise Strategy Group research on the use cases for generative AI shows it as strategic for corporate IT, with impacts on customer experience, software development and IT Ops
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31 Aug 2023
MPs say UK at real risk of falling behind on AI regulation
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonMPs in charge of scrutinising the UK government’s proposals for regulating artificial intelligence have warned that time is running out for the introduction of new AI legislation before 2025
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30 Aug 2023
Businesses should prepare for climate risk reporting
By Makenzie HollandCalifornia lawmakers have proposed legislation requiring climate risk reporting from businesses as the U.S. SEC also works on a final climate risk disclosure rule.
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30 Aug 2023
Walmart: Generative AI tool will assist workers, not replace them
By Patrick ThibodeauWalmart said its new generative AI tool aims to free employees from repetitive tasks. Officials said that while AI boosts efficiency, it has limitations.
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30 Aug 2023
FBI, Justice Department dismantle Qakbot malware
By Alexander CulafiThe FBI operation, one of the largest U.S.-led botnet disruption efforts ever, included international partners such as France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
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30 Aug 2023
StorCentric winds down, Nexsan stands out
By Adam ArmstrongStorCentric's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing pushed the storage conglomerate and the companies it acquired into limbo. Now one of those companies might find new footing.
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30 Aug 2023
Google AI plans could spur low-code/no-code faceoff with AWS
By Beth PariseauGoogle's generative AI products play catch-up with Copilot and others, but the upcoming addition of Duet AI to AppSheet might fill a market gap as AWS scraps Honeycode.
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30 Aug 2023
UAW's push for 32-hour workweek might have roots in AI
By Patrick ThibodeauThe auto industry's shift to electric vehicles, automation and AI could redefine labor roles -- and it might be a driver behind the United Auto Workers' push for a 32-hour workweek.
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30 Aug 2023
New set of Domo tools enables generative AI development
By Eric AvidonThe analytics vendor's new artificial intelligence suite includes integrations with ChatGPT and other LLMs along with text-to-code translation that simplifies development.
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30 Aug 2023
NetApp cloud storage evolving for stateful K8s, AI
By Tim McCarthyStateful Kubernetes storage, faster storage for AI data ingestion and more are all important features NetApp seeks to support for first-party cloud storage among the hyperscalers.
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30 Aug 2023
CrowdStrike CTO: 'Rookie mistakes' are hurting cloud security
By Rob WrightCrowdStrike's Elia Zaitsev discusses the rise in credential-based attacks, as well as the common errors organizations make in the cloud that often lead to breaches.
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30 Aug 2023
5G network slicing value hits $19bn but growth stalls
By Joe O’HalloranResearch finds that much anticipated and increasingly investigated aspect of next-gen mobiles has hit complexity headwinds, leading to slowdown in expansion market that is nearing $20bn in value
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30 Aug 2023
8x8 adds to AI self-service capabilities with voice interactions for customer assistant
By Joe O’HalloranOpen beta programme sees launch of service based on conversational artificial intelligence designed to allow contact centre customers to add voice self-service capabilities
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30 Aug 2023
Cyber world hails downfall of Qakbot trojan
By Alex ScroxtonA multinational law enforcement hacking operation disrupted the botnet infrastructure used to distribute the Qakbot trojan at the weekend, in a major setback for the cyber criminal underworld
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30 Aug 2023
Google Cloud gunning for enterprise growth with generative AI push
By Caroline DonnellyThis year's Google Cloud Next conference in San Francisco has seen the company announce a slew of generative AI-focused products and services
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30 Aug 2023
TD Synnex focused on taking market share
By Simon QuickeDistributor’s UK boss updates on progress made so far this year and the prospects for an improved 2024
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30 Aug 2023
NCSC warns over possible AI prompt injection attacks
By Alex ScroxtonThe UK’s NCSC says it sees alarming potential for so-called prompt injection attacks driven by the large language models that power AI chatbots
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30 Aug 2023
July sees huge jump in open banking payments
By Karl FlindersThe number of open banking payments in the UK have doubled over the past year, according to latest figures
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30 Aug 2023
Couchbase intros generative AI feature for its Capella DBaaS
By Eric AvidonThe database vendor's new tool -- now in private preview -- uses LLM technology to make application developers more efficient by helping them more easily generate code.
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30 Aug 2023
K3 Business Technology transition continues
By Simon QuickeChannel player focused on fashion industry shares H1 progress indicating that it is making progress
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30 Aug 2023
CityFibre passes three million UK premises with full-fibre network
By Joe O’HalloranIndependent provider’s nationwide full-fibre network has more than 2.6 million premises passed as ready for service to ISPs, with penetration on target across locations
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30 Aug 2023
Met police data platform deployed with data protection issues
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonMet Police deploys integrated record management system despite data protection ‘compliance issues' that would inhibit its ability to retrieve data, meet its statutory logging requirements, and respond to subject access requests
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30 Aug 2023
Zurich Insurance slashes ServiceNow application development time
By Karl FlindersInsurance giant cuts time it takes to complete development of ServiceNow applications by days
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30 Aug 2023
Supersport Park stadium introduces OpenWiFi to drive connectivity experience
By Joe O’HalloranDeployment at the 22,000-seater Supersport Park cricket ground in South Africa marks the first use of TIP infrastructure and software capabilities to enable increased business opportunities as well as improved customer experience
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30 Aug 2023
Google Cloud ups ante in generative AI
By Aaron TanGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai kicked off Google Cloud Next 2023 by underscoring the company’s efforts to make generative AI tools more accessible to businesses and workers
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29 Aug 2023
Google updates Vertex AI with new models, expands reach
By Esther AjaoThe cloud provider updates Vertex AI with models from Meta, a better PaLM 2 LLM, and adds features to its text-to-image product. It also expands an alliance with AI vendor Nvidia.
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29 Aug 2023
Microsoft Teams attack exposes collab platform security gaps
By Shaun SutnerCriminal and state-sponsored hackers are ramping up cyberattacks on instant messaging platforms and other workplace collaboration tools. Meanwhile, enterprises' readiness lags.
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29 Aug 2023
Mandiant reveals new backdoors used in Barracuda ESG attacks
By Arielle WaldmanFurther investigations show threat actors were prepared for Barracuda Networks' remediation efforts, including an action notice to replace all compromised devices.
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29 Aug 2023
Cisco VPNs under attack via Akira, LockBit ransomware
By Alexander CulafiCisco and Rapid7 say ransomware actors LockBit and Akira have apparently been targeting Cisco VPNs not configured for multifactor authentication.
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29 Aug 2023
Google releases Duet AI for Workspace; new Meet, Chat tools
By Mary ReinesThe tech giant released its collaboration suite virtual assistant and unveiled new tools to help users summarize and translate meetings and enable teleprompts for presentations.
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29 Aug 2023
R&M expands industrial networking application portfolio
By Joe O’HalloranSwiss cabling specialist expands portfolio to support network solutions for mining, municipal utilities, power plants, transport systems and construction
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29 Aug 2023
Epic Sepsis Prediction Model Lacks Clinical Decision Support Timeliness
By Hannah NelsonA new study found that the Epic Sepsis Prediction Model was less timely and missed more cases than other clinical decision support tools, including SOFA and SIRS.