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30 Apr 2024
Musicians balance compensation rights with GenAI innovation
By Shaun SutnerWhile musicians have long used AI technology, GenAI is a new threat to their livelihoods. An effort has emerged to compensate artists whose work GenAI systems are trained on.
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30 Apr 2024
Amazon Q GenAI assistant out for developers, AWS users
By Shaun SutnerThe GenAI tools augment coders and let users query and control their AWS console and data. A new feature in preview lets business users create apps using natural language.
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30 Apr 2024
Change Healthcare breached via Citrix portal with no MFA
By Arielle WaldmanUnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty's opening statement for Wednesday's congressional hearing shed more light on the ransomware attack against Change Healthcare.
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26 Mar 2024
Sums of money Post Office ‘stole’ from subpostmasters may never be known
By Karl FlindersMP asks government minister for figure on how much money the Post Office took from subpostmasters who were wrongly blamed for accounting shortfalls
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25 Mar 2024
Which? calls for government action on fake banking sites
By Alex ScroxtonAmid high volumes of spoofed, fraudulent banking websites, Which? is calling for the government to implement new legal obligations for domain registrars
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25 Mar 2024
Chinese hackers responsible for two ‘malicious’ cyber campaigns against UK
By Bill GoodwinGovernment sanctions two Chinese nationals and a Chinese company identified as responsible for cyber campaigns against government officials and members of parliament
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25 Mar 2024
NEC, NTT claim success in first-of-its-kind subsea optical fibre cable trial
By Joe O’HalloranTech giant and leading Japanese telecoms provider reveals research making progress towards increasing capacity of transoceanic optical submarine cable through use of over 7,000km using 12-core fibre net
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25 Mar 2024
Marked growth in UK broadband proves elusive in 2023
By Joe O’HalloranQuarterly study from specialist comms analyst finds persistent challenging macro-economic conditions acting as headwind for overall fixed and wireless broadband market in final quarter of 2023, but with fibre still a shining light
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25 Mar 2024
Interview: Priyanka Sharma, executive director, CNCF
By Cliff SaranWe speak to the Cloud Native Computing Forum chief about her own journey in software development and the continuous drive towards greater inclusivity
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25 Mar 2024
Turing Institute: Generative AI is going to change the face of government
By Steve RangerTuring Institute researchers say there is a ‘huge’ opportunity for artificial intelligence to automate many government services
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25 Mar 2024
IBM enhances network IT automation capabilities with Pliant acquisition
By Joe O’HalloranTech giant makes strategic purchase to further boost software networking capabilities, offering customers the tools to enable network infrastructure observability, connectivity, control and automation across hybrid cloud environments
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25 Mar 2024
Britain’s democracy under threat from Chinese cyber attackers, government warns
By Bill GoodwinThe deputy prime minister, Oliver Dowden, is due to tell Parliament that Beijing is behind a hacking attack that obtained details of 40 million UK voters and has targeted parliamentarians who have criticised the regime
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25 Mar 2024
Vodafone Business aims to boost SME effectiveness with IT Hubs channel
By Joe O’HalloranUK IT experts and entrepreneurs are invited to join local franchise opportunity as part of strategic drive from Vodafone to help smaller businesses better manage their IT solutions
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25 Mar 2024
Vodafone, Three merger faces further competition review
By Joe O’HalloranBlow to major UK operators’ merger plans as competition watchdog takes investigation to new level, concluding that combining firms could leave consumers and businesses worse off
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22 Mar 2024
Generative AI emerges as sustainability opportunity
By Makenzie HollandGenerative AI can be a useful tool for helping business leaders achieve climate and sustainability goals.
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22 Mar 2024
Nvidia partners, customers drive AI into data centers
By Antone GonsalvesNvidia and its partners are providing the tools and infrastructure to build and deploy AI applications that companies say could transform their businesses.
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22 Mar 2024
Salesforce Field Service users get generative AI helpers
By Don FluckingerSalesforce launches Einstein 1 Field Service Edition. Field technicians get a generative AI boost to help navigate through scheduling and technical content.
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22 Mar 2024
'GoFetch' attack spells trouble for Apple M-series chips
By Rob WrightAcademic researchers discovered a hardware optimization feature called 'data memory-dependent prefetcher' could be abused to extract secret encryption keys from vulnerable systems.
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22 Mar 2024
Court finds EncroChat hacked messages admissible as former footballer is jailed
By Bill GoodwinA judge in ‘lead’ EncroChat case found that messages obtained by police from the encrypted phone network can be lawfully used in evidence
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22 Mar 2024
Nationwide building society falls victim to IT outage
By Alex ScroxtonNationwide joins McDonald’s, Greggs, Sainsbury’s and Tesco as the fifth major high street name to experience an IT service outage in the space of a week
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22 Mar 2024
Fujitsu won’t sign any new business in Ireland
By Karl FlindersFujitsu is closing down its Irish business after a review of the operation’s current performance and market outlook
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22 Mar 2024
Open Data Institute launches digital policy manifesto
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe Open Data Institute has launched a policy manifesto ahead of the UK general election that outlines policies and issues it believes must be part of the political discussion around digital and data
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22 Mar 2024
Sidecarless Istio Ambient Mesh clears cloud interop hurdle
By Beth PariseauIstio's Ambient Mesh is now compatible with major cloud providers' managed Kubernetes services, available as an Amazon EKS add-on and slated for beta in the next release.
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22 Mar 2024
Microsoft joins AI-capable PC party
By Simon QuickeFirm launches two offerings aimed at the business market as it looks to include more GenAi features in its technology
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22 Mar 2024
Nutanix CEO: VMware customers ‘not in a happy place’
By Stephen WithersCompany CEO Rajiv Ramaswami claims VMware customers have doubts about whether VMware will be the right long-term platform for them, singling out those that have made the switch to Nutanix
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22 Mar 2024
The evolution of DevOps: Why platform engineering is gaining momentum
By Steve RangerPlatform teams are extending their responsibilities to security as platform engineering takes DevOps to the next level
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22 Mar 2024
Women In Data panel: NHS needs to get data basics right before rushing into AI
By Madeline BennettDuring a panel discussion at the recent Women In Data event, speakers from across the public healthcare sector outlined the groundwork that has to be laid for AI to really take the NHS by storm
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22 Mar 2024
Everywoman announces 2024 Women in Tech Awards winners
By Clare McDonaldNetwork for women in business, Everywoman, has announced the winners of this year’s technology awards, in partnership with Bupa
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22 Mar 2024
Post Office Capture users’ campaign for justice gathers pace
By Karl FlindersThe government is taking Post Office Capture allegations seriously as former subpostmasters seek answers
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21 Mar 2024
SAP chief AI officer: Waiting on AI is the wrong strategy
By Jim O'DonnellSAP's first chief AI officer, Philipp Herzig, outlines the company's new AI-focused organization and underscores why companies should begin experimenting with AI technologies.
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21 Mar 2024
Dell's plan to restrict remote worker promotions might backfire
By Patrick ThibodeauDell's new plan to restrict promotions for full-time remote workers may lead to employee turnover. But research says remote workers have always been at a disadvantage.
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21 Mar 2024
UN AI resolution marks global interest in rules, principles
By Makenzie HollandWhile the United Nations' artificial intelligence resolution does not create legally binding rules, it might indicate which countries are thinking in that direction.
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21 Mar 2024
AWS fixes 'FlowFixation' vulnerability for account hijacking
By Alexander CulafiA Tenable researcher discovered a session fixation flaw in AWS Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow that, combined with a misconfiguration, could enable account hijacking.
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21 Mar 2024
US sues Apple, alleging smartphone monopoly
By Alex ScroxtonA major legal action against Apple over its dominance of the smartphone market has kicked off in the US, alleging anticompetitive practices on Apple’s part that have damaged the sector and restricted consumer choice
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21 Mar 2024
WEKApod appliance built for Nvidia GPUs a first for company
By Adam ArmstrongWeka enters new territory with WEKApod, an appliance purpose-built for Nvidia DGX SuperPod. The offering is part of a major push from storage vendors vying to work with the GPU maker.
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21 Mar 2024
UK government takes measures to boost resilience of 999 call system
By Joe O’HalloranThe government is introducing additional safeguards to ensure resilience of the 999 emergency call handling system following a technical fault in 2023
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21 Mar 2024
DOJ sues Apple for monopolizing smartphone market
By Makenzie HollandThe DOJ is pursuing an antitrust case against Apple in a move the enforcement agency hopes will eventually spur competition in the smartphone market.
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21 Mar 2024
BICS partners with SaaS startup
By Joe O’HalloranRecently rebranded software-as-a-service customer engagement company switching up its communication partner to BICS as it looks to consolidate and expand across Europe
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21 Mar 2024
TD Synnex stocks Cisco Refresh products
By Simon QuickeDistributor TD Synnex will hold Cisco Refresh goods that will make it quicker for partners to get their hands on refurbished products
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21 Mar 2024
Microsoft shares progress in getting the channel to embrace AI
By Simon QuickeVendor reveals the activity it has inspired in the channel since promoting artificial intelligence with partner programmes last summer
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21 Mar 2024
Databricks acquisition of Lilac targets GenAI development
By Eric AvidonThe data platform vendor's latest purchase expands its generative AI development capabilities by adding improved access to unstructured data that can be used to train models.
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21 Mar 2024
NCC Group: Ransomware attacks jump 73% in February
By Arielle WaldmanWhile NCC Group expected an increase in ransomware attacks from January to February, year-over-year data showed just how persistent the threat is to enterprises.
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21 Mar 2024
NCSC guidance to help CEOs work through cyber incidents
By Alex ScroxtonThe NCSC has published in-depth guidance on how business leaders should respond to a cyber attack or data breach. Learn about some of the key steps you will need to follow
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21 Mar 2024
Three UK sees top-line revenue growth but first EBIT loss since 2010
By Joe O’HalloranUK mobile network operator reports earnings loss for the first time since 2010 but growth in certain customer segments driven by business-to-business, 5G, home broadband and Smarty service
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21 Mar 2024
UK mobile users satisfied with download speeds
By Joe O’HalloranDespite the UK having some of the lowest 5G download speeds in the G7, consumer needs are being met when it comes to mobile speeds delivering services that satisfy the majority of mobile users
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21 Mar 2024
Nvidia unveils text-to-3D AI research project
By Esther AjaoThe new model helps generate 3D images faster. It was trained on different animals and objects using the vendor's A100 GPU and prompts generated with OpenAI's ChatGPT.
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21 Mar 2024
Post Office scandal fallout for Fujitsu could open UK public sector to Indian giants
By Karl FlindersPost Office scandal has damaged public trust in Japanese IT supplier Fujitsu, which could open door to primed rivals
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21 Mar 2024
Ericsson establishes Federal Technologies Group in US
By Joe O’HalloranComms tech provider ups engagement with US government services by creating entity designed to drive digital transformation and accelerate innovation
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21 Mar 2024
HMRC legacy UK customs system to be switched off for good
By Lis EvenstadThe 30-year-old Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (Chief) system will cease to exist on 4 June 2024, six years after HMRC originally planned to shut it down
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21 Mar 2024
IR35 reforms: IT contractors urged to reclaim tax they may have overpaid in off-payroll settlements
By Caroline DonnellyWith the government set to fix the settlements offset issue from 6 April, contractor insurance firm Qdos is urging individuals who worked for non-compliant IR35 organisations to see if they can reclaim any money they have overpaid
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21 Mar 2024
Port of Tyne sets sail on private 5G-enabled ‘smart port’ operations
By Joe O’HalloranLatest part of UK’s 5G Innovation Regions project sees North East regional port gain funding to develop 5G and advanced wireless connectivity projects, and reap benefits such as enhanced operational efficiency, safety and sustainability
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21 Mar 2024
CCS holding firm on G-Cloud 14 insurance requirements for prospective Lot 4 suppliers
By Caroline DonnellyThe government’s procurement arm is seemingly refusing to give in to supplier calls to extend its decision to revise down the insurance requirements for G-Cloud 14 to the framework’s fourth Lot
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20 Mar 2024
Documenting, testing will help businesses navigate AI rules
By Makenzie HollandGiven the U.S.'s absence of AI regulations, businesses will likely mitigate AI deployment risks through contractual language.
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20 Mar 2024
CISA urges defensive actions against Volt Typhoon threats
By Alexander CulafiThe U.S. cybersecurity agency advised critical infrastructure leaders to adopt several best practices and defensive measures to protect against Chinese state-sponsored attacks.
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20 Mar 2024
Ukrainians crack network that stole 100m email, social accounts
By Alex ScroxtonThree members of an organised cyber criminal group who hacked and appropriated personal email and social media accounts face up to 15 years in prison
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20 Mar 2024
A bad tech job market wants good AI skills
By Patrick ThibodeauTech layoffs are on the rise, yet AI skill demand grows, creating a split tech job market that values specialized AI roles amid general employment challenges.
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20 Mar 2024
Oracle Cloud: A discussion about public cloud, dedicated regions and Alloy
By Cliff SaranWe speak to Oracle cloud chief technical architect Pradeep Vincent about cloud deployment scenarios
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20 Mar 2024
UK’s cyber resilience stagnates as more fall victim to attacks
By Alex ScroxtonThe government is calling on businesses to ramp up their cyber protections as study shows improvements to resilience are stagnating amid an ever-growing volume of attacks
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20 Mar 2024
Inclusive approaches to AI governance needed to engage public
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonTechnology practitioners and experts gathered at an annual Alan Turing Institute-run conference discussed the need for more inclusive approaches to AI governance that actually engage citizens and workers
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20 Mar 2024
How Vast Data is simplifying data infrastructure
By Aaron TanVast Data CEO Renen Hallak explains how the company’s unified data platform that combines storage, database and compute capabilities into a single technology stack can improve the efficiency of analytics and artificial intelligence workloads
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20 Mar 2024
AWS Public Sector Day: AI-enabled care homes and using big data to ease biodiversity crisis
By Caroline DonnellyAt this year’s AWS Public Sector Day, delegates heard how AI and cloud-based data processing tools are helping address skills shortfalls in the health and social care sector, as well as the UK’s biodiversity crisis
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20 Mar 2024
Greggs forced to close branches amid IT issue
By Karl FlindersGreggs is the latest in a string of retailers hit by IT problems that have caused major disruption
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20 Mar 2024
Global UCaaS market set for over 130 million users by 2028
By Joe O’HalloranStudy from specialist comms research and consulting firm finds growth in UCaaS market continues apace, but price pressures are driving interest in value-added services
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20 Mar 2024
OVHcloud sounds the call for microservices partners
By Simon QuickeLack of customer skills has created a need for more services to be available around Docker and Kubernetes
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20 Mar 2024
Computacenter delivers solid set of 2023 results
By Simon QuickeChannel player Computacenter indicates that it weathered the macroeconomic storms and has continued to deliver another year of growth
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20 Mar 2024
KLAS: Epic leads EHR mindshare for independent ambulatory care orgs
By Hannah NelsonEpic and athenahealth are dominating EHR mindshare across independent ambulatory care organizations, according to a new KLAS report.
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20 Mar 2024
ServiceNow acquires 4Industry, EY Smart to boost smart industry
By Joe O’HalloranDigital workflow company announced its latest acquisitions of 4Industry and EY’s Smart Daily Management app to accelerate digital transformation
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20 Mar 2024
SAP S/4HANA data migration beset by poor and fragmented strategy
By Antony AdsheadSurvey finds customers transitioning to S/4HANA lack strategic thinking and skills, can’t access data, face challenges in data duplication, can’t use AI, and worry about compliance
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20 Mar 2024
Singtel to host Vultr’s GPU workloads in AI datacentres
By Aaron TanVultr users will be able to deploy large-scale clusters of Nvidia H100 GPUs in Vultr’s Singapore region hosted in Singtel’s AI datacentres by the third quarter this year
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19 Mar 2024
Microsoft hires DeepMind co-founder amid Google-Apple news
By Esther AjaoDeepMind's cofounder will head a new division that focuses on Copilot. The move comes amid talk that Microsoft's rival's LLM might be incorporated into the iPhone.
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19 Mar 2024
Confluent adds support for Apache Flink, unveils update
By Eric AvidonThe streaming specialist has added a managed service for the popular open source compute layer so customers can use the tools of their choice to develop a data ecosystem.
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19 Mar 2024
SAP, Nvidia partner to boost Business AI development
By Jim O'DonnellSAP and Nvidia are working together to combine platforms and services that help customers build business-specific generative AI capabilities across SAP's cloud products.
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19 Mar 2024
Redpanda serverless streaming option targets cost control
By Eric AvidonThe real-time data management specialist's new serverless platform enables customers to pay only for the compute power they use, which helps predict and manage spending.
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19 Mar 2024
HashiCorp stock rises, users' hearts fall on sale report
By Beth PariseauHashiCorp could be an enticing asset for a large IT vendor. But a sale wouldn't necessarily be great news for customers who value the neutrality of its cloud-native apps.
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19 Mar 2024
EMEA security spend will have another boom year in 2024
By Alex ScroxtonCyber security services and technology will once again be the focus of major investment across EMEA during 2024, according to the latest Technology Spending Intentions study from TechTarget and ESG
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19 Mar 2024
Cato claims first for AI-driven networking, security incident detection and response
By Joe O’HalloranArtificial intelligence option from Cato enhanced to detect and identify the root cause of networking incidents and to reduce outages from hours to minutes
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19 Mar 2024
NetApp-Nvidia partner to add RAG capabilities to OnTap
By Tim McCarthyNetApp OnTap now enables data stored in the cloud and on premises to connect with LLMs via Nvidia's NeMo RAG -- a feature that will likely become table stakes for storage vendors.
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19 Mar 2024
Qualcomm brings more on-device AI to smartphones with Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
By Joe O’HalloranChip giant unveils mobile platform using specially selected premium capabilities for next-level on-device generative AI features set to be adopted by major OEMs over the coming months
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19 Mar 2024
MSPs must continue to evolve
By Simon QuickeManaged service providers have gone through several changes over the years and the need to adapt continues to be paramount
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19 Mar 2024
Vast targets AI checkpointing write performance with distributed RAID
By Antony AdsheadAI checkpointing operations targeted by Vast Data as it touts QLC-based storage for AI workloads
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19 Mar 2024
UK government looks to end of 4G mobile blackspots in rural Wales
By Joe O’HalloranFirst of 86 UK government-funded 4G masts have been switched on as part of joint plan with telecoms firms in £1bn scheme to deliver mobile connectivity across 95% of UK
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19 Mar 2024
Australia’s cyber security spending to grow 11.5% this year
By Aaron TanHighly publicised cyber attacks and growing regulatory obligations are keeping security and risk top of mind for Australian organisations this year, says Gartner
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18 Mar 2024
DDN adds more performance to AI storage offering
By Adam ArmstrongAt Nvidia's GTC conference this week, DDN introduced its highest performing AI storage while supporting nearly all the GPU-as-a-service cloud providers.
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18 Mar 2024
Nvidia unveils new AI Blackwell chip, microservices and more
By Esther AjaoThe vendor launched a barrage of AI tech including faster chips in its new Blackwell infrastructure and new microservices that enable enterprises to create custom applications.
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18 Mar 2024
Cisco lays out security, observability plans for Splunk
By Beth PariseauCisco disclosed broad integration plans for its $28 billion acquisition of Splunk, now officially closed, that will encompass AI, security, observability and networking.
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18 Mar 2024
Exploitation activity increasing on Fortinet vulnerability
By Arielle WaldmanThe Shadowserver Foundation recently saw an increase in exploitation activity for CVE-2024-21762, two days after a proof-of-concept exploit was published.
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18 Mar 2024
GitOps users warned to patch 3 new Argo CD CVEs
By Beth PariseauThree recently identified vulnerabilities, one designated high severity, now have fixes following a lengthy disclosure process and disagreements about their real-world risk.
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18 Mar 2024
Spring Budget risks funding legally questionable police tech
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonOpen legal questions around how UK police are using facial recognition and cloud technology could undermine the £230m investment committed in the Spring Budget to “time and money-saving technology” for police
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18 Mar 2024
The Security Interviews: Alex Yampolskiy, SecurityScorecard
By Alex ScroxtonAlex Yampolskiy conceived the idea for risk management specialist SecurityScorecard after getting stung by a SaaS supplier that was being cavalier with its customer data. He tells his story to Computer Weekly
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18 Mar 2024
Cohesity: We won’t abandon NetBackup customers or force migration
By Yann SerraCEO promises no forced migration to Cohesity and not to abandon any NetBackup product while building new leadership in artificial intelligence and security around Cohesity Gaia
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18 Mar 2024
Budgets rise as IT decision-makers ramp up cyber security spending
By Cliff SaranFew IT leaders surveyed in the TechTarget/Enterprise Strategy Group 2024 Technology Spending Intentions study say they are spending less this year
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18 Mar 2024
Arkansas Heart deploys Oracle Health EHR to enhance interoperability
By Hannah NelsonThe Oracle Health EHR implementation aims to improve patient outcomes by enhancing health data interoperability across Arkansas Heart's network of ambulatory clinics and two hospitals.
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18 Mar 2024
Bytes shares FY update as it investigates Murphy departure
By Simon QuickeChannel player Bytes’s interim CEO talks of growth while the board shares reasons for the former leader’s exit
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18 Mar 2024
Juniper enhances programme with increased MSP support
By Simon QuickeNetworking vendor is hoping a strategy of providing AI-capable products and a supportive programme will enable partners to deliver more growth
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18 Mar 2024
Virgin Media O2 boosts mobile coverage in smart pole trial
By Joe O’HalloranUK operator claims successful innovation in trial using smart poles installed beside existing on-street broadband cabinets to accelerate mobile network roll-out across the UK by converting cabinets to mobile base stations
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18 Mar 2024
Employees more comfortable than bosses with GenAI, research shows
By Steve RangerWhile many workers are getting used to artificial intelligence, managers have concerns about the impact on jobs
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18 Mar 2024
CCS slammed over errors in G-Cloud 14 data protection documents
By Caroline DonnellyThe government’s procurement arm is under fire again, after prospective suppliers to the G-Cloud 14 framework raised complaints about CCS’s quality control procedures
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18 Mar 2024
Deep fake AI services on Telegram pose risk for elections
By Bill GoodwinDeep fake services advertised on Telegram and other platforms pose a risk to upcoming elections in Europe, Asia and the US
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18 Mar 2024
Vodafone gets down to business with growth plan
By Joe O’HalloranLeading operator closes sale of Italian division and reveals go-to-market plan with pivot towards enterprise communications and business-related internet of things services in strongest current markets
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18 Mar 2024
Liverpool to get AI hub for health and social care
By Lis EvenstadArtificial intelligence platform set to use NHS Integrated Care System Data to make better and decisions for patients in Liverpool, with a focus on mental health services
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18 Mar 2024
G7 nations sign deal to harness AI potential
By Lis EvenstadG7 nations will produce a joint report on how to increase artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, boost growth of the quantum sector and create an AI toolkit to inform policy-making
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18 Mar 2024
Government needs ‘realistic plan’ for adopting AI, says NAO
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonBenefits of artificial intelligence in public sector will only be realised if government ensures overall programme for adoption is supported by realistic plan to tackle range of longstanding barriers
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18 Mar 2024
Neos Networks beefs up C-suite to prep for new phase of accelerated growth
By Joe O’HalloranFollowing recent investments in its UK-wide high-capacity network, critical network infrastructure provider makes two C-level appointments aimed at making the company ready to embark on a new phase of accelerated growth