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02 May 2024
How Okta is fending off identity-based attacks
By Aaron TanOkta has been bolstering the security of its own infrastructure and building new tools to scan customer environments for vulnerable identities, among other efforts to fend off identity-based attacks
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01 May 2024
Atlassian Jira now a hub for knowledge management, AI tools
By Beth PariseauAtlassian's raft of product updates at Team spanned long-awaited product integrations and previews of AI automation updates, all of which advanced broader ambitions.
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01 May 2024
U.S. warns of pro-Russian hacktivist attacks against OT systems
By Arielle WaldmanCISA calls on OT device manufacturers to implement more effective security protocols as attacks against critical infrastructure organizations continue.
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19 Feb 2024
Cops take down LockBit ransomware gang
By Alex ScroxtonThe notorious LockBit ransomware crew has been disrupted in an international law enforcement sting led by the UK's National Crime Agency
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19 Feb 2024
Music agency halves space and energy costs with switch to Pure
By Antony AdsheadSUISA handles billions of royalty payments, but had capacity and storage admin nightmares with its EMC hardware. It cued up Pure Storage for simple admin, space and cost savings
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19 Feb 2024
ANS and Global 4 partnering and CodeStone buying
By Simon QuickeTie-ups across the channel continue to be struck as firms look to extend areas of expertise and bolster service offerings
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19 Feb 2024
Etisalat unveils multi-access edge slicing innovation
By Joe O’HalloranLeading Middle East operator to be first to deploy ‘breakthrough multi-access edge slicing innovation’ to offer new premium slicing services across 4G/5G, fixed wireless access and fixed access
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19 Feb 2024
Cradlepoint embedded IoT connects AI-driven sustainable intelligent waste system
By Joe O’HalloranCollaboration shows how cellular-connected artificial intelligence can support environmental sustainability through secure, scalable IoT connectivity that merges cellular technology with AI for optimal waste diversion and profitability
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19 Feb 2024
Controversial Post Office Capture system was developed in-house
By Karl FlindersSecond controversial Post Office system was the work of developers in its own IT operation
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19 Feb 2024
Virtus plots colocation campus in Buckinghamshire as demand for London datacentres soars
By Caroline DonnellyVirtus is committing to bringing a new datacentre campus online by 2026, as data shows the demand for colocation capacity continues to outstrip supply
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19 Feb 2024
Channel roundup: Who's gone where?
By Simon QuickePersonnel moves of note at AMD, Mitel, NetSPI and mpro5 have been made in the past week
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19 Feb 2024
Nexfibre makes billion-pound broadband infrastructure investment
By Joe O’HalloranNext step in UK wholesale provider’s plan to deliver full-fibre gigabit network to 5 million premises by 2026 sees commitment to billion pound investment in broadband infrastructure across the course of 2024.
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19 Feb 2024
Vodafone looks to ease AR loads with HyperRealityHub
By Joe O’HalloranTelco unveils standalone solution powered by Qualcomm technology utilising fast, secure connectivity computing to be shared between a hub, extended reality glasses and across the cloud
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18 Feb 2024
Singapore to invest S$1bn in AI over five years
By Aaron TanThe funding will go towards compute, talent, and industry development to support Singapore’s national AI strategy
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16 Feb 2024
Dell, Nokia team to advance network cloud transformation, private 5G
By Joe O’HalloranComms tech provider adopts technology and services as its preferred infrastructure and preferred private wireless partner for enterprise edge use cases
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16 Feb 2024
Vonage unveils network API availability
By Joe O’HalloranComms platform provider announces network API availability, and claims first-to-market developer registration service to simplify network API access and adoption
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16 Feb 2024
Poor data and IT hamper cross-government working, PAC report finds
By Lis EvenstadReport cites inadequate data, poor IT systems and departmental silos as major barriers to cross-government working, and calls on government to do better
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16 Feb 2024
Government awards £10m to medtech developers
By Lis EvenstadThe government has awarded £10m to eight technology companies to create innovative medical devices and bring them to market
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16 Feb 2024
Green IT: How Google’s cloud and AI tools are supporting a methane-tracking satellite project
By Steve RangerCloud and AI will help to analyse data from MethaneSAT, due to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 in March 2024
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16 Feb 2024
Samsung accelerates Open RAN development
By Joe O’HalloranElectronics giant beefs up fund to advance Open RAN interoperability, performance and security and teams, with telco and testing firm to advance commercial conformance and interoperability testing
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16 Feb 2024
Google claims AI advances with Gemini LLM
By Cliff SaranCode analysis, understanding large volumes of text and translating a language by learning from one read of a book are among the breakthroughs of Gemini 1.5
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16 Feb 2024
Misunderstanding and underrepresentation blocking tech diversity
By Clare McDonaldResearch from the Institute of Coding has found UK adults don’t think tech represents the wider UK population, and are uncertain about the level of education needed for a tech job
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16 Feb 2024
Record high returned to US smartphone consumers through trade-in
By Joe O’HalloranReport reveals record $4.3bn returned to US consumers through mobile device trade-in programmes in 2023, with $1.6bn in the last quarter alone
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16 Feb 2024
Post Office IT insider and the software decision that lit the Horizon scandal
By Karl FlindersAs the Post Office replaces its controversial Horizon software, a former Post Office IT executive describes disastrous mistakes of the past
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15 Feb 2024
Employer power over H-1B workers could create financial risk
By Patrick ThibodeauA new study says H-1B visa holders hired into accounting positions might be fearful of losing their jobs and could face pressure to perform unethical tasks.
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15 Feb 2024
The promise of CXL still hangs in the balance
By Adam ArmstrongWith AI pushing at the limits of hyperscaler environments, CXL offers a way to alleviate the memory problem. But it still requires a killer app if it's going to gain ground.
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15 Feb 2024
ADP deploys GenAI for payroll, HR customer service
By Patrick ThibodeauADP adopts GenAI to refine HR functions, targeting improved efficiency and upgrading HR to more advisory roles.
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15 Feb 2024
OpenAI intros text-to-video model Sora, challenges rivals
By Esther AjaoSora can generate video from text. OpenAI is red teaming the technology and admits it has some weaknesses. The release is a natural progression of the vendor's GenAI technology.
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15 Feb 2024
Generative AI for enterprises: ADP, IKEA launch tools
By John MooreThe human capital management company and the retailer have taken different roads to GenAI deployment. But both enterprises aim to boost customer experience.
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15 Feb 2024
Declining revenues lead to 4,000 job cuts at Cisco
By Antone GonsalvesA 12% drop in networking revenue contributed to the company's overall revenue decline and its decision to cut 5% of its workforce.
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15 Feb 2024
Google updates AI model Gemini, adds 1M context window
By Esther AjaoThe cloud provider's 1.5 Pro model has the largest context window seen in the market. Despite its innovation, it still needs to show the applicability of its model for enterprises.
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15 Feb 2024
Ransomware disrupts utilities, infrastructure in January
By Arielle WaldmanRansomware attacks last month caused outages and disruptions at public sector and critical infrastructure organizations as well as a major financial services firm.
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15 Feb 2024
Sitecore to bring more generative AI XM, XP clouds
By Don FluckingerKatie Johnson joined Sitecore after leading vertical market pushes at Salesforce and Talkdesk. In this Q&A, we discuss that, future generative AI plans and more.
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15 Feb 2024
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces last appeal against ‘political’ extradition
By Bill GoodwinWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is seeking leave to appeal against extradition to the US in a case that could have chilling implications for journalists reporting on national security
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15 Feb 2024
UK altnets announce fibre broadband infrastructure share scheme
By Joe O’HalloranAssociation of UK’s independent broadband network provider sets up working group designed to ensure that full-fibre roll-out across all of the country is not held back by inconsistencies in the availability of physical infrastructure
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15 Feb 2024
Dapr brings microservices principles to platform engineering
By Beth PariseauWith microservices now mainstream -- and past the trough of disillusionment -- a framework developed for them appeals to platform engineers with shared services consistency.
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15 Feb 2024
Exclusive Networks and TD Synnex add to security options
By Simon QuickeThe trend of distributors adding more security vendors has continued with the latest couple of examples
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15 Feb 2024
Nokia intros first OT-compliant GenAI service for connected workers
By Joe O’HalloranComms tech provider says it has become the first company to adapt GenAI large language model technology for operational environments
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15 Feb 2024
Security-by-design push prompts new ISC2 accreditations
By Alex ScroxtonSecurity-by-design has become a hot-button regulatory issue. ISC2 has decided now is the time to upskill cyber pros around these vital software and hardware development principles
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15 Feb 2024
Startup intros new platform for AI inferencing at the edge
By Esther AjaoThe platform delivers 5G and GPU-based micro clouds to specific locations. It's for enterprises that want an on-premises deployment without having to own the physical data center.
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15 Feb 2024
Eclypsium: Ivanti firmware has 'plethora' of security issues
By Alexander CulafiIn its firmware analysis, Eclypsium found that the Ivanti Pulse Secure appliance used a version of Linux that was more than a decade old and several years past end of life.
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15 Feb 2024
Alan Turing Institute hits ‘key milestone’ in AI strategy
By Steve RangerThe Alan Turing Institute reaffirms its commitment to addressing “grand challenges” in health, environment and security with the appointment of four new directors
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15 Feb 2024
Samsung, AMD and Vodafone claim Open RAN data call first
By Joe O’HalloranLeading processor and electronics company team with telco to reinforce open radio access network expansion, using technical expertise from existing large-scale commercial network deployments
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15 Feb 2024
Openreach unveils ‘turbo-charged’ full-fibre gigabit broadband offer
By Joe O’HalloranNation’s leading broadband provider reacts with new speed tiers to ‘massive network traffic surge’ due to demand for high-definition streaming, online gaming, video conferencing and other bandwidth-intensive applications
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15 Feb 2024
Legacy kit undermining sustainability efforts
By Simon QuickeDaisy research has shone a light on an issue causing high numbers of customers ESG and budgetary headaches
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14 Feb 2024
Microsoft, OpenAI warn nation-state hackers are abusing LLMs
By Arielle WaldmanMicrosoft and OpenAI observed five nation-state threat groups leveraging generative AI and large language models for social engineering, vulnerability research and other tasks.
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14 Feb 2024
Microsoft: Nation-state hackers are exploiting ChatGPT
By Alex ScroxtonThreat actors from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia have all been probing use cases for generative AI service ChatGPT, but have yet to use such tools in a full-blown cyber attack
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14 Feb 2024
Dutch Supreme Court approves use of EncroChat evidence
By Bill GoodwinDefence lawyers plan appeal to European Court of Human Rights after Supreme Court upholds a conviction based on intercepted messages from the EncroChat encrypted phone network
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14 Feb 2024
Nokia, A1, Microsoft claim first for enterprise 5G edge cloud network slicing
By Joe O’HalloranTelco teams with IT giant and comms tech provider to offer network slicing solution designed to deliver secure virtual private network services to enterprise customers integrated with edge-based enterprise cloud applications over 4G and 5G networks
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14 Feb 2024
UK government adds to autonomous vehicle funding
By Joe O’HalloranMembers of the fifth connected vehicle technology development cohort given potential to receive funding from UK government to aid creation of services that could power self-driving vehicles
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14 Feb 2024
Alteryx, Databricks expand complementary partnership
By Eric AvidonThe expanded partnership features new integrations designed to better enable joint customers to combine self-service data preparation and analysis with data science and AI.
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14 Feb 2024
eHealth Exchange Announces Public Health Data Sharing Incentives
By Hannah NelsonA new program will provide financial incentives to current and prospective members of eHealth Exchange to help boost public health data sharing.
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14 Feb 2024
Virgin Media O2 Shared Rural Network roll-out reaches new heights
By Joe O’HalloranOperator claims major milestone in commitment to £1bn UK rural communications programme after it rolled out reliable 4G coverage across 100 sites on Scotland’s second-largest island
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14 Feb 2024
Southern Water customer data was taken in ransomware attack
By Alex ScroxtonSouthern Water has started to contact customers whose data was stolen in a January 2024 ransomware attack on its systems
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14 Feb 2024
GTDC: Distribution marketplaces evolving and competing
By Simon QuickeReport from industry body uncovers the progress made so far and the prospects for future enhancements putting distie offerings in a strong position
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14 Feb 2024
Met Police to scrap and replace ‘racist’ Gangs Violence Matrix
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonA database used by the Metropolitan Police to identify and track people linked with gang violence is being decommissioned and replaced. The decision follows a long-running controversy over its discriminatory impacts on young black people, but campaigners warn that racial discrimination will persist with new tool
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14 Feb 2024
Microsoft patches two zero-days for Valentine’s Day
By Alex ScroxtonTwo security feature bypasses impacting Microsoft SmartScreen are on the February Patch Tuesday docket, among more than 70 issues
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14 Feb 2024
Kyocera: In tough times, get closer to your suppliers
By Simon QuickePrint and document management player advises the channel to deepen relationships, while elsewhere, Canon puts more products into the hands of partners
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14 Feb 2024
Insurance company Admiral partners with Google Cloud for digital transformation push
By Caroline DonnellyInsurance company Admiral has made Google its strategic cloud partner, as it embarks on a push to boost the efficiency of its operations and improve the experience it offers to customers
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14 Feb 2024
Revolut launches eSIM plan for 100 countries
By Joe O’HalloranFinancial institution claims to be first company of its kind in the UK to launch embedded subscriber identity module offering a cost-effective way to access data plans without unexpected roaming charges in over 100 countries
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14 Feb 2024
Vodafone announces alert-based CCTV over mobile connectivity
By Joe O’HalloranOperator announces IoT smart surveillance that offers business customers live video-over-mobile network on unlimited data plan designed to overcome challenges faced by existing CCTV infrastructure
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14 Feb 2024
Security experts: Investigatory powers plans will delay security updates
By Bill GoodwinCyber security experts warn that government proposals to amend the Investigatory Powers Act will limit tech companies’ ability to respond to security threats and could hamper the use of end-to-end encryption
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14 Feb 2024
Post Office CEO refused to meet government minister without her lawyer after 2015 Horizon report
By Karl FlindersPost Office statements on the Horizon system, whether to journalists or the government, were routinely carefully crafted by lawyers
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13 Feb 2024
How DBS is industrialising AI across its business
By Aaron TanSoutheast Asia’s biggest lender is building a strong data foundation and upskilling employees on data and artificial intelligence to realise its vision of becoming an AI-fuelled bank
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13 Feb 2024
February Patch Tuesday corrects two Windows zero-days
By Tom WalatAdministrators should focus on quickly deploying a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook and exercising caution when applying an Exchange Server 2019 cumulative update.
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13 Feb 2024
Iranian cyberattacks targeting U.S. and Israeli entities
By Alexander CulafiGoogle said Tuesday that state-backed Iranian actors targeted the U.S. and Israel consistently in the years prior to the start of the Israel-Hamas war as well as the months after.
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13 Feb 2024
Otter.ai rolls out cross-platform Meeting GenAI
By Esther AjaoThe vendor's new tools will appeal to users who access the application across different meeting platforms. However, it could face resistance from companies that use one platform.
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13 Feb 2024
Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM adds to logistics management
By Jim O'DonnellNew applications in Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM for transportation and trade management are intended to help companies manage logistics networks and deal with supply chain disruptions.
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13 Feb 2024
Alation launches benchmark tool to assess data maturity
By Eric AvidonThe data catalog specialist's new tool examines four key criteria, including literacy and governance, in assessing an organization's business intelligence culture.
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13 Feb 2024
New variants of Qakbot malware under development
By Alex ScroxtonDespite its infrastructure having been taken down by the FBI last year, someone appears to be actively working on a new and improved version of the infamous Qakbot malware
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13 Feb 2024
Pega GenAI Blueprint aims at application design processes
By Esther AjaoWhile the vendor's use of the technology is similar to others in the low-code market, its focus on design differentiates it. The platform enables collaboration.
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13 Feb 2024
Proofpoint: 'Hundreds' of Azure accounts compromised
By Rob WrightProofpoint researchers found that the attackers manipulated the MFA of compromised accounts, registering their own methods to maintain persistent access.
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13 Feb 2024
MSB strengthens Sweden’s national critical network with 5G
By Joe O’HalloranComms tech and service company becomes part of Sweden’s next-generation mission-critical network infrastructure, Rakel G2, whose 5G core network is designed to ensure fast and secure sharing of voice, data, images and video
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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