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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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01 May 2024
Commvault adds Cleanroom Recovery for ransomware attacks
By Tim McCarthyA new Cleanroom Recovery service enables customers to spin up data center infrastructure within Commvault Cloud for continued enterprise operations after a cyberattack.
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11 Mar 2024
Government not facing up to CNI cyber risks, committee warns
By Alex ScroxtonThe Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy has accused the government of burying its head in the sand over the cyber threat to UK critical infrastructure
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11 Mar 2024
Salesforce AI a work in progress for customers
By Antone GonsalvesWhile eager to embed AI in Salesforce software, customers acknowledge that planning, time and work are needed to make AI useful in the company's applications.
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11 Mar 2024
Sateliot to launch four 5G satellites
By Joe O’HalloranLEO 5G internet of things satellite constellation provider reveals summer launch of satellites to connect nearly seven million IoT devices and begin to recurrently bill €187m in binding orders
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11 Mar 2024
Surescripts reports increase in patient data sharing across HIE network
By Hannah NelsonIn 2023, Surescripts saw increased utilization of several patient data sharing tools, including its Real-Time Prescription Benefit services.
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11 Mar 2024
Podcast: A look at SambaNova's open source AI strategy
By Esther AjaoDespite sometimes being seen as a direct competitor to Nvidia Systems, the AI hardware and software vendor tries to distinguish itself by focusing on training open source models.
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11 Mar 2024
Alation platform update targets building a data culture
By Eric AvidonNew business lineage and data discovery capabilities aimed at helping customers develop an enterprise-wide data culture are included in the data catalog specialist's latest update.
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11 Mar 2024
VA announces joint EHR deployment with DoD during EHRM program reset
By Hannah NelsonVA is rolling out the federal EHR system at a joint-DoD healthcare facility despite pausing additional go-lives as part of its EHR modernization (EHRM) reset.
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11 Mar 2024
Ocient raises $49.4M in funding to fuel development, growth
By Eric AvidonThe data platform vendor plans to use the new financing for product development and to fund sales and marketing efforts as it moves into its growth phase.
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11 Mar 2024
Dutch organisations vulnerable to deepfake fraud
By Kim LoohuisWith the information many employees share on social media, Dutch companies are especially vulnerable to a new form of fraud
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11 Mar 2024
HEALTHeLINK HIE Launches Dashboard for Community Health
By Hannah NelsonCommunity health organizations and providers in Western New York can search the HIE dashboard at a county and zip code level to inform public health initiatives.
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11 Mar 2024
Infor a penny, Infor a pound
By Marc Ambasna-JonesHow vertical enterprise resource planning specialist Infor has its sights set on a disruptive 2024
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11 Mar 2024
Global cellular IoT connections to grow by three billion in next four years
By Joe O’HalloranFederated learning to automate platform management, configuration of devices, security processes and connectivity in real time will be key to handling large increase in data as telco network-based internet of things flourishes
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11 Mar 2024
Vinnova launches National Digital Advancement project
By Gerard O'DwyerSwedish state innovation initiative invests in a network of regional research and development centres
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11 Mar 2024
AI Singapore, Google to build regional dataset for LLMs
By Aaron TanAI Singapore and Google Research Asia-Pacific will build a corpus of open-source training data through Project SEALD to drive the development of LLMs in Southeast Asia
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11 Mar 2024
Cautiously optimistic: Generative AI in the enterprise
By Stephen PritchardWhile optimistic about generative AI, enterprises are treading carefully for now, this year’s Tech Show London suggests
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11 Mar 2024
How Microsoft is easing GenAI adoption into financial services
By Aaron TanMicrosoft is supporting enterprise deployment models, addressing the risks of the technology and leveraging its industry cloud capabilities to ease generative AI adoption in the financial sector
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11 Mar 2024
TechUK calls for next government to introduce ‘industrial strategy’ for AI
By Bill GoodwinTrade group TechUK publishes blueprint calling for winner of next election to boost tech startups, digitise government services and accelerate technology R&D
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08 Mar 2024
Workday partnership pushes vendor into new area: PEO
By Patrick ThibodeauWorkday partners with Insperity to offer professional employer organization services to SMBs, aiming to expand its platform's reach to smaller, high-growth companies
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08 Mar 2024
Midnight Blizzard accessed Microsoft systems, source code
By Alexander CulafiMicrosoft said Midnight Blizzard used data stolen from a breach of its corporate email system to access other parts of the company's network, including source code repositories.
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08 Mar 2024
Customers signal supplier green credentials a priority
By Simon QuickeBeing able to flex a solid sustainability position is being seen by a growing number of users as an essential
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08 Mar 2024
OSS leaders detail commitments to bolster software security
By Alex ScroxtonCISA has announced a number of actions to help secure the global open source ecosystem, as leading package repositories including the Python and Rust foundations advance their own initiatives
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08 Mar 2024
UK government reconfirms satellite programme
By Joe O’Halloran2024 Budget sees continued approval for connectivity funding in plan to expand space-based broadband and 5G coverage for remote areas
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08 Mar 2024
IWD: Work to be done on equal pay and representation
By Simon QuickeInternational Women’s Day is an opportunity to highlight the progress made and the steps still needed to improve diversity
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08 Mar 2024
Ethernovia accelerates chip drive for software-defined vehicles
By Joe O’HalloranSilicon Valley-based startup announces sampling of scalable family of automotive PHY transceivers for software-defined vehicle applications aiming to meet rising bandwidth demands and deliver safety functionality
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07 Mar 2024
DMA targets big tech platforms, furthers EU's data strategy
By Makenzie HollandThe EU's Digital Markets Act forces big tech companies to open their platforms to third parties and make data more accessible.
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07 Mar 2024
Microsoft whistleblower, OpenAI, the NYT, and ethical AI
By Esther AjaoThe vendor has filed a memorandum to dismiss some of the arguments The New York Times made in its copyright lawsuit. However, it now faces criticism from its own software engineer.
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07 Mar 2024
Ripple effect from Broadcom-VMware buy spreads to vSAN
By Tim McCarthyBroadcom claims changes to VMware's licensing model will offer increased flexibility, but storage competitors say it's a red flag and encourage customers to move on.
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07 Mar 2024
Former Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets
By Arielle WaldmanLinwei Ding, a Chinese national, allegedly evaded Google's data loss prevention systems and stole confidential information to start his own China-based AI company.
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07 Mar 2024
PSNI chief denies ‘industrial’ use of surveillance powers against journalists
By Bill GoodwinPSNI chief constable Jon Boutcher has agreed to provide a report on police surveillance of journalists and lawyers to Northern Ireland’s policing watchdog
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07 Mar 2024
CCS U-turns on G-Cloud 14 insurance requirements after supplier backlash
By Caroline DonnellyThe government procurement agency has reversed previous plans for a £20m increase in insurance cover that threatened to deter smaller suppliers from bidding for cloud computing contracts
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07 Mar 2024
Cloud complexity a challenge for the channel to solve
By Simon QuickeResearch has shown that users are struggling to keep on top of their infrastructure and will look to partners to help
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07 Mar 2024
Government insists it is acting ‘responsibly’ on military AI
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe government has responded to calls from a Lords committee that it must “proceed with caution” when it comes to autonomous weapons and military artificial intelligence, arguing that caution is already embedded throughout its approach
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07 Mar 2024
BA sets out plan to revamp IT, add AI and update website
By Cliff SaranAirline plans to migrate 700 systems to cloud and run custom version of Teams to support in-flight customer comms with ground staff
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07 Mar 2024
Fujitsu should pay half of Post Office scandal costs, says select committee chair
By Karl FlindersSelect committee chair says Fujitsu should pay half of the costs to repair damage caused by Post Office scandal
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07 Mar 2024
NI Policing Board pressed to open inquiry into PSNI spying on journalists’ phones
By Bill GoodwinAmnesty International and the Committee on the Administration of Justice have asked Northern Ireland’s policing watchdog to open an inquiry into the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s use of surveillance powers against journalists
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07 Mar 2024
UK altnets call for action after attacks on fibre infrastructure
By Joe O’HalloranUK altnets raise concerns after a series of attacks on telecoms networks, demanding DSIT and Ofcom take responsibility to review current rules, from sentencing to policing to industry compliance
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07 Mar 2024
Open Cosmos and Ubotica report success in satcoms launch
By Joe O’HalloranSpace technology and data company launches first satellite of the year aiming to provide hyperspectral artificial intelligence data for marine monitoring and emergency responses across the Atlantic
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07 Mar 2024
Western Sydney Metro deploys mission-critical communications for driverless transport
By Joe O’HalloranNokiar teams with industrial partner to provide IP/MPLS backbone communications network and security solution for new Metro line connecting Australia’s largest city to airport
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07 Mar 2024
Indian government issues advisory to mitigate AI risks
By Kavitha SrinivasaTech firms will require permission from the government to use and provide under-tested or unreliable AI models and software to Indian users
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07 Mar 2024
MPs call for Post Office exclusion from compensation schemes, as trust hits rock bottom
By Karl FlindersFormer subpostmasters and MPs do not trust the Post Office to do the right thing for victims of the Horizon IT scandal
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07 Mar 2024
HP emphasises AI in partner programme enhancements
By Simon QuickeVendor uses partner event to share details of changes coming in May, and its plans to increase support for partners keen to get involved with artificial intelligence
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06 Mar 2024
SAP Datasphere adds data governance, GenAI for analytics
By Jim O'DonnellSAP introduced new functionality in SAP Datasphere to help customers better manage their data environments with governance, modeling and GenAI.
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06 Mar 2024
Pure1, Evergreen expand self-service and data protection
By Adam ArmstrongPure Storage continues to transition into an as-a-service model by building out more automation and data resiliency in its Pure1 data management service and Evergreen portfolio.
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06 Mar 2024
Apple discloses 2 iOS zero-day vulnerabilities
By Alexander CulafiCVE-2024-23225 and CVE-2024-23296, which bypass kernel memory protections, mark the second and third zero-day vulnerabilities that Apple has disclosed and patched this year.
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06 Mar 2024
SEC adopts climate risk disclosure rules
By Makenzie HollandThe SEC finalized climate risk disclosure rules to provide investors with consistent information about publicly filed businesses -- but the vote was not without controversy.
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06 Mar 2024
Context: PC market showing signs of recovery
By Simon QuickeAfter a tough year, there are indications that 2024 is going to go better for those selling hardware
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06 Mar 2024
Apple patches zero-days amid ‘foundational’ post-quantum update
By Alex ScroxtonApple’s iOS 17.4 update not only fixes zero-day flaws that are being actively exploited, but includes important new security protocols to safeguard users against future attacks
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06 Mar 2024
Chancellor targets £36bn productivity boost with £4.2bn digital transformation plan
By Bryan GlickIn his 2024 spring budget, Jeremy Hunt announced funding to use tech to improve productivity across the public sector, with most of the cash focused on digital initiatives in the NHS
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06 Mar 2024
Cash-strapped cyber pros go rogue on the dark web
By Alex ScroxtonResearch conducted by CIISec has turned up worrying evidence of hard-up legitimate cyber professionals offering their services to the cyber criminal underground
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06 Mar 2024
Nation states buying hacking tools from underground Russian cyber forums
By Bill GoodwinState-sponsored hacking groups, posing as hacktivists, are using Russian cyber crime forums to stock up on cyber weapons, says Check Point Software’s threat analyst, Sergey Shykevich
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06 Mar 2024
‘Brutal’ decisions required to sort out Post Office mess, says select committee chair
By Karl FlindersLiam Byrne, chair of the business and trade select committee, tells Computer Weekly about the group’s focus on getting Horizon scandal victims what they are owed
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06 Mar 2024
Epic, Oracle Adopt USCDI+ Cancer Standard for Interoperability
By Hannah NelsonSix EHR vendors, including Epic and Oracle, have voluntarily committed to adopt the USCDI+ Cancer standard to drive health data interoperability.
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06 Mar 2024
Salesforce users empowered to build no-code Einstein Copilots
By Don FluckingerSalesforce admins and developers can build custom generative AI assistants for workflows across the platform for sales, service, marketing and e-commerce.
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06 Mar 2024
Singapore refreshes geospatial masterplan
By Aaron TanMasterplan aimed at driving mainstream adoption of geospatial applications and grooming geospatial talent, among other goals, will help to position Singapore as a global geospatial hub
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06 Mar 2024
Interview: How a fundraiser became more data-savvy
By Cliff SaranWe speak to a fundraiser in the charity sector about how an apprenticeship in data analytics has given her Excel, PowerBI and Power Query skills
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06 Mar 2024
BT to supply ultrafast broadband to UK primary schools under Project Gigabit
By Joe O’HalloranCommunications provider wins £26m contract to connect more than 650 primary schools in hard-to-reach areas to gigabit broadband to enable children to access online resources and high-quality video streaming
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06 Mar 2024
Post Office prosecutions during Horizon go-live phase are ‘frightening’
By Karl FlindersThe Post Office used subpostmasters as guinea pigs to test its software and take the rap for its errors
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05 Mar 2024
Rapid7 hits out over botched vulnerability disclosure
By Alex ScroxtonSoftware development firm JetBrains and security specialist Rapid7 fall out over the handling of a critical vulnerability disclosure, while customers are left rushing to patch
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05 Mar 2024
Rising temps, heat shocks, influence job relocations
By Patrick ThibodeauClimate-change risks are still less influential than labor and taxes for selecting an office location, but heat shocks appear to be prompting subtle labor force relocations.
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05 Mar 2024
Box AI adds Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service integration
By Don FluckingerBox adds Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service to its lineup of AI tools for document summaries, joining Google's Vertex and OpenAI LLMs for users to choose from.
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05 Mar 2024
Alphv/BlackCat leak site goes down in possible exit scam
By Alexander CulafiAn Alphv/BlackCat affiliate accused the ransomware gang of stealing a ransom payment worth more than $20 million that may have been obtained in the Change Healthcare attack.
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05 Mar 2024
New Informatica governance suite automates data access
By Eric AvidonThe vendor's new suite of AI-powered capabilities manage access to an enterprise's proprietary information to help ensure security and compliance while enabling analysis.
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05 Mar 2024
Critical JetBrains TeamCity vulnerabilities under attack
By Arielle WaldmanExploitation activity has started against two vulnerabilities in JetBrains TeamCity, which has been targeted previously by nation-state threat actors such as Russia's Cozy Bear.
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05 Mar 2024
Open letter promising better AI for the future lacks action
By Esther AjaoThe letter initiated by venture capitalist Ron Conway and his investment firm SV Angel was signed by OpenAI and Google. It pledges a better future and benefits from the technology.
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05 Mar 2024
ALPHV/BlackCat gang vanishes amid ransomware ‘turmoil’
By Alex ScroxtonMystery surrounds the apparent disappearance of the ALPHV/BlackCat cyber crime gang amid reports that a prominent US victim paid a $22m ransom
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05 Mar 2024
Digital transformation spending rides on CX, AI
By John MooreSpending on digital transformation could get an increase this year from businesses seeking to improve customer experience and boost efficiency through automation and AI.
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05 Mar 2024
Meta outage disrupts social media globally
By Alex ScroxtonMeta services, including Facebook, Instagram and Threads, have been downed in a brief service outage
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05 Mar 2024
Inside an Alphv/BlackCat ransomware attack
By Rob WrightSygnia researchers investigated an intrusion in a client's network and discovered an Alphv/BlackCat ransomware actor had been lurking in the environment for weeks.
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05 Mar 2024
HPE GreenLake for File Storage update aimed at AI
By Adam ArmstrongHPE GreenLake has utilized new CPUs and denser SSDs to bring more AI and data lake workloads to customers looking for an alternative to the public cloud.
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05 Mar 2024
IT leaders dial back cloud-first strategies as hybrid IT becomes more of an investment priority
By Caroline DonnellyLatest data from TechTarget and ESG reveals changing attitudes towards cloud deployments within the enterprise
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05 Mar 2024
Unexpected costs hit many as they move to cloud storage
By Antony AdsheadA Wasabi survey of cloud storage customers finds more moving to the cloud, but they are experiencing busted budgets and unexpected fees, and expect big demands from artificial intelligence workloads
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05 Mar 2024
NanoAvionics jumps on SpaceX to expand 5G, IoT space comms
By Joe O’HalloranSmallsat bus manufacturer and mission integrator’s craft expand two constellations with upcoming SpaceX Transporter-10 mission
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05 Mar 2024
Sumo Logic offers free data ingest for log analytics
By Beth PariseauData ingest is now free for new customers of Sumo Logic's SaaS log analytics product, as observability cost concerns and data volumes mount across the IT industry.
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05 Mar 2024
Air IT seals twelfth deal with move for SCS
By Simon QuickeMSP continues to widen UK coverage and add more skilled staff and customers through acquisition strategy
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05 Mar 2024
IT chiefs fear Kubernetes data log overload
By Cliff SaranIT architectures are set to grow in complexity, and more mission-critical systems are being deployed on Kubernetes, meaning log files are becoming unmanageable
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05 Mar 2024
Kaseya: Security a major revenue earner for MSPs
By Simon QuickeFirm’s latest look into the managed service provider world reveals how security, artificial intelligence and automation are impacting the channel
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05 Mar 2024
Snowflake signals AI commitment with Mistral AI partnership
By Eric AvidonDays after appointing a new CEO, the data cloud vendor showed a heightened focus on emerging technologies by aligning closely with a rising large language model developer.
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05 Mar 2024
Open Rights Group accuses LiveRamp of ‘unlawful’ data processing
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonPrivacy campaigners at Open Rights Group have submitted formal complaints to UK and French data regulators about allegedly unlawful data processing by online advertising firm LiveRamp
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05 Mar 2024
Speedcast on board with connectivity for P&O maritime logistics
By Joe O’HalloranComms and IT services provider sets sail to deliver multi-orbit, multi-path SD-WAN service across 59 vessels in fleet of provider of critical logistics support and marine offerings for offshore energy, port services and cargo transportation
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05 Mar 2024
Focus on margin and technical enablement as Barracuda enhances programme
By Simon QuickeSecurity vendor has updated its three-month-old programme in response to feedback and with a view to improving channel profitability
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05 Mar 2024
Azure's new storage products keeps Microsoft competitive
By Tim McCarthyNew Azure storage offerings from Microsoft or from vendor partners such as Qumulo aim to increase parity with hyperscaler rivals and draw more enterprise buyers into its cloud.
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05 Mar 2024
TIM taps Cisco and NEC to improve Brazilian network quality
By Joe O’HalloranFirms team up to address quality of experience and quality of service objectives by expanding monitoring across all transport domains, including cell site routers, national backbone and backhaul
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05 Mar 2024
NetApp deepens storage offerings, security for AI buyers
By Tim McCarthyNew data protection and ransomware recovery features headline the latest NetApp updates. The vendor is also expanding its Nvidia partnership to ensure its offerings are AI-ready.
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05 Mar 2024
Derby City Council extends AI project with multi-million deal after saving £200,000 with chatbots
By Steve RangerFollowing on from the success of its initial pilot project using artificial intelligence, Derby City Council claims to have found 54 other ways the technology can save it money
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05 Mar 2024
Dutch organisations start building a federated European cloud
By Kim LoohuisThe ‘European cloud services in an open federated ecosystem’ (ECOFED) project is co-funded by the Dutch government and will run from 2024 to 2027
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05 Mar 2024
Keepit brings backup and restore to unprotected SaaS applications
By Antony AdsheadSaaS backup specialist keeps data in its own cloud datacentres, protects cloud data across numerous platforms and aims to give customers the ability to rapidly add data sources
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05 Mar 2024
American Express customers exposed through third-party breach
By Karl FlindersUS card giant warns customers that their personal details may have been exposed after a third party experienced a systems breach
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05 Mar 2024
Emerging low-loss materials pave road to 6G
By Joe O’HalloranAs comms industry prepares for next generation of communications, research paper shows biggest challenges that will need to be addressed and why low-loss materials will be crucial for development
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05 Mar 2024
AI-acceleration deployments curbed by datacentre design considerations
By Cliff SaranIn addition to a shortage of GPUs for AI-optimised servers, IT leaders need to consider how well their datacentre power and cooling will cope with artificial intelligence workloads
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05 Mar 2024
Banning ransomware payments back on the agenda
By Alex ScroxtonThe idea of banning ransomware payments to cyber criminals is back on the agenda, with former NCSC chief Ciaran Martin arguing that tougher measures need to be taken
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05 Mar 2024
Own targets SaaS backup and offers analytics insight
By Antony AdsheadTargeting a growing market – SaaS applications that lack backup – Own offers backup, fine-grained restores and analytics on data stores that can bring business insight
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05 Mar 2024
How PSA is reducing empty trips for trucking firms
By Aaron TanThe Singapore port operator has built a platform that leverages Here Technologies’ trip planning and location services to help container trucking firms improve operational efficiency
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04 Mar 2024
What's next for Salesforce Einstein AI and Data Cloud
By Don FluckingerWhat's next for Salesforce as it builds Data Cloud and integrates it with Einstein AI? EVP and GM of both, Rahul Auradkar, explains what to expect.
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04 Mar 2024
Microsoft puts Copilot for Finance in public preview
By Jim O'DonnellMicrosoft's new generative AI assistant, Copilot for Finance, looks to help financial professionals become more efficient -- but adoption will depend on data quality.
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04 Mar 2024
AI race surges as Anthropic intros Claude 3
By Esther AjaoThe new models have a larger context window and multimodal capabilities. They reflect the new level of normal in generative AI and the myriad model choices for enterprises.
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04 Mar 2024
LockBit, Alphv/BlackCat highlight February ransomware activity
By Alexander CulafiWith events surrounding the LockBit and Alphv/BlackCat gangs and the ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws, ransomware activity continues this year after a surge in 2023.
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04 Mar 2024
Vodafone, Intel extend Open RAN research collaboration
By Joe O’HalloranChip giant and leading European operator increase scope of established collaboration with University of Málaga towards planned UK commercial deployment of 4th Gen Intel Xeon processors with Intel vRAN Boost in first half of 2024
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04 Mar 2024
Perverting course of justice and contempt of Parliament: a week in post-drama Post Office scandal
By Karl FlindersAs another week in the post-drama Post Office scandal passes, Computer Weekly looks at some of the key moments
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04 Mar 2024
Frederick Health Taps MEDITECH EHR Integration for Precision Medicine
By Hannah NelsonThe MEDITECH EHR integration allows Frederick Health providers to order genetic tests and analyze discrete results directly within the Expanse platform.
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04 Mar 2024
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
By Simon QuickeMoves this week at the likes of Logicalis, GFT, Workspace 365, Check Point, VeUP and SSH Communications Security