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17 May 2024
MuleSoft integration tackles EDI supply chain data issues
By Don FluckingerSalesforce integrates EDI data into its platform for users who deal with many suppliers -- or distributors -- with MuleSoft in an attempt to solve an age-old integration snafu.
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17 May 2024
Large organizations drove 2023 acute care EHR market energy
By Hannah NelsonWhile acute care EHR purchasing remained high throughout 2023, Epic was the only health IT vendor to achieve a net increase in acute care EHR market share.
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17 May 2024
Why the UK needs to fix its broken IT security market
By Bill GoodwinOllie Whitehouse, CTO of GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre, says the market for secure software is broken. Are new laws required to make software companies liable for poor security?
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26 Sep 2023
EDs Use Restraints on Black Patients More than White, But Data Is Scant
By Sara HeathResearchers said more study is necessary to fully understand the racial disparity in ED restraint use and the reasons behind the differences.
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26 Sep 2023
BT announces regional roll-out schedule for Digital Voice
By Joe O’HalloranDespite its plan for making voice services an add-on to broadband, rather than a service in its own right, UK leading telco asserts that the landline is here to stay as it reveals strategy to change analogue services to digital
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26 Sep 2023
Kubernetes storage: It’s object or nothing for MinIO
By Pierre BerlemontSAN and NAS are finished in the age of the cloud when it comes to cloud-native Kubernetes storage, according to container-focused object storage maker MinIO
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26 Sep 2023
IT contractors ‘forced against their will’ to work for umbrella companies, survey finds
By Caroline DonnellyResearch conducted by contracting authority ContractorCalculator paints a bleak picture of the plight of IT contractors ‘forced’ to provide their services through umbrella firms
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26 Sep 2023
Cover-ups still the norm in the wake of a cyber incident
By Alex ScroxtonAlmost half of organisations that have experienced a cyber incident did not report it to the appropriate authorities, according to a report
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26 Sep 2023
Consumers Feel the Pinch of Medical Debt, Skip Healthcare Access
By Sara HeathAbout a third of patients skipped healthcare access this year because of medical debt, up from 28 percent of patients who did the same in 2022.
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26 Sep 2023
HMRC names and shames non-compliant umbrella firms for running tax avoidance schemes
By Caroline DonnellyThe government tax collection agency is stepping up its efforts to prevent contractors falling victim to non-compliant umbrella firms with three new names added to its list of known tax avoidance schemes
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26 Sep 2023
CBRS network infrastructure set to be $1.5bn opportunity by 2026
By Joe O’HalloranStudy calculates that annual spending on LTE and 5G NR-based CBRS network infrastructure – which includes RAN, mobile core and transport network equipment – will boom over next three years
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26 Sep 2023
Crest and IASME to deliver upcoming NCSC Cyber Exercise programme
By Alex ScroxtonCrest and IASME have been tasked with assuring that security services providers signing up to a soon-to-launch NCSC Cyber Incident Exercising scheme are up to the job
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25 Sep 2023
Amazon's $4B investment in Anthropic fuels GenAI race
By Esther AjaoThis makes the tech giant Anthropic's primary cloud provider. This arrangement is different from Google's investment in the AI startup and Microsoft's investment in OpenAI.
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25 Sep 2023
Dallas doles out $8.5M to remediate May ransomware attack
By Arielle WaldmanThe city of Dallas provided a detailed attack timeline that showed Royal threat actors compromised a service account a month before ransomware was deployed.
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25 Sep 2023
Care responsibilities excluding women from tech, says TTC
By Clare McDonaldA lack of flexibility at work is causing many women to leave their jobs, or leave the sector entirely, according to research by Tech Talent Charter
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25 Sep 2023
Casi gets into gear with Hyundai to bring car subscriptions to Europe
By Joe O’HalloranCase teams with Hyundai to see its car subscription tech platform be the provider of all technical aspects needed to scale Mocean vehicle services to new European markets
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25 Sep 2023
Channel roundup: Who’s gone where?
By Simon QuickeAnother busy week across the industry on the personnel movement front, as more executives take up fresh positions
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25 Sep 2023
Software spending getting chief financial officer scrutiny
By Simon QuickeThe cost of SaaS tools is getting attention from those that have the power to tighten budgets
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25 Sep 2023
Visa to fund AI scholarships for underrepresented students in government scheme
By Karl FlindersPayments giant supports UK scheme to increase diversity in the data and artificial intelligence sector through funding
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25 Sep 2023
Utility Warehouse switches on broadband through CityFibre
By Joe O’HalloranLeading UK independent broadband provider awards contracts to full-fibre build partners in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Hampshire and Suffolk, and inks deal with energy, broadband, mobile and insurance services company
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25 Sep 2023
Amazon takes $4bn minority stake in AI safety research startup Anthropic
By Caroline DonnellyAmazon Web Services (AWS) will build on its existing ties to the firm to help it scale its enterprise-grade large language model (LLM) Claude
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25 Sep 2023
Shopify adds Audiences integrations for more segmentation
By Mary ReinesThe e-commerce vendor builds on its customer segmentation capabilities by adding platform integrations with Snapchat, Criteo and TikTok for creating lists of target contacts.
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25 Sep 2023
Apple fixes three vulnerabilities found by spyware researchers
By Alex ScroxtonApple has patched three more vulnerabilities uncovered by spyware and surveillance researchers at The Citizen Lab
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25 Sep 2023
Emotional Well-Being Screening Needed for Family Caregivers
By Sara HeathDespite the outsized burden they carry, family caregivers only get screenings for emotional well-being around 16 percent of the time.
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25 Sep 2023
How Liverpool FC is tapping cloud and data analytics
By Aaron TanLiverpool Football Club is leveraging data analytics and cloud technology to improve fan engagement and enable its media production team to work more efficiently
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25 Sep 2023
Virgin Media O2 trials connected farm of the future
By Joe O’HalloranUK operator enables mobile communication from anywhere on a farm, and installs network of sensors to monitor items such as soil conditions, machinery, livestock and land boundaries
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22 Sep 2023
SAS unveils plans to add generative AI to analytics suite
By Eric AvidonAfter holding off on integrating with LLMs until it could ensure data security and accurate outcomes, the vendor is making industry-specific tools the focus of its AI strategy.
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22 Sep 2023
Apple issues emergency patches for 3 zero-day bugs
By Alexander CulafiApple said CVE-2023-41992, CVE-2023-41991 and CVE-2023-41993 -- all reported by Citizen Lab and Google researchers -- might have been exploited against versions of iOS before 16.7.
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22 Sep 2023
How ready does the world need to be for the quantum era?
By Cliff SaranGreat use cases may exist for quantum computing, but no one knows for sure how long they will need to wait for a production-ready machine
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22 Sep 2023
Peachtree Corners smart city gets traffic management solution into gear
By Joe O’HalloranPioneer US smart city teams with Intelligent Traffic Control for vehicle control system that can be applied to existing infrastructure to measure traffic and predict and mitigate congestion for safer, more sustainable and efficient travel experience
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22 Sep 2023
Annual Security Serious Awards nominations announced
By Alex ScroxtonAnnual Security Serious Awards will recognise the professionals and organisations doing the most to safeguard and advance cyber security, as well as those committed to diversity and mental health in the industry
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22 Sep 2023
The chief financial officer has become the deal-breaker
By Simon QuickeThere is a need for the channel to become more flexible around finance to make sure customers are happier signing off investments
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22 Sep 2023
Intelsat checks in on Airbus to expand in-flight connectivity
By Joe O’HalloranIntegrated satellite and terrestrial networks provider’s multi-orbit service will be available for factory and retrofit-installed in-flight connectivity systems as manufacturer further expands customer base for its built-in satcom connectivity solution aircraft families
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22 Sep 2023
CMA unblocks Microsoft/Activision deal without cloud gaming
By Cliff SaranMicrosoft’s Activision buy looks set to get the thumbs-up after a deal that stops the two companies from distributing cloud gaming to UK consumers
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22 Sep 2023
UK-US data bridge to open to traffic on 12 October
By Alex ScroxtonGovernment forges ahead with the implementation of the UK-US data bridge, which will come into effect for real just under three weeks from now
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22 Sep 2023
UK towns and cities gain funding to trial smart connectivity
By Joe O’HalloranSix areas across the UK awarded funding delivered through Smart Infrastructure Pilots Programme to test smart street lamps that can house electric vehicle charging hubs and boost wireless coverage
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22 Sep 2023
Cyber experts set out plan to secure future US elections
By Alex ScroxtonA group of experts are setting out to enhance election cyber security in the United States, and restore public faith in a process tainted by interference and misinformation in the past
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22 Sep 2023
HHS & Partner Agencies Target COVID Tests, Long COVID Treatment
By Sara HeathWith $600 million going to COVID tests access and another $45 million going to long COVID treatment, HHS is acknowledging the uptick in case counts in recent weeks.
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22 Sep 2023
How Confluent is tapping the groundswell in data streaming
By Aaron TanConfluent CEO Jay Kreps talks up the misconceptions of Kafka and what the company is doing to help customers better leverage the capabilities of the technology
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22 Sep 2023
Lords begin inquiry into large language models
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonLords will examine the risks and opportunities of large language models and look at how government can effectively manage them in the coming years
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22 Sep 2023
Betacom, UScellular claim first for private-public hybrid 5G networks
By Joe O’HalloranFourth-largest full-service wireless carrier in US strikes partnership with private wireless network provider to accelerate digital transformation for US enterprises, advancing Industry 4.0
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21 Sep 2023
Oracle generative AI features differ from Microsoft offering
By Antone GonsalvesOracle's generative AI service, available in beta, uses partner Cohere's second large language model to analyze text for the feelings and opinions behind it, according to Gartner.
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21 Sep 2023
Emissions data strengthens case for remote, hybrid work
By Patrick ThibodeauA Cornell University-Microsoft study shows that remote work cuts carbon emissions, but how much depends on the model itself as one day of working from home a week is negligible.
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21 Sep 2023
New Git repository faces corporate open source doubts
By Beth PariseauCI/CD pipeline vendor Harness faces two challenges as it launches Gitness: a market dominated by GitHub and GitLab as well as concerns about vendor-led open source projects.
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21 Sep 2023
Benefits, risks of Google AI chatbot's Bard Extensions
By Esther AjaoThe tech giant's new extensions enable users to use the AI chat tool to summarize information from their email or make travel plans. However, it still has problems with accuracy.
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21 Sep 2023
OpenZFS interest grows alongside rise of unstructured data
By Adam ArmstrongWith the explosion of unstructured data, lower-cost file systems such as OpenZFS are gaining more attention as they continue to gain support from vendors.
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21 Sep 2023
Cisco snaps up Splunk in $28bn application observability deal
By Cliff SaranThe acquisition builds out Cisco’s observability portfolio, with AI-based full-stack observability for hybrid cloud environments
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21 Sep 2023
IT pros react to blockbuster $28B Cisco-Splunk deal
By Beth PariseauCisco goes through with its long-rumored acquisition of Splunk for security and observability. But the two aren't necessarily a perfect fit, according to some industry observers.
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21 Sep 2023
MEDITECH EHR Integration Taps Generative AI for Clinical Notes
By Hannah NelsonThe MEDITECH EHR integration leverages ambient technology and generative AI to help providers spend less time on clinical documentation.
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21 Sep 2023
‘Top’ ransomware gangs favour smaller businesses
By Alex ScroxtonDespite high-profile attacks on prominent organisations, the world’s most prolific ransomware operations tend to target smaller businesses
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21 Sep 2023
Poor digital experience a blocker for cyber resilience
By Alex ScroxtonOrganisations that neglect the digital employee experience are not only vulnerable to employee attrition, but putting themselves at increased cyber risk, an Ivanti report finds
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21 Sep 2023
GSMA: 5G enters next phase
By Joe O’HalloranState of the union report on 5G notes focus over the next few years will be on improving coverage in less densely populated areas while also ramping up investment to support 5G standalone, 5G-Advanced use cases
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21 Sep 2023
Qualcomm teams with Charter, EE to accelerate Wi-Fi 7 future
By Joe O’HalloranComms platform giant partners with leading comms providers in UK and US to roll out Wi-Fi 7 tech to consumers.
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21 Sep 2023
Connectivity challenges in new markets top IT leaders’ growth concerns in 2023
By Joe O’HalloranStudy shows global connectivity can be complicated, particularly when managing it across multiple regions, suggesting it is vital for businesses to acquire skills and local market expertise to reduce downtime and improve workforce efficiency
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21 Sep 2023
Former Workday co-CEO takes similar role at Eightfold AI
By Patrick ThibodeauEx-Workday co-CEO Chano Fernandez joins Eightfold AI as co-CEO in January, coinciding with Carl Eschenbach becoming Workday's sole CEO. Eightfold has raised about $400M.
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21 Sep 2023
Kite signed up by Sectigo to target CLM growth
Security player Sectigo appoints distributor Kite to reach more partners as the certificate market evolves
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21 Sep 2023
Cisco targeting SME segment
By Simon QuickeCisco identifies shifting customer demands that will create more opportunities for its channel partners
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21 Sep 2023
Cook Islands schools to get wired broadband
By Aaron TanSchools in the Cook Islands, which have been relying on satellite connectivity for teaching and learning, will get access to wired broadband via two Pacific submarine cables over the next three years
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21 Sep 2023
Komprise offers insight into storage costs across clouds
By Tim McCarthyStorage Insights for the Komprise Data Management platform enables users to define metrics for storage consumption across clouds and vendors for cost management and migration.
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20 Sep 2023
Okta: Caesars, MGM hacked in social engineering campaign
By Alexander CulafiIdentity management vendor Okta had previously disclosed that four unnamed customers had fallen victim to a social engineering campaign that affected victims' MFA protections.
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20 Sep 2023
Intel promotes new computing era with AI PC
By Antone GonsalvesIntel says its upcoming Core Ultra will help lead personal computing to the AI PC era by making AI processing a mainstream task on PCs, like office productivity and video editing.
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20 Sep 2023
Oracle adds employee recognition, rewards to its cloud HCM
By Patrick ThibodeauOracle boosts its Cloud HCM suite with an employee recognition platform and healthcare-tailored workforce scheduling tool, leveraging insights from its $28B Cerner Corp. purchase.
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20 Sep 2023
Spotfire unveils generative AI plans, adds to pre-built apps
By Eric AvidonThe analytics specialist introduced the private preview of Copilot, which will enable customers to ask questions of their data and receive responses without having to write code.
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20 Sep 2023
Linux Foundation ups ante on HashiCorp, hosts Terraform fork
By Beth PariseauAll eyes are on HashiCorp's response now that a community-driven fork of its Terraform infrastructure as code tool has been officially relaunched as a Linux Foundation project.
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20 Sep 2023
Rishi Sunak under fire from UK tech stakeholders over revision of net-zero policies
By Caroline DonnellyThe prime minister has seen his decision to tweak and revise several policies that underpin the UK's net-zero goals criticised for potentially stunting the growth of the clean tech sector
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20 Sep 2023
Cyber insurance report shows surge in ransomware claims
By Arielle WaldmanCoalition's H1 2023 report shows ransomware activity increased and severity reached "historic" highs as businesses lost an average of more than $365,000 following an attack.
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20 Sep 2023
Parliament passes sweeping Online Safety Bill but tech companies still concerned over encryption
By Bill GoodwinOfcom will consult on standards to enforce new powers, but tech companies remain concerned about the impact of the bill’s ‘spy clause’, which could require them to scan encrypted messages
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20 Sep 2023
New Oracle Health Cloud-Based EHR Features Focus on Patient Experience
By Hannah NelsonNew cloud-based capabilities in the Oracle Health EHR include a patient portal that supports simple voice commands to improve the patient experience.
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20 Sep 2023
HP encourages channel to help users improve working environments
By Simon QuickeSupplier’s work relationship study shines light on high levels of dissatisfaction from many workers with how things are currently operating
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20 Sep 2023
Datacentre operators ‘hesitant’ over how to proceed with server farm builds as AI hype builds
By Caroline DonnellyAs the hype surrounding artificial intelligence enters a new phase with the rising enterprise and hyperscale interest in generative AI, operators are not sure how to proceed with new datacentre builds, it is claimed
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20 Sep 2023
Exclusive Networks confirms Eccleston in EMEA role
By Simon QuickeAfter working across the region in an interim role, the channel veteran has now being given the job on a permanent basis
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20 Sep 2023
Organisations failing to proactively address insider cyber risk
By Alex ScroxtonOrganisations are spending less than 10% of their annual security budgets on trying to solve one of the costliest problems in cyber: insider risk
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20 Sep 2023
Oracle unveils new suite for analytics, AI data management
By Eric AvidonThe tech giant's new Fusion Data Intelligence Platform is aimed at fueling AI, BI and data management so customers can quickly take action based on analysis and insight.
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20 Sep 2023
Multi-agency pilot aims to help innovators navigate regulatory landscape
By Cliff SaranRegulators join forces in pilot scheme to help businesses deploy new technologies in a way that complies with cross-industry regulations
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20 Sep 2023
Culturally Competent Care Elusive for 3 in 10 Immigrant Patients
By Sara HeathAnother 25 percent said they’ve experienced discrimination in healthcare, potentially a side effect of limited culturally competent and language-concordant care.
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20 Sep 2023
Starlink tops satellite performance ratings
By Joe O’HalloranAs the space-based connectivity sector gains increasing momentum, research finds that market leading satellite provider hits high levels of customer satisfaction for users in France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand and the UK in Q2 2023
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20 Sep 2023
Zoom aims for contact centre boost with Workforce Engagement Management suite
By Joe O’HalloranLeading communications and collaboration technology provider unveils suite designed to help boost employee engagement and customer satisfaction
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20 Sep 2023
Oracle CloudWorld 2023: Ellison heralds dawn of generative AI era
By Brian McKennaOracle’s founder and chief technology officer, Larry Ellison, lends his heft to the generative AI vogue
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20 Sep 2023
How Google is priming its infrastructure for the AI wave
By Aaron TanThe technology giant is integrating purpose-built hardware with an optimised software stack to meet the heightened computational demands of next-generation AI workloads
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19 Sep 2023
Braverman puts pressure on Meta to pause end-to-end encryption plans
By Bill GoodwinThe home secretary is calling on Meta to halt its plans to introduce encrypted messaging services on Facebook and Instagram until the company puts measures in place to detect abuse
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19 Sep 2023
New revelations from the Snowden archive surface
By Stefania MauriziA decade after Snowden exposed NSA’s mass surveillance in cooperation with the British GCHQ, only about 1% of the documents have been published – but three major facts can finally be revealed thanks to a doctoral thesis in applied cryptography by Jacob Appelbaum
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19 Sep 2023
Automation Anywhere intros new generative AI tools
By Esther AjaoThe new RPA tools come several months after the vendor added some initial GenAI capabilities to its platform and as vendors capitalize on the excitement about the AI technology.
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19 Sep 2023
Industrial operations needs open technology ecosystem
By Jim O'DonnellTo fully realize the productivity promises of Industry 4.0, manufacturers need to take an open ecosystem approach that integrates proprietary OT systems with IT systems.
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19 Sep 2023
Oracle databases in OCI now run on Microsoft Azure
By Tim McCarthyA new partnership between two enterprise technology giants adds Oracle's hardware and software for Microsoft Azure customers, as former rivals unite to compete against AWS.
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19 Sep 2023
U.S. government shutdown would crush CHIPS Act momentum
By Makenzie HollandA U.S. government shutdown would significantly impact implementation of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 as federal workers would be forced to stay home from work.
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19 Sep 2023
Ochsner to Pilot Epic EHR Integration for Generative AI Patient Messaging
By Hannah NelsonApproximately 100 Ochsner clinicians will test an Epic EHR integration that uses generative AI to draft responses to routine patient requests.
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19 Sep 2023
Post Office employee changed story for witness statement used to destroy subpostmaster
By Karl FlindersPost Office inquiry hears how an auditor changed her story about a subpostmaster to help win court battle
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19 Sep 2023
Okta confirms link to cyber attacks on Las Vegas casinos
By Alex ScroxtonOkta CISO David Bradbury confirms widespread speculation about the high-profile cyber attacks on two Las Vegas casino operators, revealing that the threat actors responsible had indeed abused its services as they earlier claimed
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19 Sep 2023
EE updates 3G network closure dates
By Joe O’HalloranUK’s leading mobile operator releases more specific details about plans to devote spectrum resources to 4G and 5G services, and announces 3G scheme with charity
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19 Sep 2023
Smartsheet scales project management for larger customers
By Mary ReinesThe work collaboration platform vendor's updates scale capabilities for task views, high-volume data management and visualizations to simplify organization for larger customers.
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19 Sep 2023
SambaNova AI launches new chip: the SN40L
By Esther AjaoThe AI hardware and software provider's new chip offers enterprises a full stack approach to training LLM. It also makes it possible for customers to train multimodal models.
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19 Sep 2023
CrowdStike looks to accelerate channel sales
By Simon QuickeSecurity player CrowdStrike cuts the ribbon on fresh partner programme, with the aim of making life easier
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19 Sep 2023
Oracle's CX GenAI tools consolidate data, manage knowledge
By Mary ReinesThe cloud platform vendor unveiled GenAI tools to increase productivity for marketers, sales teams and customer service agents by creating content and retrieving information.
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19 Sep 2023
Government pumps £10m into faster patient access to medtech
By Lis EvenstadThe funding aims to give developers support to rapidly develop innovative technologies that can address unmet clinical needs
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19 Sep 2023
Managed print investments growing
By Simon QuickeResearch from Quocirca underlines market opportunity for those with the right solutions and ability to meet increasing customer expectations
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19 Sep 2023
38TB Microsoft data leak highlights risks of oversharing
By Alex ScroxtonAn accidentally disclosed SAS token with excessive privileges enabled researchers to access nearly 40TB of Microsoft’s data, highlighting the risks of privilege mismanagement and oversharing
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19 Sep 2023
Infinidat offers all-flash within a hybrid array
By Adam ArmstrongInfinidat places a virtual all-flash array in its hybrid storage system while doubling the capacity of InfiniBox SSA and carving it up for easier consumption.
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19 Sep 2023
Cosmetics giant L'Oréal turns to Databricks for cloud data-led customer personalisation push
By Caroline DonnellyThe cosmetics giant is building on its past work with Databricks to provide more personalised care to its customers across the globe
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19 Sep 2023
Veeam leads funding round for SaaS backup provider Alcion
By Paul CrocettiAnalysts say that while both Alcion and Veeam offer Microsoft 365 backup, there is enough difference in the products and enough need in the data protection market.
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19 Sep 2023
Zocdoc Enters Practice Management, Patient Access Tech Space
By Sara HeathThe practice management suite will offer patient intake, appointment scheduling, and video components to support the patient access process, Zocdoc said.
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19 Sep 2023
Viavi projects gain Open Networks Ecosystem funding
By Joe O’HalloranTelecoms testing expert and partners gain slice of UK Department of Science, Innovation and Technology’s £88m 5G development fund to advance applications development over Open RAN networks
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19 Sep 2023
UK wants international collaboration on AI for development
By Lis EvenstadForeign secretary James Cleverly uses speech at United Nations General Assembly to set out vision for potential of AI technology to speed up development in the world’s poorest nations
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19 Sep 2023
Nominet and European counterparts link up on intelligence sharing
By Alex ScroxtonThe new European TLD ISAC, a collaborative project between top-level domain providers across Europe, aims to enhance their collective security posture to better protect internet users