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14 Jul 2025
AWS Kiro coding agents highlight spec-driven development
By Beth PariseauAWS Kiro, a project developed by a 'small, opinionated team within AWS,' prioritizes spec-driven development in the workflows of coding agents.
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14 Jul 2025
Payers buy more primary care practices, boost MA penetration
By Jacqueline LaPointeA new study shows that payers have significantly integrated with primary care practices, especially in markets with higher Medicare Advantage penetration.
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11 Jul 2025
'Click to Cancel' left to the states, for now
By Don Fluckinger'Click to Cancel' laws are still on the books in many states.
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29 May 2025
Sapphire 2025: BASF evolves business with move to SAP S/4Hana
By Brian McKennaGermany-based global chemical giant BASF has elected to move its SAP IT estate to S/4Hana private cloud to evolve its business in uncertain times
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29 May 2025
Post Office slammed after deleting social media comments on IT scandal
By Bill CurtisPost Office accused of suppressing the views of victims of the Horizon scandal by deleting comments on social media platforms
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28 May 2025
VMware and Oracle licensing: Time to consider alternatives
By Cliff SaranWith so much Java code running enterprise IT, we consider the benefits of adapting existing systems to make them more cloud-native
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28 May 2025
Infor bets on ‘micro-verticalisation’, sees uptick from SAP customers
By Aaron TanInfor’s head honcho in Asia-Pacific and Japan details how the company's deep industry focus and cloud-native business applications are driving growth and attracting customers, including those rethinking their SAP roadmaps
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27 May 2025
Salesforce to acquire Informatica in $8 billion deal
By Don FluckingerA rumored $11 billion was too much last year, but $8 billion this year was too good to pass up.
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27 May 2025
How SAP sustainability software helps manage ESG programs
By David EssexGunther Rothermel, who leads engineering for the SAP sustainability line, explains the challenges of regulatory reporting and what AI-infused tools can do to automate the process.
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27 May 2025
Salesforce pays $8bn for Informatica to underpin agentic AI play
By Alex ScroxtonSalesforce is to pay approximately $8bn for cloud data management specialist Informatica as it looks to shore up the foundations of its developing agentic AI strategy
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27 May 2025
Maturing UK fintechs increase tech and cyber security hiring
By Karl FlindersIncreased hiring reflects that fintechs are maturing and now require more cyber security and compliance experts
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27 May 2025
Norway’s autonomous bus moves into the fast lane
By Pat BransIn a small but ambitious project in Stavanger, Norway, autonomous buses are proving they might one day solve a critical problem: the chronic shortage of bus drivers
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27 May 2025
Immersive content to stretch wireless networks to breaking point
By Joe O’HalloranResearch finds video accounts for 69% of all internet data traffic, far surpassing social media and gaming, and that by 2031, limitations of current networks are already apparent
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26 May 2025
Gartner: VMware users face multi-hypervisor future
By Stephen WithersWith two-thirds of organisations reportedly negative about Broadcom’s VMware licensing changes, Gartner analyst Michael Warrilow advises IT leaders of multi-year migrations and an inevitable shift towards multiple hypervisors
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26 May 2025
Gprnt platform to ease sustainability reporting
By Aaron TanSingapore businesses can now automatically generate basic sustainability reports free of charge using Gprnt, a platform aimed at simplifying reporting and unlocking green financing
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23 May 2025
HP’s UK&I managing director stresses importance of partner dialogue
By Simon QuickeThe recently appointed country manager shares her views on the importance of maintaining close links with the channel
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23 May 2025
Enterprise to the fore as Zoom claims strong Q1
By Joe O’HalloranFirst quarter of 2026 financial year sees AI-first work platform provider break $1bn revenue barrier, with especially strong rise in enterprise business and AI Companion usage, up nearly 40%
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23 May 2025
Grab opens AI centre of excellence, bets on home-grown AI
By Aaron TanSoutheast Asian super app Grab has launched an AI centre of excellence in Singapore, aiming to develop its own specialised foundation model, bolster developer productivity and create 50 new roles, among other goals
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22 May 2025
Virgin Media O2 Business offers Microsoft Teams Phone Mobile
By Joe O’HalloranUK operator’s business division looks to offer companies seamless, secure collaboration to support flexible working and gain enhanced productivity
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22 May 2025
Agentic AI to drive heavy infrastructure demands
By Aaron TanAs organisations begin to explore agentic AI, Dell’s Soo Mei May warns that scaling these intelligent systems will have higher compute, memory, storage and networking requirements, far exceeding those for generative AI
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21 May 2025
Microsoft agent design, Power Apps evolve in sophistication
By Don FluckingerMicrosoft bets big on agents and apps.
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21 May 2025
Sapphire 2025: SAP mints business AI flywheel with Palantir on board
By Brian McKennaSAP CEO Christian Klein put economic and geopolitical uncertainty at the centre of the opening keynote at the supplier’s global Sapphire event in Orlando
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21 May 2025
Google I/O: LLM capabilities power agentic AI search
By Cliff SaranAs Google strives to make AI universal, it is starting to integrate agentic AI into Google Search to fast-track purchasing on websites
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21 May 2025
Interview: Rom Kosla, CIO, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
By Mark SamuelsThe IT chief of one of the world’s biggest tech companies still has to get the technology right – and he’s building on cloud, application consolidation and data to bring new capabilities in AI to his users
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21 May 2025
SAP sits Joule at the helm of apps, data 'flywheel'
By David EssexThe vendor also made its Sapphire 2025 conference a showcase for solving AI data challenges with Business Data Cloud and integrated 'suites' of cloud applications.
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21 May 2025
Red Hat touts OpenShift Virtualization momentum
By Aaron TanEnterprises are increasingly adopting Red Hat’s OpenShift Virtualization, driven by Broadcom’s VMware licensing changes and a desire for a stable, AI-ready platform, company executives revealed at the Red Hat Summit this week
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20 May 2025
Hacking contest exposes VMware security
By Cliff SaranIn what has been described as a historical first, hackers in Berlin have been able to demo successful attacks on the ESXi hypervisor
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20 May 2025
Botched Post Office IT projects continue to drain public purse
By Karl FlindersMillions more pounds of public money spent by the Post Office as a result of an IT error that exposed the personal details of Horizon victims
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20 May 2025
Interview: Driving tech innovation at the BBC
By Cliff SaranComputer Weekly speaks to Jatin Aythora, director of BBC Research and Development, about self-belief and learning from different industries
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20 May 2025
SAP to add AI agents for catalogs, order management
By Don FluckingerSAP deepens its footprint in agentic AI.
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20 May 2025
Westcon-Comstor European unification efforts progressing
By Simon QuickeDistributor announced at the start of March it was looking to go to market across the region with a more unified approach
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20 May 2025
Build 2025: Microsoft opens up Windows machine learning
By Cliff SaranWindows machine learning is one of the highlights of this year’s Microsoft annual developer event. The company is also paving the way to multi-agent artificial intelligence in Windows
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19 May 2025
SAP should balance AI talk with customer concerns at Sapphire
By Jim O'DonnellSAP will focus on Joule, agentic AI and Business Data Cloud at Sapphire; experts say it should also show how it can help customers deal with real-world issues.
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19 May 2025
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
By Simon QuickeDiscover the moves announced over the past week at Ingram Micro, AMD, Nutanix and Logpoint
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19 May 2025
Post Office performs costly 30-year U-turn on Horizon
By Karl FlindersPost Office Horizon replacement magnifies missed opportunity as move from the controversial Horizon system to an off-the-shelf alternative is going back to a plan it rejected in the 1990s
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18 May 2025
AI’s thirst for power pushing enterprises into supercomputing
By Aaron TanThe compute and energy demands of large-scale AI are turning enterprise AI infrastructure into supercomputing, though the search for a killer app and concerns over initial infrastructure costs remain
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16 May 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
By Simon QuickeDevelopments this week at Ignition Technology, Phoenix Software, Westcon-Comstor and Utelogy
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16 May 2025
Kissflow finds its place in low-code market
By Aaron TanThe supplier of low-code software development tools that cater to both citizen developers and IT professionals is experiencing rapid growth in Southeast Asia where it has been doubling its revenue over the past four years
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15 May 2025
Salesforce acquisition of Convergence adds Agentforce talent
By Don FluckingerSalesforce beefs up its Agentforce engineering corps, leadership.
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15 May 2025
Smart ball analytics proves value in rugby
By Brian McKennaWelsh professional rugby player Dan Biggar gives his thoughts on the role of data analytics in his sport, at an event where the Sportable smart ball was demonstrated
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15 May 2025
Post Office scandal inquiry to publish first findings this summer
By Karl FlindersInquiry announces that findings on compensation and human impact will be presented in the next few months
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14 May 2025
Twilio updates conversational intelligence, expands CDP
By Don FluckingerTwilio integrates its CDP and communications platform more closely.
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14 May 2025
Exertis steps up DEI commitment
By Simon QuickeDistributor increases number of support groups available for staff and backs DEI efforts with a board appointment
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14 May 2025
BBVA creates ChatGPT Store and expands use of the GenAI tool
By Karl FlindersData reveals that bank employees are saving an average of almost three hours every week by using ChatGPT
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13 May 2025
May Patch Tuesday brings five exploited zero-days to fix
By Alex ScroxtonMicrosoft fixes five exploited, and two publicly disclosed, zero-days in the fifth Patch Tuesday update of 2025
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13 May 2025
Controversial Post Office Horizon system could stay until 2033
By Karl FlindersPost Office seeks off-the-shelf Horizon replacement as part of £492m tender that includes ongoing support for Horizon up to 2033
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13 May 2025
Evidence reveals Post Office scandal victims short-changed in compensation payouts
By Karl FlindersSubpostmasters who appealed compensation payments have significantly increased ‘worryingly undervalued’ settlements
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12 May 2025
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
By Simon QuickeMoves of note this week at WatchGuard, Quantum Trilogy, Delinea and Nexer Enterprise Applications
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12 May 2025
Italian bank signs 10-year deal with Google Cloud
By Karl FlindersUniCredit will transform operations through cloud, AI and data analytics technologies from Google Cloud
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09 May 2025
Interview: Amanda Stent, head of AI strategy and research, Bloomberg
By Karl FlindersHallucinating AI, which lies through its teeth, keeps Amanda Stent busy at data analytics and intelligence giant Bloomberg
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09 May 2025
Broadcom letters demonstrate push to VMware subscriptions
By Cliff SaranThe owner of VMware is reminding customers on perpetual licences that they will longer be able to buy support for their VMware products
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09 May 2025
Nordic countries plan offline payment system for disaster backup
By Karl FlindersBoard member of the Bank of Finland reveals plan as likelihood of losing internet connectivity increases amid geopolitical tensions
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08 May 2025
Nutanix opens up to all external storage
By Antony AdsheadCEO Rajiv Ramaswami says Nutanix will open its platform to all external storage, allowing it to profit from customers wanting to move away from VMware, as well as the hyper-converged curious
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08 May 2025
SAP sales tactic fuels IT disconnect
By Cliff SaranBusiness heads are being targeted by SAP as it pushes out its Rise cloud ERP system
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08 May 2025
Climb increases AI support
By Simon QuickeDistributor looks to guide partners from start to selling to get more comfortable pitching artificial intelligence offerings
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08 May 2025
Gartner shines light on B2B buyer challenges
By Simon QuickeAnalyst firm Gartner reveals conflicts across numerous stakeholders and an undermining of digital transformation due to lack of staff knowledge
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08 May 2025
Oracle NetSuite’s Goldberg: Autonomous AI next applications phase
By Brian McKennaSpeaking with Computer Weekly at SuiteConnect 2025 in London, Evan Goldberg, executive vice-president of Oracle NetSuite, discussed how artificial intelligence in ERP is evolving
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08 May 2025
Data streaming matures, cultural shift is key
By Stephen WithersConfluent’s Tim Berglund warns that a cultural transformation towards creating valued data products is vital even as the technology for data streaming is maturing
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08 May 2025
UK government websites to replace passwords with secure passkeys
By Bill GoodwinGovernment websites are to replace difficult-to-remember passwords with highly secure passkeys that will protect against phishing and cyber attackers
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07 May 2025
Meta awarded $167m in court battle with spyware mercenaries
By Alex ScroxtonWhatsApp owner Meta is awarded millions of dollars in damages and compensation after its service was exploited by users of mercenary spyware developer NSO’s infamous Pegasus mobile malware
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07 May 2025
Redcentric shares trading update and welcomes fresh CEO
By Simon QuickeManaged service player reveals how its latest fiscal year has shaped up as it welcomes an experienced industry player to run the business
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07 May 2025
Evolve IP combines tech and sales support function
By Simon QuickeComms player makes move to streamline assistance it can provide to its reseller base
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07 May 2025
Bill Gates hails ‘stunning’ AI progress, urges focus on global equality
By Aaron TanThe Microsoft co-founder underscored AI’s transformative potential in healthcare, education and agriculture while highlighting the need to ensure its benefits reach lower-income nations
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07 May 2025
ServiceNow K25: McDermott vaunts agentic AI platform as revolutionary
By Brian McKennaAt its Knowledge 25 customer and partner conference in Las Vegas, ServiceNow painted an orchestrated agentic AI future for its Now platform and targeted CRM as prime field for growth
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06 May 2025
Epicor ERP adds agentic AI capabilities for supply chain
By Jim O'DonnellEpicor Prism's new agentic AI use cases aim to make supply chain processes more efficient and productive for its manufacturing customers.
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06 May 2025
Government industrial strategy will back cyber tech in drive for economic growth
By Bill GoodwinWith over 2,000 cyber security businesses across the UK, the government plans to target cyber as a priority to grow the economy
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06 May 2025
Options for Google as DoJ seeks divestiture
By Cliff SaranThe US Department of Justice is calling for Google to divest its adtech business. Google says it’s impossible. But is there an alternative?
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06 May 2025
ServiceNow rolls into Salesforce territory with CRM agentic AI
By Don FluckingerServiceNow makes its pitch to be a CRM, adding CPQ and order management features.
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06 May 2025
Belfast Digital Twin Centre to fast track industrial adoption of deep tech
By Joe O’HalloranTech centre designed to create conditions for digital twins to be better understood, more easily developed and more meaningfully applied, giving businesses real-time capabilities to make smarter decisions
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06 May 2025
Fintech summit reveals what’s next for sector
By Karl FlindersThe UK’s fintech sector attracted $3.6bn investment last year, which was only bettered by the US, but how will UK fintech continue to grow?
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06 May 2025
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
By Simon QuickeAppointments have been announced at Arc Systems Group, MLL Telecom, Unit4 and Databricks
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06 May 2025
Data issues cost Australian businesses nearly A$500k annually
By Aaron TanResearch reveals Australian organisations are losing an average of nearly half a million dollars annually due to poor data integrity, hindering their ability to leverage AI and eroding their competitive edge
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06 May 2025
Salesforce releases Agentforce for HR, more
By Don FluckingerSalesforce customizes its agents for more verticals and begins benchmarking its agentic AI.
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02 May 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
By Simon QuickeBefore the week ends, there’s time to note what’s happened at Westcoast, ALSO, TD Synnex, Ricoh Europe and iomart
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02 May 2025
Government and Ofcom disagree about scope of Online Safety Act
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonMPs heard different views from the online harms regulator and the UK government about whether and how the Online Safety Act obliges platforms to deal with disinformation
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01 May 2025
Progress made on government’s Post Office Capture redress, but concerns remain
By Karl FlindersLatest meeting between campaigners and business department seen as positive, but frustration and concerns remain
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30 Apr 2025
Current SaaS delivery model a risk management nightmare, says CISO
By Alex ScroxtonJPMorgan Chase security chief Patrick Opet laments the state of SaaS security in an open letter to the industry and calls on software providers to do more to enhance resilience
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30 Apr 2025
FCA wants ‘safe place’ for finance firms to test artificial intelligence
By Karl FlindersFinancial services regulator proposes artificial intelligence testing environment as part of its AI Lab
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30 Apr 2025
Artificial intelligence roles the ‘only safe jobs in banking’
By Karl FlindersWorld’s biggest banks have increased the number of employees working with artificial intelligence by 13% in the past six months
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29 Apr 2025
Edinburgh University evaluation of NHS AI Lab finds early promise
By Brian McKennaA report into the NHS AI Lab from the University of Edinburgh identifies early signs of return on investment amid barriers to scaling and implementation
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29 Apr 2025
VeeamON shows Veeam on Linux, RAG from backup, and cloud features
By Yann SerraVeeam showed a new Linux appliance, features in Veeam Backup & Replication that will see it run corporate backups as RAG data, and new cloud features that include Entra ID backup
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29 Apr 2025
Kaspersky calls for cyber immunity amid growing cyber threats
By Aaron TanThe rise of professional cyber crime groups and state-sponsored actors targeting critical infrastructure requires a move towards inherently secure ‘cyber immune’ systems, says Kaspersky CEO Eugene Kaspersky
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28 Apr 2025
AI adoption hovers around 25% for office workers
By Don FluckingerPerficient and Thomson Reuters surveys show that AI adoption is limited in some sectors, but there's lots of experimentation and evaluation happening.
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28 Apr 2025
Fujitsu UK staff will get bonus despite Post Office scandal fallout
By Karl FlindersEmployees will receive bonuses as Fujitsu UK reaches sales target - suggesting that its pause on bidding for public sector business has had limited impact
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28 Apr 2025
Digital twins critical for digital transformation to fly in aerospace
By Joe O’HalloranTechnology consortium publishes whitepaper to address the challenges of digital twin adoption in the aerospace and defence industries highlighting requirements for successfully deploying these digital twin-enabling technologies
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28 Apr 2025
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
By Simon QuickeThere have been moves in the past week at Cybit, Illumio, Warp Technologies, Bibby Financial Services and CMC Networks
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28 Apr 2025
Pharma leaders see AI revolutionising medicine
By Aaron TanPharmaceutical industry experts at Gitex Asia 2025 discuss how AI is revolutionising drug discovery, from accelerating clinical trials and diagnosing rare diseases to validating traditional medicines
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25 Apr 2025
M&S suspends all online sales as cyber attack worsens
By Alex ScroxtonM&S shuts down online sales as it works to contain and mitigate a severe cyber attack on its systems
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25 Apr 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
By Simon QuickeDevelopments this week at Datatonic, Parallels, Central Technology Group, Cowbell and FiberLocator
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24 Apr 2025
VMware patches put spotlight on support
By Cliff SaranRecent security updates in VMware products have highlighted the challenge IT decision-makers face as they navigate Broadcom licensing changes
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24 Apr 2025
Dropbox users get Dash generative AI video, image search
By Don FluckingerDropbox search extends to other apps such as Slack, Canva and Teams.
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24 Apr 2025
Dell welcomes former Lenovo staffer to drive CSG channel growth
By Simon QuickeVendor is keen to take advantage of user upgrade and refresh momentum towards Windows 11 and artificial intelligence devices
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24 Apr 2025
Critical Manufacturing and Twinzo unveil smart factory digital twin visualisation
By Joe O’HalloranNew connector designed to unlock ‘seamless’ manufacturing execution systems-to-3D twin integration, empowering manufacturers with dynamic operational visibility and strategic insights
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24 Apr 2025
ASEAN telcos going beyond the 5G hype
By Aaron TanTelcos from Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia are moving beyond the 5G hype as they focus on driving enterprise 5G and AI adoption to drive value for customers
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24 Apr 2025
Interview: Daniele Tonella, CTO, ING
By Karl FlindersThe bank’s global CTO has been in the role for less than a year and in that time has been working his way through four layers of tech
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23 Apr 2025
AvePoint event underlines partner progress
By Simon QuickeEfforts to educate and support the channel over the past year help deliver well-attended event and revenue growth
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23 Apr 2025
Avaya's Infinity rollout bolsters cloud, on-prem options
By Don FluckingerAfter acquiring Edify CCaaS, Avaya gives users more hybrid cloud options.
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23 Apr 2025
Amid uncertainty, Armis becomes newest CVE numbering authority
By Alex ScroxtonAmid an uncertain future for vulnerability research, exposure management company Armis has been given the authority to assign CVE IDs to newly discovered vulnerabilities
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22 Apr 2025
Fujitsu targets private AI with Japanese LLM on Nutanix
By Aaron TanFujitsu’s Takane large language model, optimised for Japanese language and business use, is aimed at supporting private AI deployments
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22 Apr 2025
Virgin Media O2 cuts carbon emissions 56% against its 2020 baseline
By Joe O’HalloranVirgin Media O2 reveals that it is on track to achieve net zero across its operations, products and supply chain by the end of 2040, 10 years ahead of UK’s net-zero goal
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22 Apr 2025
Acer arms partners with reliability pledge
By Simon QuickeHardware player Acer launches reliability promise to make its channel stand out in a crowded market
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22 Apr 2025
AI-powered APIs proving highly vulnerable to attack
By Alex ScroxtonThe growth of AI is proving a double-edged sword for API security, presenting opportunities for defenders to enhance their resilience, but also more risks from AI-powered attacks, according to report