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07 Nov 2025
News brief: Collaboration apps face security scrutiny -- again
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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06 Nov 2025
Ataccama automates data quality with agentic AI-fueled suite
The new version of the vendor's platform automates tasks previously performed by humans to substantially reduce the time it takes to ensure that data can be trusted.
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04 Nov 2025
At TechEd, SAP continues to lay down the AI data foundation
New tools to speed up agentic AI development, open SAP platforms and provide access to data products were also touted as helping companies get business value from their AI.
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30 Sep 2025
Contentsquare previews agentic AI-driven content analytics
Content analytics can be complicated, but natural language and agentic AI can simplify the process.
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30 Sep 2025
ServiceNow makes the case to users for AI management
ServiceNow keeps up its campaign to own AI orchestration, challenges Salesforce with new CRM tools as Salesforce claps back with its own ITSM offering.
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30 Sep 2025
Enterprises want to go faster on the AI front
Research from Climb Channel Solutions lifts the lid on current customer attitudes towards artificial intelligence
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30 Sep 2025
Google to pay $24m to settle lawsuit with president Trump
Trump launched legal challenge after being blocked from posting on his YouTube channel, which Google is now seeking to settle
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29 Sep 2025
JLR tentatively restarts production, following £1.5bn government backing
Jaguar Land Rover is to resume car production after a £1.5bn government loan guarantee amid its cyber attack fallout. Debate is growing over the bailout and insurance
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29 Sep 2025
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
Moves of note at Alkira, Zyxel Networks, TP-Link, One Identity, Gigamon, Cloudflare, Evolve IP, Rureka Solutions and TXP
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29 Sep 2025
Women’s Rugby World Cup premiered GenAI for broadcast match analysis
England’s triumph at the Women’s Rugby World Cup also saw the debut of generative AI for real-time broadcast rugby match analysis
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29 Sep 2025
Sprinklr adds AI agents for marketing, CCaaS, more
Sprinklr users get their AI agents for marketing, service and customer feedback, custom-tuned to verticals.
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29 Sep 2025
Global payments network Swift builds blockchain capability
Not-for-profit global payments network to initially use blockchain-based shared ledger for cross-border payments, with further use cases to follow
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29 Sep 2025
Global payments network Swift builds blockchain capability
Not-for-profit global payments network to initially use blockchain-based shared ledger for cross-border payments, with further use cases to follow
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29 Sep 2025
Interview: GitLab CTO on freeing developers for innovation with AI
Sabrina Farmer explains how GitLab’s platform for the software development lifecycle is using artificial intelligence to help eliminate developer toil and drive innovation
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29 Sep 2025
Celanese looks to private 5G to transform manufacturing at the edge
Fully managed private 5G network designed to deliver what is claimed to be resilient connectivity to accelerate Industry 4.0 innovation
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26 Sep 2025
Microsoft hides key data flow information in plain sight
Microsoft’s own documentation confirms that data hosted in its hyperscale cloud architecture routinely traverses the globe, but the tech giant is actively obfuscating this vital information from its UK law enforcement customers
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26 Sep 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments this week at Crayon, SoftwareOne, Exclusive Networks, Arrow and Westcon-Comstor
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26 Sep 2025
How Mediacorp stops livestreams from freezing at key moments
Singapore’s national broadcaster has achieved a 99.5% crash-free rate for its mobile apps by using observability tools to find and fix issues in real time, ensuring a smoother experience for users
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25 Sep 2025
Government might support Jaguar Land Rover supply chain to mitigate cyber attack impact
The government is considering buying car parts from JLR’s supply chain to sell them on to the company once it recovers from the August cyber attack
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25 Sep 2025
Co-op declares cyber attack damage cost £206m
Co-op reveals £206m costs from April cyber attack, with revenues hit, member data stolen and shelves emptied, exposing major retail supply chain vulnerabilities
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25 Sep 2025
CEO change at Advania UK as Kneen steps down
Channel player Advania has made a leadership change after its current boss calls time on his spell at the firm
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25 Sep 2025
Lenovo targets AI and hybrid cloud to drive APAC growth
The tech supplier’s infrastructure arm is tapping its partner ecosystem and as-a-service model to help the region’s enterprises move from AI experimentation to delivering tangible business outcomes
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25 Sep 2025
Zoom includes AI at no extra cost to crack enterprise adoption puzzle
Zoom bets on free AI to drive enterprise adoption, despite evidence the highest return on investment comes from back-office automation
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24 Sep 2025
Internet shutdowns in Africa on upward trajectory
A comparative analysis of internet shutdowns in African countries highlights how the tactic is increasingly used to repress dissent and political opposition, depriving millions of people and businesses access to vital digital tools that sustain their social, economic and political life
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24 Sep 2025
Oktane 2025: Okta takes aim at agentic AI governance gap
Identity specialist Okta is laying the groundwork for a number of incoming announcements designed to help its customers get to grips with the challenge of securing non-human, agentic identities.
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24 Sep 2025
NCA arrests man following cyber attack that disrupted air travel
The NCA has arrested a man in West Sussex over the cyber attack on Collins Aerospace that disrupted Heathrow and other EU airports. He has been released on conditional bail
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24 Sep 2025
Rigby Group marks milestone with another year of growth
Channel player Rigby Group celebrates 50 years of business and shares an update on how it performed in the past fiscal year
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24 Sep 2025
Alibaba Cloud targets full-stack AI dominance
The Chinese cloud giant has unveiled the Qwen3-Max model, a suite of agent development tools and cloud infrastructure upgrades to position itself as a one-stop shop for AI development and deployment
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24 Sep 2025
Salesforce shifts focus from AI models to agentic AI
Rather than being preoccupied with large language models, Salesforce is now focused on building AI agents, with an eye on achieving what it calls ‘enterprise general intelligence’
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24 Sep 2025
Sitecore CEO: Embedded agentic AI is the future of business
As AI disrupts website traffic and remakes marketing techniques, Sitecore CEO Eric Stine discusses the future of agentic AI for customer experience.
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23 Sep 2025
Channel faces AI tool sprawl and inefficient workflows
Experts across the channel speak of opportunities for partners to help customers that are overwhelmed by the number of tools they are working with
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23 Sep 2025
Jaguar Land Rover extends cyber attack-induced shutdown to October
Jaguar Land Rover is extending its production shutdown caused by the 31 August cyber attack into next month, as government ministers drop by and supply chain workers lose wages
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23 Sep 2025
Post Office Capture appeals slowed by poor records
Poor data on the use of the Post Office Capture software is slowing the review of criminal convictions, says lawyer
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23 Sep 2025
EU to shut door on Big Tech in financial data sharing
US tech giants to be excluded from EU’s Financial Data Access initiative, which enables the sharing of certain customer financial data
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22 Sep 2025
Nebula: AI is supporting channel ESG efforts
Report from services player highlights the positives of artificial intelligence for those looking to cut emissions and improve social responsibility
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22 Sep 2025
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
Moves of note this week at Schneider Electric, Gigamon, Keepit, Leviia, NFON, Immersive, Netrio and Quectel Wireless Solutions
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22 Sep 2025
Tech consortium unveils private 5G, AI-powered edge innovation hub
‘Pioneering’ hub for startups and nonprofits to test advanced private 5G and AI-powered edge use cases without the usual cost or deployment challenges
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18 Sep 2025
UK banks still run software code written more than 60 years ago
More than half of UK banks still rely on computer code written in or before the 1970s, and which is understood by only a few of their staff
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18 Sep 2025
Should you run VMware 7 unsupported?
In just a few weeks, VMware version 7 reaches end of life, which means Broadcom will no longer issue patches
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18 Sep 2025
Oxa gains more mileage from Nvidia for autonomous vehicles
UK-based autonomous vehicle systems provider looks to speed up its commercial roll-out in the $2tn industrial mobility automation market with use of advanced AI technology, including Cosmos World Foundation Models
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17 Sep 2025
Techcombank wields data and AI to drive customer engagement
By unifying data on the Databricks platform, the Vietnam bank has built AI capabilities to deliver hyper-personalised offers to 15 million customers and expand its footprint beyond its traditional affluent base
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17 Sep 2025
Google Cloud unveils open protocol for agentic payments
Google’s Agent Payments Protocol is an open standard developed with more than 60 global partners to create a secure standard for AI-driven transactions
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16 Sep 2025
Exabeam: Treat AI agents as the new insider threat
As artificial intelligence agents are given more power inside organisations, Exabeam’s chief AI officer, Steve Wilson, argues they must be monitored for rogue behaviour just like their human counterparts
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16 Sep 2025
Workday previews a dozen AI agents, acquires Sana
Workday previews 12 agents, with a 13th pending completion of Paradox acquisition.
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16 Sep 2025
There are '50 shades of clean core' for SAP customers
In this Q&A, Michael Lemashov and Denis Malov of JDC Group discuss the strategies for SAP customers to achieve a clean core and introduce tech like AI into legacy systems.
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16 Sep 2025
eEVOS brings GUI-accessible VMware alternative for SMEs
eEVOS from EuroNAS plays in the same space as ProxMox, but isn’t free. It does, however, offer a graphical UI so customers don’t need to flex the Linux CLI skills to use it
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16 Sep 2025
Countdown to end of Windows 10 support hits final month
Channel still has a role to play in helping customers migrate away from the operating system that Microsoft is ending support for in October
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15 Sep 2025
Amnesty: AI surveillance risks ‘supercharging’ US deportations
Amnesty International says AI-driven platforms from Palantir and Babel Street are being used by US authorities to track migrants and revoke visas, raising fears of unlawful detentions and mass deportations
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15 Sep 2025
‘Utter madness’ as Post Office paid law firm double the cost of scandal public inquiry
The Post Office legal representation at public inquiry into Horizon scandal cost twice as much as the actual inquiry
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15 Sep 2025
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
Personnel additions this week at Zen Internet, Confluent, Schneider Electric, Kaseya and Mitel
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15 Sep 2025
Smart headset gives visually impaired a new way to ‘see’
Researchers at the National University of Singapore have created a wearable device that combines a camera with conversational AI powered by Meta’s Llama models to give sight to the visually impaired
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15 Sep 2025
Utelogy, Natilik team to enhance managed meeting collaboration spaces
Connected workspaces platform provider teams with digital transformation specialist to expand global reach with proactive monitoring and automation
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12 Sep 2025
EU Data Act comes into force amid fears of regulation fatigue
The EU Data Act will potentially give users control of device data, and boost data sharing, cloud switching and competition while raising compliance demands
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12 Sep 2025
Orange, Synamedia join forces to expand multi-CDN reach
Video software provider teams with global telco to improve network performance for streaming providers to deliver content more smoothly and reach more viewers, especially in the Middle East and Africa
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12 Sep 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments this week at TD Synnex, Arrow, Westcon-Comstor, Exclusive Networks, Umbraco, Evolve IP and Cellhub
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12 Sep 2025
Post Office Horizon accounts are still a mess and replacement system is years away
Sources say the Post Office doesn’t know whether millions of pounds of branch discrepancies are real or not
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11 Sep 2025
Box upgrades AI document extraction and security services
Box dives into agentic AI for enhanced security and intelligent document processing.
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11 Sep 2025
GTDC: CROs can grow with distribution
Industry organisation GTDC delivers a guide to inform those pulling the purse strings about the benefits of working with the channel
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10 Sep 2025
Jaguar Land Rover admits data has been compromised in cyber attack
The car maker revealed that data was stolen in the cyber attack that began on 31 August, as its production line continues to be affected
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10 Sep 2025
Adobe releases AI marketing agents, orchestration platform
Adobe users can now orchestrate prefab AI marketing agents, and soon will be able to create their own.
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10 Sep 2025
Court to decide whether it is lawful for enterprises to sell unwanted software licences
The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal is to decide whether businesses can lawfully sell second-hand software following a £250m suit brought by a reseller against Microsoft
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10 Sep 2025
IAA mobility: LG looks to accelerate in-vehicle experience with Xbox, Zoom
CE giant continues its drive into automotive, claiming to redefine software-defined vehicle era through partnerships offering in-car gaming and meetings delivered over standard content platform
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10 Sep 2025
Open source security and sustainability remain unsolved problem
While software bills of materials offer some transparency over software components, they don’t solve the imbalance between corporate consumption of open source software and the lack of investment in its security and health
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09 Sep 2025
Fujitsu braced for double-digit decline triggered by ‘foolish display of legal machismo’
Internally, Fujitsu UK is braced for major revenue decline as Post Office scandal takes its toll
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09 Sep 2025
Genesys updates contact center AI agent, orchestration tools
Genesys will add AI orchestration and agentic interoperability capabilities.
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09 Sep 2025
IAA Mobility 2025: Qualcomm and Google Cloud team to enhance in-car experience
So-called ‘landmark’ technical collaboration brings together Gemini models and Snapdragon Digital Chassis solutions to help automakers create deeply personalised and advanced AI agents to redefine customer experience
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09 Sep 2025
UK AI sector balloons by 85% to 5,800 companies from 2023 to 2025
A Perspective Economics study commissioned by DSIT sizes the UK AI sector at 5,800 companies, an increase of 85% over two years
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09 Sep 2025
IAA Mobility 2025: Cerence AI develops AI agent for working on the go
Artificial intelligence-based conversational user experience firm develops voice AI agent for the car that integrates with Microsoft 365 Copilot to address the rise of mobile work and associated distracted driving risks
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09 Sep 2025
UK back to growth for Computacenter
H1 numbers for Computacenter show the benefits of operating over a wide geographical area, with growth offsetting markets that struggled
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09 Sep 2025
Rimini Street CEO sounds death knell on ERP software
Believing monolithic ERP applications will become obsolete in a decade, Seth Ravin is positioning Rimini Street to help enterprises transition to agentic ERP processes
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08 Sep 2025
Splunk.conf: Splunk and Cisco showcase unified platform
With 18 months having elapsed since Cisco closed its acquisition of Splunk, joint platform capabilities and developments are being showcased at the annual Splunk.conf fair
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08 Sep 2025
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
Personnel moves of note in the past few days at iplicit, Netwrix, Channelscaler and Scality
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08 Sep 2025
AI boom to push Australian IT spending past A$172bn
Australian IT spending is set to grow by 8.9% in 2026, driven by growing investments in artificial intelligence, datacentre systems and cloud, according to Gartner
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05 Sep 2025
Jaguar Land Rover cyber attack keeps workers at home
The recent cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover is keeping workers out of the plants as possible attack group identity becomes public
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05 Sep 2025
Lloyds Bank to use Workday software to help select staff for redundancy
Lloyds Banking Group will analyse data on HR software to help it select staff for redundancy
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05 Sep 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments of note this week at Synaxon, Ricoh Europe, Zyxel Networks, SentinelOne and Sharp
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05 Sep 2025
How Metrobank is tapping VMware Cloud Foundation
The Philippine bank has adopted nearly all of the capabilities in VMware’s private cloud platform to modernise its IT infrastructure while reaping cost savings
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04 Sep 2025
Depression, anxiety, PTSD and suicidal thoughts: Post Office victims speak out
Report finds that former subpostmasters suffered and are continuing to suffer severe mental and physical problems due to their treatment by the Post Office
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04 Sep 2025
Sticking with Windows 10 could be costly
As the clock ticks down on support for the OS, research indicates that sticking with the platform could be expensive
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04 Sep 2025
Number of UK banks reporting AI-driven productivity improvements doubles
Survey shows that half of UK banks will increase spending on artificial intelligence as more see AI-related productivity gains
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04 Sep 2025
Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 team chooses SAP Cloud ERP to gain edge
Formula 1 team Mercedes-AMG Petronas has chosen SAP Cloud ERP to help it comply with upcoming regulatory changes from the FIA
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03 Sep 2025
HubSpot adds 200 features to platform, much of it agentic AI
HubSpot adds to its Breeze agentic AI componentry.
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03 Sep 2025
Westcon-Comstor provides update on sustainability progress
Distributor continues to move towards cutting carbon emissions and working with the rest of the channel to do the same
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03 Sep 2025
IT departments face huge Windows 10 support bill
When Windows 10 reaches end-of-life on October 14th, organisations will need to purchase an Extended Support contract to receive Microsoft patches
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03 Sep 2025
Open banking take-up grows by a third
Rising payments are driving the adoption of open banking, with more than 15 million users in July
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02 Sep 2025
OpenAI targets India with datacentre push
The AI firm is planning to open a one-gigawatt datacentre in India, which could reduce latency, ensure regulatory compliance and give it an edge over hyperscalers
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02 Sep 2025
Cyber attackers damage Jaguar Land Rover production
Jaguar Land Rover reports a cyber attack has ‘severely disrupted’ its vehicle production and retail operations, recalling similar attacks on other prominent British brands this year
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02 Sep 2025
Scottish Widows completes migration of millions of accounts to TCS platform
Pension provider reaches milestone in its digital transformation with Indian IT services giant
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02 Sep 2025
Fujitsu’s roots in government go too deep
MPs and peers call on prime minister to review Japanese supplier’s ‘eligibility’ to bid for government contracts
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02 Sep 2025
JFrog extends DevSecOps playbook to AI governance
The software security specialist is leveraging its capabilities in DevSecOps to address security, data provenance and bias in AI models
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01 Sep 2025
SCC welcomes fresh CEO
Channel player ushers in next chapter in 50-year history with the arrival of an experienced executive to take it forward
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01 Sep 2025
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
The past few days of the summer have included a number of personnel moves
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31 Aug 2025
Google Cloud brings on-premise Gemini AI to Singapore
Move allows government agencies and regulated industries to run Google’s most powerful artificial intelligence models in their own datacentres, directly addressing data security and residency requirements to fuel the nation’s AI ambitions
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29 Aug 2025
AI supports care of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon hospital
Artificial intelligence pilot in Lebanon hospital aimed at freeing up time for medics to treat more Palestinian refugees
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29 Aug 2025
Home Office ‘backdoor’ seeks worldwide access to Apple iCloud users’ data, court documents confirm
A court filing states that a government order against Apple would give it the capability to access communications and metadata of customers using the iCloud service anywhere in the world
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29 Aug 2025
8x8 lines up for Southampton FC to boost customer experience
Integrated customer experience platform provider extends role as official partner of English Football League Championship team, with cloud platform supporting ticketing and hospitality and delivering unique fan experiences
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28 Aug 2025
Salesforce Agentforce for Public Sector woos government users
Salesforce sets up MCP servers and testing environments for AI agents, and customizes Agentforce for the government vertical.
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28 Aug 2025
Zopa Bank seeks partners to form AI skills coalition
Survey by Juniper Research and Zopa Bank reveals full return on investment in artificial intelligence over next five years
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28 Aug 2025
Microsoft refuses to divulge data flows to Police Scotland
Tech giant Microsoft is declining to share key information with Police Scotland about where the sensitive data it uploads to Office 365 will be processed, leaving the force unable to comply with UK-wide data protection laws
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27 Aug 2025
FairPrice taps Google Cloud to build agentic AI workforce
Singapore’s largest retailer is deploying a suite of agentic AI applications built on Google’s Gemini, Vertex AI and Agentspace to transform its customer experience and internal workflows
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27 Aug 2025
Microsoft shares insights from SI artificial intelligence initiative
Vendor has been working with a selection of partners over the past few months to support wider cloud and AI adoption
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26 Aug 2025
Social media algorithms exposing children to violent pornographic content, report shows
A report by the Children’s Commissioner reveals that social media algorithms are pushing unsolicited, violent, pornographic content to children who use these platforms
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21 Aug 2025
Proposed U.S. law targets contact center AI, offshoring
Contact centers are in the sights of bills before the House and Senate with bipartisan support.
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21 Aug 2025
Moscow exploiting seven-year-old Cisco flaw, says FBI
US authorities warn of an uptick in state-sponsored exploitation of a seven-year-old vulnerability in Cisco's operating system software