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26 Jul 2024
Generative AI a top priority for Amazon QuickSight
By Eric AvidonThough the BI platform already enables users to analyze data and develop data products using natural language, AWS plans to do more to aid insight generation and user efficiency.
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26 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike outage underscores software testing dilemmas
By Beth PariseauExperts say efforts to avoid incidents such as last week's CrowdStrike outage will face time-honored tradeoffs between velocity, stability, access and security.
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26 Jul 2024
OpenAI takes on Google with new SearchGPT prototype
By Esther AjaoThe AI engine will provide users with information from the web. The AI vendor is working with publishers such as Newsmax. It will incorporate some features in ChatGPT.
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30 Aug 2023
Zurich Insurance slashes ServiceNow application development time
By Karl FlindersInsurance giant cuts time it takes to complete development of ServiceNow applications by days
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29 Aug 2023
Zero-day that forced Barracuda users to bin kit was exploited by China
By Alex ScroxtonMandiant has published details of how a Chinese threat actor targeted high-profile users of Barracuda Networks' Email Security Gateway appliances, including government agencies of interest to Beijing's intelligence goals
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29 Aug 2023
Nats resorts to fail-safe manual process after technical hitch
By Cliff SaranJust a few hours of manual processing has resulted in a massive backlog in flights
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29 Aug 2023
Top-performing CISOs reserve time for professional development
By Alex ScroxtonSurvey of chief information security officers conducted by Gartner sheds light on habits shared by the top-performing members of the profession
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28 Aug 2023
Ukraine IT outsourcing dips, but startups bring new energy
By John MooreUkrainian IT services exports declined 9.3% in the first half of 2023 amid war and global economic slowdown. Resilient infrastructure and AI startups offer bright spots, however.
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24 Aug 2023
Bletchley Park to host UK government AI safety summit
By Cliff SaranAn international collaboration event on artificial intelligence safety is being run at the site that was home to the world’s first programmable computer
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24 Aug 2023
NHS SBS to launch £1.5bn digital workplace solutions framework
By Lis EvenstadNHS Shared Business Services is planning on a second iteration of its digital workplace solutions framework before the current one expires in August 2024
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24 Aug 2023
NHS England calls on NHS organisations to take part in wireless trials
By Lis EvenstadNHS organisations are encouraged to apply for funding for the wireless trials programme, which aims to explore how cutting-edge tech can improve patient care
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24 Aug 2023
AWS debuts Dedicated Local Zones with Singapore government as first customer
By Aaron TanThe new offering will be fully managed by AWS, built for exclusive use by a customer or community, and placed in a customer-specified location or datacentre
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23 Aug 2023
Inside Micron Singapore’s sustainability journey
By Aaron TanThe chipmaker has been doubling down on sustainability efforts in Singapore by tapping solar power, recycling water and waste, as well as treating greenhouse gases, in a bid to achieve net zero by 2050
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23 Aug 2023
Six subpostmaster appeals to be heard in Scottish court
By Karl FlindersScottish court will hear appeals against the convictions of six former subpostmasters based on evidence from a Post Office computer system
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23 Aug 2023
St Helens Council in Merseyside hit by ransomware attack
By Alex ScroxtonSt Helens Borough Council is investigating a suspected ransomware incident targeting its systems, and is advising residents to be on the alert for follow-on phishing attacks
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23 Aug 2023
Cyber attacks in 2023 develop quicker as average dwell times plummet
By Alex ScroxtonThe median attacker dwell time shrunk from 10 to eight days in the first seven months of 2023, and in the case of ransomware attacks it is down to just five days
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23 Aug 2023
Innovative UK SMEs spend half of turnover on tech
By Karl FlindersUK SMEs are increasing spending on technology, with dedicated IT teams set up to enable them to keep pace with tech change
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22 Aug 2023
Generative AI adoption to grow with economic confidence
By John MooreA PwC survey is the latest data point signaling a return to innovation spending, with generative AI adoption in the C-suite's plans. But business leaders remain sensitive to risk.
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22 Aug 2023
Met Police data platform £64m over budget
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonA freedom of information request has revealed that the Met’s Connect integrated record management system is running tens of millions over budget, and has already generated more than 25,000 support requests so far
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21 Aug 2023
Cyber attack on Aussie energy services firm may hit UK CNI
By Alex ScroxtonEnergy One, an Australia-based supplier of tech services to the energy sector, is investigating the possibility that some UK customers may have been caught up in an ongoing cyber attack on its systems
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18 Aug 2023
More than 400 Liberty Global IT staff move to Infosys as part of €1.5bn contract
By Karl FlindersTV and broadband giant outsources the build and operation of its entertainment and connectivity platforms to Indian supplier in five year deal
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18 Aug 2023
NatWest customer calls bank’s handling of breach of his data ‘disgusting’
By Karl FlindersA second NatWest customer has contacted Computer Weekly after finding out from a whistleblower that his sensitive personal data has been in her home for 14 years
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17 Aug 2023
Insight picks up Amdaris
By Simon QuickeAcquisition will add more depth to the channel player’s ability to support customers looking for digital transformation support
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17 Aug 2023
NUHS taps LLM to boost productivity, patient care
By Aaron TanHealthcare professionals at Singapore’s National University Health System can now summarise patient case notes and predict patient healthcare journeys using a large language model trained by a supercomputer
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17 Aug 2023
MP calls for review of computer evidence rule which led to subpostmasters being wrongly convicted
By Karl FlindersMP writes to minister in charge of courts requesting he looks at the controversial rules on the use of computer evidence in court
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16 Aug 2023
Accenture’s Brussels AI lab to focus on European public sector and health
By Karl FlindersAccenture will use its Brussels AI lab to test AI and generative AI's application in the European public sector
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15 Aug 2023
Biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner resigns
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonDual biometrics and surveillance camera watchdog will step down at the end of October 2023, noting that while he agreed to stay on until the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill received royal assent, continuing delays to its passage means he will not be able to effectively discharge his functions
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15 Aug 2023
Norfolk and Suffolk police hit by FoI-linked data breach
By Alex ScroxtonLatest UK police data breach relates to crime suspects, victims and witnesses across East Anglia, and comes just days after a similar incident at the Northern Irish service
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15 Aug 2023
Umbraco involves channel in sustainability efforts
Content management system specialist Umbraco recognises the need to create a community effort to tackle the reduction of carbon emissions
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15 Aug 2023
TSB and Fintech Scotland lab open for applications
By Karl FlindersHigh street bank opens applications to its latest fintech programme in partnership with Fintech Scotland
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15 Aug 2023
Bank of England core system experiences outage
By Karl FlindersThe “beating heart” of the UK financial system stopped after a technical issue
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14 Aug 2023
Snowflake partner network takes on optimization
By John MooreSnowflake optimization spans cost reduction, infrastructure rightsizing and query reengineering. But will partner demand endure or decline as customers mature?
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14 Aug 2023
NatWest offers compensation to customer affected by data breach exposed by whistleblower
By Karl FlindersNatWest bank has offered compensation to a former customer affected by a data breach alongside around 1,600 other former and current customers
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14 Aug 2023
CMA provisionally clears US healthcare giant’s purchase of GP IT supplier EMIS
By Lis EvenstadUS company UnitedHealth is looking to buy UK healthcare technology firm EMIS in a £1.2bn deal
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11 Aug 2023
Google Help workers claim layoffs are retaliation for unionising
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonMore than 100 Google Help workers claim that Google and Accenture’s decision to layoff two-thirds of the team was done in retaliation for their attempts to form a union, while companies claim decision was made well in advance of unionisation attempt
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11 Aug 2023
Biden administration bans investment in Chinese high tech
By Cliff SaranExecutive Order prohibits investment firms from supporting Chinese firms specialising in AI, quantum and advanced semiconductors
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10 Aug 2023
DWP accounts highlight decline in outside IR35 workers in wake of department’s £87.9m tax bill
By Caroline DonnellyThe Department for Work and Pensions has seen a marked decline in the number of outside IR35 contractors it engages since the department was hit with a £87.9m tax bill several years ago, its accounts show
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10 Aug 2023
Babylon Health faces downfall
By Lis EvenstadGP at Hand provider once hailed by Matt Hancock looking to sell UK business after merger plans collapse
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10 Aug 2023
Sutton Council steps up tech-enabled care for residents
By Lis EvenstadCouncil partners with technology-enabled care provider to support vulnerable residents living independently in their own homes
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10 Aug 2023
MoD embarks on cloud-based push to digitise data protection request service
By Caroline DonnellyAfter previously finding itself on the receiving end of a reprimand from the UK data protection watchdog for taking too long to respond to subject access requests, the Ministry of Defence sets out how its turned the situation around with the help of cloud-based system eCase
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10 Aug 2023
PSNI investigating second breach after laptop stolen
By Alex ScroxtonJust hours after accidentally disclosing the personal details of 10,000 personnel, the Police Service of Northern Ireland has notified a second data breach after a police issue laptop and documents were stolen from a parked car
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09 Aug 2023
Northern Irish police expose staff data in botched FoI response
By Alex ScroxtonHuman error is being blamed for the leak of personally identifiable information on all serving officers and civilian staff at the Police Service of Northern Ireland
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08 Aug 2023
Pentland Brands marshals Google BigQuery to improve customer insight
By Brian McKennaThe name behind Speedo, Berghaus, Canterbury of New Zealand and Kickers turns to Google BigQuery to improve customer data understanding
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08 Aug 2023
MPs warn about growing prevalence of tech-enabled domestic abuse
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe UK government must take action to prevent perpetrators from being able to use connected or smart technologies to conduct their domestic abuse, a select committee has warned
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08 Aug 2023
UK voter data hacked in cyber attack on election watchdog
By Alex ScroxtonAn unknown threat actor who attacked the UK’s Electoral Commission had access to data on millions of UK voters for over a year, the watchdog has revealed
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07 Aug 2023
Google Cloud partner ecosystem ramps up for generative AI
By John MooreCompanies such as 66degrees and Capgemini aim to build generative AI tools using Google's platforms, offering enterprise customers industry and process expertise.
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07 Aug 2023
Dell goes partner-first on storage
By Simon QuickeVendor will hand channel significant amount of business as it looks to drive increased sales through partners
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07 Aug 2023
Rise in fraudsters spoofing the websites of leading UK banks
By Alex ScroxtonDespite safeguards to protect customers from scams, UK retail banks are still seeing high volumes of fake phishing websites exploiting their brands, and the problem seems to be increasing in scope and scale
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04 Aug 2023
Biden’s SBOM mandate a ‘shot heard around the world’, report says
By Alex ScroxtonTwo years and three months after Joe Biden mandated new standards in supply chain security, over 40% of UK respondents to a survey say they have implemented new SBOM policies in direct response
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03 Aug 2023
Plexal takes on new cohort for cyber security leadership scheme
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonSix more cyber security startup founders have been selected to take part in Plexal’s latest Cyber Runway Ignite programme, which is designed to help them develop their leadership skills
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03 Aug 2023
UK government recruits panel to focus on semiconductors
By Cliff SaranA panel of experts is being recruited as part of the government's national semiconductor strategy to ensure the UK’s chip sector can grow
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02 Aug 2023
NetApp focusing partners on cloud and flash
By Simon QuickeLaunch of partner programme that rewards expertise in those areas offers support and co-selling options to the channel
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02 Aug 2023
Ivanti MDM users told to patch against two dangerous flaws
By Alex ScroxtonUsers of Ivanti’s mobile device management platform have been warned to act now to patch two vulnerabilities that were chained by a threat actor in a series of cyber attacks on the Norwegian government
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02 Aug 2023
Wirral Council set to deploy Microsoft Fabric data platform
By Cliff SaranThe platform, which is being developed in collaboration with Simpson Associates, will be used to aid decision-making and improve operations
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31 Jul 2023
G-Cloud 13 suppliers claim framework extension is making it ‘commercially unviable’ to sell through
By Caroline DonnellyGovernment procurement chiefs at the Crown Commercial Service are under fire for extending the life of the G-Cloud 13 framework and preventing suppliers from upping their prices as inflation bites
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28 Jul 2023
Lancaster Uni lends cyber support to nuclear decommissioning body
By Alex ScroxtonLancaster University’s cyber team has joined with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to help support and protect its 300-year mission, while enhancing its own capabilities in the process
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28 Jul 2023
Scottish university hit by Rhysida ransomware gang
By Alex ScroxtonData allegedly stolen from the University of Western Scotland has been put up for sale on the dark web by a ransomware gang going by the name Rhysida
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27 Jul 2023
Post Office tried to convince independent IT witness that he was wrong about Horizon
By Karl Flinders‘Delusional’ Post Office tried to influence an expert witness and get him to change his view about IT evidence which was detrimental to its case against a subpostmaster