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14 Feb 2025
Kenyan AI workers form Data Labelers Association
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonA group of Kenyan data workers whose labour provides the ‘backbone’ of modern artificial intelligence systems set up the Data Labelers Association to improve their working conditions and raise awareness about the challenges they face
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14 Feb 2025
SailPoint IPO highlights importance of identity
By Simon QuickeSecurity player’s distributor views move as a moment that validates the market, as well as its involvement with the vendor
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14 Feb 2025
SAP data cloud, Databricks integration aims to unify AI data
By Jim O'DonnellSAP unveiled the Business Data Cloud platform and Databricks partnership to support customers in AI projects, which analysts bill as an important evolution of data management.
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09 Jul 2024
Government left monitoring of Post Office to ‘luck’
By Karl FlindersIf the Post Office board failed to spot bad faith within its management, it would be down to ‘luck’ for the government to find out
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09 Jul 2024
Lessons from war: How Israel is fighting Iranian state-backed hacking
By Bill GoodwinThe general director of the Israel National Cyber Directorate talks about the rise in cyber attacks and what lessons the country has gleaned to defend against hacking from foreign parties
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09 Jul 2024
Room to grow in UK for Tata Consultancy Services after half a century
By Karl FlindersIndian-headquartered IT giant has built a large UK footprint as part of its global network, a commitment which is helping it increase its business in the UK’s public sector
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09 Jul 2024
Atos jumps on ‘moving train’ for Euro 2024
By Karl FlindersAtos provides the IT supporting major recurring sporting events including Uefa’s European Football Championship
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09 Jul 2024
Fewer than half of organisations achieve GenAI efficiency gains
By Cliff SaranResearch finds that many organisations lack the IT infrastructure needed to deploy generative AI applications
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09 Jul 2024
Tony’s Chocolonely gains Salesforce comfort with Own SaaS backup
By Antony AdsheadTony’s Chocolonely sometimes lost Salesforce.com data and often hit storage limits, but cloud-to-cloud SaaS backup from Own allows it to easily recover customer data and archive old data
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09 Jul 2024
Revamped DSIT to transform digital public services, says government
By Alex ScroxtonThe incoming government sets out preliminary plans to conduct a major revamp and relaunch of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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08 Jul 2024
Synnovis attack highlights degraded, outdated state of NHS IT
By Alex ScroxtonMore cyber attacks against the health service are likely, and will succeed if something isn’t done to address the increasingly elderly NHS IT estate, experts are warning
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08 Jul 2024
Singtel, SK Telecom gear up for 6G future
By Aaron TanBoth telcos will work together to develop advanced network slicing, telco APIs and edge AI infrastructure, among other capabilities, to pave way for 6G deployments
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08 Jul 2024
Sir Alan Bates welcomes MP’s elevation to House of Lords
By Karl FlindersFormer Labour MP has moved to the House of Lords where he will continue campaigning for justice for victims of the Horizon scandal
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05 Jul 2024
Hopes Labour will support tech, improve security and drive innovation
By Simon QuickeWith the dust settling on the election results and a fresh prime minister entering Downing Street, the tech industry is starting to share its hopes for the new government
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05 Jul 2024
MSPs deserve more recognition
By Simon QuickeCEO of Kaseya outlines its mission to improve the position of the managed service provider community
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04 Jul 2024
SonicWall offers MSPs access to increased range of services
By Simon QuickeSecurity player arms partners with access to European-based SOC that will help them deal with EU compliance regulations
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04 Jul 2024
UK data regulator should investigate police cloud deployments
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe Scottish biometrics commissioner has called for the UK Information Commissioner’s Office to formally investigate whether Police Scotland’s cloud-based evidence sharing system is fully compliant with data protection laws
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04 Jul 2024
How Qualtrics is driving experience management with AI
By Aaron TanDuring the Sydney leg of its X4 conference, Qualtrics’ top executives dived deeper into its efforts to help organisations improve customer and employee experiences with AI
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03 Jul 2024
NCA’s Operation Morpheus targets illicit Cobalt Strike use
By Alex ScroxtonInternational law enforcement operation targets cyber criminals using the Cobalt Strike penetration testing framework for dodgy purposes
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03 Jul 2024
EU moves ahead while U.S. steps back on regulation
By Makenzie HollandThe European Commission found both Meta and Apple to be in violation of the Digital Markets Act.
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03 Jul 2024
Former Post Office chair 'regrets' keeping critical Horizon report secret
By Bryan GlickTim Parker, chairman of the Post Office from 2015 to 2022, admits he should not have accepted legal advice to prevent release of a review that could have supported victims of the Horizon scandal
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03 Jul 2024
Logicalis: Sustainability still a top customer concern
By Simon QuickeEven with the tougher economic climate, the commitment by customers to greening their business and working with those with a similar mission remains solid
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03 Jul 2024
Tech leaders recognised for social, cultural and economic innovations
By Computer Weekly StaffTechUK President's Awards highlight the contribution of the IT community to improving society through digital innovation
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02 Jul 2024
Supreme Court rulings like Chevron hinder regulation
By Makenzie HollandThe Supreme Court's recent decisions including Chevron will limit federal agencies' regulatory power over businesses.
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02 Jul 2024
NGMN unveils roadmap for more energy-efficient networks
By Joe O’HalloranForum founded by leading mobile network operators for all partners in the mobile industry releases guidance and recommendations supported on energy-saving techniques to help enhance energy-saving methods
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02 Jul 2024
How IAG is tapping data streaming
By Stephen WithersThe insurance group is using Kafka’s data streaming capabilities to integrate disparate data sources and provide real-time data services to support its business
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02 Jul 2024
Nordic banks pursue AI in battle with digital competitors
By Gerard O'DwyerTraditional Nordic banks are raising their investments in artificial intelligence to help them retain market share in increasingly populated sector
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02 Jul 2024
Interview: Nvidia on AI workloads and their impacts on data storage
By Antony AdsheadWe talk to Charlie Boyle of Nvidia about data challenges in artificial intelligence, key practical tips for AI projects, and demands on storage of training, inferencing, RAG and checkpointing
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02 Jul 2024
Kyndryl eyes mainframe workloads in ASEAN
By Aaron TanKyndryl and AWS open centre of excellence in Malaysia to help ASEAN enterprises modernise and migrate their mainframe workloads to the cloud
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01 Jul 2024
Diana project provides Nato tech dividend to Finland
By Gerard O'DwyerFinnish tech sector to receive a boost following the country’s decision to join Nato
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01 Jul 2024
Insight acquires consultancy NWT
By Simon QuickeChannel player keeps M&A activity going with move for UK firm with strong vertical market experience
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28 Jun 2024
3 takeaways from first U.S. presidential debate
By Makenzie HollandClimate and taxes became hotly debated topics between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump during Thursday night's debate.
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28 Jun 2024
How FWD is driving its digital strategy
By Aaron TanFWD’s group chief technology and operations officer talks up how the pan-Asian insurer is driving change faster and putting technology at the heart of its services
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28 Jun 2024
Former Fujitsu engineer says Post Office ‘trapped’ him into giving incomplete evidence
By Karl FlindersGareth Jenkins turned his fire on the Post Office on the final day of his marathon evidence session at the Post Office public inquiry
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28 Jun 2024
Sage: SMEs want the channel to be trusted advisors
By Simon QuickeFirm shares research that indicates partners are seen by small and medium-sized customers as the source of digital transformation support
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28 Jun 2024
How Recorded Future is operationalising threat intelligence
By Aaron TanRecorded Future is investing in APIs to enable automated security workflows, among other measures, to help organisations overcome the hurdles of operationalising threat intelligence
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27 Jun 2024
Data privacy legislation delayed as backlash grows
By Makenzie HollandMultiple stakeholders raised issues with the American Privacy Rights Act, including removal of protections against algorithmic auditing.
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27 Jun 2024
New Relic CEO sets observability strategy for the AI age
By Beth PariseauFormer Proofpoint CEO sets an AI-focused agenda, including an Nvidia partnership launched this week, while denying layoff rumors and speculation about a merger with Sumo Logic.
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27 Jun 2024
UKtech50 winner interview: Alan Bates, Post Office Horizon scandal campaigner
By Lis EvenstadUKtech50 winner Alan Bates talks to Computer Weekly about why the Post Office needs to be modernised, how to deploy an IT system the right way and his plans to write a book
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27 Jun 2024
UKtech50 2024: The most influential people in UK technology
By Lis EvenstadComputer Weekly has announced the 14th annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK tech sector
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27 Jun 2024
CloudCoCo reports H1 results amid stabilisation efforts
By Simon QuickeChannel player is going through a review that should put it in a stronger financial position, but it’s business as usual in the meantime
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27 Jun 2024
IT giant Atos faces collapse if restructuring talks fail
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonFrench IT giant Atos is facing financial problems that could affect the ability of its UK arm to deliver key government contracts, including those related to NHS records in hospitals
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27 Jun 2024
Advania goes all in on Copilot
By Simon QuickeAfter a successful pilot, Advania makes AI tools available to its entire staff, fuelling efficiencies and helping identify use cases
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27 Jun 2024
Wales partners with OpenAI to improve Welsh language tech
By Lis EvenstadThe Welsh government’s data partnership with the company behind ChatGPT aims to improve how artificial intelligence technologies work in the Welsh language
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27 Jun 2024
Experts shocked by ‘extraordinary’ claim made by Post Office IT expert witness
By Karl FlindersA former Fujitsu engineer made an ‘unbelievable’ claim about evidence he gave in witness statements when acting as an expert witness during Post Office prosecutions of subpostmasters
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27 Jun 2024
Gulf Edge to operate Google Distributed Cloud in Thailand
By Aaron TanThe Gulf Energy subsidiary will offer Google’s sovereign cloud service in Thailand with a focus on air-gapped configurations
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26 Jun 2024
Datadog DASH updates push into fresh IT automation turf
By Beth PariseauA series of product updates at Datadog DASH broke out of the vendor's usual observability domain and into territory held by Atlassian, PagerDuty and others.
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26 Jun 2024
Hume talks of ‘recovering market’ as TD Synnex shares Q2 numbers
By Simon QuickeDistributor’s numbers fall within guidance in second quarter as it looks towards stronger second half
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26 Jun 2024
Ignorance of ‘legal niceties’ from Post Office expert IT witness saw innocent people jailed
By Karl FlindersIT expert used by Post Office to give evidence supporting prosecutions of subpostmasters did not understand legal duties he was bound to
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26 Jun 2024
Israel’s cyber chief calls for international front against Iranian hackers
By Bill GoodwinIsrael’s cyber chief has called for international action against Iran over state-backed hacking
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26 Jun 2024
Police Scotland did not consult ICO about high-risk cloud system
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonPolice Scotland chose not to formally consult with the data regulator about the risks identified with a cloud-based digital evidence sharing system, while the regulator itself did not follow up for nearly three months
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25 Jun 2024
JFrog buy bolsters MLOps combo with DevSecOps
By Beth PariseauJFrog plans to meld AI/ML development with established DevSecOps pipelines through the acquisition of Qwak in a bid to help more enterprise AI apps reach production.
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25 Jun 2024
SAP public cloud migration requires architectural rethink
By Cliff SaranResearch from analyst Gartner has identified common issues IT leaders may encounter when moving S/4HANA to the public cloud
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25 Jun 2024
NHS experts raise warning over patient data breach risk in registries project
By Alex ScroxtonClinicians warn that the NHS England Outcome Registries Platform has poor security and is vulnerable to cyber attack, putting critical patient data at risk of being exposed
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25 Jun 2024
TDCX and Supa team up on data labelling
By Aaron TanTDCX has teamed up with data labelling firm Supa to speed up data labelling with up to 98% accuracy using the human-in-the-loop approach
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25 Jun 2024
Interview: Javed Iqbal, digital and information director, British American Tobacco
By Lis EvenstadBritish American Tobacco’s director of digital and information, Javed Iqbal, talks to Computer Weekly about breaking with tradition, the importance of cultural mindset and AI ethics
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25 Jun 2024
Numbers prove former subpostmaster federation boss’s ignorance over Post Office scandal
By Karl FlindersGeorge Thomson is ignoring the numbers when he downplays subpostmaster prosecutions based on Horizon data
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24 Jun 2024
Post Office expert IT witness Gareth Jenkins resigns BCS membership
By Karl FlindersThe former Fujitsu chief architect for Horizon has resigned as a member of the BCS after he was told he could be investigated
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24 Jun 2024
Kmart taps event streaming for real-time insights
By Stephen WithersRetailer’s Hamilton event streaming platform delivers real-time insights on container shipments, sales and customer interactions to support its online retail business
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24 Jun 2024
Sellafield pleads guilty to criminal charges over cyber security
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonNuclear Decommissioning Authority-backed organisation Sellafield Ltd pleads guilty to criminal charges brought over significant cyber security failings that could have compromised sensitive nuclear information
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24 Jun 2024
Buckinghamshire Council drives efficiencies with Microsoft Copilot
By Cliff SaranWith local government facing a funding crisis, Buckinghamshire Council hopes artificial intelligence can boost efficiency and reduce outgoings
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24 Jun 2024
Macquarie Cloud debuts Australia-first hybrid offering
By Stephen WithersMacquarie Flex brings Azure services to a broader set of workloads that are not suited to run natively on public cloud
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24 Jun 2024
Metropolitan Police could investigate one of its own staff in Post Office probe
By Karl FlindersFormer Post Office investigator deleted references to software errors in a witness statement from Fujitsu’s Gareth Jenkins during the wrongful prosecution of a subpostmaster
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24 Jun 2024
Why SAP ECC customers need to upgrade before 2027
By Cliff SaranWhile SAP will support its Enterprise Central Component ERP until 2027, this is only the case if you’re on a later enhancement pack
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21 Jun 2024
Sellafield whistleblower ordered to pay costs after email tampering claims
By Tommy GreeneA former consultant at Sellafield has been ordered to pay costs for having ‘acted unreasonably’ in claiming the nuclear facility tampered with metadata in letters used against her in court
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21 Jun 2024
Qilin ransomware gang publishes stolen NHS data online
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe ransomware gang behind a major cyber attack on NHS supplier Synnovis has published a 400GB trove of private healthcare data online
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21 Jun 2024
Executive interview: Open models pros and cons
By Cliff SaranWe speak to Meta’s vice-president of AI research about recent publicly released research and models, and the role of closed AI models
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21 Jun 2024
IT leaders share tips for AI success
By Cliff SaranWith everyone talking about artificial intelligence, at a recent event in London, speakers shared their experiences of deploying AI business applications
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21 Jun 2024
Cato Networks cuts ribbon on managed SASE service
By Simon QuickeFirm is aiming to make life easier for those managing complex customer environments
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21 Jun 2024
Kaspersky says it can continue to sell cyber threat intelligence in spite of US ban
By Cliff SaranThe US government is stopping Kaspersky Lab from offering its antivirus software and cyber security tools to US firms and citizens
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21 Jun 2024
ICO police cloud guidance released under FOI
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonLong-awaited guidance from the UK data regulator on police cloud deployments highlights some potential data transfer mechanisms it thinks can clear up ongoing legal issues, but tells forces it’s up to them to decide if the measures would work
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20 Jun 2024
Bupa turns to data to provide personalised health services
By Bill GoodwinPrivate healthcare provider Bupa says a project to deploy business process automation is bringing it closer to APAC customers
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20 Jun 2024
Sir Alan Bates hits out at Post Office ‘incompetence’ after data breach
By Karl FlindersVictims of the scandal react with anger at news the Post Office published a document containing their names and addresses on its website
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20 Jun 2024
Post Office and Fujitsu had tense relationship, but were joined at hip when protecting their brands
By Karl FlindersProblems in the roll-out of Horizon Online in 2010 created a tense relationship between the Post Office and Fujitsu
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19 Jun 2024
OpsRamp embraces automation for GenAI workloads
By Tim McCarthyIn this Q&A, Varma Kunaparaju, HPE OpsRamp lead, talks about soon-to-come platform updates, which include GenAI capabilities and building trust for AI-driven automation.
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19 Jun 2024
SUSE Rancher gears up amid VMware-Broadcom 'feeding frenzy'
By Beth PariseauSUSE Rancher bolsters its bid to capture users dissatisfied with Broadcom's changes to VMware with the acquisition of StackState and other updates to its Prime package.
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19 Jun 2024
Pure CEO: AI needs write speed and storage in place
By Antony AdsheadWe spoke to Pure Storage CEO Charlie Giancarlo about why write speed is key for artificial intelligence workloads, accessible storage for AI data, and his prediction of the death of spinning disk
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19 Jun 2024
Pure deepens Fusion as reorientation to storage for AI continues
By Antony AdsheadPure Storage launches Fusion ‘storage classes’ across its arrays as a pool of storage for AI-centric workloads, plus AI Copilot and Evergreen//One for AI storage-as-a-service
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19 Jun 2024
Post Office Horizon system investigators were blocked and threatened as they witnessed cover-up
By Karl FlindersIndependent investigators who put Post Office and its Horizon system under spotlight faced aggression as they witnessed cover-up
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19 Jun 2024
Microsoft admits no guarantee of sovereignty for UK policing data
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonDocuments show Microsoft’s lawyers admitted to Scottish policing bodies that the company cannot guarantee sensitive law enforcement data will remain in the UK, despite long-standing public claims to the contrary
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18 Jun 2024
Trump could significantly alter U.S. climate priorities
By Makenzie HollandThe Biden administration's regulatory efforts have defined the U.S. approach to climate over the last four years. That could change if Trump wins the 2024 election.
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18 Jun 2024
HPE GreenLake adds GenAI capabilities as on-premises PaaS
By Tim McCarthyHPE GreenLake debuts a new PaaS offering for enterprise GenAI development, co-created with Nvidia. HPE also updated OpsRamp and server hardware refreshes for AI workloads.
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18 Jun 2024
Benelux specialised venture capital fund finds global deep tech investments
By Pat BransA venture capital fund in Belgium partners with tech research organisation in its search for investments
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18 Jun 2024
Digital leaders spending more on tech for efficiency gains
By Cliff SaranIn spite of the economic slowdown, IT budgets are on the rise, but GenAI deployments are being marred by poor corporate data
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18 Jun 2024
General election 2024: The Green Party promises Digital Bill of Rights
By Lis EvenstadThe Green Party manifesto contains several tech nuggets, including a bill to ensure independent regulation of social media platforms, increase R&D investment and a cautious regulatory approach to AI pledges
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18 Jun 2024
Tech Talent Charter to disband after nearly 10 years of operation
By Clare McDonaldAs the IT industry hits an ‘inflection point’ in its progress towards a more equitable sector, the Tech Talent Charter is bowing out, leaving the industry with resources it has produced since 2015
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17 Jun 2024
Post-lawsuit, Splunk and Cribl meet again in data pipelines
By Beth PariseauWeeks after a jury awarded Splunk $1 in its lawsuit against Cribl, the two vendors remain on a collision course, this time in the realm of data pipelines and federated analytics.
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17 Jun 2024
Artificial intelligence to make Olympic Games more inclusive
By Kim LoohuisThe International Olympic Committee is working with Intel to use AI at the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games
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17 Jun 2024
Familiarity with Copilot helping users accept AI
By Simon QuickeResearch from channel player Avanade indicates that those who have experienced Microsoft’s Copilot software are more accepting of artificial intelligence technology
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17 Jun 2024
IBM deploys GenAI to power new Wimbledon features
By Cliff SaranWith Wimbledon 2024 running at the start of July, IBM has used the Watsonx platform with GenAI to power a new catchup feature
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17 Jun 2024
Once ridiculed Post Office scandal campaigner Alan Bates receives knighthood
By Karl FlindersCampaigner for justice, once labelled a ‘nutter’ and a ‘thief’, knighted for his work to expose the Post Office scandal
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14 Jun 2024
Tensions rise over China's control of critical materials
By Makenzie HollandWhile there is disagreement in Congress over how to diversify the critical materials supply chain, there is bipartisan agreement that China's dominance needs to be addressed.
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14 Jun 2024
Post Office scandal victims in Scotland have convictions quashed
By Karl FlindersScotland follows England, Wales and Northern Ireland in exonerating wrongfully convicted subpostmasters en masse
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13 Jun 2024
General election 2024: Labour promises to boost digital infrastructure
By Bryan GlickThe Labour Party manifesto for the UK general election promises a new industrial strategy and an overhaul of planning rules to help support the digital and tech sector
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13 Jun 2024
AI’s environmental cost could outweigh sustainability benefits
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonArtificial intelligence can help organisations manage and mitigate their environmental impacts in a number of ways, but the highly polluting nature of the technology could outweigh its other sustainability benefits if not dealt with
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13 Jun 2024
AI adoption held back by user skills shortages
By Simon QuickeResearch from SoftwareOne exposes the problems customers face when attempting to take advantage of artificial intelligence
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13 Jun 2024
Black Basta ransomware crew may be exploiting Microsoft zero-day
By Alex ScroxtonA Microsoft vulnerability that was addressed without fanfare in March may in fact have been exploited as a zero-day by the notorious Black Basta ransomware gang, threat hunters warn
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13 Jun 2024
Tech industry losing steam for DE&I, finds TTC report
By Clare McDonaldTech sector diversity is slowly improving, but trends spotted by the Tech Talent Charter could be a threat to current and future progress
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13 Jun 2024
VMware/Broadcom: Prepare for legacy support
By Cliff SaranVMware is not going away anytime soon. While some IT leaders may be feeling the pain of Broadcom’s changes, they still need to seek a long-term plan
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13 Jun 2024
Q&A: Adalbjorn Thorolfsson on IT project management in Iceland
By Pat BransWith a small, but very sophisticated population, Iceland has unique ways of keeping up with the rest of the world in the IT sector. Adalbjorn Thorolfsson, president of the Icelandic Project Management Association, describes some lessons for the rest of the world
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13 Jun 2024
Epicor rides Southeast Asia manufacturing boom
By Aaron TanMidmarket ERP software supplier capitalising on growing investments by Chinese and local manufacturing firms in region to drive business
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12 Jun 2024
New Cisco-Splunk observability roadmap details emerge
By Beth PariseauPost-acquisition, Cisco puts Splunk's CEO in charge of its observability strategy and lays out the details of how Splunk Observability Cloud will replace its existing platform.
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12 Jun 2024
Nordic innovators look to revive the zombie subscriber population
By Matthew StaffZombie subscriptions where customers buy a service and forget about it are harming the subscription economy, but software is being developed to support the subscription economy