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08 May 2024
Databricks adds vector search, new LLM support to AI suite
By Eric AvidonThe data lakehouse pioneer is targeting model accuracy with the GA of vector search capabilities that help customers find the data needed to train advanced analytics applications.
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08 May 2024
Panasas embraces software-defined storage, rebrands as Vdura
By Adam ArmstrongPanasas is now Vdura, a software-defined storage company that aims to make its cluster parallel file system work on a swath of storage media on premises and in the cloud.
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08 May 2024
New Arcserve CEO aims to rebuild trust with customers
By Tim McCarthyOutages, data loss and discontinued products have eroded trust in the Arcserve brand, but Arcserve's latest CEO, Chris Babel, wants to streamline its catalog and win back customers.
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12 Jul 2023
Ofcom’s online safety preparedness efforts hobbled by government
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonDespite Ofcom’s progress so far, UK government changes to the scope and timetable of the Online Safety Bill are hobbling the ability of the regulator to successfully prepare for the new regime
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12 Jul 2023
Bytes signals strong start to fiscal year
By Simon QuickeAhead of its AGM, the firm has provided an update on the first few months of its latest fiscal year, indicating that it is performing well
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12 Jul 2023
Cozy Bear lures victims with used BMW 5 Series
By Alex ScroxtonA recent Cozy Bear campaign saw the Russian APT group pivot to exploiting an advert for a used car as it targeted diplomatic missions in Kyiv
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12 Jul 2023
Whistleblower contacts NatWest customers affected by a decade-old data breach
By Karl FlindersFormer worker says contacting the people affected by the data breach is her last resort after the bank and regulators appear satisfied that the sensitive data file is safe stored under her bed
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12 Jul 2023
Hackers: We won’t let artificial intelligence get the better of us
By Alex ScroxtonAI is changing how ethical hackers go about their work, and will continue to do so, but the community is convinced the technology will never be able to replicate the creativity of a flesh-and-blood hacker
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12 Jul 2023
FutureDotNow debuts roadmap to guide UK through closing digital skills gap
By Caroline DonnellyIndustry coalition FutureDotNow has joined forces with several government departments and more than 20 businesses to shape a roadmap it hopes will support the UK in closing the digital divide
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12 Jul 2023
Microsoft users on high alert over dangerous RCE zero-day
By Alex ScroxtonA serious RCE vulnerability in Microsoft Office and Windows is among several zero-days disclosed in Redmond’s July Patch Tuesday update, but this one does not have a patch yet
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11 Jul 2023
Microsoft repairs 5 zero-days for July Patch Tuesday
By Tom WalatThe company addressed 130 vulnerabilities and provided additional instructions to fully resolve several bugs, which will require extra attention from IT this month.
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11 Jul 2023
NUS researchers develop biological camera to store images
By Aaron TanNUS researchers have built a biological camera to store and organise images on live cells, potentially shaking up the data storage industry
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11 Jul 2023
Nominate: Most Influential Women in UK Technology 2023
By Clare McDonaldTell us who you think should be included in Computer Weekly’s 2023 list of the top 50 most influential women in UK technology
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11 Jul 2023
EU formally grants data adequacy to US
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe European Commission has formally granted the US data adequacy, allowing companies and organisations to freely transfer personal data across the Atlantic via the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. But privacy activist Max Schrems has already committed to legally challenging the decision
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11 Jul 2023
Malicious URL volumes soar as cyber criminals pull on Threads
By Alex ScroxtonMalicious actors have been quick to exploit the buzz around Meta’s newly launched Threads platform, with thousands of new suspicious domains registered exploiting its branding
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11 Jul 2023
Horizon inquiry adjourned as Post Office disclosure failures threaten to ‘derail’ proceedings
By Karl FlindersStatutory public inquiry into Post Office Horizon scandal adjourned because of Post Office disclosure failures, ‘retraumatising’ victims of a scandal that destroyed the lives of thousands of people
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11 Jul 2023
Business owners alerted to expected M&A pick up
By Simon QuickeThere have been a record numbers of deals struck in the first half of the year, and the rest of 2023 could be similarly busy if inflation eases
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11 Jul 2023
Finland’s VTT partners Nokia on data market
By Gerard O'DwyerFinish state’s involvement in Nokia project will add weight and capital to work on creating a market for data
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11 Jul 2023
Apple pushes Rapid Response patch to fix WebKit zero-day
By Alex ScroxtonApple deployed an emergency patch under its Rapid Security Response update programme, but had to temporarily suspend delivery after it caused problems for users of the Safari browser
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11 Jul 2023
Peer calls for every Post Office prosecution to be reviewed
By Karl FlindersPost Office prosecutions should be reviewed in light of damning evidence laid bare by statutory public inquiry into Horizon scandal, says peer James Arbuthnot
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10 Jul 2023
Alibaba Cloud debuts AI image generator
By Aaron TanThe cloud supplier’s Tongyi Wanxiang generative AI model can respond to text prompts in Chinese and English to generate detailed images in an array of styles
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10 Jul 2023
U.S. concern about generative AI risks prompts NIST study
By Makenzie HollandA new working group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology will build on the NIST AI Risk Management Framework to address generative AI.
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10 Jul 2023
AI, automation and edge driving Red Hat channel
By Simon QuickeVendor looks to identify areas where its partners can make a difference and provide support
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10 Jul 2023
How Confluent is maintaining its edge in event streaming
By Aaron TanConfluent co-founder Jun Rao talks up the company’s business and how it competes with hyperscalers and other suppliers of managed Kafka services
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10 Jul 2023
Post Office inquiry must examine rule on IT evidence if miscarriages of justice are to be avoided
By Karl FlindersPublic inquiry must examine role of court rules around use of computer evidence that enabled Post Office to prosecute innocent people
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07 Jul 2023
Microsoft and AWS caution Ofcom against referring UK cloud market over to CMA
By Caroline DonnellyAs the UK cloud market braces itself for the publication of Ofcom's final report into the state of the market, Amazon and Microsoft's responses to regulator's interim findings have been made public
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07 Jul 2023
House of Lords launches an investigation into generative AI
By Cliff SaranThe government wants the UK to lead AI regulation, but technology is developing at a breakneck pace
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07 Jul 2023
Suspicious email reported every five seconds in UK
By Karl FlindersNational Cyber Security Centre report reveals a suspicious email was reported by UK citizens and organisations every five seconds last year
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07 Jul 2023
JumpCloud issues notice to customers to refresh API keys
By Cliff SaranJumpCloud has asked its customers to update their API cryptographic keys following a security incident
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06 Jul 2023
VMware ramps up on sovereign cloud in APAC
By Aaron TanVMware is working with local partners to deliver sovereign cloud services in the region, amid growing sovereignty interests among governments and the need maintain business continuity
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06 Jul 2023
Salesforce adds SASB templates to Net Zero Cloud
By Jim O'DonnellSalesforce's Net Zero Cloud now includes its SASB Report Builder, which is designed to help companies gather and disclose industry-specific ESG risk data.
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06 Jul 2023
Logicalis arms customers with environmental insights
By Simon QuickeLogicalis platform offering will provide users with a chance to identify where they can take steps to reduce carbon emissions
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06 Jul 2023
Biometrics watchdog calls for public space surveillance review
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner is calling for a review of public space surveillance to gain a clearer picture about the proliferation of Chinese surveillance technology across the public sector, but warns against applying double standards on companies just because they are from China
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06 Jul 2023
Privacy campaigners call for UK data adequacy to be revoked
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe European Commission should revoke the UK’s data adequacy if its Data Protection and Digital Information Bill passes, which campaigners argue ‘flies in the face’ of the decision
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06 Jul 2023
Schneider Electric makes bid to acquire Atos Group's EcoAct sustainability consultancy business
By Caroline DonnellyEnergy management giant Schneider Electric has entered into exclusive negotiations with Atos Group about acquiring the sustainability consultancy business it obtained in 2020
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06 Jul 2023
Former Fujitsu IT chief evidence postponed after late Post Office disclosure
By Karl FlindersPost Office has disrupted Horizon inquiry schedule through late disclosure of ‘significant’ evidence as key IT witness evidence is postponed
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06 Jul 2023
Meta’s Threads hits app stores, but no EU launch in sight
By Alex ScroxtonMeta’s Twitter competitor makes its debut and signs up millions of users in just 12 hours, but concerns over compliance with the EU’s Digital Markets Act have sunk a pan-European launch for now
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06 Jul 2023
Public inquiry hears how Post Office security withheld evidence from people it suspected of theft
By Karl FlindersThe Post Office told investigators to include potential evidence in reports to their own lawyers, but not the subpostmasters they suspected of theft
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05 Jul 2023
Germany: European Court of Justice hears arguments on lawfulness of EncroChat cryptophone evidence
By Bill GoodwinThe European Court of Justice will decide whether the collection and sharing of data intercepted by law enforcement from EncroChat crypto phone network is compatible with European law
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05 Jul 2023
HSBC explores quantum-safe comms to AWS edge
By Cliff SaranBanking group HSBC is looking at how to secure transactions and the benefits of quantum computing in finance
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05 Jul 2023
Google research highlights UK economic benefits of widespread AI adoption
By Caroline DonnellyGoogle's Economic Impact Report highlights the positive benefits the wider use of AI technologies throughout society could have on the UK economy
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05 Jul 2023
UK public increasingly concerned over NHS data sovereignty
By Alex ScroxtonAmid security concerns and AI advances, a majority of the British public still trusts the NHS to store and analyse their health data, but would prefer it remains domiciled in the UK
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05 Jul 2023
Allo Bank taps Tencent Cloud in digital banking
By Aaron TanIndonesia’s largest digital lender is tapping Tencent Cloud’s TDSQL database management system and cloud infrastructure to provide digital banking services for six million customers
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04 Jul 2023
IT contractors urged to check umbrella payslips as two firms caught making unlawful deductions
By Caroline DonnellyTwo recently published tribunal judgments emphasise why it is so important for umbrella company contractors to make sure they are being paid exactly what they are entitled to, warn experts
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04 Jul 2023
EU judgment sinks Meta’s argument for targeted ads
By Alex ScroxtonThe EU Court of Justice has issued a significant judgment against Meta, ruling that national anti-trust bodies can investigate GDPR breaches, disrupting the platform’s entire basis for carrying out targeted advertising
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04 Jul 2023
‘Political lethargy’ to blame for digital exclusion, says Lords
By Clare McDonaldA House of Lords report about digital exclusion across the UK has blamed slow and undedicated government intervention for the extent of digital exclusion
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04 Jul 2023
Scotland’s Techscaler programme joins forces with CivTech
By Lis EvenstadThe partnership between the scaler programme and the innovation accelerator means CivTech alumni companies will be offered Techscaler membership and gain access to its technology hubs, education initiatives and support
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04 Jul 2023
Node4 and Air IT bolster position through acquisitions
By Simon QuickeManaged service players Node4 and Air IT have been active in the M&A market as they look to add more skills and coverage
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04 Jul 2023
Coping with the ongoing chip crisis in the UK
By Cliff SaranChina has imposed export restrictions on key semiconductor compounds, so how will the UK's National Semiconductor Strategy cope?
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04 Jul 2023
HPE, BT team for global managed LAN service
By Joe O’HalloranBusiness division of leading UK telco and networking technology and service provider enter collaboration to introduce LANs supporting high-performance experiences for hybrid workers and IoT transformations
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04 Jul 2023
How Maxeon is forging the path to SASE
By Aaron TanMaxeon Solar Technologies is building out its security service edge capabilities with an eye on a SASE implementation that combines best of breed offerings from different suppliers
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03 Jul 2023
Over half of ANZ organisations hit by ransomware
By Aaron TanAmid the rising ransomware threat, almost four in five organisations in ANZ expect to pay a ransom if they could recover data and business processes
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03 Jul 2023
Gass announces TD Synnex retirement plans
By Simon QuickeLong-serving senior staffer will leave the business next year, and bring the curtain down on a three-decade-long association with the channel player
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03 Jul 2023
Trustmarque refreshes brand identity
By Simon QuickeThe time is deemed to be right to give its logo and website a lick of paint as channel player Trustmarque looks to continue growing its mid-market business
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03 Jul 2023
BlackCat gang claims cyber attack on Barts NHS Trust
By Alex ScroxtonInvestigations continue into a claim by the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang that it has stolen 7TB of data from Barts NHS Trust in London
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03 Jul 2023
BBVA launches tech job portal as it continues to add talent
By Karl FlindersSpanish bank BBVA ramps up its tech recruitment strategy with new online portal and target of 2,600 more people
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03 Jul 2023
CDO interview: Robert Michael, group head of data, DFS
By Mark Samuels‘Data Bob’ is transforming data strategy at furniture retailer DFS, aiming to build a digital twin of the company to improve business modelling – but his first task is to make sure people can trust data
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03 Jul 2023
Deutsche Bank completes migration of millions of Postbank customers
By Karl FlindersDeutsche Bank has completed the migration of 12 million Postbank customers to its banking platform
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03 Jul 2023
PAC slams HMCTS justice system transformation programme
By Lis EvenstadHMCTS has consistently underestimated the scale and complexity of the reforms, and criticises the programme, which only has £120m of its £1.3bn budget left with only just over half of projects completed, MPs say
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03 Jul 2023
Driving synergies in digital healthcare
By Pratima HarigunaniAs group CIO of API Holdings, Chandresh Dedhia has been driving synergies across a spectrum of digital healthcare businesses to create operational efficiency and other business outcomes
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30 Jun 2023
AI can never be given control over combat decisions, Lords told
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonArtificial intelligence is technically incapable of distinguishing between the complex contextual factors of combat situations, and will likely never be able to, according to legal and software experts
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30 Jun 2023
SGN pens IT service desk outsourcing deal
By Karl FlindersUtility company SGN renews its internal IT services managed services contract with new supplier
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30 Jun 2023
NHS data stolen in Manchester Uni ransomware attack
By Alex ScroxtonThe ransomware gang behind the cyber attack on the University of Manchester appears to have got its hands on an NHS dataset being used by the university for research purposes
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30 Jun 2023
How STT GDC is cracking the Philippines datacentre market
By Aaron TanThe joint venture formed by ST Telemedia Global Data Centres, Globe and Ayala Corporation is building its largest datacentre in the Philippines among other efforts to meet the needs of an underserved market
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29 Jun 2023
NHS has potential to get digital transformation right
By Lis EvenstadNHS must address digital skills gap in its workforce, demonstrate the value of the NHS App and address the digital maturity gap in organisations if it wants to succeed, MPs say
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29 Jun 2023
NHS England signs five-year Microsoft 365 contract
By Caroline DonnellyHot on the heels of its earlier deployment of Microsoft Teams, NHS England is now going all-in on the rest of the software giant’s online productivity tools
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29 Jun 2023
‘Shadow’ AI use becoming a driver of insider cyber risk
By Alex ScroxtonOff-the-books use of generative AI tools will inevitably lead to a costly, high-profile data breach for someone, but a little attention paid to appropriate data management policy can help mitigate the risk
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29 Jun 2023
Brits are using healthcare apps without proper checks
By Karl FlindersAs mobile health app acceptance increases, people are taking risks by using them without any advice from their medical professionals, finds survey
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29 Jun 2023
CloudCoCo delivers growth in H1
By Simon QuickeManaged service provider CloudCoCo has seen revenues rise and its customer base expand in its fiscal first half
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29 Jun 2023
NHS to launch Digital Health Check
By Lis EvenstadThe NHS Digital Health Check will be rolled out from spring 2024, and allow patients to do certain tests and get advice from their homes
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29 Jun 2023
The Finnish Food Authority uses AI to accelerate research
By Karl FlindersResearchers have reduced the time taken to get critical insights into potential public health crises and address issues in real-time, through artificial intelligence
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29 Jun 2023
SonicWall gives MSSPs firewall options
By Simon QuickeSecurity player adds monthly billing option to make life easier for its channel partners and more flexible financially for customers
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28 Jun 2023
Banks dump Terraform for Crossplane infrastructure as code
By Beth PariseauTwo EU banks favor Crossplane's reconciliation approach over Terraform's dependency graph, saying the former hastens deployments -- with a few migration caveats.
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28 Jun 2023
Charity demands transparency in digital universal credit system
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe digital universal credit system needs overhauling to ensure greater transparency over benefit claims and more effective means of redress when things go wrong, says child poverty charity
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28 Jun 2023
PC market declines seen in TD Synnex numbers
By Simon QuickeDistributor shares Q2 results which saw revenue declines as the firm reacted to challenging market conditions
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28 Jun 2023
UK comms regulator to probe BT emergency number failure
By Joe O’HalloranInvestigation to assess source and extent of 25 June technical issue causing lack of access to key first response services, including Metropolitan Police, Bedfordshire Police, Suffolk Police, and Cheshire Fire and Rescue
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28 Jun 2023
Scottish government tech accelerator opens latest funding round
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe Scottish government’s CivTech accelerator is seeking technology businesses to help develop new tools to improve public services, as well as to address pressing social and environmental issues
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28 Jun 2023
Zoom brings together in-office, remote employees with Intelligent Director
By Joe O’HalloranCollaboration provider expands portfolio and capability with launch of Intelligent Director, which uses AI and multiple cameras to provide optimal images and angles of participants in conference room
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28 Jun 2023
GDPR tax reclaim scheme preys on fears of SMEs
By Karl FlindersIT suppliers are a target of companies offering a tax reclaim scheme that preys on small businesses’ fears around General Data Protection Regulation compliance
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27 Jun 2023
Three years on, EncroChat cryptophone hack nets 6,500 arrests and seizures of €900m
By Bill GoodwinFrench and Dutch prosecutors say three years after they infiltrated the EncroChat cryptophone network in a novel hacking operation, Europe’s courts are opening the way for more collaboration and data sharing between law enforcement agencies
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27 Jun 2023
HashiCorp Vault to expand in DevSecOps with BluBracket buy
By Beth PariseauHashiCorp expands Vault's focus to include DevSecOps with the acquisition of a secrets scanning startup, setting the stage for a potential showdown with Microsoft and GitHub.
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27 Jun 2023
Climate Vault launches new carbon reduction venture
By Jim O'DonnellClimate Vault's approach to CO2 reduction allows companies to buy and lock up pollution permits in cap-and-trade markets, making it more expensive to generate emissions.
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27 Jun 2023
Oracle shifts database support goalpost
By Cliff SaranOracle has updated its maintenance and support across its relational database family – we explore the implications
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27 Jun 2023
Alkira introduces extranet as a service
By Joe O’HalloranProvider of cloud networking as a service unveils infrastructure designed to enable third parties to securely connect to critical business applications
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27 Jun 2023
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, Virtuozzo and CommScope bolster MSP offerings
By Simon QuickeFirms each announce launches that will provide managed service providers with more as-a-service options
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27 Jun 2023
Why an ecosystem helps IT projects move forward
By Cliff SaranIt used to be the case that IT departments would build or buy, but now there’s an alternative to help organisations integrate different data sources
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27 Jun 2023
UK AI plans offer ‘inadequate’ human rights protection, says EHRC
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe UK’s equality watchdog says the government must properly consider human rights when implementing rules to regulate artificial intelligence, as current plan offers little protection
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27 Jun 2023
WithSecure forges ahead with green coding initiative
By Alex ScroxtonWithSecure’s W/Sustainability programme kickstarts a number of initiatives, including a commitment to green coding the security supplier hopes will set an example for others to follow
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27 Jun 2023
3,600 potential cyber security experts apply to government scheme
By Alex ScroxtonThe UK government’s Upskill in Cyber programme is reporting great success just a month after launch, with almost half of applicants women
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27 Jun 2023
A tenth of kids claim they could hack you
By Alex ScroxtonMore and more young people are at risk of being drawn into cyber criminality, and parents must shoulder some of the blame, according to a report
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27 Jun 2023
Infosys to acquire Danske Bank Indian IT centre as part of $454m outsourcing deal
By Karl FlindersAgreement will accelerate Danske Bank’s digital transformation and widen Infosys’ growing customer base in the Nordic region.
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27 Jun 2023
ANZ IT pros get salary bump this year
By Aaron TanOver half of IT professionals in Australia and New Zealand received a higher salary this year, underscoring the tight IT labour market
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27 Jun 2023
Johnson Controls opts for container-based app delivery with Portworx
By Antony AdsheadBuildings management giant built a suite of customer-facing products using containers and opted for Pure Storage Portworx for hybrid cloud container management and data protection
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26 Jun 2023
How Ikea is driving digital customer experience
By Aaron TanIkea franchisee in four Southeast Asian markets and Mexico taps chatbots, conversational commerce and remote planning, among other capabilities, to drive digital customer experience
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26 Jun 2023
HSBC leaving Canary Wharf headquarters
By Karl FlindersHSBC is to leave its current Canary Wharf headquarters by 2027 as hybrid-working policies reduce demand for office space
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26 Jun 2023
Acquisitions filter into impressive growth at SysGroup
By Simon QuickeManaged service player’s outgoing CEO is able to share a robust set of results from the managed service provider
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26 Jun 2023
Office workers feel AI is better than a human boss
By Cliff SaranUK and US workers are quitting their jobs due to frustrations with how they are being managed – and some feel AI can be a better boss
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25 Jun 2023
Aussie-built database migration tool makes global debut
By Aaron TanMongoDB’s engineering team in Australia has built a database migration tool to help customers migrate traditional relational databases to its document database
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23 Jun 2023
ICO under fire for taking limited action over serious data breaches
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe ICO has come under fire from lawyers and data protection specialists for just issuing written warnings to two public bodies over serious data breaches that placed people’s lives at risk
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23 Jun 2023
Webex widens US government portfolio with contact centre, calling
By Joe O’HalloranWebex Contact Center Enterprise for Government expanded to include Webex Calling, providing a single offer for calling, messaging and meetings that complies with key US government standard
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23 Jun 2023
CloudSmiths sealing partnerships to gain UK foothold
By Simon QuickeSouth African firm looks to expand its reach through a series of partnerships with UK partners
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23 Jun 2023
Investment in employee experience, cloud, AI drives greater customer experience
By Joe O’HalloranStudy from global IT infrastructure and services company finds employee experience and customer experience gaining rapid recognition of their importance at board level, and as many as 95% of organisations see cloud enablement as vital in enabling outcomes
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23 Jun 2023
Phishing and ransomware dominate Singapore’s cyber threat landscape
By Aaron TanPhishing and ransomware attacks continued apace in Singapore last year amid signs of improving cyber hygiene