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13 Jun 2025
News brief: Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit recap
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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13 Jun 2025
Salesforce Marketing Cloud Next employs more agents, CDP
Salesforce overhauls Marketing Cloud with agentic AI.
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13 Jun 2025
CIOs baffled by ‘buzzwords, hype and confusion’ around AI
Alan Trefler, CEO of Pegasystems, is scathing about big tech companies that are pushing the use of AI agents and large language models for business-critical applications
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27 May 2025
Armed forces charity steps in to address cyber mental health crisis
CIISec and military charity PTSD Resolution hope to address a gathering mental health crisis among frontline cyber professionals
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27 May 2025
Interview: Richard Masters, vice-president of data and AI, Virgin Atlantic
The airline’s data chief is applying his expertise as a PhD in astrophysics to the nitty-gritty details of using artificial intelligence to improve customer experience
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27 May 2025
Imec ITF World 2025: The hardware horizon for AI
At its recent ITF World 2025 conference in Antwerp, Belgian research institute Imec delivered a pointed message: as AI accelerates, the world needs new thinking – not just in software, but in the hardware ecosystems underpinning it
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27 May 2025
Norway’s autonomous bus moves into the fast lane
In a small but ambitious project in Stavanger, Norway, autonomous buses are proving they might one day solve a critical problem: the chronic shortage of bus drivers
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27 May 2025
Security growth buoys Westcon-Comstor
Distributor shares full-year results that underline the benefits of operating in security, networking and cloud
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26 May 2025
Gartner: VMware users face multi-hypervisor future
With two-thirds of organisations reportedly negative about Broadcom’s VMware licensing changes, Gartner analyst Michael Warrilow advises IT leaders of multi-year migrations and an inevitable shift towards multiple hypervisors
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26 May 2025
Gprnt platform to ease sustainability reporting
Singapore businesses can now automatically generate basic sustainability reports free of charge using Gprnt, a platform aimed at simplifying reporting and unlocking green financing
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23 May 2025
Essex Police discloses ‘incoherent’ facial recognition assessment
An equality impact assessment of Essex Police live facial recognition deployments is plagued by inconsistencies and poor methodology, undermining the force’s claim that its use of the technology will not be discriminatory
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23 May 2025
Data embassies and US embargo halt give Saudi AI hope
Gulf autocracy gets access to powerful AI chips subject to export ban and pursues legal reforms to make foreign computing firms feel comfortable about putting their data there
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23 May 2025
Labour puts Humphrey AI to work for council admin
A tool built on the government’s Humphrey AI toolset is being piloted by 25 councils to take notes during meetings
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23 May 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments this week at Kiteworks, CrowdStrike, Exertis, e92plus, Climb Channel Solutions UK, Pulsant and Westcon-Comstor
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23 May 2025
HP’s UK&I managing director stresses importance of partner dialogue
The recently appointed country manager shares her views on the importance of maintaining close links with the channel
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23 May 2025
Grab opens AI centre of excellence, bets on home-grown AI
Southeast Asian super app Grab has launched an AI centre of excellence in Singapore, aiming to develop its own specialised foundation model, bolster developer productivity and create 50 new roles, among other goals
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22 May 2025
U.S. policy moves reflect big tech issues with state AI laws
House Republicans proposed a 10-year moratorium on state AI rules, reflecting a concern among tech companies about the growing patchwork of state AI and data privacy measures.
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22 May 2025
Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization roadmap chases VMware
Red Hat touted big converts to OpenShift Virtualization during Summit, but it's still working to add resiliency features VMware has had for more than a decade.
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22 May 2025
Microsoft raises posse to target dangerous Lumma malware
Microsoft, along with a consortium of partners, has seized and disrupted a significant part of the Lumma malware-as-a-service network used to steal data and funds
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22 May 2025
DSIT makes £5.5m of funding available to new projects
The government is focusing on easing the regulatory burden that can often hamper the introduction of innovative technologies in the public sector
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22 May 2025
Lloyds and Nationwide to use UK finance sector LLM
Industry-specific large language models could improve customer services, strengthen security and support regulatory compliance
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22 May 2025
TXP offers a fresh name in the mid-market
Rebranded group that includes two channel firms will provide digital transformation services from the West Midlands across the UK
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22 May 2025
Former ICAEW operations chief heads up BCS
BCS CEO Sharon Gunn wants to open up membership to broadest range of people to promote professional and ethical practices
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22 May 2025
Lack of practical learning bad for STEM careers
A lack of hands-on learning could prevent children from being interested in science and tech careers in the future
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22 May 2025
HMRC begins escape from Fujitsu’s grip through £500m contract
HMRC looking for a supplier to support its planned exit from three Fujitsu datacentre contracts
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22 May 2025
How to tackle your infrastructure technical debt
Gartner analysts explain how infrastructure and operations teams can address the accumulation of outdated systems and make a compelling business case for upgrades
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22 May 2025
Agentic AI to drive heavy infrastructure demands
As organisations begin to explore agentic AI, Dell’s Soo Mei May warns that scaling these intelligent systems will have higher compute, memory, storage and networking requirements, far exceeding those for generative AI
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21 May 2025
Red Hat, HashiCorp reveal Ansible, Terraform and Vault plans
Red Hat Ansible and HashiCorp reps filled in the blanks about how infrastructure automation tools will more deeply integrate, news welcomed by financial services customers.
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21 May 2025
State AI law moratorium shapes congressional debate
While some policymakers argue that protecting consumers from AI-related harms means regulation, others say existing rules offer sufficient protection.
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21 May 2025
M&S cyber attack disruption likely to last until July
M&S says it has moved into recovery mode after a ransomware attack, but expects some disruption to persist throughout the coming weeks
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21 May 2025
NCSC: Russia’s Fancy Bear targeting logistics, tech organisations
The NCSC and its partner agencies have blown the whistle on an extensive campaign of malicious cyber attacks orchestrated by the Russian state Fancy Bear operation
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21 May 2025
Crayon Q1 hit by underperforming Nordics
Channel player Crayon shares first-quarter numbers that show a decent performance across Europe, APAC and the US, but softer conditions in the firm’s home markets
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21 May 2025
Interview: Rom Kosla, CIO, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
The IT chief of one of the world's biggest tech companies still has to get the technology right - and he's building on cloud, application consolidation and data to bring new capabilities in AI to his users
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21 May 2025
Fujitsu raked in £80m from HMRC in March alone, despite Post Office scandal
HM Revenue & Customs described as a UK ‘cash cow’ for the Japanese IT giant at the centre of the Post Office Horizon scandal
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21 May 2025
Vast Data launches into AI stratosphere with AgentEngine
Vast has built out into data management from its roots and will now offer customisable agentic AI agents that can tap into its existing storage, database and messaging capabilities
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21 May 2025
Capital One pushes out data tokenisation
Organisations using the Databricks and Snowflake platforms will be able to use Capital One’s Databolt tool to secure their data
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21 May 2025
Extreme Networks ups networking AI ante with Platform One
Leading cloud networking provider announces limited availability of next-gen networking platform attributed with reducing manual tasks by up to 90%
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21 May 2025
Red Hat touts OpenShift Virtualization momentum
Enterprises are increasingly adopting Red Hat’s OpenShift Virtualization, driven by Broadcom’s VMware licensing changes and a desire for a stable, AI-ready platform, company executives revealed at the Red Hat Summit this week
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21 May 2025
Strong fintech security posture at risk via third-party weak links
Despite having a strong security posture, the financial technology sector could be open to attack via third parties
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21 May 2025
Ransomware attacks dropped by a third last month
Reported ransomware attacks eased off during April following a dramatic spike in the first quarter of 2025
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20 May 2025
Court to weigh divestiture in Google ad tech antitrust case
Forcing Google to divest assets in the DOJ's advertising market antitrust case against it will present a challenging issue to the court during the upcoming remedies trial.
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20 May 2025
Early-stage tech companies comb through data, software code
Software startups participating in the 2025 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium's Innovation Showcase take on the challenge of picking out the key signals from vast amounts of data.
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20 May 2025
Dell unveils disaggregated infrastructure strategy
Dell makes push for disaggregated infrastructure, aiming to offer enterprises the independent scaling of three-tier architectures with the operational benefits of hyperconverged systems
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20 May 2025
Botched Post Office IT projects continue to drain public purse
Millions more pounds of public money spent by the Post Office as a result of an IT error that exposed the personal details of Horizon victims
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20 May 2025
Retail cyber attacks hit food distributor Peter Green Chilled
Cold chain services provider Peter Green Chilled, which supplies the likes of Aldi, Sainsbury’s and Tesco, has been forced to halt operations after succumbing to a ransomware attack
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20 May 2025
Sophos teams up with Capsule to cover MSP insurance needs
Security player arms channel partners with access to the fruits of a partnership that meets growing SME demand
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20 May 2025
Ireland sets out chip plan
Ireland has a long history of attracting high-tech firms. Building on the EU Chip Act, it now aims to be a leader in semiconductors
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20 May 2025
Red Hat amps up open source AI infrastructure pitch
With a new AI Inference Server and a distributed inference open source project, Red Hat hopes to capitalize on the surging popularity of open source AI.
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20 May 2025
Interview: Driving tech innovation at the BBC
Computer Weekly speaks to Jatin Aythora, director of BBC Research and Development, about self-belief and learning from different industries
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20 May 2025
Build 2025: Microsoft opens up Windows machine learning
Windows machine learning is one of the highlights of this year’s Microsoft annual developer event. The company is also paving the way to multi-agent artificial intelligence in Windows
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20 May 2025
Rio Tinto overhauls IT operations with platform model
Rio Tinto’s head of technology platforms outlines the mining giant’s move to an IT platform model designed to escape a reactive cycle of critical incidents and improve service quality for internal and external customers
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19 May 2025
New GitHub Copilot agent edges into DevOps
The GitHub Copilot coding agent can take on toilsome tasks such as bug fixes and code reviews with its own GitHub Actions pull requests.
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19 May 2025
Chinese cyber spooks lure laid-off US government workers
A Washington DC-based think tank has published evidence that Chinese intelligence services have been running a network of digital ‘front’ companies targeting laid-off government workers as recruits
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19 May 2025
Trump visit bolsters Saudi AI
A new AI datacentre is among the initiatives the White House announced during the president’s Middle East visits
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19 May 2025
Legal Aid Agency breach may encompass millions of people
Legal Aid Agency says the data of anybody who applied for legal aid over the past 15 years has been compromised in a cyber attack
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19 May 2025
Ekco bolsters cyber testing with Predatech buy
Managed security services provider hits the M&A trail to extend its options and UK coverage
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19 May 2025
Dutch universities call for reduced dependence on Big Tech
Dutch universities are calling for greater digital autonomy as more research and educational data is stored in American clouds, posing risks to academic freedom, privacy and accessibility
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19 May 2025
Government sets up guidance for 10-year R&D commitment
Research and development is one of the main areas of focus for Labour’s Plan for Change as it readies its Industrial Strategy
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19 May 2025
Keepit to expand SaaS backup footprint and intelligent automation
Danish cloud backup provider will add Atlassian and Okta support and has plans for intelligent automated restores to customer RPOs and RTOs as well a threat library
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19 May 2025
Gartner: Most firms not tapping cloud’s full potential
Organisations have not fully leveraged the full potential of cloud and must navigate emerging trends such as artificial intelligence, multicloud complexity and security perceptions to stay competitive
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19 May 2025
Post Office performs costly 30-year U-turn on Horizon
Post Office Horizon replacement magnifies missed opportunity as move from the controversial Horizon system to an off-the-shelf alternative is going back to a plan it rejected in the 1990s
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18 May 2025
AI’s thirst for power pushing enterprises into supercomputing
The compute and energy demands of large-scale AI are turning enterprise AI infrastructure into supercomputing, though the search for a killer app and concerns over initial infrastructure costs remain
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16 May 2025
Mid-career professionals must learn to understand and use AI as GenAI tips balance
Whether in the finance, IT or legal sectors, artificial intelligence will change the way businesses operate and how their people work
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16 May 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments this week at Ignition Technology, Phoenix Software, Westcon-Comstor and Utelogy
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16 May 2025
No workaround leads to more pain for VMware users
There are patches for the latest batch of security alerts from Broadcom, but VMware users on perpetual licences may not have access
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16 May 2025
The Security Interviews: David Faugno, 1Password
David Faugno, co-CEO of 1Password, discusses how his background led to him joining the company and why maintaining profitability is a key factor in overcoming the challenges of switching markets.
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16 May 2025
Kissflow finds its place in low-code market
The supplier of low-code software development tools that cater to both citizen developers and IT professionals is experiencing rapid growth in Southeast Asia where it has been doubling its revenue over the past four years
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15 May 2025
Proposed U.S. budget cuts raise fears about tech innovation
President Donald Trump's proposed FY 2026 budget slashes funding for federal agencies, including NSF and NIST, which support tech research and innovation in the U.S.
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15 May 2025
NHS asks suppliers to sign up to cyber covenant
NHS digital and security leaders call on their suppliers to commit to a cyber security charter as the health service works to improve its resilience in the face of growing threat levels
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15 May 2025
How close is quantum computing to commercial reality?
At a recent event, experts explored the progress towards logical qubits and how these will be applied to empower business IT
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15 May 2025
SonicWall keeps focus on MSP channel
Security player continues to roll out products and services for its partners as it identifies further growth fueled by customer demand for zero-trust solutions
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15 May 2025
Government starts private sector engagement on digital ID and Gov.uk Wallet
Following concerns from the digital identity industry that Gov.uk Wallet would dominate the market, the government has offered private sector providers a ‘critical role’ in its future, as it revealed further details on the wallet
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15 May 2025
Post Office scandal inquiry to publish first findings this summer
Inquiry announces that findings on compensation and human impact will be presented in the next few months
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14 May 2025
Scattered Spider retail attacks spreading to US, says Google
Google’s threat intel analysts are aware of a number of in-progress cyber attacks against US retailers linked to the same Scattered Spider gang that supposedly attacked M&S and Co-op in the UK
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14 May 2025
Enisa launches European vulnerability database
The EU’s new vulnerability database is designed to offer a broader, more transparent source of information on new cyber vulnerabilities
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14 May 2025
Why we must reform the Computer Misuse Act: A cyber pro speaks out
Britain’s outdated hacking laws are leaving the UK’s cyber practitioners hamstrung and afraid. Security professional Simon Whittaker reveals how he nearly ran afoul of the Computer Misuse Act, and why he’s speaking out for reform
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14 May 2025
Ekco unveils fresh CEO as Evolve IP extends ecosystem
Developments in the managed service world as an experienced channel executive takes up a fresh leadership role and a partnership is struck to provide an MSP with more telephony options
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14 May 2025
UK government outlines plan to surveil migrants with eVisa data
Electronic visa data and biometric technologies will be used by the UK’s immigration enforcement authorities to surveil migrants living in the country and to ‘tighten control of the border’, attracting strong criticism from migrant support groups
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14 May 2025
BBVA creates ChatGPT Store and expands use of the GenAI tool
Data reveals that bank employees are saving an average of almost three hours every week by using ChatGPT
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14 May 2025
Humphrey AI tool powers Scottish Parliament consultation
AI-powered Consult tool has helped the Scottish Parliament to organise feedback from a public consultation into themes
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14 May 2025
New security paradigm needed for IT/OT convergence
Industry leaders and policymakers highlight growing cyber threats from the integration of IT and operational technology systems, calling for collaboration and regulatory frameworks to protect critical systems, among other measures
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14 May 2025
Australian public cloud spending to hit A$26.6bn in 2025
Gartner forecasts strong growth in cloud infrastructure and platform services even as Australian organisations grapple with scaling AI initiatives and managing rising cloud expenditure
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13 May 2025
Microsoft tackles 5 Windows zero-days on May Patch Tuesday
The company addresses 72 unique CVEs this month, but several AI features bundled in a larger-than-usual update could bog down some networks.
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13 May 2025
UKRI must do more to drive innovation agenda and avoid fraud
UKRI’s funding of research and innovation to support the government’s growth strategy has room for improvement
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13 May 2025
May Patch Tuesday brings five exploited zero-days to fix
Microsoft fixes five exploited, and two publicly disclosed, zero-days in the fifth Patch Tuesday update of 2025
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13 May 2025
M&S forces customer password resets after data breach
M&S is instructing all of its customers to change their account passwords after a significant amount of data was stolen in a DragonForce ransomware attack
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13 May 2025
Sophos rolls out MSP Elevate
Programme for managed service providers aims to support those committed to delivering growth
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13 May 2025
Controversial Post Office Horizon system could stay until 2033
Post Office seeks off-the-shelf Horizon replacement as part of £492m tender that includes ongoing support for Horizon up to 2033
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13 May 2025
Bytes breaks through GII £2bn barrier
Channel player Bytes shares FY numbers that underline its successful ability to emerge strongly through a challenging market
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13 May 2025
Gov.uk One Login loses certification for digital identity trust framework
The government’s flagship digital identity system has lost its certification against the government’s own digital identity system trust framework
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13 May 2025
NHS trust cloud plans hampered by Trump tariff uncertainty
Essex NHS wants to move some capacity to the Nutanix cloud, but can’t be certain prices will hold between product selection and when procurement plans gain approval
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13 May 2025
Evidence reveals Post Office scandal victims short-changed in compensation payouts
Subpostmasters who appealed compensation payments have significantly increased ‘worryingly undervalued’ settlements
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13 May 2025
Australian data breaches hit record high in 2024
More than 1,100 data breaches were reported in Australia last year, a 25% jump from 2023, prompting calls for stronger security measures across businesses and government agencies
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12 May 2025
Contempt order worsens Apple's antitrust woes
A federal judge found Apple to be in contempt of an injunction ordering the company to make access to alternative payment options in the company's App Store easier.
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12 May 2025
Italian bank signs 10-year deal with Google Cloud
UniCredit will transform operations through cloud, AI and data analytics technologies from Google Cloud
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12 May 2025
University will ‘pull the plug’ to test Nutanix disaster recovery
University of Reading set to save circa £500,000 and deploy Nutanix NC2 hybrid cloud that will allow failover from main datacentre
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09 May 2025
ServiceNow shops share AI copilot results, prep for agents
IT ops teams have often already laid the groundwork for generative AI automation with platform consolidation and the previous wave of AIOps tools.
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09 May 2025
Datadog acquisition gives it feature flagging for AI
The move enables the vendor to integrate the startup's feature flagging software into its products. It is the second acquisition the vendor has made in the past few weeks.
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09 May 2025
Interview: Amanda Stent, head of AI strategy and research, Bloomberg
Hallucinating AI, which lies through its teeth, keeps Amanda Stent busy at data analytics and intelligence giant Bloomberg
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09 May 2025
Broadcom letters demonstrate push to VMware subscriptions
The owner of VMware is reminding customers on perpetual licences that they will longer be able to buy support for their VMware products
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09 May 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments this week at Assured Data Protection, Acer, Canon, UiPath and Coro
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09 May 2025
Government calls on tech companies to join crime-cutting campaign
The justice secretary met with 30 tech companies to discuss how technology can help to tackle prison violence and reduce reoffending rates
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09 May 2025
Apple to play modest role after datacentre heat breakthrough in Denmark
Country at forefront of industrial heat recycling expects datacentres will take only modest role in heating homes after government paved way with widely celebrated law