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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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08 Jan 2024
Government to push NHS roll-out of digital pathology
By Lis EvenstadDepartment for Health and Social Care wants to increase use of digital pathology in cancer screening, following a recommendation by the UK National Screening Committee
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08 Jan 2024
British Library ransomware attack could cost up to £7m
By Alex ScroxtonThe cost of recovering the British Library’s ransomware-stricken IT systems could be up to £7m, it has emerged
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08 Jan 2024
Post Office scandal furore is moment to change digital evidence rules
By Karl FlindersThe current rules around digital evidence are partly to blame for the widest miscarriage of justice in UK history
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08 Jan 2024
Inside the Met Police’s investigation into EncroChat crime gangs
By Bill GoodwinThe Met’s senior investigating officer responsible for investigating criminals using the EncroChat encrypted phone network tells the inside story of the UK’s biggest organised crime bust in a BBC podcast series released this week
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08 Jan 2024
Datacentre operators form APAC industry group
By Aaron TanThe Asia-Pacific Data Centre Association will advocate for policies to drive the security and resiliency of datacentres and minimise environmental impact, among other goals
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07 Jan 2024
India firms warm to responsible AI
By Aaron TanAlmost two-thirds of organisations said their responsible AI practices and policies were mature or they had taken steps towards responsible AI adoption, according to a Nasscom study
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07 Jan 2024
Metropolitan Police launches second criminal investigation in Post Office scandal
By Karl FlindersNew investigation will examine potential crimes by the Post Office in its recovery of money from subpostmasters accused of theft and false accounting
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05 Jan 2024
Information Commissioner questions DWP plan to monitor bank accounts of benefit claimants
By Bill GoodwinThe Information Commissioner has warned that legislation to give new powers to the Department of Work and Pensions to check bank accounts of benefit claimants for indications of fraud lacks appropriate safeguards
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05 Jan 2024
GTDC: More use cases add to AI expectations
By Simon QuickeThe latest GTDC podcast includes talk of the prospects for the technology to have a major channel impact this year – artificial intelligence
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04 Jan 2024
Risks and opportunities for the UK chip sector
By Cliff SaranIn May 2023, the UK government unveiled a national semiconductor strategy. We find out how it has been going
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04 Jan 2024
Stone and TD Synnex highlight ITAD benefits
By Simon QuickeWith budgets remaining tight, the need for the channel to pitch a strong refurbished tech story remains a pressing one
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03 Jan 2024
Where AI and quantum computing meet
By Don FluckingerQuantum computing may be years away from practical enterprise applications, but it's getting closer. We talked with IBM's quantum adoption leader to see where we're at right now.
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03 Jan 2024
Dutch working to promote cooperation in Europe to keep internet safe
By Kim LoohuisA Dutch cooperative approach offers national and international cooperation opportunities for ISPs to guard against DDoS attacks, lawful interception and detect abuse in networks
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03 Jan 2024
SonicWall adds more zero trust depth with Banyan buy
By Simon QuickeSecurity player dips back into the M&A market to add more zero trust and SSE coverage
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03 Jan 2024
Artificial intelligence to the front in Sweden’s National Technology Strategy
By Gerard O'DwyerSweden focuses in on artificial intelligence in its latest far-reaching national IT strategy
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03 Jan 2024
Fighting money laundering with AI
By Aaron TanMike Foster, CEO of SymphonyAI Sensa-NetReveal, talks up how AI can be used to fight financial crime and how the company’s technology can augment existing AML investments
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02 Jan 2024
China’s UNC4841 pivots to new Barracuda ESG zero-day
By Alex ScroxtonThe Chinese state threat actor behind a series of cyber attacks on Barracuda Networks customers embarked on a campaign targeting the supplier’s email security products in the run-up to Christmas
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02 Jan 2024
Qualtrics supports Dow digital transformation
By Cliff SaranHow US-based materials science company has used analytics tools from Qualtrics to target improvements to customer experience
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02 Jan 2024
Cloudflare eyes GenAI workloads with Workers AI
By Aaron TanCloudflare’s Workers developer platform is touted to make it easier for organisations to deploy GenAI capabilities at the edge to speed up inferencing
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29 Dec 2023
Top 10 India IT stories of 2023
By Aaron TanWe recap the year’s top 10 stories in India, including the country’s datacentre boom and innovations in space and agriculture technologies
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29 Dec 2023
Top 10 AI regulation stories of 2023
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonFrom the UK government’s publication of its long-awaited AI whitepaper to its convening of the world’s first AI Safety Summit, here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 AI regulation stories of 2023
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29 Dec 2023
Top 10 women in tech and diversity in tech stories of 2023
By Clare McDonaldAs the year draws to a close, Computer Weekly looks over some of the notable stories relating to women in tech, diversity and inclusion throughout 2023
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28 Dec 2023
Top 10 technology and ethics stories of 2023
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonHere are Computer Weekly’s top 10 technology and ethics stories of 2023
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28 Dec 2023
Top 10 ANZ IT stories of 2023
By Aaron TanWe recap the top 10 stories in Australia and New Zealand, including the innovations and challenges that organisations in the region have faced over the past year
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27 Dec 2023
Top 10 police technology stories of 2023
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonHere are Computer Weekly’s top 10 police technology stories of 2023
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27 Dec 2023
Top 10 IT careers and skills stories of 2023
By Clare McDonaldLooking back at the skills and hiring landscape in 2023, Computer Weekly shares the key moments for IT careers and skills over the past 12 months
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27 Dec 2023
Top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2023
By Aaron TanOrganisations across the region have continued to shore up their cyber security posture while investing in infrastructure to pave the way for emerging technologies like GenAI
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22 Dec 2023
Top 10 government IT stories of 2023
By Lis EvenstadIn the year that gave life to four new government departments, Whitehall bosses have continued to fly the flag for technology, with mixed results and success. Here are the stories that made waves in 2023
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22 Dec 2023
Top 10 Middle East stories of 2023
By Karl FlindersMiddle Eastern countries are on digital journeys, with many pinning their futures on expertise in advanced technologies
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22 Dec 2023
Top 10 financial services and fintech stories of 2023
By Karl FlindersGenerative AI is the buzzword on every financial services IT professional’s lips as the technology promises to accelerate the ongoing fintech revolution
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21 Dec 2023
Cisco Security Cloud adds Isovalent for multi-cloud networks
By Beth PariseauThe commercial backer of open source networking and security projects Cilium and Tetragon comes under Cisco's control for cloud-native network security.
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21 Dec 2023
Immigration clampdown could worsen UK IT skills shortage
By Brian McKennaThe UK government’s recent clampdown on immigration could exacerbate the IT skills shortage in the country, especially in web design and development
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21 Dec 2023
Top 10 cyber crime stories of 2023
By Alex ScroxtonRansomware gangs dominated the cyber criminal underworld in 2023, a year that will prove notable for significant evolutionary trends in their tactics
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21 Dec 2023
Top 10 storage stories of 2023
By Antony AdsheadIn this 2023 review, we consider if flash will thrash disk, what the Toyota outage shows about capacity planning, how to achieve green storage, the backup and compliance risks of AI, the lowdown on DPUs, and more
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21 Dec 2023
Top 10 storage supplier strategy stories of 2023
By Antony AdsheadIn 2023, we looked at the top storage suppliers, their market share and how they set themselves for a future of hybrid cloud, containerisation and consumption models of purchasing
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20 Dec 2023
Agencies support regulating commercial space industry
By Makenzie HollandThe White House wants to divide regulatory authority for new commercial space industry activities between the DOC and DOT, a move that has federal agency support.
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20 Dec 2023
Mercy Ships network transformation nears completion
By John MooreThe tech upgrade brings expanded network capabilities to the NGO's hospital ships, with improved remote consultation and dockside medical services among the expected benefits.
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20 Dec 2023
Compound natural disasters emerge as new HR risk
By Patrick ThibodeauCompounding natural disasters is something businesses will need to plan for. Employees face physical recovery and mental health issues, affecting work performance.
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20 Dec 2023
Server-side Wasm to-do list lengthens for 2024
By Beth PariseauServer-side WebAssembly hype peaked in late 2022, but a year later, its path to general availability for key features remains long and cloud portability alternatives are emerging.
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20 Dec 2023
Post Office gets government handout as Horizon replacement costs increase ‘significantly’
By Karl FlindersThe increasing costs associated with replacing the Post Office’s controversial IT system have forced the government to hand it over £100m extra
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20 Dec 2023
Giacom picks up Microsoft-focused intY
By Simon QuickeMove to bolster managed services proposition will add greater cloud depth and enhance UK market position
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20 Dec 2023
'No hiding place' for those responsible for Post Office Horizon scandal
By Karl FlindersMPs want individuals to be held to account for their roles in causing the Post Office Horizon scandal, which destroyed thousands of lives
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20 Dec 2023
ALPHV/BlackCat operation down, but maybe not out
By Alex ScroxtonMultinational law enforcement has targeted the operations of the notorious ALPHV/BlackCat cyber extortion gang, but the group’s members appear to remain defiant
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20 Dec 2023
Top 10 NHS IT stories of 2023
By Lis EvenstadIn the year we said goodbye to NHS Digital, the NHS has made some serious strides in digitising the health service, but many challenges remain. We look back at the stories that made the headlines in 2023
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20 Dec 2023
Top 10 Benelux stories of 2023
By Karl FlindersThe Benelux region is researching some of the latest digital technologies of the future with efforts to ensure the region keeps pace in quantum computing and artificial intelligence
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20 Dec 2023
Inside Zoom’s generative AI strategy
By Aaron TanZoom’s federated approach towards generative AI allows it to use a combination of models that are most suitable for the task on hand while lowering costs for itself and customers
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20 Dec 2023
Top 10 IT leadership interviews of 2023
By Computer Weekly staffThe top technology executives – whether their job title is CIO, CDIO, CDO or something completely different – talk to Computer Weekly and share their plans and strategies for delivering digital success
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20 Dec 2023
Top 10 cloud stories of 2023
By Caroline DonnellyHere are Computer Weekly’s top 10 cloud stories of 2023
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19 Dec 2023
U.S.-China relations will affect businesses in 2024
By Makenzie HollandU.S.-China relations will affect U.S. businesses in 2024, whether it's through more export controls or building alliances with other countries on technology.
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19 Dec 2023
DevSecOps pros prep for GenAI upheavals in 2024
By Beth PariseauGenerative AI models have been a hot topic of discussion in 2023, but their real-world impact on each of the major IT disciplines is just beginning.
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19 Dec 2023
Digital Ethics Summit 2023: The year in AI
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonAt trade association TechUK’s seventh annual Digital Ethics Summit, public officials, industry figures and civil society groups met to discuss the state of AI regulation and the direction of travel set for 2024
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19 Dec 2023
Government reveals its own slow progress in compensating Post Office scandal victims
By Karl FlindersFew of the subpostmasters who unearthed the widest miscarriage of justice in UK history have been compensated so far, four years after their court victory
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19 Dec 2023
Top 10 software development stories of 2023
By Cliff SaranThere have been two main trends driving software development this year: artificial intelligence and low-code/no-code tooling
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19 Dec 2023
Top 10 cyber security stories of 2023
By Alex ScroxtonThe past 12 months have seen the security agenda dominated by the usual round of vulnerabilities, concerns over supply chain security and more besides, but it was the chaotic state of global geopolitics that really made an impact
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19 Dec 2023
Top 10 information management stories of 2023
By Brian McKennaGenerative AI was inescapable as the leading theme of the information management stories of 2023 gathered here. But also selected are pieces about data and healthcare, and the inexorable rise of the CDO
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19 Dec 2023
Top 10 Nordic stories of 2023
By Karl FlindersKnown for its advances in digital technology, the Nordic region continues to pioneer the startup sector while making serious waves in Quantum computing and artificial intelligence
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18 Dec 2023
Global mobile trade body hails agreement on future mobile spectrum ranges
By Joe O’HalloranITU’s World Radiocommunication Conference concludes with consensus on roadmap for mobile services using designated low-band and mid-band frequencies
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18 Dec 2023
Top 10 end user computing stories of 2023
By Cliff SaranWhile the humble personal computer remains core to business productivity, IT admins now need to support a flexible and hybrid workforce
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18 Dec 2023
Top 10 artificial intelligence stories of 2023
By Cliff SaranIt has been a busy year for the IT sector, building out AI-based software and hardware acceleration to meet customer requirements
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18 Dec 2023
How threat intelligence is applied in DNS security
By Aaron TanInfoblox’s director of security architecture explains how the company leverages its threat intelligence capabilities to help organisations stay ahead of DNS security threats
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15 Dec 2023
Small language models an emerging GenAI force
By Antone GonsalvesEnterprises are unwilling to pay for large language models to accomplish simple business tasks with generative AI. They're looking at cheaper small language models.
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15 Dec 2023
DOJ's long-term goals in Google antitrust case unclear
By Makenzie HollandThe DOJ faced off against Google this year in an antitrust trial, claiming that Google maintained an illegal monopoly over the online search and search advertising markets.
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15 Dec 2023
Police defend facial recognition target selection to Lords
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonSenior police officers confirm to Lords committee that facial recognition watchlist image selection is based on crime categories attached to people’s photos, rather than a context-specific assessment of the threat presented by a given individual
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15 Dec 2023
Jaguar Land Rover taps Tata Communications to drive production
By Joe O’HalloranCar maker's new technology and connectivity framework is designed to power next-generation vehicle production by improving line performance and vehicle quality using AI and real-time data insights
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15 Dec 2023
Government advised to overturn all Post Office scandal convictions
By Bryan GlickAn independent board set up to advise the government on compensation for innocent subpostmasters has recommended that all the Post Office scandal convictions are ‘unsafe’ and should be overturned
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15 Dec 2023
Alibaba debuts LLMs for Southeast Asia
By Aaron TanAlibaba’s SeaLLMs are built to address the linguistic diversity and nuances in Southeast Asia, enabling businesses to deploy localised chatbots and translation applications
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14 Dec 2023
SUSE Rancher Kubernetes regroups amid platform trend
By Beth PariseauIt's been a year of seismic shifts for SUSE's Rancher Kubernetes management products as market buzz shifts to platform engineering, forcing changes in strategy heading into 2024.
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14 Dec 2023
Technology inflation rate edges up for storage, IT services
By John MoorePrice hikes persist for professional services and cloud, while an increase in storage costs could reflect a return toward more typical pricing levels after a period of decline.
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14 Dec 2023
Government plans to regulate to tackle datacentre threats
By Alex ScroxtonDSIT outlines a range of proposals designed to protect data storage facilities from cyber attacks, as well as physical threats and the effects of climate breakdown
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14 Dec 2023
CDO interview: Andy Moore, chief data officer, Bentley Motors
By Mark SamuelsData sits at the heart of the luxury car maker’s plans for a future with electric vehicles and a ‘hyper-personalised’ customer experience
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14 Dec 2023
The Security Interviews: Talking identity with Microsoft’s Joy Chik
By Alex ScroxtonMicrosoft’s president of identity and network access, Joy Chik, joins Computer Weekly to discuss the evolving threat landscape in identity security, using innovations in artificial intelligence to stay ahead, and advocating for the coming passwordless future
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14 Dec 2023
Jamf stepping up channel enablement
By Simon QuickeApple specialist Jamf views arming partners with more support as a critical part of its drive to increase partner revenues in 2024
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14 Dec 2023
NCSC CEO Lindy Cameron to step down in 2024
By Alex ScroxtonNCSC chief exec Lindy Cameron, who helped lead and elevate the national dialogue on cyber security through major events such as Covid-19, SolarWinds Sunburst and Colonial Pipeline, is to step down in the New Year
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14 Dec 2023
ICO complaint seeks answers from prosecutors over deleted Assange emails
By Bill GoodwinAn Italian journalist has complained to the data protection watchdog after the Crown Prosecution Service gave conflicting explanations over its deletion of key emails on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
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14 Dec 2023
Current Post Office executive in denial of Horizon cover-up
By Karl FlindersExecutives at the Post Office today are still in denial of the part they played in destroying the lives of thousands of people
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14 Dec 2023
Cisco eyes opportunities in AI, sustainability in Australia
By Stephen WithersCisco is looking to tap opportunities in sustainability, AI and cyber security as it navigates Australia’s economic headwinds
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14 Dec 2023
FluidOne makes M&A move for CNC
By Simon QuickeBrighton-based MSP is the latest to be picked up in a strategy to grow a network of branch offices across the country
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14 Dec 2023
Developer burnout caused by flawed productivity metrics
By Cliff SaranSoftware development methodologies that provide a framework to improve productivity may be inadvertently leading to project delays and stress
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13 Dec 2023
No UK AI legislation until timing is right, says Donelan
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe UK government will not legislate on artificial intelligence until it has a better understanding of the technology, so is instead focusing on building up regulatory capacity and conducting safety-focused research, says digital secretary
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13 Dec 2023
Businesses need to prepare for climate reporting in 2024
By Makenzie HollandThe EU CSRD will require climate reporting starting in 2024, while businesses will need to prepare for California's climate rule reporting starting in 2026.
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13 Dec 2023
Malwarebytes enhances MSP offering as DataSolutions looks for vendor growth
By Simon QuickeCyber security firm enhances MSP offering after reporting strong demand for the services, while elsewhere, distributor reveals intention to grow its vendor portfolio
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13 Dec 2023
How ransomware gangs use the tech media against their victims
By Alex ScroxtonRansomware gangs are increasingly media-savvy operators, and this means incident response plans now need to account for communications and PR strategies too
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13 Dec 2023
Microsoft’s Christmas present for cyber teams: no zero-days
By Alex ScroxtonBarely 30 vulnerabilities, and no zero-days, have been fixed in the final Patch Tuesday drop of 2023
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13 Dec 2023
Critical UK infrastructure a ‘hostage of fortune’ to ransomware
By Alex ScroxtonA lack of ransomware planning and preparedness at the highest levels of government is leaving UK operators or critical national infrastructure dangerously exposed, according to a Joint Committee report
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13 Dec 2023
Inside the Singapore government’s cloud journey
By Aaron TanThe Smart Nation Group’s chief digital technology officer outlines the government’s cloud journey, including its approach to cloud migration and how it came to host mission-critical workloads on AWS
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12 Dec 2023
Microsoft delivers light December Patch Tuesday for admins
By Tom WalatIT operations teams should prioritize deploying the Windows cumulative update to dispatch a critical MSHTML bug affecting Microsoft Outlook.
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12 Dec 2023
MoD fined after breach of Afghan staffers’ data put lives at risk
By Alex ScroxtonThe MoD has been fined £350,000 by the ICO after an email blunder exposed data on Afghan nationals who had worked with British forces and were at risk of Taliban reprisals
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12 Dec 2023
Green IT needs business buy-in for success
By Jim O'DonnellIn this Q&A, Faith Taylor of Kyndryl explains why sustainability efforts must combine business growth with concrete emissions reporting to meet net zero targets.
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12 Dec 2023
IBM engineers hatch Linux Foundation HashiCorp Vault fork
By Beth PariseauIBM engineers working on Open Horizon within the Linux Foundation begin a Vault fork as challenges continue for HashiCorp, which also addressed Terraform Cloud pricing angst.
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12 Dec 2023
Outdated data protection practice key factor in PSNI data breach
By Alex ScroxtonThe August 2023 data breach at the Police Service of Northern Ireland arose chiefly from an outdated approach to data protection and compliance at the force, according to an independent review
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12 Dec 2023
Channel has role to play in supporting AI adoption
By Simon QuickeFindings from Dynatrace have revealed a clear opportunity for partners to help users keen to make use of the technology
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12 Dec 2023
Lenovo channel exec tips artificial intelligence, edge and multicloud as areas for growth
By Simon QuickeWith 2024 just a matter of weeks away, partners are already being alerted to areas where decent revenues should be available
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12 Dec 2023
Broadcom drops VMware perpetual licences and support
By Cliff SaranCustomers are being offered a big discount to migrate onto a VMware subscription service
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12 Dec 2023
Top IT predictions in APAC in 2024
By Aaron TanGenerative AI will continue to leave its mark on many areas in business and IT, along with other trends such as sustainability, cyber security and smart factories that are expected to shape the region’s technology landscape in 2024
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11 Dec 2023
EU AI Act brings tough rules and big fines to businesses
By Makenzie HollandThe EU AI Act, if passed into law, would prohibit certain AI applications and implement transparency requirements for generative artificial intelligence systems.
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11 Dec 2023
BT Group makes net neutrality call as it looks to improve network efficiency
By Joe O’HalloranTelco claims breakthrough technology that improves quality and reliability of live content for viewers while driving down costs for broadcasters and network operators, but calls for rethink in net neutrality debate
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11 Dec 2023
Nordic governments join forces to protect data transfers
By Gerard O'DwyerNordic countries deepen their cooperation over cyber security amid heightened threat from neighbouring Russia
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11 Dec 2023
EU AI Act: The wording of the act is finalised
By Cliff SaranThe EU AI Act has climbed another rung up the legislative ladder, with its wording having been finalised
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11 Dec 2023
TD Synnex offers channel sustainability education
By Simon QuickeDistributor launches course to arm more partners with the information needed to reduce their carbon footprint
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11 Dec 2023
Competition and Markets Authority looks into Microsoft/OpenAI after Altman fiasco
By Cliff SaranThe firing and rehiring of OpenAI’s CEO, and the fallout, which could have seen Microsoft hire all its staff, has the regulator spooked