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08 Dec 2023
Recruiting tech glitch adds to military's recruiting struggles
The U.S. Navy, Army and Air Force all faced recruiting shortfalls this year thanks to labor market competition. But challenges include inadequate recruiting technology.
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08 Dec 2023
Fossil's experience building an internal AI image generator
AI hallucinations are generally considered a bug of the technology to be worked out as it evolves. But uncanny and imaginative AI-generated output can sometimes be a benefit.
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08 Dec 2023
Knime updates analytics platform with new GenAI capabilities
The vendor's latest release improves the accuracy of its GenAI chatbot, including citations so users can know the source of the chatbot's responses, and features a new UI.
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09 May 2023
IBM launches Watsonx, a new generative AI platform
The longtime tech giant is focusing on providing a hybrid cloud environment and a generative AI strategy that centers on enterprise, data and governance aspects of the technology.
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09 May 2023
Storage's role in generative AI
Generative AI continues to create industry buzz. Experts say storage plays a critical role in making the technology run.
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09 May 2023
Coveo brings AI to SAP Commerce Cloud search
The Coveo Search and Recommendations platform can now be integrated into SAP Commerce Cloud, echoing a trend in e-commerce and bolstering the enterprise vendor's embrace of AI.
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09 May 2023
OVHcloud aims to bring Glacier-like cloud archive to Europe
OVHcloud makes Cold Archive GA with deep archive storage cheaper than AWS’s offer and all based on IBM 3592 tape hardware spread across four sites with Atempo backup
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09 May 2023
Qualcomm hits accelerator on connected vehicles with Autotalks acquisition plan
Adding mileage to its strategy to go up a gear with its automotive offers, mobile platform provider announces intention to buy specialist vehicle-to-everything fabless semiconductor company
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09 May 2023
ThoughtSpot unveils new tool that integrates OpenAI's LLM
The analytics vendor unveiled a variety of new capabilities, including Sage, which integrates OpenAI's generative AI technology to improve natural language search.
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09 May 2023
SAS to invest second $1B in advanced analytics and AI
After investing $1 billion to overhaul its Viya analytics platform and develop industry-specific systems, the vendor is advancing its commitment to AI.
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09 May 2023
Westcon continuing to focus on sharing data insights
Distributor has placed value on sharing customer and market insights with channel to drive further growth
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09 May 2023
IT Priorities 2023: security dominates IoT investment plans
With increased devices and sensors collecting data, there is more rich information for businesses to use as analysis and in training – but security still tops wallet share, says report
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09 May 2023
Reliable connectivity key to smooth business running for UK SMEs
Study from Sky Business shows that in today’s uncertain economic climate, UK SMEs are under pressure to cut costs while maintaining quality services, with the impact of energy prices cited as a major concern
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09 May 2023
UKtech50 2023: The longlist of the UK’s influential tech leaders
Each year, Computer Weekly launches a search for the most influential people in UK IT, asking the tech community who it thinks should be in the top 50 – here is the longlist of everyone nominated for 2023
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09 May 2023
Tableau to add generative AI with Salesforce's Einstein GPT
The BI vendor unveiled plans to combine its existing capabilities with its parent company's generative AI tool to make it more simple for customers to query an analyze data.
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09 May 2023
Tech jobs are on the rise, but soft skills are most coveted, says WEF
Research by the World Economic Forum has found technology jobs are currently some of the fastest growing, but firms still want employees to have transferable skills
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09 May 2023
IT Priorities 2023: Collaboration technologies to benefit from future of work investment drive
Research finds that as businesses settle into hybrid work, UCaaS and other collaboration technologies are regarded by IT professionals as crucial tool for driving employee productivity and workflow optimisation
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08 May 2023
Chat control: EU lawyers warn plans to scan encrypted messages for child abuse may be unlawful
Leaked legal advice warns that European ‘chat control’ proposals to require tech companies to scan private and encrypted messages for child abuse are likely to breach EU law
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08 May 2023
As H-1B visa registrations near 1M, odds of a visa decline
The new H-1B electronic registration system is seeing explosive demand that significantly reduces the chances of winning a visa in the lottery. It might also be expanding fraud.
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08 May 2023
Intel BootGuard private keys leaked following MSI hack
Intel said it was "actively investigating" reports that OEM BootGuard keys were stolen and leaked by ransomware actors following a breach at motherboard maker MSI
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08 May 2023
Western Digital confirms ransomware actors stole customer data
Western Digital issued an update late Friday that confirmed customer data was stolen in an attack for which Alphv ransomware actors claimed responsibility.
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08 May 2023
How lab grown neurons could power the future of AI
Melbourne-based Cortical Labs’ lab grown neurons could speed up AI training in a more energy efficient way and its work has caught the eye of hyperscalers and Amazon’s CTO
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08 May 2023
20-year evolution of Everbridge critical event management
Everbridge critical event management has reached Ukraine and work-from-anywhere users. CEO David Wagner explains how he's guided the company through difficult times.
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05 May 2023
For enterprise generative AI adoption, custom models are key
Enterprise interest in deploying generative AI is on the rise, but challenges remain around security, infrastructure requirements and integration with existing systems.
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05 May 2023
Top analytics trends include cloud, AI/ML and embedded BI
As vendors attempt to make BI available to a broader audience -- and generative AI tools are still in preview -- the triumvirate of cloud migration, AI and embedded BI is vital.
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05 May 2023
New bill aims to break up digital advertising market
The bipartisan AMERICA Act aims to introduce more competition into the digital advertising market that U.S. senators believe is largely dominated by tech giants.
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05 May 2023
Former Uber CSO Joe Sullivan avoids jail for breach cover-up
A U.S. district judge sentenced former Uber security chief Joe Sullivan to three years of probation and 200 hours of community service for his role in the 2016 breach cover-up.
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05 May 2023
Adobe shines light on SME employee tech frustration
Channel has a role to play in helping customers improve productivity through the adoption of more digital technology
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05 May 2023
IT Priorities 2023: Distributed IT and hybrid work drive adoption of new networks
Research shows security continues to dominate networking needs, along with the need to support users wherever they are, with firms more than ready to invest in future of work initiatives
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05 May 2023
Rootstock adds analytics to Salesforce-based SaaS ERP
Rootstock has added analytics and new financial tools to its Manufacturing Cloud ERP. Built on the Salesforce platform, the SaaS is now pushing beyond that ecosystem, experts say.
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05 May 2023
Employee perception may be key to success of UAE’s big data initiative
Study shows the impact employee perception can have on big data projects in the United Arab Emirates
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05 May 2023
Capita pension clients told data may have leaked
Capita has told trustees of some of the pension funds for which it provides outsourced services that their customer data may have been stolen by the Black Basta ransomware operation
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05 May 2023
Open banking use to increase 470% in next four years, driven from Europe
Europe is leading the surge in the take-up of API-based open banking services, according to Juniper Research
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05 May 2023
Apple results show Mac sales hit by economic slowdown
While it has been a record quarter for Apple in terms of services, and the iPhone remains a big seller, Mac and iPad renewals are down
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05 May 2023
Santander reports increase in scams and admits fraud head was impersonated
Santander has reported an increase in impersonation scams, and admitted its own head of fraud was impersonated by a fraudster
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05 May 2023
Welsh Water turns on CPaaS tap for enhanced customer experiences
Not-for-profit water company deploys CPaaS-based video comms services to optimise operations, budget control and solve customer issues more quickly
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05 May 2023
Bing AI push rings in price change
Microsoft’s large investment in OpenAI has seen an expansion of AI in Bing. This appears to be reflected in new Bing API licensing
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04 May 2023
Slack GPT quickly summarizes channels and creates canvases
The CRM giant unveiled a generative AI assistant for its Slack collaboration platform to let users quickly summarize channels, draft messages and create whiteboard-like canvases.
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04 May 2023
Responsible AI helps reduce ethical, legal risks
Generative AI is opening companies up to new risks. But experts at EmTech Digital argue that incorporating responsible AI into decision making could mitigate exposure.
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04 May 2023
Cybersecurity execs ponder software liability implementation
Reactions to the Biden Administration's push for legislation enforcing software liability were mostly positive, but questions remain regarding implementation.
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04 May 2023
Ransomware attack disrupts Dallas police, city services
The city said less than 200 government devices were compromised by the Royal ransomware attack, though it's unclear if threat actors exfiltrated sensitive data.
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04 May 2023
Examining AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton’s fears about AI
The 'godfather of AI' claims AI will be misused for political gain and to manipulate humans. His resignation from Google came weeks after tech leaders called for an 'AI pause.'
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04 May 2023
Ransomware gangs display ruthless extortion tactics in April
Ransomware groups are pressuring enterprises into paying with harsher extortion tactics, contacting individual victims directly and leaking stolen photos and video footage.
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04 May 2023
Top tech firms agree to help White House probe AI risks
Microsoft, Google and OpenAI are among a group of AI developers that will participate in a public assessment of their generative AI models in August.
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04 May 2023
Sateliot joins GSMA, inks standard roaming agreements
Global trade association for mobile comms industry welcomes provider of satellite-based 5G IoT services as an operator member, signing contracts for standard roaming with more than 100 operators
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04 May 2023
CMA looks at competition in foundational AI
The Competition and Markets Authority is investigating consumer protection and market forces related to the use of emerging artificial intelligence models
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04 May 2023
IT Priorities 2023: Significance of cloud investments rises as economic woes bite
Technology decision-makers across the UK and EMEA are increasingly looking to do more with cloud over the coming year, TechTarget/Computer Weekly research shows
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04 May 2023
Cisco responds to channel requests with finance offer
Vendor introduces financing programme to make it easier for customers to buy now and pay later on a wide range of products and services
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04 May 2023
IDrive launches unlimited backups for 365, Workspace
A new cloud SaaS service from IDrive enables SMBs to backup an unlimited amount of Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace data for an annual subscription.
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04 May 2023
Vodafone enables ITN Coronation TV coverage with 5G network slice
Coronation broadcast first in UK to be enabled by a public 5G standalone network, with leading news provider using mobile network for swift and secure transfer of coverage from remote sites to newsroom
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04 May 2023
Google debuts passwordless login options for users
Launch of Google’s passkey service hailed as a great leap forward for passwordless technology
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04 May 2023
Maritime bandwidth capacity demand set to increase 20-fold by 2032
Research finds maritime connectivity market showing high-bandwidth prices adhered to expected downward trends as non-geostationary orbit constellations take to the sea to meet rising demand for satellite bandwidth
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04 May 2023
Age UK calls for physical banking hubs as older people demand face-to-face banking
UK charity calls for banks and government to speed up the introduction of physical banking hubs as research reveals millions of older people don’t bank online
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04 May 2023
Exclusive Networks enjoys a strong start to the year
Distributor shares first quarter numbers that indicate the business remains in growth mode
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04 May 2023
Inside BlackBerry’s cyber security playbook
BlackBerry’s president of cyber security discusses the company’s cyber security strategy and what it is doing to deliver an integrated set of capabilities for enterprises
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04 May 2023
Wi-Fi, existing network functions critical to successful private enterprise 5G
Research paper highlights the needs and use cases for Wi-Fi 6 and private 5G as a fundamental part of converged, access-agnostic connectivity portfolios rather than using parallel infrastructure
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03 May 2023
SAP gets dose of AI with IBM Watson
SAP will now integrate IBM Watson into the SAP Start digital assistant for its cloud applications. But there are questions about how much value this adds.
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03 May 2023
Salesforce brings GPT to customer service, sales platforms
The CRM giant brings generative AI capabilities to its sales and service platforms for fast, relevant email, message and article creation, as well as multilanguage transcription.
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03 May 2023
Google rolls out passkeys in service of passwordless future
Google referred to its new passkey option, which features facial recognition, fingerprint and PIN-based authentication, as 'the beginning of the end of the password.'
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03 May 2023
Problems with generative AI for firms such as JPMorgan Chase
Large language models carry significant risk for enterprises. For JPMorgan Chase, mitigating the risk means creating a learning environment and monitoring the use of the models.
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03 May 2023
Ryan Aytay named new CEO of Tableau, filling vacant slot
The appointment comes five months after the resignation of Mark Nelson and follows months of tumult -- including layoffs -- at Salesforce, the analytics vendor's parent company.
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03 May 2023
Observability maven 'cranky' about AIOps embraces GPT
Honeycomb's observability tools will add natural language queries via OpenAI's GPT API, a departure from its co-founder and CTO's broader stance on AI in IT ops tools.
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03 May 2023
Baptist Health leaves Cisco for Arista
Baptist Health in Jacksonville, Fla., expects Arista's single wired, wireless and data center network operating system to eliminate partial outages during infrastructure upgrades.
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03 May 2023
Cyber Action Plan for Wales launched
The devolved Welsh government has set out four priorities in an action plan designed to foster cyber resilience, talent and innovation across the country
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03 May 2023
European space and comms firms eye up IRIS² constellation opportunity
After signing off on its Galileo and Copernicus constellations, EC tenders for supply of new secure and resilient connectivity infrastructure for European governments, businesses and citizens
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03 May 2023
TikTok fixes vulnerability that could have exposed user activity data
A potentially dangerous vulnerability in the TikTok video-sharing platform was discovered by Imperva researchers, and has now been fixed
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03 May 2023
BlackBerry offers lucrative incentive for fresh logos
Vendor claims it has devised a channel first with its latest partner incentive scheme
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03 May 2023
Government anti-fraud strategy targets the tech behind the scams
The UK government’s anti-fraud strategy proposes to make it much harder for criminals to target their victims by cracking down on the exploitation of technology
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03 May 2023
BT bolsters security offerings
Comms player’s relationships with CyberArk and Ivanti add more managed security options and SME protection
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03 May 2023
US competition watchdog issues generative AI warning
Generative AI can be used to manipulate people into making harmful decisions, says US Federal Trade Commission in warning to firms building and using AI-powered tools
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03 May 2023
UK full-fibre boost as Openreach expands, Gigaclear claims rural altnet leadership
Operators at both ends of the corporate scale make notable advances in their respective roll-outs of gigabit connectivity in the UK
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03 May 2023
AWS confirms Scope 3 GHG emissions data will be made freely available to customers in ‘early 2024’
With regulators increasingly calling on companies to transparently report their greenhouse gas emissions data, Amazon Web Services has confirmed users will get access to Scope 3 data from early next year
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03 May 2023
Artificial intelligence: Business leaders start to realise the risks
ChatGPT and other large language models can rewrite value, and business leaders now realise they need a plan
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03 May 2023
Scottish residents and businesses in £75m 4G investment boost
First UK government-funded phone mast upgrade activated in Scottish borders to give major 4G mobile coverage boost to community
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03 May 2023
Mystery Apple security update sparks speculation
Apple releases its first Rapid Security Response update for iPhone, iPad and Mac devices, but users are in the dark about what security problems they have fixed
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03 May 2023
Nokia claims first CE-certified 5G automated drone-in-a-box service
Comms tech giant declares first-mover status with CE-certified turnkey drone-in-a-box offering, designed to meet the needs of public safety agencies, smart cities, construction, energy and defence organisations
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02 May 2023
Citing data privacy, GitLab syncs with Google generative AI
GitLab's deal with Google lets it keep sensitive customer data in the GitLab cloud while training models, amid enterprise concerns about generative AI licensing and security risks.
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02 May 2023
White House begins inquiry of employee monitoring practices
The White House has launched an inquiry into employee monitoring practices. It follows the U.S. Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, which seeks limits on unchecked surveillance.
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02 May 2023
CrowdStrike focuses on ChromeOS security, rising cloud threats
Raj Rajamani, CrowdStrike's chief product officer of data, identity, cloud and endpoint security, said ChromeOS devices are gaining increasing adoption in the enterprise space.
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02 May 2023
Channel roundup: Who’s gone where?
The second quarter starts with momentum in another week of personnel changes
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02 May 2023
Microsoft releases Teams Payments app for small businesses
The tech giant brings transaction capabilities to its Teams platform, expanding digital commerce options for small businesses that offer online services through Teams.
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02 May 2023
SES, Viasat hail successful satellite launches
European operator’s second-generation medium earth orbit system said to be just one launch away from providing global connectivity services backed by service level agreements
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02 May 2023
Delays, downscaling of national fast broadband roll-out threaten BBC digitisation
UK parliamentary committee warns uncertainty over funding and regulation around national fast broadband roll-out plans threaten public broadcaster’s digitisation plans
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02 May 2023
HMRC confirms potential April 2024 end date for double-taxation issue in IR35 compliance cases
HM Revenue & Customs launches eight-week consultation on plans to roll out a legislative tweak that would put a stop to the government tax collection agency over-collecting tax in IR35 non-compliance cases
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02 May 2023
Seagate launches 22TB IronWolf straight into QNAP NAS partnership
Seagate’s 22TB IronWolf Pro HDD equals Western Digital for capacity. Of the big drive makers, only Toshiba now lags behind. QNAP NAS to offer petabyte capacities with new Seagate drive
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02 May 2023
IT Priorities 2023: Customers continuing to turn to MSPs
The channel is seen as a solution to a range of IT challenges, including security and cloud management
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02 May 2023
Teradata integrates with Google Vertex AI
The vendors' new integration provides choices to customers who prefer Google as their cloud provider. It also helps Google present itself as more focused on enterprises.
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02 May 2023
Box to inject generative AI into content management platform
The vendor is working with OpenAI to put the AI research lab's GPT technology into its content management platform. Challenges include limiting AI copyright breaches.
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02 May 2023
UK Cyber Security Council launches certification mapping tool
Cyber careers body aims to offer clarity for professionals seeking to advance through security certification
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02 May 2023
IT Priorities 2023: Software development
Organisations are investing in technology-led business initiatives to tackle the economic slowdown
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02 May 2023
SAP eyes SMEs in Southeast Asia
SAP debuts the Grow with SAP programme in Southeast Asia to drive adoption of S/4 Hana Cloud among small and medium-sized enterprises
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02 May 2023
Researchers see surge in scam websites linked to coronation
Scammers and fraudsters continue to take advantage of large public events, with the coronation of King Charles III no exception
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01 May 2023
1Password execs outline shift to passwordless authentication
1Password CEO Jeff Shiner and Anna Pobletts, head of passwordless, discuss the power of passkeys, the adoption challenges ahead, and the threat of generative AI attacks.
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28 Apr 2023
H-1B visa fraud probe follows a move to $10 registrations
A surge in H-1B visa registrations for selection in the visa lottery has the U.S. questioning whether the new, affordable registration model is being abused.
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28 Apr 2023
AI policy advisory group talks competition in draft report
The National AI Advisory Committee's first draft report points out how investing in AI research and development can help the U.S. stay competitive.
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28 Apr 2023
Amid supply chain attacks, emerging vendor rethinks SBOM
Early adopters such as Swisscom have used startup Codenotary’s notarization system to establish and track the provenance of software artifacts in pipelines and production.
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28 Apr 2023
ChatGPT uses for cybersecurity continue to ramp up
The use of OpenAI's technology in cybersecurity products is growing as companies look to improve threat detection and assist short-staffed and fatigued security teams.
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28 Apr 2023
Government is playing ‘psychic war’ in battle over end-to-end encryption
Peers hear that the UK government is being deliberately ambiguous about its plans to require technology companies to scan the content of encrypted messages
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28 Apr 2023
New Starburst, DBT integration eases data transformation
The integration enables data mesh adopters to work with data from multiple sources without having to move it in and out of a central repository for transformation and analysis.
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28 Apr 2023
Calif. advances bill to restrain criminal background checks
The California State Senate's Judiciary Committee approved revisions to a criminal background check designed to help people with convictions get hired.
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28 Apr 2023
Kaseya beefs up security on IT Complete platform
Managed service specialist offers more functionality as it integrates technology from some of its recent acquisitions
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28 Apr 2023
AWS suffers year-on-year drop in profit and revenue growth as enterprises curb cloud spend
The first quarter results for AWS show the firm is continuing to feel the effects of enterprise customers “optimising” their cloud spend
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28 Apr 2023
WatchGuard adds more options to FlexPay
Vendor responds to channel feedback to ensure it can provide the flexibility partners are looking for