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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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28 Apr 2023
More Post Office software-related convictions overturned takes total to 86
A total of 86 former subpostmasters wrongly prosecuted for financial crimes after computer errors showed phantom losses have had convictions overturned
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28 Apr 2023
Intel results reveal a push to address AI shortcomings
The chipmaker has been impacted by poor PC sales, but aims to drive adoption of its AI inferencing technology
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27 Apr 2023
Secureworks CEO weighs in on XDR landscape, AI concerns
Secureworks CEO Wendy Thomas talks with TechTarget Editorial about the evolution of the threat detection and response market, as well as the risks posed by new AI technology.
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27 Apr 2023
Pure unifies block, file storage on single FlashArray
Pure Storage expanded the unified storage market by granting native file, block and VM support on a FlashArray, which could reduce complexity and costs for some customers.
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27 Apr 2023
Tenable opens playground for generative AI cyber tools
A set of generative AI cyber tools designed to help security researchers in reverse engineering, debugging and other areas of work have been made available for the community to experiment with
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27 Apr 2023
Sisense's Orad stepping down, Katz named new CEO
With the embedded analytics specialist recently reaching important financial milestones, the vendor's longtime leader is handing over stewardship to its current head of product.
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27 Apr 2023
Infinigate rebranding setting up the next phase of growth
Distributor talks of ambitious plans to expand the business as it rebrands operations
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27 Apr 2023
Microsoft fails to get CMA thumbs-up on Activision deal
The UK Competition and Markets Authority has decided that Microsoft‘s proposed $68.7bn acquisition of Activision would damage the cloud gaming market
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27 Apr 2023
InfluxData update ups speed, power of time series database
The new version of InfluxDB features an architecture built with Apache Arrow and written in Rust to improve the speed and flexibility of the time series database.
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27 Apr 2023
Zopa’s emotional journey to becoming a bank
Zopa Bank’s CEO sees no reason why the app-based bank should not be as big as the high street giants
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27 Apr 2023
Calls for government to tackle late payment issue
An open consultation of legislation closes tomorrow, with some in the industry viewing it as an opportunity to get tougher and act smarter around the problem
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27 Apr 2023
Google Cloud seals bug that could have led to data breaches
The Asset Key Thief vulnerability gave rise to multiple potential attack scenarios that could have impacted thousands of Google Cloud users, but has now been safely fixed
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26 Apr 2023
CISA aims to reduce email threats with serial CDR prototype
CISA officials at RSA Conference 2023 showed off a prototype designed to measure the risk of suspicious files and remove them from email and web services.
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26 Apr 2023
How ransomware victims can make the best of a bad situation
At RSA Conference 2023, Mandiant's Jibran Ilyas provided tips for ransomware victims that decide to pay, including a list of counterdemands to make to the threat actors.
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26 Apr 2023
Study: Generative AI boosts productivity, retention
A study by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that generative AI boosts productivity by 14%, reduces stress and increases employee retention in customer support roles.
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26 Apr 2023
ChatGPT use policy up to businesses as regulators struggle
As regulators struggle to keep up with emerging AI tech such as ChatGPT, businesses will be responsible for creating use policies to protect against potential risks.
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26 Apr 2023
CrowdStrike details new MFA bypass, credential theft attack
At RSA Conference 2023, CrowdStrike demonstrated an effective technique that a cybercrime group used in the wild to steal credentials and bypass MFA in Microsoft 365.
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26 Apr 2023
DataSolutions surfs security and cloud wave
Distributor shares revenue growth numbers for past fiscal year and expects market momentum will continue in commercial space
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26 Apr 2023
Police Scotland receive formal notice about cloud system
Scotland’s biometrics watchdog has issued Police Scotland with an information notice over its deployment of a cloud-based digital evidence system, following disclosure of major data protection concerns by Computer Weekly
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26 Apr 2023
Advanced technologies fuel supply chain 'magic conveyor belt'
In this Q&A, MIT's Yossi Sheffi discusses the complexities of modern supply chains and how AI, automation and robotics will affect the future of supply chain employment.
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26 Apr 2023
OpenAI takes privacy step by changing ChatGPT data settings
The AI research lab is giving users the option to disable their chat history. Any conversations created when chat history is disabled will be automatically deleted 30 days later.
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26 Apr 2023
Researchers deal blow to Gootloader gang that supported REvil
Thousands of compromised WordPress blogs have been spreading the Gootloader malware for years, but eSentire’s security research team are turning the tables on the gang that played a key role in REvil ransomware attacks
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26 Apr 2023
FluidOne buys again and Leading Resolutions undergoes MBO
Changes in business ownership continue to be a feature of the evolving channel landscape, with FluidOne snapping up project five, and Leading Resolutions building on growth with a management buyout
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26 Apr 2023
Ransomware gang exploiting unpatched Veeam backup products
Cyber criminals with links to multiple virulent ransomware strains are exploiting a recently disclosed vulnerability in Veeam’s Backup & Replication product, threat analysts have warned
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26 Apr 2023
UK government introduces Digital Markets Bill to Parliament
The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill will seek to level the playing field in digital markets by empowering regulators with new tools and powers to directly enforce competition and consumer protection laws
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26 Apr 2023
Post Office paid IBM millions when it ended proposed contract to replace Horizon
The Post Office ended a proposed contract with IBM to replace its controversial Horizon system after work had already started
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26 Apr 2023
Google researchers identify hole in Intel TDX
Intel has worked with Google to figure out how to harden the TDX module in Xeon chips to boost the security of virtual machines
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26 Apr 2023
UK taskforce set to drive generative AI safety and opportunities
The government has committed £100m to helping the UK develop and build out generative artificial intelligence capabilities
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26 Apr 2023
Cyber security and analytics propel jobs boost in Scotland’s tech sector
A tech industry survey from ScotlandIS indicates the country’s tech sector is set to grow, with cyber security as the hottest domain
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26 Apr 2023
M1 doubles down on maritime 5G
Seafarers will be able to access telemedicine services while out at sea, among other maritime 5G applications M1 is rolling out in Singapore’s waters
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25 Apr 2023
RSAC panel warns AI poses unintended security consequences
A panel of experts at RSA conference 2023 warned of hallucinations and inherent biases but also said generative AI can assist in incident response and other security needs.
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25 Apr 2023
Rising AI tide sweeps over RSA Conference, cybersecurity
AI is everywhere at RSA Conference 2023, though experts have differing views about why the technology has become omnipresent and how it will best serve cybersecurity.
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25 Apr 2023
RSAC speaker offers ransomware victims unconventional advice
Triton Tech Consulting CEO Brandon Clark advised organizations to set aside the stigma of 'negotiating with terrorists' when deciding whether to pay a ransomware gang.
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25 Apr 2023
A fine, earnings and new tech for Seagate
Seagate faces a $300 million fine for selling HDDs to Huawei and reported less than stellar earnings, but it continues to press forward on HDD technology.
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25 Apr 2023
Bugcrowd CTO talks hacker feedback, vulnerability disclosure
Bugcrowd CTO Casey Ellis said the company's new penetration testing service helps establish the company beyond public perception of it being purely a bug bounty platform.
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25 Apr 2023
Federal agencies promise action against 'AI-driven harm'
Federal enforcement agencies cracked down on artificial intelligence systems Tuesday, noting that the same consumer protection laws preventing bias and discrimination apply to AI.
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25 Apr 2023
Knime updates Business Hub to ease data science deployment
The vendor is adding a tool that enables continuous integration and deployment of AI and ML models to help organizations better operationalize data science efforts.
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25 Apr 2023
Deloitte targets specific industries with new AI offerings
The consulting firm introduced Quartz AI, a suite of services. Two offerings now available focus on the logistics, fleet routing, restaurant and customer service industries.
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25 Apr 2023
Salesforce brings Einstein GPT to Field Service Mobile
The CRM giant harnesses generative AI to let Field Service Mobile users create drafts and discuss customer problems on Slack and help them find self-service tools.
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25 Apr 2023
Google, Mandiant highlight top threats, evolving adversaries
Enterprises are struggling to keep up as adversary groups improve tactics. But one of the most difficult groups to defend against, according to Google and Mandiant, was a surprise.
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25 Apr 2023
DOJ's Monaco addresses 'misperception' of Joe Sullivan case
In her RSA Conference keynote, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco was asked if the prosecution of former Uber CSO Joe Sullivan damaged trust with the private sector.
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25 Apr 2023
KubeCon highlights open source to combat climate change
Addressing climate change takes a community. At KubeCon Europe 2023, experts discussed how open source practices and projects can foster sustainability.
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25 Apr 2023
Online makes up 25% of retail sales three months in row
The percentage of all retail sales made online remains steady at around a quarter this year, though cost of living is affecting customer behaviour
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25 Apr 2023
NetApp UK channel boss looking for market share
The recently appointed channel lead is keen to work closely with partners to unlock more growth
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25 Apr 2023
Veritas shows off software SAN for Kubernetes at KubeCON 2023
Veritas InfoScale aims to provide high-performance block access storage despite limitations such as a maximum node count of 16 per cluster
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25 Apr 2023
Nvidia NeMo Guardrails addresses trust concerns with AI bots
The toolkit enables enterprises to control the way large language models such as ChatGPT react to certain inquiries. It targets concerns enterprises have about trust and safety.
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25 Apr 2023
CISOs under-supported, under pressure, Trellix finds
The vast majority of CISOs say they are finding it difficult to get sign-off on the resources they need to do their job
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25 Apr 2023
AWS under fire for delays in delivering Scope 3 GHG emissions data to enterprises and governments
With regulator scrutiny of their environmental footprint on the rise, AWS customers are growing increasingly concerned about the public cloud giant’s slow progress in making its Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions data freely available to users
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25 Apr 2023
Lloyds Bank joins industry IT standards group
UK banking giant Lloyds Banking Group has joined an industry group which promotes global IT standards
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25 Apr 2023
Almost three-quarters of cyber attacks involve ransomware
Data from Sophos’s annual Active Adversary Report reveals that almost three-quarters of the cyber security incidents it responded to in 2022 involved ransomware
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25 Apr 2023
UAE improves healthcare through information technology
Health authorities in the United Arab Emirates are increasing their emphasis on new, smart technologies to modernise healthcare services
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25 Apr 2023
How non-fungible tokens can be used to manage health data
Non-fungible tokens will give patients more ownership and control over their health data and improve its transparency in healthcare research, according to SingHealth clinicians
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24 Apr 2023
SAP endorses UiPath RPA for cloud migrations, will embed AI
UiPath Business Automation Platform will soon become an SAP Endorsed app in the SAP Store. SAP also teased that AI integrations across products are coming.
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24 Apr 2023
IBM acquires Ahana, steward of open source PrestoDB
The purchase not only gives IBM a managed SaaS and AWS marketplace version of the popular open-source Presto database, but membership in the Presto Foundation as well.
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24 Apr 2023
AWS partner ecosystem changes involve ISVs, generative AI
The cloud platform provider makes matches among ISVs and systems integrators as it cultivates AI relationships and simplifies its global partner programs.
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24 Apr 2023
Foley legal AI lowers cost of reviewing tech contracts
Foley & Lardner decided to embrace legal AI in its recently launched online contract review software. The top 50 law firm expects AI to eventually handle most routine legal tasks.
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24 Apr 2023
Most IT staff uncomfortable deploying surveillance tech at work
The IT teams responsible for deploying and running digital surveillance in workplaces say they are uncomfortable with “extremely common” practice of spying on colleagues, research finds
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24 Apr 2023
Channel round-up: Who’s gone where?
Several senior positions have been filled in the past working week as experience is sought across the industry
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24 Apr 2023
UK government urged to publish findings of umbrella company market consultation
Contracting market industry stakeholders are questioning why it’s taking the UK government so long to publish the findings of its consultation about how the umbrella industry operates
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24 Apr 2023
TD Synnex cuts ribbon on finance operation
Distributor will start in the UK with Capital offering before rolling it out across more European countries
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24 Apr 2023
Slack releases updated API platform for developers
The instant messaging collaboration vendor released its updated API platform for developers to create functions that interact with APIs.
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24 Apr 2023
IBM launches AI-powered security offering QRadar Suite
IBM aims to use QRadar Suite's AI features, which it calls the 'unified analyst experience,' to enable security analysts to focus on higher-priority work.
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24 Apr 2023
Emergency alert test review confirmed after ‘small number’ of mobile users excluded
In wake of emergency alert test on 23 April, government confirms review into why some 4G and 5G mobile phones were excluded
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24 Apr 2023
Amazon Web Services selects 14 startups for space accelerator
The cohort of startups will use AWS and its resources to accelerate the research and development of their technologies and boost their growth
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24 Apr 2023
IT Priorities 2023: Balancing end user productivity and IT budgets
End user computing is being driven by future of work initiatives to support hybrid work patterns
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24 Apr 2023
Finland and Estonia deepen cross-border digital partnerships
Finland and Estonia, two global tech pioneers, are increasingly sharing their expertise
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21 Apr 2023
SAP's new San Francisco office sets its hybrid work approach
SAP's new San Francisco office encourages in-person interaction and community building among its diverse workforce. Its design was informed by employee input.
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21 Apr 2023
Sustainability strategy must focus on energy consumption
In this Q&A, Greg Cudahy of EY discusses why more efficient energy consumption helps companies meet sustainability goals and how public-private investment drives energy transitions.
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21 Apr 2023
The effect of Reddit’s decision to charge for data use
The sprawling social media platform's decision to charge for the commercial use of data will not only affect AI vendors but also enterprises and consumers.
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21 Apr 2023
Prepare for hybrid cloud headaches
IT will often need to run different workloads on-premise or in multiple cloud environments
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21 Apr 2023
A weak ESG stance will lose channel business
Research from OVHcloud and the Cloud Industry Forum adds to growing evidence that sustainability is becoming a business maker or breaker
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21 Apr 2023
Biases keep Dutch girls out of STEM and IT
Unconscious stereotypes and bias still ensure few girls in the Netherlands choose to study engineering or IT. Government, education and businesses need to make significant steps to turn this around
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21 Apr 2023
Tech’s gender pay gap begins to return to pre-pandemic levels
The pandemic has eased some of the pay gaps that exist in the UK’s technology sector, including those between men and women, and the north and the south
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21 Apr 2023
UK biometrics watchdog questions police cloud deployments
The UK biometrics commissioner has warned that policing and justice bodies must be able to demonstrate ‘immediately and unequivocally’ that their cloud deployments are lawful
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21 Apr 2023
Fulcrum IT adds UK depth with Viadex Global buy
Ambitions to get to $1bn revenues includes adding managed service players to the portfolio
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21 Apr 2023
Swedish university demos quantum chemistry simulation
A quantum computer, named after a slaughtered pig, is being used to test a new approach to modelling quantum chemistry
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21 Apr 2023
CyberUK 23: New advice on smart city security issued
The NCSC and key allies have drawn up new guidance to help communities balance the cyber security risks involved with creating smart cities
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21 Apr 2023
Prototype cyber tech has revolutionary potential
The so-called CHERI protection model developed at the University of Cambridge is showing great promise for future cyber security technologies
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20 Apr 2023
Oracle HCM adds new career development tool
Oracle HCM says its new HR tool, Oracle Grow, helps employees develop skills by providing career options, paths and training amid a rapidly changing job market.
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20 Apr 2023
Fortra completes GoAnywhere MFT investigation
An investigation around the zero-day attack that affected a growing number of victims revealed that activity started earlier than Fortra initially reported.
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20 Apr 2023
U.S. senator says pausing AI development a risk to U.S.
Pausing AI development would hinder U.S. competitiveness and cede advancement to foreign adversaries, according to experts speaking during a Senate subcommittee hearing.
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20 Apr 2023
Sidecarless eBPF service mesh sparks debate
As cloud-native service meshes expand beyond Kubernetes, open source community members raise concerns about the security and suitability of eBPF in sidecarless architectures.
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20 Apr 2023
Online Safety Bill could pose risk to encryption technology used by Ukraine
CEO of encrypted messaging service Element says Online Safety Bill could pose a risk to the encrypted comms systems used by Ukraine
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20 Apr 2023
IT spending will grow and the channel will take a major share
IDC is expecting growth across Europe in 2023 and is anticipating that around a third of spending will go through partners
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20 Apr 2023
Bumblebee malware flies on the wings of Zoom and ChatGPT
Bumblebee malware, often used as a stepping stone to ransomware, is now spreading via trojanised installers for popular software applications
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20 Apr 2023
UK Emergency Alert Test sparks cyber fraud warning
Fraudsters and scammers are likely to use the upcoming test of the UK's new mobile Emergency Alert system as bait in their attacks, while misinformation and conspiracy theories spread
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20 Apr 2023
Dell: Channel can help plug innovation gap
Vendor’s research reveals a large number of customers are not taking a lead in innovation, which is where the channel can step in to help
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20 Apr 2023
HPE brings multi-protocol Alletra storage to GreenLake
HPE's newest addition to its Alletra portfolio supports block, file and object protocols. It reflects a shift toward simplification and commoditization in storage hardware.
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20 Apr 2023
Google needs to ramp up AI-powered search to keep Samsung
The search giant faces tough challenges as it squares off against Microsoft and its newly re-emergent search engine powered by OpenAI's GPT technology.
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20 Apr 2023
#MumsWhoCode recognises tech employers supporting new parents
Campaign #MumsWhoCode, made up of Code First Girls and the MotherBoard Movement, has published a list of tech firms making an effort to support employees with families
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20 Apr 2023
DC Health Link breach caused by misconfigured server
Mila Kofman, executive director of the District of Columbia Health Benefit Exchange Authority, blames "human error" for the DC Health Link breach.
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20 Apr 2023
3CX incident may be world’s first double supply chain attack
It’s supply chain attacks all the way down as Mandiant publishes information suggesting that the 3CX software supply chain compromise was initiated via a prior software supply chain compromise
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20 Apr 2023
Banks don’t want to develop fintech in-house
Banks are increasingly partnering with fintechs to gain access to their platforms, with few interested in developing such capabilities in-house
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20 Apr 2023
Good Friday Agreement key to growth of Northern Ireland cyber hub
Now 25 years since the historic Good Friday Agreement ended the Troubles, Northern Ireland has become a flourishing centre of cyber security excellence and has ambitions to grow further
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20 Apr 2023
SDIA applauds EU-led push to make datacentres reuse waste heat and report environmental data
The European Parliament and European Council have finalised the text of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), which will see datacentre operators in member states forced to publicly disclose more environmental data and pressured to reuse their site's waste heat
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20 Apr 2023
Mandiant: 3CX breach caused by second supply chain attack
Trading Technologies said in a statement it had 'not had the ability to verify the assertions in Mandiant's report' that its software played a role in the 3CX supply chain attack.
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20 Apr 2023
New GovAssure cyber regime launches across UK government
An enhanced cyber security regime is being put in place to better protect UK government IT systems from growing threats
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20 Apr 2023
UK SMEs are the most tech savvy in Europe
UK SMEs have taken to contactless payments faster than their counterparts in continental Europe
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20 Apr 2023
‘Inadequate data’ holding enterprises back from making progress on ESG goals, IBM study finds
IBM survey shines light on barriers stopping enterprises from realising their ESG goals, as well as how consumer attitudes are affected
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20 Apr 2023
Huawei: rethinking approaches to networks and computing is critical
Comms tech giant Huawei kicks off 20th Global Analyst Summit affirming commitment to connectivity, computing, storage and cloud and how strategic objectives of industry should drive digital transformation