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22 Apr 2024
Mitre breached by nation-state threat actor via Ivanti flaws
By Alexander CulafiAn unnamed nation-state threat actor breached Mitre through two Ivanti Connect Secure zero-day vulnerabilities, CVE-2023-46805 and CVE-2024-21887, disclosed earlier this year.
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22 Apr 2024
SAP Emarsys launches Product Finder AI shopping tool
By Don FluckingerSAP Emarsys moves deeper into generative AI with Product Finder, a product recommendation tool that promises to improve e-commerce and marketing message relevancy.
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22 Apr 2024
Fujitsu to cut UK jobs as Post Office scandal fallout hits sales
By Karl FlindersJapanese supplier’s role in the Post Office Horizon scandal is beginning to hurt its UK business, with job cuts announced
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05 Apr 2024
Europol offers law enforcement agencies data on Europe’s most threatening crime networks
By Bill GoodwinEuropol has collected and analysed data from over 40 countries to identify 800 most threatening criminal networks operating in Europe in what it describes as a unique dataset for law enforcemnt
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05 Apr 2024
Datacentre outages are happening less often and becoming less severe
By Caroline DonnellyUptime Institute's annual outage tracker report suggests frequency and severity of crashes are declining, but warns datacentre operators not to get complacent
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05 Apr 2024
UKtech50 2024 – help us find the most influential people in UK IT
By Lis EvenstadComputer Weekly’s annual search for the 50 most influential people in UK IT is on – let us know who you would like to nominate for this year's list
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05 Apr 2024
How Oracle Red Bull Racing guards against cyber threats
By Stephen WithersThe F1 team is tapping managed security services, conducting penetration tests and improving security awareness among employees to fend off cyber threats such as phishing and ransomware
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05 Apr 2024
Environment Agency dumps Fujitsu as Post Office scandal takes its toll
By Karl FlindersTroubled supplier loses flood warnings contract with government department after almost a decade
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04 Apr 2024
IR35 reforms: Incoming legislative tweak could reignite contracting market, experts claim
By Caroline DonnellyA long-awaited tweak to the IR35 rules that will put a stop to HMRC over-collecting tax from non-compliant entities is great news for IT contractors, experts claim
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04 Apr 2024
Ransomware attacks ravaged municipal governments in March
By Arielle WaldmanMany municipalities across the U.S. faced network outages, data breaches and large ransom demands following a flurry of ransomware attacks last month.
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04 Apr 2024
JetBrains IDEs add local AI code completion
By Beth PariseauJetBrains beats GitHub Copilot to an increasingly popular trend that circumvents copyright and data privacy concerns with cloud-based AI assistants.
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04 Apr 2024
Enterprise businesses use NIST AI RMF to guide AI use
By Makenzie HollandThe NIST AI RMF guides both developers and businesses in crafting responsible AI systems.
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04 Apr 2024
Infosec professionals praise CSRB report on Microsoft breach
By Alexander CulafiSecurity professionals and executives weigh in on how the Cyber Safety Review Board handled its investigation into Microsoft and what it could mean for the tech giant.
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04 Apr 2024
Splunk-Cribl lawsuit over log management heads to trial
By Beth PariseauA jury trial, in which Splunk now accuses Cribl of violating the terms of the Splunk Enterprise license and its partnership agreement, is scheduled to begin April 8.
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04 Apr 2024
Changes needed for SOCs and CSIRTs, claims Dutch research institute
By Kim LoohuisCyber security specialists need a game-changer to keep up with their adversaries, who increasingly use automation and AI for their attacks
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04 Apr 2024
Coalesce raises $50M to expand data transformation platform
By Eric AvidonThe startup's new funding is a vote of confidence from investors given how difficult it has been for technology vendors to secure financing over the past two years.
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04 Apr 2024
AWS cuts several hundred jobs to tackle ‘inefficiency’ as customer cloud cost-cutting continues
By Caroline DonnellyPublic cloud giant AWS is embarking on another round of job cuts, with analysts citing the fact it’s losing ground to Microsoft in the AI race
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04 Apr 2024
Education sector facing huge VMware cost increases after Broadcom ends discounts
By Cliff SaranUK non-profit London Grid for Learning and Belgian university KU Leuven are just two of the academic organisations facing huge licensing increases after Broadcom scraps VMware academic discount scheme
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04 Apr 2024
Dissecting the musicians' open letter to AI vendors
By Esther AjaoThe letter attempts to play on public sympathy and move AI technology vendors to take some action toward fairness. It also brings up the question of data ownership.
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04 Apr 2024
Umbraco provides update on sustainability progress
By Simon QuickeCMS player issues annual Impact Report to cover progress made on carbon emissions, diversity and efforts to work with partners to save planet
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04 Apr 2024
Aerospike raises $114M to fuel database innovation for GenAI
By Eric AvidonThe vendor will use the funding to develop added vector search and storage capabilities as well as graph technology, both of which can be used to train generative AI models.
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04 Apr 2024
UK-based cloud provider Civo offers ‘unconditional’ data egress fees waiver to customers
By Caroline DonnellyStevenage-based ‘open’ cloud champion Civo becomes latest provider to waive data egress fee charges for customers, but claims its offer is unconditional, unlike how the hyperscalers are approaching the same issue
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04 Apr 2024
Forrester: IT departments are blowing their cloud budgets
By Cliff SaranA poll of IT decision-makers has found that cloud spending is rising, driven by more workloads and ineffective IT architecture planning
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04 Apr 2024
As AI impacts data management, channel needs to offer privacy and security
By Simon QuickeFindings from an AvePoint survey have underlined the opportunity for partners to help users with their information management needs
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04 Apr 2024
Fujitsu should stop bending rules, stop bidding and pay up, says MP
By Karl FlindersMP Liam Byrne calls on Fujitsu to put actions behind the promises it made to MPs, victims of the Post Office scandal and UK taxpayers
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04 Apr 2024
Obituary: Professor Ross Anderson, pioneer in security engineering and campaigner
By Bill GoodwinRoss Anderson, a titan in the field of security engineering and campaigner for privacy and security, has passed away
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03 Apr 2024
Boomi CEO anticipates rise of the AI agent economy
By Aaron TanBoomi CEO talks up the company’s efforts to build up an AI agent architecture, its upcoming AI capabilities set to debut next month, and its footprint in the Asia-Pacific region
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03 Apr 2024
Enterprise Kubernetes and container storage a work in progress
By Tim McCarthyContainers and Kubernetes have entirely different storage and backup needs compared with traditional IT, industry experts say, requiring stakeholder input and new vendor offerings.
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03 Apr 2024
RDP abused in over 90% of cyber attacks, Sophos finds
By Alex ScroxtonThreat actors continue to see great success using simple, tried and tested methods, and many defenders are failing to do the basics
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03 Apr 2024
Frontline worker jobs at risk from AI surge
By Patrick ThibodeauExperts warn that AI's ascent could disproportionately affect frontline jobs, worsening mental health and deepening the skills divide. Some workers fear obsolescence due to AI.
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03 Apr 2024
Sophos: Ransomware present in 70% of IR investigations
By Arielle WaldmanSophos' Active Adversary Report said securing remote desktop protocols and Active Directories and hardening credentials can help limit the influx of successful ransomware attacks.
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03 Apr 2024
Ransomware kill switch may save 99% of files from encryption
By Alex ScroxtonMDR specialist Adlumin says its new features will help customers stop in-progress ransomware attacks before they can cause significant damage
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03 Apr 2024
Cato claims SASE speed record
By Joe O’HalloranFast cars meet even faster networks as leading SASE provider doubles throughput to double-digit gigabits per second without any hardware upgrades, attributing the landmark as underscoring value of fully cloud-native platform
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03 Apr 2024
Women in Data: MoD’s first chief data officer on overcoming imposter syndrome
By Madeline BennettAt the recent Women In Data event, Caroline Bellamy outlined why the defence sector needs diversity of thinking when tackling threats
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03 Apr 2024
Cyber Safety Review Board slams Microsoft security failures
By Alexander CulafiThe Department of Homeland Security's Cyber Safety Review Board said a 'cascade' of errors at Microsoft allowed nation-state hackers to access U.S. government emails last year.
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03 Apr 2024
AiP advances ‘pivotal’ for 5G, 6G evolution
By Joe O’HalloranResearch into antenna-in-package arena reveals how development in various substrate types and packaging methods can boost the roll-out of 5G mmWave networks and drive the forthcoming 6G market
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03 Apr 2024
Trend Micro: LockBit ransomware gang's comeback is failing
By Alexander CulafiLockBit is struggling to resume operations in part due to the name-and-shame aspect of the international law enforcement operation responsible for the gang's disruption.
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03 Apr 2024
Remanufactured bridging the gap between used and new tech
By Simon QuickeThe CEO of Circular Computing explains how he got to the stage where he was operating a sizeable factory offering a fresh life to hardware
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03 Apr 2024
Fujitsu staff instructed how to bid for government contracts during self-imposed ban
By Karl FlindersLeak reveals how Fujitsu advises staff to approach UK government customers during its self-imposed bidding pause, as well as details of a multimillion-pound project to protect its reputation
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02 Apr 2024
Rubrik files IPO to grow platform, reach
By Tim McCarthyRubrik filed an IPO Monday, becoming the first data backup vendor to do so in years. It plans to expand its security cloud software and customer base with an influx of funding.
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02 Apr 2024
GitHub Actions-hosted runners tie in Azure private networks
By Beth PariseauPrivate network support is also planned for AWS and Google Cloud Platform, but industry watchers see a power play for Microsoft Azure in GitHub Actions updates this week.
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02 Apr 2024
Microsoft unbundles Teams, but change won't affect market
By Makenzie HollandMicrosoft's decision to separate out Teams from its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 products might satisfy regulators, but won't change adoption trends.
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02 Apr 2024
Microsoft Copilot for Security brings GenAI to SOC teams
By Arielle WaldmanMicrosoft's latest AI-powered tool, now generally available, has been beneficial for security teams regarding efficiency, but infosec experts see some room for improvements.
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02 Apr 2024
Neos Networks, Instant On IT deliver connectivity to hold up in court
By Joe O’HalloranCritical network infrastructure provider partners with bespoke IT services provider to deliver reliable and secure connectivity for legal chambers
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02 Apr 2024
AI assistant from Tableau targets efficiency, deep analysis
By Eric AvidonThe analytics vendor's copilot can recommend questions that might lead to otherwise undiscovered insights as well as understand follow-up questions that result in deep analysis.
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02 Apr 2024
Microsoft pushes Teams out of M365 and O365 bundle globally
By Cliff SaranMicrosoft claims Teams push out of bundle will simplify pricing, with enterprise IT buyers possibly better off
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02 Apr 2024
Edge AI startup reveals GenAI accelerator, $120M fundraise
By Esther AjaoThe startup introduced a new GenAI accelerator for PCs and smart vehicles. The vendor's growth highlights the shift to training GenAI workloads from the cloud to the edge.
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02 Apr 2024
Security and AI occupy SME thoughts
By Simon QuickeDigital workspace player Espria shares the themes it uncovered at its recent discussion around technology that delivers users peace of mind
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02 Apr 2024
Risks and rewards of AI in HCM
By Cliff SaranResearch from Citi Commercial Bank warns of the risks associated with overusing AI in human capital management
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02 Apr 2024
North America leads charge as global 5G connections surge
By Joe O’HalloranA 66% increase in 2023 sees 7.6 billion 5G global connections at the end of the year, driven by strong North American market, with total set to rise to 7.9 billion by 2028
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02 Apr 2024
Flash storage prices rise by 25% as manufacturers chase profitability
By Antony AdsheadAnalysis of 30,000-plus drive prices shows cost of flash drives per gigabyte rose sharply since October 2023, as memory manufacturers limit supplies and increase prices
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02 Apr 2024
Finnish industrial groups launch AI and robotics ventures
By Gerard O'DwyerIndustrial companies across a broad range of sectors in Finland are applying artificial intelligence to their operation
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02 Apr 2024
Huawei hit the accelerator in 2023
By Joe O’HalloranChinese tech giant posts annual results showing solid ICT infrastructure business, consumer business meeting expectations, steady growth in cloud computing and digital power businesses
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02 Apr 2024
US and UK agree AI safety collaboration
By Cliff SaranThe UK and US governments have signed an agreement to forge close ties between their respective AI Safety Institutes
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01 Apr 2024
Vector search and storage key to AWS' database strategy
By Eric AvidonThe tech giant is prioritizing vector search and storage, adding the capabilities to its data storage tools so customers can use them with language models to build AI applications.
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01 Apr 2024
XZ backdoor discovery reveals Linux supply chain attack
By Rob WrightA maintainer for XZ, a popular open source compression library for Linux distributions, compromised the open source project over the course of two years.
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01 Apr 2024
AWS, Google release contact center GenAI tools
By Don FluckingerAWS releases contact center workforce management features and post-call summaries powered by GenAI; Google previews its own for Contact Center AI Platform.
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01 Apr 2024
Open source alert over intentionally placed backdoor
By Alex ScroxtonA backdoor in the open source XZ Utils data compression library could have led to widespread compromise across the Linux ecosystem - and the community is on the trail of a developer who seems to be behind it
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29 Mar 2024
Typosquatting campaign, malicious packages slam PyPI
By Alexander CulafiThreat actors used automated typosquatting attacks to lead victims to malicious python packages in yet another campaign targeting the open-source software supply chain.
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29 Mar 2024
What role does CXL play in AI? Depends on who you ask
By Adam ArmstrongCXL has struggled to find its place in AI, given competing Nvidia components. But some argue the interconnect could help companies get the most out of their GPUs.
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29 Mar 2024
Organisations getting better at spotting identity fraud
By Alex ScroxtonAs the barriers to committing identity fraud continue to drop, organisations should consider more sophisticated technical measures to successfully up their game, according to a report
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28 Mar 2024
Microsoft intros new responsible AI tools in Azure Studio
By Esther AjaoThe new tools address one of the barriers of adoption for enterprises looking to use generative AI technologies. They show Microsoft's thought process on government regulations.
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28 Mar 2024
US AI policy for federal agencies requires transparency
By Makenzie HollandThe OMB's new policy calls for federal agencies to be transparent about AI use and designate chief AI officers to coordinate efforts.
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28 Mar 2024
Hybrid work drives demand for SASE, zero-trust networking
By Joe O’HalloranAryaka report finds five key trends with 70% of CISOs seeking secure access service edge and software-defined WAN convergence for simplified infrastructure management
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28 Mar 2024
Avaya simplifies contact center line, inks Zoom partnership
By Don FluckingerZoom to work natively in Avaya hardware-software work collaboration environments; Avaya revamps contact center lineup to reflect changing CX landscape.
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28 Mar 2024
Government lifts chip strategy with a bit more cash
By Cliff SaranUnlike the EU and US, the UK government appears to be taking its time on providing a large cash injection to build out the UK semiconductor sector
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28 Mar 2024
UK plc going backwards on cyber maturity, Cisco report claims
By Alex ScroxtonFewer UK organisations believe their cyber security postures have reached a mature level than did so 12 months ago, as they struggle to keep up with new challenges and a fast-evolving threat landscape
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28 Mar 2024
Sellafield to be prosecuted over alleged cyber compliance failure
By Alex ScroxtonSellafield Ltd, the organisation responsible for cleaning up and decommissioning the UK's largest nuclear waste site, is to be prosecuted over alleged cyber security failings dating back to 2019
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28 Mar 2024
Climb CEO talks emerging vendors, expansion and UK importance
By Simon QuickeWe speak to the distributor’s chief executive, Dale Foster, who has plans to widen the reach of the business and believes the need for specialists remains as high as ever
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28 Mar 2024
HM Treasury builds out its data science team
By Steve RangerTeam of data scientists expands as Treasury looks to drive ‘data transformation’ across department
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28 Mar 2024
Counter-eavesdropping agency unlawfully used surveillance powers to identify journalist’s source
By Bill GoodwinMore than 750 journalists had their communications data accessed by law enforcement and government agencies between 2018 and 2022
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28 Mar 2024
Vonage boosts conversational commerce with GenAI
By Joe O’HalloranEricsson-owned cloud comms tech provider integrates generative AI capabilities with Conversational Commerce service to let contact centre agents generate creative content, automate tasks and improve user experience
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28 Mar 2024
Exclusive bolsters APAC operations
By Simon QuickeSecond acquisition in the space of four months gives the distributor a platform to increase the Asia-Pacific region’s contribution to the overall business
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28 Mar 2024
Remote access is the Post Office’s known unknown
By Karl FlindersCalls for criminal investigation after covert recordings are latest evidence to reveal extent of Post Office knowledge of remote access to subpostmaster accounts
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28 Mar 2024
Merged Vodafone/Three could offer UK’s leading mobile coverage
By Joe O’HalloranDespite the possible merger of Vodafone UK and Three UK set for rigorous examination by competition watchdog, mobile analyst points to performance benefits of proposed deal
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28 Mar 2024
Zayo lights up European fibre connectivity with Waves on Demand
By Joe O’HalloranFuture-ready network and tailored edge services provider expands European connectivity with fibre service offering customers dedicated 100G Wave routes across the continent in five working days
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27 Mar 2024
Adobe intros new GenAI tools and apps for marketers
By Esther AjaoThe new applications and tools are for marketers looking to connect the different processes of the content supply chain in a safe and responsible manner.
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27 Mar 2024
Workday's AI lawsuit defense puts responsibility on users
By Patrick ThibodeauWorkday faces an AI lawsuit that's raising questions about HR software responsibility and liability in AI-driven recruitment. A federal judge is considering a dismissal motion.
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27 Mar 2024
New Databricks open source LLM targets custom development
By Eric AvidonThe data platform vendor's new language model was designed to provide open source users with AI development capabilities similar to those provided by closed source models.
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27 Mar 2024
Zoom spreads AI across collaboration services
By Antone GonsalvesZoom's new AI-powered Workplace enters a market in which enterprises worry about the loss of data control in AI applications spreading across collaboration platforms.
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27 Mar 2024
Domo to add prebuilt models, chat capabilities to AI suite
By Eric AvidonThe BI vendor's latest innovations include conversational analytics capabilities and prebuilt models designed to help customers forecast outcomes and conduct sentiment analysis.
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27 Mar 2024
Spyware vendors behind 75% of zero-days targeting Google
By Alexander CulafiGoogle observed 97 zero-day vulnerabilities exploited in the wild last year, which was more than a 50% increase over the 62 exploited zero-day vulnerabilities tracked in 2022.
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27 Mar 2024
Ransomware gang leaks data stolen from Scottish NHS board
By Alex ScroxtonData stolen from an earlier attack on NHS Dumfries and Galloway has been leaked by a ransomware gang that claims to be in possession of much more content
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27 Mar 2024
RingCentral goes global with AI-powered contact centre solution
By Joe O’HalloranProvider of artificial intelligence-driven cloud solutions expands global footprint and drives adoption momentum of contact centre products with CRM integrations that enable integrated, immersive agent experience
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27 Mar 2024
TD Synnex expects improving market through 2024
By Simon QuickeDistributor shares Q1 numbers, but looks to PC growth and impact of AI to help drive business forward
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27 Mar 2024
HMRC’s online IR35 status checker tool CEST not updated in five years, FOI confirms
By Caroline DonnellyDespite a previous pledge that HMRC’s IR35 online status checker tool will be continually updated as employment cases and tribunals occur, a freedom of information request confirms CEST has not been updated since October 2019
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27 Mar 2024
Cyber spies, not cyber criminals, behind most zero-day exploitation
By Alex ScroxtonAnalysis from Google has found that zero-day vulnerabilities are much more heavily exploited for espionage purposes than for financially motivated cyber crime
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27 Mar 2024
Unpatched flaw in Anyscale's Ray AI framework under attack
By Arielle WaldmanOligo Security researchers say thousands of Ray servers have been compromised through the flaw, but Anyscale said it has received no reports of exploitation.
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27 Mar 2024
Ofgem begins consultation on dynamic price caps
By Cliff SaranSmart meters make it possible to manage the electricity grid in a more flexible way, but millions are facing connectivity issues
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27 Mar 2024
Westcon-Comstor promotes Partner Insights
By Simon QuickeDistributor is encouraging channel to use data it provides to help identify trends and grow their businesses
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27 Mar 2024
Indian large language models gain momentum
By Pratima HarigunaniIndian large language models trained on Indic languages are now being used by businesses and governments to better serve the needs of a diverse multilingual country
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27 Mar 2024
Avaya announces Zoom strategic partnership for collaboration
By Joe O’HalloranAvaya selects Zoom’s recently launched AI-powered Workplace platform to integrate with its Communication and Collaboration Suite to help enterprises ‘reimagine’ teamwork
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27 Mar 2024
Generative AI: Databricks unveils open source large language model
By Steve RangerEnterprise customers are shifting to open source options to build customised generative AI tools using their own data, says Databricks
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27 Mar 2024
Cisco unveils enhanced collaboration tech for the hybrid workforce
By Joe O’HalloranMultifunctional devices from Cisco aim to enhance collaboration in offices through optimised cameras and AI-powered collaboration features for hybrid teamwork
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27 Mar 2024
Lord Holmes: UK cannot 'wait and see' to regulate AI
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonLegislation is needed to seize the benefits of artificial intelligence while minimising its risks, says Lord Holmes - but the government’s ‘wait and see’ approach to regulation will fail on both fronts
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27 Mar 2024
Goldilock makes move to channel-first model
By Simon QuickeSecurity player views partners as best way to grow business and brings on board expertise to support shift
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27 Mar 2024
Leaked comms reveal Fujitsu eyeing huge UK government bounty, despite Post Office scandal promise
By Karl FlindersWhile subpostmasters fight tooth and nail for justice and financial redress, Fujitsu continues to target millions of UK taxpayer pounds
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27 Mar 2024
UK regional science and tech startups grew in 2023
By Lis EvenstadGlobally there is still a post-pandemic funding slump, but UK startups in regions such as Wales and Yorkshire grew private sector investment in 2023
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27 Mar 2024
Flashpoint observes 84% surge in ransomware attacks in 2023
By Arielle WaldmanThe threat intelligence vendor anticipates that enterprises will continue to face increases in ransomware activity and data breaches in 2024, with some silver linings ahead.
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27 Mar 2024
Carequality interoperability network celebrates 10 years of HIE
By Hannah NelsonThe Carequality interoperability framework facilitates the exchange of over 745,000,000 documents every month across disparate HIE networks, regions, and technologies.
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26 Mar 2024
Qilin ransomware gang claims cyber attack on the Big Issue
By Alex ScroxtonA ransomware attack on the systems of publisher and social enterprise Big Issue Group has been claimed by the Qilin gang
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26 Mar 2024
Talkdesk releases on-prem AI contact center automation suite
By Don FluckingerContact center as a service users have a leg up on generative AI integrations because of the nature of cloud infrastructure, but on-premises customer service will get theirs.
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26 Mar 2024
SQL injection vulnerability in Fortinet software under attack
By Arielle WaldmanFortinet and CISA confirmed CVE-2023-48788 is being actively exploited. But the Shadowserver Foundation found that many vulnerable instances remain online.