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02 May 2024
Post Office investigators saw subpostmasters as ‘enemies’ – and that’s what they became
By Karl FlindersPost Office investigators were only focused on getting money from subpostmasters blamed for accounting shortfalls, according to a 2013 report commissioned by organisation’s legal boss
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02 May 2024
Case study: Why GenAI is taking off in local government
By Steve RangerCouncils have been doing more with less for over a decade. GenAI might just buy them a little breathing space
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02 May 2024
Can SAP Labs’ AI plan accelerate cloud migration?
By Marc Ambasna-JonesTop notch R&D centre shows it is more than just a bunch of boffins with electric cars and robots as it opens doors to AI-curious SAP partners and customers.
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10 May 2023
UKtech50 2023: Vote for the most influential person in UK technology
By Lis EvenstadOur judges have selected the top 50 leaders from a shortlist of more than 300 people – now it’s your chance to tell us who you think is the most influential person in UK technology
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10 May 2023
Zendesk out with generative AI-supported tools for better CX
By Mary ReinesIn partnership with ChatGPT creator OpenAI, the customer service vendor introduces smart CX tools such as sentiment analysis for faster workflows and bots for contextual replies.
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10 May 2023
UK full-fibre furthers pace of roll-out in first quarter of 2023
By Joe O’HalloranQuarterly assessment of UK fixed broadband industry shows full-fibre rolls across UK at a fast clip over the first three months of 2023, but local authorities in remote and rural areas still lack access to gigabit
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10 May 2023
Informatica unveils plan to infuse Claire with generative AI
By Eric AvidonThe longtime independent vendor plans to infuse its existing AI engine with generative AI to simplify data management by enabling customers to use natural language.
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10 May 2023
Riverbed hands MSPs digital experience managed net offering
By Simon QuickeVendor is continuing to increase its activity in the unified observability market with its latest programme for managed service partners
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10 May 2023
Akamai bypasses mitigation for critical Microsoft Outlook flaw
By Arielle WaldmanEnterprises might remain vulnerable to a critical Outlook flaw that Microsoft patched in March, as an Akamai researcher uncovered a way to bypass remediation efforts.
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10 May 2023
Secure Boot vulnerability causes Patch Tuesday headache for admins
By Alex ScroxtonApplying the fix for a security bypass zero-day affecting the Windows Secure Boot feature will be a long process that will drag into 2024, but for good reason, says Microsoft
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10 May 2023
Black Basta ransomware attack to cost Capita over £15m
By Alex ScroxtonExceptional costs arising from the March 2023 Black Basta ransomware attack on the systems of outsourcer Capita will be somewhere between £15m and £20m, the organisation says
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10 May 2023
KLAS: Kept Promises Key for Health IT Vendor Customer Satisfaction
By Hannah NelsonAccording to KLAS research, health IT customer satisfaction hinges on fulfilled vendor promises and aligned expectations during the sales process.
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10 May 2023
Defra’s legacy IT unsupported and ill-equipped for digital services
By Cliff SaranA Public Accounts Committee report has found many applications are based on legacy IT and paper-basd systems, holding back digitisation
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10 May 2023
MPLS and SD-WAN fail to meet needs of modern enterprise
By Joe O’HalloranStudy from network architect argues modern uses cases have broken the network edge, with both traditional topology and much-touted software-defined replacement not cutting it
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10 May 2023
Nebulon aims Tripline at ransomware detection in storage
By Antony AdsheadTripline claims ransomware detection from samples every 30 seconds and works in conjunction with snapshots to deliver recovery from an attack in four minutes
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10 May 2023
How datacentre operators can fend off cyber attacks
By Aaron TanApplying zero-trust principles in the form of strong authentication controls and network segmentation can help datacentre operators to mitigate cyber threats
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09 May 2023
Light May Patch Tuesday will weigh heavily on Windows admins
By Tom WalatA zero-day that targets the Secure Boot feature will require extensive work from sysadmins to protect Windows systems from the Black Lotus bootkit.
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09 May 2023
HireVue, a video interview pioneer, acquires Modern Hire
By Patrick ThibodeauHireVue has acquired Modern Hire, creating a combined customer base of 1,150 and little overlap. The companies aim to develop an integrated HR platform.
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09 May 2023
LinkedIn layoffs a response to slower revenue growth
By Patrick ThibodeauLinkedIn is cutting 716 jobs, including management roles, and making organizational changes to speed up decisions. Despite LinkedIn’s layoffs, the tech industry is hiring.
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09 May 2023
IBM launches Watsonx, a new generative AI platform
By Esther AjaoThe 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
By Adam ArmstrongGenerative 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
By Jim O'DonnellThe 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
By Yann SerraOVHcloud 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
By Joe O’HalloranAdding 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
By Eric AvidonThe 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
By Eric AvidonAfter 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
By Simon QuickeDistributor 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
By Joe O’HalloranWith 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
DirectTrust Releases Finalized Criteria for TNAP-Participant Accreditation
By Hannah NelsonUpdates to the DirectTrust TNAP-Participant accreditation program address requirements that participants must meet for data exchange with a TEFCA QHIN.
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09 May 2023
Reliable connectivity key to smooth business running for UK SMEs
By Joe O’HalloranStudy 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
By Lis EvenstadEach 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
By Eric AvidonThe 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
By Clare McDonaldResearch 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
Northwell Awards $1M to Employee-Driven Digital Health Innovation Projects
By Hannah NelsonNorthwell Health will fund two new digital health innovation projects, including one focused on an AI-enabled solution to navigate cancer patients to care.
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09 May 2023
IT Priorities 2023: Collaboration technologies to benefit from future of work investment drive
By Joe O’HalloranResearch 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
By Bill GoodwinLeaked 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
By Patrick ThibodeauThe 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
By Alexander CulafiIntel 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
By Arielle WaldmanWestern 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
ACMI Symposium Outlines Public Health Interoperability Strategies
By Hannah NelsonExperts said the public health interoperability infrastructure requires sustained funding and a workforce with skills to meet 21st-century health threats.
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08 May 2023
Algorithm Harmonizes EHR Data into ‘Macrovisits’ for Clinical Research
By Hannah NelsonResearchers said the algorithm is a foundational step in quantifying EHR data heterogeneity and harmonizing data for clinical research.
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08 May 2023
How lab grown neurons could power the future of AI
By Aaron TanMelbourne-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
By Paul CrocettiEverbridge 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
By Lev CraigEnterprise 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
By Eric AvidonAs 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
By Makenzie HollandThe 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
By Alexander CulafiA 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
By Simon QuickeChannel 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
By Joe O’HalloranResearch 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
By Jim O'DonnellRootstock 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
By Pat BransStudy 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
By Alex ScroxtonCapita 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
By Karl FlindersEurope 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
Community Health Center Taps athenahealth EHR to Improve Patient Experience
By Sarai RodriguezThree healthcare organizations are preparing for upcoming EHR implementations, with athenahealth, MEDITECH Expanse, and eClinicalWorks as their respective vendors.
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05 May 2023
Apple results show Mac sales hit by economic slowdown
By Cliff SaranWhile 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
By Karl FlindersSantander 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
Opinion: EHR Reform Requires Clinical Note Reinvention to Cut Clinician Burnout
By Hannah NelsonJAMA viewpoint authors suggested that EHR reform to cut clinician burnout should focus on removing administrative functions within the clinical note.
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05 May 2023
Welsh Water turns on CPaaS tap for enhanced customer experiences
By Joe O’HalloranNot-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
By Cliff SaranMicrosoft’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
By Mary ReinesThe 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
By Makenzie HollandGenerative 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
By Alexander CulafiReactions 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
By Alexis ZacharakosThe 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
By Esther AjaoThe '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
By Arielle WaldmanRansomware 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
By Makenzie HollandMicrosoft, 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
By Joe O’HalloranGlobal 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
By Cliff SaranThe 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
AEHADA Announces Plan to Drive Digital Health Innovation Through Collaboration
By Hannah NelsonAEHADA aims to support digital health innovation by empowering members with training, education, and networking opportunities, officials said.
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04 May 2023
IT Priorities 2023: Significance of cloud investments rises as economic woes bite
By Caroline DonnellyTechnology 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
By Simon QuickeVendor 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
By Tim McCarthyA 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
By Joe O’HalloranCoronation 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
By Alex ScroxtonLaunch 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
By Joe O’HalloranResearch 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
By Karl FlindersUK 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
By Simon QuickeDistributor shares first quarter numbers that indicate the business remains in growth mode
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04 May 2023
PCORI Unveils Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research Funding Opportunities
By Hannah NelsonA new PCORI funding opportunity will focus on clinical effectiveness research that aims to mitigate hypertension management disparities.
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04 May 2023
Inside BlackBerry’s cyber security playbook
By Aaron TanBlackBerry’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
By Joe O’HalloranResearch 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
By Jim O'DonnellSAP 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
By Mary ReinesThe 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
By Alexander CulafiGoogle 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
By Esther AjaoLarge 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
By Eric AvidonThe 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
By Beth PariseauHoneycomb'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
By Antone GonsalvesBaptist 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
By Alex ScroxtonThe 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
By Joe O’HalloranAfter 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
By Alex ScroxtonA 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
By Simon QuickeVendor 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
By Alex ScroxtonThe 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
By Simon QuickeComms 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
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonGenerative 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
KLAS Ranks Hospice Health IT Vendors for Customer Satisfaction, Value
By Hannah NelsonThe KLAS report found that hospice solutions from health IT vendors MatrixCare and WellSky were best for supporting independent hospice agencies.
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03 May 2023
UK full-fibre boost as Openreach expands, Gigaclear claims rural altnet leadership
By Joe O’HalloranOperators 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’
By Caroline DonnellyWith 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
By Cliff SaranChatGPT 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
By Joe O’HalloranFirst 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
By Alex ScroxtonApple 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
By Joe O’HalloranComms 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
By Beth PariseauGitLab'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
By Patrick ThibodeauThe 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.