Enterprise artificial intelligence (AI)
Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies such as cognitive computing, machine learning and robotic process automation seek to simulate human intelligence: learning, reasoning and self-correcting -- through technology. In this topic area, find the latest news, tips and opinion about the role of enterprise artificial intelligence in IT and business strategy.
Top Stories
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Feature
03 Mar 2023
5 big digital transformation trends in 2023
The threat of a recession coupled with the ongoing need for transformation and growth means CIOs must make force multiplying investments in 2023. Here are five strategies. Continue Reading
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Feature
24 Jan 2023
5 AI risks businesses must confront and how to address them
Some risks associated with implementing AI systems are familiar to enterprise leaders; these five are unique to AI. Here's how to address them. Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Jan 2023
10 AI use cases in manufacturing
Manufacturing companies are turning to AI to streamline the way they do business and increase efficiency. Here are 10 common use cases. Continue Reading
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News
20 Jan 2023
Sustainability goals should focus on business practices first
In this Q&A, Schneider Electric's Michael Lotfy discusses why and how organizations need to step up efforts to reduce CO2 emissions to meet carbon reduction targets. Continue Reading
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Tip
20 Jan 2023
3 enterprise ROBO backup factors admins should think about
Remote office data backup comes with its own unique challenges and considerations. Backup type and media can be affected by the ROBO locations and staffing needs, so choose wisely. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
20 Jan 2023
Effective business continuity requires evolution and a plan
Investment in business continuity is one of the best ways to get an organization back on its feet during and after an incident. Updated plans are critical to avoid a crisis. Continue Reading
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News
20 Jan 2023
T-Mobile data breach affects 37M customers
T-Mobile said a threat actor first began using an API in November to obtain the personal data of 37 million customer accounts, though no financial data was affected. Continue Reading
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Podcast
20 Jan 2023
Risk & Repeat: Breaking down the LastPass breach
This podcast episode discusses the fallout of the recent LastPass breach, in which a threat actor stole encrypted logins and unencrypted website URLs from the password manager. Continue Reading
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News
20 Jan 2023
Bulk of security sales will go through the channel
Forecasts from Canalys around the prospects for the year ahead make it clear partners have a crucial role to play in delivering security technology Continue Reading
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Tip
20 Jan 2023
Troubleshooting the most common issues with Windows 11
When Windows 11 administrators encounter an issue with a desktop without a clear fix, they should perform general troubleshooting steps in a specific order to minimize risk. Continue Reading
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News
20 Jan 2023
Barclays Eagle Labs awarded Digital Growth Grant over Tech Nation
Barclays Eagle Labs incubator to take over Tech Nation’s role in administering UK government digital growth grant amid backlash from startup ecosystem Continue Reading
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News
20 Jan 2023
Tech workforce cuts accelerate with Alphabet layoff
Citing economic concerns, Google's parent company, Alphabet, is laying off 12,000 employees. That puts the total number of tech layoffs in 2023 at more than 30,000. Continue Reading
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News
20 Jan 2023
Multi-tenancy, faster recovery headline Arcserve UDP 9.0
Arcserve's Unified Data Protection 9.0 adds better recovery for Microsoft SQL and Oracle databases and a multi-tenancy console, and paves the way for future cloud integrations. Continue Reading
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News
20 Jan 2023
Snowflake acquires Mobilize.net tools to aid cloud migration
The vendor purchased SnowConvert, a set of tools designed to automate some of the onerous coding work required to migrate data out of on-premises databases to the cloud. Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Jan 2023
4 ways HR can support and develop managers
Managers may be inexperienced and require help facing today's business challenges. Learn how HR leaders can help managers succeed in their roles. Continue Reading
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Tip
20 Jan 2023
10 steps to achieve AI implementation in your business
Maximizing the value of insights into your business, industry and competition requires a thoughtful, creative, experimental, incremental and team approach to deploying AI. Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Jan 2023
The evolution of containers: Docker, Kubernetes and the future
Container technology is almost as old as VMs, although IT wasn't talking about the topic until Docker, Kubernetes and other tech made waves that caused a frenzy of activity. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Jan 2023
Can the economic slowdown propel digital innovation?
The economic downturn is starting to hurt the major tech firms but it is going to be interesting to watch how they react. Any changes they make will have a profound impact on how corporate IT ... Continue Reading
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News
20 Jan 2023
DataCore software-defined storage helps car firm avoid breakdowns
Bontaz used to face regular IT outages that took too long to recover from. Then it got DataCore software-defined storage and the ability to rapidly recover from downtime Continue Reading
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News
20 Jan 2023
How the cost of living crisis is impacting IT
The worsening economic climate is leading to job cuts across the IT sector, with Microsoft only the latest to announce thousands of layoffs - but CIOs will still struggle to find the talent they urgently need Continue Reading
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News
20 Jan 2023
Veeam survey finds ransomware blocks digital transformation
Annual report shows secular trend to the cloud and increased use of containers, but prevalence of ransomware attacks means digital transformation is hindered Continue Reading
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News
20 Jan 2023
Atempo plots course to containerised backup with S3 storage
Containerised modularised backup services will allow integration with third-party systems and backup storage unified onto S3 object storage for cost and analytics purposes Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Jan 2023
Five-minute interview: Armin Neumaier, Cisco ThousandEyes
The latest to share an insight into their career and life is the head of partner and channel sales EMEA at Cisco ThousandEyes, Armin Neumaier Continue Reading
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20 Jan 2023
How Mondelez is driving change with tech
From empowering citizen developers to deploying drones to monitor the health of cocoa trees, snack company Mondelez has been firing on all cylinders to disrupt the old ways of doing things Continue Reading
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20 Jan 2023
How the Australian Red Cross coped with a donation surge
The Australian Red Cross adopted Boomi’s integration platform to manage the surge in donations in response to the floods in New South Wales and Queensland earlier this year Continue Reading
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20 Jan 2023
Top IT predictions in APAC in 2023
Robotics, cross-cloud data mobility and cyber insurance are some of the key trends that will shape Asia-Pacific’s technology landscape in 2023 Continue Reading
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E-Zine
20 Jan 2023
CW APAC January 2023 – Trend Watch: CIO Trends
As we enter a new year, it remains vital for IT leaders to keep track of the latest developments across the industry. In this handbook, focused on CIO trends in the Asia-Pacific region, Computer Weekly looks at predictions for 2023, how the Australian Red Cross managed a donation surge, Mondelez’s digital transformation and Singapore’s public sector IT strategy Continue Reading
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News
20 Jan 2023
Year-on-year growth down to more customers, says Ocado
As the customer landscape shifts, Ocado reports year-on-year revenue growth in the last quarter of 2022, bolstered by a successful Christmas Continue Reading
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News
20 Jan 2023
WhatsApp’s £4.8m fine raises questions for organisations using behavioural advertising
The Irish Data Protection Commissioner has fined WhatsApp, owned by Meta, in a case that will raise questions for organisations that rely on contracts rather than consent to comply with GDPR when offering behavioural advertising Continue Reading
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News
20 Jan 2023
Deloitte: Four major comms trends to navigate in year ahead
Consultancy’s predictions for the coming 12 months highlight challenges from macroeconomic headwinds, complex capital funding, sustainability and the transformation towards more tech-centric models Continue Reading
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Blog Post
20 Jan 2023
Retool mobile, a shiny spanner for native iOS & Android apps
Enterprise software application development uses ‘tools’. Embracing the notion of virtual software-based spanners and wrenches enough to name its company after this reality, Retool describes itself ... Continue Reading
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News
19 Jan 2023
Tackling fake product reviews a challenge for FTC, states
Fake product reviews can be harmful not just to consumers, but to businesses if their product is negatively targeted by bad actors. Continue Reading
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Tip
19 Jan 2023
Building a shared services organization structure
Amid the shifting economic climate and new reality of hybrid workforces, there's no better time for companies to consolidate business functions and centralize support services. Continue Reading
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Tutorial
19 Jan 2023
How to set up autoscaling in Azure Kubernetes Service
Explore scaling options in AKS, such as the horizontal pod and the cluster autoscaler. Then, follow a step-by-step tutorial on how to manually and automatically scale resources. Continue Reading
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News
19 Jan 2023
AI21 intros text-generating AI capability that cites sources
AI vendor AI21 Labs' Wordtune Spices is a writing assistant that provides users with different text options and links to sources so that writers know where the information is from. Continue Reading
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Tip
19 Jan 2023
How organizations should handle mobile device lifecycles
Understanding the mobile device lifecycle can help IT manage endpoints from purchase to retirement, with different tools and processes supporting devices at different stages. Continue Reading
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Opinion
19 Jan 2023
Will developers become archaic? Analyst predictions for 2023
Organizations must continue innovating and optimizing to keep up -- but these advances could set developers up for extinction. Explore an industry analyst's predictions for 2023. Continue Reading
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Feature
19 Jan 2023
Data management trends: Convergence and more money
The past year focused heavily on data intelligence, lakehouse development and observability as vendors innovated to help enterprises make effective use of converged data and technologies. Continue Reading
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News
19 Jan 2023
DataStax acquires ML vendor as part of AI evolution
The acquisition will let customers apply machine learning to real-time events. It is a natural step toward AI technology for the vendor as it looks to stay competitive. Continue Reading
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Tip
19 Jan 2023
Who should be the product owner in Scrum?
Who should be the Scrum product owner and how does an organization choose the right person for that job? It's not an easy decision, but it's a critical one for all Scrum projects. Continue Reading
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News
19 Jan 2023
Chainalysis: Ransomware payments down, fewer victims paying
Ransomware payments dropped significantly this past year, falling more than 40% from 2021, according to new research from blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis. Continue Reading
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Feature
19 Jan 2023
Qlik unveils roadmap for analytics, data integration tools
The vendor plans to increase its connectivity to SaaS applications so users can integrate data from more sources and to add new APIs for embedded BI and automation. Continue Reading
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Tip
19 Jan 2023
What are the types of knowledge management systems?
In order to understand the different types of knowledge management systems, organizations should know about the different types of knowledge and the history of this market. Continue Reading
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Opinion
19 Jan 2023
IoT trends to keep an eye on in 2023 and beyond
Supply chain issues have affected IoT's growth, but moves toward 5G and more intelligent data analysis capabilities could help IoT gain traction in 2023. Continue Reading
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News
19 Jan 2023
Zayo expands 400G fibre to connect Paris and Marseilles
Leading global communications platform boosts European fibre infrastructure with a new fibre route to link up two major French cities, supporting traffic growth and making it easier and more secure for enterprises to send traffic to the rest of Europe and the US Continue Reading
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News
19 Jan 2023
Gartner halves 2023 IT spending growth
Gartner lowered its forecast for IT spending to 2.4% over 2022. The firm expects CIOs to be more cautious and delay some purchases while riding out the economic uncertainty. Continue Reading
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News
19 Jan 2023
Dell: More needs to be done to solve IT skills challenge
Vendor reveals research looking into attitudes of Generation Z towards improving levels of digital skills Continue Reading
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Blog Post
19 Jan 2023
The milk round using data to tackle plastic waste ocean pollution
In this guest post, Damien Brophy, vice president for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at business intelligence analytics search software provider, ThoughtSpot, sets out how technology has ... Continue Reading
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Opinion
19 Jan 2023
Why a Microsoft 365 security assessment is good for business
Jason Rothwell, solutions architect at Littlefish, believes the auditing process delivers some positives for customers Continue Reading
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News
19 Jan 2023
Data pipelines feed IT’s observability beast
Amid data growth, cloud complexity and demand for advanced automation, the data pipelines developed to satisfy the appetites of AI apps also serve observability tools. Continue Reading
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News
19 Jan 2023
Abacus Group moving to become MSSP with Gotham buy
Managed service player wants to become known for security, and has made an acquisition to support that ambition Continue Reading
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News
19 Jan 2023
International post resumes thanks to Royal Mail ‘workarounds’
Royal Mail has resumed limited international services after putting in place operational workarounds to bypass the impact of a ransomware attack Continue Reading
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News
19 Jan 2023
KFC, Pizza Hut parent shuts UK restaurants after cyber attack
A ransomware attack on Yum! Brands, the parent organisation of restaurants including KFC and Pizza Hut, was forced to shut approximately 300 outlets in the UK following a ransomware attack by an unspecified group Continue Reading
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News
19 Jan 2023
Fraudsters and cyber criminals stole more than £4bn in the UK through 2022
The amount of money stolen by fraudsters and cybercriminals in the UK saw a huge increase in 2022 Continue Reading
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News
19 Jan 2023
UK government reveals Cornwall as next port of call for Project Gigabit
Latest contract in UK government’s Project Gigabit programme given to Wildanet to deliver ultra-fast broadband in south-west and mid-Cornwall connecting nearly 20,000 hard-to-reach homes and businesses Continue Reading
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News
19 Jan 2023
Mailchimp suffers third breach in 12 months
Email marketing service Mailchimp has suffered its third data breach in a year, but has been praised for being open about its latest attack Continue Reading
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Tip
19 Jan 2023
Fibre Channel vs. iSCSI: What are the differences?
Discover how Fibre Channel and iSCSI compare when it comes to meeting SAN performance, ease of use, manageability, total package and TCO requirements. Continue Reading
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News
19 Jan 2023
UK seeks to ban sharing ‘positive’ Channel crossing videos online
Under UK government amendments to the Online Safety Bill, video footage that shows people crossing the Channel in a ‘positive light’ could be added to a list of illegal content that all tech platforms must proactively prevent from reaching users, while senior managers could face further criminal sanctions Continue Reading
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News
19 Jan 2023
Newham Council rejects use of live facial-recognition tech by police
Live facial-recognition technology should not be used by police in Newham until biometric and anti-discrimination safeguards are in place, according to a motion passed unanimously by the council, but the Met Police and the Home Office have indicated they will not suspend its use Continue Reading
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News
19 Jan 2023
Outdated IT infrastructure poses growing risk to UK Security Vetting
Delays to UKSV’s important work in safeguarding the country’s national security are in part down to a legacy IT estate in dire need of modernisation, says the NAO Continue Reading
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News
19 Jan 2023
Swedish government launches accelerated digitisation plan
The Swedish government has launched a four-year plan which will help to digitally transform the country’s public sector Continue Reading
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Blog Post
19 Jan 2023
Encord offers ML toolkit for computer vision apps
Encord is data-centric computer vision company. The firm’s Encord Active is a free open source industry-agnostic (Ed: they mean its works in all verticals, presumably) toolkit that enables machine ... Continue Reading
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News
19 Jan 2023
Sateliot collaborates with Sensefinity for at-sea satellite 5G IoT
Leading IoT provider for asset tracking teams with owner of low-Earth orbit nanosatellites constellation under 5G protocol to support at-sea connectivity Continue Reading
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News
19 Jan 2023
APAC consumers expect human-like service from chatbots
Consumer expectations of chatbots in Asia-Pacific have risen in tandem with improved performance of AI applications over the past year, a study has found Continue Reading
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Tip
19 Jan 2023
Field service management software vendors to know in 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic turned nice-to-have field service features -- like remote project management and automation -- into vital capabilities. Find out which features vendors offer. Continue Reading
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Feature
19 Jan 2023
Cloud backup vs. traditional backup: Advantages, disadvantages
Cloud backup vs. traditional backup is an important discussion. Although the cloud backup market is soaring, traditional backup players also have much to offer your organization. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Ukraine CERT leaders touch down in London for talks
The UK’s NCSC has been hosting Ukrainian cyber security leaders for a round of bilateral talks on improving resilience Continue Reading
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Tip
18 Jan 2023
The future of field service management and trends for 2023
Contactless, cashless and self-service abilities mark the new standards for field service. The future of field service brings flexibility and convenience for workers and customers. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Bitzlato cryptocurrency exchange founder arrested, charged
Russian national Anatoly Legkodymov is accused of using Bitzlato to process more than $700 million in illicit cryptocurrency transactions, including ransomware payments. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Gartner IT spending trends, PPI data show mixed economic bag
Gartner's global IT spending forecast reflects diverging economic trends as does U.S. inflation data, which shows a drop in professional services costs and an uptick for storage. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
HPE expands Alletra with focused storage servers
HPE released new storage servers for container and software-defined storage with the Alletra 4000. The new servers bring high compute with new Intel CPUs in a denser package. Continue Reading
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Tip
18 Jan 2023
Project portfolio risk management: Learn the key tenets
Project portfolio risk management is a holistic approach to managing project risk. Learn about its benefits and what can get in the way of success. Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Jan 2023
The 7 critical backup strategy best practices to keep data safe
This comprehensive guide explains backup basics, the issues affecting risk and the seven critical backup strategies you need to keep data safe. Continue Reading
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Tip
18 Jan 2023
HR shared services models benefit employee experiences
In the new reality of hybrid and remote workforces, shared services organizations smooth work processes, increase collaboration, and improve employee engagement and productivity. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Microsoft and Salesforce step up smart store retail tech
The tech giants are quickly evolving their technologies aimed at the brick and mortar commerce market, with new software for smart store analytics, CX and retail associates. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Microsoft layoff signals shift from rapid hiring to caution
Microsoft's layoff of 10,000 workers follows a similar tech industry pattern: rapid employment growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by a relatively modest cutback. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
LastPass faces mounting criticism over recent breach
LastPass disclosed a breach last month in which a threat actor stole personal customer information, including billing addresses and encrypted website login details. Continue Reading
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Tip
18 Jan 2023
Top 10 ICS cybersecurity threats and challenges
Industrial control systems are subject to both unique and common cybersecurity threats and challenges. Learn about the top ones here and how to mitigate them. Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Jan 2023
Enterprises consider NaaS adoption for business agility
As enterprises accelerate toward digitization of their complete IT stack, NaaS -- which can lower costs, increase QoS and improve business agility -- has become a viable option. Continue Reading
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Guest Post
18 Jan 2023
How to build a cyber-resilience culture in the enterprise
Discover how organizations can build a culture of cyber resilience by reducing risk, limiting damage, having a disaster recovery plan and assuming a cyber attack is coming. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
NYC's controversial AI bias audit law gets new hearing
New York City's new automated employment decision tool law, designed to root out AI bias in hiring, is having trouble getting off the ground. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Dell's next-generation PowerEdge servers target AI inferencing
Dell has delivered versions of its PowerEdge servers using Intel's 4th Gen Xeon Scalable processors and AMD's EPYC chips. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Yorkshire Water taps Connexin for smart water delivery framework
Leading north of England water provider reveals partners for its advanced customer metering programme to reduce leakage, improve services and help customers save money on their bills Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
David Anderson KC to review UK surveillance laws
Home Office commissions independent review of the Investigatory Powers Act, known as the snoopers’ charter. It will include a review of bulk datasets and government access to internet connection records held by phone and internet companies Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Intechnica embraces fresh owner and Version 1 makes double swoop
Consolidation in the channel continues at pace with three deals being announced within the past 24 hours Continue Reading
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Tutorial
18 Jan 2023
Map physical GPUs to VMs with this GPU passthrough guide
Learn how to set up GPU passthrough -- a useful technique to support graphically intensive apps and machine learning models -- with a step-by-step tutorial for VMware environments. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Oracle and CBI: companies cautious, selective in 2023 IT, business investment
Oracle and the CBI are seeing much the same picture of cautious technology investment of UK businesses in 2023, in the context of long Covid and the energy price inflation crisis Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
IT chiefs raise concerns over cost-of-living crisis
Organisations are looking to cut costs while still innovating with IT, and CIOs and CTOs are worried how staff will cope Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Jan 2023
Service providers explore 2023 technology trends
The uncertain economy influences the technology developments service providers expect to see in 2023, with customers likely to optimize and integrate existing assets. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Uptime Institute predicts slower pace of public cloud migrations in 2023
Datacentre resiliency think tank Uptime Institute claims cost pressures and unmet expectations around cloud benefits may lead some enterprises to pause or slow down their migration plans this year Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Jan 2023
Developing an emergency communications plan: A template for business continuity professionals
Communicating details in a crisis is a vital part of BC and resilience planning. Follow the steps below and the associated template to prepare an emergency communication plan. Continue Reading
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Tip
18 Jan 2023
3 software developer goals that are top of mind in 2023
Like many people, software professionals have their own goals in mind for 2023, including a focus on project management, software accessibility and data structure decisions. Continue Reading
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Tip
18 Jan 2023
IaaS vs. PaaS options on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform
Looking to shift your organization's workloads to the cloud? Understand the advantages and disadvantages of IaaS and PaaS options on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Nokia, Telefónica successfully test 25G PON technology in Spain
Noting ever-increasing consumer bandwidth demands and the need to support applications such as the metaverse, operator announces demo of new FTTH technology to offer new business services on same network as home connectivity Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Ukraine cyber teams responded to more than 2,000 attacks in 2022
The Ukrainian authorities responded to more than 2,000 major cyber incidents during 2022, and are blocking thousands more potential attacks every day Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Advisory board goal for Post Office scandal victims to be returned to rightful financial position
The board set up to monitor the compensation scheme for Post Office scandal victims agrees goal of returning them to the financial position they would be in had the scandal never happened Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Canon extends Business Centre network
Print player cuts the ribbon on two centres established with platinum partners to increase services for customers Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
US hyperscale datacentre operator completes first phase of nuclear-powered server farm campus
US-based Cumulus Data has completed the powered shell infrastructure of its datacentre campus, which will be directly fed nuclear power from a neighbouring plant Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
How Aruba is tapping opportunities in networking
Aruba is planning to expand its product portfolio, make deeper inroads into datacentres and drive adoption of network as a service, among other efforts to tap opportunities in the networking market Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Gartner: CIOs will struggle to retain and attract IT talent
While the latest spending forecast from Gartner shows continued growth in enterprise IT spending, how budgets are invested is set to change Continue Reading
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News
18 Jan 2023
Optical lights up nascent space communications applications market
Research highlights potential of what it calls “exciting and rapidly developing” global market for optical communications terminals driven by NGSO broadband constellations Continue Reading
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Blog Post
18 Jan 2023
Aerospike spearheads real-time data search, connects Elasticsearch
Aerospike is a real-time data platform company. In an era when real-time data streaming companies are fond of giving away promo t-shirts emblazoned with phrases like - Is Batch Dead? - (spoiler ... Continue Reading