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25 Sep 2025
Databricks partners with OpenAI to boost AI development
By Eric AvidonGPT-5 is now the primary model for the data platform vendor's users. In addition, the partners will collaborate to improve model performance for real-world applications.
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25 Sep 2025
Which SDOH do seniors want health plan benefits to address?
By Sara HeathAging in place, access to healthcare and economic insecurity are leading SDOH affecting senior health and wellbeing.
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24 Sep 2025
Incorta unveils features as part of new focus on AI
By Eric AvidonThe vendor's new AI-focused features include a Model Context Protocol layer for developing agents and prebuilt agentic AI capabilities to assist with specific tasks.
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25 Sep 2025
Nokia and Boldyn Networks deploy private 5G to power mining
By Joe O’HalloranGlobal comms tech firm teams with wireless neutral network provider for mining technology deployment to enable safer, smarter and more sustainable operations, where most workforces can operate from above ground
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25 Sep 2025
Green energy microgrids hailed as cost-effective answer to UK’s datacentre energy supply woes
By Caroline DonnellyResearch from the Centre for Net Zero claims green energy microgrids could be a more cost-efficient alternative to nuclear small modular reactors when it comes to powering the UK’s datacentres
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25 Sep 2025
Government might support Jaguar Land Rover supply chain to mitigate cyber attack impact
By Brian McKennaThe government is considering buying car parts from JLR’s supply chain to sell them on to the company once it recovers from the August cyber attack
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25 Sep 2025
Dell and Lenovo hand partners fresh products to pitch
By Simon QuickeHardware suppliers identify private cloud and the SME market as areas where they and their channels can make an impact
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25 Sep 2025
Brightsolid expands national network with diverse 100Gbps optical connectivity
By Joe O’HalloranStrategic partnership issues assurance to deliver what it claims will be ‘ultra-fast’ resilient connectivity from Scotland to London, supporting UK digital infrastructure growth
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25 Sep 2025
Openreach UK broadband upgrade reaches 20 million homes
By Joe O’HalloranUK’s largest comms provider celebrates full-fibre access milestone but points to lag in active network switchovers
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25 Sep 2025
Co-op declares cyber attack damage cost £206m
By Brian McKennaCo-op reveals £206m costs from April cyber attack, with revenues hit, member data stolen and shelves emptied, exposing major retail supply chain vulnerabilities
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25 Sep 2025
Netherlands establishes cyber resilience network to strengthen public-private digital defence
By Kim LoohuisNetwork will connect organisations in a cyber crime defence initiative that goes way beyond information sharing
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25 Sep 2025
Government launches AI growth zone taskforce to support expansion in North East England
By Caroline DonnellyThe UK government is launching a coalition to support the accelerated development of its AI growth zone in the North East England
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25 Sep 2025
Government launches AI growth zone taskforce to support expansion in North East England
By Caroline DonnellyThe UK government is launching a coalition to support the accelerated development of its AI growth zone in the North East England
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25 Sep 2025
Get HDD temperature right, or risk more drive failures
We talk to Rainer Kaese of Toshiba about the right temperature to run hard disk drives at. Not getting it right risks higher failure rates than what would normally be expected
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25 Sep 2025
CEO change at Advania UK as Kneen steps down
By Simon QuickeChannel player Advania has made a leadership change after its current boss calls time on his spell at the firm
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25 Sep 2025
Zoom includes AI at no extra cost to crack enterprise adoption puzzle
By Kim LoohuisZoom bets on free AI to drive enterprise adoption, despite evidence the highest return on investment comes from back-office automation
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25 Sep 2025
Lenovo targets AI and hybrid cloud to drive APAC growth
By Aaron TanThe tech supplier’s infrastructure arm is tapping its partner ecosystem and as-a-service model to help the region’s enterprises move from AI experimentation to delivering tangible business outcomes
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24 Sep 2025
Internet shutdowns in Africa on upward trajectory
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonA comparative analysis of internet shutdowns in African countries highlights how the tactic is increasingly used to repress dissent and political opposition, depriving millions of people and businesses access to vital digital tools that sustain their social, economic and political life
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24 Sep 2025
Oktane 2025: Okta takes aim at agentic AI governance gap
By Alex ScroxtonIdentity specialist Okta is laying the groundwork for a number of incoming announcements designed to help its customers get to grips with the challenge of securing non-human, agentic identities.
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24 Sep 2025
FT 250 executives call for UK grid upgrades to support AI datacentre expansion plans
By Caroline DonnellyA poll by the Energy Networks Association reveals FTSE 250 attitudes towards the state of the UK’s electrical grids
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24 Sep 2025
NCA arrests man following cyber attack that disrupted air travel
By Brian McKennaThe NCA has arrested a man in West Sussex over the cyber attack on Collins Aerospace that disrupted Heathrow and other EU airports. He has been released on conditional bail
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24 Sep 2025
Redcentric looks to MSP future
By Simon QuickeFY results include an update on the progress to divest the datacentre business to leave the sole focus on managed services
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24 Sep 2025
McCullough Review finds PSNI failures but no ‘systemic’ surveillance of journalists
By Bill GoodwinA review by Angus McCullough KC reveals that Northern Ireland police failed to comply with the law but that there was no ‘widespread and systemic’ surveillance of journalists, lawyers and NGOs
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24 Sep 2025
Rigby Group marks milestone with another year of growth
By Simon QuickeChannel player Rigby Group celebrates 50 years of business and shares an update on how it performed in the past fiscal year
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24 Sep 2025
Alibaba Cloud targets full-stack AI dominance
By Aaron TanThe Chinese cloud giant has unveiled the Qwen3-Max model, a suite of agent development tools and cloud infrastructure upgrades to position itself as a one-stop shop for AI development and deployment
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24 Sep 2025
Digital Catapult sets sights on boosting AI take-up in agrifood sector
By Caroline DonnellyInnovation organisation announces details of its agrifood startup accelerator programme, which is geared towards boosting adoption of artificial intelligence in the sector
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24 Sep 2025
Retailers enjoy summer demand for AI laptops
By Simon QuickeAugust saw an acceleration in the sales of laptops that come with the latest functionality
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24 Sep 2025
UK Connect gains further support for Fusion construction connectivity
By Joe O’HalloranUK wireless communication services provider announces wider availability of connectivity offering that automatically selects the optimal network for a client’s site
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24 Sep 2025
Salesforce shifts focus from AI models to agentic AI
By Aaron TanRather than being preoccupied with large language models, Salesforce is now focused on building AI agents, with an eye on achieving what it calls ‘enterprise general intelligence’
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24 Sep 2025
Klaasmeyer Construction taps Render Networks for quicker buildout
By Joe O’HalloranDigitising network provider engaged by network construction management company to build scalable model for predictable broadband deployment and customer adoption
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23 Sep 2025
New consortium to aid AI by standardizing semantic modeling
By Eric AvidonAn open standard for defining data would simplify data integration and discovery to reduce one of the barriers preventing organizations from successfully developing AI tools.
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23 Sep 2025
Claim denial rates aren't improving, but AI could help
By Jacqueline LaPointeExperian Health's latest "State of Claims" survey shows continued growth in claim denial rates as more providers face rates of 10% or more of claims, but growing enthusiasm for AI.
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23 Sep 2025
SolarWinds warns over dangerous RCE flaw
By Alex ScroxtonA newly uncovered RCE flaw in SolarWinds’ helpdesk product bypasses two previously issued fixes, and users should prioritise updates as exploitation is likely to occur
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23 Sep 2025
Podcast: How to get value from unstructured data
By Antony AdsheadIn this podcast, we talk to Nasuni founder and CTO Andres Rodriguez about the obstacles to getting the most value from enterprise unstructured data, especially via metadata
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23 Sep 2025
ACIP vaccine votes break with evidence-based policy
By Alivia Kaylor, MScThe CDC's advisory committee votes to scale back COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for seniors and limit MMRV in children under 4, breaking with decades of evidence-based policy.
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23 Sep 2025
Channel faces AI tool sprawl and inefficient workflows
By Simon QuickeExperts across the channel speak of opportunities for partners to help customers that are overwhelmed by the number of tools they are working with
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23 Sep 2025
Jaguar Land Rover extends cyber attack-induced shutdown to October
By Brian McKennaJaguar Land Rover is extending its production shutdown caused by the 31 August cyber attack into next month, as government ministers drop by and supply chain workers lose wages
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23 Sep 2025
Morse Micro secures $59m funding to lead the next era of IoT
By Joe O’HalloranFresh capital to accelerate Morse Micro’s expansion into international markets, scale production of its Wi-Fi HaLow chips and support the ecosystem shift toward IoT 2.0, characterised by high-throughput, long-range, scalable connectivity
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23 Sep 2025
Workflow fixes to improve preventive care visits for seniors
By Sara HeathTwo studies suggest that extending visit times and pre-ordering preventive screenings could improve preventive care visits for Medicare patients over age 65.
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23 Sep 2025
Teradata unveils AgentBuilder to aid agentic AI development
By Eric AvidonLike many of its competitors, the longtime data management and analytics vendor is adding tools, such as an MCP server, to help customers build advanced applications.
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23 Sep 2025
Nakivo expands Proxmox backup and DR capabilities in v11.1
By Antony AdsheadLatest version of Backup & Replication adds MSP features, plus Proxmox VM backup functionality, while Nakivo responds to critical vulnerability it was tipped off about in February
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23 Sep 2025
Post Office Capture appeals slowed by poor records
By Karl FlindersPoor data on the use of the Post Office Capture software is slowing the review of criminal convictions, says lawyer
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23 Sep 2025
Verizon launches 6G innovation forum
By Joe O’HalloranLeading US communications company brings together comms technology producers to take early step in shaping the next generation of AI-enabled mobile
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23 Sep 2025
‘Our worst day’: The untold story of the Electoral Commission cyber attack
By Alex ScroxtonAs head of digital at The Electoral Commission, Andrew Simpson’s mettle was tested when threat actors gained access to the regulator’s email systems and accessed sensitive voter data. Three years on, he tells his story to Computer Weekly
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23 Sep 2025
EU to shut door on Big Tech in financial data sharing
By Karl FlindersUS tech giants to be excluded from EU’s Financial Data Access initiative, which enables the sharing of certain customer financial data
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22 Sep 2025
Beyond Stargate: Oracle OCI ups cloud infrastructure appeal
By Beth PariseauOracle has struck market-shaking deals with frontier AI model makers, but experts say it has also intensified its challenges to the Big Three in enterprise IaaS.
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22 Sep 2025
ATA launches new digital readiness benchmarking tool
By Anuja VaidyaThe association's enhanced Digital Infrastructure Score and mapping tool will assess whether U.S. communities are able to adopt virtual care and digital health technologies and services.
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22 Sep 2025
Teen charged with Las Vegas casino cyber heist
By Alex ScroxtonAnother arrest of a teenage hacker associated with the Scattered Spider gang has been made, this time in relation to two 2023 cyber attacks on Las Vegas casinos and resorts
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22 Sep 2025
KLAS ranks key end-to-end RCM outsourcing vendors
By Jacqueline LaPointeHealthcare organizations partnering with end-to-end RCM outsourcing vendors provided their take on performance across key metrics, including denials rate and cash collections.
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22 Sep 2025
Cyber attack that downed airport systems confirmed as ransomware
By Alex ScroxtonAuthorities in Europe say the cyber attack that caused disruption to passenger-facing services at multiple airports, including Heathrow, was the result of ransomware, as investigations continue
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22 Sep 2025
PSNI chief sorry over failure to delete data unlawfully seized from journalists
By Bill GoodwinPolice Service of Northern Ireland apologises for failing to destroy data that was unlawfully seized from journalists, despite a court agreement, and to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal for failing to disclose key information to the court
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22 Sep 2025
‘Soaring’ AI demand accelerates Lumen’s multibillion-dollar network expansion
By Joe O’HalloranProgress report from metro and long-haul data connectivity firm shows pace quickens on network expansion to meet massively increasing workloads including new fibre miles, significant added network capacity and coast-to-coast US build
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22 Sep 2025
Nebula: AI is supporting channel ESG efforts
By Simon QuickeReport from services player highlights the positives of artificial intelligence for those looking to cut emissions and improve social responsibility
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22 Sep 2025
4.8M lose coverage with expired enhanced premium tax credits
By Sara HeathAllowing Marketplace enhanced premium tax credits would affect health insurance affordability for millions.
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22 Sep 2025
Ericsson, Nokia join VodafoneThree £11bn network build out
By Joe O’HalloranVodafoneThree announces signing of partnerships with global comms tech providers to supply technology across 17,000+ sites in one of Europe’s largest privately funded infrastructure projects
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22 Sep 2025
Can SDOH screening perform better than the SVI and ADI?
By Sara HeathThe Social Vulnerability Index and Area Deprivation Index might not be good predictors of SDOH screening results, a new study shows.
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22 Sep 2025
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
By Simon QuickeMoves of note this week at Schneider Electric, Gigamon, Keepit, Leviia, NFON, Immersive, Netrio and Quectel Wireless Solutions
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22 Sep 2025
Tech consortium unveils private 5G, AI-powered edge innovation hub
By Joe O’Halloran‘Pioneering’ hub for startups and nonprofits to test advanced private 5G and AI-powered edge use cases without the usual cost or deployment challenges
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21 Sep 2025
NUS supercomputer enters global Top500
By Aaron TanDubbed Hopper, the supercomputer can perform 25 quadrillion calculations per second and is already fast-tracking research in fields from biomedical engineering to clean energy applications
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19 Sep 2025
News brief: KillSec, Yurei score successful ransomware attacks
By Staff reportCheck out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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19 Sep 2025
Government meets with car parts suppliers amid JLR cyber crisis
By Alex ScroxtonGovernment officials have met with the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders to discuss the challenges they are facing amid disrupted production at Jaguar Land Rover
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19 Sep 2025
UK cyber action plan lays out path to resilience
By Alex ScroxtonA report produced for the government by academics at Imperial College London and the University of Bristol sets out nine recommendations to strengthen the UK’s cyber sector
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19 Sep 2025
UK needs better defences to protect undersea internet cables from Russian sabotage
By Bill GoodwinA cross-party group of MPs and peers has called for the UK to step up defences to protect undersea cables from Russian sabotage risks
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19 Sep 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
By Simon QuickeDevelopments this week at Exertis Enterprise, Kite Distribution, e92spark, Akamai Technologies, Inforcer and Asanti Data Centres
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19 Sep 2025
Jitterbit alerts partners to AI agent sprawl
By Simon QuickeThe rush by users to embrace the technology is creating its own headaches, presenting the channel with an alternative to pitch
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19 Sep 2025
Huawei unveils interconnects to address large-scale AI infrastructure bottlenecks
By Joe O’HalloranIT and networking giant announces technology designed to set standard in compute power for AI-driven workloads
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19 Sep 2025
AI investments threatened by ‘fundamentally unreliable’ IoT connectivity
By Joe O’HalloranStudy shows a third of businesses warn that poor internet of things connectivity is a barrier to AI adoption, with just 2% of deployments reliable enough for success
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19 Sep 2025
Fortnite patch spurs record broadband traffic spike for Openreach
By Joe O’HalloranLeading UK broadband firm sees historic warnings coming to pass regarding need to alleviate issues facing network users, with consumption of media-rich content such as video and of popular games continuing to grow
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19 Sep 2025
French court ruling may lead to legal challenges over state Sky ECC and EncroChat phone hack
By Bill GoodwinA decision by the French supreme court may pave the way for defendants to challenge the lawfulness of France’s hacking of the EncroChat and Sky ECC cryptophone networks used by organised crime groups
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19 Sep 2025
Pentera expands in APAC, taps AI to outsmart attackers
By Aaron TanThe penetration testing specialist is expanding its presence in the Asia-Pacific region and deploying AI-driven capabilities as it eyes acquisitions and a potential IPO
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18 Sep 2025
FDA cracks down on online advertising of compounded GLP-1 drugs
By Alivia Kaylor, MScMore than 50 digital health providers were sent FDA warning letters for falsely advertising compounded GLP-1 drugs. Now, companies must update product information or face legal action.
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18 Sep 2025
Medicaid disenrollments to reduce hospital revenue by $25B
By Jacqueline LaPointeLarge-scale Medicaid disenrollments under President Trump's new spending law would reduce hospital revenue by $1 million to $4 million in a single year, according to new analysis.
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18 Sep 2025
UK banks still run software code written more than 60 years ago
By Karl FlindersMore than half of UK banks still rely on computer code written in or before the 1970s, and which is understood by only a few of their staff
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18 Sep 2025
Harness takes aim at AI 'bottleneck' with DevSecOps agents
By Beth PariseauThe vendor's new agentic features are included in products that already have a track record in AI-driven automation, as coding agents swamp software delivery pipelines.
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18 Sep 2025
Vector database vendor Pinecone eyes future under new CEO
By Eric AvidonAfter establishing the value of its technology under founder Edo Liberty, Ash Ashutosh takes over to lead the vendor as it enters a phase focused on growing the business.
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18 Sep 2025
Maintel signals strong pipeline going into second half
By Simon QuickeChannel player updates investors on its first half progress as the business looks for revenue improvements
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18 Sep 2025
Teen hackers charged over Scattered Spider attack on TfL
By Alex ScroxtonTwo men have appeared in court in London in connection with the September 2024 cyber attack that disrupted online services at Transport for London
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18 Sep 2025
Bytes shows resilience in first half of 2025
By Simon QuickeChannel player Bytes shares trading update covering its first half, with the business remaining on track
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18 Sep 2025
Partners across channel welcome US tech investments
By Simon QuickeComments from across the channel express support for the significant sums of money that are going to be ploughed into the UK in the next few years
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18 Sep 2025
Should you run VMware 7 unsupported?
By Cliff SaranIn just a few weeks, VMware version 7 reaches end of life, which means Broadcom will no longer issue patches
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18 Sep 2025
Oxa gains more mileage from Nvidia for autonomous vehicles
By Joe O’HalloranUK-based autonomous vehicle systems provider looks to speed up its commercial roll-out in the $2tn industrial mobility automation market with use of advanced AI technology, including Cosmos World Foundation Models
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17 Sep 2025
Techcombank wields data and AI to drive customer engagement
By Aaron TanBy unifying data on the Databricks platform, the Vietnam bank has built AI capabilities to deliver hyper-personalised offers to 15 million customers and expand its footprint beyond its traditional affluent base
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17 Sep 2025
Firms urged to adopt risk-based data sovereignty strategy
By Stephen WithersGeopolitical uncertainty is forcing organisations to rethink where their data is located, but a full retreat from the public cloud is not the answer
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17 Sep 2025
Heightened global risk pushes interest in data sovereignty
By Antony AdsheadSurvey finds all those questioned have looked at data location, with most recognising the need to plan for data sovereignty or risk severe damage to reputation and customer trust
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17 Sep 2025
AHIP pledges vaccine coverage ahead of ACIP meeting
By Jacqueline LaPointeAHIP members commit to covering vaccines, including the latest flu and COVID-19 jabs, through next year as the CDC's vaccine advisory panel plans to debate common immunizations.
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17 Sep 2025
MongoDB adds MCP server, expands AI development capabilities
By Eric AvidonWhile the database vendor isn't breaking new ground with its updated features, they combine to provide customers with valuable tools that will help to build modern applications.
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17 Sep 2025
Fewer hospitals posting prices despite price transparency push
By Jacqueline LaPointeThe new report shows fewer hospitals are posting dollar-and-cents prices in their public files, undermining healthcare price transparency requirements.
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17 Sep 2025
UK Tech Prosperity Deal: Business spend in AI set to grow
By Cliff SaranThe UK-US tech deal promises vast amounts of AI capacity and technology infrastructure, which will be needed as businesses ramp up their AI spend
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17 Sep 2025
Microsoft scores win against Office 365 credential thieves
By Alex ScroxtonMicrosoft’s Digital Crimes Unit disrupts a major phishing-as-a-service operation that targeted and stole Office 365 usernames and credentials
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17 Sep 2025
Microsoft to invest $30bn in expanding its operations and AI infrastructure footprint in UK
By Caroline DonnellyMicrosoft is making its biggest ever investment in building out its AI and general operations in the UK, citing the government’s commitment to making it easier for big tech to thrive in the country
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17 Sep 2025
Virgin Media O2 creates single team to challenge fixed wholesale market
By Joe O’HalloranLeading UK operator places wholesale teams covering consumer and business segments into single structure
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17 Sep 2025
Hamas lawyer challenges police after they seized legal files from phone in Schedule 7 stop
By Bill GoodwinA UK solicitor hired by Hamas to challenge its proscription in the UK as a terrorist organisation argues police acted unlawfully by seizing a phone containing confidential legally privileged material about his clients
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17 Sep 2025
NCQA: 5-Star health plan performance nearly doubles for 2025
By Sara HeathNCQA said there were 11 health plans that received a 5-star rating for the 2025 and another 55 that received a 4.5-star rating.
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17 Sep 2025
Federated Wireless, Cisco validate commercial standard power for Wi-Fi 6E, 7
By Joe O’HalloranNetworking and IT giant throws weight behind creating path to emerging wireless standard
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17 Sep 2025
Kaspersky looking for MSP growth
By Simon QuickeSecurity vendor Kaspersky is on a mission to increase the number of managed service providers it works with
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17 Sep 2025
Lufthansa pilots EU Digital Identity Wallet-based travel
By Karl FlindersTravellers will only be required to tap their phone to pass the various steps of checking in and boarding aircraft
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17 Sep 2025
Government confirms North East as location of second AI growth zone
By Caroline DonnellyUK government has selected two sites near to Newcastle as the home of its second AI growth zone, with one of them confirmed to be housing compute infrastructure for OpenAI's Stargate UK initiative
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17 Sep 2025
NCC: How RaaS team-ups help Scattered Spider enhance its attacks
By Alex ScroxtonScattered Spider’s alliances with ransomware-as-a-service gangs act as a force multiplier for the scope, and number, of its cyber attacks, according to NCC Group analysts
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17 Sep 2025
GSA: NTN operator–satellite partnerships now in 80 territories
Study shows Starlink leading the satellite landscape with 44 partnerships, followed by AST SpaceMobile and Lynk, while in spectrum Ka-band remains most widely used frequency range, supporting both feeder and service links
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17 Sep 2025
Google Cloud unveils open protocol for agentic payments
By Aaron TanGoogle’s Agent Payments Protocol is an open standard developed with more than 60 global partners to create a secure standard for AI-driven transactions
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16 Sep 2025
Exabeam: Treat AI agents as the new insider threat
By Stephen WithersAs artificial intelligence agents are given more power inside organisations, Exabeam’s chief AI officer, Steve Wilson, argues they must be monitored for rogue behaviour just like their human counterparts
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16 Sep 2025
UK government signs US partnership to deliver Europe’s largest AI factory
By Cliff SaranSome 120,000 GPUs are set to be deployed in the UK over the next 12 months, as the government says it’s laser-focused on attracting talent and startups
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16 Sep 2025
Workday previews a dozen AI agents, acquires Sana
By Don FluckingerWorkday previews 12 agents, with a 13th pending completion of Paradox acquisition.
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16 Sep 2025
GAO calls on HHS CIO to address cybersecurity deficiencies
GAO's latest report identified 82 open recommendations for the HHS CIO to implement in order to better secure government IT systems.