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21 May 2024
Informatica adds AI assistant, GenAI development interface
By Eric AvidonThe longtime data management vendor's new capabilities simplify use of its platform, enabling non-technical users to work with its tools while making experts more efficient.
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21 May 2024
AST bolsters UK position with Symatrix buy
By Simon QuickeTie-up of Oracle specialists will provide operations on both sides of the Atlantic for expanding American business
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21 May 2024
Wave of AI-capable PCs on the way
By Simon QuickeChannel will have a fresh option to pitch to customers as the arrival of hardware using artificial intelligence is less than a month away
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20 May 2024
Dell revamps storage with PowerStore Prime
By Adam ArmstrongDell is combining programs and features into its main storage product PowerStore; this prime version brings higher performance, QLC and an Apex AI assistant.
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20 May 2024
DataStax launches on-premise GenAI in ‘hyper-converged’ format
By Antony AdsheadNoSQL database specialist adds generative AI for datacentre deployments where cloud is a no-no for cost, security or compliance reasons, with a focus on vector storage
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20 May 2024
Swiss International Air Lines takes off with global eSIM service
By Joe O’HalloranSwitzerland’s largest air carrier collaborates with eSIM Go to launch global embedded subscriber identity module designed to provide passengers with convenient and affordable mobile data connectivity during their travels
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20 May 2024
HMRC underestimates Single Trade Window project complexity, says NAO
By Lis EvenstadThe National Audit Office’s (NAO) report on the UK border calls on government to have a more realistic approach to digital transformation
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20 May 2024
DSIT unveils plans for independent institute to underpin UK Semiconductor Strategy
By Caroline DonnellyThe Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is marking the first anniversary of the launch of the UK Semiconductor Strategy by setting out plans to create an institute to underpin its plans
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20 May 2024
Channel round-up: Who’s gone where?
By Simon QuickeWe highlight more executive moves across the industry in the past week
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20 May 2024
UK AI Safety Institute to open San Francisco branch
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonNews of the AI Safety Institute’s expansion to the US follows the first public release of its AI safety testing results
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20 May 2024
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange granted appeal
By Bill GoodwinTwo high court judges granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leave to appeal against extradition to the US after defence lawyers argued that the US had failed to give adequate assurances
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20 May 2024
Limited mental health equity might cost U.S. $14T by 2040
By Sara HeathBetter mental health equity and integrating mental healthcare into chronic disease management could curb the cost of excess health spending.
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20 May 2024
Concerns over supplier cloud security a customer issue
By Simon QuickeResearch from Tenable has underlined fears customers have around the ability of IT providers to deliver solid solutions
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20 May 2024
Toshiba shows 32TB HDDs with heat-assisted and shingled drives
By Yann SerraDrive maker demonstrates 32TB and 31TB capacity hard drives that boost write density by use of heat and microwave assistance plus shingled – overlapped – drive tracks
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20 May 2024
BT Group pushes back digital switchover deadline
By Joe O’HalloranUK’s leading telco extends deadline by just over 12 months for transformation to an all-digital infrastructure, and offers dedicated support for businesses to make necessary steps
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20 May 2024
Hippodrome Casino makes bet on Extreme for network upgrade
By Joe O’HalloranLondon casino implements network infrastructure to mitigate legacy challenges and improve security, guest services and productivity
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20 May 2024
Red Hat CEO on OpenShift evolution and AI moves
By Aaron TanRed Hat CEO Matt Hicks talks up how OpenShift AI and RHEL AI can work together to lower the cost of training and inferencing to drive AI adoption and the company’s traction with customers looking to move away from VMware
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20 May 2024
Post Office directors went crawling back to Fujitsu when IBM project got complex, inquiry told
By Karl FlindersMore details emerge about how close IBM came to replacing Fujitsu and its controversial Horizon system at the Post Office
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20 May 2024
The fall from grace of ex-priest and Post Office boss Paula Vennells
By Karl FlindersAs Paula Vennells faces statutory public inquiry into Horizon scandal, Computer Weekly compiles some of its must-read articles about the controversial former Post Office boss
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17 May 2024
MuleSoft integration tackles EDI supply chain data issues
By Don FluckingerSalesforce integrates EDI data into its platform for users who deal with many suppliers -- or distributors -- with MuleSoft in an attempt to solve an age-old integration snafu.
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17 May 2024
Large organizations drove 2023 acute care EHR market energy
By Hannah NelsonWhile acute care EHR purchasing remained high throughout 2023, Epic was the only health IT vendor to achieve a net increase in acute care EHR market share.
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17 May 2024
Why the UK needs to fix its broken IT security market
By Bill GoodwinOllie Whitehouse, CTO of GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre, says the market for secure software is broken. Are new laws required to make software companies liable for poor security?
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17 May 2024
Differentiation key as Sigma Computing raises $200M
By Eric AvidonThe vendor's attempt to broaden BI use within organizations with a no-code spreadsheet interface helps its tools feel familiar while enabling deep data exploration.
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17 May 2024
Report highlights disagreement among experts on AI safety
By Cliff SaranAn interim AI safety report coming out of the Bletchley Declaration shows AI experts are not in agreement over some of the biggest risks
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17 May 2024
Cato Networks and e& partner to further expand SASE presence in UAE
By Joe O’HalloranGlobal technology group forges partnership with provider to see the establishment of a second point-of-presence in UAE, extending SASE Cloud to enterprises across the region
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17 May 2024
NTT advances IOWN with real-time optical and wireless cooperative control
By Joe O’HalloranNTT applies all-photonics network to advance wireless services for smart factories looking to improve significantly efficiency, cutting costs and enable advanced solutions such as telerobotic operations
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17 May 2024
Canalys adds to narrative of surging cloud spending
By Simon QuickeAnalysts have tracked the increase in spending in Q1, with AI playing a major role in driving investments
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17 May 2024
Post Office CEO Paula Vennells ‘didn’t believe there were miscarriages of justice,’ inquiry told
By Karl FlindersAs the nation waits for the impending appearance of former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells at the public inquiry, a former colleague reveals her certainty that there were no miscarriages of justice
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17 May 2024
Openreach shines as fibre investment hits inflection point in BT financial year
By Joe O’HalloranUK’s leading comms provider posts mixed financial year and reports peak capex on full-fibre broadband roll-out after hitting £3bn cost and service transformation programme a year ahead of schedule
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17 May 2024
Post Office considered asking Computer Weekly to review Horizon IT system
By Karl FlindersThe Post Office CIO was tasked by directors with sizing up Computer Weekly for the task of reviewing a forensic investigation into Horizon
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17 May 2024
Akamai’s cloud computing play gains momentum
By Aaron TanThe company’s compute business could eventually account for the majority of its revenues, surpassing its security and content delivery businesses, says CEO Tom Leighton
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16 May 2024
CIOs face obstacles when scaling generative AI
By John MooreIT leaders can expect data issues, compliance hurdles and technology coordination chores when scaling generative AI. They must also find use cases with the best business value.
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16 May 2024
Post Office IT boss failed to raise concern over false Horizon statements
By Karl FlindersFormer Post Office CIO Lesley Sewell failed to raise concern over Post Office’s false stance on Horizon integrity
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16 May 2024
What LockBitSupp charges mean for ransomware investigations
By Arielle WaldmanAt RSA Conference 2024, Recorded Future's Allan Liska discussed evolving ransomware trends and how authorities recently exposed the LockBit ransomware group ringleader.
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16 May 2024
IBM sells QRadar SaaS assets to Palo Alto Networks
By Alexander CulafiThe deal with Palo Alto Networks comes one year after IBM announced QRadar Suite, an AI-enhanced security platform that combined existing SIEM and XDR products.
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16 May 2024
Signetbreedband taps Nokia to evolve network business services
By Joe O’HalloranGlobal comms tech provider announces partnership with Dutch managed network services provider to enable what it claims will be most solid and resilient business networking services in the Netherlands
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16 May 2024
Databarracks adds depth with PlanB
By Simon QuickeBusiness continuity player Databarracks picks up Scottish business PlanB to add to the services it can put in front of customers
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16 May 2024
Athenahealth launches specialty EHR tools to improve care
By Hannah NelsonAthenahealth has introduced new specialty EHR solutions that aim to meet the clinical and operational needs of women's health and urgent care practices.
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16 May 2024
HMRC Single Trade Window project hits turbulence
By Lis EvenstadLess than a year into the programme to create a Single Trade Window as a digital gateway for traders, HMRC has already gone through a formal dispute resolution process with its supplier
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16 May 2024
Vodafone Business Ireland and RingCentral team for hybrid work collaboration
By Joe O’HalloranBusiness division of telco and cloud comms service provider add Ireland to territories for unified communications and collaboration solutions designed to allow businesses to embrace the evolving landscape of hybrid work
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16 May 2024
Virgin Media O2 claims Shared Rural Network milestone
By Joe O’HalloranCommunity-owned island In the Hebrides becomes 150th site to benefit from improved mobile connectivity after operator deploys helicopters, boats and off-road vehicles to deliver and install a 4G mast to Isle of Eigg
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16 May 2024
Sunak warned against changing foreign student visa rules
By Cliff SaranBusiness leaders have called on prime minister Rishi Sunak not to be pressured into altering the graduate visa route
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16 May 2024
HMRC channel shift to digital ‘too aggressive’, says NAO
By Lis EvenstadHMRC digital services have not had the anticipated effect on customer service it hoped for, NAO report reveals, as the auditor says the department needs to develop more realistic plans
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16 May 2024
Tom Read to bid farewell to GDS
By Lis EvenstadThe Government Digital Service chief is leaving his role, and the civil service as a whole, in June, after three-and-a-half years in charge of the department
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15 May 2024
Avaya looks ahead with acquisition, cloud CX, RingCentral deal
By Don FluckingerRumors of Avaya's demise have been greatly exaggerated, CEO Alan Masarek assures longtime customers while making acquisitions, partnership deals and building a SaaS CX stack.
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15 May 2024
Alteryx unveils AI assistant aimed at improving efficiency
By Eric AvidonThe GenAI assistant, now in preview, aims to provide the data management vendor's users with best practices and other assistance as they develop analytics workflows in Designer.
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15 May 2024
HPE updates Alletra MP, expands block storage to AWS
By Adam ArmstrongHPE is refining its Alletra MP array along with its GreenLake block storage as it doubles capacity, increases lifecycle management and extends to AWS.
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15 May 2024
US authorities crack BreachForums for a second time
By Alex ScroxtonThe BreachForums data leak website has been seized by the FBI and international partners again
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15 May 2024
Schumer's proposed AI policy roadmap blasted by critics
By Makenzie HollandSen. Chuck Schumer's AI policy roadmap wants $32 billion to boost AI innovation. It also prioritizes a federal data privacy framework and existing laws to govern AI.
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15 May 2024
GCHQ to protect politicians and election candidates from cyber attacks
By Bill GoodwinThe National Cyber Security Centre, part of GCHQ, to protect election candidates from hostile state cyber attacks
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15 May 2024
Cyber Safety Force wants to change conversation around risk
By Alex ScroxtonA consortium to help cyber pros better manage risk has launched, with ambitious goals to change the nature of the conversation from cyber security to cyber safety
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15 May 2024
Critical SharePoint, Qakbot-linked flaws focus of May Patch Tuesday
By Alex ScroxtonA critical SharePoint vulnerability warrants attention this month, but it is another flaw that seems to be linked to the infamous Qakbot malware that is drawing attention
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15 May 2024
Daisy survey reveals customers are investing in future-proofing while reducing costs
By Simon QuickeFirm Daisy Corporate Services quizzes customers to lift the lid on concerns and share their planned technology investment areas
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15 May 2024
WikiLeaks founder’s extradition case labelled ‘institutional corruption’
By Charlie MoloneyCall for Julian Assange to be prosecuted in the US has been condemned as ‘institutional corruption on a judicial level’ with the WikiLeaks founder a ‘political prisoner’
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15 May 2024
DBT Labs unveils AI assistant, more tools to transform data
By Eric AvidonThe data transformation specialist's latest update includes new governance and metadata management capabilities as well as an AI-powered copilot for developer efficiency.
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15 May 2024
Infinigate outlines ambitions for fiscal year
By Simon QuickeDistributor keen to expand channel relationships and increase activity with managed service provider community
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15 May 2024
AI-driven attacks seen as chief cloud security threat
By Alexander CulafiTried and true cloud security threats are on the rise. But according to a new report from Palo Alto Networks, the specter of generative AI threats has organizations concerned.
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15 May 2024
Government focuses on improving AI security
By Cliff SaranTwo codes of practice are now available to help developers boost the security of their AI applications
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15 May 2024
AWS CEO Adam Selipsky to step down in June 2024
By Caroline DonnellyAfter three years heading up the world’s biggest public cloud company, Adam Selipsky is stepping down to be replaced by long-time Amazon staffer Matt Garman
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15 May 2024
Continental implements cross-domain high-performance computer in a car
By Joe O’HalloranQualcomm teams with automotive firm to implement a cross-domain high-performance computer in a car based on cloud-based Automotive Edge Framework and Snapdragon system-on-chip
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15 May 2024
HP, Google bring Starline collaboration out of lab and into workplace
By Joe O’HalloranTech firms unveil collaboration technology project based on AI and 3D imaging, designed to make co-workers feel like they’re together from any distance
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15 May 2024
Comms director at centre of cover-up never thought Post Office were the ‘baddies’
By Karl FlindersHead of communications at the Post Office painted a rosy picture of the error-prone Horizon system when challenged
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15 May 2024
Google ups ante in GenAI with Gemini enhancements
By Aaron TanGoogle has updated Gemini 1.5 Pro with a two-million-token context window and debuted a smaller, lightweight model optimised for high-frequency, specialised tasks
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14 May 2024
Google readies Gemini for Workspace, adds AI 'Teammate'
By Antone GonsalvesGoogle will roll out new GenAI in Gmail and Docs first and then other apps throughout the year. In 2025, Google plans to introduce an AI-powered assistant named Teammate.
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14 May 2024
Microsoft handles 2 Windows zero-days on May Patch Tuesday
By Tom WalatIn addition to the Windows vulnerabilities exploited in the wild, admins should focus on patching multiple flaws in web browsers from Google, Microsoft and Mozilla.
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14 May 2024
Genesys debuts customer service GenAI, journey management
By Don FluckingerCustomer journey management and a bevy of generative AI tools, including more trademark empathy detection, were added to Genesys Cloud's contact center platform.
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14 May 2024
Google Gemini generative AI hits all products, including Search
By Shaun SutnerThe tech giant made its Gemini GenAI model more powerful and rolled out new Gemini-powered products for enterprises and consumers.
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14 May 2024
What Google Gemini AI updates mean for software developers
By Beth PariseauGoogle's AI dev tools deliver natively multi-modal models that can process huge amounts of data more efficiently and affordably, making it easier to develop apps using AI.
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14 May 2024
GenAI complicates IT vendor management
By John MooreIT leaders at the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium cited the challenge of managing the 'explosion' of GenAI companies while also working with vendors in maturing technology sectors.
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14 May 2024
VMware Cloud on AWS now sold exclusively by Broadcom
By Tim McCarthyBroadcom discontinues AWS as a reseller of VMware Cloud on AWS, further evidence that it wants hands-on control of how the VM technology is sold, supported and distributed.
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14 May 2024
CIOs play a role in responding to cybersecurity regulations
By Makenzie HollandCIOs will need to pay attention to cybersecurity regulations that often include multiple requirements for businesses to maintain safe and secure IT systems.
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14 May 2024
Matt Garman to replace Adam Selipsky as AWS CEO
By Tim McCarthyMatt Garman will become the new CEO at AWS. He will replace Adam Selipsky, a tech veteran who came to the role when current Amazon CEO Andy Jassy took over for Jeff Bezos.
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14 May 2024
Generative AI adoption outpacing all other forms of AI
By Eric AvidonA recent survey by the research and advisory firm found that deployment of generative artificial intelligence has exploded after barely being a consideration in the past.
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14 May 2024
Google discloses 2 zero-day vulnerabilities in less than a week
By Arielle WaldmanGoogle released fixed versions to address the two vulnerabilities in its Chrome web browser, but the updates will roll out in stages with no specific dates available.
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14 May 2024
China poses genuine and increasing cyber security risk to UK, says GCHQ director
By Bill GoodwinGCHQ director Anne Keast-Butler uses her first major public speech to warn that China poses a significant cyber security threat to the UK
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14 May 2024
HR vendors give managers more upskilling control
By Patrick ThibodeauNew tools from Oracle and ServiceNow focus on giving business leaders more control over upskilling and reskilling in an effort to address the AI skills gap.
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14 May 2024
Scotland’s Post Office scandal victims to be exonerated en masse
By Karl FlindersThe Scottish parliament will introduce its own legislation to exonerate subpostmasters with convictions based on evidence from Post Office Horizon system
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14 May 2024
QStar launches tape access from anywhere with Global ArchiveSpace
By Antony AdsheadTape veteran provides file and object access to Exabyte scale archives aimed at AI, high-performance computing and hyperscaler storage. Single-site for now, multi-site to follow
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14 May 2024
Cradlepoint enhances MSP programme
By Simon QuickeNetworking player Cradlepoint improves managed service offering to encourage more partners to get behind 5G
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14 May 2024
SonicWall CEO talks transformation, security transparency
By Alexander CulafiSonicWall's CEO said that following a string of serious vulnerabilities the company responded to in 2021, product development and quality assurance operations were overhauled.
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14 May 2024
CyberUK 24: UK insurance industry gets tough on ransomware
By Alex ScroxtonThree of the UK’s largest insurance associations have signed on to a new initiative spearheaded by the NCSC to try to bring down the number of ransomware payments being made
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14 May 2024
Security hampers shift towards cloud printing
By Simon QuickeCustomers have been moving towards off-premise options, but concerns around data integrity remain
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14 May 2024
Salesforce adds generative AI tools to Education Cloud
By Don FluckingerCustomers discuss Salesforce's GenAI push into education with features that target business process automation for K-12 and college students and administrators.
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14 May 2024
NetApp upgrades AFF all-flash as it targets AI storage
By Antony AdsheadNew AFF arrays offer performance boost for artificial intelligence, while NetApp trumpets its advantages as a provider of sustainable and intelligent infrastructure for all kinds of workloads
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14 May 2024
Spectra Logic, Geyser Data launch tape as a service
By Adam ArmstrongSpectra Logic and Geyser Data are partnering to provide an as-a-service offering for tape, which gives customers access to tape storage in the cloud.
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14 May 2024
NetApp freshens storage hardware with AFF A-Series flash
By Tim McCarthyA new line of flash storage hardware focused on high availability and performance headlines NetApp's new offerings along with several storage software updates.
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14 May 2024
CMA to double spend with AWS while overseeing anti-trust probe into cloud giant
By Caroline DonnellyThe CMA has reignited concerns about how its use of AWS could constitute a conflict of interest, given the public cloud giant is the subject of an anti-trust probe by the watchdog
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14 May 2024
NHS trust dismisses governors who questioned allegations of email tampering
By Tommy GreeneTwo NHS trust governors who raised questions in a dispute over allegations of email tampering concerning whistleblower Peter Duffy have been dismissed after an investigation that followed their suspension
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13 May 2024
OpenAI advances LLM with GPT-4o; Google Gemini update looms
By Shaun SutnerThe GenAI giant is out with a faster, more interactive version of its GPT-4 LLM for enterprises, and new, higher speed features for the consumer-focused ChatGPT Free.
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13 May 2024
Startup partnerships at MIT Sloan event rev sales channels
By John MooreEarly-stage companies featured at MIT Sloan's annual CIO event tap partners to speed up technology deployment and broaden their offerings and distribution channels.
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13 May 2024
Alation adds automation to deal with exploding data volume
By Eric AvidonThe data catalog specialist's Workflow Automation provides customers with bots and prebuilt workflows that aid data stewardship by automating repetitive data management tasks.
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13 May 2024
Maria 01 rolls out ambitious pan-Europe startup plan
By Gerard O'DwyerTen-year plan will see pan-Nordic tech startup ecosystem based in Finnish capital
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13 May 2024
Bristol goes live with UK AI supercomputer
By Cliff SaranThe Isambard-AI supercomputer is set to revolutionise AI research in the UK
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13 May 2024
NTT DATA benefits from strong SAP channel position
By Simon QuickeFirm shares full year numbers, breaking records and talking of the trust its SME customer base has in the business
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13 May 2024
Cloud spending continues despite economic challenges
By Simon QuickeResearch from the Cloud Industry Forum explores current customer attitudes and their expectations around the impact of AI
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13 May 2024
3 care orgs pursue interoperability with Epic EHR systems
By Hannah NelsonAlbany Medical Center, WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals, and Vanderbilt Home Care have recently announced Epic EHR implementations to support health data interoperability.
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13 May 2024
How SingPost is delivering on digital transformation
By Aaron TanSingPost group CIO outlines the company’s efforts to leverage AI and automation to improve operations, emphasising the importance of building the right culture as it expands its regional footprint
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13 May 2024
Norway bolsters digital transformation drive
By Gerard O'DwyerNorway’s government backs digital transformation with major capital investment this year
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13 May 2024
Executive interview: AWS’s GenAI innovation opportunity
By Cliff SaranWe speak to the head of the GenAI Innovation Center for Amazon Web Services about AI, tech innovation and IT challenges
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10 May 2024
Data startups at MIT Sloan CIO event aim to fill tech gaps
By John MooreCleanlab, The Modern Data Company and Pyte seek to address data quality issues, metadata management and the perils of multiparty data collaboration, respectively.
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10 May 2024
Major breach of customer information developing at Dell
By Alex ScroxtonAlmost 50 million data records relating to Dell customers appear to have been compromised in a major cyber breach
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10 May 2024
Generative AI is everywhere – but policy is still missing
By Steve RangerUse of advanced artificial intelligence is outpacing organisations’ ability to govern the technology, warns ISACA research
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10 May 2024
US officials optimistic on AI but warn of risks, abuse
By Rob WrightFederal government leaders at RSA Conference 2024 touted the benefits of AI pilot programs but also outlined how a variety of threat actors are currently abusing the technology.