TechTarget News
News from TechTarget's global network of independent journalists. Stay current with the latest news stories. Browse thousands of articles covering hundreds of focused tech and business topics available on TechTarget's platform.Latest News
-
04 Oct 2024
Dockworkers' fight a warning about the future of work
By Patrick ThibodeauDockworkers are fighting for the future of work, fearing automation will take their jobs. Even those who stay employed worry that the tech will strip their work of its worth.
-
04 Oct 2024
UK telcos including BT at risk from DrayTek router vulnerabilities
By Alex ScroxtonA series of vulnerabilities in DrayTek's Vigor router product lines affects multiple comms service providers in the UK, according to new analysis
-
04 Oct 2024
Companies invest in climate technology to reduce emissions
By Makenzie HollandAnalyst firm GlobalData identified four major climate tech investments businesses are making now to reach 2030 carbon emission reduction goals.
- Latest news from around the world
All News from the past 365 days
-
12 Oct 2023
FloLive, Kigen team with Protahub to provide local IoT cellular connectivity in Turkey
By Joe O’HalloranCellular network and IoT connectivity providers partner with Turkish next-gen telco technology firm to provide services in region where permanent roaming is impossible and IP data must be routed locally
-
11 Oct 2023
GenAI moves into enterprise spend at SAP Spend Connect
By Jim O'DonnellAt Spend Connect Live, SAP unveiled plans to embed generative AI into its spend management applications and introduced its Spend Control Tower for enterprise spend analysis.
-
11 Oct 2023
Hitachi Vantara gives single view of storage
By Adam ArmstrongTo reduce complexity, Hitachi Vantara released a storage platform aimed at unifying data management, but it will need to find ways to differentiate its offering, says one analyst.
-
11 Oct 2023
Google breakup unlikely in event of guilty verdict
By Makenzie HollandGoogle is going through an antitrust trial in which a guilty verdict could result in remedies to fix the illegal behavior. But it's unlikely that Google would face a breakup.
-
11 Oct 2023
AMD tries to differentiate in AI market with acquisition
By Esther AjaoThe acquisition of the open source startup helps the chip vendor compete in the optimization market and offer flexibility compared to competitors such as Nvidia.
-
11 Oct 2023
Exec: Key new HashiCorp Terraform feature enabled by BSL
By Beth PariseauHashiCorp Terraform Stacks will be available in the free Community Edition in part due to development funded by its recent license change, one company official says.
-
11 Oct 2023
How Agatha Christie inspired this year’s Most Influential Woman in UK Tech
By Clare McDonaldFrom crime dramas to intelligence, this year’s Most Influential Woman in UK Tech, Suki Fuller, talks about her path into the tech sector and the ever-changing nature of the digital world
-
11 Oct 2023
Computer Weekly’s Women in UK Tech Rising Stars 2023
By Clare McDonaldEach year, Computer Weekly selects a number of Rising Stars in the women in tech sector who are making waves in the women, diversity and inclusion in tech space and may find themselves on the top 50 list in the future
-
11 Oct 2023
Computer Weekly announces the Most Influential Women in UK Tech 2023
By Clare McDonaldComputer Weekly has revealed who is on the 2023 list of the 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech, including this year’s winner, Suki Fuller
-
11 Oct 2023
Google Cloud Announces Generative AI Search Capabilities for Healthcare
By Hannah NelsonNew generative AI search features from Google Cloud aim to help drive efficiencies across the healthcare industry and improve clinical decision support.
-
11 Oct 2023
Adobe unveils Firefly AI models to quickly make vivid images
By Mary ReinesThe CX and multimedia vendor amps up its generative AI image creation offerings with Prompt Guidance, vector graphic production, template generation and photo-style image tweaks.
-
11 Oct 2023
Terraform Registry TOS change stokes open source ire
By Beth PariseauCommunity members allege that HashiCorp quietly changed the terms of service for its Terraform Registry in order to complicate efforts to fork the code.
-
11 Oct 2023
Google Cloud Announces Generative AI Search Capabilities for Healthcare
By Hannah NelsonNew generative AI search features from Google Cloud aim to help drive efficiencies across the healthcare industry and improve clinical decision support.
-
11 Oct 2023
SCC shines in Rigby Group FY results
By Simon QuickeChannel arm continues to deliver growth as Rigby Group shares its performance for the past fiscal year
-
11 Oct 2023
Google encouraging partners to embrace generative AI
By Simon QuickeCloud giant unveils a number of partner programme enhancements as it looks to support more of a push into artificial intelligence
-
11 Oct 2023
Data catalog expert Alation unveils genAI, benchmark tools
By Eric AvidonAnalytics Cloud enables users to measure the maturity of their data management and analytics operations while new generative AI tools address the efficiency of data workers.
-
11 Oct 2023
FYUZ 2023: TIP gears up for continued comms evolution
By Joe O’HalloranTrade association created to accelerate pace of innovation in worldwide mobile and fixed telecoms industries sees steady progress as leading operators accelerate Open RAN deployment
-
11 Oct 2023
New Box Hubs uses AI to curate content, target users
By Shaun SutnerThe vendor adds a new internal publishing system to its stable of content management tools. It enables users to curate and publish select content within an organization.
-
11 Oct 2023
DEA Extends Telemedicine Prescription of Controlled Medicines
By Veronica SalibLast week, the DEA and HHS announced that they would extend the COVID-19 telemedicine prescription flexibilities for controlled substances until the end of 2024.
-
11 Oct 2023
High Nursing Home Staff Turnover Yields Poorer Care Quality
By Victoria BaileyA 10-percentage point increase in staff turnover was associated with more health inspection citations and worse quality measures.
-
11 Oct 2023
FYUZ 2023: Connectivity the key to metaverse success
By Joe O’HalloranTelefónica spells out clearly the vital need for infrastructure innovation to support the imminent range of immersive applications and use cases from the metaverse
-
11 Oct 2023
Public sector buyers of AI tech must interrogate its suitability
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe Ada Lovelace Institute has published a review on public sector use of artificial intelligence foundation models, looking at the risks and opportunities associated with the technology, and how these can be dealt with from the early stages of procurement onwards
-
11 Oct 2023
Non-Profit Hospitals Up Community Benefits to $130B
By Jacqueline LaPointeNon-profit hospitals provided $20B more in community benefits in 2020, making up 15.5% of total expenses, AHA reports.
-
11 Oct 2023
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust uses RealWear headsets for training
By Cliff SaranNHS trauma and orthopaedic department deploys head-mounted cameras to livestream surgeon’s view footage of operations to classroom
-
11 Oct 2023
Why only 1% of the Snowden Archive will ever be published
By Stefania MauriziSpeaking to Computer Weekly after we published new revelations from the Snowden archive, the Guardian’s Pulitzer Prize winner, Ewen MacAskill, explains why more of the Snowden trove is unlikely to see the light of day
-
11 Oct 2023
Patients Want Doc Counsel Under Cures Act Patient Data Access Rules
By Sara HeathPatient anxiety levels go down when patients meet with providers under the 21st Century Cures Act patient data access rules.
-
11 Oct 2023
Evernorth Adds Asynchronous Telehealth Options to MDLIVE
By Anuja VaidyaBy acquiring Bright.md, Evernorth Health Services will provide asynchronous telehealth services to MDLIVE’s virtual care patients starting next year.
-
11 Oct 2023
Does Medicaid Managed Care Impact Specialty Care Access for Kids?
By Victoria BaileyMedicaid managed care enrollment was tied to limited mental health professional visits but did not impact other specialty care access.
-
11 Oct 2023
FDA Issues Update on the Philips BiPAP and CPAP Recalls
By Veronica SalibA statement attributed to Jeff Shuren, MD, JD, director of the FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health, was issued on October 5, 2023.
-
11 Oct 2023
AHIMA Launches Social Determinants of Health Data Initiative
By Shania KennedyAHIMA announced that its new Data for Better Health initiative aims to transform healthcare and improve patient outcomes through the use of SDOH data.
-
11 Oct 2023
Pure offers Evergreen energy and rackspace cost guarantees
By Antony AdsheadPure Storage will take upfront payments for power and rackspace and guarantee those for product lifecycles in its Evergreen One, Flex and Forever consumption purchasing models
-
11 Oct 2023
Telstra to acquire Versent for A$267.5m
By Aaron TanThe move is expected to bolster Telstra’s enterprise IT services business and support international expansion
-
10 Oct 2023
Microsoft tackles three zero-days for October Patch Tuesday
By Tom WalatThe company releases fixes for several products affected by the HTTP/2 "Rapid Reset" vulnerability to help curb widespread Distributed Denial-of-Service attacks.
-
10 Oct 2023
OpenText's Aviator AI services 10 years in the making
By Don FluckingerOpenText's AI services for content, operations, DevOps, security and digital experience represent a blend of homegrown, acquired and licensed technologies.
-
10 Oct 2023
'Rapid Reset' DDoS attacks exploiting HTTP/2 vulnerability
By Alexander CulafiCloudflare said the Rapid Reset DDoS attack was three times larger than the attack it had on record. Google similarly called it 'the largest DDoS attack to date.'
-
10 Oct 2023
Canalys sees glimmer of hope in PC sector
By Cliff SaranThe PC industry experienced another quarter of decline, but the outlook is more promising
-
10 Oct 2023
Commodity IoT providers fail to deliver on resilient connectivity
By Joe O’HalloranReport reveals stark finding that IoT success is in danger of being jeopardised as only 1% of firms are achieving ubiquitous global connectivity
-
10 Oct 2023
Google's DORA DevOps report warns against metrics misuse
By Beth PariseauThis year's DORA DevOps report echoes the experiences of one organization that has applied them in practice: DORA metrics can be powerful but aren't always an exact science.
-
10 Oct 2023
3 things to know about California's new climate laws
By Makenzie HollandBusinesses have three years to prepare for California's new climate laws, which will require carbon emission and climate risk reporting.
-
10 Oct 2023
Deutsche Telekom unveils new global enterprise network
By Joe O’HalloranGlobal network to use operator’s globally distributed mobile networks and AWS global backbone
-
10 Oct 2023
Openreach Scotland broadband build reaches one million properties
By Joe O’HalloranPace of UK ultrafast broadband roll-out in Scotland quickens as Openreach reveals that deployment passes one million homes and businesses while defying received wisdom regarding locations as small towns dominate list of places with highest levels of fibre
-
10 Oct 2023
MGM faces £100m loss from cyber attack on its casinos
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonMGM Resorts has provided further details on the fallout of the hack targeting its casinos in early September, confirming that a range of personal information has been stolen and that it will likely cost the firm around $100m
-
10 Oct 2023
UK altnets see record-breaking data consumption, warn of rural dislocation
By Joe O’HalloranTwo of the UK’s leading alternative broadband suppliers reveal key opportunities and challenges in addressing the increasing connectivity needs of businesses, especially those located outside of metropolitan areas
-
10 Oct 2023
Generative Artificial Intelligence Collaborative Launched at HLTH 2023
By Shania KennedyA collective of providers, payers, and other stakeholders have launched VALID AI to explore use cases and best practices for generative AI in healthcare.
-
10 Oct 2023
Walmart Expands Virtual Primary Care for Employees Nationwide
By Anuja VaidyaFollowing a successful pilot, Walmart and its virtual care partner, Included Health, are expanding the service, which includes integrated behavioral healthcare.
-
10 Oct 2023
Pure Storage adds cloud disaster recovery SaaS for VMs
By Tim McCarthyVSphere VMs can recover from AWS EC2 instances with a new disaster recovery service from Pure Storage. The vendor is also debuting new energy efficiency guarantees.
-
10 Oct 2023
FDA Updates Infant Formula Compliance Program
By Veronica SalibThe FDA has updated its infant formula compliance program after multiple infant formula recalls in the past year.
-
10 Oct 2023
Singtel NaaS offering to ease hybrid network management
By Aaron TanSingtel CUBΣ is touted to make it easier for enterprises to manage, scale and automate deployment of networking resources in a hybrid network environment
-
10 Oct 2023
Value-Based Payments in Medicaid Tied to More Behavioral Health Visits
By Victoria BaileyUnder New York state’s Medicaid value-based payment program, patients with depression saw an increase of 0.91 behavioral visits.
-
10 Oct 2023
Climb Global Solutions picks up DataSolutions
By Simon QuickeAddition of security and cloud-focused distributor will add more UK coverage and more suppliers to the portfolio
-
10 Oct 2023
Digital Patient Experience Hinges on Online Appointment Scheduling
By Sara Heath80% of consumers said they’d use online appointment scheduling tools if available, underscoring the tech as the key part of the digital patient experience.
-
10 Oct 2023
EHR Vendor NextGen Releases AI Solution to Boost Provider Efficiency
By Hannah NelsonThe new AI solution within EHR vendor NextGen Healthcare’s mobile application aims to enhance provider efficiency by summarizing clinical encounters.
-
10 Oct 2023
IT and contact centre leaders embrace conversational AI or fear falling behind
By Joe O’HalloranStudy finds contact centres are on the precipice of a new era as AI begins to deliver and users are increasingly turning to digital channels for information, purchases and support. But efficiency and effectiveness a point of contention
-
10 Oct 2023
Pediatric Telemental Health Use Swells to 2,300% of Pre-Pandemic Levels
By Anuja VaidyaPediatric telemental health use surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing 30-fold over pre-pandemic levels by August 2022.
-
10 Oct 2023
What Are Major Payers Offering Medicare Advantage Members in 2024?
By Victoria BaileyUnitedHealthcare, Humana, Cigna, and Aetna are aiming to keep premiums and prescription drug costs low for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries in 2024.
-
10 Oct 2023
Vodafone inks Open RAN landmark in Italy and makes first Open RAN call in Romania
By Joe O’HalloranOperator and leading coms tech provider unveil technology partnership in key territory designed to strengthen Europe’s standing in software-based networks and achieve functionality and performance parity that compares to its purpose-built solutions
-
10 Oct 2023
Atos opens Olympics operations hub
By Joe O’HalloranIT services provider aims to deliver a more connected and technologically advanced Olympic and Paralympic Games for athletes, sports federations, the media and general public
-
09 Oct 2023
Oxa and eVersum develop and deploy autonomous passenger shuttles
By Joe O’HalloranAutonomous vehicle software developer and provider of electric commercial vehicles and passenger transport solutions unveil self-driving, zero-carbon eShuttles claimed to herald new era in public transportation sector
-
09 Oct 2023
DEA Extends Virtual Prescribing Flexibilities Through 2024
By Anuja VaidyaWith the extension, healthcare providers can prescribe controlled substances, including Adderall and Vicodin, through telehealth without a prior in-person exam.
-
09 Oct 2023
MGMA: Sustainable Financing Needed to Protect Rural Healthcare
By Jacqueline LaPointeCongress needs to avert a looming Medicare payment cut and implement prior authorization reform to improve access to rural healthcare, MGMA says.
-
09 Oct 2023
UHC Commercial Plan Focuses on Price Transparency, Preventive Care
By Kelsey WaddillThe payer’s emphasis on preventive care may have contributed to its and strong re-enrollment rate.
-
09 Oct 2023
VMware reaffirms commitment to Tanzu
By Aaron TanVMware CEO Raghu Raghuram emphasises the importance of having an infrastructure stack capable of supporting applications, with VMware Tanzu playing a pivotal role
-
09 Oct 2023
Controlling Oncology Costs with Cross-Benefit Drug Management
By OptumIn the ever-changing oncology landscape, cross-benefit drug management tackles challenges, reduces costs, and shapes the future of care.
-
06 Oct 2023
Walmart works on carbon emissions, prepares for new rules
By Makenzie HollandWalmart is working on its carbon emissions reduction goals as the EU, U.S. and states like California advance carbon emission and climate risk reporting rules.
-
06 Oct 2023
How machine learning can combat climate change
By Lev CraigMachine learning can produce sustainability insights and help plan effective climate action. But researchers face challenges around data, compute and AI's own environmental impact.
-
06 Oct 2023
Dell PowerFlex hits 4.5, Apex Block Storage hits Azure
By Adam ArmstrongDell's software-defined storage offering, PowerFlex, gets an update that provides better infrastructure monitoring, more file services and a new Apex Block Storage option.
-
06 Oct 2023
Infor Enterprise Automation looks to ease RPA for ERP
By Jim O'DonnellInfor unveiled Enterprise Automation, which is designed to help customers bring RPA to Infor cloud ERP applications and Developer Portal, a development and integration environment.
-
06 Oct 2023
HR costs rise as data suggests tech can cut HR staff
By Patrick ThibodeauNew research shows that high-performing HR departments leverage tech and have 40% fewer HR staff. But one expert advised caution when adopting 'shiny, new' capabilities.
-
06 Oct 2023
MGM faces $100M loss from ransomware attack
By Arielle WaldmanMGM's 8-K filing revealed some personal customer data was stolen during the September attack and said the company expects cyber insurance to sufficiently cover the losses.
-
06 Oct 2023
Amazon launches DataZone, a new data management service
By Eric AvidonThe tech giant's new service provides data governance, collaboration and catalog capabilities that enable organizations to find and operationalize data to inform decisions.
-
06 Oct 2023
Isle of Wight NHS Trust gives shot in the arm to unified communications
By Joe O’HalloranAs part of its mission to help organisations of all sizes drive digital transformation, systems integrator works with NHS Trust to ensure it can achieve improved communications service
-
06 Oct 2023
VA Announces Health Data Sharing Pledge to Boost Veteran Experience
By Hannah NelsonVA and 13 healthcare systems, including Kaiser Permanente and Intermountain, have pledged to improve the Veteran experience through health data sharing.
-
06 Oct 2023
Ofcom cloud report: What interventions could the CMA take against AWS and Microsoft?
By Caroline DonnellyOfcom's year-long look at the inner workings of the UK cloud market has now drawn to a close, leaving the Competition and Markets Authority left to work out what steps to take to bolster the sector’s competitiveness
-
06 Oct 2023
Data-sharing strategy needs business buy-in
By Cliff SaranA Forrester Consulting survey for Capital One Software has found that data experts and businesspeople have differing views on success
-
06 Oct 2023
Samsung Strikes Hospital Partnerships for Digital Health Research
By Anuja VaidyaThe electronics company is collaborating with hospitals like Brigham & Women’s to examine smartwatch and algorithm use in enhancing healthcare research and delivery.
-
06 Oct 2023
Hyperoptic reaches customer milestone
By Joe O’HalloranThree months after connecting more than 100,000 new-build homes to its full-fibre network, leading altnet announces it is more than halfway in reaching 500,000 customers and passing two million homes
-
06 Oct 2023
New Physicians See Plenty of Job Offers but Burnout Impacts Choices
By Victoria BaileyOver 80 percent of new physicians reported experiencing feelings of burnout during their training, which may exacerbate workforce challenges.
-
06 Oct 2023
Medicaid Expansion Improved Health Equity for Redlined Areas
By Kelsey WaddillUninsurance rates were worse in historically redlined areas in the seven states that have not adopted Medicaid expansion, leading to a lack of health equity.
-
06 Oct 2023
US 5G users willing to pay premium for enhanced experience
By Joe O’HalloranResearch from leading comms tech provider finds greatest connectivity issues faced by US consumers are at airports, stadiums and concert venues, and over a quarter of US 5G users have switched providers since the launch
-
06 Oct 2023
Health Equity Accreditation Aims to Provide Actionable Roadmap
By Sara HeathURAC said the health equity accreditation will help organizations that have a commitment to health equity and guide their actions forward.
-
06 Oct 2023
New Bill Aims to Enable Virtual Cardiac Rehab for Medicare Patients
By Anuja VaidyaThe newly introduced bill would make permanent a pandemic-era flexibility that allows Medicare reimbursement for home-based cardiac rehab delivered via telehealth.
-
06 Oct 2023
FDA Issues Guidance on Drug Development for Stimulant Use Disorders
By Veronica SalibOnce finalized, the draft guidance will provide recommendations for clinical trial design and drug development protocols to manage stimulant use disorders.
-
06 Oct 2023
Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis at 30 Reduces Life Expectancy by 14 Years
By Veronica SalibThe study implied that every decade earlier a patient is diagnosed correlates to a 3- or 4-year decline in life expectancy.
-
06 Oct 2023
Three deploys CommScope 6-beam antennas to support events mobile
By Joe O’HalloranFestival goers in the UK and Ireland reported increased mobile network capacity on networks at a series of large events this summer, supported by the use of multi-antenna technology
-
06 Oct 2023
Hydrogen fuel cells could find their way into more datacentres
By Aaron TanHydrogen fuel cells are more efficient and cleaner than alternative generator technologies, making them environmentally sustainable backup power supply options for datacentres, study finds