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13 Dec 2024
Last-minute geek gift ideas for the holidays
Still searching for holiday gifts for geeks? Try these offbeat suggestions recommended by our panel of consultants, from the practical to the fantastic and everything in between.
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13 Dec 2024
Google Cloud’s Agentspace to unlock enterprise data
Agentspace uses AI agents to automate workflows and connect to multiple data sources to perform tasks and deliver insights, boosting enterprise productivity and efficiency
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13 Dec 2024
High health costs force small employers to up cost-sharing
As small businesses struggle to keep up with rising healthcare costs, many have increased cost-sharing for their workers in both single and family coverage.
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25 Oct 2024
Zoom launches version 2.0 of AI Companion
Version 2.0 of artificial intelligence assistant tool sees enhancements such as additional capabilities to help expand context, synthesise information and take action to give users time to focus on meaningful work and build connections
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25 Oct 2024
Lords committee warns about risks of the UK losing its EU data adequacy
The UK government must work with the European Commission (EC) to secure a renewal of UK’s two data adequacy statuses, says cross-party Lords committee, in stark warning about impacts of losing the ability to seamlessly exchange citizens’ personal data
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25 Oct 2024
Microsoft puts light on veteran hiring amid DEI backlash
The political and legal backlash over diversity and inclusion efforts isn't stopping Microsoft from expanding the scope of its diversity reporting.
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25 Oct 2024
TreeHouse Foods expands recall of waffles, pancakes
TreeHouse Foods expands its recall of waffles and pancakes from major retailers, like Walmart, Target, Aldi, Dollar General, Kroger, Publix, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's and more.
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25 Oct 2024
HHS, NIST conference: OCR identifies top priority areas
Updating the HIPAA Security Rule is one of OCR's current top priorities, OCR Director Melanie Fontes Rainer said during an HHS/NIST conference on safeguarding health information.
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25 Oct 2024
IR35: Fallout from public-private sector reforms still being felt by IT contractors
Research from accountancy consultancy Sapphire suggests IT contractors are still feeling the downbeat effects of the IR35 reforms
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25 Oct 2024
Has hospital price transparency affected healthcare costs?
Data indicates that hospital price transparency laws have caused healthcare costs to level off.
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25 Oct 2024
Lenovo points partners in the direction of growth areas
Roll-out of tailored journeys with 360 framework enhancements indicate where the vendor expects success to come from
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25 Oct 2024
Dutch critical infrastructure at risk despite high leadership confidence
Stark paradox in Dutch cyber security landscape has business leaders expressing high confidence in their IT infrastructure as cyber attacks rise
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25 Oct 2024
Cisco looks to transform customer experiences with Webex AI Agent
Collaboration and customer technology arm of Cisco automates contact centre inquiries with conversational intelligence to change how businesses interact with and support customers
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25 Oct 2024
How Infoblox is tackling multicloud complexity and boosting security
Infoblox CEO Scott Harrell discusses the company’s new Universal DDI service designed to address the growing challenges of managing network security in hybrid IT environments
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24 Oct 2024
Cisco ASA and FTD zero day used in password spraying attacks
One day after Cisco disclosed a zero-day vulnerability discovered in its VPN software, CISA added the flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
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24 Oct 2024
Linkerd stable release paywall worked, Buoyant CEO says
Buoyant's CEO urged other CNCF projects to follow Linkerd's lead in holding back stable releases for paying customers, but analysts don't echo that recommendation.
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24 Oct 2024
Growing AI energy use, tech workloads constrain IT
Speakers at Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2024 warned of rising energy use and cost. Workarounds include acceleration; microgrids; and, eventually, emerging technologies.
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24 Oct 2024
Government ‘urged’ to overturn all convictions based on Post Office Capture
Influential group has written to the government calling for legislation to overturn the criminal convictions of former subpostmasters that were based on Capture system data
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24 Oct 2024
AWS, Box expand partnership for Q generative AI, app dev
Box users get deeper AWS integrations that enable Q Business generative AI agents, as well as the capability to build apps in Bedrock, AWS' multi-LLM AI platform.
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24 Oct 2024
Fortinet FortiManager zero-day flaw exploited since June
Mandiant researchers first observed exploitation activity against CVE-2024-47575 on June 27, with more than 50 FortiManager devices compromised since.
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24 Oct 2024
Data bill will boost NHS and police access to data, says government
The Data Use and Access Bill will pave the way for sharing medical records across the NHS and give police the ability to access databases without having to manually log the reasons for their use
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24 Oct 2024
ASTP highlights ongoing issues with information blocking
Despite prohibition of information blocking in April 2021, issues with the access, exchange and use of electronic health information (EHI) persist across the care continuum.
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24 Oct 2024
AWS CDK security issue could lead to account takeovers
Aqua Security researchers discovered AWS Cloud Development Kit is susceptible to an attack vector the vendor refers to as 'shadows resources,' which can put accounts at risk.
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24 Oct 2024
Prudential taps AI to improve health insurance experience
Insurance giant Prudential teams up with Google Cloud to streamline claims processing, personalise healthcare journeys and improve health outcomes
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24 Oct 2024
Softcat CEO talks opportunities, expansion and the impact of AI
With the channel player sharing its full-year numbers, its boss has talked in greater depth about the business
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24 Oct 2024
Warning shots fired as former subpostmasters have ‘useful’ meeting with Post Office CEO
Acting CEO meets two campaigning former subpostmasters emphasising need for their input into the Post Office’s future direction, including its branch system development
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24 Oct 2024
Softcat provides investor cheer with solid FY24
Channel player continues almost two decades-long stretch of delivering double-digit growth, despite tough market conditions
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24 Oct 2024
Wireless Broadband gets on the move for seamless Wi-Fi connectivity
Wireless Broadband releases its report on wireless connectivity for moving networks, inviting global wireless ecosystem to join its moving network trials
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24 Oct 2024
Datatec shares H1 2025 numbers
Results shine light on progress being made by Westcon-Comstor and Logicalis towards increasing recurring revenue
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24 Oct 2024
AI drives more Ethernet, everywhere
Study from test and assurance services provider reveals ‘unprecedented’ demand and innovation for what is said to be Ethernet’s biggest transformation in decades
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24 Oct 2024
Vodafone, Qualcomm and Ericsson trial 5G mmWave in UK
Global comms tech provider, mobile processor platform firm and telco unite on 5G mmWave trials demonstrating fixed mobile access and avoiding network congestion in stadium connectivity use case
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24 Oct 2024
Nvidia deepens investment in India’s AI ecosystem
Nvidia is expanding its presence in India through new partnerships focused on building AI infrastructure, developing Indian language models and training AI professionals
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23 Oct 2024
Arcserve prioritizes cloud choice with UDP platform update
Data backup specialist Arcserve is expanding the data resilience capabilities of its flagship platform with Azure support, multi-replication and malware detection from Microsoft.
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23 Oct 2024
Certinia co-founder discusses generative AI for ERP, Salesforce
Certinia, formerly FinancialForce, changed names and added customer success to its line of ERP tools for Salesforce. We discuss the transition with co-founder Deb Ashton.
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23 Oct 2024
Fortinet discloses critical zero-day flaw in FortiManager
According to Fortinet, the FortiManager vulnerability 'may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or commands via specially crafted requests.'
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23 Oct 2024
Agentic AI sparks need for more orchestration, oversight
Orchestration all the way down: Experts say multiple levels of autonomous coordination and oversight will guide the near- and mid-term evolution of AI and computing.
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23 Oct 2024
HHS, NIST conference: Collaboration is key in healthcare cyber
HHS Deputy Secretary Andrea Palm emphasized the role of collaboration in tackling healthcare cybersecurity challenges at a conference held in Washington.
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23 Oct 2024
ADP expands HR tools with Lyric HCM and WorkForce buy
ADP has upgraded its HR enterprise platform with a new system, Lyric, that it says adapts to new management approaches.
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23 Oct 2024
Interview: Why Java is the future of cloud applications
The CEO of Azul speaks to Computer Weekly about Java’s performance and its ability to run on different server chips in the datacentre
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23 Oct 2024
OCR issues 50th HIPAA right of access enforcement action
OCR resolved a HIPAA right of access case involving Gums Dental Care following a complaint that the practice had failed to provide a patient with timely access to their records.
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23 Oct 2024
Government hails Cyber Essentials success
Scheme to help keep organisations’ IT safe and secure has given businesses more confidence they won’t fall victim to a cyber attack
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23 Oct 2024
Clock ticking on Windows 10 support
The channel is being urged to respond to the winding down of support from Microsoft for its ageing operating system
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23 Oct 2024
Digital health buyers prioritize diabetes, mental health tools
A survey reveals healthcare providers, payers and employers plan to boost spending on digital health solutions over the next year, prioritizing diabetes and mental health tools.
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23 Oct 2024
LLMs show potential for hospital quality measure reporting
Large language models can process Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Management Bundle quality measures in agreement with manual reporting in 90% of cases.
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23 Oct 2024
How AI helps junior programmers and senior managers
Many believe artificial intelligence will not replace human software developers but will instead offer a way to help coders deliver software more easily
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23 Oct 2024
Federation requests government investigation into third Post Office branch system
Following public anger over the Horizon scandal and the subsequent unravelling of the controversial Capture system, subpostmaster federation wants third branch IT system to be reviewed
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23 Oct 2024
Three Business calls for more support to drive SME growth
Comms specialist shares findings that indicate better infrastructure would generate billions more in economic activity
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23 Oct 2024
ServiceNow touts Now platform as AI engine for transformation
At the ServiceNow World Forum in Melbourne, company executives touted the transformative power of AI in streamlining workflows, improving user experiences and driving business value
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23 Oct 2024
Oracle and IBM clinch 10-year cross-departmental cloud deal with UK government
Several weeks after it emerged that Oracle and IBM had secured a decade-long cloud deal with the UK government, further details about what the contract covers have materialised
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23 Oct 2024
Snapdragon Summit 2024: Qualcomm gains mileage with automotive offer
Qualcomm accelerates automotive offering designed to drive success with leading OEMs such as GM, BMW, Li Auto and Mercedes as cars become new computing space
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23 Oct 2024
Democracy campaigner to sue Saudi Arabia over Pegasus and QuaDream spyware in UK court
Pro-democracy campaigner Yahya Assiri given permission to file legal action in London court against Saudi Arabia over its use of Israeli spyware
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22 Oct 2024
Anthropic adds computer use AI tool to Claude
The startup said computer use can let developers automate repetitive tasks, scroll, move a cursor, click buttons and type texts. The function can also help with AI agents.
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22 Oct 2024
Dell PowerMax uses AI for storage performance, efficiency
Dell PowerMax 10.2 uses the company's AI to optimize dynamic cache, while also building out data protection and using Apex's multi-cloud features.
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22 Oct 2024
Disinformation campaigns pose risk to enterprise businesses
Spotting and stopping disinformation campaigns often involve multiple entities within an enterprise business, including security, marketing and social media teams.
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22 Oct 2024
SEC charges 4 companies for downplaying SolarWinds attacks
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission fined the companies for misleading investors about intrusions stemming from the SolarWinds supply chain attack.
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22 Oct 2024
Thoma Bravo-owned Sophos to acquire Secureworks for $859M
Sophos said it plans to integrate Secureworks' products into a broader portfolio that serves both large enterprises and small and medium-sized businesses.
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22 Oct 2024
SME reluctance to spend hits Bechtle Q3 numbers
Channel player updates the market with a sober assessment of the consequences of trading in a surprisingly weak market
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22 Oct 2024
Government ‘resets’ pension dashboard programme
Following a National Audit Office report highlighting failings in the project, the government has set out a revised plan
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22 Oct 2024
Change to rules on computer evidence will be an ‘outcome’ of Post Office scandal
The executive currently heading up the Post Office’s investigations department has told public inquiry that rules on computer evidence have to change
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22 Oct 2024
Exclusive Networks launches finance offering
After a successful UK pilot, the distributor is ready to make XPS available to partners across Western Europe
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22 Oct 2024
Cohesity's generative AI Gaia gets keyword search tool
A new search, questioning and data visibility feature arrives in Cohesity's generative AI Gaia with Data Explore. The update also expands Gaia's support for file storage systems.
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22 Oct 2024
Danish government reboots cyber security council amid AI expansion
Denmark’s government relaunches digital security initiative to protect business sectors and society at large
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22 Oct 2024
Healthgrades: Clinical outcomes key for hospital rankings
Data from Healthgrades' outpatient hospital rankings indicate a steep disparity in patient outcomes between high- and low-performing hospitals.
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22 Oct 2024
Dell CTO: Enterprise AI poised to take off in 2025
After a period of experimentation, the building blocks are in place for wider enterprise adoption of AI, says Dell Technologies’ global CTO, John Roese
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22 Oct 2024
Labour’s 10-year health service plan will open up data sharing
To save the health service, Labour is focusing on bolstering the NHS app and enabling greater sharing of patient records in England
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22 Oct 2024
Former Post Office IT boss alleged to have misrepresented alternative to in-house build
Internal Post Office document reveals allegations that former transformation boss misrepresented off-the-shelf option to replace Horizon
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22 Oct 2024
Snapdragon Summit 2024: PC, mobile reach AI first inflection point
Annual conference of leading mobile technology platform sees launch of processors, and mission to set the pace of innovation in PC, mobile, automotive and spatial computing
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21 Oct 2024
HHS seeks to secure PrEP, birth control coverage
A proposed rule supports birth control coverage for FDA-approved therapies and devices with no prescriptions or cost-sharing and clarifies the exceptions process for enrollees.
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21 Oct 2024
Cisco confirms attackers stole data from DevHub environment
While Cisco said its systems were not breached, the vendor did confirm that attackers stole sensitive information from the public-facing portal.
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21 Oct 2024
90% of medical coding staff worry about upcoding, fraud
Healthcare fraud, such as upcoding and unbundling, has medical coding and billing professionals worried about the industry.
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21 Oct 2024
AI agents a new focus for backup and storage vendors
The next big generative AI gambit for enterprise IT vendors lies in AI agents, which storage and data protection vendors see as an opportunity to offer new services.
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21 Oct 2024
Study outlines 'severe' security issues in cloud providers
Possible security issues involving cloud systems should be taken seriously, as the paper noted the five vendors outlined are responsible for more than 22 million users.
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21 Oct 2024
IBM launches new generation Granite language model
The vendor takes an open source approach with Granite 3.0. It trained the new model family with Nvidia H100 GPUs. Not all enterprises will be convinced to use the new AI models.
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21 Oct 2024
Kaseya exposes ongoing need for user security training
MSP specialist shares findings from survey that revealed main challenge identified by customers
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21 Oct 2024
Sophos highlights channel benefits of Secureworks move
The acquisition of fellow security vendor by Sophos will provide partners with access to more products to protect SMEs
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21 Oct 2024
Labour signs up to five years of Microsoft AI
The UK government has signed a deal with Microsoft to reduce the cost of running public sector services using the supplier’s cloud and artificial intelligence technologies
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21 Oct 2024
Channel roundup: Who’s gone where?
The weekly roundup of a selection of the moves across the industry shows the continued appetite for fresh faces to drive growth
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21 Oct 2024
Post Office worker who allegedly told staff to destroy evidence could return, as police investigate
Post Office to allow employee, who allegedly told staff to destroy evidence of possible interest to public inquiry, to return to work during police investigation
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21 Oct 2024
Techcombank’s tech investments set to fuel record profit
The Vietnam bank is targeting $1bn in profit in 2024 while maintaining a flat headcount and reducing physical branches, thanks to its investments in artificial intelligence and a data engine
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21 Oct 2024
Synology takes aim at enterprise customers and flash storage
Best known as an SME and consumer brand, Synology claims multiple enterprise customers especially in backup and storage of infrequently accessed data, but has plans for flash, too
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21 Oct 2024
Microsoft adds Copilot agents, design tools for 365, Dynamics
Microsoft hopes the new tools will be enough to convince enterprises to move beyond testing and fully adopt Copilot.
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21 Oct 2024
Can AI be secure? Experts discuss emerging threats and AI safety
International cyber security experts call for global cooperation and proactive strategies to address the security challenges posed by artificial intelligence
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21 Oct 2024
Leicestershire Fire and Rescue goes live with emergency response comms
English Midlands fire service enhances control room communications backbone of emergency response operations, with mobilisation system designed to enhance ability to swiftly and accurately handle emergency calls
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21 Oct 2024
Review of late evidence doesn’t change Post Office Capture system report
Conclusions reached in government-commissioned report into pre-Horizon software are unchanged after late evidence reviewed
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21 Oct 2024
Morse Micro unveils Wi-Fi HaLow GitHub repositories, community forum
Provider of long-range, low-power connectivity services intros multiple open-source software repositories, including assets, tools and resources designed to support and empower global developer community for wireless standard
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18 Oct 2024
Amplitude adds A/B testing tool to analytics suite
Both the vendor's new feature as well as its recent acquisition of Command AI aim to make it easier for business users to work with its tools without requiring expert help.
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18 Oct 2024
Cloud providers escape regulatory scrutiny -- for now
Though U.S. and EU regulators aren't zeroed in on cloud competition, Google has raised its own concerns about Microsoft's cloud licensing practices.
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18 Oct 2024
Epic asks court to dismiss Particle Health antitrust lawsuit
Epic has requested dismissal of Particle Health's antitrust lawsuit, noting multiple legal deficiencies and asserting it distracts from Particle's customer data misuse.
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18 Oct 2024
Hurricane Helene triggers dialysis and IV fluid shortage
Following Hurricane Helene, damages to a manufacturing plant in North Carolina and subsequent nationwide IV fluid shortages have forced manufacturers to mobilize global networks.
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18 Oct 2024
Blackberry pushing MDR and growing OT channel
Firm’s EMEA channel lead shares an update on the current partner strategy at the security vendor
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18 Oct 2024
Mistral's new small AI models target phones, laptops
The models are reflective of the trend toward small language models built to run on edge devices. However, it might be hard for the startup to compete.
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18 Oct 2024
Schneider Electric shares French lessons with the UK
Power specialist shares progress made in circular efforts on the continent, and will bring them to this side of the channel
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18 Oct 2024
Affordability, GenAI top-of-mind for healthcare consumers
GenAI holds promise for ameliorating patient navigation and affordability issues that get in the way of patient care access, healthcare consumers say.
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18 Oct 2024
How Philippine Airlines is transforming customer experience
The flag carrier of the Philippines discusses how its digital transformation journey has improved customer experience and streamlined internal processes
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18 Oct 2024
Poor communication is biggest hurdle to business collaboration
Study finds firms are wasting hours of time to make a decision as a result of poor collaboration practices, with over two-fifths of workers having to redo work due to poor guidance on project requirements or miscommunication
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17 Oct 2024
HashiCorp Vault scalability updates target big enterprises
HashiCorp Vault 1.18 updates make it more suited to large companies, which the vendor is courting with a lighter cloud migration push than with Terraform.
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17 Oct 2024
Western Digital begins to ship 32 TB HDDs
WD has jumped up to higher densities in its HDD line, shipping 32 TB SMR and 26 TB CMR drives as drop-in replacements to bring higher capacities to clouds and OEMs.
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17 Oct 2024
BianLian cyberattack hits Boston Children's Health Physicians
BianLian cyberthreat actors claimed responsibility for a cyberattack and data breach that affected Boston Children's Health Physicians through its IT vendor.
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17 Oct 2024
Joe Sullivan: CEOs must be held accountable for security too
The former CSO at Uber was found guilty in 2022 of obstruction of justice relating to a breach. Now he's calling for clearer regulatory frameworks for security.
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17 Oct 2024
DOJ charges alleged Anonymous Sudan ringleaders
Two Sudanese brothers are accused of leading the cybercriminal group that caused significant damage to healthcare organizations as well as other high-profile victims.
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17 Oct 2024
How healthcare leaders can mitigate concentration risk
Healthcare organizations are especially susceptible to concentration risk, creating a single point of failure that can jeopardize operations, Forrester researchers suggested.
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17 Oct 2024
September a quiet month for ransomware attacks
Notable ransomware attacks in September involved a Rhode Island public school district, a Texas hospital system, and Kawasaki Motors' European branch.
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