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12 Jul 2024
Businesses left in legal limbo with FTC noncompete ban
By Makenzie HollandEmployers need to start planning for compliance with the FTC noncompete ban, effective Sept. 4, despite uncertainty around whether the rule will hold up in court.
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12 Jul 2024
Tableau launches generative AI assistant, updates platform
By Eric AvidonThe longtime analytics vendor made a Copilot for data preparation generally available with similar tools for data cataloging and dashboard development and analysis expected soon.
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12 Jul 2024
AT&T breach affects 'nearly all' customers' call, text records
By Arielle WaldmanFallout from the attacks on Snowflake customers continues as AT&T is the latest victim organization to disclose a data breach stemming from a compromised cloud instance.
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08 Aug 2023
Workplace monitoring needs worker consent, says select committee
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonEmployers looking to monitor their employees through connected devices should only to so with the consent of those affected due to negative impacts such surveillance can have on work intensification and mental health
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08 Aug 2023
Blundstone taps Microsoft Dynamics 365 in ERP refresh
By Aaron TanIconic footwear company has migrated its legacy ERP system to Dynamics 365 to support the demands of its growing business
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07 Aug 2023
SAP approach of cloud-only innovation causes a stir
By Jim O'DonnellSAP's statement that AI and sustainability capabilities will only be available in S/4HANA public cloud requires more clarity and has caused customer unrest.
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07 Aug 2023
NHS trust suspends two governors as whistleblower email dispute continues
By Tommy GreeneGovernors at an NHS trust have been suspended after asking questions about emails used to bring a General Medical Council investigation against a whistleblower
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07 Aug 2023
IBM seeks bigger role in HR tech with Watson Orchestrate
By Patrick ThibodeauIBM Watson Orchestrate, which automates repetitive HR tasks, uses a conversational interface to manage and simplify multiple application workflows in HR.
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07 Aug 2023
Rise in fraudsters spoofing the websites of leading UK banks
By Alex ScroxtonDespite safeguards to protect customers from scams, UK retail banks are still seeing high volumes of fake phishing websites exploiting their brands, and the problem seems to be increasing in scope and scale
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04 Aug 2023
SAP called out by German user group for Rise U-turn
By Cliff SaranGerman SAP user group Deutschsprachige SAP-Anwendergruppe calls on SAP for clarity around on-premise S/4Hana product enhancements
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04 Aug 2023
Amazon CEO cites enterprise shift in cloud spending priorities for upbeat Q2 results
By Caroline DonnellyAfter a succession of downbeat quarterly results, Amazon's Q2 figures suggest a return to form
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03 Aug 2023
Lawmakers seek to restrict 'bossware'
By Patrick ThibodeauAI-enabled bossware and employee monitoring tech is getting increasing attention in the U.S. Senate and by the White House. An effort may be made to get a bill passed.
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03 Aug 2023
Scottish NHS trust ducks fine after staff shared patient data via WhatsApp
By Alex ScroxtonNHS Lanarkshire has been issued a formal reprimand by the ICO after staff members used WhatsApp to share patients’ personal data with one another
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03 Aug 2023
Plexal takes on new cohort for cyber security leadership scheme
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonSix more cyber security startup founders have been selected to take part in Plexal’s latest Cyber Runway Ignite programme, which is designed to help them develop their leadership skills
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03 Aug 2023
Microsoft attacked over ‘grossly irresponsible’ security practice
By Alex ScroxtonThe CEO of Tenable has launched a scathing attack on Microsoft, asserting that the organisation is deliberately keeping its Azure cloud customers in the dark about dangerous vulnerabilities and accusing it of a culture of ‘toxic obfuscation’
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03 Aug 2023
Hybrid quantum workflow offers potential for hydrogen fuel cell efficiency
By Cliff SaranBMW, Airbus and Quantinuum have collaborated on a project to simulate a reaction that could pave the way to more efficient hydrogen fuel cells
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02 Aug 2023
Salesforce offers tighter Slack integration with Sales Cloud
By Mary ReinesThe CRM giant released tools that bring customer data and insights to the collaboration platform, such as instant account updates sent directly to channels for review.
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02 Aug 2023
Pig butchers caught using ChatGPT to con victims
By Alex ScroxtonRomance scammers looking to con people out of their savings appear to be turning to generative AI tools to save time and effort
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02 Aug 2023
Wirral Council set to deploy Microsoft Fabric data platform
By Cliff SaranThe platform, which is being developed in collaboration with Simpson Associates, will be used to aid decision-making and improve operations
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01 Aug 2023
Vast Data Platform aims at storage everywhere for AI/ML workloads
By Antony AdsheadVast Data to offer storage with data lake and warehouse functionality built in natively, in anticipation of a huge surge in AI/ML workloads and a need for ever-larger data stores
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31 Jul 2023
Channel roundup: Who’s gone where?
By Simon QuickeThe personnel moves continue apace despite the summer focus on sun and sea
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31 Jul 2023
SUSE takes aim at Red Hat in Linux, Kubernetes play
By Aaron TanSUSE CEO Dirk-Peter van Leeuwen outlines strategy to capture the Kubernetes opportunity and offer enterprises an alternative to RHEL following Red Hat’s decision to limit access to RHEL source code
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28 Jul 2023
ServiceNow Q2 2023: 23% year-on-year growth with GenAI to fore
By Brian McKennaServiceNow has announced second-quarter 2023 revenue of $2.15bn, up 23% on the same quarter in 2022. The digital workflows automation supplier stressed GenAI developments and partnerships
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27 Jul 2023
European Commission starts investigation into Microsoft Teams bundling
By Cliff SaranThe commission will investigate if the bundling of Microsoft’s collaboration software with its office productivity suite breaks competition rules
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27 Jul 2023
Box unveils plugin for Microsoft Copilot, tighter integration
By Mary ReinesThe new integration lets joint customers use the tech giant's generative AI assistant to collaborate quicker with shared content summarization and querying.
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27 Jul 2023
Daisy: Customers keeping a continuing eye on costs
By Simon QuickeComms player shares research that underlines the ongoing impact the economic landscape is having on customer behaviour
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27 Jul 2023
Post Office tried to convince independent IT witness that he was wrong about Horizon
By Karl Flinders‘Delusional’ Post Office tried to influence an expert witness and get him to change his view about IT evidence which was detrimental to its case against a subpostmaster
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26 Jul 2023
Smartsheet's new AI tools answer queries, visualize data
By Mary ReinesThe project management vendor unveiled generative AI tools that visualize data insights, give guidance with a virtual assistant, generate formulas and create captions for visuals.
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26 Jul 2023
Inside Cloudera’s data platform strategy
By Aaron TanCloudera executives outline their business and technology strategy to help enterprises harness generative AI and other capabilities through its work in the open source community and other areas
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25 Jul 2023
CCRC refers two more subpostmaster convictions for appeal
By Karl FlindersTwo more subpostmaster convictions referred to appeal court by the Criminal Cases Review Commission
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25 Jul 2023
DocuSign launches AI-backed live video ID verification tool
By Mary ReinesThe e-signature vendor's new AI-supported identity confirmation tool uses biometrics and live video to verify signers' identity and physical presence at the time of signing.
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24 Jul 2023
Channel round-up: Who’s gone where?
By Simon QuickeA busy few days with moves, promotions and welcomes to senior personnel across the industry
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21 Jul 2023
Managed services players expose hybrid working challenges
By Simon QuickeResearch from a couple of MSPs indicates that in the financial services sector and the NHS, the technology to support remote working is not meeting employee needs
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21 Jul 2023
SAP’s Klein sees $1tn market for AI business software
By Cliff SaranEnterprise software company embeds AI across product portfolio to improve efficiency in business processes
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21 Jul 2023
Government boosts protection for encryption in Online Safety Bill but civil society groups concerned
By Bill GoodwinHouse of Lords adopts amendment to require Ofcom to commission a report before requiring technology companies to scan encrypted messages, but drops proposals for judicial oversight
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20 Jul 2023
SAP cloud revenues are up, but Wall Street reaction is down
By Jim O'DonnellSAP's stock dipped after an uninspiring earnings report, but analysts said the company is set well, with strong customer demand for transformational products and investment in AI.
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20 Jul 2023
Qualcomm and Meta collaborate to enable on-device AI applications using Llama 2
By Joe O’HalloranMobile tech giant working with social media platform to make available Llama 2-based implementations on smartphones and PCs to enable new generative AI applications using Snapdragon platforms
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20 Jul 2023
Online Safety Bill screening measures amount to ‘prior restraint’
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe Open Rights Group is calling on Parliament to reform the Online Safety Bill, on the basis that its content-screening measures would amount to “prior restraint” on freedom of expression
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19 Jul 2023
Republicans back lawsuit to end Optional Practical Training
By Patrick ThibodeauRepublican lawmakers are urging the Supreme Court to take up a lawsuit challenging the legitimacy of the Optional Practical Training program, a student visa work program.
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19 Jul 2023
Microsoft aims for Dynamics 365 cloud migrations
By Jim O'DonnellMicrosoft AIM is a new initiative to help on-premises Dynamics ERP customers move to the cloud, with guidance, tools and services from Microsoft and partners.
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19 Jul 2023
ISVs, AI and multicloud on Oracle channel chief’s to-do list
By Simon QuickeThe vendor is looking to make sure its partners deliver high levels of customer experience and can take advantage of emerging opportunities
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19 Jul 2023
Qualtrics uses AI to analyze customer needs for better CX
By Mary ReinesQualtrics unveils new generative AI tools to minimize time spent searching for and disseminating customer feedback and creating text responses to increase brand loyalty.
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19 Jul 2023
Microsoft’s Nadella sees massive growth opportunity in AI
By Cliff SaranMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella uses his keynote at the company’s Inspire partner conference to discuss the economic potential of artificial intelligence
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19 Jul 2023
‘Significant gaps’ in UK AI regulation, says Ada Lovelace Institute
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonUK government’s plans to diffuse regulatory responsibility for AI among existing regulators will mean the tech is “only partially regulated”, while its data reforms will undercut already-limited existing protections, says Ada Lovelace Institute
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19 Jul 2023
IT firms ramp up prices to drive post-pandemic revenue
By Cliff SaranThe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development puts inflation at 6.5%. Some areas of IT spending have experienced double-digit growth
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18 Jul 2023
Microsoft releases Sales Copilot, teases Insights tools
By Mary ReinesThe tech giant released generative AI-supported functions for sellers to generate text and summaries, and unveiled new Dynamics 365 Customer Insights tools for marketers.
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18 Jul 2023
Midwich signals AV market strength with strong H1
By Simon QuickeLive events are returning and helping to drive revenues at the distributor, which has continued to use M&A to expand the business
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17 Jul 2023
Subpostmaster compensation deadline will be missed, warns public inquiry chair
By Karl FlindersSubpostmasters that successfully sued the Post Office and exposed the Horizon scandal are at the ‘back of the queue’ and won’t receive compensation by current deadline
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17 Jul 2023
Shift towards ‘smarter’ digital life as broadband security, sustainability become key needs
By Joe O’HalloranCisco survey finds consumer expectations will reshape the needs and economics of the internet
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17 Jul 2023
Zoom doubles down on customer experience in UCaaS play
By Aaron TanZoom is going beyond its roots in employee experience as it looks to strengthen its position in the unified communications-as-a-service market