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29 Oct 2024
Meta joins others reinventing search with AI
By Esther AjaoThe social media giant has joined other vendors that are trying to reinvent search after the popularization of ChatGPT. The vendors want to challenge Google’s position.
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29 Oct 2024
Cisco launches integrated AI infrastructure ‘Pods’
By Antone GonsalvesIn addition to Pods, Cisco launched its first UCS server dedicated to running AI workloads on GPUs.
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29 Oct 2024
The causes of disillusionment with GenAI
By Esther AjaoThe market has seen virtually unprecedented growth. However, enterprises lack confidence in what the technology can do. Nevertheless, enterprises still want to use it.
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28 Feb 2024
Google unfazed by advertiser criticism of third-party cookie plan
By Don FluckingerGoogle is working with U.K. regulators on its plan to phase out third-party cookies this year, despite pushback from an advertisers group. Meanwhile, bots are affecting ad traffic.
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28 Feb 2024
Microsoft reinvents ERP into total enterprise integration
By Marc Ambasna-JonesMicrosoft is offering a complete one-stop shop of enterprise services from infrastructure through to remote worker powered by AI
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28 Feb 2024
IT leaders spend on cutting-edge to refactor legacy tech
By Cliff SaranOrganisations carry around a huge amount of technical debt, which holds back innovation and limits application architectural decisions
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28 Feb 2024
Rimini Street Custom offers expanded third-party support
By Jim O'DonnellRimini Custom pushes beyond Rimini Street's usual support of SAP, Oracle and Salesforce systems by customizing packages specific to a customer's enterprise applications.
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28 Feb 2024
‘Pathetic’ Post Office spat detracts attention and fuels ‘disdain’ for authority
By Karl FlindersFormer Post Office chair’s row with the government and Post Office cannot be allowed to deflect attention away from achieving justice and recompense for former subpostmasters
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28 Feb 2024
UC finetunes tech strategy to support digital masterplan
By Stephen WithersThe University of Canberra is scoping a new project to determine data, integration and multicloud strategies to support its long-term digital roadmap
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28 Feb 2024
Mid-market customers feeling ignored and mis-sold
By Simon QuickeResearch from Microsoft partner Advania has revealed that users are struggling with legacy tech, management headaches and a lack of support from vendors
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27 Feb 2024
How TeamViewer is charting its growth beyond remote connectivity
By Aaron TanTeamViewer CEO Oliver Steil outlines the company’s efforts to build on its remote connectivity and control capabilities to support emerging use cases such as smart factories
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27 Feb 2024
Black Basta and Bl00dy ransomware gangs exploiting ConnectWise vulns
By Alex ScroxtonMore ransomware gangs have been observed exploiting two dangerous vulnerabilities in ConnectWise ScreenConnect software, prompting new warnings for users to get patching
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27 Feb 2024
Government should face legal deadlines on paying Post Office victims
By Karl FlindersThe government should face a legal deadline on paying Horizon scandal victims and unfair previous settlements should be reopened, MPs have been told - amid further boardroom controversy at the Post Office
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27 Feb 2024
Birmingham sets aside £25m for Oracle transformation
By Cliff SaranCouncil’s budget report shows that £5.3m is needed to continue support and manual intervention on troubled Oracle system
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27 Feb 2024
Managers want generative AI, but workers need more help getting to grips with it
By Steve RangerStaff given artificial intelligence guidelines are more likely to experiment with the technology than those who are given none, according to a survey
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27 Feb 2024
Global telcos team up on large language models
By Aaron TanGlobal Telco AI Alliance comprising telcos from Asia, Europe and the Middle East will form joint venture to build multilingual LLMs that are more attuned to telco domain
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26 Feb 2024
Government won’t rush to include Post Office Capture convictions in overturning legislation
By Karl FlindersThe government said it does not yet have the 'right body of evidence' to include users of the Post Office's Capture software in Horizon compensation schemes and legislation to overturn convictions
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26 Feb 2024
Birmingham looks into reimplementing troubled Oracle ERP
By Cliff SaranCity council audit committee meeting shows Birmingham City Council plans to follow Oracle best practices
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26 Feb 2024
Post Office scandal roundup: Fourth Estate in full throttle
By Karl FlindersJanuary saw mainstream media take hold of the Post Office scandal, and while that first month saw much regurgitation of old news, February saw large media outlets take story forward
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26 Feb 2024
Channel roundup: Who's gone where?
By Simon QuickeMoves this week at Mitel, Auxilion, VeUP, Eco group, Planon, Saidot and VIPRE Security Group
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23 Feb 2024
Reading long PDFs less painful with Adobe AI Assistant tool
By Don FluckingerThe first beta version of Adobe's generative AI tools for search, summary, attribution and copy-pasting is available for Acrobat, with more features to come.
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23 Feb 2024
King Charles strips disgraced Post Office CEO of her CBE
By Karl FlindersDisgraced former Post Office CEO, central to the Horizon scandal, has her CBE formally stripped
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23 Feb 2024
Channel marketing scope has widened
By Simon QuickeThose looking after industry brands are increasingly taking on sustainability as an area of responsibility
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22 Feb 2024
Stannah looks to enterprise cloud software to lift IT systems
By Steve RangerMajor project the keystone of new IT strategy to modernise systems and support growth
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22 Feb 2024
Bytes Group CEO resigns
By Simon QuickeUndisclosed trades in Bytes Group’s shares lead long-standing staffer to walk away from the business
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21 Feb 2024
GenAI chatbots for customer care create new level of liability
By Don FluckingerAir Canada found liable for promises its chatbot made against the airline's policy; CX leaders discuss best practices for using generative AI in chatbots.
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21 Feb 2024
HR tech market now more competitive with HiBob's acquisition
By Patrick ThibodeauHiBob acquires U.K.-based payroll provider Pento for $40 million, signaling competitive HR SaaS market growth and platform evolution. It plans an integration.
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21 Feb 2024
How Indian fintechs can address compliance issues
By Kavitha SrinivasaFintechs will need to bolster their know-your-customer practices and establish self-regulatory mechanisms, among other measures, to address compliance issues that have come under the spotlight
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21 Feb 2024
Unisys investigating potential involvement in controversial Post Office system
By Karl FlindersIT supplier wants to get to the bottom of its role in the distribution of the Post Office’s controversial Capture software, linked to potential wrongful convictions
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20 Feb 2024
Birmingham City Council needs a further £45m to fix ‘disastrous’ Oracle system
By Cliff SaranBirmingham City Council’s ERP system is failing to deliver an accurate ledger, which means finance staff have spent months manually entering cost centre data
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20 Feb 2024
Telefónica, Matsuko launch holographic meeting experience
By Joe O’HalloranTelco and spatial computing firm to unveil holographic conferencing service to help users gain more effective communication and emotional connection in meetings
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20 Feb 2024
Uber CEO denies pricing algorithm uses ‘behavioural patterns’
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonUber workers are concerned about what data is being used by the company’s algorithm to set variable pay and pricing levels after CEO Dara Khosrowshahi admits to using drivers’ ‘behavioural patterns’
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20 Feb 2024
Vodafone teams with vcita to boost small business digital productivity
By Joe O’HalloranTelco and software management firm launch digital business management service intended for small businesses, replacing time-consuming and manual tasks with automated and digital services
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19 Feb 2024
UK government launches tech talent campaign
By Lis EvenstadThe Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is encouraging people to sign up to digital skills bootcamps as government-funded research reveals huge demand for entry-level and junior tech talent
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19 Feb 2024
Controversial Post Office Capture system was developed in-house
By Karl FlindersSecond controversial Post Office system was the work of developers in its own IT operation
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19 Feb 2024
Channel roundup: Who's gone where?
By Simon QuickePersonnel moves of note at AMD, Mitel, NetSPI and mpro5 have been made in the past week
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19 Feb 2024
Vodafone looks to ease AR loads with HyperRealityHub
By Joe O’HalloranTelco unveils standalone solution powered by Qualcomm technology utilising fast, secure connectivity computing to be shared between a hub, extended reality glasses and across the cloud
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18 Feb 2024
Singapore to invest S$1bn in AI over five years
By Aaron TanThe funding will go towards compute, talent, and industry development to support Singapore’s national AI strategy
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16 Feb 2024
Post Office IT insider and the software decision that lit the Horizon scandal
By Karl FlindersAs the Post Office replaces its controversial Horizon software, a former Post Office IT executive describes disastrous mistakes of the past
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15 Feb 2024
Employer power over H-1B workers could create financial risk
By Patrick ThibodeauA new study says H-1B visa holders hired into accounting positions might be fearful of losing their jobs and could face pressure to perform unethical tasks.
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15 Feb 2024
ADP deploys GenAI for payroll, HR customer service
By Patrick ThibodeauADP adopts GenAI to refine HR functions, targeting improved efficiency and upgrading HR to more advisory roles.
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15 Feb 2024
Sitecore to bring more generative AI XM, XP clouds
By Don FluckingerKatie Johnson joined Sitecore after leading vertical market pushes at Salesforce and Talkdesk. In this Q&A, we discuss that, future generative AI plans and more.
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15 Feb 2024
Nokia intros first OT-compliant GenAI service for connected workers
By Joe O’HalloranComms tech provider says it has become the first company to adapt GenAI large language model technology for operational environments
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14 Feb 2024
Microsoft patches two zero-days for Valentine’s Day
By Alex ScroxtonTwo security feature bypasses impacting Microsoft SmartScreen are on the February Patch Tuesday docket, among more than 70 issues
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14 Feb 2024
Kyocera: In tough times, get closer to your suppliers
By Simon QuickePrint and document management player advises the channel to deepen relationships, while elsewhere, Canon puts more products into the hands of partners
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14 Feb 2024
Post Office CEO refused to meet government minister without her lawyer after 2015 Horizon report
By Karl FlindersPost Office statements on the Horizon system, whether to journalists or the government, were routinely carefully crafted by lawyers
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13 Feb 2024
How DBS is industrialising AI across its business
By Aaron TanSoutheast Asia’s biggest lender is building a strong data foundation and upskilling employees on data and artificial intelligence to realise its vision of becoming an AI-fuelled bank
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13 Feb 2024
Otter.ai rolls out cross-platform Meeting GenAI
By Esther AjaoThe vendor's new tools will appeal to users who access the application across different meeting platforms. However, it could face resistance from companies that use one platform.
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13 Feb 2024
Distology gearing up for growth with leadership shuffle
By Simon QuickeSecurity distributor makes some internal moves to ensure it has the right people in place ahead of its fiscal year starting in April
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13 Feb 2024
Oracle cloud: Generating value with AI
By Marc Ambasna-JonesIs Oracle’s Fusion GenAI leap a bandwagon move or will it add real power to boost customer happiness?
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12 Feb 2024
Channel roundup: Who's gone where?
By Simon QuickePersonnel moves this week at TD Synnex, Apogee, Sharp NEC Display Solutions, Logpoint, and Concurrent Technologies
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12 Feb 2024
Channel can make money from generative AI
By Simon QuickeGenerative artificial intelligence has gone from hype to use cases to become a growing channel opportunity
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12 Feb 2024
More than 1,000 subpostmasters could have used second faulty Post Office system
By Karl FlindersMore than 1,000 subpostmasters could have used a previous faulty computer system in their branches as more people come forward with information following Post Office scandal TV drama
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09 Feb 2024
The outlook for open source? Growing, but there are challenges
By Steve RangerWhile more companies are using open source technologies, not everyone may realise it
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09 Feb 2024
Amazon defends facial-recognition tech sale to FBI despite moratorium
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe FBI has confirmed it is using Amazon’s Rekognition image and video analysis software, but Amazon says it is ‘false’ to suggest this violates the company’s self-imposed moratorium on selling facial-recognition technology to US police
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09 Feb 2024
Distributors play key role in sustainability
By Simon QuickeGiven its position as a supplier of products and services, and its trusted relationship with vendors, disties are in a pivotal position
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09 Feb 2024
Digital experience becomes new boardroom metric
By Joe O’HalloranNetworking technology and services giant outlines new paradigm in experience economy, where next generation of chief digital officers demand unified understanding of every component of networked applications
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08 Feb 2024
GenAI's job threat turns up in job ads, not layoffs
By Patrick ThibodeauAdoption of generative AI is akin to offshore outsourcing, where low-level tasks are shifted elsewhere. Instead of work going to India, it's now going to the machine.
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08 Feb 2024
IBM expands AWS marketplace programme to UK
By Simon QuickeIBM’s experiences running AWS offering in the US has given it the confidence to move to the next phase and introduce it to a number of European countries
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08 Feb 2024
Cisco taps Apple, Nvidia to achieve distance zero and propel collaboration in new workspace
By Joe O’HalloranNetworking and IT tech and services firm reveals solutions and partnerships with leading CE and processor manufacturer to support business in the new world of world where workspaces are being reimagined
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07 Feb 2024
Email marketers feel Google, Yahoo DMARC policy change
By Don FluckingerAs marketers face changes to email authentication and third-party cookie deprecation, contact centers are a treasure trove of first-party data to drive multichannel campaigns.
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07 Feb 2024
Dozens of surveillance companies are supplying spyware to governments, says Google
By Bill GoodwinGoogle’s Threat Analysis Group has identified 40 companies involved in selling and supplying security exploits and spyware services to governments
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07 Feb 2024
The challenges of open source in government
By Cliff SaranPublic sector bodies may find their policy decisions are stymied due to the inflexibility of the software they deploy. Is open source the answer?
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07 Feb 2024
Government reaffirms commitment to hold off on AI laws
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe UK government reaffirming its commitment hold off on artificial intelligence legislation has been received positively by industry for balancing innovation and safety
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07 Feb 2024
Heath to become Dell’s UK channel lead
By Simon QuickeWith Rob Tomlin leaving the business, Dell has looked internally to find a replacement to drive the partner business forward
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07 Feb 2024
Rigby Group moving towards ambitious zero emissions target
By Simon QuickeChannel player shares insight into its progress on reducing carbon across the group, which includes SCC
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06 Feb 2024
UK government responds to AI whitepaper consultation
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe UK government is considering introducing binding legal requirements for companies developing the most powerful AI systems, and has outlined a range of funding to realise the ambitions of its ‘pro-innovation’ framework for artificial intelligence
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06 Feb 2024
Cisco unveils innovations for observability as it looks to future networking vision
By Joe O’HalloranNetworking and IT tech and services giant kicks off European flagship event with major enhancements to networking cloud vision, innovations in digital experience and user monitoring for cloud-native applications
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06 Feb 2024
Post Office scandal: Phase four’s rogues’ gallery
By Karl FlindersPhase four of the public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon IT scandal revealed ‘a parade of liars, bullies, amnesiacs and arrogant individuals’ that made up the teams investigating and prosecuting subpostmasters
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05 Feb 2024
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
By Simon QuickeIt's been a busy time on the personnel front, with movement across various levels of the channel, including Infinigate, Logicalis, Sabio, Assured Data Protection, Netskope, SolarWinds, Enreach and Epsilon Telecommunications
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05 Feb 2024
What’s standing in the way of the UK being an AI superpower?
By Steve RangerArtificial intelligence (AI) could bring a big economic boost to the UK, says report, but there are still barriers to overcome
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05 Feb 2024
Is SAP on the rise?
By Marc Ambasna-JonesThis year represents a tipping point for SAP to convince cagey customers of the value of cloud enterprise resource planning
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02 Feb 2024
‘People are now listening,' Post Office inquiry told as latest phase ends
By Karl FlindersThe latest phase of the public inquiry into the widest miscarriage of justice in modern UK history – the Post Office Horizon IT scandal – closes with a bang
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01 Feb 2024
New H-1B visa rule promises fairer play, but higher stakes
By Patrick ThibodeauA U.S. H-1B lottery rule change aims to reduce fraud by allowing only one lottery entry per candidate, potentially putting some beneficiaries in a strong position.
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01 Feb 2024
Acumatica ERP to expand with Professional Services Edition
By Jim O'DonnellAt Acumatica Summit 2024, the cloud ERP vendor for SMBs unveiled a new Professional Services Edition and focused on delivering customer-centered AI capabilities.
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01 Feb 2024
Welsh workers’ AI experiences shaped by uneven power dynamics
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonWorkers in Wales are being negatively affected by the unregulated introduction of artificial intelligence into workplaces due to asymmetric power dynamics
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01 Feb 2024
Defra legacy IT: 180 applications refreshed, over 1,500 remain
By Cliff SaranThe Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has a 10-year plan to update technology. So far, 180 have been replaced or updated
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01 Feb 2024
Government ‘dragging it out’ by refusing to share knowledge of Post Office trial ‘delaying tactic’
By Karl FlindersSubpostmasters will have to wait to find out if the government knew of the Post Office’s plan to derail group litigation order, by trying to push managing judge out
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31 Jan 2024
Former Workday co-CEO takes helm at Eightfold
By Patrick ThibodeauFormer Workday co-CEO Chano Fernandez joins Eightfold AI in a similar role, advocating for unbiased, skills-based hiring and navigating new AI regulations.
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31 Jan 2024
Midwich launches investment arm
By Simon QuickeAudiovisual equipment distributor looks to encourage innovation across the segment with private equity operation
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30 Jan 2024
New Rise with SAP program targets barriers to cloud moves
By Jim O'DonnellThe Rise with SAP Migration and Modernization program includes cost incentives and services aimed at on-premises customers reluctant to move to S/4HANA Cloud.
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30 Jan 2024
User groups give SAP’s 50% Rise incentive the thumbs up
By Cliff SaranSAP has changed tack, after the furore over its intention to make certain features available only to Rise customers on SAP Cloud
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30 Jan 2024
TD Synnex, Westcon-Comstor and Infinigate expand portfolios
By Simon QuickeDistributors are making moves to ensure they have a mix of products and services that appeal to their channel partner bases
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30 Jan 2024
Oracle to fine-tune AI for the enterprise
By Stephen PritchardOracle AI developments aim to blend enterprise data and LLMs across its technology stack and SaaS portfolio
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30 Jan 2024
How Simplyhealth is using Salesforce’s take on generative AI to boost email response times
By Steve RangerHealth and dental plan company is cutting response times to some common and recurring client queries – from 12 minutes to just one
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30 Jan 2024
Pre-Horizon users contacting lawyers as more Post Office IT horror stories emerge
By Karl FlindersLawyer says there is no reason to believe the Post Office treated unexplained shortfalls on systems prior to Horizon any differently to the way it dealt with unexplained Horizon shortfalls
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29 Jan 2024
In Congress, remote work policy debate hides facts
By Patrick ThibodeauU.S. House Republicans criticize the Interior Department's remote work policy, saying it lowers productivity. Selective omissions of data challenge these claims.
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29 Jan 2024
Russian IT sector still under serious pressure
By Computer Weekly correspondentRussian IT sector faces challenges on multiple fronts as Western sanctions widen
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29 Jan 2024
Channel roundup: Who's gone where?
By Simon QuickePlenty of senior appointments being announced in the past working week, including SecurityBridge, Panzura, F5, UiPath, Delinea and Jetbuilt
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29 Jan 2024
Google Cloud teams up with Singapore government on AI initiatives
By Aaron TanOver 100 generative AI use cases have been tested through the AI Trailblazers programme, among other initiatives to spur AI adoption and build AI talent in the city-state
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26 Jan 2024
GenAI tools ‘could not exist’ if firms are made to pay copyright
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonAI firm Anthropic hits out at copyright lawsuit filed by music publishers, claiming the content ingested into its models falls under ‘fair use’ and that any licensing regime would be too complex and costly
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26 Jan 2024
SAP puts the focus on AI, but cloud is still the key
By Steve RangerERP giant wants to boost its AI capabilities, but there remains work to be done persuading customers to shift to its cloud offerings
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26 Jan 2024
8x8 enhances experience communications as a service suite
By Joe O’HalloranXCaaS platform to now include capabilities such as AI-generated post-meeting smart summaries and action items, omnichannel experiences, global workforce support, and deeper technology partner integrations
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26 Jan 2024
AWS introduces SME partner competency
By Simon QuickeCloud player reacts to small and medium customer requirements for dedicated support with the launch of a targeted option
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26 Jan 2024
Lawyers carry on Post Office appeals amid uncertainty over government plan to overturn en masse
By Karl FlindersLawyers supporting former subpostmasters said they will continue appealing convictions as normal despite government plan to exonerate hundreds in one go
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26 Jan 2024
UK government consults on age verification tech in alcohol sales
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe government has said it wants to allow the use of digital identities and various age-verification technologies in alcohol sales
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26 Jan 2024
Expert IT witness outsmarted an ‘aggressive’ Post Office to get to truth after inspection ‘madness’
By Karl FlindersThe Post Office’s attempts to protect the Horizon system are well known, in light of the public inquiry and a recent TV drama, but Computer Weekly can reveal how an IT expert was treated during his investigation of Horizon
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24 Jan 2024
SAP restructuring focuses on AI, affects 8,000 employees
By Jim O'DonnellAmidst strong earnings results, SAP announced a restructuring plan that focuses the company on AI-based growth, with 8,000 employees expected to be reskilled or leave.
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24 Jan 2024
Box acquires no-code document automation tool Crooze
By Don FluckingerThe acquisition gives Box both the talent and the technology Crooze provided for large customers, according to Box's vice president of product strategy.
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24 Jan 2024
Pegasystems unveils AI assistant for knowledge management
By Mary ReinesThe workflow automation vendor aims to simplify informational querying processes with an iterative conversational interface that can automatically search all data sources.
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24 Jan 2024
Committee chair asks minister to back ‘Mr Bates clause’ in Post Office compensation legislation
By Karl FlindersSelect committee chair wants guarantees on financial redress for subpostmasters that suffered in the Horizon scandal
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23 Jan 2024
UN chief blasts AI companies for reckless pursuit of profit
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe United Nations general secretary has blasted technology companies and governments for pursuing their own narrow interests in artificial intelligence without any consideration of the common good, as part of wider call to reform global governance
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23 Jan 2024
Exclusive Networks maintaining supplier expansion strategy
By Simon QuickeDistributor has track record of widening existing relationships to benefit UK resellers and will continue that strategy