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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 Oct 2024
Inside Google Cloud’s secure AI framework
By Aaron TanGoogle Cloud’s secure AI framework that’s integrated into its Vertex AI platform offers practical tools and guidance to manage the lifecycle, data governance and operational risks of AI
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28 Oct 2024
How Manulife is empowering sales and call centre agents with AI
By Aaron TanCanadian insurance giant is leveraging generative AI to personalise customer experiences, transform contact centre workflows and automate underwriting processes
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25 Oct 2024
Lords committee warns about risks of the UK losing its EU data adequacy
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe 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
Dutch critical infrastructure at risk despite high leadership confidence
By Kim LoohuisStark 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
How Infoblox is tackling multicloud complexity and boosting security
By Aaron TanInfoblox 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
AWS, Box expand partnership for Q generative AI, app dev
By Don FluckingerBox 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
Prudential taps AI to improve health insurance experience
By Aaron TanInsurance 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
By Simon QuickeWith 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
Softcat provides investor cheer with solid FY24
By Simon QuickeChannel player continues almost two decades-long stretch of delivering double-digit growth, despite tough market conditions
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24 Oct 2024
Nvidia deepens investment in India’s AI ecosystem
By Aaron TanNvidia 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
Interview: Why Java is the future of cloud applications
By Cliff SaranThe 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
ServiceNow touts Now platform as AI engine for transformation
By Stephen WithersAt 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
By Caroline DonnellySeveral 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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22 Oct 2024
Danish government reboots cyber security council amid AI expansion
By Gerard O'DwyerDenmark’s government relaunches digital security initiative to protect business sectors and society at large
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22 Oct 2024
Dell CTO: Enterprise AI poised to take off in 2025
By Aaron TanAfter 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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21 Oct 2024
Labour signs up to five years of Microsoft AI
By Cliff SaranThe 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
Techcombank’s tech investments set to fuel record profit
By Ai Lei TaoThe 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
By Yann SerraBest 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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18 Oct 2024
Cloud providers escape regulatory scrutiny -- for now
By Makenzie HollandThough 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
Schneider Electric shares French lessons with the UK
By Simon QuickePower 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
How Philippine Airlines is transforming customer experience
By Aaron TanThe flag carrier of the Philippines discusses how its digital transformation journey has improved customer experience and streamlined internal processes
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16 Oct 2024
Philippines leaps forward in e-government with cloud-first strategy
By Ai Lei TaoA common infrastructure and a ‘once-only’ principle have propelled the Philippines up the UN’s E-Government Development Index, streamlining services and bolstering data sovereignty
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16 Oct 2024
SUSE sees growth in multi-Linux support and containers
By Aaron TanSUSE CEO talks up the company’s double-digit growth, fuelled by demand for its multi-Linux support offering, Rancher container platform and focus on artificial intelligence
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16 Oct 2024
Logicalis rolls out sustainability blueprint offering
By Simon QuickeChannel player keen to share range of green services with users to support their drive to reduce emissions
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16 Oct 2024
Google Cloud Summit: Unifying data, data residency and agent-driven AI
By Stephen PritchardGoogle Cloud’s London summit underpinned a focus on artificial intelligence with some significant infrastructure updates
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15 Oct 2024
Tech and digital skills key to improving police productivity
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe Policing Productivity Review sees data and technology as a way of improving productivity and outcomes, as well as a potential means of restoring diminishing legitimacy, but warns there needs to be a revamp in digital skills, investment and coordination to harness the full range of benefits
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15 Oct 2024
Hillingdon Council commits £9m to tech revamp in digital strategy
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonHillingdon’s three-year digital strategy will see the council fund attempts to modernise its systems and infrastructure, change how residents interact with the local authority and make better use of data
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15 Oct 2024
Distributors taking steps to widen reach
By Simon QuickeMoves made by Arrow, Ingram, Westcon-Comstor, Climb and Exclusive, plus an APAC opening at Nebula, show the desire to extend growth opportunities across the channel
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15 Oct 2024
Google launches Parallelstore file storage at cloud AI training
By Yann SerraOriginally driven by Intel’s now-defunct Optane storage class memory, Parallelstore offers massive parallel file storage targeted at artificial intelligence training use cases on Google Cloud
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14 Oct 2024
How Zoom is charting its course towards an AI-first platform
By Aaron TanZoom CEO Eric Yuan talks up his vision for the future of work, the company's transition to an AI-powered platform and what it is doing to stay ahead of rivals
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14 Oct 2024
AWS expands datacentre hardware recycling programme to Dublin
By Caroline DonnellyThe public cloud giant is expanding its reverse logistics programme to Ireland, as part of its ongoing net-zero push
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11 Oct 2024
TD Synnex: AI and security top channel technology investments
By Simon QuickeDistributor shares its latest report on the areas where partners are spending money and looking to support customers
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09 Oct 2024
Zoom expands AI Companion capabilities, adds customisation options
By Aaron TanZoom reveals major advancements in AI Companion, including customisation options, personalised avatars and integration across the entire Zoom workplace platform
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09 Oct 2024
OpenAI to open office in Singapore to spearhead APAC expansion
By Aaron TanOpenAI will establish a regional hub in Singapore later this year, partnering with the government and AI Singapore to boost AI development across the region
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08 Oct 2024
UK’s cyber incident reporting law to move forward in 2025
By Alex ScroxtonThe UK government says that enforced cyber incident and ransomware reporting for critical sectors of the economy will help to build a better picture of the threat landscape and enable more proactive and preventative responses
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08 Oct 2024
HP outlines workspace opportunities for partners
By Simon QuickeHP’s latest insights into what makes a happy worker signals areas where the channel can make an impact
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07 Oct 2024
Getronics ushers in fresh CEO to drive growth
By Simon QuickeManaged services specialist Getronics shuffles management team and brings in experienced candidate to run the global channel player
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07 Oct 2024
IBM: Data breach cost in ASEAN hits new high
By Aaron TanThe average cost of a data breach in ASEAN grew by 7% from last year, as organisations grapple with increasingly distributed IT environments and complex security systems
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03 Oct 2024
Ex-PSNI officer seeking legal advice over comments made at Investigatory Powers Tribunal
By Bill GoodwinEx PSNI officer ‘deeply angered’ by comments made by a former detective at a tribunal investigating allegations of unlawful surveillance against journalists
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03 Oct 2024
Kerv deepens Microsoft expertise with Inciper buy
By Simon QuickeKerv’s acquisition is its first struck since the managed services player attracted a fresh backer earlier this year
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03 Oct 2024
Nutanix courts VMware customers in APAC amid Broadcom concerns
By Aaron TanNutanix is driving double-digit growth across the region by capitalising on the evolving cloud landscape with its hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence offerings, as well as anxieties about the future direction of VMware under Broadcom’s ownership
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02 Oct 2024
AWS and Microsoft warn CMA that curbing cloud discounts harms UK customers and investment
By Caroline DonnellyAWS and Microsoft are under fire for veiled threats in their submissions to the CMA's UK cloud market anti-trust probe, hinting that curbing the ability to offer committed spend discounts could hinder investment
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02 Oct 2024
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service upgrades control room communications
By Joe O’HalloranMotorola cloud-based solution aims to allow fire and rescue service to respond more effectively by integrating comms into one secure platform and collaborate ‘seamlessly’ with other emergency services
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01 Oct 2024
APAC organisations embrace generative AI
By Aaron TanStudy reveals a surge in GenAI adoption across APAC, with businesses looking to train their own models, likely to address specific regional needs and market dynamics
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01 Oct 2024
Detective reported journalist’s lawyers to regulator in ‘unlawful’ PSNI surveillance case
By Bill Goodwin & Cormac KehoeFormer Durham detective Darren Ellis told the Investigatory Powers Tribunal that he had concerns about lawyers acting for journalists placed under surveillance by Northern Irish police
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01 Oct 2024
Iomart strikes ‘game-changing’ acquisition
By Simon QuickeChannel player iomart continues to use M&A to bolster its position in the cloud services market
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01 Oct 2024
BT readies customers for Global Fabric infrastructure
By Joe O’HalloranTelco announces live testing of AI-ready network-as-a-service platform with global points of presence now installed in over 45 of the world’s major cloud datacentres
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01 Oct 2024
Wellcome Sanger Institute revamps genome sequencing datacentre to cut energy usage
By Caroline DonnellyThe home to one of Europe’s largest genomic research datacentres claims to have cut the energy consumption of its server farm by a third by revamping its power setup
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30 Sep 2024
Google invests $1bn in Thailand’s cloud future
By Aaron TanThe five-year investment will bolster Thailand’s digital economy, create more than 10,000 jobs each year and support the country’s cloud-first policy
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27 Sep 2024
TD Synnex Q3 results show signs of industry recovery
By Simon QuickeDistributor TD Synnex’s CEO talks of an improving market after sharing numbers for the third quarter that included revenue improvements across all geographies
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27 Sep 2024
AWS accused of overstating competitive threat posed by cloud repatriation
Amazon Web Services criticises regulator for failing to take into account competitive threat posed by enterprises moving workloads back on-premise - but critics say AWS is exaggerating the issue
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27 Sep 2024
How UEM Sunrise is driving transformation with Salesforce and AI
By Aaron TanMalaysian property developer UEM Sunrise is leveraging Salesforce and AI to boost sales and enhance customer experience while prioritising data sovereignty and a diversified cloud strategy
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26 Sep 2024
UK government secures £10bn AI datacentre investment from US firm
By Caroline DonnellyThe prime minister has announced that £10bn in overseas investment has been secured to fund the construction of a hyperscale, AI datacentre in Northumberland
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26 Sep 2024
SMEs fear AI and are looking for support
By Simon QuickeFindings from Indeed research underline the role the channel needs to play to help customers adopt AI technology
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26 Sep 2024
Auckland museum enhances digitisation efforts with storage upgrade
By Stephen WithersA major storage upgrade is enabling the Auckland War Memorial Museum to safeguard its vast collection, ensure digital sovereignty and enhance visitor experiences using AI
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25 Sep 2024
Google Cloud files complaint with European Commission over Microsoft’s cloud licensing practices
By Caroline DonnellyGoogle Cloud has filed a complaint with the European Commission against Microsoft and its policy of charging customers more for running software they already own in its competitors’ clouds
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25 Sep 2024
Splunk and Cisco integration moving apace
By Aaron TanSplunk is rapidly integrating with Cisco’s technology to enable seamless transitions between their platforms while delivering advanced threat detection capabilities
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25 Sep 2024
Post Office IT procurement mess saw £35m spent on air conditioner, says board member
By Karl FlindersPost Office IT procurement mistakes have wasted millions of pounds of taxpayers money, non-executive board member tells public inquiry
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24 Sep 2024
Pure punts raft of unifying features in FlashBlade file and object
By Antony AdsheadFeatures are aimed at Pure’s file and object architecture with functionality based on software that aids management at system level
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24 Sep 2024
NetApp maintains push to data management for AI
By Antony AdsheadFrom data storage to intelligent data infrastructure – that’s the plan from NetApp, which has announced data curation for artificial intelligence as well as additions to its ASA and FAS storage arrays
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24 Sep 2024
How VMware is supporting AI workloads
By Aaron TanVMware claims its Private AI Foundation with Nvidia platform that speeds up AI deployment in private cloud environments is gaining significant traction in the Asia-Pacific region
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23 Sep 2024
AI drives data center, energy race by Microsoft, others
By Antone GonsalvesMicrosoft's latest moves to secure electricity and more data centers tackle two problems faced by major cloud providers: insufficient power and space to meet AI demands.
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23 Sep 2024
Microsoft shares progress on Secure Future Initiative
By Alex ScroxtonMicrosoft has published a progress report on its Secure Future Initiative, launched last year in the wake of multiple security incidents, and made a series of commitments to improve its internal cyber culture
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23 Sep 2024
Nebula flexes services muscles with Verkada tie-up
By Simon QuickeChannel player Nebula will be plugging the services gap and delivering support to resellers in an approach it intends to replicate with further partnerships
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23 Sep 2024
Medtech startup brings Oracle AI to bear on cancer drug research
By Alex ScroxtonLearn how Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and its cutting-edge AI features are bringing new benefits to cancer care by helping doctors identify better treatment options
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23 Sep 2024
Metro Bank outsources IT to Infosys to cut costs and digitally transform
By Karl FlindersIndian IT services giant taken on to support Metro Bank’s digital transformation in multi-year deal
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22 Sep 2024
Zendesk debuts outcome-based pricing for AI agents
By Aaron TanZendesk customers only pay for successful AI query resolutions, easing the transition to AI-powered customer support and improving scalability during peak periods
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19 Sep 2024
CIOs urged to pace AI adoption
By Stephen WithersAt the recent Gartner IT Symposium 2024 in Gold Coast, experts call for CIOs to pace their adoption of AI, manage costs and embrace ‘augmented leadership’
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19 Sep 2024
CMA: AWS and Google slam Microsoft for claiming its cloud licensing tactics are not harming them
By Caroline DonnellyThe CMA published the summary hearings from Microsoft, AWS and Google this week, which revealed all three had quite a lot to say on the Redmond software giant’s cloud licensing practices
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19 Sep 2024
CMA extends investigation into anti-competitive behaviour in UK cloud market by four months
By Caroline DonnellyThe UK competition watchdog has secured a four-month deadline extension for its investigation into the cloud infrastructure services market, citing the need to probe Microsoft’s licensing practices as a causal factor in the decision
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19 Sep 2024
UK government adds datacentres to CNI regime: Why did it take so long?
By Caroline DonnellyAfter years of lobbying, the UK government has agreed to classify datacentres as critical national infrastructure, with the tech industry claiming the move is long overdue, but also recognition of the importance of server farms to the economy
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18 Sep 2024
M1 ditches 70% of legacy systems in cloud transformation drive
By Aaron TanSingapore telco M1 is switching off 70% of its legacy systems by the end of 2024 and leveraging Salesforce to offer more personalised services
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18 Sep 2024
Dreamforce 24: Salesforce taps Nvidia to power Agentforce
By Alex ScroxtonAt Dreamforce in San Francisco, Salesforce and Nvidia detail some of the tech that will power the software giant's newly launched Agentforce service
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18 Sep 2024
Local councils could benefit from the channel’s help
By Simon QuickeOVHcloud shares insights it discovered by asking councils about their current challenges
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18 Sep 2024
Public digital transformation will be challenged by austerity
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonPublic sector and IT industry figures gathered at TechUK’s 10th annual Building the Smarter State event discussed how Labour’s ‘mission-driven’ policy approach can drive digital transformation efforts in the context of fresh austerity measures
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18 Sep 2024
Dreamforce 2024: Salesforce calls on customers to flesh out AI vision
By Alex ScroxtonA stream of customers helped Salesforce make the case for its Agentforce artificial intelligence offering on the opening day of the annual Dreamforce conference in San Francisco
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17 Sep 2024
Intel gets boost from AWS, government contracts
By Antone GonsalvesIntel's turnaround efforts are progressing, but the chipmaker will need more than government funding and a deal that expands its AWS manufacturing partnership, an analyst said.
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17 Sep 2024
Distology extends as-a-service options
By Simon QuickeSecurity distributor continues to add more support for partners looking for help with business challenges
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17 Sep 2024
Salesforce’s agentic AI platform to transform business automation
By Aaron TanCRM giant’s Agentforce lets organisations build and deploy autonomous agents to automate business processes through advanced learning and data integration
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16 Sep 2024
Olam Agri to deploy S/4Hana on AWS
By Aaron TanOlam Agri is enhancing its global supply chain by deploying SAP’s S/4Hana ERP suite on Amazon Web Services, leveraging artificial intelligence to streamline operations and mitigate risks
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13 Sep 2024
Oracle users share challenges, successes with cloud, AI
By Antone GonsalvesAt Oracle CloudWorld, companies ranging from banks to candy makers shared the challenges and benefits of using Oracle cloud software and AI in enterprise environments.
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13 Sep 2024
Cyber workforce must almost double to meet global talent need
By Clare McDonaldResearch from ISC2 finds global cyber workforce needs additional 4.8 million people to fully secure businesses
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13 Sep 2024
Municipal makeover: Indian cities embrace cutting-edge tech
By Pratima HarigunaniFrom AI-powered stray dog management to blockchain-secured building permission certificates, municipal corporations across India are ditching outdated processes for digital tools
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12 Sep 2024
Mphasis expands UK roots with leap into quantum computing
By Karl FlindersIndian heritage software development services supplier opens London hub to help customers integrate the latest technologies into their business plans
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11 Sep 2024
Ampito turns to Nebula to expand global reach
By Simon QuickeAmpito and Nebula Global Services will partner to ensure there is a high-quality provision of in-country support to customers
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11 Sep 2024
How Sonar is elevating code quality in the age of AI
By Aaron TanSonar’s code quality platform helps developers maintain secure, high-quality code amid the rise of artificial intelligence-based coding assistants, now expanding into the Asian market
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11 Sep 2024
Fujitsu cuts annual staff pay rise as Post Office scandal bites
By Karl FlindersUK staff morale is at an all-time low as Japanese IT giant deals with the backlash from its involvement in the Post Office Horizon scandal
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10 Sep 2024
AWS to invest £8bn in building out UK datacentre footprint over next five years
By Caroline DonnellyAmazon Web Services has reinforced its commitment to the UK, with a five-year datacentre investment plan
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10 Sep 2024
Oracle lauds customers and cloud collaboration at CloudWorld ’24
By Alex ScroxtonOracle’s leadership was in celebratory mood opening its annual CloudWorld jamboree, and with its announcement of a new cloud partnership with AWS, multicloud futures were high on everyone’s agenda
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10 Sep 2024
AWS joins Microsoft, Google Cloud in offering Oracle database
By Antone GonsalvesAWS joined Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud in offering the Oracle Database, an indication that enterprises want to use Oracle alongside the cloud providers' AI services.
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10 Sep 2024
Infinigate Cloud strikes N-able marketplace partnership
By Simon QuickeDistributor will offer tools to managed service providers across large areas of Europe as part of the relationship
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10 Sep 2024
ANZ CIOs to prioritise cyber security investments in 2025
By Aaron TanCyber security remains high on the agenda for ANZ CIOs, followed by data analytics, cloud and generative AI
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09 Sep 2024
At CloudWorld, Oracle completes hyperscaler trifecta with AWS
By Alex ScroxtonOracle opens up its annual CloudWorld event with a plethora of announcements, launching a partnership with cloud giant AWS and expanding previously announced tie-ups with Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure
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09 Sep 2024
Interview: Jon Grainger, CTO, DWF
By Mark SamuelsThe law firm’s IT leader discusses the transition to cloud and his strategy for digital transformation, as well as the opportunities and challenges of generative AI in the legal sector
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09 Sep 2024
How MongoDB is driving AI adoption in ASEAN
By Aaron TanMongoDB field CTO Boris Bialek delves into how the company is supporting ASEAN organisations in their AI journey, highlighting the importance of data governance and real-time capabilities in driving successful adoption
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05 Sep 2024
Tencent Cloud debuts palm scanning tech in global markets
By Aaron TanTencent Cloud launches palm verification technology for global markets, offering AI-driven identity authentication to support contactless payments and security access management
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05 Sep 2024
BCS ushers in 2024 apprentice class
By Simon QuickeChannel player welcomes its largest intake as it continues to invest in skilling the next generation of datacentre experts
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03 Sep 2024
Flash prices drop as drive production increases but demand lags
By Antony AdsheadFlash prices were high in the early part of this year as a result of manufacturer production squeezes but have since dropped because demand has been slack, with flash now costing just under 10 cents per gigabyte
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03 Sep 2024
Nationwide development platform uses Red Hat technology
By Karl FlindersBuilding society is speeding up its software releases through Red Hat cloud application development platform
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02 Sep 2024
Navigating the shifting sands of open source
By Aaron TanAs open source matures, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation is grappling with issues ranging from licence rug-pulling and the rise of artificial intelligence to the changing dynamics of open source contributions