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20 Dec 2024
Trump's stance on E-Verify checks shifting over time
Employers remain cautious about how immigration policies will change under Trump, given his waffling over E-Verify checks and the potential for a DACA repeal.
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20 Dec 2024
Post Office creates CTO role to support ‘extensive and complex’ plans
Post Office bolsters its IT leadership team as it grapples with massive tech transformation with the nation looking on
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20 Dec 2024
HTI-3 final rule updates information blocking exceptions
The Health Data, Technology and Interoperability: Protecting Care Access (HTI-3) final rule adds a new information blocking exception to protect access to reproductive healthcare.
Cloud Computing News from the past 365 days
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03 Jul 2024
Logicalis: Sustainability still a top customer concern
Even with the tougher economic climate, the commitment by customers to greening their business and working with those with a similar mission remains solid
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03 Jul 2024
Police Digital Service employees arrested on suspicion of fraud, bribery and misconduct
The Police Digital Service has confirmed an internal review of its processes will be undertaken in the wake of staff arrests
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02 Jul 2024
How IAG is tapping data streaming
The insurance group is using Kafka’s data streaming capabilities to integrate disparate data sources and provide real-time data services to support its business
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02 Jul 2024
Kyndryl eyes mainframe workloads in ASEAN
Kyndryl and AWS open centre of excellence in Malaysia to help ASEAN enterprises modernise and migrate their mainframe workloads to the cloud
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01 Jul 2024
Insight acquires consultancy NWT
Channel player keeps M&A activity going with move for UK firm with strong vertical market experience
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28 Jun 2024
How FWD is driving its digital strategy
FWD’s group chief technology and operations officer talks up how the pan-Asian insurer is driving change faster and putting technology at the heart of its services
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28 Jun 2024
How Recorded Future is operationalising threat intelligence
Recorded Future is investing in APIs to enable automated security workflows, among other measures, to help organisations overcome the hurdles of operationalising threat intelligence
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27 Jun 2024
Google targets GenAI accuracy, speed, size, efficiency
The tech giant advances again in the generative AI competition that has rocked the tech industry over the last two years, with key updates to its Gemini and Imagen models.
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27 Jun 2024
CloudCoCo reports H1 results amid stabilisation efforts
Channel player is going through a review that should put it in a stronger financial position, but it’s business as usual in the meantime
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27 Jun 2024
Advania goes all in on Copilot
After a successful pilot, Advania makes AI tools available to its entire staff, fuelling efficiencies and helping identify use cases
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27 Jun 2024
Halo Trust partners with AWS to accelerate AI-led landmine clearance in Ukraine
Landmine clearance organisation Halo Trust is drawing on AWS’s AI expertise to see if the technology can accelerate the pace of its work in Ukraine
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27 Jun 2024
Gulf Edge to operate Google Distributed Cloud in Thailand
The Gulf Energy subsidiary will offer Google’s sovereign cloud service in Thailand with a focus on air-gapped configurations
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26 Jun 2024
Broadcom faces challenges with latest VMware releases
CIOs are taking a hard look at the VMware portfolio as the number of alternatives rises in the hybrid cloud infrastructure market.
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26 Jun 2024
Police Scotland did not consult ICO about high-risk cloud system
Police Scotland chose not to formally consult with the data regulator about the risks identified with a cloud-based digital evidence sharing system, while the regulator itself did not follow up for nearly three months
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25 Jun 2024
European Commission declares Microsoft’s bundling of Teams with M365 anti-competitive
The European Commission has informed Microsoft of its preliminary view that selling Microsoft Teams bundled in with its Office 365 suite is anti-competitive
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25 Jun 2024
UK government’s M365 use under scrutiny after Microsoft’s ‘no guarantee of sovereignty’ disclosure
Microsoft’s hold on government IT is under scrutiny, following a disclosure to a Scottish policing body that saw the software giant advise that it cannot guarantee data sovereignty in its cloud-based Microsoft 365 suite
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25 Jun 2024
SAP public cloud migration requires architectural rethink
Research from analyst Gartner has identified common issues IT leaders may encounter when moving S/4HANA to the public cloud
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24 Jun 2024
Kmart taps event streaming for real-time insights
Retailer’s Hamilton event streaming platform delivers real-time insights on container shipments, sales and customer interactions to support its online retail business
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24 Jun 2024
Macquarie Cloud debuts Australia-first hybrid offering
Macquarie Flex brings Azure services to a broader set of workloads that are not suited to run natively on public cloud
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21 Jun 2024
ICO police cloud guidance released under FOI
Long-awaited guidance from the UK data regulator on police cloud deployments highlights some potential data transfer mechanisms it thinks can clear up ongoing legal issues, but tells forces it’s up to them to decide if the measures would work
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19 Jun 2024
Microsoft admits no guarantee of sovereignty for UK policing data
Documents show Microsoft’s lawyers admitted to Scottish policing bodies that the company cannot guarantee sensitive law enforcement data will remain in the UK, despite long-standing public claims to the contrary
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18 Jun 2024
HPE to offer KVM virtualization for GreenLake private cloud
HPE debuts its virtualization capability for HPE Private Cloud later this year as an integrated GreenLake alternative to third-party vendors such as VMware, Nutanix or Red Hat.
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18 Jun 2024
HPE GreenLake adds GenAI capabilities as on-premises PaaS
HPE GreenLake debuts a new PaaS offering for enterprise GenAI development, co-created with Nvidia. HPE also updated OpsRamp and server hardware refreshes for AI workloads.
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18 Jun 2024
Digging into the Labour Party’s election manifesto datacentre planning reform pledge
The Labour Party is promising to reform the planning rules that govern whether new datacentre builds can proceed or not, but stakeholders warn the sector’s growth must not come at the expense of the environment
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17 Jun 2024
Artificial intelligence to make Olympic Games more inclusive
The International Olympic Committee is working with Intel to use AI at the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games
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17 Jun 2024
Familiarity with Copilot helping users accept AI
Research from channel player Avanade indicates that those who have experienced Microsoft’s Copilot software are more accepting of artificial intelligence technology
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13 Jun 2024
AI’s environmental cost could outweigh sustainability benefits
Artificial intelligence can help organisations manage and mitigate their environmental impacts in a number of ways, but the highly polluting nature of the technology could outweigh its other sustainability benefits if not dealt with
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13 Jun 2024
Epicor rides Southeast Asia manufacturing boom
Midmarket ERP software supplier capitalising on growing investments by Chinese and local manufacturing firms in region to drive business
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12 Jun 2024
Barracuda: MSPs under pressure to support AI
Firm’s latest survey of the managed services market revealed the pressures many partners are facing as artificial intelligence continues to dominate customer conversations
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12 Jun 2024
CMA working paper outlines concerns about Microsoft’s competitive hold on UK cloud market
Microsoft has dismissed the idea its cloud licensing practices are affecting its two biggest competitors, but stakeholders claim the CMA's latest working paper could signify a day of reckoning over its pricing strategy
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11 Jun 2024
Tableau CEO on AI moves to ease analytics adoption
Tableau’s head honcho Ryan Aytay talks up Tableau’s efforts to bring more consumerisation and personalisation capabilities to data analytics through the use of AI
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11 Jun 2024
Pure Storage hit by Snowflake credential hackers
Pure Storage emerges as the latest victim of a fast-spreading breach of Snowflake customers targeting users with lax credential security measures in place
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11 Jun 2024
Dynatrace expanding channel reach
Firm following strategy of working closely with strategic partners and developing channel-led segment to access more customers
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11 Jun 2024
Nuclear waste body cuts energy use by 20% as Pure replaces HPE
French nuclear waste agency Andra has cut storage energy use by 20% and strengthened its disaster recovery capabilities by deploying Pure Storage and 10-year controller upgrades
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11 Jun 2024
FluidOne refinances to support growth ambitions
Channel player aims to treble the business in the next five years and reveals a fresh partnership to fund that ambition
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10 Jun 2024
Driving customer experience through cloud and AI
Autodesk’s global CIO Prakash Kota explains how the company is modernising its IT infrastructure and adopting cloud and AI to drive customer experience
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07 Jun 2024
Lemongrass increases SAP services
Lemongrass launches more advisory services to help guide users keen to migrate to the cloud
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07 Jun 2024
European data chief prepares bid to get UK to join EU digital single market
Data initiative Gaia-X is trying to plug the UK into a planned digital European single market, as the EU seeks to extend the reach of vast and controversial data laws over global supply chains
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07 Jun 2024
Sophos uncovers Chinese state-sponsored campaign in Southeast Asia
Sophos found three distinct clusters of activity targeted at a high-level government organisation that appeared to be tied to Chinese interests in the South China Sea
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05 Jun 2024
Bond University deploys Nutanix for on-premise servers
Australian university has migrated 700 on-premise servers to Nutanix following impending hardware refresh and desire to improve disaster recovery
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05 Jun 2024
Customer base for GreenLake expanded
HPE shares Q2 numbers with details of how its as-a-service and hybrid cloud offerings sold by partners have fared
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05 Jun 2024
How Dataiku is supporting ‘everyday AI’
Dataiku president Krish Venkataraman outlines what it takes for enterprises to scale and govern their use of artificial intelligence while making the technology accessible across their business
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05 Jun 2024
Cisco Live: AI to fuel Cisco mission to connect and protect everything
Networking giant plots future where harnessing the power of artificial intelligence and data will allow companies to connect and protect everything across a global network where data is the ultimate differentiator
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03 Jun 2024
97 FTSE 100 firms exposed to supply chain breaches
Between March 2023 and March 2024, 97 out of 100 companies on the UK’s FTSE 100 list were put at risk of compromise following supply chain breaches at third-party suppliers
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03 Jun 2024
Major breaches allegedly caused by unsecured Snowflake accounts
Significant data breaches at Ticketmaster and Santander appear to have been orchestrated through careful targeting of the victims’ Snowflake cloud data management accounts
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03 Jun 2024
Dell launches PowerStore Prime and hints at PowerScale AI boost
Array range launched at Dell World 2024 in Las Vegas as PowerScale gets OS upgrade and new Intel Xeon CPUs, while Dell CEO hints at acceleration for PowerScale NAS
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03 Jun 2024
Uktech50 2024: The longlist of the UK’s influential tech leaders
UKtech50 received a record-breaking 434 nominations for the 2024 list. Unfortunately, there wasn’t space for everyone in the top 50, and as you can see for yourself in this year’s longlist, it was a difficult decision for the judges
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03 Jun 2024
AI partnerships forming to arm channel with technology options
Industry reaction to growing interest in artificial intelligence is to enter into relationships that ensure the right technology and support is being offered to partners
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03 Jun 2024
McLaren Formula 1 Team revs up network security with Cisco
Legendary motor racing team expands global partnership with networking giant to accelerate network security for on-premise hardware and cloud-based software, including secure firewall and XDR
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02 Jun 2024
Ticketek Australia hit by data breach
Customer names, dates of birth and email addresses of Ticketek Australia account holders reportedly impacted in latest data breach affecting event ticketing firm
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30 May 2024
CMA slammed for excluding public sector from UK cloud market antitrust user research
The Competition and Markets Authority is under fire for instructing the firm overseeing the user research part of its antitrust probe into the UK cloud infrastructure services market not to include public sector buyers
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30 May 2024
FWD teams up with AWS on cloud
The pan-Asian insurer plans to host its core applications on AWS in a five-year agreement that comes on the heels of an earlier deal with Microsoft to tap Azure cloud and AI services
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29 May 2024
Blackpool Council courts datacentre developers for tech-focused town regeneration project
Blackpool Council is seeking the support of the datacentre community for its bid to create a sustainable technology campus that will capitalise on the town’s proximity to transatlantic undersea cables
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29 May 2024
How APAC organisations are taking to VMware moves
Large organisations in ANZ are looking for transformation rather than a like-for-like replacement for VMware, while those in India have already adopted a dual-supplier strategy
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28 May 2024
Executive Interview: Why Dell wants to be your one-stop AI shop
At Dell Technologies World in Las Vegas, artificial intelligence was the talk of the town as Dell staked out an all-encompassing strategy ahead of an anticipated goldrush. Dell’s Nick Brackney explains why the tech giant believes it's onto a winner
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28 May 2024
Westcon-Comstor continuing shift to software, services and subscriptions
Distributor Westcon-Comstor shares full-year results that underline the direction of travel and the benefits of a data-driven approach
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26 May 2024
Nutanix beefs up AHV hypervisor, doubles down on AI
Nutanix takes aim at VMware with enhancements to its AHV hypervisor along with tighter integrations with Nvidia and Hugging Face to simplify AI deployments
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24 May 2024
Kaseya: MSPs benefiting from supporting and using AI
Vendor’s chief product officer shares thoughts around the current position MSPs and customers have around the emerging technology
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23 May 2024
CMA: AWS and Microsoft deny cloud discounts have anti-competitive effect on market
The CMA finds that IT buyers do not see the anti-competitive impact that discounts can have on the UK cloud market, despite acknowledging that preferential pricing can dictate their choice of cloud provider
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22 May 2024
G-Cloud 14: Overseas suppliers risk non-compliance as CCS changes stance on UK VAT requirements
After assuring overseas suppliers multiple times during the G-Cloud clarification period that they did not need a UK VAT number to participate in the framework, government procurement chiefs have now backtracked on this guidance by telling non-UK suppliers to get VAT registered by October or risk being non-compliant
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21 May 2024
AST bolsters UK position with Symatrix buy
Tie-up of Oracle specialists will provide operations on both sides of the Atlantic for expanding American business
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20 May 2024
Dell Technologies World: AI at core of Dell’s next chapter
With a significant anniversary just passed, Dell CEO Michael Dell was in reflective mood as he looked ahead to the impact of artificial intelligence on the tech giant’s product stack
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20 May 2024
Concerns over supplier cloud security a customer issue
Research from Tenable has underlined fears customers have around the ability of IT providers to deliver solid solutions
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20 May 2024
Red Hat CEO on OpenShift evolution and AI moves
Red Hat CEO Matt Hicks talks up how OpenShift AI and RHEL AI can work together to lower the cost of training and inferencing to drive AI adoption and the company’s traction with customers looking to move away from VMware
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17 May 2024
Canalys adds to narrative of surging cloud spending
Analysts have tracked the increase in spending in Q1, with AI playing a major role in driving investments
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17 May 2024
Akamai’s cloud computing play gains momentum
The company’s compute business could eventually account for the majority of its revenues, surpassing its security and content delivery businesses, says CEO Tom Leighton
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15 May 2024
Daisy survey reveals customers are investing in future-proofing while reducing costs
Firm Daisy Corporate Services quizzes customers to lift the lid on concerns and share their planned technology investment areas
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15 May 2024
AWS CEO Adam Selipsky to step down in June 2024
After three years heading up the world’s biggest public cloud company, Adam Selipsky is stepping down to be replaced by long-time Amazon staffer Matt Garman
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15 May 2024
Google ups ante in GenAI with Gemini enhancements
Google has updated Gemini 1.5 Pro with a two-million-token context window and debuted a smaller, lightweight model optimised for high-frequency, specialised tasks
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14 May 2024
VMware Cloud on AWS now sold exclusively by Broadcom
Broadcom discontinues AWS as a reseller of VMware Cloud on AWS, further evidence that it wants hands-on control of how the VM technology is sold, supported and distributed.
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14 May 2024
Matt Garman to replace Adam Selipsky as AWS CEO
Matt Garman will become the new CEO at AWS. He will replace Adam Selipsky, a tech veteran who came to the role when current Amazon CEO Andy Jassy took over for Jeff Bezos.
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14 May 2024
NetApp upgrades AFF all-flash as it targets AI storage
New AFF arrays offer performance boost for artificial intelligence, while NetApp trumpets its advantages as a provider of sustainable and intelligent infrastructure for all kinds of workloads
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14 May 2024
CMA to double spend with AWS while overseeing anti-trust probe into cloud giant
The CMA has reignited concerns about how its use of AWS could constitute a conflict of interest, given the public cloud giant is the subject of an anti-trust probe by the watchdog
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13 May 2024
Cloud spending continues despite economic challenges
Research from the Cloud Industry Forum explores current customer attitudes and their expectations around the impact of AI
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13 May 2024
How SingPost is delivering on digital transformation
SingPost group CIO outlines the company’s efforts to leverage AI and automation to improve operations, emphasising the importance of building the right culture as it expands its regional footprint
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13 May 2024
Norway bolsters digital transformation drive
Norway’s government backs digital transformation with major capital investment this year
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13 May 2024
Executive interview: AWS’s GenAI innovation opportunity
We speak to the head of the GenAI Innovation Center for Amazon Web Services about AI, tech innovation and IT challenges
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09 May 2024
Red Hat bullish on APAC growth, targets automakers and SMEs
Red Hat is expanding its reach into smaller firms as well as the automotive and other industries to fuel its ‘high-double digit’ growth in the region
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09 May 2024
Ofcom publishes draft online child safety rules for tech firms
In the draft codes, Ofcom calls on technology firms to use ‘robust’ age-checking and content moderation systems to keep harmful material away from children online
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09 May 2024
Currys signs up Microsoft and Accenture to modernise IT
IT modernisation programme covers datacentre migration to Azure cloud and roll-out of AI to boost shopping experience
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08 May 2024
Microsoft hit by fresh round of cloud-focused anti-competitive behaviour complaints
A Spanish trade association has filed a complaint with the country's competition watchdog over accusations Microsoft’s ‘anti-competitive’ behaviour is harmful to startups
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08 May 2024
Germany: European Court of Justice ruling on EncroChat could lead to new legal challenges
A ruling by the European Court of Justice could prompt legal challenges in EncroChat prosecutions in Germany and other EU states
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07 May 2024
Red Hat eyes AI workloads in platform moves
Open source juggernaut rolls out offerings to make it easier to fine-tune large language models, among other moves to ease deployment of artificial intelligence workloads
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07 May 2024
French MSP saves 30% on cloud costs as it deploys Cubbit
Cubbit’s distributed object storage turns on-site capacity into a sovereign and secure cloud. CloudReso.com uses it to supply its customers and save on fees from big cloud providers
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07 May 2024
AWS to invest S$12bn in Singapore cloud infrastructure
The latest investment from AWS will bring the hyperscaler’s total planned investment in its Singapore cloud region to over S$23bn by 2028
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06 May 2024
Microsoft beefs up cyber initiative after hard-hitting US report
Microsoft is expanding its recently launched Secure Future Initiative in the wake of a hard-hitting US government report on recent nation state intrusions into its systems
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03 May 2024
Lords say government must ‘go beyond’ current approach to LLMs
Chair of the Lords Communications and Digital Committee has written to the UK’s digital secretary about the government’s approach to generative AI, lamenting a lack of support for copyright holders and measures to ensure competition in AI markets
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02 May 2024
How Okta is fending off identity-based attacks
Okta has been bolstering the security of its own infrastructure and building new tools to scan customer environments for vulnerable identities, among other efforts to fend off identity-based attacks
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01 May 2024
Google Cloud accelerates asteroid discovery for US-based non-profit
Google Cloud opens up about the work it is doing with a US-based planetary science non-profit to help map the solar system
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01 May 2024
AWS results see public cloud giant tap into surging GenAI demand
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy claims AWS has turned a corner where its customers’ worries about cloud cost optimisation are concerned
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30 Apr 2024
Keeper to help Williams F1 keep up with cyber challenges
Keeper Security signs up to support F1 team Williams Racing with credential management ahead of the 2024 Miami Grand Prix
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30 Apr 2024
Global majority united on multilateral regulation of AI weapons
Foreign ministers and civil society representatives say that multilateralism is key to controlling the proliferation and use of AI-powered autonomous weapons, but that a small number of powerful countries are holding back progress
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30 Apr 2024
Arcitecta offers file and object storage with huge transfer rates
Australian startup offers single namespace file and object storage with rapid access via a metadata database that puts the right data in the right place according to recent use
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29 Apr 2024
Nokia hails MENA successes with 5G and cloud
Nokia inks key tech deals in UAE and Qatar to upgrade connectivity and drive 5G enterprise innovation, as well as to offer cloud interconnect service layer to enhance services for hyperscalers
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29 Apr 2024
Inside Oracle’s cloud adoption journey
Oracle CIO Jae Evans outlines the company’s approach to migrating its own infrastructure and applications to cloud and what customers can learn from its cloud journey
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26 Apr 2024
Microsoft sees datacentre investments key to AI leadership
Microsoft is reportedly spending between $50 to $100m to build out AI infrastructure
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26 Apr 2024
Alphabet earnings show drive to boost Google Cloud and AI adoption
The parent company of Google has increased artificial intelligence R&D spending and raised cloud sales commissions to boost adoption of Google Cloud
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25 Apr 2024
Zero trust is a strategy, not a technology
Zero-trust security should be seen as a strategy to protect high-value assets and is not tied to a specific technology or product, says the model’s creator John Kindervag
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25 Apr 2024
Consolidation and growth are key MSP market trends
Market analysis from tech investment player reveals the factors underpinning continued growth on both sides of the Atlantic
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24 Apr 2024
Cyber training leader KnowBe4 to buy email security firm Egress
Security awareness training and phishing simulation specialist KnowBe4 is to buy email security expert Egress