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19 Dec 2024
Top 10 women in tech and diversity in tech stories of 2024
By Clare McDonaldAs the year draws to a close, Computer Weekly looks over some of the notable stories relating to women in tech, diversity and inclusion throughout 2024
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18 Dec 2024
CISA issues mobile security guidance following China hacks
By Alexander CulafiFollowing the Salt Typhoon attacks, CISA offers advice to 'highly targeted' individuals, such as using end-to-end encryption and moving away from purely SMS-based MFA.
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18 Dec 2024
Enterprises shift to on-premises AI to control costs
By Antone GonsalvesIn 2025, many companies will shift to on-premises AI to cut cloud costs that can easily reach $1 million a month for large enterprises.
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20 Mar 2024
How Vast Data is simplifying data infrastructure
By Aaron TanVast Data CEO Renen Hallak explains how the company’s unified data platform that combines storage, database and compute capabilities into a single technology stack can improve the efficiency of analytics and artificial intelligence workloads
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20 Mar 2024
Greggs forced to close branches amid IT issue
By Karl FlindersGreggs is the latest in a string of retailers hit by IT problems that have caused major disruption
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20 Mar 2024
OVHcloud sounds the call for microservices partners
By Simon QuickeLack of customer skills has created a need for more services to be available around Docker and Kubernetes
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20 Mar 2024
Computacenter delivers solid set of 2023 results
By Simon QuickeChannel player Computacenter indicates that it weathered the macroeconomic storms and has continued to deliver another year of growth
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20 Mar 2024
ServiceNow acquires 4Industry, EY Smart to boost smart industry
By Joe O’HalloranDigital workflow company announced its latest acquisitions of 4Industry and EY’s Smart Daily Management app to accelerate digital transformation
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20 Mar 2024
SAP S/4HANA data migration beset by poor and fragmented strategy
By Antony AdsheadSurvey finds customers transitioning to S/4HANA lack strategic thinking and skills, can’t access data, face challenges in data duplication, can’t use AI, and worry about compliance
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20 Mar 2024
Singtel to host Vultr’s GPU workloads in AI datacentres
By Aaron TanVultr users will be able to deploy large-scale clusters of Nvidia H100 GPUs in Vultr’s Singapore region hosted in Singtel’s AI datacentres by the third quarter this year
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19 Mar 2024
HashiCorp stock rises, users' hearts fall on sale report
By Beth PariseauHashiCorp could be an enticing asset for a large IT vendor. But a sale wouldn't necessarily be great news for customers who value the neutrality of its cloud-native apps.
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19 Mar 2024
MSPs must continue to evolve
By Simon QuickeManaged service providers have gone through several changes over the years and the need to adapt continues to be paramount
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19 Mar 2024
Vast targets AI checkpointing write performance with distributed RAID
By Antony AdsheadAI checkpointing operations targeted by Vast Data as it touts QLC-based storage for AI workloads
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19 Mar 2024
Australia’s cyber security spending to grow 11.5% this year
By Aaron TanHighly publicised cyber attacks and growing regulatory obligations are keeping security and risk top of mind for Australian organisations this year, says Gartner
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18 Mar 2024
Cisco lays out security, observability plans for Splunk
By Beth PariseauCisco disclosed broad integration plans for its $28 billion acquisition of Splunk, now officially closed, that will encompass AI, security, observability and networking.
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18 Mar 2024
GitOps users warned to patch 3 new Argo CD CVEs
By Beth PariseauThree recently identified vulnerabilities, one designated high severity, now have fixes following a lengthy disclosure process and disagreements about their real-world risk.
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18 Mar 2024
Spring Budget risks funding legally questionable police tech
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonOpen legal questions around how UK police are using facial recognition and cloud technology could undermine the £230m investment committed in the Spring Budget to “time and money-saving technology” for police
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18 Mar 2024
The Security Interviews: Alex Yampolskiy, SecurityScorecard
By Alex ScroxtonAlex Yampolskiy conceived the idea for risk management specialist SecurityScorecard after getting stung by a SaaS supplier that was being cavalier with its customer data. He tells his story to Computer Weekly
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18 Mar 2024
Cohesity: We won’t abandon NetBackup customers or force migration
By Yann SerraCEO promises no forced migration to Cohesity and not to abandon any NetBackup product while building new leadership in artificial intelligence and security around Cohesity Gaia
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18 Mar 2024
Budgets rise as IT decision-makers ramp up cyber security spending
By Cliff SaranFew IT leaders surveyed in the TechTarget/Enterprise Strategy Group 2024 Technology Spending Intentions study say they are spending less this year
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18 Mar 2024
Bytes shares FY update as it investigates Murphy departure
By Simon QuickeChannel player Bytes’s interim CEO talks of growth while the board shares reasons for the former leader’s exit
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18 Mar 2024
Juniper enhances programme with increased MSP support
By Simon QuickeNetworking vendor is hoping a strategy of providing AI-capable products and a supportive programme will enable partners to deliver more growth
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18 Mar 2024
CCS slammed over errors in G-Cloud 14 data protection documents
By Caroline DonnellyThe government’s procurement arm is under fire again, after prospective suppliers to the G-Cloud 14 framework raised complaints about CCS’s quality control procedures
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18 Mar 2024
Deep fake AI services on Telegram pose risk for elections
By Bill GoodwinDeep fake services advertised on Telegram and other platforms pose a risk to upcoming elections in Europe, Asia and the US
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18 Mar 2024
Liverpool to get AI hub for health and social care
By Lis EvenstadArtificial intelligence platform set to use NHS Integrated Care System Data to make better and decisions for patients in Liverpool, with a focus on mental health services
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18 Mar 2024
G7 nations sign deal to harness AI potential
By Lis EvenstadG7 nations will produce a joint report on how to increase artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, boost growth of the quantum sector and create an AI toolkit to inform policy-making
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18 Mar 2024
Government needs ‘realistic plan’ for adopting AI, says NAO
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonBenefits of artificial intelligence in public sector will only be realised if government ensures overall programme for adoption is supported by realistic plan to tackle range of longstanding barriers
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18 Mar 2024
Neos Networks beefs up C-suite to prep for new phase of accelerated growth
By Joe O’HalloranFollowing recent investments in its UK-wide high-capacity network, critical network infrastructure provider makes two C-level appointments aimed at making the company ready to embark on a new phase of accelerated growth
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17 Mar 2024
UK’s AI ambitions pointless while cyber security is still neglected
By Alex ScroxtonThe UK’s AI ambitions may be at considerable risk without stronger cyber defences across the private and public sectors
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15 Mar 2024
Global McDonalds IT outage result of third-party error
By Alex ScroxtonAn IT outage that forced McDonald's to temporarily shutter thousands of restaurants has been blamed on a configuration error by a third-party supplier, but there is no suspicion of foul play
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15 Mar 2024
U.S. TikTok ban, data broker bills target data practices
By Makenzie HollandCongress is targeting companies' data practices through bills that limit data transfers and transactions to entities headquartered in countries of concern.
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15 Mar 2024
CISA software supply chain security form omits SBOMs
By Beth PariseauFederal suppliers now have a self-attestation deadline amid ongoing efforts to secure software supply chains. But SBOMs' spotlight is fading and big risks remain, experts said.
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15 Mar 2024
UK government calls on comms firms to limit installation of telegraph poles
By Joe O’HalloranAfter public demonstrations, minister urges communications industry to ‘do whatever it takes’ to share existing infrastructure to avoid ‘inappropriately or unnecessarily throwing up’ new telegraph poles
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15 Mar 2024
London Mayor’s Office reprimanded over data breach
By Alex ScroxtonThe London Mayor’s Office has been reprimanded by the ICO after an internal error exposed the data of people who had made complaints against the Metropolitan Police
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15 Mar 2024
NHS to extend use of AI to cut waiting times and missed appointments
By Lis EvenstadFollowing a pilot of AI software predicting likely missed appointments at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, 10 further trusts will deploy the system
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15 Mar 2024
Government pumps £1.1bn into tech skills training
By Lis EvenstadGovernment funding will be used to allow more than 4,000 students to pursue PhDs in technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing and 6G
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15 Mar 2024
Channel leaders feeling positive
By Simon QuickeThe highest levels of optimism seen for five years among those driving the industry have been fuelled by growth in AI and other emerging technologies
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15 Mar 2024
Channel driving change for care givers
By Simon QuickeWhen the NHS and those responsible for looking after vulnerable people need help with their IT, the likes of CDW and Maintel are examples of the role partners can play
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15 Mar 2024
Controversial Post Office Capture software was completely rewritten in 1994
By Karl FlindersMP demands that the Post Office put effort into fully explaining the development and use of error-prone software used before Horizon in the 1990s
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14 Mar 2024
Questions raised over NHS deletion of thousands of emails during whistleblower tribunal
By Tommy GreeneNHS doctor Chris Day has won the right to challenge a tribunal ruling that found no procedural unfairness when an NHS trust deleted thousands of emails. The case that raises wider questions about the use of electronic evidence
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14 Mar 2024
RM outlines strategic growth plan
Education player puts tough 2023 into history books as it looks to improve business fortunes
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14 Mar 2024
Home Office plans to give UK police forces auto-redaction technology
By Lis EvenstadThe department has funded a market review of redaction tools and aims to deliver AI-powered automated redaction tools to the police as quickly as possible
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14 Mar 2024
Channel struggling to unlock data insights
By Simon QuickeHigh volumes of information from various sources are underlining attempts to grow revenues, according to findings from Westcon-Comstor
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14 Mar 2024
MPs will attempt to amend law on overturning Post Office scandal convictions
By Karl FlindersBusiness and trade select committee chair says the job is not done with legislation to overturn wrongful subpostmaster convictions and provide financial redress
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14 Mar 2024
Children of Post Office victims to hold Fujitsu boss to his word
By Karl FlindersThe children of victims of the Post Office scandal have formed a group that will hold Fujitsu’s European boss to his promise of support
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13 Mar 2024
EU AI Act sets global standard for managing AI
By Makenzie HollandThe EU AI Act will come into force in 2024, meaning that global enterprise businesses will need to take steps toward compliance.
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13 Mar 2024
US authorities move a step closer to banning TikTok
By Alex ScroxtonLawmakers in Washington DC have moved a step closer to enacting a broad national ban on controversial video app TikTok in the US, with global ramifications
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13 Mar 2024
Researchers warn devs of vulnerabilities in ChatGPT plugins
By Beth PariseauOpenAI and two third-party providers fixed vulnerabilities in the experimental ChatGPT plugins framework, but Salt Security researchers caution devs that security risks persist.
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13 Mar 2024
Microsoft AI-powered cyber service to go live in April
By Alex ScroxtonAfter a year being previewed by beta customers, Microsoft’s much vaunted Copilot for Security service is about to go on general release, promising time savings and improved accuracy for hard-pressed security pros
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13 Mar 2024
British Library opens up over ransomware attack to help others
By Alex ScroxtonThe British Library has opted for full transparency after experiencing a devastating ransomware attack, publishing details of the intrusion, its response and the lessons it has learned
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13 Mar 2024
UK gets funding boost through EU Horizon chip initiative
By Cliff SaranSigning up to the Chips Joint Undertaking means the UK will receive up to £35m to support chip development
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13 Mar 2024
TotalEnergies upgrades OT network to increase safety, performance, cyber security
By Joe O’HalloranGlobal multi-energy company upgrades operational technology network on its North Sea oil and gas platforms with next-generation infrastructure to ensure efficient operation of critical infrastructure
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13 Mar 2024
VMware/Broadcom: Should you consider the Nutanix hypervisor?
By Cliff SaranNutanix’s latesting quarterly filing shows the company is benefiting from the fallout following Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware
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13 Mar 2024
Channel urged to keep evolving sustainability position
By Simon QuickeWith the industry evolving, the emergence of AI and other energy-hungry technologies, the need to keep on top of strategies to reduce carbon emissions are essential
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13 Mar 2024
Unprecedented bill to exonerate hundreds of wrongly convicted Post Office workers arrives
By Karl FlindersUnprecedented legislation that will see hundreds of former subpostmaster convictions for fraud and theft overturned begins its journey through Parliament
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13 Mar 2024
AWS launches Builder Studio in Melbourne
By Stephen WithersThe Builder Studio will help customers and partners build prototype AI projects to validate and test their ideas before deployment
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12 Mar 2024
March Patch Tuesday fixes critical Hyper-V vulnerabilities
By Tom WalatMicrosoft also corrects a remote code execution flaw on Exchange Server and issues an advisory related to changes with an outdated file-scanning feature on the messaging platform.
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12 Mar 2024
March Patch Tuesday throws up two critical Hyper-V flaws
By Alex ScroxtonTwo critical vulnerabilities in Windows Hyper-V stand out on an otherwise unremarkable Patch Tuesday
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12 Mar 2024
Labour will use AI to grow the economy by 0.5%, says shadow tech secretary Peter Kyle
By Bill GoodwinThe Labour Party plans to promote the use of artificial intelligence in small businesses and across government to grow the economy, but transparency and building trust with the public will be key
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12 Mar 2024
Nationwide IT infrastructure poised to absorb Virgin Money
By Karl FlindersA Nationwide takeover of Virgin Money will be the biggest financial services acquisition since 2008, but what about the IT challenges and opportunities that go with it?
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12 Mar 2024
Industry partnerships and data key to better public services
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonUsing public-private partnerships and improving the use of data are key to improving public services and the government’s ‘science and technology superpower’ ambitions, says digital secretary Michelle Donelan
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12 Mar 2024
UK and German governments sign up to greater R&D collaboration
By Cliff SaranDeclaration aims to build on joint R&D efforts, as well as support artificial intelligence, quantum computing and clean tech
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12 Mar 2024
More DDoS attacks launched against APAC financial firms
By Aaron TanThe financial sector in Asia-Pacific saw more DDoS attacks in 2023, but no notable impact was reported, according to a report by Akamai and FS-ISAC
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12 Mar 2024
Hammerspace leverages smart metadata handling for AI/ML workloads
By Antony AdsheadSoftware-defined storage maker separates metadata from files to provide view-from-anywhere file system visibility. It has now leveraged that for AI/ML workloads in Hyperscale NAS
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12 Mar 2024
Current subpostmaster account shortfalls reveal extent of Post Office’s pre-2019 neglect
By Karl FlindersHundreds of current subpostmasters might have been hounded for money or prosecuted had the Post Office not been forced to change its ways in 2019
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11 Mar 2024
Birmingham City Council’s Oracle implementation explained: What went wrong?
By Cliff SaranThe council swapped out a heavily customised SAP ERP system for Oracle Cloud, but since it went live, it has had numerous technical challenges
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11 Mar 2024
Aryaka launches SASE as a service to cover channel options
By Simon QuickeNetworking player provides service that will give partners additional consumption model to put in front of customers
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11 Mar 2024
Government not facing up to CNI cyber risks, committee warns
By Alex ScroxtonThe Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy has accused the government of burying its head in the sand over the cyber threat to UK critical infrastructure
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11 Mar 2024
Dutch organisations vulnerable to deepfake fraud
By Kim LoohuisWith the information many employees share on social media, Dutch companies are especially vulnerable to a new form of fraud
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11 Mar 2024
Infor a penny, Infor a pound
By Marc Ambasna-JonesHow vertical enterprise resource planning specialist Infor has its sights set on a disruptive 2024
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11 Mar 2024
Vinnova launches National Digital Advancement project
By Gerard O'DwyerSwedish state innovation initiative invests in a network of regional research and development centres
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11 Mar 2024
AI Singapore, Google to build regional dataset for LLMs
By Aaron TanAI Singapore and Google Research Asia-Pacific will build a corpus of open-source training data through Project SEALD to drive the development of LLMs in Southeast Asia
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11 Mar 2024
How Microsoft is easing GenAI adoption into financial services
By Aaron TanMicrosoft is supporting enterprise deployment models, addressing the risks of the technology and leveraging its industry cloud capabilities to ease generative AI adoption in the financial sector
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11 Mar 2024
TechUK calls for next government to introduce ‘industrial strategy’ for AI
By Bill GoodwinTrade group TechUK publishes blueprint calling for winner of next election to boost tech startups, digitise government services and accelerate technology R&D
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08 Mar 2024
Customers signal supplier green credentials a priority
By Simon QuickeBeing able to flex a solid sustainability position is being seen by a growing number of users as an essential
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08 Mar 2024
OSS leaders detail commitments to bolster software security
By Alex ScroxtonCISA has announced a number of actions to help secure the global open source ecosystem, as leading package repositories including the Python and Rust foundations advance their own initiatives
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07 Mar 2024
DMA targets big tech platforms, furthers EU's data strategy
By Makenzie HollandThe EU's Digital Markets Act forces big tech companies to open their platforms to third parties and make data more accessible.
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07 Mar 2024
PSNI chief denies ‘industrial’ use of surveillance powers against journalists
By Bill GoodwinPSNI chief constable Jon Boutcher has agreed to provide a report on police surveillance of journalists and lawyers to Northern Ireland’s policing watchdog
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07 Mar 2024
CCS U-turns on G-Cloud 14 insurance requirements after supplier backlash
By Caroline DonnellyThe government procurement agency has reversed previous plans for a £20m increase in insurance cover that threatened to deter smaller suppliers from bidding for cloud computing contracts
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07 Mar 2024
Cloud complexity a challenge for the channel to solve
By Simon QuickeResearch has shown that users are struggling to keep on top of their infrastructure and will look to partners to help
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07 Mar 2024
Government insists it is acting ‘responsibly’ on military AI
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe government has responded to calls from a Lords committee that it must “proceed with caution” when it comes to autonomous weapons and military artificial intelligence, arguing that caution is already embedded throughout its approach
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07 Mar 2024
BA sets out plan to revamp IT, add AI and update website
By Cliff SaranAirline plans to migrate 700 systems to cloud and run custom version of Teams to support in-flight customer comms with ground staff
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07 Mar 2024
Fujitsu should pay half of Post Office scandal costs, says select committee chair
By Karl FlindersSelect committee chair says Fujitsu should pay half of the costs to repair damage caused by Post Office scandal
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07 Mar 2024
NI Policing Board pressed to open inquiry into PSNI spying on journalists’ phones
By Bill GoodwinAmnesty International and the Committee on the Administration of Justice have asked Northern Ireland’s policing watchdog to open an inquiry into the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s use of surveillance powers against journalists
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07 Mar 2024
UK altnets call for action after attacks on fibre infrastructure
By Joe O’HalloranUK altnets raise concerns after a series of attacks on telecoms networks, demanding DSIT and Ofcom take responsibility to review current rules, from sentencing to policing to industry compliance
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07 Mar 2024
Western Sydney Metro deploys mission-critical communications for driverless transport
By Joe O’HalloranNokiar teams with industrial partner to provide IP/MPLS backbone communications network and security solution for new Metro line connecting Australia’s largest city to airport
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07 Mar 2024
Indian government issues advisory to mitigate AI risks
By Kavitha SrinivasaTech firms will require permission from the government to use and provide under-tested or unreliable AI models and software to Indian users
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07 Mar 2024
MPs call for Post Office exclusion from compensation schemes, as trust hits rock bottom
By Karl FlindersFormer subpostmasters and MPs do not trust the Post Office to do the right thing for victims of the Horizon IT scandal
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07 Mar 2024
HP emphasises AI in partner programme enhancements
By Simon QuickeVendor uses partner event to share details of changes coming in May, and its plans to increase support for partners keen to get involved with artificial intelligence
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06 Mar 2024
SEC adopts climate risk disclosure rules
By Makenzie HollandThe SEC finalized climate risk disclosure rules to provide investors with consistent information about publicly filed businesses -- but the vote was not without controversy.
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06 Mar 2024
Apple patches zero-days amid ‘foundational’ post-quantum update
By Alex ScroxtonApple’s iOS 17.4 update not only fixes zero-day flaws that are being actively exploited, but includes important new security protocols to safeguard users against future attacks
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06 Mar 2024
Chancellor targets £36bn productivity boost with £4.2bn digital transformation plan
By Bryan GlickIn his 2024 spring budget, Jeremy Hunt announced funding to use tech to improve productivity across the public sector, with most of the cash focused on digital initiatives in the NHS
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06 Mar 2024
Cash-strapped cyber pros go rogue on the dark web
By Alex ScroxtonResearch conducted by CIISec has turned up worrying evidence of hard-up legitimate cyber professionals offering their services to the cyber criminal underground
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06 Mar 2024
Nation states buying hacking tools from underground Russian cyber forums
By Bill GoodwinState-sponsored hacking groups, posing as hacktivists, are using Russian cyber crime forums to stock up on cyber weapons, says Check Point Software’s threat analyst, Sergey Shykevich
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06 Mar 2024
‘Brutal’ decisions required to sort out Post Office mess, says select committee chair
By Karl FlindersLiam Byrne, chair of the business and trade select committee, tells Computer Weekly about the group’s focus on getting Horizon scandal victims what they are owed
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06 Mar 2024
Singapore refreshes geospatial masterplan
By Aaron TanMasterplan aimed at driving mainstream adoption of geospatial applications and grooming geospatial talent, among other goals, will help to position Singapore as a global geospatial hub
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06 Mar 2024
Interview: How a fundraiser became more data-savvy
By Cliff SaranWe speak to a fundraiser in the charity sector about how an apprenticeship in data analytics has given her Excel, PowerBI and Power Query skills
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06 Mar 2024
Post Office prosecutions during Horizon go-live phase are ‘frightening’
By Karl FlindersThe Post Office used subpostmasters as guinea pigs to test its software and take the rap for its errors
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05 Mar 2024
Rapid7 hits out over botched vulnerability disclosure
By Alex ScroxtonSoftware development firm JetBrains and security specialist Rapid7 fall out over the handling of a critical vulnerability disclosure, while customers are left rushing to patch
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05 Mar 2024
ALPHV/BlackCat gang vanishes amid ransomware ‘turmoil’
By Alex ScroxtonMystery surrounds the apparent disappearance of the ALPHV/BlackCat cyber crime gang amid reports that a prominent US victim paid a $22m ransom
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05 Mar 2024
Meta outage disrupts social media globally
By Alex ScroxtonMeta services, including Facebook, Instagram and Threads, have been downed in a brief service outage
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05 Mar 2024
Unexpected costs hit many as they move to cloud storage
By Antony AdsheadA Wasabi survey of cloud storage customers finds more moving to the cloud, but they are experiencing busted budgets and unexpected fees, and expect big demands from artificial intelligence workloads
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05 Mar 2024
Sumo Logic offers free data ingest for log analytics
By Beth PariseauData ingest is now free for new customers of Sumo Logic's SaaS log analytics product, as observability cost concerns and data volumes mount across the IT industry.