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15 Jul 2024
J.D. Vance is a Silicon Valley insider and tech policy critic
By Makenzie HollandJ.D. Vance's tech policy is likely to focus on bolstering competition with China while addressing perceived political biases amid big tech platforms like Google and Meta.
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15 Jul 2024
Judge allows AI lawsuit against Workday to proceed
By Patrick ThibodeauA court partially allows a lawsuit against Workday to advance, raising questions about AI's role in hiring. The case may set precedent for applying discrimination laws to AI tools.
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15 Jul 2024
AI readiness requires buy-in, technology and good governance
By Eric AvidonWith interest in natural language processing, predictive analytics and other augmented intelligence rises, more than tooling is needed for enterprises to properly prepare.
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23 Oct 2023
Gartner: CIOs must prepare for generative AI disruption
By Cliff SaranThe growth of generative AI poses risks and opportunities for IT and business leaders
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23 Oct 2023
Cisco pushes update to stop exploitation of two IOS XE zero-days
By Alex ScroxtonCisco releases updates to thwart exploitation of two flaws affecting users of its IOS XE software
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23 Oct 2023
How Ensign is leading the charge in cyber security
By Aaron TanLee Fook Sun, chairman of Ensign InfoSecurity, traces the company’s journey and how it is leading the charge in cyber security by doing things differently, investing in R&D and engaging with the wider ecosystem
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23 Oct 2023
Taxpayers to fund a further £150m for Post Office IT scandal
By Bryan GlickTotal bill for the scandal goes well over £1bn, as subpostmaster campaign leader considers private prosecutions of Post Office executives
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20 Oct 2023
Collaboration paramount in KPN’s successful business transformation
By Kim LoohuisKPN tells Oracle CloudWorld 2023 how it transformed when its legacy systems became obstacles to supporting its customers on their digital journeys
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20 Oct 2023
Belgian researchers raise speed limit in European datacentres
By Pat BransResearchers have developed a prototype of an optical receiver that will help datacentres process data at a much higher rate
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20 Oct 2023
Computer Weekly contributor named Godfather of UK Security
By Alex ScroxtonAdvent IM founder Mike Gillespie was among those honoured at the eighth annual Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards
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20 Oct 2023
Five Eyes chiefs warn of Chinese spying campaign to steal high-tech secrets
By Bill GoodwinIntelligence chiefs warn high-tech companies and universities they may be the target of attempts by the Chinese Communist Party to steal technology secrets
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20 Oct 2023
CDO interview: Carter Cousineau, vice-president of data and model governance, Thomson Reuters
By Mark SamuelsThe news and information provider places a premium on responsible and ethical use of artificial intelligence, and central to that is the governance of data and the models surrounding it
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20 Oct 2023
RagnarLocker cyber gang that pioneered double extortion busted
By Alex ScroxtonEuropol and the FBI have taken down the RagnarLocker ransomware crew, a long-standing gang that helped pioneer some now common tactics, taking its dark web negotiation and data leak sites offline
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20 Oct 2023
Public Accounts Committee highlights smart meter failures
By Cliff SaranIn spite of failing to meet roll-out targets, millions of smart meters are not working, and some will break once 3G and 2G networks are switched off
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20 Oct 2023
Fixing developer AI fear is a team effort
A study by Pluralsight has looked at the risks of building a team of “star developers” and instilling a competitive culture
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19 Oct 2023
Cloud inflation affects IT spending trends, GenAI not yet
By John MooreGartner's forecast points to rising cloud and services spend. Generative AI is yet to strongly influence IT budgets, but IBM and other providers gear up for growth.
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19 Oct 2023
How AWS is building a tech stack for generative AI
By Aaron TanOlivier Klein, chief technologist for Asia-Pacific and Japan at Amazon Web Services, dives deeper into the technology stack the company has built to ease GenAI adoption
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19 Oct 2023
Nuclear regulator raps EDF over cyber compliance
By Alex ScroxtonThe Office for Nuclear Regulation says EDF has come up short on needed measures to improve cyber security standards at several critical UK nuclear facilities
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19 Oct 2023
Fears grow over extent of Cisco IOS XE zero-day
By Alex ScroxtonResearchers have identified spiking numbers of victims of a recently disclosed Cisco zero-day, as users of the networking supplier’s IOS XE software are urged to take defensive measures
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19 Oct 2023
Need for ‘significant’ public and private investment in UK infrastructure
By Joe O’HalloranSecond long-term review sets out role of digital infrastructure in supporting economic growth in UK, but stresses importance of government continuing to support network competition and market deployment
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19 Oct 2023
Sellafield local authority unsure if data was stolen six years on from North Korea ransomware attack
By Tommy GreeneSenior managers at an ‘Achilles heel’ local authority for Europe’s biggest nuclear site ‘still don’t know what was lost’ in a 2017 cyber attack, according to a council source
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19 Oct 2023
Government concedes it will miss 2024 e-prescribing target
By Lis EvenstadThe government won’t meet its target to get rid of paper prescribing in hospitals by 2024, and has pushed the goal post back two years to 2026
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19 Oct 2023
SAP results highlight AI-driven business software
By Cliff SaranSAP, like other enterprise software companies, is integrating artificial intelligence across its enterprise software portfolio
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19 Oct 2023
Scality gets a jump with VMware Cloud Director integration
By Antony AdsheadS3-compliant object storage specialist will use new OSIS integration with VMware’s cloud management tool to target service providers that want to deliver regional cloud offers
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19 Oct 2023
Loughborough Uni to create five cyber AI research posts
By Alex ScroxtonSupported by Darktrace, Loughborough University is to recruit five doctoral researchers focusing on cross-disciplinary research in AI and cyber security
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19 Oct 2023
Post Office auditors presumed subpostmasters were ‘on the fiddle’ or ‘in a muddle’
By Karl FlindersPublic inquiry into Post Office scandal hears how head office staff routinely made negative assumptions about subpostmasters in small branches
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18 Oct 2023
Dell PowerMaxOS 10.1 targets operational, energy efficiency
By Adam ArmstrongThe latest Dell PowerMaxOS update brings greater data reduction and power usage monitoring to its top-of-the-line storage array. The update also keyed in on cyber-resilience.
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18 Oct 2023
Prisma Cloud analytics, automation boost DevSecOps speed
By Beth PariseauPrisma Cloud's Darwin update looks to address DevSecOps communication and velocity lags with centralized analytics and by ditching tickets for automated pull requests.
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18 Oct 2023
Agilitas welcomes local MP to Nottingham HQ
By Simon QuickeChannel player shows politician round offices, sharing its vision for growth and introducing him to graduates
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18 Oct 2023
Avanade exposes generative AI skills gap
By Simon QuickeCustomers know they have to embrace generative AI, but many are not in a position to support it due to a lack of expertise
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18 Oct 2023
What are the cyber risks from the latest Middle Eastern conflict?
By Alex ScroxtonThe outbreak of war between Hamas and Israel in October 2023 has seen a wide variety of accompanying cyber attacks from hacktivists and other groups. We look at the risks to organisations
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18 Oct 2023
Former Post Office executive admits he wouldn’t sign unfair contract he pushed on subpostmasters
By Karl FlindersFormer contract manager said contract that subpostmasters had to sign with Post Office “put them on the hook” for everything
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17 Oct 2023
Five Eyes issues five tips on thwarting nation state threats
By Alex ScroxtonIntelligence chiefs from the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US have published guidance on building resilience against nation state cyber threats
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17 Oct 2023
Hacktivist attacks against Israeli websites mirror attacks following Russian invasion of Ukraine
By Bill GoodwinHacktivists supporting Gaza and Palestine have launched hundreds of website defacement attacks against Israeli websites, mirroring the pattern of attacks that occurred after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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17 Oct 2023
Countrywide Healthcare manages Meraki with Highlight
By Cliff SaranThe supplier of medical and janitorial equipment selected managed service that connects to its Cisco Meraki system via a single API
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17 Oct 2023
Park Place Technologies expands UK presence with Xuper buy
By Simon QuickeAcquisition adds more third-party maintenance expertise and expands its presence across EMEA
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17 Oct 2023
UK Apple Store workers detail ‘union-busting’ tactics
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonApple Store workers in the UK are attempting to unionise, but say they are facing pushback from the company, which is allegedly deploying a variety of “union-busting” tactics
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17 Oct 2023
Alert sounded over dangerous Cisco IOS XE zero-day
By Alex ScroxtonCisco warns customers using its IOS XE software of a newly discovered vulnerability that could enable a threat actor to take over their systems
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17 Oct 2023
What it takes to succeed in DevSecOps
By Aaron TanProviding engineering leadership and balancing between speed and security are some areas that organisations will need to focus on in their DevSecOps journey
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16 Oct 2023
Flash prices drop towards spinning disk levels in 2023
By Antony AdsheadNumber-crunching data on 17,000-plus drive prices shows cost of flash drives per gigabyte fell by around 10% in past six months while hard disk drive per-gigabyte prices stood still
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16 Oct 2023
How APAC organisations are tapping generative AI
By Aaron TanOrganisations in the region are deploying and experimenting with generative AI in healthcare, citizen services and other use cases amid cost-related concerns and other challenges
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13 Oct 2023
U.S. climate policy implementation will be put to the test
By Makenzie HollandPermitting, China's clean energy tech manufacturing and workforce are some of the challenges facing implementation of the U.S.'s first climate policy, the Inflation Reduction Act.
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13 Oct 2023
US SEC launches probe into mass MOVEit breach
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonProgress Software is facing an investigation from the SEC for the breach of its MOVEit tool, as well as dozens of legal battles resulting from the exfiltration of personal data from the roughly 2,000 organisations affected
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13 Oct 2023
CDO interview: Andrew Curry, manager of the Central Data Office, ExxonMobil
By Mark SamuelsThe head of the oil and gas giant’s data organisation is leading a strategy to establish enterprise-wide principles for the use of data as part of a unified corporate ecosystem
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13 Oct 2023
UAE makes significant contribution to AI computing power
By Pat BransUAE technology holding company G42 recently began a partnership with US-based Cerebras Systems to build a cluster of supercomputers and a set of accompanying technologies that will speed up the training process for large language models
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13 Oct 2023
UK startups pilot semiconductor funding
By Cliff SaranChipStart is a new initiative from the UK government to help build out the National Semiconductor Strategy by supporting startups
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13 Oct 2023
‘Angry’ lawyer warned against Post Office computer investigation in 2010 email
By Karl FlindersAngered by his exclusion from an important discussion, former Royal Mail lawyer told colleagues of the risks to the Post Office if, as planned, they publicly investigate allegations against its computer system
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12 Oct 2023
How generative AI and cloud complement each other
By Aaron TanMcKinsey partner explains the symbiotic relationship between generative AI and cloud, enabling organisations to speed up cloud migration and harness the benefits of AI
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12 Oct 2023
Pulumi, HashiCorp competition expands to developer platforms
By Beth PariseauDeveloper platform choices for enterprise IT continue to proliferate as infrastructure-as-code rivals rush to create tools targeting platform engineers.
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12 Oct 2023
Rubrik, ManageEngine and LogRhythm expanding channel reach
By Simon QuickeVendors take steps to support, increase and expand their channel activities to drive further growth
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12 Oct 2023
Scottish biometrics watchdog outlines police cloud concerns
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonPolice Scotland’s response to the biometrics commissioner’s formal information notice ‘did not ameliorate’ his concerns about the sovereignty and security of the sensitive biometric information being uploaded to cloud infrastructure that is subject to intrusive US surveillance laws
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12 Oct 2023
Pure Storage bolsters channel pitch with power and rack payments
By Simon QuickeStorage player hands partners a chance to stand out from the competition with sustainability supporting option
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11 Oct 2023
Google breakup unlikely in event of guilty verdict
By Makenzie HollandGoogle is going through an antitrust trial in which a guilty verdict could result in remedies to fix the illegal behavior. But it's unlikely that Google would face a breakup.
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11 Oct 2023
Exec: Key new HashiCorp Terraform feature enabled by BSL
By Beth PariseauHashiCorp Terraform Stacks will be available in the free Community Edition in part due to development funded by its recent license change, one company official says.
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11 Oct 2023
How Agatha Christie inspired this year’s Most Influential Woman in UK Tech
By Clare McDonaldFrom crime dramas to intelligence, this year’s Most Influential Woman in UK Tech, Suki Fuller, talks about her path into the tech sector and the ever-changing nature of the digital world
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11 Oct 2023
Computer Weekly’s Women in UK Tech Rising Stars 2023
By Clare McDonaldEach year, Computer Weekly selects a number of Rising Stars in the women in tech sector who are making waves in the women, diversity and inclusion in tech space and may find themselves on the top 50 list in the future
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11 Oct 2023
Computer Weekly announces the Most Influential Women in UK Tech 2023
By Clare McDonaldComputer Weekly has revealed who is on the 2023 list of the 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech, including this year’s winner, Suki Fuller
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11 Oct 2023
Terraform Registry TOS change stokes open source ire
By Beth PariseauCommunity members allege that HashiCorp quietly changed the terms of service for its Terraform Registry in order to complicate efforts to fork the code.
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11 Oct 2023
SCC shines in Rigby Group FY results
By Simon QuickeChannel arm continues to deliver growth as Rigby Group shares its performance for the past fiscal year
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11 Oct 2023
Public sector buyers of AI tech must interrogate its suitability
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe Ada Lovelace Institute has published a review on public sector use of artificial intelligence foundation models, looking at the risks and opportunities associated with the technology, and how these can be dealt with from the early stages of procurement onwards
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11 Oct 2023
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust uses RealWear headsets for training
By Cliff SaranNHS trauma and orthopaedic department deploys head-mounted cameras to livestream surgeon’s view footage of operations to classroom
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11 Oct 2023
Pure offers Evergreen energy and rackspace cost guarantees
By Antony AdsheadPure Storage will take upfront payments for power and rackspace and guarantee those for product lifecycles in its Evergreen One, Flex and Forever consumption purchasing models
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11 Oct 2023
Telstra to acquire Versent for A$267.5m
By Aaron TanThe move is expected to bolster Telstra’s enterprise IT services business and support international expansion
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10 Oct 2023
Microsoft tackles three zero-days for October Patch Tuesday
By Tom WalatThe company releases fixes for several products affected by the HTTP/2 "Rapid Reset" vulnerability to help curb widespread Distributed Denial-of-Service attacks.
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10 Oct 2023
Canalys sees glimmer of hope in PC sector
By Cliff SaranThe PC industry experienced another quarter of decline, but the outlook is more promising
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10 Oct 2023
Google's DORA DevOps report warns against metrics misuse
By Beth PariseauThis year's DORA DevOps report echoes the experiences of one organization that has applied them in practice: DORA metrics can be powerful but aren't always an exact science.
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10 Oct 2023
3 things to know about California's new climate laws
By Makenzie HollandBusinesses have three years to prepare for California's new climate laws, which will require carbon emission and climate risk reporting.
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10 Oct 2023
MGM faces £100m loss from cyber attack on its casinos
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonMGM Resorts has provided further details on the fallout of the hack targeting its casinos in early September, confirming that a range of personal information has been stolen and that it will likely cost the firm around $100m
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10 Oct 2023
Singtel NaaS offering to ease hybrid network management
By Aaron TanSingtel CUBΣ is touted to make it easier for enterprises to manage, scale and automate deployment of networking resources in a hybrid network environment
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10 Oct 2023
Climb Global Solutions picks up DataSolutions
By Simon QuickeAddition of security and cloud-focused distributor will add more UK coverage and more suppliers to the portfolio
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09 Oct 2023
VMware reaffirms commitment to Tanzu
By Aaron TanVMware CEO Raghu Raghuram emphasises the importance of having an infrastructure stack capable of supporting applications, with VMware Tanzu playing a pivotal role
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06 Oct 2023
Walmart works on carbon emissions, prepares for new rules
By Makenzie HollandWalmart is working on its carbon emissions reduction goals as the EU, U.S. and states like California advance carbon emission and climate risk reporting rules.
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06 Oct 2023
How machine learning can combat climate change
By Lev CraigMachine learning can produce sustainability insights and help plan effective climate action. But researchers face challenges around data, compute and AI's own environmental impact.
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06 Oct 2023
Data-sharing strategy needs business buy-in
By Cliff SaranA Forrester Consulting survey for Capital One Software has found that data experts and businesspeople have differing views on success
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06 Oct 2023
Hydrogen fuel cells could find their way into more datacentres
By Aaron TanHydrogen fuel cells are more efficient and cleaner than alternative generator technologies, making them environmentally sustainable backup power supply options for datacentres, study finds
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05 Oct 2023
U.S. antitrust law enforcers defend actions, lawsuits
By Makenzie HollandThe FTC and DOJ, which enforce U.S. antitrust law, are focused on reining in big tech through antitrust lawsuits and revising merger guidelines for modern businesses.
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05 Oct 2023
Docker enters GenAI development fray with new tools
By Beth PariseauDocker jumps aboard the generative AI bandwagon with a pre-built set of tools to jump-start app development using LLMs and a Docker AI productivity tool.
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05 Oct 2023
Microsoft: Nation-state cyber espionage on rise in 2023
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonMicrosoft’s latest Digital Defence Report outlines how nation-state cyber activity has largely moved from destructive attacks to espionage and intelligence gathering
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05 Oct 2023
Red Cross issues rules of engagement for hackers in conflicts
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe digital rules of engagement are the first time cyber activity has been looked at by the conflict watchdog, but a number of hacker groups have already come out and said they will not be following them
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05 Oct 2023
Canalys: Channel involvement with marketplaces will grow
By Simon QuickeRather than bypassing partners, the penny is dropping that involving more will add more value and help meet a wider range of customer demands
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05 Oct 2023
Government launches £60m Regional Innovation Fund
By Lis EvenstadThe £60m fund aims to support universities in areas with lower R&D investment, while the government is also pumping £8m towards AI scholarships
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05 Oct 2023
Schneider Electric hands partners sustainability SaaS
By Simon QuickeVendor continues to support partners with tools to identify, measure and ultimately reduce carbon emissions
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05 Oct 2023
Policing minister wants to use UK passport data in facial recognition
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe policing minister’s plans to integrate the UK’s passport database with police facial-recognition systems have been met with criticism from campaigners, academics, and the biometrics commissioner for England and Wales
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05 Oct 2023
Ransomware dwell times now measured in hours, says Secureworks
By Alex ScroxtonRansomware payloads are now being deployed and executed within 24 hours in more than 50% of cases, according to Secureworks’ annual report
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04 Oct 2023
Capital One study: Businesses battle with self-service data
By John MooreTechnical, cultural and financial issues hinder organizations from enacting self-service data strategies that include business users as well as data specialists
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04 Oct 2023
Docker Scout GA leads 'local plus cloud' push
By Beth PariseauDocker Scout replaces open source Docker Scan with an event-driven vulnerability management system in a bid to boost the vendor's value beyond developers' local laptops.
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04 Oct 2023
IR35: HMRC completes first phase of CEST upgrades with Ocelot platform migration
By Caroline DonnellyHMRC has confirmed that its online IR35 status checker tool has completed its migration to a new platform, as the government tax collection agency’s revamp of the service continues apace
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04 Oct 2023
Lloyds Bank launches digital identity app
By Karl FlindersLloyds Bank has launched a digital identity app with tech startup Yoti, after it invested £10m in the firm
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04 Oct 2023
HPE hones GreenLake strategy with AI moves, hybrid cloud management
By Aaron TanHPE has evolved its GreenLake strategy over the past five years, expanding beyond its as-a-service offerings to include a capital purchase model and a strong focus on hybrid cloud management and AI
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04 Oct 2023
Gartner: Execs put generative AI on business agenda
By Cliff SaranGenerative AI is being pushed up the boardroom agenda, with more organisations appearing to be piloting the technology
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04 Oct 2023
Visa to invest $100m in generative AI startups
By Karl FlindersPayments giant investing in startups that focus on applying generative AI to commerce and payments
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04 Oct 2023
Canalys: Generative AI a ‘generational opportunity’
By Simon QuickeThe most used buzzword of the moment, GenAI, has the potential to drive revenues and services opportunities for the channel
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04 Oct 2023
UK emphasises EU split by kicking digital trade scheme into long grass
By Mark BallardFormer Gaia-X CEO talks exclusively to Computer Weekly about UK inertia on cross-border data tech
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04 Oct 2023
Canalys: Vendors will expand channel relationships
By Simon QuickeThe partner-first trend is set to continue as more vendors recognise value of partners and give them the chance to take on a greater share of the business
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04 Oct 2023
ICO issues guidance on workplace surveillance
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonGuidance on employee monitoring covers how employers can conduct their digital surveillance lawfully, transparently and fairly, and warns against businesses intruding on their workers’ private lives
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03 Oct 2023
Software firms under cyber attack
By Simon QuickeResearch from iomart has indicated firms that sit in the supply chain are seen as a target by criminals
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03 Oct 2023
How Pure Storage is supporting AI workloads
By Aaron TanPure Storage’s cloud-compatible and energy-efficient modular flash storage architecture is well-poised to address the data storage demands of artificial intelligence workloads
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03 Oct 2023
Cyber experts urge EU to rethink vulnerability disclosure plans
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe European Union’s proposed cyber security vulnerability disclosure measures are well-intentioned but ultimately counterproductive, as making unmitigated vulnerabilities public knowledge increases the risk of their exploitation by various actors, experts claim
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03 Oct 2023
IT decision-makers confident they can handle tech disruptions
By Cliff SaranThe majority of IT decision-makers polled in a recent survey have admitted their organisations has been adversely affected by IT failures
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03 Oct 2023
Amnesia hides names of individuals behind Post Office’s ‘head on a spike’ strategy
By Karl FlindersFormer Post Office lawyer deflects individual responsibility for a strategy that crushed subpostmasters, blaming the organisation as a whole
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03 Oct 2023
RSA and other crypto systems vulnerable to side-channel attack
By Cliff SaranA researcher has found that a flaw in RSA is still vulnerable – a quarter of a century after it was first discovered
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03 Oct 2023
The AI developer opportunity
By Cliff SaranGiven the need for new software to support digitisation, we look at how the IT industry is responding to the software developer skills shortfall
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03 Oct 2023
Public sector needs systemic reform of capacity to innovate
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonImproving the public sector’s capacity to innovate requires a culture of innovation underpinned by people, skills and new ways of working with the private sector