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18 Dec 2024
CISA issues mobile security guidance following China hacks
Following 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
In 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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18 Dec 2024
U.S. approach to misinformation, AI will shift under Trump
President-elect Donald Trump has been vocal in his criticisms of big tech's content censorship power and President Joe Biden's executive order on AI.
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16 Jul 2024
Legal, tax and audit professionals look forward to AI efficiency promise
Hundreds of hours a year could be saved through the use of AI in the legal, tax, and risk and compliance fields
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16 Jul 2024
Cloud spend trumps AI but data, security and cost a common headache
Nasuni-sponsored survey finds cloud projects higher on the to do list than AI, but data management, security and cost reduction are common themes in all areas of investment
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16 Jul 2024
Massive hyperscaler GenAI spend raises questions on costs
How much will IT buyers be expected to pay, as hyperscalers ramp up investment in AI-powered servers to support GenAI?
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16 Jul 2024
Labour government begins to dish out digital responsibilities
As the new government begins to settle in, ministers with technology remits begin to emerge as DHSC and others declare which ministers will have digital responsibilities
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16 Jul 2024
Finnish tech sector opposes government’s immigration reforms
The tech sector in Finland fears talent shortage as government introduces stricter immigration policy
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15 Jul 2024
J.D. Vance is a Silicon Valley insider and tech policy critic
J.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
NHS Trusts cancelled over 6,000 appointments after Qilin cyber attack
The two NHS Trusts most heavily impacted by the Qilin ransomware attack on pathology services provider Synnovis have cancelled over 6,000 appointments and procedures in the past five weeks
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15 Jul 2024
Schools hit with cost hike as free Microsoft licences end
The A1 Plus academic licence, which gave teachers and pupils access to the Microsoft productivity suite, stops in August
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15 Jul 2024
DACH education ‘ready for AI’ as parents call for next phase of innovation
A rallying cry for digital intervention in the sector across the DACH region could set the tone for a continental shift towards more dynamic and intuitive learning in the years to come
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15 Jul 2024
WHO launches digital health collaboration network
The World Health Organisation’s network, which includes 53 member states alongside data and digital health partners, will tackle digital transformation issues in healthcare
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15 Jul 2024
How Snowflake is tackling AI challenges
Snowflake’s regional leader Sanjay Deshmukh outlines how the company is helping customers to tackle the security, skills and cost challenges of AI implementations
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15 Jul 2024
Civil servant said subpostmasters’ threat of legal action was ‘sabre-rattling’
Post Office scandal public inquiry hears damning evidence capping off a bad week for the reputation of high-profile civil servants
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12 Jul 2024
Businesses left in legal limbo with FTC noncompete ban
Employers need to start planning for compliance with the FTC noncompete ban, effective Sept. 4, despite uncertainty around whether the rule will hold up in court.
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12 Jul 2024
Microsoft rolls out further partner incentives and support
Vendor uses inaugural digital event to outline where it’s hoping partners will focus and how it will support those efforts
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12 Jul 2024
AT&T loses ‘nearly all’ phone records in Snowflake breach
Hackers have stolen records of virtually every call made by AT&T's customers during a six-month period in 2022, after compromising the US telco's Snowflake data environment
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12 Jul 2024
Public awareness of ID security grows, but big obstacles remain
Consumers are improving their awareness of the issues around digital identity security, but there are still some big issues preventing many from doing better, according to an Okta report
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12 Jul 2024
How Howdens used GenAI to power app user experience
The Howdens app has been updated with a GenAI-powered digital assistant that helps its trade customers tackle technical issues
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12 Jul 2024
VMO2, MS3, Brsk report gigabit gains
UK full-fibre broadband boom continues as major provider allows 20,000 more homes in Milton Keynes to gain access to 2Gbps connectivity, while leading altnets record deployment landmarks
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12 Jul 2024
IBM: Reimagine processes to unlock AI’s value
Asia-Pacific organisations must reimagine processes for AI success, says IBM’s general manager for the region, Paul Burton
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11 Jul 2024
Service providers putting funds into AI and automation
Research from Kaseya reveals the top priorities for service providers as we move deeper into the second half
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11 Jul 2024
MSPs confident they can fend off cyber threat
Despite the ongoing targeting of the managed service community by cyber criminals, many feel confident about their position
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11 Jul 2024
ITER workshop highlights the role of computing technology in nuclear fusion
One of the themes from the private sector workshop run in France this May is that information technology remains a key enabler for nuclear fusion
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11 Jul 2024
Dutch research firm TNO pictures the SOC of the future
In only a few years, security operations centres will have a different design and layout, and far fewer will remain
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11 Jul 2024
Challenges of deploying AI to run public services more efficiently
A report from an organisation headed by former prime minister Tony Blair has set an AI challenge for the Labour government
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11 Jul 2024
GDS appoints Christine Bellamy as CEO
The former head of Gov.uk has taken over as CEO of the Government Digital Service following the departure of Tom Read in June
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11 Jul 2024
Inside Israel’s cyber security operations
An emergency phone line allows cyber security analysts at the Israel Computer Emergency Response Team to map threats against national infrastructure
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11 Jul 2024
AI and cyber skills worryingly lacking, say business leaders
A lack of skilled workers has been an ongoing concern for the tech sector, but Computer Weekly’s annual survey finds skills in artificial intelligence and cyber are a particular pain point
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10 Jul 2024
Kamala Harris might alter big tech regulation
Vice President Kamala Harris' friendliness toward the tech sector could affect President Joe Biden's regulatory efforts if she replaces him as the Democratic presidential nominee.
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10 Jul 2024
JetCool CEO on liquid cooling and the modern data center
In this Q&A, JetCool's CEO talks about the growing interest in liquid cooling and how it's being used to divert heat away from compute so that bigger workloads can run consistently.
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10 Jul 2024
IT ops pros grapple with glut of AI assistants
After nearly two years of hype, it's still early for enterprise GenAI. That said, skepticism -- and outright pessimism -- have begun to emerge about AI assistants for IT automation.
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10 Jul 2024
Tennis and technology: How Wimbledon gave fans a GenAI experience
Computer Weekly goes behind the scenes at Wimbledon to see how tennis fans are benefiting from the latest developments in artificial intelligence
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10 Jul 2024
Civil servant was lone voice on Post Office board to query legal plan that blew taxpayers' cash
Government representative felt he was 'in a minority of one' on the Post Office board of directors in questioning the handling of a High Court battle with subpostmasters that cost £100m
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10 Jul 2024
The security interview: Managing the ‘no’ mindset
Matt Riley, data protection and information security officer at Sharp Europe, discusses balancing cyber risks with business leaders’ goals
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10 Jul 2024
Setting the high bar in digital transformation
Roel Louwhoff, Standard Chartered’s chief transformation, technology and operations officer, outlines what it takes for the company to become a client-focused, data-driven bank
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09 Jul 2024
Microsoft fixes 2 zero-days in massive July Patch Tuesday
Microsoft disclosed and patched a whopping 142 vulnerabilities in a busy Patch Tuesday that included two zero-day flaws under active exploitation in the wild.
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09 Jul 2024
Hyper-V zero-day stands out on a busy Patch Tuesday
Microsoft has fixed almost 140 vulnerabilities in its latest monthly update, with a Hyper-V zero-day singled out for urgent attention
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09 Jul 2024
Chinese spies target vulnerable home office kit to run cyber attacks
China’s APT40 is ramping up targeting of victims using vulnerable small and home office networking kit as command and control infrastructure, according to an international alert
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09 Jul 2024
Computing curriculum leaving digital skills behind, research suggests
Research by the Subject Choice, Attainment and Representation in Computing Project has found that the technical focus of the computing curriculum is leaving many without other important digital skills
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09 Jul 2024
Government left monitoring of Post Office to ‘luck’
If the Post Office board failed to spot bad faith within its management, it would be down to ‘luck’ for the government to find out
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09 Jul 2024
Lessons from war: How Israel is fighting Iranian state-backed hacking
The general director of the Israel National Cyber Directorate talks about the rise in cyber attacks and what lessons the country has gleaned to defend against hacking from foreign parties
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09 Jul 2024
Room to grow in UK for Tata Consultancy Services after half a century
Indian-headquartered IT giant has built a large UK footprint as part of its global network, a commitment which is helping it increase its business in the UK’s public sector
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09 Jul 2024
Atos jumps on ‘moving train’ for Euro 2024
Atos provides the IT supporting major recurring sporting events including Uefa’s European Football Championship
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09 Jul 2024
Fewer than half of organisations achieve GenAI efficiency gains
Research finds that many organisations lack the IT infrastructure needed to deploy generative AI applications
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09 Jul 2024
Tony’s Chocolonely gains Salesforce comfort with Own SaaS backup
Tony’s Chocolonely sometimes lost Salesforce.com data and often hit storage limits, but cloud-to-cloud SaaS backup from Own allows it to easily recover customer data and archive old data
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09 Jul 2024
Revamped DSIT to transform digital public services, says government
The incoming government sets out preliminary plans to conduct a major revamp and relaunch of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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08 Jul 2024
Synnovis attack highlights degraded, outdated state of NHS IT
More cyber attacks against the health service are likely, and will succeed if something isn’t done to address the increasingly elderly NHS IT estate, experts are warning
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08 Jul 2024
Singtel, SK Telecom gear up for 6G future
Both telcos will work together to develop advanced network slicing, telco APIs and edge AI infrastructure, among other capabilities, to pave way for 6G deployments
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08 Jul 2024
Sir Alan Bates welcomes MP’s elevation to House of Lords
Former Labour MP has moved to the House of Lords where he will continue campaigning for justice for victims of the Horizon scandal
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05 Jul 2024
Hopes Labour will support tech, improve security and drive innovation
With the dust settling on the election results and a fresh prime minister entering Downing Street, the tech industry is starting to share its hopes for the new government
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05 Jul 2024
MSPs deserve more recognition
CEO of Kaseya outlines its mission to improve the position of the managed service provider community
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04 Jul 2024
SonicWall offers MSPs access to increased range of services
Security player arms partners with access to European-based SOC that will help them deal with EU compliance regulations
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04 Jul 2024
UK data regulator should investigate police cloud deployments
The Scottish biometrics commissioner has called for the UK Information Commissioner’s Office to formally investigate whether Police Scotland’s cloud-based evidence sharing system is fully compliant with data protection laws
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04 Jul 2024
How Qualtrics is driving experience management with AI
During the Sydney leg of its X4 conference, Qualtrics’ top executives dived deeper into its efforts to help organisations improve customer and employee experiences with AI
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03 Jul 2024
NCA’s Operation Morpheus targets illicit Cobalt Strike use
International law enforcement operation targets cyber criminals using the Cobalt Strike penetration testing framework for dodgy purposes
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03 Jul 2024
EU moves ahead while U.S. steps back on regulation
The European Commission found both Meta and Apple to be in violation of the Digital Markets Act.
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03 Jul 2024
Former Post Office chair 'regrets' keeping critical Horizon report secret
Tim Parker, chairman of the Post Office from 2015 to 2022, admits he should not have accepted legal advice to prevent release of a review that could have supported victims of the Horizon scandal
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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
Tech leaders recognised for social, cultural and economic innovations
TechUK President's Awards highlight the contribution of the IT community to improving society through digital innovation
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02 Jul 2024
Supreme Court rulings like Chevron hinder regulation
The Supreme Court's recent decisions including Chevron will limit federal agencies' regulatory power over businesses.
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02 Jul 2024
NGMN unveils roadmap for more energy-efficient networks
Forum founded by leading mobile network operators for all partners in the mobile industry releases guidance and recommendations supported on energy-saving techniques to help enhance energy-saving methods
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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
Nordic banks pursue AI in battle with digital competitors
Traditional Nordic banks are raising their investments in artificial intelligence to help them retain market share in increasingly populated sector
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02 Jul 2024
Interview: Nvidia on AI workloads and their impacts on data storage
We talk to Charlie Boyle of Nvidia about data challenges in artificial intelligence, key practical tips for AI projects, and demands on storage of training, inferencing, RAG and checkpointing
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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
Diana project provides Nato tech dividend to Finland
Finnish tech sector to receive a boost following the country’s decision to join Nato
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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
3 takeaways from first U.S. presidential debate
Climate and taxes became hotly debated topics between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump during Thursday night's debate.
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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
Former Fujitsu engineer says Post Office ‘trapped’ him into giving incomplete evidence
Gareth Jenkins turned his fire on the Post Office on the final day of his marathon evidence session at the Post Office public inquiry
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28 Jun 2024
Sage: SMEs want the channel to be trusted advisors
Firm shares research that indicates partners are seen by small and medium-sized customers as the source of digital transformation support
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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
Data privacy legislation delayed as backlash grows
Multiple stakeholders raised issues with the American Privacy Rights Act, including removal of protections against algorithmic auditing.
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27 Jun 2024
New Relic CEO sets observability strategy for the AI age
Former Proofpoint CEO sets an AI-focused agenda, including an Nvidia partnership launched this week, while denying layoff rumors and speculation about a merger with Sumo Logic.
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27 Jun 2024
UKtech50 winner interview: Alan Bates, Post Office Horizon scandal campaigner
UKtech50 winner Alan Bates talks to Computer Weekly about why the Post Office needs to be modernised, how to deploy an IT system the right way and his plans to write a book
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27 Jun 2024
UKtech50 2024: The most influential people in UK technology
Computer Weekly has announced the 14th annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK tech sector
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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
IT giant Atos faces collapse if restructuring talks fail
French IT giant Atos is facing financial problems that could affect the ability of its UK arm to deliver key government contracts, including those related to NHS records in hospitals
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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
Wales partners with OpenAI to improve Welsh language tech
The Welsh government’s data partnership with the company behind ChatGPT aims to improve how artificial intelligence technologies work in the Welsh language
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27 Jun 2024
Experts shocked by ‘extraordinary’ claim made by Post Office IT expert witness
A former Fujitsu engineer made an ‘unbelievable’ claim about evidence he gave in witness statements when acting as an expert witness during Post Office prosecutions of subpostmasters
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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
Datadog DASH updates push into fresh IT automation turf
A series of product updates at Datadog DASH broke out of the vendor's usual observability domain and into territory held by Atlassian, PagerDuty and others.
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26 Jun 2024
Hume talks of ‘recovering market’ as TD Synnex shares Q2 numbers
Distributor’s numbers fall within guidance in second quarter as it looks towards stronger second half
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26 Jun 2024
Ignorance of ‘legal niceties’ from Post Office expert IT witness saw innocent people jailed
IT expert used by Post Office to give evidence supporting prosecutions of subpostmasters did not understand legal duties he was bound to
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26 Jun 2024
Israel’s cyber chief calls for international front against Iranian hackers
Israel’s cyber chief has called for international action against Iran over state-backed hacking
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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
JFrog buy bolsters MLOps combo with DevSecOps
JFrog plans to meld AI/ML development with established DevSecOps pipelines through the acquisition of Qwak in a bid to help more enterprise AI apps reach production.
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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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25 Jun 2024
NHS experts raise warning over patient data breach risk in registries project
Clinicians warn that the NHS England Outcome Registries Platform has poor security and is vulnerable to cyber attack, putting critical patient data at risk of being exposed
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25 Jun 2024
TDCX and Supa team up on data labelling
TDCX has teamed up with data labelling firm Supa to speed up data labelling with up to 98% accuracy using the human-in-the-loop approach
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25 Jun 2024
Interview: Javed Iqbal, digital and information director, British American Tobacco
British American Tobacco’s director of digital and information, Javed Iqbal, talks to Computer Weekly about breaking with tradition, the importance of cultural mindset and AI ethics
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25 Jun 2024
Numbers prove former subpostmaster federation boss’s ignorance over Post Office scandal
George Thomson is ignoring the numbers when he downplays subpostmaster prosecutions based on Horizon data
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24 Jun 2024
Post Office expert IT witness Gareth Jenkins resigns BCS membership
The former Fujitsu chief architect for Horizon has resigned as a member of the BCS after he was told he could be investigated
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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
Sellafield pleads guilty to criminal charges over cyber security
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority-backed organisation Sellafield Ltd pleads guilty to criminal charges brought over significant cyber security failings that could have compromised sensitive nuclear information
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24 Jun 2024
Buckinghamshire Council drives efficiencies with Microsoft Copilot
With local government facing a funding crisis, Buckinghamshire Council hopes artificial intelligence can boost efficiency and reduce outgoings
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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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24 Jun 2024
Metropolitan Police could investigate one of its own staff in Post Office probe
Former Post Office investigator deleted references to software errors in a witness statement from Fujitsu’s Gareth Jenkins during the wrongful prosecution of a subpostmaster
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24 Jun 2024
Why SAP ECC customers need to upgrade before 2027
While SAP will support its Enterprise Central Component ERP until 2027, this is only the case if you’re on a later enhancement pack
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21 Jun 2024
Sellafield whistleblower ordered to pay costs after email tampering claims
A former consultant at Sellafield has been ordered to pay costs for having ‘acted unreasonably’ in claiming the nuclear facility tampered with metadata in letters used against her in court