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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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03 Jul 2024
EU moves ahead while U.S. steps back on regulation
By Makenzie HollandThe 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
By Bryan GlickTim 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
UK must push forward greater use of open tech
By Cliff SaranOpenUK is calling on policymakers to put more effort into building the UK’s open source capabilities
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03 Jul 2024
Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 announce long-term network-sharing agreement
By Joe O’HalloranNetwork-sharing agreement aims to transform experience for tens of millions of customers across the UK and rebalance the mobile market by creating a third scaled network operator
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03 Jul 2024
Logicalis: Sustainability still a top customer concern
By Simon QuickeEven 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
By Caroline DonnellyThe Police Digital Service has confirmed an internal review of its processes will be undertaken in the wake of staff arrests
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03 Jul 2024
BT tops UK fixed broadband customer experience rankings
By Joe O’HalloranResearch from network quality of experience testing and monitoring firm pinpoints UK’s largest leading broadband provider as offering best quality of experience
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03 Jul 2024
North America surge drives global 5G connections to two-billion mark
By Joe O’HalloranFirst quarter of 2024 sees 185 million new top-end mobile additions, with total now projected to hit 7.7 billion by 2028
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03 Jul 2024
Tech leaders recognised for social, cultural and economic innovations
By Computer Weekly StaffTechUK President's Awards highlight the contribution of the IT community to improving society through digital innovation
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02 Jul 2024
SCOTUS ruling shifts H-1B visa landscape
By Patrick ThibodeauThe H-1B visa program could face more legal challenges and pressure for congressional reform following a Supreme Court ruling that limits federal agencies' regulatory power.
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02 Jul 2024
Supreme Court rulings like Chevron hinder regulation
By Makenzie HollandThe Supreme Court's recent decisions including Chevron will limit federal agencies' regulatory power over businesses.
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02 Jul 2024
EXA Infrastructure, SOCAR Fiber plan for Red Sea route diversity
By Joe O’HalloranEuropean dedicated digital infrastructure platform provider, connecting North America and Asia via the Middle East, inks deal with secure electronic communication infrastructure company for terrestrial fibre optic route
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02 Jul 2024
NGMN unveils roadmap for more energy-efficient networks
By Joe O’HalloranForum 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
Geotab, BYD Trucks Europe gear up IoT for sustainable fleet management
By Joe O’HalloranGeotab and BYD Trucks Europe collaborate to provide fleet management solution across Europe within end-to-end connectivity to ensure data privacy and security in the region
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02 Jul 2024
Westcon-Comstor and e92plus widen portfolios
By Simon QuickeDistributors are expanding and signing fresh relationships to get more options in front of their respective partner bases
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02 Jul 2024
Dassault Systèmes and Mistral AI team to accelerate edge AI generative economy
By Joe O’HalloranLeading provider of engineering design systems and artificial intelligence firm form partnership combining industrial ecosystem and frontier AI to industries in a trusted environment, to deliver secure, scalable, AI-driven services
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02 Jul 2024
Databricks launches generative AI tools, including assistant
By Eric AvidonThe vendor's assistant and automatically generated metadata descriptions together enable users to work with data using natural language and receive accurate outputs in response.
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02 Jul 2024
How IAG is tapping data streaming
By Stephen WithersThe 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
By Gerard O'DwyerTraditional 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
By Antony AdsheadWe 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
By Aaron TanKyndryl 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
Patient experience scores rebound after pandemic dip
By Sara HeathDespite patient experience improvements, patient satisfaction scores still vary by race and age.
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01 Jul 2024
SK Hynix's $75B investment in AI chips shows a growing trend
By Esther AjaoThe South Korea-based chipmaker responds to the growing demand for AI memory chips with a big investment through 2028. Meanwhile, memory chipmakers step up production.
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01 Jul 2024
Critical OpenSSH vulnerability could affect millions of servers
By Arielle WaldmanExploitation against CVE-2024-6387, which Qualys nicknamed 'regreSSHion,' could let attackers bypass security measures and gain root access to vulnerable servers.
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01 Jul 2024
Telefónica, Nokia offer ‘unique’ private 5G networks service in Spain
By Joe O’HalloranPartnership to see companies – especially those in industrial and logistics sectors – able to implement up to 100 digitisation services in cloud, private mobile networks and edge computing with 5G connectivity
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01 Jul 2024
Gartner flags missed opportunities for enterprises to make cost-effective green IT gains
By Caroline DonnellyMarket watcher Gartner claims most cost-effective sustainable IT initiatives are being underused by enterprises
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01 Jul 2024
Diana project provides Nato tech dividend to Finland
By Gerard O'DwyerFinnish tech sector to receive a boost following the country’s decision to join Nato
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01 Jul 2024
Northamber expands into Ireland
By Billy MacInnesAcquisition of distributor Renaissance Contingency Services gives the firm an Irish presence
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01 Jul 2024
Canon Business Centre SOS expands geographic reach
By Simon QuickePartner able to provide more coverage for the print vendor in Hampshire and the South coast following acquisition
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01 Jul 2024
Insight acquires consultancy NWT
By Simon QuickeChannel player keeps M&A activity going with move for UK firm with strong vertical market experience
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01 Jul 2024
CityFibre, nexfibre gain further gigabit ground in southern England
By Joe O’HalloranUK’s leading independent provider makes full-fibre available to majority of homes and businesses in West Sussex county town, while growing gigabit broadband wholesaler reveals plans to deliver it to more than 15,000 premises in Buckinghamshire
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01 Jul 2024
Nokia to acquire Infinera in $2.3bn deal
By Joe O’HalloranNokia sees acquisition of open optical networking solutions provider to increase scale in optical networks business
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01 Jul 2024
VMO2 hits high as it completes Shared Rural Network first phase
By Joe O’HalloranGlencoe Mountain Resort in Scotland becomes 227th site to gain improved 4G coverage as part of VMO2 roll-out
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28 Jun 2024
Lenovo expands AI offerings, liquid cooling
By Adam ArmstrongLenovo sets itself apart from others by offering configured AI products to speed deployment and shape direction, while also expanding liquid cooling to lower costs.
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28 Jun 2024
TeamViewer breached by Russian state actor Midnight Blizzard
By Alexander CulafiTeamViewer says a Russian state-sponsored threat actor known as Midnight Blizzard gained accessed to the company's corporate network via compromised employee credentials.
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28 Jun 2024
3 takeaways from first U.S. presidential debate
By Makenzie HollandClimate 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
AWS' Amazon Q adds Connect contact center integration
By Don FluckingerAmazon Connect, AWS' contact center platform, takes aim at solving the customer service agent's biggest problem: app switching during customer calls.
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28 Jun 2024
How FWD is driving its digital strategy
By Aaron TanFWD’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
Trump's liberal green card plan faces skepticism
By Patrick ThibodeauDonald Trump's plan to issue green cards to all college graduates exceeds Hillary Clinton's 2016 proposal and raises skepticism about the likelihood of it ever being adopted.
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28 Jun 2024
How the U.S. can close longstanding racial health equity gaps
By Sara HeathAccess to insurance, better enforcement and more data will be key to addressing the nation's health equity woes.
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28 Jun 2024
Former Fujitsu engineer says Post Office ‘trapped’ him into giving incomplete evidence
By Karl FlindersGareth 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
By Simon QuickeFirm 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
By Aaron TanRecorded 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
By Makenzie HollandMultiple stakeholders raised issues with the American Privacy Rights Act, including removal of protections against algorithmic auditing.
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27 Jun 2024
Google targets GenAI accuracy, speed, size, efficiency
By Shaun SutnerThe 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
New Relic CEO sets observability strategy for the AI age
By Beth PariseauFormer 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
Supply chain attacks conducted through Polyfill.io service
By Arielle WaldmanIn February, a Chinese company named Funnell bought the Polyfill.io domain, which sparked concerns in the infosec community about potential supply chain threats.
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27 Jun 2024
UKtech50 winner interview: Alan Bates, Post Office Horizon scandal campaigner
By Lis EvenstadUKtech50 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
By Lis EvenstadComputer 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
MicroStrategy's latest delivers embedded AI-powered insights
By Eric AvidonThe longtime independent analytics vendor's new platform update combines embedded BI with generative AI to deliver AI-powered insights to users within the flow of their work.
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27 Jun 2024
Neos Networks advances Oxfordshire GigaHubs project
By Joe O’HalloranMore than 180 public service sites, from local GP practices to schools, community centres and the authority’s own IT estate, are now connected with full-fibre connectivity as part of a County Council programme
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27 Jun 2024
CloudCoCo reports H1 results amid stabilisation efforts
By Simon QuickeChannel 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
Council denies planning bid for datacentre near M25 a second time on Green Belt grounds
By Caroline DonnellyBuckinghamshire Council rejects a second attempt by investment firm Greystoke Land to secure permission for a datacentre development in Iver on Green Belt protection grounds
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27 Jun 2024
Qt lands on LG advanced automotive content platform
By Joe O’HalloranSoftware developer and CE giant extend partnership to power UI/UX development of in-car infotainment services
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27 Jun 2024
IT giant Atos faces collapse if restructuring talks fail
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonFrench 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
By Simon QuickeAfter 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
Nokia, Telefónica team to boost adoption of 5G SA network APIs
By Joe O’HalloranLeading operator inks agreement to explore new API opportunities based on 5G standalone capabilities for businesses in Spain and Germany through use of comms tech provider’s Network Exposure Function
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27 Jun 2024
Halo Trust partners with AWS to accelerate AI-led landmine clearance in Ukraine
By Caroline DonnellyLandmine 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
Top-ranked hospitals still underperform in social responsibility
By Sara HeathHospitals that typically rank high for quality, plus private equity-backed institutions, fell short on the social responsibility ratings.
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27 Jun 2024
Box AI becomes free to Enterprise Plus subscribers
By Don FluckingerBox previews new features to come later this year -- including a revamped metadata API -- while dropping generative AI query fees for its highest tier of premium subscribers.
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27 Jun 2024
Wales partners with OpenAI to improve Welsh language tech
By Lis EvenstadThe 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
Verizon brings portable connectivity to events with Network in a Box
By Joe O’HalloranComms provider Verizon launches critical communications prototype to support operations, security, event production and fan experience in venues when a permanent private network is not available
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27 Jun 2024
Hybrid workers call on employers to increase investment in connectivity
By Joe O’HalloranSurvey reveals lack of reliable mobile connectivity in the office is affecting seven in 10 hybrid workers, forcing a majority of employees to leave their office building simply to make a phone call
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27 Jun 2024
Experts shocked by ‘extraordinary’ claim made by Post Office IT expert witness
By Karl FlindersA 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
By Aaron TanThe 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
By Antone GonsalvesCIOs 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
Datadog DASH updates push into fresh IT automation turf
By Beth PariseauA 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
LockBit claim about hacking U.S. Federal Reserve fizzles
By Alexander CulafiEvolve Bank & Trust confirmed that it was affected by a cybersecurity-related incident, but has not yet said whether the LockBit ransomware gang was responsible.
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26 Jun 2024
SHRM warns of HR polycrisis from AI, incivility, DEI backlash
By Patrick ThibodeauSHRM CEO Johnny C. Taylor Jr. highlights a polycrisis facing HR managers, as political discord, AI's effects on the workplace and DEI battles challenge HR and workers.
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26 Jun 2024
MoveIt Transfer vulnerability targeted amid disclosure drama
By Arielle WaldmanProgress Software's MoveIt Transfer is under attack again, just one year after a Clop ransomware actor exploited a different zero-day MoveIt flaw against thousands of customers.
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26 Jun 2024
SingleStore adds Iceberg integration, improved vector search
By Eric AvidonThe data platform vendor's latest update targets GenAI development by enabling easier access to unstructured data, making searches more efficient and optimizing cloud consumption.
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26 Jun 2024
Oracle launches HeatWave GenAI to fuel AI development
By Eric AvidonThe tech giant updated its database with new features aimed at simplifying model and application development cost-effectively, including in-database LLMs.
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26 Jun 2024
Goldilock builds out partner network
By Simon QuickeSecurity vendor adds distributors and resellers to increase UK, US and European coverage and to support its plans to go indirect
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26 Jun 2024
Hume talks of ‘recovering market’ as TD Synnex shares Q2 numbers
By Simon QuickeDistributor’s numbers fall within guidance in second quarter as it looks towards stronger second half
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26 Jun 2024
Most patients find new doc online, via provider directories
By Sara HeathWhile 46% of patients look online and at their insurance's provider directory to find a new doctor, fewer rely on referrals.
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26 Jun 2024
JT taps Ericsson for 5G test centre
By Joe O’HalloranIsland telco makes next step in progress of installing 5G using Ericsson’s advanced telecoms solutions and software services, including energy efficient features to support sustainable a network
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26 Jun 2024
Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service replaces legacy SD-WAN
By Joe O’HalloranContract awarded for the deployment of cross-Scotland software-defined wide area network designed to ensure efficient, secure and reliable administrative services to the judiciaries of Scotland
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26 Jun 2024
Ignorance of ‘legal niceties’ from Post Office expert IT witness saw innocent people jailed
By Karl FlindersIT 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
By Bill GoodwinIsrael’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
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonPolice 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
StorOne adds data protection, dynamic cross-media tiering
By Adam ArmstrongStorOne adds cross-media tiering in a single volume to bring the same performance at lower costs, while adding a huge number of snapshots and anomaly detection.
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25 Jun 2024
Gong adds GenAI conversational intelligence for sales insights
By Don FluckingerGenerative AI tools in Gong's Smart Trackers provide deeper analysis into sales reps' communications with customers.
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25 Jun 2024
JFrog buy bolsters MLOps combo with DevSecOps
By Beth PariseauJFrog 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
European Commission declares Microsoft’s bundling of Teams with M365 anti-competitive
By Caroline DonnellyThe 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
CISA discloses breach of Chemical Security Assessment Tool
By Alexander CulafiThe breach, which CISA first disclosed in March, stemmed from Ivanti zero-day vulnerabilities that a Chinese nation-state threat actor first exploited in January.
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25 Jun 2024
UK government’s M365 use under scrutiny after Microsoft’s ‘no guarantee of sovereignty’ disclosure
By Caroline DonnellyMicrosoft’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
ALSO Cloud UK: GenAI poses significant security risks
By Simon QuickeDistributor’s event shines light on the benefits and challenges faced by users looking to adopt the technology
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25 Jun 2024
Sisense adds embeddable chatbot to generative AI toolkit
By Eric AvidonThe embedded BI specialist introduced Analytics Chatbot, a tool that enables natural language interactions with data, and a feature that lets users easily create summaries.
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25 Jun 2024
SAP public cloud migration requires architectural rethink
By Cliff SaranResearch 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
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange freed from prison
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonA deal reached with US authorities will end the WikiLeaks founder’s years-long legal saga, setting him free if he pleads guilty to a criminal conspiracy charge
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25 Jun 2024
NHS experts raise warning over patient data breach risk in registries project
By Alex ScroxtonClinicians 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
By Aaron TanTDCX 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
By Lis EvenstadBritish 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
By Karl FlindersGeorge Thomson is ignoring the numbers when he downplays subpostmaster prosecutions based on Horizon data
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24 Jun 2024
Rockset acquisition strengthens OpenAI's enterprise play
By Shaun SutnerThe GenAI pioneer went outside the AI realm for its second acquisition, looking to the smaller database analytics vendor for its real-time search and vector capabilities.
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24 Jun 2024
HHS establishes provider information blocking disincentives
By Hannah NelsonA new HHS final rule outlines information blocking disincentives for healthcare providers across several CMS programs, including the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program.
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24 Jun 2024
Corvus: Cyber insurance premiums see 'stabilization'
By Arielle WaldmanCorvus Insurance's Peter Hedberg provided insight into the cyber insurance landscape after a tumultuous 2023 and what enterprises can expect moving forward.
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24 Jun 2024
Post Office expert IT witness Gareth Jenkins resigns BCS membership
By Karl FlindersThe 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
Abzorb shares experiences of apprenticeship scheme
By Simon QuickeAs those finishing A-levels contemplate their futures, channel player Abzorb shares experiences of its apprenticeship scheme
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24 Jun 2024
Workday GenAI upgrade aims to speed and simplify app dev
By Patrick ThibodeauWorkday speeds up creation of apps with AI-powered Developer Copilot and Visual UI Mode. Low-code improvements aim to help citizen developers.