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21 Jan 2025
How smartphones are transforming global health
Shyam Gollakota, winner of the 2024 Infosys Prize in Engineering and Computer Science, is bringing medical care to underserved communities through with smartphone-based diagnostic tools
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21 Jan 2025
Intel Foundry gains new defense clients for 18A process
Intel Foundry secured defense contracts with Trusted Semiconductor Solutions and Reliable MicroSystems, highlighting confidence in its 18A manufacturing process.
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21 Jan 2025
Threat actors abusing Microsoft Teams in ransomware attacks
Sophos researchers observed two separate threat campaigns in which attackers used Microsoft Teams to pose as IT support personnel and gain access to victims' systems.
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23 May 2024
Munich Re sees strong growth in AI insurance
Global reinsurance giant Munich Re expects more demand for AI insurance from organisations that are looking to manage the risks of AI as they experiment more with the technology
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22 May 2024
At IBM Think, IT leaders pitch GenAI upskilling for all
IT leaders at IBM Think 2024 say training employees and establishing policies for generative AI adoption are core parts of a strategy to avoid financial and legal hurdles.
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22 May 2024
Rockwell urges users to disconnect ICS equipment
ICS systems maker Rockwell Automation calls on users to take steps to secure their equipment, and reminds them there is no reason to ever have its hardware connected to the public internet, as it tracks an increase in global threat activity
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22 May 2024
New IBM Watsonx GenAI focuses on enterprises, governance
The veteran tech giant, with deep roots in AI, bases its new AI strategy on open source, multimodel support and helping businesses modernize their code and IT operations.
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22 May 2024
‘You knew’ – former ally accused Paula Vennells of knowing about Horizon problems
Former Royal Mail CEO messaged Paula Vennells following the broadcasting of ITV’s dramatisation of the Post Office scandal, questioning what the former Post Office boss knew and removed her support
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22 May 2024
Microsoft Fabric gets new generative AI tech, more openness
As the tech giant builds out its unified platform for data management and analytics, new tools address ease-of-use with AI and data unification with integrations.
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22 May 2024
Arctic Wolf CPO: Most AI deployment is generic, 'pretty weak'
Dan Schiappa, chief product officer at Arctic Wolf, said that while generative AI technology has enormous potential, many companies are deploying it for the wrong reasons.
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22 May 2024
Dutch employers should discuss using algorithms in managing staff
Dutch organisations must engage in open discussions with employees about the use of algorithms and data in managing staff
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22 May 2024
AI Seoul Summit: 27 nations and EU to set red lines on AI risk
The countries will now work together to identify thresholds at which the risks presented by an AI model or system would be unacceptable without safeguards in place, as well as develop interoperable safety testing regimes for the technology
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22 May 2024
ORBs: Hacking groups’ new favourite way of keeping their attacks hidden
Beware the ORB: why attacks on your network could come from a home router down the street
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22 May 2024
CMS unveils reporting site for EMTALA violations
The reporting line will let patients flag when their rights to patient access to care in the ED under EMTALA have been violated, the agency said.
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22 May 2024
FDA approves biosimilars for macular degeneration, other eye diseases
The FDA approved Yesafili and Opuviz as interchangeable biosimilars for Eylea to treat multiple eye conditions, including macular degeneration.
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22 May 2024
Infinidat arrays shift from Intel to AMD in new G4 line
Infinidat's G4 storage line highlights a shift in architecture and customer focus. It's also adding a controller upgrade program as well as new data protection and cloud options.
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22 May 2024
Salesforce to roll out marketing, e-commerce Einstein Copilots
Salesforce drops a number of new features for commerce and marketing users. Chief among them are generative AI copilots for marketing and e-commerce.
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22 May 2024
Infinidat adds smaller footprint G4 arrays with claimed 2x performance
Purveyor of triple-controller all-flash and hybrid flash arrays aimed at high-end customers tails and tops InfiniBox and InfiniBox SSA ranges, and adds Azure cloud storage to AWS
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22 May 2024
MSPs key to plugging skills gaps
Espria boss shares view around the benefits customers can unblock if they choose to work with a channel partner
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22 May 2024
UK government announces £8.5m in grants for AI safety research
The funding programme will be directed by the UK’s AI Safety Institute, with grants being used to understand and mitigate the impacts of artificial intelligence, including any systemic risks it presents at the societal level
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22 May 2024
Knowledge24: ‘You can’t go it alone’ in life, says actress Viola Davis
Actress Viola Davis, along with senior women from ServiceNow, spoke at the Knowledge24 conference about the importance of wisely using leadership positions to help others make progress
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22 May 2024
G-Cloud 14: Overseas suppliers risk non-compliance as CCS changes stance on UK VAT requirements
After assuring overseas suppliers multiple times during the G-Cloud clarification period that they did not need a UK VAT number to participate in the framework, government procurement chiefs have now backtracked on this guidance by telling non-UK suppliers to get VAT registered by October or risk being non-compliant
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22 May 2024
Women in Data: BAE Systems’ CDO on why diversity in data matters
From working with primates in the rainforest, to running Covid data for the government, to being at the bleeding edge of data in defence, BAE Systems CDO Johanna Hutchinson discusses why diversity matters in the field of data
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22 May 2024
Broadcom/VMware: Joining the dots to migrate off VMware
It may take several years to move off VMware. In the meantime, Nutanix and Rimini Street have ramped up efforts to target unhappy customers
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22 May 2024
Cleveland Clinic settles False Claims Act allegations for $7M
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation paid over $7M to resolve False Claims Act allegations around federal grant applications.
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22 May 2024
Virgin Media Business Wholesale connects MA5 datacentre with new fibre
Virgin Media Business Wholesale marks next phase of ongoing high bandwidth upgrade programme, setting out to deliver faster and more accurate provisioning at strategic sites throughout the UK
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22 May 2024
Industry groups seek clarity from HHS on Change Healthcare breach reporting
More than 100 industry groups asked OCR to clarify breach reporting obligations and publicly state that its investigation will focus on Change Healthcare, not the affected providers.
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22 May 2024
Researchers identify microplastics in human testicular tissue
This discovery indicates the presence of microplastics in the male reproductive system, which may be impacting reproductive health.
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21 May 2024
Microsoft Copilot+ PC faces enterprise challenges
To succeed with enterprises, pricing for Copilot+ PC will have to come down for high-volume sales and business software will need to run well on Arm-based systems.
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21 May 2024
Epicor unveils Grow portfolio of AI, BI capabilities
Epicor unveiled AI and BI capabilities in its new Epicor Grow portfolio, including Prism, which enables customers to build generative AI tasks on their Epicor ERP data.
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21 May 2024
TfL taps Thales and Nokia to renew underground multi-services network
Transport for London engages IT and networks firms to deliver integrated communications renewal to support system used by staff to handle radio, transmission and CCTV technology
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21 May 2024
Microsoft Visual Studio, Azure updates target AI developers
Microsoft updates this week aim to address the struggles of early enterprise generative AI adopters that have stalled efforts to put pilot projects into real-world production.
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21 May 2024
AI Seoul Summit: 10 nations and EU recommit to safe inclusive AI
During the latest AI Summit in South Korea, the participating governments reaffirmed their prior commitments to deepening international cooperation on AI safety, and have agreed to launch an international network of ‘safety institutes’
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21 May 2024
AI Seoul Summit: 16 AI firms make voluntary safety commitments
Prominent artificial intelligence companies from around the world have committed to a set of voluntary AI safety measures, which includes developing continuous risk assessment processes, setting acceptable risk thresholds, and ensuring greater transparency
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21 May 2024
Enterprise sector shines in steady Q1 for Zoom
Zoom’s latest financial results show continued growth beyond its roots, driven by a commitment to meet customer needs and enhance productivity
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21 May 2024
CGI selected to streamline UK ESN programme
Controversial mobile network for UK emergency services mobile communications enters new phase with consulting firm appointed as technology delivery partner
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21 May 2024
Critical bug discovered in open source utility Fluent Bit
Tenable researchers discovered a critical vulnerability, dubbed 'Linguistic Lumberjack,' in Fluent Bit, an open source logging utility widely used by major cloud providers.
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21 May 2024
Nutanix ramps up VMware opportunity
During its annual Next conference in Barcelona, Nutanix has expanded its hardware partner programme to grab new business from Broadcom
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21 May 2024
Ericsson, Tele2 shake it off with 5G in Sweden for Taylor Swift
Swedish operator and global comms tech provider claim to have revolutionised mobile experiences with 5G technology milestone for music megastar’s concerts at Friends Arena in Stockholm
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21 May 2024
FTC finalizes Blackbaud settlement, requires revamped data retention policies
The FTC’s settlement with Blackbaud prohibits the company from misrepresenting its data security practices and requires it to create a data retention schedule.
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21 May 2024
AAP updates breastfeeding guidelines for individuals with HIV
The updated guidelines acknowledge that, with proper treatment, the risk of transmitting HIV through breastfeeding is less than 1%.
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21 May 2024
Informatica adds AI assistant, GenAI development interface
The longtime data management vendor's new capabilities simplify use of its platform, enabling nontechnical users to work with its tools and making experts more efficient.
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21 May 2024
AST bolsters UK position with Symatrix buy
Tie-up of Oracle specialists will provide operations on both sides of the Atlantic for expanding American business
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21 May 2024
HHS dedicates $50M to development of autonomous cyber defense tools
ARPA-H, a division of HHS, announced the launch of the Universal PatchinG and Remediation for Autonomous DEfense (UPGRADE) program, aimed at addressing cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
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21 May 2024
Wave of AI-capable PCs on the way
Channel will have a fresh option to pitch to customers as the arrival of hardware using artificial intelligence is less than a month away
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21 May 2024
Parliamentary committee criticises big tech response to election threats
Parliamentary committee says tech companies ‘regurgitated publicly available content’ and failed to address questions raised by MPs and peers
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21 May 2024
Rapid7 warns of alarming zero-day vulnerability trends
The cybersecurity vendor tracked vulnerabilities that were used by threat actors in mass compromise events and found more than half were exploited as zero days.
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21 May 2024
CIO interview: Nic Granger, director of corporate and CFO, North Sea Transition Authority
Spending time with penguins in the Falkland Islands may not seem an obvious background for an IT leader, but it's worked for Nic Granger as she sets out to overhaul the way data is used in the oil and gas sector
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21 May 2024
Providers seek $758M for children’s hospitals GME program
Over two dozen trade groups seek more funding for the Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education program to bolster the pediatric physician workforce.
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21 May 2024
Post Office clique deepened Horizon scandal
A general counsel annoyed by independent investigators and comms director that bragged about his contacts were part of a Post Office clique with former CEO Paula Vennells
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21 May 2024
FNIH launches public–private partnership to accelerate ALS research
The AMP ALS program is supported by multiple organizations, including the NINDS, FDA, the ALS association, Target ALS, and more.
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21 May 2024
The Security Interviews: What is the real cyber threat from China?
Former NCSC boss Ciaran Martin talks about nation-state attacks, why the UK has become so exercised about cyber espionage, and how our leaders are in danger of misunderstanding their adversaries
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21 May 2024
IBM moves ahead with open source, multi-model AI strategy
The 113-year-old tech giant expanded its open source, open ecosystem, multi-model approach with support for more models and updates to its Watsonx generative AI assistants.
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21 May 2024
IBM gives glimpse of HashiCorp plans with AIOps preview
The idea that IBM's $6.5 billion deal for HashiCorp will change its open source stance has lost steam given plans to unite it with other proprietary tools under IBM Concert.
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20 May 2024
Dell refines AI factory, expands Nvidia partnership
The Dell AI Factory took center stage at Dell Technologies World with new infrastructure additions, a broader AI ecosystem and an expanded partnership with Nvidia.
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20 May 2024
CyberArk to acquire Venafi from Thoma Bravo for $1.5B
CyberArk said it intends to help enterprises with the growing number of machine identities, which the company said surpasses human identities by a ratio of 40 to 1.
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20 May 2024
Dell Technologies World: AI at core of Dell’s next chapter
With a significant anniversary just passed, Dell CEO Michael Dell was in reflective mood as he looked ahead to the impact of artificial intelligence on the tech giant’s product stack
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20 May 2024
Dell revamps storage with PowerStore Prime
Dell is combining programs and features into its main storage product PowerStore; this prime version brings higher performance, QLC and an Apex AI assistant.
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20 May 2024
DataStax launches on-premise GenAI in ‘hyper-converged’ format
NoSQL database specialist adds generative AI for datacentre deployments where cloud is a no-no for cost, security or compliance reasons, with a focus on vector storage
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20 May 2024
Swiss International Air Lines takes off with global eSIM service
Switzerland’s largest air carrier collaborates with eSIM Go to launch global embedded subscriber identity module designed to provide passengers with convenient and affordable mobile data connectivity during their travels
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20 May 2024
HMRC underestimates Single Trade Window project complexity, says NAO
A National Audit Office report on UK border calls on government to have a more realistic approach to digital transformation
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20 May 2024
DSIT unveils plans for independent institute to underpin UK Semiconductor Strategy
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is marking the first anniversary of the launch of the UK Semiconductor Strategy by setting out plans to create an institute to underpin its plans
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20 May 2024
Channel round-up: Who’s gone where?
We highlight more executive moves across the industry in the past week
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20 May 2024
UK AI Safety Institute to open San Francisco branch
News of the AI Safety Institute’s expansion to the US follows the first public release of its AI safety testing results
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20 May 2024
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange granted appeal
Two high court judges granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leave to appeal against extradition to the US after defence lawyers argued that the US had failed to give adequate assurances
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20 May 2024
Limited mental health equity might cost U.S. $14T by 2040
Better mental health equity and integrating mental healthcare into chronic disease management could curb the cost of excess health spending.
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20 May 2024
Concerns over supplier cloud security a customer issue
Research from Tenable has underlined fears customers have around the ability of IT providers to deliver solid solutions
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20 May 2024
Toshiba shows 32TB HDDs with heat-assisted and shingled drives
Drive maker demonstrates 32TB and 31TB capacity hard drives that boost write density by use of heat and microwave assistance plus shingled – overlapped – drive tracks
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20 May 2024
BT Group pushes back digital switchover deadline
UK’s leading telco extends deadline by just over 12 months for transformation to an all-digital infrastructure, and offers dedicated support for businesses to make necessary steps
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20 May 2024
Senate Finance contemplates physician payment reform
A new Senate Finance Committee white paper lays out opportunities for Medicare Physician Fee Schedule reform to improve chronic care and value.
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20 May 2024
Hippodrome Casino makes bet on Extreme for network upgrade
London casino implements network infrastructure to mitigate legacy challenges and improve security, guest services and productivity
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20 May 2024
Red Hat CEO on OpenShift evolution and AI moves
Red Hat CEO Matt Hicks talks up how OpenShift AI and RHEL AI can work together to lower the cost of training and inferencing to drive AI adoption and the company’s traction with customers looking to move away from VMware
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20 May 2024
Post Office directors went crawling back to Fujitsu when IBM project got complex, inquiry told
More details emerge about how close IBM came to replacing Fujitsu and its controversial Horizon system at the Post Office
- 20 May 2024
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20 May 2024
WebTPA healthcare data breach affects 2.4M individuals
WebTPA, a third-party administrator that processes health plan claims, notified millions of individuals of a healthcare data breach that occurred one year ago.
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20 May 2024
The fall from grace of ex-priest and Post Office boss Paula Vennells
As Paula Vennells faces statutory public inquiry into Horizon scandal, Computer Weekly compiles some of its must-read articles about the controversial former Post Office boss
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20 May 2024
Labcorp launches test that can detect preeclampsia in first trimester
The test looks at four key preeclampsia biomarkers in the first pregnancy trimester.
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17 May 2024
MuleSoft integration tackles EDI supply chain data issues
Salesforce integrates EDI data into its platform for users who deal with many suppliers -- or distributors -- with MuleSoft in an attempt to solve an age-old integration snafu.
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17 May 2024
Large organizations drove 2023 acute care EHR market energy
While acute care EHR purchasing remained high throughout 2023, Epic was the only health IT vendor to achieve a net increase in acute care EHR market share.
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17 May 2024
Why the UK needs to fix its broken IT security market
Ollie Whitehouse, CTO of GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre, says the market for secure software is broken. Are new laws required to make software companies liable for poor security?
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17 May 2024
Differentiation key as Sigma Computing raises $200M
The vendor's attempt to broaden BI use within organizations with a no-code spreadsheet interface helps its tools feel familiar while enabling deep data exploration.
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17 May 2024
Report highlights disagreement among experts on AI safety
An interim AI safety report coming out of the Bletchley Declaration shows AI experts are not in agreement over some of the biggest risks
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17 May 2024
Cato Networks and e& partner to further expand SASE presence in UAE
Global technology group forges partnership with provider to see the establishment of a second point-of-presence in UAE, extending SASE Cloud to enterprises across the region
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17 May 2024
NTT advances IOWN with real-time optical and wireless cooperative control
NTT applies all-photonics network to advance wireless services for smart factories looking to improve significantly efficiency, cutting costs and enable advanced solutions such as telerobotic operations
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17 May 2024
Canalys adds to narrative of surging cloud spending
Analysts have tracked the increase in spending in Q1, with AI playing a major role in driving investments
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17 May 2024
Post Office CEO Paula Vennells ‘didn’t believe there were miscarriages of justice,’ inquiry told
As the nation waits for the impending appearance of former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells at the public inquiry, a former colleague reveals her certainty that there were no miscarriages of justice
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17 May 2024
Openreach shines as fibre investment hits inflection point in BT financial year
UK’s leading comms provider posts mixed financial year and reports peak capex on full-fibre broadband roll-out after hitting £3bn cost and service transformation programme a year ahead of schedule
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17 May 2024
Post Office considered asking Computer Weekly to review Horizon IT system
The Post Office CIO was tasked by directors with sizing up Computer Weekly for the task of reviewing a forensic investigation into Horizon
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17 May 2024
FLiRT COVID variant is now the leading variant across the US
CDC data reveals that the newest COVID variant, KP.2, nicknamed FLiRT, has surpassed JN.1 as the leading variant across the US.
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17 May 2024
US overdose deaths declined for the first time in 5 years
Despite ongoing challenges with the fentanyl supply, the CDC reports the first drop in US overdose deaths in five years.
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17 May 2024
Akamai’s cloud computing play gains momentum
The company’s compute business could eventually account for the majority of its revenues, surpassing its security and content delivery businesses, says CEO Tom Leighton
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16 May 2024
CIOs face obstacles when scaling generative AI
IT leaders can expect data issues, compliance hurdles and technology coordination chores when scaling generative AI. They must also find use cases with the best business value.
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16 May 2024
Post Office IT boss failed to raise concern over false Horizon statements
Former Post Office CIO Lesley Sewell failed to raise concern over Post Office’s false stance on Horizon integrity
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16 May 2024
IBM sells QRadar SaaS assets to Palo Alto Networks
The deal with Palo Alto Networks comes one year after IBM announced QRadar Suite, an AI-enhanced security platform that combined existing SIEM and XDR products.
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16 May 2024
Signetbreedband taps Nokia to evolve network business services
Global comms tech provider announces partnership with Dutch managed network services provider to enable what it claims will be most solid and resilient business networking services in the Netherlands
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16 May 2024
Databarracks adds depth with PlanB
Business continuity player Databarracks picks up Scottish business PlanB to add to the services it can put in front of customers
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16 May 2024
Athenahealth launches specialty EHR tools to improve care
Athenahealth has introduced new specialty EHR solutions that aim to meet the clinical and operational needs of women's health and urgent care practices.
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16 May 2024
HMRC Single Trade Window project hits turbulence
Less than a year into the programme to create a Single Trade Window as a digital gateway for traders, HMRC has already gone through a formal dispute resolution process with its supplier
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16 May 2024
Vodafone Business Ireland and RingCentral team for hybrid work collaboration
Business division of telco and cloud comms service provider add Ireland to territories for unified communications and collaboration solutions designed to allow businesses to embrace the evolving landscape of hybrid work
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16 May 2024
FDA approves Roche’s self-collected HPV tests
This week, the FDA approved the first HPV self-collection solution in the US, which will expand options and access to screening.
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16 May 2024
Virgin Media O2 claims Shared Rural Network milestone
Community-owned island In the Hebrides becomes 150th site to benefit from improved mobile connectivity after operator deploys helicopters, boats and off-road vehicles to deliver and install a 4G mast to Isle of Eigg