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13 Mar 2025
US Congress demands UK lifts gag on Apple encryption order
Apple and Google have told US lawmakers that they cannot tell Congress whether they have received technical capability notices from the UK
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13 Mar 2025
Sky Business finds louder voice for collaboration
Business-to-business division of media and entertainment company announces communications platform to help UK firms boost productivity and collaboration by integrating advanced features like video conferencing
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13 Mar 2025
Channel express concerns over lack of cloud skills
The pressure is on to meet customer demand for hosted services, but some resellers lack the cloud skills to meet that need
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13 Mar 2025
SCC steps up sustainability efforts
Channel player SCC works to share more emissions data with customers and provide asset disposal for those looking to upgrade devices to Windows 11
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13 Mar 2025
Starmer to send AI tech teams into government departments
In his plans to reform the state, the prime minister is pushing for artificial intelligence to take on tasks for civil servants and calling time on NHS England
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13 Mar 2025
Government announces inevitable end to Payments Services Regulator
The government has abolished the Payments Services Regulator and will move responsibilities to Financial Conduct Authority
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13 Mar 2025
Driving licence data could be used for police facial recognition
The government’s Crime and Policing Bill could allow police to access the UK driving licence database for use in facial recognition watchlists, but the Home Office denies biometric data would be repurposed in this way
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13 Mar 2025
AT&T claims long-distance fibre network speed record
US communications giant completes ‘the highest speed’ across a single wavelength with 1.6 Tbps data transport on its commercial infrastructure
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13 Mar 2025
Cato claims end to network patching with SASE-native LAN NGFW
Leading SASE provider unveils ‘the world’s first’ SASE-native local area network next-generation firewall to address longstanding IT pain point for firewall appliances
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13 Mar 2025
IR35 reforms: HMRC’s assessment of private sector impacts called into question
HM Revenue & Customs recently published figures that show it generated £1.8bn more than expected from private sector roll-out of IR35 reforms, but those figures are being called into question
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13 Mar 2025
WBBA: AI, Net5.5G pivotal to achieving next-generation broadband networks
Whitepaper from broadband trade association WBBA outlines uses of AI during the pre-deployment phases of broadband networks and how this can assist in network planning and expansion decisions
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13 Mar 2025
Major strike by Fujitsu staff at ‘cash cow’ HMRC
Fujitsu staff working at government department will strike for 22 days in protest over pay offer
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13 Mar 2025
Orange and Telesat team for LEO satellite connectivity and terrestrial infrastructure
Leading global telco inks multi-year partnership with satellite operators for low Earth orbit connectivity and terrestrial comms infrastructure
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13 Mar 2025
Supercars team BJR taps Extranet Systems for racing edge
As the demands of motorsports grow, Supercars team Brad Jones Racing turns to IT specialist Extranet Systems to manage crucial areas such as security, backup and disaster recovery
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12 Mar 2025
Intel appoints ex-Cadence CEO amid turnaround struggles
Intel appoints chip industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan as the next CEO responsible for revitalizing the struggling chipmaker and transforming it into a contract manufacturer.
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12 Mar 2025
Building AI agents a headache for tech leaders
While companies like OpenAI and Salesforce offer tools to build AI agents, tech leaders are struggling to understand and adapt the technology within their offerings.
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12 Mar 2025
Druva founder and CEO talks Azure integration, IPO and AI
In this Q&A, Druva founder and CEO Jaspreet Singh talks about the SaaS platform's latest integration with Azure, if an IPO is in the future and the Dru AI copilots.
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12 Mar 2025
Google's Gemma 3 can run on a single TPU or GPU
Google says the new models are user-friendly, tailored for edge devices and cost-effective.
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12 Mar 2025
N-Able CEO: MSPs are getting deeper into the enterprise
Following on from its recently published Horizons report, the N-Able’s boss shares his views on the state of the market
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12 Mar 2025
BT claims first successful trial of MAUD live streaming platform
UK telco’s multicast-assisted unicast delivery platform sees initial usage, demonstrating promised ability to flatten peaks of network traffic
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12 Mar 2025
Providers face $80B losses without Medicaid expansion
If states drop Medicaid expansion following funding cuts, providers could face substantial revenue losses and higher uncompensated care costs in 2026, according to a new analysis.
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12 Mar 2025
Apple slated in CMA mobile browser investigation
Apple policies are main focus, but Google doesn’t escape the regulator’s scrutiny either, with its business practices to promote Chrome coming under fire
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12 Mar 2025
Vast Data targets secure, speedy agentic AI development
The vendor is furthering its expansion into AI development with features such as vector search and event streaming aimed at enabling users to build and maintain agents.
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12 Mar 2025
Salesforce execs at TDX 25: Agentforce a whole system AI play
Salesforce executives present its Agentforce agentic AI technology as a ‘whole system’ approach not hung up on large language models. They say it is a ‘holy trinity’ of data, apps and agents
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12 Mar 2025
Cobalt Strike abuse drops 80% following takedown campaign
Microsoft, H-ISAC and Fortra worked together on takedown efforts over the past two years, resulting in a significant reduction of Cobalt Strike abuse by cybercriminals.
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12 Mar 2025
Laptop refresh a time to pitch remanufactured technology
With Windows 11, AI-capable machines and the realities of working with hardware that is five years old, Circular Computing is among those reaching out to the millions of users upgrading this year
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12 Mar 2025
iPhone, iPad update fixes critical WebKit flaw
iPhone and iPad users are advised to update their devices as Apple addresses an out-of-bounds write issue in the WebKit browser engine that appears to have been exploited in targeted cyber attacks
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11 Mar 2025
Singapore Airlines to roll out Salesforce Agentforce
Singapore’s flagship carrier is deploying Salesforce’s Agentforce AI agent platform to improve customer interactions and personalise experiences
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11 Mar 2025
March Patch Tuesday fixes 6 Windows zero-day exploits
All the vulnerabilities that had been actively exploited in the wild will get resolved quickly by deploying the Windows cumulative update for this month.
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11 Mar 2025
Report hails benefits of ‘socially integrating’ datacentres into local communities
Research report, featuring input from datacentre market stakeholders and sociological experts, makes case for socially integrating server farms into society
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11 Mar 2025
OpenAI rides agentic wave, intros new agent-building tools
The vendor's new Responses API includes various tools such as web search, file search and computer use that developers can use to build agentic applications.
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11 Mar 2025
March Patch Tuesday brings 57 fixes, multiple zero-days
The third Patch Tuesday of 2025 brings fixes for 57 flaws and a hefty number of zero-days
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11 Mar 2025
Generative AI models like DSLMs outperform LLMs in value
Small domain-specific generative AI models can be designed to address specific industry needs, proving more cost-effective and efficient than large language models for businesses.
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11 Mar 2025
ServiceNow agentic AI acquisitions set pace for enterprises
The combination of Moveworks and Cuein has industry analysts looking ahead to the next stage of enterprise agentic AI development and data management.
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11 Mar 2025
Musk claims of Ukraine DDoS attack derided by cyber community
Elon Musk draws criticism after accusing Ukraine of being behind a significant DDoS attack against social media platform X
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11 Mar 2025
Hadean, Google Cloud team to develop AI-powered spatial computing
Technology partnership looks to facilitate the creation of highly realistic and responsive simulations, optimising training exercises and planning scenarios to help organisations develop deeper understanding of potential situations
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11 Mar 2025
Perimeter security appliances source of most ransomware hits
Perimeter security appliances and devices, particularly VPNs, prove to be the most popular entry points into victim networks for financially motivated ransomware gangs, according to reports
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11 Mar 2025
Dutch police disrupt half of ransomware operations, finds embedded PHD student
Dutch PhD study reveals the impact of centralised intelligence and strategic interventions in the fight against ransomware
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11 Mar 2025
British space sector sees surge in European Space Agency business
Record-breaking contracts propels UK space sector’s mission forward, with UK companies and universities increasingly influential in global efforts to explore and benefit from space
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11 Mar 2025
SailPoint expands MSP programme
Security player widens the customer base its managed service provider partners can go after
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11 Mar 2025
Secret London tribunal to hear appeal in Apple vs government battle over encryption
Campaigners call for High Court hearing to be held in public as tech giant appeals against UK government order to open a backdoor into its encrypted iCloud service
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11 Mar 2025
Enterprise 5G, AI to drive global IoT market to near $2tn by 2028
Research finds global internet of things market on a steep upwards trajectory presenting robust revenue opportunities, but concerns persist regarding security
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11 Mar 2025
Dismissing patient concerns 2025's top patient safety threat
Dismissing patient concerns can have adverse patient safety consequences like dismissed diagnosis and delayed care.
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11 Mar 2025
UK government under-prepared for catastrophic cyber attack, hears PAC
The Commons Public Accounts Committee heard government IT leaders respond to recent National Audit Office findings that the government’s cyber resilience is under par
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11 Mar 2025
Druva debuts fully integrated support for Microsoft Azure
Druva's SaaS platform expands beyond AWS with new embedded support for Microsoft Azure storage workload backups after more than a decade of AWS exclusivity.
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11 Mar 2025
Government to create pathfinder programme for digital spend
Changes to government digital spending will include staged funding with regular review and a pathfinder programme to test new funding models suitable for digital projects
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11 Mar 2025
Pure aims at AI beyond the enterprise with FlashBlade//Exa
FlashBlade//Exa targets use cases between the enterprise and hyperscalers with a disaggregated architecture and its DFM flash modules to be available separately for the first time
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11 Mar 2025
Climb’s AI Academy coming to UK and Ireland
Distributor shares 2024 financial update and indicates its AI Academy scheme launched in Germany last autumn will be coming to the UK and Ireland later this year
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11 Mar 2025
Post Office scandal data leak interim compensation offers made
Some subpostmasters affected by Post Office data breach offered interim compensation payments
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11 Mar 2025
Virgin Media O2 looks to ‘supercharge’ mobile network reliability
Latest in ongoing transformation to see to UK operator invest around £2m per day into its mobile network is underpinned by additional spectrum deployment
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11 Mar 2025
Singapore IT leaders boost AI security defences
Study reveals a surge in perceived importance of artificial intelligence for cyber security in Singapore, but declining investment in traditional measures raises concerns as sophisticated cyber attacks intensify
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11 Mar 2025
Open Cosmos to manufacture Europe’s first 6G satellite research lab
European space technology provider wins €1.65m contract from Catalan research centre for 6G satellite lab to test future communications technologies in space
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10 Mar 2025
Analysts: IBM-LzLabs suit a cautionary tale for IT buyers
A U.K. court ruled that an LzLabs subsidiary breached IBM license terms, a reminder to IT orgs to do careful research before choosing a vendor, according to industry watchers.
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10 Mar 2025
GenAI use cases show value, but pain points persist
While large companies are generating value in genAI use cases, others are struggling to find the same value.
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10 Mar 2025
Physicians decry ongoing Medicare payment cuts
The AMA criticizes Congress for allowing a fifth year of Medicare payment cuts, warning it threatens patient care and forces small practices to close.
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10 Mar 2025
Telehealth prescribing ups SUD risk among some ADHD patients
New research shows that telehealth prescribing of ADHD medications did not increase substance use disorder risks overall, except among 26-to-34-year-olds.
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10 Mar 2025
Nokia claims US fibre wins with Outer Reach Broadband and BerryComm
Leading global comms tech provider celebrates new US contracts deploying fibre solution capable of delivering multi-gigabit broadband to businesses in Maine and 100+ mile backbone from Indianapolis to Logansport to enhance high-speed internet
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10 Mar 2025
Peter Kyle sets stage for making tech work
During his speech at the Tech Policy conference, Kyle announced a number of initiatives to support AI and other new technologies
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10 Mar 2025
Channel moves: Who’s gone where?
Moves in the past week at BCN, Agilitas IT Solution, Cybit, Abacus Group, Commvault, Schneider Electric and Wordwatch
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10 Mar 2025
Qualcomm swoops for Edge Impulse to bolster AI and IoT capabilities
Connected processor and artificial intelligence company makes strategic acquisition to complement approach to IoT transformation, enhance developer enablement and expand leadership in AI capabilities
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10 Mar 2025
New Databricks tools tackle lingering GenAI accuracy issues
Features such as centralized model governance and real-time monitoring aim to improve the accuracy of outputs so that enterprises can confidently scale beyond experimentation.
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10 Mar 2025
Broadband Forum launches three open broadband projects
Broadband Forum unveils latest work in development of software and standards designed to provide foundations for faster innovation through global collaboration including AI and ML
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10 Mar 2025
Goverment overhauls AI funding to drive agility
A startup mindset is at the heart of a Labour’s approach to how it wants to speed up AI innovation in the public sector
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10 Mar 2025
Government announcement on Fujitsu talks add ‘vague words’ and no interim payment
Peer James Arbuthnot says he is ‘disappointed’ that there was no mention of an interim payment in announcement of government’s latest talks with Fujitsu
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10 Mar 2025
How CISOs are tackling cyber security challenges
Security chiefs at the recent Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit in Sydney share insights on navigating board communication, organisational resilience and the importance of understanding business needs
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09 Mar 2025
David Willetts to chair Regulatory Innovation Office
The former science minister will lead the Regulatory Innovation Office, which aims to remove barriers and outdated regulations to speed up the road to market for innovative products and services
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07 Mar 2025
Trump tariffs raise USMCA trade agreement questions
Imposing large tariffs on U.S. allies in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement could be a boon for China.
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07 Mar 2025
VA EHR rollout expanding to 9 more facilities in 2026
The VA EHR will be implemented at nine additional facilities in 2026 despite persistent performance issues with the system from EHR vendor Oracle Health.
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07 Mar 2025
Top-rated orgs see up to 50% lower patient safety indicators
Patients at top-performing hospitals saw lower risk of key patient safety indicators, including in-hospital fall rates and certain hospital-acquired infections.
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07 Mar 2025
Experts stunned by Trump attack on CHIPS Act
President Donald Trump challenged the CHIPS Act, favoring tariffs to attract semiconductors, despite experts arguing that subsidies have successfully drawn investment to the U.S.
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07 Mar 2025
Amplitude voice of the customer capability targets 'rage close'
Amplitude rolls out VOC features from Command AI acquisition.
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07 Mar 2025
Mistral tries to differentiate itself with new OCR API
The new tool enables the vendor to target specific use cases for its multimodal model. It also aims to help enterprises that want to self-host due to privacy concerns.
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07 Mar 2025
UK altnets call for full-fibre broadband to be prioritised in industrial strategy
Independent Networks Cooperative Association outlines plan for cross-UK campaign to promote full-fibre broadband adoption and the establishment of a digital infrastructure cross-departmental working group
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07 Mar 2025
Latest Alibaba AI model demos AI improvements
The latest model from Chinese public cloud provider Alibaba shows how reinforced learning is driving AI efficiency
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07 Mar 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments this week at Schneider Electric and OVHcloud, while SonicWall and Sophos talk MDR
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07 Mar 2025
Interview: Madoc Batters, head of cloud and IT security, Warner Leisure Hotels
The hotel chain has embarked on a major cloud migration programme to improve innovation and enhance the security of its network and applications
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07 Mar 2025
Government to create digital sourcing strategy
Government officials revealed to the Public Accounts Committee that it will develop a sourcing strategy for digital technology, steering departments on what to build themselves and what to procure
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07 Mar 2025
IWD: Women bring ‘significant business advantage’ to channel
As the world marks the importance of women amid the inspirational stories of those who work across the channel, there are calls for more positive action as World Economic Forum predicts gender equity will not be reached for another five generations
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07 Mar 2025
Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison claims AI-RAN first for Southeast Asia
Collaboration between operator, tech provider and artificial intelligence leader looks to accelerate innovation and commercialisation across the globe with AI in radio access network
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07 Mar 2025
MWC 2025: Bouygues Telecom, Free join Aduna network API project
Leading French operators join network consortium, with major network paving the way for broader network API adoption across Europe and globally
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07 Mar 2025
Extreme Networks scores next-gen Wi-Fi deal with United Soccer League
AI-powered networking automation firm gets result in emerging football league for enhanced wireless connectivity and network insights to elevate fan experiences and streamline league operations
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07 Mar 2025
Managing security in the AI age
Gartner experts offer guidance on harnessing AI’s power while mitigating its risks, from managing shadow AI to implementing security controls and policies
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06 Mar 2025
UK cyber security damaged by ‘clumsy Home Office political censorship’
Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre secretly censors computer security guidance and drops references to encryption
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06 Mar 2025
Gender gap is clear in surgeon EHR documentation time, study finds
A new study adds to growing evidence that women physicians face heavier EHR documentation workloads outside of scheduled clinical hours than their male counterparts.
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06 Mar 2025
European cloud providers unite over data sovereignty-focused API
Three of the continent’s cloud providers have joined forces to create an API that will make it easier for users to move apps, data and workloads from one European provider’s platform to another
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06 Mar 2025
Corndel adds to evidence of channel role in providing AI education
More research reinforces the sense of disconnect between business leaders and their staff when it comes to using artificial intelligence, presenting opportunitities for the channel
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06 Mar 2025
Google aims to renew leadership in search with AI Mode
The cloud vendor's new AI Mode expands on AI Overviews with advanced reasoning, thinking and multimodal capabilities.
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06 Mar 2025
Why did IT suppliers allow Birmingham City Council to go live with Oracle?
Councillors at the local authority’s budget setting and audit committee meetings raised questions as Birmingham faces budget deficits
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06 Mar 2025
NHS chief data officers concerned by FDP roll-out
The Chief Data and Analytical Officers Network has raised concerns over the way the NHS Federated Data Platform is being implemented and NHS England’s approach to its adoption
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06 Mar 2025
Wavenet working with Konversational to improve systems
MSP Wavenet chooses Irish firm to help deploy ServiceNow to improve its workflow processes
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06 Mar 2025
MWC 2025: G+D, AWS reimagine cloud-based eSIM offerings
Embedded subscriber identity module provider and cloud giant strengthen collaboration to next level by reimagining cloud-based eSIM offerings deployment capabilities, making it more efficient and accessible for enterprise customers
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06 Mar 2025
Going beyond search: Elastic’s observability and security play
Elastic’s chief product officer Ken Exner talks up the company’s expansion into observability and security and how it balances innovation with community contributions and monetisation
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06 Mar 2025
TDX 2025: Salesforce vaunts Agentforce 2dx as evolved agentic AI platform
Salesforce unveils Agentforce 2DX as further development of its autonomously agentic AI platform at its developer conference in San Francisco
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06 Mar 2025
Big bank systems crashed for over 800 hours in last two years due to IT outages
Bank bosses forced to reveal extent of banking IT failures to MPs on the Treasury Select Committee
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06 Mar 2025
CFIT publishes blueprint for digital company business IDs
Plan to increase the use of digital identities by businesses could add billions of pounds to UK economy through compliance savings and reduced fraud
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05 Mar 2025
Apple IPT appeal against backdoor encryption order is test case for bigger targets
The Home Office decision to target Apple with an order requiring access to users’ encrypted data is widely seen as a ‘stalking horse’ for attacks against encrypted messaging services WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal
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05 Mar 2025
Trump's DEI policy crackdown meets corporate resistance
President Donald Trump has delivered a blistering attack against DEI policies. But data shows diversity helps businesses succeed, not flounder.
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05 Mar 2025
New FTC rules unlikely with limited funds, policy shifts
Amid resource limitations and changes at the federal level, the FTC will be cautious in its approach to bringing cases and making other significant changes.
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05 Mar 2025
Solving specific problems driving enterprise adoption of AI
When weighing the benefits and risks of deploying AI at scale, whether the tools solve specific problems can accelerate deployment, Sisense CEO Ariel Katz says.
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05 Mar 2025
New analysis estimates $1.1T in Medicaid improper payments
A new analysis estimates $1.1 trillion in Medicaid improper payments over a decade, nearly double CMS's reports, largely due to overlooked eligibility errors.
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05 Mar 2025
Patient collection rate falls by over 3 percentage points
Patient collection rates for commercially insured patients fell in 2024, worsening revenue cycle challenges and requiring providers to adapt their tech and data-driven strategies.
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05 Mar 2025
KLAS: ClosedLoop leads health AI vendors in client satisfaction
In a KLAS report, ClosedLoop clients reported the highest levels of satisfaction across four measured health AI vendors, noting strong partnership.
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05 Mar 2025
IR35: Government outlines two-pronged approach to umbrella company regulation
The government looks set to deliver on its long-promised vow to roll out regulation for umbrella companies