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Progress being made on gender diversity in cyber

Women make up a higher percentage of new entrants to the cyber security profession, particularly among younger age groups, and are increasingly taking up leadership positions and hiring roles, but challenges still persist
Post Office executive misled High Court judge

Evidence in the questioning of 35-year Post Office veteran reveals the lengths the Post Office went to in hiding computer system vulnerabilities
UK gigabit maintains steady progress

Latest study of UK communications market from national regulator finds access to gigabit broadband and 5G mobile coverage has risen over past 12 months
Salesforce AI head discusses dynamic flowcharts

Business workflows can usually be mapped onto flowcharts which depict the set of actions an IT system takes, but large language models can make this dynamic, according to Jayesh Govindarajan, senior vice-president of AI at Salesforce
Meta chief lays out long-term AI plan

During the company’s first quarter earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg and chief financial officer Susan Li discussed Meta’s long-term bet on AI
Extreme Connect 2024: AI in networks to live or die by trust

Cloud networking provider unveils hub for research, development and innovation in networking previews, tapping AI to offer a new way to design, optimise and deploy networks

Securing the edge: A new battleground in mobile network security

Edge computing is transforming approaches to mobile network infrastructure, but failure to secure it can expose networks and data to cyber threats. Learn more about the dangers and potential solutions
Austrian AI: from academia to commercial success and beyond

Austria has established itself as a European frontrunner when it comes to artificial intelligence exploration and, importantly, deployment
Tips for migrating to OpenJDK

Interest in OpenJDK, and in commercial support for it, has intensified as Oracle Java SE becomes increasingly expensive

How Catchpoint drove ‘Internet resilience’ in Google Cloud- CW Developer Network

The web is online. It’s such a basic truism that sometimes we don’t question this core technology proposition. Yes, the web is (generally speaking, even when flaky service results) mostly always ... Continue Reading
Drop in the ocean? OVHcloud open sources schematics for water-cooled datacentres- Open Source Insider

Euro cloud company OVHcloud is taking part in the 2024 Open Compute Project (OCP) EMEA Regional Summit this month in Lisbon. Drawing upon (pun not necessarily intended) the organisation's some 20 ... Continue Reading
What are you doing to ensure your IT suppliers work for you?- Write side up - by Freeform Dynamics

Navigating the Complex IT Supplier Landscape in 2024 It is a truism that IT evolves rapidly, hence it follows that we need to reassess relevant strategies periodically to ensure efficiency. But, as ... Continue Reading
SaaS: With AI, every which way you lose- Cliff Saran's Enterprise blog

The latest spending forecast data from analyst firm Gartner shows that spending on datacentres is set to increase 10% in 2024. This is largely being driven by hyperscalers riding the generative AI ... Continue Reading

SuiteConnect London 2024: GenAI everywhere the refrain

Oracle NetSuite’s Evan Goldberg and Oracle’s business applications head Steve Miranda shared thoughts on the GenAI state of play Brian McKenna on recent customer conferences visits to London
Security Think Tank: Cyber sector, you have failed this community

In the wake of renewed calls for lawmakers to consider enacting legal bans on ransomware payments, the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank weighs in to share their thoughts on how to tackle the scourge for good.
Questions for IT and cyber leaders from the CSRB Microsoft report

The US government's CSRB report on last year's state sponsored cyber attacks on Microsoft raises significant concerns for Redmond and its customers. Expert Owen Sayers outlines five key questions IT and cyber security leaders should now consider