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• September 18, 2024 18 Sep'24

  Dreamforce 24: Salesforce taps Nvidia to power Agentforce

  At Dreamforce in San Francisco, Salesforce and Nvidia detail some of the tech that will power the software giant's newly launched Agentforce service

• September 18, 2024 18 Sep'24

  NCSC exposes Chinese company running malicious Mirai botnet

  The NCSC and its Five Eyes allies have published details of the activities of a China-based cyber security company that is operating a Mirai IoT botnet in the service of government-backed intrusions

• September 18, 2024 18 Sep'24

  Europol provides detail on Ghost encrypted comms platform takedown

  Law enforcement bodies from across the world have revealed how they collaborated to bring down encrypted network Ghost and the new ways of working that have been established with Europol at the centre

• September 18, 2024 18 Sep'24

  Third of enterprises to automate majority of network activities by 2026

  Research shows infrastructure and operations leaders increasingly looking to AI-based analytics and augmented decision-making to improve operational resilience and responsiveness

• September 18, 2024 18 Sep'24

  Workers and business leaders have different views on GenAI uses

  Employees are using GenAI primarily for spelling and grammar checking, while business chiefs are using it for data analysis

• September 18, 2024 18 Sep'24

  Nokia unveils automation to reduce datacentre network disruptions

  Global comms tech provider intros what it claims to be the industry’s most modern datacentre automation platform, bringing an intent-based approach to network automation

• September 18, 2024 18 Sep'24

  Public digital transformation will be challenged by austerity

  Public sector and IT industry figures gathered at TechUK’s 10th annual Building the Smarter State event discussed how Labour’s ‘mission-driven’ policy approach can drive digital transformation efforts in the context of fresh austerity measures

• September 18, 2024 18 Sep'24

  European FTTP adoption rates and market value track upward

  Research finds continued large range in degree of fibre connectivity adoption in leading European economies but finds optimism in growing average adoption rates and fibre broadband revenue models

• September 18, 2024 18 Sep'24

  Post Office chief executive Nick Read quits

  After months in the spotlight and calls for his resignation from victims of the Post Office scandal, CEO Read will step down in March 2025

• September 18, 2024 18 Sep'24

  Dreamforce 2024: Salesforce calls on customers to flesh out AI vision

  A stream of customers helped Salesforce make the case for its Agentforce artificial intelligence offering on the opening day of the annual Dreamforce conference in San Francisco

• September 18, 2024 18 Sep'24

  Revised roadmap projects quantum advantage by 2029

  Quantinuum is planning to develop a machine called Apollo by 2029, which it claims will have enough logical qubits to perform complex calculations

• September 18, 2024 18 Sep'24

  Police make arrests after hacking Ghost encrypted comms app

  An international police operation has penetrated an end-to-end encrypted communications service allegedly used by organised criminals in Australia, Ireland, Sweden and Italy

• September 17, 2024 17 Sep'24

  Microsoft adds $30-a-month business chat AI assistant to Copilot

  The software giant has introduced AI-powered features, including Python code generation in Excel

• September 17, 2024 17 Sep'24

  Salesforce’s agentic AI platform to transform business automation

  CRM giant’s Agentforce lets organisations build and deploy autonomous agents to automate business processes through advanced learning and data integration

• September 17, 2024 17 Sep'24

  CoreWeave taps Nokia to power AI networking backbone

  AI hyperscaler to deploy IP routing and optical transport portfolios as part of backbone build-out, with immediate roll-out across its datacentres in US and Europe

• September 17, 2024 17 Sep'24

  Barclays takes on more GreenLake

  Barclays has ramped up its HPE-powered private cloud, as it continues to modernise IT and reduce its carbon footprint

• September 17, 2024 17 Sep'24

  Toshiba follows the pack with launch of 24TB and 28TB HDDs

  Several months behind Seagate and Western Digital, Toshiba achieves the maximum possible in commercial HDDs and benefits from a speed boost over its rivals

• September 17, 2024 17 Sep'24

  Fujitsu loses £50m in sales after Post Office scandal furore

  Supplier of the controversial Horizon IT system has been hit by public outrage after the Post Office scandal became mainstream news

• September 17, 2024 17 Sep'24

  Vodafone adopts RDK as centralised home broadband software platform

  Advanced CE software standard adopted by leading comms provider to standardise home broadband device software across its European footprint

• September 17, 2024 17 Sep'24

  First CyberBoost Catalyse startup cohort named

  The first group of companies named to a cyber incubator programme run by Plexal and the National University of Singapore includes two growing UK businesses

• September 16, 2024 16 Sep'24

  Olam Agri to deploy S/4Hana on AWS

  Olam Agri is enhancing its global supply chain by deploying SAP’s S/4Hana ERP suite on Amazon Web Services, leveraging artificial intelligence to streamline operations and mitigate risks

• September 16, 2024 16 Sep'24

  Princess Alexandra Hospital connects with all four UK mobile operators

  As mobile becomes an essential part of healthcare infrastructure, vital in the ongoing move to digitise healthcare, Essex and Hertfordshire health authority deploys connectivity pathway based on 4G distributed antenna system

• September 16, 2024 16 Sep'24

  HMRC’s list of known tax avoidance schemes and non-compliant umbrellas nears 100 names

  The number of non-compliant umbrella companies and tax avoidance schemes on HMRC’s name and shame list has doubled in the past 12 months

• September 16, 2024 16 Sep'24

  Crest secures FCDO funding to help overseas countries increase their cyber-readiness

  Non-profit Crest is launching an initiative to help overseas, private-sector firms get better prepared for cyber threats

• September 16, 2024 16 Sep'24

  Ericsson aims to boost enterprise 5G

  Global comms tech provider reveals plans to enhance enterprise 5G portfolio, incorporating private 5G connectivity and neutral host solutions, looking to drive flexibility and simplicity across lifecycle of deployment

• September 16, 2024 16 Sep'24

  Slow, unreliable workplace broadband holds back London SMEs

  Research from full-fibre broadband provider warns that small businesses in UK capital could be missing out on an estimated £28bn in annual revenue due to slow and unreliable workplace connectivity

• September 15, 2024 15 Sep'24

  UK unites nations to discuss closing global cyber skills gap

  The UK government invites representatives from around the world to a summit to discuss how to address global IT security skills gap

• September 13, 2024 13 Sep'24

  Mid and South Essex deploys shared care record

  The shared care record is live across the region’s NHS providers, allowing them to share patient information from GPs, hospitals, and mental health and community services

• September 13, 2024 13 Sep'24

  Vodafone/Three merger likely to increase mobile prices, warns competition watchdog

  A Competition and Markets Authority investigation finds the proposed merger of the two mobile operators would be bad for competition – but offers companies the chance to suggest remedies

• September 13, 2024 13 Sep'24

  UN-backed cyber security report highlights global shortfalls in preparedness

  In the three years since the UN-backed cyber security report was published, countries have been making a concerted effort to protect themselves from cyber threats, but there’s more to do

• September 13, 2024 13 Sep'24

  Cyber workforce must almost double to meet global talent need

  Research from ISC2 finds global cyber workforce needs additional 4.8 million people to fully secure businesses

• September 13, 2024 13 Sep'24

  Municipal makeover: Indian cities embrace cutting-edge tech

  From AI-powered stray dog management to blockchain-secured building permission certificates, municipal corporations across India are ditching outdated processes for digital tools

• September 12, 2024 12 Sep'24

  Teenager arrested in TfL cyber attack investigation

  New security measures following the cyber attack, which took down some of TfL’s services, have led to delays in contactless roll-out

• September 12, 2024 12 Sep'24

  Lord introduces bill to regulate public sector AI and automation

  A private members’ bill seeking to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and other automated technologies throughout the public sector has been brought to Parliament

• September 12, 2024 12 Sep'24

  Data sharing for immigration raids ferments hostility to migrants

  Data sharing between public and private bodies for the purposes of carrying out immigration raids helps to prop up the UK’s hostile environment by instilling an atmosphere of fear and deterring migrants from accessing public services

• September 12, 2024 12 Sep'24

  Government receives report on second controversial Post Office IT system

  Former subpostmasters suffered as a result of unexplained accounting shortfalls which they believe were caused by errors in Post Office Capture software, used before the controversial Horizon system

• September 12, 2024 12 Sep'24

  Keir Starmer vows to create a ‘digital NHS’ following damning Darzi review

  The prime minister promises to move from an analogue to a digital NHS after Lord Darzi’s rapid review of the health service found an NHS in disrepair, with outdated IT and low productivity

• September 12, 2024 12 Sep'24

  Mphasis expands UK roots with leap into quantum computing

  Indian heritage software development services supplier opens London hub to help customers integrate the latest technologies into their business plans

• September 12, 2024 12 Sep'24

  European enterprise networking lacks hybrid maturity

  Deploying a complex hybrid and multicloud IT architecture has an impact on enterprise network management

• September 12, 2024 12 Sep'24

  UK and others sign first ‘binding’ treaty on AI and human rights

  The UK, US and EU have all signed a treaty from the Council of Europe that aims to mitigate the threat AI poses to human rights, democracy and the rule of law, but commentators say it lacks enforcement mechanisms and creates loopholes

• September 12, 2024 12 Sep'24

  Mainframe teams turn to AI for modernisation gains

  Given the skills crisis, generative artificial intelligence may offer a way for IT and business leaders to modernise their mainframe environments

• September 11, 2024 11 Sep'24

  Datacentres granted critical national infrastructure status

  The global IT outage caused by CrowdStrike has shown why keeping datacentres secure and safe is critical to the UK

• September 11, 2024 11 Sep'24

  HMRC could lose millions in unpaid tax as non-compliant umbrella enters pre-pack administration

  HMRC looks set to miss out on millions of pounds in unpaid tax it is owed by a non-compliant umbrella company that slipped into administration, prompting renewed calls for the sector to be regulated

• September 11, 2024 11 Sep'24

  Under-pressure Post Office botches hardware procurement in project to replace error-prone system

  Pressured decision-making caused mistakes in the Post Office project to replace the system at the heart of national scandal

• September 11, 2024 11 Sep'24

  September Patch Tuesday: Update before 1 October

  Four critical remote code execution bugs in Windows and three critical elevated privileges vulnerabilities will keep admins busy

• September 11, 2024 11 Sep'24

  How Sonar is elevating code quality in the age of AI

  Sonar’s code quality platform helps developers maintain secure, high-quality code amid the rise of artificial intelligence-based coding assistants, now expanding into the Asian market

• September 11, 2024 11 Sep'24

  Fujitsu cuts annual staff pay rise as Post Office scandal bites

  UK staff morale is at an all-time low as Japanese IT giant deals with the backlash from its involvement in the Post Office Horizon scandal

• September 11, 2024 11 Sep'24

  ICO and NCA sign MoU to provide joint support for cyber crime victims

  UK data protection watchdog joins forces with law enforcement agency to provide more support for organisations that fall victim to cyber crime and ransomware attacks

• September 10, 2024 10 Sep'24

  Ada Lovelace Institute warns NHS against deploying genomics AI

  A report has found that widespread use of artificial intelligence-powered genomic health prediction in the NHS could lead to privacy and ethical issues, discrimination and dependency on the private sector

• September 10, 2024 10 Sep'24

  AWS to invest £8bn in building out UK datacentre footprint over next five years

  Amazon Web Services has reinforced its commitment to the UK, with a five-year datacentre investment plan