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• September 04, 2024 04 Sep'24

  How digital models help Anglian Water manage leaks

  We speak to Anglian Water about how it uses digital technologies to improve operations and provide on-site engineers with the data they need

• September 03, 2024 03 Sep'24

  TSB systems could be on the move again as BBVA eyes its parent

  TSB was migrated to the systems of Sabadell in a project remembered for its monumental IT meltdown in 2018

• September 03, 2024 03 Sep'24

  Chief data officers highlight data integrity woes

  In a report from the company co-founded by web inventor Tim Berners-Lee, CDOs discuss the challenges of artificial intelligence and using increasing amounts of personal data

• September 03, 2024 03 Sep'24

  Swedish law firms debate AI’s future impact on profession

  Swedish law firms examine the use of artificial intelligence in their businesses as the sector sees a surge in take-up

• September 03, 2024 03 Sep'24

  Tech secretary pledges to ‘rewire Whitehall’ and plug the digital gap

  Secretary of state for Science, Innovation and Technology, Peter Kyle, promises to drive innovation through the NHS, champion AI safety and ensure government harnesses the power of digital

• September 03, 2024 03 Sep'24

  Nationwide development platform uses Red Hat technology

  Building society is speeding up its software releases through Red Hat cloud application development platform

• September 02, 2024 02 Sep'24

  Navigating the shifting sands of open source

  As open source matures, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation is grappling with issues ranging from licence rug-pulling and the rise of artificial intelligence to the changing dynamics of open source contributions

• August 30, 2024 30 Aug'24

  Nobu Hotels upgrades with AI-powered wired network infrastructure

  Boutique hotel chain launches luxury services and amenities such as AI Concierge based on real-time data and guest preferences

• August 29, 2024 29 Aug'24

  AI hype hits reality roadblock

  Recent surveys point to failings of artificial intelligence initiatives to achieve business objectives and deliver return on investment

• August 29, 2024 29 Aug'24

  Study highlights secure software supply chain best practices

  Security trends report from open source firm shows the approaches IT leaders take to secure their software supply chain

• August 29, 2024 29 Aug'24

  Nvidia drives forward accelerated computing advantage

  Nvidia is experiencing huge demand for accelerated computing using GPUs to run compute-intensive datacentre workloads

• August 29, 2024 29 Aug'24

  Primark adds five more years to IT outsourcing contract with TCS

  Retailer has worked with Indian IT services giant for eight years and new agreement will take the relationship to 13 years at least

• August 29, 2024 29 Aug'24

  Met Police deploy LFR in Lewisham without community input

  The Met’s latest live facial recognition deployment in Catford has raised concerns over the lack of community engagement around the police force’s use of the controversial technology

• August 29, 2024 29 Aug'24

  Interview: Currys CIO Andy Gamble on AI strategy

  The CIO of Currys on the four pillars of the retailer’s artificial intelligence strategy and how generative AI can enable staff to be the best versions of themselves

• August 28, 2024 28 Aug'24

  Government commits to £4m data and AI package for education

  Plans include a £3m data store for education data, £1m catalyst fund for new AI tools, and a commitment to publish an AI safety framework

• August 28, 2024 28 Aug'24

  Case study: Kingfisher Group takes DIY approach to AI roll-out across e-commerce sites

  International home improvement retailer Kingfisher Group opens up about the evolution of its AI strategy, and the rewards it is reaping

• August 27, 2024 27 Aug'24

  Government backs Danish version of ChatGPT

  Danish language version of ChatGPT to be developed in a project led by the country’s Chamber of Commerce

• August 27, 2024 27 Aug'24

  AI drives strong Zoom second quarter

  Comms and collaboration service provider reveals robust first half of 2025 fiscal year, outperforming guidance across the board and with marked strength in large accounts

• August 27, 2024 27 Aug'24

  NHS partners with libraries to help people access NHS App

  The scheme, which will launch in October, will train librarians to support people to download and use the NHS App and NHS.uk

• August 27, 2024 27 Aug'24

  Palo Alto Networks bets on ‘precision AI’

  Palo Alto Networks’ regional leader, Steven Scheurmann, explains how machine learning, neural networks and generative AI can help to prevent breaches in what it calls ‘precision AI’

• August 26, 2024 26 Aug'24

  Linus Torvalds discusses Linux development, security and AI at KubeCon

  Linus Torvalds delves into the challenges in Linux development, the importance of swift security responses, and artificial intelligence’s future role in kernel programming

• August 22, 2024 22 Aug'24

  Body of tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch recovered after freak storm

  The Autonomy and Darktrace co-founder is among the people who died after his luxury yacht was hit by a waterspout off the coast of Sicily

• August 22, 2024 22 Aug'24

  DHSC should have dedicated digital records unit, says Tony Blair Institute

  The digital health record unit would drive creation and implementation of electronic patient records to deliver health and care improvements and ensure the NHS is ready for the era of artificial intelligence

• August 22, 2024 22 Aug'24

  The rise and rise of open source in China

  China’s embrace of open source software has evolved into a powerful force in the global technology landscape, driving innovations in cloud computing, artificial intelligence and other areas

• August 22, 2024 22 Aug'24

  Tech sector layoffs mount amid AI investment frenzy

  Technology firms globally are cutting their workforces as they look to increase spending on and investment in artificial intelligence

• August 22, 2024 22 Aug'24

  More execs recognise data as assets than in 2020

  Capgemini has updated its Data-Powered Enterprise study, which shows more businesses are deriving value from data

• August 21, 2024 21 Aug'24

  Women in data: Claire Thompson, chief data officer, L&G

  The insurer’s data chief discusses using data for better insights, building data capabilities through apprenticeships, and the value of diversity in data leadership

• August 21, 2024 21 Aug'24

  Juniper Networks unveils first blueprint for accelerating AI-native platform

  Artificial intelligence for networking programme said to deliver up to 9x faster time to value through new training courses, trial offers, enterprise agreements and ‘white glove’ services

• August 21, 2024 21 Aug'24

  How open source is shaping AI developments

  The Linux Foundation outlines efforts to bolster enterprise AI adoption through a framework for managing and deploying AI applications, standardised tooling and open data alternatives

• August 21, 2024 21 Aug'24

  Wells Fargo bank turns to AI to help families settle estates after a death

  Wells Fargo bank is winning customers after using business automation software and artificial intelligence to help people manage the estates of relatives following a bereavement

• August 21, 2024 21 Aug'24

  Post Office Horizon crash disconnected branches from datacentre

  The Post Office has apologised to subpostmasters affected by a major IT outage, which stopped them from doing business

• August 20, 2024 20 Aug'24

  Data management key to GenAI success

  Deloitte survey shows business and IT leaders are optimistic, but academic researchers warn of AI training time bomb

• August 20, 2024 20 Aug'24

  Post Office systems crash hits 'collapsing' Horizon system

  Thousands of subpostmasters were unable to log into the controversial Horizon IT system at the start of business

• August 20, 2024 20 Aug'24

  Zoom marks million milestone for webinar attendee capability

  Zoom announces that it can now support seven-figure audiences for online conferences in use cases including enterprise, entertainment and public sector

• August 19, 2024 19 Aug'24

  Lack of skills causing AI setbacks, says research

  Research by IDC and Expereo found UK CIOs are struggling to implement and maintain AI plans because of a lack of skills

• August 19, 2024 19 Aug'24

  Popular Microsoft apps for Mac at risk of code injection attacks

  Researchers at Cisco Talos turn up evidence suggesting that Microsoft apps running on the Apple macOS operating system are not as secure as they seem

• August 19, 2024 19 Aug'24

  CXL moves forward as memory technology for AI

  A recent demo has showcased how the new memory technology could be applied in Red Hat Linux to speed up AI workloads cost-effectively

• August 19, 2024 19 Aug'24

  Singtel expands GPUaaS offering to Southeast Asia

  Singapore telco teams up with the Bridge Alliance industry group to bring its GPU-as-a-Service to enterprises across Southeast Asia

• August 16, 2024 16 Aug'24

  New Relic CEO on APAC growth and future of observability

  New Relic CEO Ashan Willy talks up growth trajectory in APAC, the company’s long-term vision, and how going private has enabled it to make strategic investments

• August 16, 2024 16 Aug'24

  Thousands of NetSuite customers accidentally exposing their data

  Misconfigured permissions across live websites are leaving thousands of NetSuite users open to having their valuable customer data stolen, researchers say

• August 16, 2024 16 Aug'24

  Campaigners criticise Starmer post-riot public surveillance plans

  A UK government programme to expand police facial recognition and information sharing after racist riots is attracting criticism from campaigners for exploiting the far-right unrest to generally crack down on protest and increase surveillance

• August 15, 2024 15 Aug'24

  Google Cloud survey shows GenAI business benefits

  Survey on behalf of Google Cloud suggests that business can start generating value from GenAI within six months

• August 15, 2024 15 Aug'24

  ASEAN organisations lack mature AI strategy

  IBM-commissioned study reveals that while ASEAN organisations are engaging with AI, only 4% have reached a transformative level of AI maturity

• August 15, 2024 15 Aug'24

  Cardiff schools turn PSTN switch-off into opportunity for improved agility

  Civic authorities responsible for education in Welsh capital look to take advantage of switch-off of UK’s analogue copper-based comms infrastructure to drive cloud-based digital transformation of schools’ communications systems

• August 14, 2024 14 Aug'24

  August Patch Tuesday proves busy with six zero-days to fix

  Microsoft patches six actively exploited zero-days among over 100 issues during its regular monthly update

• August 14, 2024 14 Aug'24

  Dawn Project calls out Big Tech for selling AI snake oil

  A campaigning group focused on safety critical technology has called out the major tech firms for putting people’s lives at risk with flawed AI

• August 14, 2024 14 Aug'24

  Automated police tech contributes to UK structural racism problem

  Civil society groups say automated policing technologies are helping to fuel the disparities that people of colour face across the criminal justice sector, as part of wider warning about the UK’s lack of progress in dealing with systemic racism

• August 14, 2024 14 Aug'24

  Leeds Teaching Hospitals deploys patient records and data sharing on Azure

  In-house patient records system has been migrated to the Microsoft public cloud, opening up the potential for greater data sharing

• August 13, 2024 13 Aug'24

  Oracle Exadata Exascale: Big architecture shift for small workloads

  Exascale is multitenant architecture for Oracle Database that promises performance equal to dedicated infrastructure and savings compared with existing products, with AI workloads in mind

• August 12, 2024 12 Aug'24

  How JSR is using generative AI to drive insights

  JSR Corporation has been using the Cohesity Gaia enterprise search assistant to surface insights from backups of employee mailboxes and OneDrive data