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March 05, 2024
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Mar'24
Open Rights Group accuses LiveRamp of ‘unlawful’ data processing
Privacy campaigners at Open Rights Group have submitted formal complaints to UK and French data regulators about allegedly unlawful data processing by online advertising firm LiveRamp
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March 05, 2024
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Mar'24
Derby City Council extends AI project with multi-million deal after saving £200,000 with chatbots
Following on from the success of its initial pilot project using artificial intelligence, Derby City Council claims to have found 54 other ways the technology can save it money
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March 05, 2024
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Mar'24
AI-acceleration deployments curbed by datacentre design considerations
In addition to a shortage of GPUs for AI-optimised servers, IT leaders need to consider how well their datacentre power and cooling will cope with artificial intelligence workloads
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March 05, 2024
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Mar'24
How PSA is reducing empty trips for trucking firms
The Singapore port operator has built a platform that leverages Here Technologies’ trip planning and location services to help container trucking firms improve operational efficiency
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March 04, 2024
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Mar'24
Perverting course of justice and contempt of Parliament: a week in post-drama Post Office scandal
As another week in the post-drama Post Office scandal passes, Computer Weekly looks at some of the key moments
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March 04, 2024
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Mar'24
How ANZ organisations can address challenges in AI adoption
Pure Storage's global CTO Alex McMullan discusses the data and sustainability challenges in artificial intelligence adoption, which can be addressed by centralising datasets and focusing on data quality and management
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March 01, 2024
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Mar'24
Google Cloud puts AI at centre of data analytics plans
Artificial intelligence will bridge the gap between structured and unstructured data, predicts Google Cloud’s Gerrit Kazmaier
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March 01, 2024
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Mar'24
IT leaders focus on enterprise software to drive cost savings
ERP and supply chain software are among the big-ticket investment areas in 2024, and managing these projects is a top priority
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March 01, 2024
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Mar'24
KC names Post Office staff he believes conspired to pervert the course of justice
Leading KC names Post Office staff he believes perverted the course of justice when crushing subpostmasters in court
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March 01, 2024
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Mar'24
MPs demand Fujitsu be ‘nailed down’ on financial promise to Post Office scandal victims
Select committee hears that government is talking to Fujitsu about its contribution towards the costs of the Horizon scandal but it is not yet negotiating
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March 01, 2024
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Mar'24
APAC firms bullish on IT spending
More than half of organisations plan to spend more on key areas such as cyber security, generative AI and cloud in a sign of growing optimism across the region
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February 29, 2024
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Feb'24
Government sets out research plans for 2024
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology highlights cyber security, artificial intelligence and telecoms as areas where it would like to build evidence and bridge knowledge gaps in current research
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February 29, 2024
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Feb'24
Windows 11: Not as big a priority in EMEA compared with North America
Survey shows that IT decision-makers are prioritising desktop productivity and PC refreshes this year, with more in the US prioritising spending on PCs and Windows 11 upgrades
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February 29, 2024
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Feb'24
Post Office CEO’s claim to be ‘working hard’ on Capture investigation in doubt
The Post Office hasn’t even contacted Capture Software users brought to its attention, but CEO claimed, under oath, that the organisation has been ‘working hard’ on the cases for five weeks
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February 28, 2024
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Feb'24
Microsoft reinvents ERP into total enterprise integration
Microsoft is offering a complete one-stop shop of enterprise services from infrastructure through to remote worker powered by AI
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February 28, 2024
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Feb'24
IT leaders spend on cutting-edge to refactor legacy tech
Organisations carry around a huge amount of technical debt, which holds back innovation and limits application architectural decisions
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February 28, 2024
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Feb'24
‘Pathetic’ Post Office spat detracts attention and fuels ‘disdain’ for authority
Former Post Office chair’s row with the government and Post Office cannot be allowed to deflect attention away from achieving justice and recompense for former subpostmasters
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February 28, 2024
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Feb'24
UC finetunes tech strategy to support digital masterplan
The University of Canberra is scoping a new project to determine data, integration and multicloud strategies to support its long-term digital roadmap
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February 27, 2024
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Feb'24
How TeamViewer is charting its growth beyond remote connectivity
TeamViewer CEO Oliver Steil outlines the company’s efforts to build on its remote connectivity and control capabilities to support emerging use cases such as smart factories
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February 27, 2024
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Feb'24
Black Basta and Bl00dy ransomware gangs exploiting ConnectWise vulns
More ransomware gangs have been observed exploiting two dangerous vulnerabilities in ConnectWise ScreenConnect software, prompting new warnings for users to get patching
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February 27, 2024
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Feb'24
Government should face legal deadlines on paying Post Office victims
The government should face a legal deadline on paying Horizon scandal victims and unfair previous settlements should be reopened, MPs have been told - amid further boardroom controversy at the Post Office
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February 27, 2024
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Feb'24
Birmingham sets aside £25m for Oracle transformation
Council’s budget report shows that £5.3m is needed to continue support and manual intervention on troubled Oracle system
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February 27, 2024
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Feb'24
Executive interview: David Wong, Thomson Reuters
We speak to the chief product officer of Thomson Reuters about working with artificial intelligence and embedding Microsoft Copilot for Word
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February 27, 2024
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Feb'24
Hycu uses AI to develop APIs for SaaS application backup
SaaS applications don’t usually come with built-in data protection, but Hycu plans to tackle that gap in the market with AI to generate the connectors needed to backup user data
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February 27, 2024
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Feb'24
Managers want generative AI, but workers need more help getting to grips with it
Staff given artificial intelligence guidelines are more likely to experiment with the technology than those who are given none, according to a survey
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February 27, 2024
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Feb'24
Microsoft president commits to Azure open platform for AI
Brad Smith sets out Microsoft’s ambitions to make Azure the best platform to host foundational AI models, and train and run AI applications
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February 27, 2024
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Feb'24
Global telcos team up on large language models
Global Telco AI Alliance comprising telcos from Asia, Europe and the Middle East will form joint venture to build multilingual LLMs that are more attuned to telco domain
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February 26, 2024
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Feb'24
Government won’t rush to include Post Office Capture convictions in overturning legislation
The government said it does not yet have the 'right body of evidence' to include users of the Post Office's Capture software in Horizon compensation schemes and legislation to overturn convictions
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February 26, 2024
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Feb'24
Birmingham looks into reimplementing troubled Oracle ERP
City council audit committee meeting shows Birmingham City Council plans to follow Oracle best practices
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February 26, 2024
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Feb'24
Post Office scandal roundup: Fourth Estate in full throttle
January saw mainstream media take hold of the Post Office scandal, and while that first month saw much regurgitation of old news, February saw large media outlets take story forward
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February 23, 2024
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Feb'24
King Charles strips disgraced Post Office CEO of her CBE
Disgraced former Post Office CEO, central to the Horizon scandal, has her CBE formally stripped
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February 23, 2024
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Feb'24
Home Office signs tech and data sharing deal with Frontex
The UK’s deal with the EU border agency is intended to improve operational cooperation, and will expand British authorities’ access to technology and data that can be used to reduce small boat crossings of the English Channel
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February 23, 2024
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Feb'24
CIO interview: Craig Donald, CIO, The Football Association
England men’s and women’s football teams have had a good few years – and like any successful organisation, they are supported by technology. We meet the IT chief behind football in England and Wales
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February 22, 2024
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Feb'24
Stannah looks to enterprise cloud software to lift IT systems
Major project the keystone of new IT strategy to modernise systems and support growth
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February 22, 2024
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Feb'24
Nvidia CEO sees shift in datacentres to ‘AI generation factories’
Jensen Huang used the company’s fourth-quarter earnings to discuss the massive growth in accelerated datacentre computing experienced by Nvidia
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February 21, 2024
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Feb'24
SITA enhances aviation SASE with automated multi-cloud networking service
Leading IT provider in the air transport industry announces strategic collaboration with multi-cloud networking firm to gain enhanced access to secure cloud-based offerings
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February 21, 2024
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Feb'24
Co-op signs TCS deal for cloud-first push
The Co-operative Group has contracted IT service provider Tata Consultancy Services to support its move to a cloud-first IT environment
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February 21, 2024
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Feb'24
How Indian fintechs can address compliance issues
Fintechs will need to bolster their know-your-customer practices and establish self-regulatory mechanisms, among other measures, to address compliance issues that have come under the spotlight
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February 21, 2024
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Feb'24
Unisys investigating potential involvement in controversial Post Office system
IT supplier wants to get to the bottom of its role in the distribution of the Post Office’s controversial Capture software, linked to potential wrongful convictions
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February 20, 2024
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Feb'24
Birmingham City Council needs a further £45m to fix ‘disastrous’ Oracle system
Birmingham City Council’s ERP system is failing to deliver an accurate ledger, which means finance staff have spent months manually entering cost centre data
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February 20, 2024
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Feb'24
Telefónica, Matsuko launch holographic meeting experience
Telco and spatial computing firm to unveil holographic conferencing service to help users gain more effective communication and emotional connection in meetings
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February 20, 2024
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Feb'24
Uber CEO denies pricing algorithm uses ‘behavioural patterns’
Uber workers are concerned about what data is being used by the company’s algorithm to set variable pay and pricing levels after CEO Dara Khosrowshahi admits to using drivers’ ‘behavioural patterns’
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February 20, 2024
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Feb'24
Vodafone teams with vcita to boost small business digital productivity
Telco and software management firm launch digital business management service intended for small businesses, replacing time-consuming and manual tasks with automated and digital services
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February 20, 2024
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Feb'24
Alibaba Cloud debuts Model Studio
Alibaba Cloud’s Model Studio provides access to its Qwen family of foundation models and other third-party models and a suite of tools to speed up training and deployment of large language models
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February 19, 2024
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Feb'24
UK government launches tech talent campaign
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is encouraging people to sign up to digital skills bootcamps as government-funded research reveals huge demand for entry-level and junior tech talent
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February 19, 2024
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Feb'24
Cradlepoint embedded IoT connects AI-driven sustainable intelligent waste system
Collaboration shows how cellular-connected artificial intelligence can support environmental sustainability through secure, scalable IoT connectivity that merges cellular technology with AI for optimal waste diversion and profitability
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February 19, 2024
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Feb'24
Controversial Post Office Capture system was developed in-house
Second controversial Post Office system was the work of developers in its own IT operation
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February 18, 2024
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Feb'24
Singapore to invest S$1bn in AI over five years
The funding will go towards compute, talent, and industry development to support Singapore’s national AI strategy
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February 16, 2024
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Feb'24
Vonage unveils network API availability
Comms platform provider announces network API availability, and claims first-to-market developer registration service to simplify network API access and adoption
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February 16, 2024
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Feb'24
Government awards £10m to medtech developers
The government has awarded £10m to eight technology companies to create innovative medical devices and bring them to market