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• August 31, 2023 31 Aug'23

  Teams unbundled in European economic community

  Following the European Commission’s antitrust investigation, the tech giant will offer cheaper Office 365 and Microsoft 365 suites without Teams

• August 31, 2023 31 Aug'23

  Cisco expands customer experience services portfolio

  Lifecycle services technology launched to give businesses ability to align priorities with clear and measurable outcomes to ensure their technology investments support their business, technology and operational goals

• August 31, 2023 31 Aug'23

  GenAI outranks cloud as business IT strategic priority

  Enterprise Strategy Group research on the use cases for generative AI shows it as strategic for corporate IT, with impacts on customer experience, software development and IT Ops

• August 31, 2023 31 Aug'23

  MPs say UK at real risk of falling behind on AI regulation

  MPs in charge of scrutinising the UK government’s proposals for regulating artificial intelligence have warned that time is running out for the introduction of new AI legislation before 2025

• August 30, 2023 30 Aug'23

  8x8 adds to AI self-service capabilities with voice interactions for customer assistant

  Open beta programme sees launch of service based on conversational artificial intelligence designed to allow contact centre customers to add voice self-service capabilities

• August 30, 2023 30 Aug'23

  NCSC warns over possible AI prompt injection attacks

  The UK’s NCSC says it sees alarming potential for so-called prompt injection attacks driven by the large language models that power AI chatbots

• August 30, 2023 30 Aug'23

  July sees huge jump in open banking payments

  The number of open banking payments in the UK have doubled over the past year, according to latest figures

• August 30, 2023 30 Aug'23

  Met police data platform deployed with data protection issues

  Met Police deploys integrated record management system despite data protection ‘compliance issues' that would inhibit its ability to retrieve data, meet its statutory logging requirements, and respond to subject access requests

• August 30, 2023 30 Aug'23

  Zurich Insurance slashes ServiceNow application development time

  Insurance giant cuts time it takes to complete development of ServiceNow applications by days

• August 30, 2023 30 Aug'23

  Google Cloud ups ante in generative AI

  Google CEO Sundar Pichai kicked off Google Cloud Next 2023 by underscoring the company’s efforts to make generative AI tools more accessible to businesses and workers

• August 29, 2023 29 Aug'23

  Nats resorts to fail-safe manual process after technical hitch

  Just a few hours of manual processing has resulted in a massive backlog in flights

• August 24, 2023 24 Aug'23

  Google bets on AI-backed cyber controls for Workspace users

  Zero-trust and digital sovereignty controls are the focus of a series of enhancements being made for Google Workspace users

• August 24, 2023 24 Aug'23

  Bletchley Park to host UK government AI safety summit

  An international collaboration event on artificial intelligence safety is being run at the site that was home to the world’s first programmable computer

• August 24, 2023 24 Aug'23

  NHS SBS to launch £1.5bn digital workplace solutions framework

  NHS Shared Business Services is planning on a second iteration of its digital workplace solutions framework before the current one expires in August 2024

• August 24, 2023 24 Aug'23

  Accelerated datacentre computing propels record Nvidia revenue

  GPU company Nvidia has seen record growth, driven by demand for AI acceleration in datacentres

• August 24, 2023 24 Aug'23

  AWS debuts Dedicated Local Zones with Singapore government as first customer

  The new offering will be fully managed by AWS, built for exclusive use by a customer or community, and placed in a customer-specified location or datacentre

• August 23, 2023 23 Aug'23

  Inside Micron Singapore’s sustainability journey

  The chipmaker has been doubling down on sustainability efforts in Singapore by tapping solar power, recycling water and waste, as well as treating greenhouse gases, in a bid to achieve net zero by 2050

• August 23, 2023 23 Aug'23

  Kura rolls out Avaya Enterprise Cloud to transform customer experience

  UK’s largest independent outsourcer replaces five legacy systems to deliver lower TCO, advanced contact centre features on-demand, scalability and external platform integration

• August 23, 2023 23 Aug'23

  Six subpostmaster appeals to be heard in Scottish court

  Scottish court will hear appeals against the convictions of six former subpostmasters based on evidence from a Post Office computer system

• August 23, 2023 23 Aug'23

  VMware works with Nvidia to deliver generative AI cloud

  The two companies are collaborating on a platform that uses Nvidia GPUs and VMware cloud infrastructure

• August 23, 2023 23 Aug'23

  Cameyo offers Windows apps delivery on Chrome devices

  The company claims access to Windows and Linux apps without the need to install desktop virtualisation infrastructure and VPNs

• August 23, 2023 23 Aug'23

  Enterprise elevated in Zoom Q2

  Collaboration and communications technology provider releases second-quarter results showing steady increase in total revenue and significant rise in enterprise revenue

• August 22, 2023 22 Aug'23

  Met Police data platform £64m over budget

  A freedom of information request has revealed that the Met’s Connect integrated record management system is running tens of millions over budget, and has already generated more than 25,000 support requests so far

• August 22, 2023 22 Aug'23

  IBM uses generative AI to modernise mainframe Cobol

  In combination with code discovery, IBM plans to offer artificial intelligence-based Cobol to Java application modernisation

• August 21, 2023 21 Aug'23

  Red Hat CEO on AI moves and source code kerfuffle

  Matt Hicks talks up Red Hat’s efforts to support generative AI adoption through OpenShift AI and weighs in on the issues surrounding the company’s decision to limit access to RHEL source code

• August 18, 2023 18 Aug'23

  Europe’s fastest supercomputer trains large language models in Finland

  Much of the innovation in natural language processing comes from large enterprises in the US, resulting in proprietary technology with a bias towards English. One consortium in Finland decided to change the game

• August 18, 2023 18 Aug'23

  BSI launches sustainability-focused startup accelerator

  Startups selected to participate in the BSI and Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership’s joint sustainability startup accelerator are working in a diverse range of areas and using a variety of technologies to positively affect society

• August 18, 2023 18 Aug'23

  More than 400 Liberty Global IT staff move to Infosys as part of €1.5bn contract

  TV and broadband giant outsources the build and operation of its entertainment and connectivity platforms to Indian supplier in five year deal

• August 18, 2023 18 Aug'23

  MongoDB secures IRAP certification

  MongoDB’s certification from Australia’s Information Security Registered Assessor Program will pave the way for federal government agencies to use its Atlas database service for protected workloads

• August 17, 2023 17 Aug'23

  Researchers demo fake airplane mode exploit that tricks iPhone users

  Exploit chain that tricks a victim into believing their iOS device is offline in airplane mode when it is not could open the door to grave privacy concerns

• August 17, 2023 17 Aug'23

  NUHS taps LLM to boost productivity, patient care

  Healthcare professionals at Singapore’s National University Health System can now summarise patient case notes and predict patient healthcare journeys using a large language model trained by a supercomputer

• August 17, 2023 17 Aug'23

  MP calls for review of computer evidence rule which led to subpostmasters being wrongly convicted

  MP writes to minister in charge of courts requesting he looks at the controversial rules on the use of computer evidence in court

• August 17, 2023 17 Aug'23

  Carlsberg turns tap on massive global SASE deployment

  Global brewer addresses strategic IT challenges at scale, improving application delivery, modernising network security capabilities and standardising IT service delivery across more than 200 locations and 25,000 remote users

• August 16, 2023 16 Aug'23

  AI is the most hyped technology of 2023

  Gartner's 2023 hype cycle puts generative AI at the peak of inflated expectations in its latest analysis of emerging tech trends

• August 16, 2023 16 Aug'23

  Accenture’s Brussels AI lab to focus on European public sector and health

  Accenture will use its Brussels AI lab to test AI and generative AI's application in the European public sector

• August 15, 2023 15 Aug'23

  London calling as Zoom opens hub heralding new era of modern work

  Communications tech provider makes latest evolutionary step having gained reputation as breakthrough pandemic collaboration company, opening doors on hub in UK capital to support hybrid ways of working

• August 15, 2023 15 Aug'23

  Manchester United begins Extreme approach to upgraded Wi-Fi

  Just a year after becoming football club’s official Wi-Fi network solutions and Wi-Fi analytics provider, cloud networking services provider kicks off new season with upgraded wireless infrastructure for the Red Devils

• August 15, 2023 15 Aug'23

  Nutanix GPT-in-a-Box aims hyper-converged at AI/ML use cases

  Nutanix targets a pre-configured bundle of AI/ML and GPT software with hyper-converged infrastructure and GPT to help organisations safely take advantage of learning networks

• August 15, 2023 15 Aug'23

  TSB and Fintech Scotland lab open for applications

  High street bank opens applications to its latest fintech programme in partnership with Fintech Scotland

• August 14, 2023 14 Aug'23

  How Qualtrics is driving experience management

  Qualtrics’ global and regional leaders outline the company’s product directions, including its work in AI, its traction in the region and the future of experience management

• August 14, 2023 14 Aug'23

  Managers need to assess jobs as AI evolves in workplace

  Advances in AI will mean business leaders need to rethink how they organise and motivate their employees

• August 14, 2023 14 Aug'23

  Network Rail uses Google AI to assess trackside biodiversity

  The rail network company has worked with London Zoo to monitor trackside bird and bat activity

• August 11, 2023 11 Aug'23

  IBM says all the building blocks for analogue AI are in place

  Analogue electronics promises a more efficient way to train AI systems than computers that rely on zeros and ones

• August 11, 2023 11 Aug'23

  Voxnube, Altigen unite for cloud-based Microsoft Teams phone systems in Europe

  Partnership to combine voice offerings with multi-channel intelligent routing expertise to allow European enterprises to use Microsoft service as primary communications and collaboration platform

• August 11, 2023 11 Aug'23

  Biden administration bans investment in Chinese high tech

  Executive Order prohibits investment firms from supporting Chinese firms specialising in AI, quantum and advanced semiconductors

• August 10, 2023 10 Aug'23

  USDM Life Sciences grants Cloud Assurance Certification to PTC AR design kit

  As it ramps up its foray into immersive technologies, engineering tech company sees AR development kit gain certification from compliance firm, allowing users to generate audit-ready documents to serve as regulatory evidence

• August 10, 2023 10 Aug'23

  Implications of SAP Rise premium strategy

  SAP dropped a bombshell during its second-quarter 2023 results call that will negatively impact those using S/4Hana on-premise or through a hosted service provider

• August 10, 2023 10 Aug'23

  Cisco: Hybrid work needs to get better

  Cisco’s head of collaboration and security talks up the state of hybrid work and calls for organisations to create magnets rather than mandates for workers to collaborate in the workplace

• August 09, 2023 09 Aug'23

  AI interview: Krystal Kauffman, lead organiser, Turkopticon

  Remote Mechanical Turk workers are responsible for training artificial intelligence algorithms and completing other data-related business processes - we hear about the workplace issues they face

• August 09, 2023 09 Aug'23

  Microsoft addresses Office vulnerability attacked by Russian spooks in latest update

  Microsoft has issued fixes for over 70 vulnerabilities in its August Patch Tuesday drop, including remedies for CVE-2023-36884, which was disclosed without a fix in July and has been the subject of Kremlin-backed cyber attacks