Ransomware payment value fell over 30% in 2024
The total value of payments made to cyber criminal ransomware gangs fell dramatically in the back half of 2024, and according to statistics released this…
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Self-healing networks: The next evolution in network management
While artificial intelligence (AI) poses many risks for networks of all sizes, it also highlights the pitfalls of traditional network management in addressing real-time demands…
DACH’s venture capital prominence: an outlier, or the start of a golden age?
Switzerland can officially boast the world’s fastest growing venture capital (VC) ecosystem, with only Dubai and Singapore preventing Austria from making it a DACH double…
AWS sees full-year profit and revenue growth as AI and public cloud demand soars
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has reported a 19% year-on-year (YoY) increase in revenue for the second successive quarter in its latest financial results, covering the…
Tech job postings dropped in 2024, according to research
The number of advertised IT jobs dropped year-on-year in 2024, according to research by the Recruitment and Employment Federation (REC). Figures from REC saw a…
Data maturity survey finds a quarter of organisations with no strategy
According to research published by data management consultancy Carruthers and Jackson, 26% of organisations, mostly in the UK and US, lack a formal data strategy,…
UK’s Cyber Monitoring Centre begins incident classification work
The Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC), a new UK-based project designed to independently declare and classify systemic cyber attacks using a unique classification scale with the…
As Java turns 30, developers switch to OpenJDK
The latest State of Java report from Azul Systems shows that the 30-year-old programming language has moved with the times and is being used for…
Swedish commission delivers roadmap to drive artificial intelligence reforms
Sweden is poised to regain its status as the frontier Nordic nation for next-generation technology development, following the government’s endorsement of a strategic roadmap and…
Google Cloud revenue soars as Alphabet continues to ride AI wave
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai has committed to continue investing in its cloud arm, as the firm’s fourth-quarter results confirmed Google Cloud’s revenue increased by 30%…
Crowd-source testing helps drive Webex accessibility
Applause, which provides digital quality and crowd-sourced testing, has worked with Cisco to ensure ongoing accessibility assessments of Webex Suite and to achieve consistent conformance with…
State of Open Con 25: Why public sector needs an open approach
Earlier this week, people attending OpenUK’s State of Open Con were presented with a vision of open government that has the potential to improve efficiency…