Forrester: IT departments are blowing their cloud budgets
The latest research from Boomi, conducted by Forrester, has reported that IT leaders expect their cloud costs will exceed budgets. The analyst firm has forecast that…
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Security Think Tank: Banning ransomware payments is not so straightforward
I can understand why Ciaran Martin has taken the position of advocating for legal controls on ransomware payments, and the logic behind this proposal is…
RDP abused in over 90% of cyber attacks, Sophos finds
Threat actors are abusing the widely-used Windows remote desktop protocol (RDP) remote access feature in their attack chains at a rate unprecedented since the Covid-19…
Women in Data: MoD’s first chief data officer on overcoming imposter syndrome
The shortage of women working in the technology sector is all-too-well documented. The numbers still haven’t shifted for the better, even with a growing focus on…
Ransomware kill switch may save 99% of files from encryption
Managed and extended detection and response (MDR and XDR) specialist Adlumin is attempting to help midmarket end-users lessen the impact of ransomware attacks by detecting…
Fujitsu staff instructed how to bid for government contracts during self-imposed ban
A Fujitsu leak has revealed staff were given a flow diagram instructing them how to bid for government contracts during the IT supplier’s self-imposed ban…
Case study: Network Rail on the data-driven decisions keeping our railways safe
Britain’s railway network is made up of around 200,000 kilometres of track, most of it dating from Victorian times. But the railways face a very…
Microsoft pushes Teams out of M365 and O365 bundle globally
Since October 2023, Microsoft unbundled Teams from its Microsoft 365 and Office 365 suites in the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland. At the time,…
Risks and rewards of AI in HCM
In an article looking into artificial intelligence (AI) in human capital management (HCM) published in February, Rod Garlick, head of innovation technology and the future…
US and UK agree AI safety collaboration
The UK and US governments have agreed to collaborate on artificial intelligence (AI) safety. A memorandum of understanding, signed on 1 April, will see the…
Finnish industrial groups launch AI and robotics ventures
Multinational Finnish industrial groups Outokumpu, Metsä and HKScan, are scaling-up deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) to drive international growth and strengthen performance-based efficiencies in their…
Flash storage prices rise by 25% as manufacturers chase profitability
Flash drive prices shot up by just over 25% in the final quarter of 2023, and are predicted to rise even further during 2024, largely…