Middle East cloud ambitions get boost from IBM-AWS partnership
IBM and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are strengthening their partnership with a strong focus on the Middle East. The two companies plan to open their…
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Is the UK’s digital ID scheme doomed to fail?
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Oracle patches E-Business suite targeted by Cl0p ransomware
Oracle has issued a fix for a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in its E-Business Suite (EBS) as the well-used ERP software package emerges…
Data sovereignty demand pushes Herabit to get S3 storage
Italy-based service provider Herabit has opted for Cubbit S3 distributed cloud storage in a move aimed at meeting demands for improved data sovereignty from its…
Police ordered to give reasons in closed court for seizing phone of UK Hamas lawyer
North Wales Police has been ordered to disclose the reasons for stopping a UK lawyer who represented Hamas and seizing the contents of mobile phone…
Government urged to scrutinise datacentre developers’ environmental claims
The government is being urged to “properly scrutinise” the environmental impact of the nation’s growing datacentre footprint by non-profit Foxglove, which is currently overseeing the…
Police facial recognition trials show little evidence of benefits
Real-world testing of live facial recognition (LFR) systems by UK and European police is a largely ungoverned “Wild West”, where the technology is tested on…
Gartner: IT leaders need to prepare for GenAI legal issues
IT leaders are being advised to prepare for the rise in legal disputes and regulatory compliance mishaps arising from the use of generative AI (GenAI)…
IT Sustainability Think Tank: Helping IT directors see through suppliers’ greenwashing claims
Green promises from technology companies are everywhere. Servers described as carbon neutral, cloud platforms that reportedly run on 100% renewable energy, and datacentres branded as…
UK government to consult on police live facial recognition use
The UK government will consult on police facial recognition before further expanding its use across England, says policing minister Sarah Jones. Speaking during the Labour…
Interview: Sacha Vaughan, chief supply chain officer, Joseph Joseph
Sacha Vaughan, chief supply chain officer at houseware manufacturer Joseph Joseph, is in a fortunate position – her board recognises the critical role of the…
Software engineering limited by lack of full automation
A survey by Coleman Parkes for Harness has found that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in software development is on the rise, but there…