What is flash memory? Flash memory, also known as flash storage, is a type of nonvolatile memory that erases data in units called blocks and rewrites data at the byte level. Flash memory is widely used for storage and data transfer in consumer devices, enterprise systems and industrial applications. Flash memory retains data for an […]

An operation by French and Dutch police to hack EncroChat, an encrypted phone network used by organised criminals, has led to more than 6,500 arrests world-wide and the seizure of nearly €900 million following three years of investigation. Investigators intercepted, analysed, and shared over 115 million supposedly encrypted text messages and photographs sent by […]

2020 was a roller coaster of major, world-shaking events. We all couldn’t wait for the year to end. But just as 2020 was about to close, it pulled another fast one on us: the SolarWinds hack, one of the biggest cybersecurity breaches of the 21st century. The SolarWinds hack was a major event not […]

Earlier in June, Oracle downgraded all its older relational database releases prior to version 19c to Sustaining Support status. According to third-party support provider Rimini Street, Sustaining Support offers a limited scope of support, which may not be sufficient for a production environment. Rimini Street claimed the price to customers of Sustaining Support is […]

Looking to allow customers to instantly connect a variety of enterprise-class B2B applications and resources, establishing any mode of on-premise and cloud connectivity, agentless, multi-cloud networking service provider Alkira has launched an extranet-as-a-service (EaaS) offering. Alkira EaaS uses Akira’s global hyperscale cloud networking infrastructure so that enterprises can connect their customers, partners and third […]

One of the key messages to come out of the recent Cloudera event in London is the idea of working with a data ecosystem of IT providers to achieve a business objective. In a presentation discussing the role of the IT ecosystem, Merv Adrian, principal of IT Market Strategies, said today that organisations should […]

The UK government’s proposed plan to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) falls short when it comes to protecting human rights, Britain’s equality watchdog has warned. Responding to the government’s AI whitepaper, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said it is broadly supportive of the UK’s approach, but more must be done to deal with […]

Over 3,600 people across the UK have applied to take part in the government’s Upskill in Cyber programme this year, with almost half of interested candidates women and over half coming from outside London and South-East England. Upskill in Cyber, which was only officially launched in May 2023, is delivered through the SANS Institute, […]