EDF is increasing the use of a geographic information system for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station construction project in Somerset. The system supplier is Esri UK. EDF is using it to create a portal that gives a single view of the entire project. Jon Dolphin, project manager and GIS lead at HPC […]
No one would argue that 2022 was a challenging year. One constant has been the ongoing evolution of technology, innovation, and growth of cloud computing, and it’s not slowing down any time soon. More and more organisations see how cloud can accelerate their operations, competitive agility, and ability to innovate. Organisations undertaking cloud must […]
Customers would be more likely to visit a physical store if they knew that the shopping experience would be supported by immersive technology, according to NTT Data. The tech company surveyed 2,000 UK consumers and found that two-thirds would be keen on visiting a store if the experience was more personalised, with contactless payment […]
A change is underway in security training of all kinds. Security managers are being asked to step up and make a real difference in training; shape and support learning in more business-collaborative ways than ever before – stepping out from behind the locked door. There has long been a mindset of security training consisting […]
Scottish National Party MP Stewart McDonald has become the latest victim of a Russian state-backed hacking group that specialises in targeting non-government organisations (NGOs), politicians, journalists and other people of influence. Stewart McDonald, former SNP defence spokesman, said today that hackers believed to be linked to the Russian state had gained access to his […]
A prolific cyber criminal who used encrypted social media platform Telegram in a series of long-running frauds has been sentenced at Croydon Crown Court to three years in prison for fraud by false representation, supply of articles for use in fraud and possession of articles for use in fraud. Ramzan Abubakarov, aged 21, of […]
Web analytics data published by Digital-adoption.com has found that traffic to OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, grew by 3,572%, from 18.3 million to 672 million visits, after the release of the latest version of ChatGPT. In January, Microsoft announced the third phase of its multi-billion dollar investment in OpenAI, and it has now unveiled […]
What is SOC 3 (System and Organization Controls 3)? A System and Organization Controls 3 (SOC 3) report outlines information related to a service organization’s internal controls for security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality and privacy. These five areas are the focuses of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ (AICPA) Trust Services Criteria (TSC). SOC […]
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is revising its cloud strategy and embarking on a push to ensure even its most highly classified forms of data are moved off-premise by 2025. The government department has issued a 39-page strategy document that sets out its plans to “revisit” the cloud migration work it has already done […]
Readers of a certain age will remember taping the top 20 on a Sunday night. And will also remember – if they had failed to catalogue what they were, possibly illegally, recording – not being able to find that particular New Order track among a stack of cassette tapes. Or UB40 track. This is […]