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 […]
Finland’s WithSecure has revealed details of its global sustainability programme, committing to operating as a more ethical, equitable and environmentally responsible organisation, including progress towards so-called green coding. W/Sustainability is designed to embed sustainability and transparency into the cyber security supplier’s strategy and operations, and was designed based on input from customers, investors, business […]
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, […]
One in 10 children under 17 believe they could successfully hack into a website or someone else’s online account, and 13% would attempt to do so if dared to, according to research into young consumers’ and parents’ attitudes to cyber security, conducted by Kaspersky. The study also found that less than 10% of parents […]
Infosys will take over Danske Bank’s IT operation in India as part of an IT outsourcing contract worth $454m over five years, to accelerate the bank’s digital transformation. The Indian supplier is acquiring the Danish bank’s IT centre in Bangalore, which houses 1400 IT professionals, and will introduce generative artificial intelligence into the services. […]
Buildings management company Johnson Controls has standardised on Pure Storage’s Portworx container management platform to provide data protection for customer-facing smart building products, with up to 30,000 containers under management. Multinational Johnson Controls is headquartered in Ireland but operates globally, with about 100,000 employees in 1,100 offices worldwide. It provides fire, heating and ventilation, […]