Digital workflow company ServiceNow has signed an agreement to acquire artificial intelligence (AI) powered platform G2K to transform retail and other industries in order to better connect data streams back into central IT operations to bridge the physical and digital worlds together. Founded by Karsten Neugebauer and Omar El Gohary in 2013, G2K employs […]
By Published: 15 May 2023 It’s been quite a while since I dd any actual coding and while I have done machine level coding I was initially taught Algol and Fortran, both being high level languages. In my 20 plus years in information security and assurance the issue of secure coding has risen in […]
Microsoft’s attempt to thwart malicious actors from tricking users into executing malware and ransomware, by blocking Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) and Excel 4.0 (XL4) macros by default in its most popular Office applications, has had a profound affect on the cyber criminal landscape, according to data from Proofpoint. Microsoft first announced plans to […]
Increasing demand for IT talent is driving the IT outsourcing sector, with 63% of UK organisations planning to continue outsourcing at the current level or increase outsourcing over the next 12 months, with nearly a third of these planning to spend more. According to a survey of 750 UK organisations by PA Consulting and […]
The Post Office commissioned an internal report on the performance of its controversial Horizon system in 2010, setting out to give the software a clean bill of health by only focusing on the positives amid claims subpostmasters were being blamed and prosecuted for the accounting shortfalls it caused. The latest hearing in phase three […]
The cost of living is having an impact on online sales as consumers seek out better prices in stores, according to data from the BRC-KPMG Retail sales monitor. Figures from April 2023 showed online sales of non-food items had dropped by 3.6% year on year, while overall retail sales in April were 5.1% higher […]
With user experience increasingly being a key performance indicator at the boardroom level and claiming to be uniquely positioned to deliver industry-leading Full-Stack Observability to customers, Cisco has announced a new OpenTelemetry-based integration of its AppDynamics application observability and ThousandEyes network intelligence. Explaining the launch of the solutions – for which integration is bi-directional, […]
Accelerated business automation, a rediscovery of data governance and a significant shift to customer experience activities are highlights of enterprise software and data management investment for IT buyers in the UK, according to the annual TechTarget/Computer Weekly IT priorities 2023 survey. The 2023 iteration of the survey was carried out between November 2022 and February […]
MEPs in two European Parliament committees have overwhelmingly voted for a raft of amendments to the Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA), including a number of bans on “intrusive and discriminatory” systems, but there are still concerns around lingering loopholes and the potential for state overreach. The list of prohibited systems deemed to represent “an unacceptable […]
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), have banded together to urge those affected by cyber incidents, especially ransomware, to be more open about the issues, and to put an end to a culture of secrecy and cover-ups that they argue is hindering the ability of society at […]