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• February 12, 2024 12Feb2024 News

  More than 1,000 subpostmasters could have used second faulty Post Office system

  More than 1,000 subpostmasters could have used a previous faulty computer system in their branches as more people come forward with information following Post Office scandal TV drama Continue Reading

• February 12, 2024 12Feb2024 Opinion

  Executives must face down state-sponsored hacking groups targeting firmware

  State-backed groups have ratcheted up the pressure for cyber security professionals and executives. But that’s not an excuse to cede them the territory. Continue Reading

• February 12, 2024 12Feb2024 News

  Virgin Media O2 switches on 2Gbps broadband, symmetrical speed options

  XGS-PON technology-based Gig2 becomes first residential 2Gbps service from UK provider to go live for sale, designed to help power future technologies from AI to immersive and cloud gaming Continue Reading

• February 12, 2024 12Feb2024 Opinion

  A decade after breaking HMRC’s Aspire deal, the Post Office scandal exposes glaring similarities

  HM Revenue & Customs finally broke from its £800m a year Aspire contract in 2016 - and the reasons have parallels with the Post Office scandal. Will government ever learn? Continue Reading

• February 12, 2024 12Feb2024 In Depth

  Trends driving cyber security in 2024

  While cyber security breaches are not going away, emerging threats are driving new and innovative approaches to IT security Continue Reading

• February 11, 2024 11Feb2024 E-Handbook

  Implementing GenAI: Use cases & challenges

  From chatbots to help citizens identify career opportunities to analysing customer sentiment and cyber threats, the use cases of generative AI are wide-ranging and have the potential to impact nearly all areas in business and IT.
  
  In ... Continue Reading

• February 11, 2024 11Feb2024 Blog Post

  The UK PSTI Act and its implications for the print market

  The UK Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) Act will come into effect on 29 April 2024. The product security aspect of this act stipulates a new regulatory scheme to make ... Continue Reading

• February 09, 2024 09Feb2024 News

  The outlook for open source? Growing, but there are challenges

  While more companies are using open source technologies, not everyone may realise it Continue Reading

• February 09, 2024 09Feb2024 News

  Amazon defends facial-recognition tech sale to FBI despite moratorium

  The FBI has confirmed it is using Amazon’s Rekognition image and video analysis software, but Amazon says it is ‘false’ to suggest this violates the company’s self-imposed moratorium on selling facial-recognition technology to US police Continue Reading

• February 09, 2024 09Feb2024 News

  HSBC and Google Cloud partner up for climate tech startup growth push

  Banking giant HSBC will work with Google Cloud-affiliated climate tech startups to help them access funding to support their future growth Continue Reading

• February 09, 2024 09Feb2024 News

  MoD ethical hacking programme expands after initial success

  The Ministry of Defence has expanded the scope of its defensive security partnership with HackerOne Continue Reading

• February 09, 2024 09Feb2024 In Depth

  The rising prominence of hybrid cloud in the Nordics

  Many Nordic organisations have opted for hybrid cloud environments, subscribing to the newest services without giving up what they already have. Best practices are beginning to emerge for managing the heterogenous environment Continue Reading

• February 09, 2024 09Feb2024 News

  Digital experience becomes new boardroom metric

  Networking technology and services giant outlines new paradigm in experience economy, where next generation of chief digital officers demand unified understanding of every component of networked applications Continue Reading

• February 09, 2024 09Feb2024 News

  Europe carves out niche in quantum computing

  As the US, China and Europe accelerate investment in quantum computing, Europe is beginning to develop its own unique position in the fledgling global ecosystem Continue Reading

• February 08, 2024 08Feb2024 News

  Why open data is needed in the battle to address homelessness

  Centrepoint needed to send FOIs to more than 300 local authorities in England to access required information Continue Reading

• February 08, 2024 08Feb2024 News

  Average broadband use on pace to break terabyte barrier by 2030

  Broadband consumption data shows record use of 641GB per subscriber in 2023, with leap to 1TB expected by end of decade Continue Reading

• February 08, 2024 08Feb2024 News

  Ericsson, Qualcomm drive 5G Standalone benefits in UK, Finland

  Leading comms tech provider and mobile platform provider reveal projects in key European territories showing differentiated connectivity enabled by network slicing on 5G core and radio access network technology Continue Reading

• February 08, 2024 08Feb2024 News

  Microsoft in discussions with CISPE to remedy ‘unfair’ cloud software licensing practices

  Software giant Microsoft has opened discussions with a European cloud trade body that has previously raised a formal complaint against the firm over its ‘unfair software licensing practices’ Continue Reading

• February 08, 2024 08Feb2024 Blog Post

  A powerful case for more open data

  A panel discussion at the recent State Open Con 24 conference has shone a spotlight on the red tape, inefficiency and political moves that prevent opening up data sets to tackle a crisis affecting ... Continue Reading

• February 08, 2024 08Feb2024 Opinion

  The Post Office Scandal: Drawing parallels between Horizon and the UK cloud market

  With the ongoing fallout from the Post Office scandal, questions are being asked about whether the UK government looks set to repeat the mistakes of the past based on its reliance on the cloud technologies of several major US hyperscalers Continue Reading

• February 08, 2024 08Feb2024 News

  CIO interview: Sandy Venugopal, SentinelOne

  We speak to the former CIO of Uber and LinkedIn, current CIO of SentinelOne, about how artificial intelligence should be deployed in business Continue Reading

• February 08, 2024 08Feb2024 News

  Executive alleged to be behind EncroChat encrypted phone network arrested

  A businessman allegedly behind EncroChat, an encrypted phone network that was used by organised crime groups, has been extradited from the Dominican Republic to France Continue Reading

• February 08, 2024 08Feb2024 News

  Swedish CIO contributes best practices for ethical use of artificial intelligence

  IT leaders are scrambling to keep up with AI technology, but many are losing sight of its ethical impact – and what CIOs need to do to ensure responsible use Continue Reading

• February 08, 2024 08Feb2024 News

  University Hospital of Wales launches digital cardiology test requests

  The Cardiff-based hospital is switching from a paper-based system to a digital service, which is integrated into the Welsh Clinical Portal Continue Reading

• February 08, 2024 08Feb2024 News

  CityFibre wins five new Project Gigabit contracts

  Leading UK independent full-fibre network provider gains added stake in UK government’s £5bn gigabit broadband programme, subsidising infrastructure roll-out to over 202,000 hard-to-reach homes and businesses across rural areas in UK’s southern ... Continue Reading

• February 08, 2024 08Feb2024 News

  Cisco taps Apple, Nvidia to achieve distance zero and propel collaboration in new workspace

  Networking and IT tech and services firm reveals solutions and partnerships with leading CE and processor manufacturer to support business in the new world of world where workspaces are being reimagined Continue Reading

• February 07, 2024 07Feb2024 News

  NCSC warns CNI operators over ‘living-off-the-land’ attacks

  Malicious, state-backed actors may well be lurking in the UK’s most critical networks right now, and their operators may not even know until it is too late, warn the NCSC and its partners Continue Reading

• February 07, 2024 07Feb2024 News

  Dozens of surveillance companies are supplying spyware to governments, says Google

  Google’s Threat Analysis Group has identified 40 companies involved in selling and supplying security exploits and spyware services to governments Continue Reading

• February 07, 2024 07Feb2024 Opinion

  Security Think Tank: The phishing forecast for 2024

  Egress' Jack Chapman and James Dyer explore how phishing attacks are set to grow in their scope and sophistication this year, with generative AI playing a big role Continue Reading

• February 07, 2024 07Feb2024 News

  The challenges of open source in government

  Public sector bodies may find their policy decisions are stymied due to the inflexibility of the software they deploy. Is open source the answer? Continue Reading

• February 07, 2024 07Feb2024 News

  BCS report shows lack of improvement in tech diversity

  Research from BCS shows very slow progress when it comes to the number of women and people from under-represented groups in tech over the past five years Continue Reading

• February 07, 2024 07Feb2024 News

  Government reaffirms commitment to hold off on AI laws

  The UK government reaffirming its commitment hold off on artificial intelligence legislation has been received positively by industry for balancing innovation and safety Continue Reading

• February 07, 2024 07Feb2024 News

  How Iranian cyber ops pivoted to target Israel after 7 October attacks

  Microsoft has shared new intelligence on how Iranian government-aligned threat actors have turned their fire on Israel over the past four months Continue Reading

• February 07, 2024 07Feb2024 News

  South Staffs Water faces group action over Clop ransomware attack

  South Staffordshire Plc, the parent company of South Staffordshire and Cambridge Water, is facing legal action from customers whose data was compromised in a 2022 Clop ransomware attack Continue Reading

• February 07, 2024 07Feb2024 News

  AI ID specialist Onfido in talks to be bought by Entrust

  UK-based cyber unicorn Onfido agrees to enter talks to be acquired by Entrust Continue Reading

• February 07, 2024 07Feb2024 News

  Verizon deploys 130,000 O-RAN capable radios in network

  Second big commitment to open radio access network technology from a major US operator within a couple of months indicates a ‘significant industry shift’ in momentum for open networking Continue Reading

• February 07, 2024 07Feb2024 News

  Government funds two semiconductor centres

  So-called information knowledge centres in Bristol and Southampton are each receiving £11m Continue Reading

• February 06, 2024 06Feb2024 News

  UK’s McPartland Cyber Review to probe trust in technology

  The UK government has launched a cyber security review that will investigate how best to give businesses the confidence they need to use new technologies Continue Reading

• February 06, 2024 06Feb2024 News

  UK government responds to AI whitepaper consultation

  The UK government is considering introducing binding legal requirements for companies developing the most powerful AI systems, and has outlined a range of funding to realise the ambitions of its ‘pro-innovation’ framework for artificial intelligence Continue Reading

• February 06, 2024 06Feb2024 News

  Inquiry to explore cyber risk to Sunak-Starmer showdown

  The UK’s Joint Committee on National Security Strategy is opening an inquiry into securing the democratic process ahead of the next general election Continue Reading

• February 06, 2024 06Feb2024 News

  UK and France push for international agreement on spyware

  The UK and France are hosting diplomats, big tech companies and civil society groups, in a two-day conference in London targeting the proliferation of spyware tools and ‘hackers for hire’ Continue Reading

• February 06, 2024 06Feb2024 Opinion

  Three predictions for responding to the cyber threat landscape in 2024

  Nominet's Kim Wiles looks to the coming months and calls for cooperation and collaboration on tackling cyber security threats Continue Reading

• February 06, 2024 06Feb2024 News

  Cisco unveils innovations for observability as it looks to future networking vision

  Networking and IT tech and services giant kicks off European flagship event with major enhancements to networking cloud vision, innovations in digital experience and user monitoring for cloud-native applications Continue Reading

• February 06, 2024 06Feb2024 News

  CIO interview: Stuart Birrell, chief data and information officer, EasyJet

  The short-haul airline fills an aircraft every 10 seconds through its e-commerce operation – all while transforming its booking systems and migrating its IT estate to the cloud Continue Reading

• February 06, 2024 06Feb2024 News

  Post Office scandal: Phase four’s rogues’ gallery

  Phase four of the public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon IT scandal revealed ‘a parade of liars, bullies, amnesiacs and arrogant individuals’ that made up the teams investigating and prosecuting subpostmasters Continue Reading

• February 06, 2024 06Feb2024 News

  Inside NetApp’s cloud and AI strategy

  NetApp’s senior executives talk up the company’s efforts to support AI initiatives and deliver first-party storage services on public cloud platforms Continue Reading

• February 06, 2024 06Feb2024 Opinion

  Resetting digital government

  After years of trying to digitally transform the public sector, with varying degrees of success, could a change of government finally herald a new and better approach? Continue Reading

• February 06, 2024 06Feb2024 Opinion

  The Post Office scandal shows how much AI can and must help humans

  There has been much speculation about the potential for a future AI disaster after the role of IT in the Post Office scandal - but the way to avoid this is to make sure AI and humans work hand in hand Continue Reading

• February 06, 2024 06Feb2024 E-Zine

  Generative AI – an early adopter’s experience

  In this week’s Computer Weekly, as IT leaders start to implement GenAI in their organisations, we look at the experiences of one early adopter. Our latest buyer’s guide examines the key security trends for 2024. And Microsoft’s head of identity ... Continue Reading

• February 05, 2024 05Feb2024 News

  Blackbaud blasted for failing to prevent customer breaches

  A supply chain attack at software supplier Blackbaud in 2020 saw data on multiple UK organisations compromised. The US authorities are now taking steps to ensure it can’t happen again Continue Reading

• February 05, 2024 05Feb2024 News

  US sanctions Iranians behind CNI cyber attacks

  US government issues new sanctions against six Iranians suspected of being behind a series of cyber attacks targeting critical national infrastructure, notably water supply systems Continue Reading

• February 05, 2024 05Feb2024 News

  Gigabit drives UK local authority connectivity priorities for 2024

  Research finds ultra-high speed broadband roll out remains top priority for local authority digital leaders, 5G continues to divide opinion, and apparent lack of focus on net-zero activities Continue Reading

• February 05, 2024 05Feb2024 News

  UK quantum initiatives get funding boost

  Government funds new initiatives to drive quantum computing opportunities across the public sector Continue Reading

• February 05, 2024 05Feb2024 In Depth

  Why developers must work smarter, not just faster, with generative AI

  With a lot to play for, including legal precedents, how can dev teams approach GenAI risks with a view to strong mitigation strategies? Continue Reading

• February 05, 2024 05Feb2024 Blog Post

  New Optimisation Kid On The Block Puts Hybrid Users On The Cloudbrink Of Performance...

  As many of you will know, one of my major focus areas since Stone Age Man (almost) has been network optimisation in its broadest sense. It seems ironic that, in 2024, optimisation is required more ... Continue Reading

• February 05, 2024 05Feb2024 News

  What’s standing in the way of the UK being an AI superpower?

  Artificial intelligence (AI) could bring a big economic boost to the UK, says report, but there are still barriers to overcome Continue Reading

• February 05, 2024 05Feb2024 In Depth

  Sea-Lion explained: Southeast Asia’s first large language model

  The Sea-Lion large language model was built to cater to the language and cultural diversity of Southeast Asia, which is currently underserved by existing models that mostly originate from the West Continue Reading

• February 05, 2024 05Feb2024 News

  Is SAP on the rise?

  This year represents a tipping point for SAP to convince cagey customers of the value of cloud enterprise resource planning Continue Reading

• February 05, 2024 05Feb2024 In Depth

  IT security strategy: Assessing the risks of generative AI

  Most industry watchers see 2024 as the year when generative AI and large language models will begin moving into enterprise IT Continue Reading

• February 02, 2024 02Feb2024 Blog Post

  It’s Time to Raise the Bar on Observability

  Observability has come a long way in the last 30 years – from early service monitoring tools to today’s advanced platforms like Splunk, DataDog, Dynatrace, New Relic and others that ingest massive ... Continue Reading

• February 02, 2024 02Feb2024 News

  ‘People are now listening,' Post Office inquiry told as latest phase ends

  The latest phase of the public inquiry into the widest miscarriage of justice in modern UK history – the Post Office Horizon IT scandal – closes with a bang Continue Reading

• February 02, 2024 02Feb2024 In Depth

  UK police facial recognition explained: What you need to know

  In this essential guide, Computer Weekly looks at the use of facial recognition technology by UK police forces, including the points of contention around its deployment so far and where it’s heading next Continue Reading

• February 02, 2024 02Feb2024 News

  AWS talks up Q4 increase in large customer wins as global market share drops

  Amazon Web Services clocked up double-digit revenue growth during the final quarter of 2023, but analyst figures show the company is losing market share to Microsoft Continue Reading

• February 02, 2024 02Feb2024 News

  BT sees strong fibre uptake in third quarter

  Telco’s trading update for nine months to 31 December 2023 shows a quarter of revenue and EBITDA growth while upgrading customers to full-fibre broadband and 5G networks, staying on track to achieve financial outlook for full year Continue Reading

• February 02, 2024 02Feb2024 News

  Meta ramps up GPUs to get ready for general intelligence

  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg anticipates that training and running AI systems requires 10x computer capacity each year Continue Reading

• February 02, 2024 02Feb2024 Blog Post

  Why government IT needs a better approach to budgeting

  Defra minister, Mark Spencer was recently asked to give an update to how the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is coping with its plans to renew ageing IT systems. The ... Continue Reading

• February 01, 2024 01Feb2024 News

  AI: House of Lords focuses on copyright and transparency

  Large language models promise to boost UK productivity, but the tech needs greater scrutiny and questions remain over intellectual property Continue Reading

• February 01, 2024 01Feb2024 News

  US government disrupts Chinese botnet containing hundreds of end-of-life Cisco and Netgear routers

  The US government has succeeded in halting a botnet comprised of hundreds of end-of-life routers that posed a threat to critical national infrastructure (CNI) organisations in multiple countries Continue Reading

• February 01, 2024 01Feb2024 Blog Post

  Dynatrace threads OpenPipeline into analytics & automation platform

  Dynatrace used its annual user convention in Las Vegas this week to launch  OpenPipeline, a new core technology designed to provide a single pipeline to manage petabyte-scale data ingestion into ... Continue Reading

• February 01, 2024 01Feb2024 News

  Welsh workers’ AI experiences shaped by uneven power dynamics

  Workers in Wales are being negatively affected by the unregulated introduction of artificial intelligence into workplaces due to asymmetric power dynamics Continue Reading

• February 01, 2024 01Feb2024 News

  McArthurGlen gets tailor-made connectivity and security for fashion outlets

  Critical network infrastructure provider teams with bespoke network services company to deliver reliable and secure connectivity for McArthurGlen’s nine retail sites across the UK Continue Reading

• February 01, 2024 01Feb2024 News

  UK ranks third in OECD Digital Government Index

  The UK has dropped from overall second to third place in the international digital government survey, but fails to feature in the top 10 countries when it comes to having a data-driven public sector Continue Reading

• February 01, 2024 01Feb2024 News

  Defra legacy IT: 180 applications refreshed, over 1,500 remain

  The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has a 10-year plan to update technology. So far, 180 have been replaced or updated Continue Reading

• February 01, 2024 01Feb2024 In Depth

  Crew Clothing head of IT: ‘The projects don’t stop’

  Crew Clothing parted ways with its senior leadership team in 2023, but there is a clear roadmap in place for technology transformation – and it doesn’t involve an ERP system Continue Reading

• February 01, 2024 01Feb2024 News

  UK government signs AI, science and innovation deals with Canada

  The agreements will see the two countries collaborate on AI compute – a development component of artificial intelligence – and work together on technology innovations such as quantum and semiconductors Continue Reading

• February 01, 2024 01Feb2024 News

  Government ‘dragging it out’ by refusing to share knowledge of Post Office trial ‘delaying tactic’

  Subpostmasters will have to wait to find out if the government knew of the Post Office’s plan to derail group litigation order, by trying to push managing judge out Continue Reading

• January 31, 2024 31Jan2024 Blog Post

  Dynatrace Perform 2024: Cloud-native tool consolidation via unified observability 

  Dynatrace Perform has grown.  When a company has to move conference locations in order to accommodate a bigger number of attendees, it’s generally a sign of positive growth and expansion. Now very ... Continue Reading

• January 31, 2024 31Jan2024 News

  Aviva signs 15-year contract with Indian IT giant

  Tata Consultancy Services continues to make large gains in the UK life insurance and pensions sector Continue Reading

• January 31, 2024 31Jan2024 Opinion

  AI everywhere all at once

  Artificial intelligence became mainstream in 2023. Advances in technology and accessibility led to increased awareness and use of AI Continue Reading

• January 31, 2024 31Jan2024 Blog Post

  CloudBolt Lightning Strike 2024: Why automation has failed FinOps, so far

  CloudBolt spent some serious time detailing its platform updates, product roadmap, future FinOps vision and wider strategy at its annual gathering of financially focused cloud practitioners this ... Continue Reading

• January 31, 2024 31Jan2024 News

  Singtel ropes in industry partners in datacentre push

  Singtel inks partnerships with Nvidia, Gulf Energy, Medco and others in its efforts to grow its datacentre business and support AI adoption in Singapore and Southeast Asia Continue Reading

• January 31, 2024 31Jan2024 News

  Forrester: Curb your AI enthusiasm

  Ongoing supply issues with semiconductors mean IT departments may have to wait up to a year for the latest hardware Continue Reading

• January 31, 2024 31Jan2024 News

  Microsoft results show benefits of AI on Azure

  The company’s cloud business posted revenue of $33bn, with new AI inferencing workloads driving up demand Continue Reading

• January 31, 2024 31Jan2024 News

  Datacentre operators face capacity planning challenges as AI use soars

  A report by real estate consultancy JLL highlights the pressures datacentres operators are facing as they respond to the growing demand for artificial intelligence workloads Continue Reading

• January 31, 2024 31Jan2024 News

  Seagate uses HAMR to hit 30TB in Exos hard drives

  HDD giant Seagate unveils 30TB Exos drives with higher areal density, aimed at hyperscaler customers, with products at 50TB promised for 2028 in its roadmap Continue Reading

• January 31, 2024 31Jan2024 Blog Post

  SASE Evaluation - The Thoughts Of A Founding Father

  Now here’s something a little different. On this ‘ere blog, you are used to hearing my views on the world of networking, comms, security and occasionally wine. You may also have read my recent ... Continue Reading

• January 31, 2024 31Jan2024 In Depth

  Retail’s Big Show: Reporting from the retail technology front line

  What themes will we be seeing in the retail tech space over the next year according to the 2024 National Retail Federation’s Big Show? Continue Reading

• January 31, 2024 31Jan2024 Blog Post

  Low Code Hits New High - Results Of A New Survey

  Had a really interesting conversation the other day with Adrian Bignall, he who is in charge of International Sales at Evoke Technologies. Evoke is a rather large tech consultancy that only ... Continue Reading

• January 30, 2024 30Jan2024 Opinion

  Microsoft hack: Five questions enterprises should ask their IT leaders

  Following the news about a Russia-backed hacking group infiltrating Microsoft's systems, enterprises may want to seek assurances from their IT and security leaders about the implications of the attack for them Continue Reading

• January 30, 2024 30Jan2024 News

  User groups give SAP’s 50% Rise incentive the thumbs up

  SAP has changed tack, after the furore over its intention to make certain features available only to Rise customers on SAP Cloud Continue Reading

• January 30, 2024 30Jan2024 News

  Quantum computing in 2024: What are the challenges?

  Research shows that while there has been a big reduction in quantum computing investment, governments have been ploughing in funding Continue Reading

• January 30, 2024 30Jan2024 News

  Oracle to fine-tune AI for the enterprise

  Oracle AI developments aim to blend enterprise data and LLMs across its technology stack and SaaS portfolio Continue Reading

• January 30, 2024 30Jan2024 News

  Juniper claims first AI-native networking platform

  AIOps and virtual network assistant expanded with first integrated digital experience twinning and end-to-end insight across campus, branch and data centre infrastructures to drive more speed, scale and value Continue Reading

• January 30, 2024 30Jan2024 News

  We need backup! Pennsylvania police data loss shows why

  Police evidence systems data was lost during ‘routine maintenance’, with human error blamed – the case clearly illustrates why data protection can’t be left to chance Continue Reading

• January 30, 2024 30Jan2024 News

  Sporting events drive 2023’s biggest daily spikes in European and US network traffic

  Analysis from leading internet exchange operator reveals 23% rise in global data traffic in 2023 to 59 exabytes, showing clear seasonal impact of gaming and video conferencing Continue Reading

• January 30, 2024 30Jan2024 News

  How Simplyhealth is using Salesforce’s take on generative AI to boost email response times

  Health and dental plan company is cutting response times to some common and recurring client queries – from 12 minutes to just one Continue Reading

• January 30, 2024 30Jan2024 Opinion

  The shifting winds of SAP's cloud strategy

  In 2023, SAP's strategic pivot towards cloud-centric innovation produced a wave of discontent among its vast on-premises customer base Continue Reading

• January 30, 2024 30Jan2024 News

  Inside India’s supercomputing journey

  India is looking to shore up its supercomputing capabilities, but more needs to be done to realise its ambition of becoming a world leader in the field Continue Reading

• January 30, 2024 30Jan2024 News

  Pre-Horizon users contacting lawyers as more Post Office IT horror stories emerge

  Lawyer says there is no reason to believe the Post Office treated unexplained shortfalls on systems prior to Horizon any differently to the way it dealt with unexplained Horizon shortfalls Continue Reading

• January 30, 2024 30Jan2024 News

  UK 5G providers up service game across the board

  Latest UK mobile performance review reveals how competition among UK mobile network operators continued to heat up in the second half of 2023, leading to performance and availability seeing significant improvement Continue Reading