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• October 15, 2024 15 Oct'24

  Google launches Parallelstore file storage at cloud AI training

  Originally driven by Intel’s now-defunct Optane storage class memory, Parallelstore offers massive parallel file storage targeted at artificial intelligence training use cases on Google Cloud

• October 08, 2024 08 Oct'24

  Foxconn and Nvidia to build Taiwan’s fastest supercomputer

  The supercomputer, powered by Nvidia’s Blackwell architecture, will drive breakthroughs in cancer research, large language models and smart city initiatives

• October 08, 2024 08 Oct'24

  Government accepts most quantum regulation recommendations

  Three of the 14 recommendations on quantum regulations put forward by the Regulatory Horizon Council have been accepted in principle

• October 07, 2024 07 Oct'24

  Labour sets up new office to coordinate tech innovation regulations

  The newly formed Regulatory Innovation Office has been set up to ensure existing regulations do not become barriers to emerging tech innovations

• October 04, 2024 04 Oct'24

  STMicroelectronics, Qualcomm team for next-gen industrial IoT

  Strategic collaboration will pair STM32 microcontroller ecosystem and wireless connectivity solutions to allow simple, fast, and cost-effective design of next-gen industrial and consumer IoT applications augmented by edge AI

• October 04, 2024 04 Oct'24

  Cups Linux printing bugs open door to DDoS attacks, says Akamai

  The Cups Linux printing vulnerabilities disclosed at the end of September would seem to have a nasty sting in their tail, according to researchers at Akamai

• October 02, 2024 02 Oct'24

  Post Office spending £80,000+ a week on engineers who can’t work, as IT project burns cash

  Revelation is latest evidence of the Post Office’s struggles to replace Fujitsu’s controversial Horizon software used in branches

• September 30, 2024 30 Sep'24

  Google invests $1bn in Thailand’s cloud future

  The five-year investment will bolster Thailand’s digital economy, create more than 10,000 jobs each year and support the country’s cloud-first policy

• September 27, 2024 27 Sep'24

  Printing vulnerability affecting Linux distros raises alarm

  Security pros need to get in front of a series of vulnerabilities affecting the Cups Linux printing service after an apparently botched disclosure process saw technical details published in advance of a patch

• September 26, 2024 26 Sep'24

  Semiconductor market scaleups to benefit from multimillion-pound investment from Innovate UK

  National innovation agency Innovate UK is offering 16 semiconductor scaleups access to millions of pounds of funding to support their continued growth

• September 25, 2024 25 Sep'24

  CrowdStrike apologises to US government for global mega-outage

  CrowdStrike executive Adam Meyers appears before a US government committee to explain the series of errors that led directly to one of the biggest IT outages in history

• September 25, 2024 25 Sep'24

  Sipartech ups infrastructure resilience, quality through submarine net

  Mediterranean submarine cable by Medloop France and GeoMesh Extreme service strengthen pan-European terrestrial and undersea infrastructure for enterprises

• September 25, 2024 25 Sep'24

  NetApp E-series: Not part of the big message, but here to stay, says CEO

  We asked NetApp about its high-performance computing-focused E-series block storage arrays and found inconsistent messaging but ultimately a commitment from CEO George Kurian to retain it

• September 25, 2024 25 Sep'24

  Post Office IT procurement mess saw £35m spent on air conditioner, says board member

  Post Office IT procurement mistakes have wasted millions of pounds of taxpayers money, non-executive board member tells public inquiry

• September 24, 2024 24 Sep'24

  Pure punts raft of unifying features in FlashBlade file and object

  Features are aimed at Pure’s file and object architecture with functionality based on software that aids management at system level

• September 24, 2024 24 Sep'24

  NetApp maintains push to data management for AI

  From data storage to intelligent data infrastructure – that’s the plan from NetApp, which has announced data curation for artificial intelligence as well as additions to its ASA and FAS storage arrays

• September 20, 2024 20 Sep'24

  Telstra claims comms record for speed, distances over single optical channel

  Australia-based global operator teams with optical tech company and global comms provider to achieve 1.6Tbps throughput over a single optical channel covering 700km

• September 20, 2024 20 Sep'24

  HPE sharpens edge computing with ProLiant DL145 Gen11 server

  Server engineered for diverse edge locations is said to ensure high performance for environments that generate demanding workloads such as in stores, clinics, banks and factory lines

• September 19, 2024 19 Sep'24

  HSBC tests post-quantum VPN tunnel for digital ledgers

  Encryption required for post-quantum cryptography will have a material impact on the performance of distributed ledgers

• September 18, 2024 18 Sep'24

  Europol provides detail on Ghost encrypted comms platform takedown

  Law enforcement bodies from across the world have revealed how they collaborated to bring down encrypted network Ghost and the new ways of working that have been established with Europol at the centre

• September 18, 2024 18 Sep'24

  Revised roadmap projects quantum advantage by 2029

  Quantinuum is planning to develop a machine called Apollo by 2029, which it claims will have enough logical qubits to perform complex calculations

• September 18, 2024 18 Sep'24

  Police make arrests after hacking Ghost encrypted comms app

  An international police operation has penetrated an end-to-end encrypted communications service allegedly used by organised criminals in Australia, Ireland, Sweden and Italy

• September 17, 2024 17 Sep'24

  Toshiba follows the pack with launch of 24TB and 28TB HDDs

  Several months behind Seagate and Western Digital, Toshiba achieves the maximum possible in commercial HDDs and benefits from a speed boost over its rivals

• September 13, 2024 13 Sep'24

  Municipal makeover: Indian cities embrace cutting-edge tech

  From AI-powered stray dog management to blockchain-secured building permission certificates, municipal corporations across India are ditching outdated processes for digital tools

• September 11, 2024 11 Sep'24

  Under-pressure Post Office botches hardware procurement in project to replace error-prone system

  Pressured decision-making caused mistakes in the Post Office project to replace the system at the heart of national scandal

• September 10, 2024 10 Sep'24

  Belgium: Researchers at Imec tackle bioconvergence

  Several initiatives are underway at Imec to apply semiconductor and related technology to a range of challenges in healthcare

• September 04, 2024 04 Sep'24

  IFA 2024: Latest Snapdragon X Series to ‘redefine’ enterprise computing

  Global mobile processor and platform provider takes wraps off next generation of flagship product’s X Series portfolio with the addition of platform claimed to bring ‘incredible’ battery life, superior performance and CoPilot+ PC capability

• September 03, 2024 03 Sep'24

  Flash prices drop as drive production increases but demand lags

  Flash prices were high in the early part of this year as a result of manufacturer production squeezes but have since dropped because demand has been slack, with flash now costing just under 10 cents per gigabyte

• August 29, 2024 29 Aug'24

  AI hype hits reality roadblock

  Recent surveys point to failings of artificial intelligence initiatives to achieve business objectives and deliver return on investment

• August 29, 2024 29 Aug'24

  Nvidia drives forward accelerated computing advantage

  Nvidia is experiencing huge demand for accelerated computing using GPUs to run compute-intensive datacentre workloads

• August 28, 2024 28 Aug'24

  Cambridge Enterprise saves big with Keepit SaaS backup

  University innovation body avoids hardware spend and saves management time as it switches from tape to cloud-to-cloud backup, instant recovery and decades-long retention from Keepit

• August 27, 2024 27 Aug'24

  AI innovation key to UK business, but obstacles threaten progress

  AI is seen by IT leaders as essential, but it requires innovation, skills and infrastructure – all of which are under pressure from day-to-day firefighting, energy costs and cyber threats

• August 26, 2024 26 Aug'24

  Linus Torvalds discusses Linux development, security and AI at KubeCon

  Linus Torvalds delves into the challenges in Linux development, the importance of swift security responses, and artificial intelligence’s future role in kernel programming

• August 21, 2024 21 Aug'24

  QiStor flashes key-value storage software for hardware acceleration

  US-based startup will develop storage software allied with FPGA chips to allow data storage to bypass spinning disk era block addressing to speed performance and cut energy use

• August 19, 2024 19 Aug'24

  Challenges of deploying PQC globally

  Quantum computers will eventually be powerful and reliable enough to crack strong encryption. PQC is the answer, but it could take years to deploy

• August 19, 2024 19 Aug'24

  Popular Microsoft apps for Mac at risk of code injection attacks

  Researchers at Cisco Talos turn up evidence suggesting that Microsoft apps running on the Apple macOS operating system are not as secure as they seem

• August 19, 2024 19 Aug'24

  CXL moves forward as memory technology for AI

  A recent demo has showcased how the new memory technology could be applied in Red Hat Linux to speed up AI workloads cost-effectively

• August 19, 2024 19 Aug'24

  Singtel expands GPUaaS offering to Southeast Asia

  Singapore telco teams up with the Bridge Alliance industry group to bring its GPU-as-a-Service to enterprises across Southeast Asia

• August 15, 2024 15 Aug'24

  ASEAN organisations lack mature AI strategy

  IBM-commissioned study reveals that while ASEAN organisations are engaging with AI, only 4% have reached a transformative level of AI maturity

• August 13, 2024 13 Aug'24

  Oracle Exadata Exascale: Big architecture shift for small workloads

  Exascale is multitenant architecture for Oracle Database that promises performance equal to dedicated infrastructure and savings compared with existing products, with AI workloads in mind

• August 09, 2024 09 Aug'24

  The Security Interviews: Google’s take on confidential computing

  We speak to Google’s Nelly Porter about the company’s approach to keeping data as safe as possible on Google Cloud

• August 07, 2024 07 Aug'24

  Rocketing AI demand sees Lumen light up custom networks division

  Connectivity provider shakes up corporate structure in response to artificial intelligence economy changing business operations and companies recognising need for powerful network to manage unprecedented data flows and demand

• August 06, 2024 06 Aug'24

  Labour drops Edinburgh exascale supercomputer but funds more AI

  The £1.3bn pledge by the former government to build an £800m supercomputer in Edinburgh has gone – but there’s new money for artificial intelligence

• August 02, 2024 02 Aug'24

  Second round of ChipStart sees 11 more companies receive support

  Government-backed ChipStart initiative aims to support UK startups developing semiconductor technology

• July 29, 2024 29 Jul'24

  UK government invests £106m in five quantum tech hubs

  Five university hubs are receiving funding to support the development of quantum applications that can support healthcare and businesses

• July 22, 2024 22 Jul'24

  CrowdStrike chaos shows risks of concentrated ‘big IT’

  The concentration of so much mission-critical technology in the hands of a few large suppliers makes incidents like the Microsoft-CrowdStrike outage all the more dangerous

• July 21, 2024 21 Jul'24

  CrowdStrike update snafu affected 8.5 million Windows devices

  About 8.5 million devices globally were hit by the botched CrowdStrike update, with a significant number now back online and operational

• July 16, 2024 16 Jul'24

  Cloud spend trumps AI but data, security and cost a common headache

  Nasuni-sponsored survey finds cloud projects higher on the to do list than AI, but data management, security and cost reduction are common themes in all areas of investment

• July 16, 2024 16 Jul'24

  Massive hyperscaler GenAI spend raises questions on costs

  How much will IT buyers be expected to pay, as hyperscalers ramp up investment in AI-powered servers to support GenAI?

• July 11, 2024 11 Jul'24

  ITER workshop highlights the role of computing technology in nuclear fusion

  One of the themes from the private sector workshop run in France this May is that information technology remains a key enabler for nuclear fusion