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Hitachi develops robot that can spontaneously 'learn' from mistakes

Wed, 4th Oct 2017
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​Hitachi has announced the development of active-learning dialogue-data based AI technology to its human symbiotic service robot.
Data shredded

Study reveals boardroom to be chink in cybersecurity armour

Wed, 4th Oct 2017
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Leadership and board of director teams are proving to be the weak link in cybersecurity for organisations, according to new research from ISACA.
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Avaya's midmarket platform surpasses 600,000 users

Tue, 3rd Oct 2017
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​Avaya has hit a new milestone for its IP Office Platform after surpassing 600,000 systems issued to businesses and organisations around the world.
Merger and acquisition

GÉANT partners with Microsoft to enable Azure for European research

Mon, 2nd Oct 2017
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The end-goal, according to GÉANT, is to make powerful cloud computing environments more accessible to the research and education communities.
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2017 Equifax breach: Impact and lessons learned

Mon, 2nd Oct 2017
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Digital Shadows VP, Rick Holland discusses the recent breach, its impact to Equifax and what other organisations can learn from it.
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Spark listens to customers and upgrades unlimited data deal

Sat, 30th Sep 2017
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It's certainly good news for any New Zealander who's life revolves around infinite data – and any parasites who rely on data hotspotting!.
Data storm

Europol: Legislation overhaul needed as cybercrime is 'unprecedented'

Sat, 30th Sep 2017
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A new report from Europol has revealed cybercrime is running rampant with ransomware reigning supreme - and a crackdown on criminals is essential.
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VIRTUS reveals plans for biggest data centre campus in London

Fri, 29th Sep 2017
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VIRTUS Data Centres has announced its rapid expansion continues with plans for two new adjacent facilities on a single campus near Stockley Park.
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ForeScout and CyberArk announce partnership - and new solution

Thu, 28th Sep 2017
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ForeScout and CyberArk forge a key alliance, launching a security solution to bolster defences against cyber threats and protect privileged accounts.
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Republic of Sierra Leone to become Africa's first ever 'smart country'

Thu, 28th Sep 2017
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virtualisation
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​Sierra Leone has entered a nationwide digitisation program that its president is asserting will forever change its global digital standing.
Data breach

New data logging service allows actionable cybersecurity insights

Thu, 28th Sep 2017
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Palo Alto's new service is for machine learning & advanced analytics in order to correlate potential threats & prevent successful cyber breaches.
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Cloud services growing faster than any IT market today – and tomorrow

Thu, 28th Sep 2017
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The global infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) public cloud market surged 31 percent in 2016 to reach US$22.1 billion, up from $16.8 billion in 2015.
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Schneider looks to accelerate digital economy with Hong Kong summit

Wed, 27th Sep 2017
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Schneider Electric's Innovation Summit has just closed in Hong Kong, with a number of world premieres and exclusives to power digital transformation.
Data headache

Hackers steal data through 'easy back door' in massive Deloitte breach

Wed, 27th Sep 2017
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​In just the last few weeks we've had three major breaches go public, and experts say this one could have been easily prevented.
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Misco opts with Oracle NetSuite because of local EU data centres

Wed, 27th Sep 2017
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According to Misco, the decision was made easy given NetSuite's range of data centres across Europe and in particular the Netherlands.
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Alibaba Cloud and Fusionex partner to drive innovation in ASEAN

Wed, 27th Sep 2017
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Fusionex will deploy its big data solutions on Alibaba Cloud's scalable infrastructure to become the key go-to-market partner in the ASEAN region.
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VASCO and Nuvias expand agreement from two EMEA countries to 21

Wed, 27th Sep 2017
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​The rapid rise of cybercrime has been one of the main drivers in the expansion of this existing distributor agreement.
Merging businesses

Two becomes one with Workspace Technology acquisition

Mon, 25th Sep 2017
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colocation
Workspace Technology recently announced the acquisition of Server Room Maintenance LLP and the merging of its offices.
Ransomware data

More than a quarter of UK councils infected with ransomware

Mon, 25th Sep 2017
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Over a quarter of British councils hit by ransomware, yet no ransoms paid due to effective backups, reports Barracuda Networks.
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Businesses paid $301 million to ransomware hackers last year

Fri, 22nd Sep 2017
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Datto has revealed the results of its latest study of ransomware around the world that are concerning to say the very least.