A IT infrastructure refresh for East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service (ESFRS) will continue thanks to the extension of a contract with critical communications provider Telent, it has been announced. (more…)
December 2, 2022
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Redlands, United States – Extreme weather events linked to climate change are increasingly threatening the security of food and water supply across the globe. Africa, already struggling with low agricultural production and heavily degraded soils, is disproportionally affected. To help support government and nonprofit organisations on the continent address these challenges, Esri, the global provider in location intelligence, has collaborated with Microsoft on a sustainable agriculture development initiative in Africa. (more…)
November 16, 2022
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Vodacom Business has been appointed by the University of South Africa (UNISA) with immediate effect to provide future-ready digital solutions to students and staff of the institution as part of a two-year contract. These solutions will give UNISA students and staff free and reliable access to essential online resources and tools to ensure that quality distance learning is a reality. (more…)
November 10, 2022
Posted by: Shriya Raban
London, 2 November 2022 – Plume, the personalised communications services provider, has announced a key company milestone that more than 2 billion connected devices are now managed on OpenSync-powered networks globally. (more…)
November 9, 2022
Posted by: Shriya Raban
San Jose, United States – Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP), the nonprofit organisation, announced an expanded collaboration with the Linux Foundation (LF), leveraging hardware-software co-design strategy by establishing a framework for creation of joint-effort shared communities and coordinated deliverables. Adding to the collaboration announced in April 2022 for data centre switching efforts on switch abstraction interface (SAI) at OCP and SONiC at LF, the OCP and LF have established a new effort supported by Microsoft and Google called Caliptra, standardising implementation of silicon embedded hardware root of trust security.
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October 29, 2022
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
London, UK. 4 October 2022 – Accenture is working with Mars, the provider of confectionary, food, and pet care products and services, to transform and modernise its global manufacturing operations with artificial intelligence (AI), cloud, edge technology and digital twins. (more…)
October 7, 2022
Posted by: Shriya Raban
The digital landscape is an integral facet of our everyday lives and defending it from cybercrime is crucial. Cyber-incidents can cause catastrophic consequences for businesses and government alike, so it is imperative that organisations secure critical infrastructure against ransomware attacks and protect sensitive customer data. To tackle the mercurial threat landscape, new cybersecurity techniques are needed to counteract the increasingly sophisticated tactics of hackers, says Ross Brewer, vice president of EMEA & APJ at AttackIQ, discusses how businesses can utilise new cybersecurity techniques to counter an expanding attack surface.
October 6, 2022
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Shenzhen. 22 September 2022 – OPPO announced today that it had joined the FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) Alliance, an open industry association with a mission to develop authentication standards that reduce the world’s over-reliance on passwords. As a member of the Alliance, OPPO will support the development and implementation of the latest FIDO standards for passwordless logins, utilising basic public passkey cryptography and the protocols defined by FIDO to provide users with a fast, user-friendly, and secure sign-in experiences across services. OPPO will also work closely with other members of the Alliance to develop and promote FIDO Authentication certifications to mitigate the overreliance on password-only logins within different services. (more…)
September 28, 2022
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Portland, ME, 22 September 2022 – HighByte, an industrial software company, has announced the release of HighByte Intelligence Hub version 2.5 that expands connectivity to Microsoft Azure services, including Azure IoT Edge and Azure IoT Central, and the ability to import DTDL models from Azure Digital Twins. The release also includes support for Active Directory, data source monitoring and alarming, flow performance metrics, and more. HighByte Intelligence Hub version 2.5 enables IT organisations to rapidly deploy this Industrial DataOps solution within their existing IT infrastructure. (more…)
September 27, 2022
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Denver, 13 September 2022 – Lumen Technologies has announced Kate Johnson has been appointed president, chief executive officer and a member of the company’s board of directors with the transition date expected to be November 7, 2022. Johnson succeeds Jeff Storey, who has announced his retirement after a distinguished 40-year career within the telecommunication and technology industries, including Lumen and its predecessors. Storey will remain with the company through December 31, 2022, to ensure a smooth transition. (more…)
September 14, 2022
Posted by: Shriya Raban