Shareholders win when businesses do better at cyber

Organisations that “do” cyber security practice at an advanced level generate a 372% higher return for their shareholders than those that perform at a more basic level, especially when their board members are engaged on the issues, according to a report from risk management specialists Diligent and Bitsight. The study – Cybersecurity, audit and the … Leer más

HPE taps GenAI to bolster AIOps on Aruba Networking Central

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has enhanced its AIOps network management capabilities by integrating multiple generative AI (GenAI) large language models (LLMs) in HPE Aruba Networking Central, its cloud-native network management offering, hosted on the HPE GreenLake Cloud Platform, which has now been adopted by Verizon Business as part of its expanded managed services portfolio. Explaining … Leer más

Apple, Meta and Alphabet under EU scrutiny

The European Commission (EC) has begun an investigation into three leading tech platform providers under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), looking at whether measures put in place by Alphabet, Apple and Meta fall short of effective compliance of their obligations under the law. The investigation will look at Alphabet’s rules on steering in Google Play … Leer más

Goldman Sachs discusses virtues of Kubernetes for virtual machine management

At the KubeCon and CloudNativeCon event in Paris earlier this month, Red Hat and Goldman Sachs discussed the benefits of using Kubernetes to manage virtual machines (VMs). While the headline news around the event was support for artificial intelligence (AI) and the use of Kuberntees to orchestrate graphics processing units (GPUs) for machine learning and … Leer más

Zoom aims to reimagine teamwork with Workplace AI collaboration platform

Nine months since first deploying artificial intelligence (AI) in its product set, Zoom Video Communications has launched an AI-powered, open collaboration platform called Zoom Workplace and introduced expansions to help reimagine teamwork in AI Companion. Explaining the rationale for the launch, Zoom’s chief product officer, Smita Hashim, said the company had seen the positive impact … Leer más

GTC 2024: Storage suppliers queue up to ride the Nvidia AI wave

Artificial intelligence (AI) is on the crest of a wave right now. And Nvidia is too, arguably. So, at its GTC 2024 event last week, lots of storage players leapt on the opportunity to publicise link-ups with the graphics processing unit (GPU) behemoth. Storage suppliers’ responses have centred on tackling the input/output (I/O) bottleneck so … Leer más

RingCentral looks to ‘reimagine’ business phone system with real-time AI

Cloud business communications company RingCentral has added artificial intelligence (AI) to its rebranded flagship solution, RingEX, offering users a personal AI assistant to supercharge their productivity and take actionable insights from everyday conversations. With RingSense AI now embedded in RingEX across its secure platform, RingCentral claims it can empower every employee in an organisation with … Leer más

US authorities charge seven over Chinese hacking

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has unsealed an indictment charging seven Chinese nationals with conspiracy to commit computer intrusions and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, alleging their involvement in the state-backed APT31 hacking group over a 14-year period. Concurrent with new sanctions issued today by deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden, APT31 is accused by … Leer más

Which? calls for government action on fake banking sites

Thousands of fraudulent websites that appear to be those of the UK’s largest retail banks – but are, of course, nothing of the kind – are being reported every year. More than 2,000 such copycats were seen in 2023, with Barclays and Santander the most frequently spoofed. This is according to consumer watchdog Which?, which … Leer más

Chinese hackers responsible for two ‘malicious’ cyber campaigns against UK

Chinese state affiliated hackers were responsible for two malicious cyber-attack campaigns targeting UK parliamentarians and democratic institutions, Oliver Dowden told the Commons. The Deputy Prime Minister said that the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of GCHQ, had identified a Chinese state-affiliated hacking group responsible for infiltrating the IT systems of the UK Electoral Commission … Leer más