After establishing what it claims is the widest mobile coverage and 4G presence in Brazil and spearheading the implementation of 5G, mobile operator TIM Brazil has announced a technology partnership with Cisco and NEC Corporation. The three companies expect their collaboration to usher in a new era of telecommunications infrastructure in Brazil, providing customers and … Leer más
Derby City Council has signed a £7m contract to extend the use of artificial intelligence (AI) copilot technology across more of its services, after the roll-out of AI assistants saved it £200,000. The four-year deal with ICS.AI will see the expansion of generative AI (GenAI) use into adult social care, customer services and debt recovery, … Leer más
American Express has written to customers warning that their account details may have been breached after a third-party supplier to various merchants reported unauthorised access to its systems. Details emerged following a letter to regulators in the US state of Massachusetts. The credit card giant told customers that its own systems were not accessed and that … Leer más
Organisations often use up to 200 different cloud and software-as-a-service (SaaS) services and they should be able to back them up with one product. That’s the view of cloud-to-cloud SaaS application backup provider Keepit, which aims to allow customers to quickly add the ability to protect SaaS application data. That comes on top of the … Leer más
Even though it will be several years before the high-frequency, high-performance bands of mmWave 5G will be ready for commercial use, the comms industry is already preparing for 6G telecommunications, and a research note from IDTechEx is warning that for 6G technologies to eventually be deployed globally in a decade, key research and development activities … Leer más
The topic of whether or not it would be appropriate to enact a legal ban on making or facilitating a ransomware payment is once again on the agenda, after being raised by Ciaran Martin, leading cyber security expert and inaugural chief executive of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), in The Times. This comes … Leer más
The past few years have seen a boom in demand for technology services as businesses digitised and transformed following the pandemic. But last year, this began to level out in a tough economic climate. Despite a difficult economic background, we did see senior level pay grow. In fact, 65% of CIOs reported a boost to … Leer más
Vodafone has announced an extension of its work with Intel on optimising advanced algorithms for use in Open RAN platforms. Vodafone and Intel believe one of the key principles of Open RAN is the disaggregation of the access networks and mobile antennas within open radio (O-RU) domains, which means separating hardware and software to drive … Leer más
The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) is reviewing its decision to ramp up the insurance cover needed by prospective suppliers on its flagship cloud computing framework, G-Cloud, by £20m after being criticised about how anti-small business the change would be. The situation has seen at least one government minister pledge to investigate since Computer Weekly first … Leer más
As enterprises face the need to deploy services for datacentres and hyperscalers, comms tech provider Nokia has inked a partnership with optical and digital services company STL to develop and deliver what they say will be cutting-edge enterprise connectivity offerings, driving innovation, enhancing connectivity and empowering businesses to thrive in the digital era. In essence, … Leer más