A survey from secure access service edge (SASE) platform provider Cato Networks has found that management increasingly expects networking and security teams to work closer together, if not outright converge, to better business operations, even if occasional problems or turf wars still exist. Cato’s 2023 SASE Adoption Survey gathered the opinions of 1,694 global IT … Leer más
Intelligence agencies from across the anglophone Five Eyes alliance have come together to outline guidance on how organisations at risk of cyber intrusions conducted by nation state threat actors can protect themselves. Sharing a public stage for the first time today at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, the heads of Australia’s Security Intelligence Organisation … Leer más
Medical and janitorial equipment supplier Countrywide Healthcare has deployed a service assurance management platform from Highlight to manage the Cisco Meraki network in its new warehouse. Highlight’s Service Assurance Platform provides real-time insights and historical reporting, which enable the IT team to troubleshoot and optimise network performance for uninterrupted operations. Since moving to the new … Leer más
Hacktivists have launched hundreds of web defacement attacks against targets in Israel following the devastating attack by Hamas on Israeli civilians on 7 October 2023. More than 100 hacktivists launched over 500 attacks on websites in Israel in the week following Hamas’ attack on party-goers attending a festival in Kibbutz Re’im, close to the Gaza … Leer más
Although the company notes that there is nothing new about artificial intelligence (AI) in its customer experience (CX) and communications solutions, Avaya is making a pitch to set a new standard for AI-based use cases spanning agent experience to customer satisfaction to operations with its Generative CX concept. The plan will see the generative AI … Leer más
Cisco has warned users around the world after observing ongoing exploitation of a newly discovered zero-day in the web user interface (UI) feature of its IOS XE software when inadvertently exposed to the public internet or untrusted networks. Tracked as CVE-2023-20198, the issue enables a remote, unauthenticated attacker to set up an account on a … Leer más
In a further demonstration of the growing influence and importance of the independent provider sector in the UK’s gigabit broadband arena, altnets Ogi and brsk have announced significant expansion of their respective networks, bringing high-capacity connectivity and route diversity. Ogi claims to be Wales’s largest alternative network provider, and has now announced the near completion … Leer más
UK Apple Store workers organising for better working conditions have said the company is actively trying to prevent staff from exercising their right to join a union. In February 2023, Apple’s Glasgow store became the first of its 40 UK-based locations to unionise, after workers gained formal union recognition from the company, while staff at … Leer más
The world of higher education is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by advancements in technology. Among these innovations, generative artificial intelligence (AI) stands out as a game changer that is reshaping the way educators teach and students learn. Generative AI enables machines to generate content, mimic human creativity, and adapt to various tasks. Generative AI … Leer más
Flash drive per-gigabyte (GB) prices have dropped by more than 10% since March 2023 to an average of $0.075/GB this week. That’s down from around $0.09 per gigabyte six months ago. At the same time, spinning disk hard drive per-gigabyte prices have largely remained static, at $0.05/GB for SAS and $0.035/GB for SATA drives. Those … Leer más