Security services and technology have again maintained the number one priority for IT spending across the EMEA region, according to this year’s Technology spending intentions research from TechTarget and ESG, to the extent that it’s also leading investment in areas beyond merely cyber, including networking, infrastructure, applications (DevSecOps) and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). With 48% … Leer más
The cyber security function isn’t a back office team that is never seen and never heard. To truly protect the company, cyber security touches every corner of the business, and it starts from the top. At ISACA’s virtual conference on 22 February 2024, I led a session on how CISOs can “attack the board’s mindset” … Leer más
Vast Data will boost write performance in its storage by 50% in an operating system upgrade in April, followed by a 100% boost expected later in 2024 in a further OS upgrade. Both moves are aimed at checkpointing operations in artificial intelligence (AI) workloads. That roadmap pointer comes after Vast recently announced it would support … Leer más
Just weeks after UK financial watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) slammed it for a perceived lack of progress in its flagship Shared Rural Network (SRN) scheme to expand 4G mobile connectivity in rural UK areas, the UK government has said it’s now delivering on plans to tackle poor and patchy connection in traditionally hard-to-reach … Leer más
Spare a thought for Dominic Cummings – it was data that drove him mad. Data drives us all mad. For a field to be successful today it must curate, store, and share data across disparate teams, which is maddeningly difficult. How might governments learn from this? The Institute for Government’s Commission on the Centre of … Leer más
Extreme weather events and warnings from experts that keeping temperature rises below the 1.5°C limit is becoming increasingly difficult have raised public awareness of the impact of global warming. Businesses and consumers alike are thinking more about climate change, the environment and sustainability. Mattie Yeta, chief sustainability officer at CGI, says organisations have recalibrated their … Leer más
How time flies. Believe it or not, we’re now in the fourth decade of UK government ambitions to use technology to modernise and improve public administration and our national institutions. And now, in 2024, it’s the turn of artificial intelligence (AI) to provide us with a miraculous “once-in-a-generation opportunity … to revolutionise our public services … Leer más
An unintended consequence of the increased usage of connectivity and digital technologies within cars has been increased safely issues. Heads-up displays (HUDs) have emerged as a potential viable option in preventing driver distractions from onboard technologies such as the dashboard and centre information displays (CID), according to research from IDTechEx. The analyst noted in its … Leer más
Almost half (46%) of organisations surveyed in the TechTarget/Enterprise Strategy Group 2024 Technology spending intentions study say they are increasing their budget. The poll of 1,432 technology decision-makers worldwide found that security is the number one priority for businesses. Almost a fifth (19%) of IT decision-makers say they will increase their IT spending in 2024 … Leer más
If he wasn’t running SecurityScorecard, says Alex Yampolskiy, he would probably be sitting in a park in New York City, playing chess. New York has been his home for many years, since his Russian-Ukrainian family emigrated to the US when he was a teenager. Even as a teen, the chess prodigy had already been bitten … Leer más
