The update on the roll-out of smart meters by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has reported that progress is currently too slow, and that the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has not done enough to ensure consumers are convinced of their benefits. The PAC noted that at the end of March 2023, … Leer más
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Powerful NAS Compact design PCIe slot for 10GbE card 2 slots for NVMe SSDs Cons Expensive 10GbE card costs extra Our Verdict Even in its basic configuration, the Synology DiskStation DS723+ network storage is designed for performance. And it does so in a compact form with very little to … Leer más
A study has found that software developers around the world are concerned about their job prospects as artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more prevalent. Based on a survey of over 3,000 developers globally, workforce development company Pluralsight has now published the finding in the New developer report. The survey found that the majority of developers report … Leer más
Operational resilience is the discipline that is taking organisations beyond an internally-focused business continuity or information technology disaster recovery (ITDR) programme to look at the wider impact of disruption to services through an external-facing lens. Properly defined, operational resilience is the “ability of firms, [financial] market infrastructures, and the [financial] sector as a whole to … Leer más
Object storage specialist Scality has become the first supplier to gain integration with VMware’s Cloud Director via OSIS (Object Storage Interoperability Service). VMware Cloud Director provides deployment and management for cloud service providers and the move will allow Scality to get a head start in the market for regional cloud service provision, which it sees … Leer más
SAP has posted an increase of 16% in its cloud revenue to €3.7bn for the third quarter of 2023. The company also reported a cloud backlog of €12.3bn, up 19%. It reported a decline in software licence revenue of 17% to €335m, while cloud revenue increased by 4% to €6.68bn. The company used the quarterly … Leer más
A report from analyst Omdia has found that even though more than 40% of households worldwide will have fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) connectivity by 2027 and the move to more advanced broadband access technologies is enabling ever-faster broadband speeds, speed alone will no longer be a competitive advantage for broadband operators. The paper, titled Ensuring consistent home … Leer más
Global access, optical and AI-driven cloud software solutions provider DZS has revealed that it has worked with Orange Poland to a leader of announced that it has successfully completed the first phases of a live pilot solution deployment of its flagship Velocity fibre access portfolio within the operator’s production network in the country. Orange claims to be … Leer más
Improved infrastructure to boost economic growth across the UK and meet climate goals is both achievable and affordable if the right policy steps are taken immediately, according to the second National Infrastructure Assessment conducted by the UK’s National Infrastructure Commission. The Commission is the UK government’s independent adviser on infrastructure strategy, and the report sets … Leer más
Three days after Cisco disclosed details of a dangerous zero-day in its IOS XE software, known compromises appear to be rising at a rapid rate, with thousands of victims, many of them high-profile telecoms companies, beginning to be identified. CVE-2023-20198 enables a remote, unauthenticated attacker to set up an account on a vulnerable system with … Leer más
