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Pulsant invests GBP £1 million in Birmingham data centre
Digital Transformation

Pulsant invests GBP £1 million in Birmingham data centre

The upgrade aims to ease London dependence for Midlands firms needing low-latency AI capacity, security and resilience.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • 4 days ago
XConnect & GSE team up to curb multi-service scams
Data Protection

XConnect & GSE team up to curb multi-service scams

Broader fraud detection could help agencies and brands spot scams sooner as telecom and internet signals are linked across services.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 4 days ago
PeaSoup & Vawlt forge UK sovereign multi-cloud tie-up
Data Protection

PeaSoup & Vawlt forge UK sovereign multi-cloud tie-up

The tie-up gives customers a way to spread storage across clouds while keeping sensitive data within UK jurisdiction for compliance and continuity.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • 5 days ago

Global Stories

IT Department stories

Ransomware attacks rise as backup recovery worsens
Data Protection

Ransomware attacks rise as backup recovery worsens

Only 39% of organisations recovered at least three-quarters of their data after ransomware, as outages and data loss worsened.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 4 days ago
It & telecoms workers most likely to use shadow AI
Data Protection

It & telecoms workers most likely to use shadow AI

Employees in IT and telecoms are most likely to use unapproved AI at work, despite higher awareness of the security and privacy risks, survey data shows.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 4 days ago
Automotive firms face crisis after 24 hours' outage
Malware

Automotive firms face crisis after 24 hours' outage

Outages could shut down vehicle makers and suppliers in hours, with 87% of organisations saying they cannot cope for more than a day.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • 4 days ago
Flamingo raises USD $4.5 million for AI IT platform
Software-as-a-Service

Flamingo raises USD $4.5 million for AI IT platform

The fresh capital will help Flamingo turn beta users into paying customers as it takes on the high staffing costs of managed IT services.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 4 days ago
AWS adds Claude Fable 5.1 to Bedrock & AWS platform
Digital Transformation

AWS adds Claude Fable 5.1 to Bedrock & AWS platform

Customers using advanced AI on AWS will face tighter data rules, as Claude Fable 5.1 comes with 30-day retention and safety review.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • 4 days ago
Virtana adds sovereign cloud support for observability
Virtualisation

Virtana adds sovereign cloud support for observability

Regulated organisations can now keep operational data inside approved jurisdictions while monitoring mixed cloud estates from one platform.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • 4 days ago
TCS to overhaul METRO's IT landscape across regions
Digital Transformation

TCS to overhaul METRO's IT landscape across regions

The wholesaler aims to cut duplication and complexity as it shifts to a more centralised system across Europe and Asia.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 4 days ago
Tenable & OpenAI launch AI inspector for cyber agents
Data Protection

Tenable & OpenAI launch AI inspector for cyber agents

Businesses using agentic AI in security operations could face less deployment risk as Tenable and OpenAI add pre-release checks for community tools.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 4 days ago
SIOS survey finds outages persist despite resilience spend
Virtualisation

SIOS survey finds outages persist despite resilience spend

More than half of IT leaders remain unhappy with their resilience setups, as 76% still reported outages lasting over 10 minutes last year.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • 5 days ago
LibreOffice 26.8 boosts scripts & typography support
Data Protection

LibreOffice 26.8 boosts scripts & typography support

Users of right-to-left scripts will see better layout and editing, as the open-source suite adds broader text support and preserves more files.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • 5 days ago
Tech Mahindra launches AWS centre to scale agentic AI
Manufacturing

Tech Mahindra launches AWS centre to scale agentic AI

The launch targets firms struggling to move AI from pilots into production, with a first UK deployment reporting efficiency gains of about 40%.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 5 days ago
Synology expands ActiveProtect with cloud recovery
Virtualisation

Synology expands ActiveProtect with cloud recovery

Organisations can now restore cloud backups directly into Amazon EC2 or Azure VM, cutting steps in disaster recovery after an outage.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • 5 days ago

Stories from Other Regions

IT Department stories

Google launches BigQuery Graph for AI & fraud checks
Software-as-a-Service

Google launches BigQuery Graph for AI & fraud checks

Fraud teams and AI builders can now query linked data in BigQuery without moving it to a separate graph database, Google said.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • 5 days ago
Why agentic AI is the key to systems integrity
Disaster Recovery

Why agentic AI is the key to systems integrity

Tighter Australian resilience rules are pushing firms to embed governance into agentic AI before expanded access and autonomy raise compliance risk.

By Paul Arthur • 6 min read • 5 days ago