Blue NAP Americas puts Caribbean on the map with Tier-IV data center
Curaçao-based data center Blue NAP Americas is daring to dream big. It wants to grow into a digital hub for the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and far beyond. We talk to CEO Giovanni King about what the data center offers and how to realize its ambitions.
King is in the Nether... Read more
Snowflake: Python usage grows by 571%
Python is most commonly used within the Snowflake Data Cloud for building AI models and apps. Especially its ease of use, active community and numerous libraries and frameworks appeal to developers.
In Snowpark, the Data Cloud component for building apps, the use of Python increased by 571%. The... Read more
It is now possible to add AI to .NET apps within a few clicks
Smart Components allows developers to add AI features to existing .NET software.
Adding AI can take weeks of development time because developers have to focus on redesigning the UI or exploring machine learning and prompt engineering. Smart Components should change that. To this end, Microsoft h... Read more
Zoom brings together tools in Workplace and injects AI
At the Enterprise Connect conference, Zoom unveiled its new all-in-one platform, Workplace, which brings together the company's solutions to support enterprises.
Zoom Workplace roughly consists of five pillars. First is the Communications component, which includes the well-known virtual meeting ... Read more
Outlook gets more secure with new phishing feature
Microsoft is releasing new security features for Outlook admins and users. The update also makes it easier to start a Teams chat from within the email program.
For example, administrators can set "Report Phishing" and "Report Junk" actions through the "User Reported Settings". Here, they can act... Read more
ITQ to partner with HashiCorp
The Beverwijk-based consulting firm plans to use HashiCorp technology to support organizations with hybrid and multicloud platforms.
HashiCorp offers several solutions, of which ITQ will use Terraform, Vault, Consul and Boundary. Terraform, in particular, is an interesting tool. Organizations us... Read more
Personal data exposed at Air Europa
The data leak involved the airline's passengers' identity card and passport information.
The company announced this in an email to customers. Names, birthdays, nationalities, and phone numbers were also exposed. The airline, which works with AirFrance and KLM through the SkyTeam alliance, stress... Read more
KPN may acquire Dutch provider Youfone
The Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM) has approved KPN's acquisition of Youfone.
According to the competition regulator, the acquisition will not reduce competition. The ACM reached this conclusion after extensive research into the acquisition, which was announced in August 2023. For KPN, a... Read more
36% of Dutch companies fail compliance audit
As a result, such companies are ten times more likely to become a data breach victim.
That's according to figures from Thales. Based on research among 3,000 IT professionals worldwide, including 105 from the Netherlands, Thales shares the alarming figures. Of all the companies that failed a comp... Read more
UiPath gets generative AI to advance automation
Updates to the UiPath Business Automation Platform include Autopilot, Context Grounding and an IBM watsonx.ai connector.
UiPath announced this during its virtual AI Summit event. The Business Automation Platform is used to automate processes with RPA, where the new features should contribute to ... Read more