‘OpenAI board is checkmated; Altman must return as CEO’
The OpenAI saga is changing by the hour. We analysed all the public statements and leaked letters this morning, and there is only one possible outcome; Altman must return as CEO. The board has been checkmated by its own staff, by Satya Nadella the CEO of Microsoft and finally by co-founder Ilya Sut... Read more
DataStax bakes oven-ready Retrieval Augment Generation
Generative Artificial Intelligence (gen-AI) has had a busy year, obviously. The technology wires have been liberally peppered with analysis detailing the spiralling popularisation of gen-AI engines and the Large Language Models (LLMs) that feed and serve them. There has been equal interest and disc... Read more
CrowdStrike bundles threat hunting and intelligence to combat identity threat
CrowdStrike has been protecting customers from cyber attacks since 2011. However, where other vendors focused on malware, CrowdStrike took a hard look at more sophisticated attacks. In its 2023 Threat Hunting Report, the company explains how easy it can be for threat actors to enter an organization... Read more
Bordeaux becomes carbon neutral with data and digital platform
Bordeaux is a metropole that is focussing on digital innovation. Bordeaux is trying to digitise as many processes as possible to improve its connection with citizens and businesses. In addition, Bordeaux is using all those innovations and data to reduce CO2 emissions and become energy-neutral by 20... Read more
Workday wants to turn EMEA companies’ interest in AI tools into trust
Workday is seeing its customer base expand in the EMEA region. According to the company, this is due to increased interest in AI tools and the need for digital transformation.
Workday kicks off its Workday Rising event for Europe in Barcelona by sharing growth figures. The Workday Suite is said ... Read more
VMware integrates with Symantec as Broadcom acquisition nears
At its Explore event in Barcelona, VMware was still unable to confirm its acquisition by Broadcom. However, The company's already integrating its offerings with Broadcom subsidiary Symantec, ideally giving customers a unified SASE option in due time. It's in advance of a likely coalescence of VMwar... Read more
Cybersecurity in 2023: Is it five to or five past twelve?
No day in the cyber world looks the same. With attack frequency and sophistication seeming to increase rather than decrease, the battle between attackers and defenders is reaching new heights. Things simply don't seem to get much better if you follow the news.
Cybersecurity has become an end-to-... Read more
Lunar.dev: Houston, we have API management
As software application developers make increasing use of componetised, containerised and compartmentalised elements to build composite applications, many of the services brought into the new software code stacks being created come in through the use of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). Of... Read more
EU revamps eIDAS with law allowing member states to track internet sessions
EU lawmakers voted the past week on a second version of the European Digital Identity Regulation. It includes an idea experts say will again make the internet less secure. Lawmakers seem reluctant to act on these warnings.
The piece of legislation is perhaps more commonly known as eIDAS 2.0. Th... Read more
Qualys QSC: IDC explains top security risks for 2024
Qualys staged day #2 of its Qualys Security Conference (QSC) in Orlando this week with a lineup of sessions designed to skew the general narrative and conversation wider around the key issues related to what Qualys CEO Sumedh Thakar likes to call the princess of ‘de-risking business’ today. Wit... Read more