In this storage supplier profile, we look at Hitachi Vantara, which is a small part of a very big organisation. Since we last looked at Hitachi Vantara, its storage portfolio has undergone something of a revamp, based around its VSP One family that offers block, file and object storage – with performance profiles that range…
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ChatGPT became commercially available in late 2022 and then revolutionized the tech landscape. Every company under the sun prioritized AI software, and we’ve witnessed massive developments in the past two and a half years since ChatGPT went viral.But as soon as ChatGPT arrived, we saw worries about AI replacing jobs. The fears worsened as OpenAI…
Study finds ChatGPT isn’t taking anyone’s job, at least not yet Read More »
Mitre’s Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Program – which last week came close to shutting down altogether amid a wide-ranging shakeup of the United States government – has designated cyber exposure management specialist Armis as a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA). This means it will be able to review and assign CVE identifiers to newly discovered…
Amid uncertainty, Armis becomes newest CVE numbering authority Read More »
Picture this: You’re finally on vacation. You’ve just landed in whatever dream destination you might have decided upon, and you’re waiting for your checked-in bag to arrive so you can get things started. But your luggage arrives damaged and potentially unusable, as someone at one of the airports didn’t pay enough attention (or care) when…
An airline damaged my luggage and refused to pay Read More »
Financially motivated threat actors – including ransomware crews – remain the single biggest source of cyber threat in the world, accounting for 55% of active threat groups tracked during 2024, up two percentage points on 2023 and 7% on 2022, demonstrating that cyber crime really does, to a certain extent, pay. At least, this is…
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China may have just taken a significant step forward in the global chip race. A team of researchers from Peking University says it has developed a silicon-free transistor that could dramatically improve processor speed and efficiency—and reshape how silicon-free chips are built in the future.In a study published in Nature Materials, the team describes a…
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With reports suggesting Apple wants to move US iPhone production to India as soon as possible, it’s important to recognize the potential limitations the country may face, particularly when it comes to manufacturing new, more complex models. Even if Apple manages to produce most US iPhone models in India over the next few years, hurdles…
Apple’s most exciting new iPhone will still be made in China Read More »
Attackers exploit human nature, making authentication a prime target. The Snowflake data breach is a clear example – hackers used stolen customer credentials, many which lacked multi-factor authentication (MFA), to breach several customer accounts, steal sensitive data and reportedly extort dozens of companies. This incident highlights how one seemingly small, compromised credential can have severe…
Rethink authentication to remove the burden on users Read More »
On a month-by-month basis, recorded ransomware attacks dropped by 32% in March 2025, to 600 in total, according to NCC Group’s latest monthly Threat Pulse data, but the decline appears to be very much a red herring, and likely the result of large, one-off events in previous months that yielded multiple victims, such as Clop/Cl0p’s…
March ransomware slowdown probably a red herring Read More »
Daniele Tonella, global head of IT at ING Bank, tells Computer Weekly about his first nine months in the job, which has so far seen him navigate four layers of tech. The chief technology officer (CTO), who describes himself as “a mechanical engineer by mistake” with a passion for tech, started coding when he was…
