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UAE’s datacentre boom powers AI ambitions and digital sovereignty

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The UAE is undergoing a shift in its digital infrastructure landscape, with a wave of data centre and cloud investments reshaping the nation into a regional hub for artificial intelligence (AI) and digital transformation. This momentum is not only redefining the UAE’s technological capabilities but also reinforcing its strategic vision of becoming a global nexus…

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AWS apologises for 14-hour outage and sets out causes of US datacentre region downtime

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) has issued an apology to its customers inconvenienced by its largest US datacentre region suffering a 14-hour outage on 20 October, in a blog detailing the precise nature of the technical difficulties its services suffered. As previously reported by Computer Weekly, the outage originated in the public cloud giant’s US-East-1 datacentre…

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Ministry of Justice’s OpenAI deal paves way to sovereign AI

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The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with OpenAI to provide civil servants with access to ChatGPT Enterprise. The MoU includes the option of UK data residency for customers using the OpenAI API Platform, ChatGPT Enterprise and ChatGPT Edu.  OpenAI technology is being used across the UK government to provide…

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Court dismisses Apple’s appeal against Home Office backdoor

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The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) has dismissed Apple’s legal appeal against a government order requiring it to provide intelligence services and law enforcement with the capability to access encrypted data of Apple users worldwide. The tribunal ruled that the case would no longer proceed following a “change in circumstances”, according to court documents obtained by…

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AI will create a better world, says Oracle’s Ellison

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Artificial intelligence (AI) was predictably front and centre at Oracle’s revamped and rebranded customer event – which changed its name to AI World from Cloud World in a last-minute switch-up just a few short weeks ago. In his annual address to the event, company founder Larry Ellison threw everything and the kitchen sink at the…

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Home Office issues new ‘backdoor’ order over Apple encryption

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The government has reignited a row with Apple by issuing an order requiring the technology company to provide warranted access to encrypted data stored by British users on the supplier’s iCloud service. In a previous order, the Home Office sought access to data and messages stored by Apple users from any country, including the US,…

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Interview: Chris Belasco, chief data officer, City of Pittsburgh

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Chris Belasco, chief data officer (CDO) at the City of Pittsburgh, is focused on his team’s triumphs. While some data leaders might like to bask in the glory of their personal achievements, Belasco says success in the fast-moving digital age is very much about taking a collegiate approach: “The complaints should come to me, and…

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Enterprise software sales through cloud hyperscale marketplaces set to hit $163bn by 2030

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Sales of enterprise software through hyperscale cloud marketplaces hosted by the likes of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft and Google are expected to top $163bn by 2030, having hit $30bn in 2024. According to research from IT market watcher Omdia, the rise in sales can be attributed to increasing enterprise use of hyperscale cloud procurement…

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Oracle patches E-Business suite targeted by Cl0p ransomware

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Oracle has issued a fix for a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in its E-Business Suite (EBS) as the well-used ERP software package emerges as the latest vector for mass Cl0p (aka Clop) ransomware attacks. The Oracle EBS ecosystem is deeply embedded in enterprise financial and operational systems, which offers hackers access to a…

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Okta CEO: AI security and identity security are one and the same

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At its annual Oktane customer conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, identity and access management specialist Okta has been expanding its vision to be a first port of call to securing non-human identities (NHIs) as a swelling wave of artificial intelligence (AI) agents causes their numbers to swell dramatically. Among the announcements made today are new…

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