At Cisco’s Partner Summit event in Miami this week, a key theme was “Greater Together.” And that core message was confirmed over and over. As Cisco’s EVP and chief customer and partner officer Jeff Sharritts shared, fully 92 percent of Cisco’s business last quarter came through partners. And that was up from around 50 percent […]
New IBM Study Explores the Changing Role of Leadership as UK Businesses Embrace Generative AI
•IBM launches new European study of 1600+ senior business executives to explore how leadership is changing in the age of AI •79% of UK leaders surveyed have already deployed generative AI or intend to deploy generative AI in the next year, driven primarily by management and to remain competitive •97% are prioritising governance and ethics […]
IBM Expands Relationship with AWS to Bring Generative AI Solutions and Dedicated Expertise to Clients
LONDON, UK, October 18, 2023: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced an expansion of its relationship with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help more mutual clients operationalise and derive value from generative artificial intelligence (AI). As part of this, IBM Consulting aims to deepen and expand its generative AI expertise on AWS by training 10,000 consultants […]
Cisco Named An Official Technology Partner of the New England Patriots
News Summary: Cisco has been named An Official Technology Partner of the New England Patriots and Gillette Stadium. Cisco’s IP Fabric for Media solution allows for the secure and efficient delivery of 4K content to fans everywhere, both in-stadium and via broadcast. This announcement builds on Cisco’s existing relationship with the NFL […]
Companies’ Reliance on IT Managed Services Increases in 2023, Sector Valued at US$472 Billion Globally
News Summary: IT channel partners selling managed services are poised for robust growth in 2023, with a new forecast predicting global expansion of 12.7 percent, up from US$419 billion in 2022. Growth in managed services is projected to surpass growth in overall IT spending, fueled by a rising demand for cybersecurity services and […]
IBM Brings New Capabilities to its Sustainability Software to Help Organisations Accurately and Efficiently Operationalise Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Insights
New text classification capabilities can help to automatically categorise thousands of lines of spend data using natural language processing (NLP) Sep 20, 2023 LONDON, UK, SEPTEMBER 20, 2023: IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced it can help organisations accelerate the capture, calculation and analysis of Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through the integration of NLP in […]
FBI Hacker Dropped Stolen Airbus Data on 9/11 – Krebs on Security
In December 2022, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that a cybercriminal using the handle “USDoD” had infiltrated the FBI‘s vetted information sharing network InfraGard, and was selling the contact information for all 80,000 members. The FBI responded by reverifying InfraGard members and by seizing the cybercrime forum where the data was being sold. But on Sept. […]
Cisco Secure Application Delivers Business Risk Observability for Cloud Native Applications
News Summary: Newly available on the Cisco Full-Stack Observability Platform, Cisco Secure Application helps organizations secure development and deployment of cloud native applications by bringing application and security teams closer together. Connects business context with security findings, bringing together application performance data with security intelligence from Cisco’s industry-leading security products. Uniquely delivered […]
Cisco Secure Application now delivers business risk observability for cloud environments
Businesses are expected to deliver flawless, secure digital experiences to their customers through applications. However, the modern application era has led to an explosion of security risks as distributed applications are built in complex environments that create large attack surfaces — leaving businesses vulnerable to bad actors. Ninety-two percent (92%) of global technologists admit that […]
the key enabler for a strong cloud strategy
Banking’s earliest customers were likely wary of giving money to third parties for safe keeping—but nobody now would hesitate to open a bank account. The cloud has undergone a similar transformation over the last two decades, going from a questionable concept to a trusted asset. With 60 percent of all corporate data now stored on […]