GEM Environmental Building Services opts for cloud

11 July 2024

GEM Environmental Building Services has rolled-out a job management system from BigChange.

The cloud-based, 6-in-1 solution live links engineers in the field with back-office management systems providing real-time updated customer interfaces. Using the system GEM has reduced the admin resource required to manage multi-million-pound contracts by around 50% whilst improving engineer efficiency by 10%.

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Vodafone UK slices network at Glastonbury to support vendors

10 July 2024

Vodafone UK conducted another trial of Network Slicing technology on their latest 5G Standalone (SA) powered mobile broadband network at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, which despite heavy network load was able to dedicate a ‘slice’ of capacity to help drink vendors speed up card transactions.

Most existing 5G networks in the UK still have some dependencies on 4G, which slow them down and are known as Non-Standalone (NSA). 

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5,000 breaches reported for 17 councils in 2023

09 July 2024

Apricorn has announced further findings from its annual Freedom of Information (FoI) responses into data breaches and device loss amongst 27 local councils.

The results highlight the significant number of breaches occurring within just 17 of the councils questioned and the threat to customer data with over 5,000 breaches recorded in 2023.

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AI to outpace security teams

08 July 2024

Bugcrowd’s latest survey of chief information security officers (CISOs), underscores a heightened perception of artificial intelligence (AI) threats amongst security professionals globally.

According to the ‘Inside the Mind of a CISO’ report, 91% of security leaders believe that AI is poised to outpace their security teams, presenting both opportunities and significant risks.

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