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Leveraging pioneering SASE technology with Gartner’s 2024 Magic Quadrant™ Leader, Cato Networks

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Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is rapidly establishing itself as the solution of choice for the next generation of enterprise networks, where optimal control, visibility, and scalability are essential. In the first quarter of 2024 alone, the SASE market experienced a 23% surge, as more and more organisations began taking advantage of its capabilities.

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Exponential-e & Solent NHS Trust

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Transforming end user support for more than 4,000 NHS staff About Solent NHS Trust Solent NHS Trust offers a growing range of community and mental hea...

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Always on, always available, and always secure: Rethinking IT at the edge

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As organisations generate, manage, and store more data than ever before, it's not hard to see why the ongoing march of Cloud transformation shows no signs of slowing down. But for all the Cloud's advantages in terms of flexibility, scalability, and cost control, it is not suitable for every application.
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Preparing for DORA: What do these new regulations mean for finance and insurance firms?

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When it comes to insurance and financial services, the ability to offer clients peace of mind is the key to ensuring the sector's continued longevity. Cyberattacks are evolving in frequency and sophistication, with criminals selecting progressively more ambitious targets, and even minor IT outages, whether they're caused by human error or 'acts of God', will have a serious effect on firms' operations, negatively affecting both profitability and brand reputation. With this in mind, firms must reconsider the way they approach operational resilience, particularly regarding the way access rights for critical systems and data are managed.
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When it comes to AI in the contact centre, the first steps are the most critical…

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Customer service is in the middle of a deeply transformative period. Regular readers of this blog will already be familiar with the role AI has to play in this journey, and the way technologies like machine learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP) are transforming the customer experience.
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From Analogue to Digital and Beyond - The Potential Impact of AI on the UK’s Healthcare Services

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On the morning of 12th September 2024, the UK Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, pinpointed three 'big shifts' that would be required to transform the NHS:

  • From hospital to community care
  • From analogue to digital
  • From treating sickness to preventing it
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On-premises hosting vs. public Cloud. Is it time for a third way?

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Organisations' demands of their IT infrastructure continue to evolve at an unprecedented rate, with the drive for growth and innovation needing to be balanced against the need to maintain cost control, visibility, and - crucially, cyber security. Numerous solutions have emerged in response to these challenges, but one of the most pivotal questions organisations must answer is whether to host their critical data and applications on-site, or in the Cloud.

Let's explore the respective advantages and disadvantages of both approaches, and then consider whether the increasing sophistication of modern workloads demand a new approach...

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Bringing the Data Centre into the Interconnected Age with Azure Managed Hyper-Converged Infrastructure

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The way organisations design, deploy, manage, and scale their IT infrastructure has changed in ways that would have been inconceivable just ten years ago.
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'Big-game hunting' - Ransomware gangs are focusing on more lucrative attacks

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2024 looks set to be the highest-grossing year yet for ransomware gangs, due - in no small part - to emboldened cybercriminals causing costly disrupti...

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Your Microsoft Teams licensing arrangements are changing… But there’s no need to panic!

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Microsoft Teams has rapidly established itself as the default tool for professional communication and collaboration, powering interconnected workflows in the era of hybrid working. However, the way licensing for Teams works with your wider Microsoft ecosystem is about to change, which means it is essential that you establish how your licensing arrangements will be affected and take steps to maintain the levels of performance and cost-control you depend on.
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Supply-chain ransomware attack cripples thousands of car dealerships

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Car dealerships have been brought to a standstill across the United States after a software provider was hit by a ransomware attack.
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Ransomware attacks skyrocket, with LockBit 3.0 at the forefront

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Newly-released research indicates that ransomware attacks reached a record high in May, with the surge primarily fueled by a massive increase in the number of attacks perpetrated by the LockBit ransomware group and its affiliates.
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The Hidden Barrier to Digital Transformation that Insurers must be Ready to Overcome

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Digital transformation continues to pick up pace across the financial sector. However, in spite of the potential benefits on offer, many insurance firms continue to lag behind their peers in terms of their overall digital maturity. 

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Going Digital for Better Healthcare: The Challenges and Opportunities of the New NHS Funds

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With £4.2 billion set aside for the UK's healthcare sector in the 2024 Spring Budget, there are new opportunities for digital transformation initiatives to optimise operational efficiency and enhance patient care across the country, provided they are correctly acted upon. 

Ultimately, the goal is to save £3.5 billion over the next five years by making things more efficient, in line with the NHS Long-term Workforce Plan. Simple, right?

Well, yes and no…
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The new breed of seamless, secure cashflow emerges: Ensuring your organisation is prepared for the payments revolution

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We make payments, large and small, every day of our lives. From paying our bills and making payments to friends online, to the large-scale bank transfers that help business flow. Money changes hands through a wider range of channels and platforms than ever before, to the extent the days of cash-in-hand being the default payment model are a fading memory for many of us. The convenience and flexibility can't be disputed, but as with any emerging technology, the new flows of data must be given careful consideration, ensuring businesses and customers alike can rest assured that their money will remain secure throughout every stage of every transaction.
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Preparing for the 2027 PSTN switch-off

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Now more than ever, organisations across the public and private sectors depend on seamless, secure, and high-quality communications. Even with an increasing range of channels having established themselves in recent years - including voice, email, video, and SMS - voice services remain a key part of how we communicate and collaborate.

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UK Government ponders major changes to ransomware response – what you need to know

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What's happened? 

Recorded Future has reports that the British Government is proposing sweeping change in its approach to ransomware attacks.

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Tandem Money

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Maximising performance, scalability, and compliance for a leading innovator in online banking About Tandem Money Tandem is 'The Good Green Bank', a fu...

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Black Basta ransomware group's techniques evolve, as FBI issues new warning in wake of hospital attack

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Security agencies in the United States have issued a new warning about the Black Basta ransomware group, in the wake of a high-profile attack against the healthcare giant Ascension.
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$10 million reward offer for apprehension of unmasked LockBit ransomware leader

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Do you know Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev?

If you do, there's a chance that you might well on the way to receiving a reward of up to $10 million.

Law enforcement agencies across the US, UK, and Australia have named Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev as the mastermind behind the notorious LockBit ransomware group, estimated to have extorted $500 million from companies worldwide.

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