News Archive | March 2025

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March 31st
- ITPro launches Picks 2025 Awards
- Sourcetable, a startup behind a ‘self-driving spreadsheet’ tool, wants to replicate the vibe coding trend for data analysts
- Law enforcement needs to fight fire with fire on AI threats
- Marketing talent brain drain could stunt channel partner success
- Enterprise automation gains are being hampered by surging ‘data divides’
- Red teaming comes to the fore as devs tackle AI application flaws
- Cyber criminals widen the net to target tradespeople
March 28th
- Qualys discovers three bypasses of Ubuntu's unprivileged user namespace restrictions
- Security researchers hack BlackLock ransomware gang in push back against rising threat actor
- Omnissa eyes growth with revamped partner program
- Developers spend 17 hours a week on security — but don't consider it a top priority
- Financial services firms look to AI to improve resilience
- ‘This shift highlights not just a continuation but a broad acceptance of remote work as the norm’: Software engineers are sticking with remote work and refusing to budge on RTO mandates – and 21% would quit if forced back to the office
March 27th
- Healthcare systems are rife with exploits — and ransomware gangs have noticed
- ESET looks to ‘empower’ partners with cybersecurity portfolio updates
- Databricks and Anthropic are teaming up on agentic AI development – here’s what it means for customers
- Scale of Dell job cuts laid bare as firm sheds 10% of staff in a year
- Employees want purpose, and they’re willing to quit to find it – upskilling, career growth, and work-life balance have shifted priorities for workers
- NHS supplier hit with £3m fine for security failings that led to attack
- OpenAI announces five-fold increase in bug bounty reward
March 26th
- SYSPRO appoints Josef Al-Sibaie to spearhead global expansion
- DeepSeek and Anthropic have a long way to go to catch ChatGPT: OpenAI's flagship chatbot is still far and away the most popular AI tool in offices globally
- ‘Every feature that comes into NetSuite over the coming years is going to have AI’: NetSuite’s Evan Goldberg on the future of the platform and how AI will drive customer success
- These five countries recorded the most third-party data breaches last year
- Have I Been Pwned owner Troy Hunt’s mailing list compromised in phishing attack
- IT professionals aren’t budging on flexible work demands – and more than half say they’ll quit if employers don’t meet expectations
March 25th
- UK tech firms have a chance to trial a four-day week this year – here's how other pilot schemes fared
- LevelBlue launches new partner program that’s “built for the future”
- Millions of 23andMe users’ genetic data could be up for grabs – and experts worry it’s a looming privacy nightmare
- Microsoft launches new security AI agents to help overworked cyber professionals
- Fake file converter tools are on the rise – here’s what you need to know
- NetSuite targets UK customer productivity gains with new AI tools
- Oracle breach claims spark war of words with security researchers
March 24th
- “No, I don't think it is the end of Salesforce”: Klarna CEO clarifies why it stopped using Salesforce – and why he doesn’t think other companies will follow suit
- Enterprise AI is surging, but is security keeping up?
- DHSC eyes infrastructure overhaul amid £114 million IT spending boost
- Forcepoint bolsters C-suite with trio of leadership hires
- Microsoft justifies 365 price increases after MP concerns
- IBM pledges support for UK government cyber skills program
- Security experts warn of ‘contradictory confidence’ over critical infrastructure threats
- ‘DIY’ agent platforms are big tech’s latest gambit to drive AI adoption
March 21st
- Nvidia GTC 2025: Four big announcements you need to know about
- Global security spending continues to rise
- Imposter syndrome is pushing women out of tech
- ‘This is the first event in history where a company CEO invites all of the guests to explain why he was wrong’: Jensen Huang changes his tune on quantum computing after January stock shock
- Old ServiceNow vulnerabilities could cause havoc for unpatched customers
- AI skills training can't be left in the hands of big tech
- AI agent announcements are a dime a dozen right now – here’s what Oracle thinks it’s doing differently
- Server sales are skyrocketing – and growth shows no sign of slowing down
- SonicWall pins ‘transformational year’ on strong partner growth
- HPE unveils Mod Pod AI ‘data center-in-a-box’ at Nvidia GTC
March 20th
- Say goodbye to walled gardens, Oracle is doubling down on multi-cloud
- HP’s sustainability drive is paying off for channel partners
- Get started on post-quantum encryption, organizations warned
- Western Alliance Bank admits cyber attack exposed 22,000 customers
- SAP rolls out ‘Joule for Developers’ AI coding assistant
- Hackers are turning to AI tools to reverse engineer millions of apps – and it’s causing havoc for security professionals
- Collaborate IT becomes Vertiv Authorized Service Partner
- Forget MFA fatigue, attackers are exploiting ‘click tolerance’ to trick users into infecting themselves with malware
March 19th
- 'Customers have been begging us to launch': AWS just rolled out Amazon Q Business in Europe – and it includes new data residency features
- AI is putting your cloud workloads at risk
- HP's AI printer push continues with new edge capabilities and security features
- Generative AI adoption is 'creating deep rifts' at enterprises: Execs are battling each other over poor ROI, IT teams are worn out, and workers are sabotaging AI strategies
- The Wiz acquisition stakes Google's claim as the go-to hyperscaler for cloud security – now it’s up to AWS and industry vendors to react
- ‘We think that selling everything helps the customer’: HP wants to supercharge its partner program to support a new market strategy
- Keeper Security launches revamped partner program for 2025
March 18th
- Google confirms Wiz acquisition in record-breaking $32 billion deal
- Millions of RSA encryption keys could be vulnerable to attack
- Solo.io targets Kubernetes efficiency gains with new agentic AI framework
- Healthcare organizations need to shake up email security practices
- The gloves are off at Intel as new CEO plots major strategy shift
- Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis says AI isn’t a ‘silver bullet’ – but within five to ten years its benefits will be undeniable
March 17th
- Lenovo: Enterprises aren't ready to take advantage of AI productivity gains
- UK cloud infrastructure set for boost amid $5 billion Oracle investment
- Cisco unveils new agentic AI tools to improve customer and employee experience
- Google Cloud announces UK data residency for agentic AI services
- Alleged LockBit developer extradited to the US
- Organizations urged to act fast after GitHub Action supply chain attack
March 14th
- ‘If you want to look like a flesh-bound chatbot, then by all means use an AI teleprompter’: Amazon banned candidates from using AI tools during interviews – here’s why you should never use them to secure a job
- Businesses must get better at sharing cyber information, urges former GCHQ chief
- AI PCs are becoming a no-brainer for IT decision makers
- 94% of Wi-Fi networks are vulnerable to deauthentication attacks
- Starmer bets big on AI to unlock public sector savings
- February was the worst month on record for ransomware attacks – and one threat group had a field day
- Open source security in the spotlight as UK gov publishes fresh guidance
- Tech talent shortages mean firms are scrapping traditional recruitment strategies
- National Grid investment wing backs AI startups to boost energy efficiency
- Laid-off workers are ditching full-time work: 70% of staff caught up in brutal layoffs opted for part-time roles and freelance gigs – and flexibility was the big appeal for many
- AI is now vital to MSP growth, but adoption challenges could hamper success
- UK firms are pulling ahead of EU competitors in the AI race – here's why
March 13th
- ‘The entire forecasting business process changed’: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says Excel changed the game for enterprises in 1985 – he’s confident AI tools will do the same
- CISA issues warning over Medusa ransomware after 300 victims from critical sectors impacted
- Microsoft is ending support for the Remote Desktop app – here are three alternatives you can try instead
- 300 days under the radar: How Volt Typhoon eluded detection in the US electric grid for nearly a year
- SailPoint shakes up MSP program to target smaller enterprises
- Everything you need to know about Lip-Bu Tan, Intel’s new CEO
- Productivity gains, strong financial returns, but no job losses – three things investors want from generative AI
- The UK cybersecurity sector is worth over £13 billion, but experts say there’s huge untapped potential if it can overcome these hurdles
- MSPs need to adopt a “more Rolex, less airline” approach to customer engagement
March 12th
- OpenAI wants to simplify how developers build AI agents
- DEI rollbacks could exacerbate tech talent shortages – nearly half of recruitment leaders worry diversity cuts will impact their company’s appeal and employee retention
- Pressure rises to bolster data center energy efficiency as IT leaders worry demand is pushing the grid to breaking point
- 'Digital hide-and-seek': Workers are wasting hundreds of hours a year sourcing the information they need to carry out their role
- Cybersecurity teams face unparalleled pressure, but they’re stepping up to the plate
- UK channel partners are ramping up their cloud capabilities – but technical expertise and skills shortages could hamper success
March 11th
- ‘Frontier models are still unable to solve the majority of tasks’: AI might not replace software engineers just yet – OpenAI researchers found leading models and coding tools still lag behind humans on basic tasks
- More than 300,000 US healthcare patients impacted in suspected Rhysida cyber attacks
- ServiceNow bolsters agentic AI offering with $2.85bn Moveworks acquisition
- OpenAI inks $12bn CoreWeave deal in latest move away from Microsoft
- IT workers are having to put out more fires than ever – and it’s costing employers thousands of dollars a year through lost productivity
- A ‘significant increase’ in infostealer malware attacks left 3.9 billion credentials exposed to cyber criminals last year – and experts worry this is a ticking time bomb for enterprises
March 10th
- UK government targets ‘startup’ mindset in AI funding overhaul
- Multichannel attacks are becoming a serious threat for enterprises – and AI is fueling the surge
- Nearly a million devices were infected in a huge GitHub malvertising campaign
- RISC-V could be the key to European supercomputer sovereignty
- Cisco wants to train 1.5 million Europeans in digital skills
March 7th
- Cobalt Strike abusers have been dealt a hammer blow: An "aggressive" takedown campaign by Fortra and Microsoft shuttered over 200 malicious domains – and it’s cut the misuse of the tool by 80%
- Growing toil and talent gaps are driving a rise in 'IT generalists'
- Leaseweb global names new co-CEOs as part of senior leadership transition
- Tech's gender gap is already seeping into AI sector, report finds
- UK AI research is under threat from hostile nations, says Alan Turing Institute
- Data quality worries are holding back AI adoption among manufacturers, despite optimism over its growth potential
- Jamf snaps up Identity Automation in $215 million acquisition
- ‘Awesome for the community’: DeepSeek open sourced its code repositories, and experts think it could give competitors a scare
March 6th
- Can robots work safely alongside humans? This one industry leader thinks we're not far away
- UK enterprises lead the way on containerization, but skills gaps could hinder progress
- The CMA just dropped its probe into the Microsoft–OpenAI deal
- Can AI deliver better broadband?
- 12,000 API keys and passwords were found in a popular AI training dataset – experts say the issue is down to poor identity management
- Women in tech think the industry has changed for the better, but there’s still more work to be done
- Java developers are facing serious productivity issues: Staff turnover, lengthy redeploy times, and a lack of resources are hampering efficiency – but firms are banking on AI tools to plug the gaps
- Microsoft says there’s an AI divide brewing – here’s how enterprises can get on the right side
March 5th
- Microsoft exec touts benefits of AI productivity gains
- Meet SailPoint’s new chief technology officer
- Broadcom issues urgent alert over three VMware zero-days
- IT workers are being 'stretched to their limits': Heavy workloads, tight deadlines, and management failures mean 75% have experienced stress and burnout
- Westcon-Comstor promotes Rene Klein to lead unified European business
- Orange eyes cloud native gains with Red Hat deal
- Quantexa, one of the UK’s leading AI stars, just raised $175 million
March 4th
- ‘It’s your worst nightmare’: A batch of €5 hard drives found at a flea market held 15GB of Dutch medical records – and experts warn it could’ve caused a disastrous data breach
- How enterprises are adapting to personal liability rules
- The mobile industry will be worth $11 trillion in next five years — but growth could soar higher if usage gaps are plugged
- Workplace 'tech overload' is becoming a major productivity drain for enterprises – employees are overwhelmed, want simpler tools, and have considered quitting because of application sprawl
- Huawei Cloud’s customizable services reap rewards in Europe
- Google just released a new AI agent for data scientists on Colab, and it’s free to use
- Malware-free attacks surged in 2024 as attackers drop malicious software for legitimate tools
March 3rd
- Nakivo backup flaw still present on some systems months after firms’ ‘silent patch’, researchers claim
- Lenovo’s solar-powered laptop could be a game changer for battery longevity – but we'll be waiting a while for a fully-fledged product
- Why government email servers are top targets for state-backed hackers
- Global PC sales could face a major hurdle in 2025
- Conversational AI spending is going to skyrocket this year – here’s why