Cobol still forms the backbone of many crucial financial and administrative systems, with high usage in The Netherlands due to its early and adept automation of the economy. Cobol was, and remains, the go-to technology for reliable financial and administrative systems, such as those used by the tax administration, banks, insurers and mortgage lenders.…
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Sophie Gallay, global data and client IT director at Etam, has been busy since joining the French retailer at the start of 2023. From establishing the foundations for data-led change to investigating the potential of artificial intelligence (AI), Gallay grabbed the opportunity to join a business exploring information and insight. “There was pretty much everything…
CDO interview: Sophie Gallay, global data and client IT director, Etam Read More »
I thought Apple would announce RCS support coming to the Messages app during the iOS 18 segment of the WWDC 2024 keynote, and I was right. Apple said a few months ago that RCS — the carrier standard, not Google’s version — was coming to the iPhone by the end of the year. iOS 18…
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Apple made waves this Monday at its 2024 Worldwide Developers Conference by joining the AI trend in a major way. Apple Intelligence is coming to iPhone, iPad, and Mac this fall, bringing an upgraded Siri, ChatGPT integration, writing tools, and image generation with it. But even Apple will have to deal with the same AI…
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The French agency for the management of radioactive waste (Andra) has cut power and cooling costs by a fifth in an upgrade that has seen HPE 3PAR arrays replaced by Pure Storage FlashArray flash storage hardware purchased over 10 years with non-disruptive controller upgrades. Among the issues with the existing 3PAR deployment were a lack…
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The Pixel Watch 2 has been ripping off Apple Watch features ever since it launched, and today is no different. However, let me be clear — that’s a good thing, especially when the features that it is copying have to do with health and safety.In a blog post, the company announced the June Feature Drop,…
Pixel Watch 2 just stole a great safety feature from the Apple Watch Read More »
Samsung this week has unveiled its latest process technologies roadmap at the company’s Samsung Foundry Forum (SFF) U.S. The new plan covers the evolution of Samsung’s 2nm-class production nodes through 2027, including a process technology with a backside power delivery, re-emphasizing plans to bring out a 1.4nm-class node in 2027, and the introduction of a…
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Have you ever tried to help your parents navigate their phones? I’m sure you have. Parents love to turn to their kids to serve as their personal Geek Squad, especially if you’re a writer for a technology publication (sorry, Mom and Dad). Enter: SharePlay.Trying to help someone figure out something on their iPhone is a…
Apple kicked off its worldwide developer conference by taking the plunge into generative AI (GenAI) across macOS and iOS, announcing that it’s deeply integrating Apple Intelligence based on ChatGPT into macOS Sequoia. It has introduced what it describes as system-wide Writing Tools built into macOS Sequoia, which enable users to rewrite, proof-read and summarise text…
Apple adopts ChatGPT to put the ‘A’ in AI Read More »
Mandiant has warned Snowflake customers to step up their game when it comes to basic credential hygiene, after revealing evidence that more than 160 customers – including Santander and Ticketmaster – have been compromised in a targeted campaign by a financially motivated threat actor it tracks as UNC5537. Mandiant said UNC5537 was systematically compromising Snowflake…
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