Cloud Was VMware’s takeover by Broadcom a terrible mistake? Since its acquisition by Broadcom, VMware has faced huge criticism from users. But beyond specific complaints around pricing and licensing, do Broadcom’s reforms make financial sense – and could it ultimately transform the virtualisation space more broadly? By Andrea Valentino
Cybersecurity Communication gaps between IT departments and senior corporate leadership worsening application security risks By Greg Noone
Microsoft identifies Russian hacking group deploying ‘GooseEgg’ malware Forest Blizzard may have been exploiting Microsoft systems via a vulnerability in Windows since as long back as June 2020. а> By Lauren Hurrell
Cybersecurity Hackers threaten to leak highly-sensitive data about politicians and exposed individuals By Livia Giannotti
Cybersecurity Russian hackers stole US federal correspondences through Microsoft breach By Lauren Hurrell
Cybersecurity Apple warns users in 92 countries that they are targets for “mercenary spyware attack” By Greg Noone
Cybersecurity Half of UK businesses and a third of charities experienced cyberattacks last year By Greg Noone
AI and automation Cisco joins Microsoft and IBM in signing Vatican’s Rome Call AI pact By Livia Giannotti
Emerging Technology New tool for AWS shares workloads across quantum and classical computers The middleware tool allows users to access compute resources from both quantum and classical computers regardless of where they are based. By Ryan Morrison
Unregulated AI could cause the next Horizon scandal Without robust regulation, it will be even easier to make automated decisions without people’s knowledge or consent. а> By Francine Bennett
Silicon Quantum strategy launched, Arm picks the US for IPO – March 2023 in review By Matthew Gooding
AI and automation Google joins the generative AI race with Bard – February 2023 in review By Matthew Gooding
Government Computing HMRC lambasted for failures in Making Tax Digital scheme, as bill set to top £1.3bn By Greg Noone
Government Computing Data protection bill changes will let DWP check bank accounts of benefit claimants By Matthew Gooding
Small and medium-sized businesses can reduce software licensing and other OPEX costs by choosing latest-generation 16G Dell PowerEdge servers powered by 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors By Dell