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Toy manufacturer Mattel has admitted that it was hit by ransomware attack that temporarily impacted some of its business functions but did not lead to any data theft. The Barbie manufacturer, which is also behind brands as Fisher-Price and Hot Wheels, disclosed that the ransomware attack had taken place on 28 July 2020. In a quarterly report filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Ma

The 2020 presidential election is tomorrow. After over a year of political mudslinging in debates, commercials, and on social media, we’re finally about to find out if President Donald Trump or former Vice President Joe Biden will lead the nation for the next four years. Not only does this year’s election have health, political and economical implications, but it also reaches deep into the techno

Imagine walking down the street, looking for a good cup of coffee. In the distance, a storefront glows in green through your smart glasses, indicating a well-reviewed cafe with a sterling public health score. You follow the holographic arrows to the crosswalk, as your wearables silently signal the self-driving cars to be sure they stop for your right of way. In the crowd ahead you recognize someon

PostgreSQL is the most advanced open source database system and it’s used by a number of organisations to run mission-critical workloads – including Microsoft’s Azure cloud service. However, the Azure Database for PostgreSQL is a slightly different story. Known as a managed implementation of a service running on Azure cloud infrastructure, Azure Database for PostgreSQL allows customers to quickly

Distie says programme is part of a “sustained investment” in public cloud Tech Data has launched a new programme to help partners get trained up as Microsoft Cloud Solution Providers (CSP). The distie said its Velocity programme is part of a “sustained investment” in the Microsoft ecosystem, and will give the channel access to the sales and technology training content needed to becom

The AWS/government deal will see public sector organisations benefitting from economies o The UK government has signed a new deal with AWS to speed up the adoption of cloud technologies in public sector organisations. On Monday, the government’s procurement agency Crown Commercial Service (CCS) signed a three-year Memorandum of Understating (MoU) with AWS, which treats all participat

RiskIQ, a global leader in attack surface management, announced that RiskIQ PassiveTotal now integrates directly with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Azure Sentinel. The integration brings Defender for Endpoint and []

Euphoria Telecom’s call centre solution prioritises rich, relevant data reporting to help call centre owners and managers maximise agent productivity with a variety of performance reporting tools that provides a holistic view of call behaviour and activity.

NGO Team Rubicon partners with Microsoft to move from reactive to preventive disaster zone response Cath Everett Wed, 11/04/2020 - 01:13 Summary: Team Rubicon, a US NGO that operates in disaster zones, is moving from a reactive to a preventative client services model, with the help of AI. CIO/CTO Raj Kamachee explains the how and the why.