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With competition for skilled IT workers getting tighter, it’s more important than ever for enterprises to be sure they’re spending on recruiting and retaining the right talent. IT executives see talent shortage as the most significant adoption barrier to 64% of emerging technologies, ahead of implementation cost (29%) or security risk (7%), according to a September 2021 Gartner survey. Identifying which emerging technologies will prove most useful is a challenge, though. The pace of technology…

COVID was a catalyst for digital transformation in healthcare, possibly more than for any other industry. But even before the pandemic hit, Dubai-based Aster DM Healthcare was deploying emerging technology — for example, implementing a software-defined network at its Aster Hospitals UAE infrastructure to help manage IoT-connected healthcare devices. Joseph George, CIO at Aster DM Healthcare, is in a good position to talk about what’s next for digital healthcare in the UAE as well as…

The Microsoft Partner Network will fade away October 2022, to be replaced by the Microsoft Cloud Partner Program. There’s more to this than a change of name, though, as Microsoft is also changing the rules for how partners qualify for the program, grouping them into six solution areas aligned with its Azure cloud: Data & AI (Azure); Infrastructure (Azure); Digital & App Innovation (Azure); Business Applications (built on the cloud-based low-code Power Platform or Dynamics365);…

Sioux Falls City Council has approved a $10m appropriation toward a Dakota State University (DSU) cybersecurity lab. The funding for the project, which could bring 650 jobs to the Sioux Falls and Madison areas, was approved by a unanimous vote on Tuesday night.  Dakota State University announced its $90m Applied Research Lab (ARL) project on January 26 2022. The project aims to prevent cybersecurity graduates from leaving South Dakota to find employment by allowing them to perform highly specialized…

Facebook parent company Meta Platforms has been fined €17m ($19m) by Ireland’s data regulator. The decision by the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) was based on the results of an inquiry into twelve data breach notifications received by the DPC between June 7 2018 and December 4 2018.  The probe examined how far Meta Platforms had complied with the requirements of GDPR Articles 5(1)(f), 5(2), 24(1) and 32(1) regarding the processing of personal data relevant to the breach…

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has expressed concern over NortonLifeLock’s intention to purchase cybersecurity company, Avast. NortonLifeLock Inc announced an agreement to purchase freemium software pioneer Avast for between $8.1bn and $8.6bn in August 2021. The CMA subsequently launched a phase one investigation into the cash-and-stock acquisition. In a statement released Wednesday, the competition watchdog said it had found that the proposed deal could negatively impact UK consumers seeking to purchase cybersecurity software. NortonLifeLock, headquartered in Tempe,…