IT Connection

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• BT, Orange, and Vodafone have launched significant multi-channel advertising campaigns targeted at the small and medium-sized business (SMB) market, underlining its importance to future growth.
• They all emphasize the evolving role of the service provider beyond connectivity, with a focus on security and digital business-enabling solutions that characterize the future of enterprise....

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• Colt and Proximus partner for a proof of concept (PoC) focusing on API collaboration based on the MEF’s Lifecycle Service Orchestration Sonata designed to enhance carrier-to-carrier automation.
• GlobalData expects wholesale providers to embrace API technology to enhance and automate inter-network functionality with the end target of delivering automated end-to-end services across multi-vendor networks....

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• A flaw in an update of CrowdStrike’s Falcon threat intelligence and incidence response platform brought down millions of Windows systems, disrupting operations around the world earlier this month.
• The event, which took days to recover from, put the need for greater operational resiliency and better quality control as well as better protections for systems and data in sharp relief....

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• Eight prominent LLM/GenAI competitors are featured in GlobalData’s new LLM Competitive Landscape Assessment. Google Gemini has been named Leader.
• In addition to core model capabilities, other factors are considered, including enterprise tools and partner ecosystems built around the GenAI model....