Swedish industry must accelerate its pace in the ongoing quantum race. To drive progress, an innovation competition in quantum technology is now being launched, giving Sweden’s quantum ecosystem a chance to push development forward. The Swedish quantum network QSIP has announced an innovation competition with prize money totalling up to 1.5 million SEK and a … Read more

In a recent MDS survey, nearly two-thirds (64%) of large organizations with 1,000 or more employees reported that they had already implemented a policy allowing employees to use their own mobile devices for work. Among small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) included in the poll, just under half (49%) had established similar policies. While Bring Your … Read more

Databricks is accelerating its competition with Snowflake by introducing a new SQL-based AI feature that automatically interprets and structures documents. Part of the company’s Agent Bricks suite, the feature is designed to simplify handling of PDFs, images and Office files. The major advance is that organizations can now extract text, tables and figures from documents … Read more

(Image Credit: iStockPhoto/kieferpix) Ofcom has released its latest complaints data, covering the period from July to September 2015, revealing which telecoms providers received the highest number of complaints. The report covers 13 providers across landline, fixed-line broadband, mobile and pay TV services, and shows an overall rise in complaints compared with the previous quarter. Between … Read more

Sweden’s NATO membership may now be imminent, and this development could trigger a significant rise in cybersecurity attacks targeting Swedish organizations. This warning comes from Diana Selck-Paulsson, a cybersecurity researcher at Orange Cyberdefense, who has analyzed attack trends against Nordic entities. A substantial surge in attacks occurred when Finland joined NATO. According to recent news … Read more

The EU’s new AI Act is now in effect and will have a broader impact on Swedish companies than many realize. Far from all organizations understand the full scope of the law or the extent of its requirements. The consequence is growing concern among experts: Swedish businesses are generally unprepared, and the effects may be … Read more

Tens of millions of T-Mobile customers have had their personal information exposed in the company’s latest data breach. T-Mobile detected suspicious activity on January 5, 2023, and says it contained the incident within a day. The company believes, however, that the attackers began extracting data as early as November 25, 2022. Approximately 37 million postpaid … Read more

Albert Einstein once said, “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” That observation is especially apt today, as rapid technological change forces new ways of thinking and unlocks fresh opportunities for communication service providers (CSPs) and enterprises. Since the advent of Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), software has … Read more

A cloud-smart strategy has become a key concept as IT leaders reassess how cloud infrastructure should support business value, cost control and AI initiatives. Faced with rising costs and greater complexity, more IT leaders are rethinking their cloud infrastructure strategies. The focus is shifting from an exclusively cloud-first approach to a cloud-smart one, placing each … Read more

Telephony is old and boring. Right? Wrong. That may have felt true five years ago, but today—post-pandemic—the telecoms industry is undergoing another major transformation that could be its most significant yet. The COVID-19 pandemic forced organisations to rethink how work happens. Social distancing and remote-work mandates pushed businesses to adopt new ways of operating. As … Read more