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Why agentic AI will be a huge money-spinner for big tech providers
The multi-trillion-dollar global services market is ripe for change, according to new analysis from venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, and enterprises driving agentic AI are perfectly poised to capitalize on this opportunity. With the rise of agentic AI gathering pace and pushing automation capabilities, the VC firm suggests the technology could have a transformative impact on the highly lucrative market.…
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US says Chinese hackers breached multiple telecom providers
The FBI and the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have disclosed that Chinese hackers breached commercial telecommunication service providers in the United States. The breached entities have been warned, and the agencies are proactively alerting other potential targets of the elevated cyber activity. “The U.S. Government is investigating the unauthorized access to commercial telecommunications infrastructure by actors affiliated…
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Best and Worst Phone Plan Providers
In our most recent survey, 51,858 CR members shared their views on their providers’ offerings, including the value of the service they use, customer support, data service (cost, reliability, and speed), cellular reception, and consumer experience. Note that our methodology for scoring providers has changed a bit. The tweaks prevent a carrier from receiving an artificially inflated satisfaction score, bringing…
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Best High Risk Merchant Account Providers for 2024
If your business is tagged as high-risk, you need to work with high risk merchant processors. My top recommendations for best high risk merchant account providers are: If you have ever been rejected for a merchant account, your business might be classified as high risk. As such, working with a specialized high risk payment gateway is in order. High risk…
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Best UCaaS Providers of 2024
Best UCaaS provider overall: Nextiva Best price for less than five users: RingCentral Best for easy DIY setup: Ooma Best for videoconferencing: Zoom Best for international calls: 8×8 Best for AI-powered communication: Dialpad I’ve had an eye on the business communication space for years, watching solutions change as new tech emerges while others quietly disappear in mergers and acquisitions. Whether…
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Is a VMware exodus looming? Disgruntled customers are actively seeking alternative providers or exploring open source options in the wake of Broadcom’s acquisition
VMware customers are becoming increasingly frustrated with uncertainty and spiraling licensing costs, new research suggests, after its acquisition by IT giant Broadcom. Research from Civo found more than half (51.9%) of VMware customers were considering ditching services after Broadcom finalized its acquisition of the cloud computing and virtualization firm. After a series of drastic changes to its operating model including…
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Best and Worst Home Internet Providers
But some providers do have happy customers. Greenlight Networks, EPB, Allo Fiber, Google Fiber, GoNetSpeed, and Sonic all had overall satisfaction scores that landed in our top ratings tier, as well as favorable or higher overall scores for value. Greenlight Networks serves municipalities in the Rochester, Buffalo, Binghamton, and Albany, N.Y. areas, while EPB is Chattanooga, Tennessee’s municipal broadband service.…
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Volt Typhoon is wreaking havoc again – this time on US internet providers
Hackers exploited a high severity zero-day vulnerability in a popular network configuration tool in order to gain access to four internet providers in the US, according to a new report. Lumen Technologies’ Black Lotus Labs team issued a report on 27 August detailing its discovery of active exploitation of a flaw in servers running Versa Networks’ Director software, linking the…
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