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Financing espionage?

British investigators uncover Russian money laundering network

05. December, 2024 - 08:03

British investigators are taking action against a suspected Russian money laundering network that is said to have handled billions.

Administrator arrested

“Crimenetwork”: BKA smashes illegal online marketplace

03. December, 2024 - 13:17

“Crimenetwork” is the largest German-language online marketplace for illegal goods and services. One of the alleged technical heads of the platform is now in custody.

Playing with fire

Employees in Europe use compromised passwords

02. December, 2024 - 09:48

While European companies operate under strict data protection guidelines such as GDPR, and soon NIS 2, a recent analysis reveals serious security gaps in the handling of access data. The Business Digital Index reveals worrying cybersecurity practices.

Data management

Snowflake acquires data pipeline specialist Datavolo

21. November, 2024 - 12:56

Cloud provider Snowflake is expanding its portfolio in the area of data management. As the company announced at the same time as publishing its quarterly figures, it is acquiring data pipeline management specialist Datavolo.

Competition case

US government wants to snatch Chrome browser from Google

19. November, 2024 - 09:33

According to a media report, the US government is seeking a court order to force Google to abandon Chrome, the world’s most widely used web browser.

International recruiting

G-P Gia: The first AI-powered HR compliance advisor for global teams

14. November, 2024 - 09:35

With G-P Gia, G-P is launching a ground-breaking AI advisor that provides HR managers worldwide with context-specific HR and legal advice. The platform is designed to reduce compliance time and costs by up to 95%.

Desktop virtualization solutions

VMware makes Workstation and Fusion free of charge

13. November, 2024 - 12:03

VMware owner Broadcom has surprisingly announced that it will offer the desktop virtualization solutions VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion free of charge with immediate effect. The release now applies not only to private use, but also to commercial and educational use.

3 phases

Google Cloud makes multi-factor authentication mandatory

07. November, 2024 - 09:13

Google Cloud will make multi-factor authentication (MFA) mandatory for all users from January 2025. This measure will initially affect the 30 percent of customers who currently only authenticate themselves with a password.

Server and storage division

Fujitsu rebrands European operations as Fsas Technologies

06. November, 2024 - 11:18

Fujitsu will operate its server and storage division in Europe under the name “Fsas Technologies – A Fujitsu Company” in future. The name change will come into effect on April 1, 2025, as announced at a partner meeting in Mainz. The role of the German branch of the company

US software company

Siemens acquires Altair Engineering for 9.2 billion euros

31. October, 2024 - 08:30

Siemens wants to strengthen its software business with a billion-dollar takeover. The Munich-based company intends to take over the US company Altair Engineering Inc. for around 10 billion US dollars (around 9.2 billion euros), as Siemens announced.