SolarWinds has unveiled a ground-breaking new consultative approach to maximise the value of IT service management (ITSM) solutions for enterprises without the burdensome costs and staffing requirements typically associated with high-level IT consultancy. With the launch of a free online evaluation and assessment tool, SolarWinds now offers enterprises a deeper understanding of their current ITSM practices [&hellip The post SolarWinds launches consultative sales model appeared first on TechCentral.ie ..read more

Are channel companies risk-averse? It’s a question I have to ask after reading a summary of the CompTIA State Of The Channel 2024 report. It suggests that despite all the talk of our fast-moving and innovative technology industry, channel businesses are not big risk-takers, with only 23% describing themselves as having a ‘high risk tolerance’. [&hellip The post Risk v Reward ends in a no-contest appeared first on TechCentral.ie ..read more

SusBioME, an emerging greentech start-up, as the overall winner of the 2024 UCD VentureLaunch Accelerator Programme. The start-up is developing technology for use in the anaerobic digestion process to increase renewable gas yields from biomass. Renewable gas from anaerobic digestion is key for energy security and sustainability. In the anaerobic digestion process organic feedstocks, including wastes, [&hellip The post SusBioME wins VentureLaunch accelerator appeared first on TechCentral.ie ..read more

Google is expanding its Maps service in the coming months to include information about electric car charging stations. The rollout will begin in the US before being rolled out internationally. Among the new EV-related features will be information on where to find a charge point but also how to schedule a charge and rate the [&hellip The post Google Maps to add EV charge points appeared first on TechCentral.ie ..read more

Fifteen Cork start-up founders have completed Enterprise Ireland’s New Frontiers Programme in Munster Technological University’s Rubicon centre. Among the successful companies are Volta Robotics, which works to find a ‘second life’ for EV batteries; Gabro Games, a desktop app for classic video games; and social media management platform for content creators LA edit. Starting last [&hellip The post Fifteen start-ups graduate from New Frontiers accelerator appeared first on TechCentral.ie ..read more

Russia-linked hackers behind the attack on Microsoft’s internal systems stole credentials for US federal agencies that could be used to compromise government departments, cyber authorities said. The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an emergency directive on 2 April requiring federal agencies to reset credentials and hunt for potential breaches or malicious activity. The [&hellip The post US agencies caught sharing credentials with Microsoft over e-mail appeared first on TechCentral.ie ..read more

Astronomers have pinpointed methane emission on a brown dwarf. Their discovery, which was a major surprise for such a cold, distant world, was made using the next-gen James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)(JWST). The findings suggest this brown dwarf might generate aurorae similar to those seen on our own planet as well as on Jupiter and [&hellip The post Astronomers uncover methane emission on a cold brown dwarf for the first time appeared first on TechCentral.ie ..read more

Organisations saw ChatGPT claim the shadow IT crown last year, according to enterprise software portfolio management solution provider Productiv. The analysis was based its finding on more than 100 billion app usage data points across nearly 100 million SaaS licenses dating back to 2021. OpenAI’s large language model application surpassed other popular shadow IT tools, [&hellip The post ChatGPT grabs the shadow IT crown appeared first on TechCentral.ie ..read more

Kia together with Hyundai is presenting the latest version of the DAL-e Delivery. The advanced delivery robot is an improved version of the robot introduced in December 2022 and has been further developed to take autonomous delivery in complex environments, such as offices and shopping malls, to the next level. Based on four Plug & [&hellip The post Hyundai, Kia work on revolutionary autonomous indoor delivery services appeared first on TechCentral.ie ..read more

X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, has suffered numerous problems under the stewardship of CEO Elon Musk, chief among them the lack of content moderation leading to the platform being swamped with spam, either from bad faith actors or by bots. Now the platform is looking for a novel way to control the [&hellip The post X toys with sign-up fee to battle bots appeared first on TechCentral.ie ..read more