TechTarget News - Week of Feb 05, 2023
Wed Feb 8, 2023
Biden pushes big tech agenda in 2023 State of the Union
Biden wants bipartisan legislation strengthening antitrust enforcement and stopping big tech companies' collection of personal data.
Wed Feb 8, 2023
Russian hacking group Seaborgium targets SNP MP Stewart McDonald
Scottish National Party MP Stewart McDonald says his personal emails have been hacked by a group linked to the Russian state in a targeted phishing attack
Wed Feb 8, 2023
Prolific social media fraudster jailed for three years
Ramzan Abubakarov of Hendon will serve three-year prison sentence after using Telegram to coordinate series of frauds which netted almost £2m
Wed Feb 8, 2023
Griffin steps into Exertis CEO role
Distributor shuffles senior management and looks to experience as it starts a fresh chapter
Wed Feb 8, 2023
Cisco unveils toolkit for greater network visibility and control
Tech giant introduces cloud services in Operations Dashboard to increase industrial asset visibility and provide industrial IoT customers with path to cloud automation for Operational Technology
Wed Feb 8, 2023
Starburst targets data discoverability with new capabilities
The vendor unveiled three new tools during its virtual user conference, including an automated catalog and a tool that automatically indexes and caches data.
Wed Feb 8, 2023
MoD issues revised cloud strategy as it prepares to move top-secret data off-premise by 2025
The Ministry of Defence has updated its cloud strategy, as it prepares to move more of its highly classified data and workloads off-premise in the years to come
Wed Feb 8, 2023
Acceldata raises $50M to boost data observability platform
The vendor plans to invest in attracting new Global 2000 customers and enhancing tools that enable users to monitor the health of their data throughout the analytics process.
Wed Feb 8, 2023
Campaigners lament lack of movement on Computer Misuse Act reform
Westminster has opened a new consultation on proposed reforms to the Computer Misuse Act of 1990, but campaigners who want the law changed to protect cyber professionals have been left disappointed
Wed Feb 8, 2023
Rakuten targets big edge deployments with Symworld Cloud
Japanese giant Rakuten bought Kubernetes management platform Robin.io and put it in 50,000-plus telco antennas. Now it aims Symworld Cloud at enterprise edge deployments
Wed Feb 8, 2023
India launches homegrown BharOS
The homegrown Android-based mobile operating system could reduce India’s reliance on foreign software, but uncertainties around market adoption and software updates remain
Tue Feb 7, 2023
Zoom lays off 15% of its workforce, cuts executive salaries
Zoom cuts 1,300 jobs due to the current economic downturn, saying it can no longer support the number of workers it hired during the pandemic. It also cut executive salaries.
Tue Feb 7, 2023
Western Digital releases dual-actuator HDDs
WD has quietly released a dual-actuator HDD, bringing dense drives with higher transfer rates, but customers can't reap the full benefits just yet.
Tue Feb 7, 2023
ChatGPT bursts into Microsoft Bing as Google Bard rises
The AI search race heated up as Microsoft infused its struggling Bing search engine with OpenAI technology and Google introduced Bard, a lightweight version of its LaMDA chatbot.
Tue Feb 7, 2023
Cisco samples OpenTelemetry-based observability tool blends
Updates set to ship this week and next quarter will unify data collection for Cisco's observability and security tools and catch them up with full-stack competitors.
Tue Feb 7, 2023
NetApp adds storage buying options, arrays
NetApp introduces a myriad of buying options and hybrid cloud capabilities for VMware workloads on Google Cloud. Soon-to-come: new QLC all-flash arrays.
Tue Feb 7, 2023
UK government sets up dedicated department for science and technology
For the first time, the UK has a Cabinet-level role responsible for all science and technology policy, as part of prime minister Rishi Sunak’s departmental reshuffle
Tue Feb 7, 2023
IBM channel boss relishes opportunity to grow ecosystem
IBM’s UK and Ireland channel lead is excited by the prospect of making a difference in the role and helping the vendor increase its partner business
Tue Feb 7, 2023
NetSuite enjoys decent EMEA channel growth
Vendor provides update on how 2022 went for its channel business across the region
Tue Feb 7, 2023
Jaguar Land Rover to offer almost 300 apprenticeships
Jaguar Land Rover has announced new apprenticeship programmes to help the firm to develop future automobile technologies
Tue Feb 7, 2023
LockBit cartel finally claims Royal Mail ransomware attack
The LockBit ransomware gang claims it has stolen sensitive data from Royal Mail and will leak it later this week if its demands go unmet
Tue Feb 7, 2023
APP fraud reimbursement proposal is ‘fundamentally flawed’, say MPs
MPs claim the involvement of a bank-sponsored organisation in reimbursing victims of APP fraud would be a conflict of interest
Tue Feb 7, 2023
‘Profound’ digital pound decision faces policymakers
The UK Treasury has launched a consultation paper to help lay the foundations for a ‘profound decision’ over a digital currency
Tue Feb 7, 2023
NetApp adds QLC C-series, new A-series and subscription upgrades
NetApp C-series QLC-based array family offers flash speed with capacity, while Advance adds subscription upgrades to owned hardware, as well as a new entry-level A-series array
Tue Feb 7, 2023
UK altnets slam Ofcom BT wholesale tariff approval
UK’s independent full-fibre providers express fear that likely regulatory green light for new wholesale pricing from market leader threatens competitiveness of UK gigabit sector
Tue Feb 7, 2023
Research: Server farm size influences how concerned UK firms are with datacentre energy efficiency
ASUS research highlights differing attitudes towards datacentre energy efficiency by UK firms depending on how big their server farm estate is
Tue Feb 7, 2023
Benelux CIO interview: Marijn Grevink, leader of digital transformation, Mars
In an interview with Computer Weekly, the digital head at Mars, Marijn Grevink, takes the wrapper off digital transformation at the company in the Netherlands
Tue Feb 7, 2023
TSB pilots pods as branch replacements
TSB joins Barclays in adopting banking pods to ensure customers have access to physical banking services as the number of high street branches declines
Tue Feb 7, 2023
Cops make arrests and seize drugs after hacking Exclu encrypted messaging app
Police in the Netherlands, Belgium and Poland raided 80 addresses after covertly intercepting messages from the Exclu encrypted messaging app
Tue Feb 7, 2023
Dell to lay off 6,650 workers, cites economy, slow PC sales
Dell joined Microsoft in cutting 5% of its workforce due to slowing PC sales. The company said the action will better position it for future growth.
Tue Feb 7, 2023
Online banks still riddled with cyber security flaws, report says
Online bank Virgin Money was found to have the weakest online and application security measures in a Which? study but Nationwide, TSB and The Co-Operative Bank all failed on multiple points, too.
Mon Feb 6, 2023
Vastaamo hacking suspect arrested in France
The suspect in the infamous cyber attack, Julius Kivimäki, is a 25-year-old Finnish man who was arrested after being remanded in absentia in October 2022.
Mon Feb 6, 2023
Widespread ransomware campaign targets VMware ESXi servers
he attacks exploited a two-year-old heap overflow vulnerability in VMware ESXi. Many questions remain about the scope of the campaign and the threat actor behind it.
Mon Feb 6, 2023
Estonian anti-money laundering platform used to fight APP fraud
A real-time data-sharing platform originally built to identify money laundering is also being applied to the fight against authorised push payment fraud
Mon Feb 6, 2023
Government urged to address ‘broken’ apprenticeship levy system
The apprenticeship levy was developed in 2017 to boost access to skills for UK business, but many are concerned it isn’t fit for purpose
Mon Feb 6, 2023
Printer volumes and revenues up in Q4
Market analysis from Context indicates that channel promotions have had an impact
Mon Feb 6, 2023
FinOps, co-innovation could unlock cloud business benefits
Industry studies underscore businesses' continuing struggle to obtain cloud computing benefits. A greater focus on strategy, financial management and co-innovation could help.
Mon Feb 6, 2023
Post Office branches struggling after Royal Mail cyber attack
Royal Mail has restored almost all of its international services to some extent, but remains unable to accept parcels bought over the counter in a Post Office branch
Mon Feb 6, 2023
MoD needs to transform to succeed with digital strategy, says PAC
A Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report says the department is ‘not well setup’ to effectively implement its digital change, and calls for both a cultural and organisational shift at the Ministry of Defence (MoD)
Mon Feb 6, 2023
Ransomware operator turns their fire on two-year-old VMware bug
A vulnerability in VMware ESXi servers that users should have patched in 2021 is now being exploited to spread ransomware
Mon Feb 6, 2023
Operator 5G revenue to 2027 to soar while 6G development emerges
Research reveals hot streak for fifth-generation mobile communications, with revenues from networks set to double over the next four years, and identifies work needed to make sixth-generation a viable prospect
Mon Feb 6, 2023
How artificial intelligence is playing a role in insect farming
An AI engine developed by Singapore startup EntoVerse is helping cricket farmers improve yield by optimising environmental and other conditions
Mon Feb 6, 2023
Australian organisations underinvesting in cyber security
Over half of Australian organisations failed to invest enough in cyber security in past three years, though awareness is improving in aftermath of high-profile data breaches