TechTarget News - Week of Jan 24, 2016
Mon Jan 25, 2016
South-east Asia poised for strong datacentre growth
Businesses and IT suppliers are planning to build datacentres across the Asean region, with challenges to Singapore’s dominance emerging
Mon Jan 25, 2016
Bett 2016: Gender roles should be removed, and not just in Stem
Panellists at Bett 2016 claim gender roles should not only be dispelled in Stem subjects, but in other gender-specific industries
Mon Jan 25, 2016
MPs’ broadband report renews row over Openreach future
MPs have again called for BT and Openreach to be split up, but have been heavily criticised for including misleading statistics in their evidence
Mon Jan 25, 2016
Twitter chief claims executive exodus voluntary
Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey confirms CTO and COO are to take on additional responsibilities with the departure of four top executives
Mon Jan 25, 2016
Google pays HMRC £130m in tax deal
Google is to pay more UK tax in line with new rules – £130m, said to cover the last 10 years – but denies any wrongdoing in the past
Mon Jan 25, 2016
Infrastructure as a service tipped by Gartner to be fastest growing part of public cloud in 2016
Cloud infrastructure services will experience fastest growth in 2016, as enterprises move to shift more of their datacentre investments off-premise
Mon Jan 25, 2016
Social media exert influence on millennials' shopping habits
Consumers aged 18 to 34 are more likely to buy items based on what they see on social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube
Mon Jan 25, 2016
Consumers wasting £156 a year on expired broadband offers
Research by altnet Relish reveals that BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin customers are locked into overpriced broadband deals
Mon Jan 25, 2016
London mental health trust doctors use Skype for patient consultations
South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust doctors use Skype so patients can stay at home to attend outpatient appointments
Mon Jan 25, 2016
Alstom outsources IT transformation to HCL Technologies
Train engineering company Alstom has outsourced its IT to HCL Technologies as part of a five-year transformation project
Mon Jan 25, 2016
Industry leaders call on next London Mayor to prioritise technology
Ahead of the mayoral election, Tech London Advocates, techUK and Centre for London produce a manifesto lobbying for “a truly digital city”
Mon Jan 25, 2016
Manage cyber risk for business benefit, says industry expert
Cyber risk management can add business benefit while improving security, says Digital Policy Alliance advisory panel member Philip Virgo
Mon Jan 25, 2016
Salesforce IoT Cloud still on road to maturity
Offerings such as Salesforce IoT Cloud are open for business. But are IoT-connected devices ready to generate meaningful data?
Tue Jan 26, 2016
Nokia FastMile enhances LTE networks to boost rural broadband
Nokia launches a long term evolution radio service called FastMile, which will allow operators to boost mobile broadband services in rural areas
Tue Jan 26, 2016
Low oil prices to fuel datacentre expansions in 2016, claims Canalys
Canalys claims access to cheaper energy will make it easier for datacentre operators to respond to growing demand for cloud
Tue Jan 26, 2016
BT adds software-defined WAN to enterprise services offering
BT adds Cisco-based software-defined networking capability to its services offering, with retail pharmacist Boots among early customers
Tue Jan 26, 2016
Challenger finance firms will kill only those banks that fail to evolve
It’s not doom and gloom for the UK’s traditional banks – as long as they can learn from fintech and transform themselves
Tue Jan 26, 2016
Ofcom to let SMEs ditch broadband contracts due to slow speeds
Ofcom announces protections and rights for SMEs buying standard broadband products
Tue Jan 26, 2016
Aberdeen City Council embarks on shared services push with help from Brightsolid
Local authority claims datacentre migration project should pave way for further shared service initiatives and wider cloud use
Tue Jan 26, 2016
Costain opts for hybrid cloud and hosted bare metal from Navisite
Construction and civil engineering group Costain gets mix of pure cloud and bare metal hosted at Navisite datacentres as it tools up to provide key highways infrastructure systems
Tue Jan 26, 2016
Cabinet Office looks for temporary staff sourcing replacement worth up to £5bn
The Cabinet Office has begun looking for a replacement for its controversial contract for sourcing temporary staff in government
Tue Jan 26, 2016
Could Sweden become the first cashless society?
Sweden is fast becoming a country where cash is on the periphery of payments, and some think it might be the first to become cashless
Wed Jan 27, 2016
AGS Airports outsources IT after Heathrow split
AGS Airports signs Getronics to provide IT support services after splitting IT from its former owner
Wed Jan 27, 2016
Gartner advises CDOs on how to overcome resistance from IT
Gartner estimates that 90% of large organisations globally will have chief data officers by 2019. It advises a canny political game
Wed Jan 27, 2016
Average DDoS attacks fatal to most businesses, report reveals
Criminal activity is top motivation for DDoS attacks as average attacks become strong enough to down most businesses, Arbor Networks report reveals
Wed Jan 27, 2016
Government may consider state-owned broadband provider
A public sector-owned broadband infrastructure provider is one option on the table as DCMS consults on the future of the £1.7bn BDUK scheme
Wed Jan 27, 2016
Apple warns of dip as it posts record quarter
Apple's share price dips in response to forecast fall in iPhone sales despite record quarterly revenues and profits
Wed Jan 27, 2016
New government plan to support cyber security startups
Government has announced a £250,000 programme to increase the rate of cyber security startup development in the UK
Wed Jan 27, 2016
CIO interview: Jo De Vliegher, Hydro
The CIO at Norway's Hydro has established an IT department that allows for regional autonomy and central guidance at the same time
Wed Jan 27, 2016
Arrow calls time on COO position as Bryant retires
Arrow has followed the example of other firms and opted to spread the COO responsibilities once the current incumbent opts to leave the distributor
Wed Jan 27, 2016
Microsoft confirms first Azure Stack technical preview to arrive on 29 January
Microsoft hopes hybrid cloud platform will help enterprises that want to do more in public cloud but can't because of data sovereignty concerns
Wed Jan 27, 2016
Keep data safe or risk financial impact, ICO warns business
The knock-on effect of a data breach can be devastating for a company, warns information commissioner Christopher Graham
Wed Jan 27, 2016
Police spending too much on outdated IT systems, Theresa May says
Police ICT reform is “gritty and unglamorous” but necessary to tackle crime, according to home secretary Theresa May
Wed Jan 27, 2016
Global IT spending stagnant amid rising appetite for ITaaS
Global IT spending hits a plateau, says Gartner, but SaaS expenditures are up. What does it mean for CIOs? Also, in Searchlight: Dell-EMC deal in trouble? Microsoft to donate $1B in cloud.
Wed Jan 27, 2016
Security is crucial to IoT market success
Growth of the internet of things will be slowed or stunted if the industry fails to be proactive about data security, according to IoT Security Foundation
Wed Jan 27, 2016
Stop looking for an SDN definition, says networking pro
In this SDN blogs roundup, an expert says deploying SDN is more important than defining it; an SDN company gets Google's attention; and the brite box turns 2.
Thu Jan 28, 2016
Advanced analytics will change how businesses run
Analyst Gartner expects BI to shift up a gear as businesses adopt new techniques to improve decision making
Thu Jan 28, 2016
Construction of £150m biomass-powered datacentre starts in Scotland
The developers behind Scottish green datacentre project confirm the campus is finally under construction
Thu Jan 28, 2016
EE emerges as top performing network at London airports
RootMetrics’ analysis of mobile broadband connectivity at London’s City, Gatwick and Heathrow airports reveals EE is far outpacing its rivals in terms of performance
Thu Jan 28, 2016
Oracle closing an attack vector by deprecating the Java browser plug-in
Oracle announced plans to deprecate the Java browser plug-in, a noted attack vector, though the choice was not entirely its own.
Fri Jan 29, 2016
BBC awards broadcast network contract to BT
BT is awarded a seven-year, £100m plus contract to supply networking services to the BBC
Fri Jan 29, 2016
ICO launches data privacy assessment tool for SMEs
The ICO has launched an online self-assessment tool to help SMEs to comply with data protection laws and improve data handling procedures
Fri Jan 29, 2016
AWS closes in on becoming $10bn run rate business
Amazon.com posts record profit, as its AWS cloud arm continues to go from strength to strength
Fri Jan 29, 2016
HSBC online services hit by DDoS attack
HSBC was hit by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, which targeted its online personal banking services.
Fri Jan 29, 2016
Ofcom to probe EE over billing mishap
Regulator announces an investigation into errors made by EE in applying European roaming charges
Fri Jan 29, 2016
2016 CIO top priorities revealed in survey
This week, CIO top priorities revealed, Juniper Networks acquires BTI Systems -- an optical networking firm -- and Netronome introduces Agilio.
Fri Jan 29, 2016
BT completes EE acquisition on schedule
BT has completed its £12.5bn acquisition of EE on schedule, with the mobile operator set to become a new business unit in the wider group
Fri Jan 29, 2016
Industrial control systems a growing target for cyber attack
Attackers with increasing capabilities have strong financial motivation to go after critical infrastructure and manufacturing firms, says security industry expert
Fri Jan 29, 2016
BT signs £7.4m health and care integration contract with Islington
BT is set to develop an integrated digital care record, pulling information from both health and social care systems in Islington
Fri Jan 29, 2016
IT security salaries on the rise as cyber crime increases
Salaries for IT security professionals are on the rise as firms react to an increase in cyber crime
Fri Jan 29, 2016
Government adds wireless to BDUK consumer voucher scheme
The government has extended the BDUK consumer broadband voucher programme to cover wireless systems in a few locations, in addition to satellite
Fri Jan 29, 2016
Juniper targets DCI technology market for growth
Juniper Networks sees sales growth in metro networks and the DCI technology market.
Fri Jan 29, 2016
OpenSSL patch fixes encryption flaw and strengthens Logjam defense
A new OpenSSL patch fixes a severe encryption flaw and strengthens the protocol against the Logjam vulnerability.
Fri Jan 29, 2016
Data quality metrics a governance must, managers say
Data governance managers who spoke during an online conference said that tracking business-oriented metrics on data quality improvement is a key to success in governance efforts.
Fri Jan 29, 2016
SimpliVity partner program supports cloud service providers, SIs
The SimpliVity partner strategy expands, with new programs for cloud service providers, technology providers and system integrators; more IT channel news from the week.