TechTarget News - Week of Feb 14, 2016
Mon Feb 15, 2016
Sweden’s NFT Ventures looks to Finland for fintech startups
Swedish startup fund that targets financial technology developers has expanded its reach into Finland
Mon Feb 15, 2016
AT&T to test first 5G wireless systems this year
Network operator announces plans to test 5G technology to provide wireless connectivity before the end of 2016
Mon Feb 15, 2016
Spy bill review fails to address all issues, says cyber expert
UK parliament’s Joint Committee review fails to address issues of collateral damage and business protection by spy agencies, says cyber security expert
Mon Feb 15, 2016
Singapore restructures infocomm and media agencies
Singapore government merges its ICT and media agencies in recognition of their overlapping responsibilities
Mon Feb 15, 2016
Vodafone’s global tax burden drops by £5bn
Mobile operator’s worldwide tax bill has fallen by 36% in the past 12 months following significant divestments
Mon Feb 15, 2016
Accenture and Stemettes tackle lack of female role models with multi-city event
Charity partners with tech firm to run five simultaneous events to inspire girls to pursue science technology, engineering and maths (Stem) careers
Mon Feb 15, 2016
Bromley Council signs £9m desktop and datacentre contract with BT
Bromley Council hopes to make 10% cost savings by contracting BT to deliver computer and datacentre services for the next five years
Mon Feb 15, 2016
Three home broadband service targets students and renters
Mobile network operator Three offers customers in Northern Ireland the chance to trial a mobile home broadband service as an alternative to fixed operators
Mon Feb 15, 2016
Telstra is transforming Australian IT infrastructure
Telco is transforming its IT operation to make better use of the cloud, data and application programming interfaces
Mon Feb 15, 2016
Interxion to build third Irish datacentre as demand for colocation grows
Colocation provider is set to begin the construction of its third Irish datacentre during the fourth quarter of 2016
Mon Feb 15, 2016
Salesforce exec discloses plans to boost one-to-one marketing
Traditional mass marketing methods don't cut it anymore. Salesforce discusses its plans to bring one-to-one marketing to customers.
Mon Feb 15, 2016
Peer-to-peer lender wants to acquire traditional mortgage firm
LendInvest suggests acquisition could help it become “the biggest mortgage lender in the country”
Mon Feb 15, 2016
Law firm snubs big players for Gridstore hyper-convergence
Scottish law firm MacRoberts replaces more than 80U of ageing, heterogeneous HPE infrastructure with 4U of hyper-converged servers and storage from Gridstore
Mon Feb 15, 2016
Headphones manufacturer B&O Play tracks retail sales with Zyme
Smart headphones manufacturer uses Zyme's channel management tool to gain insights with sales and distribution data
Tue Feb 16, 2016
UK government invites comment on porn site age check plans
Public consultation launched on how best to enforce age restrictions on pornographic web content
Tue Feb 16, 2016
Vodafone and Liberty Global to merge in Netherlands
Vodafone and Liberty Global confirm that they are to merge their Dutch businesses
Tue Feb 16, 2016
Cyber criminals hit US hospital in ransomware attack
Hollywood hospital forced to shut down all its computer systems while the FBI and others investigate
Tue Feb 16, 2016
EU managers need to up cyber security collaboration, study finds
There is still much work to be done in the area of collaboration and sharing responsibility when it comes to preventing data breaches, a study has found
Tue Feb 16, 2016
UK police reports good progress on fighting cyber crime globally
International law enforcement collaboration around cyber crime is making progress, says National Cyber Crime Unit deputy director Sarah Goodall
Tue Feb 16, 2016
VMware cloud management platform targets hybrid cloud
This week, bloggers touch on VMware's cloud management platform for legacy businesses, Arctic Wolf's security service that blends humans and software, and next-gen data centers.
Tue Feb 16, 2016
EMC launches VxRail VSAN-based hyper-converged appliance
EMC replaces Vspex Blue with VxRail, integrating the new version of VMware's Virtual SAN software on four-node hyper-converged appliances.
Tue Feb 16, 2016
Mobile apps could put an end to ‘hated’ staff appraisals
Josh Bersin, founder of Bersin by Deloitte, reveals the top HR technology trends for 2016
Wed Feb 17, 2016
HMRC shares details of IT transformation plans
HM Revenue & Customs has published its IT strategy outlining how it plans to transform its IT estate by taking a platform approach, moving to virtual infrastructure and cloud-based services
Wed Feb 17, 2016
Renault Sport Formula 1 considers deploying VCE VxRail for trackside data analytics
The Renault Sport Formula 1 team explains why it is considering a refresh of its trackside converged infrastructure setup
Wed Feb 17, 2016
Half of UK businesses looking for internet of things lead roles
Research suggests enterprises are looking to recruit chief internet of things officers (CIoTOs) to lead their forays into the hyper-connected world
Wed Feb 17, 2016
Judge orders Apple to unlock San Bernardino gunman’s iPhone
A US judge has ordered Apple to help the FBI bypass the auto-erase function on the San Bernardino gunman's iPhone to find the passcode and access data, but the company says it will contest the order
Wed Feb 17, 2016
New optical receiver technology could slash the cost of FTTP
A team of researchers at University College London has developed a new design of optical receiver that they claim could dramatically reduce the costs of deploying FTTP broadband
Wed Feb 17, 2016
Application security a key priority for 2016, says Hewlett Packard Enterprise study
Businesses should focus on application security, changes in threats and regulations, and vulnerabilities in emerging technologies, says Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Wed Feb 17, 2016
Most IT departments fail to meet availability SLAs
Veeam survey finds most organisations fail to recover from unplanned outages in the time demanded by SLAs, with average recovery time in the UK being five hours
Wed Feb 17, 2016
Electronics supplier RS Components outsources business process systems in online push
Electronics manufacturer RS Components outsources its corporate software development to Atos in a bid to modernise its customer services
Wed Feb 17, 2016
NHS chiefs need to “deepen” their understanding of digital, says Nuffield Trust
NHS trusts need to focus not only on opportunities, but on how to escape the pitfalls that come with introducing digital technologies, according to a report by the Nuffield Trust
Wed Feb 17, 2016
BBC Three moves online-only as broadcaster embraces digital audience
The BBC channel aimed at younger viewers, BBC Three, broadcast its last night as a TV channel before moving to online-only viewing
Wed Feb 17, 2016
Avi launches ADC for containerized applications
Startup Avi Networks has built into its application delivery controller support for containerized applications found in public and private clouds.
Wed Feb 17, 2016
Apple announces Indian technology development operation
Apple announces it will open a development centre in one of India's fastest growing technology hubs, in the city of Hyderabad
Wed Feb 17, 2016
Middle East telecoms operators face up to IoT smart city challenges
As smart city initiatives spring up in the Middle East, telecoms operators contend with the strain of the internet of things (IoT) on networks
Wed Feb 17, 2016
University of Greenwich data breach highlights the dangers of insider threats
A personal data breach at the University of Greenwich highlights the repercussions for organisations that fail to review what they publish online
Wed Feb 17, 2016
Gender and age are still defining factors of tech specialists
The type of person working as a technology specialist stills skews towards older males, according to research
Wed Feb 17, 2016
Watson IoT platform at center of Avnet-IBM alliance
At the IBM PartnerWorld Leadership Conference, distributor Avnet and IBM announced partnerships focused on the Internet of Things and security as a service.
Wed Feb 17, 2016
Obama's $19B cybersecurity plan takes aim at cybercrime, underscores skills gap
President Obama's new national cybersecurity plan will beef up cyberdefense, but does it do enough to close the cyber-skills gap? Also in Searchlight: The Obama family's Wi-Fi is patchy; Twitter posts lackluster earnings.
Wed Feb 17, 2016
IoT in education: Gonzaga taps ITSM to manage device growth
Gonzaga University is building upon its cloud-based ITSM system, as it deals with an expanding number of Internet-enabled devices -- from wireless speakers to sprinkler systems.
Wed Feb 17, 2016
Patch now to eliminate glibc remote access security risk
Google engineers who discovered the glibc vulnerability say exploiting it is difficult, but they have also proved it can be done, and security experts say it is best not to take the risk
Thu Feb 18, 2016
CIO interview: Nick Hopkinson, Devon Partnership NHS Trust
NHS trust’s CIO aims to deliver digital technology that helps clinicians spend more time with patients
Thu Feb 18, 2016
US hospital pays £12,000 to ransomware attackers
A US hospital reveals that, after a week of being offline, it caved into ransomware demands to restore access to its computer systems
Thu Feb 18, 2016
Mobile innovation shifts to smartphone services
As smartphone sales continue to stagnate, suppliers are looking to innovate in more novel ways
Thu Feb 18, 2016
Alternative finance sector accounts for £3.2bn investments in UK
Alternative online finance provided 3% of lending to SMEs and 13% of lending to small businesses last year, but overall growth rate slowed
Thu Feb 18, 2016
CCS to tender for technology products and services framework worth up to £4bn
Crown Commercial Service’s tender for a framework to develop integrated commercial solutions will go live in May
Thu Feb 18, 2016
Average tech salaries rose by 2% over the past year
The average salary for a technology professional rose by 2% in 2015, according to a study by IT jobs website Dice
Thu Feb 18, 2016
C-suite executives confused about cyber attacks, survey shows
Key executives need to be more engaged with CISOs beyond planning for security, and take a more active role, according to an IBM study
Thu Feb 18, 2016
Surrey University 5GIC project explores rural not-spots
A whitepaper published by the University of Surrey’s 5G Innovation Centre reveals how 5G could work in tandem with existing technology to meet the needs of rural users
Thu Feb 18, 2016
Media and marketing industries on the lookout for digital skills
Creative industries such as media, marketing, advertising and sales place more value on digital skills than IT and telecoms sector does
Thu Feb 18, 2016
Two-thirds of UK firms plan to take their IT estate all-in on cloud, research claims
According to the Cloud Industry Forum's latest cloud adoption research, UK firms are steadily coming round to the charms of running their IT off-premise
Thu Feb 18, 2016
X-IO upgrades to Iglu Blaze FX to boost capacity and performance
X-IO Technologies upgrades enterprise storage-featured Iglu Blaze controllers with boosted CPUs to create FX controllers with increased flash and hard drive capacities
Thu Feb 18, 2016
Ansible update gets net automation for Cisco, Arista, HPE
The latest Ansible release brings net automation to infrastructure devices from Cisco, Arista Networks, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Juniper Networks.
Fri Feb 19, 2016
HSBC launches biometric security for mobile banking in the UK
Bank claims UK’s largest planned roll-out of voice biometric security technology, with more than 15 million customers in line for voice and fingerprint authentication services
Fri Feb 19, 2016
CIO interview: Catherine Doran, Royal Mail
Royal Mail CIO talks about replacing legacy systems, new contracts and moving to a platform-based model
Fri Feb 19, 2016
CIO interview: Robert Sjöström, Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA)
CIO of Swedish hygiene and forest products company tells Computer Weekly how digital technology is changing the firm from inside out and how he manages this transformation
Fri Feb 19, 2016
Australian C-suite executives fail to take security seriously
Australia’s executives need to get their heads out of the sand when it comes to cyber security and realise they are part of the solution
Fri Feb 19, 2016
Vision Direct rewrites enterprise applications using Mendix cloud-based platform
Eyecare company has used the Mendix application platform as a service to create new apps to support the business
Fri Feb 19, 2016
Tech firms rally around Apple over encryption row with FBI
Apple CEO Tim Cook is getting support from technology and information security firms in his refusal to help the FBI to hack into an iPhone used by San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook
Fri Feb 19, 2016
Asia-Pacific’s most advanced datacentre coming to Asean
Asean country Thailand will get one of the world’s most advanced datacentres, which is set to stir up competition in the region
Fri Feb 19, 2016
Amazon seeks permission to build datacentre on site of former Irish biscuit factory
Cloud services giant is continuing on with its plans to build out its European datacentre region with another facility in Ireland
Fri Feb 19, 2016
UAE-based eHosting DataFort to roll out Cisco ACI
Infrastructure services provider is betting on Cisco’s SDN play in one of its Tier 3 datacentres
Fri Feb 19, 2016
Nokia expands professional services portfolio to help mobile operators embrace cloud
Services designed to prepare operators’ datacentres for running business processes in the cloud, and allow them to scale up their network capacity
Fri Feb 19, 2016
Single departmental plans affirm commitment to GaaP
All government departments have set out their delivery plans for the next five years, showing commitment to government as a platform
Fri Feb 19, 2016
Unitrends partner program will reward bloggers
Unitrends will recognize partners' social media activity and offer engagement options for nontraditional partner types, such as independent bloggers.