TechTarget News - Week of Apr 03, 2016
Mon Apr 4, 2016
EY invests heavily in Singapore IT expertise
New centres of excellence will offer business transformation strategy, cyber security, analytics and manufacturing capabilities across the Asia-Pacific region
Mon Apr 4, 2016
Dropbox gears up for new EU data protection rules
Certification on ISO27018 and planned European-based infrastructure put cloud file storage provider in good position for new EU rules
Mon Apr 4, 2016
Middle East enterprises warm to wearable technology
Organisations in the region are increasingly investing in wearable technology, but there are hurdles to overcome before there is broad take-up in the enterprise sector
Mon Apr 4, 2016
Enterprise IT conference comes to the Nordics
IP Expo is holding an event focused on the Nordic region for the first time as countries such as Sweden and Finland become leaders in enterprise IT
Mon Apr 4, 2016
IBM plans ‘cognitive storage’ to cut costs for big data and enterprises
Big Blue’s Zurich research labs announce project in which storage systems learn to put value to data so it can be assigned the most cost-effective media and lifecycle policies
Mon Apr 4, 2016
UK campaign launched against location data security risks
UK consumers are unwittingly signing up to be location tracked and this data is being used and sold on for commercial benefit, warns privacy campaign
Mon Apr 4, 2016
Intel-backed Collaborative Cancer Cloud expands to include two more universities
Joe Gray from the Oregon Health and Science University explains how its cloud-based cancer research project with Intel is progressing
Mon Apr 4, 2016
Getronics closes acquisition of Colt's cloud business
Getronics completes acquisition of Colt's managed services business, as it looks to intensify European operations
Mon Apr 4, 2016
Brocade buys Ruckus Wireless to target 5G and IoT business
Supplier plans to enhance its play in emerging networking segments such as 5G and the internet of things
Mon Apr 4, 2016
Digital Single Market: European Commission warned not to over-regulate online platforms
Ministers from 11 EU member states warn European Commission off over-regulating use of online platforms during the creation of the Digital Single Market
Mon Apr 4, 2016
EU cyber security agency urges action to avoid crisis
EU countries lack a harmonised framework to respond to the challenges of a large-scale cyber incident, according to a report by security agency Enisa
Mon Apr 4, 2016
Propane provider gives SAN the gas with Violin flash array
Ferrellgas' switch from a hybrid array to a Violin flash storage array brought a boost in performance as well as surprising reductions in cost and management.
Tue Apr 5, 2016
Trump hotel group investigates payment card breach
Financial sector sources say a pattern of payment card fraud indicates hackers have breached payment systems at some, and possibly all, Trump Hotel Collection properties
Tue Apr 5, 2016
'Citizens will be stripped naked' by Turkey’s data law
Turkey's data protection law, introduced in March 2016, will make Turkey a near total surveillance state, yet the EU, apparently more concerned about securing Turkey's help in controlling immigration, is turning a blind eye
Tue Apr 5, 2016
Nominations open: Most influential women in UK IT 2016
Computer Weekly’s 2016 awards for the most influential women in UK IT are now open for nominations
Tue Apr 5, 2016
John Lewis launches 2016 round of accelerator programme Jlab
Retailer John Lewis launches the 2016 round of Jlab, a programme designed to bring innovation and disruption to the retail industry with technology startups
Tue Apr 5, 2016
More than half of teens think school curriculum sets them up for digital
UK teenagers believe the ICT and computing courses in schools teach them the skills they need for a digital job
Tue Apr 5, 2016
Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust wants new EPR by 2018
Health trust is seeking a 10-year contract for an electronic patient record system, with the aim of going live in 2018
Tue Apr 5, 2016
Lincolnshire Health and Care to deploy integrated patient records
Thirteen health and care organisations across Lincolnshire will integrate records using the Intersystems HealthShare platform
Tue Apr 5, 2016
Air France-KLM updates WAN to improve connectivity in emerging markets
Wide area network upgrade promises to help airline improve customer service and boost business
Tue Apr 5, 2016
Highways England to test driverless cars on UK motorways
Agency sets out strategy for connected vehicles and promises to test fully-autonomous cars on motorway network in 2017
Tue Apr 5, 2016
Panasonic launches at-seat mobile payments for airlines
In-flight entertainment and connectivity specialist Panasonic Avionics unveils near-field communications system to let airline passengers use mobile payments in the air
Tue Apr 5, 2016
SimpliVity adds Hyper-V support to hyper-converged products
Hyper-converged appliance maker adds Hyper-V support to VMware ESXi capabilities and upgrades OmniStack software to support workload optimisation on SimpliVity clusters
Tue Apr 5, 2016
Two-thirds of farmers didn’t need to use ‘digital by default’ rural payments system
Internal review produced by Defra reveals full catalogue of errors that led to the withdrawal of the digital farm subsidy system in 2015
Tue Apr 5, 2016
UK and European firms invest in data protection ahead of GDPR
European firms are set to invest in data protection in 2016, with enforcement of the EU General Data Protection Regulation just two years away, Computer Weekly’s IT priorities survey shows
Tue Apr 5, 2016
Barclays bank succumbs to Apple Pay
Barclays Bank brings Apple Pay to its customers nine months after its main competitors, with the announcement of its support of the app
Tue Apr 5, 2016
EMC launches DD VE, virtual edition of Data Domain
EMC unveils the virtual edition of its Data Domain disk library, DD VE, allowing the Data Domain operating system to run inside a VMware hypervisor and back up to any hardware.
Tue Apr 5, 2016
Brocade's Ruckus buy betters chances in campus WLAN market
Brocade's acquisition of Ruckus Wireless would counter the stronger portfolios of Cisco and HPE for the campus WLAN.
Wed Apr 6, 2016
Capgemini strengthens its Indian backbone
With half of its global staff now based in India, Capgemini expands its operations there by opening a facility for a further 30,000 staff
Wed Apr 6, 2016
Panama Papers stolen by hackers, says Mossack Fonseca
Breach underlines need to focus cyber security on key data, say experts, after law firm’s founder insists the company was breached by an outside hacker
Wed Apr 6, 2016
BBC to publish details of £560m enterprise ICT and hosting tender
Broadcaster seeks single supplier for IT provisioning, cloud management and hosting services, as Atos outsourcing deal nears end
Wed Apr 6, 2016
The Met Office deploys Weather Cloud on AWS
Amazon Web Services will help the Met Office’s servers weather the storm of data requests as demand increases for location-based forecasts
Wed Apr 6, 2016
IoT will shake up world of data analytics, says report
A report produced for US network operator Verizon says data analytics will become a core competency as the internet of things becomes more widely adopted by businesses
Wed Apr 6, 2016
Local Digital Coalition to advance local government digital projects
Organisation takes over from Department for Communities and Local Government’s local digital programme with the aim of delivering joined-up local services
Wed Apr 6, 2016
Finnish contest looks for real-world 5G applications
Finnish city Oulu is running a competition to unearth apps that can utilise 5G networks
Wed Apr 6, 2016
Volkswagen Group selects Mirantis OpenStack for private cloud build
Volkswagen outlines plans to use open source cloud platform, as it moves to embrace connected devices and agile software development techniques
Wed Apr 6, 2016
Security industry welcomes WhatsApp encryption
The more encryption becomes ‘the norm’, the less resistance there will be to adopting it in businesses, say information security pundits
Wed Apr 6, 2016
Panama Papers revealed by graph database visualisation software
The 11.5 million files leaked from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca are being interrogated by journalists using a combination of Neo4j’s graph database and data visualisation software Linkurious
Wed Apr 6, 2016
SSE Enterprise Telecoms connects customers over CityFibre network
SSE Enterprise Telecoms becomes the first customer on CityFibre’s recently acquired long-haul national fibre network
Wed Apr 6, 2016
U.S. hosts 72% of compromised DNS domains
This week, networking bloggers examine why the United States has so many compromised DNS domains, architecting for things and Brocade's acquisition plans.
Wed Apr 6, 2016
Large global companies still manage supply chain with phone, fax and email
Digital supply chain management is still five years off for almost half of the west’s global firms
Wed Apr 6, 2016
The on-demand economy and the future of work: Buckle up
When companies get serious about understanding what it costs to get work done, employment will change dramatically. Who's ready for the on-demand economy?
Wed Apr 6, 2016
Cloud and managed services: SaaS CIO seeks more than colo
Exits Inc., an international trade software company, found greater reliability, cost savings and flexibility after tapping a services provider to manage its IT infrastructure.
Wed Apr 6, 2016
Instagram roundup: Disruptive business models, digital investments
2016 Fusion CEO-CIO Symposium caught on Instagram: Follow along as senior news writer Nicole Laskowski chronicles sessions on disruptive business models and digital investments.
Wed Apr 6, 2016
Cancer Center gets help from AT&T Network on Demand
Austin, Texas, Cancer Center uses AT&T's Network on Demand to get tumor diagnoses to patients faster.
Wed Apr 6, 2016
Blockchain as a service may be in your future -- like it or not
Although consumers have been reticent about digital payments, new services -- such as Venmo and blockchain -- are making the benefits of mobile payments difficult to deny.
Thu Apr 7, 2016
Time to cut IT costs again, predicts Gartner
IT spending has increased slightly, but not enough to fuel major digital transformations, says Gartner
Thu Apr 7, 2016
How an IT department in a portacabin supports UK’s biggest critical infrastructure project
The man in charge of the IT supporting the UK's largest critical infrastructure project – the redevelopment of London Bridge station – tells Computer Weekly about life in a portacabin
Thu Apr 7, 2016
Nokia slashes jobs after Alcatel-Lucent acquisition
Nokia embarks on a round of job cuts as part of its post-merger restructuring
Thu Apr 7, 2016
Maynooth University modernises network to meet growth challenges
Maynooth University in Ireland has installed a Juniper-based campus network to support its future growth plans
Thu Apr 7, 2016
Samsung aims for 10% profit bounce in Q1
Korean mobile giant Samsung forecasts a turnaround in its financial performance during the first quarter of 2016
Thu Apr 7, 2016
Online portals and shared records are a priority for GP services, says Nuffield Trust
Shared records, video communications and online portals are key to a successful future for primary care, says report
Thu Apr 7, 2016
FBI briefs senators drafting anti-encryption bill on iPhone hack
US senators drafting a bill aimed at limiting encryption on consumer devices are being briefed on how the FBI hacked into the San Bernardino gunman’s iPhone
Thu Apr 7, 2016
Digital Leaders Awards open for public vote
The Digital Leaders 100 is open for a public vote to decide the winners of this year’s awards, including Digital Leader and FinTech Innovation of the Year
Thu Apr 7, 2016
Cargotec saves €2m by moving HR systems to the cloud
Cargo handling equipment manufacturer Cargotech reduces the cost of managing its 11,000 employees by moving HR systems to the cloud
Thu Apr 7, 2016
Gateshead NHS Trust uses data visualisation to boost performance
Trust is using the Medway BI system provided by System C to enhance clinical, operational and financial performance
Thu Apr 7, 2016
Executive interview: Harriet Green, IBM’s internet of things chief
Former Thomas Cook CEO is leading IBM's charge into the IoT, and is pushing its Watson AI technology as a unique differentiator
Thu Apr 7, 2016
Three makes new attempt to ‘sell’ O2 acquisition
Three parent CK Hutchison is understood to have made a number of further concessions to curry favour with European regulators
Thu Apr 7, 2016
Rackspace debuts private cloud packages to drive up enterprise adoption of OpenStack
Rackspace claims pre-configured hardware, software and services stack will smooth enterprise path to OpenStack-based clouds
Thu Apr 7, 2016
Pfizer collaborates with IBM to use IoT to support Parkinson's treatment
Pfizer and IBM plan to work together on using IoT to monitor patients remotely to help in drug development and clinical therapies for Parkinson’s disease
Fri Apr 8, 2016
National Childbirth Trust breach shows all data needs to be safeguarded
Breach of more than 15,000 login credentials and email addresses at the National Childbirth Trust underlines that every sector must take cyber security seriously, say security pundits
Fri Apr 8, 2016
Interview: GDS CTO Liam Maxwell and deputy CTO Andy Beale
Government Digital Service’s Liam Maxwell and Andy Beale talk about the service’s future, its relationship with departments, tactical outsourcing extensions and lessons learned
Fri Apr 8, 2016
CIOs lack faith in IT’s ability to meet digital demands of business
VCE research suggests IT departments lack confidence in their ability to meet the digital demands of their organisation
Fri Apr 8, 2016
UK has hit 90% ‘superfast’ target, say broadband analysts
Statistics from broadband comparison site Thinkbroadband seem to suggest the government has hit its target of making superfast broadband available to 90% of UK premises
Fri Apr 8, 2016
IT job seekers want to make bigger career moves
LinkedIn, which now has more than 20 million members in the UK, recently looked at how IT professionals’ jobs have changed over the past year
Fri Apr 8, 2016
British innovation targets file manipulation malware
Innovative British security software firm Glasswall Solutions is tackling the growing threat of malware that tampers with files and exploits structural weaknesses in popular business document formats
Fri Apr 8, 2016
Designing Web apps and Web UIs for software developers
Interested in designing Web apps? Here are some UX design tips that will garner them great feedback when they finally test the Web UIs they develop.