TechTarget News - Week of May 08, 2016
Mon May 9, 2016
Two-thirds of UK businesses hit by cyber security breaches, but directors remain unaware
Two-thirds of large UK businesses are hit by cyber security attacks, but directors aren’t told about them, according to a government sponsored report
Mon May 9, 2016
EE expands 4G roll-out with satellite backhaul
EE signs communications provider Avanti to use satellite capacity for mobile backhaul on its 4G network at a number of sites in the UK
Mon May 9, 2016
Lenovo expands x86 server production to Europe
Chinese hardware manufacturer claims move will result in faster delivery times and lower costs for European customers
Mon May 9, 2016
Legal SME goes for Simplivity hyper-converged infrastructure
Lawlords snubs traditional SAN and server architecture and upgrades disaster recovery with Simplivity Omnicubes that combine server and storage hardware in one box
Mon May 9, 2016
Younger children more interested in technology careers than teens
Younger children are more interested in a career in technology than their older teenage counterparts who become disaffected as they grow older
Mon May 9, 2016
CW500: The right skills, suppliers and vision are key to a great IT strategy
IT transformation should not be a one-off event. It should be a continuous improvement and exist in the DNA of everybody in the company
Mon May 9, 2016
Shadow IT cited as reason why some firms lack formal cloud strategy
Research from VMTurbo suggests firms are using cloud, even if they claim not to have a formal private or public deployment plan in place
Mon May 9, 2016
CIO interview: Mark Ridley, Reed.co.uk
Reed.co.uk CIO Mark Ridley is due to leave after 18 years at the company. He talks to Computer Weekly about his decision to resign, plans for the future and the remaining challenges in his current job
Mon May 9, 2016
Post Office apologises as system goes down
The Post Office computer system failed on 9 May 2016, leaving sub-postmasters unable to open branches
Mon May 9, 2016
CEO Natalie Ceeney to quit the Courts Service
Courts and Tribunal Service CEO Natalie Ceeney’s sudden departure raises questions on the future of digital courts
Mon May 9, 2016
Singapore smart city chief delivers vision to the world
The Singapore government minister running the city state's smart nation project tells the world about the country’s smart nation vision
Mon May 9, 2016
Singapore leads Asia in connectivity and economic digitisation
Singapore is leading Asia in the way it uses IT to improve business and society
Mon May 9, 2016
Australian health sector an easy target for cyber criminals, says IBM
A push to encourage greater adoption of electronic health records has raised the spectre of online record theft
Mon May 9, 2016
CIO interview: Stefan Stigendal, Samhall
The CIO of Swedish company Samhall has the task of digitising its business while ensuring its staff, many of whom are disabled, get used to using IT
Mon May 9, 2016
SAP users lack clarity on cloud portfolio
The UK and Ireland SAP user group has found a majority of members to be using the supplier’s cloud portfolio, but many are unconvinced by its business value
Tue May 10, 2016
Interview: Leigh Smyth, head of digital inclusion, Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Banking Group’s head of digital inclusion thinks the company has a responsibility to help society take advantage of the benefits digital brings
Tue May 10, 2016
Eurovision Song Contest launches contactless payments in Stockholm
Eurovision Song Contest sponsor Visa Europe equips visitors with contactless payment wristbands backed by Gemalto’s Allynis events platform
Tue May 10, 2016
Nominet offers bacon sarnies to get UK tradespeople online
UK domain name registrar Nominet launches a campaign, and opens its own greasy spoon café, to try to get more of the UK’s tradespeople online
Tue May 10, 2016
UK court rejects demands for Lauri Love to hand over encryption keys
Court rules against an attempt by the National Crime Agency to force activist Lauri Love to disclose encryption keys by bypassing the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act
Tue May 10, 2016
Tel Aviv: A smart city where community engagement is the measure of success
Israel’s capital is using the latest technologies as a way of placing the needs of local citizens at the heart of regional government
Tue May 10, 2016
Parts of Whitehall will no longer exist by 2030, says Stephen Foreshew-Cain
By 2030, parts of Whitehall will no longer exist, policy making will change and digital government will be the norm, predicts government digital chief Stephen Foreshew-Cain
Tue May 10, 2016
Virgin Media connections spike as Project Lightning takes hold
Virgin Media adds a record number of subscribers to its platform in the first quarter of 2016
Tue May 10, 2016
Customer relationships still key to competitive advantage, says Martin Kuppinger
There are five essential areas to which businesses need to pay attention to build competitive advantage in the rapidly evolving digital world, according to analyst Martin Kuppinger
Tue May 10, 2016
Nursery and baby store Kiddicare puts its hand up to data breach after attack on a test site
Nursery and baby store Kiddicare suffers a data breach following a cyber attack on a test website that held real customer data
Tue May 10, 2016
Lenovo channel to see focus on PCs, services, data center
Lenovo's North American channel chief points to premium PCs, hyper-converged technology and services as some of the key opportunities for the company's channel partners.
Tue May 10, 2016
Nokia plunges to €513m loss after Alcatel-Lucent acquisition
Costs mount up at network equipment supplier Nokia following its acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent
Tue May 10, 2016
Safer cycling project wins BT smart city contest
Northern Irish startup See.Sense scoops £15,000 prize in BT smart city contest after developing a connected bike light
Tue May 10, 2016
UK e-commerce spend rose by 8.4% year-on-year in April 2016
Online spending increases in 2015/16 as face-to-face transactions remain stagnant, finds Visa
Tue May 10, 2016
Nordea Bank launches crowdfunding platform in Finland
The Nordic financial services group offers a technology bringing together investors and startup businesses
Tue May 10, 2016
BBC hones IT project management, but still room for improvement
National Audit Office report finds the BBC’s management of critical projects has improved since the failure of its Digital Media Initiative, but further action is needed
Wed May 11, 2016
Can mobile technology bring Myanmar in line with other Asean nations
Recent regulations in Myanmar widen the financial services market to include non-banking institutions
Wed May 11, 2016
Engage with business to drive IAM, says Axel Springer CISO
Axel Springer CISO Henning Christiansen teams up with business stakeholders to get board approval for an identity and access management (IAM) initiative
Wed May 11, 2016
European Commission blocks Three’s takeover of O2
The European Commission has blocked the proposed takeover of UK mobile network O2 by competitor Three
Wed May 11, 2016
CityFibre lights up Milton Keynes and Northampton
CityFibre opens up its metro fibre networks to b2b services in Milton Keynes and Northampton
Wed May 11, 2016
Nato agency signs five-year datacentre construction deal with Luxembourg MoD
Nato Support and Procurement Agency embarks on five-year datacentre deal to boost its disaster recovery capabilities
Wed May 11, 2016
Better design and lower prices will make wearables more attractive
Advances in design and pricing will push wearables into the mainstream in the UK over the next four years, say analysts at CCS Insight
Wed May 11, 2016
Ebay sellers demand better broadband and mobile
A study of SME sellers conducted by eBay in the UK finds that many feel held back by poor broadband and mobile coverage
Wed May 11, 2016
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Wed May 11, 2016
Salesforce turns to AWS for internet of things cloud test support
Cloud CRM giant is reportedly using the AWS public cloud to give it the capacity it needs to cope with the internet of things data deluge
Wed May 11, 2016
Can IBM fast-track quantum computing via the crowd?
IBM is giving the public an all-access pass to its cloud-enabled quantum computing platform. Is it a milestone in quantum computing or just a lot of noise? Also in Searchlight: Facebook rewards 10-year-old hacker; self-driving minivans to hit the road.
Wed May 11, 2016
Security a serious market differentiator, says Publicis CISO
Everyone in an organisation should be made to realise what digital safety means to them, says Thom Langford
Wed May 11, 2016
Australia wants more fintech opportunity despite surprisingly low budget commitment
Australia’s federal budget has a surprisingly low financial commitment to fintech, despite the country’s clear appetite for developing the sector
Thu May 12, 2016
Be prepared for blockchain, says consultant
The blockchain endgame is unclear, but organisations should ensure they are aware of what is happening at the very least, says consultant Sebastien Meunier
Thu May 12, 2016
IT security leaders set to maintain or increase IAM spending
Senior IT decision-makers understand the need for identity and access management (IAM) systems to meet the challenges and opportunities of the digital age
Thu May 12, 2016
CCS technology products framework to focus on quality, not cost
The Crown Commercial Service’s £4bn technology products and services framework opens up for SMEs and moves focus to quality rather than price
Thu May 12, 2016
ICO probes Google DeepMind patient data-sharing deal with NHS Hospital Trust
Data protection watchdog the information commissioner's office (ICO) investigates the NHS data-sharing deal with Google DeepMind, after a complaint from the public
Thu May 12, 2016
IAM central to Deutsche Bank’s digital transformation
Deutsche Bank is using a centralised identity and access management (IAM) system and an application program interface (API) architecture for digital transformation
Thu May 12, 2016
Barclays develops contactless payments app for Android mobile OS
Barclays bank is developing its own contactless payments service for users of the Android mobile phone operating system (OS) – hoping to launch in June 2016
Thu May 12, 2016
Are Asian CIOs ready for container technology?
Could risk aversion slow the growth of containerisation – touted as an enabler of innovation – in the region?
Thu May 12, 2016
Government to create anti-corruption innovation hub
Together with nine other countries, the UK government will create an anti-corruption innovation hub to share innovation and best practice
Thu May 12, 2016
Hundreds more jobs to go at RBS as digital replaces branch services
RBS is cutting more jobs and closing branches as customers increasingly prefer digital services
Thu May 12, 2016
Future Retail Contest: Using tech to tackle retail’s biggest problems
IC Tomorrow’s Future Retail Contest aims to help the retail industry tackle some of its business issues by leveraging retail-focused startups
Thu May 12, 2016
Software-defined storage the power behind Monash University microscopes
Australian academic institute uses the technology to help it deal with huge – and still growing – storage demands
Thu May 12, 2016
TalkTalk sees profits halved as security breach takes its toll
Loss of 100,000 customers, and thousands of personal details, weighs heavy on the broadband and comms provider
Fri May 13, 2016
Idiot UK Drivers Exposed enlists Hyve managed hosting as website traffic grows
Dangerous driving site explains how its videos going viral on social media prompted an urgent rethink about using a multi-tenanted hosting platform to support its website
Fri May 13, 2016
Swift reports another Bangladesh central bank-style cyber attack
Global financial messaging organisation Swift warns of a highly adaptive cyber criminal campaign targeting banks with user credentials to submit transfer requests
Fri May 13, 2016
European IT buyers prioritise BI and data management over ERP and CRM
Data warehousing and business intelligence top dogs in the UK, finds 2016 TechTarget IT spending priorities survey
Fri May 13, 2016
Security Serious launches cyber security Unsung Heroes awards
Gathering aims to recognise the people on the front line of cyber threats, saving companies from financial and reputational harm
Fri May 13, 2016
Sainsbury’s launches software development apprenticeship in bid to up tech skills
Retailer Sainsbury’s is targeting those with and without previous technical skills to become software development apprentices
Fri May 13, 2016
UK government’s call for evidence on business broadband closes June 2016
The UK government’s call for evidence on broadband for small to medium-sized enterprises is due to close, with the review aiming to drive down the cost of high-quality broadband for smaller businesses
Fri May 13, 2016
10 key facts businesses need to note about the GDPR
With less than two years before the new EU data protection rules come into force, there are key areas businesses need to focus on to ensure they will be compliant
Fri May 13, 2016
Time to shift information security focus away from prevention, says Swiss bank CISO
Organisations need a new approach which recognises security is “breakable”, according to Michael Meli