TechTarget News - Week of May 22, 2016
Mon May 23, 2016
Leicestershire NHS creates electro-convulsive therapy info app
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust’s informatics service has developed an app to help reduce the stigma around electro-convulsive therapy
Mon May 23, 2016
CIOs enjoying greater business influence, finds survey
A Harvey Nash and KMPG CIO survey finds CIOs are becoming more influential in their businesses, but struggle with challenges such as skills shortages and cyber security
Mon May 23, 2016
UK emergency services upgrade set to save lives
The UK government introduces an open standard for emergency services’ IT systems to improve the speed and efficiency of responses to incidents
Mon May 23, 2016
Singapore retailer shifts IT infrastructure to the cloud
Challenger is moving its IT infrastructure to the cloud to enable it to respond better to business growth
Mon May 23, 2016
DDoS attacks openly on offer for $5 an hour, researchers discover
DDoS attacks have become a commodity, and are available openly on professional services online marketplaces for as little as $5 an hour, say security researchers
Mon May 23, 2016
IBM PCM leap opens way to new layer of enterprise storage
IBM shows off triple-level cell phase change memory and says PCM can be used as faster adjunct to flash storage and extension to DRAM memory
Mon May 23, 2016
Middle East CIOs put ambitious IT projects on hold as cheap oil hurts business
A lack of business confidence leads some organisations in the Middle East to delay or abandon ambitious IT projects that may not show an immediate return
Mon May 23, 2016
Theme park company rides with Simplivity hyper-converged
International theme park operator Merlin Entertainments dumps servers and storage and replaces them with Simplivity hyper-converged infrastructure at 124 sites worldwide
Mon May 23, 2016
Dutch mastering the art of big data analysis
Gathering and analysing huge amounts of data offers the promise of business efficiency and new opportunities. We look at what this all means for the once-cautious Dutch
Mon May 23, 2016
CIO interview: Brad Dowden, Airswift
Recruitment firm’s new CIO wants to help the business make the most of IT and use technology to improve speed and efficiency
Tue May 24, 2016
UK government announces CyberFirst bursary scheme
GCHQ will partner with other government departments and private industry to offer students a comprehensive package of financial assistance and cyber skills
Tue May 24, 2016
Datacentre operators look to Africa for new co-location growth opportunities
Data sovereignty concerns and a growing digital economy are fuelling demand for new datacentres in Africa, say analysts and operators
Tue May 24, 2016
The emergence of the Creative CIO
A new kind of transformational and strategic CIO has started to appear, willing to harness disruption techniques and add value to the organisation
Tue May 24, 2016
Interview: Kate Johnson, chief commercial officer at GE Digital, on digitising manufacturing
GE Digital’s CCO is driving service revenue growth through the commercialisation of Predix, the company’s big data and analytics software platform, as it seeks to exploit the industrial internet of things
Tue May 24, 2016
Philippines expands tax payments with mobile system
The Philippines tax office is enabling people to access more services via their mobile phones
Tue May 24, 2016
Nutanix aims Xpress hyper-converged appliances at SMEs
Hyper-converged pioneer launches slimmed-down version of enterprise products with its own hypervisor, VMware or Hyper-V on board
Tue May 24, 2016
Benelux CIO interview: Stefaan Motte, Materialise
CIO of Belgian 3D printing company explains how selling software to competitors is good for a fledgling industry
Tue May 24, 2016
Unchecked social media use can damage career opportunities
Allegedly tech-savvy millennials are letting social media stand in the way of job prospects as potential employers turn to the internet for background information
Tue May 24, 2016
Australia’s government commits to fintech innovation and blockchain
Australia’s latest government budget included commitment to the financial technology revolution, but what developments are already afoot?
Wed May 25, 2016
French authorities raid Google’s Paris office in tax fraud probe
French investigators raid Google’s Paris office to follow up complaints by tax authorities of acts of aggravated financial fraud
Wed May 25, 2016
CSC and HP’s services division merging, joint sales could hit $26bn a year
Both entities will take an equal stake in the new business
Wed May 25, 2016
Huawei sues Samsung alleging patent violations
Huawei has filed lawsuits in China and the US, accusing Samsung of infringing a number of its patents relating to mobile technologies
Wed May 25, 2016
Theresa May agrees to review proposed bulk data collection powers
Labour welcomes the government’s commitment to review bulk data collection powers in the draft Investigatory Powers Bill, but says more change is needed to win the party’s backing
Wed May 25, 2016
Digital Catapult creates open source permissions platform to track creative IP
The Digital Catapult innovation centre launches an open permissions platform to allow creatives to track where their content has been used
Wed May 25, 2016
Atos hits Rio 2016 Olympics IT milestone
The IT underpinning the 2016 Olympics in Rio enters a critical phase as one of its essential event management systems starts to work
Wed May 25, 2016
IoT increases cyber and legal risk, say experts
Organisations embracing the internet of things must be aware of the information security and legal liability risks, experts warn
Wed May 25, 2016
Should IT be looking at a Cisco alternative?
This week, bloggers debate whether it would be better if the industry found a Cisco alternative and reveal what one survey indicated will be the top IT priorities in 2016.
Wed May 25, 2016
HPE second quarter results reveal risks in CSC services deal
HPE’s CEO Meg Whitman admits the company’s flagship private cloud will need to run in CSC/ES datacentres
Wed May 25, 2016
Microsoft confirms job cuts at Nokia smartphone business
Big job losses in Finland as Nadella has a rethink on Windows phones
Wed May 25, 2016
MasterCard, TfL and British Airways join for travel tech hackathon
The payments provider is running the event alongside BA and the UK local government body responsible for London’s transport system to create new travel services
Wed May 25, 2016
EC sets out proposals for online platform regulation
The European Commission has outlined a number of proposals to better regulate the operation of online platforms in the Digital Single Market
Wed May 25, 2016
Implementation problems ‘inevitable’ in HMRC’s digital transformation, says NAO
HMRC “misjudged” impact of its transformation programme and failed to build in sufficient contingency in its plans, says National Audit Office
Wed May 25, 2016
Failing fast: A lesson in semantics
Two digital officers weigh in on why the term "failing fast" doesn't work for their organizations.
Wed May 25, 2016
Citrix ShareFile adds information rights management
The new information rights management feature in Citrix ShareFile helps manage and secure data, no matter where it lives.
Wed May 25, 2016
Maximize growth through sales collaboration
OHL, a global supply chain management company, grew sales with successful collaboration between sales teams and marketers.
Wed May 25, 2016
MIT CIO: Cooperation vs. competition in the digital ecosystem
"Digital ecosystem" was the catchphrase at this year's MIT Sloan CIO Symposium. To vie as competitors, companies need to play by a new directive: Share or be left out.
Wed May 25, 2016
A new wave of cyber attacks targets the Middle East’s banks
Hot on the heels of the Qatar National Bank breach comes a campaign employing advanced social engineering techniques
Wed May 25, 2016
Bet365 gets SwiftStack object storage as NAS pulls up short
Online gaming firm Bet365 is set to replace NAS for data with 0.5PB of more scalable and elastic object storage, built on SwiftStack and commodity SuperMicro hardware
Thu May 26, 2016
UK government details plans for National Cyber Security Centre
The objectives of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre are to address systemic vulnerabilities, reduce risks, respond to serious incidents and nurture national cyber security capability
Thu May 26, 2016
European cloud buyers unmoved by low prices, suggests 451 Research
451 Research’s latest Cloud Price Index investigates link between low-cost cloud services and provider market share
Thu May 26, 2016
GDS begins publication of PSN performance data
The government makes public data gleaned from its monitoring of the performance of the Public Services Network to help customers understand their networks
Thu May 26, 2016
Salesforce to run more of its services from the AWS public cloud
Cloud CRM giant Salesforce names Amazon Web Services as preferred public cloud provider, as it sets out plans to expand use of its infrastructure-as-a-service offerings
Thu May 26, 2016
BSA warns of malware risk from unlicensed software
While piracy rates are declining, unauthorised software poses a big security risk, says the Business Software Alliance
Thu May 26, 2016
Navigating the world of cross-sector collaboration
Three very different organisations share their stories of how to make projects a success and deliver real results
Thu May 26, 2016
UK challenger bank OakNorth puts its core systems in AWS cloud
UK challenger bank OakNorth is putting core banking systems in the Amazon Web Services cloud
Thu May 26, 2016
Nordic CIO interview: Petteri Naulapää, Stockmann
CIO of Finnish-listed international retailer tells Computer Weekly about the department store’s journey towards omnichannel
Thu May 26, 2016
Retiring obsolete SHA-1 and RC4 cryptographic algorithms, SSLv3 protocol
Microsoft speeds deprecation of SHA-1, Google dropping support for RC4, SSLv3, as web software publishers approach end of life for obsolete cryptographic algorithms and protocols.
Thu May 26, 2016
Australian police raid opposition offices over leaked broadband documents
Australia’s federal police have raided the offices of a Labor opposition politician in an investigation into leaked National Broadband Network documents
Thu May 26, 2016
Avoiding a security nightmare at South Australia’s Catholic schools
Taking on the challenge of securing student and organisational data while ensuring easy access to resources
Thu May 26, 2016
Santander uses blockchain for international payments
Bank is using blockchain to underpin its latest app, which enables customers to make international payments 24 hours a day, which clear the next day
Fri May 27, 2016
Developers welcome ruling in Google’s battle with Oracle over Java
A San Francisco court has confirmed that copyright laws allow fair use of Java APIs in Oracle’s six-year battle with Google over Android
Fri May 27, 2016
Councils must bridge digital gap to remain relevant
The general public is not confident councils can make their digital strategies work
Fri May 27, 2016
CIO interview: Stuart McSkimming, Shelter
Safe and secure handling of sensitive data remains a top priority for the homelessness charity
Fri May 27, 2016
Bristol Water outsources IT as business model transforms
Bristol Water outsources IT to Wipro to support it through a period of transformation to its operating model
Fri May 27, 2016
Government competition chiefs demand fairer use terms for cloud storage customers
LiveDrive, JustCloud and Dixons Carphone commit to fairer usage terms for cloud customers, but Microsoft and Google are conspicuous by their absence
Fri May 27, 2016
25 Scottish councils seek joint chief digital officer
A group of Scottish councils are creating a digital transformation partnership to drive change across local services
Fri May 27, 2016
European Commission endorses UK broadband plans through 2020
The European Commission gives the thumbs up to the UK’s National Broadband Scheme, designed to extend next-generation broadband access as far as possible by 2020
Fri May 27, 2016
Data storage technology trends debated in inaugural Tweet Chat
Data storage industry professionals discussed the appeal of technologies such as all-flash arrays, hyper-convergence and cloud storage during the first SearchStorage Tweet Chat.
Fri May 27, 2016
Cyber attacks on at least three Asian banks share malware links
Cyber attacks on banks in Bangladesh, Vietnam and the Philippines used the same malware, which has links to other attacks on banks in the region, reports Symantec
Fri May 27, 2016
Exploding IoT attack surface not an immediate threat to business
Companies should take care of the security vulnerabilities in their IT infrastructure, cloud back-ends and mobile applications in preparation for the challenges of IoT, says Adrzej Kawalec
Fri May 27, 2016
Panelists say S/4HANA is core of digital business transformation
In a panel at the SAP Sapphire conference, early adopters shared ideas about how S/4HANA forms the core of their digital business transformation.