TechTarget News - Week of May 29, 2016
Tue May 31, 2016
Middle East CIO interview: V. Chandrasekar, Standard Chartered
The CIO of Standard Chartered bank in the Middle East tells Computer Weekly about the challenge of keeping customers happy through IT
Tue May 31, 2016
Vodafone rolling out mini base stations in London
Mobile operator and Ericsson install the first of a number of briefcase-sized devices in the capital
Tue May 31, 2016
Hyperoptic adds locations to network footprint
FTTP supplier Hyperoptic expands its ultrafast broadband offering into seven more towns and cities
Tue May 31, 2016
Sloppy SaaS firms lose out on G-Cloud deals, research suggests
Ex-EuroCloud general secretary Lindsay Smith claims SaaS providers need to stop blaming others for their lack of G-Cloud sales success
Wed Jun 1, 2016
Thailand province successfully trials flood simulation system
A province of Thailand is using an IT system from NEC to help it predict floods
Wed Jun 1, 2016
Gotthard Base Tunnel opens with 4G coverage throughout
Rail passengers travelling through the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland will be able to access 4G LTE connectivity throughout their journey
Wed Jun 1, 2016
Safe Harbour confusion fuels rise in demand for European datacentre space, CBRE claims
User demand for locally hosted cloud services prompts cloud firms and infrastructure providers to rapidly take-up datacentre space in Europe, CBRE research shows
Wed Jun 1, 2016
Success is a driver of imposter syndrome
At an event to help women in technology overcome doubts about their abilities, career coach Deena Gornick explained imposter syndrome and invited tech professionals to tell how they overcame the phenomenon
Wed Jun 1, 2016
Microsoft sells 1,500 mobile patents to Xiaomi in licensing deal
Sale of mobile patent portfolio comes alongside software licensing agreement and may herald Xiaomi’s expansion into Europe and the US, say analysts
Wed Jun 1, 2016
BPO/ITO: AI applications in outsourcing limited now, but coming on fast
In advance of the World BPO/ITO Forum on June 13 and 14 in New York, conference speaker R. Lee Coulter talks about the state of AI applications in IT and business process outsourcing.
Wed Jun 1, 2016
Microsoft's cuts to smartphone division underscore new mobile imperative
What does Microsoft's curtailment of its smartphone division say about the company's mobile future? Also in Searchlight: Study links cell phones to cancer; Silicon Valley billionaire bankrolls lawsuits against Gawker.
Wed Jun 1, 2016
IT professionals consider network uptime
This week, bloggers weigh network uptime, workloads in the public cloud and Dell OS10.
Wed Jun 1, 2016
MPs’ private emails are routinely accessed by GCHQ
Computer Weekly investigation reveals the extent of interception of MPs’ and peers’ email communications and data
Wed Jun 1, 2016
Human error causes more data loss than malicious attacks
Stupid humans, you are the weakest link, at least according to the ICO
Thu Jun 2, 2016
Big data and open-source cloud technology help Gulf Air pin down customer sentiment
Big data engine that performs sentiment analysis on both Arabic and English textual data helps airline to understand and react rapidly to customer preferences
Thu Jun 2, 2016
Cloudera users put pattern recognition at heart of new business ventures
Cloudera users Barclays, BT, Sky Betting & Gaming and Markerstudy are finding new business development opportunities through the use of the Hadoop ecosystem
Thu Jun 2, 2016
Server shipments fall as firms use cloud and virtualisation to cut hardware costs
Gartner’s latest global server sales tracker highlights the toll that cloud and virtualisation are taking on the market
Thu Jun 2, 2016
Financial trader bets on hyper-converged from Nutanix
London Capital Group ditches server-plus-SAN architecture for Nutanix and slashes deployment times and datacentre footprint with hyper-converged server/storage boxes with VMware
Thu Jun 2, 2016
LogMeIn customers complain over price hikes and contract renewals
Remote management supplier denies not notifying customers about impending price rises and renewal dates, as end-user complaints mount
Thu Jun 2, 2016
CIO interview: Lee Edwards, chief technology officer, The British Library
The British Library is starting a major IT overhaul to support its work in preserving the UK’s heritage of digital and physical knowledge
Thu Jun 2, 2016
NetApp Solidfire adds high-end SF19210 all-flash array
All-flash array maker tops out the SF family with the SF19210, upgrades OS to add VVOLs compatibility and launches licensing that separates software licences and hardware purchases
Thu Jun 2, 2016
More safeguards needed to protect MPs communications, claims parliamentary body
Joint Committee on Human Rights argues Investigatory Powers Bill protections are ‘inadequate’
Thu Jun 2, 2016
Nordic CIO interview: Claes-Håkan Johansson, Preem
CIO of Swedish fuel company tells Computer Weekly about the firm’s digital journey and how IT has made sure it is part of the business
Thu Jun 2, 2016
Finland to deploy national Sigfox IoT network
Internet of things service provider Sigfox has announced plans to extend its global network across Finland by 2017
Thu Jun 2, 2016
SS8 takes new approach to cyberthreat intelligence
SS8 launches BreachDetect, a Layer 7 'time machine' for breach detection in enterprises and a new addition to the cyberthreat intelligence marketplace.
Thu Jun 2, 2016
K-12 market: Channel takes on networking, storage, security projects
Students are heading for vacation, but K-12 sector projects in networking, storage and security are getting underway for channel partners with an education focus.
Fri Jun 3, 2016
Cisco and IBM collaborate on IoT analytics at the network edge
Cisco and IBM combine edge analytics with Watson to enable a deeper understanding of data generated on the internet of things
Fri Jun 3, 2016
Download speed not biggest broadband concern, say manufacturers
Manufacturing association EEF warns the government that focusing too much on broadband speed is distracting policy-makers from other issues
Fri Jun 3, 2016
Managed OpenStack services may have appeal over public cloud
Managed OpenStack services may appeal to enterprises wary of private cloud platform's complexity, but want to use its APIs and security, rather than public cloud.
Fri Jun 3, 2016
Myspace, Tumblr megabreaches put spotlight on security knowledge gap
The Myspace and Tumblr megabreaches show that it's past time companies address the security skills gap. Also in Searchlight: Google helps find your phone.