TechTarget News - Week of Jun 05, 2016
Mon Jun 6, 2016
Government reaches accord over ESN in National Parks England
The Home Office reaches an agreement with National Parks England over the provision of mobile coverage for the emergency services
Mon Jun 6, 2016
Saudi hackers claim Mark Zuckerberg’s social media accounts
A hacking group based in Saudi Arabia claims to have accessed several social media accounts belonging to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Mon Jun 6, 2016
‘Considerable risk’ if Post Office replaced Horizon system, says chairman
Post Office chairman Tim Parker says there would be ‘considerable risk’ associated with changing its Horizon computer system
Mon Jun 6, 2016
How emails sent to and from Parliament are monitored
Government officials deny that emails sent by MPs are open to surveillance by GCHQ and NSA - we examine the evidence
Mon Jun 6, 2016
Rio 2016 Olympics passes final IT test
IT services firm Atos completes its 200,000 hours of testing the IT systems for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics
Mon Jun 6, 2016
Schools trust dumps 22 backup systems for Arcserve UDP
Wakefield-based academy school trust went from 22 different backup systems and no adequate disaster recovery provision to unified Arcserve virtual and physical backup
Mon Jun 6, 2016
Talari Networks seeks market edge with SD-WAN partnership program
Talari has rolled out a new strategic alliance program, indicating the vendor's interest in supporting third-party products that complement its own SD-WAN technology.
Tue Jun 7, 2016
The smartphone boom is over, says Gartner
Faster processors, flashier screens and extra features are failing to attract people to upgrade their existing smartphones
Tue Jun 7, 2016
Swedish bank Sparbanken Syd expands IT outsourcing to trading
Swedish bank Sparbanken Syd outsources the IT that runs its trading business to Finland's Tieto supplier, to cut costs and improve the quality of its services
Tue Jun 7, 2016
Millions of people will have health monitored remotely within five years
Electronic giant Philips predicts a revolution in home heathcare thanks to internet of things and wearable technology
Tue Jun 7, 2016
Insurer launches UK’s first driverless car policy
Specialist motor insurance provider Adrian Flux introduces new contract terms for a driverless car insurance policy
Tue Jun 7, 2016
Millions of sensitive IT services exposed to the internet, study finds
Encryption should become the default as study reveals millions of sensitive services are exposed to the internet, says Rapid7
Tue Jun 7, 2016
Unlicensed software rife among Asean computer users, says BSA
The Asean region has the highest levels of unlicensed software use, according to the 2016 Global Software Survey from the Business Software Alliance (BSA)
Tue Jun 7, 2016
Fintech poised to revolutionise banking in the Middle East
The Middle East has been slow to join the fintech revolution, but there is an opportunity for CIOs to help banks stride ahead as demand picks up
Tue Jun 7, 2016
Cyber weapons are perfect weapons, says security expert Mikko Hypponen
There is a lot of 'fog' surrounding cyber weapons and cyber war because there is no way of knowing the true capability of any country, says security expert Mikko Hypponen
Tue Jun 7, 2016
A quarter of UK consumers refuse to shop cash-only
Consumers in the UK are reducing their cash use, with a quarter of shoppers claiming to avoid stores that don't accept payment cards
Tue Jun 7, 2016
Corsa boosts its programmable switch system offerings
This week, bloggers assess Corsa's programmable switch offerings, Verizon DBIR, and how to create a marketing and technology 'lingua franca.'
Tue Jun 7, 2016
GDS builds cross-government IT contract dashboard
Common Technology Services director Iain Patterson wants to strengthen the relationship with departments and industry
Tue Jun 7, 2016
Internet traffic to triple by 2020, says Cisco
The latest edition of Cisco’s Visual Networking Index predicts a near tripling of internet traffic during the coming years as more than a billion people come online
Wed Jun 8, 2016
Beware the pitfalls of security awareness training, says expert panel
While there is value in security awareness training, not all training programmes are effective or value for money, according to a panel of experts
Wed Jun 8, 2016
EDF Energy upgrades network with Vodafone
EDF Energy signs a 10-year, multi-million pound contract with Vodafone to update its communications and IT infrastructure to support training and compliance
Wed Jun 8, 2016
Avi software ADC gets Innovation Award
Avi Networks' software ADC brought new features and capabilities to the load balancing and application delivery market.
Wed Jun 8, 2016
Icelandic airport uses Wi-Fi to improve services and efficiency
The swiftly expanding Keflavik Airport in Reykjavík is using a combination of sensors and Wi-Fi to monitor passenger movement and improve airport efficiency
Wed Jun 8, 2016
William Hague MP defends Investigatory Powers Bill
The idea of a 'Snoopers Charter' is ridiculous in the light of current and planned checks and balances around access to communications data, says William Hague
Wed Jun 8, 2016
Citrix expands in Middle East with first Saudi Arabia office
Citrix is increasing its presence in the Middle East, opening its first office in Saudi Arabia with plans to expand into Qatar and Egypt
Wed Jun 8, 2016
Latest Lenovo networking offerings include NOS, Juniper switches
The latest Lenovo networking products reflect the vendor's shift to technologies outside of the shrinking PC market.
Wed Jun 8, 2016
Falling into the tech skills gap? Try a new recruiting tack
Organizations forging into the digital future often come up short in a search for talent. But there are novel ways to close the tech skills gap, say execs at the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium.
Wed Jun 8, 2016
Poor tech choices damage productivity and cut income
Mid-sized businesses are less efficient and are losing money because they give staff the wrong computing devices to do their jobs
Wed Jun 8, 2016
The finance technology revolution is here to stay
As the Payment Services Directive makes life easier for challenger banks and payment providers using fintech systems, the big banks need to step up their game
Wed Jun 8, 2016
Staff crave positive digital leadership
While people are comfortable using digital technologies at home, the majority don’t have access to, or have a negative view of, technology at work, according to a survey
Wed Jun 8, 2016
Londoners go mobile shopping on the Tube
Commuters on the London Underground are spending their time in the tunnels shopping on their mobile devices, says payments provider Pay by Bank
Wed Jun 8, 2016
'Lights-on' TechOps team at TaskRabbit a partner in innovation
At online and mobile platform startup TaskRabbit, the TechOps team is as jazzed about the next new thing as the product engineers and data scientists.
Thu Jun 9, 2016
Cyber crime is serious business, shows Imperva report
If organisations want to fight cyber crime, they need to get serious and they need to get professional about it, says Imperva CTO Amichai Shulman
Thu Jun 9, 2016
Edge datacentres hailed as answer to latency concerns in IoT era
With user demand for low-latency, high-performing applications, delegates at Datacloud Europe 2016 hail edge datacentres as the answer
Thu Jun 9, 2016
Datacentre operators should evaluate emerging markets before jumping in
Indian telco CEO claims datacentre operators are risking business failure by not investing time in getting to know the nuances of emerging markets before expanding into them
Thu Jun 9, 2016
Forrester urges CIOs to outsource analytics to data scientists
There is huge demand for data scientists – but rather than build skills in-house, analyst Forrester suggests CIOs can outsource to specialist providers
Thu Jun 9, 2016
Cloud firm adds Cloudian object storage to satisfy S3 demand
Calligo puts Cloudian object storage on Lenovo hardware to add a tier of storage for customers that want Amazon S3-compatible cloud services, but not from Amazon
Thu Jun 9, 2016
Public-private partnerships key to fighting cyber threats, says William Hague MP
There is a need for both privacy and security, and only a network of partnerships is going to succeed in delivering that, according to William Hague MP
Thu Jun 9, 2016
Bahrain IT hub could increase choice for Middle East organisations
The Bahrain government is trying to create an IT industry with global ambitions that could increase options for CIOs in the wider Middle East region
Thu Jun 9, 2016
Engage early with police on cyber crime, business told
Businesses should approach law enforcement as early as possible about cyber crime, even before they are targeted, according to an expert panel
Fri Jun 10, 2016
How data saves lives in Australia’s hospitals
Australia’s National Blood Authority saves A$10m as mobile and data innovations inject efficiency into the supply chain
Fri Jun 10, 2016
Twitter forces password resets for accounts vulnerable to hackers
Twitter cross-checks leaked user data with its records, identifying and locking a number of accounts for extra protection
Fri Jun 10, 2016
Datacentre operators warned of public cloud threat to long-term co-location success
Speakers at the 2016 DataCloud Europe conference urge co-location firms to act on public cloud threat or risk losing business
Fri Jun 10, 2016
UK plc loses £12.3bn to internet downtime over a year
Research from business ISP Beaming suggests internet connection failures hit two-thirds of British businesses last year, costing the economy £12.3bn
Fri Jun 10, 2016
Australia knows it has a cyber security problem, but not the scale
The Australian government is aware it has a cyber security challenge, but might not understand the size of the issue, according to experts
Fri Jun 10, 2016
Majority of civil servants don’t understand GaaP
Some 43% of civil servants don’t know what the Government Digital Service’s government-as-a-platform programme is, according to a survey
Fri Jun 10, 2016
Small businesses bearing the brunt of cyber crime, says FSB
The Federation of Small Businesses is calling for more government support for its members in defending against cyber threats
Fri Jun 10, 2016
Middle East virtualisation strategies mature
CIOs in the Middle East are formulating their virtualisation strategies as the region warms to the benefits of cloud computing
Fri Jun 10, 2016
Russia's tech startups aim to defy economic gloom
The annual Startup Village event near Moscow to showcase Russian innovators was the biggest yet
Fri Jun 10, 2016
IoT security: Lack of expertise will hurt, says Bruce Schneier
Government action at national and international levels is essential for addressing IoT security issues, but the relevant expertise is lacking, according to security expert Bruce Schneier