TechTarget News - Week of Jul 03, 2016
Mon Jul 4, 2016
Huge uptick in Zepto ransomware spam, warn researchers
Security researchers have raised concerns that attackers are gearing up for a massive Locky-related ransomware campaign
Mon Jul 4, 2016
Facilities firm ISS picks IBM Watson IoT to manage client sites
Danish outsourcing and services firm signs new deal with IBM to use Watson’s internet of things capabilities to better manage its clients’ properties
Mon Jul 4, 2016
A second US man pleads guilty to hacking celebrity accounts
A second US hacker faces five years in jail after a guilty plea for hacking into celebrity accounts and stealing private images that were leaked online in 2014
Mon Jul 4, 2016
CityFibre and Gigaclear partner to close rural broadband gap
Backhaul supplier and ultrafast ISP form strategic partnership to boost broadband speeds in rural areas
Mon Jul 4, 2016
Scottish police and Accenture terminate IT systems contract
Scottish Police Authority, Accenture and Police Scotland have mutually agreed to abandon the £40m contract for new operational policing system after project ran into problems
Mon Jul 4, 2016
What do Asean region cities want from tech startups?
Malaysia and Singapore seek to connect UK tech startups to their smart city plans
Mon Jul 4, 2016
Thailand’s TMB Bank modernises IT through the cloud
Bank used a move to Office 365 as a starting point for its transformation into a cloud-first organisation
Mon Jul 4, 2016
Australian tech startups mourn loss of political voice after election
Australian tech startup community loses a strong political voice as innovation minister loses seat in general election
Tue Jul 5, 2016
Industrialised cyber crime disrupting business, report reveals
A majority of businesses do not comprehend the methods and motivations of cyber attackers or fully understand the scale of the threat, a BT-KPMG report reveals
Tue Jul 5, 2016
More than 2,000 police data breaches in 4.5 years, report reveals
Big Brother Watch calls for new policies to ensure police forces keep personal data safe after FOI requests show an average of 10 data breaches a week
Tue Jul 5, 2016
Nordic CIO interview: Tore Burheim, University of Bergen
IT director of Norwegian university tells Computer Weekly about digitising education and creating co-operative clusters
Tue Jul 5, 2016
Virtual reality finds fans at Reading University
Professors at Reading University see virtual reality as an increasingly important research and teaching tool in science and arts subjects
Tue Jul 5, 2016
Digital Economy Bill enshrines right to broadband into UK law
Legislation introduced to parliament will place the right to broadband into law alongside measures to improve data sharing and online protection
Tue Jul 5, 2016
NHS needs to create an ecosystem for innovation, says Swindells
NHS England’s national director for operations and information Matthew Swindells calls for the NHS to foster an “ecosystem for innovation”, but doesn’t believe in kitemarking all health apps
Tue Jul 5, 2016
Is Singapore ready for a Paym-style platform?
City state is considering developing a payments system similar to the UK’s Paym, which allows people to send money using just a mobile number
Wed Jul 6, 2016
Public sector data sharing to transform service delivery, says government
The government sets out to transform how data is shared across public sector bodies as part of a commitment to improve public services
Wed Jul 6, 2016
Lufthansa IT services arm transforms to meet customer demands
IT supplier Lufthansa Systems is changing its business model as its airline customers invest in digital technologies
Wed Jul 6, 2016
HummingBad Android malware highlights worrying trend, say researchers
Security researchers uncover a cyber crime operating model that provides financial self-sufficiency, which they fear will enable larger and more sophisticated campaigns in the future
Wed Jul 6, 2016
Case study: Inside JP Morgan's Glasgow developer centre
JP Morgan chief development officer Stephen Flaherty heads a team of developers in Glasgow, one of the bank's strategic hubs
Wed Jul 6, 2016
IDC predicts slowdown in public cloud infrastructure spend will be short-lived
IDC claims prospect of overseas datacentre builds and growing enterprise demand for off-premise services should ensure sales of IT infrastructure increase through 2016
Wed Jul 6, 2016
UK's Darktrace aims to lead the way to automatic cyber security
Darktrace hopes to be a leader in the move to automated cyber security to free up security professionals to focus on business risk and innovation
Wed Jul 6, 2016
NHS England scraps controversial Care.data programme
The government decides to shut down its troubled Care.data programme as Fiona Caldicott launches new opt-out model for the sharing of patient data
Wed Jul 6, 2016
Iceland tops list of low-risk datacentre locations
Europe nabs six out of the top 10 spots in Cushman & Wakefield's list of low-risk locations to build or buy up datacentre capacity
Wed Jul 6, 2016
Openreach starts duct and pole sharing trials for broadband delivery
Openreach enlists five broadband services providers to take part in a trial of processes for sharing access to its duct and pole infrastructure
Wed Jul 6, 2016
Corporate boards seek more IT expertise, but CIO presence still small
Interest in recruiting CIOs to corporate boards is rising, say recruiters, but board presence is still rare and the CIO talent pool for these appointments relatively shallow.
Wed Jul 6, 2016
Will workers be wooed by Dropbox collaboration tools?
Dropbox's new collaboration tools are aimed at increasing the file-sharing company's footprint in the enterprise. Better now than never, industry experts say. Also in Searchlight: Ethereum fund on life support; China builds the fastest supercomputer.
Wed Jul 6, 2016
Brexit strategy: CIO planning for UK-EU split
For CIOs, the U.K.-EU split opens up a continent of unknowns. Also in Searchlight: Cisco locks on to security startup CloudLock; IBM woos blockchain coders; $4 smartphones hit India.
Wed Jul 6, 2016
NHS trusts need to prioritise data security, says Fiona Caldicott
National data guardian Fiona Caldicott’s report on data security in the NHS recommends 10 new data security standards that will apply to all organisations holding health and care information
Wed Jul 6, 2016
Australian real estate company goes all in on public cloud
Australian real estate marketing company moves systems into the cloud to help it compete during a property boom
Wed Jul 6, 2016
Business has critical role in fighting cyber crime, says report
The National Crime Agency is calling for a stronger collaboration between business and law enforcement to fight cyber crime in the light of a report produced with private sector partners
Thu Jul 7, 2016
Storpool upgrades software-defined storage but remains Linux-only
Bulgarian software-defined storage maker Storpool adds Cloudstack support and boosted performance, but holds fire on adding enterprise-friendly VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V environments
Thu Jul 7, 2016
Saudi Telecom Company leads nation’s transformation agenda
Saudi Telecom Company and its technology partners support the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s drive into digital public services
Thu Jul 7, 2016
Amazon.com CTO cautions enterprises against underestimating value of test and development
Speaking at the AWS Summit in London, Amazon.com CTO hits out at legacy suppliers and urges enterprises to get experimental to protect themselves against competitive threats
Thu Jul 7, 2016
Pure Storage drips out more of its all-flash analytics FlashBlade
Pure lets more customers use its flash-based analytics platform FlashBlade, before the product aimed at high-throughput unstructured data is made generally available later in 2016
Thu Jul 7, 2016
Brexit: AWS reinforces commitment to UK datacentre builds
Cloud services giant claims outcome of EU referendum vote has no bearing on its willingness to invest in the UK or Europe
Thu Jul 7, 2016
The challenges facing social tech and what will tackle them
As part of the Cast launch event, government, corporate and social tech representatives discussed some of the challenges facing social tech and how we can grow tech for good initiatives
Fri Jul 8, 2016
Wendy’s hackers used third-party credentials to steal credit card data
Wendy's fast-food chain has confirmed hackers used third party credentials to plant malware to steal credit card details and reveals that three times as many stores were affected than initially thought
Fri Jul 8, 2016
Anglian Water picks Arqiva to run smartmeter network
Network supplier Arqiva is to build a fixed network in Newmarket to showcase a trial smartmeter project
Fri Jul 8, 2016
Vodafone launches mobile scheme for community hubs
Vodafone’s Community Indoor Sure Signal scheme builds on its Rural Open Sure Signal programme to provide indoor mobile coverage in community hubs
Fri Jul 8, 2016
McLaren-Honda rebuilds network platform on NTT foundations
McLaren-Honda Formula 1 team embarks on three-year technology partnership with NTT Communications
Fri Jul 8, 2016
New Jersey turns to technology to keep offenders out of jail
New Jersey is developing criminal justice applications that will save offenders from spending years in jail before their cases are heard
Fri Jul 8, 2016
Cisco UK and Ireland CEO Phil Smith steps down after 22 years
Phil Smith announces he is stepping down from the day-to-day running of Cisco’s UK and Ireland business to take up the role of chairman
Fri Jul 8, 2016
EU-US Privacy Shield wins EU backing to proceed
The US data-transfer agreement wins the backing of the European Union, paving the way for it to come into force
Fri Jul 8, 2016
Irish data challenge could cost businesses billions, claims Facebook
Facebook and Irish business groups say a legal challenge to Standard Contractual Clauses, used to permit data transfers between Europe and the UK, could cut 1% from Europe's GDP if it succeeds
Fri Jul 8, 2016
Amazon launches bursary to encourage women to study tech
During the AWS Summit in London, Amazon held an invite-only session to showcase its UK research and development
Fri Jul 8, 2016
Government announces technical education overhaul
Skills minister Nick Boles has announced an overhaul of the delivery of technical education in the UK, including introducing new courses and a focus on creating skilled workers
Fri Jul 8, 2016
Security industry largely welcomes NCA cyber crime report
Most information security professionals support the National Crime Agency's call for help from businesses in pursuing cyber criminals
Fri Jul 8, 2016
IPA rates several government IT projects as red or amber/red
The Infrastructure and Projects Authority gives several IT projects a low rating of red or amber/red, including HMRC’s Aspire exit and the Home Office’s Oracle ERP project