TechTarget News - Week of Jul 31, 2016
Sun Jul 31, 2016
DWP director Kevin Cunnington set to take over as new head of Government Digital Service
Kevin Cunnington, currently director general for business transformation at DWP, is taking over as the new head of the Government Digital Service
Mon Aug 1, 2016
Canadian government reveals ‘right cloud’ adoption strategy for public sector organisations
Government plans G-Cloud-like resource to help public sector CIOs procure cloud services more easily
Mon Aug 1, 2016
Uber plans own Google Maps amid merger with rival in China
Uber forges ahead with own digital mapping project as it cuts its losses in China by merging with local rival Didi Chuxing
Mon Aug 1, 2016
IT boss Mark Dearnley to leave HMRC
HMRC’s chief digital and information officer is returning to the private sector in the midst of the department’s Aspire contract exit
Mon Aug 1, 2016
Barclays to use voice recognition for phone banking
Retail bank says technology will provide secure verification by recognising the unique characteristics of each person’s voice
Mon Aug 1, 2016
Stephen Foreshew-Cain confirms he is leaving GDS
Head of Government Digital Service is leaving after nine months in the role, to be replaced by the Department for Work and Pensions’ Kevin Cunnington
Mon Aug 1, 2016
ARM expands IoT security team
Chip maker continues to boost its internet of things security capabilties by expanding its Israeli engineering team
Mon Aug 1, 2016
ThoughtWorks runs tech hackathon to provide post-Brexit support to public
ThoughtWorks hosts Hack Brexit to find ways to keep the public better informed about the consequences of the Brexit vote
Tue Aug 2, 2016
Enterprises dangerously complacent about mobile threats, says report
Businesses must ensure mobile security controls are deployed and enforced on every device used to access corporate data and apps, according to MobileIron’s latest mobile security and risk review
Tue Aug 2, 2016
White House efficiency reforms will limit new datacentre investments from January 2017
US government CIO Tony Scott outlines the next wave of reforms designed to curtail datacentre use by public sector agencies and departments
Tue Aug 2, 2016
Sky suffers national broadband outage
Nationwide service outage has affected users of Sky’s fibre-based broadband services
Tue Aug 2, 2016
Saudi Telecom Company builds out NFV capabilities
Operator continues roll-out of network function virtualisation-based services as networking trend sweeps Gulf region
Tue Aug 2, 2016
Nordic CIO interview: Liv Fiksdahl, DNB
CIO of Norwegian bank tells Computer Weekly how Indian outsourcing partners help her keep costs down and digitise the business
Tue Aug 2, 2016
Threat intelligence key to fighting cyber crime, says CrowdStrike
CrowdStrike develops new cyber crime intelligence services by studying the ecosystem and tools that enable criminals to set up and run their cyber attack operations
Tue Aug 2, 2016
Broadband connection voucher SMEs generate substantial ROI
London SMEs that received help in getting online through the government’s broadband connection voucher scheme in 2015 are generating much more money, according to a report
Tue Aug 2, 2016
Ransomware is a mature business model for cyber criminals, says report
Ransomware is now an established business model for cyber criminals as malware increasingly uses evasion techniques, second quarter research by PhishMe reveals
Tue Aug 2, 2016
Swedish fuel supplier replaces multiple systems with single ERP application to free up IT
Preem is in the middle of a project that will see it replace about 40 business systems with off-the-shelf ERP
Tue Aug 2, 2016
MI5 wrongly told staff it was exempt from privacy safeguards
Security service MI5 carried out a rearguard attempt to avoid requirements to seek independent approval for accessing the public’s internet, web, email and phone records
Tue Aug 2, 2016
Windows 10 Anniversary Update ramps up Defender security
Microsoft has added a full biometrics-powered password manager to support website authentication
Tue Aug 2, 2016
Linux botnets on the rise, says Kaspersky DDoS report
DDoS attack data collected by Kaspersky Lab shows a greater proportion of attacks are coming from hijacked Linux servers and attacks are tending to last longer
Tue Aug 2, 2016
Hacker attacks following Verizon purchase of Yahoo
A hacker has claimed to have stolen 200 million user account details from Yahoo
Wed Aug 3, 2016
Asean consumers divided on digital satisfaction
SAP survey reveals 47% of Asean consumers are satisfied with their digital experiences, while 20% are dissatisfied
Wed Aug 3, 2016
DDoS attack disrupts 123 Reg services despite DDoS protection
UK domain name and hosting service hit by distributed denial of service attack, underling the importance of adequate mitigation systems
Wed Aug 3, 2016
Government considers use cases for blockchain
A government Select Committee met with industry experts to discuss the potential for using blockchain in and outside of the UK government
Wed Aug 3, 2016
UAE consumers not confident that their data is safe
Protecting customer data is a top priority for organisations in the Middle East as threat levels increase
Wed Aug 3, 2016
Alphabet X gets go-ahead to test delivery drones in the US
The US government approves Project Wing drone trials in the US as part of an initiative aimed at boosting UAV safety and use
Wed Aug 3, 2016
Gap between biggest and smallest cloud infrastructure firms is growing
Synergy Research Group's second-quarter cloud infrastructure services tracker reveals that the gap between the market's biggest and smallest players is getting wider
Wed Aug 3, 2016
Government awards blockchain G-cloud contract to startup Credits
The government awards a contract to startup firm Credits to supply public services with blockchain platform as a service
Wed Aug 3, 2016
MTR Crossrail overcomes tech hurdles to roll out beacons
Rail operator deploys one of Europe’s largest beacon roll-outs across its stations to accommodate new audit and driver apps
Wed Aug 3, 2016
One in five businesses hit by ransomware are forced to close, study shows
More than half of UK companies have been hit by ransomware in the past year, a study on the impacts of this popular attack method has revealed
Wed Aug 3, 2016
IBM DeepFlash 150 latest in all-flash aimed at file, object and analytics use cases
IBM’s DeepFlash 150 adds to the emerging trend of all-flash storage aimed at file, object and analytics use cases with option for petabyte-scale storage using IBM Spectrum Scale
Wed Aug 3, 2016
Software WAN reaches peak of hype cycle
This week, networking industry analysts assess the networking hype cycle, Black Hat 2016 and networking in the 1980s.
Wed Aug 3, 2016
Ofcom comms survey shows changing nature of UK network use
Brits are spending more time online than ever before, according to Ofcom’s annual Communications Market Report
Thu Aug 4, 2016
Why Asean SMBs increasingly opt for SaaS
Region is seeing a rapid take-up of cloud-based business software driven by SMBs and large firms expanding in Southeast Asia
Thu Aug 4, 2016
Bitcoin exchange hack highlights security weaknesses
The breach of the Bitfinex bitcoin exchange highlights the need to follow best practices and to improve security around exchanges and wallets, say security experts
Thu Aug 4, 2016
Singapore’s DBS Bank signs up to Amazon cloud
The latest move in the cloud journey of DBS bank in Singapore is an agreement with Amazon Web Services
Thu Aug 4, 2016
Context warns of VoIP wars at Black Hat USA
A lack of understanding of modern VoIP and unified communications security opens many service providers and businesses to cyber attack, a Context IS researcher warns at Black Hat USA
Thu Aug 4, 2016
Slow broadband causes widespread stress, campaigners claim
A report compiled for the ISP-led Fix Britain’s Internet campaign has said that millions of people are experiencing stress and anxiety because of slow and unreliable broadband
Thu Aug 4, 2016
Italian-based Android RAT spies on mobiles in Japan and China, say researchers
Researchers discover an Italian-based Android RAT designed for spying that is targeting mobile devices using their unique identification codes
Thu Aug 4, 2016
Quip joins growing stable of Salesforce apps
With the addition of Quip, Salesforce users can perform word processing tasks without leaving the CRM provider's platform -- which may spell bad news for Microsoft.
Fri Aug 5, 2016
Artificial intelligence takes centre stage in cyber security
Artificial intelligence-led cyber security technology has been in the spotlight at two major industry conferences in Las Vegas, signalling a firm trend in cyber defence research
Fri Aug 5, 2016
GDS ‘will not be broken up’, says new boss Kevin Cunnington
The new GDS boss promises to continue the work of his predecessors and vows that the organisation will retain digital leadership of the public sector
Fri Aug 5, 2016
Banner Health cyber breach underlines need for faster intrusion detection
A data breach at Banner Health has highlighted the importance of intrusion detection and prompted calls for greater cyber security investment in the increasingly targeted healthcare industry
Fri Aug 5, 2016
NHS England offers top digital trusts £100m prize fund
The UK's 26 most digitally advanced NHS trusts have been invited to apply for funding to become global digital excellence centres
Fri Aug 5, 2016
RBS abandons IT project for hiving off 300+ bank branches
RBS has abandoned a project to create an IT platform to support the sell-off of more than 300 bank branches
Fri Aug 5, 2016
Rackspace ‘on brink’ of sale to private equity house – report
Reports suggest managed cloud company could be sold in a matter of days, ending its time as a publicly listed company
Fri Aug 5, 2016
ChannelCon 2016: Cloud and data protection moves at CompTIA show
Vendors in the cloud and data protection markets were among the partner-oriented companies making moves at CompTIA ChannelCon 2016.