TechTarget News - Week of Sep 18, 2016
Mon Sep 19, 2016
MoJ appoints new chief digital and information officer
Tom Read, currently digital boss at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, will replace Arif Harbott as chief digital and information officer at the Ministry of Justice
Mon Sep 19, 2016
Surrey and Borders NHS Trust launches IoT trial for dementia patients
A major trial of IoT technology in the homes of vulnerable dementia patients could pave the way for a revolution in how elderly care is delivered in the NHS
Mon Sep 19, 2016
OpenWorld 2016: Ellison stakes claim for infrastructure as a service
In his opening keynote at Oracle OpenWorld 2016, Oracle chairman and CTO cites AWS, Workday and Microsoft as main competitors for cloud revenue in enterprise IT
Mon Sep 19, 2016
Consumers trust banks more than government for biometric security
UK citizens think banks are the best organisations to provide biometric authentication for payments
Mon Sep 19, 2016
Microsoft cuts Skype jobs in London
Microsoft is consolidating its Skype staff in London to one office and merging some roles, which could result in more than 200 job cuts
Mon Sep 19, 2016
Italian bottle maker deploys 88TB of Syneto hyper-converged storage
Serioplast gets reliable disaster recovery as it replaces NetApp plus remote physical servers with Syneto hyper-converged infrastructure at factories across Europe, Africa and Asia
Mon Sep 19, 2016
Masergy, Interoute to offer Silver Peak managed SD-WAN services
Silver Peak has joined a growing list of WAN vendors partnering with service providers to roll out managed SD-WAN services for enterprise customers.
Mon Sep 19, 2016
Singapore spells out e-payment vision
Singapore outlines its strategy to use electronic payments to improve things for businesses and consumers
Mon Sep 19, 2016
Australia adopts British internet of things framework
Australia is adopting an internet of things standard that was developed in the UK to help improve security, among other things
Tue Sep 20, 2016
Cyber security a key feature of US rules on self-driving cars
The US government publishes a policy aimed at ensuring the safety of self-driving cars
Tue Sep 20, 2016
Blenheim Palace IT addresses monitoring challenge with services deal
IT team at major UK historical venue supports diverse business through “eyes and ears” services agreement
Tue Sep 20, 2016
Digital Catapult sets up London-wide IoT network
The Digital Catapult is launching a London-wide internet of things network to support digital startups and SMEs as they develop applications and use-cases
Tue Sep 20, 2016
Business warned not to be complacent about cyber security
Lloyds of London survey reveals just how badly some European firms are failing in terms of cyber security and low levels of awareness about the role of cyber insurance
Tue Sep 20, 2016
Essex hospital trust upgrades IT infrastructure
Mid Essex NHS Trust upgrades its storage infrastructure to keep up with increasing volumes of data
Tue Sep 20, 2016
Finance consultancy puts blockchain apps in the cloud
US fintech services provider Synechron makes a number of its blockchain applications available in the cloud to help financial services firms get to grips with the emerging technology
Tue Sep 20, 2016
JShell: Adding REPL capabilities to the JDK
At JavaOne 2016, Oracle's chief architect of the Java platform group, Mark Reinhold, discusses the addition of JShell. Learn why he's excited.
Wed Sep 21, 2016
Best of VMworld Europe User Awards 2016 open for entries until 30 September
The Best of VMworld Europe User Awards 2016 are now open for entries until 30 September. Read the criteria and find out how to submit your nomination here
Wed Sep 21, 2016
Qadars Trojan gears up to target UK banks
Advanced Trojan that has been targeting different regions is now preparing to hit UK banks, according to IBM X-Force Research
Wed Sep 21, 2016
IBM opens first Nordic cloud datacentre
Oslo datacentre is IBM’s 12th in Europe and 48th globally and will target large and small enterprises and startups to offer services
Wed Sep 21, 2016
Virtual Instruments extends VirtualWisdom to NAS testing
Storage performance monitoring and analysis provider extends capability to NAS testing for the first time as customer use of file access for virtualisation brings storage issues
Wed Sep 21, 2016
Ellison slams AWS at Oracle Open World 2016
Oracle CTO Larry Ellison criticises Amazon Web Services as a cloud database environment at Oracle Open World 2016, fleshing out earlier critique
Wed Sep 21, 2016
Mobile connectivity still costing businesses billions
Despite efforts to bring down the cost of mobile connectivity for business users, a report from iPass shows business travellers are incurring hundreds of pounds of charges every month
Wed Sep 21, 2016
Finland’s OP Financial Group outlines digital ambitions
Chief digital officer at financial services group describes how new technology is fundamentally changing the business
Wed Sep 21, 2016
Skills gaps and ill-defined strategies hold back cloud adoption, suggests IDC research
Cisco-backed research into cloud adoption trends suggests few enterprises have perfected their off-premise IT strategies
Wed Sep 21, 2016
Brussels proposes new rules to stop abuse of roaming charge rules
The European College of Commissioners has proposed new rules to help prevent abuse of the end of mobile roaming charges across the EU
Wed Sep 21, 2016
$81m cyber heist highlights gap between attacker and defenders, says Swift
Secure messaging service Swift was surprised by the gaps in banks’ cyber security practises highlighted by mega cyber heist, says CISO Alain Desausoi
Wed Sep 21, 2016
The future of Java promises a cleaner, more readable syntax
Java has always been derided as being too verbose, especially when compared with languages like Groovy or Scala. But, according to Brian Goetz, that's all about to change after Java 9.
Wed Sep 21, 2016
From JShell to Jigsaw, reactive programming is built into Java EE
If we learned one thing from the JavaOne 2016 keynotes, it's that the Java EE platform is built to enable reactive programming.
Wed Sep 21, 2016
Just like last year, JavaOne 2016 showcases Java 9 enhancements
With no particularly new announcements surrounding the Java platform, JavaOne 2016 has a more subdued feel than conferences in years past.
Wed Sep 21, 2016
Many don’t test disaster recovery plans properly, survey finds
Nearly 40% of UK organisations do not test disaster recovery plans properly, mainly because of concerns about disruption to production operations
Thu Sep 22, 2016
Cyber attack aimed at destruction, says TV5Monde
TV5Monde counting the cost of not being adequately prepared for a cyber attacked that downed the network in 2015
Thu Sep 22, 2016
Which? calls for user compensation over Windows 10 upgrade issues
Consumer rights champion’s research shows 12% of Windows 10 users have downgraded to an older version of the software because of troublesome updates
Thu Sep 22, 2016
Hypergrid adds metered usage and networks to hyper-converged kit
Hyper-converged appliance maker will allow customers to pay for what they use in hardware that will now add networking
Thu Sep 22, 2016
Dropbox gives UK enterprises option to host cloud data in Europe
Cloud storage firm makes good on an earlier pledge to give enterprises the opportunity to host data in Europe, as its efforts to court the business community continue
Thu Sep 22, 2016
Pizza Hut Hong Kong rips up traditional CRM rule book
IT director of parent company Jardine Restaurant Group has transformed the way Pizza Hut interacts with customers in Hong Kong and plans the same in Myanmar and Vietnam
Thu Sep 22, 2016
Government’s lack of clear plan for digital NHS poses risk to ‘credibility’
The King‘s Fund warns that the government’s plans for a digital NHS lack clarity around funding and priorities
Thu Sep 22, 2016
Openreach responds to Fix Britain’s Internet broadband campaigners
Openreach CEO Clive Selley has criticised rival broadband providers campaigning for the separation of the infrastructure business from its parent, BT, saying they are ignoring important facts
Thu Sep 22, 2016
Accenture apprentice scheme gets first female graduate
Accenture’s IT apprentice programme has its first female graduate, and the company hopes this is the start of more female graduates to come
Thu Sep 22, 2016
Fight antipatterns with YAGNTI: You ain't gonna need that interface
To go along with acronyms like TAGRI and YAGNI, we'd like to add YAGNTI: You ain't gonna need that interface. Learn why that applies to JavaOne 2016.
Thu Sep 22, 2016
ONF Project Boulder continues working toward SDN interoperability
SDN market-watchers discussed Project Boulder's SDN interoperability trial, nine good reasons to buy white box switches and Riverbed's latest SD-WAN strategy.
Thu Sep 22, 2016
Hedvig storage update offers multicloud capabilities
Hedvig outlined its vision for a Universal Data Plane spanning public and private clouds, as it announced an updated version of its software-defined storage.
Fri Sep 23, 2016
Case study: Housing & Care 21 makes digital advances
The retirement housing and care services provider has launched its first digital system in a care home and will no longer install analogue systems across its estate
Fri Sep 23, 2016
Yahoo under fire over data breach affecting 500 million users
Yahoo comes under fire for not detecting and notifying users sooner of the biggest breach of personal details to date
Fri Sep 23, 2016
UK government partners with tech startups on cyber security
Applications are open to cyber security startups for the first of two cyber innovation centres to receive £50m over five years, as part of the government’s £1.9bn National Cyber Security Programme
Fri Sep 23, 2016
BBC opens up about holographic TV trials
Broadcaster reveals how it is attempting to pre-empt the potential change in viewing habits the rise of augmented reality could bring
Fri Sep 23, 2016
RBS tests claim blockchain could replace UK’s Faster Payments bank clearing scheme
Researchers at the Royal Bank of Scotland investigate the use of distributed ledger technology for bank clearing systems
Fri Sep 23, 2016
Government enlists startups to develop exporters’ network
The Department for International Trade selects two startups to help it build an artificial intelligence, peer-to-peer knowledge network
Fri Sep 23, 2016
New Cisco professional services aimed at hybrid clouds
The latest Cisco professional services are aimed at helping companies build and manage hybrid clouds. The offering reflects a shift in Cisco's cloud strategy.
Fri Sep 23, 2016
Government mishandling smart meter roll-out, says committee
The Science and Technology Committee accuses the government of being unclear on the benefits of gas and electricity smart meters, and mishandling aspects of the national roll-out