TechTarget News - Week of Sep 25, 2016
Sun Sep 25, 2016
Australia must take cyber security opportunity
Australia may never be able to create an IT industry like that in the US, but it can lead in cyber security
Mon Sep 26, 2016
Apple to fix backup security vulnerability in iOS 10
Apple is to issue a security update for a security vulnerability in iOS 10 that could give hackers access to passwords and other security data
Mon Sep 26, 2016
Ministry of Justice IT systems are ‘fragile and precarious’, say MPs
Public Accounts Committee calls on ministry to urgently improve its “inefficient” IT systems to avoid delays to service transformation
Mon Sep 26, 2016
Growth in UK smartphone market levels off
Deloitte’s annual study of UK consumer mobile habits reveals that more than 80% of Brits own or have access to a smartphone, and growth is levelling off
Mon Sep 26, 2016
Yahoo security still poor despite massive breach, claims Venafi
Yahoo is likely to have been a victim of its own encryption and security is still poor despite the huge breach that hit the company in 2014, according to security firm Venafi
Mon Sep 26, 2016
Bangkok Airways takes customer service to the cloud
Airline is the latest Southeast Asian organisation to harness cloud-based software to improve customer services, deploying the Oracle Service Cloud
Mon Sep 26, 2016
Yahoo sued over data breach
Yahoo is facing a class action lawsuit that alleges that the internet firm showed a reckless disregard for the security of its users that resulted in a breach affecting half a billion accounts
Mon Sep 26, 2016
Emirates Islamic bank and the Muslim finance revolution
The CIO at Dubai-based bank Emirates Islamic tells Computer Weekly how IT is supporting the company through industry change
Mon Sep 26, 2016
Data-center-to-cloud, direct-connection platform wins innovation award
The Console networking platform bypasses the public internet to offer subscribers on-demand, one-to-one connections with cloud providers and other partners.
Mon Sep 26, 2016
Unprecedented hardware problem brings down Australian Stock Exchange
Financial regulator launches probe after hardware failure in main database led to problems for stock exchange market system
Tue Sep 27, 2016
BoxWorks 2016: The fight for diversity should not always surround gender
Three CIOs and an executive from collaboration firm Box discuss the global search for diversity in tech, and how gender parity is not the only issue
Tue Sep 27, 2016
Microsoft accuses public cloud rivals of overlooking enterprise
Software giant talks up its enterprise credentials and heritage, while taking a swipe at its public cloud competitors
Tue Sep 27, 2016
Mobility is about to enter the post-app era, says Gartner
At an event in South Africa, Gartner analysts look ahead to an era of mobility that goes beyond apps
Tue Sep 27, 2016
More than 100 patients affected by Leeds pathology IT systems crash
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust postpones a number of patients’ operations after its pathology IT systems crash
Tue Sep 27, 2016
Yahoo breach underlines need for Security Serious Week
The recently disclosed Yahoo data breach shows that no business is immune, underlining the need to raise awareness and improve practices, say the organisers of Security Serious Week
Tue Sep 27, 2016
Lax perimeter security exposes bank to hacker extortion attempt
Failure to follow standard network security best practice has exposed a Californian investment bank to cyber criminals’ demands
Tue Sep 27, 2016
SD-WAN vendors seek larger market slice through partnerships, services
Silver Peak, Versa Networks and Viptela are the latest SD-WAN vendors to launch partnerships and services in a market expected to top $6 billion by 2020.
Tue Sep 27, 2016
Macro trends HP is tracking: Urbanization, globalization, demographics
HP Inc. CTO Shane Wall weighs in on three big macro trends that are shaping the company's long-horizon strategy.
Tue Sep 27, 2016
NetApp revamps FAS filers with 15TB flash and NVMe
NetApp brings its Ontap 9 operating system and hardware changes to its FAS and all-flash FAS multi-protocol arrays with a range that scales up to tens of petabytes
Wed Sep 28, 2016
Microsoft preps datacentres for AI revolution through deployment of reprogrammable chips
Microsoft claims field programmable gate array chips are now live in Azure datacentres in 15 countries, as it future-proofs its infrastructure for the rise of big data applications
Wed Sep 28, 2016
UKtech50 2016 - help us find the most influential people in UK IT
Computer Weekly's annual search for the 50 most influential people in UK IT is underway – let us know who you would like to nominate for this year's list
Wed Sep 28, 2016
Gigaclear to deliver fibre broadband through old water pipes
Rural fibre broadband supplier Gigaclear has teamed up with Affinity Water Distribution to study the feasibility of using disused water mains as an FTTP delivery mechanism
Wed Sep 28, 2016
UK Oracle MD: companies repeating tangled architectures in cloud
Oracle’s UK, Ireland and Israel managing director, Dermot O’Kelly takes stock of Open World 2016 and urges CIOs not to reinvent on-premise “accidental architectures” in the cloud
Wed Sep 28, 2016
UK National Cyber Security Centre set to launch
NCSC is due to launch officially on 1 October 2016 and will help the healthcare sector deliver consistent quality of data security
Wed Sep 28, 2016
Mastercard woos software developers with API platform
Credit card company Mastercard is investing heavily in digital payments and wants to engage with developers and startups
Wed Sep 28, 2016
Clinicians key to building public trust around sharing patient data
Government needs to build public trust around sharing of anonymised patient data and nothing will change until public conversation takes place, healthcare event told
Wed Sep 28, 2016
Splunk vs the skills shortage – trying to help organisations gain the right skills
Splunk’s CEO Douglas Merritt explains how the organisation has been working to help people both in and outside its organisation to gain the skills needed to use its big data technology
Wed Sep 28, 2016
5G worth more than €113bn per year to European economy
An EC-supported study conducted by InterDigital suggests investment in 5G could generate an annual benefit of €113bn by 2025
Wed Sep 28, 2016
Business secretary calls for national broadband upgrade
In a speech to the Institute of Directors’ annual conference, Greg Clark calls for a major broadband upgrade to support the reinvention of the government’s industrial strategy
Wed Sep 28, 2016
NHS Digital aims to put healthcare on firm cyber security footing
NHS Digital set to work closely with National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to boost healthcare sector cyber security capabilities
Wed Sep 28, 2016
BlackBerry ends production of mobile phones
Canadian firm to focus on a strategy built around software development, including security and applications, and mobile device management
Thu Sep 29, 2016
Is it NAS? Is it object storage? It’s both. It’s Avere’s C2N
Avere launches C2N hybrid NAS/object storage box that uses touted efficiencies of erasure coding to take aim at claimed drawbacks of clustered NAS rivals like Isilon
Thu Sep 29, 2016
Microsoft’s grand plan aims to make big data intelligence accessible to all
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wants to democratise access to big data intelligence across the enterprise through the use of cloud, machine learning and new datacentre chip technologies
Thu Sep 29, 2016
Trust issues stifling digital economy growth, study shows
Businesses that have products and services based on trust have a significant opportunity to future-proof their business, but those who do not risk being side-lined, a study shows
Thu Sep 29, 2016
Amazon Web Services expands European datacentre footprint with Paris region opening
Amazon Web Services outlines plans to build Paris datacentre region in 2017, as demand for locally hosted cloud services grows
Thu Sep 29, 2016
Breaches should be on the decline by now, says infosec veteran John Walker
A focus on the board, governance and compliance is distracting many infosec leaders from the real objective of securing data, says John Walker
Thu Sep 29, 2016
NGOs challenge UK and US mass surveillance in human rights court
Privacy International, Liberty and the American Civil Liberties Union are among 10 human rights groups backing a landmark challenge to mass surveillance in the European Court of Human Rights
Fri Sep 30, 2016
Manchester tech firms clamour for faster broadband connections
Tech businesses in Manchester are crying out for better broadband connections, according to a report commissioned by digital connectivity analysts WiredScore
Fri Sep 30, 2016
Google to open UK datacentre region as enterprise cloud push gathers pace
Internet giant outlines next phase of enterprise cloud development, including rolling out machine learning across its portfolio and building out its global datacentre presence
Fri Sep 30, 2016
Brexit has thrown ICO plans into flux, admits information commissioner
The ICO is working to ensure that the UK's post-Brexit data protection law is progressive, stands up to scrutiny and provides stability, says information commissioner Elizabeth Denham
Fri Sep 30, 2016
Singapore’s merged IT and media agency is up and running
Government organisation will drive digital and media technology in business, government and society
Fri Sep 30, 2016
Business rate increases will hurt UK broadband sector, says industry
Stakeholders have criticised the Valuation Office Agency for huge rises in business rates on fibre cables that may affect the cost of broadband services
Fri Sep 30, 2016
CISOs need to be more business-focused, says Publicis CISO
Information security leadership is about politics, getting a place at the top table and showing what security can do for the business, according to Publicis CISO Thom Langford
Fri Sep 30, 2016
DirecTV Now on target to become AT&T's main video platform
AT&T plans to test wireless broadband traveling near power lines; AT&T pushes its online-streaming platform, DirecTV Now; and Yahoo and Verizon weigh the effects of the largest recorded company hack on its deal.