TechTarget News - Week of Oct 30, 2016
Mon Oct 31, 2016
Black cab customers can now pay by card as well as cash
London Mayor’s Taxi and Private Hire Action Plan sees card technology introduced to all black cabs in the capital
Mon Oct 31, 2016
Liquor distributor turns to SD-WAN to support digital operation
Liquor distributor Republic National Distributing Co. chose the less expensive Silver Peak SD-WAN to raise the reliability of its new digital operation.
Tue Nov 1, 2016
Insurers face same legacy system battle as retail banks
The biggest barrier to insurance companies adopting digital technology is their heavy reliance on legacy IT systems
Tue Nov 1, 2016
UK government re-announces £1.9bn cyber security spend
Five-year spending increase - announced by Chancellor Philip Hammond 12 months after George Osborne did so - will support new UK cyber security strategy
Wed Nov 2, 2016
Coca-Cola cloud project bottles rewards for 25,000 staff
Coca-Cola European Partners, which bottles 15 billion litres of soft drinks each year, is working with an HR technology supplier to develop flexible rewards packages for its 25,000 employees
Wed Nov 2, 2016
Broadcom buys Brocade but will sell off IP network business
Chipmaker will acquire Brocade for $5.9bn to broaden its storage business, and plans to sell off most of its acquisition’s networking business
Wed Nov 2, 2016
Election Protection helps voters with call center technology
Election Protection handles upward of 100,000 calls per day as Election Day nears, routing calls from high-call-volume states using Genesys.
Wed Nov 2, 2016
Pure-play cyber security has real value, says incoming McAfee head
Intel Security has outlined its strategy to protect the new digital economy as it gears up for innovation as a new independent pure-play security firm under the McAfee banner
Wed Nov 2, 2016
Cisco IoT strategy for partners: Sell to line-of-business buyers
Cisco executives speaking at the company's partner summit advised channel companies to get familiar with enterprise operational technology buyers when selling IoT offerings.
Thu Nov 3, 2016
Australia and New Zealand IT pros on bigger salaries than UK equivalents
Aussie IT pros are better rewarded than their counterparts in the UK, according to surveys
Thu Nov 3, 2016
Climate hackathon aims to use tech to save the planet
London joins cities around the world to seek technology solutions to tackle climate change and help the environment
Thu Nov 3, 2016
Is API adoption necessary for successful network automation?
This week, bloggers explore API adoption for network automation, Igneous Systems' hyperconverged cloud management and NetBeez's troubleshooting.
Thu Nov 3, 2016
Cisco pledges a quicker rollout of network automation tools
Cisco tells Partner Summit attendees it will move faster to deliver the network automation tools the vendor has been slow to provide.
Fri Nov 4, 2016
CenturyLink sells datacentre portfolio to private equity consortium
Telco brings an end to months of speculation about its datacentre plans by confirming it has reached a deal to offload 57 sites to BC Partners
Fri Nov 4, 2016
Cisco collaboration tools: Partners can offer clients new pricing
Cisco discussed a new per-user, per-month pricing approach for its cloud-based and on-premises collaboration services and products at the company's partner summit.