TechTarget News - Week of Dec 11, 2016
Mon Dec 12, 2016
IT Priorities 2017: More than half of Middle East organisations will reduce spending on IT staff
Organisations in the Middle East face the challenge of gaining new IT skills despite IT staff budget cuts
Mon Dec 12, 2016
KPMG cautions CEOs against ignoring GDPR requirements because of Brexit
Professional services giant KPMG says UK businesses cannot afford to ignore incoming European data protection requirements if they want to continue to trade successfully with the continent in future
Tue Dec 13, 2016
European cloud adoption grows thanks to Microsoft Office 365 push
Google broke the mould with a cloud-based office productivity suite, but it now appears to be losing ground to Microsoft
Tue Dec 13, 2016
KFC hacked: Customers urged to reset loyalty scheme passwords
Fast food giant has emailed all 1.2 million members of its loyalty scheme, urging them to change their passwords after its recent data breach
Tue Dec 13, 2016
Tech industry big guns unite to create crash-free IT services and systems
Some of the tech industry's biggest names have come together to create the Zero Outage Industry Standards Association to help improve the uptime of IT systems and services
Tue Dec 13, 2016
Saudi Arabia enterprise IT trends for 2017
Computer Weekly looks at the technologies that will dominate enterprise IT in Saudi Arabia next year
Tue Dec 13, 2016
Is there a Dutch digital delusion?
To stand still is to decline. The Netherlands seems to be losing ground in the digital world, according to new reports
Tue Dec 13, 2016
GP tests out connected stethoscope, cleared for NHS use
A digitally connected stethoscope from a Silicon Valley startup is now available in the UK and promises to change patient-doctor interaction
Tue Dec 13, 2016
Metro Bank moves IT infrastructure to cloud
Metro Bank moves its IT infrastructure to a private Rackspace cloud platform, which will allow it to keep up with the latest technologies and reduce costs
Wed Dec 14, 2016
AWS opens UK datacentre region to meet "pent-up" demand for locally-hosted cloud
The UK managing director of AWS claims region opening will help existing customers meet their latency and data sovereignty requirements, and benefit the wider economy
Wed Dec 14, 2016
Swedish trading venue Nasdaq Stockholm fined for cyber security failures
The Swedish financial services regulator FI fines Nasdaq Stockholm and its clearing operation for not managing its security supplier adequately
Wed Dec 14, 2016
IT services advisory sector consolidates as ISG acquires Alsbridge
Significant robotic process automation skills included in ISG’s $74m acquisition of Alsbridge
Wed Dec 14, 2016
NAO urges CCS to step up as it fails to achieve value for money target
The Crown Commercial Service is failing to deliver quality services to customers and achieving value for money, according to the National Audit Office
Wed Dec 14, 2016
Swedish Cider company upgrades to cloud ERP to keep up with growth
Apple-based product manufacturer moves to an industry-specific ERP system in the cloud
Wed Dec 14, 2016
Microsoft to offer cloud users private network connections to UK datacentres
Software giant Microsoft expands on UK datacentre launch to give users private network access to its facilities
Wed Dec 14, 2016
Why 2017 promises to bring more network automation systems
Arista, Cisco and Juniper took steps this year toward providing better network automation systems. Next year, companies can expect to see technology from other vendors.
Wed Dec 14, 2016
AWS device cited as stepping stone to Amazon foray into HCI
This week, bloggers assess what Amazon's Snowball Edge really means when it comes to HCI, as well as discuss some of the new features of Arista's new leaf and spine switch.
Thu Dec 15, 2016
Yahoo hacked: One billion users affected by August 2013 data breach, company confirms
Yahoo confirms details of a historic data breach, dating back to 2013, affecting one billion users
Thu Dec 15, 2016
Typo allowed Russian hackers to access US Democratic Party emails
Typographical mistake in an email warning of a phishing attack on the US Democrats led to thousands of private emails being accessed and published by Russian-backed hackers
Thu Dec 15, 2016
University Hospital Limerick upgrades digital emergency department system
The Irish hospital hopes the new system will change the way it tracks patient journeys and collects real-time data
Thu Dec 15, 2016
BMW Group uses IBM Watson to explore personalised driver systems
BMW and IBM are putting research teams together to investigate the use of IBM Watson to personalise the driver experience
Thu Dec 15, 2016
Cisco confirms closure of Intercloud public cloud platform in 2017
Networking giant says change in cloud strategy indicates how users’ technology needs are evolving
Thu Dec 15, 2016
Cisco closing Intercloud Fabric in cloud strategy shift
Cisco is in the process of moving customers off the Intercloud Fabric as the company prepares to close the infrastructure-as-a-service offering.
Fri Dec 16, 2016
Smart machines primed to accelerate across business
Machine intelligence, artificial intelligence and cognitive computing are likely to become key components of business operations, says Gartner
Fri Dec 16, 2016
2017 IT Priorities: Benelux IT leaders least confident of budget increase
Benelux-based IT decision makers expect to divert more of their IT budgets to cloud technology and services
Fri Dec 16, 2016
Oracle Q2 2016-17 results: cloud growth but overall revenue flat
Oracle’s Q2 results for fiscal year 2017 indicate 70% growth in cloud revenue from $649m in same year ago quarter to $1.1bn, 12% of overall revenue, flat at $9bn
Fri Dec 16, 2016
Government delays release of digital transformation strategy until new year
Sources say strategy is “ready to go”, but GDS is working with government departments to “embed” it further
Fri Dec 16, 2016
Ofcom says 5% of UK properties still lack sufficient broadband access
Ofcom’s Connected Nations report highlights improvements in broadband speed and connectivity across the UK, as well as areas that are still ripe for improvement
Fri Dec 16, 2016
Vulnerable websites make up half of the internet's top sites
News roundup: A report finds nearly half the internet is filled with vulnerable websites. Plus, SWIFT confirms more hacks, Amit Yoran steps down from RSA and more.
Fri Dec 16, 2016
Attivo Networks enlists partners to sell deception-based security
Attivo Networks introduced a new partner program to sell its deception-based security technology; other IT channel news from the week.
Fri Dec 16, 2016
Salesforce-AWS partnership expected to benefit customers
By switching to Amazon Web Services, existing Salesforce customers could gain insight from AWS apps that will easily integrate with Salesforce.