TechTarget News - Week of Jan 08, 2017
Mon Jan 9, 2017
UKCloud cuts cloud storage pricing for public sector customers and sticks boot into US rivals
Public sector-focused cloud provider claims latest round of price cuts means its services are cheaper to use than some of its US counterparts
Mon Jan 9, 2017
Waymo self-driving minivans to begin public road tests soon
Google spin off Waymo announces trials of new self-driving vehicles, with all technologies involved developed in-house to cut costs and improve performance
Mon Jan 9, 2017
Former Surrey NHS IT chief and supplier both jailed for corruption
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s former informatics director goes to jail for accepting £80,000 worth of bribes from a supplier in return for an IT contract
Mon Jan 9, 2017
In a post-Mirai world, the FTC wants more secure routers from D-Link
The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against D-Link, and experts said the move was likely to push more secure routers in the wake of the Mirai botnet attacks.
Mon Jan 9, 2017
Git repos hide secret keys, rooted out by Truffle Hog
Truffle Hog utility roots out and detects text blobs with enough entropy to be secret keys -- even those buried deep in old Git repositories -- to prevent exploits.
Tue Jan 10, 2017
Cyber security scare stories could sharpen focus at banks
There are continual cyber attacks on banks, and although most are repelled, there is significant room for improvement
Tue Jan 10, 2017
Brexit should not hinder 5G development, says report
A report commissioned by the government claims the UK’s 2016 vote to leave the European Union should have minimal impact on the country’s ability to lead on the development of 5G networks
Tue Jan 10, 2017
January Patch Tuesday sparse before Windows security updates change
Microsoft offers up a meager January 2017 Patch Tuesday release before bigger changes planned for Windows security update announcements, which are set to take effect in February.
Wed Jan 11, 2017
McKinsey finds hard work to do in Big Data Revisited report
The McKinsey Global Institute has revisited its path-breaking 2011 big data report, finding a new salience for machine learning, and most companies under-capitalising their data
Wed Jan 11, 2017
Insecure MongoDB configuration leads to boom in ransom attacks
Poor authentication in MongoDB configurations has led to a sharp increase in ransom attacks, and experts say tens of thousands of databases could be at risk.
Thu Jan 12, 2017
Tech focus helps Singapore go second in globalisation index
Singapore is the second most globalised economy in the world and its IT infrastructure is critical to this achievement
Thu Jan 12, 2017
Flawed GoDaddy security certificates show need for control
Vulnerabilities in digital security certificates highlight the need for organisations to be able to exercise more control over those certificates
Thu Jan 12, 2017
IBM refreshes all-flash DS8880 series with PCIe 3.0 enclosures
IBM adds an F to existing DS8884, DS8886 and DS8888 all-flash and hybrid arrays with addition of PCIe 3.0 disk connectivity, but stops short of NVMe capabilities
Thu Jan 12, 2017
TechUK launches framework to build public trust in the IoT
Tech sector association techUK wants to help overcome public distrust in the internet of things
Thu Jan 12, 2017
Channel must position themselves as digital transformation experts
Customers and vendors are looking for resellers that are in a position to offer real expertise around digital transformation and have undergone the process themselves
Thu Jan 12, 2017
Lloyds Bank digital banking problems an industry warning
Lloyds Bank’s digital banking problems still unresolved after a second day
Thu Jan 12, 2017
Cisco market share report shows big lead for the vendor
This week, a report shows a big lead in Cisco market share in multiple segments; Ericsson extends its Cisco partnership; and Extreme targets retailers with new products.
Thu Jan 12, 2017
Seeking truth in network device configuration
This week, bloggers look into network device configuration, the tools the next generation of network engineers will require and security scalability.
Thu Jan 12, 2017
Google Cloud KMS simplifies the key management service, but lacks features
Experts are impressed with the simplicity of Google's Cloud KMS even if it doesn't separate itself from the key management service competition.
Fri Jan 13, 2017
Davos: Technology poses new risks to jobs, economies and society
Politicians and business leaders will discuss the risks posed by technology to jobs, political stability and cyber security at the World Economic Forum in Davos
Fri Jan 13, 2017
IBM DS8880 arrays adopt PCIe 3 in all-flash versions
The expansion of the IBM DS8880 hardware line introduces all-flash models designed around the vendor's High-Performance Flash Enclosure Gen2 to support PCIe 3.0, but not yet NVMe.
Fri Jan 13, 2017
St. Jude Medical finally patches vulnerable medical IoT devices
News roundup: St. Jude Medical patches vulnerable medical IoT devices after a five-month controversy. Plus, the Email Privacy Act is reintroduced; Juniper warns of a firewall flaw; and more.
Fri Jan 13, 2017
Microsoft privacy tools give users control over data collection
New Microsoft privacy tools will give users control over the data collected on the web and within Windows. Experts hope the tools will offer data privacy transparency.